JPH06343745A - Pachinko playing machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve services offered to players, giving more information as well as stereographic visual effect. CONSTITUTION:The first liquid crystal display 38 and the second liquid crystal display 40 are installed on the playing board of the pachinko playing machine at an angle of 90 degrees and a half mirror 46 is installed between the first liquid crystal display 38 and the second liquid crystal display 40 at an angle of 45 degrees. The image displayed on the first liquid crystal display 38 is penetrated through the half mirror 46 and the image displayed on the second liquid crystal display 40 is reflected by the half mirror 46, and the resultant compounded image is caught by the eyesight of the player.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine,
Particularly, it relates to a display device of a pachinko game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are various types of pachinko game machines, and various display devices are used. The contents displayed on the display device are added with game characteristics and story characteristics in order to attract more interest to the player.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a display device of a conventional pachinko game machine. As shown in FIG. 16, the conventional display device is composed of one display device. This display device includes a liquid crystal display 300 for displaying image information, a driver for driving the liquid crystal display 300, a control circuit for controlling the operation of a pachinko game machine, and software for controlling the operation of the pachinko game machine. And a frame memory for temporarily storing the image information stored in the ROM and outputting the image information to the liquid crystal display 300.

The image information stored in the ROM is once held in the frame memory, then taken out again and output to the driver, and the driver drives the liquid crystal display 300 to display the image information.

[0005]

However, as described above, the display device of the pachinko game machine is composed of only one, and even if the displayed image information is given a stereoscopic effect, it is displayed. The image information is limited by the number of pixels and the display color of the single liquid crystal display, and the improvement of the service to the player cannot be expected.

In consideration of the above facts, the present invention can provide a pachinko game machine that can obtain more information, can obtain a stereoscopic visual effect, and can improve the service of the player. Is the purpose.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, a pachinko game machine according to the present invention synthesizes a plurality of display devices arranged on a game board and images displayed on the plurality of display devices. And optical means for doing so.

[0008]

In the present invention, a plurality of display devices are arranged on the play board of the pachinko game machine. The images displayed on the plurality of display devices are combined by the optical means and captured by the player's vision. Since the positions of the plurality of display devices are different, it is possible to give a stereoscopic visual effect to the combined image. Moreover, since a plurality of display devices are used and the images output to them are combined, more image information can be provided.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine 10 according to this embodiment.
It is shown. The pachinko machine 10 is provided with a holding frame 12, and a game board 14 is fitted in an upper front position of the holding frame 12. Further, at a lower position on the front surface of the holding frame 12, a supply tray 16 for supplying pachinko balls and a tray 18 for storing the discharged balls are arranged. Further, on the right side of the saucer 18, a launching device 20 for launching a pachinko ball is arranged. The launching device 20 has an operation dial 22,
By rotating this operation dial 22 by a predetermined amount, pachinko balls are continuously fired.

A variable winning device 24 is disposed below the game board 14 and is configured to be intermittently opened only in a predetermined case. A variable display device 26 is arranged in the center of the game board 14. A first specific winning opening 28 is provided on each side of the variable display device 26. A second specific winning opening 30 is arranged below the variable display device 26.

FIG. 2 is a front view of the variable display device 26 described above in an enlarged state. The movable display device 26 includes a display unit 32 provided with a color liquid crystal display, a number display unit 34 for counting the number of times the variable display device 24 is opened, and a first specific prize during the change of the display content of the display unit 32. The winning ball display unit 36 for pooling and displaying the number of hit balls that have won the mouth 28 and the second specific winning hole 30 is provided.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the display unit 32 showing the first embodiment, and FIG. 4 is a side view thereof. 3 and 4
As shown in FIG. 3, the display unit 32 is provided with a first display device 38 below and a second display device 40 behind, and a first liquid crystal display 42 of the first display device 38 and a second display device 40 are provided. Two
Is orthogonal to the liquid crystal display 44. These first
Liquid crystal display 42 and second liquid crystal display 44
At a 45 degree angle between the
A half mirror 46 having a characteristic of performing% reflection is arranged.

