JP7252803B2 - game machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to gaming machines.

In general, in a gaming machine (pachinko machine), a game ball is shot toward a game area in a game board by a player's steering wheel operation, and a game ball that has flowed down the game area enters a starting hole. A lottery related to the design is executed. In the gaming machine, the special symbols are variably displayed on the special symbol display device, and the special symbols determined by the lottery are stopped and displayed to inform the player of the lottery result. At this time, in the gaming machine, when a specific special symbol indicating a big win is stop-displayed on the special symbol display device, a big win game that is more advantageous to the player than a normal game is started. When a big role game is started, the attacker device opens and closes a predetermined number of times in the gaming machine, allowing game balls to enter the big winning opening, so that the player can receive a large number of winning balls. becomes.

In the amusement machine described above, the effects related to the game are not limited to the effects using the two-dimensional images. is vertically subdivided and displayed so as to generate parallax, thereby executing an effect using a three-dimensional image (for example, Patent Literature 1).

JP 2012-115469 A

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in game machines, the display area of a display device has been expanded more than before in order to make the presentation more attractive. For this reason, in game machines, if image data of a size corresponding to the display area of the display device is prepared in advance, the program capacity will be compressed. By correcting the size of the area, it is possible to display an image having a size corresponding to the display area without increasing the data capacity of the image.

However, as in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, in the case of a configuration in which the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye are alternately displayed, after the image for the left eye and the image for the right eye are drawn, If corrected to the size of the display area of the display device, the image will be distorted as a three-dimensional image. In this case, it has been difficult to simultaneously display a three-dimensional image and a two-dimensional image.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine capable of realizing an effect using both a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image without increasing the amount of image-related data.

The present invention comprises image control means for displaying an image rendered based on image data relating to a game as at least one of a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image when the image is displayed on a display device;
a storage area for storing an image drawn by the image control means based on the image data;
The image control means is
display time correction control for storing an image drawn based on the image data in the storage area and correcting the image stored in the storage area when the image is displayed on the display device;
drawing time correction control for correcting the image stored in the storage area when the image is drawn based on the image data when displaying the image stored in the storage area on the display device,
When displaying on the display device as a representation of the three-dimensional image, executing the correction control at the time of drawing,
switching from the display-time correction control to the drawing-time correction control when starting display on the display device as a representation of the three-dimensional image from the state in which the display-time correction control is being executed;
When the display on the display device as the expression of the three-dimensional image is terminated from the state in which the drawing correction control is being performed, the drawing correction control is switched to the display correction control.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine capable of realizing an effect using both a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image without increasing the amount of image-related data.

1 is a perspective view showing an external configuration of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention in a state where a door is opened; FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. It is a figure explaining the functional block of the gaming machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure explaining the functional block of the sub-control part in the gaming machine of embodiment of this invention. (A) is a diagram for explaining the control executed by the image control means when only a two-dimensional image is displayed on the rendering display device in the gaming machine of the embodiment of the present invention; (B) is a diagram for rendering only a three-dimensional image; A diagram explaining the control executed by the image control means when displaying on the display device, (C) explains the control executed by the image control means when displaying the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image on the effect display device It is a diagram. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating control executed by the image control means when displaying a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image on the effect display device in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention; (A) is a diagram for explaining the control executed by the image control means when the display of the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image is switched to the display of only the two-dimensional image in the gaming machine according to the embodiment of the present invention; , and (B) are processes related to construction of a 2D image command used for drawing a 2D image and construction of a 3D image command used for drawing a 3D image executed by the sub CPU. , and (C) is a flowchart showing scaler change request processing executed by the sub CPU.

The present embodiment will be described below. It should be noted that the embodiments described below do not unduly limit the content of the present invention described in the claims. Moreover, not all the configurations described in the present embodiment are essential constituent elements of the present invention.

1. 1. Configuration FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine 1, which is a game machine for playing games using game values (game balls) according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 1 includes an outer frame 2 in which a space is formed by four sides assembled in a substantially rectangular shape; A front frame 6 attached to the middle frame 4 by a hinge mechanism so as to be openable and closable is provided.

Similarly to the outer frame 2, the middle frame 4 has four sides formed in a substantially rectangular shape to form an enclosed space. The pachinko machine 1 holds a game board 30 (see FIG. 2) in the surrounding space of the middle frame 4 . Further, the front frame 6 holds a transmission plate 10 made of glass or resin. In the pachinko machine 1, when the middle frame 4 and the front frame 6 are closed with respect to the outer frame 2, it becomes a base on the game board 30, and is installed in front of the middle frame 4 when the pachinko machine 1 is viewed from the front. The plate 31 (see FIG. 2) and the transmission plate 10 face each other substantially in parallel with a predetermined gap maintained, and the game board 30 can be visually recognized from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 through the transmission plate 10. - 特許庁

An operating handle 12 projecting toward the front side of the pachinko machine 1 is provided at the lower portion of the front frame 6. - 特許庁The operation handle 12 is provided with a firing operation lever 12a that can be rotated by the player. At high intensity, a game ball as a game value is shot by a shooting mechanism (not shown). The game ball thus shot rises between rails 32 and 33 (see FIG. 2) provided on the game board surface 31a (see FIG. 2), which is the surface of the game board 31 of the game board 30, and reaches the game area. 40 (see FIG. 2).

FIG. 2 is a front view of the game board 30 according to this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 2, the game area 40 is a space formed between the game board surface 31a and the transmission plate 10 (see FIG. 1), and is an area where game balls can flow down or roll. The game board 30 is provided with a large number of nails and pinwheels on the game board surface 31a. I have to.

The game area 40 includes a first game area 40L and a second game area 40R in which the degree of entry of game balls differs from each other according to the firing intensity of the shooting mechanism. The first game area 40L is positioned on the left side of the game area 40 as seen from the player facing the pachinko machine 1, and the second game area 40R is positioned at the game area 40 as seen from the player facing the pachinko machine 1. located on the right side of the In the pachinko machine 1, since the rail 33 is discontinued at the upper left side of the game area 40, the game ball fired by the shooting mechanism with a shooting intensity less than a predetermined intensity enters the first game area 40L, A game ball shot with a shooting intensity equal to or higher than the intensity enters the second game area 40R.

In addition, the game area 40 is provided with a first starting port 51, a second starting port 52, a plurality of first general winning ports 58, and a second general winning port 59 into which game balls can enter. , the game ball that has entered the first game area 40L can enter the first start hole 51 and the plurality of first general winning holes 58, and the game ball that has entered the second game area 40R can enter the second It is configured such that a ball can be entered into the starting port 52 and the second general prize winning port 59 . When a game ball enters each of the first starting port 51, the second starting port 52, the first general prize winning port 58, and the second general prize winning port 59, predetermined prize balls set respectively are paid out to the player. . In addition, in the pachinko machine 1, the number of prize balls may be any number as long as it is one or more. The number of prize balls to be paid out in each of may be set to be different, or the same number of prize balls may be set. In the pachinko machine 1, the number of winning balls to be put out by entering the first starting hole 51 may be set smaller than the number of winning balls to be put out by entering the second starting hole 52.例文帳に追加It is possible.

In the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment, the first starting area is provided within the first starting opening 51 and the second starting area is provided within the second starting opening 52 . In the pachinko machine 1, when a game ball enters the first start port 51 or the second start port 52 and enters the first start area or the second start area, a plurality of special symbols provided in advance are displayed. An internal lottery will be held to determine one of the special symbols. Each special symbol is associated with various benefits (game profit) such as whether or not a jackpot game can be executed as a special game state advantageous to the player, and what kind of game state the subsequent game state should be. . Therefore, when the game ball enters the first start hole 51 or the second start hole 52, the player obtains a predetermined prize ball and at the same time obtains a lottery opportunity for obtaining rights to receive various benefits. It will happen.

In addition, a movable piece 52a is provided in the second starting port 52 so that it can be opened and closed, and the ease with which a game ball enters the second starting port 52 changes according to the state of the movable piece 52a. It is Specifically, when the movable piece 52a is in a closed state, it becomes impossible to enter the game ball into the second starting port 52, and when the movable piece 52a is opened and is in a state where it is more open than the diameter of the game ball. , a game ball can be entered into the second starting port 52. - 特許庁

In the pachinko machine 1, when the game ball passes through the entrance area in the gate 53 provided in the second game area 40R, a lottery of normal symbols is performed, and when the lottery wins, the movable piece 52a is opened for a predetermined time. State controlled. By controlling the movable piece 52a to the open state, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the movable piece 52a functions as a tray that guides the game ball to the second start port 52, and the game ball to the second start port 52. It becomes easy to enter the ball. Note that the pachinko machine 1 is configured such that the game ball cannot enter the second starting port 52 when the movable piece 52a is in the closed state. It may be configured so that game balls can be entered at a certain frequency even when in the state.

In addition, a warp introduction port 56 and a warp discharge port 57 are provided in the upper part of the second game area 40R. It passes through the back side of the game board 30 from 56 and is led to the warp discharge port 57, and is returned to the second game area 40R above the gate 53 again.

