JP5784444B2 - Pseudosphere directing device for gaming machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to various game machines such as a ball game machine, and in particular, is a pseudo ball effect device for a game machine that guides a game ball launched into a game area of the game machine so as to correspond to a predetermined prize. .

  As shown in Patent Document 1, combining the respective games of the first type gaming machine and the third type gaming machine, the occurrence probability of the special value is basically attributed to the shape of the clown actor means and other mechanical elements. In order to provide a gaming machine that is highly playable and interesting by using computer software control as necessary, the probability of occurrence of special value is significantly lower than the planned probability In this case, the magnetic member 46 of the magnetic force generation position adjusting means 40 is moved along the circumference of the annular member 21 and stopped at a predetermined position. It is guided in the vicinity and easily dropped into a specific winning hole 25 in the vicinity of a predetermined position, and a game ball is continuously dropped into the specific winning hole 25, and specific winnings are displayed in the three display fields 17a, 17b, and 17c. In hole 25 That picture is aligned, is displayed a particular picture, it is proposed inventions special value is likely to occur.

  As shown in Patent Document 2, in distributing game balls so as to correspond to a predetermined prize, a game machine that uses a magnetic force to roll the game balls without causing the player to feel unnatural. In order to provide this sorter, a game ball that rolls in the game area of the game board is guided by the ball guide member 130, and the circle is placed on the outer peripheral portion of the upper surface of the disc-shaped inner wall 120b of the lid 120 of the casing 100a. When falling in the circumferential direction, the game ball rolls spirally toward the center Oc while gently rolling along the circumferential direction of the upper surface of the inner wall 120b. At this time, if the magnet piece 142 is in contact with the rear semicircular portion of the outer peripheral portion of the contact hole portion 124a provided on the inner wall 120b from below, the game ball is accompanied by the momentum of the rolling, An invention has been proposed in which the magnet piece 142 is attracted by receiving the magnetic force and rolls toward the off-hole portion 123a along the rear semicircular portion of the outer peripheral portion of the contact hole portion 124a.

  As shown in Patent Document 3, in order to provide a game table that can provide an interesting game for a player with a novel effect that has not been achieved in the past, a game ball is guided to a predetermined area and areas other than the predetermined area. A lottery is provided when a game ball passes a predetermined area with a magnet, and when the lottery is won, information that does not suggest that the winning is confirmed is displayed on the display device, and then the game ball is outside the predetermined area. Information indicating that the winning is confirmed when the area is passed is displayed on the display device.

JP-A-11-33080 JP 2009-254480 A JP 2009-66271 A

  However, all of the inventions shown in the prior art generate a specific value after guiding a game ball with a magnet, and there is no invention that uses a magnet after a specific value is generated. Also, the cited invention 1 has advantages and disadvantages because the magnet moves along the circumferential direction. The cited invention 2 has a complicated structure. Since the cited invention 3 guides to a predetermined area and areas other than the predetermined area, there is a problem that the control becomes complicated.

  It is an object of the present invention to improve the performance by a game ball after the jackpot is determined and to simplify the control of the gaming machine.

In view of the above problems, the present invention provides a rotating body having a performance exit, a guide passage extending in a lateral direction and a depth direction for guiding a game ball to the performance exit, and visible to a player, and to the guide passage. A pseudo ball effect device for a gaming machine including a ball detection unit for detecting a ball, wherein the magnet is disposed at a lower portion of the rotating body, a magnet moving drive unit for moving the magnet, and the magnet at a first position. And a magnet moving device that moves between the first position and the second position closer to the rotating body, wherein the magnet is horizontally long, and the center portion of the horizontally long longitudinal direction is closer to the guide passage than the end portion. In the state where it is arranged below the guide passage so as to be close and the jackpot is determined, when the entrance detection by the entrance detection unit is detected, in response thereto, the magnet movement drive unit causes the magnet to move the magnet. Move from the first position to the second position The magnet moving drive unit moves the magnet from the second position to the first position at a timing of increasing the magnetic force to be dragged and floating the pseudosphere in the guide passage and entering the performance port of the rotating body. A pseudo sphere effect device for a gaming machine, wherein the pseudo sphere is caused to enter the performance exit from the guide path by reducing the magnetic force exerted on the pseudo sphere and by the dead weight of the pseudo sphere . Examples of the performance exits include those that allow a game ball to enter in order to realize various functions, such as a V prize opening, a chance hole, a time hole, and a passage hole. The movement here includes movement, slide, reciprocation, and the like. The magnet also includes an electromagnet that generates a magnetic field by an exciting current.

