JPH02279183A - Stop lamp controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily catch the timing to push a stop button even for an unskilled player and to enjoy a play samely as a skilled player by turning on/off a stop lamp in correspondence to an output from a detecting body showing that a part to be detected in a rotary reel passes a reference point. CONSTITUTION:When a start button 50 is depressed, a pulse motor 20A starts rotation and a rotary reel 10 is also rotated. Then a part 19 to be detected passes an optical sensor 30A which is the reference point. After rotary reel 10 is rotated by a fixed number, a stop lamp 70 is turned on and the stop lamp 70 is turned on/off once while the rotary reel 10 is once rotated. The player measures the timing and depress a stop button 60. A controller 80 issues an instruction to stop the rotation of the pulse motor 20A, the pulse motor 20A is stopped and the rotary reel 10 is also stopped. A pattern to be outputted on a display window is decided by the controller 80. The controller 80 decides whether the player wins a prize or not according to the combination of the patterns in all the rotary reels 10, which stop the rotation.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a stop lamp control device, and more particularly, to a stop lamp control device for controlling the lighting of a stop lamp in a slot machine that informs a player that the stop switch can be pressed. This invention relates to a stop lamp control device for a slot machine, which has a feature of blinking a stop lamp every time a rotating reel rotates in order to facilitate timing of pressing a stop button. be.

``Prior Art'' (1) A slot machine is a gaming machine in which players play as follows.

■ Insert 1 to 3 coins.

■Press the start button.

■ Multiple (usually three) rotating reels start rotating.

■ Stop the rotation of the three rotating reels by sequentially pressing the three stop buttons corresponding to the 35 rotating reels.

■ If the symbols drawn on the three stopped rotating reels form a specific combination (winning) within the bay window, an appropriate number of coins will be paid out according to that combination, and one game will end.

In addition to the combinations of three symbols, ordinary slot machines usually have "universal symbols" that if only one of them appears, the player will win regardless of the combination.

■ When a particularly determined combination is won, the player may be given a period of time called "continuous yakumono" for a while immediately after that.

This continuous role is a game where you have to insert a coin every time one rotating reel stops rotating, but the bonus is that coins are paid out when one rotating reel shows a specific symbol. It is about.
This continuous accessory is given only for a certain number of games or game time from the start of the continuous accessory, and returns to the normal state when the continuous accessory ends.

In the following, the state of the slot machine when it is not a continuous accessory will be referred to as "general game".

3i! In the continuous game mode, the probability of winning a prize in a one-touch game is much greater, so most players operate slot machines with the aim of winning this continuous win.

(2) By the way, if it were a slot machine where you could press the start button and press the stop button immediately after the reels started spinning, you would be able to perform the following operations: Immediately after pressing the start button to cause the rotating reels to rotate slightly, you can press the stop button to display the specific symbol visible from the bay window.

This would give the player an unfair advantage, so
In normal slot machines, this kind of situation is prevented by doing the following.

That is, in a normal slot machine, after pressing the start button, the stop button cannot be pressed until after the rotating reels have rotated a certain number of times or reached a certain speed, and the stop button cannot be pressed. In order to let players know what they can do, a stop lamp near the stop button is lit.

The slot machine is controlled to automatically stop the rotating reels if the stop button is not pressed within a certain period of time after the slot machine becomes operable.

(3) Players who are accustomed to playing slot machines will be able to recognize each rotation of the rotating reels while looking at the flowing symbols on the rotating reels, and will be able to measure the timing, so the percentage is high. You will be able to win with probability.

Specifically, experienced players operate slot machines in the following manner. In other words, all the symbols on the rotating reels become a flow of one color, so
The player identifies one landmark in the flow of colors (for example, if the player recognizes that there is only one dark spot in one rotation of the pattern, the player identifies that dark spot) and says that the landmark is visible. From the moment you think about it, press the stop button at the right time.

However, inexperienced players are unable to take the timing from the flowing symbols on the spinning reels, and the timing at which they press the stop button is completely arbitrary, so the winning probability is no more than a theoretical probability. .

Therefore, there was a large difference in the probability of winning a prize between an experienced player and an inexperienced player.
In particular, when it comes to continuous winnings where each reel can win a prize, the difference in skill due to familiarity was remarkable.

"Problem to be solved by the invention" (1) As mentioned above, there was a large difference in the probability of winning a prize between experienced players and inexperienced players. Players who are not used to this,
I lose interest in playing slot machines.

(2) The problem to be solved by the present invention is how to provide a slot machine that allows an inexperienced player to operate the machine in the same way as an experienced player, while keeping the timing right. The point is that.

