JP6978068B2 - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a rotating body type gaming machine (pachislot gaming machine).

Many pachinko gaming machines, which are one of the gaming machines, are provided with a movable movable body and a driving means (motor) capable of applying a driving force to the movable body. In such a pachinko gaming machine, the movable body is moved by the driving force of the driving means to enhance the effect of the effect. Here, in the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1 below, the excitation method for driving the driving means is two-phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is two. Two-phase excitation has an advantage over, for example, one-phase excitation in that a high output (high torque) can be generated by a driving means.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-207433

In the gaming machine described in Patent Document 1, since the excitation method of the driving means is always two-phase excitation, there are the following problems. That is, when the driving means generates a high output (high torque), the vibration acting on the movable body tends to increase. Therefore, for example, it becomes impossible to cope with a situation where it is preferable to move the movable body smoothly. On the other hand, if the output of the drive means is reduced, the merit of two-phase excitation is lost. As described above, if the excitation method of the driving means is always two-phase excitation, there is a problem that the behavior required by the movable body cannot be flexibly dealt with.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances. That is, the problem is to provide a gaming machine capable of flexibly responding to the behavior required by the movable body.

The gaming machine of the present invention
In a gaming machine that controls a special gaming state that is advantageous to the player based on the establishment of predetermined control conditions.
Movable movable body and
A driving means capable of applying a driving force to the movable body,
Equipped with a production control means that can control the production,
The effect control means is
The excitation method of the driving means can be 1-2 phase excitation or two phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is alternately switched to one or two.
The drive is based on specific data in which one-phase data for putting the excited excitation phase into a one-phase excitation state and two-phase data for putting the excited excitation phase into a two-phase excitation state are alternately arranged. After moving the movable body by setting the excitation method of the means to 1-2 phase excitation, the moving of the movable body can be started by setting the exciting method of the driving means to 2-phase excitation based on the specific data. It is possible and
When the excitation method of the driving means is set to two-phase excitation and the movement of the movable body is started, when the excited excitation phase is in the one-phase excited state, the excitation phase excited based on the specific data is set to 2. It is a gaming machine characterized in that the movable body is moved after switching to the phase excitation state.

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, it is possible to flexibly respond to the desired behavior of a movable body.

It is a front view of the gaming machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an exploded perspective view of the gaming machine frame provided in the gaming machine. It is a front view when the elevating unit provided in the gaming machine is in an extended position. It is a front view when the upper left unit and the upper right unit provided in the gaming machine are in the open position. It is a front view of the gaming board provided in the gaming machine. It is an enlarged view of the part A shown in FIG. 5, and is the figure which shows the display which is included in the gaming machine. It is an exploded perspective view of the back unit provided in the gaming machine. It is a front view of the rear unit provided in the gaming machine. (A) is a perspective view of the lower movable body unit as viewed from the front, and (B) is a perspective view of the lower movable body unit as viewed from the rear. It is a figure when the leg movable body is in a standby position, the neck movable body is in a retracted position, and the head movable body is in an initial position. The figure when the leg movable body is in the process of moving from the standby position to the operating position, the neck movable body is in the process of moving from the retracted position to the appearance position, and the head movable body is in the process of moving from the initial position to the high position. Is. It is a figure when the leg movable body is in the moving position, the neck movable body is in the appearance position, and the head movable body is in a high position. It is a figure for demonstrating the roaring drive effect by a head movable body. It is a block diagram which shows the electric structure of the game control board side of the game machine. It is a block diagram which shows the electric structure of the effect control board side of the gaming machine. It is a block diagram which shows the electric structure of the sub drive board side of the gaming machine. It is a figure for demonstrating the bipolar type stepping motor. It is a figure which shows the electric circuit around a head movement motor driver. It is a figure which shows the relationship between the production control microcomputer and a sub drive board. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation of a movable body in a horse drive production. It is a figure which shows the timing of the current flowing through each terminal in two-phase excitation. It is a figure explaining the state which the rotor of a head moving motor rotates in two-phase excitation. It is a figure which shows the timing of the current flowing through each terminal in 1-2 phase excitation. It is a figure explaining the state which the rotor of a head moving motor rotates in 1-2 phase excitation. (A) is a diagram showing a control method of a cervical movable body, (B) is a diagram showing a control method of a head movable body when a normal roaring drive effect is executed, and (C) is a diagram showing a special roaring drive effect. It is a figure which shows the control method of the head movable body at the time of execution. (A) is a diagram for explaining the reading of the exciting data in the case of two-phase excitation, and (B) is a diagram for explaining the reading of the exciting data in the case of 1-2 phase excitation. (A) is a diagram showing exciting phase selection data in the case of two-phase excitation as a comparative example, and (B) is a diagram showing exciting phase selection data in the case of 1-2 phase excitation as a comparative example. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which data for 1-phase excitation is being read when stopped by 1-2 phase excitation, and (B) is a diagram showing a case where half-step drive control is executed in the reverse direction. , (C) is a diagram showing a case where full-step drive control is executed in the reverse direction. (A) is a diagram showing a state in which data for 1-phase excitation is read when stopped by 1-2 phase excitation, and (B) is a diagram showing a case of switching to a 2-phase excitation state and stopping excitation. .. It is a hit type judgment table. It is a table which shows various random numbers acquired by a game control microcomputer. (A) is a jackpot determination table, (B) is a reach determination table, (C) is a normal symbol hit determination table, and (D) is a normal symbol variation pattern selection table. It is a special figure fluctuation pattern determination table. It is an opening pattern determination table of the electric chew. It is a flowchart of a timer interrupt process on the main side. It is a flowchart of a sub-side 1ms timer interrupt processing. It is a flowchart of a drive control process. It is a flowchart of a cervical movable body drive control process. It is a flowchart of a head movable body drive control process. It is a flowchart of a head movable body drive control process. It is a flowchart of the stop excitation setting process for ultra-low current. It is a flowchart of a head return drive setting correction process. It is a flowchart of a sub-side 10ms timer interrupt processing. It is a flowchart of the received command analysis process. It is a flowchart of the variation effect start processing.

1. 1. Structure of a gaming machine A pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following description, the left-right direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine as an example of the gaming machine will be described so as to coincide with the left-right direction for the player facing the pachinko gaming machine. Further, the front direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine will be described as a direction approaching the player facing the pachinko gaming machine, and the rear direction of each part of the pachinko gaming machine will be described as a direction away from the player facing the pachinko gaming machine.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine PY1 of the embodiment includes a gaming machine frame 2 constituting the outer shell of the pachinko gaming machine PY1. As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine frame 2 includes an outer frame 22, an inner frame 21, and a front door (front frame) 23. The outer frame 22 is a vertically rectangular frame body that forms an outer shell portion of the pachinko gaming machine PY1. The inner frame 21 is arranged inside the outer frame 22 and is a vertically rectangular frame body to which the game board 1 described later is attached. The front door 23 is arranged on the front side of the outer frame 22 and the inner frame 21, and has a vertical rectangular shape that protects the game board 1. The front door 23 is a portion facing the player and is decorated in various ways. Further, the front door 23 is provided with a large number of frame lamps 212 capable of emitting light for decoration, and a speaker 620 capable of outputting sound (not shown in FIG. 1).

The gaming machine frame 2 is configured to include a hinge portion 24 on the left end side. The hinge portion 24 allows the front door 23 to be rotatable with respect to the outer frame 22 and the inner frame 21, and the inner frame 21 to be rotatable with respect to the outer frame 22 and the front door 23, respectively. It has become. An opening 23a is formed in the center of the front door 23, and a transparent transparent plate 23t is attached to the opening 23a so that the player can visually recognize the game area 6X described later. The transparent plate 23t is a glass plate in this embodiment, but may be a transparent synthetic resin plate. That is, the transparent plate 23t may be such that the game area 6X can be visually recognized from the front.

As shown in FIG. 1, the front door 23 has an upper decorative unit 200 on the upper side, a left decorative unit 210 on the left side, a right decorative unit 220 on the right side, and an operation mechanism unit 230 on the lower side. .. Each of these units is attached to the front side of the base frame 23w (see FIG. 2) of the front door 23.

The operation mechanism unit 230 is provided with a handle 72k (launch operation unit) at the lower right portion for launching a game ball with a launch intensity according to a rotation angle. Further, the operation mechanism unit 230 is provided with an upper plate 34 for storing game balls (rental balls and prize balls), and an input that can be operated by the player at the time of a production performed with the progress of the game. A section (effect button) 40k and a select button (cross key) 42k are provided. Further, on the lower side of the operation mechanism unit 230, a lower plate 35 for storing game balls that cannot be accommodated in the upper plate 34 is provided.

The upper decorative unit 200 includes an elevating unit 300 that can move (elevate) in the vertical direction, and an elevating motor 310 (not shown in FIG. 1) that can apply a driving force for ascending / descending to the elevating unit 300. The evacuation unit 300 is normally in the retracted position shown in FIG. Then, the elevating unit 300 can move from the retracted position shown in FIG. 1 to the extended position shown in FIG. 3 during the execution of an effect having a high expectation of winning, such as SP reach, which will be described later. The elevating unit 300 moves (returns) from the extended position shown in FIG. 3 to the retracted position shown in FIG. 1 as the effect being executed ends.

The elevating unit 300 includes an upper left unit 500 that can be opened and closed on the left side, and an upper right unit 550 that can be opened and closed on the right side. Further, the elevating unit 300 includes an upper left motor 531 capable of applying a driving force for opening and closing the upper left unit 500, and an upper right motor 581 capable of applying a driving force for opening and closing the upper right unit 550. There is. The upper left unit 500 and the upper right unit 550 are normally in the closed positions shown in FIG. 1 or 3. Then, the upper left unit 500 and the upper right unit 550 can move from the closed position shown in FIG. 3 to the open position shown in FIG. 4 during the execution of an effect having a high expectation of winning, such as SP reach described later. The upper left unit 500 and the upper right unit 550 may move from the open position shown in FIG. 4 to the closed position shown in FIG. 3 as the effect being executed ends.

The gaming board 1 shown in FIG. 5 is attached to the gaming machine frame 2. The game board 1 is a combination of a plate-shaped member 1A arranged on the front side and a back unit 1B (see FIG. 7) arranged on the rear side of the plate-shaped member 1A.

As shown in FIG. 2, the plate-shaped member 1A (game board 1) is formed with a game area 6X through which a game ball launched by the operation of the handle 72k flows down, surrounded by a rail member 62. Further, the plate-shaped member 1A is provided with a plurality of game nails for changing the direction in which the game ball flows down in the game area 6X. The plate-shaped member 1A is made of a transparent synthetic resin. Therefore, the player can visually recognize the front side of the back unit 1B, which will be described later, through the transparent plate-shaped member 1A.

In the game board 1, an image display device 50 (effect display means), which is a liquid crystal display device, is provided near the center of the game area 6X. The image display device 50 is not provided on the plate-shaped member 1A, but is provided on the back unit 1B. The image display device may be another image display device such as an organic EL display device. The display screen 50a (display unit) of the image display device 50 has an effect symbol display area for variable display of the effect symbol EZ (decorative symbol) synchronized with the variable display of the first special symbol and the second special symbol described later. .. The effect of displaying the effect symbol EZ is referred to as an effect symbol variation effect. The effect design variation effect may be referred to as "decorative pattern variation effect" or simply "variation effect".

The effect symbol display area is composed of, for example, three effect symbol display areas of "left", "middle", and "right". The left effect symbol EZ1 is displayed in the left effect symbol display area, the middle effect symbol EZ2 is displayed in the middle effect symbol display area, and the right effect symbol EZ3 is displayed in the right effect symbol display area. Each of the effect symbols EZ is composed of a plurality of symbols representing numbers from "1" to "8", for example. The image display device 50 is a first special symbol displayed on the first special symbol display 81a and the second special symbol display 81b, which will be described later, by combining the left effect symbol EZ1, the middle effect symbol EZ2, and the right effect symbol EZ3. And the result of the variable display of the second special symbol (that is, the result of the big hit lottery) is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

For example, if a big hit is won, the effect symbol is stopped and displayed with doublets such as "777". In addition, if it is out of alignment, the effect symbol is stopped and displayed with a random eye such as "637". This makes it easier for the player to grasp the progress of the game. That is, the player generally does not grasp the result of the big hit lottery by the first special symbol display 81a or the second special symbol display 81b, but by the image display device 50. The position of the effect symbol display area does not have to be fixed. Further, as a mode of variable display of the effect symbol, for example, there is a mode of scrolling in the vertical direction.

The image display device 50 displays a display screen such as a jackpot effect performed in parallel with the jackpot game, a demo effect for waiting for customers (customer waiting effect), and the like, in addition to the effect symbol variation effect using the effect symbol EZ as described above. Display on 50a. In the effect symbol variation effect, in addition to the effect symbol EZ such as numbers, an effect image other than the effect symbol EZ such as a background image and a character image is also displayed.

Further, the display screen 50a of the image display device 50 has a hold icon display area for displaying the hold icon HA (effect hold image) according to the number of stored first special figure hold and second special figure hold described later. By displaying the hold icon HA, the number of stored first special figure hold displayed on the first special figure hold display 83a described later and the second special figure displayed on the second special figure hold display 83b described later. The number of stored figures can be shown to the player in an easy-to-understand manner.

A center frame portion 61 (inner side wall portion) is arranged near the center of the game area 6X and in front of the image display device 50. The center frame portion 61 is a partition wall that projects forward from a substantially circular opening formed in the central portion of the plate-shaped member 1A. That is, the inside of the game area 6X is partitioned by the center frame portion 61. Below the center frame portion 61, stages 61s are formed that can guide the game ball rolling on the upper surface to the first starting port 11 described later. Further, at the lower left of the center frame portion 61, a warp 61w is provided to allow the game ball to flow in from the entrance and to flow out the game ball from the exit to the stage 61s.

Below the image display device 50 in the game area 6X, a first start winning device 11D provided with a first start port 11 in which the ease of entering the game ball does not always change is provided. The first starting port 11 is also referred to as a first ball entry port, a fixed ball entry port, a first starting winning opening, and a first starting area. Further, the first start winning device 11D is also referred to as a first ball winning means, a fixed ball winning means, and a first starting winning device. The winning of the game ball to the first starting port 11 is an opportunity for the first special symbol lottery (big hit lottery, that is, determination of acquisition of a big hit random number or the like).

Further, below the first starting port 11 in the game area 6X, a normal variable winning device (ordinary electric accessory so-called electric chew) 12D provided with the second starting port 12 is provided. The second starting opening 12 is also referred to as a second entry opening, a variable entry opening, a second starting winning opening, and a second starting area. The electric chew 12D is also referred to as a second ball entry means, a variable ball entry means, and a second start winning device. The winning of the game ball to the second starting port 12 is an opportunity for the second special symbol lottery (big hit lottery).

The electric chew 12D includes an electric chew opening / closing member 12k (ball entry opening / closing member) that takes an open state and a closed state, and opens / closes the second starting port 12 by the operation of the electric chew opening / closing member 12k. The electric chew opening / closing member 12k is driven by the electric chew solenoid 12s described later. When the electric chew opening / closing member 12k is in the open state, the game ball can enter the second starting port 12, and when the electric chew opening / closing member 12k is in the closed state, the game ball cannot enter the second starting port 12. Become. That is, the second starting port 12 is a starting port in which the ease of entering the game ball can be changed. The electric chew 12D is in the closed state as long as it facilitates entry into the second starting port 12 when the electric chew opening / closing member 12k is in the open state than when it is in the closed state. Sometimes it does not have to be impossible to enter the second starting port 12.

Further, on the right side of the first starting port 11 in the game area 6X, a large winning device (special electric accessory) 14D provided with the large winning opening 14 is provided. The large winning opening 14 is also referred to as a special winning opening. The large winning device 14D is also referred to as an attacker (AT), a special winning means, or a special variable winning device. The large winning device 14D includes an AT opening / closing member 14k (special winning opening opening / closing member) that takes an open state and a closed state, and opens / closes the large winning opening 14 by the operation of the AT opening / closing member 14k. The AT opening / closing member 14k is driven by the AT solenoid 14s described later. The large winning opening 14 allows a game ball to enter only when the AT opening / closing member 14k is in the open state.

A gate 13 through which a game ball can pass is provided on the right side of the center frame portion 61. The gate 13 is also referred to as a passage port or a passage area. The passage of the game ball to the gate 13 is an opportunity to execute a normal symbol lottery (that is, acquisition and determination of a normal symbol random number (hit random number)) for determining whether or not to open the electric chew 12D. Further, a plurality of general winning openings 10 are provided in the lower part of the game area 6X. Further, at the lowermost portion of the game area 6X, an out port 19 is provided to discharge a game ball that has been driven into the game area 6X but has not won any of the winning openings to the outside of the game area 6X.

In the game area 6X where various winning openings and the like are arranged, the left game area 6L (first game area) on the left side from the center in the left-right direction and the right game area 6R (second game area) on the right side are arranged. There is. The method of launching a game ball so that the game ball flows down the left game area 6L is called left-handed hitting. On the other hand, a method of launching a game ball so that the game ball flows down the right game area 6R is called right-handed hitting. In the pachinko gaming machine PY1 of the present embodiment, the flow path through which the game ball flows down when playing left-handed is called the first flow path W1, and the flow path through which the game ball flows down when playing right-handed is called the first flow path W1. , The second flow path W2.

A first starting port 11, a general winning port 10, an electric chew 12D, and an out port 19 are provided on the first flow path W1. By driving the game ball so as to flow down the first flow path W1, the player can aim to win a prize in the first starting opening 11 or the general winning opening 10. Since the gate is not arranged on the first flow path W1, the electric chew 12D is not opened when left-handed.

On the other hand, on the second flow path W2, a gate 13, a general winning opening 10, a large winning device 14D, an electric chew 12D, and an out opening 19 are provided. By hitting the game ball so as to flow down the second flow path W2, the player can aim to pass through the gate 13 and win a prize in the general winning opening 10, the second starting opening 12, and the large winning opening 14. can.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the display devices 8 are arranged at the lower right of the game board 1. As shown in FIG. 6, the indicators 8 include a first special symbol display 81a that variably displays the first special symbol, a second special symbol display 81b that variably displays the second special symbol, and a normal symbol. A normal symbol display 82 for variably displaying (normal diagram) is included. The first special symbol is also referred to as a first special figure or special figure 1, and the second special symbol is also referred to as a second special figure or special figure 2. In addition, ordinary patterns are also called ordinary patterns.

Further, in the display 8, the operation hold of the first special symbol display 83a and the second special symbol display 81b for displaying the number of stored operations of the first special symbol display 81a (first special symbol hold) is displayed. Includes a second special figure hold indicator 83b that displays the number of stored items (second special figure hold), and a normal figure hold indicator 84 that displays the number of stored operations hold (normal figure hold) of the normal symbol display 82. It has been.

The variable display of the first special symbol is performed with the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 11. The variable display of the second special symbol is performed with the winning of the game ball to the second starting port 12. In the following description, the first special symbol and the second special symbol may be collectively referred to as a special symbol (special symbol). Further, the first special symbol display 81a and the second special symbol display 81b may be collectively referred to as a special symbol display 81. Further, the first special figure hold indicator 83a and the second special figure hold indicator 83b may be collectively referred to as a special figure hold indicator 83. In addition, the first special figure hold and the second special figure hold may be collectively referred to as a special figure hold.

In the special symbol display 81, the special symbol is variably displayed (variable display) and then stopped, so that the lottery based on the winning of the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12 (special symbol lottery, big hit lottery) can be performed. Notify the result. The stop-displayed special symbol (stop symbol, special symbol derived and displayed as a display result of variable display) is one special symbol selected from a plurality of types of special symbols by a special symbol lottery. When the stop symbol is a predetermined special symbol (special symbol of a specific stop mode, that is, a jackpot symbol), the opening pattern is set according to the type of the specific special symbol that is stopped and displayed (that is, the type of the winning jackpot). A jackpot game (an example of a special game) that opens the big winning opening 14 is performed. The opening pattern of the big winning opening in the special game will be described later.

Specifically, the special figure display 81 is composed of, for example, eight LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) arranged side by side, and displays a special symbol according to the result of the jackpot lottery depending on the lighting mode thereof. be. For example, if you win a jackpot (one of the multiple types of jackpots described below), you will see "○○ ●● ○○ ●●" (○: lit, ●: off) from the left 1, 2, The jackpot symbol with the 5th and 6th LEDs lit is displayed. If there is a loss, a lost pattern such as "●●●●●●● ○" is displayed, in which only the LED on the far right is lit. A mode in which all the LEDs are turned off may be adopted as a lost pattern. The lost symbol is not a specific special symbol. Further, before the special symbol is stopped and displayed, the fluctuation display of the special symbol is performed over a predetermined fluctuation time, and the mode of the fluctuation display is, for example, each LED is lit so that light repeatedly flows from left to right. This is the aspect. It should be noted that the variable display mode may be any mode such that all the LEDs blink at the same time unless each LED is stopped display (lighting display in a specific mode).

In this pachinko gaming machine PY1, if there is a winning (winning) of a game ball in the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12, the value of various random numbers such as the jackpot random number acquired for the winning (numerical information). , The determination information) is temporarily stored in the special figure reservation storage unit 105 described later. Specifically, if a prize is won in the first starting port 11, it is stored in the first special figure holding storage unit 105a, which will be described later, as a first special figure hold, and if a prize is won in the second starting port 12, the second special figure is held. As a figure hold, it is stored in the second special figure hold storage unit 105b described later. There is an upper limit to the number of special figure reservations that can be stored in each special figure reservation storage unit 105, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is "4", respectively.

