JP4942824B2 - Amusement stand - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game machine represented by a slot machine, a pachinko machine, and the like, and to an effect device used for effect.

  Conventionally, in a game machine called a slot machine or a pachinko machine, a jackpot determination is made on the condition that a game ball has won a winning opening called a start opening, and the determination result is displayed on a display device composed of a 7-segment LED or the like. On the other hand, in order to enhance the effect of production, an image display device is provided in the center of the game board to control the display of reach action, jackpot production, etc., or to provide a movable accessory for production and drive control according to the game state (For example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-200302 A

  However, the above-mentioned movable accessory for performance incorporates light emitting means such as a lamp and LED in order to enhance the decoration, but the light emitting means is sealed inside to enhance the appearance of the accessory, Since the front of the game board is covered with a glass plate or the like in the area, there is a problem that heat tends to be trapped inside.

  In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a game machine capable of performing an appropriate heat dissipation process.

A gaming table according to the present invention is a gaming table comprising a movable body configured by a cover body that covers an electrical component, and an operation control means for performing an operation control for operating the movable body, wherein the movable table The body is provided with an air inflow portion for allowing air to flow into the movable body and an air outflow portion for letting air out of the movable body, and accompanying the operation of the movable body by the operation control means The movement of the air inflow portion causes air in the moving direction of the air inflow portion to flow into the movable body, and the cover body covers the cover that covers one of the electrical components and the other of the electronic component. A base, and the cover and the base are connected to be separated from each other, and a gap formed by separating the cover and the base is defined as the air inflow portion and the air outflow portion. Zhou Parts are formed of an opaque resin, the electronic component is an LED substrate, the emission color of the LED, characterized in that it is the same as at least one of color and the base color of the cover.

  As described above, in the present invention, an appropriate heat dissipation process can be performed.

It is a perspective view showing the appearance of the pachinko machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of a game board. It is a control block diagram of a pachinko machine. (A) It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of an effect | action movable body (initial position). (B) It is operation | movement explanatory drawing of an effect movable body (effect position). (A) It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of an effect movable body and an effect production apparatus (initial position). (B) (a) It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of an effect movable body and an effect device (effect position). (A) It is the right view and top view of a production movable body. (B) It is a figure which shows a mode that heat is dissipated from a production movable body. (C) It is a figure which shows a mode that a board | substrate is cooled. (A) It is a back perspective view of a front cover. (B) It is AA sectional drawing and BB sectional drawing of a front cover. (A) It is a figure which shows the blind spot of a production movable body. (B) It is a figure which shows the positional relationship of a player and an effect movable body. (A) It is a flowchart which shows the main control main process. (B) It is a flowchart which shows the main control timer interruption process. (A) It is a flowchart which shows a 2nd sub control part main process. (B) It is a flowchart which shows a 2nd sub control part command reception interruption process. (C). It is a flowchart which shows a 2nd sub control part timer interruption process. (D) It is a block diagram of a 2nd sub control part. (A) It is a flowchart which shows a 2nd sub control part presentation control process. (B) It is a figure which shows the operation | movement aspect of the production A. It is a figure which shows the modification of effect A. FIG. (A) It is a figure which shows the modification 1 of an effect movable body. (B) It is a figure which shows the cooling aspect of the modification 1 of an effect movable body. (A) It is a figure which shows the modification 2 of an effect movable body. (B) It is a figure which shows the cooling aspect of the modification 2 of an effect movable body. (A) It is a figure which shows the modification 3 of an effect movable body. (B) It is a figure which shows the cooling aspect of the modification 3 of an effect movable body.

  Hereinafter, a gaming table (for example, a ball game machine such as a pachinko machine 100 or a spinning game machine such as a slot machine) according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  First, the overall configuration of the pachinko machine 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the figure is the external appearance perspective view which looked at the pachinko machine 100 from the front side (player side).

  As an external structure, the pachinko machine 100 includes an outer frame 102, a main body 104, a front frame door 106, a door 108 with a ball storage tray, a launching device 110, and a game board 200 on the front surface.

  The outer frame 102 is a wooden frame member having a vertical rectangular shape for fixing to an installation location (island facilities or the like) provided in a gaming machine installation sales shop.

  The main body 104 is referred to as an inner frame, and is a member that is provided inside the outer frame 102 and serves as a longitudinal rectangular gaming machine base body that is rotatably attached to the outer frame 102 via a hinge portion 112. The main body 104 is formed in a frame shape and has a space 114 inside. In addition, when the main body 104 is opened, an inner frame opening sensor (not shown) that detects the opening of the main body 104 is provided.

  The front frame door 106 is attached to the front surface of the main body 104 on the front side of the pachinko machine 100 so as to be openable and closable with a lock function, and is configured in a frame shape so that the inside Is a door member having an opening. The front frame door 106 is provided with a transparent plate member 118 made of glass or resin at the opening, and a speaker 120 and a frame lamp 122 are attached to the front side. A game area 124 is defined by the rear surface of the front frame door 106 and the front surface of the game board 200. Further, a front frame door opening sensor (not shown) that detects opening of the front frame door 106 when the front frame door 106 is opened is provided.

