JP4521012B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention displays an image display means for displaying an image, a photographing means for photographing a player on the front side of the gaming machine, and an image of the player photographed by the photographing means on the image display means as an image related to the game. And a display control means.

  As a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, a plurality of identification information (image display means) is provided on a variable display device (image display means) composed of a liquid crystal display device or the like according to winning of a game ball launched in a game area formed on the front surface of the game board. A game that gives a specific game value such as causing a special game state in connection with the fact that a display game is displayed in a specific manner by performing a variable display game that displays the special symbol) in a variable manner is known.

Further, in a gaming machine having such an image display device, a display effect of a variable display game performed by the image display device is regarded as important, and various display effects are performed.
For example, a pachinko gaming machine is equipped with a CCD camera that takes a picture of a player who sits in front of the pachinko gaming machine, and the player's image taken by the CCD camera becomes, for example, the above-mentioned identification information during a variable display game. What displays on an image display apparatus instead of a pattern is proposed (for example, refer patent document 1).
JP-A-8-229203 (page 4-6, FIGS. 1 and 7)

However, in the pachinko gaming machine shown in Patent Document 1, there is a limit as a display effect of the variable display game, only the photographed player image is displayed instead of the identification symbol.
Also, if the player's face is to be photographed in front as much as possible, the player's face from the gaming area where the game balls of the pachinko gaming machine flow down or from the back (behind) of the gaming area is determined from the positional relationship between the gaming machine and the player's face. I need to shoot my face. Therefore, it is necessary to arrange the CCD camera in the game area or in the back of the game area. When the CCD camera is arranged in the game area, the flow of the game ball in the game area is prevented and the CCD camera is arranged in a prominent position. As a result, the design of the game board having the game area on the front side is deteriorated.

  Further, if a shooting opening is provided in the game board and the CCD camera is arranged in the back of the game area, the CCD camera will not stand out and the CCD camera will not hinder the flow of game balls in the game area. However, the game ball may pass in front of the CCD camera in the game area. In this case, if a game ball passes within the shooting range of the CCD camera during shooting, the game ball passes very close to the CCD camera, so that the game is in a blurred state without being focused on the shot image. The ball will appear very large, and the player cannot be photographed well.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of displaying an image with further enhanced performance using image data obtained by photographing a player on an image display device.

The invention described in claim 1 includes image display means for displaying an image;
Photographing means for photographing the player on the front side of the gaming machine;
Display control means for displaying on the image display means an image of the player photographed by the photographing means as an image relating to a game;
In a gaming machine equipped with
The photographing unit is configured by a parallax image photographing device that photographs a player from a plurality of different photographing positions so as to generate images that generate parallax with each other,
The image display means is configured by a stereoscopic image display device that displays a plurality of images that cause parallax to each other, thereby allowing the player to view images stereoscopically,
The display control unit includes a stereoscopic image generation unit that generates data of a stereoscopic image to be displayed on the stereoscopic image display device, based on an image captured by the parallax image capturing device.
The parallax image photographing device includes an imaging device that shoots a direction toward one point corresponding to the player at a plurality of photographing positions arranged in the left-right direction, and generates image data.
The imaging device includes a moving device that can move left and right on one arc that is equidistant from a point corresponding to the player,
When the photographing means is a pair of photographing positions at which the distance from one point on the arc is the same distance, the photographing means shoots at a plurality of pairs of photographing positions having different distances from the one point,
The display control means uses images taken at a pair of left and right photographing positions as right-eye images and left-eye images, respectively, and three-dimensional images photographed from a plurality of pairs of photographing positions at different distances from the one point. It is characterized in that it is displayed on the image display means as a three-dimensional image with different pop-out amounts.

Here, the gaming machine includes a ball ball gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine, an arrangement ball gaming machine, and a sparrow ball gaming machine, and a slot machine such as a pachislot gaming machine.
Further, the stereoscopic image display device and the display control means as the image display means only need to be capable of stereoscopic display. For example, a flat panel display such as a CRT display, a liquid crystal display, an EL display, or a PDP as the image display means. The display control means only needs to be able to display a left-eye image and a right-eye image having a parallax with each other based on a known stereoscopic image display method on these displays.
Further, the parallax image photographing device as photographing means photographs the player on the front side of the gaming machine from at least two photographing positions in front of the player, and the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data having parallax. Can be used. For example, a camera equipped with an image sensor such as a CCD or C-MOS can be used.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine, a player (for example, a player's face) photographed by the parallax image photographing device can be three-dimensionally displayed on the stereoscopic image display device. The display performance of the image display device can be enhanced, and the player's interest can be enhanced.
In addition, the left-eye image and the right-eye image necessary for stereoscopic display of the player sitting on the front of the gaming machine by photographing the direction toward one point corresponding to the player at a plurality of photographing positions arranged in the left-right direction Images. When displaying a stereoscopic image of a player facing the front, at least two shooting positions are arranged at equiangular positions on the left and right with respect to a line segment extending from the center of the player in the left-right direction toward the front. It is preferable.
In addition, the imaging device that photographs the player from the front left and right of the player who plays in front of the gaming machine is arranged in an arc shape that is equidistant from one point corresponding to the player, so that the player is photographed. An image can be accurately reproduced as a stereoscopic image. In addition, images of players with parallax are taken from a plurality of different angles on the left and right sides of a plurality of different players (that is, images are taken at four or more left and right positions instead of two left and right positions) and shot from different angles. When the player's three-dimensionally displayed pop-up amount (drawn amount) from the display screen of the three-dimensional image display device is used to display the images in the forward and backward directions, all shooting positions correspond to one point corresponding to the player. Since they are equidistant, the player size in the image is substantially the same.
In addition, it is possible to capture a left-eye image and a right-eye image by moving one imaging device between a plurality of imaging positions. Therefore, only one imaging device is required for capturing the left-eye image and the right-eye image. In other words, shooting can be performed with a smaller number of imaging devices than the number of shooting positions, and the manufacturing cost of the gaming machine can be reduced.
In addition, when the photographing unit has a pair of photographing positions at which the distance from one point on the arc is the same distance, photographing is performed at a plurality of pairs of photographing positions having different distances from the one point, and the display control unit Images taken at each pair of shooting positions are used as a right-eye image and a left-eye image, respectively, and three-dimensional images shot from a plurality of pairs of shooting positions at different distances from the one point are displayed as stereoscopic images with different pop-up amounts. Can be displayed on the means.

  According to the present invention, in a gaming machine, it is possible to stereoscopically display a player photographed by the parallax image photographing device on the stereoscopic image display device, thereby enhancing the presentation performance of the display effect in the image display device of the gaming machine, Can enhance the interest of the person.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In the present embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine (bullet ball gaming machine) as a suitable example of a gaming machine having a parallax imaging device according to the present invention, particularly a pachinko gaming machine of the type belonging to a so-called “seven machine” will be described. Is what you do.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 110 according to the present embodiment performs a game by firing (balling) a game ball (ball) in an internal game area 1a. A glass plate 111 is provided. On the far side of the glass plate 111, a game board 1 having a game area 1a surrounded by the guide rails 2 is installed.

  The game area 1a surrounded by the guide rails 2 of the game board 1 includes a general diagram start gates 6 and 6, a normal diagram change display portion 7a for displaying a normal symbol (normal diagram) variable display game, and a normal diagram change display game. As a result, it is called a normal variation winning device 9 that opens and closes the opening and closing members 9a, 9a, a variation display device 8 (image display device) that can change the display state, a special variation winning device 5, a general winning opening 15, ..., a windmill. The hitting direction changing members 14,..., Side lamps 12, 12, a number of obstacle nails (not shown), and the like are arranged. Further, an out hole 13 for collecting the out ball is provided at the center of the lowermost end of the game area 1a.

Among these, the variable display device 8 includes a display unit portion 8a (consisting of a liquid crystal display device) that is a display device body that displays a variable symbol display game of special symbols (special symbols) as identification information, and the display unit portion. It is comprised from the center case part 700 as a front surface structural member arrange | positioned by the front side of 8a.
That is, the variable display device 8 is an image display means used in a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine 110) that performs image display, and a center case portion 700 that is attached to the gaming board 1 in which the gaming area 1a of the gaming machine is formed. And a display unit portion 8a including the liquid crystal display panel 804 (shown in FIGS. 2 and 3).

The display unit unit 8a includes a display screen 8g whose display state can be changed. The display unit 8a displays a special display by variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information (for example, symbols, numbers, symbols, and the like) on the display screen 8g. The variable display game can be executed.
That is, in the pachinko gaming machine 110 according to the present embodiment, a game in which a variable display device 8 (image display means including the display unit portion 8a) capable of changing the display state is arranged on the game board 1 in which the game area 1a is formed. Machine (ball game machine). As will be described later, a stereoscopic image can be displayed on the display screen 8g of the display unit unit 8a, and the variable display device 8 is a stereoscopic image display device.

Further, for example, below the display unit portion 8a, a special figure start memory display that lights up and displays the number of unprocessed times in which a game ball has won the normal fluctuation winning device 9 and the special figure variable display game has not yet been processed. A portion 8c is provided. In addition, in the back of the special figure start memory | storage display part 8c, the special figure start memory | storage display 8b which consists of LED etc. is provided, for example.
A shooting window 401 is disposed on the upper side of the display unit 8a, and a parallax image capturing device 400 (shown in FIG. 4), which will be described later, is disposed behind the shooting window 401.

  In the back of the general map change display section 7a, a general map change display 7b for displaying a normal symbol (normal map) variable display game composed of, for example, a 7-segment LED is arranged. By changing the display state of the display unit 7b, a fluctuation display game of a normal symbol (for example, a symbol made up of numbers, symbols, etc.) can be executed in the general symbol fluctuation display unit 7a.

  In addition, for example, on the right side of the special variable winning device 5 in the front view, the game ball passes through the normal start gates 6 and 6 (the normal start winning), and the normal variable display game is unprocessed. A general-purpose start memory display unit 6c for displaying the number of times of processing (start-up memory) is disposed, and a general-purpose start memory display 6a is disposed at the back thereof.

The normal variation winning device 9 includes a pair of left and right opening / closing members 9a, 9a, and the opening / closing members 9a, 9a always maintain a closed state at an interval that allows one game ball to flow in, When the result of the variation display game on the normal variation display 7b becomes a special result mode, it is changed to a state in which the game ball is likely to flow into the normal variation winning device 9 by opening in a reverse “C” shape. It has become so.
The normal variation winning device 9 also serves as a special start port (start winning port).

The special variable winning device 5 includes a large winning opening 5b that is opened and closed by an attacker-type opening / closing door 5a.
The open / close door 5a can be opened by rotating in the direction in which the upper end of the open / close door is tilted to the near side, and the result of the special display variation display game is a special result mode (for example, “7, 7, 7”, etc.) When a big hit or the like occurs in any of the numbers), the big prize opening 5b is opened.

  Here, when a game ball that has been driven into the game area 1a by starting a game wins one of the general winning port 15, the normal variable winning device 9, and the big winning port 5b, a predetermined number of winning balls are respectively obtained. It is to be discharged (paid out).

In addition, when the game ball that is driven into the game area 1a passes through the normal start gates 6 and 6, a normal variable display game is performed in the normal variable display 7a.
The usual fluctuation display game is performed by causing the display state (lighting state) of the usual figure fluctuation indicator 7b to fluctuate and display for a predetermined time and then stop display.
If the stop display in the general map change display unit 7a becomes a special result mode as a result of this normal variable display game, the normal variable display game 9 is won and the normal variable prize winning device 9 is set for a predetermined time (for example, For 0.5 seconds). Thereby, it becomes easy to win a game ball in the normal variation winning device 9, and it becomes easy to start a special display variation display game.

In addition, when a game ball that is driven into the game area 1a wins the normal variation winning device 9, the variation of the special figure in which a plurality of types of identification information are displayed in a variable manner on the display screen 8g of the special display variation display device 8. The display game is started.
As a result of this special figure variable display game, if the display mode of the display screen 8g is a special result mode (for example, “1,1,1”, etc., any one of the numbers in the first place), it is a big hit. Special gaming state (so-called jackpot state).
During this jackpot state, a cycle game in which the special prize opening 5b of the special variable prize winning device 5 is converted from the closed state to the open state is performed up to a predetermined number of times, thereby allowing the player to acquire a large number of game balls. Get. That is, the pachinko gaming machine can be given a predetermined game value such that a special gaming state advantageous to the player is generated in connection with the special result mode determined in advance as a result of the special figure variation display game. Become.

  As shown in FIG. 5, on the back side of the game board 1, as shown in FIG. 5, a discharge control device 200 that controls the discharge operation and the like of the ball, and a display control device that performs display control of the variable display device 8 provided in the game area. 150, a decoration control device 250 for controlling the lighting / flashing state of a light emitting member such as a decoration lamp or LED provided in the pachinko gaming machine 110 and driving control of a movable effect device 70 described later, control of output of a speaker, etc. A sound control device to perform, a launching device (not shown) for launching a game ball into the game area based on an operation of an operation handle (not shown) on the front of the gaming machine, a launch control device (not shown) for controlling the launching device, and A game control device 100 and the like for controlling these control devices and the like are provided.

  Next, details of the fluctuation display device 8 which is a main configuration in the pachinko gaming machine 110 of the present embodiment will be described.

