JP3972984B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a movable member provided on a game board of a gaming machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, some gaming machines such as pachinko machines include a symbol display device that variably displays symbols composed of numbers, letters, patterns, and the like using LEDs, liquid crystals, and the like. Such a symbol display device, for example, performs a lottery triggered by the detection of a game ball, displays a plurality of symbols variably along a predetermined pattern, stops sequentially, and determines whether the symbols are aligned or not. Is notified to the player.
[0003]
The lottery result display effect by such a variation display of symbols has been devised to prevent the player from getting bored by using various types of symbols, changing the display mode, etc. There is a problem that interest is falling. For this reason, in order to enhance the effect, for example, a movable member is provided in addition to the display of the symbol, and this is moved to perform the effect (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-306768
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, many of the effects using conventional movable members have a simple operation that moves left and right on the game board, and there is a problem that the player loses interest after a while.
[0006]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that produces a strong impact with a movable member.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to claim 1 is a gaming machine provided with a movable member used for producing a game on a game board, the motor driving the movable member, and the motor A crank connected to the crank, a pin provided on the crank, a rod connected to the crank by the pin, and reciprocating in a direction from the game board toward the player by the rotation of the crank, and the movable member Provided in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the rod near the bottom surface, and connected to the rod, an upper shaft provided near the center on both sides of the movable member, and a reciprocating motion of the rod Accordingly, each of the lower shaft and the upper shaft has a guide hole through which both ends slide, and a pair of guide walls provided on both sides of the movable member. The rod has a longitudinal end at one end. direction It has a long hole portion in an orthogonal direction, and the pin is fitted into the long hole portion to connect the rod and the crank, and the rod and the lower shaft are removed from the game board by the rotation of the crank. The movable member stands up so that the player can visually recognize the bottom surface of the movable member when proceeding in the direction of leaving.
[0008]
In the gaming machine having this configuration, the motor rotates the crank, and the rod reciprocates as the crank rotates. When the rod advances from the game board toward the player, the lower shaft connected to the rod is pushed, both ends of the lower shaft slide in the direction toward the player through the guide hole, and both ends of the upper shaft are Slide the guide hole upward. Along with the movement of the upper shaft and the lower shaft, the movable member stands up so that the player can visually recognize the bottom surface. On the other hand, when the rod retreats toward the game board due to the rotation of the crank, the lower shaft connected to the rod is pulled backward, both ends of the lower shaft slide rearward through the guide holes, and both ends of the upper shaft are Slide the guide hole downward. As the upper shaft and the lower shaft move as described above, the movable member that has stood up falls down.
[0009]
According to a second aspect of the gaming machine, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the invention, the crank is a crank disk, the pin is fitted into the elongated hole portion, and the eccentric position of the crank disk is It is characterized by being fixed to.
[0010]
In the gaming machine having this configuration, in addition to the operation of the invention described in claim 1, since the crank is configured by a crank disk, a configuration having high strength can be realized.
[0011]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, a pachinko machine 1 which is an embodiment of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. First, the mechanical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of the pachinko machine 1. FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2. FIG. 3 is a front view of the special symbol display device 8 and the movable member 29.
[0012]
As shown in FIG. 1, a substantially square game board 2 is provided in the upper half of the front surface of the pachinko machine 1, and the game board 2 has a substantially circular shape surrounded by a guide rail 3 (see FIG. 2). A game area 4 is provided. A lower plate 5 of the pachinko machine 1 is provided with an upper plate 5 for supplying a game ball as a game medium to a launcher (not shown) and receiving a prize ball. A lower plate 6 for receiving a prize ball is provided immediately below the upper plate 5, a firing handle 7 is provided on the right side of the lower plate 6, and a speaker 48 is provided on the lower plate 6.
[0013]
As shown in FIG. 2, a special symbol display screen 28 (see FIG. 3) composed of an LCD, special lamps and LEDs are provided at the approximate center of the game area 4 located at the front center of the game board 2. A symbol display device 8 is provided. Electric decoration windmills 10 and 9 are provided at the upper left and right of the special symbol display device 8, respectively, and a normal symbol start gate 12 is provided on the left side of the special symbol display device 8.
[0014]
A movable member 29 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape similar to a mahjong tile is disposed above the center of the special symbol display device 8, and guide walls 30 for guiding the rising and falling of the movable member 29 are provided on the left and right sides of the movable member 29. 31 is provided.
[0015]
Further, a special symbol starting electric accessory 15 is provided below the special symbol display device 8, and a special winning opening 16 is provided below the special symbol starting electric accessory 15. The large winning opening 16 is provided with an opening / closing door member that opens and closes forward and backward, and when the opening / closing door member is closed, a prize cannot be won, and a game ball can be won only when the opening / closing door member is opened. ing. This open / close door member is normally in a closed state.
