JP2009089836A - Game device with movable member and its durable life prediction method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a life prediction method such as easy and accurate prediction of the durable life in a replaceable game device loaded on a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: In reels 10a, 10b and 10c provided in a slot machine 1 and rotationally driven by a stepping motor 102, a rotating acceleration sensor 120 is installed matched with the rotational center axis of the reels. A life diagnostic means samples the transient response of the acceleration of the reels responding to drive pulse signals outputted to the stepping motor using the rotating acceleration sensor, and obtains a difference ad from the reference characteristic as of the acceleration stored beforehand. Then, when the integrated value of the obtained difference reaches a prescribed value or more, it is determined that the exhaustion of the life of the reel device is close. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine equipped with a movable member such as a reel device, and a method for diagnosing the endurance life of such a gaming machine, which are provided in slot machines, pachinko machines and other gaming machines.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, a slot machine, which is a widely used gaming machine, includes a plurality of reels that display various types of symbols by rotating, and a combination of symbols displayed by each reel. A reel device is provided in which a winning or winning combination is determined accordingly. Such a gaming device is designed to withstand long-term use by reducing the weight of the reel body, for example, because the operation of rotating and stopping the reel, which is a movable member, is always repeated.

  By the way, in game stores where a lot of gaming machines such as slot machines and pachinko machines are installed, new machines are replaced as needed to replace old gaming machines that have become less popular. Amusement machines that became unnecessary due to replacement were sold to other stores and second-hand dealers in the same series, or discarded and disposed of.

  In addition, there are many dealers dealing with used gaming machines that remove only gaming device parts such as liquid crystal display devices and reel devices from the purchased gaming machines and resell them to the market. Judgment was often made from the appearance and date of manufacture attached to it.

  In recent years, the gaming machines are being remanufactured and reused, such as taking over used gaming machines under the responsibility of major gaming machine manufacturers and incorporating the used parts mounted on them into new models. However, even a gaming machine manufacturer cannot accurately grasp the degree to which gaming machines and gaming machines that have been on the market have been used, and accurately manage the life expectancy of each replaceable unit. It was extremely difficult. For this reason, there has been a demand for a good measure that allows the game device to be reused until the endurance life and useful life of the gaming device are exhausted.

  In view of this background, proposals have been made to enable the reuse and recycling of gaming machines and parts accurately along the original durable life. For example, in Patent Document 1, an integrated hour meter is provided on a control board of a liquid crystal display device, and this accumulated hour meter accumulates the operating time of the gaming machine and stores the date and time when the accumulated hour meter is removed from the substrate. I have to.

JP 2005-58492 A

  By the way, it has been difficult to accurately determine to what extent a gaming device such as a reel device already used in a gaming machine can be used in the future. In other words, the durable life of a reel device or the like depends on this as the dominant operating time up to the present, but cannot be determined uniformly based only on the operating time. It is known to be affected by other factors such as frequency of use. For this reason, in the end, there was no method other than disassembling the gaming device and diagnosing it by individually inspecting, for example, examining the wear state of the fragile site.

  The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and is a replaceable gaming device mounted on a gaming machine, which can easily and accurately perform a durable life diagnosis, and the like. The purpose is to provide a life diagnosis method.

  Means effective for solving the above-described problems will be described while showing functions or effects as necessary. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the component corresponding in the embodiment in this specification is suitably illustrated with a code | symbol etc. with a code | symbol, these specific structures do not limit this invention.

  The present invention is a gaming device (reel device 10) comprising a movable member (reels 10a, 10b, 10c) that is connected to a drive source (stepping motor 102) and is movable, and is transmitted from the drive source. An acceleration sensor (rotational acceleration sensor 120) for detecting the acceleration of the movable member accelerated by the driving force of the device, and a durable life diagnosis for diagnosing the durable life of the gaming device based on a transient response of the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor For example, the endurance life diagnosis means includes reference data of initial reference acceleration characteristics (as) stored in advance in a nonvolatile memory and sampling data (ac of transient response of acceleration of the movable member detected by the acceleration sensor) ), Reference data of the reference acceleration characteristic compared with the comparison means, and a sample of the transient response Accumulating means for accumulating a difference (ad) with ring data and storing and accumulating the accumulated value in the nonvolatile memory, and when the accumulated value of the difference accumulated in the nonvolatile memory exceeds a predetermined value, the game And determining means for determining the life of the apparatus.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to easily and accurately perform determination and diagnosis of a durable life of a gaming device. By the above-mentioned durable life diagnosis means, the gaming device can be used for a long time until its original life is exhausted. Further, it is not necessary to disassemble the gaming device when performing life diagnosis, and it is free from complicated diagnosis work.

