JPH10262A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display a 3D image in a game machine without using complicated mechanism nor specific control device. SOLUTION: On the surface of the base member 71 of a display drum 52 a victory design 54 and a loss design 55 are printed on which a lenticular sheet 72 is covered. Those designs 54, 55 can be displayed 3D as if by drawing them for example in thin stripes pattern to meet the design of the lenticular sheet 72. Thus, without requiring complicated mechanism nor specific control device, 3D like displays or ornaments are very easily applied onto required parts of a game machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine and a game machine such as a torso type game machine commonly called a pachi-slot.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a ball-and-ball game machine, for example, various components such as a game board, a prize-winning device, and a windmill have been decorated with printing or the like. In addition, printing has been the mainstream for designs provided on rotating members such as drums and belts of design display devices. Therefore, it was possible to make these decorations and patterns various designs, but in any case, they were merely flat displays.

For example, in a symbol display device, an attempt is made to make an image three-dimensional by using a liquid crystal panel, or different patterns are provided for each of two or three layers of drums, and these are displayed in an overlapping manner. (For example, JP-A-6-246046).

[0004]

However, when a liquid crystal panel is used, the video control program and the device itself are complicated, and it is necessary to reconfigure the program every time video data is changed. There was a problem.

[0005] Further, if the drum has two or three layers,
The structure of the symbol display device becomes complicated, and control for synchronizing the inner and outer drums is also required. That is, a conventional symbol display device that attempts to perform three-dimensional display has a common problem that the structure and control of the device are complicated. Moreover, these technologies, due to their configuration,
For example, it could not be used to make the decoration of the game board itself or the decoration of other parts stereoscopically viewed.

[0006] Such problems exist not only in ball-and-ball game machines but also in rotary-type game machines. An object of the present invention is to make various displays of a gaming machine three-dimensional without complicating the configuration and control.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine according to the first aspect, wherein an original image is provided in an area where a player of the gaming machine can view the original image. The three-dimensional image corresponding to the original image is displayed by covering the side with a lenticular sheet.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the first aspect, when a prize or a score is established by the behavior of the game ball fired on the game board surface, a game as a prize ball is performed in accordance with the prize or the score. It is a ball and ball game machine that pays out balls. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming machine according to the second aspect, a rotation starts when a variation start condition is satisfied by a behavior of a game ball fired on the game board surface having a symbol image for indicating a hit or miss. A symbol display device including a rotating member that starts and stops is provided, and the lenticular sheet is arranged on a surface of the rotating member, using the symbol image of the rotating member as the original image.

A gaming machine according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the first aspect, wherein the gaming machine is a rotating drum type gaming machine that pays out coins or the like in accordance with a combination of symbols displayed on a plurality of rotating drums. And A gaming machine according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is the gaming machine according to the fourth aspect, wherein the turning drum is provided with the original image and the lenticular sheet.

[0010]

In the gaming machine according to the first aspect of the present invention, an original image is provided in an area visible to a player of the gaming machine, and the player side of the original image is covered with a lenticular sheet. Accordingly, a stereoscopic image corresponding to the original image is displayed, so that a special mechanism such as a liquid crystal panel or a multilayer drum or a special control means is not required. Therefore, a three-dimensional decoration can be applied to a desired place of the gaming machine. It should be noted that, although well-known, it should be noted that a three-dimensional image using a lenticular sheet is obtained by using the parallax of an observer's binocular, for example, an original image in which a part or the whole is drawn in a fine stripe shape. In this way, the original image is not three-dimensionally formed or a three-dimensional image is formed in a physical sense.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the ball game machine has a symbol image for indicating a hit or miss and starts and stops when the fluctuation start condition is satisfied by the behavior of the game ball fired on the game board surface. And a lenticular sheet is arranged on the surface of the rotating member, using a design image of the rotating member as an original image. In other words, as a structure, a conventional single-layer drum or belt is simply covered with a lenticular sheet (however, the original image needs to be drawn according to the specifications of the lenticular sheet).
There is no need for complicated structures or special control means.

[0012] The change start execution conditions include, for example, a ball entry into a specific winning opening or a ball entrance, and a passage through a specific passage (gate). In short, the condition that triggers the execution of the determination is given. It only needs to be set, and is not limited to these. In the gaming machine according to claim 5,
The original image and lenticular sheet are provided on the torso,
The display of the torso can be made three-dimensional without complicating the structure or requiring special control means.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described more specifically with reference to specific examples of the present invention.

[0014]

As shown in FIG. 1, a symbol display device 10 is mounted substantially at the center of a game board 14 of a pachinko machine 12 as a game machine of the present invention. The game board 14 has a starting winning port 5
And a grand prize opening 7 are also installed.

