JP5260020B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which can prevent BGM from getting mixed with voices and prevent players from having a difficulty in hearing the voices. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine 1 includes a front frame 20 to which a game board is attached, and a front door 30 openably arranged on the front side of the front frame 20 and having a transparent plate 72 covering the front of the game area 61 of the game board 50. The game machine includes a BGM speaker 80 arranged on the front door 30 and outputting BGM, a voice speaker 81 provided separately from the BGM speaker 80, arranged in the front door 30, and outputting voices. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that performs an effect according to a gaming state, and more particularly to a gaming machine that can effectively perform an effect by sound.

  Generally, in a pachinko machine as a gaming machine, a jackpot lottery is performed to determine whether or not a special prize state is to be generated when a game ball passes to a starting area, and the lottery result is displayed via a symbol display device. Informed to the player. At this time, in the symbol display device, various effects such as variably displaying symbols according to the gaming state are performed. In addition, in the pachinko machine, the player's interest is improved by performing an effect by sound such as outputting various sound effects according to the effect on the symbol display device.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a pachinko machine according to Patent Document 1 as an invention aimed at effectively performing an effect by sound.
The pachinko machine according to Patent Document 1 includes a pair of speakers respectively disposed on the upper corners on the back side of the glass frame covering the front of the game board. And each speaker is attached so that it may become inclined toward the center part of a game board.
Thereby, in the pachinko machine according to Patent Document 1, the radiation direction of the sound effect radiated from each speaker is directed to the player located in front of the game board.
JP-A-9-56906

Here, in the pachinko machine, as an effect by sound, BGM corresponding to the game state is output, and sound for transmitting various information such as the occurrence of the special prize state to the player is output. And since the voice for transmitting various kinds of information to the player becomes important information when the player plays a game, it is desired that the voice is transmitted to the player reliably.
However, in the pachinko machine according to Patent Document 1, due to the configuration in which BGM and sound are output from the same speaker, there is a problem that BGM and sound are mixed and it is difficult for the player to hear the sound.
In particular, in each store where pachinko machines are installed, a plurality of pachinko machines are installed in a state where adjacent pachinko machines are close to each other.
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and its purpose is to prevent the BGM and voice from being mixed and to prevent the player from having difficulty in hearing the voice. An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can be used.

In order to achieve the above object, a gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a front frame to which a gaming board is attached,
A front door having a transparent plate disposed on the front side of the front frame so as to be openable and closable and covering the front of the game area of the game board;
A gaming machine comprising
A pair of BGM speakers for outputting BGM , each disposed at each corner on the upper side of the front door;
A voice speaker that is provided separately from the BGM speaker and that is disposed in a central portion in the left-right direction above the transparent plate of the front door ;
The front door is
A base portion to which the transparent plate is attached and the BGM speaker and the audio speaker are disposed;
A decorative plate that has an opening that exposes the cone portion of the BGM speaker and an opening that exposes the cone portion of the audio speaker and covers the front of the base portion;
A decorative cover having a sound hole for allowing sound radiated from the BGM speaker and a sound hole for allowing sound radiated from the sound speaker to pass therethrough, and integrally covering the entire front of the decorative plate; Prepared,
A rib that protrudes forward is provided between the opening that exposes the cone portion of the audio speaker of the decorative plate and the opening that exposes the cone portion of the BGM speaker. And
The decorative plate includes an upper decorative member that covers the central portion in the left-right direction above the base portion and is provided with the opening that exposes the cone portion of the audio speaker.
The rib, the upper decorative member, characterized that you have been integrally formed with the opening.

  That is, in the gaming machine according to claim 1 of the present invention, the BGM speaker that outputs BGM and the BGM speaker that are provided on the front door are provided separately from the BGM speaker, and the voice that is provided on the front door is received. And an audio speaker for output. Therefore, according to the gaming machine of the first aspect of the present invention, the BGM and the sound are prevented from being mixed by the configuration in which the BGM speaker for outputting the BGM and the sound speaker for outputting the sound are separately provided. This makes it possible to prevent the player from having difficulty in hearing the voice.

Further, according to the game machine according to the present onset bright, with the configuration BGM speaker and audio speaker is disposed on the front side of the front door, the sound radiated from the BGM speaker and the audio speaker, a gaming machine Since it is transmitted to the player from a position near the player's head located in front of the game area of the game board, it is possible to effectively produce effects by sound emitted from the BGM speaker and the sound speaker. It becomes.

