JPH0334951B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Field The present invention relates to a game machine with a variable display device, and in particular, to a game machine such as a pachinko game machine or a coin game machine that plays pinball games using pachinko balls. A variable display device capable of displaying variable display states is provided on the board of the gaming machine, and a stop command switch for instructing the variable display device to stop the variable display is provided in a part of the gaming machine. Equipped with a variable display device that displays a variable display and, after operating a stop command switch, stops the variable display state with a delay of a minute time randomly selected from among multiple different minute times set. Regarding gaming machines.

2. Description of the Related Art In general, pachinko gaming machines and coin gaming machines that play pinball games using pachinko balls are widely used and are popular among players as one of the convenient cashiers.
As is well known, pachinko machines are equipped with multiple safe holes on the board, and when a player hits a purchased pachinko ball along the board, there is a certain probability that the pachinko ball will hit the safe hole. If you win a prize, a certain number of prize balls will be paid out. In such a pachinko game machine, the player's only operation is to put the purchased pachinko ball into the ball waiting trough and hit the pachinko ball with the ball hitting handle, so the game tends to be monotonous. In addition, when a coin gaming machine hits a pachinko ball that is released to the ball waiting gutter in response to a coin insertion, a score is added when the pachinko ball hits the safe hole with a certain probability, and a score is calculated when the game ends. Prizes are given out based on scores. Even in such coin gaming machines, the player's only operation is to hit a pachinko ball, making the game monotonous.

Therefore, it is desirable to have a game machine that allows players to perform operations other than hitting the pachinko balls by adding some other mechanism to the game machine that uses pachinko balls. Therefore, a variable display device is installed on the board of a game machine that plays a pinball game using pachinko balls, and the variable display is made variable under certain conditions, and the variable display is stopped by the player manually operating a stop switch. A gaming machine that awards a certain value (prize) based on the display during stop control can be considered.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, if the variable display of the variable display device is stopped simply by operating the stop switch, the player has to be skilled enough to go from operating the stop switch to stopping the variable display of the variable display device. It becomes possible to very easily stop and control the variable display device to a desired display state based on the timing of and the variable cycle of the variable display state. For this reason, a game parlor may suffer a very large amount of damage. In addition, only players with excellent gaming skills can win many prizes, making it impossible to provide uniform services to all players. Therefore, it is desirable to stop the variable display state of the variable display device at a desired state with a certain degree of contingency, without depending on the superiority or inferiority of the gaming technique.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to be able to double the interest of players, and also to stop the variable display state of the variable display device at a desired state with a certain coincidence, and to make it possible to control all the games without depending on the superiority or inferiority of the gaming technique. To provide a game machine with a variable display device capable of providing uniform service to all players.

Means for Solving the Problems and Their Effects To summarize the present invention, a variable display device capable of variably displaying a plurality of display states is provided on the board of a pinball game machine that is played using pachinko balls, and A stop command switch is provided to manually stop the variable display device in a desired display state. Further, a plurality of delay means are provided to set mutually different minute delay times. Then, the variable display device is caused to display a variable display in accordance with a predetermined condition for displaying the variable display device variably based on the winning state of the hit pachinko ball or the number of winnings, and the player presses the stop command switch. When operated, one delay means is randomly selected from among the plurality of delay means, and the variable display of the variable display device is stopped after a delay of a minute delay time set by the selected delay means. As a result, the game machine is capable of stopping the variable display of the variable display device with a degree of chance that cannot be predicted by the player.

Embodiments Below, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an external view of a gaming machine with a variable display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and particularly shows a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine that plays a pinball game using pachinko balls. Therefore, in the following description, a pachinko gaming machine with a variable display device will be described as an example of a gaming machine with a variable display device.

In the figure, on the front panel 11 of the pachinko game machine 10 with a variable display device of this embodiment, there are a plurality of safe holes 12a, 12b, 12c, a plurality of winning ball devices (yakumono) 13a to 13e, and an output hole. A ball entrance 14 is disposed, and a variable display device 30 that can variably display in a plurality of display states depending on the winning of a safe ball, which is a feature of this embodiment, is disposed.

