JP5856552B2 - 2D image generation program, recording medium on which 2D image generation program is recorded, 2D image generation system, and game machine including pachinko gaming machine, slot machine, or gaming machine - Google Patents

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  The present invention relates to a two-dimensional image generation program, a recording medium recording the two-dimensional image generation program, a two-dimensional image generation system, and a gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine, A two-dimensional image generation program that generates a moving image of an object image displayed in the two-dimensional display area, a recording medium and a two-dimensional image generation system that record the two-dimensional image generation program, and a pachinko game machine, a slot machine, or The present invention relates to gaming machines including gaming machines.

  Conventionally, when generating a movie that changes from one state to another state for an object such as a cartoon or illustration drawn in two dimensions (for example, for a character such as a person, A technique shown in Patent Document 1 has been developed that generates an image of a deformation process based on a two-dimensional model without using a three-dimensional model when generating a moving image to be changed into a facial expression. This is because the shape and style of the character faithful to the original can be maintained by using the two-dimensional model as a base for the character as compared to the case of using the three-dimensional model as a base.

  In the technique shown in Patent Literature 1, a parameter group for describing a state to be changed of an object (object) such as a face or an object of an illustration drawn in a two-dimensional display region is prepared, and the object is drawn. Prepare data that defines the shape, setting value, etc. for each combination of parameter values that correspond to a parameter that consists of a subset of parameter groups for each part of the part, and respond to the parameter values that indicate the required state of the object The required image is generated by performing interpolation and extrapolation.

  However, in the technique shown in Patent Document 1, it is necessary to register in advance a state in which an object displayed in the two-dimensional display area is to be changed. That is, there is a problem that the object displayed in the two-dimensional display area can only be changed to a state that is desired to be changed in advance and cannot be freely changed to a state other than the state that is desired to be changed. is there. Since it is necessary to register in advance the state of the object drawn in the two-dimensional virtual space, if there are multiple states to be changed, the parameter group data to be registered is large and complicated. As a result, there arises a problem that the editing efficiency is lowered.

JP 2009-104570 A

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and for an object image displayed in a two-dimensional display area, a state to be changed can be arbitrarily changed without registering in advance. 2D image generation program capable of generating a moving image in real time and improving the generation efficiency of the moving image, a recording medium recording the 2D image generation program, a 2D image generation system, a pachinko game machine, and a slot An object is to provide a machine or a gaming machine including a gaming machine.

  To achieve the above object, the present invention provides the following two-dimensional image generation program, recording medium recording the two-dimensional image generation program, two-dimensional image generation system, pachinko gaming machine, slot machine Alternatively, a gaming machine including a gaming machine is provided.

A two-dimensional image generation program according to a first aspect of the present invention is an object feature point setting step for setting a plurality of portions of an object image displayed in a two-dimensional display area of a display means as feature points, and is common to the plurality of feature points. The control points are assigned to the control points based on the control point setting step for setting the interlocking conditions between the control points and the feature points, the control point operation information regarding the operation of the control points, and the interlocking conditions. The feature point operation interlocking information calculation step for calculating the feature point operation interlocking information of each of the associated feature points, and the feature points changed by interlocking the feature points with the control points according to the feature point operation interlocking information. An image display control step of generating an object image for each display cycle and displaying the object image as a moving image on the display means is executed by a computer.

According to this two-dimensional image generation program, feature points are set for object images expressed in a two-dimensional display region, and common control points associated with a plurality of feature points are set. Next, based on the control point operation information for operating the control point and the interlocking condition between the control point and each feature point, the feature point operation interlocking information of the feature point associated with the control point is calculated. Then, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image.
Therefore, until the object image is changed from the current state to another state by arbitrarily operating the control point without previously registering the object image until the state is changed from the current state to another state in advance. The two-dimensional moving image can be generated in real time, and the two-dimensional moving image that changes the object image to any of various states can be generated. In addition, if only feature points and control points are registered, a two-dimensional movie can be generated in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state simply by operating the control points. It is possible to reduce the data capacity set in advance and improve the generation efficiency of moving images.

  In the present invention, a feature point includes, for example, each vertex of a polygon when an object image is created with a polygon mesh and displayed in a two-dimensional display area by texture mapping. The control point is, for example, a joint (also referred to as a bone) that is commonly associated with a plurality of vertices of a polygon when an object image is created with a polygon mesh and displayed in a two-dimensional display area by texture mapping. Say). The operation of the control point includes movement, rotation, scale, and the like. The interlocking condition includes a weight set for each vertex corresponding to the operation of the control point. The display cycle means a cycle for displaying a frame that means one frame for one frame of a still image of an object image that is a moving image, and includes a frame rate.

A two-dimensional image generation program according to a second invention is the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first invention , wherein a common upper control point is associated with a plurality of the control points, and the upper control point and the control An upper control point setting step for setting an upper interlocking condition with a point, and the control associated with the upper control point based on upper control point operation information regarding the operation of the upper control point and the upper interlocking condition A control point operation interlocking information calculation step of calculating point control point operation interlocking information is further executed by a computer.

According to this two-dimensional image generation program, upper control points associated with a plurality of control points are set. Next, it is associated with the control point based on the upper control point operation information for operating the upper control point and the control point operation information calculated based on the upper link condition between the upper control point and each control point and the link information. The feature point operation linkage information of the obtained feature point is calculated.
Therefore, the control point operation of a plurality of associated control points can be performed by arbitrarily operating the upper control points without previously registering the object image until the current state changes from the current state to another state. Based on the information, it is possible to generate a two-dimensional video in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state based on the information, and change the object image to any of various states. A two-dimensional video can be generated. Also, if only the feature points, control points, and higher control points are registered, the object image can be changed from the current state to another state only by operating the control points including the higher control points. A two-dimensional moving image can be generated in real time, and the data volume set in advance can be reduced, and the moving image generation efficiency can be further improved.
In addition, as an upper interlocking condition, for example, information on a frame for operating a control point associated with an upper control point is included, and thereby, operation of a control point associated with an upper control point is executed with a time difference. This makes it possible to set the operation of the control points more broadly, to express the object image in a more detailed manner, and to further improve the image generation efficiency.

The two-dimensional image generation program of the third invention is the two-dimensional image generation program of the first or second invention , wherein each part of the object image is processed until the feature point operation interlocking information calculation step is executed. An object image selection step that allows selection from a plurality of types of image data is further executed by a computer.

According to this two-dimensional image generation program, each part is selected from a plurality of types of image data and expressed in the two-dimensional display area by executing the object image selection step before the object feature point setting step. A feature point is set for the object image, and a common control point associated with a plurality of feature points is set. Next, based on the control point operation information for operating the control point and the interlocking condition between the control point and each feature point, the feature point operation interlocking information of the feature point associated with the control point is calculated. Then, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image.
Accordingly, since each part of the object image can be selected from a plurality of types of image data, a two-dimensional moving image can be generated based on various object images selected by the user. The range of choices expands.
Further, the object image selection step is performed after setting the feature points and the control points and before operating the control points (that is, after the object feature point setting step and the control point setting step and calculating the feature point operation interlocking information). It may also be executed before the process). In this case, each part of the object image is selected and changed from a plurality of types of image data, the feature points of each part after the change are set, and the feature points set after the change are the feature points of the same part as before the change By associating with the control points associated with, since no new control points are set after the change, the generation efficiency of the moving image can be further improved.

Two-dimensional image generation program of the fourth invention is the first to third one of the two-dimensional image generation program of the present invention, the feature point operation interworking information calculating step, the feature point operation interworking information As a characteristic feature, it includes a movement position of each of the feature points and a complementary position that complements the movement position.

  According to the two-dimensional image generation program, the feature point operation interlocking information includes the complement position that complements to the movement position. Therefore, by arbitrarily manipulating the control points, when generating a two-dimensional video in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state, it can be adjusted at the complementary position, and image generation Efficiency can be further improved.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a two-dimensional image generation system comprising a computer on which the two-dimensional image generation program according to any one of the first to fourth aspects of the invention is mounted and executing the two-dimensional image generation program. .

  According to this two-dimensional image generation system, the same effect as the above-described two-dimensional image generation program according to the present invention can be obtained.

Computer-readable recording medium of the sixth invention is characterized by recording a first through one of the two-dimensional image generation program of the fourth invention.

  According to this computer-readable recording medium, the same effect as the above-described two-dimensional image generation program according to the present invention can be obtained.

A gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is a game execution means for executing a game that can give a profit to the player, and is set in advance during the execution and stop of the game. Moving image trigger condition determining means for determining whether or not the moving image trigger condition is satisfied, display means for displaying an object image having a two-dimensional display area, and feature points preset in a plurality of locations of the object image Feature point storage means for storing, control point storage means for storing control points that are associated with a plurality of the feature points in common and in which interlocking conditions with the feature points are set in advance, and operations of the control points Control point operation information storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of control point operation information according to a predetermined moving image trigger condition, and a program to execute the following processes (1) to (2) And having a beam by a controller.
(1) When the moving image trigger condition determining unit determines that the moving image trigger condition is satisfied, the moving image trigger condition determining unit associates the control point with the control point based on the control point operation information according to the moving image trigger condition and the interlocking condition. Processing for calculating feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point;
(2) A process of generating the object image that changes by linking each feature point to the control point according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information and displaying the object image as a moving image on the display means.

According to this pachinko gaming machine, slot machine, or gaming machine including a gaming machine, a common control associated with a feature point and a plurality of feature points in advance for an object image represented in the two-dimensional display area. Interlocking conditions between points and control points and feature points are set. In addition, a plurality of patterns of control point operation information for operating the control points according to predetermined video trigger conditions during execution and stop of the game are stored. Then, when the video trigger condition is satisfied, the feature point operation interlocking information of the feature point associated with the control point is calculated based on the control point operation information and the interlocking condition according to the video trigger condition. Next, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image.
Therefore, when a predetermined video trigger condition (for example, game start or game end of a gaming machine, gaming state during game) is satisfied, the object image is changed from the current state to another state according to the predetermined video trigger condition. It is possible to generate a two-dimensional moving image in real time until it changes, and without having to register in advance about the object image until it changes from the current state to another state, the object image can be in any various state A two-dimensional moving image can be generated.
In addition, if feature points, control points, and interlocking conditions are set in advance and only control point operation information for operating the control points according to the predetermined moving image trigger conditions is stored, the object image corresponding to the predetermined moving image trigger conditions is stored. Can be generated in real time, from the current state to another state, in pachinko machines, slot machines, or gaming machines including gaming machines, Since it is not necessary to store in advance the object image until it is changed, the storage capacity in the gaming machine can be secured.
In addition, two-dimensional animation of object images can be viewed in response to predetermined triggers during the execution and stoppage of pachinko machines, slot machines, or gaming machines including gaming machines. Thus, it is possible to perform a new performance and improve the entertainment for the player.

A gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine according to an eighth aspect of the invention is a gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine according to the seventh aspect , wherein the display means includes It further has input means for receiving the player's input to the control point of the displayed object image, and the controller is programmed to further execute the following processes (11) to (13): Features.
(11) A process of storing control point operation information related to the operation of the control point input via the input unit;
(12) A process of calculating feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the control point based on the control point operation information and the interlocking condition;
(13) A process of generating the object image that changes by linking each feature point with the control point according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information and displaying the object image as a moving image on the display means.

According to this pachinko gaming machine, slot machine, or gaming machine including a gaming machine, it has an input means for accepting the player's input to the control point. Then, when the player operates the control point through the input means, the feature point operation interlocking information of the feature point associated with the control point is obtained based on the control point operation information and the interlocking condition input by the player. Calculated. Next, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image.
Therefore, it is possible to generate a two-dimensional video in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state in accordance with the operation of the control points performed by the player via the input means. A two-dimensional moving image that changes an object image to any of various states can be generated without previously registering the object image until the current state changes to another state.
In addition, when a player of a gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine operates a control point through an input means, a two-dimensional moving image of an object image can be viewed. Thus, it is possible to perform a new performance and improve the entertainment for the player.

  According to the present invention, for an object image displayed in a two-dimensional display area, a moving image is generated in real time in a state that the user wants to change without registering the state that the user wants to change in advance. Efficiency can be improved.

It is a block diagram which shows the two-dimensional image generation system in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the two-dimensional image generation program which concerns on 1st embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the object image in this embodiment, and is a figure which shows the state which has selected each site | part. It is a data table which shows an example of the relationship between the vertex set to the object image in this embodiment, and a joint. (A) is a data table which shows an example of the relationship between the vertex set to the object image in this embodiment, a joint, the coordinate data of a vertex, texture data, and interlocking | linkage conditions. (B) is a figure which shows an example of one site | part (eyebrows) of the object image in this embodiment, and is a figure which shows an example of the relationship between the vertex set to the said site | part, and a joint. It is a data table which shows an example of the control point operation information regarding the operation of the control point with respect to the object image in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state before and behind the change of the object image in this embodiment produced | generated according to the control point operation information shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the two-dimensional image generation program which concerns on 2nd embodiment. It is a figure which shows another example of the object image in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the hierarchical structure of a high-order control point and a control point about the object image in this embodiment shown in FIG. 10 is a data table showing the relationship between vertices, joints, and upper joints, vertex coordinate data, texture data, interlocking conditions, and upper interlocking conditions set for the object image in the present embodiment shown in FIG. 9. It is a flowchart which shows the process sequence of the two-dimensional image generation program which concerns on 3rd embodiment. It is a figure which shows another example of the object image in this embodiment, and is a figure which shows the object image before and behind changing each site | part. It is a data table which shows the relationship between the vertex and joint after a site | part was changed about the object image in this embodiment shown in FIG. 13, the coordinate data of a vertex, texture data, and interlocking | linkage conditions. It is a figure which shows the functional flow of the pachinko game machine in this embodiment. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the structure of the pachinko game machine in this embodiment. It is a disassembled perspective view which shows the structure of the pachinko game machine in this embodiment. It is a front view which shows the structure of the game board of the pachinko gaming machine in this embodiment. It is a rear view which shows the structure of the game board of the pachinko game machine in this embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the control circuit of the pachinko game machine in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the game state corresponding moving image production | generation display process performed with the pachinko game machine in this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function flow of the slot machine in this embodiment. It is an external appearance perspective view which shows the external structure of the slot machine in this embodiment. It is a front view showing an internal configuration of the slot machine in the present embodiment. It is a block diagram showing a main control circuit of the slot machine in the present embodiment. It is a block diagram showing a sub-control circuit of the slot machine in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the game state corresponding moving image production | generation display process performed with the slot machine in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the reel interlocking moving image display process performed with the slot machine in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the touchscreen moving image display process performed with the slot machine in this embodiment. FIG. 4 is a view illustrating a function flow of the gaming machine in the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows the function flow of the external control apparatus in this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a view illustrating an overall configuration of a gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the slot machine in this embodiment. It is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the slot machine in the present embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the control circuit of the external control apparatus in this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the common display game state corresponding animation production | generation display process performed with the external control apparatus in this embodiment.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Embodiments suitable for a 2D image generation program, a recording medium on which a 2D image generation program is recorded, and a 2D image generation program system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  In addition, what is demonstrated below is only what was illustrated and does not show the application limit of the two-dimensional image generation program which concerns on this invention, the recording medium which recorded the two-dimensional image generation program, and a two-dimensional image generation program system. Absent. That is, the 2D image generation program according to the present invention, the recording medium on which the 2D image generation program is recorded, and the 2D image generation system are not limited to the following embodiments, as long as they are described in the claims. Various changes can be made.

  First, a two-dimensional image generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a two-dimensional image generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The two-dimensional image generation system 1 includes a controller 10 including a processor 11, a ROM 12, and a RAM 13, an input device 14, a display device 15, an external storage device 16, and a communication interface 17.

  The processor 11 employs a GPU in addition to the CPU. The ROM 12 is a non-volatile memory, and stores programs such as an operation program executed by the processor 11, data used when the processor 11 performs processing, and the like. The RAM 13 is a volatile memory, and temporarily stores data corresponding to the processing result of the processor 11 and the like. In particular, in one embodiment of the present invention, the ROM 12 stores a two-dimensional image generation program according to one embodiment of the present invention described later. The RAM 13 stores a two-dimensional image generation program according to an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described later, and various data created by a two-dimensional image generation program according to an embodiment of the present invention, which will be described later.

  An input device 14, a display device 15, an external storage device 16, and a communication interface 17 are connected to the controller 10.

  The input device 14 is a mouse or a keyboard, and any input device can be adopted. Data input from the input device 14 is taken into the controller 10.

  The display device 15 is a CRT or a liquid crystal display device, and any display device can be adopted. The display device 15 displays image data generated by a two-dimensional image generation program according to this embodiment to be described later.

  Here, a touch panel having both the input device 14 and the display device 15 may be employed.

  The external storage device 16 stores various data such as object images used when the controller 10 executes the two-dimensional image generation program 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The communication interface 17 is connected to a network (not shown) and performs input / output control of various data communication performed between the two-dimensional image generation system 1 and another computer.

  In the two-dimensional image generation system 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention, the controller 10 reads a two-dimensional image generation program according to one embodiment of the present invention, which will be described later, so that the two-dimensional image according to one embodiment of the present invention, which will be described later. Each step of the generation program is executed.

  Note that a two-dimensional image generation program according to an embodiment of the present invention to be described later can be recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. The two-dimensional image generation program according to an embodiment of the present invention recorded on a computer-readable recording medium can be executed by being mounted on various computers.

