JP6418559B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a first effect member and a second effect member that can be in close proximity to each other.

  In a gaming machine that includes two or more effect members (so-called “instruments”) that are each movable, it is necessary to prevent the effect members from interfering with each other (for example, see Patent Document 1 below).

JP 2012-34975 A

  If two or more effect members are close to each other, and they attempt to move these effect members at the same time, the effect members may come into contact with each other due to a slight timing shift or the like and may be damaged.

  An object of the present invention is to suppress the occurrence of contact between effect members in a gaming machine including a first effect member and a second effect member that can be in a state of being close to each other.

A gaming machine according to the invention of claim 1, which has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, has a first effect member that reaches a first position by moving in a predetermined direction, and a second effect by moving in the predetermined direction. A gaming machine comprising a second effect member that reaches a position, wherein the first effect member located at the first position and the effect member located at the second position are located on the predetermined direction side in the first direction. one director member, its then position the second effect member on the opposite side are those in a state of being close to each other, moving the first presentation element and the second directing member in the predetermined direction, the first the effect member with stops at the first position, while upon stopping the second effect member in said second position, said first director member is stopped at the first position by the control of the driving source, the second two Gaming machine out member is characterized in that it is stopped at the second position by the stopper member.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the first effect member reaches the first position and stops, and the second effect member reaches the second position. After the stop, the effect members move in directions away from each other.

  If the first effect member is stopped by the control of the drive source, and the second effect member is stopped by the stopper member, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a situation in which the effect members contact each other at the time of stoppage. It is.

It is a front view of the gaming machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention, and shows the state where the production member was located in the standby position (a known member such as a launching device (launching handle) is omitted). It is a front view of the gaming machine concerning one embodiment of the present invention, and shows the state where the 1st production member is located in the 1st production position, and the 2nd production member is located in the 2nd production position (launching) Well-known members such as the device (launching handle) are omitted). It is the schematic diagram which showed the 1st effect member supported by the guide shaft, and the 2nd effect member, Comprising: Both the effect members have shown the state located in the standby position. It is the schematic diagram which showed the 1st effect member supported by the guide shaft, and the 2nd effect member, Comprising: The state where both the effect members are located in the standby position, and the 1st effect member does not move, It shows a state of temporary movement. It is the schematic diagram which showed the 1st effect member supported by the guide shaft, and the 2nd effect member, Comprising: Both the effect members have shown the state located in the effect position. It is the schematic diagram which showed the 1st effect member supported by the guide shaft, and the 2nd effect member, Comprising: Both the effect members have shown the state which moved to the direction away from the state located in the effect position. It is the schematic diagram which showed the 1st effect member supported by the guide shaft, and the 2nd effect member, Comprising: After the 1st effect member moved temporarily without the 2nd effect member moving, both effect members etc. It shows a state in which the first effect member has moved to a distance and is located at the first effect position (the second effect member has not reached the second effect position). It is the schematic diagram which showed the 1st effect member supported by the guide shaft, and the 2nd effect member, Comprising: The 2nd effect member with the state where the 1st effect member was located in the 1st effect position from the state shown in FIG. Shows a state in which is moved and located at the second performance position.

  Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the plane direction is a direction along (parallel) the game area 902, and the front-rear direction is a direction orthogonal to the game area 902 (the player side is the front and the opposite side is the rear). The left-right direction (width direction) refers to the left-right direction in FIG. 1, and the up-down direction refers to the up-down direction in FIG.

  First, the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1 will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. The gaming machine 1 includes a game board 90. The game board 90 is formed of a substantially square plywood, and a strip-shaped guide rail 903 made of a thin metal plate for guiding a game ball fired by the operation of the launcher to the game area 902 has a substantially arc shape. Is provided.