The variable display device 30 may be a drum type with multiple types of identification information drawn on the outer circumference of the drum, or a film with sprocket holes drilled on both sides of a film with multiple types of identification information drawn at regular intervals. A film-type display is displayed movably by rotating a sprocket that engages with the sprocket hole of the film, or a plurality of plate-shaped members with different types of identification information drawn on them from both sides. A variable type that displays identification information by moving it, such as a leaf type that is rotatably sandwiched around the outer periphery of a disk and displays identification information by rotating the disk. A segment display device or the like is conceivable that displays a variable display by sequentially applying coded signals corresponding to a plurality of types of numbers or symbols to be displayed on a display member or a segment display device.

In the following description, a case will be described in which a drum-type rotating drum mechanism 30 (described in detail in FIG. 3 below) is used.

On the front side of the pachinko game machine 10, when a plurality of pachinko balls are inserted, the pachinko balls are guided to the hitting position by the ball waiting gutter 15 and the ball waiting gutter 15, which guides the pachinko balls to the hitting position so that they can be hit one by one. a ball striking handle 16 that drives a pachinko ball onto a board by rotating a ball rod in response to a player's operation;
Winning ball devices 13a to 13e or safe hole 12a
- A prize ball dispensing port 17 for dispensing prize balls to the batted ball waiting gutter 15 side according to the winning balls to 12c, and a prize ball dispensing port 17 for dispensing surplus prize balls to the prize ball receiving tray 18 when the prize balls in the batted ball waiting gutter 15 are full. A surplus prize ball payout port 17' is provided.

Further, below the pachinko game machine 10, there are stop command switches 19a, 19b, 1 for manually commanding the rotating drum of the rotating drum mechanism 30 to stop.
9c is arranged. In the figure, a plurality of rows (three rows) of rotating drums are provided, and a stop command switch is provided corresponding to each row of rotating drums to issue a stop command to each row of rotating drums.

Furthermore, instead of the above configuration, the following configuration may be used. That is, a stop command switch 19 is provided below the pachinko game machine 10 for manually commanding the rotating drum of the rotating drum mechanism 30 to stop. In the illustration, a plurality of rows (three rows) of rotating drums are provided, and for example, in order to give a stop command signal to the left row of rotating drums,
A case where a stop command switch 19 is provided is shown. In this case, the rotary drum in the left row is stopped with a slight delay from the operation of the stop command switch 19, and further,
It is also possible to configure the system so that the rotating drums in the center row are stopped after a certain time delay, and then the rotating drums in the right row are stopped after a certain time delay.

Next, with reference to FIG. 1, the operation and gaming method of the pachinko game machine 10, which is a feature of the present invention, will be outlined. A player puts a pachinko ball purchased from a ball rental machine into a ball waiting gutter 15, and operates a ball handle 16 to drive the pachinko ball onto the board. At this time,
Pachinko balls fall along the board surface, but there is a certain probability that they will fall into the safe holes 12a to 12c or the Yakumono 13a.
- 13e, or is collected via the out ball entrance 14 without winning. When a pachinko ball enters the safe holes 12a to 12c, the drums in each row of the rotating drum mechanism 30 are driven to rotate. Scores are determined in advance based on a combination of identification information such as pictures or symbols drawn on the outer periphery of the drums in each row.
The player operates the stop command switches 19a to 19a to obtain the desired combination of picture patterns in order to obtain the desired points.
Operate 19c to stop the drum. At this time, after the player operates the stop command switches 19a to 19c, the drums in each row are stopped with a delay of a minute delay time determined independently of the player's switch operation. Therefore, the drums in each row can be stopped with a certain degree of chance without depending on the gaming technique. Note that the score is determined by the combination of identification information of the drums in each row displayed at a predetermined display position, but it is preferable that this score is used to determine the number of Yakumonos formed, the number of prize balls paid out, etc. is controlled.

