JP2966400B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to relates to a pachinko machine provided with an information display device that performs variable display of symbols in the display screen.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 63-197473 discloses a variable display device for performing a variable display of a symbol and a first state which is disadvantageous to the player in relation to a display result due to the stop of the symbol change. A variable prize device which can be converted to the second state which is advantageous to the above, a digital display for displaying the number of prize balls to a prize port of the variable prize device, and A pachinko machine having a digital display for displaying is described.

[0003] This is a short-circuit or disconnection of the winning ball detector for detecting a pachinko ball that has entered the winning opening of the variable winning device, improper removal of the winning ball detector, the center of the winning opening of the variable winning device. On the other hand, when the special prize ball detector that detects the winning pachinko ball detects the pachinko ball, it is used for detecting the winning in the winning opening of the variable winning device such as when there is no detection output of the winning ball detector after a predetermined time. When a related abnormality is detected, the occurrence of the abnormality and the content of the abnormality are displayed by the above two digital displays.

However, in this apparatus, a digital display for displaying the number of winning balls is arranged on the upper part of the accessory unit on which the variable display device is mounted, and a digital display for displaying the number of times of opening is provided with a variable display device. It is arranged at the lower part of the object unit and is arranged at another place separated from each other. As described above, in many cases, the player does not notice even if the abnormality is displayed by the display device arranged at another place apart from the user.

[0005] Further, since the contents of abnormalities are distinguished and displayed by symbols, for example, "F", "U", "L", etc., using a 7-segment display, abnormalities represented by the displayed symbols are indicated. For a player who does not know the content, it cannot be any information.

Further, since the display contents of the display indicating the number of times of opening (the number of rounds) are switched and used as an error display, when an error occurs during a big hit, the display contents are forcibly switched. Therefore, the player may lose track of the game status (the current number of rounds).

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a variable prize device in which, when the number of prizes is out of a predetermined range, the player can easily understand that fact. Can be recognized, and even if this is indicated,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine capable of maintaining a current game status display without switching.

[0008]

The pachinko machine of the present invention comprises:
In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a single symbol that displays the variation of symbols
An information display device having a display screen of (1) and, in association with the result of displaying the change of the symbol, can be converted from a first state disadvantageous to the player to a second state advantageous to the player. A variable prize device, wherein the variable prize device is in the second state within a single display screen of the information display device.
When the number of winnings in the variable winning device is out of a predetermined range, this is displayed in characters.

[0009] In addition to the numerical information relating to the game displayed on a single display screen, the variable
It may be configured to display a character indicating that the winning number is out of the predetermined range.

Further, it is possible to display a character indicating that the number of winnings in the variable winning device is out of a predetermined range, and close a winning opening of the variable winning device.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board surface of a pachinko machine equipped with an information display device according to an embodiment. A display unit 2 provided with an information display device is provided at a substantially central portion of the game board 1. The windmills 3 and 4 with decorative lights are disposed above and below the display unit 2, and the gaming boards 1 are provided on both sides of the winning ports 5 and 6 disposed below and below the display unit 2.
Alternatively, windmills 7 to 10 rotatably supported on the display unit 2 are provided.

Tulip-type accessories 11, 12 are arranged on both lower sides of the game board 1, and tulip-type accessories 11, 1 are provided.
A large winning opening 14 provided with an accessory continuous operation device 13 is disposed at a lower center portion between the two.

On both sides of the special winning opening 14, left and right type 1 starting openings 15 and 16 are provided, and near the center lower portion of the display unit 2, a middle type 1 starting opening 17 is provided. 18, 19
Is a ball guide rail, 20 is a return rubber, and 21 is an out ball receptacle. There is no particular description on the decorative lamps and the like provided on the game board 1.

