JP2008295797A - Mini-game device and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mini-game device and a game machine capable of preventing a game from becoming monotonous. <P>SOLUTION: When a token 700 is loaded from a token loading part in a front door 3 to start a mini game, the token 700 is apportioned by an apportioning plate 640 as an apportioning means disposed inside a guide member 612 as a guide means for guiding tokens to a token outlet 12 in the front door 3 either to a pathway 600a where a token sensor 650 as a detection means is not mounted, or to a bypass 600b where the token sensor 650 is mounted, and the token 700 is discharged from the token outlet 12 in the front door 3. If the token 700 is apportioned by the apportioning plate 640 to the bypass 600b and the passage of the token 700 is detected by the token sensor 650, the result of detection is output. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mini game apparatus for playing a mini game by inserting a medal from a medal insertion unit when, for example, a plurality of main reels as a rotating body in a slot machine is rotating or when a medal cannot be received during replay winning And a gaming machine.

  One type of gaming machine is a spinning machine, for example, a slot machine. The slot machine includes a plurality of main reels as rotating bodies with a plurality of symbols, and each main reel starts rotating when a player inserts a medal and operates a start lever. In many of the current slot machines, the rotation of each main reel is stopped when a stop button is operated or a predetermined time elapses after each main reel starts rotating.

  In the slot machine, a lottery is performed on condition that a medal (or coin) is inserted and a start lever is operated, and the lottery result is a win, and a player is placed on a preset active line. On condition that the winning symbol is stopped, a predetermined number of medals corresponding to the symbol are paid out, or a special gaming state (such as a bonus game) advantageous to the player occurs.

  In addition, such a slot machine includes a box-shaped housing having an opening on the front side, and a front door attached to the front side of the housing so as to be openable and closable. It is arranged and used for games with the front door covering the opening. In addition, a power supply device for supplying power to each part of the slot machine is provided inside the casing, and the slot machine is operated by the power supplied from the power supply device.

  Also, in such a slot machine, a sub-control board that mainly performs control related to game effects, a spinning device board that controls rotation of the reel of the spinning device, a bet button, a start lever, and a stop button A central display substrate for transferring operation signals and a power supply device substrate for controlling power supply to each drive unit and the like are provided, and these substrates are centrally controlled by a main control substrate.

  The main control board also has a ROM (Read Only Memory) in which system programs, programs for slot machine games, and the like are written, and a CPU (Central Processing Unit) that reads out a predetermined program from the ROM and performs predetermined control. In addition, an electronic device such as a RAM (Random Access Memory) that holds the calculation results by the CPU is mounted, and the above-described various substrates are controlled based on a program read from the ROM as the game progresses. It has come to be.

  By the way, in such a slot machine, as described above, a lottery is performed on condition that the medal is inserted and the start lever is operated, and the lottery result is won, and the symbol that the player has won on the active line is displayed. A predetermined number of medals are paid out on condition that it is stopped, or a special game state (bonus game or the like) advantageous to the player occurs.

  However, if all of the game results (winning and losing) are determined by the internal processing (lottery) of the slot machine in this way, the player's skill will not be reflected in the game result, for example, the skilled player will be less willing to play the game However, the game itself becomes monotonous and causes a problem that it is easy to get bored.

  In order to solve such a problem, in Patent Document 1, a gaming machine is provided with a symbol display device, an operation device, a game control means, an image display device, an operation reception means, and a mini game control means. The means accepts the operation of the operating device in the game standby state by the symbol display device, the mini game control means displays the mini game on the image display device in the game standby state by the symbol display device, and uses the operation device to Proposing gaming machines that allow games to be played.

JP 2006-150136 A

  Thus, in the gaming machine shown in Patent Document 1 described above, the mini game control means displays the mini game on the image display device in the game standby state by the symbol display device, and uses the operation device to make the mini game. Therefore, the mini game can be enjoyed by utilizing the standby state of the game.

  Here, the waiting state of the game means a period from when the game is ended by the symbol display device until a medal inserted from the slot is detected by the medal sensor or the medal insertion switch is operated. Yes. Further, the result of the mini game is reflected in, for example, the start condition of the notice effect and the end condition of the notice effect.