  The door 108 with a ball storage tray is a door member attached to the lower side of the main body 104 on the front surface of the pachinko machine 100 so as to have a lock function and be openable and closable. The ball storage tray-equipped door 108 is capable of storing a plurality of game balls (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “balls”) and an upper plate 127 provided with a passage for guiding the game balls to the launching device 110. A lower plate 128 that stores game balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 127; a ball removal button 130 that discharges the game balls stored in the upper plate 127 by the player's operation to the lower plate 128; A ball discharge lever 132 that discharges game balls stored in the lower plate 128 to a game ball collection container (common name, dollar box) by operation, and a game ball guided to the launching device 110 by operation of the player The ball launching handle 134 that is launched into the game area 124 of 200, the chance button 136 that changes the effect mode of the effect device 206 (described later) by the player's operation, and the chance button 136 are made to emit light. Button button 138, a ball lending operation button 140 for instructing ball lending to a card unit (CR unit) installed in the game store, and a return operation for instructing the card unit to return the player's balance A button 142 and a ball rental display unit 144 for displaying a player's balance and a card unit state. In addition, a lower plate full tank sensor (not shown) that detects that the lower plate 128 is full is provided.

  The launching device 110 is attached to the lower side of the main body 104, and a launching rod 146 that rotates when the ball launching handle 134 is operated by the player, and a launching rod 148 that strikes the game ball at the tip of the launching rod 146. .

  The game board 200 has a game area 124 on the front surface, and is detachably attached to the main body 104 using a predetermined fixing member so as to face the space 114 of the main body 104. The game area 124 can be observed from the opening after the game board 200 is mounted on the main body 104.

  FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the game board 200 as viewed from the front.

  In the game board 200, an outer rail 106 and an inner rail 108 are provided, and a game area 104 in which a game ball (hereinafter sometimes simply referred to as “ball”) can roll is defined.

  An effect device 206 is arranged in the approximate center of the game area 104. The effect device 206 is provided with a horizontally long decorative symbol display device 110 at substantially the center, and around the normal symbol display device 112, a special symbol display device 114, a normal symbol hold lamp 116, and a special symbol hold. A lamp 118 and a high-probability medium lamp 120 are provided. Hereinafter, the normal symbol may be referred to as “general symbol” and the special symbol may be referred to as “special symbol”.

  The effect device 206 performs an effect by operating a movable part, and details will be described later.

  The decorative symbol display device 110 is a display device for displaying various images used for decorative symbols and effects. In the present embodiment, the decorative symbol display device 110 is configured by a liquid crystal display device (Liquid Crystal Display). The decorative symbol display device 110 is divided into four display areas, a left symbol display area 110a, a middle symbol display area 110b, a right symbol display area 110c, and an effect display area 110d, and the left symbol display area 110a and the middle symbol display area 110b. The left symbol display area 110c displays different decorative symbols, and the effect display area 110d displays an image used for the effect. Further, the positions and sizes of the display areas 110a, 110b, 110c, and 110d can be freely changed within the display screen of the decorative symbol display device 110. The decorative symbol display device 110 employs other display devices such as a dot matrix display device, a 7-segment display device, an EL (ElectroLuminescence) display device, a drum display device, and a leaf display device instead of the liquid crystal display device. May be.

  The general map display device 112 is a display device for displaying a general map, and is configured by a 7-segment LED in this embodiment. The special figure display device 114 is a display device for displaying a special figure, and is constituted by a 7-segment LED in this embodiment.

  The general figure hold lamp 116 is a lamp for indicating the number of the general figure variable games that are on hold. In this embodiment, it is possible to hold up to two common figure variable games. The special figure hold lamp 118 is a lamp for indicating the number of special figure variable games that are on hold. In this embodiment, up to four special figure variable games can be held. The high probability lamp 120 is a lamp for indicating that the gaming state is a high probability state or a high probability state, and is turned on when the gaming state is changed from the low probability state to the high probability state. Turns off when changing from probability state to low probability state.

  In addition, a general prize opening 123, a general figure starting opening 124, a first special figure starting opening 126, a second special figure starting opening 128, and a variable winning opening 130 are provided around the effect device 206. ing.

  In the present embodiment, a plurality of general winning holes 123 are arranged on the game board 200, and when a predetermined ball detection sensor (not shown) detects a ball entering the general winning holes 123 (in the general winning holes 123). In the case of winning a prize), a payout control unit to be described later is driven, and a predetermined number (10 in the present embodiment) of balls are discharged to the upper plate 127 as prize balls. The player can freely take out the balls discharged to the upper plate 127, and with these configurations, the player can pay out the winning balls to the player based on winning. The ball that has entered the general winning opening 123 is guided to the back side of the pachinko machine 100 and then discharged to the amusement island side. In this embodiment, a ball to be paid out to a player as a consideration for winning is sometimes referred to as a “prize ball”, and a ball lent to a player is sometimes referred to as “rental ball”. They are called “balls (game balls)”.

  The normal opening 124 is configured by a device called a gate or a through chucker for determining whether or not a ball has passed through a predetermined area of the game area. One is arranged. Unlike the ball that has entered the general winning opening 123, the ball that has passed through the usual starting port 124 is not discharged to the amusement island side. When the predetermined ball detection sensor detects that the ball has passed through the usual figure starting port 124, the pachinko machine 100 starts the usual figure variable game by the usual figure display device 112.

  In the present embodiment, only one first special figure starting port 126 is disposed at the center of the game board 200. When a predetermined sphere detection sensor detects a ball entering the first special figure starting port 126, a payout control unit described later is driven, and a predetermined number (three in this embodiment) of balls are described later as prize balls. And the special figure display device 114 starts the special figure changing game. The ball that has entered the first special figure starting port 126 is guided to the back side of the pachinko machine 100 and then discharged to the amusement island side.