The display unit 2 constitutes a part of the accessory device. The display unit 2 has a natural winning prize port 22 at an upper end portion.
On both sides of the lower part of the game, the right and left winning ports 23 and 24 are provided. The display unit 2 has a storage number display LED 25 for displaying the number of pachinko balls that have won the accessory continuous operation device 13 when the special winning opening 14 is opened, and a continuous number display LED 26 for displaying the opening operation number of the special winning opening 14. And a special winning opening winning number display LED 27 for displaying the number of pachinko balls which have won the special winning opening 14 during one opening operation of the special winning opening 14 is provided. It does not directly relate to the gist of the information display device according to the first aspect.

A rectangular opening 28 is formed substantially at the center of the display unit 2 and is provided inside the display unit 2 and serves as a first variable display 7 constituting a part of an information display device 29. The segment LEDs 30 to 32 are arranged at positions where they can be directly viewed from the front of the game board 1.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a main part of the information display device 29 by an AA cross section of the display unit 2. The information display device 29 is disposed at a position where it can be directly viewed from the front of the game board 1. 7-segment LEDs 30 to 32 (first variable display), a half mirror 33 disposed in front of the 7-segment LEDs 30 to 32, and a position where a mirror image is projected when viewing the half mirror 33 from the direct viewing direction a. And a dot matrix LED 34 of 16 rows and 24 columns serving as a second variable display.

Half mirror 3 pivotally supported about a shaft 35
3 is a mirror-up mechanism for rotating and driving the shaft 35 in FIG.
3 is rotated from the steady position shown in FIG. 3 to the mirror-up position shown in FIG. 3 and retracted from the front of the 7-segment LEDs 30 to 32. However, the configuration itself of the mirror-up mechanism is known by a single-lens reflex camera or the like. No particular description is given.

In the embodiment, the dot matrix LED 3
4 is used as a display body for displaying a telop, and 7
The segment LEDs 30 to 32 are used as display elements for displaying variable symbols. In a normal game state, the 7-segment LEDs 30 to 32 are deactivated, and only the dot matrix LED 34 is driven and controlled to execute telop display. The information displayed on the matrix LED 34 is projected on the half mirror 33 at the steady position shown in FIG.
It is visually recognized by the player as a mirror image 34 '. Half mirror 3
FIG. 5 shows an example of the mirror image 34 'projected on FIG.

When a winning in the first-type starting openings 15 to 17 is detected, the half mirror 33 is retracted to the mirror-up position shown in FIG.
0 to 32 individually start changing the display of the symbols, and the 7-segment LEDs 30 to 3
The information displayed in 2 is clearly visible without passing through the half mirror 33.

Further, even if the dot matrix LED 34 is in operation, the information is not visually recognized by the player. Therefore, at this stage, the operation of the telop display of the dot matrix LED 34 is necessarily stopped by processing on software. No need. 7 segment LED30 ~
FIG. 6 shows an example of the fluctuating symbols displayed at 32.

When a predetermined time has elapsed, the 7-segment LED 3
When the fluctuation symbols displayed at 0 to 32 match and stop, the special winning opening 14 is opened, and the final display symbol is held until the special winning opening 14 is completely closed.
7-segment LED when changing symbols do not match
The operations of 30 to 32 are stopped.

The half mirror 33 is a 7 segment LED 3
When the fluctuation display of 0 to 32 is stopped, it returns to the normal position again, and if the symbols match, the dot matrix L
The telop display of the ED 34 is switched to the jackpot display, and is visually recognized by the player as a mirror image 34 ′ projected on the half mirror 33, and the final display pattern of the 7-segment LEDs 30 to 32 passes through the half mirror 33 to the player. It is visually recognized (see FIG. 7).

As shown in FIG.
The display contents (final display pattern) by 0 to 32 (first variable display) and the display contents (big hit telop display) by the dot matrix LED 34 (second variable display) are displayed in an overlapping manner. In the part where the contents overlap, one of the display contents is a 7-segment LED 30 to
32 is "line display", and the other display content is "dot display" by the dot matrix LED 34, so that the display contents can be easily distinguished and easily recognized.