The special figure hold stored in the special figure hold storage unit 105 is digested when the special symbol can be variably displayed based on the special figure hold. The digestion of the special figure hold means that the jackpot random number or the like corresponding to the special figure hold is determined, and the variable display of the special symbol for showing the determination result is executed. Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine PY1, when the variable display of the special symbol based on the winning of the game ball to the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12 cannot be performed immediately after the winning, that is, the variable display of the special symbol is executed. Even if a prize is won during the middle or special game, the right to the jackpot lottery for the prize can be reserved up to a predetermined number.

The number of such special figure hold is displayed on the special figure hold indicator 83. Specifically, each of the special figure hold display 83 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of special figure hold by turning on the LEDs as many as the number of special figure hold.

The variable display of the normal symbol is performed when the game ball passes through the gate 13. The normal symbol display 82 notifies the result of the normal symbol lottery based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 13 by displaying the normal symbol in a variable manner (variable display) and then stopping the display. The normal symbol that is stopped and displayed (normal symbol, normal symbol that is derived and displayed as a display result of variable display) is one ordinary symbol selected from a plurality of types of ordinary symbols by the ordinary symbol lottery. When the stop-displayed normal symbol is a predetermined specific normal symbol (ordinary symbol in a predetermined stop mode, that is, a normal hit symbol), the second start opening 12 is opened with an opening pattern according to the current gaming state. Auxiliary games are played. The opening pattern of the second starting port 12 will be described later.

Specifically, the ordinary symbol display 82 is composed of, for example, two LEDs (see FIG. 6), and displays ordinary symbols according to the result of the ordinary symbol lottery depending on the lighting mode thereof. For example, when the lottery result is a hit, a normal hit symbol in which both LEDs are lit is displayed, such as "○○" (○: on, ●: off). If the lottery result is lost, a normal lost symbol such as "● ○" in which only the right LED is lit is displayed. A mode in which all the LEDs are turned off may be adopted as a normal loss pattern. It should be noted that the normal loss symbol is not a specific normal symbol. Before the normal symbol is stopped and displayed, the fluctuation display of the normal symbol is performed over a predetermined fluctuation time, and the mode of the fluctuation display is, for example, that both LEDs are turned on alternately. It should be noted that the variable display mode may be any mode such that all the LEDs blink at the same time unless each LED is stopped display (lighting display in a specific mode).

In this pachinko gaming machine PY1, when a game ball passes through the gate 13, the value of the normal symbol random number (hit random number) acquired for the passage is stored in the normal figure hold storage unit 106 described later as a normal figure hold. It will be memorized once. There is an upper limit to the number of normal figure reservations that can be stored in the normal figure hold storage unit 106, and the upper limit value in this embodiment is "4".

The normal figure hold stored in the normal figure hold storage unit 106 is digested when the variable display of the normal symbol based on the normal figure hold becomes possible. The digestion of the normal symbol hold means to determine a normal symbol random number (hit random number) corresponding to the normal symbol hold and execute variable display of the normal symbol to show the determination result. Therefore, in this pachinko gaming machine PY1, if the variable display of the normal symbol based on the passage of the game ball to the gate 13 cannot be performed immediately after the passage, that is, the prize is won during the execution of the variable display of the normal symbol or the execution of the auxiliary game. Even if there is, it is possible to reserve the right of the ordinary symbol lottery for the passage up to a predetermined number.

Then, the number of such a normal figure hold is displayed on the normal figure hold indicator 84. Specifically, the normal figure hold display 84 is composed of, for example, four LEDs, and displays the number of normal figure hold by turning on the LEDs as many as the number of normal figure hold.

FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the back unit 1B. As shown in FIG. 7, the back unit 1B includes a back unit 3 arranged immediately behind the plate-shaped member 1A (see FIG. 5) and an upper movable body unit 4 arranged above the back unit 3 and rearward. A lower movable body unit 5 arranged behind the lower side of the rear unit 3 and a back case 9 for assembling the rear unit 3, the upper movable body unit 4, and the lower movable body unit 5 are provided. .. In the back unit 1B shown in FIG. 7, the image display device 50 and various control boards such as the game control board 100 described later are not shown.

FIG. 8 is a front view of the rear unit 3 shown in FIG. 7. The rear unit 3 includes a base member 3A having an open central portion, a logo member 3B attached to the lower side of the base member 3A, and an arc-shaped light emitting lens 3C attached to the base member 3A. , Is equipped. The base member 3A is provided with a large number of board lamps 54A capable of emitting light. The logo member 3B is a decorative member forming the characters "GIDREAM" and is formed in a hollow shape. Inside the logo member 3B, a large number of board lamps 54B capable of emitting light are provided. Further, the light emitting lenses 3C are configured in a hollow shape, and three light emitting lenses 3C are arranged side by side. Inside each light emitting lens 3C, a large number of board lamps 54C capable of emitting light are provided. The light emitted from the board lamp 54A, the board lamp 54B, and the board lamp 54C is directed toward the player via the plate-shaped member 1A of the game board 1. Hereinafter, the board lamp 54A, the board lamp 54B, and the board lamp 54C will be collectively referred to as a “board lamp 54”.

2. 2. Configuration of Lower Movable Unit Unit Next, the configuration of the lower movable body unit 5 will be described with reference to FIGS. 9 to 13. As shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the lower movable body unit 5 includes a holder 6, a leg movable body 600, a leg moving motor 610, a neck movable body 700, a neck moving motor 710, and a head. It mainly includes a movable body 800 (movable body) and a head moving motor 810 (driving means).

As shown in FIG. 10, the holder 6 is for assembling the leg movable body 600, the neck movable body 700, and the head movable body 800 in a compact state. As shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the holder 6 includes a rear wall portion 6a standing upright on the rear side, and a first gear mechanism 6b (see FIG. 11) on the right side from the center in the left-right direction. , A second gear mechanism 6c (see FIG. 11) is provided at the right end. As shown in FIG. 9B, the leg moving motor 610 and the neck moving motor 710 are assembled to the rear wall portion 6a.

As shown in FIG. 11, the first gear mechanism 6b is for rotating the leg movable body 600, and the leg movable body 600 is rotatably assembled around the rotation shaft 601. The first gear mechanism 6b includes a large number of gears and is connected to the leg moving motor 610. By this first gear mechanism 6b, the driving force of the leg moving motor 610 can be transmitted to the leg movable body 600.

As shown in FIG. 11, the second gear mechanism 6c is for rotating the cervical movable body 700, and the cervical movable body 700 is rotatably assembled around the rotation shaft 701. The second gear mechanism 6c includes a large number of gears and is connected to the neck moving motor 710. By this second gear mechanism 6c, the driving force of the neck moving motor 710 can be transmitted to the neck movable body 700.

As shown in FIG. 11, a third gear mechanism 6d is provided at the tip of the cervical movable body 700 (upper side in FIG. 11), and a head moving motor 810 (see FIG. 9B) is provided. ing. The third gear mechanism 6d is for rotating the head movable body 800, and the head movable body 800 is rotatably assembled around the rotation shaft 801. The third gear mechanism 6d includes a first gear 811 and a second gear 812. The first gear 811 is rotatably assembled to the head moving motor 810 and meshes with the second gear 812. The second gear 812 is assembled with the head movable body 800 via the rotating shaft 801. In this way, when the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven, the first gear 811 and the second gear 812 rotate, and the head movable body 800 can rotate around the rotation shaft 801. That is, the driving force of the head moving motor 810 can be transmitted to the head movable body 800 by the third gear mechanism 6d.

Next, the positions where the leg movable body 600, the neck movable body 700, and the head movable body 800 can move will be described in order. First, the position of the leg movable body 600 will be described. The leg movable body 600 is in the position shown in FIG. 10 in the normal state (initial state). The position shown in FIG. 10 of the leg movable body 600 will be referred to as a "standby position". Here, when the leg moving motor 610 is rotationally driven in a predetermined positive direction from the state where the leg movable body 600 is in the standby position, the leg movable body 600 is on the tip side (as shown in FIGS. 10 ⇒ 11 ⇒ 12). Rotate so that the toe side) rises. The position shown in FIG. 12 of the leg movable body 600 will be referred to as an "moving position".

As described above, when the leg moving motor 610 is rotationally driven in the positive direction, the leg movable body 600 can rotate from the standby position shown in FIG. 10 to the operating position shown in FIG. 12, and the leg moving motor 610 is opposite to the positive direction. When it is rotationally driven in the reverse direction, it can rotate from the operating position shown in FIG. 12 to the standby position shown in FIG. The player cannot see the leg movable body 600 when the leg movable body 600 is in the standby position (see FIG. 5), but the player displays the image of the leg movable body 600 when the leg movable body 600 is in the operating position. It is visible in front of the device 50.

Subsequently, the position of the cervical movable body 700 will be described. The cervical movable body 700 (another movable body) is in the position shown in FIG. 10 in the normal state (initial state). The position shown in FIG. 10 of the cervical movable body 700 will be referred to as a “retracted position (descending position)”. Here, when the neck moving motor 710 is rotationally driven in a predetermined positive direction from the state where the neck movable body 700 is in the retracted position, the neck movable body 700 is on the tip side (as shown in FIG. 10 ⇒ FIG. 11 ⇒ FIG. 12). Rotate so that the head side) rises. The position shown in FIG. 12 of the cervical movable body 700 will be referred to as an “appearance position (elevation position)”.

As described above, when the cervical movement motor 710 is rotationally driven in the forward direction, the cervical movable body 700 can rotate from the storage position shown in FIG. 10 to the appearance position shown in FIG. 12, and the cervical movement motor 710 is opposite to the positive direction. When it is rotationally driven in the reverse direction, it can rotate from the appearance position shown in FIG. 12 to the storage position shown in FIG. The player cannot see the neck movable body 700 when the neck movable body 700 is in the retracted position (see FIG. 5), but the player displays the image of the neck movable body 700 when the neck movable body 700 is in the appearance position. It is visible in front of the device 50. The cervical movable body 700 is at a higher position (upper) than when it is in the appearance position (upward position) (see FIG. 12) (see FIG. 12) and higher than when it is in the retracted position (downward position).

Finally, the position of the head movable body 800 will be described. Since the head movable body 800 is rotatably assembled to the neck movable body 700 as described above, the posture (position) changes with respect to the neck movable body 700. The head movable body 800 (movable body) is in the position shown in FIG. 10 in the normal state (initial state). The position shown in FIG. 10 of the head movable body 800 will be referred to as an "initial position (origin position)". Here, when the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in a predetermined positive direction from the state where the head movable body 800 is in the initial position, as shown in FIG. 10 ⇒ FIG. 11 ⇒ FIG. 12, the tip side of the head movable body 800 ( The tip of the nose side) 802 rotates clockwise with respect to the cervical movable body 700. The position shown in FIG. 12 of the head movable body 800 is referred to as a "high position (first position, moving position)".

As described above, when the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in the positive direction, the head movable body 800 can rotate from the initial position shown in FIG. 10 to the high position shown in FIG. 12, and the head moving motor 810 is opposite to the positive direction. When it is rotationally driven in the reverse direction, it can rotate from the high position shown in FIG. 12 to the initial position shown in FIG. Regardless of the position of the head movable body 800, the player cannot see the head movable body 800 when the neck movable body 700 is in the retracted position (see FIG. 5), but the neck movable body 700 is in the appearance position. Sometimes the head movable body 800 is visible in front of the image display device 50.

Further, in the present embodiment, the head movable body 800 can move to a position other than the initial position (see FIG. 10) or the high position (see FIG. 12). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 13A, when the head moving motor 810 rotates in the opposite direction from the state where the neck movable body 700 is in the appearance position and the head movable body 800 is in the high position, FIG. 13 As shown in (B), the tip side 802 of the head movable body 800 rotates so as to descend. As described above, the head movable body 800 can slightly descend from the high position shown in FIG. 13 (A) with the neck movable body 700 in the appearance position. The position shown in FIG. 13 (B) of the head movable body 800 will be referred to as a “low position (second position)”. After the head movable body 800 moves to the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B), the head moving motor 810 rotates in the positive direction so that the head movable body 800 returns to the high position again as shown in FIG. 13 (C). It has become.

3. 3. Electrical configuration of the gaming machine Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 14 to 16. As shown in FIG. 14, the pachinko gaming machine PY1 has a game control board (main control board) 100 that controls game profits such as a jackpot lottery and a transition of game states, and a payout control board 170 that controls payout of game balls. , A power supply board 190 for supplying power is provided. The game control board 100 and the payout control board 170 constitute a main control unit and correspond to a main board capable of executing control processing that may affect the result of the game.

As shown in FIG. 14, a game control one-chip microcomputer (hereinafter referred to as “game control microcomputer”) 101 that controls the progress of the game of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 according to a program is mounted on the game control board 100. The game control microcomputer 101 includes a game ROM (Read Only Memory) 103 that stores a program for controlling the progress of the game, a game RAM (Random access memory) 104 that is used as a work memory, and a game ROM 103. A gaming CPU (Central Processing Unit) 102 for executing a program stored in the game, and a gaming I / O port unit (input / output circuit) 118 for inputting / outputting data and signals are included. The gaming ROM 103 may be externally attached.

The gaming RAM 104 is provided with a special figure holding storage unit 105 (first special figure holding storage unit 105a and second special figure holding storage unit 105b). The first special figure reservation storage unit 105a is composed of four storage areas corresponding to the number of storable first special figure reservations. Further, the second special figure reservation storage unit 105b is composed of four storage areas corresponding to the number of storable second special figure reservations. Each storage area is divided into four storage areas. These four storage areas are an area for storing a jackpot random number, which will be described later, an area for storing a hit type random number, an area for storing a reach random number, and an area for storing a variation pattern random number.

Further, the gaming RAM 104 is provided with a normal drawing holding storage unit 106. The normal figure reservation storage unit 106 includes a storage area corresponding to the number of normal figure reservations that can be stored. Each storage area is an area for storing ordinary symbol random numbers.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14, various sensors and solenoids are connected to the game control board 100 via the relay board 110. Therefore, a signal is input to the game control board 100 from each sensor, and a signal is output from the game control board 100 to each solenoid. Specifically, as the sensors, a first starting port sensor 11a, a second starting port sensor 12a, a gate sensor 13a, a large winning opening sensor 14a, and a general winning opening sensor 10a are connected.

The first starting port sensor 11a is provided in the first starting port 11 and detects a game ball that has won a prize in the first starting port 11. The second starting port sensor 12a is provided in the second starting port 12 and detects a game ball that has won a prize in the second starting port 12. The gate sensor 13a is provided in the gate 13 and detects a game ball that has passed through the gate 13. The large winning opening sensor 14a is provided in the large winning opening 14 and detects a game ball that has won a prize in the large winning opening 14. The general winning opening sensor 10a is provided in each general winning opening 10 and detects a game ball that has won a prize in the general winning opening 10.

Further, as solenoids, an electric chew solenoid 12s and an AT solenoid 14s are connected. The electric chew solenoid 12s drives the electric chew opening / closing member 12k of the electric chew 12D. The AT solenoid 14s drives the AT opening / closing member 14k of the prize-winning device 14D.

Further, the game control board 100 includes a first special symbol display 81a, a second special symbol display 81b, a normal symbol display 82, a first special symbol hold indicator 83a, a second special symbol hold indicator 83b, and the like. And the general figure hold display 84 is connected. That is, the display control of these indicators 8 is performed by the game control microcomputer 101.

Further, the game control board 100 transmits various commands to the payout control board 170, and also receives signals from the payout control board 170 for payout monitoring. The payout control board 170 includes a card unit CU (which is installed adjacent to the pachinko gaming machine PY1 and enables ball lending based on information such as an inserted prepaid card) and a prize ball payout device 73. In addition to being connected, the launch device 72 is connected via the launch control circuit 175. The launcher 72 includes a handle 72k (see FIG. 1).

The payout control board 170 drives the prize ball motor 73 m of the prize ball payout device 73 based on the signal from the game control microcomputer 101 and the signal from the card unit CU connected to the pachinko gaming machine PY1 to drive the prize ball. Pay out or pay out ball rental. The prize balls to be paid out are detected by the prize ball sensor 73a for counting, and the detection signal by the prize ball sensor 73a is output to the payout control board 170.

When the player operates the handle 72k (see FIG. 1) of the launching device 72, the touch switch 72a detects contact with the handle 72k, and the firing volume 72b detects the amount of rotation of the handle 72k. Then, the launch solenoid 72s is driven so that the game ball is launched with a strength corresponding to the magnitude of the detection signal of the launch volume 72b. In this pachinko gaming machine PY1, one gaming ball is launched in about 0.6 seconds.

Further, the game control board 100 transmits various commands to the effect control board 120 shown in FIG. The connection between the game control board 100 and the effect control board 120 is a unidirectional communication connection capable of only transmitting a signal from the game control board 100 to the effect control board 120. That is, a unidirectional circuit (for example, a circuit using a diode) (not shown) as a communication direction regulating means is interposed between the game control board 100 and the effect control board 120.

As shown in FIG. 15, the pachinko gaming machine PY1 includes an effect control board (sub control board) 120 that controls an effect to be executed as the game progresses, and an image control board 140 that performs image control. A one-chip microcomputer for effect control (hereinafter referred to as “microcomputer for effect control”) 121 that controls the effect of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 according to a program is mounted on the effect control board 120. The effect control microcomputer 121 (effect control means) is stored in an effect ROM 123 that stores a program for controlling the effect as the game progresses, an effect RAM 124 used as a work memory, and an effect ROM 123. It includes an effect CPU 122 for executing the program, and an effect I / O port unit (input / output circuit) 138 for inputting / outputting data and signals. The effect ROM 123 may be externally attached.

The image control board 140 is connected to the effect control board 120, and the sub drive board 162 shown in FIG. 16 is connected to the effect control board 120. The effect control microcomputer 121 of the effect control board 120 causes the image CPU 141 of the image control board 140 to perform display control of the image display device 50 based on the command received from the game control board 100. The effect control microcomputer 121 transmits a control signal via the image input circuit 147 of the image control board 140. Then, the image CPU 141 transmits a control signal to the image display device 50 via the image output circuit 148 of the image control board 140.

The image RAM 143 of the image control board 140 is a memory for expanding image data. The image ROM 142 of the image control board 140 contains still image data and moving image data displayed on the image display device 50, specifically, characters, items, figures, characters, numbers, symbols, etc. (including decorative patterns) and a background. Image data such as images are stored. The image CPU 141 of the image control board 140 reads image data from the image ROM 142 based on a command from the effect control microcomputer 121. Then, display control is executed based on the read image data.

A speaker 620 is connected to the image control board 140. The effect control microcomputer 121 outputs voice, music, sound effects, and the like from the speaker 620 via the voice CPU 149 of the image control board 140 based on the command received from the game control board 100. The voice CPU 149 controls the voice of the speaker 620 via the voice control circuit 150 based on a command from the image CPU 141. Acoustic data such as voice output from the speaker 620 is stored in the effect ROM 123 of the effect control board 120. However, the acoustic data may be stored in the image ROM 142 of the image control board 140.

Although the image control board 140 is made to perform voice control of the speaker 620, a voice control board may be provided separately from the image control board 140, and the voice control board may be made to perform voice control of the speaker 620. In this case, the voice control board may be connected to the effect control board 120, or may be connected to the effect control board 120 via the image control board 140. Further, a CPU may be mounted on a voice control board, and in that case, the CPU may be made to execute voice control. Further, in this case, the ROM may be mounted on the voice control board, or the acoustic data may be stored in the ROM.

Further, the effect button detection sensor (input unit detection sensor) 40a and the select button detection sensor 42a are connected to the effect control board 120. The effect button detection sensor 40a detects that the input unit 40k has been pressed. When the input unit 40k is pressed, a detection signal is output from the effect button detection sensor 40a to the effect control board 120. Further, the select button detection sensor 42a detects that the select button 42k has been pressed. When the select button 42k is pressed, a detection signal is output from the select button detection sensor 42a to the effect control board 120.

As shown in FIGS. 14 and 15, the power supply board 190 (power supply means) supplies power to the game control board 100, the effect control board 120, and the payout control board 170, and via these boards. It supplies the necessary power to other equipment (driving members, etc.). The power supply board 190 is provided with a backup power supply circuit 192. The backup power supply circuit 192 supplies power to the game RAM 104 of the game control board 100 and the effect RAM 124 of the effect control board 120 when the power (power source) is not supplied to the pachinko gaming machine PY1. .. Therefore, the information stored in the game RAM 104 of the game control board 100 and the effect RAM 124 of the effect control board 120 is retained even when the pachinko gaming machine PY1 is turned off. Further, a power switch 191 is connected to the power supply board 190. The power is turned on / off by turning the power switch 191 on and off. The game control board 100 may be provided with a backup power supply circuit for the game RAM 104 of the game control board 100, or the effect control board 120 may be provided with a backup power supply circuit for the effect RAM 124 of the effect control board 120.

Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the pachinko gaming machine PY1 includes a sub drive board 162. The effect control microcomputer 121 described above controls lighting (light emission) of the frame lamp 212, the board lamp 54, and the like via the sub drive board 162 shown in FIG. 16 based on the command received from the game control board 100. The effect control microcomputer 121 creates light emission pattern data (data that determines lighting / extinguishing, emission color, etc., also referred to as lamp data) that determines the light emission mode of the frame lamp 212 and the panel lamp 54, and the frame lamp 212 according to the light emission pattern data. It controls the light emission of the panel lamp 54. The data stored in the effect ROM 123 of the effect control board 120 is used to create the light emission pattern data.