  The second special figure starting port 128 is called an electric tulip (electric chew), and in the present embodiment, only one second special figure starting port 128 is disposed directly below the first special figure starting port 126. This second special figure starting port 128 is provided with wings that can be opened and closed to the left and right. While the wings are closed, it is impossible to enter a sphere. Is stopped and displayed, the blades open and close at a predetermined time interval and a predetermined number of times. When a predetermined ball detection sensor detects a ball entering the second special figure starting port 128, a payout control unit described later is driven, and a predetermined number (5 in this embodiment) of balls is used as a prize ball. At the same time, the special figure display device 114 starts a special figure changing game. The ball that has entered the second special figure starting port 128 is guided to the back side of the pachinko machine 100 and then discharged to the amusement island side.

  The variable winning opening 130 is called a big winning opening or an attacker, and in the present embodiment, only one variable winning opening 130 is disposed below the center of the game board 200. This variable winning opening 130 has a door member that can be freely opened and closed. When the door member is closed, it is impossible to enter a ball, and the special figure display device 114 stops displaying the jackpot symbol. In this case, the door member opens and closes at a predetermined time interval (for example, an opening time of 29 seconds and a closing time of 1.5 seconds) and a predetermined number of times (for example, 15 times). When a predetermined ball detection sensor detects a ball entering the variable winning opening 130, a payout control unit, which will be described later, is driven and a predetermined number (15 balls in this embodiment) of balls is discharged to the upper plate 127 as a winning ball. To do. The ball that has entered the variable prize opening 130 is guided to the back side of the pachinko machine 100 and then discharged to the amusement island side.

  Further, a plurality of disk-shaped hitting direction changing members 132 and game nails 134 called windmills are arranged in the vicinity of these winning openings and starting openings, and at the bottom of the inner rail 108, An out port 136 is provided for guiding a ball that has not won any prize opening or starting port to the back side of the pachinko machine 100 and then discharging it to the game island side.

<Director>
Next, the rendering device 206 of the pachinko machine 100 will be described.

  A warp device 230 and a stage are arranged on the front side of the effect device 206, and a decorative symbol display device 110 and a shielding device 250 are arranged on the back side of the effect device 206. That is, in the rendering device 200, the decorative symbol display device 110 and the shielding device 250 are located behind the warp device 230 and the stage.

  The warp device 230 discharges the game ball that has entered the entrance 232 provided at the upper left of the effect device 206 to the front stage 234 below the front surface of the effect device 206, and the game ball discharged to the front stage 234 is the first. When passing through the discharge path 238 provided at the lower center of the rendering device 206 above the 1 special figure starting port 126, it is easy to enter the special figure starting port 126.

  The shielding device 250 includes a lattice-shaped left door 250a and a right door 250b, and is disposed between the decorative symbol display device 110 and the front stage 234. Belts wound around two pulleys (not shown) are respectively fixed to the upper portions of the left door 250a and the right door 250b. That is, the left door 250a and the right door 250b move to the left and right with the operation of the belt driven by the motor via the pulley. In the state where the left and right doors 250a and 250b are closed, the shielding devices 250 are overlapped with each other, and shield the player so that it is difficult for the player to visually recognize the decorative symbol display device 110. In the state where the left and right doors 250a and 250b are opened, each inner end portion slightly overlaps the outer end portion of the display screen of the decorative symbol display device 110, but the player can visually recognize all of the displays on the decorative symbol display device 110. . Further, the left and right doors 250a and 250b can be stopped at arbitrary positions, for example, only a part of the decorative design is shielded so that the player can identify which decorative design the displayed decorative design is. You can do that. Note that the left and right doors 250a and 250b may make it possible to visually recognize a part of the decorative pattern display device 110 behind the lattice hole, or block the shoji part of the lattice hole with a translucent lens body to decorate the rear. The display by the symbol display device 110 may be vaguely visible to the player, or the shoji part of the lattice holes may be completely blocked (shielded), and the decorative symbol display device 110 at the rear may be completely invisible. . In addition, a production movable body 700 which is a feature of the present invention is provided at the upper center of the game board 200.

<Control unit>
Next, the circuit configuration of the control unit of the pachinko machine 100 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. This figure shows a circuit block diagram of the control unit.

  The control unit of the pachinko machine 100 can be roughly classified into a main control unit 300 that controls the central part of the game and a command signal (hereinafter simply referred to as “command”) transmitted by the main control unit 300. A first sub-control unit 400 that controls the second sub-control unit 500 that controls various devices based on a command transmitted from the first sub-control unit 400, and a command transmitted by the main control unit 300 A payout control unit 600 that mainly performs control related to payout of game balls, a launch control unit 630 that controls the launch of game balls, and a power management unit 660 that controls the power supplied to the pachinko machine 100. Yes.

<Main control unit>
First, the main control unit 300 of the pachinko machine 100 will be described.

  The main control unit 300 includes a basic circuit 302 that controls the entire main control unit 300. The basic circuit 302 includes a CPU 304, a ROM 306 for storing control programs and various data, and temporary data. RAM 308 for storing data, I / O 310 for controlling input / output of various devices, a counter timer 312 for measuring time and frequency, and a WDT 313 for monitoring abnormalities in program processing are mounted. . Note that another storage device may be used for the ROM 306 and the RAM 308, and this is the same for the first sub-control unit 400 described later. The CPU 304 of the basic circuit 302 operates by inputting a clock signal of a predetermined period output from the crystal oscillator 316 as a system clock.