  The present invention provides a rotating body driving unit that rotates the rotating body, a rotating position detecting unit that detects a rotating position of the performance port, and the rotating body driving unit and the magnet movement based on the detected rotating position. It is preferable to include a control device that guides and enters the pseudo sphere to the performance port by synchronously controlling the drive unit.

In the present invention, it is preferable that the magnet is arranged in a convex arc shape with respect to the center of the rotating body so that the center of the arc is closer to the guide path than the end .

  According to the present invention, even if the gaming machine determines the big hit internally, and even if the big hit is determined, the player still does not know the big hit. It is possible to produce an effect that it is a big hit by intentionally entering a pseudo sphere at the exit. In addition, it is possible to enter the performance exit at the same time as the production of numbers being aligned in conjunction with the liquid crystal screen, and the production can be combined with other productions. As a result, it is possible to perform a pseudo-production in a state where the jackpot is determined and to greatly enhance the interest. Furthermore, by using a magnet to hold a pseudo sphere in an annular passage, making it appear as if the pseudo sphere is playing and letting it enter the performance hall, it is possible to enhance the appetite.

Is a plan view showing a pseudo sphere effect device of the gaming machine of the present embodiment. It is a positive plane view showing a pseudo sphere effect device of the gaming machine of the present embodiment. Is a plan view showing a state in which removal of the housing of the pseudo sphere effect device of the gaming machine of the present embodiment. Being removed the housing of the pseudo sphere effect device of the gaming machine of the present embodiment is a positive plane view showing. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the pseudo ball effect | action apparatus of the game machine of this embodiment.

  Hereinafter, a pseudo sphere effect device 1 (hereinafter simply referred to as a “pseudo sphere effect device 1”) of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In general, in a two-class game machine or the like, it is common to win a jackpot when a lottery is entered and enters the V prize opening, but the present invention focuses on a structure as an effect to be shown after the jackpot has been decided. And

The pseudo ball effect device 1 includes a rotating body 3 having one performance port 2 and two non-performance ports 2a, and guidance for guiding the game ball 4 formed in the outer periphery of the rotating body 3 to the rotating body 3. A path 5 and a ball entrance detector 6 that detects a ball entering the rotating body 3 are provided. The rotator 3 and the guide passage 5 are functions of a rotator mounted in the center of the gaming machine. This accessory has three holes in the rotator 3, and the game ball 4 rotates in the guide passage 5 like a roulette and enters one of the three holes. . Among them, one is the exit 2. In addition, the pseudo-sphere effect device 1 includes a magnet mounting portion 8 that holds and fixes the magnet 7 at an upper portion, and a support body 9 that supports the magnet mounting portion 8. There is provided a magnet moving device 10 that takes a position L and a second position H that is higher in position and close to the rotating body 3 and moves the magnet between the first position L and the second position H. Here, the movement of the magnet 7 is exemplified by a reciprocating motion in the vertical direction (up and down).

  When a game machine (not shown) has determined a jackpot, it detects that the game ball 4 (hereinafter, the game ball in the jackpot determination state) has been detected by the entrance detection unit 6 and detects that the game has entered. Then, the magnet 7 and the magnet mounting portion 8 rise from the first position L to the second position H, the magnetic force that the magnet 7 exerts on the pseudosphere 4 is increased, and the magnet 7 and the magnet mounting portion 8 move from the second position H. By descending to the first position L, the magnetic force of the magnet applied to the pseudo sphere 4 is weakened, the pseudo sphere 4 falls to the rotating body 3, and the pseudo sphere 4 enters the performance port 2. Details will be described below.

  The pseudo sphere effect device 1 includes a pair of side plates 14 and 15 having grooves 11 to 13 and a single bottom plate 20 having grooves 16 to 19, thereby constituting a casing. An inclined plate 30 described later is fitted into the groove 12. A passage board 50 described later is fitted into the groove 11. The lower portions of the side plates 14 and 15 are fitted into the grooves 16 and 17, respectively. The groove 18 constitutes a passage that opens to the outside.

  The inclined plate 30 includes a guide groove 31 that guides a game ball from a through hole 53 described later, a groove 32 that houses a photo sensor 59 described later, a bearing 33 that supports a gear 57, and a boss 34 that supports a gear 56. It has.