  However, in such a mini-game on a gaming machine, the content displayed on the symbol display device is selected by the operation of the operation device, and if the operation content is correct, for example, it will be “winning” or “off”. There is a problem that the game content becomes monotonous because the game content provides a good result.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a situation. For example, when a plurality of main reels as a rotating body in a slot machine are rotating or when a medal cannot be received during a replay winning, It is an object of the present invention to provide a mini game apparatus and a gaming machine that can prevent a game from being monotonous by inserting a medal and playing a mini game.

  A mini game device according to the present invention is a mini game device that allows a mini game to be played in accordance with the progress of a normal game in a gaming machine having a front door that is openably and closably attached to a housing, and the medal for the front door A guide means having a path for directly guiding a medal dropped by insertion from the insertion section to the medal discharge port side of the front door and a detour for detouring from the path, and detecting the medal passing through the detour A detection unit; a distribution unit that distributes the medal to either the passage or the detour; and a control unit that controls a distribution operation by the distribution unit, and the control unit starts a mini game, The distribution means controls the distribution means to distribute the medals falling by the insertion from the medal insertion section, and outputs the detection result detected by the detection means And wherein the Rukoto.

  In addition, gate means for randomly performing the drop timing of the medals may be provided above the sorting means, and the control means may control the drop timing via the gate means.

  The distribution means rotates between the side that closes the passage and the side that closes the bypass when the mini game is started, and the bypass when the mini game is not performed. You may make it rotate to the side which obstruct | occludes.

The gate means may be a rotary gate or a flap gate.
The mini game may be played when the medal cannot be accepted.

  A gaming machine according to the present invention includes the mini game apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5.

  In the mini game device and the gaming machine of the present invention, when a medal is inserted from the medal insertion portion of the front door when the mini game is started, the medal is provided in the guide means that guides the medal to the medal discharge port side of the front door. Is distributed to either the passage where the detection means is not provided by the distribution means or the detour where the detection means is provided, and discharged from the medal discharge port side of the front door, and the medal is detoured by the distribution means When the passage of medals is detected by the detection means, the detection result is output.

  In such a mini game, the game proceeds by an action different from the operation of a normal stop button or the like such as a medal insertion from the medal insertion part of the front door, so that the distribution to the detour having the detection means by the distribution means is not possible. Since the timing differs depending on the medal insertion timing, it is possible to make the game result different depending on the skill of the player.

  According to the mini game device and the gaming machine of the present invention, since the game proceeds by an action different from an operation of a normal stop button such as a medal insertion from the medal insertion portion of the front door, the detection means by the distribution means is provided. Since the distribution to the detour differs at every medal insertion timing, and the game result can be different depending on the skill of the player, the game can be prevented from being monotonous.

  In the present embodiment, when a mini game is started, if a medal is inserted from the medal insertion portion of the front door, the medal is detected by a distribution means provided in the guide means for guiding the medal to the medal discharge port side of the front door. Either the passage where no means is provided or the detour where the detecting means is provided is sorted and discharged from the medal discharge port side of the front door, and the medal is distributed to the detour side by the sorting means. When the passage of medals is detected, the detection result is output.

  That is, in such a mini game, the game progresses by an action different from an operation of a normal stop button such as a medal insertion from a medal insertion portion of the front door, and a detour having a detection means by a distribution means Since the distribution to the game is different for each medal insertion timing, the game result can be made different depending on the skill of the player, so that the game can be prevented from being monotonous.

Note that such a mini game can be played when a plurality of main reels as rotating bodies in a slot machine are rotating or when a medal cannot be accepted during replay winning.
In addition, the content of the mini-game can be different depending on the skill of the player, such as for a mission that “win 10 cards within 60 seconds”. .

  Details of the embodiments of the present invention will be described below. 1 is a front view showing an example of a spinning-type gaming device to which the mini game device of the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the back side of the front door of the spinning-type gaming device of FIG. 1, and FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the front door of FIG. 2 along the AA line.