  As described above, the variable display device 8 includes the display unit unit 8a having the display screen 8g and the center case unit 700 disposed on the front side of the display unit unit 8a.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the center case portion 700 is configured by attaching various components to an attachment base member 710 attached to the game board 1, and a display for facing the display screen 8 g from the front. Opening 701, a peripheral wall 702 formed around the display opening 701, a concave chamber 703 having a front opening with the peripheral wall 702 and the display screen 8g as a bottom, and an enclosure frame forming the concave 703 704, and a movable effect device 70 that performs an effect operation related to the display content on the display screen 8g.

  In addition, the center case portion 700 is provided on the front upper portion of the mounting base member 710, and has a eaves-like shape that protects a game ball flowing down from above the center case portion 700 from colliding with the display screen 8g. An armor portion 720, a game ball rolling portion (stage) 730 formed on the lower side of the display screen 8g and capable of rolling a game ball, and a concave chamber of the center case portion 700 from the outside (upper side) of the center case portion 700 A warp device having a not-shown flow path for a game ball for transferring the game ball onto a game ball rolling portion (stage) 730 in 703 is provided.

  The movable effect device 70 provided in the center case portion 700 is arranged on the front side of the peripheral wall portion 702 and relates to the display content on the display screen 8g exposed from the display opening 701 at the rear portion of the peripheral wall portion 702. A movable effect member 71 that performs an effect operation that moves in the direction of the display screen 8g, a movable effect member drive solenoid (not shown) that is disposed on the back side of the peripheral wall portion 702 and operates the movable effect member 71, and movable. A drive force transmitting member (not shown) that converts and transmits the driving force from the solenoid for driving the effect member to displace the movable effect member 71, and a pedestal 72 that has the movable effect member 71 disposed on the front surface. It is roughly structured.

  Such a movable effect device 70 is disposed below the left and right ends of the armor portion 720 and on both sides of the display screen 8g. Further, a transparent front cover (not shown) for protecting the movable effect member 71 is disposed in parallel with the game board 1 on the front side of the movable effect member 71 of the movable effect device 70.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the movable effect member 71 has a decoration reflecting the image of a bird (woodpecker), and a main body 74 pivotally supported on the front surface of the pedestal portion 72 (for example, a torso body and legs). The first movable portion 75 (for example, the head of woodpecker) that is operable with respect to the main body portion 74 and is an upper portion of the movable effect member 71, is operable with respect to the main body portion 74, and the central portion of the movable effect member 71 The second movable part 76 (for example, a wood blade), a third movable part 77 (for example, a woodpecker tail) that can operate with respect to the main body part 74 and is a lower part of the movable effect member 71, and the like. It is configured. The main body 74 has, for example, a lower end pivotally supported by the pedestal 72, and rotates as described later. The main body 74 has the first movable portion 75 and the second movable portion 76 described above. The third movable part 77 is movably disposed.

The driving force transmission member converts the vertical movement along the board surface of the repetitive game board 1 provided by the movable effect member driving solenoid into repetitive rotation along the game board surface, and further, the rotation This is transmitted to the movable effect member 71.
Then, the movable effect member 71 is repeatedly reciprocated in the game board surface direction.
Here, since the lower end portion of the main body portion 74 is pivotally supported by the pedestal portion 72, the movable effect member 71 is displaced in the direction of the display screen 8g when it is repeatedly reciprocated in the game board surface direction. The displacement in the opposite direction is repeated repeatedly. That is, it is possible to perform a movement of moving the upper portion of the movable effect member 71 forward to the display screen 8g side and a movement of moving backward from the display screen 8g.

Further, the displacement operation of the movable effect member 71 accompanying the drive of the movable effect member driving solenoid is performed in accordance with, for example, the action of the character appearing in the special display variable display game performed on the display screen 8g.
Specifically, for example, an egg is displayed (three-dimensional display) on the display screen 8g, an effect display that the egg is caught by something from the side and cracked is performed, and the movable effect member 71 (woodpecker) displays the cracked effect display Corresponding to, a production operation (pecking operation) is performed.

That is, the movable effect member 71 performs an effect operation that is displaced in the direction of the display screen 8g in relation to the display content (a three-dimensionally displayed character) on the display screen 8g.
Further, the driving force transmission member converts and transmits the driving force from the movable effect member driving solenoid (electrical drive source) to cause the movable effect member to be displaced.
In the case of the present embodiment, for example, the portion of the movable effect member 71 near the display screen 8g of the first movable part 75 (at least a part of the movable effect member 71) has the upper end portion of the movable effect member 71 as described above. It will be in the state which overlaps with the display screen 8g in the front-back direction.

Further, when the movable effect member 71 repeatedly operates as described above, the first movable portion 75 (the woodpecker head) repeats along the board surface direction of the game board 1 with respect to the main body portion 74 (the woodpecker body). Rotate (shake). In other words, it is possible to express an action as if a woodpecker is pecking something with a beak.
Further, the second movable portion 76 (the woodpecker blade) rotates repeatedly along the board surface direction of the game board 1 with respect to the main body portion 74. In other words, it can express the action as if a woodpecker flutters.

  The third movable part 77 is merely pivotally supported by the main body part 74 and does not receive a driving force from the drive transmission member, but an inertial force acts on the third movable part 77. When the main body portion 74 is repeatedly rotated along the board surface direction of the game board 1, the main body portion 74 is repeatedly rotated along the board surface direction of the game board 1 with respect to the main body portion 74. In other words, it is possible to express an action as if a woodpecker swings its tail. The movable effect member driving solenoid is controlled by, for example, the decoration control device 250. However, the decoration control device 250, the sound control device 300, and the display control device 150 related to the game effect are not included. It is also possible to provide an effect control device combined into one control device and to drive-control the effect control device.

  Next, the display unit unit 8a of the variable display device 8 will be described. The display unit portion 8a is a main body of the image display device, and is a liquid crystal display device capable of stereoscopic display in this example. In the pachinko gaming machine 110, the above-mentioned center case portion 700 is attached to the portion of the opening 1b (shown in FIG. 4) for attachment of the gaming board 1 from the front side of the gaming board 1, and the display unit portion 8a is The display screen 8g is exposed to the display opening 701 of the center case 700, that is, the display opening 701 and the display screen 8g are overlapped with the mounting opening 1b of the game board 1 so as to overlap. It is attached from the back side of the game board 1 using an attachment member (not shown).

Here, the configuration of the display unit 8a that enables stereoscopic display will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an optical system of the variable display device 8 (display unit unit) which is an image display device of the pachinko gaming machine 110 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The backlight 801 includes a light emitting element 810 a that becomes a light source 810, a polarizing filter 811, and a Fresnel lens 812. The light emitting element 810a is configured by a point light source (diffuse light source) such as a white light emitting diode. The light-emitting element 810a emits light whose polarization is not specified (including light of various polarizations). The light emitted from the light emitting element 810a passes through the polarizing filter 811 and reaches the fine retardation plate 802.

  The polarization filter 811 is set so that the light transmitted through the right region 811a and the left region 811b have different polarizations (for example, the light transmitted through the right region 811a and the left region 811b is shifted by 90 degrees). The Fresnel lens 812 is a well-known lens having a lens surface having concentric irregularities on one side.

  Of the light emitted from the light emitting element 810a, only light having a certain polarization is transmitted through the polarization filter 811. That is, out of the light emitted from the light emitting element 810a, the light passing through the right region 811a of the polarizing filter 811 and the light passing through the left region 811b are irradiated to the Fresnel lens 812 as different polarized light. As will be described later, light that has passed through the right region 811a of the polarizing filter 811 reaches the left eye of the player, and light that has passed through the left region 811b reaches the player's right eye.

  In addition, even if it does not use the light emitting element 810a and the polarizing filter 811, what is necessary is just to comprise so that light of a different polarization | polarized-light may be irradiated from a different position, for example, providing two light emitting elements which generate the light of a different polarization, and differing You may comprise so that the light of polarization may be irradiated to the Fresnel lens 812 from a different position.

  The light transmitted through the polarizing filter 811 is irradiated to the Fresnel lens 812. The Fresnel lens 812 is a convex lens, and the Fresnel lens 812 refracts the optical path of the light emitted so as to diffuse from the light emitting element 810a substantially in parallel, and the light refracted substantially in parallel passes through the fine retardation plate 802. The liquid crystal display panel 804 is irradiated.

  At this time, the light transmitted through the fine retardation plate 802 is emitted so as not to spread in the vertical direction, and is applied to the liquid crystal display panel 804. That is, light transmitted through a specific region of the fine retardation plate 802 is transmitted through a specific display unit portion of the liquid crystal display panel 804.

  Of the light irradiated to the liquid crystal display panel 804, the light that has passed through the right region 811 a of the polarizing filter 811 and the light that has passed through the left region 811 b are incident on the Fresnel lens 812 at different angles. The light is refracted and emitted from the liquid crystal display panel 804 through different paths.

  The liquid crystal display panel 804 has a liquid crystal that is twisted and aligned at a predetermined angle (for example, 90 degrees) between two transparent plates (for example, glass plates), for example, a TFT type liquid crystal display panel. It is composed. The light incident on the liquid crystal display panel is emitted with the polarization of the incident light shifted by 90 degrees in a state where no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal. On the other hand, in a state where a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal, the twist of the liquid crystal can be solved, so that incident light is emitted as it is with polarized light.

  A fine retardation plate 802 and a polarizing plate 803 (first polarizing plate) are disposed on the backlight 801 side of the liquid crystal display panel 804, and a polarizing plate 805 (second polarizing plate) is disposed on the player side. Has been.

  In the fine phase difference plate 802, regions for changing the phase of transmitted light are repeatedly arranged at fine intervals. Specifically, the light-transmitting substrate 822 is provided with a region 802a where the half-wave plate 821 having a minute width is provided, and the same interval as the width of the half-wave plate 821 is 1 / The region 802b where the two-wave plate 821 is not provided is repeatedly provided at a fine interval. In other words, the region 802 a that changes the phase of light transmitted by the provided half-wave plate and the region 802 b that does not change the phase of light transmitted because the half-wave plate 821 is not provided are finely spaced. It is provided repeatedly. This half-wave plate functions as a phase difference plate that changes the phase of transmitted light.

  The half-wave plate 821 is disposed so that its optical axis is inclined by 45 degrees with respect to the polarization axis of the light transmitted through the right region 811a of the polarization filter 811, and the polarization axis of the light transmitted through the right region 811a is rotated by 90 degrees. And exit. That is, the half-wave plate 821 rotates the polarization axis of the light transmitted through the right region 811a by 90 degrees, and the angle of the polarization axis of the light transmitted through the left region 811b whose polarization direction is 90 degrees different from the right region 811a. Make equal. Note that the angle of the polarization axis of the light that has passed through the left region 811b of the polarizing filter 811 and then passed through the half-wave plate 821 is rotated so that the right side before passing through the half-wave plate 821 is reversed. It becomes equal to the angle of the polarization axis of the light transmitted through the region 811a.

  Here, in this example, the left region 811b of the polarizing filter 811 and the first polarizing plate 803 have the same polarization direction (note that the right region 811a and the first polarizing plate 803 have the same polarization direction). Is also good). Therefore, the light transmitted through the left region 811b can pass through the first polarizing plate 803, while the light transmitted through the right region 811a whose polarization direction is 90 degrees different from that of the left region 811b is transmitted through the first polarizing plate 803. Can not. Here, the light transmitted through the fine retardation plate 802 after passing through the polarizing filter 811 as described above is rotated by 90 degrees in the polarization axis when transmitted through the region 802 a having the half-wave plate 821. The polarization axis remains unchanged when transmitted through the region 802b where the / 2 wavelength plate 821 is not present.

Therefore, the light transmitted through the right region 811a and further transmitted through the region 802a having the half-wave plate 821 is equal to the first polarizing plate 803 because the direction of the polarization axis is rotated by 90 degrees. Transmits through one polarizing plate 803. On the other hand, the light transmitted through the right region 811a and transmitted through the region 802b without the half-wave plate 821 has a polarization axis direction different from the polarization direction of the first polarizing plate 803 by 90 degrees, and the first polarizing plate 803. Does not pass through.
Further, the light transmitted through the left region 811b and further transmitted through the region 802a without the half-wave plate 821 is transmitted through the first polarizing plate 803 because the direction of the polarization axis thereof is the same as that of the first polarizing plate 803. On the other hand, the light transmitted through the left region 811b and further transmitted through the region 802a having the half-wave plate 821 is rotated 90 degrees in the direction of the polarization axis, and is different from the polarization direction of the first polarizing plate 803 by 90 degrees. That is, the first polarizing plate 803 is not transmitted.

Accordingly, the light transmitted through the right region 811a only reaches the liquid crystal display panel 804 while the light transmitted through the region 802a having the half-wave plate 821 out of the two regions 802a and 802 arranged alternately. The light transmitted through the left region 811b reaches the liquid crystal display panel 804 only through the region 802b without the half-wave plate 821 out of the two regions 802a and b arranged alternately.
As a result, the liquid crystal display panel 804 has the light of the light source 810 transmitted through the right region 811a and the left side corresponding to the regions 802a and b alternately arranged in the vertical direction with the minute width of the minute retardation plate 802, and the left side. The light from the light source 810 that has passed through the region 811b is alternately transmitted vertically with a fine width. Also, as shown in FIG. 4, the light transmitted through the right region 811a reaches the left eye and the light transmitted through the left region 811b reaches the right eye due to the direction of the light source 810 and the Fresnel lens 812. Accordingly, the right-eye image (corresponding to the light transmitted through the left-side region 811b) and the left-eye image (corresponding to the light transmitted through the left-side region 811b) and the left-eye image (right-side region 811a) corresponding to the above-described two regions 802a and 802b on the liquid crystal display panel 804. If the player's right eye is displayed, only the right-eye image is visible to the player's right eye, and only the left-eye image is visible to the player's left eye, as will be described later. Stereoscopic viewing with the naked eye.

