JPH09140884A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the burden of hardware by subjecting a moving element to three- dimensional coordinate transformation to move it into the image display of the moving element where effective identification information is being displayed, then mapping the identification information on the side serving as effective display, and moving the moving element through three-dimensional coordinate transformation. SOLUTION: A main CPU circuit includes a basic circuit 100 for controlling the various devices of a game machine in accordance with a control program and a circuit used for the various devices to drive the various devices in response to control commands from the basic circuit 100. An LCD circuit 106 serves to control outputs of the LCD display 53 of a variable image display device in response to control signals from the basic circuit 100. A moving element represented as a polyhedron in a three- dimensional space is modeled, is subjected to three-dimensional coordinate transformation and thereby moved into the image display of the moving element where, of identification information pieces having a greater number of kinds than the number of the sides of the polyhedron, a plurality of effective identification information pieces that are effective as display results are being displayed, so that the identification information is mapped, and the moving element is moved through three-dimensional coordinate transformation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine equipped with an image variable display device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, and the like, which are provided with means for performing synchronous control of variable display of a plurality of variable display devices forming a game board surface and display control of image display having a hierarchical structure.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a game machine having an image variable display device, there are a coin game machine, a pachinko game machine, and the like. The pachinko gaming machine shoots a pachinko ball from the hit ball operation handle and sends it to the game area formed on the flat game board,
A pachinko ball (hereinafter referred to as a "hit ball") driven into the game area is allowed to flow down in the game area. In the game area, there are nails, windmills, and various prize holes that guide or obstruct the flow of ball hits. is there.

The form of the winning opening is pocket-shaped, through-hole-shaped, has a variably openable / closable opening, and has various shapes of variably reciprocating or rotating operation. There are various types of winning combinations that combine these forms, such as a winning combination equipped with an accessory that is involved in guiding or eliminating a ball depending on the body, a large winning combination that exhibits a variable open / closed state, and the like. In addition, there is a warp winning hole that guides the hit ball once won to the path provided on the back of the game board and discharges it from another ball exit provided on the game board.

The winning opening is provided with a switch that detects a winning of a hit ball and is involved in control of each device constituting the pachinko gaming machine. By detecting the winning ball, start and stop the variable display of the image variable display device, change the operation and arrangement of the accessory,
Fluctuation control of winning probability at a specific winning opening, or
A response such as payout of a preset number of prize balls is executed.

An image variable display device having a display unit is installed in the pachinko gaming machine. In the case of a slot reel, by rotating and starting a reel in which various symbol surfaces are continuous, in the case of a digital lightning board or a liquid crystal display, by sequentially or randomly switching and outputting various display data prepared in advance, Change display.

In the case of a pachinko game machine, it is often found that one image variable display device is arranged in the center of the game area, or that another image variable display device is combined. The image variable display device arranged in the center of the game area has a screen configuration having a 1 × 2, 1 × 3 to 3 × 3 pattern surface on the display unit.

When a screen is composed of a plurality of patterns as described above, a horizontal 1 line in a vertical 1-sided structure, a horizontal center line 1 to a horizontal 3 lines in a 3 × 3 screen structure, or a diagonally added 5 lines However, at most, vertical lines can be added to set a hit line of 8 lines. The other image variable display device is relatively small in size, and the display unit displays one design surface on one screen.

In either case where one image variable display device is arranged in the center of the game area or a combination of another image variable display device, a start switch is installed for one image variable display device. When a hit ball wins the winning opening, the winning ball is detected by the starting opening switch, and the one image variable display device starts the variable display.

Immediately after the start of the variable display, the variable display stop control works, and the display unit displays some symbols and stops. The variable display stop control of the pachinko game machine using the digital light board and the liquid crystal display gives the start winning ball the numerical value generated by the time counter and the random number generator, and the stop display pattern by judging the applied numerical value. Is controlled.

The generated numerical value includes a specific numerical value that is a so-called winning, and when it is determined that the given numerical value is a winning, the numerical value that is preset as a winning symbol is stopped and displayed. In the display unit having a screen composed of a plurality of symbol surfaces, a combination predetermined as a winning symbol is stopped in a state of being arranged on a preset hit line.

In the case of a screen composed of a plurality of pattern surfaces, a slight time difference is generally provided for stopping each interlocking display area. When only one interlocking display area continues the variable display, the symbols already stopped and displayed in the other interlocking display areas are included in the combination of the winning symbols and there is a possibility of obtaining the winning state, so-called reach. Set as
By displaying the screen and extending the variable display period, the player is informed that they are in the reach state, and the gaming effect is enhanced.

