JPH11319240A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To give an interest to a player by vertically partitioning a display screen into a plurality of columns of display areas, and constituting each display area in such a manner as to be changeable between a first display mode and a second display mode. SOLUTION: A display device 19 is provided within a casing 39, and the display device 19 is provided with a display screen capable of displaying a plurality of patterns by an image by character, figure, or pattern within one display area. The display screen is divided into a plurality of columns of display areas, and every display area is set to a first display mode to vertically scroll the image. The display screen is partitioned into two upper and lower stages of display areas, and set to a second display mode, so that the image is fluctuated in a fixed position in the upper stage display area, the image is horizontally scrolled in the lower stage display area, and the first display mode and the second display mode can be switched.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device for a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko machine, when a specific winning opening is won, the symbols (numbers, characters, patterns, etc.) of the display device fluctuate, and if a specific combination is obtained when the pachinko machine is stopped, a big hit occurs. There is a so-called digital type. The display device of such a type of pachinko machine has a configuration in which three 7-segment LEDs are arranged in parallel and a three-digit digital display is used. Recently, however, many display devices incorporate a dot matrix type display using LEDs. For example, there has been a configuration in which three LED display panels each having a 5 × 7 dot number are arranged in parallel to display a pattern such as a numeral of each digit.

[0003]

Therefore, even a recent display device is limited to displaying a symbol such as a single number on each display panel, and only a maximum of three symbols can be displayed as a whole display device. In this case, it is impossible to perform a combination display with various characters, or a combination with a special pattern or the like. In particular, it is desirable to have a prominent display at the time of a jackpot, but in the case of the conventional configuration, the display area is narrow, which greatly restricts the expressiveness of the pattern, the variation of the display mode is reduced, and there is another lack of fun. Had become. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a display device that can give a player more interest.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a display device for variably displaying a predetermined symbol on a dot matrix type display in accordance with a prize winning in a specific winning opening. Is characterized in that at least in the vertical direction, a continuous display area capable of displaying a plurality of symbols is set.

[0005]

According to the present invention, at least in the vertical direction, the display area is enlarged as compared with the conventional one, so that the regular font to be used can be displayed in a plurality of rows, and the display variation of the symbol can be enlarged as compared with the conventional one. sell.

[0006]

The effects of the present invention are as follows. Since the display has a continuous display area at least in the vertical direction that can display multiple stages of symbols, it can be displayed in characters, complicated symbols, or a combination of these. Such a display can further enhance the interest.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. First, a pachinko machine to which the display device is applied will be described. In FIG. 3 showing the front of the pachinko machine, a metal frame 3, glass 4, a glass door frame 5, a front plate 6, and the like are attached to a front frame 2 of the pachinko machine 1. On the front side of the front plate 6, an upper plate 7 for storing a prize ball and supplying a hit ball to a firing position is attached. Below the front plate 6, an operation handle 8 and a lower plate 9 for storing the overflow of the balls stored in the upper plate 7 are mounted. The game board 10 is detachably attached to the front frame 2 from the back side thereof, and the details of the attachment will be described later.

[0008] Various winning ports are arranged on the gaming board 10, of which 11 to 15 are ordinary winning ports.
Reference numeral 18 denotes a starting port, and when a prize is entered, a display device 19
Starts variable display of symbols. Then, if a predetermined combination is obtained when stopping after a predetermined time, the opening time of the special winning opening 20 is controlled in accordance with the combination. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2A, when the display device 19 displays all “7” in the center portion, it becomes a jackpot and the large winning prize port 20 is set to 30.
It is opened until the elapse of seconds or until ten winning balls are generated.

Further, a V winning opening 21 is provided at the center of the special winning opening 20. When a winning is made to the V winning opening 21, the special winning opening 20 is again set for 30 seconds or 10 winning balls. It is opened until it occurs, and such an operation can be repeated up to ten times as long as a winning ball wins in the V winning opening 21. At the time of such a jackpot, the number of winnings in the special winning opening 20 and the number of times of opening of the special winning opening 20 due to the winning in the V winning opening 21 are digitally displayed on the left and right of the upper part of the display device 19 as shown in FIG. Is displayed. This will be further described later.

The game board 10 has a plurality of lamps 22 to 22.
27, which are blinking (winning lamps 22, 24, 2) in accordance with the winning of the starting openings 16 to 18.
7) or the one that blinks at the time of a big hit (panic lamps 23 and 25), and the one that blinks with the winning in the V winning opening 21 (the V lamp 26). Controlled. Reference numeral 28 denotes an out port.