Further, the effect control microcomputer 121 controls the drive of the leg moving motor 610, the neck moving motor 710, and the head moving motor 810 connected to the sub drive board 162 based on the command received from the game control board 100. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 creates motion pattern data (drive data) that determines the motion modes of the leg movable body 600, the neck movable body 700, and the head movable body 800, and the leg moving motor 610 and the neck moving motor according to the motion pattern data. 710, controls the drive of the head movement motor 810. The data stored in the effect ROM 123 of the effect control board 120 is used to create the operation pattern data. The motion pattern data includes leg movable body drive data that determines the motion mode of the leg movable body 600, cervical movable body drive data that determines the motion mode of the cervical movable body 700, and head movable that determines the motion mode of the head movable body 800. There are body drive data, elevating unit drive data that determines the operation mode of the elevating unit 300, upper left unit drive data that determines the operation mode of the upper left unit 500, and upper right unit drive data that determines the operation mode of the upper right unit 550.

Further, the elevating motor 310, the upper left motor 531 and the upper right motor 581 are connected to the sub drive board 162 via the on-frame relay board 180. Based on the command received from the game control board 100, the effect control microcomputer 121 controls the drive of the elevating motor 310, the upper left motor 531 and the upper right motor 581 via the sub drive board 162 and the on-frame relay board 180. conduct. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 creates elevating unit drive data, upper left unit drive data, and upper right unit drive data, and drives the elevating motor 310, upper left motor 531, and upper right motor 581 according to these drive data. Control.

A CPU may be mounted on the sub drive board 162 and the on-frame relay board 180, and in that case, the CPU may execute drive control of each motor and lighting control of each lamp. Further, in this case, the ROM may be mounted on the sub drive board 162 and the on-frame relay board 180, and data related to the light emission pattern and the operation pattern may be stored in the ROM.

In the present embodiment, the effect control board 120 constitutes a sub control unit together with the image control board 140 and the sub drive board 162. The sub control unit includes at least an effect control board 120, and effect means (image display device 50, panel lamp 54, frame lamp 212, speaker 620, frame movable body (elevating unit 300, upper left unit 500, upper right unit 550)). , It suffices if it is possible to control the game production using the board movable body (leg movable body 600, neck movable body 700, head movable body 800). A speaker 620 for outputting the above-mentioned is provided on the lower side on the rear side of the upper decorative unit 200.

14 to 16 are functional block diagrams for explaining the electrical configuration of the pachinko gaming machine PY1, and not only the substrates shown in FIGS. 14 to 16 are provided. Except for the game control board 100, any plurality of boards shown in FIGS. 14 to 16 may be configured as one board, or one board shown in FIGS. 14 to 16 may be configured as a plurality of boards. good.

By the way, in the present embodiment, the elevating motor 310, the upper left motor 531 and the upper right motor 581, the leg moving motor 610, the neck moving motor 710, and the head moving motor 810 are unipolar type motors generally used as production motors. As shown in FIG. 20 (A), it is a bipolar type stepping motor instead of the stepping motor of.

Here, the function of the bipolar type stepping motor will be schematically described with reference to FIG. 17 (A). As shown in FIG. 17A, the bipolar type stepping motor is provided with two sets of coils A and B. The coil A is provided with a φ1 terminal and a φ2 terminal. Further, the coil B is provided with a φ3 terminal and a φ4 terminal. When driving this bipolar type stepping motor, the directions of the currents flowing through the coil A and the coil B are alternately shown as shown in (1) ⇒ (2) ⇒ (3) ⇒ (4) in FIG. 17 (A). It is designed to switch.

That is, first, as shown in (1) of FIG. 17 (A), a current is passed from the φ1 terminal to the φ2 terminal of the coil A. Next, as shown in (2) of FIG. 17 (A), a current is passed from the φ3 terminal to the φ4 terminal of the coil B. Subsequently, as shown in (3) of FIG. 17 (A), a current is passed from the φ2 terminal to the φ1 terminal of the coil A. Finally, as shown in (4) of FIG. 17 (A), a current is passed from the φ4 terminal to the φ3 terminal of the coil B. After that, by repeating the above (1), (2), (3), and (4), the rotation axis is rotated so as to be attracted by the generated magnetic force. In this way, the bipolar type stepping motor is characterized in that the direction of the current flowing through each terminal is switched.

On the other hand, the function of the unipolar type stepping motor, which has been generally used as a production motor, will be schematically described with reference to FIG. 17B. As shown in FIG. 17B, even in a unipolar type stepping motor, two sets of coils A and B are provided. The coil A is provided with a φ1 terminal and a φ2 terminal, and a tap TP is provided in the middle of the coil A. Further, the coil B is provided with a φ3 terminal and a φ4 terminal, and a tap TP is provided in the middle of the coil B. A + power supply (DC) is always connected to the tap TP. When driving this unipolar stepping motor, a current should flow from the tap TP to each terminal in one direction as shown in (1) ⇒ (2) ⇒ (3) ⇒ (4) in FIG. 17 (B). It has become.

That is, first, as shown in (1) of FIG. 17 (B), a current is passed from the tap TP of the coil A to the φ1 terminal. Next, as shown in (2) of FIG. 17 (B), a current is passed from the tap TP of the coil B to the φ3 terminal. Subsequently, as shown in (3) of FIG. 17 (B), a current is passed from the tap TP of the coil A to the φ2 terminal. Finally, as shown in (4) of FIG. 17 (B), a current is passed from the tap TP of the coil B to the φ4 terminal. After that, by repeating the above (1), (2), (3), and (4), the rotation axis is rotated so as to be attracted by the generated magnetic force. In this way, the unipolar type stepping motor is characterized in that the direction of the current flowing through each terminal is always constant.

As described above, in the unipolar type stepping motor shown in FIG. 17B, half of the coils in the coils A and B of each phase during rotation (at any time in (1), (2), (3), and (4)). The current is flowing only in (winding). On the other hand, in the bipolar type stepping motor shown in FIG. 17 (A), although the direction of the current is switched in the coils A and B in each phase during rotation, the current is flowing in the entire coil. .. That is, the coil always functions. Therefore, when a bipolar type stepping motor is used as in the present embodiment, the coil utilization efficiency is higher if the coils have the same number of turns as compared with the case where a unipolar type stepping motor is used as in the conventional case. .. As a result, the motor can be rotated efficiently, and the output torque at low speed rotation can be increased. However, while the bipolar type stepping motor has a higher output torque at low speed rotation, it has the disadvantage that the current consumption (electric power) is larger than that of the unipolar type stepping motor.

4. Electric Circuit of Subdrive Board Next, the electric circuit of the subdrive board 162 will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 and 19. As shown in FIG. 18, the head moving motor driver IC1 that controls the drive of the head moving motor 810 is mounted on the sub drive board 162. A neck movement motor driver (not shown) that controls the drive of the neck movement motor 710 and a leg movement motor driver (not shown) that controls the drive of the leg movement motor 610 are also mounted on the sub drive board 162. However, since the electric circuit around the head moving motor driver IC1, the electric circuit around the neck moving motor driver, and the electric circuit around the leg moving motor driver have the same configurations, the electric circuit around the head moving motor driver IC1 is described below. The configuration of the electric circuit will be described as a representative.

As shown in FIG. 18, the head moving motor driver IC1 has a Vcc terminal, a VREFA terminal, a VREFB terminal, a PHASEA terminal, a PHASEB terminal, an INA1 terminal, an INA2 terminal, an INB1 terminal, an INB2 terminal, a STANDBY terminal, and a 6-bit GND terminal. 2, OUTA + terminal for 2 bits, OUTA- terminal for 2 bits, OUTB + terminal for 2 bits, OUTB- terminal for 2 bits, RSA terminal for 2 bits, RSB terminal for 2 bits, NC for 18 bits It has a (unconnected) terminal and other terminals (OSCM terminal, VM terminal). As the head moving motor driver IC1, a general-purpose driver such as "TB67S101AFTG" manufactured by Texas Instruments can be preferably used.

The Vcc terminal is a terminal to which a 5V power supply is supplied. The VREFA terminal is an A-phase motor output setting terminal for the head moving motor 810. The VREFB terminal is a B-phase motor output setting terminal for the head moving motor 810. Here, the current output from the OUTA + terminal and the OUTA− terminal, which will be described later, is switched by the voltage acting on the VREFA terminal. That is, if the voltage acting on the VREFA terminal is large, the current output from the OUTA + terminal and the OUTA− terminal, which will be described later, can be increased. Similarly, the current output from the OUTB + terminal and the OUTB− terminal, which will be described later, is switched by the voltage acting on the VREFB terminal. That is, if the voltage acting on the VREFB terminal is large, it is possible to increase the current output from the OUTB + terminal and the OUTB− terminal, which will be described later.

The PHASEA terminal is an A-phase polarity setting terminal for the head moving motor 810 (see FIG. 17A). The PHASEB terminal is a B-phase polarity setting terminal for the head moving motor 810. The INA1 terminal and the INA2 terminal are A-phase output control terminals for the head moving motor 810. The INB1 terminal and the INB2 terminal are B-phase output control terminals for the head moving motor 810. The STANDBY terminal is a power saving mode setting terminal. The GND terminal is a terminal for connecting to the ground.

The OUTA + terminal is a current output terminal for the φ1 terminal of the head moving motor 810 (φ1 terminal of the coil A, see FIG. 17A). The OUTA-terminal is a current output terminal for the φ2 terminal (φ2 terminal of the coil A) of the head moving motor 810. The OUTB + terminal is a current output terminal for the φ3 terminal (φ3 terminal of the coil B) of the head moving motor 810. The OUTB− terminal is a current output terminal for the φ4 terminal (φ4 terminal of the coil B) of the head moving motor 810. The RSA terminal is a terminal for detecting the current output to the coil A (A phase consisting of terminals φ1 and φ2) of the head moving motor 810. The RSB terminal is a terminal for detecting the current output to the coil B (B phase consisting of terminals φ3 and φ4) of the head moving motor 810.

By the way, in the head moving motor driver IC1 shown in FIG. 18, a predetermined constant current (current having a constant current value) is applied to the terminals φ1 and φ2 of the coil A of the head moving motor 810 and the terminals φ3 and φ4 of the coil B. It is a constant current drive system that can supply. In the constant current drive method, the current flowing through each coil A and B is constantly monitored so that it becomes a constant current, and when a current exceeding the specified current tries to flow, the voltage is repeatedly turned on and off at high speed to obtain a constant current. It is a method to keep. In contrast to this constant current drive method, there is a constant voltage drive method. The constant voltage drive method is a method in which the voltage acting on each of the coils A and B is maintained at a constant voltage.

Here, when the motor rotates, an induced electromotive force (counter electromotive force) is generated in each of the coils A and B, and a counter electromotive voltage acts on the coils. Therefore, in the case of the constant voltage drive method, the effective voltage (constant voltage by the constant voltage drive method) acting on each of the coils A and B is reduced by the counter electromotive voltage. In particular, as the motor rotates at a higher speed, a large counter electromotive voltage acts on each of the coils A and B, so that it becomes difficult for current to flow. As a result, it is difficult to increase the output torque of the motor in the constant voltage drive method. On the other hand, in the case of the constant current drive method, even if a counter electromotive voltage is generated, the current flowing through each of the coils A and B is controlled to be stable at a constant current. As a result, it is possible to improve the output characteristics at the time of high-speed rotation of the motor as compared with the constant voltage drive method. In the head moving motor driver IC1 and the neck moving motor driver of this embodiment, the constant current supplied to one coil (coil A or coil B) is set to be 400 mA by a constant current drive method.

The OUTA + terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 is connected to the first terminal of the connector CN1 via the control line L1. The first terminal of the connector CN1 is connected to the terminal φ1 (see FIG. 17A) of the coil A of the head moving motor 810 via a harness (not shown). Therefore, the current output from the OUTA + terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 can be passed through the control line L1 to the terminal φ1 of the coil A of the head moving motor 810.

Further, the OUTA- terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 is connected to the second terminal of the connector CN1 via the control line L2. The second terminal of the connector CN1 is connected to the terminal φ2 (see FIG. 17A) of the coil A of the head moving motor 810 via a harness (not shown). Therefore, the current output from the OUTA− terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 can be passed through the control line L2 to the terminal φ2 of the coil A of the head moving motor 810.

Further, the OUTB + terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 is connected to the third terminal of the connector CN1 via the control line L3. The third terminal of the connector CN1 is connected to the terminal φ3 (see FIG. 17A) of the coil B of the head moving motor 810 via a harness (not shown). Therefore, the current output from the OUTB + terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 can be passed through the control line L3 to the terminal φ3 of the coil B of the head moving motor 810.

Further, the OUTB- terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 is connected to the fourth terminal of the connector CN1 via the control line L4. The fourth terminal of the connector CN1 is connected to the terminal φ4 (see FIG. 17A) of the coil B of the head moving motor 810 via a harness (not shown). Therefore, the current output from the OUTB− terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 can be passed through the control line L4 to the terminal φ4 of the coil B of the head moving motor 810.

As shown in FIG. 18, the control line extending from the VREFA terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 and the control line extending from the VREFB line are combined to form one control line L5. The control line L5 is divided into a control line L5a extending from the branch point BT to the upper side in FIG. 21 and a control line L5b extending from the branch point BT to the lower side in FIG. 21. A resistor R1 is connected to the control line L5a, and a resistor R2 is connected to the control line L5b.

Further, as shown in FIG. 18, an avalanche diode ZD1 is provided between the control line L1 and the ground, an avalanche diode ZD2 is provided between the control line L2 and the ground, and an avalanche diode is provided between the control line L3 and the ground. A diode ZD3 is provided, and an avalanche diode ZD4 is provided between the control line L4 and the ground. These avalanche diodes ZD1, ZD2, ZD3, ZD4 protect each control line L1, L2, L3, L4 when an overvoltage (for example, several thousand V) acts on each control line L1, L2, L3, L4. It is something to do.

As shown in FIG. 18, the control lines extending from the two OUTA + terminals of the head movement motor driver IC1 are combined to form one control line L1. Further, the control lines extending from the two OUTA- terminals of the head moving motor driver IC1 are combined to form one control line L2. Further, the control lines extending from the two OUTB + terminals of the head movement motor driver IC1 are combined to form one control line L3. Further, the control lines extending from the two OUTB- terminals of the head moving motor driver IC1 are combined to form one control line L4. This is because the current that can be output from one terminal (one bit) of the head moving motor driver IC1 is limited, so a larger current can be supplied by combining the control lines extending from the two terminals. Because.

The head moving motor driver IC1 performs pulse width modulation (PWM) based on the chopping reference frequency so that a constant current can be supplied. The chopping reference frequency means the speed at which the semiconductor element is switched between ON and OFF, and is appropriately set according to the resistor R6 and the capacitor C8 shown in FIG. Further, the capacitor C9 shown in FIG. 18 is a bypass capacitor (decap) connected between the power supply line and the ground, and stabilizes the control circuit in the head moving motor driver IC1.

Further, as shown in FIG. 19, the input / output IC 2 is mounted on the sub drive board 162. The input / output IC 2 is for inputting / outputting a digital signal. The input / output IC2 has a serial data input / output terminal (SDA terminal), a serial clock input terminal (SCL terminal), a Vcc terminal, a 3-bit address setting terminal (A0 to A2 terminal), and a 5-bit input terminal P11 to 1. It is provided with P15, 11-bit output terminals P00 to P10, and other terminals (GND terminal, INT terminal). As the input / output IC 2, GPIO (General Purpose Input Output) such as "SNB6006PWR" manufactured by Texas Instruments can be preferably used.

The input / output IC 2 and the effect control microcomputer 121 are communicably connected by an I2C (Inter Integrated Circuit) communication method. That is, the SDA terminal of the input / output IC 2 is connected to the data signal line to which the serial port 139 of the effect control microcomputer 121 is connected. Further, the SCL terminal of the input / output IC 2 is connected to the clock signal line to which the serial port 139 of the effect control microcomputer 121 is connected.

When communicating with the input / output IC 2 by the I2C communication method, the effect control microcomputer 121 first transmits the address information of the input / output IC 2 as serial data. Then, when the response signal is received from the input / output IC 2 to which the address matching the address information is assigned, the drive data for driving the head movable body 800 is transmitted as serial data to the input / output IC 2. The input / output IC 2 outputs a control signal from the output terminals P00 to P10 based on the drive data input from the effect control microcomputer 121. Thereby, it is possible to drive the head movement motor 810 so that the head movable body 800 operates in an operation mode based on the drive data.

As shown in FIG. 19, the Vcc terminal is a terminal to which a 5V power supply is supplied. The A0 terminal (address setting terminal) is connected to a 5V power supply, while the A1 terminal and the A2 terminal are connected to the ground. Input terminals P11 to P15 for 5 bits are terminals for inputting a detection signal from the sensor. Of the 11-bit output terminals P00 to P10, the 6-bit output terminals P02 to P07 are the PHASEB terminal, PHASEA terminal, INB2 terminal, INB1 terminal, INA2 terminal, and INA1 terminal of the head movement motor driver IC1 shown in FIG. It is a terminal that outputs a control signal to. Since the functions of the output terminal P00, the output terminal P01, the output terminal P08, the output terminal P09, and the output terminal P10 are irrelevant to the head moving motor driver IC1, the description thereof will be omitted.

Here, in the constant current drive type head moving motor driver IC1, the constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) output from the OUTA + terminal, OUTA− terminal, OUTB + terminal, and OUTB− terminal is the VREFA terminal as shown in FIG. And it depends on the magnitude of the voltage acting on the VREFB terminal. The magnitude of the voltage acting on the VREFA terminal and the VREFB terminal is the combined resistance value of the resistance value of the resistor R1 connected to the control line L5a and the resistance value of the resistor R2 connected to the control line L5b. Dependent.

Further, the magnitude of the output torque of the head moving motor 810 is proportional to the magnitude of the supplied current (current flowing through the control lines L1, L2, L3, L4). Therefore, the magnitude of the constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) is determined by the driver of the constant current drive system so that a desired output torque can be obtained. Then, the resistance value of the resistor R1 and the resistance value of the resistor R2 are set so that the constant current can be supplied. In short, in the constant current drive type driver, the resistance R1 and the resistance R2 are appropriately selected so that the head moving motor 810 can obtain a desired output torque.

Here, when a constant current drive type driver is used as in the present embodiment, there are the following merits. That is, in the head moving motor driver IC1 shown in FIG. 18, as described above, the constant current output from the OUTA + terminal, OUTA− terminal, OUTB + terminal, and OUTB− terminal is the magnitude of the voltage acting on the VREFA terminal and the VREFB terminal. The magnitude of the voltage acting on the VREFA terminal and the VREFB terminal depends on the combined resistance value of the resistors R1 and R2. Therefore, only one type of head moving motor 810 is prepared, and different output torques can be generated from the head moving motor 810 only by changing the resistance R1 and the resistance R2. On the other hand, when a driver other than the constant current drive method is used as in the conventional case, different output torques are generated by changing each motor (bipolar type stepping motor). As described above, by using a constant current drive type driver, there is an advantage that it is easy to deal with (easy to design) when the output torque is to be changed during development.

Further, the constant current drive type driver of the present embodiment (for example, the head moving motor driver IC1) is configured to be able to supply a constant current and to be able to supply a reduced current smaller than the constant current. Specifically, taking the head moving motor driver IC1 shown in FIG. 18 as an example, an "H" level signal is input to the PHASEA terminal, an "H" level signal is input to the PHASEB terminal, and "H" is input to the INA1 terminal. When inputting a level signal, inputting an "H" level signal to the INA2 terminal, inputting an "H" level signal to the INB1 terminal, and inputting an "H" level signal to the INB2 terminal, use it in advance. It is configured to be able to supply a set constant current (400 mA in this embodiment). In other words, the effect control microcomputer 121 performs the “H” level PHASEA control signal, the “H” level PHASEB control signal, the “H” level INA1 control signal, and the “H” level INA1 control signal from the input / output IC 2 shown in FIG. When controlled to output an "H" level INA2 control signal, an "H" level INB1 control signal, and an "H" level INB2 control signal, a constant current as 100% current (400 mA in this embodiment). Can be supplied.

On the other hand, the head moving motor driver IC1 inputs an "H" level signal to the PHASEA terminal, an "H" level signal to the PHASEB terminal, and an "H" level signal to the INA1 terminal. , When inputting an "L" level signal to the INA2 terminal, inputting an "H" level signal to the INB1 terminal, and inputting an "L" level signal to the INB2 terminal, 71% of the above constant current. It is configured to be able to supply a current of the magnitude of (284 mA in this embodiment). In other words, the effect control microcomputer 121 performs the “H” level PHASEA control signal, the “H” level PHASEB control signal, the “H” level INA1 control signal, and the “H” level INA1 control signal from the input / output IC 2 shown in FIG. When controlled to output an "L" level INA2 control signal, an "H" level INB1 control signal, and an "L" level INB2 control signal, the reduced current is 29% (predetermined ratio) smaller than the constant current. Can be supplied.

Further, the head moving motor driver IC1 inputs an "H" level signal to the PHASEA terminal, inputs an "H" level signal to the PHASEB terminal, inputs an "L" level signal to the INA1 terminal, and inputs an "L" level signal to the INA2 terminal. When an "H" level signal is input to the INB1 terminal, an "L" level signal is input to the INB1 terminal, and an "H" level signal is input to the INB2 terminal, the magnitude is 38% of the above-mentioned constant current. (152 mA in this embodiment) can be supplied. In other words, the effect control microcomputer 121 performs the “H” level PHASEA control signal, the “H” level PHASEB control signal, the “L” level INA1 control signal, and the “L” level INA1 control signal from the input / output IC 2 shown in FIG. When controlled to output an "H" level INA2 control signal, an "L" level INB1 control signal, and an "H" level INB2 control signal, the reduced current is 62% (predetermined ratio) smaller than the constant current. Can be supplied.