Further, according to the game machine according to the present onset bright, the configuration decorative portion and a decorative cover for covering the front of the decorative panel and decorative plate covering the front of the base portion, it is possible to improve decorativeness of the decorative portion It becomes.

Further, according to the game machine according to the present onset bright, sound emitted from the BGM speaker inside the outer cover and the sound emitted from the audio speaker it is possible to prevent interference. Further, the decorative cover can be easily formed by providing the rib on the decorative plate.

Furthermore, according to the game machine according to the present onset bright, the configuration of providing both BGM speaker and audio speaker above a transparent plate of the front door, the sound radiated from both BGM speaker and the audio speaker, game Since it is transmitted to the player from above the player located in front of the game area of the game board of the machine, it is possible to effectively produce effects by sounds emitted from both BGM speakers and voice speakers It becomes.

According to the gaming machine according to the present onset bright, it is possible to prevent the separately provided constituting an audio speaker for outputting BGM speaker and sound outputting a BGM, mix and the BGM and sound, game It is possible to prevent a person from having difficulty in hearing the voice.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the gaming board provided in the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a base portion of a front door provided in the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the speaker holder and the speaker attached to the base portion shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a decorative plate of the decorative portion of the front door provided in the gaming machine shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the upper decorative member of the decorative plate shown in FIG. 6 as viewed from above. FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the upper decorative member shown in FIG. 7 as viewed from below. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing a decorative cover of the decorative portion of the front door provided in the gaming machine shown in FIG.

The gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 includes a rectangular frame main body 10, a front frame 20 that can be opened and closed on the front side of the frame main body 10, and an opening that can be opened and closed above the front side of the front frame 20. A front door 30 having a transparent plate 72 that covers the front of the game area 61 of the transparent game board 60 of the game board 50 (see FIG. 3), and a tray unit 40 disposed below the front side of the front frame 20; It has.
The front frame 20 is formed in a rectangular shape and is hinged to the frame body 10 via a hinge mechanism H. A game board 50 (see FIG. 3) is attached to the inside of the front frame 20.

As shown in FIG. 3, the game board 50 includes a transparent game board 60 having a game area 61 in which the game ball B moves, and a symbol display device 66 disposed on the back side of the transparent game board 60.
The transparent game board 60 is formed in a flat plate shape with a transparent synthetic resin. A plurality of game nails P for guiding the game ball B are disposed in the game area 61 of the transparent game board 60. The game area 61 of the transparent gaming board 60 includes a start winning opening 63 disposed below the center and a large winning opening 65 disposed below the starting winning opening 63.

  The symbol display device 66 is configured by a liquid crystal display, an EL (electroluminescence) display, a plasma display, or a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) display. The symbol display device 66 has a display area 67 that covers the entire game area 61 of the transparent game board 60. That is, the display area 67 of the symbol display device 66 and the game area 61 of the transparent game board 60 are substantially coincident when viewed from the front, and the player can visually recognize the display area 67 through the game area 61. It is possible.

  The gaming machine 1 performs a jackpot lottery to determine whether or not to cause a special prize state when the game ball B is awarded to the start winning opening 63. And in the gaming machine 1, the result of the jackpot lottery is displayed on the display area 67 of the symbol display device 66 using the symbol. At this time, in the display area 67 of the symbol display device 66, various effects such as variably displaying symbols are displayed along with the display of the result of the big hit lottery. When the symbol displayed in the display area 67 of the symbol display device 66 becomes a big hit symbol, the big winning opening 63 opens and closes in a predetermined pattern, and the game ball B can be won. Further, when the winning of the game ball B to the big winning opening 63 is detected, the winning ball corresponding to the number of the winning game balls B is paid out to the tray unit 40.

The front door 30 is formed in a rectangular shape and is hinged to the frame body 10 via a hinge mechanism H. The front door 30 includes a base portion 70, a pair of BGM speakers 80 and a single sound speaker 81 disposed on the front surface of the base portion 70, and a decorative portion 90 that covers the front of the base portion 70. doing.
As shown in FIG. 4, the base portion 70 is formed of a rectangular plate-like body. An opening 71 is provided at the center of the base 70 so that the game area 61 of the transparent game board 60 can be viewed from the outside. A transparent plate 72 made of glass, transparent resin, or the like is attached to the back side of the base portion 70 so as to close the opening 71. In addition, a large lamp 73a and a small lamp 73b of various colors, such as light bulbs and LEDs, are provided around the opening 71 of the base unit 70, and are linked to effects during play and the state of equipment. It is configured to light up or blink.