On the back side of the game board 10, a winning ball set protecting plate 29 is detachably mounted. The winning ball set protection plate 29 serves to store and protect electric wiring from various winning devices and decoration devices on the game board 10. However, the prize ball set protection plate 29 is used for the game board 1 from various prize devices.
It is formed in a size that can cover each passage of the winning prize ball discharged to the back side of 0.

Here, the method of mounting the game board 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. A game board mounting frame 30 is fixed to the back surface of the front frame 2, and the game board 10 is detachably mounted here. That is, the pins 31a to 31d protrude at appropriate positions of the game board mounting frame 30, and these pins 31a to 31d are inserted into corresponding positions on the game board 10 side.
After being inserted into 32d, fixtures 34a-3 attached to a mechanism plate 33 supported on the back side of the game board 10 so as to be openable and closable.
The game board 10 and the mechanism plate 33 are simultaneously fastened and fixed to the front frame 2 by engaging with 4d (34d is not shown) and tightening them.

A winning ball collecting recess 35 is formed on the surface of the mechanism plate 33 facing the game board 10.
The winning ball set protection plate 29 on the side is located here. That is, the recess 35 is formed smaller than the game board 10 but larger than the winning ball set protection plate 29. The depth is set to be slightly deeper than the depth width of the winning ball collecting protection plate 29.
Further, a window 36 is opened at the center of the winning sphere collecting recess 35, and the window 36 is formed slightly smaller than the winning sphere collecting protection plate 29.

The lower edge of the winning ball collecting recess 35 has a downward slope to form a winning ball collecting gutter 37, and various winning devices falling from the opening at the lower edge of the winning ball collecting protection plate 29. It plays a role of guiding the winning ball from the player to the winning ball processor 38. Although not shown, a known device for paying out a predetermined number of prize balls in accordance with a prize is mounted on the back surface of the mechanism plate 33.

Next, the display device 19 will be described (see FIGS. 3, 5 to 9). The display device 19 is a casing 3
9, a mounting board 42, and a cover member 43 which sandwiches the mounting board 42 between the casing 39, and constitutes a display device unit as a whole.

On the front surface of the casing 39, a mounting board 44 for the game board 10 is formed to protrude like a flange. Arms 45 extend from both shoulders in both left and right directions, and windmills 46a to 46d are attached to their ends and lower corners of the mounting board 44, respectively. At the center of the mounting board 44, a display window 47 is opened in a square shape. The lower center of the display window 47 is further formed as a recess communicating with the display window 47, and a recess 52a for assembling the lamp holder 56 in the storage number indicator 52 described later is formed. And the display window 4
A colorless and transparent screen plate 48 made of a synthetic resin is incorporated in the back side of the screen 7. The screen plate 48 has a frame 59 of a predetermined height on the front side. By pressing against the stopper edge 47a formed at the opening edge of the frame 59, the screen plate 48 is incorporated into the display window 47 in a state of being retracted to the back by the height of the frame 59. LED display panels 40a to 40d, which will be described later, are arranged behind the screen plate 48.
A color plate 57 having the same size as the screen plate 48 is interposed between the screen plates 48 and 40a to 40d. In the present embodiment, three color plates 57 are interposed due to the clearance adjustment. Also, one of them is colorless and the other two are red, and the LED display panel 40
The adjustment of the color given to the symbols displayed on a to 40d is achieved.

On the other hand, a storage number display section 52 is disposed in the incorporation recess 52a.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a lamp holder 56 formed of a non-translucent resin material, and four LEs attached to the mounting board 42.
It comprises D lamps 41a to 41d. These lamps 41a to 41d are respectively housed in four holes 56a to 56d penetrated in parallel with the standing wall portion of the lamp holder 56. Then, in order to display the number of times the symbol variable processing is suspended (up to a maximum of four times) in accordance with the winning in the starting openings 16 to 18, the lamps 41a to 41 corresponding to the number of times are displayed.
41d is turned on.

A light-shielding wall 49 is provided upright in the upper half of the opening edge of the display window 47, and a lamp housing 50 is formed in the upper center. The upper surface of the lamp housing 50 has a concave shape that guides the pachinko ball that has fallen to the winning opening 11 that opens at the top of the mounting board 44. A guiding piece 51 formed in an upward U-shape projects from the back side of the winning opening 11.