  Hereinafter, a reel device 10 as an embodiment of a gaming apparatus according to the present invention, and a slot machine 1 as a gaming machine equipped with the gaming apparatus will be described. First, a slot machine 1 as a gaming machine will be described with reference to the front view of FIG. 1 and the diagram showing the internal structure of FIG.

  The slot machine 1 includes a casing including a rectangular box-shaped cabinet 2 and a front door 3 attached to the cabinet 2 so as to be opened and closed. Under normal conditions, the front door 3 is locked with the cabinet 2 closed.

  First, the structure of the front mask formed on the front side of the front door 3 will be described. An upper lamp 5 containing a high-brightness LED is formed at the upper end of the front mask, and an electrical decoration device such as corner lamps 6a and 6b that also incorporates an LED is formed at both ends thereof. In addition, a liquid crystal display device 8 is provided at the center of the upper portion of the front mask, and production sound emitting portions 7a and 7b are provided on the left and right sides thereof. The upper lamp 5, corner lamps 6a and 6b, the sound emission units 7a and 7b for production, and the liquid crystal display device 8 are all mounted in the slot machine 1 as devices for game production.

  A middle panel 9 made of a flat resin plate is provided at the middle part of the front mask. The three reels 10a, 10b, and 10c of the reel device 10 that is a gaming device provided inside the housing are visually recognized through a display window 9a that is a rectangular transparent region formed in the center of the middle panel 9. It is possible. Each of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c is cylindrical and can be rotated independently. Three vertical and three horizontal rows of symbols (not shown) drawn on the outer peripheral surface of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c are displayed through the display window 9a. Are displayed in a variable manner.

  Below the middle panel 9 is formed a table-like panel portion 18 that slightly protrudes forward. The control panel 18 includes a medal insertion unit 11 for inserting medals to bet on the game, a bet button 12 for instructing operation to start the game, and a start for performing the rotation start operation of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c. The lever 13 and stop buttons 14a, 14b, 14c, etc. for stopping the rotation of the reels 10a, 10b, 10c are arranged at predetermined positions.

  A lower panel 15 is attached to the lower part of the front mask, for example, a substantially rectangular plastic plate on which a picture of an appearance character (not shown) is printed so that the player can recognize the model type of the slot machine 1 and the like. It has been.

  At the bottom of the front mask, a lower tray member 4 is formed with a medal payout opening 16 for paying out medals at the time of winning or the like and a tray 4a for storing medals paid out from the medal payout opening 16. Is attached. In addition, the lower plate member 4 is provided with effect sound emitting portions 17a and 17b with built-in speakers at the left and right positions, respectively.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 2, the internal structure of the cabinet 2 which is the housing of the slot machine 1 will be described. As described above, the cabinet 2 is formed as a box having an opening on the front side, in which synthetic wooden boards are combined in a rectangular shape.

  A microcomputer-based main control board 21 that performs overall control of the entire slot machine 1 is housed in a transparent case member at an upper position in the cabinet 2. The case member that accommodates the main control board 21 is closed via special sealing means called caulking, and is fixed to the inner surface of the back plate portion of the cabinet 2 so as not to be detached.

  Further, in the sheet metal frame 22 provided so as to extend over substantially the center in the cabinet 2, three rotatable reels 10a, 10b, and 10c are provided side by side on one horizontal axis of rotation. A reel device 10 is installed. Note that a rotating control board 40 is attached to the top plate member of the reel device 10, and a stepping motor that relays a drive pulse signal from the main control board 21 and amplifies the current to connect to each reel 10a, 10b, 10c. Is output. That is, the main reels 10a, 10b, and 10c are controlled to rotate and stop by the main control board 21 in accordance with the player's operation. Further, the rotating drum control board 40 is provided with a durability life diagnosis means described later.

