JP5254689B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  In a game arcade where game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are installed, there is no end to illegal acts in which a player illegally modifies the game machine and illegally acquires game media. Specifically, this fraudulent act is performed by exchanging the main control board that controls the gaming machine or the ROM mounted on the main control board with an illegal one (so-called back ROM).

  And the damage which a game hall suffers by such a fraudulent act is enormous. Conventionally, various anti-fraud measures have been taken at each game hall in order to prevent fraud. For example, in each amusement hall, measures are taken such as installing a surveillance camera or increasing the number of employees in order to monitor fraud.

  As another countermeasure against fraud, an IC tag having identification information is attached to the board case of the main control board of the gaming machine, and the IC tag is read by a tag reader attached to the inside of the game island. There has been proposed a technique for detecting whether or not a substrate has been illegally replaced (for example, see Patent Document 1 below).

JP 2008-000204 A

  However, even if monitoring of fraudulent activities is strengthened by installing surveillance cameras or increasing the number of employees, there are many cases in which fraudulent acts themselves cannot be detected by surveillance cameras or employees are unaware. However, there was a problem that it was not possible to fully grasp fraud.

  In addition, the conventional technique described in Patent Document 1 described above generates an induction electromagnetic field when a tag reader transmits a calling wave, and generates an electromotive force of the IC tag by electromagnetic induction of the induction electromagnetic field. There is a problem that the generated induction electromagnetic field may adversely affect other electronic devices such as other control boards and game medium lending devices.

  In particular, in the technique of Patent Document 1, it is desired to reduce the number of tag readers from the viewpoint of cost. However, when the number of tag readers is reduced, the distance between the tag reader and the IC tag is increased, and the induced electromagnetic field of the calling wave is reduced. It is necessary to increase the strength. In addition, when the intensity of the induction electromagnetic field is increased in this way, there is a problem that the risk of adverse effects on the electronic device is further increased.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a gaming machine that can surely realize early detection of fraud without adversely affecting electronic devices and can prevent the spread of damage caused by fraud. With the goal.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, a gaming machine according to the present invention covers a substrate body, an irradiation unit that is provided on the substrate body and emits light in a predetermined wavelength region, and covers the substrate body. A case member, and the substrate body is coated on the surface with a light emitting resin that emits light when irradiated with the light by the irradiation unit, and the case member is formed by half-evaporating the light emitting resin. It is characterized by being.

  In the above invention, the case member is provided with a reflection part for reflecting light from the irradiation part to the substrate body side at a position corresponding to the irradiation part, and the reflection part is provided with the irradiation part. It is desirable that the cross section is formed in a concave shape with respect to the portion and that the light emitting resin is half-deposited. According to this invention, the case member can emit light and the substrate body can emit light effectively.

  Moreover, in the said invention, it is desirable that the said irradiation part uses a black light, and the said light emitting resin is what light-emits by the said black light. According to the present invention, the substrate main body can emit light most effectively.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to reliably realize early detection of fraudulent activity without adversely affecting electronic devices and to prevent the spread of damage caused by fraud.

(Embodiment)
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a gaming machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

(Basic configuration of gaming machine)
FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a gaming machine according to the present embodiment. In the gaming machine 100 shown in FIG. 1, a game ball launched by driving a launching unit (not shown) arranged at a lower position of the game board 101 rises between the rails 102 a and 102 b and moves to an upper position of the game board 101. After reaching, the game area 103 falls. A plurality of nails (not shown) are provided in the game area 103, and a game ball is dropped in various directions, and a windmill or a prize opening that changes the fall direction of the game ball is placed in the middle of the fall. Is arranged.

  A display unit 104 is arranged at the center of the game area 103 of the game board 101. As the display unit 104, for example, a liquid crystal display (LCD) is used. Below the display unit 104, a start winning opening 105 for starting winning is arranged. Winning gates 106 are arranged on the left and right sides of the display unit 104, respectively. The winning gate 106 is provided to detect the passing of the game ball and perform a lottery to open the start winning opening 105 for a predetermined time.

  A normal winning opening 107 is disposed on the side of the display unit 104 or below. When a game ball wins the normal winning opening 107, the number of winning balls (for example, 10) at the time of the normal winning is paid out. At the bottom of the game area 103, there is provided a collection port 108 for collecting game balls that have not won any winning ports.

  The display unit 104 described above starts changing the display of a plurality of symbols when a game ball wins a specific winning opening (at the time of starting winning), and the symbols stop after a predetermined time. When a specific symbol (for example, “777”) is prepared at the time of the stop, a big hit state is obtained. In the big win state, the large winning opening 109 located below repeats a predetermined period (for example, 15 rounds) of opening for a certain period, and pays out the number of winning balls corresponding to the winning game balls.

(Back configuration of gaming machine)
Next, the back surface of the gaming machine 100 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a rear view of the gaming machine 100 according to the present embodiment. 2 is a state in which the gaming board 101 shown in FIG. 1 is viewed from the back side. In the illustrated example, the gaming machine 100 is fitted in the machine casing 201. In addition, the gaming machine 100 fitted in the machine frame 201 is configured to open one side with respect to an installation frame (not shown), that is, in a fixed state and an open state with respect to the installation frame. It is configured to be openable and closable.