A large winning opening device 60 having a large winning opening 65 into which a game ball can enter is provided on the lower side of the second game area 40R. The large winning opening device 60 is provided with an opening/closing door 61 capable of opening and closing the large winning opening 65. Normally, the opening/closing door 61 closes the large winning opening 65, and the game to the large winning opening 65 is allowed. It is impossible to enter the ball. On the other hand, in the pachinko machine 1, when a jackpot game is executed, the opening/closing door 61 is opened, and a game ball can enter the big winning hole 65.例文帳に追加Note that the big winning gate device 60 is provided with a rotating member 62 that rotates up and down in conjunction with the opening and closing of the opening/closing door 61. When the opening/closing door 61 is opened, the rotating member 62 moves upward. It is configured to receive the game balls that rotate and flow down from above, and perform winning assistance that makes it easier to lead them to the big winning opening 65. - 特許庁

Then, when the game ball enters the big winning hole 65, the passage of the game ball is detected by the big winning hole detection sensor 67, and a predetermined prize ball is paid out to the player. A game ball entering from the big winning opening 65 passes through a discharge opening 69 arranged on the lower side and is discharged from the back side of the big winning opening device 60 to the outside. The game ball that has passed through the big winning hole detection sensor 67 is detected by a big winning hole discharge detecting sensor 68, which is a game ball detecting sensor. It is detected whether or not it has been properly ejected to the back of 30 .

In addition, game balls that do not enter the second starting hole 52 and the big winning hole 65 pass through the big winning hole device 60 as they are, are guided above the second general winning hole 59, and enter the second general winning hole. Win 59 or just flow down. In addition, the second general winning hole 59, for example, is set to one prize ball, and when the winning is detected in a state where the game ball should be shot aiming at the first game area 40L, the first game area 40L is aimed. It is possible to configure so as to notify the player that the player should hit (that is, the recommendation to hit left).

At the bottom of the game area 40, the ball does not enter any of the first general winning opening 58, the first starting opening 51, the second starting opening 52, the big winning opening 65, and the second general winning opening 59. A discharge port 55 is provided for discharging the game ball from the game area 40 to the back side of the game board 30 .

In addition, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko machine 1 is equipped with an effect device for executing effects according to the progress of the game, such as changes in the game state, whether or not a ball enters each winning hole, and various lottery results. , a production display device 400 as a display device (display unit) for displaying an image made of a liquid crystal display device, a production accessory device 410, a production lighting device 420 made of a lamp controlled to various lighting modes and emission colors, and a speaker. A music output device 430 consisting of the following, and an effect operation device 450 for receiving an operation related to the effect of the player are provided.

The effect display device 400 is provided with an image display unit 400a as an image display device for displaying an image at a position visible from the front side of the pachinko machine 1 in the substantially central portion of the game board 30. When viewed, it is provided on the back side of the game board 31 by being installed on the back side of the middle frame 4.例文帳に追加That is, in the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, the game board 31 is positioned in front of the image display section 400a.

As shown in FIG. 2, the effect display device 400 variably displays the effect symbols 401L, 401C, and 401R arranged on the left side, the center, and the right side in the image display section 400a, and stops the effect symbols 401L, 401C, and 401R. Depending on the mode, a variable effect is executed in which the player is informed of the result of the big winning lottery.

A lenticular lens 400b, which is a sheet in which fine semi-cylindrical shapes are arranged on the surface, is arranged on the surface of the effect display device 400. As shown in FIG. In the pachinko machine 1, the image displayed on the effect display device 400 is displayed to the player through the lenticular lens 400b, so that when the three-dimensional image is displayed on the effect display device 400, the left eye that constitutes the three-dimensional image is displayed. A parallax occurs between the 3D image for the player and the 3D image for the right eye, the 3D image for the left eye is viewed by the left eye of the player, and the 3D image for the right eye is viewed by the right eye of the player. It is configured so that a dimensional image can be viewed.

The production accessory device 410 is arranged in front of the image display section 400a of the production display device 400, and is usually retracted so as not to interfere with the display of the image display section 400a. During the variable display, etc., the player moves to the front of the image display section 400a to give the player a feeling of anticipation of a big win.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the production lighting device 420 includes, for example, an LED as a light source and a lens that diffuses the light emitted from the LED. , and the lighting is controlled in various ways according to the image displayed on the effect display device 400 .

As shown in FIG. 1, the music output device 430 is a so-called speaker provided at the upper position of the front frame 6 or at the lowest position of the outer frame 2, and is arranged in accordance with the image etc. displayed on the effect display device 400. Then, various musical pieces are output toward the front side of the pachinko machine 1.例文帳に追加Note that music includes all concepts related to sound, such as musical tones, noises, voices, and onomatopoeias.

The performance operating device 450 has a performance pressing button 451 for receiving a player's pressing operation, and a performance rotating lever 452 for receiving a player's rotating operation for rotating the entire performance operating device 450. and at a lower position than the transmission plate 10 . The effect operating device 450 is activated in accordance with an image or the like displayed on the effect display device 400, and when an operation by the player is received within the operation valid period, the effect display device 400 or the effect accessory is activated in response to the operation. Various productions using the device 410 are executed.

Further, behind the effect operation device 450, there is provided an upper tray 22 for guiding prize balls paid out from the pachinko machine 1 and game balls rented from the game ball rental apparatus, and a lower tray 24 is provided below the upper tray 22. is provided. In the pachinko machine 1, when the upper tray 22 is filled with game balls, the game balls that cannot enter the upper tray 22 are guided to the lower tray 24.例文帳に追加Also, the bottom surface of the lower tray 24 is formed with a ball extraction hole (not shown) for ejecting game balls from the lower tray 24 . The ball removal hole is normally closed by an opening/closing plate (not shown), but when the ball removal button 24a is pressed down, the opening/closing plate slides to open the ball removal hole. A game ball can be discharged below the lower tray 24 through the hole.

As shown in FIG. 2, on the game board 30, there is a device for displaying various situations related to the game outside the game area 40 and at a position visible to the player. 1st special symbol display 71, 2nd special symbol display 72, 1st special symbol reservation display 73, 2nd special symbol reservation display 74, normal design display 75, normal design reservation display 76, and right hand An information display device 70 having a notification indicator 77 (see FIG. 3) is provided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing each part of the pachinko machine 1 according to this embodiment. A main control unit 100 configured by a main control board controls the progress of a game, and includes a main CPU 100a, a main ROM 100b, and a main RAM 100c. The main CPU 100a reads the program stored in the main ROM 100b based on the input signal from each detection switch and the payout/launch control unit 300, performs arithmetic processing, and directly controls each device and display, or By transmitting a command generated by the main control unit 100 to another control unit according to the result of the arithmetic processing, control processing related to the progress of the game is executed. The main RAM 100c functions as a data work area during arithmetic processing of the main CPU 100a.

The main control unit 100 includes a first general winning opening detection switch 58s for detecting that a game ball has entered the first general winning opening 58, and a detection switch for detecting that a game ball has entered the second general winning opening 59. A second general winning opening detection switch 59s, a first starting opening detection switch 51s that detects that a game ball has entered the first starting opening 51, and a game ball that has entered the second starting opening 52. A second starting opening detection switch 52s for detection, a gate detection switch 53s for detecting that a game ball has passed through the gate 53, and a large winning opening detection sensor 67 for detecting that a game ball has entered the large winning opening 65. A large winning opening detection switch 65s provided in (see FIG. 2) and a large winning opening detection sensor 68 (see FIG. 2) provided in a large winning opening detection sensor 68 (see FIG. 2) for detecting that a game ball is discharged from the large winning opening 65 It is connected to the outlet detection switch 68 s , and is configured such that the detection signal output from each detection switch is input to the main control section 100 .

In addition, the main control unit 100 includes a normal electric accessory solenoid 52so that operates the movable piece 52a of the second starting port 52, a large winning opening solenoid 61so that operates the opening and closing door 61 that opens and closes the large winning opening 65, A large winning opening auxiliary solenoid 62so that operates the moving member 62 is connected, and the main control unit 100 executes opening/closing control of the second start opening 52 and the large winning opening 65, and execution of winning auxiliary control to the large winning opening 65. configured to be

In addition, the main control unit 100 includes a first special symbol display 71, a second special symbol display 72, a first special symbol reservation display 73, a second special symbol reservation display 74, and a normal symbol display. A device 75, a normal symbol reservation display device 76, and a right-handed information display device 77 are connected, and the main control unit 100 controls the display of each of these display devices.

In the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment, a special game is started mainly by entering a game ball into the first start hole 51 or the second start hole 52, and a game ball is started by passing the game ball through the gate 53. The type of game is roughly divided into normal game and game. The main ROM 100b of the main control unit 100 stores various programs for progressing special games and normal games, data necessary for various games, and tables.