Below the reel device 10, a hopper device 23 as a medal payout device is placed on the bottom plate portion. The hopper device 23 includes a generally bowl-shaped hopper portion 231 capable of storing a plurality of medals, and a payout mechanism portion 232 connected below the hopper portion 231. In the hopper device 23, the medals stored in the hopper 231 are urged by the payout mechanism 232 from the slit 232a and discharged to the outside, whereby the medals are paid out to the tray 4a.
Further, adjacent to the hopper device 23, there are an overflow tank 24 for storing medals overflowing from the hopper portion 231, and a main power supply device 25 for distributing required power to each device built in the slot machine 1. is set up.

  Next, the back side structure of the front door 3 will be described. The front door 3 has a front frame 301 integrally formed of relatively hard plastic as a main frame, and a horizontal frame 302 that is a reinforcing sheet metal member at the upper end and the left and right ends on the back side of the front frame 301, respectively. The vertical frames 303 and 304 are fixed with screws.

  The front door 3 is supported to the cabinet 2 so as to be able to be opened and closed via a hinge mechanism (not shown) whose ends are respectively fixed to the right vertical frame 304 and the opening end of the cabinet 2. The left vertical frame 303 is provided with a locking mechanism 320. When the front door 3 is closed to the cabinet 2 side, the front door 3 is automatically locked to the cabinet 2 by the locking mechanism 320.

  A sub-control board 31 is provided in the upper part of the front door 3, that is, at a position corresponding to the back side of the liquid crystal display device 8 (see FIG. 1), together with the image control board, behind the image control board. These substrates are also accommodated in a transparent case member. Further, speakers 32a and 32b are respectively attached to the front-side production sound emitting portions 7a and 7b.

  The sub-control board 31 lights and blinks the upper lamp 5, the corner lamps 6b and 6c, etc. according to the progress of the game under the control of the main control board 21, and the speakers 32a and 32b etc. have sound effects and musical sounds. The game production control is mainly performed by light and sound such as sounding the sound. The sub-control board 31 outputs a display control command for causing the liquid crystal display device 8 to display a moving image to the image control board.

  Operation switches such as a bet button 12, a start lever 13, stop buttons 14a, 14b, and 14c of the slot machine 1 are provided at a lower portion of the middle panel unit having a middle panel 9 (see FIG. 1) having a display window 9a attached to the front surface. A central display board 33 is arranged as a relay board for transferring a similar output signal to the main control board 21.

Further, below the central display substrate 33, a medal selector 34 for determining whether or not the medal inserted from the medal insertion unit 11 on the front is appropriate and distributing is attached. When the medal selector 34 selects that the medal inserted into the medal insertion unit 11 is appropriate, the medal is passed to the medal guide unit 35 side, and an internal medal sensor detects the medal and the main control board 21. A detection signal is output to
The regular medals that have passed through the medal selector 34 are guided by the medal guide unit 35 and stored in the hopper unit 231 of the hopper device 23.

  A lower panel unit 36 in which the lower panel 15 on the front surface is unitized is attached to the lower part on the back side of the front door 3. And the speaker 39a, 39b which opposes the cancellation chute | shoot 37, the payout chute | shoot 38, and the front surface sound emission part 17a, 17b is attached to the back surface of the lower panel unit 36.

  The cancel chute 37 is positioned below the medal selector 34 and guides medals and foreign objects that the medal selector 34 refuses to accept the medal insertion to the medal payout exit 16. On the other hand, the dispensing chute 38 is formed with an opening 38 a that is aligned with the slit 232 a of the hopper device 23. That is, the hopper device 23 discharges medals from the slit 232a through the opening 38a facing the medals into the payout chute 38, and the medals are guided to the payout chute 38 and paid out to the outside from the medal payout outlet 16 on the front surface. It is formed as follows.

  The slot machine 1 configured as described above enters a standby state when winning in the previous game and completing the payout of medals, or when a loss is confirmed in the previous game. In this state, when the player presses the bet button 12, a medal is bet on the game from the medal (credit) stored inside, and the game starts. When the start lever 13 is tilted in this game start state, the main control board 21 can simultaneously rotate the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c and simultaneously perform pull-in control to the effective line set in the display window 9a. A random combination of symbols, that is, a prize is drawn inside.

  When any winning is won by this internal lottery, the result is set in an internal winning flag set in a predetermined storage area of the RAM of the main control board 21. The state where the internal winning flag is set and the winning is decided is referred to as “internal winning state”.