FIG. 2 is an illustrative view of the back panel of the pachinko gaming machine 10 with a variable display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the back panel 20 of the pachinko game machine 10 has a safe ball processing mechanism (details will be described later) 29 for sequentially detecting safe balls that have won in any of the safe holes 12a to 12c. a safe ball path 21 that guides the safe ball, a path 22 that guides the safe ball dropped from the safe ball processing mechanism 29 to the winning ball path as a winning ball, and the Yakumono 13
A winning ball path 23 that collectively guides winning balls a to 13e and an out ball path 24 that guides out balls that have entered the out ball entrance 14 are provided.
Further, a winning ball outlet 25 protrudes below the winning ball path 23 for guiding winning balls to a winning ball receptacle (not shown) fixed to a base (not shown) when the front panel is closed. It is formed by Further, an out ball outlet 26 is formed to protrude below the out ball path 24 for guiding the out ball to an out ball socket (not shown) fixed to the base body. Also,
A certain amount of prize balls paid out from a prize ball payout mechanism (not shown) that pays out prize balls by the action of a winning ball sensor is stored and guided to the batted ball waiting gutter 15,
In addition, a pachinko ball storage box body 27 and a prize ball path member 28 are provided for dispensing prize balls from the prize ball dispensing port 17 when a certain amount is exceeded. moreover,
A rotating drum mechanism 30, which is a feature of this embodiment, is disposed on the back panel 20.

To explain the safe ball processing mechanism 29 in detail, a safe ball receiving portion 292 is formed at the end of the cylindrical member 291 on the path 21 side, and the cylindrical member 291 is supported by a support member 293. And safe hole 12
When the safe balls that have entered a to 12c ride on the safe ball receiving portion 292 via the path 21, the cylinder member 291 rotates under the weight of the safe balls. A safe ball detection switch 29 is located on the lower side of the cylindrical member 291 in the rotational direction.
4 is provided, and the switch 294 is connected to the cylinder member 291.
By detecting the rotation of the rotating drum mechanism 3
A drive command signal of 0 is derived. Then, when the rotating drum mechanism 30 starts driving, the return solenoid 295 is energized, and the cylinder member 291 is returned by engaging the cylinder member 291 and a lever fixed to the shaft of the solenoid 295. . In order to derive a signal for commanding the rotational drive of the rotary drum mechanism 30, instead of using a safe hole and a safe ball processing mechanism that processes balls that enter the safe hole, a pachinko ball is placed in a certain position on the board. A passing ball detector may be used to detect passing of a position.

FIG. 3 is a detailed view of a rotating drum mechanism 30 of an example of a variable display device that is a feature of the present invention. In the figure, a rotating drum group 31 included in a rotating drum mechanism 30 is, for example, a plurality of rows of rotating drums 31.
A, 31b, and 31c, and identification information such as a picture pattern or a symbol is drawn on the outer periphery of each row of drums. Each row of drums 31a, 31
b, 31c is the front panel 1.
1 is arranged so as to be visible to the player through a display window 11a formed in a part of the player. On each side of each row of drums 31a, 31b, 31c,
Ratchet gears 32a, 32b, 32c having the number of teeth corresponding to the number of identification information drawn on the outer periphery are fixed. Then, each row of drums 31a, 31
b and 31c are each loosely fitted onto the drum shaft 33 and are configured to be individually rotatable by the frictional force thereof. The drum shaft 33 has boxes 3 on both sides.
4, and a gear 351 is fixed to one end thereof. This gear 351 is a reduction gear 352
are interlocked and connected. A drum drive motor 36 is fixed to the side surface of the box 34, and the shaft of the motor and the shaft of the reduction gear 352 are connected to the belt 353.
The rotational force of the motor 36 is connected to the belt 35.
1 and gears 352, 351 to the drum shaft 33, and drives the rotating drum group 31 to rotate. Further, on the rear side of the box 34, each row of drums 31a, 31b, 31
Solenoids 37a, 37b, and 37c for individually controlling rotation or stopping of each of c are fixed. Solenoid shaft 38 of these solenoids
a, 38b, 38c are locking levers 39a, 39
b, supported by one end of 39c and a pin. Approximately central portions of the locking levers 39a, 39b, and 39c are supported by a lever shaft 39, and both ends of the lever shaft 39 are fixed to both side surfaces of the box 34. Claw-like portions 39a', 39b', 39c' (only 39a' is shown in the figure) are formed at the tips of the locking levers 39a, 39b, 39c corresponding to the drums 31a, 31b, 31c in each row. , this claw-like portion 39a', 3
9b', 39c' correspond to ratchet gears 32a,
32b and 32c to stop the drums in each row and maintain the locked state.

FIG. 4 is a control circuit diagram of an embodiment of the present invention, and in particular is a circuit diagram for controlling the drive and stop of the rotating drum mechanism 30. Next, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4, the operation of driving and stopping the rotating drum mechanism 30 when playing a game with the variable display pachinko game machine 10 of this embodiment will be described.