  In the game area 902, a display device 91, a first start winning opening 904, a second starting winning opening 905, a big winning opening 906, an out opening 907, and the like are provided. As the display device 91, for example, a liquid crystal display device is used, and a special symbol, a normal symbol, or the like is displayed on the display screen (display unit) of the display device 91. The display screen of the display device 91 is visible through an opening 901 formed in the game board 90.

  In addition, the game area 902 is provided with a plurality of game nails as obstacles that change the flow-down mode of the game balls when the flow-down game balls collide. The game ball flowing down the game area 902 changes into various modes depending on the condition when it collides with the game nail.

  In such a gaming machine 1, a game ball is launched toward the game area 902 by operating a launching device (not shown). When a game ball flowing down the game area 902 wins a winning port such as the start winning ports 904 and 905 or the big winning port 906, a predetermined number of award balls are paid out by the payout device. In addition, the jackpot lottery method, effects, and the like can be applied to those similar to known game machines, and thus description thereof is omitted. The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment is a so-called pachinko gaming machine, but may be other types of gaming machines such as a slot machine.

  The gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment includes a first effect member 10 and a second effect member 20. In the present embodiment, both effect members have a shape elongated in the width direction, and a decorative portion that exhibits an effect is provided on the front surface of each of the effect members (first decorative portion 11 in front of the first effect member 10). A second decorative portion 21 is provided in front of the second effect member 20). Any decoration may be used for these decorative portions.

  Both effect members can move downward from a standby position located above the display area of the display device 91. Specifically, the first effect member 10 can reciprocate between the standby position and the end position, and the second effect member 20 can reciprocate between the standby position and the second effect position. In addition, a predetermined position between the standby position and the end position of the first effect member 10 is set as the first effect position. That is, the end position is a position further below the first effect position. As will be described in detail later, when the first effect member 10 is located at the first effect position and the second effect member 20 is located at the second effect position, both effect members are close to each other (with a contact or a small gap therebetween). An integrated effect form as if both effect members are combined is constructed in front of the display area of the display device 91 (in the opening 901 of the game board 90) (see FIG. 2).

  As long as the first effect member 10 and the second effect member 20 can be moved in this way, any drive mechanism may be used. In this embodiment, both effect members are slidably connected to guide shafts 30 provided along the vertical direction on both sides in the width direction of both effect members. Power from the first drive source 101 (motor in the present embodiment) is transmitted to the first effect member 10 via a power transmission mechanism (gear or the like) (not shown), whereby the first effect member 10 is guided by the guide shaft 30. Slide up and down along Various members constituting the drive mechanism such as the guide shaft 30 are provided behind the game board 90 and are covered with the game board 90. Further, the power from the second drive source 201 (motor in the present embodiment) is transmitted to the second effect member 20 via a power transmission mechanism (gear or the like) (not shown), so that the second effect member 20 is also guided. It slides in the vertical direction along the axis 30 (the first drive source 101 and the second drive source 201 are schematically shown only in FIG. 3). As long as the effect member is slidably supported in a predetermined direction (vertical direction in the present embodiment), the configuration of the guide shaft 30 and the connection structure of the effect member to the guide shaft 30 may be any.

  The second effect member 20 is set such that a portion outside the portion supported by the guide shaft 30 is longer than the first effect member 10 (see FIG. 3 and the like). Specifically, the second effect member 20 has a protrusion protruding outward from the first effect member 10 in a direction (width direction in the present embodiment) orthogonal to the moving direction (vertical direction in the present embodiment). A portion 22 is provided. In the present embodiment, the protruding portion 22 is provided only on one side in the width direction of the second effect member 20, but may be provided on both sides in the width direction.

  In the present embodiment, the stopper member 40 is provided outside the guide shaft 30 (outside in the direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the effect member (outside in the width direction in the present embodiment)) (see FIG. 3 and the like). The stopper member 40 is fixed to the stopper fixing shaft 41. The stopper fixing shaft 41 and the stopper member 40 fixed thereto are provided behind the game board 90 and are covered by the game board 90. The stopper fixing shaft 41 is an axis along the guide shaft 30, that is, along the vertical direction, and is provided on the outer side in the width direction than the guide shaft 30. The stopper member 40 is fixed at a predetermined position on the stopper fixing shaft 41 so as not to move.