As shown in FIG. 5, a first driver 50 and a second driver 52 are connected to the first liquid crystal display 42 and the second liquid crystal display 44, respectively. The second driver 52 has a control circuit 48 for controlling the operation of the pachinko machine 10.
Are connected. Further, the control circuit 48 has a first frame memory 54 for outputting image information to the first liquid crystal display 42, a second frame memory 56 for outputting image information to the second liquid crystal display 44, and an RO.
M58 is connected. First frame memory 54
The second frame memory 56 holds color image information for one screen displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42 and the second liquid crystal display 44. Also, ROM
A program for controlling the operation of the pachinko machine 10 and image data to be displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42 and the second liquid crystal display 44 are stored in 58.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described. When the player rotates the operation dial 22 by a predetermined amount, a pachinko ball is launched from the launching device 20. At this time, the control circuit 48 captures an image representing a slot as shown in FIG. 5 from the ROM 58, temporarily stores it in the first frame memory 54, for example, and then scans data of each dot along the raster direction. And sequentially output to the first driver 40. The first driver 50 sequentially switches the electrodes to which the voltage is applied based on the input data of each dot, and controls the applied voltage so that the color and brightness of each dot correspond to the above data. As a result, an image as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42, for example. The image displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42 is reflected by the half mirror 46 and captured by the player's eyes.

An image may be displayed on the second liquid crystal display 44 so that it can be seen through the half mirror 46.

When the ball hit from the launching device 20 wins either the first specific winning opening 28 or the second specific winning opening 30, the control circuit 48 causes the first liquid crystal display 4 to display.
The images displayed in 2 are sequentially changed with an image in which the numbers stop after rotation of the slot.
This may be achieved by sequentially changing the image data held in the first frame memory 54 with the above image.

When the numbers displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42 are aligned, a specific game state, a so-called big hit, is reached. In this case, the control circuit 48 intermittently opens the variable input device 24, and controls the number of times display section 34 to display how many times the variable input device 24 is currently in the open state.

The control circuit 48 displays an image for inviting the player on the display unit 32. In this embodiment, as an example, an image as shown in FIG. 7 is first displayed, and the images shown in FIGS.
Change continuously as shown in. At this time, the control circuit 4
8 is the same as that described above, the image shown in FIGS. 7 to 13 is taken out from the ROM 58, and the first frame memory 54
Etc. and the second frame memory 56 and the like, and then the first driver 50 and the second driver 52 are driven so that a part of the image as shown in FIGS. It is displayed on the liquid crystal display 42 and the second liquid crystal display 44.

The image displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42 is reflected by the half mirror 46, and the image displayed on the second liquid crystal display 44 is transmitted by the half mirror 46 to combine these images. As it is seen by the player, it gives a three-dimensional effect.

Using two liquid crystal displays,
Since the image information displayed on them is combined, more image information can be provided and the service to the player can be improved.

Alternatively, the first display device 38 may be disposed above and the half mirror 46 may be disposed at an angle of 45 degrees with respect to the first liquid crystal display 44.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the display section 32 showing the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 14, in the display unit 32, a first display device 38 is arranged on the lower side and a second display device 40 is arranged on the rear side as in the first embodiment. First liquid crystal display 42 and second display device 4
The second liquid crystal display 44 of 0 is orthogonal. Between the first liquid crystal display 42 and the second liquid crystal display 44, a half mirror 46 having a characteristic of transmitting 1/2 of light and reflecting 1/2 of light is arranged at an angle of 45 degrees. In addition, the first display device 38, the first
A third display device 60 is arranged in parallel with the display device 38 of FIG. A half mirror 64 having a characteristic of transmitting ⅔ and reflecting ⅓ of light is arranged at an angle of about 45 degrees with respect to the third liquid crystal display 62 of the third display device 64.