[First embodiment]
A two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, two-dimensional image data of each part of the object image stored in the external storage device 16 is read out and displayed on the display device 15. Then, based on a plurality of types of image data of each part of the object image displayed on the display device 15, the user selects desired image data for each part via the input device 14 (S101: object image selection step). .

  Here, each part of the object image is a part of the face contour, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth or the like when the object is a face as shown in FIG. 3, for example. In addition, when the object image displayed in the two-dimensional display area is expressed by polygon modeling, the image data of each part is two-dimensional shape image data in which the shape of each part is expressed by a polygon by polygon modeling. is there.

  Here, in the example of FIG. 3, only one image data is displayed on the display device 15 for each part. However, even in the same part, a plurality of types of image data are displayed and the input device 14 is displayed. It may be made to select through.

  In the example of FIG. 3, desired image data for each part is obtained from a plurality of types of image data of each part of the object image displayed in the part selection area of the display device 15 by, for example, clicking the mouse as the input device 14. The selected image data is dragged to the image editing area of the display device 15 and placed at a desired position, and an object image from which a moving image is created on the display device 15 is created and stored.

  The object image selection process of S101 does not necessarily need to be executed. If there is a predetermined object image, the process starts from the next object feature point setting process of S102 without selecting each part of the object image. To do.

  Next, a plurality of portions of the object image created in the object image selection step in S101 are set as feature points (S102: object feature point setting step). If there is a predetermined object image, the plurality of predetermined object images are set as feature points without executing the object image selection step of S101 (S102: object feature point setting step).

  When the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example of FIG. 3, the vertex of each polygon (polygon) for the image data of each placed part is set as a feature point, and the position coordinates of the vertex of each polygon And texture data are stored. Here, each part of the object image is expressed in the two-dimensional display area. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the position coordinates of the vertices of each polygon are (X, Y) as the position coordinates in the XY coordinate system. ). In the example of FIG. 4, the polygon P1 is represented by a quadrangle composed of four vertices A1, A2, A3, A4, and the position coordinates of the vertices A1, A2, A3, A4 of the polygon P1 are (XA1, YA1), (XA2, YA2), (XA3, YA3), (XA4, YA4). In addition to the position coordinates of the vertices of each polygon, texture data to be pasted to each polygon (in the example of FIG. 4, (UA1, VA1) regarding the vertex A1) is stored.

  Then, based on the object image displayed on the display device 15, a common control point is associated with a plurality of feature points, and an interlocking condition between the control point and each feature point is set (S 103: control point setting step).

  Here, the control point is associated with the associated feature point based on the control point operation information regarding the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each control point in the feature point operation interlocking information calculation step of S105 described later. This controls the movement, rotation, enlargement, and reduction of the image. The interlocking condition is associated with the control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each control point in the feature point operation interlocking information calculation step of S105 described later for each feature point. Conditions such as a movement magnification, a movement direction, a rotation magnification, an enlargement magnification, and a reduction magnification when each feature point is moved, rotated, enlarged, and reduced in conjunction with each other are set.

  The control points may be displayed in the same two-dimensional display area as the object image displayed on the display device 15 and the position coordinates thereof may be stored.

  When the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example of FIG. 3, the control points are set as joints that are associated in common with the vertices of a plurality of polygons. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 3, 18 joints A to R are set, and as shown in FIG. 5A, vertex identification numbers of vertices associated with each joint identification number are stored in the data table. Is remembered as In the data table shown in FIG. 5A, coordinate data and texture data corresponding to each vertex (vertex identification number) shown in FIG. 4 are also described. Here, the right eyebrow portion, which is one part of the object image shown in FIG. 3, will be described as an example. As shown in FIG. 5B, a plurality of vertices A1, A2, A3, A4,. Joint A common to the plurality of vertices B1, B2, B3, B4,...

  When the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example of FIG. 3, the interlocking condition for each feature point is the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement) of each joint in the feature point operation interlocking information calculation step of S105 described later. , Reduction) is set as a weighting condition for control point operation information. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5A, the magnification (movement X) for movement in the X-axis direction, the magnification (movement Y) for movement in the Y-axis direction, and the rotation magnification (rotation Z) conditions are It is set as a data table corresponding to the vertex (vertex identification number).

  When the control point set in the control point setting step in S103 is operated (S104: YES), control is performed based on the control point operation information related to the control point operation and the interlocking conditions set in the control point setting step in S103. The feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the point is calculated and stored (S105: feature point operation interlocking information calculating step).

  Here, the feature point operation interlocking information includes control point operation information related to operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each control point, movement magnification, movement direction, rotation magnification, enlargement magnification, reduction magnification, etc. of each feature point. The movement direction, the movement amount, the rotation amount, the enlargement amount, the reduction amount, and the like of the associated feature points calculated based on the interlocking conditions are included. The feature point operation linkage information may be input by directly operating the control points of the object image displayed on the display device 15 via the input device 14 or stored in the external storage device 16 in advance. Alternatively, it may be input via the communication interface 17.

  When the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example of FIG. 3, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X) and the movement amount in the Y-axis direction shown in FIG. Control point operation information of movement Y) and rotation amount (rotation Z) is input. Here, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X) and the movement amount in the Y-axis direction (movement Y) are movement amounts with respect to the position coordinates (X, Y) of the joint in the XY coordinate system. The rotation Z is a rotation angle with respect to the position coordinate (X, Y) of the joint in the XY coordinate system, and the clockwise direction is positive and the counterclockwise direction is negative.

  Based on the control point operation information shown in FIG. 6 and the interlocking condition (weighting) shown in FIG. 5A, the feature point operation interlocking information of each vertex associated with each of the joints A to R, that is, The amount of movement in the X-axis direction (movement X), the amount of movement in the Y-axis direction (movement Y), and the amount of rotation (rotation Z) are calculated.

  Here, the feature point operation interlocking information may include a complementary position that is complemented in the process in which each feature point moves to the movement position. In this case, by arbitrarily operating the control point, when generating a two-dimensional video in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state, by adjusting at the complementary position, each vertex Is not unnatural when moving from the current position coordinates to the moving position, and the image generation efficiency can be further improved.

  When the control point is not operated (S104: NO), it is determined whether or not to end the image generation in the process of S108 described later.

  Then, according to the feature point operation interlocking information calculated in the feature point operation interlocking information calculating step of S105, an object image changed by interlocking each feature point with the control point is generated for each display cycle (S106: image display control). Step) and display on the display device 15 (S107: image display control step).

  For example, for each feature point, the process of changing from the current position coordinates to the movement position calculated according to the feature point operation interlocking information is divided for each display period, and an object image is generated for each display period, and the display device 15 To display.

  Here, the display cycle is calculated from the frame rate, and an object image for each display cycle is generated as one frame.

  When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example of FIG. 3, the change is made by linking each vertex to the joints A to R according to the feature point operation interlocking information calculated in the feature point operation interlocking information calculating step of S105. The generated object image is generated for each display period and displayed on the display device 15, and a moving image that changes from the object image shown on the left side of FIG. 7 to the object image shown on the right side is displayed.

  Finally, it is determined whether or not to end image generation (S108). For example, the user may select via the input device 12 whether to end image generation.

If it is determined in S108 that the image generation is not finished (S108: NO), the process proceeds to the process of S104.
On the other hand, when it is determined in S108 that the image generation is to be ended (S108: YES), the processing of the two-dimensional image generation program is ended.

  As described above, the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment, the recording medium on which the two-dimensional image generation program is recorded, and the two-dimensional image generation system are feature points regarding the object image represented in the two-dimensional display area. And common control points associated with a plurality of feature points are set (S101 to S103). Next, based on the control point operation information for operating the control point and the interlocking condition between the control point and each feature point, the feature point operation interlocking information of the feature point associated with the control point is calculated (S104-). S105). Then, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image (S106 to S107).

  Therefore, until the object image is changed from the current state to another state by arbitrarily operating the control point without previously registering the object image until the state is changed from the current state to another state in advance. The two-dimensional moving image can be generated in real time, and the two-dimensional moving image that changes the object image to any of various states can be generated. In addition, if only feature points and control points are registered, a two-dimensional movie can be generated in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state simply by operating the control points. It is possible to reduce the data capacity set in advance and improve the generation efficiency of moving images. For an object that is an image expressed in a two-dimensional virtual space, by operating a control point, vertex movement information including a movement position that is a movement destination for the vertex associated with the control point is calculated, You are editing an object. Therefore, two-dimensional image data from when the object is deformed to the current state can be easily edited as an animation image, and editing efficiency can be improved. Further, it is possible to edit the object into an arbitrary shape without having to register in advance a shape to deform the object.

  The object image is represented in the two-dimensional display area by selecting each part from a plurality of types of image data (S101).

  Accordingly, since each part of the object image can be selected from a plurality of types of image data, a two-dimensional moving image can be generated based on various object images selected by the user. The range of choices expands.

[Second Embodiment]
A two-dimensional image generation program according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the description of the two-dimensional image generation program according to the second embodiment of the present invention, the same steps as those of the above-described two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention are the same steps. The description is omitted.

  First, two-dimensional image data of each part of the object image stored in the external storage device 16 is read out and displayed on the display device 15. Based on a plurality of types of image data of each part of the object image displayed on the display device 15, the user selects desired image data for each part via the input device 14 (S201: object image selection step). . This step is the same as the object image selection step of S101 in the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  The object image selection process in S201 is not necessarily executed. If there is a predetermined object image, the process starts from the next object feature point setting process in S202 without selecting each part of the object image. To do.

  Next, a plurality of locations in the object image created in the object image selection step in S201 are set as feature points (S202: object feature point setting step). When there is a predetermined object image, a plurality of predetermined object images are set as feature points without executing the object image selection step of S201 (S202: object feature point setting step). This step is the same as the object feature point setting step of S102 in the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Then, based on the object image displayed on the display device 15, a common control point is associated with a plurality of feature points, and interlocking conditions between the control points and each feature point are set (S203: control point setting step). This step is the same as the control point setting step of S103 in the above-described two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and the description thereof is omitted.

  Next, a common upper control point is associated with the plurality of control points set in S203, and an upper interlocking condition between the upper control point and the control point is set (S204: upper control point setting step). The upper control point may be set not only in one layer but also in a plurality of layers by setting a higher control point associated with a plurality of upper control points. Further, not only one upper control point but also a plurality of control points may be set.

  When the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example of FIG. 9, upper joints X in which a plurality of joints SW are set in five locations are set. The hierarchical structure of these joints SW and the upper joint X is as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the relationship between the joint and the vertex relationship associated with the joint and the relationship between the upper joint and the upper joint are as shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the object image is expressed in the two-dimensional display area, and the coordinate data and texture data of each vertex in the XY coordinate system are set as shown in FIG. Further, in the example shown in FIG. 9, the interlocking condition of each vertex is set as shown in FIG.

  Furthermore, the upper interlocking conditions of the associated control points are set in advance for the upper control points. As the upper link condition, the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) in which the associated control point is linked to the upper control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of the upper control point. In addition to the conditions, an operation time condition is set.

  Here, when the object image is represented by polygon modeling as shown in the example of FIG. 9, the conditions related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) with which the associated joint is linked and the operation time condition are set. The upper interlocking conditions for the joints S to W are set as shown in FIG. In FIG. 11, a frame (frame identification number) at which the joint operation is started is specified as a condition for the operation time. In the example of FIG. 11, the joints S, T, U, and V are set on the condition that the joint operation is started in the frame F1 and only the joint W is started in the frame F2.

Moreover, in the example of FIG. 9, an example of an expression in which a time difference (time lag) occurs in the movement of the joints S to V and the joint W is shown.
Here, the elements of the joints S to V are defined as hair_joint1, and the element of the joint W is defined as hair_joint2.
Further, the element of the upper joint X is defined as hair_X_prnt.

And define the expression as follows.
int $ time = `currentTime-q`;
// Frame where the cursor is in the time slider, time
Here, the time slider means a time set in advance as an object editing result (that is, a time for editing an animation image).
vector $ valueOut;
// vector coordinates
int $ timeLag_step;
// Value to be time lag, frame Here, the time lag is a value that can be arbitrarily specified, and in the object image shown in FIG. 9, the time until the joint W moves behind the joints S to V is delayed. This is the time between the frame F1 and the frame F2 set in the upper interlocking condition of FIG.
int $ timeLag_hair_joint1;
// Time lag value, frame
float $ power_1_1st;
// Value to be applied to rotation value given to joints S to V by upper joint X, magnification
float $ power_1_2nd;
// Value applied to the rotation value given to the joint W by the upper joint X, magnification
$ timeLag_step = `getAttr-t $ time hair_X_prnt.timeLag_step;
// Substitute the value in timeLag_step of the upper joint X at the frame where the cursor is in the time slider into $ timeLag_step.
$ timeLag_ hair_joint1 = `getAttr-t $ time hair_X_prnt.timeLag_ hair_joint1;
// Substitute the value in timeLag_hair_joint1 of the upper joint X in the time slider in the time slider in $ timeLag_hair_joint1.
$ power_1_1st = `getAttr-t $ time hair_X_prnt. power_1_1st;
// Substitute the value in power_1_1st of the upper joint X at the frame where the cursor is in the time slider for $ power_1_1st.
$ power_1_2nd = `getAttr-t $ time hair_X_prnt. power_1_2nd;
// Substitute the value in power_1_2nd of the upper joint X at the frame where the cursor is in the time slider for $ power_1_2nd.

And the calculation formula is as follows.
// hair_joint1
$ valueOut = `getAttr-t ($ time- $ timeLag_ hair_jointS) hair_X_prnt.r`;
$ valueOut = $ valueOut * $ power_1_1st;
hair_joint1.rotateX = ($ valueOut.x);
hair_joint1.rotateY = ($ valueOut.y);
hair_joint1.rotateZ = ($ valueOut.z);
// Substitute the XYZ rotation of hair_X_prnt for the frame obtained by subtracting the value assigned to $ timeLag_hair_joint1 from the frame where the cursor is located in the time slider into $ valueOut.
// Assign the value assigned to $ power_1_1st to the value assigned to $ valueOut.
// Rotate hair_joint1 Assign the value assigned to $ valueOut to XYZ.
// hair_joint2
$ valueOut = `getAttr-t ($ time- $ timeLag_ hair_joint1- $ timeLag_ step) hair_X_prnt.r`;
$ valueOut = $ valueOut * $ power_1_2nd;
hair_joint2.rotateX = ($ valueOut.x);
hair_joint2.rotateY = ($ valueOut.y);
hair_joint2.rotateZ = ($ valueOut.z);
// Subtract the value assigned to $ timeLag_hair_joint1 from the frame where the cursor is located in the time slider, and then substitute the rotation XYZ of hair_X_prnt to $ valueOut for the frame obtained by subtracting the value assigned in $ timeLag_step.
// Assign the value assigned to $ power_1_2nd to the value assigned to $ valueOut.
// The value assigned to $ valueOut is assigned to the rotation XYZ of hair_joint2.

  When the above expression is executed by the computer and the upper joint X set in advance is moved, it seems that the joint W is moved by sending the designated frame from the joints S to V.

  When the upper control point set in the upper control point setting step in S204 is operated (S205: YES), the upper control point operation information related to the operation of the upper control point and the upper linkage set in the upper control point setting step in S204. Based on the condition, the control point operation interlocking information of each control point associated with the higher control point is calculated and stored (S206: control point operation interlocking information calculating step).

  Here, the control point operation linkage information is associated with the upper control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of the upper control point and the upper linkage condition of each control point. This includes the movement direction, movement amount, rotation amount, enlargement amount, reduction amount, etc. of the control points. The control point operation linkage information may be input by directly operating the upper control point of the object image displayed on the display device 15 via the input device 14 or stored in the external storage device 16 in advance. Alternatively, it may be input via the communication interface 17.

  If the upper control point is not operated (S205: NO), it is determined in step S210 to be described later whether image generation is to be terminated.

  Then, based on the control point operation interlocking information of the control point calculated in the control point operation interlocking information calculating step of S206 and the interlocking condition set in the control point setting step of S203, the feature of each feature point associated with the control point Point operation interlocking information is calculated and stored (S207: feature point operation interlocking information calculating step).

  Here, the feature point operation interlocking information includes control point operation information related to operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each control point, movement magnification, movement direction, rotation magnification, enlargement magnification, reduction magnification, etc. of each feature point. The movement direction, the movement amount, the rotation amount, the enlargement amount, the reduction amount, and the like of the associated feature points calculated based on the interlocking conditions are included.

  It should be noted that the feature point operation linkage information may include a complementary position that is complemented in the process in which each feature point moves to the movement position. In this case, by arbitrarily operating the control point, when generating a two-dimensional video in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state, by adjusting at the complementary position, each vertex Is not unnatural when moving from the current position coordinates to the moving position, and the image generation efficiency can be further improved.

  Then, according to the feature point operation interlocking information calculated in the feature point operation interlocking information calculating step of S207, an object image changed by interlocking each feature point with the control point is generated for each display cycle (S208: image display control). Step) and display on the display device 15 (S209: image display control step). This process is the same as the image display control process of S106 to S107 in the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Finally, it is determined whether or not to end image generation (S210). For example, the user may select via the input device 12 whether to end image generation.

In S210, when it is determined that the image generation is not finished (S210: NO), the process proceeds to step S205.
On the other hand, when it is determined in S210 that the image generation is to be ended (S210: YES), the processing of the two-dimensional image generation program is ended.

