JP6025946B1 - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a gaming machine capable of more smoothly expressing the switching of the emission color of a light emitting area. A plurality of light emitting areas of one unit that emit light by a full color LED are provided, and the light emitting area of one unit is emitted by a pair of full color LEDs 71a and 71b. The pair of full-color LEDs 71a and 71b are connected to the LED control IC 66 through separate lines, respectively, and the first full-color LED 71a and the second full-color LED 71b are separately energized and controlled. Upon receiving the emission color control signal SDATA, the LED control IC 66 causes the first full color LED 71a to emit light in the first emission color and the second full color LED 71b to emit light in the second emission color. Thereby, an intermediate color is displayed between the pair of full-color LEDs 71a and 71b, and the switching of the emission color can be expressed more smoothly. [Selection] Figure 5

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.

In recent years, as the luminous body of the game machine, for example, light emitting diodes (LED) it has been widely used. There has been a gaming machine that includes a plurality of light emitting areas of one unit emitted by such light emitters and that can emit light in a decorative manner by energizing each light emitter (for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2014-94109 A

Such is the case where the light emitting diodes of the (LED) is constituted by a full-color LED, R (red), G (green), B can be made to emit light in a wide variety of colors by combining the three primary colors (blue). It can be considered that such a full-color illuminant is arranged one by one for each of a plurality of light-emitting areas and changed to various light-emitting colors for each of the plurality of light-emitting areas to exhibit a decorative effect.
However, for example, when changing a certain light emitting area from red → orange → yellow → green → blue → indigo → purple and iridescent, the entire light emitting area changes from red → orange → yellow → green → blue → indigo → purple. Therefore, for example, there is a drawback that it is difficult to express an intermediate color between red and orange, and it is difficult to express a smooth change of emission color.
The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that can more smoothly express the switching of the emission color of the light emitting area.

The present invention provides a plurality of light-emitting areas arranged in a predetermined direction, a light-emitting body that is arranged for each light-emitting area and that emits light from each light-emitting area, and a light- emitting color of each light-emitting body is specified from a plurality of types in the gaming machine having a light emission color control means for sequentially changing the emission color, the light emitting element of each light emitting area, the first full-color light-emitting element and a second disposed proximate to the array direction of the light emitting area The space between the adjacent full color light emitters in the light emitting areas adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction is the distance between the first full color light emitter and the second full color light emitter in each light emitting area. The light emission color control means emits light in a different light emission color between the first full color light emitter and the second full color light emitter in each light emission area, and the adjacent light emission areas. As the full color light emitting bodies that mutually adjacent emits light in the same emission color, the controls the emission color of the respective full-color light emitters of each light emitting area.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that can more smoothly express the switching of the emission color of the light emitting area.

1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a front view of the pachinko machine. It is a front view of the glass door of the state which removed the decoration cover. It is a block diagram which shows the main control circuits of a pachinko machine. It is a block diagram which shows the principal part of a control circuit. It is a flowchart of LED rainbow control. It is a figure which shows LED control IC table (rainbow control) of ID = 1. It is explanatory drawing which shows the change of the luminescent color of each full color LED.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. 1 to 3 illustrate an embodiment in which the present invention is adopted in a pachinko machine. In FIG. 1, the gaming machine 1 includes a rectangular outer frame 2 and a front frame 3 pivotally attached to the front side of the outer frame 2 so as to be openable and closable. On the front side of the front frame 3, a glass door 4 and a front plate 5 are vertically arranged. The glass door 4 and the front plate 5 are pivotally supported by the front frame 3 so as to be opened and closed.

  The front plate 5 is provided with a storage tray 6 for storing game balls to be supplied to the launching means (not shown), a launching handle 7 for operating the launching means, and the like on the front side.

