JP3833271B2 - Game equipment - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a gaming apparatus such as a pachinko machine or an arrangement ball, and more particularly, to a gaming apparatus that further improves the gaming performance by displaying the gaming situation by graphics, sound, light, vibration, or the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In this type of gaming device, the display is enhanced by voice or light display. In recent years, the use of an FM sound source or PCM is used for voice, and a liquid crystal panel or LED panel is used for display. This increases the freedom of expression. For example, imitating a slot machine, driving a liquid crystal panel or LED as if three drums on which numbers and patterns are drawn are rotating, and a specific situation such as a jackpot by matching numbers and patterns The game is further enhanced by creating and playing unique music at the time of jackpot. In other words, enhancing the visual or auditory display function for the player is a point that cannot be overlooked in order to enhance the gaming properties of the gaming device.
[0003]
Therefore, this type of gaming device is required to have more realistic and various display functions, and not only the function of detecting the gaming status of the gaming device but also the display capability is improved year by year. ing.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, another requirement required in the development of the gaming device is prevention of fraud, and the data area of the gaming control unit that inputs and monitors the gaming status of the gaming device is unlimited based on this requirement. There is a restriction that the control code for driving the display unit must be stored in a limited memory space. In addition, data that can be captured from the outside by the game control unit is also limited, and it has been difficult to display complicated data by receiving display-related data from the display unit side, for example.
[0005]
For this reason, this type of conventional gaming device displays only simple numbers and symbols by enlarging the display unit with a plurality of dots as one pixel even if the display unit such as a liquid crystal panel is composed of precise pixels. It is customary to do this. In addition, a game device having a display function necessary for sufficiently satisfying the player is still provided, such as a simple display such as repeating monotonous music and blinking a single color lamp in the same cycle. Absent.
[0006]
The gaming device of the present invention is made for the purpose of providing such a real and diverse display function that can satisfy such requirements, satisfy the required specifications from fraud prevention, and sufficiently satisfy the player. Was taken.
[0007]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The gaming device of the present invention includes a display unit for displaying symbols representing game scenes such as jackpots and losers, and a winning opening that allows a pachinko ball to enter easily by driving a movable member when a jackpot condition is satisfied. And a gaming device comprising a driving means for driving the movable member ,
According to detection signals of various sensors provided in the gaming device and game rules stored in advance, the gaming status of the gaming device is grasped, and at least the driving means is driven in accordance with the gaming status, and the gaming A game control device that outputs a display command for displaying a game scene stored in advance in association with a situation;
A display control device that receives the output display command and controls a display mode of the display unit according to a display control program stored in advance according to the received command;
The game control device includes:
It is connected to the display control device through an output interface that can only output data in units of a plurality of bits, and the display interface is used to output the display command.
The display command has a configuration in which a plurality of data in units of the plurality of bits are connected.
A part of the command is provided with a multi-bit game scene designating unit that designates whether or not the jackpot game scene, and the multi-bit game scene designating unit determines whether or not the jackpot game scene. Is defined as a value that inverts all the values of each bit,
A plurality of bits other than the game scene designation part of the command are classified into a plurality of types depending on a difference in units of one bit of the plurality of bits, depending on whether the game scene is a jackpot game scene or not. The display mode is designated as one of the display modes of
The display control device includes:
Receiving the display command output from the output interface from the game control device;
Analyzing the plurality of bits of the gaming scene designation unit, to identify the gaming scene to be displayed on the display unit,
Under the game scene, display is performed on the display unit according to the designated display mode in accordance with the stored display program .
[0008]
In this case, since equipped with a display control unit Yu technique status determination unit to another substrate, and includes the power supply circuit to the one of the substrates, erection supply of game status signals and power between the substrates A configuration in which the cable is used is preferable.
Moreover, in order to exhibit the effect of this invention largely, it is more preferable that a display part is a liquid crystal, LED, or a plasma display which can display by a dot matrix.
[0009]
[Action]
In the gaming device of the present invention configured as described above, the gaming status of the gaming device is grasped by the gaming status determination unit, and the result is output as a gaming status signal to the display control unit. On the other hand, the display control unit controls the display unit according to the game situation signal . In this way, when the display control unit controls the display unit, the display control unit uses the display control program and display control data stored in the display control storage unit corresponding to the game situation signal.