  As shown in FIG. 5, each BGM speaker 80 includes a circular cone part 80a, a drive part 80b disposed on the back side of the cone part 80a, and a flange part 80c provided around the cone part 80a. And four screw holes 80d provided in the flange portion 80c. Both BGM speakers 80 are respectively disposed at the upper corners of the front surface of the base unit 70. Each BGM speaker 80 is disposed on the base portion 70 via a BGM speaker holder 82 attached to the base portion 70.

As shown in FIG. 5, each BGM speaker holder 82 has a holding portion 82b having a holding hole 82a for holding each BGM speaker 80, and a support portion 82c for supporting the holding portion 82b. Further, four screw holes 82d are provided on the front surface of the holding portion 82b.
Each BGM speaker 80 has a screw hole in the flange portion 80c in a state where the drive portion 80b is inserted into the holding hole 82a of each BGM speaker holder 82 and the back surface of the flange portion 80c is in contact with the front surface of the holding portion 82b. The fixing screws N are screwed into the screw holes 82d of the holding portions 82b and 80d, so that the speaker holders 82 for BGM are fixed.

  Here, the front surface of the holding portion 82b of each BGM speaker holder 82 is angled so as to face downward and inward with each BGM speaker holder 82 attached to each upper corner portion of the front surface of the base portion 70. Has been adjusted. Thus, the two BGM speakers 80 are respectively arranged at the respective corners on the front surface of the base portion 70 so that the central axes of the sounds radiated from the cone portions 80a of the two BGM speakers 80 are directed downward and inward. Established.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the audio speaker 81 is provided around an elliptical cone portion 81a extending in the left-right direction, a drive portion 81b disposed on the back side of the cone portion 81a, and the cone portion 81a. And a flange portion 81c. The audio speaker 81 is disposed at the center in the left-right direction above the opening 71 of the base unit 70. The audio speaker 81 is disposed on the base unit 70 via an audio speaker holder 84 attached to the base unit 70.

As shown in FIG. 4, the audio speaker holder 84 has a pair of holding portions 84a that hold the flange portion 81c of the audio speaker 81, and a pair of support portions 84b that respectively support the holding portions 84a. Yes.
The audio speaker 81 is fixed to the audio speaker holder 84 by holding the end portions of the flange portion 80 c in the left-right direction by the holding portions 84 a of the audio speaker holder 84. The sound speaker 81 is disposed at the center in the left-right direction above the opening 71 on the front surface of the base portion 70 so that the central axis of the sound radiated from the cone portion 81a faces downward.

The decorative portion 90 includes a decorative plate 91 that covers the front of the base portion 70 and a decorative cover 92 that covers the front of the decorative plate 91.
As shown in FIG. 6, the decorative plate 91 includes an upper decorative member 91 a that covers a central portion in the left-right direction above the base portion 70, and a pair of corner decorative members 91 b that respectively cover the upper corner portions of the base portion 70. And a pair of side decorative members 91c that respectively cover the lower side from the respective sides of the base part 70. The front surface of the decorative plate 91 is subjected to silver plating. An opening 93 corresponding to the opening 71 of the base portion 70 is provided at the center of the decorative plate 91.

As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the upper decorative member 91 a is provided with a speaker accommodating portion 94 that bulges forward and covers the audio speaker 81 attached to the base portion 70. The speaker housing portion 94 is provided with a speaker opening 94a for exposing the cone portion 81a of the audio speaker 81.
As shown in FIG. 6, each corner decoration member 91 a is provided with a speaker housing portion 95 that bulges forward and covers each BGM speaker 80 attached to the base portion 70. Each speaker housing 95 is provided with a speaker opening 95a that exposes the cone 80a of each BGM speaker 80.