"Means for Solving the Problem" The inventor of the present invention came up with the idea of flashing a stop lamp in accordance with the rotation of the rotating reels as a means of giving an effect similar to reading the symbols to inexperienced players.
This led to the present invention.

That is, according to the present invention, a plurality of rotating reels 10 each having a detected portion 19, a motor 20 for independently rotating each of the plurality of rotating reels 10, and a detected portion of the rotating rotating reel 10. 1
A detection body 30 that detects that the reel has passed a specific reference point and outputs the passage; stop button 60,
A stop lamp 70 is provided corresponding to each stop button 60 in order to notify the player that it is now possible to press the stop button 60, and a rotating reel 10.
There is provided a stop lamp control device for a slot machine, comprising a control device 80 for blinking a stop lamp 70 in response to an output from a detection body 30 indicating that the slot machine has passed a reference point.

"Operation" According to the slot machine using the stop lamp control device according to the present invention, in the -ffl game, after the start button is pressed, the player plays as follows.

(2) The control device 80 receives the rotation start command and issues a command to rotate all motors 20.

■ The motors 20 that received the command start rotating,
Each rotary reel 10 starts rotating, and the detected portion 19 of each rotary reel 10 immediately passes through the detection body 30.

After the rotating reels 10 have rotated a certain number of times or reached a certain speed, a stop lamp 70 is turned on to inform the player that the stop button 60 can be pressed.

■ The detection body 30 detects that the detected part 19 of the rotating reel 10 has passed a specific reference point, and the detection body 30
outputs this information to the control device 80.

(i) The control device 80 receives an output from the detection unit 30 indicating that the rotating reel 10 has passed the reference point, and outputs an output so that the stop lamp 70 that is lit turns off, causing the stop lamp 70 to turn off momentarily; It will turn on again soon. That is, the stop lamp 70 blinks in response to the rotation of the rotating reel 10.

The player presses the stop button 60 while checking the timing while watching the flashing of the stop lamp 70.

■ When the control device 80 receives a rotation stop command from the stop button 60, the control device 80 issues a command to stop the rotation of the motor 20, and the motor 20 and the rotating reel 1
0 stops.

A stop button 60 corresponding to the stopped rotating reel 10
is not pressed again until one game ends. Therefore, the control device 80 controls so that the stop lamp 70 corresponding to the stopped rotating reel 10 does not light up again before one game ends. do.

(2) The operations (1) to (2) described above are also carried out for the rotating reel 10 that is still rotating.

The control device 80 determines what kind of symbol appears in the bay window for the stopped rotating reel 10.

(2) The control device 80 determines whether or not there is a prize based on the combination of symbols on all rotating reels 10 that have stopped rotating. If there is no prize, the game with one hole ends on the spot. In the case of winning a prize, coins are paid out according to the rank of winning, and one game ends.

"Examples" Hereinafter, the $ invention will be explained in more detail with reference to Examples.
It will be clear that the invention is not limited to the embodiments described below.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a stop lamp control device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a slot machine in which the stop lamp control device according to the present invention is used.

The configuration of this embodiment will be explained below.

(1) The stop lamp control device of this embodiment includes three rotating reels 10 each having a detected portion 19, a pulse motor 2OA as a motor 20 for independently rotating each of the three rotating reels 10, A sensing body 30 that detects that the detected portion 19 of the rotating rotating reel 10 passes a specific reference point and outputs the passage.
as optical sensor-30A, each pulse motor-2OA
To issue a command to stop the rotation of each rotating reel 1
The stop button 60 provided in correspondence with the pulse motor 2OA that rotates the ゜, the stop lamp 70 for informing the player that it is now possible to press the stop button 60, and the rotation wheel 10 are reference points. It consists of a control device 80 for lighting a stop lamp 70 in accordance with the output from the Ume light sensor 30A that has passed through the umame light sensor 30A, and a start button 50 for issuing a command to start the rotation of the pulse motor 2OA. We are prepared.

(2) Next, each component will be explained in detail.

■ The rotating reel 10 is a reel body 11 in the shape of a round cylinder with a bottom.
A band-shaped reel tape 12 is attached to the outer periphery of the reel. This reel tape 12 has a pattern printed on each of the positions divided at equal intervals in the circumferential direction.

The detected portion 19 is a protrusion provided at one location on the inner plane of the reel body 11.

(2) In this embodiment, a pulse motor 2OA is used as the motor 20 for rotating the rotary reel 10.

■ An optical sensor 30A is adopted as the detection body 30, and the light emitting part and the light receiving part of the optical sensor 30A are connected to the rotating reel 1.
The optical sensor 30A is installed at a position where it blocks the rotation of the detected part 19 of No. 0.