  As shown in these drawings, the slot machine 1 which is a spinning-reel game machine has a housing (not shown) in which the front door 3 that constitutes a so-called front mask facing the player side is a substantially rectangular box. A hinge mechanism 3a is attached to the opening side so as to be openable and closable with the left end side as a pivot point. The front door 3 is roughly divided into an upper panel portion 3A, a middle panel portion 3B, an operation console portion 3C, and a lower panel portion 3D, which are integrally formed of a hard plastic designed to enhance visual effects as a decorative board. ing.

  Inside a casing (not shown), a main control board 300 (to be described later) that controls the overall operation of the slot machine 1, a rotating device 520 that includes three cylindrical main reels 521, 522, and 523, a slot machine A power supply device 530 (to be described later) for supplying power to each unit 1, a hopper device 540 (to be described later) for paying out medals 700 in accordance with the winning of the game, and an auxiliary (not shown) for storing the medal 700 overflowing from the hopper device 540 A storage unit and the like are provided.

  Here, the spinning device 520 is configured to rotate each main reel 521, 522, 523 by a later-described spinning device substrate 420 that receives a rotational drive start control signal, a rotational drive stop control signal, and the like from a later-described main control substrate 300. The rotation stop is controlled.

  In addition, a power supply device control board 430 described later corresponding to a so-called switchboard is provided on, for example, a side surface of the power supply device 530 provided in a housing (not shown). The power supply device control board 430 is formed with a power distribution circuit that distributes various power supply voltages generated by the power supply device 530 to various places such as the drum device 520 and a hopper device 540 described later. System power necessary for the operation of 1 is supplied.

  Further, the front door 3 is locked by a locking device (not shown) having a key hole 4 provided in the console portion 3C at a position that closes an opening of a housing (not shown), and the hall staff or the like is a main control board 300 described later. When performing maintenance work including check of the state of each electronic device and the like, and controlling the appearance of the ball, the front door 3 is opened when the lock is released by inserting a dedicated key into the key hole 4 of the front door 3. It has become.

  On the upper panel 3A of the front door 3, an effect display unit 100 that performs an effect accompanying the game is attached. The effect display unit 100 is provided with a display unit 101 that displays, for example, a moving image according to the progress of the game, and a display panel 102 that covers the display unit 101. The display panel 102 has a substantially rectangular transparent window 103 that allows the display unit 101 to be visually recognized at the center, and the periphery of the transparent window 103 is formed of a liquid crystal panel that can display an image. In addition, the effect display unit 100 emits a plurality of effect lamps 104 to 108 that are designed and designed with shapes, colors, patterns, patterns, and the like that appeal to the visual sense of the player, and sound effects for the effect. Sound emitting units 109 and 110 having speakers 109a and 110a are provided.

  When a sub control board 400 provided on the back surface of the upper panel portion 3A of the front door 3 is supplied with a control signal indicating start of production from a main control board 300 described later, the sub control board 400 displays the control signal. The display of a moving image or the like by the unit 101, the effect by blinking or lighting by the effect lamps 104 to 108, and the effect by the sound effect from the sound emitting units 109 and 110 are performed.

  The middle panel portion 3B of the front door 3 is provided with a main effect portion 200 including a panel 202 having a confirmation window 201 that allows confirmation of the main reels 521, 522, and 523 of the spinning device 520. Further, side lamps 5a and 5b incorporating high-intensity light emitting diodes are arranged on both sides of the middle panel portion 3B. These side lamps 5a and 5b are turned on or blinked in the case of a reach, a big hit, or the like to produce an effect appealing to the player's vision.

  The console 3C of the front door 3 has a medal slot 6 having a slot for inserting a medal 700 used in the game, a bet button 7 for betting the medal 700, a start lever 8 for instructing a game operation, Stop buttons 9a, 9b, 9c and the like for stopping the main reels 521, 522, 523 of the effect display unit 100 are provided.

  Here, in the current slot machine 1, the number of medals 700 required for one game is, for example, three. Therefore, when more than three medals 700 are continuously inserted from the medal insertion unit 6, the maximum number of medals 700 is 50. Credits can be made up to a maximum of 1.