At this time, the 7-segment LED 30-
Since the distance d1 between the dot mirror LED 32 and the half mirror 33 is longer than the distance d2 between the dot matrix LED 34 and the half mirror 33 (see FIG. 4), the mirror image 34 'of the dot matrix LED 34 is the final display pattern of the seven segment LEDs 30 to 32. It is recognized as if it were displayed in the foreground. On the other hand, if the symbols do not match at the stage when the fluctuation display of the 7-segment LEDs 30 to 32 is stopped, only the telop display is executed in the same manner as described above.

According to the present embodiment, the 7-segment LE
The changing symbols displayed in D30 to D32 and the display of the dot matrix LED 34 can be simultaneously checked without moving the viewpoint.

FIGS. 8 and 9 are schematic views showing the main part of the information display device 29 in the embodiment of the pachinko machine according to the first aspect. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the first display body is constituted by the backing printing 33a of the half mirror 33 and the backlight group 36. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 9, the first display body is a light shielding plate. 37 and a backlight group 36.

Backing printing 3 constituting a part of the first display body
In FIG. 10, 3a and the light-shielding plate 37 are comments or graphics "▲" (black vertices are directed to the right) and "▲" (black triangles are directed to the left) shown in black in FIG. A single LED 36a to a backlight group 36 is provided on the back surface of each light-transmitting slit.
36w are provided.

In this case, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, a translucent slit corresponding to the comment and the figure is formed by masking a part of the back surface of the half mirror 33 to prevent deposition of the backing print 33a. FIG. 9
In the embodiment shown in (1), a similar light-transmitting slit is formed by providing a through hole 37a in the light shielding plate 37.

"MEMORY" shown in FIG. 10 is a comment indicating the number of pachinko balls that have won the winning character continuous operation device 13 when the special winning opening 14 is opened. The number of winnings to the continuous actuating device 13 is determined by the lighting number 0 to 4 of the graphic "▲" (the apex of the black triangle is directed to the right) or "▲" (the apex of the black triangle is directed to the left). indicate.

"ROUND" is a comment indicating the number of opening operations of the special winning opening 14 and is always backlit by the LED 36f and is a backlit display by the LEDs 36g to 36k. The number of open operations is indicated by the number of lightings 0) to 5).

"COUNT" is a comment indicating the number of pachinko balls that have won the special winning opening 14 during the opening operation of the special winning opening 14, and is always backlit by the LED 36l and backlit by the LEDs 36m to 36v. The number of winnings to the special winning opening 14 is displayed by the number of lightings 0 to 10 of the figure "?"

"* The illegal counting device is in operation !!" is a comment indicating that a predetermined number or more of pachinko balls have been won in the special winning opening 14 during the opening operation of the special winning opening 14, and in this case, the large When more than 10 pachinko balls have won the winning opening 14, the LED 36w lights up and this comment is displayed.

Therefore, in these embodiments, the stored number display LED 25 and the continuous number display LE are displayed on the display unit 2.
It is not necessary to arrange the D26 and the special winning opening winning number display LED 27, and all information related to the winning state is displayed on the first display.

In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the second display is a dot matrix LED of 16 rows and 24 columns.
In the embodiment shown in FIG. 8, the first display body is substantially integrally formed with the half mirror 33, and in any of the embodiments, the first display body and the half mirror 33 are connected to each other. Distance d1 is dot matrix LED
It is configured to be shorter than the distance d2 between the half mirror 33 and the half mirror 33, and the half mirror 33 is fixed at a predetermined position.

In these embodiments, all information related to the winning state is displayed on the first display, while the dot matrix LED 34 serving as the second display is used only as a display for a variable symbol display. Can be

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a main part of the control means applied to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 and 9. Each LED 36a constituting the backlight group 36 is shown in FIG.
To 36w are independently turned on by the driver circuit 38 in accordance with a command from the microprocessor 42, and the dot matrix L
The driver 39 of the ED 34 receives, via the LED drive control circuit 41, an area 34a (displayed in red) in the first to eighth columns of the first to eighth rows of the dot matrix LED 34 in response to a command from the microprocessor 42, in the ninth and ninth rows. Row 16
The one symbol is variably displayed in the column area 34b (green display) and the 17th to 24th column area 34c (red display), and the driver 40 operates from the first column to the eighth column in the ninth to sixteenth rows. One symbol is variably displayed in a column area 34d (green display), a ninth to sixteenth column area 34e (red display), and a seventeenth to twenty-fourth column area 34f (green display).