  As described above, the two-dimensional image generation program according to the second embodiment, the recording medium on which the two-dimensional image generation program is recorded, and the two-dimensional image generation system include feature points for object images represented in the two-dimensional display area. And a common control point associated with a plurality of feature points is set. Furthermore, upper control points associated with a plurality of control points are set. Next, it is associated with the control point based on the upper control point operation information for operating the upper control point and the control point operation information calculated based on the upper link condition between the upper control point and each control point and the link information. The feature point operation linkage information of the obtained feature point is calculated. Then, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image.

  Therefore, the control point operation of a plurality of associated control points can be performed by arbitrarily operating the upper control points without previously registering the object image until the current state changes from the current state to another state. Based on the information, it is possible to generate a two-dimensional video in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state based on the information, and change the object image to any of various states. A two-dimensional video can be generated. Also, if only the feature points, control points, and higher control points are registered, the object image can be changed from the current state to another state only by operating the control points including the higher control points. A two-dimensional moving image can be generated in real time, and the data volume set in advance can be reduced, and the moving image generation efficiency can be further improved.

  In addition, as an upper interlocking condition, for example, information on a frame for operating a control point associated with an upper control point is included, and thereby, operation of a control point associated with an upper control point is executed with a time difference. This makes it possible to set the operation of the control points more broadly, to express the object image in a more detailed manner, and to further improve the image generation efficiency.

[Third embodiment]
A two-dimensional image generation program according to the third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 12 to 14. In the description of the two-dimensional image generation program according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the same steps as those of the above-described two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention are the same steps. The description is omitted.

  First, two-dimensional image data of each part of the object image stored in the external storage device 16 is read out and displayed on the display device 15. Then, based on a plurality of types of image data of each part of the object image displayed on the display device 15, the user selects desired image data for each part via the input device 14 (S301: object image selection step). . This step is the same as the object image selection step of S101 in the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Note that the object image selection step of S301 is not necessarily executed. If there is an object image for which image data of each part is determined in advance, the next object of S302 is selected without selecting each part of the object image. Start from the feature point setting process.

  Next, a plurality of portions of the object image created in the object image selection step in S301 are set as feature points (S302: object feature point setting step). If there is an object image for which image data of each part has been determined in advance, a plurality of predetermined positions in the object image are set as feature points without executing the object image selection step in S301 (S302: Object feature). Point setting process). This step is the same as the object feature point setting step of S102 in the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Then, based on the object image displayed on the display device 15, a common control point is associated with a plurality of feature points, and interlocking conditions between the control points and the feature points are set (S303: control point setting step). This step is the same as the control point setting step of S103 in the above-described two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention, and the description thereof is omitted.

  Next, it is determined whether the image data of the part has been changed with respect to the object image displayed on the display device 15 (S304: object image selection step). It should be noted that after the user selects via the input device 12 whether or not to change the predetermined part of the object image, the image data of the predetermined part may be changed. When the image data of the part is changed (S304: YES), the feature point of the changed part is set (S305: object image selection step).

  For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the image data of the part is deleted by deleting the image data of the part desired to change the object image displayed in the image editing area, and then in the part selection area of the display device 15. From the plurality of types of image data of each part of the displayed object image, for example, by clicking the mouse which is the input device 14, the desired image data of the part desired to be changed is selected, and the selected image data is displayed. The object image from which the moving image is created on the display device 15 is changed by dragging it to the image editing area of the device 15 and set at a desired position, and the feature point of the changed part is set. At this time, the feature point of the part after the change is associated with the control point associated with the feature point of the same part as before the change, and the same interlocking condition as before the change is set.

  For example, by changing the object by arranging different images for the eyebrows, eyes, nose, and mouth parts of the object image created and stored in the object image selection step of S301 shown in FIG. The object image shown in FIG. 14 is changed from the left side to the right side, and the position coordinates (coordinate data) and texture data of the vertices of each part after the change are set as shown in FIG. The coordinate data and texture data before the change are as shown in FIG. At this time, the changed vertex expressing the same part as before the change is associated with the joints A to R associated with the vertex before the change, and the same interlocking condition as before the change is set. The relationship between the joints before the change and the vertices associated with the joints and the interlocking conditions of the vertices are as shown in FIG.

  On the other hand, when the image data of the part is not changed with respect to the object image displayed on the display device 15 (S304: NO), the process proceeds to S306.

  When the control point set in the control point setting step in S303 is operated (S306: YES), control is performed based on the control point operation information related to the control point operation and the interlocking condition set in the control point setting step in S303. The feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the point is calculated and stored (S307: feature point operation interlocking information calculating step). This step is the same as the feature point operation interlocking information calculation step of S105 in the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  When the control point is not operated (S306: NO), it is determined whether or not to end the image generation in the process of S310 described later.

  Then, according to the feature point operation interlocking information calculated in the feature point operation interlocking information calculating step of S307, an object image changed by interlocking each feature point with the control point is generated for each display cycle (S308: Image display control). Step) and display on the display device 15 (S309: image display control step). This process is the same as the image display control process of S106 to S107 in the two-dimensional image generation program according to the first embodiment of the present invention described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Finally, it is determined whether or not to end image generation (S310). For example, the user may select via the input device 12 whether to end image generation.

If it is determined in S310 that the image generation is not finished (S310: NO), the process proceeds to the process of S306.
On the other hand, when it is determined in S310 that the image generation is to be ended (S310: YES), the processing of the two-dimensional image generation program is ended.

  As described above, the 2D image generation program according to the third embodiment, the recording medium on which the 2D image generation program is recorded, and the 2D image generation system are configured so that each part is selected from a plurality of types of image data and displayed in 2D. A feature point is set for the object image expressed in the region, and a common control point associated with a plurality of feature points is set. Next, based on the control point operation information for operating the control point and the interlocking condition between the control point and each feature point, the feature point operation interlocking information of the feature point associated with the control point is calculated. Then, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image.

  Therefore, until the object image is changed from the current state to another state by arbitrarily operating the control point without previously registering the object image until the state is changed from the current state to another state in advance. The two-dimensional moving image can be generated in real time, and the two-dimensional moving image that changes the object image to any of various states can be generated. In addition, if only feature points and control points are registered, a two-dimensional movie can be generated in real time until the object image changes from the current state to another state simply by operating the control points. It is possible to reduce the data capacity set in advance and improve the generation efficiency of moving images.

  In addition, since each part of the object image can be selected from a plurality of types of image data, a two-dimensional moving image can be generated based on various object images selected by the user. The range of choices expands. Furthermore, before operating the control point, each part of the object image can be changed from a plurality of types of image data. In other words, when the image data is changed for a predetermined part after setting the feature points and control points, the feature points of each part after the change are set, and the feature points set after the change are the same part as before the change. By associating with the control point associated with the feature point, a new control point is not set after the change, so that the generation efficiency of the moving image can be further improved.

[Pachinko machines, slot machines, or gaming machines including gaming machines]
Each embodiment of a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, and a gaming machine will be described with respect to a gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine of the present invention.

[Pachinko machines]
A pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7 and FIGS. In the embodiment described below, a case where the present invention is applied to a first type pachinko gaming machine (also referred to as “digital pachi”) is shown as a preferred embodiment for a gaming machine according to the present invention.

(Function flow of pachinko machines)
First, the function of the pachinko gaming machine in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  First, as shown in FIG. 15, in a pachinko game, when a game ball that is launched in response to a user's operation becomes a start-up prize for performing variable display of a special symbol (for example, the probability of a start-up prize) Is set to be about “5/100” to “6/100”), and with the start winning prize, a big hit random number for determining whether or not the big hit is made from the big hit counter regarding the big hit, the big hit In this case, a symbol random number for determining the type of the special symbol to be stopped and displayed is extracted. In this case, when it is normal time (for example, about “1/300”), it is a big hit with a lower probability than when it is probable (for example, about “1/50” to “1/100”). Determined.

  If it is determined that the game will be a big hit, it will be reached, but if it is determined that it will not be a big game, it will be determined whether or not it will be a reach (reach prize) (for example, about “ Reach with probability of 1/10 "to" 1/20 ").

  Further, when a start winning is made during the variable display operation, a big hit random number or the like is stored in the start storage area for the four reserved balls.

  Various commands indicating whether or not the above-mentioned big hit, the kind of special symbol to be stopped and displayed, whether or not to reach, etc. are output to the effect display means, and the variable display control means is variable in the display. Display.

  On the other hand, the effect display means selects variable display video and effect video based on the received various commands, reads effect data corresponding to the selection result, outputs a display video signal to the display, and generates a sound generator ( Audio signal is output to the speaker. Further, based on the received various commands, the feature points set in advance based on the control point operation information on the object image and the interlocking conditions stored in advance according to the video trigger conditions such as start winning, reach, jackpot, etc. Point operation linkage information is calculated. The moving image trigger condition is not limited to this, and an arbitrary condition can be set. Then, according to the calculated feature point operation interlocking information, an object image is generated for each display cycle, and a display video signal is output to a liquid crystal display device as a display as a moving effect video, and a sound is generated from a sound generator (speaker). Output a signal. As a result, various images are displayed on the display device, and various sounds are generated on the sound generator. Further, by outputting to the effect display means whether or not the big hit stored in the start storage area described above is lost, it is possible to recognize a win in the start storage area that has not yet been variably displayed, and based on that win Production may be performed.

  In the case of a big hit, the game ball payout control is performed with a higher probability than normal. When the big hit is over, there may be a short time state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game, or a probability variation state (probability variation state). In the short-time state, the start winning opening chucker opens and closes, making it easier to start a start than in the normal state, and in the probability changing state, the probability of a big hit in the big hit determination is higher than in the normal case. The time-short state is continued during variable display 50 to 100 times after the big hit, and the probability change state is continued until the next big hit.

(Configuration of pachinko machines)
Next, the external appearance of the pachinko gaming machine according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIGS. 16 to 19, the pachinko gaming machine 400 includes a glass door 401, a wooden frame 402, a base door 403, a game board 404, a dish unit 405, a liquid crystal display device (display means) 406 for displaying images, a game It includes a launching device 407 for launching a ball, a board unit 408 including various control boards, a ball payout unit 409 for giving a game ball as a game value, and the like.

  The glass door 401 described above is pivotally attached to the base door 403 so as to be openable and closable. An opening 401a is formed at the center of the glass door 401, and a transparent protective glass 410 is disposed in the opening. Moreover, the base door is pivotally attached to the front of the above-described wooden frame.

  The above-described dish unit 405 is disposed on the base door 403 so as to be positioned below the glass door 401. The dish unit 405 is provided with an upper dish 405a above it and a lower dish 405b below it. The upper plate 405a and the lower plate 45b are formed with payout ports 411 for lending game balls and paying out game balls (prize balls). If predetermined payout conditions are met, In particular, a game ball to be fired in a game area 420 described later is stored in the upper plate 405a.

  The above-described launching device 407 is disposed on the base door 403 so as to be located on the side of the dish unit 405. The launching device 407 is provided with a launching handle 407a that can be operated by the player, and the pachinko game can be advanced by operating the launching handle 407a by the player. When the launch handle 407a is gripped by the player and is turned clockwise, power is supplied to the launch motor according to the turning angle, and the game ball stored in the upper plate 405a is Fired sequentially on the game board.

  The game board 404 described above is disposed in front of the base door 403 so as to be positioned behind the protective glass 410. The game board 404 has a game area 420 on the front surface of which the launched game ball can roll. The game area 420 is an area surrounded by guide rails 421 and the like where the game ball can roll. As described above, the game balls launched by the launching device 407 are guided by the guide rails 421 provided on the game board 404 and move to the upper part of the game board 404, and then, a plurality of game balls provided in the game area 420 are provided. It will fall down below the game board 404 while changing its traveling direction due to the collision with the obstacle nail.

  In the center of the front surface of the game board 404, a start port 422, a shutter 423, and the like are provided. On the condition that a game ball has entered the start port 422, variable display of a special symbol is executed. Further, as will be described in detail later, depending on the result of variable display of this special symbol, a big hit gaming state (so-called “big hit”) that is relatively advantageous to the player over the normal gaming state is obtained. When the big hit gaming state is reached, the shutter 423 is controlled to be in the open state, and the game ball may be easily received in the big winning opening 424.

  Behind the game board 404, a two-dimensional display region 406a of the liquid crystal display device 406 is disposed so as to be visible. A speaker 412 is disposed above the base door 403.

  A special symbol display device 431 is disposed in the center of the game board 404. The special symbol display device 431 performs variable display of special symbols in a special symbol game. The special symbol in the special symbol display device 431 is configured by a single symbol sequence, but is not limited thereto, and may be configured by, for example, a plurality of symbol sequences. This special symbol is a symbol made up of numbers and symbols.

  “Variable display” is a concept that can be displayed in a variable manner. For example, a “variable display” that is actually displayed in a variable state, a “stop display” that is displayed in a stopped state, etc. It is. In addition, “variable display” can be “derivation display” in which identification information is displayed as a result of a special symbol game. Further, the period from the start of the variable display to the derivation display is referred to as one variable display.

  Further, in the special symbol display device 431, the special symbol is derivation-displayed, and the gaming state is changed to the big hit gaming state advantageous to the player based on the special symbol thus derived being displayed. Will be migrated. In addition, when the special symbol derived and displayed is in a non-specific display mode, it does not shift to the big hit gaming state.

  In addition, based on the fact that the special symbol that is derived and displayed has become a special display mode among the specific display modes, the gaming state is shifted to a probable big hit gaming state that is advantageous to the player, and the probable big hit per game state When is finished, the state will be shifted to the probability variation state.

  On the other hand, based on the fact that the special symbol that is derived and displayed has become a non-special display mode that is not a special display mode among the specific display modes, the gaming state is shifted to the normal big hit gaming state that is advantageous to the player. However, when the normal big hit gaming state ends, the state shifts to the non-probable change state (normal state). In the probability variation state as described above, the probability of shifting to the big hit gaming state is improved relative to the normal state.

  Also, depending on the display mode or the like in which these special symbols are derived and displayed, there may be a transition to the short-time state after the end of the big hit gaming state. In this case, the short state means that the variable display time for special symbols and the like is shorter than the normal state, and the time for the blade member 425 to be in the open state is controlled to be longer. Improve the possibility of moving to.

  The liquid crystal display device 406 described above has a two-dimensional display area 406a for displaying an image related to a game. The liquid crystal display device 406 is disposed behind (on the back side of) the opening formed in the game board 404. In the two-dimensional display area 406a of the liquid crystal display device 406, images relating to various games such as decorative symbols that are variably displayed in accordance with the variable symbols special display in the special symbol game, background images related to the game, effect images, and the like are predetermined. Will be displayed. This effect image includes a moving image of an object image generated in accordance with a predetermined moving image trigger condition during the execution of the game.

  Also, on the liquid crystal display device 406, the decorative symbols are variably displayed in accordance with the variable symbols special symbol display on the special symbol display device 431. When this decoration symbol derivation display is performed and the result of variable display of the special symbol in the special symbol display device 431 becomes a specific display mode, a combination of a plurality of decoration symbols derived and displayed becomes a specific combination, The gaming state is shifted to a big hit gaming state advantageous to the player.

  In the present embodiment, the liquid crystal display device 406 composed of a liquid crystal display panel is adopted as a portion for displaying an image. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other modes may be used. For example, a CRT (Cathode Ray Tube) is used. It may be composed of a cathode ray tube, a dot LED (Light Emitting Diode), a segment LED, an EL (Electronic Luminescent), plasma, or the like.

  In the game area 420 of the game board 404 described above, various types of accessories are provided. An example of various types of accessory will be described below with reference to FIG. 18, but is not limited thereto.

  For example, a special symbol display device 431 is provided in the upper center of the game area 420 of the game board 404.

  Also, a normal symbol display device 432 that performs variable display of normal symbols is provided on the right side of the special symbol display device 431. Above the game board 404, a special symbol hold display device 433 for displaying the number of reserved symbols in the special symbol game and a normal symbol hold display device 434 for displaying the number of reserved symbols in the normal symbol game are provided.

  A ball passage detector 426 is provided above the game area 420 of the game board 404. When it is detected that a game ball has passed in the vicinity of the ball passage detector 426, the normal symbol fluctuation display on the normal symbol display device 432 is started, and after a predetermined time has elapsed, the normal symbol fluctuation display is stopped. Is done.

  When this normal symbol is stopped and displayed as a predetermined symbol, blade members 425 provided on both the left and right sides of a starting port 422 (to be described later) (a so-called normal electric accessory, hereinafter sometimes referred to as a normal electric accessory) Is changed from the closed state to the opened state, so that the game ball can easily enter the start port 422. Further, when a predetermined time has elapsed after the blade member 425 is opened, the blade member 425 is closed to make it difficult for a game ball to enter the start port 422.

  A game ball general winning opening 427 is provided below the game area 420 of the game board 404.

  Further, a shutter 423 that can be opened and closed with respect to the special prize opening 428 is provided below the game area 420 of the game board 404. As described above, when the game state is shifted to the big hit game state, the shutter 423 is driven so as to be in an open state (first state) in which a game ball can be easily received.

  Further, the shutter 423 is driven to the open state until a predetermined number of game balls pass through the special winning opening 428 or until a predetermined time elapses. In other words, in the open state, when a condition for winning a predetermined number of game balls in the grand prize opening 428 or when a predetermined time elapses is satisfied, the big prize opening 428 is in a closed state in which it is difficult to accept game balls (second state). ). Subsequently, the shutter 423 that has been changed from the open state to the closed state is driven to the open state again on condition that the upper limit number of rounds has not been reached.