[0010]
That is, the game state determination section has a to that function determining a game status of the game device, the display control unit uses the display control data and the stored display control program of response Ji display control storage unit on the determination result exhibit the to that function controls the display unit Te, the sharing of functions, and may be variously displayed in limited information. Here, the division of function between the gaming situation determination unit and the display control unit is not simply that one microprocessor realizes both functions by different programs, such as by time division processing, but the gaming situation judgment unit and the display control unit. Means a configuration in which both functions are realized in parallel by independent processors.
[0011]
【Example】
In order to further clarify the configuration and operation of the present invention described above, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko gaming apparatus 1 as an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the gaming part DP, and FIG. 3 is a back view of the pachinko gaming apparatus.
As shown in the figure, this pachinko gaming apparatus 1 has a front frame 4 mounted on the front surface of a machine frame 2 so as to be freely opened and closed. A glass door frame 6 and a front plate 8 are mounted on the front surface of the front frame 4 so as to be freely opened and closed. The game board 10 is detachably mounted on the back surface of the front frame 4 via a mounting frame (not shown).
[0012]
A guide rail 11 having a launch position is provided on the surface of the game board 10, and the game unit DP surrounded by the guide rail 11 includes a plurality of normal winning holes 12, first type start as shown in FIG. A mouth 13 and a special winning opening 14 are provided, and an out mouth 15 is provided at the bottom of the game board 10. The first type start port 13 is provided with a normal winning sensor 13A for detecting a winning situation of a pachinko ball. The jackpot 14 is provided with a jackpot drive unit 14B that creates a state in which a movable piece is opened when a jackpot condition is satisfied, and a pachinko ball can easily enter. A big prize sensor 14C for continuing (so-called V prize) and a ten-count sensor 14A for detecting that ten pachinko balls enter here and stop the jackpot situation are provided.
[0013]
A liquid crystal display panel 16 constituted by using a 3-inch color TV liquid crystal display is provided at a substantially central portion of the game board 10. That is, the liquid crystal display panel 16 employs 2: 1 interlaced scanning as in the case of a normal TV display, and has a function of inputting an image signal of 60 frames per second and displaying it. Yes. That is, the liquid crystal display panel 16 of the present embodiment uses a normal liquid crystal television unit as it is. Accordingly, if a signal for one frame is transmitted to the liquid crystal display panel 16 within 16.67 msec, a clear color image equivalent to that of a normal TV can be dynamically displayed.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 4, the display content of the liquid crystal display panel 16 of this embodiment is roughly divided into three areas in the normal gaming state, the upper part is a message line 16A, the center is a special symbol display part 16B, the lower part Is the holding number display section 16C. The upper message line 16A is displayed so that a message corresponding to the current gaming situation flows. In addition, a special symbol representing a game situation such as a big hit or miss is rotated and displayed on the special symbol display portion 16B in the center over three digits. Further, the number of the pachinko balls that have won the first type start port 13 and have not yet been used for the rotation of the special symbol display unit 16B, the so-called number of reservations, is left in the lower display number display section 16C. Up to four images can be displayed by sequentially reversing the display.
[0015]
In the present embodiment, a 3-inch liquid crystal television unit is used as the liquid crystal display panel 16, but instead of the liquid crystal display panel 16, in order to make it common with conventional three-digit display components, It is good also as a structure which arranges the display part by the dot matrix system of * 16, and arranges the message display part and reservation number display part which were comprised separately in the upper and lower sides.
[0016]
As other display devices, the pachinko gaming apparatus 1 is provided with a jackpot lamp 17A for displaying a jackpot and a gaming operation lamp 17B for displaying that a game is in progress (see FIG. 1).
[0017]
A hitting ball supply tray 19 for guiding the inserted pachinko balls one by one to the firing position (not shown) of the guide rail 11 is attached to the front surface of the front plate 8. In addition, an operation handle 20 for launching a pachinko ball at a launch position to the game unit and a lower ball receiving tray 21 for collecting surplus prize balls of the hitting ball supply tray 19 are provided below the front frame 4. The operation handle 20 controls the resilience by the ball hitting motor 26.