Driver circuit 38, LED drive control circuit 4
Reference numeral 1 is connected to the microprocessor 42 via an output circuit 45 of the microprocessor 42. The microprocessor 42 is connected to a ROM 43 storing a control program, data of variable symbols, and the like, and a RAM 44 for temporarily storing calculation results and winning states. You.

The input circuit 46 of the microprocessor 42 includes a special winning opening winning switch 47 for counting the number of pachinko balls that have won the special winning opening 14, and the number of pachinko balls that have won the winning combination continuous operating device 13. , A winning detection switch 49 to 51 of the first type starting ports 15 to 17, a winning detection switch 52 provided in the normal winning opening, and the like.

When the winning detection switches 49 to 51 are operated during the game and a winning in the first type starting ports 15 to 17 is detected, the control program of the ROM 43 starts from the first row of the dot matrix LED 34 to the first row. Eight rows of areas 34a,
34b, 34c and the area 34 in the ninth to sixteenth rows
d, 34e, each 1 symbol appears varies 34f, and these symbols are projected onto the half mirror 33 as a mirror image 34A'～34f 'is visible to the player (FIGS. 8 to 10
reference).

After a predetermined time has elapsed, the dot matrix LE
When the fluctuation symbols displayed in the areas 34a, 34c, and 34e of D34 coincide with each other and stop, the special winning opening 14 is opened and a big hit state is established.

During this time, the number of pachinko balls that have won the accessory continuous operation device 13 is counted by the winning detection switch 48 and displayed by the number of lighted LEDs 36b to 36e. And is indicated by the number of lighted LEDs 36g to 36k.

The pachinko balls that have won the special winning opening 14 during one open operation are counted by the special winning opening winning detection switch 47 and displayed by the number of lighted LEDs 36m to 36v, and when the counted value exceeds ten. LED3
6w is turned on to display the comment "* The illegal counting device is operating !!", and the opening operation of the special winning opening 14 is completed.

In these embodiments, since the distance d1 between the first display and the half mirror 33 is shorter than the distance d2 between the dot matrix LED 34 and the half mirror 33, the first display is used. Are recognized as if they are displayed in front of the mirror images 34a 'to 34f' of the variation patterns projected on the half mirror 33, and a plurality of pieces of display information are displayed. At the same time, the information related to the winning state can be grouped and displayed, so that the display of the variable symbol and the display of the winning state can be easily distinguished depending on the perspective.

FIG. 12 is a front view showing an attacker that can be employed in place of the special winning opening 14. The attacker 53 is disposed at the position of the special winning opening 14 in FIG. In this case, FIG.
The right and left first type starting ports 15 and 16 shown in
The winning openings 5 and 6 are left and right first class starting openings 1
It is arranged at the position of 5,16.

The windmills 54 and 55 provided on both sides of the upper portion of the attacker 53 are both driven to rotate inward or outward by switching the rotation direction of the motor.
The upper and lower arc-shaped distribution pieces 56 are located between the wind turbines 5 and 55.
4 and 55 with a gap therebetween,
An out ball collection port 57 is provided below 6.

In the normal state, both the windmills 54 and 55 rotate inward, and the pachinko balls that have fallen on the sorting pieces 56
The pachinko balls on the blades 54a, 55a of the windmills 54, 55, which are guided to the inside and outside of the wind turbines 54, 55, pass through the gap between both sides of the sorting piece 56 and both sides of the outside ball collection port 57 to the outside ball collection port 57. On the other hand, if the change symbols match and a big hit state is reached, the rotation direction of the motor is reversed, and both the windmills 54 and 55 rotate outward,
The pachinko ball that has fallen upwards is guided to both sides outside the attacker 53, and the winning holes 5 and 6 on both sides of the attacker 53 are made to win.