  Next, the main control board 21 sequentially stops the corresponding reels as the stop buttons 14a, 14b, and 14c are pressed. After the main control board 21 detects that all the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c have stopped, the winning combination referred to by the above-described internal winning flag and the combination of symbols displayed on the active line by each reel. It is determined whether or not the combination of the symbols related to. Then, when the symbols match in any active line, the winning is determined, and credits are added by the number of medals to be paid out. When the credit exceeds the upper limit as a result of the payout, the main control board 21 operates the hopper device 23 and pays out the number of medals exceeding the upper limit of the credit from the medal payout opening 16 to the lower plate member 4. ing.

  In this way, the player of the slot machine 1 loses the bet medals if the symbols displayed in a variable manner are not obtained by performing a game operation for rotating / stopping the reels 10a, 10b, 10c. By aligning, winning can be achieved and more medals than bet can be obtained, so that it is possible to enjoy a game with an interest of increasing medals by skill and luck.

  Next, a specific diagnosis method using the reel device 10 which is an embodiment of the gaming apparatus and the durable life diagnosis means will be described. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of one reel unit constituting the reel device 10. The reel device 10 is constituted by three reel units shown in FIG. 3 that are aligned in the same direction with their rotation axes aligned. However, since the reel units have the same configuration, they are representative here. Only the unit of the left reel 10a as viewed from the player will be described.

  The main body of the reel 10a as a movable member is formed by a rotating body 110 that is a framework having a cylindrical outer shape, and a reel tape 112 that is wound endlessly on an outer peripheral surface portion of the rotating body 110. On the surface of the reel tape 112, although not shown, a plurality of types of symbols are arranged in the circumferential direction by a process such as multicolor screen printing.

  The rotating body 110 constituting the framework of the reel 10a has a hub part 110h at the center thereof connected to the drive shaft 102a of the stepping motor 102 via a slip ring 103, and a plurality of spokes extending radially about the hub part 110h. Torque is transmitted through the portion 110s, and the outer periphery of the rotating body 110 is formed to circulate. The rotating body 110 is integrally formed by, for example, injection molding using a resin material, and the weight is reduced, thereby reducing the load on the stepping motor 102 and improving the durability of the reel unit.

  The base frame 101 of the reel unit is provided with a back lamp housing 105, a reference position sensor 104 including a photo sensor, and the like, in addition to the above-described stepping motor 102 which is a rotation driving source of the reel 10a. In the back lamp housing 105, three light emitting diodes (LEDs) 105a are arranged in the vertical direction. With the main body of the reel 10a attached to the stepping motor 102, the light emitting diode 105a is turned on, so that the three symbols positioned at the display position of the reel 10a are irradiated from the back side of the reel tape 112 and displayed brightly. Like to do.

  The reference position sensor 104 detects the reference position of the rotating reel 10a by detecting the passage of the light shielding piece 110t formed in one of the spoke portions 110s of the reel 10a, and transmits the detected position to the rotation control board 40.

  When the rotation control board 40 receives the data pulse signal instructing the rotation start of the reel 10a from the main control board 21 of the slot machine 1, it is converted into a four-phase drive pulse signal P (PA, PB, PC, PD). The signal is amplified by conversion and output to the stepping motor 102. In response to receiving the drive pulse signal P (PA, PB, PC, PD), the stepping motor 102 rotates the reel 10a by one step for each switching time. Further, the rotation control board 40 relays the detection signal from the reference position sensor 104 and transfers it to the main control board 21. The main control board 21 compares the detection signal indicating the reference position of the reel 10a from the reference position sensor 104 with the number of pulses of the transmitted data pulse signal, so that the rotation position of the reel 10a can be accurately determined. And stop control.

  Further, a rotational acceleration sensor 120 is provided on the hub portion 110h of the rotating body 110 of the reel 10a. Note that the reference axis of the rotational acceleration detected by the rotational acceleration sensor 120 is provided so as to coincide with the extended line of the drive shaft 102 a of the stepping motor 102. Here, FIG. 4A is a perspective view showing the internal structure of the rotational acceleration sensor 120, and FIG. 4B is a diagram for explaining the operation thereof.

