JP4359095B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko gaming machines and slot machines.

Many of the recent pachinko machines (for example, seven machines) are provided with a liquid crystal display device for deriving and displaying winning / losing. A game machine including a display device using a light emitting diode instead of a liquid crystal is also well known. Further, as disclosed in Patent Documents 1 and 2 below, it is technically possible to use a display device that projects an image on a screen.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-035066 JP-A-7-132168

  However, in any of the above display devices, the player does not need to actively “see”. That is, during the game, the player only needs to look at the screen. This fact is considered to be one of the causes for attracting the monotony of the game.

  In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that needs to be actively “seen”.

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides a lottery means for executing a lottery process for determining whether or not a hit state is generated in response to establishment of a predetermined start condition, and a variable for displaying a result of the lottery process. a display unit, a display control unit for performing display control of the variable display unit, in possible gaming machine generates a contact state with an an image representing the degree of expectation of occurrence of state per the prepared Me pre, player The display control means is a predictive state of the hit state, and the expectation of the occurrence of the hit state is provided so that the body of the player is projected as a projection surface in the direction from the back side of the game board to the front side. The variable display unit is controlled to be displayed in the reach display state, which is a state where the corresponding reach effect is performed, and the projection means is controlled to display the variable display unit in the reach display state. Characterized in that it is configured to project a picture representing the degree of expectation of occurrence of state per different from the expected degree of occurrence per while.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, an image is projected on the player's body as a projection surface outside the gaming machine. Normally, when playing a game, the player should head towards the gaming machine. Although they are always looking at game machines, they rarely look at their bodies or ceiling. However, in the case of the gaming machine of the present invention, since the image is projected on the player's body , there is a need to actively “see” this. Furthermore, the projected image represents the expected degree of occurrence of the hit state, and is closely related to the progress of the gaming machine. Normally, the interests of players who play games are concentrated on the gaming machine being in a “winning state”. For this reason, if an image representing the expected degree of occurrence of the hit state is projected, the player can be motivated to view the image, and a gaming machine with a high gaming interest can be realized.

  In addition, it is possible to provide lottery means for executing a lottery process for determining whether or not to generate the winning state in response to establishment of a predetermined start condition. The projection means can be configured to project an image on a projection surface according to the lottery result by the lottery means. According to this configuration, the image projected by the projection device has a causal relationship with the result of the lottery process. That is, it is possible to notify the player that the result of the lottery process is “winning” by the projection device.

  The projection means can be configured to project an image selected according to a lottery result from a plurality of images prepared in advance on a projection screen. In this way, the processing when projecting an image corresponding to the lottery result is easy.

  In addition, it is desirable that the gaming machine according to the present invention is provided with notifying means for notifying the player that the projection device is operating. In this way, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a problem such that the player does not notice that the image is being projected by the projection device. In addition, the player can be given the option of seeing the image projected by the projection device and not viewing it.

  Further, the projection apparatus can be configured to include a light source, a lens for enlarging an image, and image generation means for positioning an image between the light source and the lens. Although a projector using a high-intensity LED is included as a projection device in a broad sense, the use of a powerful light source (white light source) can be shown as one preferred mode if importance is placed on the visibility of the projection image.

  Further, the image generating means switches an image panel and / or image film on which an image to be projected is drawn, and an image located between the light source and the lens by moving the image panel and / or image film. And an image switching means. As the image generation means, it is conceivable to use an EL panel, a liquid crystal panel, etc., but this also depends on the type of image to be projected. The main purpose of the present invention is to transmit the expected degree of winning or information according to the expected degree by the projection apparatus. In this case, it can be said that it is preferable to use an image panel or an image film that is advantageous in manufacturing cost and durability. Switching between the image panel and the image film is preferably performed by an actuator such as a solenoid or a motor. In addition, when it is necessary to project a complex image, it is possible to sufficiently adopt an EL panel or a liquid crystal panel.