The head moving motor driver IC1 inputs an "L" level signal to the INA1 terminal and an "L" level signal to the INA2 terminal regardless of the level of the signal input to the PHASEA terminal or the PHASEB terminal. When an "L" level signal is input to the INB1 terminal and an "L" level signal is input to the INB2 terminal, no current is supplied.

Next, a case where the movable body of the present embodiment is held stationary will be described. In the following, the holding of the stop of the cervical movable body 700 and the holding of the stop of the head movable body 800 will be described as a representative. As shown in FIG. 10, the cervical movable body 700 is supported by the holder 6 when it is in the retracted position, and its posture is relatively stable. Therefore, the neck movable body 700 in the retracted position is not strictly required to hold the stop. Therefore, when the cervical movable body 700 is in the retracted position, the cervical movement motor driver (not shown) suppresses the current consumption by not supplying the current to the cervical movement motor 710.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, the cervical movable body 700 is in an inclined state in which the tip side extends diagonally upward toward the left when it is in the appearance position, and its posture becomes unstable. ing. Therefore, the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position is required to hold the stop. Therefore, the cervical movable body moving motor driver supplies a current to the cervical moving motor 710 to cause the cervical moving motor 710 to stop and excite. That is, the neck moving motor 710 generates a magnetic field (stop excitation) for holding the stop of the neck movable body 700 at the appearance position based on the supplied current. As a result, the cervical movable body 700 can maintain the stopped state at the appearance position. The cervical movement motor 710 is adapted to apply a stop holding force to the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position by two-phase excitation (two-phase excitation state) (see FIG. 25 (A)).

Here, the magnitude of the current supplied by the cervical movement motor driver to the cervical movement motor 710 when holding the stop of the cervical movable body 700 becomes a problem. If the current supplied by the cervical movement motor driver to the cervical movement motor 710 is large, it is possible to increase the stop holding force for holding the stop of the cervical movable body 700, but the current consumption may be larger than necessary. be. Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position is stopped, the cervical movement motor driver is 38% of the predetermined constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) with respect to the cervical movement motor 710. A large amount of current (152 mA in this embodiment) is supplied to the coils (coils A and B). Since current is supplied to each of the two coils A and B in the two-phase excitation, a total current of 304 mA is supplied to the neck moving motor 710 when the stop excitation by the two-phase excitation is generated. Become.

Next, a case where the head movable body 800 is held stationary will be described. As shown in FIG. 10, the head movable body 800 is supported by the holder 6 when it is in the initial position, and its posture is relatively stable. Therefore, the head movable body 800 in the initial position is not strictly required to hold the stop. Therefore, when the head movable body 800 is in the initial position, the head moving motor driver IC1 suppresses the current consumption by not supplying the current to the head moving motor 810.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 12, the head movable body 800 is in an inclined state in which the tip side 802 extends diagonally upward toward the left when it is in a high position, and its posture is unstable. It has become. Therefore, the head movable body 800 at a high position is required to hold the stop. Therefore, the head movable body moving motor driver IC supplies a current to the head moving motor 810 to cause the head moving motor 810 to stop and excite. That is, the head moving motor 810 generates a magnetic field (stop excitation) for holding the stop of the head movable body 800 at a high position based on the supplied current. As a result, the head movable body 800 can be kept in a stopped state at a high position. The head moving motor 810 applies a stop holding force to the head movable body 800 at a high position by two-phase excitation (two-phase excitation state) (see FIG. 25 (B)).

Here, the magnitude of the current supplied by the head moving motor driver IC1 to the head moving motor 810 when holding the head movable body 800 stopped becomes a problem. The current supplied by the head moving motor driver IC1 for stop excitation to the head moving motor 810 is set in advance in the same manner as the current supplied by the neck moving motor driver for stop excitation to the neck moving motor 710. It is conceivable to make the current (152 mA in this embodiment) 38% of the constant current (400 mA in this embodiment).

However, since the head movable body 800 is smaller and lighter than the neck movable body 700 (see FIG. 12), the head movable body 800 at a high position has a larger stop holding force than the neck movable body 700 at the appearance position. Is not necessary. Therefore, the current supplied by the head moving motor driver IC1 for stop excitation to the head moving motor 810 is 38% of the preset constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) (152 mA in this embodiment). ) Is desired to be even smaller. This is because the current consumption of the head moving motor 810 can be further suppressed and the burden on the power supply board 190 can be reduced. However, as long as the head moving motor driver IC1 is a constant current drive type driver, there is a problem that a current smaller than 38% of a constant current cannot be supplied as a function of the driver itself.

Therefore, in order to deal with the above-mentioned problems, as shown in FIG. 18, a current reduction external circuit 163 (current reduction means) is provided around the head moving motor driver IC1. The current reduction external circuit 163 enables the head moving motor driver IC1 to supply a current (ultra-reduced current) even smaller than a current having a magnitude of 38% of a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment).

As shown in FIG. 18, the current reduction external circuit 163 mainly consists of an NPN type transistor TR3, a control line L6 connected to the collector of the transistor TR1, and a control line L7 connected to the base of the transistor TR1. And an inverter element INV1 connected to the control line L7. A resistor R5 is connected to the control line L6. The upper portion of the control line L6 shown in FIG. 18 is connected to the control line L5a, and the lower portion of the control line L6 shown in FIG. 18 is connected to the ground.

The control line L7 is a control line branched from the control line L8 connecting the output terminal P07 of the input / output IC 12 (see FIG. 19) and the INA1 terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1. When an "L" level control signal is output as an INA1 control signal from the output terminal P07 of the input / output IC 2, the control signal is converted to an "H" level by the inverter element INV1. On the other hand, when an "H" level control signal is output as an INA1 control signal from the output terminal P07 of the input / output IC 2, the control signal is converted to an "L" level by the inverter element INV1. The control signal thus converted is input to the base of the transistor TR1.

Here, a case where a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) is controlled to be supplied as a function of the head moving motor driver IC1 will be described. In this case, as described above, the effect control microcomputer 121 receives the “H” level PHASEA control signal, the “H” level PHASEB control signal, and the “H” level INA1 control signal from the input / output IC2. , The "H" level INA2 control signal, the "H" level INB1 control signal, and the "H" level INB2 control signal are controlled to be output. At this time, in the control line L7, the "H" level INA1 control signal is converted to the "L" level by the inverter element INV2. Therefore, no voltage is applied between the base and the emitter of the transistor TR1. Therefore, in the transistor TR1, no current flows from the collector to the emitter, and the resistor R5 connected to the control line L6 does not function.

Therefore, in this case, the magnitude of the voltage acting on the VREFA terminal and the VREFB terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 depends only on the resistance value of the resistor R1 and the resistance value of the resistor R2. As a result, the current output from the OUTA + terminal, the OUTA− terminal, the OUTB + terminal, and the OUTB− terminal becomes a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) due to the combined resistance value of the resistor R1 and the resistor R2. In this way, by supplying a constant current to the head moving motor 810, the head moving motor 810 can rotate the head movable body 800.

On the other hand, as a function of the head moving motor driver IC1, a case where control is performed so as to supply a current having a magnitude of 38% of a constant current will be described. In this case, as described above, the effect control microcomputer 121 receives the “H” level PHASEA control signal, the “H” level PHASEB control signal, and the “L” level INA1 control signal from the input / output IC2. , The "H" level INA2 control signal, the "L" level INB1 control signal, and the "H" level INB2 control signal are controlled to be output. At this time, on the control line L7, the "L" level INA1 control signal is converted to the "H" level by the inverter element INV1. Therefore, a voltage is applied between the base and the emitter of the transistor TR1. Therefore, in the transistor TR1, a current flows from the collector to the emitter, and the resistor R5 connected to the control line L6 functions.

Therefore, in this case, the magnitude of the voltage acting on the VREFA terminal and the VREFB terminal of the head moving motor driver IC1 depends not only on the resistance value of the resistor R1 and the resistance value of the resistor R2 but also on the resistance value of the resistor R5. do. As a result, the current output from the OUTA + terminal, OUTA- terminal, OUTB + terminal, and OUTB- terminal is 38% of the constant current due to the combined resistance value of the resistor R1, the resistor R2, and the resistor R5 (this). In the form, it is even smaller than 152 mA). Specifically, a current having a magnitude of 3.75% of the constant current (15 mA in this embodiment, a low current) is supplied to the head moving motor 810 (see FIG. 23 (B)).

In this way, in this embodiment, when the effect control microcomputer 121 is controlled to supply a current having a magnitude of 38% of the constant current from the head moving motor driver IC 1, the resistor R5 automatically functions. This makes it possible for the head-moving motor driver IC1 to supply an ultra-low current (15 mA in this embodiment) that is even smaller than the magnitude of 38% of the constant current. Therefore, the head moving motor 810 can apply a stop holding force to the head movable body 800 by generating a stop excitation based on this ultra-low current. As a result, it is possible to further suppress the current consumption as compared with the case where the stop excitation is generated based on a current having a magnitude of 38% of the constant current (152 mA in this embodiment). When a stop holding force by two-phase excitation is applied to the head movable body 800 at a high position, an ultra-low current (15 mA in this embodiment) is supplied to the coils A and B of the head moving motor 810. Therefore, in this case, a total current of 30 mA is supplied to the head moving motor 810.

In this embodiment, when the head movable body 800 is in the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B), the stop holding force is not applied to the head movable body 800. That is, the head moving motor 810 does not generate stop excitation. The head movable body 800 continuously moves from the high position shown in FIG. 13 (A) to the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B) to the high position shown in FIG. 13 (C) when the roaring drive effect described later is executed. This is because it does not continue to stop for a predetermined time at the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B).

5. Horse-driven effect Next, the horse-driven effect, which is a feature of this embodiment, will be described. The horse-driven effect is an effect of moving the leg movable body 600, the neck movable body 700, and the head movable body 800, and is performed in association with the execution of an effect having a high expectation of winning, such as SP reach. Therefore, it is possible to give the player an uplifting feeling due to the high expectation of winning by letting the player understand the horse driving effect. The movements of the leg movable body 600, the neck movable body 700, and the head movable body 800 in the horse driving effect will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 20, when the horse driving effect is started, the leg movable body 600 is in the standby position shown in FIG. 10, the neck movable body 700 is in the retracted position shown in FIG. 10, and the head movable body 800 is shown in FIG. It is in the initial position shown in 10. Then, as the leg moving motor 610 is rotationally driven in the positive direction, the leg movable body 600 moves (rotates) from the standby position shown in FIG. 10 to the operating position shown in FIG. Further, as the cervical movement motor 710 is rotationally driven in the positive direction, the cervical movable body 700 moves (rotates) from the storage position shown in FIG. 10 to the appearance position shown in FIG. Further, as the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in the positive direction, the head movable body 800 moves (rotates) from the initial position shown in FIG. 10 to the high position shown in FIG. When the leg movable body 600 moves from the standby position to the operating position, the cervical movable body 700 moves from the retracted position to the appearance position, and the head movable body 800 moves from the initial position to the high position, these are seen from the player's point of view. The leg movable body 600, the neck movable body 700, and the head movable body 800 appear to appear. Therefore, as described above, the effect of the leg movable body 600, the neck movable body 700, and the head movable body 800 can be referred to as an appearance effect (movement effect).

After that, when the leg movable body 600 moves to the operating position shown in FIG. 12, the leg moving motor 610 stops the rotational drive, and the leg movable body 600 continues to stop at the operating position for a predetermined time. Further, when the cervical movable body 700 moves to the appearance position shown in FIG. 12, the cervical movement motor 710 stops the rotational drive, and the cervical movable body 700 continues to stop at the appearance position for a predetermined time. Here, the rotation angle (about 135 degrees) in which the head movable body 800 rotates from the initial position shown in FIG. 10 to the high position shown in FIG. 12 is the operation shown in FIG. 12 from the standby position shown in FIG. 10 by the leg movable body 600. It is smaller than the rotation angle (about 75 degrees) that rotates to the position and the rotation angle (about 75 degrees) that the cervical movable body 700 rotates from the storage position shown in FIG. 10 to the appearance position shown in FIG. Therefore, the head movable body 800 reaches a high position after the leg movable body 600 reaches the operating position and after the neck movable body 700 reaches the appearance position.

In the present embodiment, when the head movable body 800 moves to the appearance position shown in FIG. 12, the leg moving motor 610 starts rotational driving in the opposite direction, and the head movable body 800 starts to rotate in the opposite direction, and the head movable body 800 has the height shown in FIG. 13 (A). It moves (rotates) from the position toward the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B). That is, after the head movable body 800 moves to the appearance position, the leg movable body 600 is stopped at the operating position, and the neck movable body 700 is stopped at the appearance position, but the leg movable body 700 rotates downward. do. Then, when the head movable body 800 moves to the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B), the head moving motor 810 immediately starts rotational driving in the positive direction, and the head movable body 800 starts to rotate in the positive direction. It moves (rotates) from the low position shown in FIG. 13 to the high position shown in FIG. 13 (C). After that, the head movable body 800 moves to the high position shown in FIG. 13 (C).

Thus, in this embodiment, with the leg movable body 600 stopped at the appearance position shown in FIG. 12, the head movable body 800 is as shown in FIG. 13 (A) ⇒ FIG. 13 (B) ⇒ FIG. 13 (C). It is characterized by reciprocating movement in the vertical direction (reciprocating rotation on the tip side). The vertical reciprocating movement of the head movable body 800 can give the impression that the horse is roaring. In the following, the effect of moving the head movable body 800 from the high position shown in FIG. 13 (A) to the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B) to the low position shown in FIG. Production, specific production) ”. In this roaring drive effect, the case where the head movable body 800 reciprocates once in the vertical direction will be described, but the head movable body 800 may reciprocate three times in the vertical direction as described later.

After the roaring drive effect, the leg moving motor 610 is rotationally driven in the reverse direction, the neck moving motor 710 is rotationally driven in the opposite direction, and the head moving motor 810 is reversely driven with the end of the running effect such as SP reach. It is driven to rotate in the direction. As a result, the leg movable body 600 moves (rotates) from the operating position shown in FIG. 12 to the standby position shown in FIG. Further, the cervical movable body 700 moves (rotates) from the appearance position shown in FIG. 12 toward the storage position shown in FIG. Further, the head movable body 800 moves (rotates) from the high position shown in FIG. 12 to the low position shown in FIG. In this way, the horse drive production is completed.

In this embodiment, the rotation drive of the leg movement motor 610, the rotation drive of the neck movement motor 710, and the rotation drive of the head movement motor 810 are performed by managing the number of steps by the effect control microcomputer 121. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 can grasp the positions of the leg movable body 600, the neck movable body 700, and the head movable body 800 by the number of pulses (number of steps) supplied to each motor. However, the effect control microcomputer 121 utilizes the number of pulses (number of steps) supplied to each motor and the detection of a position sensor such as a photo sensor to obtain a leg movable body 600, a neck movable body 700, and a head movable body. You may try to grasp the position of 800.

6. Control of excitation method Next, control of the excitation method, which is a feature of this embodiment, will be described. In this embodiment, two-phase excitation is basically used as the excitation method (excitation mode) of various motors. Therefore, two-phase excitation will be described with reference to FIGS. 21 and 22.

As shown in FIG. 21, two-phase excitation is a method of simultaneously exciting two phases at the same time while shifting by one pulse to the next phase (terminal φ1 ⇒ terminal φ3 ⇒ terminal φ2 ⇒ terminal φ4) to which a pulse is applied. be. The terminal φ1 and the terminal φ2 form one phase (a phase consisting of A phase and A / phase), and the terminal φ3 and the terminal φ4 form one phase (a phase consisting of B phase and B / phase). To.

That is, at the time point (A) in FIG. 21, a pulse is applied (energized) to the terminal φ1 (A phase) and a pulse is applied to the terminal φ4 (B / phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 22 (A), the magnetic poles of the terminal φ1 (A phase) and the terminal φ4 (B / phase) become N poles, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotor shaft, rotor) of the motor becomes the N pole. It is attracted to terminals φ1 and φ4. Subsequently, at the time of FIG. 21 (B), a pulse is applied to the terminal φ3 (B phase) and a pulse is applied to the terminal φ1 (A phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 22 (B), the magnetic poles of the terminal φ3 (B phase) and the terminal φ1 (A phase) become N poles, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor becomes the terminals φ3 and φ1. Attracted to. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 22 (A) ⇒ (B), the rotor of the motor rotates 90 degrees as shown in FIG. 22 (A) ⇒ (B).

Subsequently, at the time point of FIG. 21C, a pulse is applied to the terminal φ2 (A / phase) and a pulse is applied to the terminal φ3 (B phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 22 (C), the magnetic poles of the terminal φ2 (A / phase) and the terminal φ3 (B phase) become N poles, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor becomes terminals φ2, 2. It is attracted to φ3. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 21 (B) ⇒ (C), the rotor of the motor rotates 90 degrees as shown in FIG. 22 (B) ⇒ (C).

Subsequently, at the time point of FIG. 21 (D), a pulse is applied to the terminal φ4 (B / phase) and a pulse is applied to the terminal φ2 (A / phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 22 (D), the magnetic poles of the terminal φ4 (B / phase) and the terminal φ2 (A / phase) become N poles, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor becomes the terminal φ4. , Attracted to φ2. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 21 (C) ⇒ (D), the rotor of the motor rotates 90 degrees as shown in FIG. 22 (C) ⇒ (D). After that, similarly, by shifting the pulse as shown in FIG. 21 (A) ⇒ (B) ⇒ (C) ⇒ (D), FIG. 22 (A) ⇒ (B) ⇒ (C) ⇒ (D) As shown in, the rotor of the motor rotates by 90 degrees.

Next, as a comparison target of two-phase excitation, 1-2 phase excitation will be described with reference to FIGS. 23 and 24. As shown in FIG. 23, the 1-2 phase excitation is performed by alternately shifting 1 pulse and 2 pulses with respect to the next phase (terminal φ1 ⇒ terminal φ3 ⇒ terminal φ2 ⇒ terminal φ4) to which a pulse is applied. This is a method of alternately creating a state in which only one phase is excited and a state in which two phases are simultaneously excited.

That is, at the time point (A) in FIG. 23, a pulse is applied (energized) to the terminal φ1 (A phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (A), the magnetic pole of the terminal φ1 (A phase) becomes the N pole, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor is attracted only to the terminal φ1. Subsequently, at the time of FIG. 23 (B), a pulse is applied to the terminal φ3 (B phase) and a pulse is applied to the terminal φ1 (A phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (B), the magnetic poles of the terminal φ3 (B phase) and the terminal φ1 (A phase) become N poles, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor becomes the terminals φ3 and φ1. Attracted to. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 23 (A) ⇒ (B), the rotor of the motor rotates 45 degrees as shown in FIG. 24 (A) ⇒ (B).

Subsequently, at the time of FIG. 23 (C), a pulse is applied to the terminal φ3 (B phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (C), the magnetic pole of the terminal φ3 (B phase) becomes the N pole, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor is attracted only to the terminal φ3. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 23 (B) ⇒ (C), the rotor of the motor rotates 45 degrees as shown in FIG. 24 (B) ⇒ (C). Subsequently, at the time of FIG. 23 (D), a pulse is applied to the terminal φ2 (A / phase) and a pulse is applied to the terminal φ3 (B phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (D), the magnetic poles of the terminal φ2 (A / phase) and the terminal φ3 (B phase) become N poles, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor becomes terminals φ2, 2. It is attracted to φ3. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 23 (C) ⇒ (D), the rotor of the motor rotates 45 degrees as shown in FIG. 24 (C) ⇒ (D).

Subsequently, at the time of FIG. 23 (E), a pulse is applied to the terminal φ2 (A / phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (E), the magnetic pole of the terminal φ2 (A / phase) becomes the N pole, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor is attracted only to the terminal φ2. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 23 (D) ⇒ (E), the rotor of the motor rotates 45 degrees as shown in FIG. 24 (D) ⇒ (E). Subsequently, at the time of FIG. 23 (F), a pulse is applied to the terminal φ4 (B / phase) and a pulse is applied to the terminal φ2 (A / phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (F), the magnetic poles of the terminal φ4 (B / phase) and the terminal φ2 (A / phase) become N poles, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor becomes the terminal φ4. , Attracted to φ2. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 23 (E) ⇒ (F), the rotor of the motor rotates 45 degrees as shown in FIG. 24 (E) ⇒ (F).

Subsequently, at the time of FIG. 23 (G), a pulse is applied to the terminal φ4 (B / phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (G), the magnetic pole of the terminal φ4 (B / phase) becomes the N pole, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor is attracted only to the terminal φ4. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 23 (F) ⇒ (G), the rotor of the motor rotates 45 degrees as shown in FIG. 24 (F) ⇒ (G). Subsequently, at the time of FIG. 23 (H), a pulse is applied (energized) to the terminal φ1 (A phase) and a pulse is applied to the terminal φ4 (B / phase). As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (H), the magnetic poles of the terminal φ1 (A phase) and the terminal φ4 (B / phase) become N poles, and the S pole side of the rotor (rotating shaft) of the motor becomes the terminals φ1 and 1. It is attracted to φ4. In this way, when the pulse is shifted as shown in FIG. 23 (G) ⇒ (H), the rotor of the motor rotates 45 degrees as shown in FIG. 24 (G) ⇒ (H). After that, similarly, by shifting the pulse as shown in FIG. 23 (A) ⇒ (B) ⇒ (C) ⇒ (D) ⇒ (E) ⇒ (F) ⇒ (G) ⇒ (H), the figure is shown. As shown in 24 (A) ⇒ (B) ⇒ (C) ⇒ (D) ⇒ (E) ⇒ (F) ⇒ (G) ⇒ (H), the rotor of the motor rotates by 45 degrees.