When a player puts a pachinko ball purchased from a ball rental machine into the ball waiting gutter 15 and hits it with the ball hitting handle 16, if it hits any of the safe holes 12a to 12c, the safe ball passes through the safe ball path 21. It enters the cylindrical member 291 of the safe ball processing mechanism 29 and rotates the cylindrical member. In response, the safe ball detection switch 294 derives a safe ball detection output of a high level signal, and sets the flip-flop 41 for instructing the drum drive motor 36 to drive, and also instructing the release of the locked state of each drum. flip-flops 42a, 42b,
42c and further gives a start command to the timer 43. Accordingly, the set output of flip-flop 41 causes transistor 44 to conduct.
Power supply voltage is controlled to be supplied to the drum drive motor 36, and the motor 36 is driven to rotate. At the same time, the set outputs of the flip-flops 42a, 42b, 42c cause the corresponding transistors 45a, 45b, 45c to conduct, so that the solenoids 37a, 37b, 37c are energized. For this reason, each row of drums 31
Ratchet gear 3 corresponding to a, 31b, 31c
2a, 32b, 32c and claw-shaped parts 39a', 39b',
39c' is released, the locked state of the drums in each row is released, and thereby the drum group 3
1 is rotationally driven by the rotational force of a motor 36.

On the other hand, while the drums in each row are being rotated as described above, in order for the player to obtain points based on a predetermined combination of identification information of the drums in each row, the stop command switches 19a, 19b, 19
c is operated to issue a command to stop the rotating drum group 31. For example, if it is desired to control the drum 31a to stop, the stop command switch 19a is pressed. Accordingly, a high level signal is applied to one input of the AND gate 46a during the period (for example, several seconds) in which the switch 19a is pressed. In addition, the switch 19
When a is pressed, the high level signal rises and is differentiated by the differentiating circuit 61a, and the differentiated signal is
The signal is applied to the ring counter 63. This ring counter 63 has an internal clock pulse generator for stepping, and cyclically counts a plurality of numerical values (1 to 4 in the figure) based on the pulses generated by the generator. It has an output terminal for each numerical value. And the ring counter 63 is
A high level is derived from the output terminal corresponding to the count value being counted when the differential signal is applied.
Each counting output terminal of the ring counter 63 has a different delay time (for example, 0.2 seconds,
Delay circuits 641, 642, 643, and 644 having delay characteristics (0.3 seconds, 0.4 seconds, 0.5 seconds) are connected. Therefore, based on the count value of the ring counter 63, the delay circuit (641
to 644) is selected. When a high level signal derived from the selected delay circuit and delayed by a certain delay time is applied to the AND gate 64a via the OR gate 65, the AND gate 46a sets the flip-flop 48a.

The set output of this flip-flop 48a is
Reset flip-flop 42a. Therefore, transistor 45a becomes non-conductive and solenoid 37a is deenergized. In response, the solenoid shaft 38a is pushed upward, and the locking lever 39
The drum 31a is stopped by engaging the claw-like portion 39a' at the tip of the drum 31a with the ratchet gear 32a fixed to the drum 31a. Therefore, drum 31
The stop timing of a is determined by the stop command switch 19a.
This is after a delay time delayed by any one of the delay circuits 641 to 644 selected from the time when is pressed. And, as mentioned above,
The selection of the delay circuits 641 to 644 is performed cyclically by the ring counter 63, but the player does not know which delay circuit will be selected.
Since the delay time is unknown to the player, after the stop command switch 19a is pressed, the rotation of the rotating drum is stopped after a predetermined minute delay that the player cannot predict.

The same process is performed when the stop command switch 19b or 19c is pressed.

Note that instead of providing the stop command switches 19a, 19b, 19c corresponding to the three rows of rotating drums 31a, 31b, 31c, as in this embodiment, for example, the stop command switches 19a, 19b, 19c are provided corresponding to the left row of rotating drums. A configuration may be adopted in which only one command switch is provided. In this case, after the stop command switch is pressed, the rotation of the corresponding rotating drum is stopped after a delay time set by the selected delay circuit, and after that stop, the rotation of the corresponding rotating drum is stopped for a certain period of time (for example, 1.808 seconds).
Later, the rotating drums in the center row are stopped, and furthermore, the rotating drums in the right row are stopped after a certain period of time (for example, 1.208 seconds) after the center row stops. In this way, the stop timing of the left row of rotating drums, which are stopped by the stop command switch, will be coincidental, so that the left row of rotating drums will be stopped at fixed time intervals after the rotation of the left row of rotating drums is stopped. The stopping of the rotating drums in the center row and right row is also contingent.