[0018]
As shown in FIG. 3, a game board control device 30 is attached to the center of the back surface of the game board 10. This gaming board control device 30 generally manages the gaming situation of the pachinko gaming device 1 in general. That is, the gaming status of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is determined from the operating status of the operating handle 20, the detection output of the winning sensor 13A, the ten-count sensor 14A, and the like, and the jackpot driving unit 14B, the liquid crystal display panel 16, the jackpot is determined according to the judgment result. The operation of the lamp 17A, the game operation lamp 17B, the hitting motor 26, a speaker (not shown), and the like are controlled.
[0019]
In addition to these devices, the pachinko gaming apparatus 1 includes a normal winning ball detection device that collectively detects the pachinko balls won in the winning openings 12, 14 or the start opening 13, a mechanism for conveying the winning balls and out balls, and the game General equipment such as various other lamps, speakers, and fraud detection devices for informing the situation is provided, but detailed description of these general device configurations is omitted.
[0020]
Next, the configuration and operation of the game board control device 30 will be described. As shown in FIG. 5, the game board control device 30 is mainly composed of a one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as MPU) 31 incorporating an arithmetic logic unit, ROM, RAM, etc. And an output interface 35C and the like. In addition, a crystal oscillator Xtal is externally attached to the MPU 31, which makes it possible to measure the elapsed time with high accuracy, and interrupt control using an interval timer using this is performed.
[0021]
The power supply unit 33 is a circuit for generating three types of power supplies VE, VD, and VCC by inputting 24 volt AC from the outside. The power supply unit 33 is a diode stack 41 that generates a power supply VE by full-wave rectification of 24 volt AC, and further smoothes the stack to generate a DC high-voltage power supply VD, and electrolytic capacitors C1, C2 and a diode D1, The regulator 43 is configured to generate a stabilized power supply VCC of 5 volts stabilized from the high voltage power supply VD. Various voltage sources obtained by the power supply unit 33 are used as electric power of the electrical components of the game board of the pachinko gaming apparatus 1.
[0022]
The input / output interfaces 35A and 35B and the output interface 35C are configured by normal interface circuits for enabling input / output of signals between the MPU 31 disposed in the game board control device 30 and various electrical components disposed separately. . Therefore, the electrical circuit is determined according to the electrical characteristics of the MPU 31 and various other electrical components that perform signal input / output, and a known chattering prevention circuit, waveform shaping circuit, level shift circuit, hold circuit, etc. are appropriately combined. Consists of.
[0023]
The gaming board control device 30 configured as described above can be easily connected to the jackpot driving unit 14B, the ball hitting motor 26, etc., including the lamps such as the jackpot lamp 17A and the game operation lamp 17B provided separately. For this purpose, a connector CN1 is prepared.
[0024]
The 9 bits (P20 to P28) of the output port of the MPU 31 are connected to the display unit 50 by the flat cable FC via the open collector type output interface 35C and the connector CN2, and are used for controlling the liquid crystal display panel 16. Used for display command output (data 8 bits and strobe 1 bit). Further, in order to supply power to the display unit 50 side via the connector CN2, a direct current high voltage power supply VD generated by the power supply unit 33 and a stabilized power supply VCC of 5 volts are connected to the connector CN2. The cable FC is also used as a power line.
[0025]
In the display unit 50, in addition to a normal liquid crystal panel driver 52 for driving the liquid crystal display panel 16, a sub CPU 54 and a display ROM 56 for storing information in a nonvolatile manner are arranged. Here, the sub CPU 54 is a microcomputer that appropriately reads and executes the display control program stored in the 128 Kbyte area of the display ROM and the display control data stored in the 256 Kbyte area. A display command input in units of 7 bytes input from the panel control device 30 is interpreted based on a display control program stored in the display ROM 56, and necessary display control data is obtained from the display ROM 56 based on the interpretation result. Is output to the liquid crystal panel driver 52.
[0026]
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of the data format of a display command sent from the MPU 31 of the game board control device 30 to the sub CPU 54. As shown in the figure, the display command is information on a gaming situation consisting of a total of 7 bytes. The first byte is start information ST informing the start of the display command, and 1 byte (8 bits) of unused information in the following 6 bytes of information, for example, 8 bits are all “1”. It consists of a bit string “11111111”.