In the main CPU 100a, for example, an internal lottery related to whether or not a special symbol is appropriate is executed using a generated random number, a signal is output to the normal electric accessory solenoid 52so to operate the movable piece 52a, and a signal is output to the big winning opening solenoid 61so. is output to operate the open/close door 61, control to output a signal to the large winning opening auxiliary solenoid 62so to operate the rotating member, control to change the winning probability of special symbols in the internal lottery, etc., control related to the progress of the game to run. The main CPU 100 a converts each control result and the detection signal input from each detection switch into a command (main control command), and transmits the command to the payout/launch control section 300 and the sub control section 200 . In addition, the control to change the probability of winning the special symbol is the normal state in which the probability of winning the special symbol in the internal lottery is the normal probability, and the game state after the end of the jackpot game, and the probability is higher than the normal probability. It refers to the game state determination control that determines either the probability variable state.

The payout/launch control unit 300 performs control for shooting game balls and payout prize balls. The payout/launch control unit 300 also includes a CPU, ROM, and RAM (not shown) in substantially the same manner as the main control unit 100, and is connected to the main control unit 100 so as to be able to communicate bidirectionally. A game information output terminal board 311 is connected to the payout/launch control section 300, and various information on the progress of the game output from the main control section 100 is sent to the payout/launch control section 300 and the game information output terminal board. 311, it is output to an external counter, a hall computer of amusement arcade, or the like.

A payout motor 312 is connected to the payout/launch control unit 300 to pay out the game balls stored in the storage unit to the player as prize balls. The payout/launch control unit 300 controls the payout motor 312 based on the payout number designation command transmitted from the main control unit 100 to pay out predetermined prize balls to the player. At this time, the pachinko machine 1 is configured to detect the number of put-out game balls by the put-out ball counting switch 313s, and to grasp whether or not the prize balls to be put out have been put out to the player.

Further, the dispensing/firing control section 300 is connected with a full-dish detection switch 314s for detecting the full state of the lower tray 24 . The plate full detection switch 314s is provided in the passage leading the game balls from the upper plate 22 to the lower plate 24, and the payout/launch control unit 300 uses the presence or absence of the game balls at the plate full detection switch 314s as a game ball detection signal. configured to output to That is, the payout/launch control unit 300 determines that the lower tray 24 is full when the game ball detection signal is continuously input for a predetermined period of time, and when the continuous input of the game ball detection signal stops. , it is determined that the full tank state has been released. When it is determined that the lower tray 24 is full, for example, the sub-control unit 200 uses the effect display device 400, the music output device 430, etc. to notify the player that the lower tray 24 is full. inform.

The payout/launch control unit 300 is provided with a payout/launch control circuit 301 for controlling the launch of game balls. The payout/fire control unit 300 includes a touch sensor 12s provided on the operation handle 12 for detecting that the player touches the operation handle 12, an operation volume 12v for detecting the operation angle of the shooting operation lever 12a, is connected. Then, when a signal is input from the touch sensor 12s and the operation volume 12v, the payout/shooting control circuit 301 executes control to energize the shooting solenoid 12so provided in the game ball shooting device to shoot the game ball. be.

The sub-control unit 200, which is composed of a sub-control board and serves as an effect control unit that controls game-related effects, mainly controls each effect such as during a game or during standby, and includes a sub-CPU 200a, a sub-ROM 200b, a sub-RAM 200c, It has Note that the pachinko machine 1 is connected to the main control unit 100 so as to be communicable only in one direction from the main control unit 100 to the sub control unit 200 from the viewpoint of fraud prevention.

The sub CPU 200a reads out a program stored in the sub ROM 200b and performs arithmetic processing based on a command or the like transmitted from the main control unit 100, and also performs image display control, which is control for displaying an image on the effect display device 400, or the like. , production accessory control for driving or emitting light from the production accessory device 410, lighting control for lighting the production lighting device 420, and music output control for outputting music from the music output device 430. . The sub-RAM 200c functions as a data work area during arithmetic processing of the sub-CPU 200a.

In addition, the sub-control unit 200 includes a depression operation detection switch 451s for detecting the player's pressing operation on the effect pressing button 451 of the effect operating device 450 and the player's rotating operation on the effect rotating lever 452. It is connected to the rotation operation detection switch 452s. When the pressing operation detection switch 451s detects the pressing operation of the performance pressing button 451 by the player, it outputs a performance pressing operation detection signal to the sub control unit 200. When the rotation operation of the moving lever 452 is detected, the effect rotation operation detection signal is output to the sub-controller 200 . Then, the sub-control unit 200 controls the effect display device 400 and the effect accessory device based on the signals input to the sub-control unit 200 such as the effect pressing operation detection signal and the effect rotating operation detection signal, and the progress of the game. 410, the production lighting device 420, the music output device 430, etc. are used to perform production.

The pachinko machine 1 is provided with a power supply unit (not shown) that receives a commercial power supply having a voltage of 100 V, for example, and functions as a power supply. It has a first step-down circuit that steps down the voltage to 24V (or 12V) and supplies it to each section, and a second step-down circuit that steps down the voltage to, for example, 5V and supplies it to each section. It should be noted that the power of, for example, a voltage of 24 V supplied to the island facility may be input as it is, in which case the first step-down circuit is unnecessary.

For example, the 24V voltage power from the first step-down circuit is supplied to the main control unit 100, the sub-control unit 200, the normal electric accessory solenoid 52so, the big winning opening solenoid 61so, the big winning opening auxiliary solenoid 62so, and the first special symbol display. 71, second special symbol display device 72, first special symbol reservation display device 73, second special symbol reservation display device 74, normal symbol display device 75, normal symbol reservation display device 76, right-handed notification display device 77, payout motor 312, the discharge solenoid 12so, the performance display device 400, the performance accessory device 410, the performance illumination device 420, the music output device 430, etc., and used as driving power and light emission power.

In addition, for example, the power of voltage of 5V from the second step-down circuit is the first general winning opening detection switch 58s, the second general winning opening detection switch 59s, the first starting opening detection switch 51s, the second starting opening detection switch 52s, Gate detection switch 53s, big winning opening detection switch 65s, big winning opening discharge detection switch 68s, payout ball counting switch 313s, tray full detection switch 314s, touch sensor 12s, operation volume 12v, depression operation detection switch 451s, rotation operation The power is transmitted to the detection switch 452s and the like, and used as drive power for those sensors and switches.

In addition, in the main control unit 100, the voltage power of, for example, 24V from the first step-down circuit is further stepped down to power of, for example, 5V voltage. , is used as drive power for the payout/launch control circuit 301 .

Then, in the sub-control unit 200, the voltage power of, for example, 24V from the first step-down circuit is further stepped down to the voltage power of, for example, 3.3V (or 1.2V may be used). is used as driving power for the sub CPU 200a, the sub ROM 200b, and the sub RAM 200c.

Next, details of the sub-controller 200 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram for explaining the details of each functional unit that constitutes the sub-controller 200. As shown in FIG.

The sub-control unit 200 includes a sub-CPU 200a, a sub-ROM 200b, a sub-RAM 200c, an image IC 200d, an image ROM 200e, and an image RAM 200f for executing control related to images displayed on the effect display device 400, and an effect accessory device. 410, a lighting driver 200h for turning on and off the effect lighting device 420, and a music IC 200i and a music ROM 200j for controlling music output from the music output device 430.

In the sub-control unit 200, a series of functional units such as a sub-CPU 200a, a sub-RAM 200c, an image IC 200d, an image ROM 200e, an image RAM 200f, a music IC 200i, and a music ROM 200j are integrated as one SoC (System-on-a-Chip). integrated in the circuit. However, it is possible to arbitrarily set which function units are integrated in the SoC. Also, the sub CPU 200a, sub RAM 200c, image IC 200d, image ROM 200e, image RAM 200f, music IC 200i, music ROM 200j, etc. may be integrated as different integrated circuits and electrically connected.

The sub CPU 200a executes various control processes for executing effects related to games executed by the sub control unit 200. FIG. The sub CPU 200a, for example, receives a command transmitted from the main control unit 100, performs control to store the command in a command buffer provided in the sub RAM 200c after determining whether or not an error has occurred in the received command. Interrupt processing that executes various control processes at a predetermined cycle (for example, 4 ms) is configured to run

Also, the sub CPU 200a executes calculations based on the effect pattern determined from the decoded command, and constructs the effect command. For example, when an image, that is, an effect pattern using the effect display device 400 is determined, the sub CPU 200a determines image data based on the determined effect pattern, and executes calculations such as the position at which the image data is arranged to display the image. Construct an image command that is a rendering command for . The sub CPU 200a then transfers the constructed image command to the image IC 200d. Details of the image IC 200d will be described later.

Further, when a production pattern using the production accessory device 410 is determined as the production pattern, the sub CPU 200a calculates a role product pattern based on the determined production pattern, and sends the accessory driver 200g according to the calculated role product pattern. A role product command, which is an effect command composed of data of 1 (ON) or 0 (OFF), is constructed at predetermined time intervals and transferred to the role product driver 200g. The role product driver 200g turns ON or OFF an FET (Field Effect Transistor) that drives the production role product device 410 according to the role product command transferred from the sub CPU 200a.