  Each configuration of the present invention described above can be suitably employed in a pachinko gaming machine. In particular, a pachinko machine comprising: a lottery means for performing a lottery process based on a ball winning at the start opening; a variable display unit for displaying the result of the lottery process; and a display control unit for controlling the display of the variable display unit. Suitable for gaming machines. In such a pachinko gaming machine, the projection device can be configured to operate in response to the variable display unit being controlled to a reach display state that is a predictive state of winning. According to this, the degree of expectation developed from the reach can be projected using the projection device. When reaching, it is possible to secure a sufficient time for prompting the player to view the projection image. Note that it is desirable from the viewpoint of cost reduction to use both the notification means for notifying the player that the projection device is operating and the above-described variable display section.

  Note that it is desirable that the projecting means is arranged and adjusted so as to project an image on the body of the player who is playing the game machine. Since the player can be the closest object of the gaming machine, this can be used as a projection plane. If the projection screen is close to the gaming machine, a clearer image can be provided.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present invention. The pachinko gaming machine 1 has a front glass door 5 attached to the underframe and a game board 3 that is arranged inside the underframe and is covered by the glass door 5. The game board 3 forms a circular game area. Below the game board 3, a ball supply tray 6 is provided. Balls (game balls, pachinko balls) prepared on the ball supply tray 6 are fired toward the game board 3 by a launching device including a handle 7. Since the game board 3 has a large number of nails, the balls that have reached the game board 3 through the rail fall while being hit by the nails (the nails are not shown).

  The game board 3 is provided with a liquid crystal display unit 11 (variable display unit) near its center. A display device using a light emitting diode instead of a liquid crystal or a reel type display device can also be adopted. Three characters (multiple digits) such as Arabic numerals are displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11. A start chuck 17 (starting port) is disposed below the liquid crystal display unit 11. Below the start chuck 17, there are provided an attacker 16 (variable winning opening) that is opened when a jackpot (also called a special prize) is generated, and an out opening 15 for collecting balls.

Further, on the left side of the liquid crystal display unit 11, a lens 14 is fitted in a through hole that communicates the front side and the back side of the game board 3. This lens 14 constitutes a part of the projection device 38 (projection means) . As shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 3, the projection device 38 is arranged on the same side (the back side of the game board 3) as the side on which the control device, the ball replenishing device, etc. of the pachinko gaming machine 1 are arranged. That is, the projection device 38 is configured to project an image from the back side of the game board 3 toward the front side (player side). The image is enlarged by a lens 14 fitted in the game board 3. The pachinko gaming machine 1 itself does not have a screen, and the image is displayed on a projection screen provided outside the pachinko gaming machine 1. Examples of the projection surface may include a part of the player's body, a wall, floor, ceiling, etc. of the gaming facility.

  Further, the lens 14 is positioned above the game board 3 as much as possible, specifically, on the back of another player who is playing on the back, passing over the player's head, the wall of the game hall, or the pachinko facing the game. It can be attached to a position where an image is displayed on the gaming machine 1 or the like. It is also possible to attach the lens 14 below the game board 3 as much as possible, specifically at a position where an image is projected on the chest or abdomen of the player. In this case, the player can obtain information by nagging. The lens 14 may be attached to a space other than the game board 3.

  Specifically, the projection device 38 includes a light source 30, a lens 14 for enlarging an image, an image panel 36 on which a plurality of images to be projected are drawn, and a motor 32 (image switching) that rotates the image panel 36. Means). One end of a rotating shaft 34 is connected to the center of the image panel 36. The other end of the rotating shaft 34 is connected to the motor 32. The image panel 36 has a disk shape, and pictograms (numbers in the present embodiment) are drawn as images to be projected at a plurality of locations along the circumferential direction, as shown in the schematic plan view of FIG. Yes. The pictogram portion (number portion) is configured such that only the portion cannot transmit (pass) light or hardly transmit (or vice versa). The image panel 36 is arranged so that one of the plurality of pictograms faces both the light source 30 and the lens 14 and is substantially parallel to the game board 3. That is, when the rotating shaft 34 is driven by the motor 32, the image panel 36 rotates and the pictograms positioned between the light source 30 and the lens 14 are sequentially switched. As described above, the image panel 36, the rotating shaft 34, and the motor 32 are configured as an image generating unit that positions an image to be projected between the light source 30 and the lens 14.