[0027]
The second to fourth bytes are symbol 1 information Z1, symbol 2 information Z2, symbol 3 information Z3. As described above with reference to FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, the special symbol display section 16B of the liquid crystal display panel 16 has three rows of special symbols (in this embodiment, a total of 10 types of numbers from 0 to 9 and 5 other symbols). 15 types) are displayed as if they were rotating. The combination information of these three-digit special symbols has the meaning of determining the occurrence of jackpots and is one of the important game rules of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Therefore, the main management is left to the MPU 31 of the game board control device 30, and the sub CPU 54 adopts a configuration in which only the display faithful to the command from the MPU 31 is executed.
[0028]
Therefore, 3 bytes from the 2nd byte to the 4th byte are used, and the symbol information of the special symbol to be displayed in each digit of the special symbol display unit 16B is used for the upper 4 bits, and the lower 4 bits are used for the special symbols. The display position offset information is sent out to make it appear as if the symbol is rotating. In this embodiment, 15 types of special symbols and 16 levels of display for rotation display can be displayed, so the upper 4 bits represent 0 to 14 and the lower 4 bits represent 0 to 15 information. To do.
[0029]
The fifth byte is information representing the big prize information C / R. In the present embodiment, the game rule of the pachinko gaming apparatus 1 is as follows: “When the 10 winning pachinko balls enter the big winning opening 14 at the time of the big winning, the situation of the big hit is stopped. However, a predetermined point before the stop condition occurs When a pachinko ball passes (V prize), the jackpot situation is continued up to a maximum of 16 rounds. " In order to detect such conditions, the tencount sensor 14A and the big prize sensor 14C are provided as described above, and the detection signals are input to the MPU 31. Further, since this type of game situation has a great significance for the player, it is preferable to visually display it on the liquid crystal display panel 16. Therefore, ten count information 0 to 10, which is the detection status of the ten count sensor, is transmitted using the upper 4 bits of the fifth byte, and round numbers 0 to 15 are transmitted using the lower 4 bits.
[0030]
The sixth byte is holding information RZ. The hold information RZ is any information from 0 to 4 in the game rules, and the amount of information may be small. Therefore, the upper 4 bits are not used, and the hold numbers 0 to 4 are transmitted using the lower 4 bits.
[0031]
The final seventh byte is scene information SC, which represents the current game scene. As is clear from the above description, the pachinko gaming apparatus 1 according to the present embodiment is roughly divided into two scenes, that is, a normal game scene and a jackpot scene. In addition, each scene includes a game scene at a finer level, such as a special symbol changing or a so-called V prize that promises to continue the jackpot. The player of the pachinko gaming apparatus 1 enjoys the game by enjoying such various scenes, and it is preferable that a visual display corresponding to each scene is made. Therefore, the MPU 31 transmits the current game scene determined from the detection signals of the various sensors to the sub CPU 54 as the last byte of the display command.
[0032]
FIG. 7 is a scene information explanatory diagram for explaining the details of the scene information SC transmitted as the information of the seventh byte. As shown in the figure, the upper 4 bits of the scene information SC are information indicating whether it is a normal game scene or a jackpot scene, the most significant bit is not used, and the lower 3 bits are “101”. Represents a normal game scene, and “010” represents a jackpot scene.
[0033]
The lower 4 bits are information for specifying more detailed game scenes of the game scenes roughly classified by the upper 4 bits. When all of them are “0”, the standby display that does not require the special symbols to be rotated is displayed. Indicates the state. When only the least significant bit is “1”, a winning of a pachinko ball is generated at the first type start port 13 and a symbol variation state in which a special symbol must be rotated is displayed. When only the second bit is “1”, two digits of the special symbol have the same numerical value (for example, “7”), and a possibility of occurrence of jackpot has occurred (hereinafter referred to as reach state) This shows the state in which When the lower 4 bits are “0011”, this indicates a state where a hit determination is being made to determine whether or not the three digits of the special symbol are “7”.