  The stopper member 40 is located at a position where it can contact the protruding portion 22 of the second effect member 20. Specifically, at least a part of the stopper member 40 and at least a part of the protruding portion 22 of the second effect member 20 overlap in the vertical direction. Therefore, the second effect member 20 cannot move downward from the position where the stopper member 40 is provided. The position where the stopper member 40 comes into contact with and stops is the second effect position.

  Further, the protruding portion 22 of the second effect member 20 is slidably connected to the stopper fixing shaft 41. That is, the second effect member 20 is supported not only by the guide shaft 30 but also by the stopper fixing shaft 41. Therefore, the sliding operation becomes stable.

  Operation control when the first effect member 10 and the second effect member 20 configured as described above execute an effect of constructing an integrated effect form at the effect position (both effects by the control means of the gaming machine 1 not shown). (Control of member) will be described.

  When both effect members (refer to FIG. 3) located at the standby position are moved to the effect position, that is, moved downward, first, the drive source of the first effect member 10 located at the lower side (first The motor which is the drive source 101) is temporarily driven. That is, the first effect member 10 is temporarily moved downward without moving the second effect member 20 (see FIG. 4). As described above, the gap between the first effect member 10 and the second effect member 20 is slightly widened by the amount that the first effect member 10 is temporarily moved without moving the second effect member 20. The amount of movement of the first effect member 10 can be set as appropriate. It is preferable that the player cannot clearly determine that the gap has widened. Further, any method may be used for determining whether or not to proceed to the next step (step for moving both effect members) described below. In the present embodiment, the first drive source 101 is driven for a predetermined time, and then proceeds to the next step. When it is detected by the sensor or the like that the first effect member 10 has advanced by a predetermined distance, it may be configured to proceed to the next step.

  After the first effect member 10 is temporarily moved without moving the second effect member 20, not only the first drive source 101 but also the second drive source 201 is driven. That is, both effect members are moved downward. In this embodiment, the moving speeds of both effect members are set to be substantially the same. Therefore, both effect members move downward (effect position) while maintaining the relative positional relationship (gap between both effect members) of both effect members with the first effect member 10 temporarily moved. (See FIG. 5).

  If control is performed so that both effect members start moving from the standby position at the same time, a shift in the start timing of movement has occurred (specifically, the start timing of movement of the second effect member 20 is slightly earlier). In the case of wrapping, there is a risk that the production members may come into contact with each other. On the other hand, in this embodiment, when moving the 1st effect member 10 and the 2nd effect member 20 in the state which adjoined mutually downward, the 1st effect member 10 located in the lower side is temporarily set to the said direction. In order to make it move, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a situation in which the production members come into contact with each other due to a shift in the timing of starting the movement.

  In this way, both effect members move downward from the standby position to reach the effect position (predetermined position). In the present embodiment, the first drive source 101 stops when the first effect member 10 reaches the first effect position. That is, the first effect member 10 is stopped at the first effect position by the control of the drive source. A sensor 50 for detecting that the first effect member 10 has reached the first effect position is provided, and the control unit stops the first drive source 101 when receiving a signal from the sensor 50.

  On the other hand, when the second effect member 20 reaches the second effect position, the projecting portion 22 of the second effect member 20 comes into contact with the stopper member 40 and cannot move further downward. That is, the second effect member 20 is physically (mechanically) stopped by the stopper member 40.