On the other hand, the display window 4
Over the entire range surrounding 7 and the stored number display 52,
The rear peripheral wall 53 is erected in a frame shape. This rear peripheral wall 5
Reference numeral 3 denotes a lamp housing 50 which is disposed below the guide piece 51 with a predetermined gap therebetween.
A lamp holding plate 55 to which a pair of left and right lamps 54 (only one side is shown in FIG. 9) to be incorporated therein is mounted.

The depth of the rear peripheral wall 53 from the rear surface of the color plate 57 to the opening edge of the rear peripheral wall 53 is substantially equal to the mounting height of the LED display panels 40a to 40f of the mounting board 42 described below. Alternatively, it is set slightly deeper than that (see FIG. 9).

The mounting substrate 42 is aligned with the rear peripheral wall 53 and is fastened to the rear peripheral wall 53 with screws. As shown in FIG. 7, on the surface of the mounting substrate 42, near the lower edge thereof, the four LED lamps 41a to 41
d are mounted in parallel, and a total of 6 LEDs
Three display panels 40a to 40f in the horizontal direction,
They are vertically arranged in two stages, and they are assembled together so as to be in close contact with each other. Thus, LED
In contrast to the usual arrangement of three display panels arranged side by side, the present embodiment employs an arrangement of an upper and lower two-stage arrangement in which one more stage is further added, whereby the display area is enlarged and becomes a continuous display area. ing. These are accommodated in the rear peripheral wall 53 as the mounting board 42 is attached to the casing 39 side.

Note that each of the LED display panels 40a to 40f in this embodiment has 8 × 8 LEs.
A D chip is used which is bonded on a substrate wired in a matrix.

On the other hand, on the back side of the mounting
A connector 60 for each of the display panels 40a to 40f or each of the LED lamps 41a to 41d for the storage number display section is attached, and is electrically connected to a control device constituted by a microcomputer as shown in FIG.

The cover member 43 plays a role of protecting the mounting board 42, and a relief hole 61 is opened at a portion corresponding to the connector 60. In addition, the guide piece 51
Has a side wall 62 substantially all around except for a portion corresponding to the above, and is fastened to the casing 39 side by screws with the mounting board 42 sandwiched therebetween. An upper center of the cover member 43 has an abutment plate 58 having substantially the same width as the guide piece 51, and an upflow plate 58 is provided on an inner surface thereof. The discharge path is continuous with the guide piece 51 and receives pachinko balls therefrom and discharges it to the outside. 63 is formed obliquely downward.

In the state where the display unit configured as described above is mounted on the game board 10, the connector 60
Are partially exposed through through holes (not shown) formed in the winning ball collecting protection plate 29 so that they can be connected to the outside. To prevent the connection pins 60a from being broken, these pins are used. The tip of 60a is substantially flush with the winning ball set protecting plate 29 and is not exposed to the outside (this point is not shown).

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine of this embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 10. The control device includes a CPU 64 for performing digital arithmetic processing, a ROM 65 for storing programs and fixed data, a result of the arithmetic processing, and the like. Is constituted by a microcomputer having a RAM 66 or the like for storing the information as a main part. Then, according to the program stored in the ROM 65, the winning detection switch 68 via the waveform shaping circuit 67, the special winning opening winning detection switch 6
9. A signal from the V winning detection switch 70 or a signal from the start switch 72 via the reset signal generation circuit 71 is taken into the CPU 64 as input information, and
A predetermined symbol display on the D display panels 40a to 40f, lighting of various lamps 22 to 27, lighting of the stored number display LED lamps 41a to 41d, and the like are performed.

That is, a display device drive circuit 73, a display device selection circuit 74, and a driver 75 are connected to each output port of the microcomputer. The display device drive circuit 73 and the display device selection circuit 74 are connected to the LED display panels 40a to 40f and the LED lamps 41a to 41d in the storage number display unit 52.
In the display device 19 including the LED display panels 40a to 40f and the LED lamps 41a to 41d, predetermined display is performed based on display data output from the microcomputer. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, a pattern (a number or a predetermined pattern) is always displayed in three digits on the display of the display device 19 to simulate the rotation of a drum of a throttle machine, and furthermore, each digit is displayed. An upper half or lower half design is displayed on the upper and lower sides, respectively. In addition, these symbols are scrolled at a predetermined speed for each digit in the vertical direction at an unreadable speed in accordance with the winning of the starting openings 16 to 18. In the symbols displayed in the present embodiment, only the left digit in FIG. 1 displays the numbers 0 to 9, and the central and right digits in FIG. Five kinds of patterns with a glass are set (displayed in five stages according to the amount of wine put in). Then, when the predetermined time has elapsed, each stops sequentially. In this case, if the display of the central portion is the hit mode, the big hit display as shown in FIG. 2A is performed. In this case, blinking display of "7" is performed on the entire central portion for a predetermined time, and then the display is switched to the upper and lower display as shown in FIG. 2B. That is, in the example of the figure, the number at the upper left indicates the number of times of continuous opening to the special winning opening 20 due to the winning in the V winning opening 21 (in the example of FIG. 2B, the present is in the third round). The number at the center blinks "7" which is a big hit display, and the number at the right shows the number of winnings to the big winning opening 20 (currently, the fourth winning is displayed) doing. The lower row is set so that the characters "big hit !, GO! GO!" Are displayed while scrolling from right to left.