  In addition, the basic circuit 302 includes a counter circuit 318 used as a hardware random number counter that changes a numerical value in the range of 0 to 65535 each time a clock signal output from the crystal oscillator 316 is received (this circuit includes two circuits). And a predetermined ball detection sensor, for example, a sensor for detecting a game ball passing through each starting port, winning port, variable winning port, front frame door opening sensor, and inner frame opening sensor. And a sensor circuit 322 for receiving signals output from various sensors 320 including a lower plate full sensor and outputting a comparison result with an amplification result or a reference voltage to the counter circuit 318 and the basic circuit 302, and a predetermined symbol display device For example, a drive circuit 324 for performing display control of the special symbol display device 114 and a display of a predetermined symbol display device such as the universal symbol display device 112 A drive circuit 326 for performing control, a drive circuit 330 for performing display control of various status display units 328 (for example, the general map hold lamp 116, the special figure hold lamp 118, the high accuracy medium lamp 120, etc.), and a predetermined A drive circuit 334 for controlling various solenoids 332 for opening and closing the movable members, for example, the blade member of the second special figure starting port 128 and the door member of the variable prize opening 130 is connected.

  When the ball detection sensor 320 detects that a ball has won the first special figure starting port 126, the sensor circuit 322 outputs a signal indicating that the ball has been detected to the counter circuit 318. Upon receiving this signal, the counter circuit 318 latches the value of the counter corresponding to the first special figure starting port 126 at that timing, and stores the latched value in the built-in counter value corresponding to the first special figure starting port 126. Store in the register. Similarly, when the counter circuit 318 receives a signal indicating that a ball has won the second special figure starting port 128, the counter circuit 318 latches the value at the timing of the counter corresponding to the second special figure starting port 128. The latched value is stored in a built-in counter value storage register corresponding to the second special figure starting port 128.

  Further, an information output circuit 336 is connected to the basic circuit 302, and the main control unit 300 is connected to an information input circuit 350 provided in an external hall computer (not shown) or the like via this information output circuit 336. The game information (for example, game state) of the machine 100 is output.

  In addition, the main control unit 300 is provided with a voltage monitoring circuit 338 that monitors the voltage value of the power source supplied from the power management unit 660 to the main control unit 300. The voltage monitoring circuit 338 is a voltage value of the power source. Is less than a predetermined value (9v in this embodiment), a low voltage signal indicating that the voltage has dropped is output to the basic circuit 302.

  In addition, the main control unit 300 is provided with a start signal output circuit (reset signal output circuit) 340 that outputs a start signal (reset signal) when the power is turned on. Game control is started when an activation signal is input.

  The main control unit 300 includes an output interface for transmitting a command to the first sub-control unit 400 and an output interface for transmitting a command to the payout control unit 600. With this configuration, the first control unit 300 Communication with the sub-control unit 400 and the payout control unit 600 is enabled. Information communication between the main control unit 300 and the first sub-control unit 400 and the payout control unit 600 is one-way communication. The main control unit 300 sends commands and the like to the first sub-control unit 400 and the payout control unit 600. The first sub control unit 400 and the payout control unit 600 are configured such that signals such as commands cannot be transmitted to the main control unit 300.

<Sub control unit>
Next, the first sub control unit 400 of the pachinko machine 100 will be described. The first sub-control unit 400 includes a basic circuit 402 that controls the entire first sub-control unit 400 mainly based on commands transmitted from the main control unit 300. The basic circuit 402 includes a CPU 404 and ROM 406 for storing control programs and various effects data, RAM 408 for temporarily storing data, I / O 410 for controlling input / output of various devices, and for measuring time, frequency, etc. The counter timer 412 is mounted. The CPU 404 of the basic circuit 402 operates by inputting a clock signal of a predetermined period output from the crystal oscillator 414 as a system clock. The ROM 406 may store the control program and various effect data in separate ROMs.

  The basic circuit 402 includes a sound source IC 416 for controlling the speaker 120 (and amplifier), a drive circuit 420 for controlling various lamps 418 (for example, the chance button lamp 138), and the number of out balls. An out-ball sensor 680 for counting, a chance button detection sensor 426 for detecting depression of the chance button 136, and a sensor circuit 428 for transmitting signals from these sensors to the basic circuit 402 are provided.

  The second sub control unit 500 receives the control command transmitted from the first sub control unit 400 via the input interface, and drives and controls the decorative symbol display device 110 and the shielding device 250.

<Discharge control unit, launch control unit, power supply management unit>
Next, the payout control unit 600, the launch control unit 630, and the power management unit 660 of the pachinko machine 100 will be described.

  The payout control unit 600 mainly controls the payout motor 602 based on a signal such as a command transmitted from the main control unit 300, and the payout of the winning ball or the rental ball is completed based on a control signal output from the payout sensor 604. It is detected whether or not the card unit 608 is communicated with the card unit 608 provided separately from the pachinko machine 100 via the interface unit 606.

  The launch control unit 630 outputs a control signal output from the payout control unit 600 to permit or stop the launch, or a launch intensity output circuit provided in the ball launch handle 134 to operate the ball launch handle 134 by the player. Control of the launch motor 632 that drives the launcher 146 and launcher 148, and control of the ball feeder 634 that supplies a ball from the upper plate 127 to the launcher 110 based on a control signal that indicates the launch intensity according to the amount. I do.