  Thus, in the present embodiment, the first effect member 10 that reaches the effect position (first effect position) first (including simultaneously) is stopped at the first effect position by the control of the drive source. After that (including simultaneously), the second effect member 20 that reaches the effect position (second effect position) is physically stopped at the second effect position by the stopper member 40. That is, even if the second effect member 20 approaching the first effect member 10 may collide with the first effect member 10 due to various factors (manufacturing error, deterioration of parts, etc.) The first effect member 10 that reaches the first effect position is not physically stopped, but is stopped by power interruption, so that it can move in a direction to release the impact. Is possible. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the impact when the collision between the first effect member 10 and the second effect member 20 occurs. In addition, for example, if the second effect member 20 is configured to be stopped by the control of the drive source in the same manner as the first effect member 10, the inertia of the second effect member 20 that has moved toward the second effect position. Although the possibility of colliding with the first effect member 10 is increased, the second effect member 20 is physically stopped by the stopper member 40, and therefore, the risk of occurrence of the collision is low. That is, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the collision itself will occur.

  As described above, since the first effect member 10 does not contact the stopper member 40, the first effect member 10 can move downward (toward the end position) from the position where the stopper member 40 is provided. In the present embodiment, as at least one aspect of the effect using both effect members, after both effect members reach the effect position, they move away from each other (both effect members are the first effect position and the second effect position). A different aspect) is set.

  Specifically, after both effect members reach the effect position and temporarily stop, the first effect member 10 moves downward and the second effect member 20 moves upward (see FIG. 6). In the present embodiment, the first effect member 10 is positioned along the lower edge of the display area of the display device (located at the terminal position), and the second effect member 20 is positioned along the upper edge of the display area. To do. As described above, since the first effect member 10 is stopped at the effect position by the control of the first drive source 101, it can move further downward from the effect position. A predetermined effect image may be displayed between the first effect member 10 and the second effect member 20 in the display area of the display device.

  Thus, if it is set as the production aspect which both production members move in the direction away from each other after reaching the production position and stopping, both production members are temporarily moved by moving the first production member 10 temporarily. Even if the gap between them is slightly widened, the two production members move away from each other after reaching the production position, so that it is possible to suppress a sense of discomfort caused by the widening of the gap. The shorter the time during which both effect members are stopped at the effect position, the better the effect is because the player cannot fully recognize the positional relationship between the effect members at the effect position.

  Here, the effect positions of both effect members can be set as follows. As described above, when both effect members located at the standby position are moved toward the effect position, the first effect member 10 is temporarily moved first, but both effect members are also provided at the effect position. Control may be executed such that the relative positional relationship is maintained as it is, or control may be performed so as to return to the relative positional relationship at the standby position.

  When setting so that the relative positional relationship between both effect members is maintained as it is at the effect position (when the state shown in FIG. 5 is set as the effect position of both effect members), the first effect member 10 Is controlled so that the distance that the first effect member 10 moves to the first effect position and the distance that the second effect member 20 moves to the second effect position are equal. That is, the first drive source 101 is controlled so that the first effect member 10 stops at such a position, and the stopper member 40 that stops the second effect member 20 is provided.

  When the relative positional relationship between the two effect members at the effect position is the same as the standby position, the first effect member 10 after the first effect member 10 has been temporarily moved first is the first effect position. Control is performed so that the distance that the second effect member 20 moves to the second effect position is longer than the distance that the first effect member 10 is moved first. If the moving distance of the first effect member 10 before moving the second effect member 20 is D (see FIG. 4), after the first effect member 10 reaches the first effect position (see FIG. 7), there Then, the second effect member 20 is moved by the distance D while the first effect member 10 is stopped, and is controlled to reach the second effect position (see FIG. 8). When both effect members move at the same speed, if the moving time of the first effect member 10 before moving the second effect member 20 is T, after the first effect member 10 reaches the first effect position. (Refer to FIG. 7), the second effect member 20 moves for a time T while the first effect member 10 is stopped, and is controlled to reach the second effect position (see FIG. 8).

