JPH0370512B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine equipped with an image display device, and in particular can display a display mode that means that a batted ball has won a prize in a specific winning hole. The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine equipped with an image display device.

<Prior art> Conventionally, pachinko gaming machines collect pachinko balls that flow into a winning hole into a collection gutter, and operate a prize ball discharge device for each winning ball to discharge a predetermined number of pachinko balls into a saucer. At this time, a display device such as a lamp placed on the game board is turned on to inform the player that a prize has been won, thereby increasing the winning effect.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in conventional pachinko gaming machines, the only means for notifying players of gaming operations is a simple display like the one described above, which does not provide satisfactory information. It has the disadvantage that it cannot convey the information, which reduces the interest in the game. In particular, pachinko gaming machines that are equipped with a specific winning slot that has a higher value than other winning slots, such as machines that perform special games based on the winning of a ball in the specific winning slot, are suitable for gaming. In the case of recent pachinko gaming machines that have made the game more complicated in order to provide big changes, if you miss winning a prize in a specific winning slot, you may end up losing a special game and suffering a disadvantage. Even more, the interest is diminished.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to set an image display device in the gaming section of a pachinko gaming machine and provide a speaker, so that various information indicating winnings of balls in specific winning holes can be displayed as audiovisual information such as image information in the game. In addition to making it possible to emit winning sound effects from a speaker, the player can quickly respond to adjustments such as ball flight distance while enhancing the sense of realism in the game, thereby increasing the player's interest in the game. It is.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and includes a pachinko gaming machine 1 in which a gaming section surrounded by a guide rail is formed on the surface of the gaming board 6. a specific winning signal generating means (for example, winning pulse generator 33) that detects safe balls flowing into the game board and generates a winning signal; an image display device 8 having a display section facing the surface of the game board; and a sound effect. a speaker 17 capable of emitting a sound, and an audio-visual drive control means for causing the image display device to display a display mode indicating that a hit ball has won a prize in the specific winning hole based on the winning winning signal, and for causing the speaker to emit a winning sound effect. (For example, a signal processing circuit 25, a prize display control interface 27, a computer section 20, a VTR mechanism 30, etc.).

<Function> The specific winning signal generating means sends out a winning signal based on the safe ball that has flowed into the high-value specific winning opening, and when this winning signal is input, the audiovisual drive control means causes the image display device to enter the specific winning opening. A display mode indicating that a prize has been won is displayed, and the winning sound effect is emitted from a speaker. As a result, even when the player is visually checking the destination of the ball that was fired into the gaming area, the display mode of the image display device and the winning sound effect of the speaker indicate that the ball has flown into this specific winning hole. can be quickly recognized.

<Example> Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 is a simplified block diagram showing an embodiment of the pachinko game machine with an image display device according to the present invention, and in the figure, 1 _1.2 ... is the main body of the pachinko game machine, which includes a game section formed on the surface of the game board 6 surrounded by a guide rail, a prize opening including a high-value special prize opening provided within the game section,
A winning pulse generator that detects pachinko balls that have entered the winning slot and generates winning pulses, a discharge mechanism that discharges a certain number of pachinko balls, a replenishment device 2 that replenishes pachinko balls, and a replenishment device 2 that supplies pachinko balls. A ball shortage pulse generator 3 that emits a signal when there is a shortage of pachinko balls, an out hole that collects pachinko balls that have not entered the winning hole, and a driver that locks the firing operation of the firing handle 4 to prevent firing. Stop device 5
Equipped with etc.

