JP4931207B2 - A gaming machine having an accessory using an oscillating body - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine provided with an accessory using a rocking body.

  Pachinko machines are classified into first, second, and third types according to their game content. The second type pachinko machine opens and closes the blades of the center role triggered by the winning of the game ball at the start winning opening on the game board, and when the blades are in the open state, When the entered game ball further passes through a specific area (so-called V zone), it is configured to shift to a special game state advantageous to the player.

In such a second type pachinko machine, various accessory devices are installed in the center accessory in order to enhance the effect during the game. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses a decorative body that swings like a pendulum as an accessory device.
JP2003-236086

  However, since the accessory device shown in Patent Document 1 simply swings in accordance with a specific timing such as winning a prize, even if it is initially interesting, There was a risk of getting bored by the player.

The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances as described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine having an accessory that keeps interest without being bored by the player.

Gaming machine of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine comprising a game board having a game area where the game ball is flowing down, the character object is provided on the game board, the combination comprises,
And oscillator having a mounting table game ball to swingably disposed or One-edge on the game surface plate,
A collision portion disposed in the vicinity of the most oscillating position opposite to the initial position of the oscillating body;
A stopper for fixing the oscillator to the initial position in response to a stop command;
A guide unit that guides the game ball that has flowed down the game board and won the winning ball toward the mounting table when the rocking body is located at the initial position;
A controller for releasing the fixing operation of the stopper with respect to the rocking body ,
A V zone is provided in the vicinity of the collision part,
When the control unit releases the stopper fixing operation and the swinging body swings from the initial position toward the collision unit and collides with the collision unit, the game ball on the mounting table is the game ball of the game ball. It jumps out of the mounting table toward the V zone by inertia .

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  Hereinafter, gaming machines according to embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming apparatus 100 including an accessory that is an embodiment of the present invention. The gaming device 100 includes a vertically long rectangular main body outer frame 1 installed at a predetermined position in a gaming place such as a so-called hall. A glass frame 2 on which a glass plate is mounted is mounted on the front surface of the main body outer frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. In addition, a lower door 6 provided with a receiving tray 3 for storing game balls, an operation handle 4 for adjusting the launch strength of the game balls, an ashtray 5 and the like is attached to the lower front portion of the outer frame 1 so as to be openable and closable. ing. Further, an upper part of the outer frame 1 is provided with a speaker 7 that emits sound effects and the like, and an electrical decoration device 8 that emits light according to the gaming state.

  A game board 9 is provided behind the glass frame 2. A guide rail 10 is laid on the game board 9, and the game area 9 a is surrounded by the guide rail 10.

  A center role 20 is provided in the approximate center of the game area 9a, and around it, the winning holes such as a general winning port (not shown) and the specific winning port 11 and the flow direction of the game ball change. A game nail and a windmill (not shown) are provided. An out port 12 is provided at the bottom of the game area 9a for collecting game balls that have not won.

  Next, the structure of the center accessory 20 will be described in detail. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the center accessory 20.

  The center accessory 20 has wings 21 on both the left and right sides thereof, and when the sphere 21 is opened as shown by the dotted line 21 'in FIG. The game ball that has flowed down the game board surface can pass through the opening A blocked by the blades 21 and enter the center accessory 20.

  The center accessory 20 is provided with a guide portion 22, and the game ball that has passed through the opening A and entered the center accessory 20 becomes a waiting rocker at a standby position described later by the guide portion 22. Guided towards. The guide part 22 passes, for example, a funnel-shaped container that receives one or both of the game balls that pass through the openings A provided on the left and right of the center accessory 20 and enter the center accessory 20, and the funnel It is constituted by a bowl-shaped inclined passage that delivers from the outlet of the container to the standby rocking body to the standby position.

A swing body 23 is provided downstream of the guide portion 22, and the game ball that has passed through the guide portion 22 is placed on the swing body 23. The oscillating body 23 includes a long longitudinal member 23a made of a rigid member, and a mounting table 23b attached to one end thereof. The longitudinal member 23a and the mounting table 23b may be formed separately and then combined, or may be integrally formed by plastic molding or the like. A bearing portion is formed at the other end of the longitudinal member 23a, and a rotating shaft implanted substantially perpendicularly to the game board is passed through the bearing portion. Thereby, the oscillating body 23 can oscillate around the bearing portion. In the normal gaming state, the rocking body 23 is stopped by a stopper, which will be described later, at either the left end side or the right end side standby position (initial position) so as to be adjacent to the guide portion 22. The game ball guided by the guide unit 22 is smoothly placed on the placement table 23b.

  The upper surface of the mounting table 23b is preferably formed in a concave shape by, for example, a groove P as shown in FIG. 3A or a recess Q as shown in FIG. 3B. As a result, the game ball sent through the guide unit 22 is more smoothly placed on the placing table 23b and falls from the placing table 23b while being transported from one to the other by the swinging of the swinging body 23. It becomes difficult. The mounting table 23b further includes a game ball mounting table 23b that prevents the game ball from dropping from the mounting table 23b while waiting at the standby position and in the middle of swinging. It is preferable to provide a mooring mechanism 230 that does not hinder the jumping out of the unit.