The optical sensor 30A through which the detected portion 19 passes serves as a reference point regarding the rotation of the rotary reel 10.

The optical sensor 30A blocks the light emitting part and the light receiving part when the detected part 19 of the rotary reel 10 rotates, so that one detected part of the rotary reel IO can detect the optical sensor 30A as a reference point. It detects the fact that it has passed and outputs it to the control device 80.

■ The control device 80 is configured so that the detected part 19 is the optical sensor 30A.
Upon receiving the output indicating that the output has passed, the receiver detects the rotation angle of the rotary reel 10 while correcting the zero point with the point at which the output is received as the zero point, and at the same time memorizes the output number of pulses that rotate the pulse motor 2OA. I will do it.

Furthermore, since the control device 80 stores the number of pulse outputs to the pulse motor 2OA, it is possible to recognize the pattern on the window when the rotating reel 10 is stopped.

(2) At the same time, the control device 50 outputs an output to cause the stop lamp 70 to blink when the detected part 19 passes the optical sensor 30A, which is a reference point, in order to notify the passage.

The operation of this embodiment will be explained below.

(1) According to the slot machine using the stop lamp control device of this embodiment, - In the last game, the player plays as follows while being able to press the start button 50.

■Press the start button 50.

(2) The control device 80 receives a rotation start command from the start button 5o and issues a command to rotate the three pulse motors 20A.

- The pulse motors 2OA that have received the command begin to rotate, each of the rotary reels 1o begin to rotate, and the detected portion 19 of each of the rotary reels 10 immediately passes the optical sensor 30A serving as a reference point. Become.

After the rotating reels 10 have rotated a certain number of times or reached a certain speed, a stop lamp 70 is turned on to inform the player that the stop button 60 can be pressed.

■ The optical sensor 30 detects that one of the 10 detected parts of the rotating reel has passed the optical sensor 30A every rotation.
A itself detects it, and the optical sensor 30A outputs the fact to the control device 80. The control device 80 knows the rotation angle of the rotating reel 10 after the detected portion 19 has passed through, based on the number of pulses output by the control device 80 to the optical sensor 30A.

■ The control device 80 receives an output from the optical sensor 30A that the detected portion 19 of the rotating reel 10 has passed the optical sensor 30A, and the control device 80 receives an output from the optical sensor 30A indicating that the rotating reel 10 has passed the reference point. Receive the output that it has passed,
The lighted stop lamp 70 is outputted so that it is turned off, the stop lamp 70 is momentarily turned off, and then turned on again. That is, the stop lamp 70 blinks once for every 1 degree rotation of the rotating reel.

The player presses the stop button 60 while checking the timing while watching the blinking of the stop lamp 7o.

■ When the control device 80 receives a rotation stop command from the stop button 70, the control device 8o starts the pulse motor 2OA.
A command is issued to stop the rotation of the pulse motor 2OA.
stops, and along with this stop, the rotating reel 10 also stops. At this time, the control device 8o, which receives the output of the rotation angle of the rotary reel 1o that has passed the reference point by the optical sensor 3°A, determines what pattern appears on the bay window.

A stop button 60 corresponding to the stopped rotating reel 10
will not be pressed again until one game ends. Therefore, the vibration damping device 80 is designed to prevent the stop lamp 7o corresponding to the stopped rotating reel 10 from being lit again before one game ends. Control.

(2) Regarding the rotating reel 1o that is still rotating, the operations (1) to (2) described above are performed.

The control device 80 determines what kind of symbol appears in the bay window for the stopped rotating reel 10.

(2) The control device 80 determines whether or not there is a winning prize based on the combination of symbols on all the rotating reels 10 that have stopped rotating.
If there is no prize, the game ends on the spot.

In the case of winning a prize, coins are paid out according to the rank of winning, and one game ends.

If a particularly determined combination is found among the winnings, the player can play a series of winning combinations as described below.

(2) In continuous yakuza, players play as follows.

■ It is assumed that the above-mentioned operations (■) to (■) are carried out, and a specific prize that provides a continuous accessory is won.

■ Various lamps, speakers, etc. installed in the slot machine indicate to the player that they are continuous symbols.

■ The player inserts a coin and presses the start button 50
When pressed, the three rotating reels 10 rotate.

After the rotating reels 10 have rotated a certain number of times or reached a certain speed, the control device 80 turns on the stop lamp 70 to inform the player that the stop button 60 can be pressed.

