JP3912855B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine or an arrangement ball machine, a revolving game machine, and other game machines.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A ball game machine such as a pachinko machine is provided with, for example, a rotating drum type variable symbol display means, and a game is displayed when a predetermined symbol is displayed on a plurality of horizontal or diagonal display portions of the variable symbol display means. There is a profitable situation that is beneficial to the consumer.
In this variable symbol display means, three rotary drums each having a plurality of display portions provided at a certain angle on the outer peripheral surface are arranged in the horizontal direction, and three display portions in the vertical direction of the three rotary drums are displayed. Corresponding to the window, when each rotating drum stops, it is configured so that three display parts are positioned in the display window in the vertical and horizontal directions, and each rotating drum rotates when the game ball wins the starting means After that, each rotating drum stops sequentially.
Then, after the changing operation of the changing symbol display means, the display symbol of the display unit in one horizontal row of the upper, middle, or lower becomes the predetermined symbol, or the display symbol of the diagonal one row of the display unit becomes the predetermined symbol. The time is a big hit, and the occurrence of the big win generates a profit state such as intermittently opening and closing the big winning means a predetermined number of times.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In this type of ball game machine, a reach state occurs in which the display symbols of the two display units become a predetermined symbol among the display symbols of the three display units arranged in a line, and the jackpot is reached through the reach state. It becomes. For this reason, if the player can easily and reliably grasp the reach state when the reach state occurs during the game, the player's sense of expectation for the jackpot will be significantly increased, and the player's game Interest is improved.
However, the conventional ball game machine is not configured to perform a special effect on the display window side, and there is a drawback that the effect and display effect are lacking depending on the format of the variable symbol display means.
[0004]
In other words, when a liquid crystal display device is used as the variable symbol display means, it is possible to produce effects appropriately by changing the image according to the progress of the game. However, when the rotating drum type variable symbol display means is adopted, a light emitting diode or the like is incorporated in the rotating drum, and the display unit itself emits light by illuminating the display unit from the inside with the light emitting diode. It is difficult to produce and produce a structure that is very complicated.
[0005]
Therefore, in the rotating drum type, some players play a game without knowing even if a reach condition occurs, and the effect of producing when the reach occurs is poor, and the expectation, excitement, and urgency of the game are poor. There are some disadvantages.
In view of the conventional problems, the present invention provides a game machine capable of providing an effect according to the game situation by light emission display on the display window side, having a simple structure, being easily and inexpensively implemented, and preventing restriction of the field of view due to a light source or the like. The purpose is to provide.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The present invention includes a variation symbol display unit 11 in which a plurality of display portions 16a ～18A vertically and horizontally in the display window 21 are arranged, among the display unit 16a ～18A of the change symbol display unit 11, a required direction of a plurality of display portions 16a ～18A Te gaming machine odor benefit state is to be generated when the predetermined symbol is displayed, the front side of the table radical 113 16a ～18A, each display unit 16a ~ 18a A plurality of transparent plates 26 to 30 through which the design can be seen through are superposed and arranged on the edge of each transparent plate 26 to 30 to receive light from the light sources 31 to 35 and emit light. the provided corresponding to a plurality of display portions 16a ~ 18a of the required direction, Ru der the light source 31 to 35 which is arranged outside of the display window 21 in the other end of the transparent plate 26-30.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine. Reference numeral 1 denotes a front frame, which is pivotally attached to a front side of a ball ball game machine body 2 including an outer frame through a pair of upper and lower hinges. 3 is a glass door, 4 is a front set board, and these are arranged up and down corresponding to the window hole of the front frame 1. A game board 5 is detachably attached to the front frame 1 from the back side so as to correspond to the window hole of the front frame 1.
6 is an upper plate unit for storing game balls for launching, and is mounted on the front side of the front set board 4. A lower tray unit 7 is mounted on the front side of the front frame 1 below the front set plate 4 so as to receive game balls overflowing or extracted from the upper tray unit 6.
[0010]
8 is a launching means, which includes a launching handle 9, a striking rod, etc., and when the firing handle 9 is operated, the striking rod is actuated to hit the game balls on the firing rail one by one . It is designed to fire on the guide rail 10 side.
As shown in FIG. 2, a guide rail 10 is mounted on the game board 5, and a variable symbol display means 11, a winning means 12, a starting means 13, and an open / close winning means 14 are provided in a game area inside the guide rail 10. The big winning means 15 and the like are arranged. The starting means 13 is for starting the changing symbol display means 11 when a game ball falling along the game board 5 wins, and the changing symbol display means 11 changes for a predetermined time by a signal from the starting means 13. The operation is to be performed.