[0016]
When the player operates the launch handle 7, a game ball is launched by launch means (not shown), and the launched game ball is guided by the guide rail 3 and flows down the game board. Then, when the game ball wins the special symbol starting electric accessory 15, a big win lottery is performed to determine whether or not to shift to the big hit gaming state where the open / close door member of the big winning opening 16 is opened, and the special symbol shown in FIG. The result is displayed on the display screen 28. When the big symbol display is made on the special symbol display screen 28, the opening / closing door member is opened, and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out when a game ball wins the big winning opening 16 while it is opened. In addition to the above, the game board 2 (see FIG. 2) is provided with various electric lamps 63 (see FIG. 8), LEDs, windmills, and many obstacle nails.
[0017]
Next, the structure of the special symbol display device 8 and the screen displayed thereon will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the special symbol display device 8 includes a special symbol display screen 28 in the center, and the special symbol display screen 28 has a special symbol display portion L1, a special symbol display portion L3, and a special symbol in the center of the special symbol display screen 28 from the left. In the order of the symbol display portion L2, three special symbol display portions are arranged in a horizontal row. In the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, notification of the jackpot determination result is performed by variable display of symbols such as symbols being scrolled from top to bottom or from bottom to top. The special symbol display device 8 includes a symbol display substrate 44 (see FIG. 8) on the back surface thereof.
[0018]
A normal symbol display unit 24 is provided in the upper right part of the special symbol display screen 28 so that a symbol such as a one-digit number or a one-letter alphabet can be displayed. In the upper left part of the special symbol display screen 28, there is provided a normal symbol memory number display unit 59 capable of displaying four symbols. The normal symbol display gate 24 passes through the normal symbol start gate 12 and is determined to hit the normal symbol display unit 24. It is possible to display up to four game balls whose number of result symbols is not displayed, that is, the so-called operation hold number.
[0019]
In addition, a special symbol memory number display section 60 capable of displaying four symbols is provided at the lower left portion of the special symbol display screen 28. The special symbol starting electric accessory 15 (see FIG. 2) is awarded and special The number of game balls that are not displayed on the symbol display screen 28, that is, the so-called number of operation-pending balls, can be displayed up to four. Note that the symbols are not always displayed on the special symbol display portions L1 to L3, the normal symbol display portion 24, the normal symbol memory number display portion 59, and the special symbol memory number display portion 60 on the special symbol display screen 28. In addition to these displays, videos and messages can be displayed.
[0020]
Next, the movable member 29 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a side view of the movable member 29 and its drive mechanism in a state where the movable member 29 is lying on its side. FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the movable member 29 and its drive mechanism in a state where the movable member 29 is lying on its side. FIG. 6 is a side view of the movable member 29 and its drive mechanism in a state where the movable member 29 stands. FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the movable member 29 and its drive mechanism in a state where the movable member 29 stands.
[0021]
As shown in FIG. 3, the movable member 29 is provided above the center of the special symbol display device 8, and guide walls 30 and 31 are provided on the left and right. As shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, a motor 36 that drives the movable member 29 is provided behind the movable member 29. A crank disk 37 is provided below the motor 36, and the center of the crank disk 37 is connected to the motor 36. The movable member 29 and the crank disk 37 are connected by a T-shaped rod 38 extending in a direction from the game board toward the player. The rod 38 has a long hole 38a orthogonal to the longitudinal direction at the end on the crank disk 37 side, and a pin 39 fixed at an eccentric position of the crank disk 37 is fitted into the long hole 38a. The rod 38 and the crank disk 37 are connected. In the present embodiment, the crank connected to the rod 38 is constituted by a crank disk. However, the crank is not limited to a disk and may be constituted by a normal crank that rotates.
[0022]
The movable member 29 is formed of a resin in a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape similar to the mahjong tile, and characters and designs such as “Tsumo” are drawn on the front surface (upper surface in an upright state) in a laid state. On the front side (bottom side in the state of being laid down), characters and designs such as “medium” are drawn, for example. A lower shaft 34 that penetrates the movable member 29 is provided near the bottom of the bottom surface of the movable member 29 in a state where the movable member 29 is laid down (lower left in FIG. 4) and is connected so as to be orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod 38. Further, an upper shaft 35 protrudes from the movable member 29 in the vicinity of the central portion of the left and right wall surfaces of the movable member 29. The upper shaft 35 may be provided so as to penetrate the movable member 29. The guide walls 30 and 31 are provided with a guide hole 32 through which the lower shaft 34 slides and a guide hole 33 through which the upper shaft 35 slides.