  The power management unit 660 converts the AC power supplied from the outside to the pachinko machine 100 into a DC voltage, converts it to a predetermined voltage, and controls the control units such as the main control unit 300 and the first sub control unit 400, the payout control unit 600, and the like. Supply to each device. Further, the power management unit 660 supplies a power storage circuit (for example, a power supply circuit) for supplying power to a predetermined part (for example, the RAM 308 of the main control unit 300) for a predetermined period (for example, 10 days) even after the external power supply is cut off. , Capacitor). In the present embodiment, a predetermined voltage is supplied from the power management unit 660 to the payout control unit 600 and the second sub control unit 500, and the main control unit 300, the second sub control unit 500, and the launch control unit are supplied from the payout control unit 600. Although a predetermined voltage is supplied to 630, the predetermined voltage may be supplied to each control unit and each device through another power supply path.

Next, the effect movable body 700 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. As shown in FIG. 4A, the right end of the support arm 702 is fixed to the effect movable body 700, and the left end of the support arm 702 is driven to the drive end. A pulley 701 and a drive motor 703 that rotationally drives the drive pulley 701 are provided. Further, a restricting member 704 for restricting the rotation angle of the support arm 702 is provided on the side of the support arm 702 so as not to cause excessive rotational movement. In the initial position shown in FIG. 4A, the effect movable body 700 does not overlap with the decorative symbol display device 110 arranged behind the effect movable body 700, but the drive motor 703 rotates and the effect movable body 700 produces the effect. When moved to the position, as shown in FIG. 4B, the decorative symbol display device 208 is overlapped, and various effects are performed according to the gaming state.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the positional relationship between the effect movable body 700 and the effect device 206. In the initial position shown in FIG. 5 (a), the effect movable body 700 is stored with a certain distance from the effect device 206 as shown in the top view on the right side of FIG. 5 (a). However, as will be described later, since the light emitting means is built in the effect movable body 700 and heat is generated when the light emitting means is operated, the gap between the effect movable body 700 and the effect device 206 is generated. However, if the drive pulley 701 is rotated to swing the effect movable body 700 from this state, the gap with the effect device 206 is widened as shown in FIG. At the same time, the air is disturbed by the wind generated by the effect movable body 700 itself, the accumulated heat is dispersed, and the effect movable body 700 and the effect device 206 are cooled.

  Next, the structure of the effect movable body 700 will be described with reference to FIG.

  6A, the left side is a right side view of the effect movable body 700, and the right side is a top view of the effect movable body 700. FIG. The production movable body 700 includes a front cover 705 having a translucent lens in the form of a 7-segment LED on the front surface, and a base base 706 having a built-in LED substrate 708 provided with a plurality of LEDs 707 as light emitting means. The two members are integrated by connection pins 709 provided at four locations. The connection pin 709 has a certain height, and a gap is generated between the front cover 705 and the base base 706 by this height. This gap is open in all directions, as shown in the top view of the effect movable body 700 in FIG. 6A. As shown in FIG. Whether it is in the initial position or the production position, heat escapes upward through the gap. Further, if the drive motor 703 is rotationally driven and the effect movable body 700 swings, the wind enters from the gap, so that the entire LED board 708 is cooled as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 7A is a perspective view of the front cover 705 as seen from the back side. The front cover 705 is configured in such a manner that two combinations of translucent lenses in the shape of 7-segment LEDs are adjacent to each other. FIG.7 (b) is the AA sectional drawing and BB sectional drawing in Fig.7 (a). In the present embodiment, the translucent lens portion 710 is formed so as to protrude from the other opaque resin portion 711, but is symmetrical in both the horizontal direction (AA cross section) and the vertical direction (BB cross section). Since the unevenness is formed as described above, heat is smoothly discharged to the outside without staying in a specific portion.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 8A, the movable body for production 700 has an opaque resin portion 711 around the front cover, so that the movable body for production 700 is obliquely shown in FIG. 8B. Even if it sees, it becomes the blind spot C of the opaque resin part 711 in Fig.8 (a), and the LED board 708 is not visually recognized by a player.

<Main control unit main processing>
Next, main control unit main processing executed by the CPU 304 of the main control unit 300 will be described with reference to 9 (a). This figure is a flowchart showing the flow of main processing of the main control unit.

  The main control unit 300 is provided with a start signal output circuit (reset signal output circuit) 340 that outputs a start signal (reset signal) when the power is turned on. The CPU 304 of the basic circuit 302 to which this activation signal has been input resets by a reset interrupt and executes the main process of the main control unit shown in FIG. 10A in accordance with a control program stored in the ROM 306 in advance.

  In step 1001, initialization processing is performed. In this initialization process, setting of a stack initial value (temporary setting) to the stack pointer (SP) of the CPU 304, setting of an interrupt mask, initial setting of the I / O 310, initial setting of various variables stored in the RAM 308, to the WDT 313 The operation is permitted and the initial value is set. In the present embodiment, a numerical value corresponding to 32.8 ms is set in WDT 313 as an initial value.

  In step 1003, basic random number initial value change processing is performed. This process is a process for returning the value of the random number counter to the initial value when the random number counter makes a round.

  In step 1005, effect random number update processing is performed. This process is a process of updating the effect random number used when selecting the effect content performed on the decorative symbol display device 110.

<Main control unit timer interrupt processing>
Next, a main control unit timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 304 of the main control unit 300 will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the flow of the main control unit timer interrupt process.

  The main control unit 300 includes a counter timer 312 that generates a timer interrupt signal at a predetermined cycle (in this embodiment, about once every 2 ms), and the main control unit timer interrupt is triggered by this timer interrupt signal. The process is started at a predetermined cycle.