  By controlling in this way, the relative positional relationship between the two rendering members when reaching and stopping the rendering position is the same as the relative positional relationship at the standby position that is the state before the movement is started. Therefore, it is possible to reduce a sense of discomfort that may occur when both effect members reach the effect position and stop.

  Note that this control mode can also be applied when an effect is performed in which both effect members reach the effect position and temporarily stop and then move away from each other. Even if it is a short time, since both the production members stop at the production position, it is possible to reduce a sense of incongruity that may occur when stopped at the production position.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, it has been described that the first effect member 10 and the second effect member 20 move in the up-down direction. The same technical idea can be applied even if it is.

Specific means (game machines) obtained from the above embodiment are listed below.
The gaming machine according to the invention of means 1 is a gaming machine comprising a first effect member and a second effect member that can be in a state of being close to each other, wherein the first effect member and the first effect member in a state of being close to each other When moving the second effect member in a predetermined direction, the first effect member located on the direction side is temporarily moved in the direction, and then both effect members are moved in the direction. .
The invention according to means 2 is the gaming machine according to means 1, wherein the first effect member and the second effect member move in a predetermined direction while staying close to each other, reach a predetermined position and stop. Both effect members move in directions away from each other.
The invention described in the means 3 is the gaming machine described in the means 1 or 2, wherein the first effect member and the second effect member move in a predetermined direction while staying close to each other and reach a predetermined position. The relative positional relationship between the first effect member and the second effect member when stopped is a relative position in a state before both the first effect member and the second effect member start moving. It is set to be the same as the relationship.
The invention described in means 4 is the gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 3, wherein the first effect member that moves in a predetermined direction while being close to the second effect member is controlled by a drive source. While being stopped at a predetermined position, the second effect member that moves in a predetermined direction while being close to the first effect member is stopped at a predetermined position by a stopper member.
In the invention described in the means 1, when the first effect member and the second effect member are moved in a predetermined direction while being close to each other, the first effect member located on the direction side is temporarily moved in the direction. Therefore, it is possible to suppress the occurrence of a situation in which the production members are in contact with each other due to a shift in timing for starting movement.
As in the invention described in the means 2, if the two effect members are configured to move in directions away from each other after reaching a predetermined position and stopped, the first effect member is temporarily moved first. Thus, even if the gap between the two effect members is slightly widened, the two effect members are then moved away from each other, so that it is possible to suppress a sense of discomfort caused by the gap being slightly widened.
As in the invention described in the means 3, the relative positional relationship between the two effect members when reaching the predetermined position and stopping is the same as the relative positional relationship in the state before the movement is started. (If the first effect member moved temporarily temporarily stops at a predetermined position, then the second effect member is moved by the amount that the first effect member first moved temporarily) ), It is possible to reduce a sense of discomfort that may occur when both effect members reach a predetermined position and stop.
If the first effect member is stopped by the control of the drive source as in the invention described in the means 4, the effect members are brought into contact with each other when the second effect member is stopped by the stopper member. It is possible to suppress the occurrence of the situation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 10 1st presentation member 101 1st drive source 20 2nd presentation member 201 2nd drive source 30 Guide shaft 40 Stopper member 41 Stopper fixed shaft 50 Sensor

Claims (2)

A gaming machine comprising a first effect member that reaches a first position by moving in a predetermined direction, and a second effect member that reaches a second position by moving in the predetermined direction ,
The first effect member located at the first position and the effect member located at the second position are such that the first effect member is located on the predetermined direction side and the second effect member is located on the opposite side. Are in close proximity to each other,
The first effect member and the second presentation member is moved in the predetermined direction, with stops in the first position the first presentation member, upon stopping the second effect member in said second position,
While the first effect member is stopped at the first position by control of the drive source,
The gaming machine, wherein the second effect member is stopped at the second position by a stopper member.   The first effect member reaches the first position and stops, and after the second effect member reaches the second position and stops, both effect members move in directions away from each other. The gaming machine according to claim 1.

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