JPH0623333Y2 - Electric slot machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Industrial Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slot machine for playing a game by inserting coins. In particular, the reel is rotated by a motor,
It relates to an electric slot machine that determines the hit / loss by the arrangement of the pictures drawn on it.

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing an outline of a conventional electric slot machine of this type. When the main power supply of the main body is turned on when the hall is opened, the motor drive power supply (1) is also turned on in the figure. Then, full power is applied to, for example, three reel motors (3) via the reel motor drive circuit (2), and all reel motors (3) are put in a hold state. When the player inserts a coin, the CPU (9) controls the motor controller (6) based on the detection by the game start sensor (4), and the game is ready. Therefore, for example, when the start lever (7) is turned on by operating the start lever, a drive pulse is supplied from the motor controller (6) to the reel motor drive circuit (2), and the three reel motors (3)
Drive all at once to rotate the three reels and send the picture drawn on them. The rotation of the reel is detected for each rotation by detecting a mark provided on the reel with a reel position detection sensor (8). The signal from the sensor (8) is input to the CPU (9) through the motor controller (6), and the positional relationship of the picture on the reel is detected. Press the 3 stop buttons in sequence, that is, the stop switch (10)
Is sequentially turned on, the drive pulse is not output from the motor controller (6), and the reel rotation is sequentially stopped. Then, the arrangement of the pictures on the three reels that have stopped is C
The PU (9) is used to judge the hit / loss, and the medal is released. When the main power supply is turned off when the hall is closed, the motor drive power supply (1) is also turned off. Until this time, full power is continuously supplied to the reel motor (3).

In the past, since the reel motor was always supplied with full power as described above, if the game stop time or the repetition time becomes long, that is, if the reel motor stops for a long time, its heat generation becomes large. Become. As a result, the temperature inside the game machine rises, which causes problems such as damage to built-in circuit components and markedly reduced durability. Also,
I was wasting a lot of power while I wasn't playing games.

Therefore, it is conceivable to reduce the voltage to the reel motor after the reel has stopped for a certain period of time, but in this case as well, there is a problem of heat generation of the reel motor.

An object of the present invention is to prevent the heat generation of a reel motor with a simple electric configuration without separately providing a cooling fan, attaching a fan to a rotating member, or providing a large number of holes for heat dissipation, and also to prevent the reel motor from generating heat. Is to be able to stop properly.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention includes a vibration detection circuit for detecting the end of vibration of a reel, and reduces or cuts electric power from a power source in a reel motor drive circuit when the end of vibration is detected by the vibration detection circuit. An auxiliary circuit is provided.

Effect In this way, full power is applied to the reel motor during the game and until the reel vibration ends after the stop switch is operated, and after the vibration ends, the reel motor power is cut or reduced. Electric power is applied.

Embodiment Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the electric slot machine according to the present invention includes a motor driving power source (11) and a reel motor driving circuit (1).
2), reel motor (13), game start detection circuit (14) including game start detection sensor, power supply controller (15), motor controller (16), start switch (17), reel position detection sensor (18), CPU (19), equipped with a stop switch (20). And, although these are in the same operation relationship as the conventional as a whole, in addition to them, the vibration detection circuit (21)
In addition, the reel motor drive circuit (12) is different from the conventional one in that the auxiliary circuit (12a) for turning the power on and off is provided.

FIG. 2 shows a specific example of the reel motor drive circuit (12). In the drawing, the first to fourth four motor driving coil _C 1 -C _4, first to fourth coil driving transistor _TR 1 to Tr ₄ are individually connected in series, also a first motor The drive coil C ₁ and the second motor drive coil C ₂ are connected in parallel, and the third motor drive coil C ₃ and the fourth motor drive coil C ₄ are respectively connected in parallel, and these are connected in common as the auxiliary circuit (12a). The power ON / OFF transistor TR ₀ is connected.

The power ON / OFF transistor TR ₀ is controlled by the power supply controller (15) and the auxiliary circuit (12a) in accordance with the start of the game by the game start detection circuit (14) or the operation of the start switch (17) thereafter, as shown in FIG. It is turned on as shown in the chart. Further, the four coil driving transistors TR _{1 to} TR ₄ are sequentially turned on by the driving pulse from the motor controller (16) after the start switch (17) is turned on until the stop switch (20) is turned on.・ Turned off.

Since the vibration detection circuit (21) detects the vibration of the reel (22) by the rotation shaft (13a) of the reel motor (13) after the stop switch (20) is turned on, as shown in FIG. A slit disk (23) is fixed to the rotary shaft (13a), and the slit is detected by, for example, a photo interrupter (24). The photo interrupter (24) is a light emitting device (25) as shown in FIG.
And a light receiving element (26) for receiving the light transmitted through the slit of the slit disk (23). When the vibration of the reel (22) is attenuated, the output voltage Vo of the light receiving element (26) is increased as shown in FIG.
ut is also attenuated, and when it becomes less than or equal to the threshold value V _L , the vibration detection circuit (21) outputs a vibration end signal. The damping state of the vibration of the reel (22) can be detected by using a magnetoresistive element other than the photo interrupter or by detecting the current waveform of the motor drive coils C _{1 to} C ₄ .

The vibration end signal is input to the power supply controller (15), the power supply controller (15) and the auxiliary circuit (12a) turn off the power ON / OFF transistor TR _0, and its output is shown in FIG. So it goes from HIGH to LOW.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, a full voltage is applied to the reel motor (13) at the same time as the game starts. In this state, after the stop switch (20) is turned on and a stop command is issued, the vibration of the reel (22) is further increased. Is continued until the end, and when it ends, the electric power to the reel motor (13) is cut off.

As shown by the broken line in FIG. 2, a resistor R is connected in parallel to the power on / off transistor TR ₀ , and the transistor TR ₀ is turned off when the vibration detection circuit (21) detects the end of vibration. Good. In this case, while the game is stopped (while the reels are stopped), a minute current can be passed through the reel motor (13) to reduce heat generation.

Effects of the Invention The present invention has the following effects.

It is possible to prevent the heat generation of the reel motor with a simple electrical configuration without separately providing a cooling fan, attaching a fan to the rotating member, or providing a large number of holes for heat radiation, and to prevent failure of circuit components due to the heat. Can be reduced.

Waste of power consumption can be saved.

Since sufficient electric power can be applied to the reel motor until the vibration of the reel is completed, the reel motor can be stopped accurately.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an electric slot machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an electric circuit diagram of its reel motor drive circuit,
FIG. 3 is a timing chart thereof, FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a portion for detecting vibration of the reel, FIG. 5 is an electric circuit diagram of the photointerrupter, FIG. 6 is an output waveform diagram thereof, and FIG. 7 is a reel motor. 3 is a graph showing a voltage application state to the. FIG. 8 is a block diagram of a conventional example. (11) …… Power supply (12) …… Reel motor drive circuit (12a) …… Auxiliary circuit (13) …… Reel motor (16) …… Motor controller (17) …… Start switch (18) …… Reel position Detection sensor (20) …… Stop switch (21) …… Vibration detection circuit

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A reel motor for rotating a reel, a reel position detection sensor for detecting a rotational position of the reel, a start switch, a stop switch, a power source, and a reel motor drive circuit for applying electric power from the power source to the reel motor. An end of the reel vibration is detected in an electric slot machine including a motor controller that supplies a drive pulse to a motor drive coil of the reel motor drive circuit after the start switch is operated until the stop switch is operated. An electric slot machine comprising a vibration detection circuit, and an auxiliary circuit for reducing or cutting the electric power from the power source when the reel motor drive circuit detects a vibration end by the vibration detection circuit.