As a configuration of the image display device 8, for example, a rectangular hole 7a penetrating through the back side of the game board 6 is provided in the center of the game section of the pachinko game machine 1;
As shown in FIG. 2a, the hole 7a is closed with a plate-shaped protective mask 7b having light-transmitting properties, and a gap 7d is formed between the protective mask 7b and the front glass 7c through which pachinko balls can flow down, The display section 9 of the image display device 8 is placed behind the protective mask 7b. The image display device 8 is, for example, a small television of about 3 inches or 4 inches, and is mounted by a mounting frame 10 at a position corresponding to the hole 7a on the back side of the game board 6, as shown in FIGS. 2a and 2b, for example. It is sufficient to store it inside the holding box 11 and lock it with the stopper 12 to fix it. Note that by forming a hole 13 in the side of the holding box 11 at a position corresponding to the speaker 17 of the image display device 8, audio can be emitted to the player. Moreover, the image display device 8 can also use a display device such as a liquid crystal other than a cathode ray tube.

A checker 14, a switch 15, a channel dial 16, a speaker 17, an earphone 18, etc. are further arranged in the side frame portion of the pachinko gaming machine 1 _1.2 ..., and these are electrically coupled to the image display device 8. used to control

Reference numeral 19 denotes a central control unit disposed in a central control room located at one location in a pachinko parlor, for example, and stores the stopping set value level for each pachinko gaming machine _{1 1.2 .}
When the amount of balls discharged from the replenishing device 2 reaches a predetermined value (stopping setting value), a signal is sent to the stopping device 5 to stop playing, and the profit rate of each pachinko game machine ₁ is calculated. A computer section 20 that prints out the calculation results, that is, a control device 21, a storage device 22, an input/output device 23, and a power supply device 24.
It is equipped with a mechanism consisting of the following.

The central control section 19 further includes an input/output device 23 of a computer section 20 and an image display device 8.
A completion control interface 26 electrically connects the signal processing circuit 25 to the winning display control interface 27, and an in-store broadcast system interface 2.
8. An operation panel 3 that is provided with a VTR mechanism 30 and that switches the image on the image display device 8 to a predetermined one.
0 are provided, and these constitute an audiovisual drive control means that causes the image display device 8 to display a display mode that means that a batted ball has won a prize in a specific winning hole, and causes the speaker 17 to emit a winning sound effect.

31 is a general antenna, which is connected to the image display device 8 of each pachinko game machine 1 _{1 , 2 .} . . via a distributor 32 .

The operation of the pachinko gaming machine 1 having such a configuration is as follows.

First, the player can fire pachinko balls by operating the firing handle 4, and when the pachinko balls enter various winning holes including a specific winning hole, for example, 15 or 10 prize balls are placed in the saucer. is brought about. When the player wants to watch television broadcasts while playing, he turns on the switch 15 to supply power to the image display device 8, and receives radio waves sent from the general antenna 31 via the distributor 32. By selecting with the channel dial 16, a desired broadcast can be viewed on the image display device 8. If you want to cancel, just turn off the switch 15.

Next, when a large number of prize balls are ejected and there is a shortage of prize balls, the ball shortage pulse generator 3 is activated, and this signal is sent to the computer section 20 via the completion control interface 26. The computer section 20 operates accordingly and sends a replenishment signal to the replenishment device 2 via the completion control interface 26. At this time, the supply device 2 operates and the pachinko game machine 1 _1.2
... is supplied with pachinko balls, and the operation of the ball shortage pulse generator 3 is canceled. By repeating this ball ejecting operation, the number of operations is calculated by the computer section 20.
When the stop setting level is reached, the computer section 20 transmits a completion signal to the stop stop device 5 via the completion control interface 26.
When the game is stopped, a display signal is sent to 25 to drive the image display device 8 to display a stoppage display. For example, this display content may be as shown in Figure 4a.
It is also possible to use a character type as shown in , or a picture to indicate a stop. In this case, it would be more effective to perform an interrupt display during television broadcasting or to perform this display even when the switch 15 is off.