As described above, when the rotating drum group 31 is controlled to stop, it is more preferable that the display window 11
The score is determined by the combination of the identification information of the drums in each row displayed in a, and the number of openings or the start time of the Yakumono is controlled based on the score,
Control the number of prize balls to be paid out.

According to the above embodiment, the player's operations include:
In addition to the operation of hitting the pachinko ball, the user also operates the stop command switch so that the rotating drum displays desired identification information, which can double the interest. In addition, since the rotating drum is controlled to stop after a minute delay that changes from the time the stop command switch is operated to the point at which the player cannot recognize it, the rotating drum can be stopped without chance, and Therefore, it is possible to prevent a large number of prizes from being given only to specific players with excellent gaming skills, and it is possible to provide uniform services to all players.

By the way, in the above description, the rotating drum mechanism 30 that movably displays a plurality of pieces of identification information is described as an example of a variable display device. By blinking in an annular manner, the display can be variably displayed in a plurality of display states.

FIG. 5 is an external view of a gaming machine with a variable display device according to another embodiment of the present invention. A game machine 70 with a variable display device of this embodiment is different from that shown in FIG. 1 in that a plurality of lighting display members are arranged in a ring shape as another example of a variable display device, and the winning ball detection output to the safe hole is Rotating blinking display device 80 that performs rotating blinking display by sequentially lighting up the lighting display members according to the
(described in detail in FIG. 6 below), a stop command switch 19S for instructing the rotating blinking display device 80 to stop the rotating blinking display, and a rotating blinking display of the rotating blinking display device 80. Setting switches 19A, 19B, and 19C are provided for setting identification information in advance in anticipation of the identification information corresponding to the lighting display member being displayed when the lighting display member is stopped. The rest of the configuration is the same as that in FIG. 1, so the same parts are designated by the same reference numerals and detailed explanation will be omitted.

In addition, in the illustration, numbers are shown as an example of identification information, and numbers (for example, 2, 3,
5) is engraved on the button surface. These setting switches 19A, 19B, and 19C are provided individually corresponding to the numbers, but in order to set the number (or identification information), the desired number is set by the number of times one setting switch is pressed. Alternatively, the desired number (or identification information) may be set using a keyboard provided with a plurality of number keys. Further, the back panel of this embodiment is constructed in the same manner as that shown in FIG. 2 described above.

FIG. 6 is a detailed view of a rotary blinking display device 80 as another example of the variable display device which is a feature of the present invention. In the figure, the rotating blinking display device 80 includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (lighting display members) 811, 81.
A rotating blinking indicator light 81 formed by arranging LEDs 2 to 81n in a ring, and each light emitting diode 811 to 812 to 81
It consists of a setting display 82 indicating various types of identification information (for example, numbers) arranged corresponding to n.
This setting display 82 has, for example, numbers corresponding to the numbers set by the setting switches 19A, 19B, and 19C printed in advance on its surface side, and has a built-in indicator lamp or indicator light such as a light emitting diode inside. It is a setting switch 19
The setting display that displays the number corresponding to A is 82A.
The setting display 82B corresponds to the setting switch 19B, and the setting display 82C corresponds to the setting switch 19C. These setting indicators 82
A, 82B, 82C are provided in plurality corresponding to each of the light emitting diodes 811 to 811n of the rotating blinking indicator light 81, but the number is equal to the number of setting indicators 82A representing the number "2" (9 in the figure). ), and the number of setting displays 82C for setting and displaying the number "5" (two in the illustration) to the smallest,
A medium number (five in the figure) of setting display devices 82B for setting and displaying the number "3" are provided. When the setting switch 19A is pressed to set the number "2" as an example of the identification information,
A plurality of setting displays 82A displaying "2" are lit up, and when the setting switch 19B is pressed to set the number "3" as identification information, the setting display 82B indicating the number "3" is lit up. let me,
When the setting switch 19C is pressed to select the number "5" as identification information, the setting display 82C representing the number "5" is lit up.
Then, one of the light emitting diodes 811 to 81n included in the rotating blinking indicator light 81 is selected according to the winning ball.
By lighting up the LEDs in sequence, the lighting LEDs are displayed as if they were rotating, and the setting indicator corresponding to the indicator light being displayed when stopped is set in advance. Only when there is, a value is given according to the score of the number corresponding to the setting display (for example, control of opening of Yakumono). Therefore, the rotating blinking display device 80 is configured like a roulette wheel in which the display mode is electrically rotated.