  In addition, a start port 422 is provided above the shutter 423. When a game ball wins at the start port 422, a special symbol game, which will be described later, is started, and the state shifts to a variable display state in which the special symbol is variably displayed. As the predetermined variable display start condition, in this embodiment, the main condition is that the game ball has won the start port 422 (the game ball has passed through the start area). In other words, when a predetermined variable display start condition is satisfied (provided that the game ball has passed through the start area), the special symbol is variably displayed. In the embodiment, the predetermined variable display start condition is that a game ball is won at the start port 422. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and another mode may be used.

  Further, when a game ball wins the start opening 422 during the special symbol variable display in the special symbol game, it is based on the winning of the game ball to the start opening until the special display in the variable display is derived and displayed. Execution (start) of variable symbol special display is suspended. That is, when the predetermined variable display execution condition is satisfied but the predetermined variable display start condition is not satisfied (when the predetermined variable display hold condition is satisfied), the predetermined variable display start condition is satisfied. The execution (start) of variable symbol special display is suspended. If the special symbol is derived and displayed in a state where the execution of the variable display of the special symbol is suspended, the execution of the variable display of the special symbol that is suspended is started.

  In addition, the special symbol variable display executed when the special symbol is derived and displayed is once. Further, an upper limit is set for the number of times the execution of the special symbol variable display is suspended. For example, the variable symbol variable display is suspended up to four times. Thus, when the variable display of the special symbol in the special symbol game is held, the special symbol hold display device 433 displays the number of the hold.

  Similarly, in the normal symbol game, the execution (start) of the variable symbol display may be suspended. When the variable symbol variable display is suspended, the normal symbol hold display device The reserved number will be displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the variable symbol special display and the normal symbol variable display are held up to four times as an upper limit. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other modes may be used. The variable display of the special symbol may be suspended with the number of times or multiple times as the upper limit, and may be configured to be suspended without setting the upper limit. Of course, you may comprise so that the variable display of a special symbol may not be suspended.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 19, behind the above-described ball passage detector 426, general winning opening 427, large winning opening 428, and start opening 422, a passing ball sensor 426a, a general winning ball sensor 427a, and a count sensor are respectively provided. 428a, a start winning ball sensor 422a is provided, and each passing or entering ball is detected. Further, behind the blade member 425 and the shutter 423, an ordinary electric accessory solenoid 425a and a special prize opening solenoid 423a are disposed, respectively, and driven.

(Electric configuration of pachinko machines)
A block diagram showing a control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine in this embodiment is shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 20, the pachinko gaming machine 400 mainly includes a main control circuit (game execution means) 450 that controls a game and a sub-control circuit 460 that controls an effect according to the progress of the game. Is done.

  The main control circuit 450 includes a main CPU 451, a main ROM (read only memory) 452, and a main RAM (read / write memory) 453.

  The main CPU 451 is connected to a main ROM 452, a main RAM 453, and the like, and has a function of executing various processes in accordance with programs stored in the main ROM 452.

  The main ROM 452 stores a program for controlling the operation of the pachinko gaming machine by the main CPU 451, various tables, and the like.

  The main RAM 453 has a function of storing various flags and variable values as a temporary storage area of the main CPU 451. In this embodiment, the main RAM 453 is used as a temporary storage area of the main CPU 451. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any readable / writable storage medium may be used.

  The main control circuit 450 also includes a reset clock pulse generation circuit 454 that generates a clock pulse every predetermined cycle (for example, 2 milliseconds) in order to execute a system timer interrupt process. Is provided with an initial reset circuit 455 for generating a command and a serial communication IC 456 for supplying a command to a sub-control circuit 460 described later.

  Various devices are connected to the main control circuit 450.

  For example, various devices that respond to signals from the main control circuit 450 include a special symbol display device 431 that performs variable display of a special symbol in a special symbol game, and a special symbol that displays the number of reserved special symbols in a special symbol game. The symbol hold display device 432, the normal symbol display device 433 that performs variable display of the normal symbol as identification information in the normal symbol game, the normal symbol hold display device 434 that displays the number of hold of the variable display of the normal symbol in the normal symbol game, and the feather An ordinary electric accessory solenoid 425a that opens the member 425 or a closed state, and a large winning opening solenoid 423a that drives the shutter 423 to open or close the large winning opening 424 are connected.

  Further, for example, when a game ball passes through the area at the big winning opening 424, a predetermined sensor signal 428a that supplies a predetermined detection signal to the main control circuit 450, and when the game ball passes through each general winning opening 427, General winning ball sensor 427a that supplies the detection signal to the main control circuit 450, and a passing ball sensor 426a that supplies a predetermined detection signal to the main control circuit 450 when the game ball passes through the ball passage detector 426, a start port Start winning ball sensor 422a that supplies a predetermined detection signal to the main control circuit 450 when a game ball wins 422, backup clear that clears backup data in the event of a power failure, etc., according to the operation of the game hall manager A switch 429 and the like are connected.

  The main control circuit 450 is connected to a payout / launch control circuit 440. The payout / firing control circuit 440 is connected to a payout device 441 for paying out game balls, a launching device 407 for launching game balls, and a card unit 442. Further, a lending operation unit 443 is connected to the card unit 442, and an operation signal is supplied to the card unit 442 in accordance with the operation.

  The payout / launch control circuit 440 receives a prize ball control command supplied from the main control circuit 450 and a lending ball control signal supplied from the card unit 442, and transmits a predetermined signal to the payout device 441. Then, the payout device 441 pays out the game ball. Further, the payout / firing control circuit 440 supplies electric power to the firing motor according to the turning angle when the launching handle 407a is gripped by the player and is turned clockwise. Control to fire the ball.

  Further, a sub control circuit 460 is connected to the serial communication IC 456. The sub control circuit 460 performs display control in the liquid crystal display device 406, control related to sound generated from the speaker 412, control of the lamp 461 including a decoration lamp, and the like in accordance with various commands supplied from the main control circuit 450. Do. The various commands include commands indicating the current gaming state.

  In the present embodiment, a command is supplied from the main control circuit 450 to the sub control circuit 460 and a signal cannot be supplied from the sub control circuit 460 to the main control circuit 450. The present invention is not limited to this, and there is no problem even if it is configured such that a signal can be transmitted from the sub control circuit 460 to the main control circuit 450.

  The sub control circuit 460 performs display control in the sub CPU (moving picture trigger condition determining means) 461, the program ROM (feature point storage means, control point storage means, control point operation information storage means) 462, work RAM 463, and liquid crystal display device. A display control circuit 465 for controlling the sound generated from the speaker 412 and a lamp control circuit 467 for controlling the lamp 467a including a decorative lamp. The sub control circuit 460 executes an effect according to the progress of the game in accordance with a command from the main control circuit 450.

  The sub CPU 461 has a function of executing various processes according to the program stored in the program ROM 462. In particular, the sub CPU 461 controls the sub control circuit 460 in accordance with various commands supplied from the main control circuit 450.

  The program ROM 462 stores programs and various tables for controlling the game effects of the pachinko gaming machine 400 by the sub CPU 461. Here, the program ROM 462 also stores a game state corresponding moving image generation display program for generating an effect image corresponding to the moving image trigger condition. The program ROM 462 also stores data for a game state corresponding moving image generation / display program. The data for the game state corresponding video generation display program includes object image data to be displayed in the two-dimensional display area of the liquid crystal display screen of the pachinko gaming machine, feature point data set in advance in a plurality of locations of the object image, Control point data that is associated with a plurality of feature points in common and linked with each feature point in advance, and control points according to a predetermined video trigger condition (whether it corresponds to a jackpot gaming state) Contains control point operation information data related to the operation.

  Here, the object image is, for example, as shown on the left side of FIG. 7, when the object is a face and is expressed by polygon modeling, the shape of each part such as the face outline, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Is a two-dimensional image data represented by polygons by polygon modeling.

  In addition, when the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the feature point is the vertex of each polygon (polygon) for the image data of each placed part, Polygon vertex position coordinates and texture data are stored. Here, each part of the object image is expressed in the two-dimensional display area. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the position coordinates of the vertices of each polygon are (X, Y) as the position coordinates in the XY coordinate system. ). In the example of FIG. 4, the polygon P1 is represented by a quadrangle composed of four vertices A1, A2, A3, A4, and the position coordinates of the vertices A1, A2, A3, A4 of the polygon P1 are (XA1, YA1), (XA2, YA2), (XA3, YA3), (XA4, YA4). In addition to the position coordinates of the vertices of each polygon, texture data to be pasted to each polygon (in the example of FIG. 4, (UA1, VA1) regarding the vertex A1) is stored.

  A control point is a joint. Based on the control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each joint, the movement, rotation, enlargement, and reduction associated with the associated vertex are performed. It is something to control. The joint may be displayed in the same two-dimensional display area as the object image, and its position coordinates may be stored. When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the joints are set at 18 locations A to R in association with the vertices of a plurality of polygons, as shown in FIG. As described above, the joint A common to the plurality of vertices A1, A2, A3, A4,... Is set, and the joint B common to the plurality of vertices B1, B2, B3, B4,.

  In addition, the interlock condition is that, for each vertex, the vertex of each associated polygon is interlocked with the control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each joint. Conditions such as a movement magnification, a movement direction, a rotation magnification, an enlargement magnification, and a reduction magnification for reduction are set. When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, it is a condition for weighting the control point operation information regarding the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each joint. As shown in FIG. 6, conditions for a magnification (movement X) for movement in the X-axis direction, a magnification (movement Y) for movement in the Y-axis direction, and a rotation magnification (rotation Z) are set.

  In addition, an arbitrary condition can be set as the predetermined video trigger condition. In the present embodiment, whether the current gaming state corresponds to a big hit gaming state (including a probable big hit state, a normal big hit state, etc.). As a condition.

  In the present embodiment, the main ROM 452 and the program ROM 462 are used as storage means for storing programs, tables, and the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a storage medium that can be read by a computer having control means. Any other form may be used, for example, it may be recorded on a storage medium such as a hard disk device, a CD-ROM, a DVD-ROM, or a ROM cartridge. Further, these programs may not be recorded in advance, but may be downloaded after the power is turned on and recorded in the work RAM 463 or the like. Furthermore, each program may be recorded on a separate storage medium.

  The work RAM 463 stores various flags and variable values as a temporary storage area of the sub CPU 461. In this embodiment, the work RAM 463 is used as a temporary storage area of the sub CPU 461. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and any readable / writable storage medium may be used.

  The display control circuit 465 is a circuit that performs display control of the liquid crystal display device 406, and includes an image data processor (hereinafter referred to as VDP), an image data ROM that stores data for generating various image data, A frame buffer for buffering image data, a D / A converter for converting image data as an image signal, and the like are included.

  The display control circuit 465 is a device that can perform various processes for causing the liquid crystal display device 406 to display an image in accordance with data supplied from the sub CPU 461. The display control circuit 465 displays various image data such as decorative design image data, background image data, and production image data indicating a decorative design on the liquid crystal display device 406 in accordance with an image display command supplied from the sub CPU 461. The image data to be stored is temporarily stored in the frame buffer.

  Then, the display control circuit 465 supplies the image data stored in the frame buffer to the D / A converter at a predetermined timing. The D / A converter converts image data as an image signal, and supplies the image signal to the liquid crystal display device 406 at a predetermined timing, whereby an image is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 406. That is, the display control circuit 465 performs control to display an image related to the game on the liquid crystal display device 406.

  The audio control circuit 466 includes a sound source IC that performs control related to audio, an audio data ROM that stores various audio data, an amplifier (hereinafter referred to as AMP) for amplifying audio signals, and the like.

  This sound source IC controls sound generated from the speaker 412. The sound source IC selects one piece of sound data from a plurality of pieces of sound data stored in the sound data ROM in accordance with a sound generation command supplied from the sub CPU 461. The sound source IC reads the selected sound data from the sound data ROM, converts the sound data into a predetermined sound signal, and supplies the sound signal to the AMP. AMP amplifies an audio signal and generates audio from a speaker.

  The lamp control circuit 467 includes a drive circuit for supplying a lamp control signal, a decoration data ROM that stores a plurality of types of lamp decoration patterns, and the like.

(Operation of pachinko machine)
Next, the processing of the game state corresponding moving image generation display program executed by the pachinko gaming machine in the present embodiment will be described based on FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 21, based on the command indicating the current gaming state supplied from the main control circuit 450, the sub CPU 461 acquires the current gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine (S401).

  Next, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state acquired by the sub CPU 461 satisfies a predetermined moving image trigger condition, that is, whether or not the current gaming state is a big hit gaming state (S402). If the current gaming state is not a jackpot gaming state (S402: NO), it is determined that the current gaming state is a normal gaming state (including a normal state, a probability variation state, a short time state, etc.), and the process returns to S401.

  On the other hand, when the current gaming state is the big hit gaming state (S402: YES), it is determined that the current gaming state is the big hit gaming state, and the process proceeds to S403.

  Next, an object image stored in advance in the program ROM 462 is read out, and feature point data set in advance in a plurality of locations of the object image stored in the program ROM 462 and corresponding to the plurality of feature points in common. The data of the control points to which the interlocking condition with each feature point is set in advance is read (S403).

  Further, control point operation information relating to the operation of the control point stored in advance in the program ROM 462 is acquired (S404).

  When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the movement amount (movement X) in the X-axis direction and the movement in the Y-axis direction shown in FIG. Control point operation information of the amount (movement Y) and the rotation amount (rotation Z) is acquired. Here, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X) and the movement amount in the Y-axis direction (movement Y) are movement amounts with respect to the position coordinates (X, Y) of the joint in the XY coordinate system. The rotation Z is a rotation angle with respect to the position coordinate (X, Y) of the joint in the XY coordinate system, and the clockwise direction is positive and the counterclockwise direction is negative.

  Then, based on the acquired control point operation information and the interlocking condition, the feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the control point is calculated (S405).

  Feature point operation linkage information includes control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each control point, and linkage conditions such as the movement magnification, movement direction, rotation magnification, enlargement magnification, and reduction magnification of each feature point. The movement direction, the movement amount, the rotation amount, the enlargement amount, the reduction amount, etc. of the associated feature points calculated based on the above are included. When the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, based on the control point operation information shown in FIG. 6 and the interlocking condition (weighting) shown in FIG. The feature point operation linkage information of each vertex associated with each of R, that is, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X), the movement amount in the Y-axis direction (movement Y), and the rotation amount (rotation Z) are calculated. The

  Next, in accordance with the calculated feature point operation interlocking information, an object image that changes by interlocking each feature point with the control point is generated for each display cycle, stored in the work RAM 463 (S406), and the liquid crystal display device as a moving image. (S407).

  For example, for each feature point, the process of changing from the current position coordinates to the movement position calculated according to the feature point operation interlocking information is divided for each display cycle, an object image is generated for each display cycle, and the work RAM 463 is stored. Remember.

  Here, the display cycle is calculated from the frame rate, and an object image for each display cycle is generated as one frame.

  When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the object image changed by linking each vertex to the joints A to R according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information is displayed for each display cycle. The moving image generated and changed from the object image shown on the left side of FIG. 7 to the object image shown on the right side is displayed on the liquid crystal display device.

  In the pachinko gaming machine 400 according to the present embodiment described above, the liquid crystal display device 413 may be configured in the vicinity of the launch handle 407a, and the liquid crystal display device 413 may include a touch panel (input means) 413a. Then, the object image stored in advance in the program ROM 462 and the feature point data set in advance at a plurality of locations of the object image are associated with the plurality of feature points in common, and the interlocking condition with each feature point is set in advance. The data of the set control points is read, the object image is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 413, and the touch panel 413a provided on the liquid crystal display device 413 is displayed on the control points of the object image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 413. Control point operation information related to control point operation may be input. Alternatively, the motion sensor (input means) detects that the player operates the liquid crystal display device 406 through the protective glass 410 with respect to the control point of the object image displayed on the liquid crystal display device 406. Thus, control point operation information related to control point operation may be input. Subsequent processing is the same as the content of the processing after S405 described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  In addition, it is more difficult to accept the game ball to the big prize opening 424 than the probable big hit game state, but it is a game state that is more advantageous to the player than the normal game state, and after the end, the sudden big hit that shifts to the probable state is made. The change mode of the object may be changed in accordance with the type of the big hit gaming state that has been prepared.

[Slot Machine]
A slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7 and FIGS. 22 to 29. In the embodiment described below, a case where the present invention is applied to a pachi-slot is shown as a preferred embodiment for a gaming machine according to the present invention.

(Pachislot function flow)

  First, the functional flow of the pachislot in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  When a medal is inserted by the player and the start lever 507 is operated, one value (hereinafter, random value) is extracted from random numbers in a predetermined numerical range (for example, 0 to 65535).

  The internal lottery means 530 performs lottery based on the extracted random number value and determines an internal winning combination. By determining the internal winning combination, a combination of symbols that permits display along a winning determination line 503 described later is determined. The types of symbol combinations include those related to “winning” in which merits such as paying out medals, re-games, bonuses, etc. are given to players, and other so-called “loses”. Is provided.