[0023]
Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 1 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an electrical circuit configuration of the pachinko machine 1. As shown in FIG. 8, the control unit 40 includes a main board 41, a power supply board 42, a sound board 43, a symbol display board 44, a payout control board 45, an electrical decoration board 46, a relay board 47, and a sub-integrated board 58. ing. This control part 40 is provided in the back side (back side) of the pachinko machine 1 (refer FIG. 1).
[0024]
The main board 41 is provided with a CPU unit 50 that performs various processes according to a program. The CPU unit 50 includes a CPU 51 that performs various arithmetic processes, a RAM 52 that stores random numbers and data of flags and counters, a control program, various initial value data, and display contents on the special symbol display device 8. And a ROM 53 that stores command data for instructing and the like, and these are integrally molded as a single LSI. Further, an interrupt signal generation circuit 57 is connected to the CPU unit 50, and this interrupt signal generation circuit 57 gives an interrupt signal to the CPU 51 every 0.002 seconds (hereinafter abbreviated as “2 ms”). It has become. The CPU 51 executes the main routine stored in the ROM 53 from the top every time this interrupt signal is input, and controls the pachinko machine 1 according to the main routine.
[0025]
Further, the main board 41 is provided with an I / O interface 54, and transmits / receives data signals to / from sub boards such as the sub integrated board 58, the payout control board 45, and the relay board 47. The sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, and the electrical decoration board 46 are connected to the main board 41 via the sub-integrated board 58. The I / O interface 54 is connected to an output port 55 for outputting information of the pachinko machine 1 to a game hall management computer (not shown).
[0026]
The main board 41 is responsible for the main control of the pachinko machine 1, the power board 42 supplies direct current to each board, the sub-integrated board 58 is the sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, the electrical decoration board 46, and the movable member. 29 operations are controlled. The sound board 43 controls the generation of sound effects of the pachinko machine 1, the symbol display board 44 controls the symbols displayed on the special symbol display device 8 and the normal symbol display unit 24, and the payout control board 45 is a prize. The ball delivery device 49 is controlled, the electric decoration board 46 controls the light emission mode of each electric decoration of the pachinko machine 1, and the relay board 47 relays the wiring of each sensor. The sub-integrated board 58 is provided with a CPU 58a, a ROM 58b, and a RAM 58c, and the sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, the payout control board 45, and the illumination board 46 also have a CPU, RAM, ROM, input interface, etc., not shown. It is installed.
[0027]
Connected to the sub-integrated board 58 are a sound board 43, a symbol display board 44, an electrical decoration board 46, and a motor control circuit 77 for controlling the motor 36 for raising and moving the movable member 29 up and down. . The electric decoration wind turbines 9 and 10, the LED 62 for electric decoration, and the electric decoration lamp 63 are connected to the electric decoration board 46. Also, the special symbol display device 8 and the normal symbol display unit 24 are connected to the symbol display board 44, the speaker 48 is connected to the sound board 43, and the prize ball payout device 49 is connected to the payout control board 45. It is connected. Further, the relay board 47 has a special prize opening opening solenoid 70 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the special prize opening, an electric accessory opening solenoid 71 for opening / closing the opening / closing member of the electric combination, and a special symbol starting electric combination. 15, a start opening switch 72 that detects a game ball that has won a prize, a normal symbol operation switch 73 that detects a game ball that has passed through the normal symbol start gates 11, 12, and a game ball that has won a prize in the V zone in the big prize opening 16 A V switch 74 for counting, a count switch 75 for counting the number of game balls won in the big prize opening 16, and a prize opening switch 76 for detecting various winning balls are connected.
[0028]
The power supply board 42 is connected to the main board 41, the sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, the payout control board 45, the electrical decoration board 46, and the sub-integrated board 58, respectively, and supplied with stabilized DC power. It has become so. The power supply board 42 is supplied with AC 24V. The power supply board 42 is provided with a rectifier made of a silicon diode bridge (not shown), a smoothing circuit made of an electrolytic capacitor, a stabilizing circuit made of a regulator IC, and the like, and can be supplied with stabilized DC 12V, 5V, etc. It is like that. In FIG. 8, the main board 41, the power supply board 42, the sound board 43, the symbol display board 44, the payout control board 45, the electrical decoration board 46, the relay board 47, and the sub-integrated board 58 are all grounded, although not particularly shown. Connected by line.
[0029]
Next, the operation of the movable member 29 will be described. The movable member 29 is in a laid-down state as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 during normal times, and is controlled by the sub-integrated board 58 so as to stand up in accordance with a change in the gaming state of the pachinko machine 1. As a change in the gaming state, when it becomes a jackpot gaming state where the big winning opening 16 is opened, when it reaches a reach state before entering the jackpot gaming state, when it reaches a reach state where the reliability of the jackpot is high, When the probability change gaming state that increases the probability of drawing the next jackpot is considered. Further, the movable member 29 may be erected in order to notify the change to the gaming state. Furthermore, the movable member 29 may be erected in accordance with the display of the special symbol display portions L1 to L3 that notify the jackpot.