[0011]
As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the variable symbol display means 11 is a rotary drum type having three rotary drums 16 to 18 in the horizontal direction, and each rotation when the game ball wins the starting means 13. When the drums 16 to 18 are rotated for a predetermined time and stopped sequentially from the left side, and the display symbol after the change becomes a predetermined jackpot symbol, the open / close plate 15a of the winning means 15 is intermittently opened and closed a predetermined number of times, etc. , To generate a profit state advantageous to the player.
That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the variable symbol display means 11 includes a display main body case 19 mounted on the game board 5, a collar 20 provided on the upper portion of the display main body case 19, and a display main body. The display window 21 formed in the case 19, the three rotary drums 16 to 18 arranged in the lateral direction behind the display window 21, and the display window 21 on the front side of the three rotary drums 16 to 18 correspond to the display window 21. And a light emitting display means 22 mounted in the same manner.
[0012]
The display main body case 19 is fitted and attached to the mounting hole 23 of the game board 5 from the front side. The collar portion 20 covers the display window 21 from above, and a winning opening 24 is provided on the upper side of the collar portion 20. A transparent window plate 25 is attached to the display window 21, and the light emitting display means 22 is disposed on the back side of the window plate 25.
Each of the rotating drums 16 to 18 is provided with display portions 16a to 18a at a certain angle on the outer periphery, and numbers 1 to 0 and alphabets to A to F, for example, are arranged in a predetermined order on the display portions 16a to 18a. Is displayed. Each of the rotating drums 16 to 18 is rotationally driven around a horizontal axis by a motor (not shown) when the starting means 13 detects a game ball, and after rotating for a predetermined time, stops sequentially from the left side.
[0013]
The display window 21 has a rectangular width having a horizontal width corresponding to the three rotary drums 16 to 18 in the horizontal direction and a vertical width corresponding to the three display portions 16a to 18a in the circumferential direction of the rotary drums 16 to 18. The shape of the display window 21 corresponds to three display portions 16a to 18a in the horizontal direction and the vertical direction.
When the display symbols of the upper, middle, and lower horizontal display portions 16a to 18a coincide with each other, and the display symbols of the upper and middle and lower horizontal display portions 16a to 18a are displayed. Each is set to be a big hit when they match.
[0014]
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the light emitting display means 22 is formed by laminating five transparent plates 26 to 30 in the front-rear direction so that the display symbols of the display portions 16a to 18a on the rotary drums 16 to 18 side can be seen through from the front side. Thus, light emitting portions 26a to 30a are provided at the upper end edges of the transparent plates 26 to 30, respectively, and light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 as light sources are provided at the lower end edges. Each of the transparent plates 26 to 30 is made of a synthetic resin plate such as acrylic, and the lower end edges thereof are substantially the same height, and the transparent plates 26 to irradiate light to the transparent plates 26 to 30 on the lower side. Light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 are arranged along the lower edge of ˜30, respectively.
[0015]
On the other hand, the transparent plate 26 has a light emitting portion 26a corresponding to the diagonally downward row, the transparent plate 27 has a light emitting portion 27a corresponding to the upper horizontal row, and the transparent plate 28 has a light emitting portion corresponding to the inner horizontal row. The transparent plate 29 is provided with the light emitting portions 29a corresponding to the lower horizontal row, and the transparent plate 30 is provided with the light emitting portions 30a corresponding to the upper right oblique row.
As shown in FIG. 7, each of the light emitting sections 26a to 30a is transparent plates 26 to 30 so as to reflect light emitted from the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 into the transparent plates 26 to 30 at a substantially right angle. When viewed from the window plate 25 side, each light emitting section 26a-30a reflects light from the light emitting diode arrays 31-35 in a band shape when viewed from the window plate 25 side. It is configured to emit light.
[0016]
The light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 are arranged along the lower end edge below the lower end edge of the display window 21 so as not to be seen when viewed from the front.
FIG. 8 illustrates a control system, 42 is a fluctuation control means, and when the starting means 13 detects a game ball, the fluctuation symbol display means 11 is subjected to random number processing or the like so that each rotary drum 16-18 is rotated for a predetermined time. It is configured to control. 43 is a discrimination means for discriminating whether or not the symbol after the fluctuation of the fluctuation symbol display means 11 is in the reach state and the big hit state based on a signal from the fluctuation control means 42.
[0017]
44 is a light emission display control means, when the symbol after the fluctuation of the fluctuation symbol display means 11 is in the reach state, when the light emitting units 26a to 30a corresponding to the column in the reach state emit light, and a jackpot occurs, The predetermined light-emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 are respectively turned on so that the light-emitting portions 26a to 30a corresponding to the row in the big hit state emit light. In addition, the light emission of the light emitting units 26a to 30a at this time may be either continuous light emission or blinking light emission.