In an early model of a pachinko game machine, the image variable display device had a big hit type when the same three numbers were lined up on one line, and displayed the numbers by rotating the drum. It has become an electronic display board format, and liquid crystal displays are now being used.

In the case of a drum, there is a psychological effect of giving the customer a sense of security due to the mechanical rotation of the drum.
On the other hand, it has the disadvantage that it can only display numbers, characters or designs that have been printed on the drum.

Therefore, in order to change the reach action more, the conventional 1-line display is changed to 3-line display or 8-line display. In the case of a drum, the same numbers or patterns are not lined up in the vertical direction, but it becomes possible to line up in the vertical direction by the liquid crystal. As a result, the reach action can be expressed more abundantly.

Since the liquid crystal can display the design freely,
Not only numbers and patterns (so-called rotating parts of slot machines) but also background images are being introduced. Not only still images but also moving images are used as patterns. For example, there is one that draws the universe in the background and displays various battle scenes during the reach and jackpot.

A CRT display (CRT) is faster than a liquid crystal display and can perform color display with high accuracy. The way to move the slots (combined numbers, letters or patterns) is to turn them in a fixed direction. This is a remnant of the drum era (although there are still drums), and this method is used as is in liquid crystals. However, there are also models that return frames in order to make changes. Also,
There are also models that use not only the rotating format but also the format in which the patterns of the frames are swapped.

In the case of a big hit, many models of the current pachinko gaming machines give the player a certain gaming value, and open the special winning opening and the prize winning opening for a certain period of time with the number of winning balls limited. , Has adopted a system that gives preferential treatment to ball hits or treats prizes at specific winning openings.

[0018] Various winning openings are opened to give preferential treatment to a prize, or special treatment is given to a winning opening. In addition, the contents of the game that are advantageous to the player can be developed, and the frequency of winning and the probability of appearance of winning can be determined. Give a game value such as changing. In addition, the game contents are diversified by combining game values with different grant conditions.

The pachinko gaming machine gives a game value by paying out a prize ball to the player when a hit ball is won, but recently, a game content similar to that of the pachinko gaming machine is developed. However, there is a card game machine which does not pay out the prize balls and instead records a game value corresponding to the prize balls on a card using a recording medium.

In each of the above-mentioned gaming machines, there are various ways to enhance the gaming effect by giving various variations to the symbols to be displayed, flashing sound effects and electric lights, and decorating the game board and main body. Has been done. In addition, a new model has been developed in which game values having different settings are combined to change the process of giving a game value.

From the point of view of the game form, one of the manufacturers is putting particular effort into the symbol display method. Up until now, most were simple slot display formats, but the method of expressing the hit by a display method other than the slot, and making various changes to the reach pattern, etc. have been devised. However, each of these uses a two-dimensional representation.

In a general slot-type symbol display, the symbols independently move from top to bottom. As an expression that has been increasing recently, there is also an example of returning by half a frame (design) or one frame (design) at the time of reach. However, basically, the movement is in the fixed direction in units of one frame.

On the other hand, it is also known to express a pattern three-dimensionally. For example, a method is used in which the speed of movement of the foreground and the foreground is changed to make it look three-dimensional, or when moving from the front to the back, the object is displayed smaller gradually to make it appear as if it is moving in a three-dimensional space. Has been.

For example, in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-155441, as an embodiment, a display method for determining a hit using a Rubik's cube that is three-dimensionally represented as a design is shown. The gist of the present invention is to enable variable display of symbols in a plurality of directions in order to change the display method, and one example thereof is a Rubik's cube that is stereoscopically represented.

In the above description of the embodiment of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 7-155441, the hit or lost symbol is displayed by moving the display groups vertically and horizontally. Fig. 2 shows an example in which three columns are rotated in groups from top to bottom,
FIG. 3 shows an example in which three horizontal rows form a group and rotate from right to left.

[0026]

As described above, in the gaming machine provided with the image variable display device, the gaming effect is enhanced by various means. In the pachinko game machine, the display unit of the image variable display device is arranged almost at the center of the game board provided with various winning ball devices and decorations, and the game machine responds to the result of the ball hitting operation by the player. Has made the response diverse. As described above, the image variable display device provided in the gaming machine plays an important role in developing the game content and enhancing the game effect.

An object of the present invention is to enhance the game property by displaying abundant and realistic images.
Therefore, it is to develop a new expression method and expression means for the background image and the identification information that determines the hit. Of course, the object of the present invention is mainly for a pachinko game machine, but it is also minded that it can be applied to a game machine using another image variable display device. For example, game machines such as slot machines and computer game machines are also targeted.