  The repetition of the polarization characteristics of the fine retardation plate 802 is such that the polarization of light transmitted for each display unit (that is, for each horizontal line in the horizontal direction of the display unit) is set at substantially the same pitch as the display unit of the liquid crystal display panel 804. To be different. Therefore, the polarization characteristics of the fine phase difference plate 802 corresponding to each horizontal line (scanning line) of the display unit of the liquid crystal display panel 804 are different, and the direction of light emitted for each horizontal line is different as described above. .

  Alternatively, the polarization characteristic of the fine retardation plate 802 is repeated as an integer multiple of the display unit pitch of the liquid crystal display panel 804, and the polarization characteristic of the fine retardation plate 802 is set for each of a plurality of display units (ie, a plurality of display units It is set so that the polarization of the transmitted light is different for each of the plurality of display units. Therefore, the polarization characteristics of the fine retardation plate 802 are different for each of a plurality of horizontal lines (scanning lines) of the display unit of the liquid crystal display panel 804, and the direction of the light emitted is different for each of the plurality of horizontal lines.

  Thus, since it is necessary to irradiate the display element (horizontal line) of the liquid crystal display panel 804 with different light every time the polarization characteristic of the fine retardation plate 802 is repeated, the liquid crystal display panel transmits through the fine retardation plate 802. The light irradiated to 804 needs to suppress the vertical diffusion.

  That is, the region 802a of the fine phase difference plate 802 that changes the phase of light transmits the light transmitted through the right region 811a of the polarizing filter 811 with the same polarization as the light transmitted through the left region 811b. The region 802 b of the fine retardation plate 802 that does not change the phase of light transmits the light that has passed through the left region 811 b of the polarizing filter 811 as it is. The light emitted from the fine retardation plate 802 has the same polarization as the light transmitted through the left region 811b and enters the polarizing plate 803 provided on the light source side of the liquid crystal display panel 804.

  The polarizing plate 803 has a polarization characteristic that transmits light having the same polarization as light transmitted through the left region 811b, for example, of the light transmitted through the fine retardation plate 802. That is, the light transmitted through the left region 811b of the polarizing filter 811 is transmitted through the polarizing plate 803, and the light transmitted through the right region 811a of the polarizing filter 811 is transmitted through the polarizing plate 803 with the polarization axis rotated by 90 degrees. In addition, the polarizing plate 805 has a polarization characteristic that transmits light having a polarization different from that of the polarizing plate 803 by 90 degrees.

  A liquid crystal display panel unit 227 is configured by attaching such a fine retardation plate 802, a polarizing plate 803, and a polarizing plate 805 to a liquid crystal display panel 804. The liquid crystal display panel unit 227, a light source 810, a polarizing filter 811, and a Fresnel An image display device (a liquid crystal display device portion of the variable display device 8) is configured from the backlight 801 including the lens 812 and the like. At this time, in a state where a voltage is applied to the liquid crystal, the light transmitted through the first polarizing plate 803 is transmitted through the second polarizing plate 805. On the other hand, in a state where no voltage is applied to the liquid crystal, the light transmitted through the first polarizing plate 803 is not transmitted through the second polarizing plate 805 because the polarized light is twisted 90 degrees and emitted from the liquid crystal display panel 804.

  Note that a diffuser (not shown) that functions as a diffusion unit that diffuses light transmitted through the liquid crystal display panel in the vertical direction may be provided on the front side (player side) of the polarizing plate 805. This diffuser is constituted by a lenticular lens, and semicircular unevenness (kamaboko-shaped unevenness) extending in the lateral direction is provided on the surface repeatedly in the vertical direction, and the other surface is flat. Yes. And it attaches to the front surface of the polarizing plate 805 so that this uneven surface faces the player side and the plane faces the liquid crystal display panel 804 side. Therefore, the light that has passed through the liquid crystal display panel 804 and entered the diffuser is refracted by the unevenness so that the light path diffuses up and down and is emitted to the player side.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an optical system of the display unit portion 8a of the variable display device 8 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 110 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
The light emitted from the light emitting element 810a is transmitted through the polarizing filter 811 and spreads radially. Of the light radiated from the light emitting element 810a, the light transmitted through the right region 811a of the polarizing filter 811 (indicated by the alternate long and short dash line indicates the center of the optical path) reaches the Fresnel lens 812 and changes the traveling direction of the light by the Fresnel lens 812. Then, the light reaches the fine retardation plate 802, receives the same polarized light as the right region 811a of the polarizing filter 811, and outputs the region 802a (combination with the polarizing plate 803) of the fine retardation plate 802 that shifts the polarized light by 90 degrees and emits it. And transmits the light transmitted through the right region 811a of the polarizing filter 811 through the region 802a) and further passes through the polarizing plate 803, the liquid crystal display panel 804, and the polarizing plate 805 substantially vertically (slightly from the right side to the left side). To. That is, the left eye image displayed by the display element at a position corresponding to the region 802a of the liquid crystal display panel 804 reaches the left eye.

  The regions 802b arranged alternately with the regions 802a of the fine retardation plate 802 do not transmit the light transmitted through the region 802a in combination with the polarizing plate 803, and have different polarization from the light transmitted through the region 802a. Since light (polarized light orthogonal to each other) is transmitted, the right-eye image displayed on the display element at a position corresponding to the region 802b of the liquid crystal display panel 804 does not reach the left eye.

  On the other hand, of the light radiated from the light emitting element 810a, the light transmitted through the left region 811b of the polarizing filter 811 (the center of the optical path is indicated by a broken line) reaches the Fresnel lens 812, and the light traveling direction is changed by the Fresnel lens 812. It is changed and reaches the fine retardation plate 802, is transmitted through the region 802 b of the fine retardation plate 802 that transmits the same polarized light as the left region 811 b in combination with the polarizing plate 803, and further the polarizing plate 803. The light passes through the liquid crystal display panel 804 and the polarizing plate 805 substantially vertically (slightly from the left side to the right side) and reaches the right eye. That is, the right eye image displayed by the display element at a position corresponding to the region 802b of the liquid crystal display panel 804 reaches the right eye.

  The regions 802a arranged alternately with the regions 802b of the fine retardation plate 802 do not transmit the light transmitted through the region 802b in combination with the polarizing plate 803, and have different polarization from the light transmitted through the region 802b. Since light (polarized light orthogonal to each other) is transmitted, the left-eye image displayed on the display element at a position corresponding to the region 802a of the liquid crystal display panel 804 does not reach the right eye.

  In this way, the light emitted from the light emitting element 810a and transmitted through the polarizing filter 811 is irradiated to the liquid crystal display panel 804 substantially perpendicularly by the Fresnel lens 812 as an optical means. That is, the light emitting element 810a, the polarizing filter 811, and the Fresnel lens 812 constitute a backlight 801 that irradiates the liquid crystal display panel 804 with light having different polarization planes through different paths, and the light transmitted through the liquid crystal display panel 804 through different paths. Radiate to reach the right or left eye. That is, the scanning line pitch of the liquid crystal display panel 804 and the repetition pitch of the polarization characteristics of the fine retardation plate 802 are made equal, and light coming from different directions is irradiated for each scanning line pitch of the liquid crystal display panel 804 and is different. Light is emitted in the direction.

  Since the right eye image reaches the right eye and the left eye image reaches the left eye, the left and right eye images can be displayed with parallax set, and the player can display the image display device (the liquid crystal display device portion of the variable display device 8). ) Can be viewed stereoscopically.

  Next, the parallax image photographing device 400 serving as the photographing means of the present invention will be described. The parallax image photographing device 400 is disposed under the saddle-shaped armor portion 720 at the top of the center case portion 700 shown in FIG. That is, the parallax imaging device 400 is disposed at a position between the armor portion 720 and the display screen 8g. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 serving as a plurality of imaging devices serving as the parallax image photographing device 400 are disposed in the back of the photographing window 401 shown in FIG. 1. Each of the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 is disposed one by one at a plurality of photographing positions. The CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 are well-known devices including a CCD image pickup device (not shown) and an optical system having a lens 406, and can output a captured image as digital image data (or analog image data). It has become. Also, these CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 have the same configuration.

  The photographing window 401 is provided in the center case portion 700, and the center case portion 700 is provided between the armor portion 720 and a peripheral wall portion 702 that surrounds the display opening 701 in a square tube shape. The game machine 1 has a square box-shaped photographic device storage part 740 having an open front face that protrudes rearward from the game board 1 from the mounting opening 1b. The opening on the front surface of the photographing device storage unit 740 is the above-described photographing window 401, and a transparent plate-like window member 741 is fitted into the opening serving as the photographing window 401 so as to be parallel to the game board 1. The window member 741 is not limited to being colorless and transparent, but is colored and colored and transparent (for example, black or gray) so that it is difficult for the player to visually recognize the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 behind the window member 741. ) Or a half mirror.

  As described above, since the shooting window 401 is under the armor portion 720 that prevents the game ball from flowing down, and the game ball does not pass through the front side of the shooting window 401, the front side is a game area 1a. The player of the main body of the gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine 110) provided with a board 1 and configured to play a game ball by launching the game ball into the game area 1a and causing the shot game ball to flow down in the game area 1a In other words, an imaging device (CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404) that captures the player and obtains image data is provided at a position where the game ball does not pass between them. Therefore, as described later, when a player is photographed from the back of the photographing window 401 to obtain image data, a game ball is not reflected in the image data.

In addition, a square box-shaped imaging device storage unit 740 serves as a storage space 742 of the parallax image capturing device 400. Further, the center in the left-right direction of the imaging device storage unit 740 is arranged to coincide with the center in the left-right direction of the display screen 8g of the display unit unit 8a. In addition, when the pachinko gaming machine 110 is installed in the island facility of the game shop, a chair is installed in front of the pachinko gaming machine 110, and a player sits on the chair and plays a game. The center of the sitting player in the left-right direction, the center in the left-right direction of the display screen 8g of the display unit 8a of the previous pachinko gaming machine 110, and the center in the left-right direction of the photographing device storage unit 740 are substantially matched. It has become. In FIG. 4, a circle (hereinafter referred to as the player's head A1) showing the outline of the head of the player who plays the pachinko gaming machine 110 is drawn with a broken line, and the center point of the head A1 (hereinafter referred to as the head). , One point A2) corresponding to the player is drawn. And one point A2 corresponding to a player has shown the center of the left-right direction of a player. Therefore, as described above, the vertical plane V that bisects the display screen 8g in the left-right direction when the center in the left-right direction of the display screen coincides with the point A2 corresponding to the center in the left-right direction of the player. A point A2 corresponding to the player is present in the vertical direction and perpendicular to the display screen 8g (shown by a broken line in FIG. 4).
When the player sitting on the chair has an average height (sitting height), the upper and lower centers (point A 2) of the head (face) correspond to the height position of the shooting window 401, and It falls within the range of vertical width (vertical height).

  Then, one CCD camera 402 for flat display is arranged at the center in the left-right direction in the photographing device storage unit 740. That is, the center of the lens 406 of the CCD camera 402, the center in the left-right direction of the display screen 8g, and the point A2 corresponding to the player match (overlap in the front and back), and the CCD camera 402 corresponds to the player. The direction toward the point A2 (illustrated by a broken line) is photographed (the line segment along the focal direction (imaging direction) of the camera coincides with the line segment connecting the center of the lens 406 and the point A2). Therefore, the CCD camera 402 is arranged so that the face that is the front face of the player's head is photographed from the front in the center of the photographing range.

  Two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 are arranged on the left and right sides of the CCD camera 402. The center between each pair (two) of the left and right CCD cameras 403 and 403 (CCD cameras 404 and 404) coincides with the center in the left and right direction of the display screen 8g. Further, the two CCD cameras 403 and 403 (CCD cameras 404 and 404) take a picture (shown by a broken line) toward the point A2 corresponding to the player (a line segment along the focal direction of the camera and the lens 406). And the line connecting the point A2 coincide with each other). Also, a line connecting the center of the two cameras 403 and 403 (CCD cameras 404 and 404) and the point A2 and a line toward the focal direction of the left camera 403 (CCD camera 404) (left camera 403 (CCD camera 404). ) Is a line connecting the center of the two cameras 403 and 403 (CCD cameras 404 and 404) and the point A2. And an angle (shooting angle θ1a (θ2a) formed by a line in the focal direction of the right camera 403 (CCD camera 404) (a line connecting the center of the lens 406 of the right camera 403 (CCD camera 404) and the point A2). )).

These two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 are used to shoot a right-eye image and a left-eye image that have left and right parallax from the left diagonal front and right diagonal front of the player, respectively. is there.
In addition, the above-described photographing angles θ1a and θ1b of the inner pair of CCD cameras 403 and 403 out of the two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 are the same as those of the outer pair of CCD cameras 404 and 404. The shooting angles θ2a and θ2b are large. Accordingly, the pair of inner CCD cameras 403 and 403 are for taking a three-dimensional image of a player with a small amount of protrusion from the display screen, and the pair of outer CCD cameras 404 and 404 are a pair of inner CCDs. The camera 403, 403 is for taking a three-dimensional image of a player with a large amount of pop-up from the display screen. That is, the inner pair of CCD cameras 403 and 403 are for taking a stereoscopic image far from the player as an observer, and the outer pair of CCD cameras 404 and 404 are the inner pair of CCD cameras 403 and 403. From 403, a stereoscopic image close to the player as an observer is taken. Note that the shooting angles θ1a, θ1b, θ2a, and θ2b described above indicate how much the player's image is displayed from the display screen 8g when the stereoscopic display is performed using the image data captured by the CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404. It is determined as will be described later depending on whether or not to jump out.