  The bet button 7 is a push-type operation switch for presenting the number of medals 700 to bet on the game of the slot machine 1 and is called a MAX bet button. That is, when the medal 700 is credited, if the bet button 7 is operated at the start of the game, three of the credited medal 700 are bet.

  The start lever 8 is a lever switch for instructing to rotate main reels 521, 522, and 523 (to be described later) of the effect display unit 100 at the same time. A spherical operation knob provided at the tip is moved up, down, left, or right. It is configured to turn on when it is tilted in the direction of, and automatically return to its original position and turn off when the hand is released from the operation knob.

  The stop buttons 9a, 9b, and 9c are pressing switches for individually instructing to stop the rotation of the main reels 521, 522, and 523 of the spinning device 520, and correspond to the arrangement of the main reels 521, 522, and 523. And they are arranged side by side.

  Further, a central display control in which various main switches such as a bet button 7, a start lever 8, stop buttons 9a, 9b, and 9c of the console 3C are electrically connected to the back of the console 3C of the front door 3. A board 410 is provided, and output signals of these switches are transferred from the central display control board 410 to a main control board 300 described later.

  The lower panel 3D of the front door 3 is provided with a panel 10 for displaying, for example, a picture of an appearing character so that the player can recognize the model type of the slot machine 1 and the like. In addition, the panel 10 is provided with a confirmation window 10a through which a turning operation of a sorting plate 640 for sorting medals 700 of a guide mechanism unit 600 described later can be confirmed. By confirming the rotation operation of the sorting plate 640 through the confirmation window 10a, the timing of inserting a medal 700 (to be described later) from the medal inserting unit 6 can be controlled when mini gaming is performed.

  Below the lower panel portion 3D, there is a receiving unit 11 having a medal discharge port 12 for discharging the medal 700 at the time of winning, etc., and speakers 13a and 13b, and an effect that produces an effect sound according to the progress of the game. The sound parts 13 and 14 and the ashtray 15 are disposed.

  Further, a guide mechanism portion 600 is provided on the back surface of the lower panel portion 3D of the front door 3. The guide mechanism unit 600 determines whether the input material inserted from the medal insertion unit 6 is a regular medal 700 or a foreign object, and distributes the selection mechanism 610 and the medal 700 distributed by the selection mechanism 610 in a housing (not shown). A hopper guide member 611 for guiding to a hopper device 540 described later, a guide member 612 as a guide means for guiding foreign matter distributed by the selection mechanism 610 to the medal discharge port 12, and a hopper device 540 described later. A payout guide member 613 for guiding a medal 700 discharged from a medal discharge slit (not shown) to the medal discharge port 12 side of the tray unit 11 is provided.

  Note that the selection mechanism 610 is provided from the medal insertion unit 6 when the main reels 521, 522, 523 of the spinning device 520 in the slot machine 1 are rotating, or when a medal 700 (described later) cannot be received during a replay winning, for example. The medals 700 described later are distributed to the guide member 612 side. A medal 700 described later distributed to the guide member 612 side is discharged from the medal discharge port 12 side.

  Further, the guide member 612 is rotated by a driving force of the drive motor 620 when the medal 700 cannot be received, and a rotating gate 630 as a gate means for randomly performing the dropping timing of the medal 700, and this There is provided a sorting plate 640 as a sorting means for sorting whether the medal 700 that has passed through the rotary gate 630 is dropped as it is or moved to the medal detection sensor 650 side as a detecting means arranged on the inclined plate 651. ing.

That is, the sorting plate 640 is freely rotatable between a direction in which the passage 600a for dropping the medal 700 that has passed through the rotation gate 630 is dropped and a direction in which the bypass 600b in which the medal detection sensor 650 is provided is closed. The details will be described later.
Here, at least the rotary gate 630, the sorting board 640, the medal detection sensor 650, and the central display control board 410 constitute a mini game device.

  4-7 is a figure for demonstrating the detail of the rotation gate 630 mentioned above. 4 is a perspective view showing the rotary gate 630, and FIGS. 5 to 7 are diagrams for explaining the operation of the rotary gate 630 in FIG. 5 to 7 show a case where the rotary gate 630 is viewed from the front side of the front door 3.