■ The control device 80 receives an output from the optical sensor 30A that the detected portion 19 of the rotating reel 10 has passed the optical sensor 30A, and the control device 80 receives an output from the optical sensor 30A indicating that the rotating reel 10 has passed the reference point. Upon receiving an output indicating that the stop lamp 70 has passed, the stop lamp 70 which is lit is outputted so as to be turned off, the stop lamp 70 is momentarily turned off, and the stop lamp 70 is immediately turned on again. That is, the stop lamp 70
Flashes once for every rotation of 0.

The player presses the stop button 60 while checking the timing while watching the flashing of the stop lamp 70.

■ When the control device 80 receives a rotation stop command from the stop button 70, the control device 80 starts the pulse motor 2OA.
A command is issued to stop the rotation of the pulse motor 2OA.
stops, and along with this stop, the rotating reel 10 also stops. At this time, the control device 80, which receives the output of the rotation angle of the rotary reel 10 that has passed the reference point from the optical sensor 3°A, determines what pattern appears on the bay window.

(2) The player inserts a coin each time one rotating reel 10 is stopped, and performs operations (1) (1) to (2) above.

(2) Every time one of the rotating reels 10 is stopped, the control device 80 determines what symbol appears on the bay window for the stopped rotating reel 10, and if the symbol is a winning symbol, the coins are paid out.

■ When the continuous accessory item ends, the display indicating that it is a continuous accessory item ends, and the state returns to the same state as the starting state of the general game.

According to this embodiment, the following effects are achieved.

In response to the output from the optical sensor 30A indicating that the detected portion 19 of the rotating reel 10 has passed the reference point, the rotating reel 10
The stop lamp 70 is made to blink every time the motor rotates once.

Therefore, even an inexperienced player can recognize that the rotating wheel 10 rotates once, so he or she can easily decide the timing to press the straf button 60 and play in the same way as an experienced player. We were able to provide slot machines.

Variations of this embodiment will be explained below.

(2) In this embodiment, one detected portion 19 is provided on the rotating reel 1o, and the lit stop lamp is turned off every time the rotating reel 10 rotates once.

However, with the stop lamp control device according to the present invention, it is not necessary to turn off the light every time the rotary reel 1o rotates as in the present embodiment.

Further, according to the control of the control device 80, the light may be turned off (flashing) once every two rotations, or a plurality of detected parts 19 of the rotating reel 10 may be provided at equal intervals, and the light may be turned off multiple times every - rotation. (blinking).

■ In this embodiment, the motor 2o is replaced by a pulse motor 2o.
Although the explanation has been made assuming that A-, it is not limited to this.
The present invention can also be implemented by a combination of a motor and an encoder.

In this case, it is detected that the detected part has passed the sensing object, and the current position after passing the reference point is determined by using the encoder to determine the rotation angle of the motor. The control device is aware of this by providing feedback to the control device. Therefore,
The control device can determine what the picture on the bay window is when the rotating reel stops.

■ In this embodiment, the optical sensor 30A is used as the detection object 3o.
However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, it is also possible to make the detected part 19 a magnetic material and use a magnetic sensor.

■ In this embodiment, the placement of the symbols on the reel tape 12 was not particularly explained, but for example, if the symbols are placed next to each other and the symbols that are essential for obtaining a continuous yakuza object, it would be possible to For example, even if there are individual differences in the time from when stop run 1f0 lights up to when the stop button 60 is pressed, the probability of producing a symbol that is essential for obtaining a universal symbol or a continuous yakuza increases, and this embodiment The effect of this will be noticeable.

"Effects of the Invention" As explained above, the present invention has the following effects.

The stop lamp is made to blink in response to the output from the detection body indicating that the detected portion of the rotating reel has passed the reference point.

Therefore, to provide a slot machine in which even an inexperienced player can recognize that the rotating reels rotate once, so it is easy to time the stop button to press, and the player can play in the same way as an experienced player. I was able to do that.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing an embodiment of a stop lamp control device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a front view of a slot machine in which the stop lamp control device according to the present invention is used. 10: Rotating reel 12: Reel tape 20: Motor 30: Sensing body 40: Angle output body 60; Stop button 80: Control device 1: Reel body 9: Detected part OA: Pulse motor - OA: Optical sensor - 0 start Button 0; stop lamp

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A plurality of rotating reels 10 each having a detected portion 19, a motor 20 for independently rotating each of the plurality of rotating reels 10, and a motor 20 that allows the detected portion 19 of the rotating rotating reel 10 to set a specific reference point. A detection body 30 detects the passage and outputs the passage; a stop button 60 provided corresponding to the motor 20 that rotates each rotary reel 10 in order to issue a command to stop the rotation of each motor 20; In response to a stop lamp 70 provided corresponding to each stop button 60 to notify the player that it is now possible to press A stop lamp control device for a slot machine, comprising: a control device 80 for blinking a stop lamp 70.