These two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, 404 and the above-mentioned one CCD camera 402 are each one arc B (FIG. 4) that is equidistant from the point A2 corresponding to the player. (Shown by a broken line). The arc B exists on the horizontal plane and is a point A2 (centered on a point on a vertical line passing through the point A2). Since these CCD cameras 402, 403, 404 are arranged on one circular arc B that is equidistant from the point A2 corresponding to the player, images taken by the CCD cameras 402, 403, 404 are provided. The player size in the data is almost equal. In this example, as will be described later, the size in the image data of the player is changed based on the pop-out amount of the player image from the display screen 8g.
In this example, two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 having different shooting angles θ1a, θ1b, θ2a, and θ2b are used. However, three or more pairs of CCD cameras may be used. It is also possible to use a pair of CCD cameras.

  In this example, basically, the images captured by the pair of left and right CCD cameras 403 and 403 on the inner side are used as the left-eye image and the right-eye image, respectively. The images picked up at 404 are set as a left-eye image and a right-eye image, respectively. That is, the CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 that are equidistant to the left and right with respect to the center that overlaps the point A2 corresponding to the player are set as the left-eye image and the right-eye image, respectively. Thereby, it sets so that the front of a player (its face) may be image | photographed.

Here, when the cameras facing one point A2 corresponding to the player are arranged side by side, particularly when they are on an arc that is equidistant from the point A2, the center overlaps with the point A2 corresponding to the player in the front-rear direction. In contrast, images taken by the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 at different photographing positions on the left and right may be used as the left-eye image and the right-eye image. For example, an image photographed by the central CCD camera 402 may be used as the right-eye image, and an image photographed by the right outer CCD camera 404 or the right inner CCD camera 403 may be used as the left-eye image. Alternatively, the image taken by the right inner CCD camera 403 may be used as the left-eye image, and the image taken by the left outer CCD camera may be used as the right-eye image.
In this way, it is possible to obtain image data in which the player is viewed obliquely from the front with the player facing the display screen 8g. Further, as in this example, when there is a pair of CCD cameras 403 and 403 (404, 404) that are equidistant from the left and right and the CCD camera 402 at the center thereof, CCD cameras 403, 403, and 404 that are equidistant from the left and right respectively. , 404 can take both an image from the front of the player and an image from an oblique direction.

FIG. 5 is a block configuration diagram showing a control system centered on the game control device 100.
The game control device 100 is a main control device that comprehensively controls games, a CPU that controls game control, a ROM that stores invariant information for game control, and a RAM that is used as a work area during game control Is composed of a game microcomputer 101 having a built-in circuit, an input interface 102, an output interface 103, an oscillator 104, and the like.

  The gaming microcomputer 101 receives detection signals from various detection devices (special symbol start sensor 52, general winning opening sensors 51A to 51N, count sensor 54, continuation sensor 55, normal symbol start sensor 53) via the input interface 102. In response, various processes such as a jackpot lottery are performed. The special symbol start sensor 52 detects the winning of a game ball to the normal variation winning device 9 which also serves as a special symbol start port (start winning port). The count sensor 54 and the continuation sensor 55 detect winning of a game ball in the special winning opening 5b of the special variable winning device 5. The continuation sensor 55 detects a winning in a so-called V zone (continuous winning opening) in the large winning opening 5b. When a game ball is detected by the continuation sensor 55, the special variable winning apparatus 5 is large. The cycle game for converting the winning opening 5b from the closed state to the open state is continued. The normal symbol start sensor 53 detects a game ball passing through the normal symbol start gates 6 and 6. In the game control device 100, when a big win (special result) is obtained in the big win lottery process in the variable display game, a special game is performed as described later, and the player is given a large amount of game media (game balls). ) Is granted. That is, the game control device 100 functions as a privilege granting unit that grants a privilege to the player when the variable display game has a special result.

  And via the output interface 103, various control devices (display control device 150, discharge control device 200, decoration control device 250, sound control device 300), big prize opening solenoid (large prize opening SOL) 36, ordinary electric accessory A command signal is transmitted to the solenoid (general power SOL) 90, the general map change display (general display display) 7b of the general map change display section 7a, etc., and the game is controlled in an integrated manner. The special winning opening solenoid 36 drives the open / close door 5a of the special variable winning apparatus 5 to open and close the special winning opening 5b. The ordinary electric accessory solenoid 90 drives the pair of left and right opening / closing members 9a, 9a of the normal variation winning device 9 to perform the opening / closing operation as described above.

The discharge control device 200 controls the operation of the payout unit based on a prize ball command signal from the game control device 100 or a ball rental request from a card ball rental unit (not shown), and discharges the prize ball or the ball rental. Let it be done.
The decoration control device 250 controls a decoration light emitting device such as a decoration lamp or LED based on a decoration command signal from the game control device 100, and also displays a special figure start memory display (special figure holding LED) 8b, The display of the start memory display 6a is controlled.
The sound control device 300 controls sound effect output from the speaker. Communication from the game control device 100 to various subordinate control devices (display control device 150, discharge control device 200, decoration control device 250, sound control device 300) is unidirectional from the game control device 100 to the subordinate control device. Only communication is allowed. Thereby, it is possible to prevent an unauthorized signal from being input to the game control device 100 from the dependent control device side.

  The display control device 150 constituting the display control means performs display control of the image of the variable display device 8 (image display device), and functions as a display control means together with the composite conversion device 170. The display control device 150 includes a CPU 151, a VDC (Video Display Controller) 156, a RAM 153, a DMAC 154, an interface 155, a ROM 152 storing programs, image data (symbol data, background image data, moving image character data, texture data, etc.). The stored font ROM 157 includes an oscillator 158 that generates a timing signal for generating a synchronization signal and a strobe signal.

The CPU 151 executes a program stored in the ROM 152, and based on a signal from the game control device 100, image control information for a predetermined variable display game (symbol display information including sprite data, polygon data, etc., background screen) Information, moving image object screen information, etc.) to instruct the VDC 156 to generate an image.
In addition, the CPU 151 outputs a control signal for controlling lighting, extinction, dimming, and brightening of the light source 810 of the backlight 801 (shown in FIG. 3) to the backlight driver (BL DRV) 182. .

Further, as will be described later, the CPU 151 takes in the image data input from the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 of the parallax image photographing device 400 and stores it in the RAM 153 serving as image data storage means.
The DMAC 154 directly exchanges display control data between each memory, the VDC 46, and the like without access to the CPU 41 with respect to display control information from the gaming microcomputer 101.

The VDC 156 performs, for example, polygon drawing (or normal bitmap drawing) of an image based on the image data stored in the font ROM 157 and the content calculated by the CPU 151, and a predetermined texture for each polygon. Is pasted and stored in the RAM 153 as a frame buffer. Then, the VDC 156 transmits the image in the RAM 153 to the LCD side (the composite conversion device 170) at a predetermined timing (vertical synchronization signal V_SYNC, horizontal synchronization signal H_SYNC).
The drawing processing performed by the VDC 156 performs point drawing, line drawing, triangle drawing, polygon drawing, and texture mapping, alpha blending, shading processing (glow shading, etc.), hidden surface removal (Z buffer processing, etc.), and γ correction. The image signal is output to the composition conversion device 170 via a circuit (not shown). Note that the VDC 156 is adapted to be used by drawing image data captured by the parallax image capturing apparatus 400 and processed by the CPU 151 and stored in the RAM 153 into the rendered image data, as will be described later.

Note that the VDC 156 may temporarily store the drawn image data in the RAM 153 as a frame buffer, and then output the image data to the synthesizing / conversion device 170 in accordance with a synchronization signal (V_SYNC or the like).
Here, as the frame buffer, a plurality of frame buffers are respectively set in a predetermined storage area of the RAM 153, and the VDC 156 can also superimpose (overlay) an arbitrary image and output it.

  An oscillator 158 that supplies a clock signal is connected to the VDC 156. The clock signal generated by the oscillator 158 defines the operation cycle of the VDC 156. The VDC 156 divides this clock signal to generate a vertical synchronization signal (V_SYNC) and a horizontal synchronization signal (H_SYNC), and outputs them to the synthesis converter 170. At the same time, the VDC 156 outputs a vertical synchronization signal (V_SYNC) and a horizontal synchronization signal (H_SYNC) to the fluctuation display device 8 via the synthesis conversion device 170.

The horizontal synchronization signal and the vertical synchronization signal generated by the VDC 156 based on the clock signal generated by the oscillator 158 are input to the CPU 151 as a horizontal synchronization interrupt signal and a vertical blank (V_BLANK) interrupt signal.
The RGB signal output from the VDC 156 is input to the γ correction circuit. This γ correction circuit corrects the non-linear characteristic of illuminance with respect to the signal voltage of the variable display device 8 to adjust the display illuminance of the variable display device 8 and outputs the RGB signal (image data) to the variable display device 8. Is generated.

  Note that the variable display device 8 that is an image display device can display a stereoscopic image, and the CPU 151 of the display control device 150 displays the clock signal (or the above-mentioned) of the oscillator 158 in order to display the stereoscopic image. L that identifies whether the image data (RGB signal) to be output to the composite converter 170 is a left-eye image or a right-eye image based on the horizontal synchronization interrupt signal and the vertical blank interrupt signal). / R signal is output.

The synthesizing / conversion device 170 is provided with a right-eye frame buffer, a left-eye frame buffer, and a stereoscopic frame buffer, writes the right-eye image sent from the VDC 156 to the right-eye frame buffer, and the left-eye image for the left-eye. Write to the frame buffer. Then, the right-eye image and the left-eye image are combined to generate a stereoscopic image, which is written in the stereoscopic frame buffer, and the stereoscopic image data is output to the variable display device 8 as an RGB signal.
As shown in FIG. 3, the generation of the stereoscopic image by combining the right-eye image and the left-eye image is performed by using the half-wave plate 821 attached to the transparent base material 822 of the fine retardation plate 802. The right eye image and the left eye image are combined at each interval. Specifically, since the half-wave plate 821 of the fine retardation plate 802 of the variable display device 8 of the present embodiment is arranged at intervals of the display unit of the liquid crystal display panel 804, the display of the liquid crystal display panel 804 is performed. The stereoscopic image is displayed so that the right-eye image and the left-eye image are alternately displayed for each unit horizontal line (scanning line).

  The left-eye image data transmitted from the VDC 156 during the output of the L signal is written into the left-eye frame buffer, and the right-eye image data transmitted from the VDC 156 during the output of the R signal is written into the right-eye frame buffer. Then, the left-eye image data written in the left-eye frame buffer and the right-eye image data written in the right-eye frame buffer are read for each scanning line and written into the stereoscopic frame buffer. Note that if the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data are, for example, data having parallax with respect to the left and right eyes of the player, the images are displayed in three dimensions, but the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data are displayed. When there is no parallax with the image data for use, it is displayed in a plane. Further, when displaying in a two-dimensional manner, it is also possible to take a method of directly writing and displaying the image data in the stereoscopic frame buffer without dividing into the left-eye image data and the right-eye image data.

  Therefore, according to the display unit unit 8a of this embodiment, both stereoscopic display and flat display can be performed. In stereoscopic display, for example, only some objects in an image such as a character appearing in a variable display game can be stereoscopically displayed. That is, if the background image has no parallax between the right-eye image data and the left-eye image data, and the image object that is a planar character with respect to the background is only lifted or drawn, the bitmap drawing is performed. In FIG. 3, the image data for the right eye and the image data for the left eye are drawn by shifting the position of the image object on the background to the left and right, so that stereoscopic display can be performed. Note that, based on the perspective method, it is preferable to change the size of the character corresponding to the front and rear positions of the three-dimensionally displayed character as described later.

  In addition, when creating a 3DCG that draws polygons of image objects such as identification information and characters and attaches a texture to each polygon, the right eye image data and the left eye image data For example, when the image object for the left eye is drawn and when the image object for the right eye is drawn, the position of the viewpoint is changed so as to attach the parallax corresponding to. Thereby, a three-dimensional display can be performed. The image data captured by the parallax image capturing apparatus 400 includes left-eye image data and right-eye image data, and stereoscopic display can be performed using these.

In the variable display device 8 (display unit portion 8a), an LCD driver (LCD_DRV) 181, a backlight driver (BL_DRV) 182, and a parallax image photographing device 400 having the above-described plurality of CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 are provided. Yes. The LCD driver (LCD_DRV) 181 sequentially applies voltages to the electrodes of the liquid crystal display panel 804 on the basis of the V_SYNC signal, the H_SYNC signal, and the RGB signal sent from the synthesis conversion device 170, and stereoscopically displays on the liquid crystal display panel 804. The composite image of is displayed.
The backlight driver 182 turns on and off the current to the light emitting element 810 a of the backlight 801 based on a control signal output from the CPU 151, and controls lighting and extinguishing of the light emitting element 810 a serving as the light source 810 of the backlight 801. Note that the backlight driver 182 changes the level of the voltage applied to the light emitting element 810a of the backlight 801 based on the backlight control signal, so that the light intensity of the light emitting element 810a of the backlight 801, that is, the light intensity of the light emitting element 810a is changed. It is also possible to control dimming and brightening.