[0018]
In the ball game machine having the above configuration, when a game ball wins the starting means 13 during the game, the fluctuation symbol display means 11 is operated via the fluctuation control means 42, and each of the rotating drums 16 to 18 is moved around the horizontal axis. Rotate and start to move. When each of the rotating drums 16 to 18 rotates for a predetermined time, each of the rotating drums 16 to 18 sequentially stops in the order of left, middle, and right.
At the time of this stop, if the left rotating drum 16 and the inner rotating drum 17 are stopped in the state shown in FIG. 4, the display symbols on the upper left and center display portions 16a and 17a of the display window 21 display “7”. Since the display symbols of the lower left and lower center display portions 16a and 17a display “A”, the diagonally downward line on the lower right is the reach state of “7”, and the lower horizontal line is the reach state of “A”.
[0019]
On the other hand, when the fluctuation control means 42 operates and the fluctuation symbol display means 11 operates, the discrimination means 43 discriminates a random number or the like and discriminates whether the stop symbol of the fluctuation symbol display means 11 is a reach state or a big hit state. . At this time, as shown in FIG. 4, since the diagonally downward row to the right is the reach state of “7” and the lower horizontal row is the reach state of “A”, the two reach states are determined. Then, when the two rotating drums 16 and 17 on the left side of the variable symbol display means 11 are stopped and a reach state is generated, the light emission display control means 44 is operated so that the light emitting diode arrays 31 and 34 of the light emission display means 22 are continuously or Flashes light.
[0020]
When the light emitting diode arrays 31 and 34 emit light continuously or blinking, the light enters the transparent plates 26 and 29 from the lower end side and is reflected forward by the light emitting portions 26a and 29a. The portions 26a and 29a emit light in a band shape to indicate that the diagonally downward row and the horizontal row below are in a reach state. Therefore, if the player is playing a game while watching the display states of the display units 16a to 18a in the display window 21, the player can easily and reliably grasp and recognize the occurrence of the reach state by the light emission of the light emitting units 26a and 29a. Therefore, there is a possibility that a big hit may occur depending on whether the right rotating drum 18 is stopped, and the player's interest in the game is further improved.
[0021]
If the right rotating drum 18 stops so that the display pattern of the lower right display unit 18a becomes “7” or “A”, a big hit will be generated, and the light emitting unit 26a until the profit state due to the occurrence of this big hit ends. , 29a repeats flashing light emission.
In addition, when the display symbol on the lower right display portion 18a is other than “7” or “A”, it is a failure and no profit state is generated.
FIG. 9 illustrates a second embodiment of the present invention in which the light emitting portions 26a to 30a are formed on the concave surface. Thus, even when the light emitting units 26a to 30a are formed on the concave surface, they can be implemented in the same manner as in the first embodiment.
[0022]
FIG. 10 illustrates a third embodiment of the present invention. The lower length of each transparent plate 26-30 is changed, and reflection surfaces 26b-30b are formed at the lower ends thereof, and the reflection surfaces 26b-30b. So that the light from the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 is reflected at right angles to the light emitting portions 26a to 30a side, and the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 and the condenser lens 36 are formed on the side of the lower ends of the transparent plates 26 to 30. ~ 40 are arranged.
In this case, since the interval between the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 can be freely determined, the arrangement of the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 can be easily performed, and the light from the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 can be collected. It can make it enter into each transparent plate 26-30 reliably through ~ 40.
[0023]
FIGS. 11 to 13 illustrate a fourth embodiment of the present invention, in which three transparent plates 27, 28, 29 are arranged in the upside down direction between the two transparent plates 26, 30, so that the transparent plate faces downward. The light emitting diode arrays 32 and 34 corresponding to 27 and 29 are arranged on the upper side so as to be located on the opposite side to the light emitting portions 27a and 29a.
That is, two right-angled triangular transparent plates 26, 30 having light emitting portions 26a, 30a in an oblique direction are arranged at the front and rear, and a width having a light emitting portion 27a for the upper row is disposed between the transparent plates 26, 30. A narrow transparent plate 27 and a narrow transparent plate 28 having a light emitting portion 28a for the lower row are arranged upside down so that the light emitting portions 27a, 28a are inside, and the transparent plate 27 for the upper row is also arranged. Between the transparent plate 30 and the transparent plate 30, a transparent plate 29 having a light emitting portion 29a for the middle row is arranged. And the light emitting diode arrays 31-35 are arrange | positioned up and down corresponding to each transparent plate 26-30 so that it may be located on the opposite side to each light emission part 26a-30a.