  First, as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5A and 5B, the rotary gate 630 rotates around the core portion 631 in the direction of an arrow, for example. The rotational force of the rotary gate 630 is obtained by the drive force of the drive motor 620 described above. The driving force from the driving motor 620 can be applied to the rotary gate 630 by a belt or a gear that transmits the driving force.

  Here, the rotation gate 630 is provided with a medal accommodating portion 632 for accommodating the medal 700 and a medal intrusion preventing portion 633 for preventing the medal 700 from entering. In addition, the medal accommodating portion 632 and the medal intrusion prevention portion 633 are divided into approximately 90 degrees with the core portion 631 as the center, and are provided so as to be in point-symmetric positions.

  Note that the medal receiving portion 632 is not limited to two as shown in the figure, and may be one or three. In other words, in order for the medal accommodating portion 632 to accommodate the medal 700 as shown in the drawing, when the angle from the core portion 631 is at least about 90 degrees, the angle of the medal intrusion prevention portion 633 from the core portion 631 is changed. By doing so, the medal accommodating part 632 can be made into one piece or three pieces.

  The rotation gate 630 mainly causes the medal 700 to fall at random when the mini game is started. However, the rotation gate 630 includes the passage 600a and the bypass 600b of the guide member 612 below the selection mechanism 610. It is provided at the position to close. Therefore, when the main reels 521, 522, and 523 of the spinning device 520 in the slot machine 1 are rotating in the normal game, or when the medal 700 (described later) is not accepted during the replay winning, the medal insertion unit 6 Since a later-described medal 700 needs to be discharged to the medal discharge port 12 side, it is necessary to always rotate the rotation gate 630 even when the mini game is not performed.

  Note that the rotation speed of the rotation gate 630 may be constant during the normal game or the mini game, and the speed can be changed between the normal game and the mini game. May be. Further, during the mini game, the rotation speed of the rotary gate 630 may change with the passage of time.

  Further, a flap gate may be provided instead of the rotating gate 630. In this case, during the mini game, the flap gate may move so as to open and close the above-described passage 600a of the guide member 612. By such an opening / closing operation of the flap gate, the drop timing of the medal 700 can be randomly performed. In addition, during the normal game, the flap gate may move so as to open the above-described passage 600a of the guide member 612.

  The rotation gate 630 described above rotates, for example, when the main reels 521, 522, 523 of the spinning device 520 in the slot machine 1 are rotating or when medals cannot be received during replay winning. As shown in FIG. 6, when the medal 700 inserted from the unit 6 passes through the selection mechanism 610 and falls to the rotating gate 630 and is received in the medal receiving unit 632 of the rotating gate 630, the medal 700 is moved downward as the rotating gate 630 rotates. After the movement, as shown in FIG. 7, it falls from the medal receiving portion 632 and is discharged from the medal discharge port 12 side.

  FIGS. 8 and 9 are diagrams for explaining a sorting plate 640 that sorts whether the medal 700 that has passed through the rotary gate 630 is dropped as it is or moved to the medal detection sensor 650 arranged on the inclined plate 651. FIG.

  As shown in these drawings, the sorting plate 640 has a rotation path 641 as a fulcrum and a detour that is provided with a medal detection sensor 650 and a direction in which the passage 600a for dropping the medal 700 that has passed through the rotation gate 630 is dropped as it is. It is provided so as to be rotatable between the direction of closing 600b.

  That is, the distribution board 640 stops in the direction of closing the detour 600b where the medal detection sensor 650 is provided as shown in FIG. 9 in the normal game, but when the mini game is started, the distribution will be described later. The drive mechanism 642 rotates between the direction in which the passage 600a is closed and the direction in which the bypass 600b is closed.