  The rotational acceleration sensor 120 includes a disk-shaped base 121, a sensor frame 123, a rotating pendulum 124, and a cylindrical case 122. FIG. 4A shows the internal structure of a part of the cylindrical case 122 cut away. The rotating pendulum 124 is provided to be supported at both ends in the frame of the sensor frame 123 along the reference axis of the sensor. The rotary pendulum 124 is formed with a center of gravity of the same distance and the same mass point around the reference axis, thereby ensuring inertia (inertial mass in rotation). Further, a strain gauge 125 for detecting a strain (twist amount) in the twist direction of the shaft portion is attached to the shaft portion where the rotating pendulum 124 is supported at both ends by the sensor frame 123.

  The operation principle of the rotational acceleration sensor 120 will be described with reference to FIG. When rotation is applied to the main body of the rotational acceleration sensor 120 around the reference axis AX, the relative twist angle of the rotating pendulum 124 with respect to the sensor frame 123 is displaced according to the direction and amount of the rotational acceleration a. Based on the torsional displacement amount detected via the strain gauge 125, the applied rotational acceleration a is detected. The rotational acceleration of the reels 10 a, 10 b, 10 c detected by the rotational acceleration sensor 120 is sent to the rotation control board 40 via the slip ring 103 described above.

  Next, a life diagnosis method for accurately diagnosing the durable life of the reel unit having the above-described configuration will be described. FIG. 5 is a time chart for explaining the life diagnosis method, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart thereof. This durable life diagnosis means is realized by the CPU of the cylinder control board 40 performing arithmetic processing according to a predetermined program. The diagnostic process shown in FIG. 6 is started, for example, when the rotating control board 40 receives a command output from the main control board 21 simultaneously with the start of rotation of the reels 10a, 10b, 10b.

  First, when the main control board 21 detects a tilting operation to the start lever 13 by the player, the above-described data pulse signal that rotates all the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c at the same time is output. When starting the rotation of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c, the main control board 21 performs a control to change the switching time (pulse period) Ts step by step in order to secure a starting torque until a predetermined constant speed is reached. Yes.

  When the stepping motor 102 having, for example, 504 steps per rotation is used as a drive source for rotating the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c, as shown in FIG. A data pulse signal with Ts of 134 msec is output. Then, the switching time Ts is shortened stepwise by 22 msec for the second step and 10 msec for the third to eighth steps, and after the 18th step, the switching time Ts is kept constant at 1.5 msec to perform constant speed rotation. Is programmed to do so.

  The rotating control board 40 outputs a four-phase driving pulse signal P (PA, PB, PC, PD) to the stepping motor 102 every time a data pulse signal is received from the main control board 21, that is, every switching time Ts. The stepping motor 102 advances one step (about 0.71 degrees) upon receiving the drive pulse signal P from the drum control board 40, but when the reels 10a, 10b, 10c are started to rotate, as shown in FIG. A transient response ac (t) of the rotational acceleration of the waveform is detected by the rotational acceleration sensor 120. Note that the rotational acceleration waveform indicated by as (t) in FIG. 5 indicates the initial rotational acceleration characteristics that serve as a reference for the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c, and is measured, for example, during inspection at the time of shipment from the factory. Then, the reference data is stored in the nonvolatile memory of the cylinder control board 40.

  In the diagnostic processing shown in FIG. 6, the rotating control board 40 generates a transient response ac (t) of the rotational acceleration of the reels 10 a, 10 b, 10 c from the rotational acceleration sensor 120 within each switching time Ts from start to 18 steps. Sampling is performed (step S1). Then, the difference ad between the peak value of the reference rotational acceleration as and the detected rotational acceleration ac is calculated, the absolute value thereof is added (incremented) to the previous value, integrated, and stored in the nonvolatile memory (step S2).

  Next, the rotating control board 40 determines whether or not the integrated value (total) of the differences ad accumulated in the nonvolatile memory is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (step S3). When it is determined that the accumulated value of the accumulated acceleration difference ad is greater than or equal to a predetermined value (step S3: YES), the rotor control board 40 determines that the remaining durable life of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c is small. A determination process is executed (step S4).