The symbol display in the above-mentioned conventional gaming machine is performed in an animation format. In the animation format, the symbols to be displayed must be prepared in advance for each frame. Since the pattern is image data, it requires a large amount of memory, which makes it difficult to handle in a system with limited hardware. Especially when dealing with solid figures, the load on the system is even greater. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-1554 described above
Even in the 41st embodiment, the three-dimensional expression is performed in the animation format. The present invention is to develop a game machine capable of displaying three-dimensionally with less load on hardware and effectively and efficiently displaying more symbols for variable display information of small identification information.

[0029]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention models a moving object represented as a polyhedron in a three-dimensional space, and displays the polyhedron on a surface effective as a display result of the moving object. The three-dimensional coordinate conversion of the moving body is performed with respect to the image display of the moving body in which a plurality of valid identification information effective as a display result among the identification information having the number of types larger than the number of faces are mapped and displayed. The identification information is mapped to a surface that is effectively displayed by moving the mobile body by moving the mobile body by three-dimensional coordinate conversion.

In the present invention, in order to handle a three-dimensional figure in the image display, it is expressed as a polyhedron, that is, a polygon in the three-dimensional virtual space. The modeled solid figure is represented by (X, Y, Z) coordinates of each vertex. The three-dimensional figure modeled in the virtual space can be displayed on the screen by being associated with the image display space (specifically, the screen of the variable image variable display device). Three-dimensional coordinate transformation is performed to move the object. This "object movement" includes rotation and parallel movement.

It is also possible to represent a pattern together with a three-dimensional figure as a polygon, but this would increase the coordinates of the vertices, and the three-dimensional coordinate conversion calculation would take time,
Not realistic. Therefore, in the present invention, a pattern as identification information is separately prepared as a texture, and the texture is pasted when a three-dimensional figure is displayed in the image display space.

In this way, only the vertex coordinates of the polygons forming the three-dimensional figure and the image data of the texture are held on the memory, and after that, various concrete three-dimensional figures are expressed by calculation when the image is concretely displayed. Is possible.
For example, by using a cube for the symbol display, it is possible to freely rotate forward and backward in the vertical and horizontal directions, and to reverse the rotation freely, and express a variety of symbol variations.

Further, in the present invention, the number of pieces of identification information is prepared in a larger number than the number of faces of the polyhedron, and the identification information is arranged as a texture in the display order. ) Or decrement (decrease). As a result, more identification information than the number of faces can be expressed, and efficient texture mapping is possible.

[0034]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a configuration of a game board surface of a pachinko gaming machine in one embodiment of the present invention. As the image variable display device, an LCD (liquid crystal), a CRT (cathode ray tube), a dot matrix LED, a plasma display or the like is appropriately selected and used. A game area 3 is formed on the front surface of the game board 1 of the pachinko game machine. The pachinko gaming machine is provided with a ball hitting operation handle (not shown), and by operating the ball hitting operation handle, a pachinko ball can be fired one by one.

The pachinko balls that have been launched are guided into the game area 3 by the guide rail 2. At the exit portion from the guide rail 2 to the game area 3, a valve-shaped backflow prevention device 29 is provided. The backflow prevention device 29 prevents the pachinko balls that have been once driven into the game area 3 from returning to the guide rail 2. The pachinko balls that have been driven into the game area 3 are hereinafter referred to as "balls".

At the center of the game area 3, there is provided an image variable display device 40 for variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information such as patterns, images and characters. Image variable display device 40
A start winning port 4 is provided below. Furthermore, there is a variable winning ball device 6 that opens at the time of a big hit at the bottom.

When a hit ball enters the starting winning opening 4, it is detected by the starting ball detector 5, and the slot rotates (design fluctuation). A maximum of four winning balls detected by the starting ball detector 5 are simultaneously recorded, and the device for displaying the number of the starting winning balls is the start memory display LED 43. That is, five or more starting winning balls are ignored even if the starting winning opening 4 is won. However, payout (payout of prize balls) will be performed. The number of payouts varies depending on the model, but is generally 5 to 7. On the other hand, even if the hit ball is won in the winning openings 18a, 18b and 22a, 22b, only the prize ball is paid out and is not related to the change of the symbol. The number of payouts is generally the same as when the start winning port 4 is won. The hit ball that has not won is finally discharged from the outlet 28 provided at the bottom of the game area 3.

The shoulder passage openings 20a and 20b are warp entrances, and hit balls passing therethrough are discharged from the warp exits 48a and 48b. Further, a windmill decoration for decorating the game area 3 and diversifying the flow direction of the hitting balls is provided. Various lamps and LEDs are provided to decorate the game area and its surroundings to enhance the game effect and inform the player of the game state.