  The sorting plate 640 may be rotated to a horizontal position when rotating in the direction of closing the above-described passage 600a, or horizontally so as to be inclined toward the detour 600b as shown in FIG. You may make it rotate to just before a position. Here, when the sorting plate 640 is rotated to the horizontal position, the medal 700 that has passed through the rotation gate 630 may ride on the sorting plate 640 and may not move to the detour 600b side. However, the sorting plate 640 is bypassed. As the path 600b is rotated in the closing direction, the medal 700 slides down to the detour 600b side, and there is no problem that the medal 700 is clogged on the sorting plate 640.

  As a result, during the normal game and when the medal 700 cannot be received, the medal 700 falling through the selection mechanism 610 and the rotation gate 630 is not obstructed by the sorting plate 640. The guide member 612 is guided to the medal discharge port 12.

  On the other hand, when the mini game is started, as described above, the sorting plate 640 is rotated between a direction in which the passage 600a is closed and a direction in which the bypass 600b is closed by the distribution drive mechanism 642 described later. . Here, as shown in FIG. 8, when the medal 700 that has passed through the rotation gate 630 falls in accordance with the timing when the distribution plate 640 rotates in the direction of closing the passage 600 a of the guide member 612, the medal 700 is moved to the distribution plate 640. Thus, the route is distributed to the bypass 600b side having the medal detection sensor 650 arranged on the inclined plate 651. Further, the medals 700 distributed to the detour 600b side slide down along the inclined plate 651 and are discharged from the medal discharge port 12.

  At this time, the medal 700 distributed to the bypass 600b side is detected by the medal detection sensor 650. Then, the detection result of the medal 700 by the medal detection sensor 650 is notified from the central display control board 410 to the main control board 300.

  Here, as a mini game, for example, a game for a mission of “win 10 cards within 60 seconds”, the game result may differ depending on the skill of the player.

  In such a mini game, for example, when it is determined that the main control board 300 is in a specific replay winning, for example, display on the display unit 101 or a plurality of effect lamps 104 to 108 are displayed on the sub control board 400. In addition, the start is notified by light or sound from the speakers 109a, 110a and the like. Further, when the mini game is started, the selection mechanism 610 described above is not accepted, and the medal 700 inserted from the medal insertion unit 6 is distributed to the bypass 600b side by the distribution plate 640 and detected by the medal detection sensor 650. Then, the detection result is notified to the main control board 300.

  Note that the above-mentioned specific replay winning can be determined on condition that, for example, the replay winning in the normal game is continued several times. In addition, since the result of such a mini game varies depending on the skill of the player, for example, it can be reflected in a replay time (RT) lottery in which the probability of replay is greatly increased under specific conditions. .

  Further, the mini game may be started when, for example, a replay win is made in the base game, and the mini game is invalidated when the start lever 8 is operated. In this way, by making the mini game invalid when the start lever 8 is operated, for example, a player who does not like the mini game is selected to pass the mini game and immediately shift to the normal game. It is also possible to make it.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram for explaining a control system provided in the slot machine 1. The control system mainly includes a main control board 300, a sub control board 400, a spinning device board 420, a central display control board 410, a power supply device control board 430, and an external concentrated terminal board 440, which are connected by a wiring cable. .

  The main control board 300 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 301, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 302 that is a semiconductor memory, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 303, and the like.

  The CPU 301 of the main control board 300 reads a system program stored in the ROM 302, a program for a slot machine game, and the like, and in accordance with the progress of the game, the sub control board 400, the spinning device board 420, the central display control board. 410, distributed control is performed on the power supply control board 430 and the like.

  Here, as the main control by the CPU 301, when the output signal corresponding to the operation of the start lever 8 is received from the central display control board 410, the spinning device is rotated so as to rotate the main reels 521, 522, and 523. It is to control the substrate 420. When an output signal corresponding to the operation of the above-described stop buttons 9a, 9b, 9c is received from the central display control board 410, the main reels 521, 522, 523 according to the operation are stopped so as to stop. It is to control the body device substrate 420.

  Further, as main control by the CPU 301, a lottery is performed on condition that the medal 700 is inserted (or a bet by the bet button 7) and the start lever 8 is operated, and the lottery result is a win, and a preset active line is set. By controlling the hopper device 540 via the power supply device control board 430 so that a predetermined number of medals 700 are paid out on condition that the winning symbol is stopped by operating the stop buttons 9a, 9b, 9c. is there.