  For example, two glass plates 9 (transparent plates) are fitted in the window holes 8 provided in the glass door 4, and a game board 11 (arranged body) shown in FIG. For example, it is detachably mounted from the front side. On the front side of the game board 11, a guide rail 12 for guiding a game ball launched from the launching means is annularly mounted, and a center case 14 (arrangement body) is placed in a game area 13 inside the guide rail 12. ), Various game parts such as the normal symbol starting means 15, the special symbol starting means 16, the big winning means 17, and the normal winning means 18 are arranged. In the closed state of the glass door 4, the glass plate 9 is spaced apart from the game area 13 of the game board 11 by allowing the game balls to flow down (interval greater than the diameter of the game balls and smaller than two game balls). It is located with a gap. The glass door 4 is provided with a decorative cover 49 so as to surround the window hole 8.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the center case 14 has an annular decorative frame 24 disposed along the mounting hole 11 a and a left and right direction along the lower side of the decorative frame 24 and enters the entrance 25. And a stage 26 for freely rolling the game ball guided through the warp passage 25a and dropping it to the front side. The normal symbol display means 27, the special symbol display means 28, and the normal symbol display means 28 are provided on the decorative frame 24. On-hold number display means 29 and the like are provided. It should be noted that at least one of the normal symbol display means 27, the special symbol display means 28 or the normal reserved number display means 29 may be displayed on the image display means 22 instead of the decorative frame 24, or the game area 13 It may be provided at a predetermined outside location.

  By the way, as shown in FIG. 2, the normal symbol display means 27 is for variably displaying the normal symbol. For example, two light emitters (for example, “◯” and “×”) corresponding to two normal symbols (for example, LED), and on the condition that the normal symbol starting means 15 comprising a passing gate or the like detects the game ball, the two light emitters blink alternately for a predetermined time, and the game ball by the normal symbol starting means 15 When the hit determination random number value acquired at the time of detection matches a predetermined hit determination value, the light emitter on the “◯” side corresponding to the hit mode is in a light-emitting state, and otherwise it is in the off mode The blinking ends when the corresponding “×” side light emitter emits light.

  Further, when the normal symbol starting means 15 detects a game ball during the fluctuation display of the normal symbol display means 27 or during the normal profit state described later, a hit determination random number value acquired at the time of detection is determined in advance. The upper limit number, for example, four is stored as a limit, and the normal number-of-holds display means 29 made up of, for example, the same number of light emitters as the upper limit number is used to determine the number of stored random numbers (hereinafter referred to as normal number). Is displayed, and the player is notified of the number of normally reserved items at that time.

  The special symbol starting means 16 is for starting the symbol variation by the special symbol display means 28, and includes, for example, two upper and lower special starting ports 16a and 16b, and is arranged below the center case 14 or the like. The upper special start port 16a is a non-actuated winning port having no opening / closing means, and the lower special start port 16b is an actuated winning port that can be opened / closed by an opening / closing means (not shown). The opening / closing means is configured to change from the closed state to the open state for a predetermined time and a predetermined number of times when a later stop symbol becomes a hit state and a normal profit state occurs.

  The special symbol display means 28 is composed of one or a plurality of, for example, one special symbol (game symbol) that can be displayed in a variable manner, such as a 7-segment display. A special jackpot determination random number value obtained when winning a special symbol is displayed for a predetermined time on a condition that a game ball wins in either of 16a and 16b and a special symbol is variably displayed for a predetermined time. If it matches the value, it is stopped in a predetermined jackpot mode, and in other cases it is stopped in an outlier mode.

  The special symbol is provided with, for example, one or more types of jackpots and disengages. Each of these aspects may be assigned a numerical symbol or the like, and has no special meaning such as a combination of arbitrary lines and points so that the player cannot easily distinguish the type of the special symbol. You may assign a symbol.

  In addition, when a game ball wins a special start opening 16a, 16b during special symbol fluctuation display or a special profit state to be described later, a jackpot determination random number value obtained at the time of winning is reserved for a predetermined upper limit. The number of pieces, for example, each four is stored as a limit, and the special reserved number display means 36 displays the number of stored big hit determination random numbers (hereinafter referred to as special reserved number), and the special reserved number at that time is played. The person is notified.

