JP4522247B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine that includes left and right satellite speakers to enhance the effect of voice production.

In general, pachinko gaming machines mainly include a main board that performs control related to the game in general and a sub-control board (such as a symbol control board, a lamp control board, and a voice control board) that is electrically connected to the main board. It is configured to perform visual or auditory effects according to game content. For example, the symbol on the symbol display means provided on the game board is changed or stopped by the symbol control board, the lamps are blinked or lit on the lamp control board, and the voice or sound effect is output from the speaker on the voice control board. The playability has been improved by the production effect by generating. In particular, recently, pachinko machines equipped with, for example, left and right satellite speakers (stereo speakers capable of audio output independently on the left and right) with an emphasis on acoustic effects have become widespread (for example, Patent Document 1 and Patent Document). 2)
JP-A-8-103543 JP 2002-136673 A

  However, the conventional pachinko gaming machine has the following problems because the left and right satellite speakers are arranged at the left and right corners in the upper part of the front frame. That is, a plurality of pachinko gaming machines in a game hall are usually arranged side by side in the width direction, but if satellite speakers are arranged on the left and right of the front frame, the sound of adjacent pachinko gaming machines There was a possibility of being confused with the output. For example, it is difficult to discriminate between the right (left side) speaker output of his / her pachinko gaming machine and the left (right side) speaker output of the right adjacent (left adjacent) pachinko gaming machine, resulting in confusion.

  This invention is made in view of such a situation, and is providing the pachinko gaming machine which can avoid confusion with the output of an adjacent pachinko gaming machine.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a main board that performs control related to overall game progression, a voice control board that generates a voice signal based on a signal from the main board, and an amplifier that amplifies the voice signal from the voice control board In a pachinko gaming machine comprising a board and left and right satellite speakers arranged on the front frame and outputting sound independently from the left and right based on the audio signal amplified by the amplifier board, each of the left and right satellite speakers is be close together, while disposed toward the seating position of the player, the left and right satellite speakers placed near a place deflected to the left or right one position of the front frame, to adjust the audio data at the time of compression By using stereo dipole technology, the surround sound is output to the player at the sitting position by the satellite speaker. That.

According to a second aspect of the invention, the pachinko game machine according to claim 1, the other right or left position with respect to the position where the left and right satellite speakers are arranged is lit or on the basis of the progress of a game A lamp that can blink is provided.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the left and right satellite speakers are brought close to each other and arranged toward the seating position of the player, confusion with the output of the adjacent pachinko gaming machine can be avoided. In addition, by using the stereo dipole technology to adjust the voice data at the time of compression, it is possible to output a clear surround sound to the player of the seating position.

In addition , the left and right satellite speakers that are brought close to each other are deflected to either the left or right position of the front frame, which improves the design of pachinko machines compared to conventional speakers that are arranged symmetrically. Can be made.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the left and right satellite speakers are disposed at the other left and right positions, lamps that can be lit or blinked based on the progress of the game are disposed. The design of the pachinko machine can be further improved.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
The pachinko gaming machine according to the present embodiment is mainly composed of a front frame 3, an inner frame 10, and an outer frame 7, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 4, and the front frame 3 includes a game board ( (Not shown) through a glass window 2, a handle 4 for launching a game ball on the game board, a receiving tray 5 for receiving a game ball thrown by the player and a prized ball, and the like from a stereo speaker The left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b and a plurality of lamps R are formed.

  The handle 4 is rotated while being held by a player, thereby driving an internal launching device (not shown) to continuously launch game balls onto the game board. When a game ball launched onto the game board by the turning operation of the handle 4 wins a winning opening (including a normal winning opening or a big winning opening) formed on the gaming board, it corresponds to the winning. The set number of award balls is paid out. The tray 5 is formed to bulge from the front frame 3 to the front side (player side), and can accommodate a large number of game balls thrown by the player, prize balls or foul balls to be paid back.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a bass speaker unit 8 for outputting a low-frequency sound output is disposed at the lower part on the front side of the inner frame 10, and the bass speaker unit in the front frame 3 is provided. In the position corresponding to 8, an output hole 3a capable of satisfactorily outputting a low-frequency sound output to the player side is formed. As shown in FIG. 3, an amplifier substrate 9 is disposed on the back surface of the bass speaker unit 8.

  The amplifier board 9 can amplify and output an audio signal from an audio control board 20 to be described later. By mounting the amplifier board 9 on the back surface of the bass speaker unit 8, a space for arranging the amplifier board 9 is provided. Can reduce the number of parts when assembling to the inner frame 3 because the degree of freedom of layout of other parts constituting the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be improved and these can be handled as one part. can do.

  The amplifier board 9 distributes the output to each speaker (the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b and the bass speaker unit 8) in addition to the function of amplifying the audio signal (the output of either the left or right satellite speaker or low-frequency sound). General functions necessary for stereo output, such as output distribution).

  Incidentally, as shown in FIG. 7, a main board 11, a sub control board 12, a lamp control board 13, and a sound control board 14 are disposed on the back side of the game board. Specifically, the main board 11 and the sub-control board 12 are connected to each other so that an output signal or a control signal of the main board 11 can be transmitted to the sub-control board 12, and the sub-control board 12 and the lamp The control board 13 and the sound control board 14 are connected to each other so that an output signal or a control signal of the sub control board 12 can be transmitted to the lamp control board 13 and the sound control board 14, respectively.

  The main board 11 is for performing control related to the overall progress of the game in the pachinko gaming machine 1, and the internal CPU has various switches formed on the game board (the operation port SW for detecting the passage of the game ball in the operation port). And a special winning opening SW for detecting that the electric tulip has been passed) and a solenoid (such as an electric combination solenoid for operating a predetermined character in the electric combination, a large winning opening solenoid for opening and closing the large winning opening, etc.). ing.