  In step 1101, input port state update processing is performed. In this input port state update process, the detection signals of various sensors 320 including the above-mentioned front frame door open sensor, inner frame open sensor, lower pan full sensor, and various ball detection sensors are input via the input port of the I / O 310. The input is monitored for the presence or absence of a detection signal, and stored in a signal state storage area provided for each of the various sensors 320 in the RAM 308. If the detection signal of the sphere detection sensor is described as an example, information on the presence / absence of the detection signal of each sphere detection sensor detected in the timer interruption process (about 4 ms before) is stored in the RAM 308 for each sphere detection sensor This information is read out from the previous detection signal storage area partitioned and stored in the RAM 308 in the previous detection signal storage area partitioned for each sphere detection sensor, and the previous timer interrupt processing (about 2 ms before) ) Is read from the current detection signal storage area provided for each sphere detection sensor in the RAM 308, and this information is read out from the previous detection signal storage area described above. To remember. Further, the detection signal of each sphere detection sensor detected this time is stored in the above-described current detection signal storage area.

  In step 1103 and step 1105, basic random number initial value update processing and basic random number update processing are performed. In these basic random number initial value update processing and basic random number update processing, the random number counter used for generating the normal winning random number value and the special figure random number value used in the main control unit 300 is updated. For example, if the range of values that can be taken as a random number value for a normal winning number is 0 to 100, a value is acquired from a random number counter storage area for generating a normal winning random number value provided in the RAM 308, and 1 is added to the acquired value. Then, it is stored in the original random number counter storage area. At this time, if the result of adding 1 to the acquired value is 101, 0 is stored in the original random number counter storage area. If it is determined that the random number counter has made one round as a result of adding 1 to the acquired value, the value of the initial value generating random number counter corresponding to each random number counter is acquired and stored in the storage area of the random number counter. set. For example, a value is acquired from a random number counter for generating a regular winning random number that fluctuates in a numerical range of 0 to 100, and a result obtained by adding 1 to the acquired value is stored in a predetermined initial value storage area provided in the RAM 308. If the value is equal to the previously set initial value (for example, 7), the value is acquired as an initial value from the initial value generation random number counter corresponding to the random number counter for generating the random number for winning the normal number, The initial value set this time is stored in the above-described initial value storage area in order to determine that the random number counter for generating the winning random number value has made one round next time, in addition to setting it in the random number counter for generating the winning random value Keep it. Further, apart from the above-described initial value storage area for determining that the random number counter for generating the random number for winning the normal signal has made one round next, it is determined that the random number counter for generating the special figure random number has made one round. An initial value storage area is provided in the RAM 308.

  In step 1107, timer update processing is performed. In this timer update process, a normal symbol display symbol update timer for timing the time for the symbol to be changed / stopped on the normal symbol display device 112, and a time for the symbol to be changed / stopped to be displayed on the special symbol display device 114. Various timers including a special figure display symbol update timer, a timer for measuring a predetermined winning effect time, a predetermined opening time, a predetermined closing time, a predetermined end effect period, and the like are updated.

  In step 1109, a winning determination process is performed. In this winning determination process, it is determined whether or not there has been a winning at the special figure starting port 126, the second special figure starting port 128, the ordinary drawing starting port 124, and the variable winning port 130.

  In step 1111, a general map related process is performed. In this process, the driving process of the blade member of the second special figure starting port 128 is performed based on the display process of the normal map, the determination process of the normal map, and the determination result.

  In step 1113, special figure related processing is performed. In this process, special chart display processing, special chart determination processing, etc. are performed, and a jackpot flag, probability fluctuation flag, time reduction flag, etc. are set. The driving data of the mouth 130 is set.

  In step 1115, command setting transmission processing is performed, and various commands are transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400. The output schedule information to be transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400 is composed of 16 bits, for example, bit 15 is strobe information (indicating that data is set when ON), bits 11 to 14 are Command type (In this embodiment, command types such as basic command, symbol variation start command, symbol variation stop command, winning effect start command, end effect start command, jackpot round number designation command, power recovery command, FRAM clear command are specified. Possible information), bits 0 to 10 are composed of command data (predetermined information corresponding to the command type). Also, the payout data is transmitted to the payout control unit 630.

  In step 1117, external output signal setting processing is performed. In this external output signal setting process, the game information stored in the RAM 308 is output to the information input circuit 350 separate from the pachinko machine 100 via the information output circuit 334.

  In step 1119, device monitoring processing is performed. In this device monitoring process, the signal states of various sensors are read and monitored for the presence or absence of predetermined errors, such as the presence or absence of a front frame door open error or the bottom pan full error, and the front frame door open error or bottom pan full error. When a tongue error is detected, device information indicating whether or not there is a front frame door opening error or a lower plate full tank error is set in the transmission information to be transmitted to the first sub-control unit 400. Further, the solenoids 332 are driven to control the opening and closing of the second special figure starting port 128 and the variable prize opening 130, and the normal symbol display device 112 and the special symbol display device 114 are provided via the drive circuits 324, 326, 330. The display data to be output to the various status display units 328 and the like is set in the output port of the I / O 310.

<Processing of first sub-control unit 400>
The process of the 2nd sub control part 500 is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 6A is a flowchart of main processing executed by the CPU 504 of the second sub-control unit 500. FIG. 7B is a flowchart of command reception interrupt processing of the second sub control unit 500. FIG. 8C is a flowchart of the timer interrupt process of the second sub control unit 500.