  The effect symbol display means 35 variably displays the effect symbols in parallel with, for example, the special symbol change display by the special symbol display means 28. For example, one or a plurality of effect symbols, for example, three effect symbols in the left-right direction are displayed. The display screen 22a of the image display means 22 can be displayed in a variable manner together with the effect image of the special display of the special symbol on condition that the game ball wins at one of the special start ports 16a and 16b of the special symbol start means 16. At the same time as the start of change, the effect symbols start to change according to a predetermined change pattern, and at the same time as the special symbols change stops, the effect symbols are stopped in a predetermined order such as left, right, middle, etc. Yes.

  The special reserved number display means 36 notifies the special reserved number, and displays symbols for the special reserved number at a predetermined location on the display screen 22a.

  The big winning means 17 is an actuating winning means provided with an open / close plate 39 that can be switched between an open state in which a game ball can be won and a closed state in which a prize cannot be won. When a special profit state is generated based on the big hit mode, the opening / closing plate 39 opens to the front side according to a predetermined opening pattern, and the game ball dropped thereon is awarded to the inside. .

  As shown in FIG. 2, the center case 14 includes a left part illumination means 41 at the left side when viewed from the front, and an upper right part illumination means 42 at the upper right end side when viewed from the front. Moreover, the center case 14 is provided with the visual recognition opening part 43 which can visually recognize the display screen 22a of the image display means 22 in the center location by the front view.

  FIG. 3 is a front view of the glass door 4 with the decorative cover 49 removed. As described above, the glass door 4 is provided with the decorative cover 49 so as to surround the window hole 8, and the LED substrates 60, 61, 62 and the diffusion plate 63 are provided inside the decorative cover 49. It has been. Each LED board 60, 61, 62 is provided with a plurality of sets of a pair of full color LEDs 71a, 71b, 72a, 72b,. A pair of full-color LEDs (for example, 71a and 71b) are provided adjacent to each other, while a certain pair of full-color LEDs (for example, 71a and 71b) and another full-color LED (for example, 72a and 72b) have a certain distance. Are provided apart from each other. The diffusion plate 63 is made of a transparent resin and diffuses light emitted from the pair of full-color LEDs and transmits the light forward. The diffusion plate 63 corresponds to each of the pair of full-color LEDs 71a, 71b, 72a, 72b,. A light diffusion portion 63a is formed at the position where the That is, one light diffusion part 63a diffuses light emitted from a pair of full-color LEDs (for example, 71a and 71b). An area that emits light by the one light diffusion portion 63a is a light emission area of one unit. In FIG. 3, the diffusion plate 63 in front of the LED substrate 61 is shown as a representative, and the illustration of the diffusion plates in front of the other LED substrates 60 and 62 is omitted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the gaming machine 1 has a main control board 50 that comprehensively controls gaming operations, and display control (for example, effect symbol display) of the image display means 22 based on commands from the main control board 50. And an effect control board 55 that transmits a control signal to the LED boards 60 to 62. The effect control board 55 outputs predetermined sound (various sounds such as voice, music, and sound effects) from a speaker (not shown) disposed on the glass door 4 according to the display contents of the image display means 22. Control may also be performed.

The main control board 50 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 53 as a control center, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 51 that stores control data and programs, and a RAM (Random Access Memory ) that functions as a work area for the CPU 53. ) 52, I / O 54, which is an input / output port, is mounted.

  The effect control board 55 is equipped with a CPU 58 as a control center, a ROM 56 that stores control data and programs, a RAM 57 that functions as a work area of the CPU 58, an I / O 59 that is an input / output port, and the like. The effect control board 55 is connected to the image display means 22 and the LED boards 60 to 62.

  Next, the circuit configuration of the LED substrate will be described with reference to FIG. The LED substrate 60 among the three LED substrates 60 to 62 will be described as a representative example. The other LED substrates 61 and 62 have the same circuit configuration.

  The effect control board 55 is provided with a serial output circuit 64 and a clock signal output unit 65. The CPU 53 outputs a signal for driving the LED via the serial output circuit 64. The serial output circuit 64 converts the input signal for driving the LED (parallel data) into serial data SDATA and outputs it to the LED substrate 60. The clock signal output unit 65 outputs the clock signal CLK to the LED substrate 60.