[0034]
When any of the upper 3 bits of the lower 4 bits is “1”, it is used as information for specifying the jackpot gaming scene whose upper 4 bits are “X010” in more detail. . When the lower 4 bits are “0100”, a fanfare is flowing from a speaker (not shown) immediately after the occurrence of the jackpot. When the lower 4 bits are “0101”, it indicates a state in which a big prize release is being executed. When the lower 4 bits are “0110”, it indicates a state in which a V prize is generated in which the jackpot is continuously executed. When the lower 4 bits are “0111”, it is stored that the V winning has occurred and the next big winning release is reserved. When the lower 4 bits are “1000”, this indicates an interval state between the big prize release and the next round big prize release. When the low-order bit is “1001”, it indicates a state in which all the big winning open rounds are executed, that is, a so-called normal end (called final effect 1), in the end state of the big winning open. When the lower 4 is “1010”, it indicates the so-called puncture end (referred to as the final effect 2) in which all the big winning open rounds have not been executed, although it is the end state of the big winning open.
[0035]
Note that stop information (the so-called stop bit) indicating the end of communication information is provided for communication between ordinary computers, but in this embodiment, start information ST and information of the second byte to the seventh byte following the start information ST are provided. The end of the display command information can be clearly determined from the code system to be expressed, and such special stop information is omitted.
[0036]
Next, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 configured as described above, a game situation reading program, a display command transmission program, and a display control program processed by the MPU 31 and the sub CPU 54 will be described.
8 and 9 are flowcharts of a game situation reading program and a display command transmission program executed by the MPU 31. FIG. The MPU 31 starts processing of various programs described herein after executing a predetermined hard check when power supply is started and initial setting such as setting predetermined information in a storage area described later. .
[0037]
First, the game situation reading program will be described with reference to FIG. This program is an interrupt program that is repeatedly executed by the MPU 31 every 1 msec. When the MPU 31 enters the processing of this program, the detection signals of various sensors such as the winning sensor 13A and the big winning sensor 14C are read, and the current big hit The current game situation PJ is recognized from the situation or the like (step 100). Then, the game situation PJ is stored in the game situation storage area of the RAM (step 110), and this program is terminated. By this program, the stored contents of the game status storage area of the internal RAM, that is, the latest game status PJ of the pachinko gaming machine 1 is updated prior to transmission of a series of data to the display unit 50.
[0038]
When the MPU 31 is started up, the game status PJ0 indicating that there is no special change such as winning or jackpot is set in the game status storage area of the internal RAM by the above-described initial setting process. .
[0039]
The display command transmission program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9 creates the above-described display command from the game situation PJ stored in the game situation storage area of the internal RAM by the process shown in FIG. 8, and transmits this to the sub CPU 54. It is processed every 2 msec by the MPU 31. Upon entering the processing of this program, the MPU 31 increments the transmission byte counter CB (step 200), and determines whether or not the value of the transmission byte counter CB is 7 or less (step 210). This is because a display command consisting of all 7 bytes is transmitted one byte every 2 msec. When an affirmative determination is made in step 210, the display command CB indicated by the contents of the transmission byte counter CB is displayed. The second information is transmitted to the sub CPU 54 (step 220), and this program is terminated.
[0040]
On the other hand, when a negative determination is made in step 210, that is, when it is determined that transmission of all 7-byte display commands has already been completed, the latest game stored in the game situation storage area is accessed. The situation PJ is read (step 240), and the latest display command is created from the game situation PJ based on the rules described in FIGS. 6 and 7 (step 250). Since the display command transmission timing this time is the first transmission timing of the newly created display command, the start information ST, which is the first byte information of the display command, is output to the sub CPU 54 (step 260). ) The content of the transmission byte counter CB is set to “1” (step 270), and this program is terminated.
[0041]
As described above, the display command is transmitted in 1-byte units from the MPU 21 every 2 msec. The sub CPU 54 that inputs the transmitted display command executes the display control program shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, and thereby the liquid crystal display panel corresponding to the game situation PJ of the pachinko gaming machine 1 ascertained by the display command. 16 drive controls are executed.
[0042]
When a display command divided by 1 byte is input from the MPU 31, the sub CPU 54 starts processing of the display control program and stores the received display command (step 300). Then, it is determined whether or not all the 7-byte display commands starting from the start information ST have been prepared (step 310), and when the input of all the display commands has not been completed yet, the processing of this program is terminated. .