To explain the operation according to the embodiment of the present invention, when a safe ball flows into a winning opening, for example, a specific winning opening with a high value, a winning pulse generator 33 as a specific winning signal generating means for detecting this safe ball enters a prize. A signal is sent to the computer unit 2 via the winning display control interface 27.
0, the computer section 20 operates to send out a command signal, and this command signal is supplied to the image display device 8 by the signal processing circuit 25 and the like constituting the audiovisual drive control means. This results in
The image display device 8 can be caused to perform a display mode that means that the batted ball has won a prize, for example, a winning display shown in FIG. 4b, when a particular winning hole wins a prize. In this case as well, it is preferable that the display mode indicating that the prize has been entered is inserted into the television broadcast image. Also. In addition to the visual display using the image, the winning sound effect is emitted from the speaker 17 of the image display device 8 or the earphone 18.

As described above, the image display device 8 can display a winning display indicating that a ball has won a prize in a specific winning hole.

Furthermore, in the pachinko gaming machine 1 _1.2 ... according to the present invention, as described above, the gap 7d is formed between the image display device 8 and the front glass 7c, so that the pachinko balls flowing down inside the gaming section can pass through the gap 7d. 7
Flows down within d. Therefore, even if the display section 9 of the image display device 8 is placed inside the gaming section, the area over which the pachinko balls flow will not be narrowed. Also, the image display device 8
is protected by the protective mask 7b and will not be damaged by the pachinko balls flowing down within the gap 7d.

In another embodiment shown in FIGS. 3a and 3b, a winning device 34 is disposed within the gap 7d.

In addition to the winning display according to the embodiment of the present invention, the display section 9 of the image display device 8 also displays in-store information for players as shown in FIG. Or, even if a commercial as shown in FIG. 4e is displayed, the image is divided into a display type as shown in FIG. 4f, and the divided part A,
Television broadcast images, winning display images, stoppage display images, commercial images, etc. may be assigned to portions B, C, and D, respectively. In this way, there is no need to interrupt and display the television broadcast image. 30 is a VTR mechanism, which has several types of cassette tapes for storing images such as those shown in _FIGS . This allows the store manager to display a desired image.

Note that the images displayed on the image display device 8 are not limited to those shown in FIG. You may also use something that helps you remember.

Further, in the embodiment of the present invention, the audiovisual drive control means is provided in a central control section located in a central control room, but it may also be provided in each individual pachinko game machine.

<Effects of the Invention> As explained above, according to the present invention, the display part of the image display device faces the surface side of the game board of the pachinko game machine, and this display part indicates that a hit ball has won a prize in a specific winning hole. Since the display mode is displayed, unlike the conventional simple display that simply lights up or flashes, it is possible to quickly visually convey various image information that matches the game content of the pachinko machine. Furthermore, the winning sound effect can be emitted from a speaker installed in the pachinko game machine to notify the winning player audibly. Therefore, even when the player is visually checking the destination of the ball that was fired into the gaming area, the synergistic effect of vision and hearing increases the player's ability to recognize winnings, and the player is able to recognize that the ball has entered a specific winning slot. The enjoyment of the game is significantly improved by eliminating the possibility of missing anything and being able to quickly take measures such as adjusting the flight distance of the ball. In addition, the sense of realism of the game is enhanced by the image display by the image display device and the sound effects by the speaker, and it is possible to provide a great effect that it is possible to give a sense of satisfaction that the ball hit the special winning hole.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a simplified block diagram showing an embodiment of the pachinko game machine according to the present invention, and FIGS. A simplified configuration diagram showing the parts, Fig. 4a~
f is a diagram showing a specific example of a display image. 1... Pachinko game device, 6... Game board, 8...
...Image display device, 17...Speaker, 20...Computer section, 25...Signal processing circuit, 27...
Winning display control interface, 33... Winning pulse generator.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a pachinko gaming machine in which a gaming section surrounded by a guide rail is formed on the surface of a game board, a specific winning signal is generated by detecting a safe ball flowing into a specific winning opening in the gaming section. a signal generating means; an image display device having a display unit facing the surface side of the game board; a speaker capable of emitting sound effects; A pachinko game device comprising: an audiovisual drive control means that displays a display mode indicating that a prize has been won and causes a speaker to emit a winning sound effect.