  Subsequently, after the plurality of reels 511 to 513 are rotated, when the player presses the stop buttons 515 to 517, the reel stop control means 531 causes the internal winning combination and the stop buttons 515 to 517 to be pressed. Based on the timing, the control to stop the rotation of the corresponding reel is performed.

  Here, in the pachi-slot machine 500, basically, control for stopping the rotation of the corresponding reels 511 to 513 is performed within a specified time (190 msec) from when the stop buttons 515 to 517 are pressed. In the present embodiment, the number of symbols that move with the rotation of the reels 511 to 513 within the specified time is referred to as “the number of sliding symbols”, and the maximum number is defined as four symbols.

  When the internal winning combination that permits the display of the symbol combination related to winning is determined, the reel stop control means 531 uses the specified time to make the symbol combination as much as possible along the winning determination line 503. The rotation of the reels 511 to 513 is stopped as displayed. On the other hand, for the combination of symbols that are not permitted to be displayed by the internal winning combination, the reels 511 to 513 are rotated so as not to be displayed along the winning determination line 503 using the specified time. To stop.

  When the rotations of the plurality of reels 511 to 513 are all stopped in this way, the winning determination means 532 determines whether or not the combination of symbols displayed along the winning determination line 503 is related to winning. Do. When it is determined that the prize is related to a prize, a bonus such as a medal payout is given to the player. A series of flows as described above is performed as one game in the pachislot 500.

  Also, in the pachislot 500, in the above-described series of flows, video display performed by the liquid crystal display device 520 and the liquid crystal display device 521, light output performed by various lamps 509, sound output performed by the speaker 510, or these Various effects are performed using the combination.

  When the start lever 507 is operated by the player, an effect random number value (hereinafter referred to as effect random number value) is extracted separately from the random number value used for determining the internal winning combination. When the effect random number is extracted, the effect content determination means 533 determines by lottery what is to be executed this time among a plurality of types of effect content associated with the internal winning combination.

  In addition, the moving image trigger condition determining unit 534 determines whether or not the moving image trigger condition is satisfied. Here, in the present embodiment, based on a change in the game state such as the BB state or the RB state, which is more advantageous to the player than the normal game based on the determination by the winning determination means 532, and on the press of the start button. The effect content determined by the effect content determination means 533 is set as the moving image trigger condition. The moving image trigger condition is not limited to this, and an arbitrary condition can be set.

  The image generation unit 535 then sets the feature point characteristics set in advance based on the control point operation information and the interlocking condition regarding the object image stored in advance according to the video trigger condition determined by the video trigger condition determination unit 534. Point operation linkage information is calculated. Then, an object image for each display cycle is generated according to the calculated feature point operation interlocking information, and is output to the effect execution means 536 as an effect image of a moving image.

  Further, the image generation means 535 accepts input of control point operation information related to the object image by the player via the touch panel 520a, and feature point operation interlocking information of a preset feature point based on the control point operation information and interlocking conditions. Is calculated. Then, an object image for each display cycle is generated according to the calculated feature point operation interlocking information, and is output to the effect execution means 536 as an effect image of a moving image.

  When the effect contents are determined, the effect execution means 536 determines whether or not there is a prize when the rotation of the reels 511, 512, and 513 is started and when the rotation of the reels 511, 512, and 513 is stopped. The execution of the performance is advanced in conjunction with each opportunity such as when it was performed. In this way, in the pachislot machine 500, the player has the opportunity to know or predict the determined internal winning combination (in other words, the combination of symbols to be aimed at) by executing the production contents associated with the internal winning combination. It is provided and the player's interest is improved.

(Pachislot structure)
First, the structure of the pachislo in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 23 shows the external structure of the pachislot in this embodiment.

(Reel and display window)
The pachi-slot 500 includes a cabinet 501 that accommodates a reel, a circuit board, and the like, and a front door 502 that is attached to the cabinet 501 so as to be openable and closable. Inside the cabinet 501, three reels (left reel 511, middle reel 512, right reel 513) are provided side by side. Each of the reels 511 to 513 is configured by attaching a belt-like sheet in which a plurality of symbols (for example, 21 pieces) are continuously arranged along the rotation direction to the peripheral surface of a cylindrical frame.

  In the center of the front door 502, a liquid crystal display device (display means) 520 is provided. The liquid crystal display device 520 includes a display screen including a symbol display area, and is provided so as to be positioned on the near side superimposed on the three reels 511 to 513 when viewed from the front. The symbol display areas (left symbol display area 511a, middle symbol display area 512a, and right symbol display area 513a) are provided corresponding to each of the three reels, and can pass through the reels provided behind the reels. It has a possible configuration.

  In other words, the symbol display area functions as a display window (left display window 511a, middle display window 512a, right display window 513a), and the operation of rotating and stopping the reel provided behind the display area is a game. It becomes visible from the person side. In the present embodiment, the entire display screen including the symbol display area is used to display an image and execute an effect.

  When the rotation of the reels 511 to 513 provided behind the symbol display area (hereinafter referred to as a display window) is stopped, among the plural types of symbols arranged on the surface of the reels 511 to 513, One symbol (three in total) is displayed in each of the upper, middle and lower areas. In addition, a pseudo line formed by combining any one of the three areas including the upper, middle, and lower stages of each display window is a target line for determining whether or not to win (winning) The determination line is defined as 503).

  In this embodiment, a top line combining the upper stages of the display windows, a center line combining the middle stages of the display windows, a bottom line combining the lower stages of the display windows, an upper stage of the left display window, and a middle display The winning down decision line 503 is a cross-down line formed by combining the middle stage of the window and the lower stage of the right display window, and a cross-up line formed by combining the lower stage of the left display window and the middle stage of the middle display window and the upper stage of the right display window. Provided.

  The liquid crystal display device 520 is a two-dimensional display area and can display an object image. The liquid crystal display device 520 is provided with a touch panel (input means) 520a on the right side of the display windows (left display window 511a, middle display window 512a, and right display window 513a). The touch panel 520a receives a player's operation. Although the liquid crystal display device 520 is provided in the center of the front door 502, it may be provided only in the touch panel 520a.

  A liquid crystal display device (display means) 521 is provided between the display window (left display window 511a, middle display window 512a, right display window 513a) and the lamp 509. The liquid crystal display device 521 is a two-dimensional display area and can display an object image.

(Operating device)
The front door 502 is provided with various devices to be operated by the player. The medal slot 505 is provided for receiving a medal dropped from the outside by the player. The medals accepted by the medal slot 505 are inserted into one game with a predetermined number (for example, three) as an upper limit, and the amount exceeding the predetermined number can be deposited inside the pachislot machine (so-called Credit function).

  The bet button 506 is provided to determine the number of coins to be inserted into one game from medals deposited inside the pachislot. The checkout button 508 is provided to draw out medals deposited inside the pachislot.

  The start lever 507 is provided to start rotation of all reels. Stop buttons (left stop button 515, middle stop button 516, and right stop button 517) are associated with each of the three reels, and are provided to stop the rotation of the corresponding reels.

(Other equipment)
The 7-segment display 522 is composed of a 7-segment LED, and the number of medals inserted in the current game (hereinafter referred to as the inserted number), the number of medals to be paid out to the player as a privilege (hereinafter referred to as the number of payouts), pachislot Information such as the number of medals deposited inside (hereinafter referred to as the number of credits) is digitally displayed to the player.

  A lamp (LED or the like) 509 outputs light in a light-on / off pattern according to the content of the effect. The speaker 510 outputs sound such as sound effects and music according to the contents of the production. The medal payout outlet 518 guides medals discharged by driving a medal payout device 523 described later to the outside. The medals discharged from the medal payout opening 518 are stored in the medal tray 519.

  FIG. 23 shows the internal structure of the pachislot in this embodiment. The state where the front door 502 is opened and the structure on the back side of the front door 502 and the structure inside the cabinet 501 appear is shown.

  A board constituting the main control circuit 525 (hereinafter referred to as a main board) is provided above the cabinet 501. The main control circuit 525 is a circuit that controls the main flow of the game in the pachislot 500, such as determination of an internal winning combination, rotation and stop of the reels 511 to 513, and determination of the presence or absence of winning. A specific configuration of the main control circuit 525 will be described later.

  Three reels 511, 512 and 513 are provided in the center of the cabinet 501. Stepping motors 511a, 512a, and 513a are connected to each of the reels through gears having a predetermined reduction ratio.

  On the left side of the three reels 511, 512, and 513, a substrate (hereinafter referred to as a sub-substrate) constituting the sub-control circuit 526 is provided. The sub-control circuit 526 is a circuit that controls execution of effects by displaying images. A specific configuration of the sub control circuit 526 will be described later.

  Below the cabinet 501, there is provided a medal payout device (hereinafter referred to as a hopper) 523 having a structure capable of storing a large amount of medals and discharging them one by one. On the left side of the hopper 523, a power supply device 524 for supplying necessary power to each device included in the pachislot 500 is provided.

  A selector 527 is provided at the center of the back side of the front door 501 and below the display window. The selector 527 is a device for selecting whether or not a medal is appropriate in material, shape, and the like, and guides an appropriate medal received in the medal insertion slot 505 to the hopper 523. Note that a medal sensor, which will be described later, is provided on the path through which the medal passes in the selector 527, and detects that an appropriate medal has passed.

(Main control circuit)
FIG. 25 shows the configuration of a pachislot main control circuit in the present embodiment.

(Microcomputer)
The main control circuit (game execution means) 525 is mainly composed of a microcomputer installed on the circuit board. The microcomputer 550 includes a CPU (hereinafter referred to as main CPU) 551, a ROM (hereinafter referred to as main ROM) 552, and a RAM (hereinafter referred to as main RAM) 553.

  The main ROM 552 stores a control program executed by the main CPU 551, a data table such as an internal lottery table, data for transmitting various control commands (commands) to the sub control circuit 525, and the like. The main RAM 553 is provided with a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination determined by execution of the control program.

(Random number generator etc.)
A clock pulse generation circuit 554, a frequency divider 555, a random number generator 556, and a sampling circuit 557 are connected to the main CPU 551. The clock pulse generation circuit 557 and the frequency divider 555 generate clock pulses. The main CPU 551 executes a control program based on the generated clock pulse. The random number generator 556 generates a random number in a predetermined range (for example, 0 to 65535). The sampling circuit 557 extracts one value from the generated random numbers.

(Switch etc.)
A switch or the like is connected to the input port of the microcomputer 550. The main CPU 551 receives input from a switch or the like and controls the operation of peripheral devices such as stepping motors 511a to 513a. The stop switch 515a detects that each of the three stop buttons 515 to 517 has been pressed by the player (stop operation). The start switch 507a detects that the start lever 507 has been operated by the player (start operation).

  The medal sensor 505a detects that a medal received at the medal insertion slot 505 has passed through the selector. The bet switch 506a detects that the bet button 506 has been pressed by the player. Further, the settlement switch 508a detects that the settlement button 508 has been pressed by the player.

(Peripheral devices and circuits)
Peripheral devices whose operations are controlled by the microcomputer 550 include stepping motors 511a to 513a, a 7-segment display 522, and a hopper 523. A circuit for controlling the operation of each peripheral device is connected to the output port of the microcomputer 550.

  The motor driving circuit 528 controls driving of stepping motors 511a to 513a provided corresponding to the reels 511 to 513. The reel position detection circuit 529 detects, according to each reel, a reel index indicating that the reels 511 to 513 have made one rotation by an optical sensor having a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit.

  The stepping motors 511a to 513a have a configuration in which the momentum is proportional to the number of output pulses and the rotation axis can be stopped at a specified angle. The driving force of the stepping motors 511a to 513a is transmitted to the reel through a gear having a predetermined reduction ratio. Every time one pulse is output to the stepping motors 511a to 513a, the reels 511 to 513 rotate at a constant angle.

  The main CPU 551 detects the reel index and counts the number of times the pulses are output to the stepping motors 511a to 513a, thereby rotating the rotation angles of the reels 511 to 513 (mainly, the number of symbols of the reels 511 to 513). The position of each symbol arranged on the surface of the reels 511 to 513 is managed.

  The display unit driving circuit 522a controls the operation of the 7-segment display 522. The hopper drive circuit 523a controls the operation of the hopper 523. The payout completion signal circuit 558a manages the detection of medals performed by the medal detection unit 558 provided in the hopper 523, and checks whether or not the medals discharged from the hopper 523 have reached the payout number.

(Sub control circuit)
FIG. 26 shows a configuration of a sub-control circuit of the pachislot in this embodiment.

  The sub control circuit 526 is electrically connected to the main control circuit 525, and performs processing such as determination and execution of effect contents based on a command transmitted from the main control circuit 525. The sub-control circuit 526 basically includes a CPU (hereinafter referred to as sub-CPU) 560, a ROM (hereinafter referred to as sub-ROM) 561, a RAM (hereinafter referred to as sub-RAM) 562, a rendering processor 564, a drawing RAM 564a, a driver 565, a DSP (DSP). A digital signal processor 566), an audio RAM 569, an A / D converter 567, and an amplifier 568 are included. Note that the command transmitted from the main control circuit 525 includes a command indicating the current gaming state.

  The sub CPU (moving picture trigger condition determining means) 560 controls the output of video, sound, and light according to the control program stored in the sub ROM 561 in accordance with the command transmitted from the main control circuit 525. The sub-RAM 562 is provided with a storage area for registering the determined contents and effects data, and a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination transmitted from the main control circuit 525. The sub-ROM (feature point storage means, control point storage means, control point operation information storage means) 561 basically includes a program storage area and a data storage area.

  A control program executed by the sub CPU 560 is stored in the program storage area. For example, in the control program, a main board communication task for controlling communication with the main control circuit 525 and an effect registration task for extracting effect random numbers and determining and registering the effect contents (effect data) The drawing control task for controlling the display of the video by the liquid crystal display device 520 and the liquid crystal display device 521 based on the determined content of the effect, the lamp control task for controlling the light output by the lamp 509, and the sound output by the speaker 510 are controlled. Includes voice control tasks. Here, in the program storage area, a game state corresponding moving image generation display program and a reel-linked moving image generation display program for generating an effect image corresponding to the moving image trigger condition, and an input of a touch panel 520 a provided on the liquid crystal display device 520 are provided. A touch panel moving image generation display program for generating a production video based on the program is also stored.

  The data storage area stores a storage area for storing various data tables, a storage area for storing effect data constituting each effect content, a storage area for storing animation data related to creation of video, and a sound data related to BGM and sound effects. A storage area, a storage area for storing lamp data related to the light on / off pattern, and the like are included. Further, in the data storage area, data used for the game state corresponding moving image generation / display program, the reel-linked moving image generation / display program, and the touch panel moving image generation / display program, the two-dimensional liquid crystal display screen 520 and the liquid crystal display screen 521 are displayed. Object image data to be displayed in the display area, feature point data set in advance at a plurality of locations in the object image, and a plurality of feature points that are associated in common, and a linkage condition with each feature point is set in advance. Control point operation data and control point operation information data related to operation of control points for storing a plurality of patterns according to a predetermined moving image trigger condition are stored.

  Here, the object image is, for example, as shown on the left side of FIG. 7, when the object is a face and is expressed by polygon modeling, the shape of each part such as the face outline, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, etc. Is a two-dimensional image data represented by polygons by polygon modeling.

  In addition, when the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the feature point is the vertex of each polygon (polygon) for the image data of each placed part, Polygon vertex position coordinates and texture data are stored. Here, each part of the object image is expressed in the two-dimensional display area. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the position coordinates of the vertices of each polygon are (X, Y) as the position coordinates in the XY coordinate system. ). In the example of FIG. 4, the polygon P1 is represented by a quadrangle composed of four vertices A1, A2, A3, A4, and the position coordinates of the vertices A1, A2, A3, A4 of the polygon P1 are (XA1, YA1), (XA2, YA2), (XA3, YA3), (XA4, YA4). In addition to the position coordinates of the vertices of each polygon, texture data to be pasted to each polygon (in the example of FIG. 4, (UA1, VA1) regarding the vertex A1) is stored.

  A control point is a joint. Based on the control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each joint, the movement, rotation, enlargement, and reduction associated with the associated vertex are performed. It is something to control. The joint may be displayed in the same two-dimensional display area as the object image, and its position coordinates may be stored. When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the joints are set at 18 locations A to R in association with the vertices of a plurality of polygons, as shown in FIG. As described above, the joint A common to the plurality of vertices A1, A2, A3, A4,... Is set, and the joint B common to the plurality of vertices B1, B2, B3, B4,.

  In addition, the interlock condition is that, for each vertex, the vertex of each associated polygon is interlocked with the control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each joint. Conditions such as a movement magnification, a movement direction, a rotation magnification, an enlargement magnification, and a reduction magnification for reduction are set. When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, it is a condition for weighting the control point operation information regarding the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each joint. As shown in FIG. 6, conditions for a magnification (movement X) for movement in the X-axis direction, a magnification (movement Y) for movement in the Y-axis direction, and a rotation magnification (rotation Z) are set.

  In addition, an arbitrary condition can be set as the predetermined video trigger condition. In the present embodiment, a change in a gaming state such as a BB state or an RB state (determined by a command indicating the current gaming state), and The content of the effect determined based on the pressing of the start button 507 is a condition.

  Also, the control point operation information related to the operation of the control points to be stored in a plurality of patterns according to a predetermined video trigger condition is prepared in a plurality of patterns according to the priority of the player, for example, a gaming state in which the player is advantageous The control point operation information may be stored such that the more the expression becomes, the more gradually the expression becomes cheerful.