In addition, the rotating flashing display device 80 is more preferably a setting display device 82A, 82 that is set in advance.
When either B or 82C matches the light emitting diode when the rotating flashing indicator light 81 stops,
It has a built-in win indicator light (lamp or light emitting diode) 83 for indicating a win. Then, each light emitting diode 811, 81 of the rotating flashing indicator light 81
In order to produce a roulette effect by rotating in synchronization with the sequential lighting display of 2 to 81n,
A center handle 84 is rotatably provided at the center of the rotating flashing display device 80. This center handle 84 is rotationally driven by a motor (not shown).

FIG. 7 is a control circuit diagram of another embodiment of the present invention, particularly the rotating blinking display device 8 shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a control circuit diagram for controlling display of 0; Next, with reference to FIGS. 5 to 7, the operation when playing a game with the pachinko game machine 70 of this embodiment will be explained.

The player operates the setting switches 19A, 19B, 1
Press any one of 9C to display Yakumono 13a to 1 by the action of rotating flashing display device 80 according to the safe ball.
Set the number of 3e you want to open. For example, if you want to open a small number (2) of Yakumono 13a, 13b with a relatively high probability (9/32), press the setting switch 19A, and with a relatively low probability (5/32)
If you want to open a large number (5) of Yakumono 13a to 13e, press the setting switch 19C and open a medium number (3) of Yakumono 13a to 13c with a medium probability (2/32). If you want, press the setting switch 19B. These setting switches 19A, 19B, and 19C are constructed so that when one switch is pressed, the other two switches are reset, in order to prohibit setting by a plurality of switches at the same time. In addition, when key-type setting switches 19A, 19B, and 19C are used as another example, in order to electrically remember which key switch was pressed, the key switch that was pressed when a certain key switch was pressed is The circuit may be configured to store the key switch and release the pressed memory state of the other key switches.

When any of the setting switches 19A, 19B, and 19C is pressed, a high level signal is applied to the input terminals of the setting number display control circuit 99 and the setting circuit 100 corresponding to the pressed setting switch. For example, when the setting switch 19A is pressed, the setting number display control circuit 99 displays a plurality of numbers (nine in FIG. 6) indicating that the number "2" has been set.
When the setting switch 19B is pressed, a plurality of setting indicators 82B (five in FIG. 6) indicating that the number "3" has been set are lit, and the setting switch 19B is pressed. When 19C is pressed, a plurality of setting indicators 82C (two in FIG. 6) are lit to indicate that the number "5" has been set. In this way, the setting indicators corresponding to the identification information (numbers) set by the setting switches 19A, 19B, and 19C are lit and displayed.

Next, when the player puts a pachinko ball purchased from a ball lending machine into the ball waiting gutter 15 and operates the ball handle 16 to hit the ball, the hit pachinko ball will fall into one of the safe holes 12a to 12c. When a prize is won, the safe ball detection switch 294 is closed, so a high level signal safe ball detection output is derived. This safe ball detection output sets a flip-flop 91 that stores the fact that the safe ball is hot, and also provides an operation command signal to a timer 98. The set output of flip-flop 91 is
It is given as one input of AND gate 921.
At this time, the other input of AND gate 921 has
Since the oscillation pulse of the pulse oscillation circuit 83 is applied, the AND gate 921 is connected to the flip-flop 91.
During the set period, the output pulse of the pulse oscillation circuit 93 is applied to the ring counter 94. This ring counter 94 sequentially increments the counted value by a numerical value of "1" each time a pulse input is given.
32) is cyclically counted, and a coded signal representing the counted value is provided to the decoder 95 and also to the determination circuit 100.