  The gaming machine 100 is connected to a game medium lending device (not shown) that lends game media such as game balls and game medals used for games. The game medium lending device transmits a signal relating to the lending of game media to the gaming machine 100 in accordance with, for example, payment information stored in a card inserted from the player.

  In the gaming machine 100, various control boards such as a main control board, an effect control board, and a prize ball control board are arranged in a state of being covered with board cases 210-212. Specifically, the main control board is covered with the board case 210, the prize ball control board is covered with the board case 211, and the effect control board is covered with the board case 212. The substrate case 212 is covered with a back cover 220.

  The board cases 210 to 212 are configured to cover the top and side surfaces of various control boards so that unauthorized actions such as unauthorized modification of various control boards and replacement with illegal boards cannot be performed from the outside. Furthermore, the substrate cases 210 to 212 are made of, for example, a transparent member such as acrylic, and can be visually checked against unauthorized actions such as unauthorized modification of various control boards and replacement with unauthorized boards. Yes.

  Further, the back cover 220 is formed of a transparent case, and protects the connection cable disposed outside the substrate case 212. Specifically, the back cover 220 protects connection cables connected to various control boards and other gaming machine components.

(Example of main control board configuration)
Next, an example of the configuration of the main control board according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the configuration of the main control board according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the AA cross section of FIG.

  In FIG. 3, the main control board 300 has electronic parts 302 such as a CPU, ROM, and RAM mounted on a board body 301. In addition, an LED black light 303 as an irradiation unit is provided in the center on the substrate body 301. The LED black light 303 emits light having a wavelength of 400 nm or less. In addition, in this Embodiment, although LED is used, a fluorescent tube and an incandescent lamp can also be used.

  Further, the position where the LED black light 303 is disposed is not limited to the center on the substrate body 301. In addition, the power of the LED black light 303 is turned on and off at the same time as the power of the gaming machine 100. However, in addition to this, even if a switch for the LED black light 303 is separately provided to turn on and off the power. Good.

  A special resin 304 that emits light when irradiated with the LED black light 303 is applied onto the solder resist of the substrate body 301. The special resin 304 is, for example, white or translucent when the LED black light 303 is not irradiated. For this resin, for example, strontium fluoborate doped with europium, barium silicide doped with lead, or the like is used. As for the color to emit light, any color can be used by changing the pigment.

  The main control board 300 is accommodated in the board case 210. The substrate case 210 has a rectangular shape, and includes an upper surface portion 310 that covers the upper surface of the main control substrate 300 and side walls 311 that cover the side surfaces. The upper surface portion 310 of the substrate case 210 is configured by a surface substantially parallel to the substrate body 301 installed in the substrate case 210. On the other hand, the side wall 311 is constituted by a surface substantially perpendicular to the substrate body 301. Therefore, the substrate case 210 and the main control substrate 300 form a rectangular parallelepiped. In the following description, regarding the upper surface portion 310 of the substrate case 210, the surface facing the main control board 300 is referred to as an inner surface 310a, and the surface not facing the main control board 300 is referred to as an outer surface 310b.

  A reflective portion 320 for reflecting the light from the LED black light 303 toward the substrate body 301 is formed at a portion corresponding to the LED black light 303 on the inner surface 310 a of the substrate case 210. As shown in FIG. 4, the reflecting portion 320 has a concave cross section, and a special resin 401 that emits light when irradiated with the LED black light 303 is half-deposited on the surface. In FIG. 4, for convenience, the electronic component 302 shown in FIG. 3 is not shown.

  Note that the substrate case 210 is made of a transparent member such as acrylic as described above. Further, the portion of the reflective portion 320 where the special resin 401 is half-deposited is made translucent by the special resin 401. Therefore, the substrate case 210 is configured so that the inside can be visually observed from the outside.

(Action by irradiation of LED black light)
Next, the effect of irradiation with the LED black light 303 will be described. For example, when the store clerk turns on the main power supply of the gaming machine 100, the LED black light 303 is turned on. When the LED black light 303 is turned on, a part of the light from the LED black light 303 is reflected toward the substrate body 301 due to the concave shape of the reflection part 320 and the special resin 401 being half-deposited. Due to the reflected light, the special resin 304 on the substrate body 301 emits light in a predetermined color. Note that the special resin 304 on the substrate body 301 also emits light in a predetermined color by direct light from the LED black light 303.

  On the other hand, part of the light from the LED black light 303 is emitted to the outer surface 310b side by the shape of the reflection part 320 and the half vapor deposition of the special resin 401. At this time, the light emitted to the outer surface 310 b side is emitted in a predetermined color by the special resin 401. Therefore, when the LED black light 303 is turned on from the outside, the reflection part 320 of the substrate case 210 emits light and the substrate body 301 also emits light.

  Due to such a configuration, when the game machine 100 is inspected by the store clerk, when the game machine 100 is released from the installation frame, the store clerk simply looks at the back of the game machine 100 and the main control board 300 is illegally replaced. You can easily check if it is not.