  As shown in FIG. 6, each side decoration member 91 c is provided with a plurality of lamp openings 96 a that expose the lamps 73 a and 73 b provided in the base portion 70. Also, lamp ribs 96b for preventing light emitted from the large lamps 73a from directly hitting the player inside the lamp openings 96a exposing the large lamps 73a of the side decoration members 91c. Is arranged.

  Here, between the speaker openings 94a of the decorative plate 91 and the speaker openings 95a, speaker ribs 94b protruding forward are provided. In the present embodiment, the speaker rib 94b is provided in series on the front side of the speaker housing portion 94 of the upper decorative member 91a so as to surround the upper side and the side of the speaker opening portion 94a. The speaker ribs 94b may be provided between the speaker openings 94a of the decorative plate 91 and the speaker openings 95a, and are provided in series so as to surround the entire circumference of the speaker openings 94a. It may be a configuration. Further, the speaker rib 94b may be provided independently on each side of the speaker opening 94a.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the decorative cover 92 is formed so as to cover the front of the base portion 70 and the decorative plate 91. The decorative cover 92 is formed of a transparent or translucent resin so that the decorative plate 91 accommodated inside the decorative cover 92 can be seen from the outside. In addition, an opening 99 corresponding to the opening 71 of the base portion 70 is provided at the center of the decorative cover 92. The decorative cover 92 is provided with a bulging portion 97 that bulges forward.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the bulging portion 97 is provided so as to surround the upper side and the side of the game area 61 of the transparent game board 60. Further, the bulging portion 97 has the largest amount of bulging forward at the upper portion of the opening 96 and at each corner portion of the decorative cover 92, and the amount of bulging forward as it goes downward from each corner portion. Is getting smaller. The bulging portion 97 covers the front of both the BGM speaker 80 and the audio speaker 81 attached to the base portion 70. The bulging portion 97 is provided with a sound release hole 98 through which sound radiated from the cone portion 80a of each BGM speaker 80 and the cone portion 81a of the sound speaker 81 is passed. Here, the sound hole 98 is provided only in the direction in which sound is emitted by the cone portions 80a and 81a of the speakers 80 and 81. In the present embodiment, the bulging part 97 is provided so as to surround the upper side and the side of the gaming area 61 of the transparent gaming board 60, but the bulging part 97 is provided in the gaming area 61 of the transparent gaming board 60. As long as it is provided at least above and at the top of the side.

Next, the operation of the gaming machine 1 will be described.
In the gaming machine 1, a big hit lottery for determining whether or not to cause a special prize state is performed in response to the winning of the game ball B in the start winning opening 63, and the result of the big win lottery is displayed with various effects. It is displayed in the display area 67 of the device 66.
Also, in the gaming machine 1, in accordance with the effects displayed in the display area 67 of the symbol display device 66, effects such as BGM and various sound effects are performed using the BGM speakers 80 and the sound speakers 81. Is called.

Here, in the gaming machine 1, a BGM speaker 80 that outputs BGM and an audio speaker 81 that outputs audio, sound effects, and the like are provided separately. As a result, it is possible to prevent BGM and voice from being mixed with each other, and it is possible to prevent the player from having difficulty in hearing the voice and the like.
In the gaming machine 1, speaker ribs 94 b surrounding the speaker opening 94 a are provided on the front side of the speaker housing portion 94 of the upper decorative member 91 a of the decorative plate 91. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the sound radiated from both BGM speakers 80 and the sound radiated from the sound speaker 81 from interfering with each other inside the bulging portion 97. Further, by providing the speaker rib 94b not on the inside of the decorative cover 92 but on the decorative plate 91, the decorative cover 92 can be easily formed.

  In the gaming machine 1, both BGM speakers 80 and audio speakers 81 are attached to the front surface of the base portion. Further, both BGM speakers 80 are respectively disposed at the respective corners of the base portion 70 so that the central axes of the sounds radiated from the cone portions 80a of the both BGM speakers 80 are directed downward and inward. Yes. Furthermore, the audio speaker 81 is disposed at the center in the left-right direction above the opening 71 of the base portion 70 so that the central axis of the sound radiated from the cone portion 81a faces downward. Thereby, since the sound radiated from each speaker 80, 81 is transmitted to the player from a position close to the player's head located in front of the game area 61 of the transparent gaming board 60 of the gaming machine 1, It is possible to effectively produce effects by sounds radiated from the speakers 80 and 81.