  The lighting of the light source 30 is controlled by the main control board 100 of the game control device 300 that controls the progress of the gaming machine of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Specifically, the light source is turned on when the liquid crystal display unit 11 is in a reach display state, which is a sign of jackpot, and an image drawn on the image panel 36 is projected toward the player side. As a result, the player is informed of the degree of expectation that a jackpot will occur. That is, the numerical values such as “10”, “30”, “50”, “100” and the like shown in FIG.

  As the motor 32, a stepping motor that can accurately control the rotation angle position of the disk-shaped image panel 36 can be suitably used. In this case, the operation of the motor 32 is controlled by a drive pulse signal output from the CPU 50 of the main control board 100 described in FIG. 2 (the CPU 50 is a drive control unit of the motor 32). Each time a predetermined number of drive pulse signals are output from the CPU 50 to the motor 32, a drive pulse counter provided in the RAM 52 is counted up. The value of the drive pulse counter represents the rotational angle position of the motor 32 and thus the image panel 36. That is, each time the image panel 36 makes one rotation, the reference position signal is fed back to the main control board 100 from the motor 32 or a reference position detector (not shown) provided separately from the motor 32, and the drive pulse in the RAM 52 The counter is cleared. After the counter is cleared, counting up is started again according to the output of the drive pulse signal from the CPU 50. With such a mechanism, the CPU 50 can grasp which image is present at which angular position by managing and referring to the drive pulse counter (RAM 52).

  In addition, it is also possible to employ | adopt the servo system drive device using position detection means, such as a rotary encoder, instead of a stepping motor. Further, in the present embodiment, the disk-shaped image panel 36 is employed, but instead of this, a long image panel or a band-shaped image film is used together (in the sense of being superimposed on this). It is also possible. In this case, the rotational motion of the motor 32 is converted into a linear motion by a conversion mechanism such as a rack and pinion, or a linear stepping motor or the like is used to move the image panel or the image film. Good. Also, a plurality of image panels on which images to be projected are individually drawn are prepared, and an actuator such as a motor or a solenoid that selects one of the image panels and moves it to a position opposite to the lens 14 and the light source 30 is provided. It is also possible to switch images by providing drive control of these actuators. Furthermore, instead of or together with the image panel 36 and the motor 32, an image generating means such as a liquid crystal panel or an EL panel may be fixedly provided between the light source 30 and the lens 14. In some cases, an image may be generated by a display device using high-brightness LEDs.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1. The game control device 300 is arranged on the back side of the game board 3. As shown in FIG. 2, the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 includes a main control board 100 (main control part), a display control board 105 (display control part), a voice control board 106 (voice control part), and lamp control. It is configured to include a substrate 107 (lamp control unit), a payout control substrate 108 (prize ball control unit), and a firing control substrate 109 (launch control unit). A configuration in which each substrate individually includes a CPU and a memory is common, but is omitted in FIG. Each substrate is supplied with a predetermined voltage of power generated by the power supply circuit unit 110.

  The display control board 105 executes a process for displaying an image on the liquid crystal display unit 11 in accordance with a display control signal input from the main control board 100. The sound control board 106 outputs sound from the speaker 116 according to the input sound control signal. The lamp control board 107 controls blinking of the lamps 117 according to the input lamp control signal. The payout control board 108 controls the payout device 118 according to the input prize ball signal. Thereby, a predetermined amount of prize balls are paid out to the player. The launch control board 109 activates the launch device 119 provided corresponding to the handle 7 in response to the player operating the handle 7 (operation unit). The main control board 100 includes a CPU 50, a ROM 51 for storing a program, a RAM 52 to which a work area and various counters are assigned, and an input / output port 53, which communicate with each other via a bus. It has become.