4A and 4B are perspective views of the mounting table 23b provided with the mooring mechanism 230. FIG. 4A shows the attitude of the mooring mechanism 230 at the standby position, and FIG. 4B shows the attitude at the time of collision. It is shown. As can be seen from FIG. 4A, the mooring mechanism 230 is pivotally supported by a pivot shaft 231 protruding from both side surfaces of the mounting table 23b. A first mooring piece 232 and a second mooring piece 233 are provided at both ends of the mooring mechanism 230 to prevent the game ball from jumping out from the mounting table 23b in the swinging direction. A weight 234 for rotating the mooring mechanism 230 in accordance with the inclination state of the mounting table 23b is provided downward in the center of the mooring mechanism 230. On the other hand, the mounting table 23b is provided with rotation restricting portions 235 and 236 for restricting the rotation range of the mooring mechanism 230, so that when the rocking body 23 is in the standby position as shown in FIG. 4A. The mooring mechanism 230 stops in contact with the rotation restricting portion 235 due to the weight of the weight 234. That is, at this time, the first mooring piece 232 is lifted upward from the upper surface of the mounting table 23b to prevent the game ball from dropping from the mounting table 23b. At the same time, the second mooring piece 233 is lower than the upper surface of the mounting table 23b. Is allowed to accept game balls. On the other hand, when the oscillating body 23 oscillates and is located at a collision position (a position indicated by a dotted line B in FIG. 2), which will be described later, on the opposite side of the standby position as shown in FIG. Stops in contact with the movement restricting portion 236. That is, at this time, the second mooring piece 233 is lifted upward from the upper surface of the mounting table 23b to prevent the game ball from falling, while the first mooring piece 232 is lowered downward from the upper surface of the mounting table 23b. It is possible to jump out from the mounting table 23b. The mooring mechanism 230 is not limited to the above-described structure, and any structure can be used as long as it can prevent or allow the game ball from popping out from the mounting table 23b according to the swing of the swing body 23. There may be. For example, the center angle formed by the first mooring piece and the second mooring piece with the rotation axis as the center is configured to be an acute angle, and the position of the weight is adjusted as appropriate so that the first Instead of lowering the mooring piece below the upper surface of the mounting table 23b, the mooring piece is lifted up to a position higher than the diameter of the game ball above the upper surface of the mounting table 23b so that the game ball passes under the first mooring piece. You may make it pop out of 23b

  A collision unit 24 is installed in the vicinity of the most swinging position on the side opposite to the standby position. After receiving the game ball, the swinging body 23 starts swinging toward the collision unit 24. The swinging body 23 swings again toward the standby position after colliding with the collision part 24, returns to the standby position, and ends the swinging. Here, at the time of the collision with the collision part 24, the swinging of the swinging body 23 is suddenly stopped. At this time, the game ball transported from the standby position while being placed on the mounting table 23b jumps out of the mounting table 23b in the direction of travel of the rocking body 23 immediately before the collision due to its inertia. Thereafter, the game ball falls under a parabola under the action of gravity. In the present embodiment, a V zone portion 25 is provided at a predetermined position on the parabola. Thereby, the game ball jumping out from the mounting table 23b passes through the V zone 25 with high probability and is detected by the V zone detector. As a result, it shifts to a special winning state (so-called jackpot) that is advantageous to the player. In the special winning state, for example, the state where the blades 21 open and close a plurality of times continues, and the player can acquire many winning balls at once.

  A winning opening 26 is provided at the bottom of the center accessory 20, and a game ball that passes through the opening A but enters the center accessory 20 but cannot be placed on the mounting table 23b in a timely manner, General winning balls such as game balls that have been placed in good timing but could not pass through the V zone are collected on the mounting table 23b.

In the above embodiment, the collision unit 24 is described as being fixed at a predetermined position. However, the collision unit 24 may move so as to reciprocate within a certain range, for example. With such a configuration, the impact force at the time of collision between the rocking body 23 and the collision portion 24 changes according to the position of the collision portion 24, so that the jumping out of the game ball from the mounting table 23b is rich in change. Therefore, it becomes possible to make the player more interested in the game content. In FIG. 2 , the collision unit 24 is disposed at a position where it collides with the mounting table 23b. However, the collision unit 24 is not limited to this position, and may collide with the longitudinal member 23a, for example.

  The rocking body 23 is provided with an assisting device 27 that assists the rocking. FIG. 5 shows an example of such a support device 27. The assisting device 27 shown in FIG. 5 includes an electromagnetic solenoid 27a and a magnetic rod 27b inserted through a hollow portion of the electromagnetic solenoid 27a. The magnetic rod 27b is attached to the longitudinal member 23a of the oscillating body 23, and an adjustable electromagnetic auxiliary force is intermittently transmitted by intermittently transmitting pulses from the pulse transmitting unit 27c to the electromagnetic solenoid 27a at a predetermined timing. Therefore, it is possible to assist the swinging of the swinging body without going through mechanical contact.