Further, when the effect pattern using the effect lighting device 420 is determined as the effect pattern, the sub CPU 200a calculates the lighting pattern based on the determined effect pattern, and according to the calculated lighting pattern, the lighting driver (LED driver) 200h. A lighting command, which is an effect command composed of data of 1 (ON) or 0 (OFF), is constructed at predetermined time intervals and transferred to the lighting driver 200h. The lighting driver 200h turns ON or OFF the FET that drives the production lighting device 420 according to the lighting command sent from the sub CPU 200a.

Further, when a performance pattern using the music output device 430 is determined as a performance pattern, the sub CPU 200a calculates music data based on the determined performance pattern, and constructs a music command capable of specifying the music data as a performance command. , to the music IC 200i. The music IC 200i reads music data specified by the music command from the music ROM 200j to the music IC 200i, and sequentially outputs the music data to the music output device 430. FIG.

The music IC 200i has a plurality of music buffers (buffers), and each music buffer can hold different music data. Then, the music IC 200 i superimposes the music data held in the plurality of music buffers, and outputs the superimposed music data to the music output device 430 .

The image IC 200d is also called a VDP (Video Display Processor), and functions as an image controller 210 and a scaler 215 in cooperation with the image RAM 200f based on a program stored in the image ROM 200e. The image control means 210 reads the image data specified by the image command transferred from the sub CPU 200a from the image ROM 200e as a storage means for storing the image data relating to the effect, and stores the image data in the plurality of layers of the image RAM (VRAM) 200f. Draw the image data on the target layer.

The effect executed by the image control means 210 includes the effect of displaying a two-dimensional image on the effect display device 400, the effect of displaying a three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400, and the effect of displaying the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image on the effect display device. There is an effect to be displayed in 400. The two-dimensional images displayed on the effect display device 400 include, for example, still images, moving images, character motions and background images, and variable displays of the effect patterns 401L, 401C, and 401R. In addition, the three-dimensional image displayed on the effect display device 400 includes, for example, an object with a three-dimensional effect such as a pyramid that is three-dimensionally displayed to the player with the naked eye. When a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image are displayed on the effect display device 400, an object with a three-dimensional effect such as a pyramid is stereoscopically displayed to a player with naked eyes, and the background of the two-dimensional image is an object. displayed behind the

The image ROM 200e stores image data that is the basis of the image drawn by the image control means 210. FIG. In the present embodiment, the image data stored in the image ROM 200 e has a size smaller in length and width than the image display section 400 a of the effect display device 400 . When drawing an image, the image control means 210 performs drawing correction control to correct the image data to a size to be displayed on the effect display device 400 and draws the image, and the scaler 215 performs effect display of the image drawn based on the image data. display time correction control for correcting the size to be displayed on the device 400 .

With such a configuration, the pachinko machine 1 can reduce the amount of image data stored in the image ROM 200e while having the effect display device 400 with a large screen. Note that both the correction control at the time of drawing and the correction control at the time of display are controls for correcting compressed image data so as to match the size of the image display section 400a of the effect display device 400. The details of such control processing are different from each other. More details will be described later.

The image RAM 200f can draw different image data on each of a plurality of layers. The image control means 210 stores in a frame buffer as a storage area for storing images to be displayed on the effect display device 400 in order from the image drawn on the lower layer among the plurality of layers, thereby drawing on each layer. superimposed on the frame buffer so that the image drawn on the upper layer is preferentially displayed. Storing the images drawn on each layer in the frame buffer in a superimposed manner is hereinafter also referred to as drawing in the frame buffer.

In the present embodiment, the image RAM 200f contains, as frame buffers, a first frame buffer 221 and a second frame buffer 222 for displaying rendered images on the rendering display device 400, and a rendering using a three-dimensional image. When the image is drawn based on the image data, an image is drawn in the first frame buffer 221 or the second frame buffer 222, and the image drawn in the compositing buffer 223 is composited with the image drawn in the compositing buffer 223. and a masking buffer 224 that is used in the masking process that is executed to synthesize the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 or the second frame buffer 222 .

In addition, the image ROM 200e stores a plurality of 3D image data consisting of a pair of a 3D image for the left eye and a 3D image for the right eye as image data for displaying the 3D image on the effect display device 400. there is The three-dimensional image for the left eye is rendered in the first frame buffer 221 or the second frame buffer 222 , and the three-dimensional image for the right eye is rendered in the synthesizing buffer 223 . The three-dimensional image for the left eye drawn in the first frame buffer 221 or the second frame buffer 222 and the three-dimensional image for the right eye drawn in the synthesis buffer 223 are synthesized by synthesis processing by the image control means 210. As a result, the left-eye 3-dimensional image and the right-eye 3-dimensional image are each converted into elongated strips and drawn in the first frame buffer 221 or the second frame buffer 222 as alternately arranged 3-dimensional images. The details of the three-dimensional image composition processing will be described later.

In this embodiment, the image control means 210 switches between the first frame buffer 221 and the second frame buffer 222 to be displayed on the effect display device 400 every frame (approximately 33.3 ms). , the image drawn in one frame buffer is displayed on the effect display device 400, and at the same time, the image to be displayed in the next frame is drawn in the other frame buffer.

For example, the image control means 210 displays the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 on the effect display device 400 in the next frame (second frame) in the frame (1 frame) displayed on the effect display device 400. By drawing an image in the second frame buffer 222 and switching the frame buffer to be displayed on the effect display device 400 at the start of the second frame, the image drawn in the second frame buffer 222 is displayed on the effect display device 400 from the second frame. to display. In the second frame, the image control means 210 draws an image to be displayed on the effect display device 400 in the next frame (the third frame) of the second frame in the first frame buffer 221, and displays it on the effect display device 400 at the start of the third frame. By switching the frame buffer to be used, the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 is displayed on the effect display device 400 from the third frame.

By switching between the frame buffer for displaying on the effect display device 400 and the frame buffer for drawing an image for each frame, the image control means 210 draws a new image in the frame buffer being displayed, resulting in It is possible to prevent the content from being incomplete.

2. Details of Control Related to Images Displayed on Effect Display Device Next, referring to FIGS. Details of control (two-dimensional image control), control related to display of three-dimensional images (three-dimensional image display control), and control related to display of two-dimensional images and three-dimensional images will be described. In the following description, of the first frame buffer 221 and the second frame buffer 222, an image is drawn in the first frame buffer 221 in a predetermined frame, and the image is drawn in the first frame buffer in the frame next to the predetermined frame. 221 will be described as an example. In the frame next to the predetermined frame, the image is drawn in the second frame buffer 222 in substantially the same manner as when the image is drawn in the first frame buffer 221. . Further, both the correction control during display and the correction control during drawing shown in FIG. 5 are controls executed by the image control means 210 within one frame.

<Control related to display of two-dimensional image>
FIG. 5(A) is a diagram for explaining correction control during display performed by the image control means 210 when only a two-dimensional image is displayed on the effect display device 400. FIG. As shown in FIG. 5A, the image control means 210 first acquires two-dimensional image data from the image ROM 200e based on an image command for drawing a two-dimensional image transferred from the sub CPU 200a, and uses the image command to acquire two-dimensional image data. Drawing an image based on two-dimensional image data by executing drawing on a designated layer and storing the drawn image on each layer in the first frame buffer 221 after finishing drawing on the designated layer. to run. A first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) in which a two-dimensional image rendered based on two-dimensional image data is stored constitutes a first storage area (storage area) in this embodiment.

After the drawing of the image based on the two-dimensional image data is completed, the image control means 210 executes correction processing (first correction) using the scaler 215 . In the correction process using the scaler 215, the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 is an image smaller in size than the image display section 400a of the effect display device 400, so the scaler 215 A process of setting an enlargement ratio based on the size of the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 and the size of the image display section 400a, and enlarging the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 to the size displayed on the image display section 400a; , the pixels of the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 are widened by enlarging the . , the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 is corrected to the image to be displayed on the effect display device 400 .

The image control means 210 executes the correction process using the scaler 215, so that even if the pachinko machine 1 draws an image based on the two-dimensional image data having a size smaller than the image display section 400a of the effect display device 400, It is possible to display an image suitable for the size of the image display section 400a, prevent deterioration of resolution due to enlargement of the image, and display a visually beautiful high-resolution image without increasing the capacity of the image ROM 200e. screen display can be realized.

When displaying only a two-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 as shown in FIG. Execute the control related to

<Control related to display of 3D image>
FIG. 5(B) is a diagram for explaining the drawing time correction control executed by the image control means 210 when only the three-dimensional image is displayed on the effect display device 400. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 5B, the image control means 210 extracts the 3D image for the left eye out of the 3D image data from the image ROM 200e based on the image command for drawing the 3D image for the left eye, which is transferred from the sub CPU 200a. After acquiring the data, drawing on the layer specified by the image command, and storing the image drawn on each layer in the first frame buffer 221 after completing the drawing on the specified layer, the left eye Rendering of an image based on the three-dimensional image data for At the time of rendering based on the left-eye three-dimensional image data, the image control means 210 controls the size of the left-eye three-dimensional image data to be smaller than the size of the image display section 400 a of the effect display device 400 . By executing correction (second correction) for enlarging the dimensional image data to the size of the image display unit 400a and then drawing, a three-dimensional image for the left eye that matches the size of the image display unit 400a is displayed.