  Further, the image data photographed by the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 of the parallax image photographing device 400 described above is captured by the CPU 151 and stored in the RAM 153 as described above. Since the captured image data includes an image around the player, in this example, the display control device 150 (CPU 151) performs a trimming process for extracting the player's face (or upper body). It is like that. Note that the trimming process for extracting the player's face portion from the image data is performed by, for example, determining a portion where the color changes extremely based on a threshold value and extracting the contour as well as a range of colors that can be regarded as skin color and the hair color. The player's face is trimmed from the image data by a well-known method based on color data of a color range that can be regarded as a color and general face contour shape data.

The CCD camera 402 in the center of the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 is used for displaying a player's image on the display screen 8g in a plane, and is captured by the CCD camera 402. The displayed image data is used for both the right-eye image and the left-eye image, so that a flat display without parallax is performed. The two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 are for capturing left-eye and right-eye image data of players with different amounts of protrusion from the display screen 8 g as described above. When the images taken by these CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 are displayed on the variable display device 8 that is a stereoscopic image display device, for example, a flat display of the player's face on the display screen 8g, a slight amount from the display screen 8g. It is possible to display the three-dimensional display of the player's face that has jumped forward and the three-dimensional display of the player's face that has jumped further from the display screen 8g in order, so that the player's face is moved back and forth. Here, if the captured and trimmed image data is used as it is, the display becomes stepwise (in this case, three steps), but the left and right positions of the player's face are determined by the player during each step of the image data. By creating and displaying the shifted image data corresponding to the front and rear positions as described later, the player's face can be moved back and forth more smoothly and displayed.
Further, in the display control device 150 (CPU 151), the player's face can be moved back and forth more smoothly by performing processing for creating image data obtained by morphing the image data of each stage between the image data of each stage. it can.

  In FIG. 5, the image data from the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 of the parallax image capturing device 400 is directly input to the CPU 151, and the CPU 151 directly controls the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404. In reality, however, an interface for image capture and shooting control is provided between the CPU 151 and the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404. The image data photographed by the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 may be stored in the RAM 153 without the CPU 151 under the control of the CPU 151 by the DMAC 154.

  From the above, the display control device 150 serves as a stereoscopic image generation unit that generates stereoscopic image data to be displayed on the variable display device 8 based on the captured image by the parallax image capturing device 400.

Next, the amount of shift that becomes parallax during stereoscopic display in the variable display device 8 that is a stereoscopic image display device, the above-described shooting angle when shooting a stereoscopic display, and an image object that is stereoscopically displayed (player's face image) 6 and 7 showing the relationship between the left and right eyes of the observer, the display screen 8g, and the image object G with respect to the rate of change (magnification rate) of the image object when moving the image back and forth (changing the pop-out amount). This will be described with reference to the chart shown in FIG. 6 and 7, for example, the image object G that is the player's face is indicated by a circle (sphere).
First, the amount of deviation that becomes parallax will be described. FIG. 6A shows a case where the center of the image object G is displayed at the position of the display screen 8g. In FIG. 6, the center of the image object G is O, the center of the left and right eyes is M, and the distance from the left and right eyes to the display screen 8g is l.

Here, the center O of the image object G displayed without popping out on the display screen 8g is used as a reference, and in this case, the amount of blur is set to zero. Actually, when the center O of the image object G is displayed at the position of the display screen 8g, parallax occurs at each point on the outer peripheral surface of the image object G. Here, FIG. The image object G may be displayed as a flat display on the display screen 8g. On the other hand, FIG. 6 (B) shows a case where the center O of the image object G is displayed in a three-dimensional manner by popping out from the display screen 8g by a distance Z (projecting amount Z). In FIG. 6B, an image object that is projected and displayed by a projection amount Z with respect to the image object G that is displayed in a plane is G ′, and its center is O ′. The distance between the center M of the left and right eyes and the center E of the right eye (left eye) is e.
The position of the center O ′ of the image object G ′ when viewed with the right eye on the display screen 8g, that is, the position of the center O ′ of the image object G ′ on the display screen 8g in the right-eye image is P (right eye). The line connecting the center E of the image object G ′ and the center O ′ of the image object G ′ and the display screen 8g), and the deviation of the point P and the center O of the image object G displayed in a plane on the display screen 8g. The amount is d.

すなわち、ずれ量ｄ＝ｅＺ／（ｌ−Ｚ）となり、立体表示する際に想定される画像オブジェクトＧ’の中心Ｏ’の表示画面８ｇからの距離、すなわち飛び出し量Ｚと、左右の目と表示画面８ｇとの距離ｌと、右目の中心Ｅから左右の目の中心Ｍまでの距離ｅとによりずれ量ｄを求めることができる。
なお、上述の説明は、右目を例に取ったが左目の場合も同様に求めることができると共に、基本的にずれ量ｄは、左右の目で方向が逆となるだけで距離はほぼ同じとなる。 Here, a line segment MO connecting the center M of the left and right eyes and the center O of the image object G displayed in a plane, and the center O ′ of the image object G ′ displayed stereoscopically with the center E of the right eye and the pop-out amount Z. Tan θ = OP / O′O = ME / MO ′, where θ is the angle formed by the line segment EO ′ connecting the two. Then, the distance OP between the center O of the image object G and the above-described P at the time of planar display becomes the shift amount d of the image for the right eye, and the center O of the image object G displayed on the plane and the image object G displayed in a protruding manner. Since the distance OO '(protruding amount) with' center O 'is Z and the distance from the left and right eyes to the display screen 8g is l, the shift amount d is expressed by the following equation. Become.

That is, the shift amount is d = eZ / (l−Z), and the distance from the display screen 8g of the center O ′ of the image object G ′ assumed when performing stereoscopic display, that is, the pop-out amount Z, and the left and right eyes are displayed. The shift amount d can be obtained from the distance l from the screen 8g and the distance e from the center E of the right eye to the center M of the left and right eyes.
In the above description, the right eye is taken as an example, but the same can be obtained in the case of the left eye, and the displacement d is basically the same as the distance between the left and right eyes is reversed. Become.

  Here, as shown in the chart of FIG. 8B, the distance l from the left and right eyes of the player to the display screen 8g (display surface) is 50 cm, and the distance from the center E of the right eye to the center M of the left and right eyes. When e (half the distance between the left and right eyes) is assumed to be 3 cm, the parallax (deviation amount d) can be obtained corresponding to each pop-out amount Z. Therefore, for example, when the image object G is stereoscopically displayed, in the right-eye image data and the left-eye image data, the center O ′ of the image object G ′ with respect to the center O of the image object G displayed on a plane, respectively. Is created so as to be shifted to the left and right by the shift amount d, so that the image object G ′ can be stereoscopically displayed in a protruding state with the pop-out amount Z corresponding to the shift amount d.

  Note that the image data captured by the two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 of the parallax image capturing apparatus 400 basically has parallax at the time of capturing, and therefore, in the case of stereoscopic display as it is, Is not required, but, for example, a plurality of pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 do not perform stereoscopic display with a plurality of pop-out amounts Z, but continuously move the image object back and forth. In this case, the image object of the captured image data is displayed as it is only in the case of the pop-out amount Z corresponding to the above-described multi-step pop-out amount Z, and the image object is displayed with the pop-out amount Z between the multi-step pop-out amounts Z. When displaying the image object, the image object is generated by moving the image object to the left or right in accordance with the shift amount d. Preparative it is possible to display moving continuously back and forth. Further, the photographed image object can be displayed not only with the pop-out amount Z in a plurality of stages but also with an arbitrary pop-out amount Z.

Next, the shooting angle will be described. The shooting angle includes a line that becomes the focal direction (shooting direction) of the camera when shooting the subject from the left and right shooting positions instead of the left and right eyes of the observer, the center of the left and right shooting positions, and the subject. Of the line (corresponding to the center O ′ of the image object G ′).
Therefore, when viewing the camera, the shooting angle is projected from the line segment MO connecting the center M of the left and right eyes and the center O of the image object G displayed in a plane in FIG. 6B, and the center E of the right eye. The angle θ is formed by the line segment EO ′ connecting the center O ′ of the image object G ′ that is stereoscopically displayed with the amount Z. Note that the shooting angle θ corresponds to the shooting angles θ1a, θ1b, θ2a, and θ2b in FIG.

  If you want to shoot a stereoscopic image similar to what you see with human eyes, you can set up two cameras at the interval of human eyes, but in this case, The sense of distance of the obtained subject is the same as when shooting. On the other hand, if the above-described shooting angle is changed and shooting is performed, the pop-out amount Z of the subject (image object) can be changed even if shooting is performed from the same distance. In short, for example, when moving an image object obtained from captured image data back and forth with respect to a planar background, the shooting angle θ of the left and right cameras at the time of shooting is changed (the interval between the left and right cameras is also changed). The image object can be displayed with different pop-out amounts Z.

すなわち、撮影角度θは、立体表示する際に想定される画像オブジェクトＧ’の中心Ｏ’の表示画面８ｇからの距離、すなわち飛び出し量Ｚと、左右の目と表示画面８ｇとの距離ｌと、右目の中心Ｅから左右の目の中心Ｍまでの距離ｅ（左右の目の間の距離の半分）とにより求めることができる。 Then, as can be seen from FIG. 6B, the photographing angle θ can be obtained from the above tan θ = OP / O′O = ME / MO as shown in the following equation.

That is, the shooting angle θ is the distance from the display screen 8g of the center O ′ of the image object G ′ assumed when performing stereoscopic display, that is, the pop-out amount Z, the distance l between the left and right eyes and the display screen 8g, The distance e from the center E of the right eye to the center M of the left and right eyes (half the distance between the left and right eyes) can be obtained.

Further, as shown in the chart of FIG. 8B, the distance l from the player's left and right eyes to the display screen 8g (display surface) is 50 cm, and the distance e from the center E of the right eye to the center M of the left and right eyes When it is assumed that (half of the distance between the left and right eyes) is 3 cm, the shooting angle θ can be obtained corresponding to each protrusion amount Z.
Therefore, for example, in FIG. 4, if the inner pair of CCD cameras 403 and 403 shoots an image of a player whose pop-up amount Z is 2 cm, for example, the shooting angles θ1a and θ1b are 3.58 left and right. It will be in degrees. If the pair of outer CCD cameras 404 and 404, for example, take an image of a player with a pop-out amount Z of 8 cm, the shooting angles θ1a and θ1b are 4.09 degrees each left and right.

Next, the enlargement factor k corresponding to the pop-out amount Z of the image object G will be described with reference to FIGS. In FIG. 7, the viewpoint is illustrated as the center of the left and right eyes for ease of explanation, not for each of the left and right eyes. FIG. 7A shows a case where the pop-out amount of the center O of the image object G is 0, that is, a case where the center O is on the display screen 8g. The radius of the circular image object G is r, and the contact point with the image object G at the tangent to the image object G from the viewpoint of the center M of the left and right eyes is T.
Further, the position of the left and right ends when the image object G is displayed on the display screen 8g (intersection of the tangent and the display screen 8g) is C. Accordingly, the radius of the image object G displayed on the display screen 8g is the distance OC.

従って、拡大率ｋは、飛び出し量Ｚと、左右の目と表示画面８ｇとの距離ｌと、画像オブジェクトＧの半径ｒとから求めることができる。
ここで、図８（Ａ）の図表に示すように、遊技者の左右の目から表示画面８ｇ（表示面）までの距離ｌを５０ｃｍ、画像オブジェクト（遊技者の顔オブジェクト）の半径（左右幅サイズの半分）を２ｃｍと仮定した場合に、拡大率ｋを、各飛び出し量Ｚに対応して求めることができる。 FIG. 7B shows a case where the pop-out amount of the center O ′ of the image object G ′ is Z. Note that the contact point with the image object G ′ at the tangent to the image object G ′ from the viewpoint of the center M of the left and right eyes is T ′.
Further, the position of the left and right ends when the image object G ′ is displayed on the display screen 8g (intersection of the tangent and the display screen 8g) is C ′. Accordingly, the radius of the image object G ′ displayed on the display screen 8g is the distance OC ′.
From the above, the enlargement ratio k of the image object G ′ with the pop-out amount Z with respect to the image object G with the pop-out amount 0 on the display screen 8g is OC / OC ′, and can be obtained by the following equation.

Therefore, the enlargement ratio k can be obtained from the pop-out amount Z, the distance l between the left and right eyes and the display screen 8g, and the radius r of the image object G.
Here, as shown in the chart of FIG. 8A, the distance l from the player's left and right eyes to the display screen 8g (display surface) is 50 cm, and the radius (left and right width) of the image object (player's face object) When the half of the size is assumed to be 2 cm, the enlargement ratio k can be obtained corresponding to each pop-out amount Z.

  Therefore, as described above, the magnification factor k for displaying the image object (player's face) in the image data photographed by the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 photographed from the same distance as described above is used for flat display. For example, it is set to 1.00 when the image is taken by the CCD camera 402, and is set to 1.04 when the image is taken by a pair of inner CCD cameras 403 and 403 for taking a stereoscopic image having a pop-up amount of 2 cm, for example, a solid having a pop-out amount of 8 cm When the image is taken by a pair of outer CCD cameras 404 and 404 for taking an image, the stereoscopic effect can be further enhanced in the stereoscopic display by setting 1.19. As described above, in the display of the image object, when arbitrarily moving back and forth (changing the pop-out amount) regardless of the shooting angle θ of the CCD cameras 402, 403, 404, the shift amount d and the enlargement factor k are set. For example, by changing the data based on the data in the chart of FIG.