The central image display section 53 of the image variable display device 40 is composed of a liquid crystal display (LCD). Symbols as a plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed on this display unit. This is a portion in which a slot rotation pattern in a so-called slot machine is displayed, which is the portion most closely related to the present invention, and details regarding a specific display method will be described later. Generally, when three identical symbols are arranged horizontally or vertically, a big hit is given, which gives an advantageous condition to a specific player. This point will be described below.

When the stop display pattern is a specific combination, when a so-called big hit occurs, the solenoid 1
0 is excited to open the opening / closing member 9 of the variable winning ball device 6,
It is easier to hit a ball from the big winning opening 8. Inside the special winning opening 8 of the variable winning ball device 6, a specific area 11, which is commonly called a V pocket, is provided. The specific ball detector 12 detects hit balls hit in this area, and 15 balls (prize balls) from one winning ball are detected.

The hit ball that has won the variable winning device 6 is detected by the winning ball detector 13 or the specific ball detector 12, and the number of winning balls is displayed on the number display LED 14. The time that the opening / closing member 9 is open is 29.5 seconds. However, when 10 hit balls are won in the variable winning ball device 6, the opening / closing member 9 is closed even in less than 29.5 seconds. If the ball hitting the variable winning ball device 6 wins in the specific area 11, the opening / closing member 9 of the variable winning ball device 6 of the current time is waited for, and the opening / closing member 9 is again opened. Repeated continuation control is performed in the open state. The upper limit number of times of this repeat continuation control differs depending on the model, but is normally set to 16 times.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main CPU circuit used for controlling the gaming machine in the embodiment of the present invention. The main CPU circuit includes a basic circuit 100 that controls various devices of the gaming machine according to a control program, and a circuit for various devices that receives various control commands from the basic circuit 100 and drives various devices. The device circuit includes a switch circuit 105, an LCD circuit 106, an LED circuit 107,
Solenoid circuit 108, address decode circuit 102,
Ramp circuit 110, sub CPU command output circuit 11
1, periodic reset circuit 104, initial reset circuit 10
3, prize ball signal output circuit (not shown), information output circuit 1
09, power supply circuit 115 and the like.

Inside the basic circuit 100, there are a ROM storing a control program and the like, a CPU for performing control operations according to the program, a RAM as a work memory of the CPU, an I / O port, and a clock generation circuit. Is provided.

The switch circuit 105 is a starting ball detector 5 for detecting a ball hitting the starting winning opening 6, and a ball hitting the big winning opening of the variable winning ball device 6 is specified in a specific area 11. A specific ball detector 12 for detecting a ball, a winning ball detector 13 for detecting a hit ball that has won a big winning opening of the variable winning ball device 6, a passing ball detector for detecting a hit ball that has passed through the passing opening (however, this book It is a circuit that receives detection signals from various detectors (not used in the embodiment) and sends signals to the basic circuit 100. Further, a signal input by setting the probability setting device, a winning ball signal for instructing the number of prize balls to be paid out by a winning ball that has won a prize, and the like are also received here and sent to the basic circuit.

The LCD circuit 106 is a circuit which receives a control signal from the basic circuit and controls the output of the LCD display of the image variable display device 40. From the LCD circuit to the LCD display, as shown in the figure, the command signals of CD0 to CD7 and the initialization signal INT are included. LCD circuit and LC
Between the D display, + 12V line for power supply, +5
The V line, the GND line which is three ground signal lines, and the like are also connected.

The LED circuit 107 is a V display LED mainly for informing that there is a specific ball that has won in the specific area 11 among the hit balls that have won the special winning opening of the variable winning ball device 6.
Is a circuit for controlling blinking of. When there is a specific ball to be consumed for opening the opening / closing member 9 of the special winning opening, the LED circuit lights the V display LED in response to the signal sent from the basic circuit.

The solenoid circuit 108 is connected to a solenoid 10 for opening / closing the opening / closing member 9 of the special winning opening 8 of the variable winning ball device 6 and a solenoid 10 for opening / closing the ball receiving member of the variable winning ball device 6. . The solenoid circuit operates the solenoid and the solenoid at a predetermined timing in response to a command signal from the basic circuit 100 to open / close the open / close plate or the ball receiving member, respectively.

The address decoding circuit 102 decodes the address data sent from the basic circuit 100 and outputs a signal for selecting a chip to be accessed. The chips to be selected are ROM, RAM, and I included in the basic circuit.
It becomes an input circuit such as an / O port.

The lamp circuit 110 receives a signal from the basic circuit 100 to instruct the lamp to blink, and turns on / off the rail decoration lamp, the side lamp, the shoulder lamp, and the winning opening.
Is a circuit that controls

The sub CPU command output circuit 111 is a circuit for outputting a data signal to the sub basic circuit of the sub CPU circuit. The sub CPU command output circuit receives the sub CPU command signal from the main basic circuit and sends the data signals DATA0 to DATA7 to the sub CPU circuit.