  A guide passage 5 is formed at the center of the passage board 50. A rotator support plate 51 for supporting the rotator 3 is formed inside the guide passage 5 of the passage plate 50, and a boss 52 is passed through the center of the rotator support plate 51. A through hole 53 is formed. Further, a discharge port 54 for discharging the passed game ball 4 is formed in the back of the rotating body support board 51. A gear 56 having a rotation shaft 55 and having a through hole formed therein, a gear 57 that meshes with the gear 56, and a motor 58 that drives the gear 57 are provided to rotate the rotating body 3 below the passage board 50. I have. A photo sensor 59 for detecting the position of the gear 56 in the vicinity of the gear 56 is provided. Based on this, the position of the stage 2 of the rotating body 3 is detected.

  The incoming ball detection unit 6 includes a game ball sensor 60 that detects the passage of a game ball, a game ball introduction unit 63 that has a game ball introduction groove 61 and a game ball hole 62 and introduces a game ball into the game ball sensor 60. A fixing plate 64 for fixing the game ball sensor 60 is provided. A game ball introducing portion 63 is installed so as to cover a part of the passage board 50.

The magnet 7 is preferably a neodymium magnet, but is illustrative and not limited thereto. A plurality of magnets 7 (here, 6) are arranged in parallel. Here, the magnets 7 are arranged in a horizontally long shape (in an arc shape in the figure), and are convexly arranged with respect to the center of the rotating body 3. Further, the magnet 7 is disposed below the guide passage 5 . The magnet 7 is disposed immediately below the guide passage 5 at the second position H, and is disposed at a position spaced apart downward at the first position L. The magnet 7 is preferably a permanent magnet. Instead of the magnet 7, an electromagnet, for example, a coil may be wound around a core of a magnetic material to generate a magnetic force temporarily by energization, and the magnetic force may be lost when the current is stopped.

  The magnet moving device 10 includes a magnet fixing plate 101 that fixes a magnet and covering portions 102 and 103 that cover a plurality of magnets 7 as the magnet attachment portion 8. Moreover, the division body 104,105 divided | segmented up and down and can be fitted in the lower part of the magnet fixing plate 101 is provided. Further, the magnetic solid plate 101 is fixed to the upper part of the divided body 104.

Solenoid 106 which functions as a magnet movement driving unit is attached to the divided body 105, an end portion of the plunger heads of the solenoid 106 is fixed to the lower 107 of the divided body 105. These are accommodated in the divided covers 9 a and 9 b whose positions are fixed, and are moved integrally by driving the solenoid 106. A solenoid fixing frame 110 is formed inside the divided cover 9b , and the solenoid 106 is fixed. In FIG. 3, when the magnet 7 is at the first position L and the solenoid 106 is energized, the magnet 7 moves up to the second position H as indicated by the arrow. The divided cover 9 b is fixed to the end of the inclined plate 30 with the screw portion 111.

As indicated by the dotted lines in FIG. 5, the control device 250 is connected to the motor 58 and the solenoid 106, and transmits a control signal. This control signal is configured to control the solenoid 106 in synchronism with the motor 58 that drives the rotating body 3 so that the pseudo sphere 4 always enters the stage 2. The control can be designed in various ways, and may be controlled by the motor 58 that drives the rotating body 3 in synchronization with the movement control by the solenoid 106. The control signal is preferably set by a program using a microcomputer.

  Next, the operation of the pseudo sphere effect device 1 will be described. As for the jackpot state of the gaming machine, for example, the jackpot is determined by a lottery caused internally by winning at the start opening. Even if the jackpot is determined internally, the player still has no idea of the jackpot. The jackpot of the gaming machine is determined internally, and in order to make it known to the player, the pseudo sphere 4 is produced by the synchronous control by the rotating body 3 and the magnet 7, and the ball is intentionally entered at the stage 2. And produce a big hit. In addition, for example, it is possible to play a role of co-starring, for example, in conjunction with a liquid crystal screen, when a three-digit number is aligned and at the same time enter the stage 2. In the case of the two-type ball game machine, it is a big hit when directly entering the jackpot performance exit, whereas this embodiment is a pseudo-direction with the jackpot determined, is there.