Next, shooting of the player by the parallax image shooting device 400 based on the gaming state performed in the pachinko gaming machine 110, in particular, the timing of the change in the change display game displayed on the change display device 8 which is a stereoscopic image display device, The display of the image of the photographed player during the display of the variable display game will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 9 is a state transition diagram of the game performed in the pachinko gaming machine 110, and FIG. 10 is a flowchart of the game control process of the variable display game performed in the display control device 150 based on the control of the game control device 100. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of shooting processing that is shooting control by the parallax image shooting device 400 performed by the display control device 150 during the game control processing, and FIG. 12 is a three-dimensional view of the variable display device 8 based on the game control processing. It is drawing for demonstrating a display.

The outline of the game will be described with reference to FIG.
First, at the beginning of the game (or before the game is started), the state is in a variable waiting state (waiting for customers) (S0), and a signal for instructing display of the waiting screen for customers is sent from the gaming control device 100 to the display control device 150. Is displayed on the screen of the variable display device 8 as a customer waiting screen (moving image or still image). With this demonstration display, it is possible to expect a demonstration effect that draws the player to the pachinko gaming machine 110 waiting for the customer. Further, in this embodiment, the variable display device 8 can perform stereoscopic display, and the stereoscopic display may be performed during the demonstration display. In this case, it is necessary for the player to be at a position where the player can visually recognize the stereoscopic display of the variable display device 8. For example, it is effective to perform the stereoscopic display when the player is about to start the game. . Further, since the image data photographed by the parallax image photographing device 400 can be stereoscopically displayed on the variable display device 8, for example, the stereoscopic image data photographed by the parallax image photographing device 400 during the demonstration (for example, almost real time). 3D display on the variable display device 8 is possible. That is, by displaying the player sitting in front of the pachinko gaming machine 110 on the variable display device 8 as a stereoscopic still image or a stereoscopic moving image, the player is interested in the pachinko gaming machine 110 capable of stereoscopic display. You may do it.

  Then, when the game ball launched into the game area of the game board 1 wins the starting opening of the normal variation winning device 9, a predetermined random number is extracted by the game control device 100 based on the winning, and the jackpot of the variable display game is won. A lottery is performed, and a signal for commanding a variable display is transmitted from the game control device 100 to the display control device 150, and a variable display of a plurality of symbols is displayed on the left, right, and middle variable display areas of the screen of the variable display device 8. Start (S1).

When a predetermined time elapses after the start of the variable display, the variable display is temporarily stopped in the order of, for example, left, right, and middle (for example, the pattern is slightly changed at the stop position). When a state (for example, a combination in which the left symbol and the right symbol may generate a jackpot combination) occurs, a predetermined reach game is performed. In this reach game, for example, the variation display of the inside symbol is performed at a very low speed, the variation is performed at a high speed, or the variation display is reversed. In addition, background display and character display in accordance with the reach game are performed.
If the result of the jackpot lottery is a jackpot, the symbols on the left, right, and center are finally stopped in a predetermined jackpot combination, and a jackpot game (a special game state advantageous to the player) is generated.
The player may be photographed by the parallax image photographing device 400 according to the timing of the variation during the above-described variation display. The timing of shooting is, for example, at the start of fluctuation, when a symbol other than the symbol that stops last is stopped, and only the symbol that stops last is variably displayed, and especially when reaching in this state Etc. In addition, when shooting a player according to the timing of the variable display, it is preferable that the player is gazing at the variable display game on the display screen 8g in the vicinity of the parallax image shooting device 400. If shooting is performed while gazing at the display game, the parallax image shooting device 400 in the vicinity of the display screen 8g is likely to be shot in a state where the player is facing the vicinity of the parallax image shooting device 400. In consideration of this, it is preferable to shoot only when the symbol that stops last in the variable display game is displayed in a variable manner, and it is more preferable that it is a reach. Moreover, it is good also as what shall image | photograph a player with the parallax image imaging device 400 for every variable display game, and it is good also as what is image | photographed only when the intermediate result of a variable display game becomes reach as mentioned above. In addition, when shooting a player frequently as in the case of shooting for each variable display game, the image data obtained by shooting and stored in the RAM 153 of the display control device 150 is displayed on the variable display device 8. In this case, it is preferable to use the latest image data.

  Here, during the variable display, there may be a character that performs a reach notice or a jackpot notice at the start of the variable display. The appearance of the character is determined probabilistically by lottery using a random number, and reach that will eventually be lost in the variable display device (if the big hit lottery is lost, it will also be a predetermined probability by lottery using random numbers, etc.) In addition, when the jackpot lottery is a jackpot, the appearance probability of the character is different depending on whether or not the jackpot lottery is finally reached. In addition, when there is a case where the notice is off, a character with a reach notice appears with a predetermined probability even in a variable display that does not reach, and a character with a jackpot notice appears with a predetermined probability even with a variable display that does not become a big hit. ing.

And when the character of reach notice or jackpot notice appears, the character may be displayed in three dimensions. Further, the player's face captured by the parallax image photographing device 400 and subjected to image processing and trimming may be displayed in a stereoscopic manner as the character's face.
Further, in the reach variation display, there are various reach display modes depending on the difference in background, whether or not a character appears, the difference in the type of appearing character, the difference in action of the character, and the like. In addition, stereoscopic display may be performed during the reach display. In some or all of the various reach display modes described above, when the type of reach display mode is determined by lottery as described above and the reach display mode is performed, the display mode is changed from the flat display mode to the stereoscopic display mode. The whole image, character, or special symbol (identification information) may be displayed in three dimensions. In the reach display mode of the same content, it may be set whether to display stereoscopically or not to display stereoscopically, and in this case, when the jackpot is confirmed, the probability of stereoscopically displaying compared to the case of losing is set. It can be high. Further, as described above, in the stereoscopic display, the player's face that has been captured by the parallax image capturing device 400, subjected to image processing, and trimmed may be stereoscopically displayed.

  When the jackpot game is generated, a special game is performed in which the big winning opening 5b of the special variable winning device 5 is opened for a predetermined period (S2). This special game is executed with a predetermined number (for example, ten) of game balls to be awarded to the special variable winning device 5 or a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) as one unit (one round). A predetermined round (for example, 15 rounds) is repeated on condition that a winning in a continuous winning opening is detected (detection of a winning ball by the continuation sensor 55). When a jackpot game is generated, a signal for instructing display of the jackpot game is transmitted from the game control device 100 to the display control device 150 such as a jackpot fanfare display, round number display, jackpot effect display, etc. The jackpot game is displayed on the screen.

In this case, if the jackpot is a specific jackpot, a specific gaming state is generated after the jackpot game, and the probability of the next jackpot occurrence is increased, or the variation display device based on winning of the game ball to the normal variation winning device 9 The variation display time of the eight variation display game is shortened.
It should be noted that stereoscopic display may be performed also in the jackpot effect display, and the player's image photographed by the parallax image photographing device 400 may be three-dimensionally displayed.
When the game ball wins the normal variable winning device 9 during the variable display game or the big hit game (when the special symbol start memory is generated), after the variable display game is ended (when lost) or the jackpot game After ending, a new variable display game is repeated based on the special symbol start memory. Also, when the variable display game is finished (when lost), or when the big hit game is finished, when there is no special symbol start memory, the state is returned to the variable waiting state (S0). Here, since it is highly likely that the player will be replaced when returning to the variable waiting state, it is preferable to delete the player's image data stored in the RAM 153 or the like. Further, the player's image data stored at the end of the variable display game may be deleted.
When the game ball passes through the normal figure starting gates 6 and 6, a random number relating to the normal symbol is extracted based on the passing or normal symbol starting memory, and if the random number is hit, the hit indication is displayed on the general symbol fluctuation display 7b. As a result, the normal variation winning device 9 is expanded for a predetermined time, and the winning at the starting port is facilitated.

Next, based on the flowchart of FIG. 10, a game control process that involves shooting of a player's stereoscopic image by the parallax image capturing device 400 and stereoscopic display of the captured stereoscopic image will be described.
Note that the control of the variable display game includes, for example, determination of whether it is a big hit or a loss, the type of stop symbol at the end of the variable display in the variable display game, the rough display pattern including the variable display time of the variable display game, etc. A command signal determined by the control device 100 and output based on the determined content is output to the display control device 150. In the display control device 150, a specific variable display pattern is determined, and along with this, the data for the variable display is displayed. Creation, display control of the variable display device 8 and the like are performed.

In the flowchart of FIG. 10, the processing in the display control device 150 is described. However, the processing is partially performed in the game control device 100, and the processing result is input to the display control device 150 as a control command. Processing is also included.
In the game control process, for example, it is determined whether or not there is a start memory by a timer interruption process (step S11). In other words, as described above, the start-up memory is present when the normal change-in device 9 that is the start-up port has received a prize and a start-up memory is generated, or at the end of the variable display game or at the end of the special game state, as described above. In some cases, a variable display game is started, and if there is no start memory, a variable waiting state is entered.

  If there is a start memory, a stop symbol is determined based on a control command from the game control device 100 (step S12). That is, the type of symbol that is stopped and displayed at the end of the variable display game is determined. At this time, it is also determined whether or not the game control device 100 is a big hit. Next, the change of the symbol which is identification information is started (step S13). In this example, the display screen 4g is divided into three parts, a left display area, a center display area, and a right display area, and the symbols are variably displayed on each. Here, a symbol variably displayed in the left display region is a first symbol 901, a symbol variably displayed in the right display region is a second symbol 902, and a symbol variably displayed in the center display region is a third symbol 903. The symbols 901, 902, and 903 are variably displayed in different types of symbols (for example, numbers 1 to 12), and each of the symbols 901, 902, and 903 is a specific number of 1 to 12. It does not indicate such a symbol, but refers to the entire type of symbols that are sequentially displayed in a predetermined display area.

  Next, the first symbol 901 stops in the left display area (step S14), and then the second symbol 902 stops in the right display area (step S15). Here, it is determined whether or not reach has been reached (step S16). That is, if the stopped first symbol 901 and second symbol 902 are of the same symbol type, reach is reached. It should be noted that since it is possible to determine whether or not it is reach when the stop symbol is determined, it may be determined at that time.

If it is not reach, the third symbol 903 that stops last is stopped in the central region (step S17), and the presence or absence of the start memory is determined again in step S11.
On the other hand, in the case of reach, as shown in FIG. 12B, for example, the left and right first symbols 901 and 902 that have already stopped move to the upper left and right corners of the display screen 8g, respectively. Then, a display effect is performed such that the third symbol 903 variably displayed in the central area is enlarged (step S18). Note that the display effect is not limited to this. For example, until the third symbol 903 that stops last is before the second symbol 902 stops, the center of the display screen 8g replaces the second symbol 902. It may be displayed in the right display area instead of the display area, and after the second symbol 902 stops in the central display area, the second symbol 902 is replaced and only the third symbol 903 is displayed in the central display area. good.
In addition, such an effect does not need to be performed, and the 3rd pattern 903 which stops at the center display area | region used as the center part of the left-right direction of the display screen 8g should just be variably displayed.

Then, in the variable display game, after the first symbol 901 and the second symbol 902 are stopped and only the third symbol 903 that has been reached and is finally stopped is rotated, the third symbol 903 will be described later. Until the symbol 903 stops, the parallax image photographing device 400 performs photographing processing for photographing the player (step S19).
In the shooting process, as shown in the flowchart of the shooting process shown in FIG. 11, the main player who sits in front of the pachinko gaming machine 110 is almost simultaneously performed by all the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 of the parallax image shooting device 400. A face portion is photographed (step S31). By shooting simultaneously in this way, the player can be prevented from moving and shifting between the left-eye image and the right-eye image, and a stereoscopic image that can be stereoscopically displayed without blurring can be obtained. Obtainable.

At the time of shooting, the identification information (the third symbol 903) is variably displayed at the center of the display screen 8g. More specifically, among a plurality of pieces of identification information (first to third symbols 901 to 903) that are variably displayed in different display areas of the display screen 8g in the variable display game displayed on the display screen 8g of the variable display device 8. The variable display of all the identification information (first and second symbols 901, 902) other than the identification information (third symbol 903) for which the variable display stops at the end of the display may be stopped, and the variable display game may have a special result. Display control device 150 variably displays the identification information (third symbol 903) at which the variable display stops last at the central portion in the left-right direction of the display screen 8g when the reach state is left to remain in the parallax image. The imaging apparatus 400 performs imaging from the start of the reach state to the end of the variation display of the identification information for which the variation display stops at the end.
Each CCD camera 402, 403, 404 of the parallax imaging device 400 corresponds to the player in the vertical plane V (dotted line in FIG. 12B) that bisects the display screen 8g in the left-right direction as described above. The direction toward one point A2

  Image data captured by the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 are input to the display control device 150 and stored in the RAM 153. Then, as described above, the player's face part in the image data is trimmed to obtain the data of the face object 905 shown in FIG. The face object 905 is stored in the RAM 153 and handled in the VDC 156 in the same manner as the image data stored in the font ROM 157 or the newly drawn image data. The data of the face object 905 is used for display. Image data is generated. Here, as shown in FIG. 12, the image data of the face of the player is synthesized by combining the image data of the body excluding the head and the data of the face object 905 in the image data of the character 904 (woodpecker) stored in the font ROM 157. Data of a new character 906 using the data (face object 905) is synthesized.