The image control means 210 draws the three-dimensional image data for the left eye and draws the three-dimensional image for the left eye in the first frame buffer 221, and in parallel with drawing the three-dimensional image for the right eye transferred from the sub CPU 200a. Based on the command, the 3D image data for the right eye is acquired from the image ROM 200e from the 3D image data, and the image data for the right eye is drawn on the layer specified by the image command. By storing the image drawn on each layer in the buffer 223, the drawing of the image based on the three-dimensional image data for the right eye is executed. At the time of rendering based on the right-eye three-dimensional image data, the image control means 210 determines that the size of the right-eye three-dimensional image data is smaller than the size of the image display section 400 a of the effect display device 400 . By executing correction (second correction) for enlarging the dimensional image data to the size of the image display unit 400a and then drawing, a three-dimensional image for the right eye that matches the size of the image display unit 400a is displayed.

After the drawing of the three-dimensional image for the left eye in the first frame buffer 221 and the drawing of the three-dimensional image for the right eye in the synthesizing buffer 223 are completed, the image control means 210 executes synthesizing processing, By synthesizing the three-dimensional image for the right eye drawn in the buffer 223 with the three-dimensional image for the left eye drawn in the first frame buffer 221, an image displayed on the effect display device 400 as a representation of the three-dimensional image in the next frame. (Hereinafter, an image displayed on the effect display device 400 as a representation of a three-dimensional image is also simply referred to as a “three-dimensional image”) is drawn in the first frame buffer 221 . Here, the 3D image is an image in which a 3D image for the left eye and a 3D image for the right eye are alternately arranged in an elongated strip shape. The width of the three-dimensional image for the right eye corresponds to the width of the minute semi-cylinders arranged on the surface of the lenticular lens 400b.

The scaler 215 of the present embodiment temporarily draws the left-eye 3-dimensional image and the right-eye 3-dimensional image without enlarging the left-eye 3-dimensional image data and the right-eye 3-dimensional image data. If a configuration is adopted in which the correction processing by the scaler 215 is executed on the three-dimensional image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 after the composition processing is executed on the three-dimensional image for the right eye, the correction processing by the scaler 215 may be The position where the three-dimensional images for the left eye are arranged and the position where the three-dimensional images for the right eye are arranged deviate from the positions of the fine semi-cylinders arranged on the surface of the lenticular lens 400b, and the appearance of the drawn three-dimensional image is spoiled. There is fear. Therefore, when displaying a three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400, the image control means 210 of the present embodiment performs drawing based on the three-dimensional image data for the left eye and drawing based on the three-dimensional image data for the right eye. By enlarging and drawing the three-dimensional image data for the left eye and the three-dimensional image data for the right eye at the time of execution, the image can be enlarged without causing a spread between pixels, and the appearance of the image increases as the image is enlarged. It is possible to realize high-resolution screen display without depleting the capacity of the image ROM 200e.

The control of drawing after executing the correction for enlarging the image data acquired from the image ROM 200e constitutes the correction control at the time of drawing in this embodiment. Also, the combining buffer 223 that stores the right-eye three-dimensional image to be combined with the left-eye three-dimensional image constitutes a second storage area (storage area) in the present embodiment.

Note that the image control means 210 renders the left-eye 3-dimensional image and the right-eye 3-dimensional image without enlarging the left-eye 3-dimensional image data and the right-eye 3-dimensional image data as the performance of the scaler 215, When the 3D image for the left eye and the 3D image for the right eye are combined and the 3D image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 is corrected, the 3D image for the left eye in the 3D image corrected by the scaler 215 is corrected. If the positions where the 3D images are arranged and the positions where the 3D images for the right eye are arranged can be corrected so as not to deviate from the positions of the minute semi-cylinders arranged on the surface of the lenticular lens 400b, the 3D images can also be displayed. It may be configured to perform correction control.

<Control related to display of two-dimensional image and three-dimensional image>
FIG. 5(C) is a diagram for explaining correction control at the time of drawing executed by the image control means 210 when displaying a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400. As shown in FIG. In this embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 has a performance symbol variation period from the start of variation of one or a plurality of performance symbols to the stop mode of the performance symbols according to the lottery result in order to notify the result of the lottery. In a series of effects, when the effect display device 400 starts to express a three-dimensional image from a state in which the effect display device 400 is executing the expression as a two-dimensional image, or when switching to the expression as a three-dimensional image. , a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image are executed on the effect display device 400 .

Specifically, in the pachinko machine 1, there is a case where the performance symbols are stopped in the middle of suggesting the winning reliability in advance from the start of the variation of the performance symbols (for example, reach), or a three-dimensional image by the player as described later. If the operation related to switching between display and non-display of is executed before the stop mode of the production pattern in the middle of suggesting the winning reliability in advance, from the production expressed as a two-dimensional image using animation, A three-dimensional image from the effect expressed as a two-dimensional image using the animation at a predetermined opportunity (for example, a suggestion corresponding to a high degree of reliability or the start of display of a notice image, etc.) based on the mode of stopping the effect pattern in the middle , the effect display device 400 executes representation as a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image.

Correction control at the time of rendering of the left-eye 3-dimensional image and the right-eye 3-dimensional image for rendering the left-eye 3-dimensional image to the first frame buffer 221 and rendering the right-eye 3-dimensional image to the synthesizing buffer 223 is substantially the same as the drawing time correction control shown in FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5(C), the image control means 210 transfers the two-dimensional image data from the image ROM 200e based on the image command for drawing the two-dimensional image stored in the first frame buffer 221 transferred from the sub CPU 200a. 2D image by storing the image drawn on each layer in the first frame buffer 221 after drawing on the layer specified by the image command is completed. Perform data-driven image rendering. At the time of drawing based on the two-dimensional image data stored in the first frame buffer 221, the image control means 210 determines that the size of the two-dimensional image data is smaller than the size of the image display section 400a of the effect display device 400. , the two-dimensional image data is enlarged to the size of the image display unit 400a and then drawn, thereby displaying a two-dimensional image that fits the size of the image display unit 400a. In other words, the image control means 210 executes correction control at the time of rendering for the two-dimensional image as well as for the three-dimensional image.

Since the image control means 210 simultaneously displays the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400, in parallel with drawing the two-dimensional image to the first frame buffer 221, Using the two-dimensional image data acquired based on the image command for drawing a two-dimensional image, drawing is executed on the layer specified by the image command. By storing the image drawn in each layer in the , the drawing of the image based on the two-dimensional image data is executed. The image control means 210 also corrects the two-dimensional image to be drawn in the synthesizing buffer 223 by enlarging the two-dimensional image data to the size of the image display section 400a before drawing. Display a two-dimensional image that matches

The image control means 210 acquires the two-dimensional image data, the three-dimensional image data for the left eye, and the three-dimensional image data for the right eye from the image ROM 200e, and executes correction control at the time of drawing using the acquired image data. 6 shows a state in which the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) and the synthesizing buffer 223 are drawn. As shown in FIG. 6, the image control means 210 is configured to draw one piece of two-dimensional image data in the first frame buffer 221 and the synthesizing buffer 223 by executing correction control during drawing.

Note that if the number of three-dimensional images is one, the image control means 210 can display the three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 within one frame, although the processing load will not increase even if the composition processing is executed each time drawing is performed by the correction control at the time of drawing. When there are a plurality of 3D images, a plurality of 3D images for the left eye drawn by correction control at the time of drawing are drawn in the first frame buffer 221, and a plurality of 3D images for the right eye each drawn by the correction control at the time of drawing are drawn. After rendering in the composition buffer 223, composition processing is executed. That is, the image control means 210 is configured to periodically execute the synthesis process for each frame, and the period from the execution of one synthesis process to the execution of the next synthesis process ( 1 frame), when a plurality of left-eye 3D images are drawn in the first frame buffer 221 and a plurality of right-eye 3D images are drawn in the synthesis buffer 223, a plurality of left-eye 3D images and a plurality of right-eye 3D images are drawn. It is configured such that the composition processing is executed after each drawing with the three-dimensional image for the purpose is completed.

With this configuration, when there are a plurality of 3D images to be displayed on the effect display device 400 within one frame, the image control means 210 can draw the 3D image for the left eye and the 3D image for the right eye. It is possible to prevent an excessive load on the image IC 200d due to execution of the synthesis process each time, and it is possible to execute an effect using a plurality of three-dimensional images with a low load process. In the case of compositing a plurality of three-dimensional images, there are cases in which the compositing process is executed each time drawing is performed, and in the case where the compositing process is executed after drawing a plurality of 3D images to be displayed in one frame, the image Since the degree of load on the control means 210 varies depending on the VDP specs of the image control means 210, there is a method of executing a synthesis process each time drawing is performed and a method of performing a plurality of three-dimensional images displayed within one frame. As for the technique of executing the synthesis process after drawing, an appropriate one may be adopted according to the specifications of the VDP.