  The sub-control board 12 is for controlling display of a symbol display means (not shown) or the like based on a control signal from the main board 11. The lamp control board 13 is connected to the lamp R formed on the front frame 3 of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and other lamps (decorative LEDs, side lamps, glass frame lamps), and these lamps are turned on or blinked. It is something to control. For example, the lamp R can be lit or blinked based on the progress of the game, and includes a plurality of light emitting means formed on the upper left side of the front frame 3.

  The audio control board 14 is for generating an audio signal based on the signal from the main board 11, and outputs audio from the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b and the bus speaker unit 8 to produce an auditory effect. belongs to. However, the lamp control board 13 and the sound control board 14 are configured to be electrically connected to the lamp R and the amplifier board 9 via the floating connector F (see FIG. 4) when attached to the inner frame 10 of the game board. The As a result, the lamp control board 13 is electrically connected to the lamp R formed on the front frame 3, and the amplifier board 9 is arranged on the bass speaker unit 8 and the front frame 3 disposed on the inner frame 10. It is electrically connected to both the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b.

  The floating connector F is composed of a connector having a predetermined play, and when the game board 11 is assembled to the inner frame 10, it is automatically and simultaneously connected with a connector (not shown) on the game board 11 side. 13 and the lamp R, and the audio control board 14 and the amplifier board 9 are electrically connected. Thereby, the lamp R can be turned on or blinked based on the progress of the game, and the audio signal from the audio control board 14 is amplified by the amplifier board 9, and the low-frequency sound output is output from the bus speaker unit 8. In addition to the output, other sound outputs are output from the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b.

Here, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment, the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b are brought close to each other and arranged toward the sitting position of the player. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, a bulging portion 3 c is formed on the upper right side of the front frame 3 to form a mounting surface 3 b that faces the seating position I of the player. The left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b are arranged close to 3b.

Thus, it is disposed adjacent the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b, because they are disposed toward the seating position I of Yu technique's, as in FIG. 6, when the present pachinko game machine 1 was more juxtaposed The confusion with the output of the adjacent pachinko machine can be avoided. That is, the speaker position in the pachinko gaming machine at the position of FIG. A is physically separated from the speaker position of the pachinko gaming machine at the adjacent positions B and C, so that the output from each speaker is confused. It is avoided.

  Further, if the audio control board 14 is adjusted in advance when the audio data is compressed, the stereo dipole technique can be used, and a clear surround sound can be output to the player at the sitting position I. This stereo dipole technique is one of signal processing techniques in the field of sound reproduction, which processes a sound source signal through a special digital filter and sends the sound data to two adjacent speakers (ie, left and right satellite speakers 6a, 6b). ), It is possible to realize a clear sound image localization.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b that are brought closer to each other are arranged to be deflected to the right side of the front frame 3, so that the speakers are arranged symmetrically as in the prior art. Therefore, it is possible to adopt a novel design that is asymmetrical to the left and right, and to improve the design of the pachinko gaming machine 1. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b are deflected at the upper right position of the front frame 3, and the lamp R is formed at the upper left position, which is the other position. As a result, it is possible to provide an asymmetric design, and the design of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be further improved.

Although the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a pachinko gaming machine having a general upper and lower two-stage tray (upper and lower dishes) or a bass speaker 8 is provided. However, the present invention may be applied to a device that does not output sound (that is, audio output is performed only by the left and right satellite speakers 6a and 6b). Also, both the right and left satellite speakers 6a and 6b and the bus speaker 8 may be provided with dedicated amplifier boards, respectively. Furthermore, the left and right satellite speakers 6a, respectively allowed to approach each other 6b, if disposed toward the seating position I of the player, for example, the satellite speakers 6a on the upper left side of the front frame 3, to deflect arranged 6b but it may also be so.

Each was a close together the left and right satellite speaker, while disposed toward the seating position of the player, placing the left and right satellite speaker is brought close to deflect in any position right at the top of the front frame, at the time of compression If it is a pachinko gaming machine that outputs surround sound to the player at the sitting position using the stereo dipole technology by adjusting the audio data, the satellite speaker has a different external shape or other functions added It can also be applied to things.

Front view showing a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention Perspective view showing the pachinko machine Right side view showing the pachinko machine The perspective view which shows the state which opened the front frame of the pachinko machine Top view showing the pachinko machine Schematic diagram showing each audio output range when multiple pachinko gaming machines are installed side by side Block diagram showing connection of main components in the pachinko machine

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko machine 2 Glass window 3 Front frame 4 Handle 5 Receptacle 6a, 6b Left and right satellite speaker 7 Outer frame 8 Bus speaker unit 9 Amplifier board 10 Inner frame 11 Main board 12 Sub control board 13 Lamp control board 14 Audio control board I Sitting position R lamp

Claims (2)

A main board for controlling the overall game progression;
An audio control board for generating an audio signal based on a signal from the main board;
An amplifier board for amplifying an audio signal from the audio control board;
Left and right satellite speakers arranged on the front frame and outputting audio independently from each of the left and right based on the audio signal amplified by the amplifier board;
In a pachinko machine equipped with
Each was a close to each other of the left and right satellite speakers, as well as positioned toward the seated position of the player, deflected by arranging the left and right satellite speakers placed near a left or right one position of the front frame, A pachinko gaming machine that outputs a surround sound from a satellite speaker to a player at a sitting position by using stereo dipole technology by adjusting audio data during compression.   2. A lamp that can be lit or blinked according to the progress of the game is provided at any one of the other left and right positions with respect to the position where the left and right satellite speakers are provided. Pachinko machines.

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