Comparing the two-phase excitation and the 1-2-phase excitation as described above, in the two-phase excitation, as shown in FIG. 22, both poles of the rotor of the motor rotate while being always attracted to the two terminals (phases). On the other hand, in 1-2 phase excitation, as shown in FIG. 24, both poles of the rotor of the motor rotate while switching between the state of being attracted to one terminal and the state of being attracted to two terminals. do. Therefore, in the two-phase excitation, the force for rotating (pulling) the rotor of the motor becomes stronger than in the one-phase excitation, and it is possible to generate a large output (high torque). However, in the two-phase excitation, the current for exciting the two terminals (phases) is always flowing, so that the current consumption is larger than that in the 1-2 phase excitation.

Further, in 1-2 phase excitation, as shown in FIG. 24, each time one pulse is applied, the rotation is 45 degrees. That is, the step angle is 45 degrees. On the other hand, in the two-phase excitation, as shown in FIG. 22, each time one pulse is applied, the rotation is 90 degrees. Therefore, in the 1-2 phase excitation, the rotor of the motor can be rotated at half the step angle of the 2 phase excitation, so that the vibration can be reduced. That is, it is possible to move the movable body smoothly while reducing the vibration acting on the movable body. However, in 1-2 phase excitation, the step angle is half that of 2-phase excitation (to rotate the rotor by 45 degrees), so it is necessary to transmit twice the pulse (control signal) of 2-phase excitation. That is, finer control is required than two-phase excitation, and the control process becomes complicated (the burden of creating a control program is large).

In this way, in this embodiment, high output (high torque) is generated by the excitation method of various motors (elevating motor 310, upper left motor 531; upper right motor 581, leg moving motor 610, neck moving motor 710, head moving motor 810). It is decided to use two-phase excitation which is advantageous for causing the motor. The various movable bodies (elevating unit 300, upper left unit 500, upper right unit 550, leg movable body 600, neck movable body 700, head movable body 800) of this embodiment are basically large, and these large movable bodies are due to high output. This is to move the body quickly.

By the way, in the case of executing the horse drive effect, if the head moving motor 810 is subjected to two-phase excitation, there are the following problems. That is, in the roaring drive effect among the horse drive effects, the head movable body 800 reciprocates (rotates) in the vertical direction while the neck movable body 700 is stopped at the appearance position. At this time, if the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is two-phase excitation, the head movable body 800 reciprocates with high torque, and the head movable body 800 causes not a little vibration (impact). In particular, at the timing when the head movable body 800 finishes descending to the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B), the weight of the head movable body 800 further promotes the vibration. In that case, vibration (impact) is transmitted to the cervical movable body 700 to which the head movable body 800 is assembled, and there is a possibility that the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position may descend toward the retracted position. there were. That is, the cervical movable body 700 may unintentionally descend, and the appearance of the horse-driven effect may be impaired. Further, the vibration (impact) acting on the movable head body 800 is transmitted to the rotating shaft 801 rotatably assembled with the movable head body 800. In this case, vibration (impact) repeatedly acts on the rotating shaft 801 with the passage of time, which may lead to the rotating shaft 801 coming off.

Here, for the problem that the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position may descend, a method of increasing the stop holding force applied to the cervical movable body 700 can be considered. However, in the case of this method, it is necessary to increase the current (current for stop excitation) supplied to the neck moving motor 710, which is not preferable in that the current consumption increases. That is, many motors (elevating motor 310, upper left motor 531, upper right motor 581, leg moving motor 610, neck moving motor 710, head moving motor 810) are mounted like this pachinko gaming machine PY1. When many light emitting means (frame lamp 212 and panel lamp 54) are provided, there is a problem that the current consumption should be suppressed as much as possible in order to reduce the burden on the power supply board 190. In fact, in the pachinko gaming machine PY1, if all the driving objects driven by the electric power supplied by the power supply board 190 are simultaneously driven, the current consumption is about twice the current that can be supplied by the power supply board 190. .. Therefore, in order to be able to drive as many driving objects as possible at the same time, there is a fact that it is desired to suppress the current consumption as much as possible for the parts that are not so much involved in the production. Based on the above, the method of increasing the stop holding force applied to the cervical movable body 700 is not preferable.

Therefore, in this embodiment, in order to deal with the above-mentioned problems, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation when the roaring drive effect is executed. This makes it possible to smooth the reciprocating movement (rotation) of the head movable body 800 in the vertical direction. That is, it is possible to make the movement of the head movable body 800 smoother than in the case where the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is two-phase excitation. As a result, it is possible to reduce the vibration (impact) acting on the neck movable body at the appearance position from the head movable body 800 in the roaring drive effect. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position from descending toward the retracted position without increasing the stop holding force applied to the cervical movable body 700.

In particular, in this embodiment, by setting the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 to 1-2 phase excitation, the head movable body 800 finishes descending to the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B). The vibration (impact) transmitted from the to the rotating shaft 801 is reduced. In other words, the rotating shaft 801 that rotatably supports the head movable body 800 is prevented from repeatedly acting with a large vibration. As a result, it is possible to prevent the problem that the rotating shaft 801 comes off with the passage of time (deterioration over time).

The need to suppress the vibration of the moving head movable body 800 is also based on the following circumstances. That is, in recent pachinko gaming machines, the structure of a unit including a movable body has become complicated. Therefore, among the mass-produced units, there are not a few units in which the assembly error of the movable body becomes large. In the pachinko gaming machine PY1, as shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, the lower movable body unit 5 has a leg movable body 600, a neck movable body 700, and a head movable body 800 in a narrow space. Three movable bodies are arranged so as to overlap each other in the front and back. Therefore, if the distance between the movable bodies is short and the assembly error of the movable bodies is large, the problem due to the vibration of the head movable body 800 becomes more remarkable. Therefore, in this embodiment, even if the structure of the lower movable body unit 5 is complicated, by using 1-2 phase excitation as the excitation method of the head moving motor 810, problems due to vibration of the head movable body 800 do not occur as much as possible. I am doing it.

Here, in the horse drive effect, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is two-phase excitation during the period from the initial position shown in FIG. 10 to the high position shown in FIG. Further, even while the head movable body 800 moves (returns) from the high position shown in FIG. 12 to the initial position shown in FIG. 10, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to two-phase excitation. In short, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is 1-2 phase excitation only for the roaring drive effect. This causes a problem that the neck movable body 700 at the appearance position descends toward the retracted position during the movement of the head movable body 800 to the high position or the movement of the head movable body 800 to the initial position. This is because it is not obtained. Therefore, in these cases, in order to generate a high output (high torque) in the head moving motor 810 and quickly move the head movable body 800, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to two-phase excitation.

By the way, conventionally, in the field of pachinko gaming machines, 1-2 phase excitation has not been widely used as a motor excitation method. This is because the movable body in the conventional pachinko gaming machine is not so required to have a smooth operation (smooth rotation) as compared with other precision machines (for example, a printer and a robot). The step angle is 45 degrees (see FIG. 24) in the 1-2 phase excitation, whereas the step angle is 90 degrees (see FIG. 22) in the two phase excitation. Therefore, 1-2 phase excitation requires twice as much control processing (data amount) as 2 phase excitation, and 1-2 phase excitation is not often used from the viewpoint that the burden of creating control processing (change burden) is large. rice field. Therefore, in this embodiment, in view of the fact that the structure of the movable body has become complicated in recent years, it is necessary to partially use 1-2 phase excitation without increasing the creation burden (change burden) of the control process. There is a technical idea of suppressing the vibration of the head movable body 800 only in such a situation (a snarling drive effect).

Next, a control method of the neck movable body 700 (neck movement motor 710) and a control method of the head movable body 800 (head movement motor 810) will be described with reference to FIG. 25. First, the control method of the cervical movable body 700 will be described with reference to FIG. 25 (A). As shown in FIG. 25 (A), when the cervical movable body 700 is in the retracted position, no stop holding force is applied to the cervical movable body 700. That is, the cervical movable body 700 is not stopped and excited. Therefore, at this time, no current is supplied to the neck moving motor 710, and it is possible to eliminate the current consumption.

Then, when the cervical movable body 700 moves from the retracted position to the appearance position with the start of the horse drive effect, the speed (pulse rate) of the cervical movement motor 710 is set to 333 pps as shown in FIG. 25 (A). .. At this time, the excitation method of the neck moving motor 710 is set to two-phase excitation. Further, at this time, the cervical movement motor driver (not shown) controls the cervical movement motor 710 to supply a preset constant current (400 mA in this embodiment). As a result, it is possible to quickly move the cervical movable body 700 with high output while moving to the appearance position of the cervical movable body 700.

Subsequently, when the cervical movable body 700 is in the appearance position, as shown in FIG. 25 (A), the cervical moving motor 710 is subjected to two-phase excitation (two-phase excitation state) in order to apply a stop holding force to the cervical movable body 700. ) To generate stop excitation. At this time, the cervical movement motor driver controls to supply a current (152 mA in this embodiment) having a magnitude of 38% of the constant current (400 mA in this embodiment). As a result, it is possible to suppress the current consumption based on the stop excitation as compared with the case where a constant current or a current having a magnitude of 71% of the constant current is supplied.

After that, when the cervical movable body 700 moves from the appearance position to the retracted position with the end of the horse drive effect, the speed of the cervical movement motor 710 is set to 333 pps as shown in FIG. 25 (A). At this time, the excitation method of the neck moving motor 710 is set to two-phase excitation. Further, at this time, the cervical movement motor driver is controlled to supply a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) to the cervical movement motor 710. As a result, the cervical movable body 700 can be quickly moved with high output while the cervical movable body 700 is being moved to the retracted position.

Next, the control method of the head movable body 800 will be described with reference to FIG. 25 (B). As shown in FIG. 25B, when the head movable body 800 is in the initial position, no stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800. That is, the head movable body 800 is not stopped and excited. Therefore, at this time, no current is supplied to the head moving motor 810, and it is possible to eliminate the current consumption.

Then, when the head movable body 800 moves from the initial position to the high position with the start of the horse drive effect, the speed (pulse rate) of the head moving motor 810 is set to 333 pps as shown in FIG. 25 (B). .. At this time, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to two-phase excitation. Further, at this time, the head moving motor driver IC1 (see FIG. 18) is controlled to supply a predetermined constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) to the head moving motor 810. As a result, the head movable body 800 can be quickly moved with high output while the head movable body 800 is being moved to a high position.

Subsequently, as soon as the head movable body 800 moves to the high position, the head movable body 800 moves from the high position to the low position to the high position as shown in FIG. 25 (B) (FIG. 13 (A) (FIG. 13 (A)). B) See (C)). That is, a roaring drive effect is executed in which the head movable body 800 reciprocates (rotates) in the vertical direction. At this time, the speed of the head moving motor 810 is set to 250 pps. In this way, in the roaring drive effect, the speed of the head moving motor 810 is suppressed as compared with the case where the head movable body 800 is moving to a high position. Thereby, it is possible to further suppress the vibration generated in the head movable body 800.

At this time, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation. As a result, as described above, the head movable body 800 can be moved smoothly (smoothly), and the vibration acting from the head movable body 800 to the neck movable body 700 can be reduced. As a result, it is possible to prevent the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position from descending toward the storage position. Further, at this time, the head moving motor driver IC1 is controlled to supply a current (284 mA in this embodiment) of 71% of the constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) to the head moving motor 810. In this way, in the roaring drive effect, the output (torque) generated by the head moving motor 810 is suppressed as compared with the case where the head moving body 800 is moving to a high position. Thereby, it is possible to further suppress the vibration generated in the head movable body 800.

Subsequently, when the head movable body 800 returns to the high position and the roaring drive effect is completed, the head movable body 800 at the high position is given a stop holding force. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 25 (B), the head moving motor 810 generates stop excitation by two-phase excitation (two-phase excitation state). At this time, as described above, the head moving motor driver IC is controlled to supply a current (ultra-reduced current, 15 mA in this embodiment) having a magnitude of 3.75% of the constant current (400 mA in this embodiment). .. Since it is in a two-phase excited state, a current of 15 mA is supplied to each of the two coils A and B, resulting in a total current consumption of 30 mA. In this way, it is possible to further suppress the current consumption based on the stop excitation as compared with the case of supplying a current having a magnitude of 38% of the constant current.

After that, when the head movable body 800 moves from the high position to the initial position with the end of the horse driving effect, the speed of the head moving motor 810 is set to 333 pps as shown in FIG. 25 (B). At this time, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to two-phase excitation. Further, at this time, the head moving motor driver IC1 is controlled to supply a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) to the head moving motor 810. As a result, the neck movable body 700 can be quickly moved with high output while the head movable body 800 is being moved to the initial position.

In the above, the control method of the head movable body 800 has been described based on FIG. 25 (B), but this is a control method in the case of executing a normal roaring drive effect. The normal roaring drive effect is an effect in which the head movable body 800 moves from a high position to a low position to a high position, and is an effect when the reciprocating movement (rotation) in the vertical direction is once. Therefore, in the following, a control method of the head movable body 800 when executing a special roaring drive effect will be described. The special roaring drive effect is an effect in which the head movable body 800 moves from high position ⇒ low position ⇒ high position ⇒ low position ⇒ high position ⇒ low position ⇒ high position, and reciprocating movement (rotation) in the vertical direction is performed three times. It is a production in the case of. In this embodiment, the special roaring drive effect is a special effect that can be executed when the winning of the jackpot is confirmed. In the following, a control method when executing a special roaring drive effect will be described.

As shown in FIG. 25 (C), as soon as the head movable body 800 moves from the initial position to the high position, the head movable body 800 moves from the high position ⇒ low position ⇒ high position ⇒ low position ⇒ high position ⇒ low position ⇒ Move to a higher position. That is, a special roaring drive effect is executed in which the head movable body 800 reciprocates (rotates) three times in the vertical direction. At this time, the speed of the head moving motor 810 is set to 250 pps. Further, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation. Further, the head moving motor driver IC1 is controlled to supply a current (284 mA in this embodiment) having a magnitude of 71% of a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) to the head moving motor 810. As a result, it is possible to suppress the vibration generated in the head movable body 800 as in the case of the above-mentioned normal roaring drive effect (see FIG. 25B). In particular, in the case of the special roaring drive effect, the neck movable body 700 at the appearance position is more likely to descend to the retracted position by the amount that the head movable body 800 reciprocates (rotates) three times in the vertical direction, as described above. By suppressing the vibration, it is possible to effectively prevent the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position from descending.

When the special roaring drive effect is completed in this way, as shown in FIG. 25C, the head movable body 800 that has moved to the high position immediately moves (returns) to the initial position. That is, unlike the control method when executing the special roaring drive effect (in FIG. 25C, the control method when executing the normal roaring drive effect (see FIG. 25B)), the head movable body at a high position No stop holding force is applied to 800. Thus, in this embodiment, when the special roaring drive effect is completed, the excitation method is changed from 1-2 phase excitation without causing stop excitation by 2-phase excitation in the head moving motor 810. The switch is made to switch to two-phase excitation. The other control method when the special roaring drive effect is executed (see FIG. 25C) is the control method when the above-mentioned normal roaring drive effect is executed (FIG. 25 (C)). Since it is the same as B)), the description thereof will be omitted.

Next, a control method when the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to two-phase excitation and a control method when the exciting method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation will be described. In the present embodiment, the exciting phase selection data DA1 for selecting the exciting phase is included in the head movable body driving data that determines the operation mode of the head movable body 800. The exciting phase selection data DA1 is stored in the effect ROM 123. As shown in FIGS. 25 (A) and 25 (B), the exciting phase selection data DA1 (specific data) is configured by sequentially arranging eight exciting data from the exciting data da1 to da8.

The excitation data da1 is data indicating that the terminal φ1 (A phase) and the terminal φ3 (B phase) are excited. The excitation data da2 is data indicating that the terminal φ3 (B phase) is excited. The excitation data da3 is data indicating that the terminal φ3 (B phase) and the terminal φ2 (A / phase) are excited. The excitation data da4 is data indicating that the terminal φ2 (A / phase) is excited. The excitation data da5 is data indicating that the terminal φ2 (A / phase) and the terminal φ4 (B / phase) are excited. The excitation data da6 is data indicating that the terminal φ4 (B / phase) is excited. The excitation data da7 is data indicating that the terminal φ4 (B / phase) and the terminal φ1 (A phase) are excited. The excitation data da8 is data indicating that the terminal φ1 (A phase) is excited.

In the present embodiment, when the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is two-phase excitation, the effect control microcomputer 121 excites the excitation data da1 and the excitation phase selection data DA1 among the excitation phase selection data DA1, as shown in FIG. 25 (A). Data da3, excitation data da5, and excitation data da7 are read in order, and a control signal for exciting the corresponding terminal (phase) is output to the subdrive board 162.

Specifically, a case where the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in the positive direction will be described as an example. For example, the effect control microcomputer 121 first reads the excitation data da1 when the value of the excitation counter is "1", and outputs a control signal for exciting the terminal φ1 (A phase) and the terminal φ3 (B phase). Output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 22B, the terminal φ1 and the terminal φ3 are excited in a two-phase excitation state. Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +2 to "3", the excitation data da3 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ3 (B phase) and the terminal φ2 (A / phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 22C, the terminal φ3 and the terminal φ2 are excited in a two-phase excitation state. The excitation counter corresponds to the excitation data da1 to da8, and takes a value from "1" to "8".

Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +2 to "5", the excitation data da5 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ2 (A / phase) and the terminal φ4 (B / phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 22D, the terminal φ2 and the terminal φ4 are excited in a two-phase excitation state. Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +2, the excitation data da7 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ4 (B / phase) and the terminal φ1 (A phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 22 (A), the terminal φ4 and the terminal φ1 are excited in a two-phase excitation state.

After that, when the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +2, it exceeds "8" and therefore returns to the value of "1". Therefore, the excitation data da1 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ1 (A phase) and the terminal φ3 (B phase) is output. When the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in the opposite direction by two-phase excitation, the value of the excitation counter is not advanced by +2, but is advanced by -2 to read the excitation data da7, da5, da3, da1. Become.

On the other hand, in the effect control microcomputer 121, when the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation, as shown in FIG. 25B, the excitation data among the excitation phase selection data DA1 is used. Read the da1, the exciting data da2, the exciting data da3, the exciting data da4, the exciting data da5, the exciting data da6, the exciting data da7, and the exciting data da8 in order, and set the corresponding terminals (phases). A control signal for excitation is output to the subdrive board 162.

Specifically, a case where the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in the positive direction will be described as an example. For example, the effect control microcomputer 121 first reads the excitation data da1 when the value of the excitation counter is "1", and outputs a control signal for exciting the terminal φ1 (A phase) and the terminal φ3 (B phase). Output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24B, the terminal φ1 and the terminal φ3 are excited in a two-phase excitation state. Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 to "2", the excitation data da2 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ3 (B phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24C, the terminal φ3 is excited in a one-phase excitation state.

Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 to "3", the excitation data da3 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ3 (B phase) and the terminal φ2 (A / phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24D, the terminal φ3 and the terminal φ2 are excited in a two-phase excitation state. Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 to "4", the excitation data da4 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ2 (A / phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (E), the terminal φ2 is excited in a one-phase excitation state.

Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 to "5", the excitation data da5 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ2 (A / phase) and the terminal φ4 (B / phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (F), the terminal φ2 and the terminal φ4 are excited in a two-phase excitation state. Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 to "6", the excitation data da6 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ4 (B / phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (G), the terminal φ4 is excited in a one-phase excitation state.

Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 to "7", the excitation data da7 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ4 (B / phase) and the terminal φ1 (A phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24 (H), the terminal φ4 and the terminal φ1 are excited in a two-phase excitation state. Subsequently, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 to "8", the excitation data da8 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ1 (A phase) is output. As a result, as shown in FIG. 24A, the terminal φ1 is excited in a one-phase excitation state.

After that, when the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 it exceeds "8", so it returns to the value of "1". Therefore, the excitation data da1 is read, and a control signal for exciting the terminal φ1 (A phase) and the terminal φ3 (B phase) is output. When the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in the opposite direction by 1-2 phase excitation, the value of the excitation counter is not advanced by +1 but is advanced by -1 to read the excitation data da8 to da1.

Of the exciting phase selection data DA1 shown in FIG. 26, the exciting data da1, da3, da5, and da7 are the exciting data for exciting the two terminals (phases) into a two-phase excitation state. Therefore, the excitation data da1, da3, da5, and da7 are referred to as "two-phase excitation data (two-phase data)". On the other hand, among the exciting phase selection data DA1, the exciting data da2, da4, da6, and da8 are the exciting data for exciting one terminal (phase) to bring it into a one-phase excited state. Therefore, the excitation data da2, da4, da6, and da8 are referred to as "one-phase excitation data (one-phase data)".

As can be seen from the above description, in this embodiment, regardless of whether the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is 2-phase excitation or 1-2-phase excitation, one excitation phase selection data DA1 is used. There is. That is, as shown in the comparative example of FIG. 27, the exciting phase selection data DA2 for 2-phase excitation (see FIG. 27 (A)) and the exciting phase selection data DA3 for 1-2-phase excitation (FIG. 27). 27 (B)) and are prepared separately and are not used separately. In this way, the reason why one exciting phase selection data DA1 is set to two-phase excitation or 1-2-phase excitation is based on the following reasons.