Here, the compression rate of the three-dimensional image data for the left eye and the three-dimensional image data for the right eye is set to a compression rate lower than that of the two-dimensional image data. Further, in the case where drawing-time correction control is performed on the 3D image data for the left eye and the 2D image data, the image control means 210 performs a correction ( The enlargement ratio of the three-dimensional image data is slightly lower than that of the two-dimensional image data). With such a configuration, the pachinko machine 1 displays the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 while reducing the data capacity of the three-dimensional image data for the left eye and the three-dimensional image data for the right eye. In this case, it is possible to display a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image, which are enlarged at an enlargement ratio close to that of the two-dimensional image displayed by display correction control executed when displaying a two-dimensional image alone.

<Synthesis processing>
Next, the details of the synthesizing process executed by the image control means 210 when the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image are simultaneously displayed on the effect display device 400 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 6, the image control means 210 first stores the two-dimensional image drawn in the synthesizing buffer 223 and the right-eye three-dimensional image in the mask buffer 224 when executing the synthesizing process. Executes drawing based on the mask value, which is the data contained in the

In this embodiment, the masking buffer 224 is composed of areas of 256 pixels in length and width, respectively, in order to prevent the capacity of the image RAM 200f from being overwhelmed. The image control means 210 stores in the mask buffer 224 the RGB values of the pixels to be prevented from being affected when the image drawn in the compositing buffer 223 is composited in the first frame buffer 221 . For example, in the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image completed by the synthesis process, among the pixels of the image displayed on the leftmost side, the pixels with R value = 0, G value = 255, and B value = 0 are affected. To prevent this, the image control means 210 stores RGB values (mask values) of R value=0, G value=255, and B value=0 in the mask buffer 224 as the leftmost pixel to be displayed. are doing.

Based on the mask values stored in the mask buffer 224, the image control means 210 executes mask processing for drawing the two-dimensional image drawn in the composition buffer 223 and the three-dimensional image for the right eye. Then, the two-dimensional image and the right-eye three-dimensional image drawn in the synthesizing buffer 223 are left at a position visible to the player's right eye through the lenticular lens 400b. to As shown in FIG. 6, the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image for the right eye on which mask processing has been performed are formed by arranging the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image for the right eye in the shape of a thin strip, and drawing based on the mask value. state. Here, the horizontal length (width) of one elongated strip-shaped two-dimensional image and right-eye three-dimensional image and one rendering based on the mask value is equal to one two-dimensional image. The sum of the dimensional image, the three-dimensional image for the right eye, and the drawing based on one mask value has the same size as the width of one semi-cylinder of the lenticular lens 400b.

After the mask processing is completed, the image control means 210 draws the 2D image and the 3D image for the right eye in the form of elongated strips drawn in the synthesis buffer 223 and arranged at a predetermined interval by drawing based on the mask value. By synthesizing the 2D image and the 3D image for the left eye drawn in the first frame buffer 221, the 3D image for the left eye and the 3D image for the right eye are arranged alternately in the form of elongated strips. An image and a two-dimensional image are drawn in the first frame buffer 221 .

As described above, the image control means 210 draws a two-dimensional image based on the same two-dimensional image data in the first frame buffer 221 and the synthesizing buffer 223. Therefore, in the synthesizing buffer 223, Even when the two-dimensional image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 is combined with the space provided by drawing, one sheet that does not give the player a sense of discomfort when displayed on the effect display device 400.例文帳に追加is displayed.

With such a configuration, the image control unit 210 can perform two-dimensional image processing using one two-dimensional image data without separately storing the two-dimensional image data corresponding to the three-dimensional image for the right eye drawn in the synthesis buffer 223 in the image ROM 200e. A dimensional image and a 3D image can be displayed simultaneously, and an effect using both the 2D image and the 3D image can be realized without increasing the capacity of the image ROM 200e.

<Control related to switching between display and non-display of 3D image>
In the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment, regardless of whether or not an effect for displaying a three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 is being executed, the effect pressing button 451 and the effect rotating lever 452 can be operated at any timing by the player. It is configured such that display and non-display of the three-dimensional image can be switched by operation.

The sub CPU 200a displays or hides the three-dimensional image based on the effect pressing operation detection signal output from the pressing operation detection switch 451s and the effect rotating operation detection signal output from the rotating operation detection switch 452s. A switching effect command (display switching command) can be created and transmitted to the image control means 210 .

When the display switching command is received, the image control means 210 does not perform the process of synthesizing the left-eye 3D image and the right-eye 3D image. The three-dimensional image for the left eye that is present is displayed on the effect display device 400 as a two-dimensional image. At this time, the image control means 210 suspends the execution of the synthesis process, but continues to draw the right-eye three-dimensional image in the synthesis buffer 223 based on the right-eye three-dimensional image data. there is For this reason, even when the non-display of the three-dimensional image is switched to the display by the operation of the player during the execution of the performance using the three-dimensional image, the image control means 210 resumes the synthesizing process to quickly display the three-dimensional image. display of the three-dimensional image can be started.

With such a configuration, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment can switch between display and non-display of the three-dimensional image at any timing of the player, and the effect by the effect display device 400 according to the taste of the player can be displayed. can be realized. The pressing operation detection switch 451s, the rotating operation detection switch 452s, and the sub CPU 200a, which switch whether or not the image control means 210 can execute the three-dimensional image control regardless of the progress of the presentation, constitute the switching means in this embodiment.

FIG. 7 explains the control by the image control means 210 that is executed when the 3D image is switched from display to non-display while the 2D image and the 3D image are simultaneously displayed on the effect display device 400. It is a diagram. As shown in FIG. 7A, the image control means 210 stores the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image in the first frame buffer 221 from time t0 to time t1 when the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image are displayed on the effect display device 400. The three-dimensional image for the left eye is drawn with correction control at the time of drawing, and the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image for the right eye are drawn in the composition buffer 223 with correction control at the time of drawing. The 2D image and the 3D image are drawn in the first frame buffer 221 by synthesizing the 3D image and the 3D image for the right eye in the first frame buffer 221 .

As described above, the image control means 210 changes the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 and the image drawn in the second frame buffer 222 for each frame to be displayed on the effect display device 400. , and the image drawn in the second frame buffer 222 is displayed in the frame where the image drawn in the compositing buffer 223 is composited with the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221. In the frame where the image drawn in the composition buffer 223 is composited with the image drawn in the second frame buffer 222, the image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 is displayed.

At time t1, the image control means 210 stops displaying the three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 based on the display switching command transmitted from the sub CPU 200a. When the display of the three-dimensional image is stopped, the image control means 210 switches the drawing based on the two-dimensional image data and the three-dimensional image data for the left eye from correction control at the time of drawing to correction control at the time of display, thereby displaying the two-dimensional image data. and a left-eye three-dimensional image drawn based on the left-eye three-dimensional image are drawn in the first frame buffer 221, corrected by the scaler 215, and displayed on the effect display device 400. switch to Note that even when the display of the 3D image is stopped, the image control means 210 continues to draw the 2D image and the 3D image for the right eye in the synthesizing buffer 223 by correction control at the time of drawing.

FIG. 7B relates to construction of a two-dimensional image command used for drawing a two-dimensional image and construction of a three-dimensional image command used for drawing a three-dimensional image, which are executed by the sub CPU 200a. It is a flow chart which shows processing. The sub CPU 200a first determines whether or not to execute an effect of only a two-dimensional image (S1). When it is determined that the effect of only the two-dimensional image is to be executed (Yes), the sub CPU 200a displays the three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 in the previous frame (one frame before) of the frame in which the effect of only the two-dimensional image is to be executed. It is determined whether or not an effect to be displayed is being executed (S2). In these processes, the sub CPU 200a determines whether or not the three-dimensional image was displayed in the frame immediately before starting the presentation of only the two-dimensional image when the presentation of only the two-dimensional image is started with the passage of frames. is determined to determine whether or not the setting of the scaler 215 needs to be changed.

In the process of step S2, when it is determined that the effect of displaying a three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 is being executed in the frame preceding the frame in which the effect of only the two-dimensional image is executed (Yes), the sub CPU 200a , the scaler change request process is executed (S3). In this process, the sub CPU 200a executes a process for changing the setting of the scaler 215 and a process necessary for the image control means 210 to switch between drawing correction control and display correction control.

After executing the process of step S3 or in the process of step S2, when it is determined that the effect of displaying a three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 is not executed in the frame preceding the frame in which the effect of only the two-dimensional image is executed. (No), the sub CPU 200a constructs a two-dimensional image command (S4), and terminates the processing relating to construction of the two-dimensional image command. In this process, the sub CPU 200a creates a two-dimensional image command and stores it in the command buffer provided in the image RAM 200f. The two-dimensional image command includes information related to image data acquired from the image ROM 200e and information related to execution of display correction control.