  In addition, a liquid crystal display device 520, a liquid crystal display device 521, a touch panel 520a, a speaker 510, and a lamp 509 are connected to the sub control circuit 526 as peripheral devices whose operations are controlled.

  The sub CPU 560, the rendering processor 564, the drawing RAM (including the frame buffer) 564a, and the driver 565 create a video according to the animation data specified by the contents of the effect, and the created video is displayed by the liquid crystal display device 520 and the liquid crystal display device 521. indicate.

  Here, the object image generated by the game state response moving image generation / display program, the reel-linked moving image generation / display program, and the touch panel moving image generation / display program is stored in the drawing RAM 564a via the rendering processor 564, and the rendering processor 564 and It is displayed on the liquid crystal display device 520 and the liquid crystal display device 521 as a moving image via the driver 565.

  Further, the sub CPU 560, the DSP 566, the audio RAM 569, the A / D converter 567, and the amplifier 568 output a sound such as BGM from the speaker 510 in accordance with the sound data designated by the contents of the effect. Further, the sub CPU 560 turns on and off the lamp 509 in accordance with the lamp data designated by the contents of the effect.

(Pachislot operation)
Next, the processing of the game state corresponding moving image generation display program executed by the pachislot in this embodiment will be described based on FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 27, first, based on the command indicating the current gaming state supplied from the main control circuit 525, the sub CPU 560 obtains the current gaming state of the pachislot 500 (S501).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the current gaming state acquired by the sub CPU 560 is a normal game (S502). If the current game state is a normal game (S502: YES), it is determined that the current game state is a normal game, and the normal game data “0” is set in the game state flag (S503).

  On the other hand, when the current game state acquired by the sub CPU 560 is not a normal game (S502: NO), it is determined that the current game state is not a normal game, and it is determined whether the current game state is BB (S504). If the current gaming state is not BB (S504: NO), it is determined that the current gaming state is RB, and RB gaming data “1” is set in the gaming state flag (S505).

  On the other hand, if the current gaming state is BB (S504: YES), it is determined that the current gaming state is BB, and BB gaming data “2” is set in the gaming state flag (S506).

  Next, the object image stored in advance in the sub-ROM 561 is read out, and feature point data set in advance at a plurality of locations of the object image stored in advance in the sub-ROM 561 and corresponding to the plurality of feature points in common. The data of the control points to which the interlocking condition with each feature point is set in advance is read (S507).

  Further, control point operation information related to the operation of the control point according to the game state flag is acquired from the control point operation information of a plurality of patterns stored in advance in the sub ROM 561 (S508).

  When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the movement in the X-axis direction shown in FIG. 6 is shown as an example corresponding to the game state flag “2” for each of the joints A to R. Control point operation information on the amount (movement X), the amount of movement in the Y-axis direction (movement Y), and the amount of rotation (rotation Z) is acquired. Here, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X) and the movement amount in the Y-axis direction (movement Y) are movement amounts with respect to the position coordinates (X, Y) of the joint in the XY coordinate system. The rotation Z is a rotation angle with respect to the position coordinate (X, Y) of the joint in the XY coordinate system, and the clockwise direction is positive and the counterclockwise direction is negative.

  Then, based on the acquired control point operation information and the interlocking condition, the feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the control point is calculated (S509).

  Feature point operation linkage information includes control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each control point, and linkage conditions such as the movement magnification, movement direction, rotation magnification, enlargement magnification, and reduction magnification of each feature point. The movement direction, the movement amount, the rotation amount, the enlargement amount, the reduction amount, etc. of the associated feature points calculated based on the above are included. When the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, based on the control point operation information shown in FIG. 6 and the interlocking condition (weighting) shown in FIG. The feature point operation linkage information of each vertex associated with each of R, that is, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X), the movement amount in the Y-axis direction (movement Y), and the rotation amount (rotation Z) are calculated. The

  Next, according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information, an object image that changes by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display cycle, and is stored in the drawing RAM 564a via the rendering processor 564 (S510). ) And displayed as a moving image on the liquid crystal display device 520 and the liquid crystal display device 521 (S511).

  For example, for each feature point, the process of changing from the current position coordinate to the movement position calculated according to the feature point operation interlocking information is divided for each display cycle, an object image is generated for each display cycle, and the drawing RAM 564a To remember.

  Here, the display cycle is calculated from the frame rate, and an object image for each display cycle is generated as one frame.

  When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the object image changed by linking each vertex to the joints A to R according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information is displayed for each display cycle. The moving image generated and changed from the object image shown on the left side of FIG. 7 to the object image shown on the right side is displayed on the liquid crystal display device.

  Next, processing of the reel-linked moving image generation / display program executed by the pachislot in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  When the player presses the start lever (input means) 507 and all three reels 511 to 513 start rotating (S531: YES), a random number value for production is extracted and associated with the internal winning combination. What is executed this time is determined by lottery from among a plurality of types of effect contents, and three object images stored in advance in the sub-ROM 561 are read out, and each of the three object images stored in advance in the sub-ROM 561 is read out. Data of feature points preset at a plurality of locations is associated with a plurality of feature points in common, and data of control points in which interlocking conditions with each feature point are preset are read (S532). Note that the processing from S532 to S536 described below is performed for each of the three reels.

  On the other hand, if the start lever 507 is not pressed by the player (S531: NO), the process ends.

  Then, control point operation information related to the operation of the control point corresponding to the effect content to be executed this time is acquired from the control point operation information of a plurality of patterns stored in advance in the sub ROM 561 (S533). This process is the same as the content of the process of S508 described above, and a description thereof is omitted.

  Then, based on the acquired control point operation information and the interlocking condition, the feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the control point is calculated (S534). This process is the same as the contents of the process of S509 described above, and a description thereof is omitted.

  Next, according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information, an object image that changes by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display cycle, and stored in the drawing RAM 564a via the rendering processor 564 (S535). ), A reel moving image generated for each of the reels 511 to 513 is displayed in front of the three reels 511 to 513 of the liquid crystal display device 520 (S536). This process is the same as the contents of the above-described processes of S510 to 511, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  Next, it is determined whether or not the reel origin of each of the reels 511 to 513 has been detected (S537). Whether or not the reel origin of each of the reels 511 to 513 has been detected is determined based on the reel index detected by the reel position detection circuit 528 or by an origin detection sensor (not shown). When the reel origins of the reels 511 to 513 are detected (S537: YES), the reel moving images corresponding to the reels 511 to 513 for which the reel origins have been detected are displayed again from the beginning (S538). And it is judged whether stop button 515-517 was pressed (S539).

  When the reel origins of the reels 511 to 513 are detected (S537: YES), the reel moving images corresponding to the reels 511 to 513 for which the reel origins have been detected are displayed again from the beginning (S538). Each time the reel origin is detected for 513, the reel moving image generated for each of the reels 511 to 513 is reproduced from the beginning, and the reel 511 to 513 is rotated by viewing the reel moving image for each reel 511 to 513. It is possible to grasp the angle (symbol position) and perform the pushing.

  On the other hand, if the reel origin of each of the reels 511 to 513 is not detected (S537: NO), it is determined whether the stop buttons 515 to 517 are pressed (S539).

  If the stop buttons 515 to 517 are not pressed (S539: NO), the process returns to S537.

  When the stop buttons 515 to 517 are pressed (S539: YES), the display of the moving image displayed in S535 to 536 corresponding to the reels 511 to 513 of the pressed stop buttons 515 to 517 is stopped (S540), and processing is performed. Exit.

  Note that reading of the object images of the reels 511 to 513 is not limited to when the start buttons 516 to 517 are pressed, but may be performed when the power is turned on.

  Next, the process of the touch panel moving image generation display program executed by the pachislot in this embodiment will be described based on FIG.

  First, an object image stored in advance in the sub-ROM 561 is read out, and feature point data set in advance at a plurality of locations in the object image are associated with a plurality of feature points in common and linked with each feature point. Data of control points for which conditions are set in advance are read, and the object image is displayed in the image creation area of the liquid crystal display device 520 corresponding to the touch panel 520a (S541).

  It is determined whether the control point of the object image displayed in the image creation area of the liquid crystal display device 520 has been operated via the touch panel 520a (S542).

  When the touch panel 520a is operated (S542: YES), control point operation information relating to the operation of the control point is acquired (S543). The control point operation information includes movement, rotation, enlargement, and reduction of the control point input by the touch panel 520a. For example, when the object image is a face, the player can input an input signal that touches the touch panel 520a to increase the mouth angle of the mouth portion.

  On the other hand, if the touch panel 520a is not operated (S543: NO), the process ends.

  Then, based on the acquired control point operation information and the interlocking condition, the feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the control point is calculated (S544). This process is the same as the contents of the process of S509 described above, and a description thereof is omitted.

  Next, according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information, an object image that changes by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display cycle, and stored in the drawing RAM 564a via the rendering processor 564 (S545). ) And displayed as an animation in the image creation area of the liquid crystal display device 520 corresponding to the touch panel 520a (S546). This process is the same as the contents of the above-described processes of S510 to 511, and a description thereof will be omitted.

[Gaming machine]
A gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7 and FIGS. 30 to 36.

  As shown in FIG. 30, a multi-player gaming machine 600 includes a plurality of slot machines 610. In the gaming machine 600, a plurality of slot machines 610, which are game terminals provided with the reel device M1, are connected to the center controller 670 so that data communication is possible. In the gaming machine 600, a base game such as a slot game can be individually executed in each slot machine 610, and a common game can be executed in synchronization with each slot machine 610.

  The connection between the slot machine 610 and the center controller 670 may be wired or wireless, or a combination thereof. Further, the unit of the bet amount may be a currency of a country or region such as dollar, yen, euro, or a game point used only in a hall provided with the gaming machine 600 or in the industry.

  To describe the above configuration more specifically, the gaming machine 600 executes an input device capable of inputting from the outside, a base game individually, and a common game played by a plurality of slot machines 610. A plurality of slot machines 610 having terminal controllers programmed to execute various processes, and connected to the plurality of slot machines 610 so as to perform various processes. And a programmed center controller 670.

  The terminal controller of the gaming machine 600 includes a first process for executing a base game by input of a start operation of an input device, a second process for executing a common game by a game start command from the center controller 670, and a center controller 670. And at least a third process for determining a game result of the common game based on the game result information.

  Here, the “common game” is a sub game different from the original main game of the gaming machine 600, and is executed in parallel with the basic game or at one time during the stop period of the basic game. For example, common games include a craps game, a baseball game, a soccer game, and the like.

  The center controller 670 of the gaming machine 600 includes a first process for outputting a game start command to the slot machine 610 that satisfies the game execution condition at a predetermined timing, and a second process for determining a game result of the common game. At least a third process for sequentially outputting the game results determined in the second process as game result information to each slot machine 610 can be executed.

  Here, the “game execution condition” is a condition for qualifying to participate in the common game. For example, the accumulated value of the bet amount of the base game is not less than the minimum bet amount, or the number of games of the base game is The condition is that the minimum bet number is exceeded. It should be noted that the “game execution condition” can be satisfied by the player's intention immediately before starting the common game. For example, if the game execution condition is not satisfied because the accumulated value of the bet amount of the base game is less than the minimum bet amount, the minimum bet amount and the accumulated value of the bet amount are set immediately before starting the common game. The game execution condition is satisfied by paying the difference between the two or paying a predetermined condition establishment amount. If the number of times of the base game is insufficient, the game execution condition is satisfied by paying an amount corresponding to the shortage or by paying a predetermined condition establishment amount.

  The predetermined timing for outputting the game start command is when the common game start condition is satisfied in any one of the slot machines 610. Here, the “common game start condition” is a cumulative value of bet amount information, a cumulative value of the number of games in the base game, or the like. In this embodiment, the gaming machine 600 including the center controller 670 is described separately from the slot machine 610, but the present invention is not limited to this. The gaming machine 600 may be configured such that one or more slot machines 610 have the function of the center controller 670 and the slot machines 610 are connected to each other so as to be able to perform data communication with each other.

  The “slot machine 610” is a type of game terminal in the gaming machine 600. In this embodiment, the slot machine 610 is described as an example of a game terminal. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a model having a terminal controller capable of independently executing some base game is used as a game terminal. Applicable.

  The “base game” in the present embodiment is executed by the slot machine 610. The base game is a slot game in which a plurality of symbols are rearranged. The base game is not limited to the slot game, and may be a game that can be executed independently on a game terminal such as the slot machine 610.

  The rearrangement of symbols in the slot game is performed in the reel device M1 (symbol display device). In the slot game, on the condition that a gaming value is bet, the symbols are rearranged in the reel device M1, and a normal game for giving a normal payout according to the rearranged symbols is executed. When the game is rearranged under the conditions, the symbols are rearranged under a condition that the payout rate is larger than that of the base game, and a bonus game that gives a bonus payout according to the rearranged symbols and a rescue start condition If it is established, the process includes a process for executing a rescue process.

  The “symbol” is not limited to the type or the number as long as it is rearranged in the reel device M1, but is a superordinate concept of the specific symbol and the normal symbol. The specific symbol is added to the normal symbol as necessary. For example, the specific symbol includes a wild symbol and a trigger symbol. The wild symbol is a symbol that can be substituted as an arbitrary type of symbol. The trigger symbol is a symbol serving as a trigger for starting execution of at least the bonus game. For example, in this embodiment, “BLUE 7” corresponds. The trigger symbol may be a trigger that increases the specific symbol in the bonus game, that is, increases the specific symbol of at least one of the trigger symbol and the wild symbol. The trigger symbol may be a trigger that increases the number of bonus games in the bonus game.

  The “game value” is a coin, a bill, or electronic valuable information corresponding to these. The game value in the present invention is not particularly limited, and may be a game medium such as a medal, token, electronic money, ticket or the like. The ticket is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a ticket with a barcode described later.

  “Bonus game” is synonymous with feature game. The bonus game in the present embodiment has been described as a game in which a free game is repeated. However, the bonus game may be any type of game as long as the game state is more advantageous than the normal game. In addition, other bonus games may be adopted as long as the game state is advantageous to the player, that is, the game state is more advantageous than the base game. For example, the bonus game has various states such as a state in which more game values can be obtained than a normal game, a state in which game values can be acquired with a higher probability than a normal game, and a state in which the number of game values consumed is less than in a normal game. May be realized alone or in combination.

  A “free game” is a game that can be executed with fewer bets of game value than a normal game. “A game can be executed with fewer bets of game value” includes the case where the bet is “0”. Therefore, the “free game” may be a game that is executed without a game value betting condition and pays an amount of game value corresponding to the rearranged symbols 501. In other words, the “free game” may be a game that is started without presuming the consumption of game value. On the other hand, the “normal game” is a game that is executed on the condition that a game value is bet and pays an amount of game value corresponding to the rearranged symbols 501. In other words, the “normal game” is a game that is started on the premise that the game value is consumed.

  The “rearrangement” means a state in which symbols are arranged again after the arrangement of symbols is cancelled. “Arrangement” means that the symbol can be visually confirmed with respect to an external player.

  “Normal payout according to rearranged symbols” means a normal payout corresponding to a rearranged winning combination. The “bonus payout according to the rearranged symbols” means a bonus payout corresponding to the rearranged winning combination. The “winning combination” means that a prize is established.

  “Conditions that result in a payout rate larger than that of the base game” include execution of a free game, increase of wild symbols and trigger symbols, execution of a game using a replaced symbol table, and the like. In the base game, the rescue process may be executed when the rescue start condition is satisfied.

  The “rescue process” is a process for relieving the player. For example, execution of a free game, increase of wild symbols and trigger symbols, execution of a game using a replaced symbol table, awarding of an insurance payout, etc. are exemplified as the rescue process.

  The “rescue start condition” is an excessive continuation of the normal game, that is, a state in which the normal game is repeated over a predetermined number of times, or the total amount of payouts is too low, that is, the same player plays the game over a predetermined number of times. The case where the normal payout and bonus payout obtained when the repetition is repeated is not more than a predetermined value is exemplified. The “rescue process” is a process for relieving the player. For example, execution of a free game, increase of wild symbols and trigger symbols, execution of a game using a replaced symbol table, awarding of an insurance payout, etc. are exemplified as the rescue process.

  Further, the gaming machine 600 further includes a common display (display means) 680 provided at a position that can be viewed from the operation positions of all the slot machines 610, and the center controller 670 satisfies the common game start condition. The state up to this time may be displayed on the common display 680. The “operation position” is the position of the line of sight of the player who operates the slot machine 610. According to the gaming machine 600 having this configuration, the state until the common game start condition is satisfied is displayed on the common display 680, so that each player can expect the waiting time until the common game is started. Can do.

(Function flow of gaming machine 600: slot machine)
The gaming machine 600 configured as described above includes a slot machine 610 and an external control device (center controller) 670 connected to the slot machine 610 so that data communication is possible. The external control device 670 is connected to a plurality of slot machines 610 installed in the hall so that data communication is possible.

  The slot machine 610 includes a BET button 623, a spin button 624, a display (display means) 631, and a game controller 640 that controls each of these units. The BET button 623 and the spin button 624 are a kind of input device. Further, the slot machine 610 has a transmission / reception unit 682 that enables data communication with the external control device 670.

  The BET button 623 has a function of accepting a bet amount by a player's operation. The spin button 624 has a function of accepting the start of a game such as a normal game by a player's operation, that is, a start operation. The display 631 has a function of displaying still image information such as various symbols, numerical values, and symbols, and moving image information such as effect images. The display 631 has a symbol display area 631a, a video display area 631b, and a common game display area 631c.