  A start winning detection unit 170 attached to the start chucker 17 and an attacker winning detection unit 160 attached to the attacker 16 are electrically connected to the main control board 100. Each winning detection unit can be configured by a contact type or non-contact type sensor (switch). Further, the opening and closing of the attacker 16 configured as a variable winning opening is realized by switching between excitation / de-energization of the attacker solenoid 161. Each of the light source 30 of the projection device 38 and the panel switching motor 32 is connected to the main control board 100 (CPU 50) via a drive circuit (not shown). The projection device 38 may be controlled by a sub-board such as the display control board 105.

  When a ball wins the start chucker 17 and the attacker 16, a winning detection signal is generated by the winning detection units 170 and 160, respectively. The CPU 50 of the main control board 100 acquires a start winning detection signal from the start winning detection unit 170 and executes predetermined electrical processing according to the signal acquisition timing (input timing). The electrical processing includes a winning / losing lottery process for determining whether or not to generate a jackpot in the pachinko gaming machine 1, and a display process for deriving and displaying the lottery result in the winning / failing lottery process on the liquid crystal display unit 11.

Specifically, a winning / no-win lottery process for determining whether or not to generate a jackpot is executed (CPU 50: lottery means ). In response to the result of the lottery process, a symbol to be derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 is determined, and a display control signal (control command) based on the determination is input to the display control board 105. The display control board 105 displays a design, a background, etc. on the liquid crystal display unit 11 according to the input display control signal. When it is determined that the jackpot will be generated by the winning / losing lottery process, the jackpot symbol (for example, a doublet such as “777”) is derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 after a predetermined fluctuation time. . Similarly, each control board performs control based on a control signal (control command) sent from the main control board 100 for voice output and blinking of the lamp. A program for performing such control is stored in the ROM 51 of the main control board 100 and the ROM (not shown) of each control board.

  In the game control device 300 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 (specifically, the main control board 100), a random number is obtained from the random number generation means in accordance with the timing when the ball wins the start chucker 17, and the random number matches the jackpot random number. By determining whether or not to perform, the jackpot winning lottery process is executed. Specifically, a random number counter for success / failure lottery updated at each timer interruption of the CPU 50 is set in a predetermined area (area) of the RAM 52 as a random number generation means, and the random number acquired from the counter is, for example, “7” or the like. If it matches the jackpot random number, it is determined that the jackpot is a big hit. The timer interrupt of the CPU 50 can be designed to occur, for example, every about 2 msec using a counter / timer circuit unit (not shown) provided on the main control board 100, for example. Then, an interrupt program for controlling the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be started with this timer interrupt as a trigger. Note that the “random number” described in the present specification refers to a value extracted with equal probability from the number in a predetermined range.

  Whether or not to operate the projection device 38 is determined according to the execution result of the jackpot winning lottery process as described above. Specifically, in the present embodiment, the projection device 38 is operated in response to the liquid crystal display unit 11 being controlled to the reach display state, which is a sign of jackpot. As for the case where the reach display state is set, (a) when it is determined that the jackpot is won in the winning lottery process, (b) when the losing symbol is derived and displayed via the reach display state, both cases may occur. is there. In each of these cases, the selection rate of the projected image is made different.

(In case of jackpot)
If it is determined in the winning / failing lottery process that the jackpot is won, the jackpot symbol lottery process for determining the jackpot symbol, the reach pattern lottery process for determining the reach pattern, and the projection device 38 are operated. A projection device operation lottery process for determining whether or not to perform the projection is executed. The projection device operation lottery process can be performed using a random number counter provided in the RAM 52, for example, at a selection rate as shown in FIG. According to the example of FIG. 8, the projection device 38 operates with a probability of 1/2 at the time of a big hit.

(In case of lost reach)
If it is determined that the game is lost in the winning / losing lottery process, a lost symbol lottery process for determining a lost symbol to be derived and displayed is executed. Among the lost symbols determined in the lost symbol lottery process, for example, when the left character and the right character are the same, it is determined that the reach has occurred, and the reach pattern lottery processing for determining the reach pattern, A projection device operation lottery process for determining whether or not to operate the projection device 38 is executed. The projection device operation lottery process can be performed in the same procedure as in the big hit. That is, according to the example of FIG. 8, the projection device 38 operates with a probability of 1/4 at the time of loss reach.