On the LED substrate 60, an LED control IC 66 and a pair of full-color LEDs 71a, 71b, 72a, 72b,... Are mounted. The LED control IC 66 receives the serial data SDATA and the clock signal CLK. Each LED control IC 66 mounted on the LED boards 60 to 62 is assigned a unique ID, and each LED control IC 66 has an address added to the input serial data SDATA matching its own address. whether to confirm, full color LED71a based on the serial data SDATA supplied if met, 71b, 72a, 72b, turns on the ... turns off. Each of the full-color LEDs 71a, 71b, 72a, 72b,... Is provided with elements that emit R (red), G (green), and B (blue), and each of these three elements is energized to emit light. It is connected to the LED control IC 66 by three wires for making it. As will be described later, the LED control IC 66 controls the energization of the three wirings 81a, 82b, 82a, 82b,... According to the serial data SDATA and the clock signal CLK, thereby causing the full-color LEDs 71a, 71b, 72a, 72b,.・ Emit light with a predetermined color. Specifically, the emission color of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet is controlled by adjusting the luminance at the time of light emission of each of the R element, the G element, and the B element. The brightness adjustment is performed by controlling the duty ratio of each element.

  Next, the operation of the CPU 58 for controlling the light emission of the full color LED will be described with reference to FIG. The flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is for controlling light emission of a plurality of light emitting areas to rainbow (rainbow). The CPU 58 that has received the command of the effect of causing the LED to emit light (rainbow effect) executes the LED rainbow control operation shown in FIG.

First, as an initial setting, the ID of the LED control IC is set to N in step S (hereinafter simply referred to as “S”) 1, and N is set to 0 in S 2. Since one LED control IC is provided for each of the LED boards 60 to 62, IDs 1, 2, and 3 are assigned thereto. Next, 1 is added to N by S3, and it is determined whether the value of N has reached 4 by S4. Since N = 1 at the first stage, the control advances to S6, and the emission color data is read in order of the emission time with reference to the LED control IC table (rainbow control) whose ID is N (1 at the first stage). Output to the LED board 60.

  An LED control IC table (rainbow control) for the LED control IC 66 with ID 1 will be described with reference to FIG. Although the LED control IC table (rainbow control) for the LED control ICs with IDs 2 and 3 is also stored in the ROM 56, the illustration is omitted. Here, the LED control IC table (rainbow control) for the LED control IC 66 with ID 1 is stored. Control) is shown as a representative example.

Each full-color LED 71a, 71b, 72a, 72b,... Is assigned an ID (see 01 to 14 in FIG. 8), and red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, Color designation data such as purple is stored in the LED control IC table (rainbow control). Further, the light emission times T1, T2, T3,... Of the full color LED according to the color designation data are also stored. In accordance with S6, the CPU 58 firstly sets the first row of data “T1 time, red, orange, orange, yellow, yellow, green, green, blue, blue, indigo, indigo, purple , purple in the LED control IC table (rainbow control). Read red. And the LED with ID 01 is red, the ID with 02 and 03 is orange, the LED with 04 and 05 is yellow, the LED with 06 and 07 is green, the LED with 08 and 09 is blue, the LED with 10 and 11 is indigo, 12 and 13 LED of purple, the 14 LED of red, outputs a control signal for each emitted to the LED control IC66 only time T1. The LED control IC 66 receives the LED 71a in red, the LEDs 71b and 72a in orange, the LEDs 72b and 73a in yellow, the LEDs 73b and 74a in green, the LEDs 74b and 75a in blue, the LEDs 75b and 76a in indigo, the LEDs 76b and 77a in purple , and the LED 77b. To red for only T1 hours. The CPU 58 sequentially executes such control in the order of LED control IC with ID 1 → LED control IC with ID 2 → LED control IC with ID 3.