Here, the command buffers are provided with a first command buffer corresponding to the first frame buffer 221 and a second command buffer corresponding to the second frame buffer 222 . When the first frame buffer 221 is the frame buffer in which the image to be displayed when executing the rendering of only the two-dimensional image is the sub CPU 200a, the sub CPU 200a stores the two-dimensional image command in the first command buffer, When the second frame buffer 222 is the frame buffer in which the image to be displayed when only the two-dimensional image is rendered is the second command buffer, the two-dimensional image command is stored in the second command buffer.

In the process of step S1, if it is determined not to execute the effect of only the two-dimensional image, that is, to execute the effect including the three-dimensional image (No), the sub CPU 200a selects the frame for executing the effect including the three-dimensional image. It is determined whether or not an effect of displaying only a two-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 is being executed in the previous frame (S5). In the processing of steps S1 and S5, when starting an effect including a 3D image with the lapse of frames, the sub CPU 200a displays only the 2D image in the frame immediately before starting the effect including the 3D image. It is determined whether or not the setting of the scaler 215 needs to be changed.

In the processing of step S5, if it is determined that the effect of displaying only the two-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 is being executed in the frame preceding the frame in which the effect including the three-dimensional image is executed (Yes), the sub CPU 200a executes a scaler change request process (S6).

After executing the process of step S6 or when it is determined in the process of step S5 that the effect of displaying a three-dimensional image on the effect display device 400 was executed in the frame preceding the frame in which the effect containing the three-dimensional image is executed (No), the sub CPU 200a constructs a three-dimensional image command (S7), and ends the processing related to construction of the three-dimensional image command. In this process, the sub CPU 200a creates a 3D image command and stores it in the command buffer corresponding to the frame buffer that displays the 3D image. The three-dimensional image command includes information related to image data acquired from the image ROM 200e and information related to execution of correction control during drawing.

FIG. 7(C) is a flow chart showing the scaler change request process executed in the processes of steps S3 and S6 shown in FIG. 7(B). In the scaler change request process, the sub CPU 200a first sets a scaler change request flag (S11). In this process, the sub CPU 200a changes the setting of the scaler 215 in the scaler change process, which is the process of reflecting the setting of the scaler 215 executed when the image control means 210 switches the frame buffer displayed on the effect display device 400. The scaler change request flag, which is a flag referred to when determining whether or not the scaler has been changed by the CPU 200a, is switched from the OFF state to the ON state.

Next, the sub CPU 200a determines whether or not to switch from the effect using the three-dimensional image to the effect using only the two-dimensional image (S12). In this process, the sub CPU 200a determines that the current scaler change request process is executed for the display time correction control by the image control means 210 and the scaler change request process for the drawing time correction control by the image control means 210. It is determined whether it is a scaler change request process or a scaler change request process.
In the process of step S12, if it is determined that the rendering using the three-dimensional image is to be switched to the rendering using only the two-dimensional image (Yes), the sub CPU 200a performs the enlargement operation when enlarging the image displayed by the scaler 215. A rate is set (S13). In this process, the sub CPU 200a determines the enlargement ratio, which is the magnification for enlarging the two-dimensional image stored in the frame buffer, based on the size of the two-dimensional image stored in the frame buffer and the size of the image display unit 400a. set.
On the other hand, in the process of step S12, if it is determined to switch from the effect using only the two-dimensional image to the effect using the three-dimensional image (No), the sub CPU 200a enlarges the image displayed by the scaler 215 without enlarging it. A rate is set (S14). In this process, the sub CPU 200a does not enlarge the image by the scaler 215 for the three-dimensional image. prevent it from being scaled when displayed in a .

After executing the processes of steps S13 and S14, the sub CPU 200a sets update timing, which is the timing for updating the setting of the scaler 215 (S15), and ends the scaler change request process. By setting the update timing, the image control means 210 can update the setting of the scaler 215 at an appropriate timing when the scaler change request flag is ON and the setting of the scaler 215 is updated.

In this way, when displaying only a two-dimensional image on the effect display device 400, the image control means 210 sets the enlargement ratio of the scaler 215 in accordance with the two-dimensional image data so as to execute correction control during display. When only a three-dimensional image is displayed on the effect display device 400, or when both a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image are displayed on the effect display device 400, the enlargement ratio of the scaler 215 is set to 100%. It is configured to execute correction control at the time of drawing by not enlarging the image stored in the frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222).

Here, in the pachinko machine 1, the scaler 215 scales an image drawn based on image data smaller than that of the image display section 400a, rather than drawing correction control for drawing while enlarging the image data according to the size of the image display section 400a. , the load on the image IC 200d is reduced.

Therefore, when the state in which the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image are displayed is switched to the state in which only the two-dimensional image is displayed, the image control means 210 quickly switches from correction control at the time of drawing to correction control at the time of display. Thus, it is possible to reduce the load caused by control related to image display in the image IC 200d.

Further, when displaying a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image, the image control means 210 performs drawing-time correction in which the load related to image drawing is larger than display-time correction control for the two-dimensional image as well as display-time correction control. By executing the control, as the scaler 215 enlarges the two-dimensional image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222), the image is drawn in the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222). It is possible to prevent the appearance of the three-dimensional image from being spoiled due to the enlargement of the three-dimensional image.

3. Summary of the present embodiment As described above, the gaming machine (1) of the present embodiment is
an image control means (210) capable of displaying at least one of a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image when displaying an image drawn based on image data related to a game on a display device (400);
a storage area (221, 222, 223) for storing an image drawn by the image control means based on the image data;
The image control means is
display time correction control for storing an image drawn based on the image data in the storage area and correcting the image stored in the storage area when the image is displayed on the display device;
drawing time correction control for correcting the image stored in the storage area when the image is drawn based on the image data when displaying the image stored in the storage area on the display device,
When the three-dimensional image is displayed on the display device, the drawing correction control is executed.

With this configuration, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment executes drawing correction control when displaying a three-dimensional image, so that the first frame buffer 221 (second frame It is possible to prevent the three-dimensional image drawn in the buffer 222) from being enlarged and spoiling the appearance of the three-dimensional image. It is possible to execute correction control at the time of drawing to the image data and display it on the effect display device 400 as a three-dimensional image. It is possible to realize the production that was used.

Also, in this embodiment,
The image control means is
When starting display on the display device as representation of the three-dimensional image or representation of the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image from the state in which the correction control at the time of display is being executed, from the correction control at the time of display Switching to the drawing time correction control,
When the display on the display device as the representation of the three-dimensional image is terminated from the state in which the drawing time correction control is being executed, the drawing time correction control is switched to the display time correction control.

With this configuration, when the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment displays a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image, the drawing-time correction control, which imposes a greater load on drawing the image than the display-time correction control, is applied to the two-dimensional image as well. By executing this, as the two-dimensional image drawn in the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) is enlarged by the scaler 215 used in display correction control, the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) is enlarged. 222) is also enlarged and the appearance of the three-dimensional image is spoiled. There is no need to prepare a 2D image with a large data size, and when the state of displaying a 2D image and a 3D image is switched to the state of displaying only a 2D image, correction control at the time of drawing By quickly switching to the display-time correction control that imposes a smaller load on the image IC 200d than the drawing-time correction control, it is possible to reduce the load caused by the control related to image display on the image IC 200d.

In addition, the gaming machine (1) of the present embodiment is
an image control means (210) that enables an image related to a game to be displayed on a display device (400);
a first storage area (221, 222) and a second storage area (223) for temporarily storing the image;
The image control means is
two-dimensional image control for causing the display device to display the two-dimensional image stored in the first storage area;
Combining one of the three-dimensional image for the left eye and the three-dimensional image for the right eye stored in the first storage area and the other of the three-dimensional image for the left eye and the three-dimensional image for the right eye stored in the second storage area 3D image control for displaying the processed and synthesized image as a representation of a 3D image on the display device,
When the two-dimensional image control and the three-dimensional image control are executed simultaneously, the two-dimensional image is also stored in the second storage area.

With this configuration, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment does not store the two-dimensional image data corresponding to the three-dimensional image for the right eye drawn in the synthesizing buffer 223 in the image ROM 200e separately, and stores the two-dimensional image data as one two-dimensional image data. By drawing the two-dimensional image drawn based on the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) and the synthesizing buffer 223, the two-dimensional image and the three-dimensional image can be displayed at the same time. An effect using both two-dimensional images and three-dimensional images can be realized without increasing the capacity of the image ROM 200e for storing data.

The gaming machine of the present embodiment further includes switching means (200a, 451s, 452s) for switching whether or not the image control means can execute the three-dimensional image control regardless of the progress of the presentation.

With this configuration, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment can switch between display and non-display of the three-dimensional image at the player's arbitrary timing, and realizes an effect by the effect display device 400 according to the taste of the player. be able to.