The regular reset circuit 104 is a circuit that receives a clock pulse from the basic circuit, applies a reset signal of a constant cycle to the basic circuit to refresh it, and repeatedly executes a predetermined game control program from the beginning. Further, the regular reset circuit receives a clock pulse from the basic circuit and sends a clock signal to the sub CPU circuit.

The initial reset circuit 103 is a circuit for resetting the basic circuit when the power is turned on. The basic circuit accepts the reset signal sent from the initial reset circuit and initializes the gaming machine. The reset signals generated by the regular reset circuit and the initial reset circuit are sent to the basic circuit and also to the sub basic circuit in the sub CPU circuit.

The prize ball signal output circuit (not shown) receives the prize ball signal from the basic circuit, receives the prize ball number signal common, and the prize ball number signal 0 corresponding to the game value set in each winning hole. Outputs ~ 3.

The information output circuit 109, on the basis of the jackpot information and the effective starting information given from the basic circuit, jackpot information indicating that the jackpot has been generated according to the information common, the final output result of the variable display of the variable display device, and the starting memory. Of the starting memory numbers stored in the display and starting memory indicator, effective starting information indicating the number consumed for variable display starting of the variable display device, and a jackpot indicating that a jackpot to shift to a high probability setting has occurred ( This is a circuit for outputting (high probability) information to a hall management computer or the like which is a host computer.

The power supply circuit 115 is a circuit which is connected to an AC 24V AC power supply and supplies a plurality of types of DC voltages of + 21V, + 12V, + 5V to the main control circuit. In addition, the CRT unit has a + 30V line and G from the power supply circuit.
Connect the ND line.

FIG. 5 shows a basic circuit 100 and an LED circuit 11.
2 is a configuration diagram of 2 and a voice synthesis circuit 113. FIG. The LED circuit 112 receives ON / OFF control signals of various LEDs from the basic circuit, and controls the lighting of the LEDs of the variable display device, the decorative pattern display portion, and the start memory display device. Speech synthesis circuit 1
13 generates an audio signal in response to the circuit control signal output from the basic circuit and sends it to the volume amplification circuit 114. The volume amplification circuit amplifies the given audio signal to a predetermined level and sends it to the speaker to obtain a sound effect.

In the present invention, a three-dimensional figure is handled in order to enhance the temporary feeling in image display. In a conventional game machine, both a two-dimensional figure and a three-dimensional figure are displayed by an animation method. In this method, the figure is represented by dot data. For example, in order to represent a cube in a frame of 256 × 256 dots as shown in FIG. 6, (x, y) coordinates and color data are required for each dot, so at least <256 × 256 ×
The number of colors> data is required. Moreover, since about 30 frames are required for one second, a huge amount of memory is required for continuously operating moving images.

In the present invention, in order to solve such a drawback, a method of expressing a three-dimensional figure by a polygon surface is adopted. A polyhedron can be expressed as a collection of polygonal surfaces (hereinafter simply referred to as “polygons”). Furthermore, a polygon can be expressed as an ordered collection of vertices. For example, the cube in FIG. 6 is composed of 6 polygons, and each polygon is 8
It can be represented by one vertex.

In this method, the cubic definition need not be directly described in screen coordinates (screen coordinate system) but expressed in real space coordinates (world coordinates) or modeled virtual space coordinates (modeling coordinate system). You can
To move the cube defined in the world coordinate system to the screen coordinate system, a viewing transformation is performed. FIG. 7 conceptually shows the above. As can be seen from the figure, since the cube can be expressed as three-dimensional coordinates of eight vertices, the number of data is 3 × 8.

However, with this, a pattern as identification information cannot be expressed in a cube. Therefore, the design is prepared separately and the method of sticking to the cube is used. A pattern that has color and roughness information that characterizes this cube is called a texture, and the operation of sticking this to a cube is called texture mapping. FIG. 8 conceptually shows the above operation. The texture is the same bit data as the animation because it has identification information that represents the characteristics of a real object. However, only one piece of this data is required for each piece of identification information, and data for each frame is unnecessary, as in animation.

Coordinate conversion is performed to obtain the movement of the object. The following equation is used to perform coordinate conversion of a three-dimensional point (x, y, z) into a point (X, Y, Z). In other words, expressed as X = ax + dy + gz + t x Y = bx + ey + hz + t y Z = cx + fy + iz + t z. This is a three-dimensional affine transformation, and is usually expressed by a matrix as shown in Equation 1.