  In the present embodiment, the substrate main body 301 is colored in a color (predetermined color) different from the emission color of the LED black light 303 by the special resins 304 and 401. That is, it is possible to easily distinguish the color of the LED black light 303 from the color of the solder resist of the upper surface portion 310 of the substrate case 210 and the substrate body 301 that is colored by the irradiation of the LED black light 303. . Therefore, it can be easily identified whether or not regular parts are used.

  In the present embodiment, the LED black light 303 emits blue-violet light, whereas the upper surface portion 310 of the substrate case 210 and the solder resist are colored yellow-green. The color to be developed can be orange instead of yellow-green. Further, by changing the color formers of the special resins 304 and 401 according to the number of production lots of the gaming machine 100, that is, by changing the color to be developed, it is easily identified whether or not regular parts are used. It is also possible.

  In the present embodiment, the portion where the special resin 401 is half-deposited on the inner surface 310a of the substrate case 210 is only the reflecting portion 320, but it may be the entire inner surface 310a. Also, given characters, symbols, marks, etc. that can be grasped at a glance, for example, by providing irregularities on the inner surface 310a of the substrate case 210, or by partially changing the thickness of vapor deposition of the special resin 401 or the color of light emission. Etc. may be made to emit light. Further, with respect to the special resin 304 applied on the substrate body 301, predetermined characters, symbols, marks, etc. that can be grasped at a glance by partially changing the thickness of vapor deposition of the special resin 401 and the light emission color. May be made to emit light.

  As described above, the main control board 300 according to the present embodiment includes the LED black light 303 that irradiates light of a predetermined wavelength region on the substrate body 301, and the light emitted from the LED black light 303 on the surface of the substrate body 301. Since the special resin 304 that emits light upon irradiation is used, the substrate body 301 can emit light. Therefore, when there is an illegal act in which the main control board 300 is replaced with an illegal one, the predetermined light emission cannot be seen, so that the illegal act can be easily found visually. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the spread of damage due to fraud without adversely affecting the electronic device.

  In addition, since the LED black light 303 is provided on the board body 301, it is not necessary to separately provide a black light in the amusement island or the like. In other words, it is not necessary to make capital investment for securing fraud and to secure a space. The act can be easily discovered.

  In addition, according to the main control board 300 according to the present embodiment, the substrate case 210 that covers the substrate body 301 is obtained by half-depositing the special resin 401, so that the substrate case 210 can emit light. Therefore, even if the substrate case 210 is replaced, predetermined light emission cannot be seen, so that the illegal act can be easily found visually.

  In addition, according to the main control board 300 according to the present embodiment, the LED black light 303 is formed to have a concave cross section at a position corresponding to the board case 210 and the LED black light 303, and the light emitting resin is half. Since the vapor deposited LED black light 303 is provided, the light from the LED black light 303 can be effectively reflected to the substrate body 301 side. Therefore, when there is an illegal act in which the main control board 300 is replaced, it is possible to easily find the illegal act because predetermined light emission is not seen.

  In the above description, the LED black light 303 is used as the irradiation unit, and the special resins 304 and 401 that emit light by the LED black light 303 are used. However, the present invention is not limited to this. You may use what applied the light emission resin which light-emits predetermined color by irradiating. That is, in addition to the above-described configuration, the substrate body 301 includes an irradiation unit that irradiates light in a predetermined wavelength region, and the surface of the substrate body 301 is coated with a light-emitting resin that emits light when irradiated with the light. Any irradiation part and light emitting resin can be used as long as they are present.

  The above-described gaming machine 100 is of a so-called digipachi type, but other than this, the main control board 300 according to the present embodiment is used for a type of gaming machine such as a blade or a right thing. You can also. In the above description, only the main control board 300 has been described. However, the effect control board and the prize ball control board can be configured similarly. Furthermore, the main control board 300 is not limited to being used in the gaming machine 100, but can also be used in other electronic devices that need to prevent unauthorized replacement of the control board.

  As described above, according to the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is possible to surely realize early detection of fraud without adversely affecting electronic devices, and to prevent the spread of damage caused by fraud.

  The gaming machine according to the present invention is useful for countermeasures against fraud in pachinko gaming machines, slot gaming machines, and other various electronic devices, and is particularly suitable for installation and use in pachinko halls, game centers (playland), and home game machines. ing.

It is a front view which shows an example of the game board of the game machine concerning this Embodiment. It is a rear view of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of a structure of the main control board concerning this Embodiment. It is sectional drawing which showed the AA cross section of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Game machine 210-212 Board | substrate case 300 Main control board 301 Board | substrate main body 302 Electronic component 303 LED black light 304 Special resin 320 Reflecting part 401 Special resin

Claims (1)

A substrate body;
An irradiation unit that is provided in the substrate body and irradiates light in a predetermined wavelength region;
A case member covering the substrate body;
With
The substrate main body, the surface state, and are not luminous resin is applied to light by irradiation of the light by the irradiation unit,
The gaming machine is characterized in that the case member is a half-deposited of the light emitting resin .

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