The driver 75 controls the opening and closing of the special winning opening 20 and the lighting operation of the various lamps 22 to 27 in accordance with a signal from the microcomputer. The fonts used in the present embodiment are set in such a manner that they can be displayed on the display in two upper and lower rows in a regular state.

In the pachinko machine of the present embodiment configured as described above, the LED display panels 40a to 40d
Are arranged three in the horizontal direction and two in the vertical direction. That is, in the vertical direction, the number of LEDs is twice as large as that in the normal case, so that the symbol display area is twice as large as the conventional one. Therefore, conventionally, the number is L
In contrast to the ED display panel, which can only be changed on the spot, the present embodiment allows the design to be scrolled in the vertical direction, thereby displaying the rotation of the throttle in the throttle machine (FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the entire pattern can be displayed in the central portion, and the upper and lower portions thereof can display the upper half and the lower half, respectively. 2 (a) and 2 (b)
In the case of a big hit as shown in FIG. 1, the display method of the big hit state is diversified by various displays, such as displaying numbers and characters displayed on the display device 19 in two upper and lower stages. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a commercially available 8 × 8 dot LED display panel is used, and the display area is enlarged by combining six of these. Therefore, it is necessary to specially prepare one large display panel. There is no advantage.

In addition to the above effects, in the display device unit of the present embodiment, the mounting board 42 and the cover member 43 are within the range of the projected area of the mounting board 44 of the casing 39. Since it can be mounted from the front, the effect of excellent assembling workability can be obtained. Furthermore, since the mounting board 42 in the display device 19 is covered by the cover member 43 and only a part of the connector 60 protrudes slightly, the display device unit itself is damaged during storage, transportation or assembly work. There is also an effect of preventing the occurrence beforehand. Further, the display device unit is assembled with the connector 60 and the like connected to the back surface of the cover member 43 having a predetermined gap between the winning ball collecting protection plate 29 and the winning ball collecting protecting plate 29. There is also an advantage that there is no need to form a concave portion in order to avoid interference.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a display device according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2A is a front view showing a display state at the time of a big hit, and FIG. 2B is a front view showing a state where 10 counts and the number of continuations are displayed at the time of a big hit.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the pachinko machine with the game board removed from the rear side.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the display unit as viewed from the back side.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing a casing of the display unit.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a mounting board of the display unit.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a cover member of the display unit.

FIG. 9 is a longitudinal sectional view showing a state where the display device is attached to a game board.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Pachinko machine 19: Display device 40a to 40d: LED display panel 47: Display window

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] June 9, 1999

[Procedure amendment 1]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Name of invention

[Correction method] Change

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[Title of the Invention] game machine

[Procedure amendment 2]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] Claims

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[Claims]

[Procedure amendment 3]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0001

[Correction method] Change

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[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine .

[Procedure amendment 4]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0004

[Correction method] Change

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[0004]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a plurality of images including characters, numerals, figures and the like.
Has a display screen that can display symbols in one display area.
Game machine provided with a display device, wherein the display screen is
It is divided into multiple columns of display areas in the vertical direction.
First display mode for scrolling the image vertically
And the display screen is divided horizontally into two upper and lower display areas.
The image fluctuates at a fixed position in the upper display area.
The image is displayed horizontally in the lower display area.
Switchable to the second display mode for crawl display
It is characterized by comprising.

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[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0005

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0005]

According to the present invention, a plurality of symbols can be displayed.
It can be displayed in multiple areas on the display screen,
By setting the first and second different display modes,
Layer enhanced.

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[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0006

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A display device for variably displaying a predetermined symbol on a dot matrix type display in accordance with a prize in a specific winning opening, wherein the display is capable of displaying a plurality of symbols at least in a vertical direction. A display device for a pachinko machine, wherein a display area is set.