[0024]
With such a configuration, the maximum number of layers of the transparent plates 26 to 30 is three as shown in FIG. 13 by numbers, and most of the portions can be reduced to two or less. The entire light emitting display means 22 can be made thin. Further, since the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 are divided into upper and lower parts, the arrangement of the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 is easy, and the light can be easily incident on the transparent plates 26 to 30 from the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35. There is.
[0025]
As mentioned above, although each embodiment of the present invention was described, the present invention is not limited to this.
For example, the light emitting portions 26a to 30a at the edges of the transparent plates 26 to 30 are in the case of strips or lines that do not significantly limit the perspective of the display symbols of the display portions 16a to 18a of the rear rotating drums 16 to 18. Alternatively, a fine uneven surface may be used to emit light with high brightness.
Moreover, if the light emission parts 26a-30a are the structures which light-emit with the light from an external light source, it is not necessarily necessary to use the transparent plates 26-30.
[0026]
Further, a transparent protective plate 41 may be provided on the back side of the light emitting display means 22 so as to protect the transparent plates 26 to 30 from the back side. The number of the display portion 16a ～18A in the display window 21, in the embodiment although a total of nine three by three in the vertical and lateral directions, may be disposed four by four in the vertical and lateral directions. A light source other than the light emitting diode arrays 31 to 35 may be used. In addition, the present invention can be implemented not only in a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine and an arrangement ball machine, but also in a revolving game machine other than a ball game machine.
[0027]
【The invention's effect】
According to the present invention, it is effect corresponding to the game situation by emitting display by the light emitting portion 26a ～30A in Table示窓21 side, the structure can be readily and inexpensively implemented simply, yet the light source 31 to 35, etc. it is also not the name of the field of view of the display window 21 side is limited.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a ball game machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a game board showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a sectional view of a variable symbol display means showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a front view of the variable symbol display means showing the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of light emitting display means showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a light emitting display means showing the first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a transparent plate showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 9 is an explanatory view of a transparent plate showing a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a light emitting display means showing a third embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a sectional view of light emitting display means showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a perspective view of light-emitting display means showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of light emitting display means showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
11 Fluctuating symbol display means
16-18 rotating drum
16a to 18a Display section
21 Display window
26-30 Transparent plate
26a to 30a Light emitter
31-35 LED array (light source)
44 Light emission display control means

Claims (6)

Each display unit of the plurality of display portion vertically and horizontally in the display window (21) in (16a) ~ with a variation symbol display means (18a) are arranged (11), said change symbol display unit (11) (16a ) of ~ (18a), Te gaming machine odor benefit state is to be generated when the predetermined symbol is displayed on the plurality of the display unit the required direction (16a) ~ (18a), said table radical 113 A plurality of transparent plates (26) to (30) capable of seeing through the designs of the respective display portions (16a) to (18a) are arranged on the front side of (16a) to (18a) in an overlapping manner. On the edge of (26) to (30) , light emitting units (26a) to (30a) that receive light from the light sources (31) to (35) and emit light are provided with a plurality of display units (16a in the required direction ). ) - so as to correspond to (18a) is provided, characterized in that arranged outside the transparent plate the light source (31) - (35) (26) - (the display window at the other end of the 30) (21) A gaming machine. The variable symbol display means (11) is provided with a plurality of rotating drums (16) to (18) in the lateral direction provided with a plurality of the display portions (16a) to (18a) in the circumferential direction on the outer peripheral surface, claim 1, wherein the display unit in the circumferential direction a plurality of rotary drum (16) ~ (18) ( 16a) ~ (18a) is provided with the display window (21) so as to correspond of the game machine. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the light emitting portions (26a) to (30a) are reflecting surfaces formed on the transparent plates (26) to (30) . The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the light emitting portions (26a) to (30a) are fine rough surfaces formed on the transparent plates (26) to (30) . Between the light source (31) - (35) and said transparent plate (26) to (30), the incident light from the light source (31) - (35) to said transparent plate (26) to (30) The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein condensing lenses (36) to (40) are provided . Vertical and three or more of the display unit in the lateral direction (16a) ~ (18a) is arranged, among the plurality of the display unit of the required direction (16a) ~ (18a), a display unit, except the one that ( when 16a) ~ (18a) becomes Jo Tokoro of symbols, so that the light emitting unit corresponding to the plurality of the display unit the required direction (16a) ~ (18a) ( 26a) ~ (30a) emits light It said light source (31) ~ gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that a control means for controlling (35) (44) to.

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