[0062]

(Equation 1)

By changing the coefficient of this matrix, the object can be rotated, reduced, enlarged, inverted, moved in parallel or the like. For example, if the matrix of Equation 2 is used, it can be rotated about the y-axis by θ degrees as shown in FIG. By applying the same affine transformation to the vertices of all polygons, the entire object can be rotated.

[0064]

(Equation 2)

In the animation method, the correlations of the images of the projected objects are ordered, but in the method of the present invention, the movement of the object can be made in any direction by changing the affine transformation formula, so that there is a variety of motions. It will be possible. Although the object that can be expressed is a polyhedron expression, a smooth object can also be expressed by finely stacking polygons and textures.

[0066]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described. FIG. 10 shows an arrangement of symbols and a jackpot line. The patterns are arranged in 3 × 3, each piece is a dice (cube), and each dice rotates to change the pattern that appears on the front.
In this example, a big hit occurs when "7" is aligned on the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines a to h. In this example, the jackpot is set even when the alphabet is all letters.

Table 1 shows the types of symbols displayed on the surface of each die and the display order. For example, when the upper left dice are rotated in the forward direction, 7, A, star mark, B, star mark, C, star mark, D, E are repeatedly displayed. Of course, when the dice are rotated in the reverse direction, they are displayed in the reverse order. In this example, 7 for 4 faces that rotate and appear one after another
The types of designs are displayed.

[0068]

[Table 1]

In this example, the actual number of rotating dice is 4
The types of faces should appear one after another, but seven types of symbols are displayed. This is because the pattern is expressed by the mapping method for the surface that appears next to the dice with the rotation. That is, when the dice are rotating as shown in FIG. 11, the symbols appearing next are mapped in the order shown in FIG.

[0070]

[Table 2]

Table 2 is a list of random numbers for determining symbols and jackpots. In this embodiment, the jackpot is determined in two stages. The first stage is a random number in the range of 0 to 79 (variable is C_RND1). When C_RND1 = 1, the second stage check is performed, and otherwise, there is a loss. The second stage is a random number in the range of 0 to 2 (variable is C_RND2), and C_RN
When D2 = 1, it becomes a big hit, and otherwise it loses. That is, the probability of a big hit is 1 in 240
It is. The pattern at the time of big hit is determined by random number C_RND_LINE,
The pattern at the time of losing is determined by random numbers C_RND_ZU1-9. The above determination flowchart is shown in FIG.

The random number is generated using a timer. For example, C_RND1 counts up by 1 every time the timer advances 0.002 seconds, and returns to 0 after 79. Also
C_RND2 is incremented by 1 each time C_RND1 completes one revolution (0 to 79), and then returns to 0 after 2.

The jackpot is determined by the values of C_RND1 and C_RND2 when the hit ball wins the starting winning opening and the starting ball detector detects the winning ball. Since C_RND1 counts up at 0.002 seconds, it is impossible for the player to control the jackpot. Therefore, C_RND1 and C_RND2 can be treated as uniform random numbers.

As shown in the above table, the symbols to be displayed and the display order of the symbols are different depending on the position of the dice. Here, some display operations will be described. FIG. 14 shows the rotation and stopping order of the normal dice at the time of losing.
Initially all dice roll from top to bottom (hereinafter referred to as "vertical rotation"). The arrow indicates the direction of rotation.

As for the dice, the rotation of the upper left dice and the lower right dice becomes slow as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in (b), the upper left and lower right dice stop, and at the same time, the rotation of the right middle and left middle dice and the upper middle dice and lower dice become slow. Next, as shown in (c), the right middle and left middle dice, and the upper middle and lower middle dice stop, and at the same time, the rotation of the upper right dice and the lower left dice slows down. After that, as shown in (d), the rotation of the upper right and lower left dice stops, the rotation of the central dice slows down, and finally the central dice stops.

FIG. 15 is a timing chart for determining and stopping symbols corresponding to the display of FIG. 15A,
B and C are fluctuation display times (cycles) of the corresponding dice. Table 3 below shows the fluctuation speed of each dice.

[0077]

[Table 3]

First, C_RND1, 2 when the starting ball detector detects a winning ball is extracted and stored. At the same time, C_RND_ZU1-9 that determine the symbols are also extracted. C_RND1 stored 0.002 seconds after the start opening prize,
2 is read, it is checked whether or not it is a jackpot, and when it is a jackpot, the jackpot pattern is determined. C_RND_LINE
Is extracted. Below, the dice symbols at each position are changed and stopped. For example, for the upper left and lower right corners, high speed rotation (A) with a cycle of 0.315 seconds is performed, and then 0.07 seconds are followed and low speed rotation (B) is performed with a 0.7 second cycle. In addition, in 0.07 seconds to move from A to B, the data before the two symbols of the stopped symbol is set on the back surface by mapping.