In this embodiment, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 may be switched from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 25 (C), when the special beating drive effect is started, the two-phase excitation is switched to the 1-2-phase excitation. At this time, as in the comparative example shown in FIG. 27, the exciting phase selection data DA2 for two-phase excitation (see FIG. 27 (A)) and the exciting phase selection data DA3 for 1-2-phase excitation (FIG. 27). If it is separate from 27 (B)), there are the following problems.

For example, immediately before switching from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation, it is assumed that the excitation data db1 of the excitation phase selection data DA2 shown in FIG. 27 (A) is read and a control signal is output. In this case, when switching to 1-2 phase excitation, of the excitation phase selection data DA3 shown in FIG. 27 (B), the excitation data dc1 is read as shown in FIG. 27 (1), or FIG. 27 shows. As shown in (2), it is necessary to determine whether to read the excitation data dc2. In short, when switching from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation, it is necessary for the effect control microcomputer 121 to determine which excitation data to shift to. Therefore, there is a problem that the discrimination process becomes complicated and the burden of creating a program is heavy.

On the other hand, when one exciting phase selection data DA1 is used as in the present embodiment shown in FIG. 26, there are the following advantages. For example, immediately before switching from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation, it is assumed that the excitation data da1 of the excitation phase selection data DA1 shown in FIGS. 26A and 26B is read and a control signal is output. At this time, as described above, the value of the excitation counter is "1". Then, when switching to 1-2 phase excitation, as described above, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 to "2", and the excitation data da2 is read. Thus, unlike the case of the comparative example shown in FIG. 27, it is not necessary to determine the excitation phase data to be read next. In short, by using one exciting phase selection data DA1 and an exciting counter, when switching from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation, the effect control microcomputer 121 can determine which exciting data to shift to. Not needed. Therefore, there is an advantage that the burden of creating a program is small.

Here, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 26 (A), when two-phase excitation is performed, the excitation counter is advanced by +2 or -2, the next excitation data is read, and a control signal is output. , Will be called "full-step drive control". In the full-step drive control, as shown in FIG. 22, the rotor of the motor rotates by 90 degrees, which is the step angle. Further, as shown in FIG. 26 (B), when the 1-2 phase excitation is performed, the excitation counter is advanced by +1 or -1, the next excitation data is read, and the control signal is output. We will call it "step drive control". In the half-step drive control, as shown in FIG. 24, the rotor of the motor rotates by 45 degrees, which is the step angle.

By the way, in this embodiment, there are the following problems when switching from 1-2 phase excitation to 2-phase excitation and starting the movement of the head movable body 800. In this embodiment, as described above, when the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation, the effect control microcomputer 121 performs half-step drive control. The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the drive of the head moving motor 810 by managing the number of steps, and when the head movable body 800 is stopped by 1-2 phase excitation, the two-phase excitation data (excitation). The data da1 or the exciting data da3 or the exciting data da5 or the exciting data da7) is finally read and the control signal is output. In other words, when the head movable body 800 is stopped by 1-2 phase excitation, it is not in the 1 phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (A) (C) (E) (G)) and is not in the 2 phase. It is controlled so that it is in an excited state (see FIGS. 24 (B), (D), (F), and (H)).

However, as described above, some of the movable body units have an assembly error. Further, due to the influence of the disturbance, the management of the number of steps in the head moving motor 810 may be out of order. Therefore, due to these causes, when the effect control microcomputer 121 stops the head movable body 800 by 1-2 phase excitation, the 1-phase excitation data (excitation data da2 or excitation data da4 or excitation data da6) Alternatively, there may be a case where the excitation data da8) is finally read and the control signal is output. In other words, when the head movable body 800 is stopped by 1-2 phase excitation, it may be in a 1 phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (A) (C) (E) (G)).

In this case, if full-step drive control is performed by switching to 2-phase excitation, the last read excitation data is 1-phase excitation data, so the excitation counter is advanced by +2 or -2. The one-phase excitation data will be read repeatedly. In that case, the one-phase excitation states shown in FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), and (G) are repeated, resulting in one-phase excitation instead of two-phase excitation.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the above problems are dealt with as follows. Specifically, when switching from 1-2 phase excitation to 2-phase excitation, when the special roaring drive effect is finished (see FIG. 25 (C)) and the head movable body 800 is moved from the high position to the initial position. Will be described as an example. In the special drive effect, as shown in FIG. 25 (C), the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is 1-2 phase excitation. Then, when the special roaring drive effect is completed and the head movable body 800 has finished moving to a high position, normally, the effect control microcomputer 121 reads the two-phase excitation data and outputs a control signal. It will be. That is, it is in a two-phase excitation state.

However, as described above, an irregular case occurs, and as shown in FIG. 28 (A), when the head movable body 800 finishes moving to a high position, the excitation data da4 (one-phase excitation data) ) Is read and the control signal is output. At this time, the value of the excitation counter is "4".

Therefore, in such a case, in this embodiment, half-step drive control is performed before moving the head movable body 800 by two-phase excitation. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether the one-phase excitation data has been read or the two-phase excitation data has been read at the time when the movement of the head movable body 800 is started by the two-phase excitation. .. Then, if it is determined that the two-phase excitation data has been read, full-step drive control is performed so that the head movable body 800 is moved by the two-phase excitation as usual. On the other hand, if it is determined that the one-phase excitation data has been read, as an irregular case, first, half-step drive control is performed to bring the two-phase excitation state. After that, full-step drive control is performed in order to move the head movable body 800 by two-phase excitation.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 28 (A), when the head movable body 800 finishes moving to a high position, the effect control microcomputer 121 reads the excitation data da4 (one-phase excitation data). Judging that it was, half-step drive control is performed. Here, after the special roaring drive effect is completed, the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in the opposite direction in order to move (return) the head movable body 800 from the high position to the initial position. Therefore, in the half-step drive control, as shown in FIG. 28 (B), the value of the excitation counter is advanced by -1 from "4" to "3". As a result, the effect control microcomputer 121 reads the excitation data da3 and outputs a control signal. As a result, the terminal φ3 (A / phase) and the terminal φ2 (B phase) are switched to a two-phase excited state (see FIG. 22 (C)) in which the terminal φ3 (A / phase) and the terminal φ2 (B phase) are excited. In this way, after switching to the two-phase excitation state by the half-step drive control, the full-step drive control is performed as shown in FIG. 28 (C). That is, the value of the excitation counter is advanced by -2, the two-phase excitation data is sequentially read, and the control signal is output. This makes it possible to move (return) the head movable body 800 to the initial position by two-phase excitation.

By the way, in this embodiment, there are the following problems when the head movable body is stopped by 1-2 phase excitation and stop excitation is generated by 2 phase excitation (2-phase excitation state). Specifically, when the normal roaring drive effect is completed (see FIG. 25B) and the stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 at a high position, there are the following problems. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 normally controls the drive of the head movement motor 810 by managing the number of steps in the roaring drive effect, and as shown in FIG. 25B, the excitation method of the head movement motor 810 is 1. -2 phase excitation is used. Then, when the head movable body 800 is stopped at a high position with the end of the normal roaring drive effect, the two-phase excitation data (excitation data da1 or excitation data da3 or excitation data da5 or excitation data da7) is used. It is designed to be read at the end and output a control signal. By keeping the head movable body 800 in the two-phase excitation state when it finishes stopping at a high position, it is possible to smoothly shift to the stop excitation by the two-phase excitation by the head moving motor 810 (see FIG. 25 (B)). Is.

However, as described above, the management of the number of steps in the head moving motor 810 may be out of order due to the influence of assembly error and disturbance. Therefore, when the effect control microcomputer 121 stops the head movable body 800 at a high position by 1-2 phase excitation, the 1 phase excitation data (excitation data da2 or excitation data da4 or excitation data da6) Alternatively, there may be a case where the excitation data da8) is finally read and the control signal is output. In short, when the head movable body 800 is stopped at a high position by 1-2 phase excitation, it is basically in a 2-phase excited state (see FIGS. 24 (B) (D) (F) (H)). However, it was possible that a one-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), and (G)) was exceptionally achieved.

Here, if stop excitation is generated in the one-phase excitation state, as shown in FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), and (G), one terminal attracts both poles of the rotor of the head moving motor 810. 2. Sufficient stop holding force cannot be obtained as in the case of generating stop excitation in the two-phase excitation state. Therefore, assuming that stop excitation is generated not only in the two-phase excitation state but also in the one-phase excitation state, it is necessary to increase the current supplied to the head moving motor 810.

Specifically, in order to generate a predetermined stop holding force for stopping the head movable body 800 at a high position, the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 is 15 mA (two coils A) in the two-phase excitation state. , B requires a total of 30 mA or more), whereas in the one-phase excitation state, a current of 60 mA or more is required to be supplied to the head moving motor 810. Therefore, assuming that stop excitation is generated even in the one-phase excitation state, the current required for generating stop excitation by the head moving motor 810 is set to 60 mA or more.

However, in this case, the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 that generates stop excitation in the two-phase excitation state is also 60 mA or more (total 120 mA for the two coils A and B). In that case, a stop holding force more than necessary is generated, and the current consumption is wasted. In other words, as mentioned above, in recent pachinko gaming machines, in order to reduce the burden on the power supply board, there is a fact that it is desirable to reduce the current consumption as much as possible for the parts that are not so much involved in the production, but the current consumption during stop excitation. There is a problem that it cannot be suppressed. A method of individually setting the current consumption in the stop excitation in the two-phase excitation state and the current consumption in the stop excitation in the one-phase excitation state can be considered, but the control process becomes complicated and the constant current drive method is used. As long as the driver is used, it is almost impossible to freely set the current value as appropriate.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the above problems are dealt with as follows. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 25B, the head moving motor 810 is stopped at a high position by performing a normal roaring drive effect by setting the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 to 1-2 phase excitation. .. At this time (when the head movable body 800 has finished moving to a high position), normally, the effect control microcomputer 121 reads the two-phase excitation data and outputs the control signal. That is, it is in a two-phase excitation state.

However, as described above, an irregular case occurs, and as shown in FIG. 29 (A), when the head movable body 800 finishes moving to a high position, the excitation data da2 (one-phase excitation data) ) Is read and the control signal is output. At this time, the value of the excitation counter is "2".

Therefore, in such a case, in this embodiment, half-step drive control is performed before the head moving motor 810 is stopped and excited. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether the one-phase excitation data has been read or the two-phase excitation data has been read when the head movable body 800 is stopped at a high position. Then, if it is determined that the two-phase excitation data has been read, stop excitation is immediately generated in the head moving motor 810 by the two-phase excitation. On the other hand, if it is determined that the one-phase excitation data has been read, as an irregular case, first, half-step drive control is performed to bring the two-phase excitation state. After that, stop excitation is generated in the head moving motor 810 by two-phase excitation.

Specifically, when the normal roaring drive effect is completed and the head movable body 800 has finished moving to a high position as shown in FIG. 29 (A), the effect control microcomputer 121 has the excitation data da2. It is determined that (data for 1-phase excitation) has been read, and half-step drive control is performed. Here, since the head movable body 800 is moved toward a high position immediately before the end of the normal roaring drive effect, the head moving motor 810 is rotationally driven in the forward direction. Therefore, in the half-step drive control, as shown in FIG. 29 (B), the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 from "2" to "3". As a result, the effect control microcomputer 121 reads the excitation data da3 and outputs a control signal. As a result, the terminal φ3 (A / phase) and the terminal φ2 (B phase) are switched to a two-phase excited state (see FIG. 22 (C)) in which the terminal φ3 (A / phase) and the terminal φ2 (B phase) are excited. In this way, after switching to the two-phase excitation state by the half-step drive control, the head moving motor 810 generates stop excitation in the two-phase excitation state as it is.

As described above, in the present embodiment, when the stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 at a high position, the head movement motor 810 does not generate stop excitation in the one-phase excitation state, and always stops excitation in the two-phase excitation state. Is controlled to generate. As a result, it is not necessary to set the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 to 60 mA or more, assuming the case where stop excitation is generated in the one-phase excitation state, and only when stop excitation is generated in the two-phase excitation state. Assuming, the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 can be set to 15 mA. In this way, the current for generating stop excitation in the two-phase excitation state (total of 30 mA for the two coils A and B) is supplied to the head moving motor 810 by the whispering drive effect (total of 800 mA for the two coils A and B). ), Or a very small current (15 mA) of 1/10 or less of the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 (total of 568 mA for the two coils A and B) other than the roaring drive effect. Therefore, it is possible to greatly suppress the current consumption of the head moving motor 810.

As can be seen from the above description, in the present embodiment, when the head movable body 800 is stopped by 1-2 phase excitation, it is necessary to switch from the 1 phase excitation state to the 2 phase excitation state at the time of stop excitation. The purpose is to reduce the current. That is, there is a technical idea of switching from the one-phase excitation state to the two-phase excitation state in order to suppress the current consumption in the head moving motor 810 at the time of stop excitation.

7. Explanation of jackpots, etc. In the pachinko gaming machine PY1 of this embodiment, there are "big hits" and "missing" as a result of the jackpot lottery (special symbol lottery). At the time of "big hit", the "big hit symbol" is stopped and displayed on the special figure display 81. At the time of "off", the "missing symbol" is stopped and displayed on the special figure display 81. When the jackpot is won, a "big hit game" is executed in which the jackpot 14 is opened in an opening pattern according to the type of special symbol (type of jackpot) that is stopped and displayed. The jackpot game is also called a special game.

In this form, the jackpot game consists of multiple round games (unit open game), an opening before the first round game is started (also referred to as OP), and an ending after the final round game is completed. (Also referred to as ED) and is included. Each round game begins with the end of the OP or the end of the previous round game and ends with the start of the next round game or the start of the ED. The closing time (interval time) of the large winning opening between round games is included in the open round game before the closing.

There are multiple types of jackpots. The types of jackpots are as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 30, there are roughly two types in this embodiment. Probability change jackpot and normal jackpot. The probabilistic jackpot is a jackpot that controls the gaming state after the jackpot game to a high probability state described later. The normal jackpot is a jackpot that controls the gaming state after the jackpot game to the normal probability state (low probability state) described later.

More specifically, for the probabilistic jackpot and the normal jackpot that can be won in the lottery of special figure 1 (lottery of the first special symbol), the big winning opening 14 is opened for a maximum of 29.5 seconds per 1R from 1R to 8R. However, from 9R to 16R, it is a big hit that opens the big winning opening 14 for a maximum of 0.1 seconds per 1R. That is, although the total number of rounds of these jackpots is 16R, the actual number of rounds is 8R. The actual number of rounds is the number of rounds in which a game ball can win up to the maximum number of winnings per round (8 in this embodiment). In these big hits, from 9R to 16R, the opening time of the big winning opening 14 is extremely short, and it is a round in which no prize ball can be expected. If the "probability change jackpot" is won by the lottery of the special figure 1, the "special figure 1_probability variation symbol" is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 81a, and if the "normal jackpot" is won, the "normal figure 1_probability change symbol" is stopped and displayed. "Special figure 1_normal symbol" is stopped and displayed on the first special symbol display 81a.

In addition, the probabilistic jackpot and the normal jackpot that can be won in the lottery of the special figure 2 (the lottery of the second special symbol) are jackpots that open the big winning opening 14 from 1R to 16R for a maximum of 29.5 seconds per 1R. In other words, these jackpots have a substantial number of rounds of 16R. When the "probability change jackpot" is won by the lottery of the special figure 2, "special figure 2_probability change symbol" is stopped and displayed on the second special symbol display 81b, and when the "normal jackpot" is won, the second "Special figure 2_normal symbol" is stopped and displayed on the special symbol display 81b.

Regardless of which jackpot is won, it is controlled to the electric support control state (high base state) described later after the jackpot game. If the electric support control state is controlled according to the high probability state, it continues until the next big hit winning. On the other hand, when the control is performed in association with the normal probability state (low probability state), the number of electric support times (time reduction number) is set to 100 times. The number of times of electric support is the upper limit of the number of times of execution of the fluctuation display of the special symbol in the electric support control state.

As shown in FIG. 30, the jackpot distribution rate in the lottery of Special Figure 1 and the lottery of Special Figure 2 is 65% for the probabilistic jackpot and 35% for the normal jackpot. However, if the jackpot is won based on the lottery of Special Figure 1, the jackpot game with an actual number of rounds of 8 is executed, while if the jackpot is won based on the lottery of Special Figure 2, the actual number of rounds is 8 rounds. The lottery of the special figure 2 is set to be more advantageous to the player than the lottery of the special figure 1 in that the jackpot game with 16 rounds is executed.

Here, in the pachinko gaming machine PY1, the lottery for whether or not the jackpot is a big hit is performed based on the "big hit random number", and the lottery for the winning jackpot type is performed based on the "winning type random number". As shown in FIG. 31 (A), the jackpot random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 65535. The hit type random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 99. The random numbers acquired based on the winning of the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12 include "reach random numbers" and "variable pattern random numbers" in addition to the jackpot random numbers and the hit type random numbers.

The reach random number is a random number that determines whether or not to generate reach in the effect symbol variation effect indicating the result when the result of the jackpot determination is out of order. Reach is a state in which there is only one effect symbol that is variablely displayed out of multiple effect symbols, and a big hit is won depending on which symbol the variable display effect symbol is stopped and displayed. It is a state in which the effect symbols shown are combined (for example, the state of "7 ↓ 7"). The effect symbol that is stopped and displayed in the reach state may be displayed as if it is slightly shaken in the display screen 50a, or may be displayed so as to be repeatedly enlarged and reduced. This reach random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 127.

Further, the fluctuation pattern random number is a random number for determining the fluctuation pattern including the fluctuation time. The variation pattern random number takes a value in the range of 0 to 99. Further, the random numbers acquired based on the passage to the gate 13 include ordinary symbol random numbers (hit random numbers) shown in FIG. 31 (B). The ordinary symbol random number is a random number for a lottery (ordinary symbol lottery) as to whether or not to perform an auxiliary game for opening the electric chew 12D. Ordinary symbol random numbers take a value in the range of 0 to 255.

8. Description of the gaming state Next, the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 of the present embodiment will be described. The special symbol display 81 and the normal symbol display 82 of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 have a probability fluctuation function and a fluctuation time shortening function, respectively. The state in which the probability fluctuation function of the special figure display 81 is operating is referred to as a "high probability state", and the state in which the probability fluctuation function is not operating is referred to as a "normal probability state (non-high probability state)". In the high probability state, the jackpot probability is higher than in the normal probability state. That is, the jackpot determination is performed using a jackpot determination table in which the value of the jackpot random number determined to be a jackpot is larger than the jackpot determination table used in the normal probability state (see FIG. 32 (A)). That is, when the probability fluctuation function of the special symbol display 81 is activated, the probability that the display result (that is, the stop symbol) of the variable display of the special symbol by the special symbol display 81 becomes a jackpot symbol as compared with the case where it is not activated. Will be higher.

Further, the state in which the fluctuation time shortening function of the special figure display 81 is operating is referred to as a "time saving state", and the state in which the special figure display 81 is not operating is referred to as a "non-time saving state". In the time-reduced state, the fluctuation time of the special symbol (time from the start of the fluctuation display to the derivation display of the display result) is shorter than in the non-time-reduced state. That is, the fluctuation pattern is determined using the fluctuation pattern table in which the fluctuation pattern having a short fluctuation time is selected more often than in the non-time reduction state (see FIG. 33). That is, when the variable time shortening function of the special symbol display 81 is activated, it becomes easier to select a short variable time as the variable time of the variable display of the special symbol as compared with the case where the special symbol display 81 is not activated. As a result, in the time-saving state, the pace of digestion of the special figure hold becomes faster, and an effective prize (a prize that can be memorized as the special figure hold) to the starting port is likely to occur. Therefore, it is possible to aim for a big hit with the smooth progress of the game.

The probability fluctuation function and the fluctuation time shortening function of the special figure display 81 may be operated at the same time, or only one of them may be operated. The probability fluctuation function and the fluctuation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 82 are operated in synchronization with the fluctuation time shortening function of the special symbol display 81. That is, the probability fluctuation function and the fluctuation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 82 operate in the time saving state and do not operate in the non-time saving state. Therefore, in the time-saving state, the winning probability in the normal symbol lottery is higher than in the non-time-saving state. That is, the hit judgment (judgment of the normal symbol) is performed using the normal symbol hit judgment table in which the value of the normal symbol random number (hit random number) judged to be a hit is larger than the normal symbol hit judgment table used in the non-time saving state (judgment of the normal symbol). See FIG. 32 (C). That is, when the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol display 82 is activated, the probability that the display result of the variable display of the normal symbol by the normal symbol display 82 becomes a normal hit symbol is higher than when it is not activated. ..

Also, in the time-saving state, the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is shorter than in the non-time-saving state. In this embodiment, the fluctuation time of the normal symbol is 7 seconds in the non-time saving state, but 1 second in the time saving state (see FIG. 32 (D)). Further, in the time saving state, the opening time of the electric chew 12D in the auxiliary game is longer than in the non-time saving state (see FIG. 34). That is, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 12D is operating. In addition, in the time-saving state, the number of times the electric chew 12D is opened in the auxiliary game is larger than in the non-time-saving state (see FIG. 34). That is, the function of increasing the number of times of opening of the electric chew 12D is operating.