  The main control by the CPU 301 is to instruct the central display control board 410 to start a mini game when, for example, the replay winning is continued several times in the above-described normal game, for example. At the same time, the sub-control board 400 is notified of the start of the mini game by, for example, display on the display unit 101, light or sound from the plurality of effect lamps 104 to 108, speakers 109a, 110a, and the like. Is to do so.

  The sub control board 400 is connected to the production lamps 104 to 108, the side lamps 5a and 5b, the speakers 13a, 14a, 109a and 110a, and the display unit 101. Then, the sub control board 400 blinks or lights the above-described effect lamps 104 to 108 or blinks or lights the side lamps 5a and 5b based on the control in accordance with the progress of the game from the CPU 301 of the main control board 300. Or a sound effect is generated from the speakers 13a, 14a, 109a, 110a, or a predetermined effect image or the like is displayed on the display unit 101.

  Thereby, the effect which appeals to a player's vision and hearing can be performed. Further, when the sub-control board 400 receives a mini-game start instruction from the main control board 300, the sub-control board 400 displays on the display unit 101 the content of the mission in the mini-game, for example, “Let me win 10 cards within 60 seconds”. Or the result of the mini game detected by the above-mentioned medal detection sensor 650 during the mini game is displayed.

  On the spinning device substrate 420, stepping motors 521b, 522b, and 523b for rotating the main reels 521, 522, and 523 described above and the rotational positions of the main reels 521, 522, and 523 are detected, for example, photosensors 521a, 522a and 523a are connected.

  The spinning device substrate 420 then detects the main reels 521 and 522 based on the information of the detection signals from the photosensors 521a, 522a, and 523a and the number of pulses of the drive pulse signal output to the stepping motors 521b, 522b, and 523b. , 523 are properly controlled for rotation, braking, and stopping.

  Further, the spinning device substrate 420 should be rotated or stopped from the main control substrate 300 to the main reels 521, 522, 523 in accordance with the operation of the start lever 8, the stop buttons 9a, 9b, 9c and the like. Is supplied to the stepping motors 521b, 522b, and 523b while properly detecting the rotational positions of the main reels 521, 522, and 523 while capturing the detection signals from the photosensors 521a, 522a, and 523a. The drive pulse signal is controlled to control the rotation operation of each main reel 521, 522, 523.

  The central display control board 410 is connected to the bet button 7, the start lever 8, the stop buttons 9a, 9b, 9c and the selector mechanism 500 described above. The central display control board 410 functions as a relay board that transfers output signals from the bet button 7, start lever 8, and stop buttons 9 a, 9 b, 9 c to the main control board 300.

  The central display control board 410 is connected with a drive motor 620 for driving the rotation gate 630, a distribution drive mechanism 642 for rotating the distribution plate 640, and the medal detection sensor 650. Yes.

  A hopper device 540 and a power supply device 530 are connected to the power supply device substrate 430. The power supply device board 430 is formed with a power distribution circuit that distributes various power supply voltages generated by the power supply device 530 to various places such as the hopper device 540, and supplies system power necessary for the operation of the slot machine 1 from the power distribution circuit. To do. Further, when receiving a command to pay out medals from the main control board 300, the power supply device board 430 controls the hopper device 540 to pay out medals.

  Thus, in this embodiment, when the mini game is started, if the medal 700 is inserted from the medal insertion portion 6 of the front door 3, the medal 700 guides to the medal outlet 12 side of the front door 3. Either of the passage 600a in which the medal detection sensor 650 as the detection means is not provided by the distribution plate 640 as the distribution means provided in the guide member 612 or the bypass 600b in which the medal detection sensor 650 is provided. When the medal 700 is distributed to the detour 600b side by the distribution plate 640 and the medal detection sensor 650 detects the passage of the medal 700, it is discharged from the medal discharge port 12 side of the front door 3. The detection result is output.