At this time, data of the flat display character 906 is generated using image data captured by the central CCD camera of the parallax image capturing device 400.
Further, by using image data (face object 905) photographed by two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 arranged at equal distances on the left and right, a player's face with a small amount of protrusion from the display screen 8g is displayed. The right-eye image data and left-eye image data of the character 906 and the right-eye image data and left-eye image data of the character 906 having a large pop-out amount are generated. That is, a stereoscopic image of the character having the photographed player's face is generated (step S32).

Then, after the shooting process is completed, as shown in FIG. 12C, the character 906 having the player's face generated by the shooting process is displayed (displayed) on the display screen 8g (step S20). At this time, the above-described data for plane display is used, and the character 906 is displayed in plane. In addition, as the image data of the player, a character 906 using the latest image data taken during the current variable display game is displayed. As will be described later, all the player image data shot at the end of the variable display game is erased, so that only the player data shot after the start of the variable display game can be used.
Next, a random number is used to determine which of the 3rd symbol 903 (one of a plurality of pieces of identification information) being displayed in a variable display and the character 906 having the face object 905 of the player that has appeared. Selection by lottery (step S21). In addition, the lottery using random numbers performs, for example, a process of randomly extracting one number from numbers from 0 to 99, and for example, the determination value of the third symbol 903 is set to 0 to 49 in advance, The determination value of the character 906 is set to 50 to 99, and it is determined depending on whether the extracted number matches the determination value of 0 to 49 or the determination value of 50 to 99. Then, the images with the matching determination values are displayed in a three-dimensional manner, and the images that do not match are displayed as a plane.

  Also, when the variable display game is a big hit / losing lottery result, for example, the determination value of the third symbol 903 is set to 0 to 29, the determination value of the character 906 is set to 30 to 99, and in the case of a loss, The third symbol 903 (identification information) is three-dimensionally displayed in accordance with the result of the variable display game so that the criterion value of the third symbol 903 is 0 to 79 and the criterion value of the character 906 is 80 to 99. The probability and the probability that the character 906 having the photographed image of the player is displayed in three dimensions may be changed.

For example, when the determination value is set as described above, the character 906 is easily displayed in a three-dimensional manner when the variable display game is a big hit, and when the character 906 is displayed in a three-dimensional manner, the player's expectation for the big hit is high. Become. That is, the image that the player wants to pay attention to is displayed in three dimensions, and the other images are displayed in plane.
Next, it is determined whether the third symbol 903 or the character 906 is stereoscopically displayed based on the determination value (step S22).

  When the character 906 is selected, the right eye image and the left eye image generated from the image data captured by the two pairs of CCD cameras 403, 403, 404, and 404 as the face object described above are used. Using the data of the character 906 (two-stage data having different pop-out amounts), the character 906 in a state of being displayed in a plane is displayed in a three-dimensional manner and the pop-out amount Z is increased so that the character 906 is projected (see FIG. Step S23). Conversely, backward display is performed so as to reduce the pop-out amount Z of the character 906 displayed in three dimensions (step S24). At this time, the shift amount d and the enlargement factor k described above are used as image data for interpolating between the data of the character 906 having different pop-out amounts in two steps (multiple steps), and the right eye image is used. The character 906 and the character 906 of the left-eye image are separated or brought close to each other according to the shift amount d corresponding to the pop-out amount Z, and enlargement (reduction) is performed according to the enlargement factor k corresponding to the pop-out amount Z. Additional data may be added. Thereby, the character 906 can be smoothly moved back and forth.

In addition, when the third symbol 903 is selected as the target for stereoscopic display, the third symbol in a state of being displayed on a plane based on the shift amount d corresponding to the above-described pop-out amount Z and the enlargement factor k. As the three-dimensional display 903 is displayed and the pop-out amount Z is increased, the protruding display of the third symbol 903 is performed (step S25). Conversely, backward display is performed so as to reduce the pop-out amount Z of the third symbol 903 displayed in a three-dimensional manner (step S26).
Note that the stereoscopic display of the character 906 and the third symbol 903 is not limited to the forward / backward movement as described above, and in the case of the third symbol 903 that does not require up / down / left / right movement or captured data, You may display rotation (autorotation) etc.

  Then, after the three-dimensional display of the character 906 or the third symbol 903 is performed, the variation display of the third symbol is stopped and the stop symbol is displayed (step S27). Further, all the data of the character 906 including the image data photographed by the player is erased from the storage means such as the RAM 153 of the display control device 150 (step S28). In addition, when the imaged image data of the player used when generating the data of the character 906 remains without being erased at this time, all the remaining player image data is erased.

Next, when the variable display game for which the variable display has ended is not a big hit (step S29), the process ends. When the variable display game is a big hit, the above-described special game state processing is performed (step S30).
In the flowchart shown in FIG. 10, the player is photographed only when the reach is reached. However, regardless of whether or not the player is reached, the game is performed using the parallax image photographing device 400 for each variable display game. It is also possible to take a person's stereoscopic image. In this case, the timing of shooting varies in the same manner as described above, with the first symbol 901 and the second symbol 902 being stopped and only the third symbol last stopping at the center in the horizontal direction of the display screen 8g. It may be displayed, or may be at another timing such as when the variable display game starts.
Further, in this case, the player's image may be displayed on the variable display device 8 in a three-dimensional or flat manner for each variable display game using the image data of the player photographed regardless of whether or not the player is reachable. At this time, it is preferable to use the latest image data taken last. Further, when a player is photographed for each variable display game, it is preferable that all image data captured by the variable display game and image data using the image data are erased when the variable display game ends. .

  The pachinko gaming machine 110 as described above includes an image display means for displaying an image, a photographing means for photographing a player on the front side, and an image of a player photographed by the photographing means as an image relating to a game. A parallax image shooting device 400 that shoots a player from a plurality of different shooting positions so as to generate images that generate parallax with each other. The image display means is constituted by a stereoscopic image display device (variable display device 8) that displays a plurality of images that cause parallax to each other so that a player can view the images in three dimensions, and the display control means The (display control apparatus 150) generates a stereoscopic image data to be displayed on the stereoscopic image display apparatus based on the captured image by the parallax image capturing apparatus 400. And a forming unit (display control apparatus 150).

  Accordingly, in the gaming machine, a player (for example, the player's face) photographed by the parallax image photographing device 400 can be three-dimensionally displayed on the stereoscopic image display device, and the display effect in the image display device of the gaming machine can be produced. It is possible to improve the nature and the interest of the player.

  The pachinko gaming machine 110 includes a game board 1 whose front side is a game area 1a, and launches a game ball into the game area 1a and causes the emitted game ball to flow down in the game area 1a to play a game. The parallax image capturing device 400 is configured to include an image capturing device (CCD camera 402, 403, 404) that captures a player and obtains image data at a position where a game ball does not pass between the player and the player. ing.

  Accordingly, the parallax image capturing device 400 includes an image capturing device (CCD camera 402, 403, 404) that captures the player and obtains image data at a position where the game ball does not pass between the player and the player. When the imaging device captures a player and obtains image data, the game ball is not reflected in the image data, so that it is possible to always shoot and prevent the shooting failure by the game ball. In particular, when displaying a three-dimensional image, there are a left-eye image and a right-eye image, and when a separate game ball is captured or only one of the game balls is captured, the stereoscopic image is displayed normally. Although it becomes impossible, the stereoscopic display can be normally performed by preventing the game ball from being reflected in the image taken as described above.

In addition, the parallax image photographing device 400 of the pachinko gaming machine 110 captures a direction toward a point A2 corresponding to the player at a plurality of photographing positions arranged in the left-right direction and generates image data (CCD camera 402, 403, 404).
Therefore, the left-eye image and the right-eye image necessary for stereoscopic display of the player sitting on the front of the gaming machine by photographing the direction toward one point corresponding to the player at a plurality of photographing positions arranged in the left-right direction. Images.

In addition, the imaging device (CCD cameras 402, 403, 404) of the pachinko gaming machine 110 shoots the player from a plurality of shooting positions on one arc that is equidistant from one point corresponding to the player.
Therefore, the imaging device that photographs the player from the left and right in front of the player who plays in front of the gaming machine is arranged in an arc shape that is equidistant from one point corresponding to the player, thereby photographing the player. The image can be accurately reproduced as a stereoscopic image.
In addition, when a plurality of right-eye images and a plurality of left-eye images having different angles from the left and right are obtained as described above, the size of the player in each image is the same. As described above, when stereoscopic display is performed by changing the size of the player, the process of enlarging or reducing the image is simplified.

  In addition, the pachinko gaming machine 110 includes a plurality of the imaging devices (CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404) that respectively photograph the player from the plurality of photographing positions, so that the player is photographed simultaneously at each photographing position. The right-eye image and the left-eye image can be simultaneously photographed at high speed. In addition, since the right-eye image and the left-eye image can be simultaneously shot at high speed, even if the player moves during shooting, the right-eye image and the left-eye image do not differ in the position and angle of the player. 3D display is possible.

  The display control means (display control device 150) of the pachinko gaming machine 110 controls the stereoscopic image display device (variable display device 8) to display a variable display game in which the variable information is stopped after the identification information is variably displayed. And the parallax image photographing device 400 is provided at the timing of the variable display of the identification information, and includes a privilege granting means (game control device 100) for granting a privilege to the player when the variable display game has a special result. Since shooting is performed in association with each other, shooting can be performed according to the state of the variable display game. For example, it is possible to take a picture at the start of the variable display game and to display a three-dimensional image of the player taken immediately during the variable display game. In addition, if the player is to be photographed at the end of the variable display game, the player who is likely to see the stereoscopic image display device can be photographed in order to confirm the result of the variable display game. There is a high possibility of shooting a player facing the front. Then, the player's image taken at the end of the previous variation display game can be stereoscopically displayed in the next variation display game. In addition, if the variable display game becomes a so-called reach state and the possibility that the variable display game will be a big hit increases and the player is likely to turn his gaze toward the stereoscopic image display device, There is a high possibility that the person can take a picture of the person facing the front. Further, in this case, the player is taken in a state where the player becomes interested in the variable display game as a reach, and the captured image is stereoscopically displayed in the reachable variable display game to further enhance the interest. Can do.

  Further, the parallax image shooting device 400 of the pachinko gaming machine 110 performs shooting every time the variable display game is performed to generate image data, and the display control means (display control device 150) is configured to display the parallax image shooting device. When the image data storage means (RAM 153) for storing the image data generated by being photographed at 400 is stored, the image data stored in the image data storage means is displayed on the image display means (variable display device 8). In addition, the latest image data photographed by the parallax image photographing device 400 is used.

  Accordingly, when the player is photographed and displayed on the stereoscopic image display device every time the variable display game is performed, the latest player image is displayed, so the player's face displayed on the stereoscopic image display device is displayed. The expression of the player is changed for each variable display game, and the displayed player image is rich in change, so that the player is not bored and the interest can be enhanced.

  Further, the pachinko gaming machine 110 is configured such that the parallax image photographing device moves the display screen to the left and right while the identification information is variably displayed at the center in the left-right direction of the display screen that displays the image of the stereoscopic image display device. A direction toward one point A2 corresponding to the player in the vertical plane V divided into two directions is photographed.

  The player is most likely looking at the horizontal center of the display screen where the identification information is variably displayed. While the player is looking at the horizontal center of the display screen, It is highly possible that a player facing the front can be photographed by photographing the direction toward one point A2 corresponding to the player in the vertical plane V that is divided in the left-right direction. That is, while viewing the identification information that is displayed in a variable manner on the display screen, shooting is naturally completed, and an instruction is given to the player to face the image display device side (imaging device side) during shooting. There is no need to do.

  Further, in the variable display game displayed on the display screen 8g of the stereoscopic image display device (variable display device 8) of the pachinko gaming machine 110, a plurality of pieces of identification information displayed in a variable manner in different display areas of the display screen 8g. All of the variable display of the identification information (the first and second symbols 901 and 902) other than the identification information (the third symbol 903) for which the variable display stops at the end is stopped, and the variable display game has a special result. In a reach state that leaves a possibility, the display control means (display control device 150) displays the identification information at which the variable display stops at the center in the horizontal direction of the display screen 8g, The parallax image capturing device 400 captures images from the start of the reach state to the last stop of the variation display of the identification information for which the variation display stops.

Therefore, when the variable display game is in the reach state, an identification symbol that finally stops the variable display at the center of the display screen 8g, that is, an identification symbol that determines whether the game is lost or a big hit when stopped is displayed on the display screen. Since the player is photographed while being variably displayed in the center of the player, the possibility that the player is looking at the image display device is extremely high, and it is possible to photograph the player facing the front more reliably. it can.
Also, since the player may be watching the variable display screen for a long time during the reach, it is highly likely that the player's (face) position is fixed for a certain amount of time. For example, as will be described later, when a CCD camera 405 serving as an imaging device is moved to shoot at a plurality of shooting positions, the player is unlikely to move during shooting, and was shot in time series. Assuming that the right-eye image and the left-eye image have almost no face displacement, accurate three-dimensional display is possible.

  The display control means (display control device 150) of the pachinko gaming machine 110 includes image data storage means (RAM 153) that stores image data generated by the parallax image capturing device 400 and identification information. When the change display is stopped and the change display game is finished, the image data stored in the image data storage means is erased.