  As described above, after it is determined that the projection device 38 is to be operated, an image to be projected is selected from a plurality of images drawn on the image panel 36 (CPU 50: image selection means). The process related to this selection can be realized by a random number lottery similar to the jackpot winning lottery process or the projection device operation lottery process. For example, a program related to the lottery process related to the selection can be designed so that an image to be projected is selected with the selection probabilities shown in FIGS. Incidentally, it is needless to say that at the time of lose reach, the selection probability of “100” representing the expected degree of jackpot of 100% is zero. The motor 32 is driven by the control signal output from the CPU 50, whereby the image selected in the lottery process moves between the lens 14 and the light source 30. Further, an image is projected by controlling the light source 30 to be turned on and off.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the projection device 38 is operated when a reach occurs, but it is also possible to operate the projection device 38 when a loss does not occur. Specifically, for example, a notice that a reach will occur (including a notice that will not be reached), a jackpot sign (a special random number or a specific reach will be included in the hold ball) The projection device 38 may be operated as (for the symbol variation before the symbol variation for). In this way, the operation frequency of the projection device 38 increases, and the player's interest in the operation of the projection device 38 increases. In addition, when a big win is won in the winning / losing lottery process, the projection device 38 may be operated.

  Further, when the projection device 38 is in operation, as shown in FIG. 5, a message indicating that the projection device 38 is in operation is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 in the reach display state. In this case, a display command for displaying a message is input to the display control board 105. Further, instead of displaying the message, the player may be notified of the operation of the projection device 38 by flashing or flashing the liquid crystal display unit 11 or the lamp 117 (see FIG. 2). It is also possible to notify by voice information using the speaker 116. Or you may make it alert | report the operation | movement of the projection apparatus 38 by the combination of visual information and audio | voice information. Note that the reach display state in FIG. 5 shows a state in which the left and right characters are stopped and only the central character is changing.

  Further, when performing the reach effect with the display of the expected degree of jackpot on the liquid crystal display unit 11, the projection device 38 may project the expected degree of jackpot like the liquid crystal display unit 11, or the liquid crystal display unit 11 You may make it project jackpot expectation different from. In this way, even if the liquid crystal display unit 11 is in a normal reach, if the expectation degree in the projection device 38 is high, the player can play with expectation until the symbol is determined, and the range of effects is widened.

  Next, FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram when the pachinko gaming machine 1 is incorporated into an actual gaming facility 200. A gaming facility 200 according to the present invention is configured to include a pachinko gaming machine 1 installed on a gaming island 60 equipped with a ball replenishing device and the like, and a chair 61 disposed in front of the corresponding pachinko gaming machine 1. ing. When the projection device 38 built in the pachinko gaming machine 1 operates, an image is projected toward the player sitting on the chair 61. At this time, as shown in FIG. 7, when the hand is held toward the lens 14 (see FIGS. 1 and 3), an image (pictogram) is projected on the player's hand in the image shown in FIG. It will be. That is, the projection device 38 built in the pachinko gaming machine 1 is adjusted in position so that the image is projected on the screen virtually provided between the pachinko gaming machine 1 and the chair 61 so that the image can be seen. .

  In the gaming facility 200 as described above, the player sits on the chair 61 so as to face the pachinko gaming machine 1. At this time, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is always looking, but there is not much attention to one's body. However, in the gaming facility 200 (pachinko gaming machine 1), the arrangement of the projection device 38 is adjusted so that an image indicating “expected degree of winning” is displayed on the player's body. Therefore, there is a need to positively “see” the projected image. In the present embodiment, the projection device 38 is built in the main body of the pachinko gaming machine 1 so as to constitute a part of the pachinko gaming machine 1, but the “expected degree of hit state” from the pachinko gaming machine 1 side. If it is the structure which can acquire information, the structure attached to the pachinko game machine 1 so that attachment or detachment is possible can also be employ | adopted.