  First, in step 1201 of FIG. When the power is turned on, an initialization process is first executed at 1201. In this initialization processing, initialization of input / output ports, initialization processing of a storage area in the RAM 408, and the like are performed.

  In step 1203, it is determined whether or not the timer variable is 10 or more, and this process is repeated until the timer variable becomes 10. When the timer variable becomes 10 or more, the process proceeds to step 1205.

  In step 1205, 0 is assigned to the timer variable.

  In step 1207, command processing is performed. The CPU 504 of the second sub control unit 500 determines whether a command has been received from the first sub control unit 400.

  In step 1209, a second sub-control unit effect control process is performed. Here, each effect parameter is updated according to the effect command transmitted from the first sub-control unit 400. In particular, in this embodiment, the drive mode and the light emission mode of the effect movable body 700 are updated. Details will be described later.

  In step 1211, a lamp control process is performed.

  In step 1213, control processing of the effect movable body 700 is performed.

  Next, the command reception interrupt process of the second sub control unit 500 will be described with reference to FIG. This command reception interrupt process is a process executed when the second sub control unit 500 detects the strobe signal output from the first sub control unit 400. In step 1301 of the command reception interrupt process, the command output from the first sub control unit 400 is stored as an unprocessed command in a command storage area provided in the RAM 408.

  Next, the second sub control unit timer interrupt process executed by the CPU 504 of the second sub control unit 500 will be described with reference to FIG. The second sub-control unit 500 includes a hardware timer that generates a timer interrupt at a predetermined cycle (in this embodiment, once every 2 ms), and a timer interrupt process is performed in response to this timer interrupt. Execute in the cycle.

  In step 1401 of the second sub-control unit timer interrupt process, 1 is added to the value of the timer variable storage area and the result is stored in the original timer variable storage area. Therefore, in step 1403, the value of the timer variable is determined to be 10 or more every 20 ms (2 ms × 10).

  In step 1403, various update processes are performed.

  Next, the second sub control unit according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 10D is a block diagram of the second sub-control unit. The 1st sub control part 400 of the pachinko machine 100 is demonstrated. The second sub control unit 500 includes a basic circuit 502 that controls the entire second sub control unit 500 based on a command or the like transmitted by the first sub control unit 400 in FIG. CPU 504, ROM 506 for storing control programs and various effects data, RAM 508 for temporarily storing data, I / O 510 for controlling input / output of various devices, time and frequency A counter timer 512 for measuring is mounted. The CPU 504 of the basic circuit 502 operates by inputting a clock signal of a predetermined period output from the crystal oscillator 514 as a system clock. The ROM 506 may store the control program and various effect data in separate ROMs.

  The basic circuit 502 includes a drive circuit 516 for driving the effect movable body 700, a drive circuit 742 for driving the LED 707, and an effect movable body operation sensor 724 for detecting the current position of the effect movable body 700. A sensor circuit 518 for detecting, a sensor circuit 741 for detecting the temperature of the effect movable body 700, a game board lamp driving circuit 530 for driving the game board lamp 532, and a game table frame for driving the game table frame lamp 542 A serial communication control circuit 520 for transmitting effect data to the lamp drive circuit 540 for game, the lamp drive circuit 530 for game board, and the lamp drive circuit 540 for game board frame, the shielding device 250, and the decorative symbol display device 208 are connected. Yes. In addition, a sensor circuit 742 that detects a temperature-related signal from a temperature sensor 741 provided in the effect movable body is connected.

  Next, the second sub control unit effect control process will be described. FIG. 11A is a flowchart showing the flow of the second sub-control unit effect control process, and FIG. In the present embodiment, a temperature sensor 741 is provided inside the effect movable body 700, and when it is detected that the temperature is higher than a certain temperature, the effect contents of the effect movable body that have been determined so far are suppressed. The effect movable body 700 is effected in effect A in the heat suppression mode. As shown in FIG. 11 (b), the content of the effect A is the movement data of the effect movable body, as shown on the right side of FIG. 11 (b). The liquid crystal moves from the position outside the liquid crystal to the liquid crystal front position b in 1 second, stops at the liquid crystal front position b for 2 seconds, and moves from the liquid crystal front position b to the liquid crystal outside position a in 1 second. At this time, the LED 707 is forcibly turned off and turned on for 1 second 5 seconds after the start of the production.

  Returning to FIG. 11A, as the second sub-control unit effect control process, first, in step 1501, effect setting according to the gaming state is performed.

  In step 1502, it is checked how many times the temperature detection signal from the temperature sensor 741 has been received.

  In step 1503, it is determined whether or not the determination result exceeds a certain temperature (for example, 70 ° C.).

  In step 1504, when the detected temperature is equal to or higher than the predetermined temperature, the effect data set in SJ01 is overwritten with effect A.

  In this way, when the temperature of the effect movable body 700 is equal to or higher than a certain temperature, it is possible to extend the life of the effect movable body 700 by switching to the effect that suppresses heat generation.

  Further, the effect data A may be changed according to the gaming state as shown in FIG. For example, there are three types of effects, such as B, C, and D, which are jackpots, and the operation data and light emission data of the effect movable body 700 performed in each effect are movable object data B, lamp data B, movable object data C, When the effect data C or D is selected as the lamp data C, the movable body data D, and the lamp data D, when the effect movable body 700 is above a certain temperature, the LED is turned on even if it is a big hit. Try to stop.