  Therefore, when the variable display game is finished, the player's image data that has been shot and stored is erased, so that after the player quits the game, the player's image can be displayed on the stereoscopic image display device indefinitely. Absent. Therefore, when another player plays with the gaming machine played by the previous player, the previous player's image is not seen and the player's privacy can be protected.

  Further, the display control means (display control device 150) of the pachinko gaming machine 110 is generated by being captured by the stereoscopic image display device (variable display device 8) and captured by the parallax image capturing device 400. The image of the character 906 using the image data thus displayed is displayed, and an image is selected from the image of the identification information (3rd pattern 903) and the image of the character, and the stereoscopic image display device selects the selected image. The image is displayed in 3D, and the unselected image is displayed in plane.

  Accordingly, it is possible to stereoscopically display an image desired to be noticed by the player from among the image of the character 906 including the image of the identification information (the third symbol 903) and the image of the player, and display other images on a plane. For example, when the character 906 using the player's image data appears as a jackpot notice or reach notice, the character 906 is displayed as a three-dimensional display, so that the character 906 that becomes the jackpot notice or reach notice is displayed to the player. The player can be surely notified that the jackpot notice or the reach notice has been made, and the player's interest can be enhanced. In addition, when the reach is reached, the identification information (the third symbol 903) that stops last is displayed in a three-dimensional manner, for example, by notifying the player that the identification information is likely to be a big hit by paying attention to the identification information. At the same time, the interest of the player can be enhanced.

Note that the gaming machine of the present invention is not limited to the above example, and may have a configuration such as the following modified example in which the configuration of the parallax image capturing device 400 is different. In the modified example, only the arrangement positions of the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 of the parallax image photographing device 400 are different, and the other configurations are the same as those in the above example. Refer to FIG. 13 below. The arrangement of the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 will be described. In the above example, each CCD camera 402, 403, 404 is centered on one point A2 corresponding to the player who is the center of the head A1 of the player sitting in front of the pachinko gaming machine 110 or one point on the vertical line passing through the point A2. However, as shown in FIG. 13, a line segment connecting the point A2 corresponding to the player and the center in the left-right direction of the parallax image capturing device 400 (almost passing through the vertical plane V described above). You may arrange in the shape of the straight line C orthogonal to a horizontal line segment.
The photographing angles θ1a, θ1b, θ2a, θ2b of the CCD cameras 402, 403, 404, the distances from the intersections of the straight line C and the vertical plane V to the CCD cameras 402, 403, 404, and the like are the same as in the above example. Can be. In addition, the processing for capturing and displaying a stereoscopic image in this modified example can be performed in the same manner as in the above example. However, in this modified example, the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 are arranged on the straight line C. From the inner CCD camera 402 toward the outer CCD cameras 404 and 404, the distance from the player (one point A2 corresponding to the player) increases, and the size of the player reflected in the image data is the inner CCD camera. Since it becomes smaller toward the outer CCD cameras 404, 404 from 402, when the image data for stereoscopic display is enlarged (reduced) at an enlargement factor k corresponding to the pop-out amount Z, a player (one point A2 corresponding to the player) It is preferable to correct the enlargement factor k according to the distance from the camera to the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404.

  Next, another modified example of the gaming machine of the present invention will be described. In this modification, as shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the configuration of the parallax image capturing device 400 is different from the above example. The configuration other than the parallax image capturing device 400 is the same as the above example. In this modification, only one CCD camera 405 is arranged in the parallax image photographing device 400, and this CCD camera 405 can be moved left and right by a camera moving device 410 having an arcuate guide rail 407. In addition, the photographing angle θ can be freely changed.

  FIG. 14 is a block diagram showing a control system centered on the game control device 100. The CCD camera 405 is controlled by the display control device 105 and outputs image data. As shown in a shooting process to be described later, the camera moving device 410 is configured similarly to the control block diagram shown in FIG. 5 except that the camera moving device 410 is also controlled by the CPU 151 during the shooting control, and the description thereof is omitted. To do. Between the CPU 151 and the CCD camera 405 and the camera moving device 410, an interface (not shown) for image capture and for controlling the CCD camera 405 and the camera moving device 410 is arranged as described above.

  The CCD camera 405 of this modification is basically the same as the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 of the above example, but is supported by the guide rail 407 so as to be movable along the arc-shaped guide rail 407. It is like that. Further, the CCD camera 405 is connected to a driving means (not shown) of the camera moving device 410 via a transmission means (not shown) and is driven along the guide rail 407. The CCD camera 405 is attached to an arcuate guide rail 407 so that the focal direction is directed to the center of the arc. It comes to face.

The camera moving device 410 includes a guide rail 407, a driving unit including a motor such as a stepping motor and a linear motor, or an actuator such as a solenoid, and a transmission unit such as a rack and pinion, a link mechanism, a gear, a belt, and a chain. Any one may be provided.
The guide rail 407 is formed along the arc B when the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 of the above-described example are arranged, and is along the arc centered on the point A2 corresponding to the player. It has become a thing. Therefore, the above-described CCD camera 405 is always in a state in which the photographing direction is directed to the point A2 regardless of the position on the guide rail 407.

When the camera moving device 410 moves on the guide rail 407, the player is photographed at the respective photographing positions when reaching a plurality of predetermined photographing positions. In addition, the predetermined photographing positions basically include at least two left and right positions where the distance from the center of the guide rail 407 (intersection of the vertical plane V and the guide rail 407) is equal. In this modified example, the CCD camera 405 may perform shooting at the same shooting position as the shooting position where the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 of the above example are arranged. That is, when a pair of shooting positions having the same distance from the center of the guide rail 407 are taken as a pair, shooting may be performed at a plurality of pairs of shooting positions having different distances from the center. The images taken at the left and right pair of shooting positions are the right-eye image and the left-eye image, respectively, and the three-dimensional images taken from multiple pairs of shooting positions with different distances from the center are displayed on the display screen, respectively. The three-dimensional images have different pop-out amounts Z from 8g.
Further, the player may be photographed at the photographing position at the center of the guide rail 407 in order to photograph the player's image for flat display. Furthermore, in order to obtain a three-dimensional image of the player taken obliquely from the front, images are taken from two shooting positions at different distances from the center of the guide rail, and the images taken at the respective shooting positions are the right-eye image and the left-eye image. It may be used as an image.

In the case where shooting is performed at the same shooting position where the CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 in the above example of the above example are arranged, the display control device 150 performs the flowchart of FIG. It is possible to perform the same process as the game control process shown in FIG. However, the photographing process in step S19 is different from the above example.
In the following, the shooting process of this modified example different from the above example will be described with reference to the flowchart of the shooting process shown in FIG.

As described above, the CCD camera 405 performs shooting at a plurality of preset shooting positions, for example, the same shooting positions as the plurality of shooting positions at which the plurality of CCD cameras 402, 403, and 404 in the above example are arranged. Shall.
Then, the CCD camera 405 moves to the shooting position (step S41). Next, photographing is performed with the CCD camera 405 moved to the photographing position facing one point A2 corresponding to the player as described above (step S42).

  The CCD camera 405 is repeatedly moved and photographed until photographing is performed at all photographing positions (step S43). Here, as described above, the CCD camera moves in the rightmost or leftmost position from the leftmost or rightmost shooting position when there are a plurality of shooting positions with two sets of left and right equidistant from the center as a set. Although it is possible to move in almost the same direction toward the position, in order to obtain image data that can be accurately displayed in three dimensions, the player moves as much as possible while photographing the left and right two places that are equidistant from the center of the set. Preferably not. Thus, for example, the inner set of left and right shooting positions is moved from right to left, for example, and then further moved to the left to be shot at the left shooting position of the outer set of shooting positions. Then, it may be moved to the right and shot at the right shooting position of the outer set of shooting positions. That is, it is good also as what is image | photographed, reciprocating to the left and right so that it may image | photograph for every pair of right and left 2 places equidistant from the center. Note that the central shooting position at this time may be taken at the first or last time or during shooting between the pair.

Next, the face object 905 which is the player's face part is trimmed from the player's image data taken in the same manner as in the above example, and is combined with the body part of the character 904 to photograph the player. A character 906 having the face thus created is generated and stored (step S44). At this time, for example, the size of the character 904 to be stereoscopically displayed at the above-described enlargement factor k is changed, and the pop-out amount Z between the step-out pop-up amounts Z based on the captured image data is set. A process of generating image data using a deviation amount d corresponding to the pop-out amount Z and an enlargement factor k is performed.
According to such a modification, since the imaging device (CCD camera 405) is movably disposed between the plurality of imaging positions, one imaging device is moved between the plurality of imaging positions, A left-eye image and a right-eye image can be taken. Therefore, only one imaging device is required for capturing the left-eye image and the right-eye image. In other words, shooting can be performed with a smaller number of imaging devices than the number of shooting positions, and the manufacturing cost of the gaming machine can be reduced.

In this modification, the CCD camera 405 moves along the arc-shaped guide rail 407 and the shooting direction is always directed to one point corresponding to the player. The image may be taken by moving the CCD camera on a curve or on a straight line. In this case, an angle adjusting means for adjusting the angle of the CCD camera is necessary so that the shooting direction of the CCD camera is directed to one point A2 corresponding to the player at each shooting position of the CCD camera. Further, since each shooting position and the player are not equidistant, enlargement (reduction) processing is performed at an enlargement ratio k based on the pop-out amount Z when stereoscopic display is performed, similarly to the parallax image shooting device 400 shown in FIG. In this case, it is preferable to correct the enlargement ratio k based on the distance between the CCD camera and the player.
Further, the gaming machine provided with the image display device of the present invention is not limited to the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment, for example, other pachinko gaming machines, arrange ball gaming machines, sparrow ball gaming machines, etc. The present invention can also be applied to gaming machines, gaming machines such as pachislot machines and slot machines.
In addition, it should be considered that the embodiment disclosed this time is illustrative and not restrictive in all respects. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

It is a front view which shows the game board of the game machine of embodiment of this invention. It is a general | schematic disassembled perspective view for demonstrating the display unit part of the fluctuation | variation display apparatus of the said gaming machine. It is a schematic plan view for demonstrating the said display unit part. It is sectional drawing which shows the parallax image imaging device of the said game machine. It is a block diagram which shows a part of control system of the said gaming machine. It is a figure for demonstrating the shift | offset | difference amount of the image corresponding to the right and left eyes at the time of displaying a stereoscopic image on the said fluctuation | variation display part, and the angle | corner (shooting angle) of a gaze. It is a figure for demonstrating the relationship between the pop-out amount from the display screen at the time of displaying a stereoscopic image on the said fluctuation | variation display part, and the magnitude | size of an image. It is a graph which shows the imaging | photography angle with respect to the protrusion amount from the display screen at the time of displaying a stereoscopic image on the said fluctuation | variation display part, the deviation | shift amount of the image in the right and left eyes, and the enlargement ratio of an image. It is a game state transition diagram of the gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the game control process performed with the display control apparatus of the said gaming machine. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the imaging | photography process in the said game process. It is a figure for demonstrating the process which produces the image data for a display from the image data image | photographed with the said parallax image imaging device, and displays it on a display screen. It is sectional drawing which shows the parallax image imaging device of the modification of the said embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows a part of control system of the game machine of another modification of the said embodiment. It is sectional drawing which shows the parallax image imaging device of another modification of the said embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the imaging | photography process of another modification of the said embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game board 1a Game area 100 Game control apparatus (privilege grant means)
110 Pachinko machines (game machines)
150 Display control device (display control means, stereoscopic image generation means)
151 CPU
153 RAM (image data storage means)
400 Parallax image photographing device (photographing means)
402 CCD camera (imaging device)
403 CCD camera (imaging device)
404 CCD camera (imaging device)
405 CCD camera (imaging device)
410 Camera moving device 8 Fluctuating display device (stereoscopic image display device, image display means)
8g Display screen 901 1st design (identification information)
902 Second design (identification information)
903 3rd design (identification information)
905 Face object (player image data generated by shooting)
906 character (character image data having a player image)
A2 One point corresponding to the player B Arc V that is equidistant from one point corresponding to the player V Vertical plane that bisects the display screen in the left-right direction

Claims (1)

Image display means for displaying an image;
Photographing means for photographing the player on the front side of the gaming machine;
Display control means for displaying on the image display means an image of the player photographed by the photographing means as an image relating to a game;
In a gaming machine equipped with
The photographing unit is configured by a parallax image photographing device that photographs a player from a plurality of different photographing positions so as to generate images that generate parallax with each other,
The image display means is configured by a stereoscopic image display device that displays a plurality of images that cause parallax to each other, thereby allowing the player to view images stereoscopically,
The display control unit includes a stereoscopic image generation unit that generates data of a stereoscopic image to be displayed on the stereoscopic image display device, based on an image captured by the parallax image capturing device.
The parallax image photographing device includes an imaging device that shoots a direction toward one point corresponding to the player at a plurality of photographing positions arranged in the left-right direction, and generates image data.
The imaging device includes a moving device that can move left and right on one arc that is equidistant from a point corresponding to the player,
When the photographing means is a pair of photographing positions at which the distance from one point on the arc is the same distance, the photographing means shoots at a plurality of pairs of photographing positions having different distances from the one point,
The display control means uses images taken at a pair of left and right photographing positions as right-eye images and left-eye images, respectively, and three-dimensional images photographed from a plurality of pairs of photographing positions at different distances from the one point. A game machine, characterized in that it is displayed on the image display means as a three-dimensional image with different pop-out amounts.

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