Also, in this embodiment,
The image control means is
In the three-dimensional image control, one of the left-eye three-dimensional image and the right-eye three-dimensional image stored in the first storage area and the left-eye three-dimensional image and the right-eye three-dimensional image stored in the second storage area Periodically execute a synthesis process for synthesizing the other of and
One of a plurality of left-eye three-dimensional images and a plurality of right-eye three-dimensional images is stored in the first storage area in a period from execution of the synthesis processing once until execution of the next synthesis processing. and when storing the other of the plurality of left-eye 3D images and the plurality of right-eye 3D images in the second storage area, each of the plurality of left-eye 3D images and the plurality of right-eye 3D images Execute the compositing process after finishing the storage.

With this configuration, the pachinko machine 1 of the present embodiment draws the left-eye 3-dimensional image and the right-eye 3-dimensional image when there are a plurality of 3-dimensional images to be displayed on the effect display device 400 within one frame. It is possible to prevent an excessive load on the image IC 200d due to execution of the synthesis process each time, and it is possible to execute an effect using a plurality of three-dimensional images with a low load process.

4. Modification In the present embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 is configured to display a three-dimensional image to the player with the naked eye using the lenticular lens 400b, but the present invention is not limited to this. The pachinko machine 1 is provided, for example, on the surface of the effect display device 400, and the left-eye three-dimensional image and the right-eye three-dimensional image, which are divided into elongated strips and synthesized, have holes or grooves at intervals of one each. A three-dimensional image may be displayed to a player with the naked eye using a parallax barrier, which is a shield having a Further, when three-dimensional display is performed using a parallax barrier, the pachinko machine 1 provides a monochromatic parallax barrier layer on the surface of the liquid crystal layer in the effect display device 400, and the monochromatic parallax barrier layer is formed according to the player's operation. By enabling transparency, the three-dimensional image may be configured to be switchable between display and non-display.

Further, in this embodiment, when the pachinko machine 1 displays a three-dimensional image, the three-dimensional image for the left eye drawn in the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) and the three-dimensional image for the left eye drawn in the synthesis buffer 223 are displayed. Although the three-dimensional image is generated by synthesizing the three-dimensional image for the right eye, the three-dimensional image is not limited to this. The pachinko machine 1 includes, for example, a first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) in which a left-eye three-dimensional image drawn by the image control means 210 is drawn, and a right-eye three-dimensional image drawn by the image control means 210. A synthesizing buffer 223 in which an image is drawn, a first capturing buffer as a third storage area in which a left-eye three-dimensional image rendered in the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) is rendered, and synthesizing. a second capture buffer as a fourth storage area in which the right-eye three-dimensional image drawn in the buffer 223 is drawn; the left-eye three-dimensional image drawn in the first capture buffer; 2 by synthesizing the three-dimensional image for the right eye drawn in the capture buffer and drawing it in the first frame buffer 221 (second frame buffer 222) displayed on the effect display device 400, thereby rendering the effect display device 400 3D image. It may be configured to be able to execute three-dimensional image control for displaying a dimensional image.

In other words, the gaming machine
an image control means for controlling an image related to a game using a game value;
a first storage area, a second storage area, a third storage area and a fourth storage area for temporarily storing the image drawn by the image control means, respectively;
a display device that displays the image stored in the first storage area;
The image control means is
drawing one of the left-eye three-dimensional image and the right-eye three-dimensional image and storing it in the first storage area;
drawing the other of the left-eye three-dimensional image and the right-eye three-dimensional image and storing it in the second storage area;
storing one of the left-eye three-dimensional image and the right-eye three-dimensional image stored in the first storage area in the third storage area;
storing the other of the left-eye three-dimensional image and the right-eye three-dimensional image stored in the second storage area in the fourth storage area;
one of the three-dimensional image for the left eye and the three-dimensional image for the right eye stored in the third storage area and the other of the three-dimensional image for the left eye and the three-dimensional image for the right eye stored in the fourth storage area; 3D image control for displaying the 3D image on the display device by storing the 3D image synthesized in the first storage area.

By being configured in this manner, the pachinko machine 1 uses the left-eye three-dimensional image drawn in the first capture buffer and the right-eye three-dimensional image drawn in the second capture buffer as image data. Since it can be controlled in substantially the same way, the three-dimensional image for the left eye drawn in the first capture buffer and the three-dimensional image for the right eye drawn in the second capture buffer can be controlled in the effect display device 400, for example. Control such as correcting coordinates to be displayed can be executed, and various effects using the three-dimensional image can be executed.

The three-dimensional image for the left eye drawn in the first capture buffer and the three-dimensional image for the right eye drawn in the second capture buffer are controlled in substantially the same manner as the image data, and the three-dimensional image is displayed in a dramatic manner. When the pachinko machine 1 is configured to be capable of performing control such as correcting the coordinates displayed on the device 400, the three-dimensional image data stored in the image ROM 200e is configured to include various information such as coordinate data. need to

Further, when configured in this way, the pachinko machine 1 needs to provide the first capture buffer and the second capture buffer in the image RAM 200f, which may increase the capacity of the image RAM 200f. Therefore, as in the pachinko machine 1 of this embodiment, the three-dimensional image for the left eye drawn in the first frame buffer 221 (the second frame buffer 222) and the three-dimensional image for the right eye drawn in the synthesizing buffer 223 are combined. The capacity of the image RAM 200f used for displaying the 3D image can be reduced by composing the 3D image.

Further, in the present embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 stores a plurality of 3D image data consisting of a pair of 3D image data for the left eye and 3D image data for the right eye in the image ROM 200e. Although the priority is set to be the same for all, the priority is not limited to this, and a different priority may be set to each of the plurality of three-dimensional image data.

In other words, the gaming machine
a plurality of 3D image data comprising a pair of left eye 3D image data and right eye 3D image data;
Different priorities are set for the plurality of three-dimensional image data,
The image control means may be configured to, when executing the three-dimensional image control, cause the display device to display with three-dimensional parallax according to a priority set in the three-dimensional image data. .

When configured in this manner, the pachinko machine 1 displays a 3D image on the effect display device 400 with a 3D parallax according to the priority set in the 3D image data. Since the three-dimensional condition of the three-dimensional image changes, it is possible to realize various effects using the three-dimensional image by simple control using the priority.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the pachinko machine 1 outputs an effect pressing operation detection signal and an effect rotating operation detection signal output when the player operates the effect pressing button 451 and the effect rotating lever 452. Although the sub CPU 200a is configured to create a display switching command based on this, the present invention is not limited to this. The sub CPU 200a may be configured to generate a display switching command by inputting an operation detection signal from an operation detection switch that detects an operation to the device to the sub CPU 200a.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the effect during the game using the game value has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can also be applied to an effect in which no game value has been inserted, such as a demo screen.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the gaming machine includes a symbol determining means for determining one of a plurality of types of symbols including the jackpot symbol, and a symbol display unit that displays a symbol when a predetermined fluctuation time elapses after the symbol is determined. a symbol display means for displaying symbols on the symbol display portion; a big win game execution means for executing a big win game composed of a plurality of round games when a big winning pattern is displayed on the symbol display portion; Game profit giving means for giving a predetermined game profit when a game ball entering a big winning hole enters a specific area during a set specific round game, and production execution means for executing a production during the big win game. Although the pachinko machine 1 capable of so-called first-class games is exemplified, it is not limited to this. The present invention can be applied even to a pachinko machine capable of seed games. Also, for example, a plurality of reels on which a plurality of types of symbols are arranged on the outer peripheral surface, a start switch for detecting a start operation by the player, and a switch provided corresponding to the plurality of reels for stopping each reel. A stop switch for detecting a stop operation, a main control section for controlling the progress of the game, and a sub-control section having a performance control means for controlling the performance based on a command are provided, and the main control section judges whether or not a plurality of types of wins are possible. An internal lottery means for performing an internal lottery to determine, and a plurality of reels are rotated based on detection of a start operation by a start switch, detection of a stop operation by a stop switch, and based on the result of the internal lottery determined by the internal lottery means. and reel control means for performing reel stop control to stop rotating reels, and symbol combinations indicating predetermined winning forms for each combination are displayed on the activated line with the plurality of reels stopped. The present invention can also be applied to a slot machine having winning judgment means for judging that a winning combination has been won based on.

1 Pachinko machine (game machine)
210 Image control means 221 First frame buffer (storage area)
222 second frame buffer (storage area)
223 Synthesis buffer (storage area)
400 effect display device (display device)

Claims (1)

image control means for displaying an image rendered based on image data related to a game as at least one of a two-dimensional image and a three-dimensional image when the image is displayed on a display device;
a storage area for storing an image drawn by the image control means based on the image data;
The image control means is
display time correction control for storing an image drawn based on the image data in the storage area and correcting the image stored in the storage area when the image is displayed on the display device;
drawing time correction control for correcting the image stored in the storage area when the image is drawn based on the image data when displaying the image stored in the storage area on the display device,
When displaying on the display device as a representation of the three-dimensional image, executing the correction control at the time of drawing,
switching from the display-time correction control to the drawing-time correction control when starting display on the display device as a representation of the three-dimensional image from the state in which the display-time correction control is being executed;
switching from the drawing-time correction control to the display-time correction control when ending display on the display device as a representation of the three-dimensional image from the state in which the drawing-time correction control is being performed;
A gaming machine characterized by:

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