[0043]
On the other hand, if the start information ST is input, it can be determined that a display command of all 7 bytes has been input. Therefore, when it is determined in step 310 that the input of the display command of all 7 bytes has been completed, the display is continued. The display control data corresponding to the command is read from the display ROM 56 (step 320), the display control data is output to the liquid crystal panel driver 52 (step 330), and the stored display command is erased (step 330). 340) The processing of this program ends. That is, the sub CPU 54 reads the display control data stored in the display control data storage area of the display ROM 56 specified by the display command, and outputs this to the liquid crystal panel driver 52. The display ROM 56 It is possible to change the contents displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 16 in any way by replacing. In the display ROM 56 of the present embodiment, for example, when the display command represents a game situation PJ indicating that the normal standby state is set, display control is performed on the message line 16 </ b> A by “drawing the character string“ Dog ”. Data is read out. Further, when the game situation PJ that the game has started is designated by the display command, the display control data “the dog walks the character string“ Ganbatten ”” is read on the message line 16A. Similarly, if the game situation PJ is reach, the display control data “the dog walks the character string“ lucky chance ”” is read.
[0044]
According to the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment described above, a complex color moving image can be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 16 only by outputting a display command divided into 1 byte every 2 msec from the MPU 31. . That is, it is possible to develop on the liquid crystal display panel 16 real and diverse displays that can sufficiently satisfy the player while satisfying the limitation of the memory space of the MPU 31 that is a required specification for preventing fraud. The liquid crystal display panel 16 has the same specifications as a normal liquid crystal television, and can display a dynamic screen similar to a television. While it is impossible to directly output the image information of 60 frames per second required for the same moving image display as the television to the liquid crystal display panel 16 from the game board control device 30, the image information is displayed on the display unit. 50, the limitation of the memory space of the game board control device 30 and the restriction of data transfer between the game board control device 30 and the display unit 50 are eliminated, and dynamic image display is possible. It can be realized.
[0045]
In addition, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the present embodiment, various displays can be performed by only outputting data from the game board control device 30 to the display unit 50 without mutual exchange. Further, since the display data is repeatedly transmitted from the game board control device 30 to the display unit 50, the display of the display unit 50 is different from the game state recognized by the game board control device 30. Absent.
[0046]
Display control data stored in the display ROM 56 determines display contents such as actual display symbols, movement and rotation. Accordingly, the MPU 31 is used in common for a plurality of types of pachinko gaming machines, and by replacing only the display ROM 56, it is possible to cause the liquid crystal display panel 16 to execute completely different graphic expressions. In other words, it is easy to separate the graphic display part that is highly fashionable user interface and the basic functional parts required for pachinko gaming machines, so the development period of new pachinko gaming machines can be shortened. An effect can also be produced.
[0047]
Furthermore, when a simple 7-byte display command is output from the MPU 31, graphic display corresponding to the display command is executed by the sub CPU 54 and the display ROM 56, so the load for graphic display of the MPU 31 is greatly reduced. The Therefore, it is possible to allocate much time of the MPU 31 to other program processing, or to adopt an inexpensive microcomputer as the MPU 31.
[0048]
In this embodiment, a unit for a 3-inch liquid crystal television is used as it is as the liquid crystal display panel 16. Accordingly, a configuration is provided in which a TV tuner is separately provided and switched to connection with the display unit 50, or a configuration in which the MPU 54 once inputs a signal from the TV tuner and then outputs the signal to the liquid crystal display panel 16 via the liquid crystal panel driver 52. In this case, a television program can be displayed on the liquid crystal display panel 16 as necessary. In this case, when a pachinko ball wins the first type start opening 13 and it becomes necessary to rotate the display of numbers on the special symbol display section 16B of the liquid crystal display panel 16, (1) the display of the TV program is Configuration to switch to rotating 3-digit number display, (2) Configuration to insert rotating 3-digit number display in superimpose form, etc. for TV programs, (3) Prioritize TV program display, Various variations can be considered, such as a configuration in which only a winning three-digit number display is not performed, and only a winning combination is displayed. By using the liquid crystal display panel 16 for TV, it is possible to combine dynamic video display for gaming and TV program display. Sexuality can be improved.