[0048]

According to the pachinko machine of the present invention, the pattern change is possible.
If the number of winnings in the variable prize device that performs dynamic display is out of the predetermined range, this is indicated by a single information display device.
Since the display character in the display screen, the player of interest a single display screen can be easily understood that effect by the character display, it can be recognized accurately to the player.

Along with numerical information relating to the game to be displayed on a single display screen, the fact that the number of winnings in the variable prize winning device is out of a predetermined range is displayed in a character so as to be displayed. Even if the message is displayed, the display of the current game status can be maintained without switching, so that the player can be prevented from losing the game status (the current number of rounds).

When the number of winnings in the variable winning device is out of a predetermined range, the fact is displayed in characters and the winning opening of the variable winning device is closed. It can be specifically grasped.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game board surface of a pachinko machine equipped with a pachinko machine information display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side view showing a main part of the information display device according to the embodiment (a half mirror takes a steady position, and only a display mode by a second display body is visually recognized);

FIG. 3 is a side view showing a main part of the information display device of the embodiment (a half mirror takes a mirror up position and only a display mode by a first display body is visually recognized);

FIG. 4 is a side view showing a main part of the information display apparatus according to the embodiment (a composite display mode of a display mode by a first display unit and a display mode by a second display unit, in which a half mirror takes a steady position; )

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a mirror image projected on a half mirror of the information display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a view showing an example of a variable symbol displayed on a first display in the information display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of a combined display mode of a display mode by a first display and a display mode by a second display in the information display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 8 is a side view showing a main part of the information display device in a form in which the first display body according to the pachinko machine according to claim 1 is constituted by back printing of a half mirror and a backlight group.

FIG. 9 is a side view showing a main part of the information display device in a form in which the first display according to the pachinko machine according to claim 1 is constituted by a light-shielding plate and a backlight group.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of a display form according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 and 9;

FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control unit applied to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 8 and 9;

FIG. 12 is a front view of an attacker in place of the special winning opening shown in FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming board 2 Display unit 3 Windmill with decorative light 4 Windmill with decorative light 5 Winning opening 6 Winning opening 7 Windmill 8 Windmill 9 Windmill 10 Windmill 11 Tulip-type accessory 12 Tulip-type accessory 13 Continuous actuation device 14 Large winning opening 15 Left Type 1 Starting Port 16 Right Type 1 Starting Port 17 Medium Type 1 Starting Port 18 Ball Guidance Rail 19 Ball Guidance Rail 20 Return Rubber 21 Out Ball Receptacle 22 Natural Reward Port 23 National Left Reward Port 24 Universal Reward Port 25 Stored Number Display LED 26 Continuous Number Display LED 27 Big Winning Winning Number Display LED 28 Opening 29 Information Display Device 30 7 Segment LED (First Variable Display) 31 7 Segment LED (First Variable Display) 32 7 Segment LED (first variable display) 33 Half mirror 34 Dot matrix LED (second variable display) 35 axis 36 backlight group 36a-36w LED 37 light shielding plate 37a through hole 38 driver circuit 39 driver circuit 40 driver circuit 41 LED drive control circuit 42 microprocessor (CPU) 43 ROM 44 RAM 45 output circuit 46 input circuit 47 Display LED 48 Win detection switch 49 Win detection switch 50 Win detection switch 51 Win detection switch 52 Win detection switch

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A single display screen for performing variable display of symbols
An information display device provided with the variable winning device that can be converted from a first state disadvantageous to the player to a second state advantageous to the player, in association with the result of the symbol change display, In a single display screen of the information display device,
The variable prize winning device in the second state
A pachinko machine characterized in that when the number of winnings in the prize device is out of a predetermined range, this is displayed in characters. 2. The variable prize winning device together with numerical information relating to a game to be displayed on the single display screen.
The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein characters indicating that the number of winnings is out of a predetermined range are displayed. 3. The variable winning device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a character indicating that the number of winnings in the variable winning device is out of a predetermined range is displayed in characters, and a winning opening of the variable winning device is closed. Pachinko machine.