  The symbol display area 631a has a reel device M1 and displays symbols. The video display area 631b displays various types of effect video information executed while the game is in progress as a moving image or a still image. The common game display area 631c is an area for displaying a common game such as a jackpot game.

  The game controller (game execution unit) 640 includes a coin insertion / start check unit 641, a normal game execution unit 642, a bonus game start determination unit 643, a bonus game execution unit 644, a random value extraction unit 645, and a symbol determination. Unit 646, production random number extraction unit 647, production content determination unit 648, speaker unit 634, lamp unit 635, winning determination unit 649, and payout unit 683.

  The normal game execution unit 642 has a function of executing a normal game on condition that the BET button 623 is operated. The bonus game start determination unit 643 determines whether to execute the bonus game based on the combination of symbols rearranged in the base game. That is, the bonus game start determination unit 643 determines that the bonus game is won when the trigger symbols are rearranged under a predetermined condition, and causes the bonus game execution unit 644 to execute the bonus game from the next unit game. It has a function to transfer processing.

  Here, the “unit game” is a series of operations from the start of BET acceptance until a state where a prize can be established. For example, the unit game of the base game is in a state including a BET time for accepting a BET, a game time for rearranging the stopped symbols, and a payout time for payout processing for giving a payout once. The unit game in the normal game is called a unit normal game.

  The bonus game execution unit 644 has a function of executing a bonus game in which a free game is repeated with a plurality of games only by operating the spin button 624.

  The symbol determination unit 646 uses a random value from the random value extraction unit 647 to determine a symbol to be rearranged, a function to rearrange the determined symbol in the symbol display area 631a of the display 631, It has a function of outputting symbol rearrangement information to the winning determination unit 649 and a function of outputting an effect designation signal to the effect random number extraction unit 647 based on the symbol rearrangement state.

  When receiving an effect command signal from the symbol determining unit 646, the effect random value extracting unit 647 has a function of extracting the effect random number value and a function of outputting the effect random number value to the effect content determining unit 648. Have. The effect content determination unit 648 has a function of determining the effect content using the effect random number value, a function of outputting video information of the determined effect content to the video display area 631b of the display 631, and a voice / A function of outputting light emission information to the speaker unit 634 and the lamp unit 635.

  The winning determination unit 649 is based on the function of determining the presence / absence of winning when the symbol rearrangement information in the display state rearranged on the display 631 is obtained, and the winning combination when determining that the winning is achieved. It has a function of calculating the payout amount and a function of outputting a payout signal based on the payout amount to the payout unit 683. The payout unit 683 has a function of paying out the game value to the player in the form of coins, medals, credits, and the like. The payout unit 683 has a function of adding credit data corresponding to the payout credit to credit data stored in an IC card inserted into a PTS terminal 690 described later.

  Furthermore, the game controller 640 has a storage unit (not shown) that stores various bet amount data. The storage unit is a device that stores data such as a hard disk device or a memory in a rewritable manner.

  Furthermore, the game controller 640 has a common game execution unit 653. The common game execution unit 653 outputs a bet amount information based on the bet amount bet on the base game to the external control device 670 for each unit base game, and the common game is executed by a game start command from the external control device 670. A function to be executed, and a function to accept a BET input from the BET button 623 for the BET amount corresponding to the BET amount data for the common game that can be bet on the common game.

  Further, the game controller 640 is connected to the PTS terminal 690. The PTS terminal 700 is a unit in which an LCD, a microphone, a human body detection camera, and the like are integrated, and has a function of rendering a game, for example, by communicating with the game controller 640. In particular, the PTS terminal 690 is provided with a card insertion slot so that an IC card can be inserted. Thus, the player can use the credit stored in the IC card in the slot machine 610 by inserting the IC card into the card insertion slot. Note that the mechanical configuration of the PTS terminal 690 is omitted.

  Further, when the game controller 640 receives credit data from the PTS terminal 690, the game controller 640 updates the credit display on the display 631. Furthermore, the game controller 640 outputs the adjustment credit data to the PTS terminal 690 when the game is adjusted.

  A PTS terminal 690 included in each of the plurality of slot machines 610 constituting the gaming machine 600 is connected to the management server 691 so as to be communicable, and collectively downloads images and manages IC cards and credits.

  The slot machine 610 is connected to a moving image trigger condition determination unit 660 via a transmission / reception unit 682. In addition, the moving image trigger condition determination unit 660 is connected to the winning determination unit 649. The moving image trigger condition determining unit 660 determines whether or not the moving image trigger condition is satisfied based on the gaming state flag input via the transmission / reception unit 682 or the gaming state flag input from the winning determination unit 649. Here, in the present embodiment, the video trigger condition is that a bonus game is executed by the bonus game executing unit 644 or that a bonus game is executed and a winning determination is performed by the winning determining unit 649. The moving image trigger condition is not limited to this, and an arbitrary condition can be set. For example, input of information for starting a common game via the transmission / reception unit 682 can also be set as a condition.

  The moving image trigger condition determination unit 660 is connected to the image generation unit 661. The image generation unit 661 calculates feature point operation interlocking information of preset feature points based on control point operation information and interlocking conditions relating to object images stored in advance according to the moving image trigger condition. Then, according to the calculated feature point operation interlocking information, an object image is generated for each display cycle, and is output to the video display area 631b of the display 631 as a moving image effect image.

(Function flow of gaming machine 600: external control device)
The gaming machine 600 configured as described above is connected to the external control device 670. The external control device 670 has a function of remotely operating and remotely monitoring processing such as operation status of each slot machine 610 and changes of various game setting values. Further, the external control device 670 determines a common game start condition for each game terminal, and executes a common game on the plurality of slot machines 610 when a determination result satisfying the common game start condition is obtained at any game terminal. It has a function to do.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 31, the external control device 670 includes a common game start determination unit 671, a common game start unit 672, a game terminal selection unit 676, a transmission / reception unit 673, and a video trigger condition determination unit. 674 and an image generation unit 675.

  The common game start determination unit 671 has a function of determining whether or not a common game start condition is satisfied based on a cumulative value of bet amount information transmitted from the slot machine 610 for each unit base game, and a plurality of slot machines 610. A function for outputting a game start command and a function for displaying a state until a common game start condition is satisfied on the common display 680.

  It should be noted that whether or not the common game start condition is satisfied can be determined based on all accumulated values that are increased by repeating the unit base game, in addition to the accumulated value of the bet amount information. For example, the number of times of the base game, the game time of the base game, or the like may be used as the cumulative value.

  In addition, the common game start unit 672 has a function of outputting a game start command to the slot machine 610 in which the cumulative value that increases as the base game repeats satisfies the game execution condition. Accordingly, the common game starting unit 672 does not give a qualification to participate in the common game to the slot machine 610 whose accumulated value is less than the minimum set value, and therefore the player is conscious of actively repeating the base game. It is possible to have

  Further, the common game start unit 672 has a function of monitoring a non-input time during which no start operation is performed and outputting a game start command to the slot machines 610 excluding the slot machines 610 whose non-input time is equal to or longer than the timeout time. Have. Accordingly, the common game start unit 671 can determine that the player is absent for the slot machine 610 in which the base game has not been executed for the timeout time or longer. Makes it possible to avoid running the game.

  The game terminal selection unit 676 has a function of selecting a specific slot machine 610 from the plurality of slot machines 610 and outputting a common game start command signal to the specific slot machine 610. The transmission / reception unit 673 has a function of enabling data transmission / reception with the slot machine 610.

  The moving image trigger condition determining unit 674 determines whether or not the moving image trigger condition is satisfied. Here, in the present embodiment, whether or not the common game start determination unit 671 has output a game start command is set as a moving image trigger condition. The moving image trigger condition is not limited to this, and an arbitrary condition can be set.

  The moving image trigger condition determination unit 674 is connected to the image generation unit 675. The image generation unit 675 calculates feature point operation interlocking information of preset feature points based on control point operation information and interlocking conditions regarding the object image stored in advance according to the moving image trigger condition. Then, according to the calculated feature point operation interlocking information, an object image for each display cycle is generated and output to the common display 680 as a moving effect video.

(Overall configuration of gaming machine)
First, the gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described.

  As illustrated in FIG. 32, the gaming machine 600 includes a plurality of slot machines 610 and an external control device 670 connected to each slot machine 610 via a communication line 601.

  The external control device 670 controls a plurality of slot machines 610. In the present embodiment, the external control device 670 is a so-called hall server installed in a gaming facility having a plurality of slot machines 610. Each slot machine 610 is given a unique identification number, and the external control device 670 determines the origin of data sent from each slot machine 610 based on the identification number. Also, when data is transmitted from the external control device 670 to the slot machine 610, the transmission destination is specified using the identification number.

  Note that the gaming machine 600 may be constructed in one gaming facility such as a casino where various games can be performed, or may be constructed among a plurality of gaming facilities. Further, when the game machine 600 is constructed in one game facility, the gaming machine 600 may be constructed for each floor or section of the game facility. The communication line 601 may be wired or wireless, and a dedicated line or an exchange line can be employed.

(Machine configuration of slot machine)
The overall structure of the slot machine 610 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the slot machine 610, coins, bills, or electronic valuable information corresponding to these are used as game media. In particular, in this embodiment, credit-related data such as cash data stored in an IC card is used.

  The slot machine 610 includes a cabinet 611, a top box 612 installed on the upper side of the cabinet 611, and a main door 613 provided on the front surface of the cabinet 611.

  The main door 613 is provided with a reel device M1. A reel cover 614 is provided on the front surface of the reel device M1. Note that the reel cover 614 includes a transparent liquid crystal panel and a transparent panel. Further, the reel cover 614 may include a touch panel. The reel cover 614 has a display window 615 in the center. The display window 615 makes it possible to visually recognize 20 symbols in 5 columns and 4 rows from the outside. The four symbols in each column are part of the symbol group arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the reel M3. Each reel M3 is rearranged to stop after rotating the symbols displayed in each symbol in the vertical direction by moving and displaying the four symbols downward or upward while changing the overall speed. Makes it possible to do.

  At the left end and the right end of the display window 615, payline generation rows are arranged symmetrically. The leftmost payline generation row arranged on the left side when viewed from the player side has 25 payline generation units. Further, the rightmost payline generation row arranged on the right side has 25 payline generation units.

  The payline generator at the left end forms a pair with any payline generator at the right end. A payline is defined in advance as a line from each payline generating unit at the left end to the payline generating unit at the right end that is paired with the payline generating unit. 25 paylines are defined.

  The above payline is validated by connecting the left end portion and the right end payline generating portion. Otherwise, it is disabled. The valid number of paylines is determined based on the BET amount. In the case of MAXBET, which is the maximum BET amount, the maximum number of 25 paylines is activated. The activated payline establishes various winning combinations for each symbol. Details of the winning combination will be described later.

  In this embodiment, the case where the slot machine 610 includes the mechanical reel type reel device M1 is described. However, the slot machine 610 of the present invention has a video reel type that displays a pseudo reel and a mechanical type. It may be mixed. The reel cover 614 may be provided with a touch panel 614a. In this case, the player can input various instructions by operating the touch panel 614a. An input signal is transmitted from the touch panel 614a to a main CPU 641 described later.

  A control panel 620 is disposed below the reel device M1. The control panel 620 includes various buttons, a coin entry 621 that accepts coins in the cabinet 611, and a bill entry 622.

  The control panel 620, for example, arranges a reserve button 626, a collect button 627, and a game rule button 628 in the upper left area, and a 1-BET button, a 2-BET button, a 3-BET button, and a 5-BET button. A BET button 623 including a 10-BET button is arranged in the middle of the left area, and a LINE button 629 including a play 2 LINES button, a play 5 LINES button, a play 10 LINES button, a play 20 LINES button, and a MAX LINE button is disposed in the lower section of the left area. It is provided in the aspect arrange | positioned.

  Further, the control panel 620 includes a coin entry 621 and a bill entry 622 arranged in the upper part of the right area, and a gambling button 625 and a spin button 624 arranged in the lower part of the right area.

  The reserve button 626 is an operation button that is used when leaving a seat or when requesting exchange of money from a staff member of a game facility. The collect button 627 is a so-called settlement button that adds credit data related to credits acquired in various games to credit data stored in an IC card inserted in the PTS terminal. The game rule button 628 is a button that is pressed when the game operation method or the like is unknown. When the game rule button 628 is pressed, an upper image display panel 631 (the video display area 631b of the display 631 described above) will be described later. Various help information is displayed.

  The 1-BET button is a button in which a credit currently owned by the player is betted one by one for each valid payline each time the button is pressed. The 2-BET button is a button for starting a game with 2 BET for each active payline. The 3-BET button is a button for starting a game with 3 BET for each active payline. The 5-BET button is a button for starting a game with 5 BET for each valid payline. The 10-BET button is a button for starting a game with 10 BET for each valid payline. Accordingly, the number of BETs betted for each valid payline is determined by pressing the 1-BET button, 2-BET button, 3-BET button, 5-BET button, and 10-BET button.

  The play 2 LINES button is a button that activates a payline when pressed. As a result, the number of activated paylines becomes “2”. The play 5 LINES button is a button that activates a payline when pressed. As a result, the number of activated paylines becomes “5”. The play 10 LINES button is a button that activates a payline when pressed. As a result, the number of activated paylines becomes “10”. The play 20 LINES button is a button that activates a payline when pressed. As a result, the number of activated paylines becomes “20”. Furthermore, the MAX LINES button is a button that activates a payline when pressed. As a result, the number of activated paylines becomes the maximum “25”.

  The gambling button 625 is an operation button used when shifting to a gambling game after the bonus game is finished. Here, the gambling game is a game played using the acquired credits.

  The spin button 624 is a button used when starting scrolling of symbols. The spin button 624 also functions as a button for starting a bonus game or adding a payout earned in the bonus game to credits. The coin entry is for accepting a coin into the cabinet 611. The bill entry is for identifying whether the bill is appropriate and accepting the regular bill in the cabinet 611.

  Further, a coin receiving port 618 for receiving coins and a berry glass 619 on which a character of the slot machine 610 is drawn are provided on the lower front surface of the main door 613, that is, below the control panel 620. .

  An upper image display panel 631 is provided on the front surface of the top box 612. The upper image display panel 631 is a liquid crystal panel and constitutes a display. The upper image display panel 631 displays an image related to the effect, an introduction of the contents of the game, and an image showing the rules. The top box 612 is provided with a speaker 634 and a lamp 635. In the slot machine 610, an effect is executed by displaying an image, outputting sound, and outputting light.

  A data display 632 and a keypad 633 are provided below the upper image display panel 631. The data display 632 includes a fluorescent display, an LED, and the like, and displays, for example, member data read from an IC card inserted from the PTS terminal 690 and data input by the player via the keypad 633. . The keypad 633 is for inputting data.

(Electric configuration of slot machine)
Next, with reference to FIG. 34, a configuration of a circuit included in the slot machine 610 will be described.

  The game controller 640 is configured using a commercially available general-purpose motherboard (printed wiring board on which basic components of a personal computer are mounted), a gaming board 642, a main CPU 641, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 643, and a RAM (Random Access Memory). 644 and a communication interface 654.

  A ROM (feature point storage means, control point storage means, control point operation information storage means) 643 is composed of a memory device such as a flash memory, and is permanently set to a program such as a BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) executed by the main CPU 641. Data is stored. When the BIOS is executed by the main CPU 641, initialization processing for a predetermined peripheral device is performed. In addition, via the gaming board 642, a process for taking in a game program and a game system program stored in a memory card (not shown) is started. In the present invention, the ROM 643 may be rewritable or impossible. The ROM 643 stores a game state corresponding moving image generation / display program, a reel-linked moving image generation / display program, and a touch panel moving image generation / display program according to the present embodiment which will be described later. Further, the ROM 643 stores data used for the game state corresponding moving image generation / display program, reel-linked moving image generation / display program, and touch panel moving image generation / display program, and object image data to be displayed in the two-dimensional display area of the display 631. , Feature point data set in advance in a plurality of locations of the object image, control point data that is associated with a plurality of feature points in common and linked with each feature point, and a predetermined moving image Data of control point operation information related to operation of control points stored in a plurality of patterns according to the trigger condition is stored.

  The RAM 644 stores data used when the main CPU 641 operates and programs such as a symbol determination program. For example, when a game program, a game system program, and an authentication program are fetched, these can be stored. The RAM 644 is provided with a work area for executing the program. For example, an area for storing a counter for managing the number of games, the number of BETs, the number of payouts, the number of credits, an area for storing a symbol (code number) determined by lottery, and the like are provided.

  The communication interface 654 is for communicating with an external control device such as a server via a communication line (not shown). The game controller 640 is connected to a later-described door PCB (Printed Circuit Board) 650 and a main body PCB 660 by USB. In addition, a power supply unit 655 is connected to the game controller 640.

  When power is supplied from the power supply unit 655 to the game controller 640, the main CPU 641 of the game controller 640 is activated, and power is supplied to the gaming board 642 via the PCI bus to activate a CPU (not shown).

  The door PCB 650 and the main body PCB 660 are connected to input devices such as switches and sensors and peripheral devices whose operations are controlled by the main CPU 641.

  A control panel 620, a reverter 651, a coin counter 652, and a cold cathode tube 653 are connected to the door PCB 90.