The decoder 95 is connected to the rotating flashing indicator light 81.
The number of each light emitting diode included (for example 32)
It has a number of output terminals corresponding to the ring counter 9.
A high level signal is derived from each output terminal in time sequence based on the count value counted at step 4. The bases of switching transistors 961, 962 to 96nn (indicating the number of light emitting diodes included in the rotating blinking indicator light 81) are connected to each output terminal of the decoder 95. The emitters of the switching transistors 961, 962-96n are installed respectively, and the cathodes of the light emitting diodes 811, 812-81n included in the rotating flashing indicator light 81 are connected to the emitters of the switching transistors 961, 962-96n.
Power (+V) is supplied to the anode of 81n. Therefore, the decoder 95 uses the ring counter 94
For example, when it counts a number "1", it derives a pulse to make the transistor 961 conductive, causing the light emitting diode 811 to emit light, and when it counts a number "2", it derives a pulse to make the transistor 962 conductive, and makes the light emitting diode 812 conductive. Similarly, when the numerical value "n" is counted, a pulse is derived to turn on the transistor 96n, and the light emitting diode 81n is caused to display light. Since each of these light emitting diodes 811, 812 to 81n is arranged in a ring as shown in FIG.
When 1,812 to 81n are displayed blinking in sequence,
To the player, the light-emitting display portion appears to be emitting light in an annular manner, thereby creating a rotating display similar to a roulette wheel. At this time, the light emitting diode 8
The blinking display interval of each of 11, 812 to 81n is selected at a speed that allows the player to visually recognize the blinking state and that makes it difficult for the player to stop at the desired position even if the stop switch 19S is pressed. The speed is selected depending on the oscillation frequency of the pulse oscillation circuit 93. Note that the light emitting diode 8 is more preferably
A rotating sound generator 97 is provided to generate an intermittent sound in synchronization with the pulse output of the AND gate 921 in order to express the effect of the rotating blinking state in synchronization with the sequential blinking state of the gates 11, 812 to 81n. It will be done.

As described above, when each light emitting diode of the rotating blinking indicator light 81 is rotating and blinking in response to the safe ball, the player can press the setting switch 19.
The stop switch 19S is pressed at an appropriate timing to stop the rotating flashing display at the position of the light emitting diode corresponding to the number set in either A, 19B, or 19C. Accordingly, a high level signal is passed through the stop switch 19S to the AND gate 922.
is given as one input. At this time, AND
The other input of the gate 922 is connected to the differentiating circuit 61 and the ring counter 6 described above in FIG.
3. A minutely delayed pulse output obtained through one of the delay circuits 641 and 644 and the OR gate 65 is provided. Therefore, the output of AND gate 922 is
It is derived a certain minute time later than the pressing timing of the stop switch 19S, resets the flip-flop 91 via the OR gate 923, and is given to the determination circuit 100 as a determination command signal. In response to the reset of flip-flop 91, AND gate 921 is disabled to inhibit providing pulse inputs to ring counter 94. Therefore, the ring counter 94 continuously provides the coded signal of the count value that has been counted up to that point to the decoder 95 and the determination circuit 100. Therefore, the decoder 95 causes the light emitting diodes included in the rotary blinking indicator light 81 corresponding to the count value of the ring counter 94 to be lit continuously.

As described above, the feature of this embodiment is that after the stop switch 19S is pressed, the rotating flashing display is stopped after a delay time set by one of the delay circuits selected by the ring counter 63. By doing so, it is possible to make the stopping timing random, thereby preventing the player from reliably stopping the light emitting diode at the desired position.

On the other hand, the determination circuit 100 uses the ring counter 94
Based on the counted value, the number corresponding to the light emitting diode lit on the rotating flashing indicator light 81 is identified, and whether it matches the setting value set on any of the setting switches 19A, 19B, and 19C. Determine whether or not. For example, when the setting switch 19A is pressed, the determination circuit 100 indicates a score of "2" if any of the light emitting diodes of the rotating blinking indicator light 81 corresponding to the setting display 82A is lit. A high level signal is derived from the output terminal, and if the setting switch 19B is pressed and any of the diodes of the rotating blinking indicator light 81 corresponding to the setting display 82B is lit, an output indicating a score of "3" is produced. A high level signal is derived from the end, and if the setting switch 19C is pressed and any of the light emitting diodes of the rotating flashing indicator 81 corresponding to the setting display 82C is lit, an output representing a score of "5" is output. A high level signal is derived from the end. The output representing each score is preferably used as a signal for controlling the Yakumono opening number.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the rotating blinking indicator light 81 is caused to rotate and blink in response to the safe bulb, and the stop position of the rotating blinking indicator light when the stop operation is performed represents a preset number. It does not correspond to the setting display, but it can be controlled to give a certain value based on the setting value. In addition, since the rotating flashing display can be stopped after a minute delay that varies each time after the stop switch is pressed, it is possible to prevent a large number of valuable objects from being given only to a specific player with excellent gaming skills, and it is possible to prevent all players from receiving valuable objects. In contrast, the service can be improved.