The symbol display device 10 includes three rotating drums 2
Numeral 0 denotes a structure accommodated in the case 18 and juxtaposed, and a plurality of types of symbols are recorded on each rotating drum 20.
In the symbol display device 10, if the symbols of the rotary drums 20 are the same in a horizontal row, a big hit is displayed.

As shown in FIG. 2, each rotary drum 20 has a two-layer structure of a transparent cover drum 30 made of acrylic resin and a display drum 52 disposed inside the cover drum 30. Although not shown, each rotary drum 20 is configured to be driven by a stepping motor, and by controlling the number of steps of the stepping motor, a stop position of each rotary drum 20, that is, a symbol to be displayed can be controlled. .

As shown in FIG. 4, in the display drum 52, a pattern 54 and a release pattern 55 are printed on the surface of a base material 71, and a lenticular sheet 72 made of transparent plastic covers the pattern. The projections and depressions of the lenticular sheet 72 are not shown.

For this reason, for example, as shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 3A, it can be seen three-dimensionally. Although FIG. 3A is a perspective view for showing a three-dimensional effect, it actually looks three-dimensional when viewed from the front.

In the pachinko machine 12, when a game ball wins in the starting winning opening 5, the symbol display device 10 causes each rotating drum 20 to rotate and stops each rotating drum 20 at a timing determined by the control device. By doing so, the hit or miss can be displayed. When the winning is displayed, a well-known special game such as opening the special winning opening 7 is executed.

In the pachinko machine 12, since the display drum 52 of the rotary drum 20 has the above-described structure, the pattern drawn on the back surface of the lenticular sheet 72 is provided to the player as a three-dimensional image. Can be perceived. Moreover, no complicated structure or special control means is required.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the specific examples, the present invention is not limited to such specific examples, and may be variously implemented without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say. For example, in a specific example, a rotating drum is employed as a display medium of the symbol display device, but a belt may have the same configuration.

Also, for example, a decorative pattern of various parts such as a decorative pattern on a game board surface and a decorative pattern of a winning opening can be given a three-dimensional effect by a lenticular sheet. Further, the present invention is not limited to a ball-and-ball game machine such as a pachinko machine, and can be applied to a torso portion of a torso type gaming machine (commonly known as a pachislot) and decorative panels arranged above and below the torso portion.

[0023]

As described above, according to the gaming machine of the first aspect, a three-dimensional decoration can be applied to a desired place of the gaming machine. The configuration of claim 2 is suitable for a ball and ball game machine such as a pachinko machine.

Further, according to the gaming machine of the third aspect, the display of the symbol display device can be seen three-dimensionally without requiring a complicated structure or special control means. The configuration of claim 4 is suitable for a spinning-type gaming machine. According to the configuration of claim 5, it is possible to make the display of the torso look three-dimensional without requiring a complicated structure or special control means.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a specific example of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a structure of a rotating drum of a symbol display device of a specific example.

3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams of a display mode in a symbol display device of a specific example, wherein FIG. 3A is an explanatory diagram of a display state of a winning symbol, and FIG. 3B is a plan view of the winning symbol.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a sectional structure of a display drum of a symbol display device of a specific example.

[Explanation of symbols]

5 ... start winning opening, 7 ... big winning opening, 10 ... symbol display device, 12 ... pachinko machine (game machine), 14
··· Game board, 20 ··· Rotating drum, 52 ··· Display drum, 54 ··· Winning symbol (original symbol), 55 ··· Deviation symbol (original symbol), 71 ·· base material, 72 ·・ ・ Lenticular sheet.

Claims (5)

[Claims] An original image is provided in an area visible to a player of a gaming machine, and the player side of the original image is covered with a lenticular sheet, so that a stereoscopic image corresponding to the original image is displayed. A gaming machine characterized by: 2. The game machine is a ball game machine that pays out a game ball as a prize ball according to the winning or the score when a winning or a score is established by the behavior of the game ball fired on the game board surface. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. The gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the game machine has a symbol image for indicating a hit or miss and starts and stops when a change start condition is satisfied by a behavior of a game ball fired on the game board surface. A gaming machine, comprising: a symbol display device provided with a rotating member to be rotated, wherein the symbol image of the rotating member is used as the original image, and the lenticular sheet is arranged on a surface of the rotating member. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a spinning-type gaming machine that pays out coins or the like in accordance with a combination of symbols displayed on a plurality of spinning drums. 5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein said rotating drum is provided with said original image and said lenticular sheet.