  In the gaming machine 1, a bulging portion 97 that covers the front of both the BGM speaker 80 and the audio speaker 81 is provided so as to surround the upper side and the side of the gaming area 61 of the transparent gaming board 60. Further, the sound release hole 98 is provided only in the direction in which sound is emitted by the cone portions 80a and 81a of the speakers 80 and 81. Thereby, the bulging part 97 reduces that the sound radiated | emitted from cone part 80a, 81a of each speaker 80,81 diffuses around the game area | region 61 of the transparent game board 60. FIG. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the sounds of the adjacent gaming machines 1 from interfering with each other, and it is possible to prevent the effects of the sound effect on the player from being reduced.

In the gaming machine 1, the speakers 80 and 81 are disposed on the base portion 70 via the holders 82 and 84. Thereby, the configuration of the base unit 70 can be simplified, and the speakers 80 and 81 can be easily installed.
Further, in the gaming machine 1, the decorative portion 90 includes a decorative plate 91 and a decorative cover 92 that covers the front of the decorative plate 91. The decorative cover 92 is formed of a transparent or translucent resin so that the decorative plate 91 accommodated inside the decorative cover 92 can be seen from the outside. Thereby, it is possible to improve the decorativeness of the decorative portion 90.

1 is a perspective view showing a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the gaming machine shown in FIG. It is a front view of the game board with which the gaming machine shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the base part of the front door with which the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1 is equipped. It is a perspective view of the speaker holder and speaker attached to the base part shown in FIG. It is a perspective view which shows the decoration board of the decoration part of the front door with which the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1 is equipped. It is the perspective view which looked at the upper decoration member of the decoration board shown in FIG. 6 from upper direction. It is the perspective view which looked at the upper decoration member shown in Drawing 7 from the lower part. It is a perspective view which shows the decoration cover of the decoration part of the front door with which the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1 is equipped.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 10 Frame main body 20 Front frame 30 Front door 40 Satisfaction unit 50 Game board 60 Transparent game board 61 Game area H Hinge mechanism B Game ball P Game nail 63 Start prize opening 65 Large prize opening 66 Symbol display apparatus 67 Display area 70 Base part 71 Opening part 72 Transparent plate 73a Large lamp 73b Small lamp 80 BGM speaker 80a Cone part 80b Drive part 80c Flange part 80d Screw hole 81 Audio speaker 81a Cone part 81b Drive part 81c Flange part 82 BGM speaker holder 82a Holding Hole 82b Holding part 82c Supporting part 82d Screw hole N Set screw 84 Speaker holder for sound 84a Holding part 84b Supporting part 90 Decoration part 91 Decoration plate 91a Upper decoration member 91b Corner part decoration member 91c Side part decoration member 92 Decoration cover 93 Opening Part 94 Speaker housing portion 94a Speaker opening portion 94b Speaker rib portion 95 Speaker housing portion 95a Speaker opening portion 96a Lamp opening portion 96b Lamp rib portion 97 Swelling portion 98 Sound extraction hole 99 Opening portion

Claims (1)

A front frame to which a game board can be attached;
A front door having a transparent plate disposed on the front side of the front frame so as to be openable and closable and covering the front of the game area of the game board;
A gaming machine comprising
A pair of BGM speakers for outputting BGM , each disposed at each corner on the upper side of the front door;
A voice speaker that is provided separately from the BGM speaker and that is disposed in a central portion in the left-right direction above the transparent plate of the front door ;
The front door is
A base portion to which the transparent plate is attached and the BGM speaker and the audio speaker are disposed;
A decorative plate that has an opening that exposes the cone portion of the BGM speaker and an opening that exposes the cone portion of the audio speaker and covers the front of the base portion;
A decorative cover having a sound hole for allowing sound radiated from the BGM speaker and a sound hole for allowing sound radiated from the sound speaker to pass therethrough, and integrally covering the entire front of the decorative plate; Prepared,
A rib that protrudes forward is provided between the opening that exposes the cone portion of the audio speaker of the decorative plate and the opening that exposes the cone portion of the BGM speaker. And
The decorative plate includes an upper decorative member that covers the central portion in the left-right direction above the base portion and is provided with the opening that exposes the cone portion of the audio speaker.
Said ribs, said the upper decorative member, a game machine, characterized that you have been integrally formed with the opening.

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