[0049]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and can be applied not only to pachinko gaming machines but also to slot machines and other game machines, or to conventional three-digit numbers. Of course, it can be embodied in various modes that do not depart from the gist of the invention.
[0050]
For example, in the above embodiment, the graphic display that visually appeals to the player is taken up as one aspect of various displays required for the gaming apparatus, but in addition to this, the gaming apparatus includes various lamps, speakers, etc. In order to enhance the display capability of these display devices and to perform more precise display, the gaming device of the present invention is extremely useful. For example, the lamp can be multicolored and the brightness can be changed to enhance the decoration effect of the gaming device, and speakers are arranged on both sides of the gaming device to provide various fanfares and music according to the gaming situation in stereo. It is possible to output. In this case, the present invention is not only applied to any one of the display devices, but may be freely determined according to the design needs, such as applying the present invention to a plurality of display devices. Good.
[0051]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the gaming machine of the present invention, the display control unit executes display according to the gaming situation determined by the gaming situation determination unit. In other words, the game determination and display functions are shared between the game situation determination unit and the display control unit provided on different boards, and the restrictions on the anti-tampering required for the game situation determination unit and various displays are provided. It is possible to satisfy both of the requests to be made possible. In addition, it is possible to flexibly cope with a request to change the display, for example, by changing only the display control unit, the display unit can execute a completely different display. Therefore, while fully satisfying the restrictions on the memory space imposed to prevent fraud, the display unit provided in the gaming device can execute a real and complex display and develop various product series. Can do.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a gaming device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of the gaming unit DP.
FIG. 3 is a rear view of the same.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of the liquid crystal display panel 16;
FIG. 5 is an electric circuit diagram of a gaming device centered on the gaming board control device 30;
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram of a data format of a display command.
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a code system of the scene information.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a game situation reading program executed by the MPU 31;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a display command transmission program executed by the MPU 31;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a display control program executed by a sub CPU.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko game machine 10 Game board 12 Normal winning opening 13 First kind start opening 14 Large winning opening 13A Winning sensor 14A Tencount sensor 14B Big hit driving unit 14C Large winning sensor 16 Liquid crystal display panel 30 Game board control device 31 MPU
35A, 35B Input / output interface 35C Output interface 50 Display unit 52 Liquid crystal panel driver 54 Sub CPU
56 ROM for display

Claims (2)

A display unit that displays symbols representing game scenes such as jackpots and losers , a winning opening that makes it easy for a pachinko ball to enter by driving the movable member when the jackpot condition is satisfied, and driving the movable member In a gaming device comprising driving means for
According to the detection signals of various sensors provided in the gaming device and the game rules stored in advance, the gaming status of the gaming device is grasped, and at least the driving means is driven according to the gaming status, and the gaming A game control device for outputting a display command for displaying a game scene stored in advance in association with a situation;
A display control device that receives the output display command and controls a display mode of the display unit according to a display control program stored in advance according to the received command;
The game control device includes:
It is connected to the display control device via an output interface that can only output multi-bit data as a unit, and the display interface is used to output the display command.
The display command has a configuration in which a plurality of data in units of the plurality of bits are connected.
A part of the command is provided with a multi-bit game scene designating part for designating whether or not the jackpot game scene, and the multi-bit game scene designating part is the jackpot game scene or not Is defined as a value that inverts all the values of each bit,
A plurality of bits other than the game scene designation portion of the command are classified into a plurality of types depending on a difference in units of one bit of the plurality of bits under the designation of whether or not the jackpot game scene. The display mode is designated as one of the display modes of
The display control device includes:
The display command output via the output interface is received from the game control device,
Analyzing the plurality of bits of the game scene specifying unit, identifying a game scene to be displayed on the display unit,
A gaming apparatus that displays on the display unit in the designated display mode according to the stored display program under the gaming scene . The game control device transmits, to the display control device, data of a fixed number of bytes not including information indicating the end as the display command.
2. The gaming apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control device starts analyzing the content of the received command after receiving the fixed number of bytes of data .

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