After the T1 time has elapsed, the CPU 58 displays the data “T2 time, orange, yellow, yellow, green, green, blue, blue, indigo, indigo, purple , purple, red, red in the LED control IC table (rainbow control). , Orange "is read out and the same control as described above is performed. After completing the control according to the data in the seventh row of the LED control IC table (rainbow control), the CPU 58 reads the data in the first row again and repeats the control.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the CPU 58 circulates through a loop of S3 → S4 → S6 → S3, and when N reaches 4, the control shifts to S5 and determines whether the LED rainbow control is finished. As described above, there are only three LED control ICs 66, and the value of N is limited to 1 to 3. N = 4 means that the process of S6 has been executed for all three LED control ICs. Become. At that time, the CPU 58 determines whether or not the LED rainbow control has ended (S5). If the LED rainbow control has not ended yet, the CPU 58 returns to S2 and continues the process of S6 for the LED control IC 66 again. Then, when it is determined in S5 that the LED rainbow control is finished, the LED rainbow control is finished.

By performing the above LED rainbow control, the LED emission color changes as shown in FIG. In FIG. 8, the full-color LEDs 71a, 71b,... 77b with IDs 01 , 02,... 14 are shown vertically, and the change in emission color of each full-color LED is shown by an arrow with the horizontal axis as the time axis. . Focusing on the change in a pair of full-color LEDs (for example, 71a and 71b), the change in the emission color of the full-color LED 71b precedes the change in the emission color of the full-color LED 71a. The emission color has a phase difference. As a result, an intermediate color (for example, reddish orange) can be expressed between a pair of full-color LEDs (for example, 71a and 71b). As a result, for example, a pair of full-color LEDs 71a and 71b change with an intermediate color compared to a case where a certain light emission color (for example, red) simultaneously changes to another light emission color (for example, orange). Can be expressed more smoothly, and it is possible to produce beautiful light emission color changes.

In addition, a first light emitting area (for example, an area that emits light by the LEDs 71a and 71b) and a light emitting area adjacent to the first light emitting area, in which the full color LED (for example 71a) and the full color LED (for example 71b) are arranged. Focusing on the change in the emission color in the second light emitting area (for example, the area emitting light by the LEDs 72a and 72b) located at the full color LED (for example, 71b) side, the emission color of the first light emitting area The light emission color of the second light emission area is preceded by the change of the light emission color compared to the change, and the light emission color has a phase difference between the preceding second light emission area and the following first light emission area. As a result, the rainbow colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet appear to move smoothly from the full color LED 77b toward the full color LED 71a, and a dynamic effect with a high decorative effect is possible.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited to these embodiment, A various change is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, in a gaming machine provided with a plurality of light emitting areas of one unit, not all of the light emitting areas are emitted by a pair of full color LEDs (for example, 71a and 71b), but a part of the light emitting areas is a single full color LED or a single color. The light emitting LED alone may emit light. Further, a gap may be provided between adjacent full-color LEDs (for example, 71a and 71b). Further, the present invention is not limited to the full color LED provided on the glass door 4, and for example, a pair of full color LEDs provided on the game board 11 or the accessory may be controlled as described above.

  Further, in the embodiment, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine has been shown, but it goes without saying that the present invention can be similarly applied to various game machines such as a slot machine including other ball game machines such as an arrange ball machine. .

55 Production control boards 60, 61, 62 LED board 63 Diffusion plate 63a Light diffusion part 66 LED control IC
71a, 71b, 72a, 72b ... Full color LED
81a, 81b, 82a, 82b ... wiring

Claims (1)

A plurality of light emitting areas arranged in a predetermined direction ;
A light emitter that is arranged for each light emitting area and emits light from each light emitting area ;
In a gaming machine comprising a light emission color control means for sequentially changing the light emission color of each light emitter to a specific light emission color of a plurality of types ,
The light emitters of the light emitting areas each include a first full color light emitter and a second full color light emitter that are arranged close to the arrangement direction of the light emitting areas ,
An interval between the adjacent full-color light emitters in the light-emitting areas adjacent to each other in the arrangement direction is larger than an interval between the first full-color light emitter and the second full-color light emitter in each light-emitting area.
The light emission color control unit emits the first full-color light emitter and the second full-color light emitter in each light-emitting area in different light emission colors, and the adjacent full-color light emitters in the adjacent light-emitting areas are adjacent to each other. The game machine is characterized in that the light emission color of each full-color light emitter in each light-emitting area is controlled so that they emit light in the same light emission color .

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