  That is, in such a mini game, the game progresses by an action different from the operation of the normal stop buttons 9a, 9b, 9c, etc., such as the medal insertion from the medal insertion part 6 of the front door 3, and the distribution board 640 Since the distribution to the detour route 600b having the medal detection sensor 650 differs depending on the medal insertion timing, the game result can be made different depending on the skill of the player, so that the game is not monotonous. be able to.

  Further, in this embodiment, the rotation gate 630 is provided as a gate means for randomly performing the drop timing of the medal 700 above the sorting plate 640, so that the medal insertion timing and rotation from the medal insertion unit 6 are rotated. The fall timing of the gate 630 affects the sorting by the sorting board 640, so that the game is not monotonous and can have an interesting taste different from that of a normal game.

  Further, in this embodiment, when the game is a normal game and when the medal 700 cannot be accepted, the sorting plate 640 is stopped on the side of closing the detour 600b having the medal detection sensor 650. Therefore, the medal 700 falling through the selection mechanism 610 and the rotation gate 630 can be surely discharged from the medal discharge port 12 by the guide member 612 without being obstructed by the sorting plate 640. .

  Not only slot machines but also other game machines such as pachinko machines, pinball game machines, arrange ball game machines, and ball balls are applicable.

It is a front view which shows an example of the rotating type game device to which the mini game device of this invention is applied. It is a front view which shows the back side of the front door of the spinning cylinder type game device of FIG. It is sectional drawing which shows the front door of FIG. 2 along the AA line. It is a perspective view which shows the rotation gate of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the rotation gate of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the rotation gate of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of the rotation gate of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the distribution board of FIG. It is a figure for demonstrating the distribution board of FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining a control system provided in the slot machine of FIG. 1.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Slot machine 3 Front door 3A Upper panel part 3B Middle panel part 3C Console part 3D Lower panel part 5a, 5b Side lamp 6 Medal insertion part 7 Bet button 8 Start lever 9a, 9b, 9c Stop button 10 Panel 10a Confirmation window 11 Receptacle unit 12 Medal outlet 100 Production display unit 101 Display unit 102 Display panel 103 Transparent windows 104 to 108 Production lamps 109 and 110 Sound emission units 109a and 110a Speaker 200 Main production unit 201 Confirmation window 202 Panel 300 Main control board 400 Sub Control board 410 Central display control board 420 Cylinder apparatus board 430 Power supply apparatus control board 430 Power supply apparatus board 440 External concentration terminal board 500 Selector mechanism 520 Cylinder apparatus 521, 522, 523 Main reel 530 Power supply apparatus 540 Hopper equipment 600 Guide mechanism portion 600a Passage 600b Detour 610 Select mechanism 612 Guide member 620 Drive motor 630 Rotating gate 631 Core portion 632 Medal receiving portion 633 Medal intrusion prevention portion 640 Sorting plate 641 Rotating shaft 642 Distribution drive mechanism 650 Medal detection sensor 651 Tilt Plate 700 medal

Claims (6)

A mini game device that allows a mini game to be played in accordance with the progress of a normal game in a gaming machine having a front door that is openably and closably attached to a housing,
A guide means having a passage for directly guiding a medal dropped by insertion from the medal insertion portion of the front door to the medal discharge port side of the front door, and a detour route for detouring from the passage;
Detecting means for detecting the medal passing through the detour;
A distribution means for distributing the medal to either the passage or the detour;
Control means for controlling the sorting operation by the sorting means,
When the mini game is started, the control unit controls the distribution unit to distribute the medals that are dropped by the insertion from the medal insertion unit, and outputs a detection result detected by the detection unit. A mini game device. Gate means is provided above the sorting means for randomly causing the medal fall timing,
The mini game device according to claim 1, wherein the control unit controls the drop timing via the gate unit.   The distribution means rotates between a side that closes the passage when the mini game is started and a side that closes the bypass, and closes the bypass when the mini game is not performed. The mini game apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mini game apparatus is turned to the side to be played.   4. The mini game device according to claim 2, wherein the gate means is a rotary gate or a flap gate.   The mini game device according to claim 1, wherein the mini game is played when the medal cannot be received.   A gaming machine comprising the mini game device according to claim 1.

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