In jackpot state of the gaming machine, a pseudo ball 4 gaming ball guide groove 61, when it is detected by the game ball sensor 60 via the game ball holes 62, the solenoid 106 is energized, the plunger heads is sucked into the solenoid 106, The magnet 7 and the magnet mounting portion 8 are raised. Then, the pseudo sphere 4 detected by the game ball sensor 60 falls into the guide passage 5 and rotates along the guide passage 5. The number of steps of the motor 58 on the lower side of the rotating body 3 is detected by the photo sensor 59 and monitored by the control device 250. Based on the number of steps of the motor 58, the control device 250 calculates the rotational position of the performance port 2. Then, with respect to that position, the rising timing of the magnet 7 is synchronized, and the pseudosphere 4 can be forced to stay in place by the magnetic force at the second position H of the magnet 7 to be idled or stopped. If the energization of the solenoid 106 is stopped at the timing of entering the stage 2 in synchronism with the rotational position of the stage 2, the magnet 7 is lowered, the magnetic force is weakened and the influence on the pseudosphere 4 is reduced. It is possible to drop the pseudo sphere 4 into the stage 2 by dropping it from the guide passage 5 to the stage 2 by its own weight. Then, the pseudo sphere 4 passes through the through hole 53, falls into the guide groove 31, is guided, and is discharged from the groove 18.

  According to the present embodiment, even if the gaming machine determines the big hit internally, and even if the big hit is determined, the player does not yet know the big hit. Synchronous production is performed, and the pseudo sphere 4 is intentionally entered into the performance area 2 to produce a big hit. In addition, it is possible to enter the stage 2 at the same time as the production of numbers being aligned in conjunction with the liquid crystal screen, and the production can be combined with other productions. As a result, it is possible to perform a pseudo-production in a state where the jackpot is determined and to greatly enhance the interest. Further, by using the magnet to hold the pseudo sphere 4 in the guide passage 5 so that the pseudo sphere 4 appears to be playing and enter the stage 2, it is possible to enhance the attractiveness.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and modifications and the like can be made without departing from the technical idea of the present invention. It will be included in the technical scope of the present invention. In the above embodiment, the movement of the magnet 7 is exemplified as raising and lowering. However, as another form, instead of raising and lowering the magnet 7, a magnet slide may be used. Including directions.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pseudo-sphere production apparatus 2 ... Performance exit 3 ... Rotating body 4 ... Game ball 5 ... Guide path 6 ... Entrance detection part 7 ... Magnet 8 ... Magnet Mounting portion 9 ... support 10 ... magnet moving device L ... first position H ... second positions 11-13 ... grooves 14, 15 ... side plates 16-19 ... grooves 20 ... bottom plate 30 ... inclined plate 31 ... guide groove 59 ... photo sensor 32 ... groove 57 ... gear 33 ... bearing 56 ... gears 34, 52 ... Boss 50 ... passage board 51 ... rotating body support board 53 ... through hole 54 ... discharge port 55 ... rotating shaft 56, 57 ... gear 58 ... motor 59 ... photo · Sensor 60 · · · Game ball sensor 61 · · · introduction groove 62 · · · game ball hole 63 · · · game ball introduction portion 64 · · · fixed plate 101 · · · magnet fixing plate 102 03 bottom of ... covering portion 104, 105 ... divided body 106 ... solenoid 107 ... divided member
9a, 9b ... Dividing cover 110 ... Solenoid fixing frame 111 ... Screw part 250 ... Control device

Claims (3)

A rotating body having a performance exit, a guide passage extending in the horizontal direction and the depth direction for guiding a game ball to the performance exit, visible from the player, and a ball detection unit for detecting a ball entering the guide passage A pseudo-sphere directing device for a gaming machine comprising:
The magnet is disposed under the rotating body and has a magnet and a magnet movement driving unit that moves the magnet, and the magnet is moved to a first position and a second position that is closer to the rotating body than the first position. A magnet moving device for moving between
The magnet is arranged in a laterally long position below the guide passage so that a center portion of the horizontally long longitudinal direction is closer to the guide passage than an end portion,
With the jackpot determined,
When the entrance detection by the entrance detection unit is detected, in response thereto, the magnet movement drive unit moves the magnet from the first position to the second position, and increases the magnetic force exerted on the pseudosphere to simulate the entrance. A magnetic force exerted on the pseudo sphere by moving the magnet from the second position to the first position at a timing when the sphere is retained in the guide passage and allowed to float and enters the performance outlet of the rotating body. And a pseudo sphere effect device for a gaming machine, wherein the pseudo sphere enters the performance exit from the guide passage by the weight of the pseudo sphere . A rotating body driving unit for rotating the rotating body;
A rotational position detector for detecting the rotational position of the performance exit;
By synchronously controlling the rotating body driving unit and the magnet movement driving unit based on the detected rotational position,
A control device for guiding a pseudo sphere to the stage and entering the ball;
A pseudo-sphere effect device for a gaming machine according to claim 1 comprising: The pseudo-sphere effect of the gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the magnet is arranged in a convex arc shape with respect to the center of the rotating body so that the center of the arc is closer to the guide path than the end. apparatus.

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