In the situation where the probability fluctuation function and the fluctuation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 82, and the opening time extension function and the opening number of times increasing function of the electric chew 12D are operating, those functions are not activated as compared with the case where these functions are not activated. Therefore, the electric chew 12D is frequently opened, and the game ball frequently wins a prize at the second starting port 12. As a result, the base, which is the ratio of the number of prize balls to the number of fired balls, becomes high. Therefore, the state in which these functions are operating is referred to as a "high base state", and the state in which these functions are not operating is referred to as a "low base state". In the high base state, you can aim for a big hit without significantly reducing the number of game balls you have. The high base state is a state in which so-called electric support control (control for supporting winning of the second starting port 12 by the electric chew 12D) is being executed. Therefore, the high base state is also referred to as an electric support control state or a ball entry easy state. On the other hand, the low base state is also called a non-electric support control state or a non-ball entry easy state.

The high base state does not have to activate all of the above functions. That is, the operation of one or more of the probability fluctuation function of the normal symbol display 82, the fluctuation time shortening function of the normal symbol display 82, the opening time extension function of the electric chew 12D, and the opening frequency increasing function of the electric chew 12D. It suffices if the electric chew 12D is easier to open than when the function is not operating. Further, the high base state may be controlled independently without being accompanied by the time saving state.

In the pachinko gaming machine PY1 of the present embodiment, the gaming state after the jackpot game by winning the probabilistic jackpot is a high probability state, a time saving state, and a high base state. This gaming state is particularly called a "high accuracy and high base state". The high-accuracy high-base state ends when the variable display of the special symbol is executed a predetermined number of times (10000 times in this embodiment), or when the jackpot is won and the jackpot game is executed. In other words, in this embodiment, the high accuracy and high base state is substantially continued until the next big hit. In addition, the end condition of the high accuracy and high base state may be only that the big hit is won and the big hit game is executed.

Further, the gaming state after the jackpot game by winning the normal jackpot is a normal probability state (non-high probability state, that is, a low probability state), a time saving state, and a high base state. This gaming state is particularly called a "low accuracy high base state". The low probability high base state ends when the variable display of the special symbol is executed a predetermined number of times (100 times in this embodiment), or when the jackpot is won and the jackpot game is executed.

When playing the pachinko gaming machine PY1 for the first time, the gaming state after the power is turned on is a normal probability state, a non-time saving state, and a low base state. This gaming state is particularly referred to as a "low probability low base state". The low probability low base state is referred to as a "normal gaming state". Further, the state in which the special game (big hit game) is being executed is referred to as a "special game state (big hit game state)". Further, a state controlled by at least one of a high probability state and a high base state is referred to as a "privilege gaming state".

In a high base state such as a high accuracy high base state or a low accuracy high base state, it is more advantageous to allow the game ball to enter the right game area 6R (see FIG. 5) by hitting right. This is because the electric support control makes it easier to open the electric chew 12D than in the low base state, and it is easier to win the second starting port 12 than to win the first starting port 11. .. Therefore, while passing the game ball through the gate 13, which is an opportunity for the normal symbol lottery, a right-handed hit is made so that the game ball can be won in the second starting port 12. As a result, it is possible to obtain a large number of starting prizes (winning to the starting port) rather than hitting left. In this pachinko gaming machine PY1, the game is played by right-handed even during the jackpot game.

On the other hand, in the low base state, it is more advantageous to allow the game ball to enter the left game area 6L (see FIG. 5) by hitting the left side. Since the electric support control is not executed, it is difficult to open the electric chew 12D compared to the high base state, and it is easier to win the first starting port 11 than to win the second starting port 12. Because it has become. Therefore, a left-handed hit is made to make the first starting port 11 win a game ball. This allows you to get more start-up prizes than right-handed.

9. Control operation of pachinko gaming machine Next, the operation of the game control microcomputer 101 will be described with reference to FIG. 35, and the operation of the effect control microcomputer 121 will be described with reference to FIGS. 36 to 45. First, the operation of the game control microcomputer 101 will be described.

[Main-side timer interrupt processing] The game control microcomputer 101 repeats the main-side timer interrupt processing shown in FIG. 35 every short time, for example, 4 msec. First, the game control microcomputer 101 determines a jackpot random number used for the jackpot lottery, a hit type random number for determining the jackpot type, a reach random number for determining whether or not to reach a reach state in the effect symbol variation effect, and a variation pattern. Random number update processing is performed to update the fluctuation pattern random number of the above, the ordinary symbol random number (winning random number) used for the ordinary symbol lottery, and the like (S101). At least a part of each random number may be a so-called hardware random number generated by using a known random number generation circuit including a counter IC or the like. If all random numbers are hardware random numbers, software does not need to update the random numbers. Further, the random number generation circuit may be built in the game control microcomputer 101.

Next, the game control microcomputer 101 performs an input process (S102). In the input process (S102), various sensors (first start port sensor 11a, second start port sensor 12a, gate sensor 13a, large winning opening sensor 14a, general winning opening sensor 10a) attached to the pachinko gaming machine PY1 (FIG. 14)) reads the detection signal detected, and sets the payout data for paying out the prize balls according to the type of the winning opening in a predetermined storage area of the gaming RAM 104. Further, in the input process (S102), the detection signal from the lower plate full switch that detects the fullness of the lower plate 35 is also taken in and stored in the output buffer of the game RAM 104 as the lower plate full data.

Subsequently, the game control microcomputer 101 executes the start port sensor detection process (S103), the special operation process (S104), and the normal operation process (S105). In the start port sensor detection process (S103), if there is a prize detection by the first start port sensor 11a or the second start port sensor 12a, it is determined that there are less than four hold memories corresponding to the start ports where the prize is detected. Random numbers such as jackpot random numbers (big hit random numbers, hit type random numbers, reach random numbers, and fluctuation pattern random numbers (see FIG. 31 (A))) are acquired as conditions. Further, if the passage is detected by the gate sensor 13a, a normal symbol random number (see FIG. 31 (B)) is acquired on condition that the number of normal figure reservations is less than four.

In the special operation process (S104), random numbers such as jackpot random numbers acquired in the start port sensor detection process (S103) are used in a predetermined determination table (see FIGS. 30, 32 (A), (B), 33). judge. Then, a special symbol (variable display and stop display) for showing the result of the big hit lottery is displayed. At the start of the variation display of the special symbol (immediately before the start), the variation start command containing the variation pattern information is set in the predetermined output buffer of the game RAM 104, and at the start of the stop display of the special symbol (immediately before the start). The variable stop command is set in the predetermined output buffer of the gaming RAM 104. The fluctuation pattern is determined using the special figure fluctuation pattern determination table shown in FIG. 33 based on the determination of various random numbers such as jackpot random numbers. As shown in FIG. 33, once the fluctuation pattern is determined, the fluctuation time during which the fluctuation display of the special symbol is executed is also determined.

The SP reach (super reach) shown in the remarks column of FIG. 33 is a reach in which the fluctuation time after the reach is longer than that of the normal reach. The distribution rate of the table is set so that the SP reach has a higher expectation of winning (expectation for big hit winning) than the normal reach. Here, the types of SP reach include weak SP reach A, weak SP reach B, and strong SP reach. In the order of weak SP reach A ⇒ weak SP reach B ⇒ strong SP reach, the distribution rate of various fluctuation patterns is set so that the degree of expectation of winning the jackpot is high. Then, when a variation pattern indicating the execution of the strong SP reach or the weak reach B is selected, the horse drive effect accompanied by the normal roaring drive effect (see FIG. 25B) can be executed. Further, when the jackpot is won and the fluctuation patterns P1 and P31 indicating the execution of the strong SP reach are selected, the horse drive effect accompanied by the special roar drive effect (see FIG. 25 (C)) can be executed. ing.

As a result of the judgment of the jackpot random number, if the jackpot is won, the jackpot game (special) in which the jackpot 14 is opened according to a predetermined opening pattern (opening time and number of opening times, see FIG. 30) according to the type of jackpot. Play a game). At the start of this jackpot game, an opening command including information on the type of the winning jackpot symbol is set in a predetermined storage area of the game RAM 104. The opening command is a command indicating the start of the opening. Further, after the jackpot game is started, the round designation command is set in the predetermined storage area of the game RAM 104 at the start of the round game, and the ending command is set in the predetermined storage area of the game RAM 104 at the start of the ending. In the special operation process (S104), when a random number such as a big hit random number is not stored, a customer waiting wait command for executing the customer waiting effect is set in the effect control microcomputer 121.

In the normal operation process (S105), the normal symbol random numbers acquired in the start port sensor detection process (S103) are determined using the normal symbol hit detection table (see FIG. 32 (C)). Then, a normal symbol (variation display and stop display) for notifying the determination result is displayed. As a result of the determination of the normal symbol random number, if the normal winning symbol is won, the auxiliary game of opening the electric chew 12D according to a predetermined opening pattern (opening time and number of opening times, see FIG. 34) according to the game state is performed. conduct.

Next, the game control microcomputer 101 performs an output process (S106) for outputting the command or the like set in each of the above processes to the effect control board 120 or the like.

In parallel with the above processing in the game control microcomputer 101, the effect control microcomputer 121 performs the processing shown in FIGS. 36 to 45. Hereinafter, the operation of the effect control microcomputer 121 will be described.

[Sub-side 1ms timer interrupt processing] The effect control microcomputer 121 repeats the sub-side 1ms timer interrupt processing shown in FIG. 36 every short time such as 1 msec. The effect control microcomputer 121 executes the sub-side 1 ms timer interrupt process and also executes the sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt process (see FIG. 43) as described later. As shown in FIG. 36, in the sub-side 1 ms timer interrupt process, first, input process is performed (S201). In the input process (S201), switch data (edge data and level data) are created based on the detection signals from the effect button detection sensor 40a and the select button detection sensor 42a (see FIG. 15).

Subsequently, the lamp data output process is performed (S202). In the lamp data output processing (S202), in order to make the panel lamp 54 and the frame lamp 212 emit light at a timing suitable for the production, the lamp data created in the other processing (S805) in the 10ms timer interrupt processing described later is transferred to the sub drive board 162. Output. That is, the panel lamp 54 and the frame lamp 212 are made to emit light in a predetermined light emitting mode according to the lamp data.

Next, a drive control process described later is performed (S203). Then, the watchdog timer process for resetting the watchdog timer is performed (S204), and this process is completed.

[Drive control process] As shown in FIG. 37, in the drive control process (S203), first, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not the neck movable body drive data is set in the effect RAM 124 (S301). .. If it is set (YES in S301), the cervical movable body drive control process described later is executed (S302), and the process proceeds to step S303. On the other hand, if it is not set (NO in S301), it is not necessary to control the drive of the cervical movement motor 710, so that the process passes through step S302 and proceeds to step S303.

In step S303, it is determined whether or not the head movable body drive data is set in the effect RAM 124. If it is set (YES in S303), the head movable body drive control process described later is executed (S304), and the process proceeds to step S305. On the other hand, if it is not set (NO in S303), it is not necessary to control the drive of the head moving motor 810, so that the process passes through step S304 and proceeds to step S305.

In step S305, it is determined whether or not other drive data other than the neck movable body drive data and the head movable body drive data is set in the effect RAM 124. If it is set (YES in S305), it is a drive for moving movable bodies (elevating unit 300, upper left unit 500, upper right unit 550, leg movable body 600) other than the neck movable body 700 and the head movable body 800. The control process is executed (S306), and this process ends. On the other hand, if it is not set (NO in S305), this process ends.

[Neck Movable Body Drive Control Process] As shown in FIG. 38, in the cervical movable body drive control process (S302), first, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines the appearance position of the cervical movable body 700 based on the cervical movable body drive data. It is determined whether or not it is the timing to start moving to (S401). If it is the timing to start moving to the appearance position (YES in S401), the neck appearance drive setting process is executed (S402), and the process proceeds to step S403. In the neck appearance drive setting process (S403), the speed of the neck moving motor 710 is 333 pps, the excitation method of the neck moving motor 710 is two-phase excitation, and a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) is supplied to the neck moving motor 710. The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the neck movement motor driver (not shown) (see FIG. 25 (A)).

In step S403, the value of the cervical status is set to "1", and this process ends. The value of the neck status is set to "0" by default, and is now set to "1", "2", or "3" depending on the position of the neck movable body 700 in the horse driving effect. ing.

If it is determined in step S401 that it is not the timing to start moving to the appearance position (NO in S401), then it is determined whether or not the value of the neck status is "1" (S404). If it is "1" (YES in S404), it means that the movement of the cervical movable body 700 from the retracted position is started, the cervical positive direction full step drive control is executed (S405), and the process proceeds to step S406. .. In the cervical forward full-step drive control (S405), the cervical movement motor 710 is rotationally driven in the positive direction with the contents (333 pps, two-phase excitation, constant current) set in the cervical appearance drive setting process (S402) described above. The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the neck movement motor driver. This makes it possible to quickly move the cervical movable body 700 toward the appearance position with high output (high torque).

In step S406, it is determined whether or not the movement of the cervical movable body 700 to the appearance position is completed based on the management of the number of steps. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not the number of pulses (number of steps) supplied to the neck movement motor 710 has reached a predetermined number from the time when the neck movable body 700 is moved from the retracted position. If the move is not completed (NO in S406), this process ends. On the other hand, if the movement is completed (YES in S406), the stop excitation setting process for low current is executed (S407).

In the low current stop excitation setting process (S407), as shown in FIG. 25 (A), the cervical movement motor 710 has a current (152 mA in this embodiment) that is 38% of the constant current (400 mA in this embodiment). The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the cervical movement motor driver so that the cervical movement motor 710 generates stop excitation by two-phase excitation by supplying an electric current. In this way, the current for performing stop excitation in the cervical movement motor 710 is supplied to the cervical movement motor 710 while the cervical movable body 700 is moving (in this embodiment, 400 mA or 284 mA, which is 71% of the size). It is possible to suppress the current consumption in the cervical movement motor 710 by reducing the size. After step S408, the cervical status value is set to "2" (S408) to end this process.

In step S404, if the cervical status value is not "1" (NO in S404), then it is determined whether the cervical status value is "2" (S409). If it is "2" (YES in S409), it means that the movement of the cervical movable body 700 to the appearance position is completed, and the cervical movement motor 710 is stopped by the contents of the above-mentioned low current stop excitation setting process. The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the neck movement motor driver in order to generate excitation.

Subsequently, in step S411, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not it is the timing to start moving the neck movable body 700 to the storage position based on the neck movable body drive data. If it is not the timing to start moving to the storage position (NO in S411), this process ends. On the other hand, if it is the timing to start moving to the storage position (YES in S411), the neck storage drive setting process is executed (S412), and the process proceeds to step S413. In the neck retracting drive setting process (S412), the speed of the neck moving motor 710 is 333 pps, the excitation method of the neck moving motor 710 is two-phase excitation, and a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) is supplied to the neck moving motor 710. The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the neck movement motor driver (see FIG. 25 (A)). In step S413, the value of the neck status is set to "3", and this process ends.

In step S409, if the cervical status value is not "2" (NO in S409), then it is determined whether the cervical status value is "3" (S414). If it is not "3" (NO in S414), it is not the timing to control the drive of the cervical movement motor 710, and this process ends. On the other hand, if it is "3" (YES in S414), it means that the movement (return) from the appearance position of the cervical movable body 700 is started, and the cervical reverse direction full step drive control is executed (S415). , Proceed to step S416. In the cervical reverse direction full-step drive control (S415), the cervical movement motor 710 is rotationally driven in the reverse direction with the contents (333 pps, 2-phase excitation, constant current) set in the cervical retractable drive setting process (S412) described above. The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the neck movement motor driver. This makes it possible to quickly move the cervical movable body 700 toward the retracted position with high output (high torque).

In step S416, it is determined whether or not the movement of the cervical movable body 700 to the storage position is completed based on the management of the number of steps. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not the number of pulses (number of steps) supplied to the neck movement motor 710 has reached a predetermined number from the time when the neck movable body 700 is moved from the appearance position. If the move is not completed (NO in S416), this process ends. On the other hand, if the movement is completed (YES in S416), the horse drive effect based on the movement of the cervical movable body 700 is completed, and the cervical movable body drive data is cleared from the effect RAM 124 (S417). ..

Then, the value of the cervical status is set to "0" (S418). Then, the no-current control state setting process is executed (S419), and this process is completed. As described above, when the cervical movable body 700 is in the retracted position, in order to eliminate the current consumption, as shown in FIG. 25 (A), the cervical movable body 700 is not provided with the stop holding force by the stop excitation. Therefore, in the no-current control state setting process (S419), the effect control microcomputer 121 controls the neck movement motor driver so that the current is not supplied to the neck movement motor 710.

[Head Movable Body Drive Control Process] As shown in FIG. 39, in the head movable body drive control process (S304), first, the effect control microcomputer 121 sets the high position of the head movable body 800 based on the head movable body drive data. It is determined whether or not it is the timing to start moving to (S501). It should be noted that the head movable body drive data includes the head movable body drive data accompanied by the execution of the normal roaring drive effect and the head movable body drive data accompanied by the execution of the special roaring drive effect. If it is the timing to start moving to a high position (YES in S501), the head appearance drive setting process is executed (S502), and the process proceeds to step S503. In the neck appearance drive setting process (S503), the speed of the head moving motor 810 is 333 pps, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is two-phase excitation, and a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) is supplied to the head moving motor 810. The head movement motor driver IC1 (see FIG. 18) is controlled by the effect control microcomputer 121 (see FIGS. 25B and 25C).

In step S503, the value of the head status is set to "1", and this process ends. The value of the head status is set to "0" by default, and is "1", "2", "3", "4", or "" depending on the position of the head movable body 800 in the horse driving effect. It is set to any of 5 ”.

If it is determined in step S501 that it is not the timing to start moving to a high position (NO in S501), then it is determined whether or not the value of the head status is "1" (S504). If it is "1" (YES in S504), it means that the movement of the head movable body 800 from the initial position is started, the head forward full step drive control is executed (S505), and the process proceeds to step S506. .. In the head forward full-step drive control (S505), the head movement motor 810 is rotationally driven in the forward direction with the contents (333 pps, 2-phase excitation, constant current) set in the head appearance drive setting process (S502) described above. The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the head movement motor driver IC1. This makes it possible to quickly move the head movable body 800 toward a high position with high output (high torque).

In step S506, it is determined whether or not the movement of the head movable body 800 to the high position is completed based on the management of the number of steps. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not the number of pulses (number of steps) supplied to the head movement motor 810 has reached a specific number from the time when the head movable body 800 is moved from the initial position. If the move is not completed (NO in S506), this process ends. On the other hand, if the movement is completed (YES in S506), the head-down drive setting process is executed (S507), the head status value is set to "2" (S508), and this process ends. In the neck lowering drive setting process (S507), the speed of the head moving motor 810 is 250 pps, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is 1-2 phase excitation, and the head moving motor 810 has a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment). The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the head movement motor driver IC1 so that a current having a magnitude of 71% (284 mA in this embodiment) is supplied (see FIGS. 25 (B) and 25 (C)).

In this way, when the roaring drive effect (normal roaring drive effect or special roaring drive effect) is started, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is switched from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation. It also reduces the speed of the head movement motor 810 from 333 pps to 250 pps. Further, the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 is reduced to a magnitude of 71% (284 mA in this embodiment). As a result, it is possible to move the head movable body 800 smoothly and with reduced vibration in the roaring drive effect. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the cervical movable body 700 at the appearance position from descending toward the retracted position, or the rotation shaft 801 for rotatably assembling the head movable body 800 from coming off with the passage of time.

When the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is switched from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation due to the start of the roaring drive effect, the effect control microcomputer 121 advances the value of the excitation counter by -1. , Excitation phase selection data DA1 (see FIGS. 26A and 26B), the previous excitation data is read one by one from the last excitation data read by the two-phase excitation. In this way, by using the common excitation phase selection data DA1 for 2-phase excitation and 1-2-phase excitation, it is possible to switch from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation with a simple control process.

In step S504, if the head status value is not "1" (NO in S504), then it is determined whether the head status value is "2" (S509). If it is "2" (YES in S509), it means that the head movable body 800 has started moving from the high position to the low position, and the head reverse direction full step drive control is executed (S510), and the step is performed. Proceed to S511. In the head-reverse direction full-step drive control (S510), the head-moving motor has the contents (250 pps, 1-2-phase excitation, current of 71% of the constant current) set in the above-mentioned head-down drive setting process (S507). In order to drive the 810 to rotate in the reverse direction, the effect control microcomputer 121 controls the head movement motor driver IC1.

In step S511, it is determined whether or not the movement of the head movable body 800 to the low position is completed based on the management of the number of steps. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not the number of pulses (number of steps) supplied to the head movement motor 810 has reached a predetermined number from the time when the head movable body 800 is moved from a high position. If the move is not completed (NO in S511), this process ends. On the other hand, if the movement is completed (YES in S511), the head-up drive setting process is executed (S512), the head status value is set to "3" (S513), and this process ends. The neck raising drive setting process (S512) is the same as the above-mentioned head lowering drive setting process (S507) except that the rotation driving direction of the head moving motor 810 is in the positive direction (FIGS. 25 (B) and 25 (C)). reference).

If the head status value is not "2" in step S509 (NO in S509), the process proceeds to step S514 shown in FIG. 40. As shown in FIG. 40, in step S514, it is determined whether or not the value of the head status is “3” (S514). If it is "3" (YES in S514), it means that the head movable body 800 has started to move from the low position to the high position, and the head positive direction full step drive control is executed (S515), and the step is performed. Proceed to S516. In the head positive direction full-step drive control (S515), the head movement motor is set with the contents (250 pps, 1-2 phase excitation, current of 71% of the constant current) set in the head-up drive setting process (S512) described above. In order to drive the 810 to rotate in the positive direction, the effect control microcomputer 121 controls the head movement motor driver IC1.