  In the life determination process of step S4, the spinning cylinder control board 40 outputs a determination signal to, for example, the sub-control board 31, turns on a predetermined warning lamp provided on the front panel of the slot machine 1, and the remaining life of the reel is small. Is notified. In addition, the spinning control board 40 blinks the back lamp of the reel to notify the surroundings that the end of the endurance life is almost exhausted, or outputs a determination signal to a hall computer that centrally manages gaming machines, for example. Various methods can be used, such as notifying hall attendants.

  In the above-described embodiment, the method for performing the life diagnosis based on the acceleration at the time of starting the rotation of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c has been described. The effect is obtained.

  As described above, according to the life diagnosis method of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c of the present embodiment, the transient response of the rotational acceleration of the reels 10a, 10b, and 10c is measured as needed, and the initial reference value (reference rotational acceleration as ) And a life diagnosis of the reel based on the comparison with (). Thereby, it becomes possible to determine the durable life more accurately as compared with the conventional method based only on the operating time. Also, by using this method, the reel unit can be used for a long time until its original life is exhausted. Further, since it is not necessary to disassemble the reel unit and inspect its wear state or the like when performing life diagnosis, it is free from complicated inspection work.

It is a front view of the slot machine which is one embodiment of the gaming machine. FIG. 2 is a view showing a structure inside a housing of the slot machine shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a reel unit as a gaming device mounted on the slot machine shown in FIG. 1. It is the perspective view showing the internal structure of the rotational acceleration sensor by embodiment, and the figure for demonstrating the operation | movement. It is a time chart for demonstrating an example of the lifetime diagnosis method of the reel as a movable member. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the lifetime diagnosis method of the reel as a movable member similarly.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slot machine 2 Cabinet 3 Front door 4 Lower plate member 5 Upper lamp 6a, 6b Corner lamp 7a, 7b Sound emission part for presentation 8 Liquid crystal display device 9 Middle panel 9a Display window 10 Reel device 10a, 10b, 10c Reel 11 Inserting medal Part 12 Bet button 13 Start lever 14 a, 14 b, 14 c Stop button 15 Lower panel 16 Medal payout outlets 17 a, 17 b Sound emitting part 18 Production panel part 21 Main control board 22 Sheet metal frame 23 Hopper device 24 Overflow tank 25 Main power supply 31 Sub-control boards 32a, 32b Speaker 33 Central display board 34 Medal selector 35 Medal guide part 36 Lower panel unit 37 Cancel chute 38 Discharge chute 39a, 39b Speaker 40 Cylinder control board 101 Base frame 102 Stepping motor 103 Slip ring 104 Reference position sensor 105 Back lamp housing 106 Connector terminal plate 110 Rotating body 110h Hub part 110s Spoke part 112 Reel tape 120 Rotational acceleration sensor 121 Base 122 Cylindrical case 123 Sensor frame 124 Rotating pendulum 125 Strain gauge AX Reference Axis P Drive pulse signal Ts Switching time ac Detected rotational acceleration as Reference rotational acceleration ad Acceleration difference

Claims (3)

A gaming device comprising a movable member that is connected to a drive source to move.
An acceleration sensor that detects acceleration of the movable member accelerated by a constant driving force transmitted from the driving source;
A gaming apparatus comprising: a durable life diagnosis means for diagnosing a durable life of the gaming apparatus based on a transient response of acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor. The endurance life diagnosis means is a comparison means for comparing reference data of initial reference acceleration characteristics stored in advance in a nonvolatile memory and sampling data of transient response of acceleration of the movable member detected by the acceleration sensor;
Accumulating means for accumulating the difference between the reference data of the reference acceleration characteristic compared by the comparing means and the sampling data of the transient response, and storing and accumulating the accumulated value in the nonvolatile memory;
2. The gaming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a determining unit that determines a life of the gaming apparatus when an integrated value of the differences accumulated in the nonvolatile memory becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value. A method for diagnosing a durable life of a gaming device comprising a movable member that is connected to a drive source to move,
Sampling data of transient response of acceleration of the movable member by an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration of the movable member accelerated by the drive source;
Comparing the reference data of the initial reference acceleration characteristic stored in advance in the nonvolatile memory with the acquired sampling data of the acceleration of the movable member and calculating the difference between them,
Integrating the obtained difference and storing the accumulated value in the nonvolatile memory and accumulating;
A durability life diagnosis method comprising a step of determining a life of the gaming device when the integrated value of the differences becomes a predetermined value or more.

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