The characteristics of the half mirrors 46 and 64 are changed in this way so that the three images can be viewed by the player with the same brightness. Therefore, the brightness of the first, second and third liquid crystal displays 40, 44 and 62 may be changed by making the characteristics of the half mirrors 46 and 64 similar. Further, in order to be more intriguing, the characteristics of the half mirrors 46 and 64 and the brightness of the first, second and third liquid crystal displays 40, 44 and 62 can be made the same to emphasize the difference in brightness.

The first liquid crystal display 42, the second liquid crystal display 44, and the third liquid crystal display 62 are driven by a driver as in the first embodiment to display images. The driver is controlled by the control circuit. The ROM stores a program for the control circuit to control the operation of the pachinko machine 10 and image data to be displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42, the second liquid crystal display 44 and the third liquid crystal display 62. Then, the image data is displayed on each liquid crystal display through each frame memory.

The image displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42 is reflected by the half mirror 46 and further transmitted by the half mirror 64, and the image displayed on the second liquid crystal display 44 is transmitted by the half mirror 46 and further The image transmitted through the half mirror 64 and displayed on the third liquid crystal display 64 is reflected by the half mirror 64, these images are combined, and captured by the player's vision.

The image information located at the closest position is displayed on the third liquid crystal display 64, and the image information located at a far position such as a background image is displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42 and the second liquid crystal display. By displaying it on 44, it is possible to give a sense of perspective to the combined image information to give a stereoscopic effect. In addition, since the image information displayed on these three liquid crystal displays is combined, more image information can be provided and the service to the player can be improved.

FIG. 15 is a side view of the display section 32 showing the third embodiment. As shown in FIG. 15, in this display section 32, a first display device 38 is arranged on the lower side and a second display device 40 is arranged on the back side, as in the first embodiment. First liquid crystal display 42 and second display device 4
The second liquid crystal display 44 of 0 is substantially orthogonal. A half mirror 46 having a characteristic of transmitting 50% and reflecting 50% of light at an angle of 45 degrees between the first liquid crystal display 42 and the second liquid crystal display 44.
Is provided. Further, an objective lens 66 is arranged between the half mirror 46 and the second liquid crystal display 44 so as to face the second liquid crystal display 44.

The first display device 38 and the second display device 4
The internal structure of 0 is the same as that of FIG. The image displayed on the first liquid crystal display 42 is reflected by the half mirror 46, and the image displayed on the second liquid crystal display 44 is magnified by the objective lens 66 to be reflected by the half mirror 46.
The image is transmitted, and these images are combined and viewed by the player.

With such a structure, a stereoscopic effect is given to the combined image, and a predetermined stereoscopic image is magnified by the objective lens 66, whereby a more stereoscopic visual effect can be obtained.

A concave lens may be used instead of the convex lens. Although the liquid crystal display is used as the display device in the first to third embodiments, a CRT, an LED, a fluorescent display tube, a hologram, an EL, a plasma display or the like may be used. A deflecting beam splitter may be used instead of the half mirror.

[0031]

As described above, according to the present invention, a plurality of display devices and optical means are combined to synthesize an image displayed on the display device, so that more video information can be provided. The effect that a three-dimensional visual effect can be given is obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine according to this embodiment.

FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view showing a variable display device of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a display unit according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a side view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a connection between a control circuit and peripheral devices according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a plan view showing an example of an image of a slot that is normally displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 7 is a plan view showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 8 is a plan view showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 9 is a plan view showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 10 is a plan view showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 11 is a plan view showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing an example of an image displayed on the display unit.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the display unit according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a side view of a display unit according to a third embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a display unit according to a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Pachinko machine 32 Display unit 38 First display device 40 Second display device 42 First liquid crystal display 44 Second liquid crystal display 46 Half mirror 60 Third liquid crystal display 64 Half mirror 66 Objective lens

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko game machine comprising: a plurality of display devices arranged on a game board; and optical means for synthesizing images displayed on the plurality of display devices.