Next, some reach expressions when the reach occurs will be given. FIG. 16 shows a reach in which two “7” s are arranged in the upper row. By the time the two "7" s are aligned in the upper row, the three diagonal dice on the right continue to operate. Eventually, the upper right and lower left will rotate slowly, the lower left will stop first, and then the upper right will stop. If "7" appears on the upper right, it is a big hit, otherwise it is lost.

FIG. 17 is a timing chart of this symbol determination and stop. As you can see from this timing chart, the symbols that are not targeted for reach, that is, the lower left,
It rotates (changes) for 1 to 5 seconds and then stops. The target pattern of reach, that is, the upper right, rotates for 4.7 to 14.7 seconds and stops.
The mapping set of the symbol data to be rotated and displayed for 0.054 seconds while moving from C to D and from C to E is performed for both upper right and lower left. The operation description of D and E is shown in Table 4 below.

[0081]

[Table 4]

FIG. 18 shows an example in which two "7" are diagonally aligned to the left to form a reach, and the target symbol for reach is horizontally rotated. Such a reach is called a special reach, and it is said that the jackpot occurrence probability is higher than that of the normal reach as shown in FIG. In FIG. 18, the middle-center (center) symbol is the target symbol for reach. From (a) high-speed vertical rotation to (b) slow horizontal rotation,
In (c), "7" comes out and it is a big hit. FIG. 19 shows FIG.
3 is a timing chart corresponding to.

FIG. 21 and FIG. 22 show an example of all symbol synchronous reach, which is also a kind of special reach. All symbol synchronous reach has vertical rotation synchronous reach in which all symbols rotate slowly vertically, and horizontal rotation synchronous reach in which all symbols slowly rotate horizontally. Both from (a) high-speed rotation of all symbols, (b)
Reach when it comes to the slow rotation of all the patterns. As in (c), all symbols stop at the same time. In the vertical rotation synchronous reach of FIG. 21, three star marks are aligned in the lower row, but the star marks are not hit targets. In the lateral rotation synchronous reach of FIG. 22, "7" is not prepared, but it is a big hit because it is an all alphabet. A timing chart corresponding to FIGS. 21 and 22 is shown in FIG.

FIG. 23 shows an example of partially synchronized reach, which is also a kind of special reach. In the figure, when the other symbols slowly rotate after the upper left and the lower right are stopped, it is a partial reach (b). Next, the upper middle, the left middle, the lower middle, and the right middle stop at the same time (c), and finally the three diagonally right symbols also stop at the same time (d). The stop timing chart is shown in FIG.

Even at the time of a big hit, the hit ball is won at the starting winning opening. However, only four prize balls that change the design are stored. After the big hit, the symbol changes due to the memorized prize balls. The timing is shown in FIG.
After the open state of the special winning opening has continued for a prescribed number of times (usually 16 times), when the jackpot ends, the special winning opening is closed.
16.8 seconds after the special winning opening is closed, C_RND to determine the design
Extraction of _ZU1 to 9 and reading of already stored jackpot determination C_RND1 and 2 and reading of 0.004
It fluctuates from the upper left pattern within ~ 0.022 seconds. However, in terms of timing, other symbols also start changing almost at the same time.

On the other hand, FIG. 26 shows the variation timing in the normal state. As shown in the figure, after the middle and middle symbols stop, 0.7 seconds later, it is checked whether or not it is a big hit. In case of loss, 0.502 seconds after the check, C_RND_
ZU1-9 are extracted, and C_RND is added 0.002 seconds later.
1, 2 are read. After 0.004 to 0.022 seconds, it works from the upper left pattern. However, in terms of timing, other symbols also start changing almost at the same time.

[0087]

[Table 5]

Table 5 above is a jackpot list. The jackpot symbols and arrangements are symbol decision variables C_RND_LIN
Determined by the value of E. FIG. 27 shows the operation timing of the variable winning ball device at the time of a big hit. 0 after the middle and middle symbols stop.
Judgment is made after 7 seconds, and in the case of a big hit, 11.
After 8 seconds, the variable winning ball device is activated and the special winning opening is opened. The open state lasts for 29.5 seconds and then closes (however, if a prize ball is detected from the 10 winning ball openings,
It will be closed at that time). Then, on the condition that there is a winning ball in the specific ball detector 12 in the meantime, it is opened again after 2.0 seconds. Then, this is repeated 16 times.

Although the explanation has been centered on the pachinko machine,
It goes without saying that the present invention can be directly applied to a gaming machine having an image variable display device such as a slot machine or a game gaming machine.