  Next, processing executed on the main control board 100 will be described with reference to a flowchart. First, FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the main process. After the power to the pachinko gaming machine 1 is turned on, known initialization processing such as interrupt mode setting and RAM check is executed (S1). After the timer interruption in S3, interruption processing (S5) is executed. In addition, the non-constant speed counter addition process (S2) is executed using the remaining time of the interrupt process. If a timer interrupt is confirmed, the timer interrupt flag that was turned on when the timer interrupt occurred is cleared (S3). As a representative example of the non-constant speed counter, a symbol determining random number counter for determining a jackpot symbol or a lost symbol to be derived and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 can be cited.

  Next, FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing interrupt processing. This interrupt process is started based on the occurrence of a timer interrupt in the CPU 50. The interrupt process includes a start winning process (S11), a lottery process (S12), a main symbol variation process (S13), a special prize process (S14), a projection effect process (S15), a game management process (S16), and the like. Has been. The game management process of S16 includes a winning switch process, an error check process, a data output process to a hall computer, etc., a solenoid process for opening and closing the attacker 16, etc., a prize ball process, a ramp process, a voice process, etc. Contains known subroutines necessary for control.

  FIG. 12 shows a flowchart of the lottery process. A random number is acquired from the random number counter for success / failure lottery in response to the winning of the ball in the start chucker 17, and the sampling random number is temporarily stored in the holding ball memory (RAM 52), and the liquid crystal display unit 11 can be changed in S20. After confirming this, the sampling random number is read from the reserved ball memory, and the processing from S21 is executed. First, in S22, it is determined whether or not the sampling random number matches the jackpot random number. As described above, the jackpot symbol lottery process (S23), the reach pattern lottery process (S24), and the projection device operation lottery process (S25) are executed. In the projection device operation lottery process, when it is determined that the projection device 38 is to be operated, a special prize image lottery process (S27) for selecting an image to be projected is executed. In S28, an image to be projected is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 52. Next, in S 29, instructions to be transmitted to the sub-boards such as the display control board 105 and the audio control board 106 and further to the projection device 38 are prepared in the RAM 52.

  On the other hand, when it is determined in S22 that the sampling random number does not match the jackpot random number, the lost symbol lottery process (S30) is executed. For example, the lost symbol lottery process is performed by referring to a random symbol counter for lost symbol lottery provided corresponding to each character in the middle left and right. At this time, for example, reach occurs when the left and right characters are the same. Incidentally, when all the characters are the same, a process for forcibly shifting the middle character is performed. If it is determined in S31 that a reach has occurred, reach pattern lottery processing is executed (S32). In the reach pattern lottery process, when a super reach in which the symbol variation time of the liquid crystal display unit 11 is set to be relatively long is selected, the process proceeds to S34, and the projection device operation lottery process is executed. This procedure is preferable because the projection device 38 does not operate in normal reach. The reason why it is preferable is that it is difficult to secure a sufficient projection time in the normal reach where the symbol variation time is set relatively short.

  Next, FIG. 13 is a flowchart of the projection effect process. First, the image determined in the projection device operation lottery process is moved to a predetermined position (a position facing both the lens 14 and the light source 30), and the light source 30 is turned on (S40, S41). A lighting signal of the light source 30 output from the CPU 50 is latched by a drive circuit (not shown), and the lighting state of the light source 30 is maintained until a lighting signal is input from the CPU 50. However, the light source 30 may be continuously turned on, or blinking may be repeated during reach. Furthermore, the projection may be switched by driving the motor 32 during the reach. In this way, in combination with the reach effect of the liquid crystal display unit 11, a higher effect can be produced. When the operation of the projection device 38 is stopped, the CPU 50 outputs a turn-off signal.