In the above two embodiments, the case of a pachinko game machine was explained, but a game machine that plays a pinball game using pachinko balls (for example, a coin game machine)
It goes without saying that the technical idea of this invention can be applied to the following.

Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, a variable display device capable of changing the display state is provided on the board of a gaming machine,
A variable display device displays a variable display according to a certain condition,
By stopping the variable display after a minute delay that differs each time from the operation of the manual switch, the player's interest can be doubled, and the variable display can not only improve the player's proficiency in gaming skills but also maintain a certain degree of chance. A game machine with a variable display device that can stop the device can be obtained.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a pachinko game machine with a variable display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an illustrative view of the back panel of a pachinko game machine with a variable display device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a detailed diagram of a rotating drum mechanism of an example of a variable display device that is a feature of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a control circuit diagram of one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is an external view of a pachinko game machine with a variable display device according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a detailed view of a rotary blinking display device which is an example of a variable display device which is a feature of another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a control circuit diagram of another embodiment of the invention. In the figure, 10 and 70 are pachinko gaming machines with variable display devices, 12a to 12c are safe holes, 1
3a to 13e are winning ball devices, 19a, 19b, 1
9c, 19S are stop command switches, 19A, 19
B, 19C are setting switches, 20 is the back panel,
294 is a safe ball detection switch, 30 is a rotating drum mechanism as an example of a variable display device, 36 is a drum drive motor, 37a, 37b, 37c are drum stop control solenoids, 41, 42a to 42c, 91
is a flip-flop, 43,98 is a timer, 46
a~46c, 49,50,62,65,921~
923 is a gate, 63 and 64 are ring counters,
80 is a rotating flashing display device, 95 is a decoder, 99
100 indicates a setting number display control circuit, and 100 indicates a determination circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A variable display device disposed on the board of a game machine and capable of displaying a variable display in a plurality of display states; A variable display condition detection means for detecting a change in temperature; a stop command switch for instructing to stop the variable display of the variable display device by manual operation thereof; a plurality of delay means for setting mutually different minute delay times; Stop command signal deriving means that randomly selects one of the plurality of delay means after operating the command switch and derives the stop command signal with a delay of a minute delay time set by the selected delay means; and a variable display that variably controls the display state of the variable display device in response to the output of the variable display condition detection means, and controls the variable display state of the variable display device to stop in response to the output of the stop command signal derivation means.・
A gaming machine with a variable display device equipped with a stop control means. 2. The variable display device is a movable display that has a plurality of types of identification information drawn on its display surface and is configured to change a plurality of display states by moving each display surface on which the identification information is drawn. A gaming machine with a variable display device according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a member. 3. The gaming machine with a variable display device according to claim 1, wherein the variable display device is a segment display device including an electric display segment. 4. The variable display device includes a plurality of rows of variable display members, the stop command switch is provided corresponding to at least one variable display member of the plurality of rows of variable display members, and the variable display/stop control means controls the drive of the plurality of rows of variable display members in response to the output of the variable display condition detection means, controls the corresponding variable display members to stop in response to the operation of the stop command switch, and controls the remaining variable display members. The variable display device according to claim 1, wherein the display member is controlled to stop in response to the operation of the stop command switch, and then sequentially controlled to stop at predetermined time intervals. Game machine. 5. The variable display device is configured such that a plurality of lighting display members are arranged in an annular manner, and the display state thereof is varied in an annular manner by sequentially lighting up the plurality of annular lighting display members. Claim 1, characterized in that it is a rotating lighting indicator.
A gaming machine with a variable display device as described in .