[0090]

In the conventional method, the variation of the pattern is performed by the animation method. For this reason, it was necessary to prepare image data for each frame.
Image data is as laborious as drawing a picture, and requires a large-capacity memory to store it. On the other hand, in the present invention, it is only necessary to prepare the vertex coordinates of the polygon and the pattern to be attached to the polygon, so that the memory can be saved. Further, in the animation method, the symbols before and after had to be expressed with a correlation, but in the method of the present invention, the symbols can be freely expressed by changing the affine transformation formula, so that the mutual relationship is not given at the time of symbol creation. However, it is possible to change the expression at the time of execution and to make a variety of expressions with a sense of reality. Further, it is a feature of the present invention that the two-dimensional figure and the three-dimensional figure can be handled in exactly the same manner.

In particular, in the present invention, when mapping patterns (textures) in order, information can be extracted and pasted by index operation, so that handling of texture information is simplified and mapping can be performed with less texture information. It is possible to handle identification information of the number of polyhedrons or more, and it is possible to perform complicated variable display even in a small image display device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view constituting a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of rotating a three-dimensional figure in a conventional game machine.

FIG. 3 is an example of rotating a three-dimensional figure in a conventional gaming machine.

FIG. 4 is a circuit block diagram centering on a basic circuit of the gaming machine in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a circuit block diagram centering on a basic circuit of the gaming machine in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an example of expression of a symbol by a conventional animation method.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of coordinate conversion according to the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a conceptual diagram of mapping in the present invention.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing movement of an affine transformation matrix and coordinate points in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an example of a three-dimensional pattern in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of texture mapping according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 12 is a sequence of texture mapping according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a jackpot determination flowchart in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an example of variation of symbols and stop order in a normal time in the embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 15 is a symbol variation timing chart corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 16 is an example of reach variation and stop sequence in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 is a symbol variation timing chart corresponding to FIG.

FIG. 18 is a symbol variation and stop sequence example at the time of special reach in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a symbol variation timing chart corresponding to FIG. 18.

20 is a symbol variation timing chart corresponding to the variation display of FIGS. 21 and 22. FIG.

FIG. 21 is a symbol variation and stop order example at the time of special reach in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 22 is a symbol variation and stop order example at the time of special reach in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 23 is an example of symbol variation and stop order during special reach in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a symbol variation timing chart corresponding to FIG. 23.

FIG. 25 is a symbol variation timing chart after a big hit in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a symbol variation timing chart at a normal time in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a timing chart of the operation of the variable winning ball device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 game board 2 guide rail 3 game area 4 starting winning opening 5 starting ball detector 6 variable winning ball device 7 mounting board 8 large winning opening 9 opening / closing member 10 solenoid 11 specific area 12 specific ball detector 13 winning ball detector 14 number Display LED 15 V Display LED 16 Attacker Lamp 17 Decorative LED 18a, b Winners 19a, b Windmill Lamp 20a, b Shoulder Pass 21a, b Shoulder LED 22a, b Sleeve Winner 23a, b Sleeve Lamp 24a, b Side Lamp 25a , B Decoration LED 26 Rail decoration lamp 27 Game effect lamp 28 Out port 29 Backflow prevention device 30 Speaker 40 Image variable display device 43 Starting memory display LED 46 Warp inlet 47 Emission port 48a, b Warp outlet 53 Image display part 55 Display window 56 Decorative LED 60 Special pattern 100 Basic circuit (base ) 102 address decode circuit 103 initial reset circuit 104 periodic reset circuit 105 switch circuit 106 LCD circuit 107 LED circuit 108 solenoid circuit 109 information output circuit 110 lamp circuit 111 sub CPU command output circuit 112 LED circuit 113 voice synthesis circuit 114 volume amplification circuit 115 Power supply circuit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A three-dimensional space in a gaming machine having an image variable display device for displaying identification information and capable of imparting a predetermined game value when the display result of the image variable display device is a predetermined display result. A plurality of effective identifications that are effective as a display result among identification information having a number of types larger than the number of surfaces of the polyhedron on a surface effective as a display result of the mobile object With respect to the image display of the moving body in which information is mapped and displayed, identification information is mapped to a surface that becomes an effective display by moving the moving body by three-dimensional coordinate conversion, and the moving body is tertiary A game machine provided with means for moving by original coordinate conversion. 2. On each surface of the moving body, one piece of identification information that is effective as a display result and texture information that expresses the identification information that is effective before or after the identification information are mapped before or after being displayed. The gaming machine according to claim 1, characterized in that. 3. The display on the image variable display device comprises:
The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a plurality of moving bodies are arranged in a matrix and an effective line is set at least in two directions at right angles.