  The control panel 620 includes a reserve switch 626a, a collect switch 627a, a game rule switch 628a, a BET switch (a 1-BET switch, a 2-BET switch, and a 3-BET switch corresponding to each button described above. , A 5-BET switch, a 10-BET switch) 624a, a LINES switch (play 2 LINES switch, play 5 LINES switch, play 10 LINES switch, play 20 LINES switch, MAX LINES switch) 629a, gambling switch 625a, , A spin switch 624a. Each switch detects that the corresponding button has been pressed by the player, and outputs a signal to the main CPU 641.

  Inside the coin entry 621, a reverter 651 and a coin counter 652 are provided. Then, the reverter 651 identifies whether or not the coin inserted into the coin entry 621 is appropriate, and the coins other than the regular coin are discharged from the coin payout exit. Further, the coin counter 652 detects the accepted regular coin and counts the number of the coins.

  The reverter 651 operates based on a control signal output from the main CPU 641 and distributes appropriate coins selected by the coin counter 652 to a hopper 662 or a cash box (not shown). When the hopper 662 is not filled with coins, the hopper 662 is sorted. When the hopper 662 is filled with coins, the hopper 662 is sorted to a cash box.

  The cold cathode tube 653 functions as a backlight installed on the back side of the upper image display panel 631 and lights up based on a control signal output from the main CPU 641.

  A lamp 661, a speaker 634, a hopper 662, a coin detection unit 663, a bill entry 622, a graphic board 630, a key switch 665, and a data display 664 are connected to the main body PCB 660.

  The lamp 661 is turned on based on a control signal output from the main CPU 641. The speaker 634 outputs a sound such as BGM based on a control signal output from the main CPU 641.

  The hopper 662 operates based on a control signal output from the main CPU 71, and pays out a designated payout number of coins from a coin payout exit to a coin tray (not shown). The coin detection unit 663 detects a coin paid out by the hopper 662 and outputs a signal to the main CPU 641.

  A touch panel 614a may be provided on the front surface of the reel device M1. The touch panel 614a detects a position touched by a player's finger or the like, and outputs a signal corresponding to the detected position to the main CPU 641.

  The bill entry 622 is for identifying whether or not a bill is appropriate and accepting a regular bill in the cabinet 611. The bills inserted into the cabinet 611 are converted into coins, and credits corresponding to the converted coins are added as player-owned credits.

  The graphic board 630 controls the image display performed by the upper image display panel 631 based on the control signal output from the main CPU 641. The graphic board 630 includes a VDP (Video Display Processor) that generates image data, a video RAM that stores image data generated by the VDP, and the like. Note that the image data used when generating the image data by the VDP is included in a game program read from a memory card (not shown) of the gaming board 642 and stored in the RAM.

  The graphic board 630 includes a VDP (Video Display Processor) that generates image data based on a control signal output from the main CPU 641, a video RAM that temporarily stores image data generated by the VDP, and the like. ing. Note that the image data used when generating the image data by the VDP is included in a game program read from a memory card (not shown) of the gaming board 642 and stored in the RAM.

  The key switch 665 is provided on the keypad 632 and outputs a predetermined signal to the main CPU 641 when the keypad 632 is operated by the player.

  The data display 664 displays data read from a card reader (not shown) based on a control signal output from the main CPU 641 and data input via the keypad 632 by the player.

(Electrical configuration of external control device 670)
FIG. 35 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the external control device (center controller) 670. A control unit is provided inside the center controller 670. As shown in FIG. 35, the control unit includes components such as a game controller 690, a gaming board 694, and an actuator.

  The game controller 690 has almost the same configuration as the game controller 641. The game controller 690 is configured using a commercially available general-purpose motherboard (printed wiring board on which basic components of a personal computer are mounted), a gaming board 694, a main CPU 691, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 692, and a RAM (Random Access Memory). ) 693 and a communication interface 695. In addition, a power supply unit 697 is connected to the game controller 690.

  The gaming board 694 has the same configuration as the gaming board 642.

  The ROM 692 includes a memory device such as a flash memory, and stores a program such as BIOS (Basic Input / Output System) executed by the main CPU 691 and permanent data. In the present invention, the ROM 692 may be rewritable or impossible. The ROM 692 stores a common display game state corresponding moving image generation display program according to the present embodiment which will be described later. Further, in the ROM 692, data used for the common display game state corresponding moving image generation / display program, which is set in advance in a plurality of object image data and object image data to be displayed in the two-dimensional display area of the common display 680. Feature point data and control point data that are associated with a plurality of feature points in common and linked with each feature point in advance, and that stores a plurality of patterns according to predetermined video trigger conditions Data of control point operation information related to the operation is stored.

  The RAM 693 stores data and programs used when the main CPU 691 operates. The RAM 693 is provided with a work area for executing the program.

  The communication unit 695 is for performing communication with the terminal controller 640 via a communication line.

  The graphic board 681 has the same configuration as the graphic board 630, but is different in that the display of the common display 680 is controlled based on a control signal output from the main CPU 691. Further, the graphic board 681 outputs a control signal to the graphic boat that controls the display 631 via the communication interface 695. That is, the graphic board 681 functions as a display controller.

(Operation of gaming machine)
Next, the operation of the gaming machine in this embodiment will be described.

  First, in the slot machine 610 constituting the game machine of the present embodiment, processing of a game state corresponding moving image generation display program, a reel-linked moving image generation display program, and a touch panel moving image generation display program is executed.

  The processing of the game state corresponding moving image generation and display program executed in the slot machine 610 constituting the game machine of the present embodiment is output from the main CPU 641 in the processing of the game state corresponding moving image generation and display program described with reference to FIG. After acquiring the current gaming state based on the control signal (S501), it is determined whether the bonus game is being executed in the current gaming state (S502). If the bonus game is being executed, It is determined whether the game result of the bonus game has been output (S504).

  The reel-linked moving image generation / display program and the touch panel moving image generation / display program executed in the slot machine that constitutes the game machine of the present embodiment are processed by the reel-linked moving image generation / display program described with reference to FIG. The processing is almost the same as that of the touch panel moving image generation / display program described with reference to FIG.

  Next, the processing of the common display game state corresponding moving image generation / display program executed by the external control device including the gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 36, first, based on a control signal output from the main CPU 641, that is, based on whether or not the common game start determination unit 671 has output a game start command, the common game in the external control device 670 is performed. The current gaming state is acquired (S621).

  Then, it is determined whether or not the common game is being executed in the current gaming state (S622). If the common game is not being executed in the current gaming state (S622: NO), it is determined that the current gaming state is the base game, and the base game execution data “0” is set in the gaming state flag (S623). .

  On the other hand, when the common game is being executed in the current game state (S622: YES), it is determined that the current game state is being executed, and the common game execution data “1” is set in the game state flag ( S624).

  Next, an object image stored in advance in the ROM 692 is read out, and feature point data preset in a plurality of locations of the object image stored in the ROM 692 is associated with a plurality of feature points in common. Then, the data of the control point in which the interlocking condition with each feature point is set in advance is read (S625).

  Further, control point operation information relating to the operation of the control point according to the game state flag is acquired from the control point operation information of a plurality of patterns stored in advance in the ROM 692 (S626).

  When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the movement in the X-axis direction shown in FIG. 6 is shown as an example corresponding to the game state flag “1” for each of the joints A to R. Control point operation information on the amount (movement X), the amount of movement in the Y-axis direction (movement Y), and the amount of rotation (rotation Z) is acquired. Here, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X) and the movement amount in the Y-axis direction (movement Y) are movement amounts with respect to the position coordinates (X, Y) of the joint in the XY coordinate system. The rotation Z is a rotation angle with respect to the position coordinate (X, Y) of the joint in the XY coordinate system, and the clockwise direction is positive and the counterclockwise direction is negative.

  Then, based on the acquired control point operation information and the interlocking condition, the feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the control point is calculated (S627).

  Feature point operation linkage information is based on control point operation information related to the operation (movement, rotation, enlargement, reduction) of each control point and linkage conditions such as the movement magnification, movement direction, enlargement magnification, and reduction magnification of each feature point. This includes the calculated movement direction, movement amount, rotation amount, enlargement amount, reduction amount, and the like of the associated feature points. When the object image is expressed by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, based on the control point operation information shown in FIG. 6 and the interlocking condition (weighting) shown in FIG. The feature point operation linkage information of each vertex associated with each of R, that is, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X), the movement amount in the Y-axis direction (movement Y), and the rotation amount (rotation Z) are calculated. The

  Next, according to the calculated feature point operation interlocking information, an object image that changes by interlocking each feature point with the control point is generated and stored for each display period (S628), and is displayed on the common display 680 as a moving image (S628). S629).

  For example, for each feature point, the process of changing from the current position coordinate to the movement position calculated according to the feature point operation linkage information is divided for each display cycle, and an object image is generated and stored for each display cycle.

  Here, the display cycle is calculated from the frame rate, and an object image for each display cycle is generated as one frame.

  When the object image is represented by polygon modeling as in the example on the left side of FIG. 7, the object image changed by linking each vertex to the joints A to R according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information is displayed for each display cycle. The moving image generated and changed from the object image shown on the left side of FIG. 7 to the object image shown on the right side is displayed on the liquid crystal display device.

  In the common display game state corresponding moving image generation / display program according to the present embodiment, the control point operation information corresponding to the game state flag “1” is not limited to the above. In the case of being expressed as in the example, the movement amount in the X-axis direction (movement X), the movement amount in the Y-axis direction (movement Y) such that the face faces the direction of the slot machine 610 participating in the common game, You may make it acquire the control point operation information of rotation amount (rotation Z).

  In the gaming machine 600 according to the present embodiment described above, the display 631 of the slot machine 610 may include a touch panel. The feature point data set in advance at a plurality of locations of the object image stored in advance in the slot machine 610 is associated with the plurality of feature points in common, and interlocking conditions with each feature point are set in advance. The control point data is read out, the object image is displayed on the display 631, and the control point of the object image displayed on the display 631 is operated via the touch panel provided on the display 631. Control point operation information related to the operation may be input. The subsequent processes are the same as the contents of the processes after S609 described above, and a description thereof will be omitted.

  As described above, the pachinko gaming machine, the slot machine, or the gaming machine including the gaming machine according to the present embodiment corresponds to a feature point and a plurality of feature points in advance for the object image represented in the two-dimensional display area. The attached common control point and the interlocking condition between the control point and each feature point are set. In addition, a plurality of patterns of control point operation information for operating the control points according to predetermined video trigger conditions during execution and stop of the game are stored. Then, when the video trigger condition is satisfied, the feature point operation interlocking information of the feature point associated with the control point is calculated based on the control point operation information and the interlocking condition according to the video trigger condition. Next, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image.

  Therefore, when a predetermined video trigger condition (for example, game start or game end of a gaming machine, gaming state during game) is satisfied, the object image is changed from the current state to another state according to the predetermined video trigger condition. It is possible to generate a two-dimensional moving image in real time until it changes, and without having to register in advance about the object image until it changes from the current state to another state, the object image can be in any various state A two-dimensional moving image can be generated.

  In addition, if feature points, control points, and interlocking conditions are set in advance and only control point operation information for operating the control points according to the predetermined moving image trigger conditions is stored, the object image corresponding to the predetermined moving image trigger conditions is stored. Can be generated in real time, from the current state to another state, in pachinko machines, slot machines, or gaming machines including gaming machines, Since it is not necessary to store in advance the object image until it is changed, the storage capacity in the gaming machine can be secured.

  In addition, two-dimensional animation of object images can be viewed in response to predetermined triggers during the execution and stoppage of pachinko machines, slot machines, or gaming machines including gaming machines. Thus, it is possible to perform a new performance and improve the entertainment for the player.

  In addition, according to the gaming machine including the pachinko gaming machine, the slot machine, or the gaming machine according to the present embodiment, the object image represented in the two-dimensional display area corresponds to a feature point and a plurality of feature points in advance. The attached common control point and the interlocking condition between the control point and each feature point are set. Moreover, it has an input means which receives the player's input with respect to a control point. Then, when the player operates the control point through the input means, the feature point operation interlocking information of the feature point associated with the control point is obtained based on the control point operation information and the interlocking condition input by the player. Calculated. Next, according to the feature point operation linkage information, an object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point is generated for each display period and displayed as a moving image.

  Therefore, in accordance with the operation of the control point performed by the player through the input means, a two-dimensional video until the object image changes from the current state to another state can be generated in real time. A two-dimensional moving image that changes an object image to any of various states can be generated without previously registering the object image until the current state changes to another state.

  In addition, if feature points, control points, and interlocking conditions are set in advance and only control point operation information for operating the control points according to the predetermined moving image trigger conditions is stored, the object image corresponding to the predetermined moving image trigger conditions is stored. Can be generated in real time, from the current state to another state, in pachinko machines, slot machines, or gaming machines including gaming machines, Since it is not necessary to store in advance the object image until it is changed, the storage capacity in the gaming machine can be secured.

  Furthermore, when a player of a gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine operates a control point through an input means, a two-dimensional moving image of an object image can be viewed. Thus, it is possible to perform a new performance and improve the entertainment for the player.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made as long as they are described in the claims.

1 Two-dimensional image generation system 14 Input device (input means)
15 Display device (display means)
400 Pachinko machines (game machines)
406 Liquid crystal display device (display means)
413a Touch panel (input means)
500 pachislot machine
520 liquid crystal display device (display means)
521a Touch panel (input means)
521 Liquid crystal display device (display means)
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600 Gaming machine (game machine)
610 slot machine
631 Display (display means)
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Claims (8)

An object feature point setting step for setting, as feature points, a plurality of portions of the object image displayed in the two-dimensional display area of the display means;
A control point setting step for associating a common control point with a plurality of the feature points and setting an interlocking condition between the control points and the feature points;
A feature point operation interlocking information calculation step of calculating feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point associated with the control point based on control point operation information regarding the operation of the control point and the interlocking condition;
In accordance with the feature point operation linkage information, an image display control step of generating the object image changed by linking each feature point to the control point for each display period and displaying the object image as a moving image on the display unit;
An upper control point setting step for associating a common upper control point with a plurality of the control points and setting an upper interlocking condition between the upper control point and the control point;
Control point operation interlocking information calculation for calculating control point operation interlocking information of the control point associated with the upper control point based on the upper control point operation information regarding the operation of the upper control point and the upper interlocking condition Process,
When the upper control point is operated, the operation of the different control points associated with the upper control point is time-difference based on the upper interlocking condition including information on the time difference of the operation of the control point. And the process to be executed in
2D image generation program for causing a computer to execute. An object image selection step for allowing each part of the object image to be selected from a plurality of types of image data until the feature point operation interlocking information calculation step is executed;
The program for generating a two-dimensional image according to claim 1, further causing the computer to execute. When the object image selection step is executed after the object feature point setting step and the control point setting step and before the feature point operation interlocking information calculation step,
Associating the feature point of the part after the change by the selection in the object image selection step with the control point associated with the feature point of the part before the change by the selection in the object image selection step;
The program for generating a two-dimensional image according to claim 2, for causing the computer to further execute.   The feature point operation interlocking information calculation step includes, as the feature point operation interlocking information, a moving position of each feature point and a complementary position that complements the moving position. The two-dimensional image generation program according to item. The two-dimensional image generation program according to any one of claims 1 to 4 is mounted,
A two-dimensional image generation system comprising a computer that executes the two-dimensional image generation program.   The computer-readable recording medium which recorded the two-dimensional image generation program as described in any one of Claims 1-4. A game execution means for executing a game capable of giving a profit to the player;
Movie trigger condition determining means for determining whether or not a preset movie trigger condition is satisfied during execution and stop of the game;
A display means having a two-dimensional display area and displaying an object image;
Feature point storage means for storing feature points preset in a plurality of locations of the object image;
Control point storage means for storing a control point that is associated with a plurality of the feature points in common and in which an interlocking condition with each of the feature points is set in advance;
Control point operation information storage means for storing a plurality of patterns of control point operation information related to the operation of the control point according to a predetermined moving image trigger condition;
A gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine, characterized by having a controller programmed to execute the processes (1) to (5) below.
(1) When the moving image trigger condition determining unit determines that the moving image trigger condition is satisfied, the moving image trigger condition determining unit associates the control point with the control point based on the control point operation information according to the moving image trigger condition and the interlocking condition. Processing for calculating feature point operation interlocking information of each feature point;
(2) Processing for generating the object image that changes by linking each feature point to the control point according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information and displaying the object image as a moving image on the display unit ;
(3) A process of associating a common upper control point with a plurality of the control points and setting an upper interlocking condition between the upper control point and the control point,
(4) processing for calculating control point operation interlocking information of the control point associated with the upper control point based on the upper control point operation information regarding the operation of the upper control point and the upper interlocking condition;
(5) When the upper control point is operated, the different control points associated with the upper control point are associated with the upper control point based on the upper interlocking condition including information on a time difference in operation of the control point. Processing to execute the operation with a time difference. An input unit that receives an input from the player with respect to the control point of the object image displayed on the display unit;
8. The gaming machine including a pachinko gaming machine, a slot machine, or a gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the controller is programmed to further execute the following processes (11) to (13).
(11) a process of storing the control point operation information for said input means said control point operation input through,
(12) on the basis of the control point operation information and the interlock condition, to calculate the said feature point operation interworking information of the feature points associated with the control point processing,
(13) A process of generating the object image that changes by linking each feature point with the control point according to the calculated feature point operation linkage information and displaying the object image as a moving image on the display means.

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