[0030]
4 and 5, when the motor control circuit 77 controls and drives the motor 36 in response to a command from the sub-integrated board 58, the crank disk 37 rotates. Then, the rod 38 connected to the crank disk 37 pushes the lower shaft 34, and the lower shaft 34 slides forward in the guide hole 32. At the same time, the upper shaft 35 is guided by the guide hole 33 and slides upward. By such operations of the lower shaft 34 and the upper shaft 35, the movable member 29 stands up while moving forward so that the bottom surface is the front surface. Thus, the movable member 29 is guided to the guide walls 30 and 31 and the guide holes 32 and 33, and the pin 39 is fitted into the long hole portion 38a provided in the rod 38 so that the rod 38 and the crank disk 37 are connected. Therefore, the movable member 29 stands up while moving forward as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 without moving in the left-right direction.
[0031]
On the other hand, in the state shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, when the motor control circuit 77 receives the command from the sub-integrated board 58 and controls the motor 36 to rotate in the reverse direction, the crank disk 37 rotates in the reverse direction. Then, the rod 38 connected to the crank disk 37 pulls the lower shaft 34, and the lower shaft 34 slides backward in the guide hole 32. At the same time, the upper shaft 35 is guided by the guide hole 33 and slides downward, and the movable member 29 lies sideways so that the front surface in the standing state becomes the bottom surface.
[0032]
Therefore, as the movable member 29 comes to the player, that is, in the form of turning the mahjong tiles forward, it is possible to attract the player's eyes as the gaming state rises, and the impact It is possible to excite the fun of the game with a strong production.
[0033]
The shape of the movable member 29 is not limited to the mahjong tile shape, and various shapes can be used. For example, a doll such as a character may be laid or woken up.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, according to the gaming machine of the first aspect, the motor rotates the crank, and the rod reciprocates by the rotation of the crank. When the rod advances from the game board toward the player, the lower shaft connected to the rod is pushed, both ends of the lower shaft slide in the direction toward the player through the guide hole, and both ends of the upper shaft are Slide the guide hole upward. With such movement of the upper shaft and the lower shaft, the movable member stands up so that the player can visually recognize the bottom surface while proceeding forward. On the other hand, when the rod retreats toward the game board due to the rotation of the crank, the lower shaft connected to the rod is pulled backward, both ends of the lower shaft slide rearward through the guide holes, and both ends of the upper shaft are Slide the guide hole downward. Along with the movement of the upper shaft and the lower shaft, the movable member that has stood up falls down. Therefore, since the movable member stands up so as to come to the player as the rod advances, it is possible to attract the player's eyes in accordance with the rise of the gaming state, and to increase the interest of the game.
[0035]
According to the gaming machine of the second aspect, in addition to the effect of the invention of the first aspect, since the crank is constituted by the crank disk, a high strength configuration can be realized.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine 1. FIG.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 2;
3 is a front view of a special symbol display device 8 and a movable member 29. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a side view of the movable member 29 and its drive mechanism in a state where the movable member 29 is lying on its side.
FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the movable member 29 and its drive mechanism in a state where the movable member 29 is lying down.
FIG. 6 is a side view of the movable member 29 and its drive mechanism in a state where the movable member 29 stands.
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the movable member 29 and its drive mechanism in a state where the movable member 29 is raised.
FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an electrical circuit configuration of the pachinko machine 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Game board 4 Game area 8 Special symbol display device 29 Movable member 30,31 Guide wall 32,33 Guide hole 34 Lower shaft 35 Upper shaft 36 Motor 37 Crank disk 38 Rod 38a Long hole part 39 Pin

Claims (2)

A gaming machine equipped with a movable member on a game board for use in producing a game,
A motor for driving the movable member;
A crank connected to the motor and rotating;
A pin provided on the crank;
A rod connected to the crank by the pin and reciprocating in the direction from the game board to the player by rotation of the crank;
A lower shaft provided in the direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the rod near the bottom surface of the movable member, and connected to the rod;
An upper shaft provided in the vicinity of the center on both sides of the movable member;
A guide hole in which both end portions of the lower shaft and the upper shaft slide with reciprocating movement of the rod, and a pair of guide walls provided on both sides of the movable member,
The rod has a long hole in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction at one end,
The pin is connected to the elongated hole portion to connect the rod and the crank,
When the rod and the lower shaft advance in a direction away from the game board due to the rotation of the crank, the movable member stands up so that the player can visually recognize the bottom surface of the movable member. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the crank is a crank disk, and the pin is fitted into the elongated hole portion and fixed to an eccentric position of the crank disk.

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