  In addition, various other modified examples of the shape of the effect movable body are conceivable.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 13, the LED substrate 708 may be directly attached to the front cover 705 without providing the base base 706 shown in FIG. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13A, a mounting hole 717 is provided in the front cover 705 and is fixed by a mounting screw 715 through a hole provided in the LED substrate 708. Further, in this case, since the inflow of air may be hindered, an air inlet 716 may be provided on the side surface of the front cover 705. Moreover, you may comprise so that the area | region which becomes a blind spot from a player may be expanded by inclining the side surface of the front cover 705. FIG. If the effect movable body 700 configured in this way is swung up and down, as shown in FIG. 13B, when the effect movable body 700 moves downward, air flows in from the lower air inlet 716. Then, after the interior is cooled while moving inside the effect movable body 700, it is discharged from the upper air inlet 716. On the other hand, when the effect movable body 700 moves upward, air flows in from the upper air inlet 716, cools the interior while moving downward in the effect movable body 700, and then is discharged from the lower air inlet 716. The

  Further, as shown in FIG. 14A, an air inlet 716 may be provided in the front portion of the front cover 705. In this case, as shown in FIG. 14B, even if the gap between the front cover 705 and the base base 706 is reduced, when the effect movable body 700 moves downward, air flows from the lower air inlet 716, After the inside of the effect movable body 700 is moved upward and cooled, the air is discharged from the upper air inlet 716. When the effect movable body 700 moves upward, air flows in from the upper air inlet 716, cools the inside while moving downward in the effect movable body 700, and then is discharged from the lower air inlet 716. . Moreover, this air inflow port may be provided in the side surface of a front cover, may be reduced to one place, or may be increased to three or more places.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15A, a rib 725 may be provided on the bottom surface of the front cover 705 to widen the range of blind spots from the player's line of sight. Further, a gap may be provided between the base base 706 and the LED substrate 708 so that the LED substrate 708 is also cooled from the back surface.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 15B, a fine arch-shaped heat radiation hole 730 may be provided on the lower side surface of the front cover 705. The heat radiation hole 730 may be provided over the entire circumference of the lower side surface of the front cover 705 or may be provided in part.

  Thus, according to the present invention, there is provided a game machine comprising a movable body constituted by a cover body that covers an electrical component, and an operation control means for performing operation control for operating the movable body, wherein the movable table The body is provided with an air inflow portion for allowing air to flow into the movable body and an air outflow portion for letting air out of the movable body, and accompanying the operation of the movable body by the operation control means The movement of the air inflow portion causes air in the moving direction of the air inflow portion to flow into the movable body.

  In the above-described embodiment, the effect movable body 700 that incorporates the LED as the light emitting means is configured to be swingable by the support arm 702, and the front cover 705 and the base base 706 are spaced from each other. Thus, the air inflow part is provided integrally, and when swinging is performed, the air flows into the effect movable body 700 from the gap and cools the inside.

  Therefore, even if the effect movable body 700 generates heat by light emitting means such as an LED, the cooling operation is simultaneously performed by the action of the accessory, so that the life of the member can be extended.

  Moreover, in another aspect of the present invention, the air inflow portion is an opening that opens to the front surface in the traveling direction of the movable body, and the air outflow portion is an opening that opens to the rear surface in the traveling direction of the movable body. It is a part.

  In another aspect of the present invention, the air inflow portion, the electrical component, and the air outflow portion are arranged along the moving direction.

  In another aspect of the present invention, the electrical component is an LED that emits light of a specific color, and the color near the air outflow portion and / or the color near the air outflow portion of the cover body is the specific color. It is characterized by having a similar color.

  Further, in another aspect of the present invention, the movable body is configured to move downward from a specific position where the upper part is covered by a predetermined game component, and the air inflow portion is provided on a lower surface of the movable body, The air outflow portion is provided on the upper surface of the movable body.

  Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to a game program in which the operation of the actual machine of the above-described slot machine is simulated for a home game machine, and the game can be executed by applying the present invention. In that case, a DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, FD (flexible disk), or any other recording medium can be used as a recording medium for recording the game program.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described, it has only illustrated the specific example and does not specifically limit this invention. Further, the actions and effects described in the embodiments of the invention only list the most preferable actions and effects resulting from the present invention, and the actions and effects according to the present invention are described in the embodiments of the present invention. It is not limited to what was done.

100 ... Pachinko machine 700 ... Production movable body 702 ... Support arm 705 ... Front cover 706 ... Base base 707 ... LED
708 ... LED substrate

Claims (2)

A movable body constituted by a cover body covering the electrical components;
Operation control means for performing operation control for operating the movable body;
A game machine equipped with
In the movable body,
An air inflow portion for allowing air to flow into the movable body;
An air outflow part for allowing the air in the movable body to flow out, and
The movement of the air inflow portion accompanying the movement of the movable body by the operation control means causes the air in the moving direction of the air inflow portion to flow into the movable body,
The cover body has a cover that covers one of the electrical components and a base that covers the other of the electronic components, the cover and the base are connected to be spaced apart, and the cover and the base are separated from each other The gap formed by the above is the air inflow portion and the air outflow portion,
The periphery of the cover is formed of an opaque resin,
The gaming table, wherein the electronic component is an LED substrate, and the light emission color of the LED is the same as at least one of the color of the cover and the color of the base. In the game stand of Claim 1 ,
The movable body is configured to move downward from a specific position where the upper part is covered by a predetermined game part,
A gaming table comprising the air inflow portion on a lower surface of the movable body and the air outflow portion on an upper surface of the movable body.

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