  As a specific example in which the projection image is switched during the reach, the motor 32 is switched so that the projection image is switched in synchronism with the development of the liquid crystal display unit 11 from a normal reach with a low jackpot expectation level to a super reach with a high jackpot expectation level. It can be shown that the drive control is performed. In the case where an effect that the liquid crystal display unit 11 develops from normal reach to super reach is selected, and the effect that displays “30” or “50” is selected in the projection device 38, the expectation degree “10” during normal reach. When the normal reach is changed to the super reach, the process for switching the projected image (the driving process of the motor 32) is performed and the liquid crystal display unit 11 is notified that the projected image has been switched. It is also possible to do so. Alternatively, the display on the liquid crystal display unit 11 may be switched only for the expected degree of projection by the projection device 38 without developing the normal reach.

  It should be noted that as the image to be projected, various characters having no function as a character other than characters such as numerals can be adopted. In this case, the expected degree of jackpot can be expressed by the type and number of characters. In addition, it is necessary to remember the type of the character in order to obtain information on the degree of jackpot expectation that is familiar to the appearing character, and the effect of increasing interest in the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be expected.

  As described above, the embodiment has been described by taking a pachinko gaming machine as an example, but the gist of the present invention can also be applied to a slot machine. In addition to the embodiments described in the present specification, embodiments in which the described configurations are appropriately selected can be implemented.

The front schematic diagram of the pachinko game machine of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. The schematic diagram which shows the structure of a projection apparatus. The plane schematic diagram of an image panel. The example of a liquid crystal display part at the time of a projection apparatus action | operation. Projection image diagram. Schematic diagram of game equipment. An example of the selection rate in a projection apparatus operation | work lottery process. An example of the image selection rate according to a lottery result. The flowchart of the main process performed with a main control board. The flowchart of an interruption process. The flowchart of a lottery process. The flowchart of a projection production process.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko machine 3 Game board 11 Liquid crystal display (variable display, notification means)
14 Lens 17 Start chucker (starting port)
30 Light source 32 Motor 34 Rotating shaft 36 Image panel 38 Projection device (projection means)
50 CPU ( lottery means , image selection means, jackpot generating means)
51 ROM
52 RAM
61 Chair 100 Main control board 105 Display control board (display control means)
117 lamp (notification means)
200 gaming facilities

Claims (3)

Lottery means for executing lottery processing for determining whether or not a hit state is generated in response to establishment of a predetermined start condition;
A variable display unit for displaying a result of the lottery process;
Display control means for performing display control of the variable display section;
In a gaming machine capable of generating the hit state with
An image representing the degree of expectation of occurrence of the contact state that is prepared Me pre comprises projection means for projecting in a direction toward the rear side of the game board to the front side as mirror the player's body as a projection surface,
The display control means controls the display of the variable display unit in a reach display state that is a precursor state of the hit state and is a state of performing a reach effect corresponding to an expected degree of occurrence of the hit state,
In the projection means, when the variable display unit is controlled to display in the reach display state and performs the reach effect, the expectation of occurrence of the hit state different from the expectation of occurrence of the hit state corresponding to the reach effect is set. A gaming machine that is configured to project an image to be represented . The display control means, as a reach display state that is a state of performing a reach effect corresponding to the expected degree of occurrence of the hit state, a normal reach that is a reach effect with a low expectation of occurrence of the hit state, and the above reach than the normal reach The display control of the reach display state is performed by performing the reach production selected from the super reach that is the reach production with high expectation level of the hit state,
In the projection means, when the variable display unit is controlled to display in the reach display state and performs the reach effect of the normal reach , the expectation degree of occurrence of the hit state higher than the expectation degree of occurrence of the hit state corresponding to the normal reach The gaming machine according to claim 1, configured to project an image representing Before SL projection means, the variable display unit is a display control to the reach display state, when performing reach effect of the normal reach, the expected occurrence of state per higher than the expected degree of occurrence of state per corresponding to the normal reach When an image representing a degree is projected, an image representing an expectation degree of occurrence of a hit state lower than an expectation degree of occurrence of the hit state is displayed, and then an image representing an expectation degree of occurrence of the hit state is switched and displayed. The gaming machine according to claim 2 configured as described above.

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