  The subsidizing device 27 is not limited to the electromagnetic drive mechanism as described above, and is, for example, a mechanism such as a balance weight provided on the mounting table or an extrusion device that pushes out the mounting table when the stopper is released. May be. In the case of such an extruding device, for example, the support is supported only once with the release of the stopper so that the mounting table swings from the standby position and collides with the collision portion with an appropriate momentum. In this case, there is no need for subsidy for a predetermined time after the stopper is released to continue swinging the mounting table to the standby position or the collision position. Further, in the case of the balance weight provided on the mounting table, since the swinging of the mounting table is mechanically assisted, a command for the assisting operation from the control unit is not necessary.

  A stopper 28 is provided in the vicinity of the standby position of the oscillating body 23, so that the oscillating body 23 is kept stopped at the standby position. For example, as shown in FIG. 6, the stopper 28 includes a movable piece 28a and a drive unit 28b such as a motor for displacing the movable piece 28a. As a result, the movable piece 28a is engaged with the longitudinal member 23a of the oscillating body 23, whereby the oscillating body 23 can be stopped at the standby position. Further, when the oscillating body 23 is oscillated, the movable piece 28a is displaced to the position indicated by the dotted line in FIG. 6 so that the engagement between the stopper 28 and the longitudinal member 23a of the oscillating body 23 is disengaged. Start rocking.

  Next, the control unit that controls the driving of the stopper 28 will be described.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control system of the game apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. As can be seen from FIG. 7, the control unit 30 includes a CPU (central processing unit) 31 that performs various types of information processing, a ROM (non-rewritable storage unit) 32 that stores game control programs and required data, and various random numbers. And a RAM (rewritable storage unit) 33 for storing temporary data such as signals and signals, and power is supplied from a power source 41. The control unit 30 has a payout control device 51 for paying out game balls in accordance with start sensors at various winning openings, a launch control device 52 for launching game balls with an intensity corresponding to the amount of rotation of the handle 4, and an effect from the speaker 7. A voice control device 53 that controls sound, an electrical decoration control device 54 that controls lighting of the electrical decoration device 8, and the like are connected. The control unit 30 is further connected to the pulse transmission unit 27c of the above-described assisting device 27 and the drive unit 28b of the passage detector 29 and the stopper 28.

FIG. 8 shows a flowchart of drive control of the drive unit 28b of the stopper 28 performed by the control unit 30 described above. That is, when the passage detector 29 such as an optical sensor provided in the vicinity of the guide unit 22 detects that the game ball has passed through the guide unit 22 (step S1), the timer starts counting and starts for a predetermined time. (Step S2), a fixed operation release command (swing start command) is sent to the drive portion 28b of the stopper 28, and the movable piece 28a is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 6 to engage with the longitudinal member 23a. Is released (step S3). Thereafter, when a predetermined time elapses after the timer starts counting (step S4), a swing stop command is sent to the drive portion 28b of the stopper 28 to rotate the movable piece 28a clockwise in FIG. (Step S5). In the stop command in step S5 described above, the stop command may be issued not by using the timer in step S4 but by detecting the return of the oscillator 23 to the standby position by a sensor (not shown). Further, without providing the detector 29 , for example, a release command may be issued to the drive unit 28b after a predetermined time has elapsed after opening and closing of the blade 21.

  As described above, in the present invention, the swinging body is provided in front of the V zone, and the game ball is swung together with the swinging body and transported toward the V zone. It is possible to provide a game content that lasts.

It is an external appearance front view of the game device as an example of the present invention. It is a front view of the accessory of the Example of this invention. It is a perspective view of the mounting base of the accessory of the Example of this invention. It is a perspective view for demonstrating a motion of the mooring mechanism of the accessory of the Example of this invention. It is a front view of the aid device of the accessory of the Example of this invention. It is a top view for demonstrating the motion of the stopper of the accessory of the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram of the control system of the gaming machine which is an embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the drive routine of the stopper of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

100 pachinko machine (game machine)
20 Center character
21 feathers
22 Guide
23 Oscillator
24 Collision
25 V zone section
27 Subsidy device
28 Stopper
29 Detector
30 Control unit

Claims (1)

A gaming machine comprising a game board having a game area where the game ball is flowing down, the character object is provided on the game board, the combination comprises,
And oscillator having a mounting table game ball to swingably disposed or One-edge on the game surface plate,
A collision portion disposed in the vicinity of the most oscillating position opposite to the initial position of the oscillating body;
A stopper for fixing the oscillator to the initial position in response to a stop command;
A guide unit that guides the game ball that has flowed down the game board and won the winning ball toward the mounting table when the rocking body is located at the initial position;
A controller for releasing the fixing operation of the stopper with respect to the rocking body ,
A V zone is provided in the vicinity of the collision part,
When the control unit releases the stopper fixing operation and the swinging body swings from the initial position toward the collision unit and collides with the collision unit, the game ball on the mounting table is the game ball of the game ball. A gaming machine that jumps out of the mounting table toward the V zone portion by inertia .

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