In step S516, it is determined whether or not the movement of the head movable body 800 to the high position is completed based on the management of the number of steps. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not the number of pulses (number of steps) supplied to the head movement motor 810 has reached a predetermined number from the time when the head movable body 800 is moved from a low position. If the move is not completed (NO in S516), this process ends. On the other hand, if the movement is completed (YES in S516), it is determined whether or not the normal roaring drive effect is completed (S517). That is, it is determined whether or not the head movable body drive data accompanied by the execution of the normal roaring drive effect is set, and the reciprocating movement (rotation) of the head movable body 800 in the vertical direction is completed once. If the normal roaring drive effect is completed (YES in S517), the ultra-low current stop excitation setting process described later is executed (S518), the head status value is set to "4", and this process is completed.

[Ultra-low current stop excitation setting process] Before explaining all of the head movable body drive control process (S304) shown in FIG. 40, the ultra-low current stop excitation setting process (S518) shown in FIG. 41 will be described first. .. The stop excitation setting process (S518) for ultra-low current is performed on the head moving motor 810 when the normal roaring drive effect is completed (when the head movable body 800 has finished moving to a high position by 1-2 phase excitation). This is a setting process for generating stop excitation in the phase excitation state.

As shown in FIG. 41, in the ultra-low current stop excitation process (S518), first, the effect control microcomputer 121 uses the excitation phase selection data DA1 shown in FIG. 26 for one-phase excitation data (excitation data da2, da4). , Da6, da8) is determined whether or not it has been read. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of the excitation counter is an even number. If the 1-phase excitation data is not read (NO in S601), the 2-phase excitation state (FIG. 24 (B) (D)) when the head movable body 800 finishes moving to a high position by 1-2 phase excitation. ) (Refer to (F) and (H)). In this case, the process proceeds to step S603, the ultra-low current switching setting process (S603) is executed, and this process is completed. In the ultra-low current switching setting process (S603), the head moving motor driver IC supplies a current (15 mA in this embodiment) of 3.75% of the constant current, and the head moving motor 810 is driven by two-phase excitation. The head movement motor driver IC is set so as to generate stop excitation. As a result, it is possible to apply a stop holding force to the head movable body 800 at a high position by two-phase excitation while greatly suppressing the current consumption based on the stop excitation.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S601 that the one-phase excitation data is being read (YES in S601), the head forward half-step drive control process is executed (S602). In the head positive direction half-step drive control process (S602), the value of the excitation counter is advanced by +1 and read at the end of the normal roaring drive effect in the excitation phase selection data DA1 (see FIGS. 26A and 26B). From the excitation data, the subsequent excitation data (two-phase excitation data) is read and a control signal is output (see FIGS. 29A and 29B). As a result, the one-phase excitation state is switched to the two-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), and (F)). After that, as described above, the ultra-low current switching setting process (S603) is executed to complete this process.

In this way, at the time when the normal roaring drive effect is completed, even if it is in the one-phase excitation state, it is always switched to the two-phase excitation state. That is, the head moving motor 810 does not generate stop excitation in the one-phase excitation state. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the setting of increasing the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 with a certain margin on the assumption that the head moving motor 810 is stopped and excited in the one-phase excitation state. Therefore, assuming only the case where the head moving motor 810 is stopped excited in the two-phase excitation state, the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 when the stop excitation is generated should be set to a very small current of 15 mA. Is possible. Therefore, it is possible to greatly suppress the current consumption in the head moving motor 810 at the time of stop excitation.

Returning to the description of the head movable body drive control process (S304) shown in FIG. 40. As shown in FIG. 40, in step S514, if the head status value is not "3" (NO in S514), then it is determined whether or not the head status value is "4" (S520). .. If it is "4" (YES in S520), it is after the normal roaring drive effect is completed, the stop excitation control process for ultra-low current is executed (S521), and the process proceeds to step S522. In the ultra-low current stop excitation control process (S521), the content set in the above-mentioned ultra-low current switching setting process (S603) (a current of 3.75% of the constant current is supplied to the head moving motor 810). The effect control microcomputer 121 controls the head movement motor driver IC1 in order to generate stop excitation in the head movement motor 810 by the stop excitation in the two-phase excitation state.

In step S522, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not it is the timing to start moving the head movable body 800 to the initial position based on the head movable body drive data. If it is not the timing to start moving to the initial position (NO in S522), this process ends. On the other hand, if it is the timing to start moving to the initial position (YES in S522), the head return drive setting process is executed (S523), and the process proceeds to step S524. In the head return drive setting process (S523), the speed of the head moving motor 810 is 333 pps, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is two-phase excitation, and a constant current (400 mA in this embodiment) is supplied to the head moving motor 810. As a result, the effect control microcomputer 121 controls the head movement motor driver IC1 (see FIG. 25B). In step S524, the value of the head status is set to "5", and this process ends.

Further, in step S517, if it is not the end of the normal roaring drive effect (NO in S517), it is subsequently determined whether or not the special roaring drive effect is ended (S525). That is, it is determined whether or not the head movable body drive data accompanied by the execution of the special roaring drive effect is set and the reciprocating movement (rotation) of the head movable body 800 in the vertical direction is completed three times. Unless the special roaring drive effect is completed (NO in S525), it is still necessary to reciprocate the head movable body 800 in the vertical direction, so the process proceeds to step S526. In step S526, the head-down drive setting process is executed, and the process proceeds to step S527. Since the head-down drive setting process in step S526 is the same as the head-down drive setting process in step S507 described above, the description thereof will be omitted. In step S527, the head status value is set to "2", and this process ends. As a result, the vertical reciprocating movement of the head movable body 800 is resumed.

On the other hand, in step S525, if the special roaring drive effect is completed (YES in S525), the head return drive setting correction process described later is executed (S528), and the process proceeds to step S529. In step S529, the value of the head status is set to "5", and this process ends.

[Head Return Drive Setting Correction Process] Before explaining all of the head movable body drive control process (S304) shown in FIG. 40, the head return drive setting correction process (S528) shown in FIG. 42 will be described first. In the head return drive setting correction process (S528), the head movement motor 810 excites one phase at the time when the special roaring drive effect ends (when the head movable body 800 finishes moving to a high position by 1-2 phase excitation). If it is in the state, it is a process for switching to the two-phase excitation state.

As shown in FIG. 42, in the head return drive setting correction process (S528), first, the effect control microcomputer 121 uses the excitation phase selection data DA1 shown in FIG. 26 for one-phase excitation data (excitation data da2, da4). It is determined whether or not da6, da8) has been read. Specifically, it is determined whether or not the value of the excitation counter is an even number. If the 1-phase excitation data is not read (NO in S701), the 2-phase excitation state (FIG. 24 (B) (D)) when the head movable body 800 finishes moving to a high position by 1-2 phase excitation. ) (Refer to (F) and (H)). In this case, the process proceeds to step S703, the head return drive setting process is executed (S703), and this process ends. Since the head return drive setting process in step S703 is the same as the head return drive setting process in step S523 described above, the description thereof will be omitted.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S701 that the one-phase excitation data is being read (YES in S701), the head-reverse half-step drive control process is executed (S702). In the head-reverse half-step drive control process (S702), the value of the excitation counter is advanced by -1, and at the end of the special roaring drive effect in the excitation phase selection data DA1 (see FIGS. 26A and 26B). From the read excitation data, the previous excitation data (two-phase excitation data) is read and a control signal is output (see FIGS. 28A and 28B). As a result, the one-phase excitation state is switched to the two-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), and (F)). After that, as described above, the head return drive setting process (S703) is executed to end this process.

In this way, at the time when the normal roaring drive effect is completed, even if it is in the one-phase excitation state, it is always switched to the two-phase excitation state. This makes it possible to prevent the full-step drive control (see FIG. 28C) from being executed as the control process by the two-phase excitation in the one-phase excitation state. In short, the head movable body 800 is moved by 1-2 phase excitation, and even if the head movable body 800 is in the 1 phase excited state when the head movable body 800 is stopped at a high position, the head reverse direction half step drive control process (S702). ) Is intervened, it is possible to smoothly switch from 1-2 phase excitation to 2-phase excitation.

In step S520, if the head status value is not "4" (NO in S520), then it is determined whether the head status value is "5" (S530). If it is not "5" (NO in S530), it is not the timing to control the drive of the head moving motor 810, and this process ends. On the other hand, if it is "5" (YES in S530), it means that the head movable body 800 has started moving (returning) from a high position, and the head reverse direction full step drive control process is executed (S531). ), Proceed to step S532. In the head-reverse direction full-step drive control process (S531), the head moves according to the contents (333 pps, 2-phase excitation, constant current) set in the head return drive setting process of step S523 or the head return drive setting process of step S703. In order to drive the motor 810 to rotate in the reverse direction, the effect control microcomputer 121 controls the head movement motor driver IC1. This makes it possible to quickly move the head movable body 800 toward the initial position with high output (high torque).

In step S532, it is determined whether or not the movement of the head movable body 800 to the initial position is completed based on the management of the number of steps. That is, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not the number of pulses (number of steps) supplied to the head movement motor 810 has reached a specific number from the time when the head movable body 800 is moved from a high position. If the move is not completed (NO in S532), this process ends. On the other hand, if the movement is completed (YES in S532), the horse drive effect based on the movement of the head movable body 800 is completed, and the head movable body drive data is cleared from the effect RAM 124 (S533). ..

Then, the value of the head status is set to "0" (S534). Then, the no-current control state setting process is executed (S535), and this process is completed. As described above, when the head movable body 800 is in the initial position, in order to eliminate the current consumption, as shown in FIGS. 25 (B) and 25 (C), the head movable body 800 is not subjected to the stop holding force by the stop excitation. .. Therefore, in the no-current control state setting process (S535), the effect control microcomputer 121 controls the head movement motor driver IC1 so that the current is not supplied to the head movement motor 810.

[Sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt process] The sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt process is executed every time an interrupt pulse having a cycle of 10 msec is input to the effect control board 120. As shown in FIG. 43, in the sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt process, the effect control microcomputer 121 performs a received command analysis process described later (S801).

Subsequently, a switch state acquisition process is performed in which the switch data created in the input process (S201) of the sub-side 1 ms timer interrupt process is stored in the effect RAM 124 as the switch data for the sub-side 10 ms timer interrupt process (S802). Then, a switch process for setting the display contents of the display screen 50a based on the switch data stored in the switch state acquisition process (S802) is performed (S803).

Subsequently, voice control processing (S804) is performed. In the voice control process (S804), voice data (data that controls the output of voice from the speaker 620) is created, output to the image control board 140, and time management of voice production is performed. As a result, the sound suitable for the effect to be executed is output from the speaker 620. After that, other processing such as updating random numbers for various effects is executed (S805), and this processing is completed.

[Received command analysis process] As shown in FIG. 44, in the received command analysis process (S801), first, the effect control microcomputer 121 receives a variation start command (special figure 1 variation start command or special figure 2 variation) from the game control board 100. It is determined whether or not the start command) has been received (S901), and if it has been received, the variable effect start process described later is performed (S902).

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not a fluctuation stop command (special figure 1 fluctuation stop command or special figure 2 fluctuation stop command) has been received from the game control board 100 (S903), and if so, has received it. Perform variable effect end processing (S904). In the variation effect end processing (S904), the variation stop command is analyzed, and the variation effect end command for ending the variation effect is set in the output buffer of the effect RAM 124 based on the analysis result.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not an opening command has been received from the game control board 100 (S905), and if so, performs an opening effect selection process (S906). In the opening effect selection process (S906), the opening command is analyzed, and the pattern (content) of the opening effect to be executed during the opening of the jackpot game is selected based on the analysis result. Then, an opening effect start command for starting the opening effect with the selected opening effect pattern is set in the output buffer of the effect RAM 124.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not a round designation command has been received from the game control board 100 (S907), and if so, performs a round effect selection process (S908). In the round effect selection process (S908), the round designation command is analyzed, and the pattern (content) of the round effect to be executed during the round game of the jackpot game is selected based on the analysis result. Then, a round effect start command for starting the round effect with the selected round effect pattern is set in the output buffer of the effect RAM 124.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 determines whether or not an ending command has been received from the game control board 100 (S909), and if so, performs an ending effect selection process (S910). In the ending effect selection process (S910), the ending command is analyzed, and the pattern (content) of the ending effect to be executed during the ending of the jackpot game is selected based on the analysis result. Then, an ending effect start command for starting the ending effect with the selected ending effect pattern is set in the output buffer of the effect RAM 124.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 performs other processes (S911) such as processes based on reception commands other than the above commands (for example, processes for performing customer wait effects based on the reception of customer wait commands, and normal symbol fluctuations. The process for performing the normal map fluctuation effect based on the reception of the start command) is performed, and the reception command analysis process (S901) is completed.

[Variation effect start process] As shown in FIG. 45, in the variation effect start process (S902), the effect control microcomputer 121 first analyzes the variation start command (S1001). The fluctuation start command includes information on the special figure stop symbol data set based on the jackpot determination process by the game control microcomputer 101, information on the fluctuation pattern (see FIG. 33), information for specifying the current game state, and the like. include.

Next, the effect control microcomputer 121 selects the effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R to be finally stopped and displayed in the variable effect (S1002). Specifically, a random number for determining the effect symbol is acquired, and one table is selected from a plurality of tables classified according to the presence or absence of reach based on the analysis result of the fluctuation start command. Then, the effect symbol is selected by determining the acquired random number for determining the effect symbol using the selected table. As a result, the combination of the effect symbols 8L, 8C, 8R (for example, "777" etc.) that is finally stopped and displayed is determined.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 executes a variable effect pattern selection process (S1003). Specifically, a random number for determining a variation effect pattern is acquired, and one table is selected from the tables classified according to the type of variation pattern based on the analysis result of the variation start command. Then, the variation effect pattern is selected by determining the acquired variation effect pattern lottery random number using the selected table. Once the variable effect pattern is determined in this way, the time of the variable effect, the variable display mode of the effect pattern, the presence or absence of reach effect, the content of reach effect, the presence or absence of the effect button effect (SW effect), the content of the effect button effect, the effect development configuration, The details of the content of the variable effect, which consists of the type of background of the effect pattern, etc., will be determined.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 executes the advance notice effect selection process (S1004). In the advance notice effect selection process (S904), a random number for determining the advance notice effect is acquired, and one table is selected from a plurality of tables classified according to the presence or absence of reach based on the analysis result of the fluctuation start command. do. Then, the advance notice effect is selected by determining the acquired random number for determining the advance notice effect using the selected table. As a result, the content of the notice effect such as the so-called step-up notice effect and the chance-up notice effect is determined.

Subsequently, the effect control microcomputer 121 executes a drive data setting process for setting drive data according to the selected variation effect pattern (S1005). When a variable effect pattern for executing an effect (SP reach, etc.) with a high expectation of winning is selected by this drive data setting process (S1005), the head movable body drive data and the neck movable body accompanied by the execution of the horse drive effect are selected. Drive data, leg movable body drive data, and other drive data can be set in the effect RAM 124. Further, when the fluctuation effect pattern based on the variation patterns P1 and P31 in which the jackpot winning is confirmed is selected, the head movable body drive data accompanied by the execution of the special roaring drive effect can be set in the effect RAM 124. It has become like.

After that, the variable effect start command for starting the selected effect symbol, the variable effect pattern, and the advance notice effect is set in the output buffer of the effect RAM 124 (S1006), and this process is completed. When the variation effect start command set in step S1006 is transmitted to the image control board 140, the variation effect synchronized with the variation display of the special symbol is started on the display screen 50a.

10. Effect of this embodiment As described in detail above, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, the head movable body 800 is made smooth by changing the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 to 1-2 phase excitation in the roaring drive effect. It is possible to move it. Further, by setting the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 to two-phase excitation in the horse driving effect excluding the roaring drive effect, it is possible to move the head movable body 800 with high output (high torque). By switching the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 to 1-2 phase excitation or 2-phase excitation in this way, it is possible to flexibly respond to the behavior required for the head movable body 800.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, the head movable body 800 is rotatable around the rotation shaft 801. Then, in the roaring drive effect, the head movable body 800 can be smoothly rotated by rotating the head movable body 800 by setting the exciting method of the head moving motor 810 to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the load acting on the rotating shaft 801 as compared with the case where the head moving motor 810 is excited only by two-phase excitation and the head movable body 800 is continuously rotated around the rotating shaft 801. be. As a result, it is possible to prevent problems such as disconnection of the rotating shaft 801 from occurring.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, the head movable body 800 is moved from the high position shown in FIG. 13 (A) to the low position shown in FIG. 13 (B), and then returned to the high position shown in FIG. 13 (C). When the roaring drive effect to be moved is executed, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, the reciprocating movement (reciprocating rotation) of the head movable body 800 can be smoothed, and it is possible to execute the roaring drive effect with less vibration.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, as shown in FIGS. 13 (A), 13 (B) and 13 (C), when the cervical movable body 700 is in the appearance position, the method of exciting the head moving motor 810 is 1-2 phases. Excite it and perform a roaring drive effect. Therefore, the movement of the head movable body 800 in the roaring drive effect can be smoothed, and the vibration transmitted from the head movable body 800 to the neck movable body 700 can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the neck movable body 700 at the appearance position from having a problem of lowering toward the storage position.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, when the cervical movable body 700 is given a stop holding force at the appearance position (see FIG. 25 (A)), the excitation method of the head moving motor is 1-2 phase excitation. (See FIGS. 13 (A), (B), and (C)). Therefore, it is possible to reduce the vibration transmitted from the moving head movable body 800 to the neck movable body 700 at the appearance position in the roaring drive effect. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the cervical movable body 700 cannot be held stopped at the appearance position.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, as shown in FIGS. 25 (B) and 25 (C), when the head movable body 800 moves from the initial position to the high position, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is two-phase. In order to excite, the head movable body 800 can be quickly moved (appeared) to a high position with high torque. After that, when the head movable body 800 moves in the drive mode (specific drive mode) shown in FIG. 13 (A) ⇒ FIG. 13 (B) ⇒ FIG. 13 (C), the excitation method of the head movement motor 810 is set to 1. -Use two-phase excitation. Therefore, after the head movable body 800 appears, it is possible to execute a roaring drive effect by the smooth movement of the head movable body 800.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, as shown in FIG. 25 (C), when the special roaring drive effect is executed, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the head movable body. It is possible to move the 800 smoothly. After that, when the special roaring drive effect is completed, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is changed to two-phase excitation, and the head movable body 800 can be quickly moved from a high position to an initial position with a high output (high torque). .. By switching the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 from 1-2 phase excitation to 2-phase excitation in this way, it is possible to flexibly respond to the behavior required for the head movable body 800.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, after the special roaring drive effect is completed, when the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to two-phase excitation and the movement of the head movable body 800 is started, the head moving body 800 is in a one-phase excitation state. (See FIG. 28 (A)). In this case, if full-step drive control is executed, switching to two-phase excitation cannot be appropriately performed. Therefore, in this case, after switching to the two-phase excitation state by the head-reverse direction half-step drive control process (process of step S702 in FIG. 42), the head-reverse direction full-step drive control process (process of step S531 in FIG. 40). To execute. This makes it possible to appropriately switch to two-phase excitation.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, as shown in FIGS. 26A and 26B, either half-step drive control or full-step drive control can be executed based on one excitation phase selection data DA1. It is possible. That is, as shown in the comparative example of FIG. 27, the data for executing the half-step drive control (see FIG. 27 (B)) and the data for executing the full-step drive control (see FIG. 27 (A)) are provided. You don't have to have it separately. Therefore, even if the head movable body 800 is in the one-phase excitation state when the movement of the head movable body 800 is started by the two-phase excitation, the excitation phase selection data DA1 is used as it is for half-step drive control (half-step in the reverse direction of the head in step S702). It is possible to switch to the two-phase excitation state by the drive control process). Then, after that, it is possible to execute the full-step drive control (the head-reverse direction full-step drive control process of step S531). In this way, when switching from 1-2 phase excitation to 2-phase excitation, the process of switching data as in the comparative example shown in FIG. 27 is unnecessary, and the process of switching the excitation method can be simplified.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, as shown in FIG. 25 (B), when the normal roaring drive effect is executed, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the head movable body 800 is used. It is possible to move. However, when the head movable body 800 is stopped at a high position, it may be in a one-phase excitation state (see FIG. 29 (A)). Therefore, in this case, after switching from the one-phase excitation state to the two-phase excitation state by the head positive direction half-step drive control process (process of step S602 in FIG. 41) (see FIG. 29 (B)), the head movable body. A stop holding force is given to 800. As a result, it is possible to apply a larger stop holding force than when the stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 in the one-phase excited state. As a result, it is possible to reduce the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 in order to generate the stop holding force, and to suppress the current consumption in the head moving motor 810.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, the two-phase excitation state is always set when the head movable body 800 is stopped at a high position after the normal roaring drive effect is completed. At this time, an ultra-low current (current having a magnitude of 3.75% of the constant current, 15 mA in this embodiment) is supplied to the head moving motor 810 in a two-phase excited state, and a stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800. Give. This ultra-low current is smaller than the drive current (in this embodiment, 400 mA, which is a constant current, or 284 mA, which is 71% of the constant current) supplied to the head movable body 800 while the head movable body 800 is moving. In this way, it is possible to suppress the current consumption in the head moving motor 810 by reducing the ultra-reducing current for generating the stop holding force. In particular, when the stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800, the two-phase excitation state is always set, so that it is not necessary to set the ultra-reducing current assuming a one-phase excitation state in which the stop holding force is small. That is, since the ultra-low current can be set assuming a two-phase excited state having a large stop holding force, it is not necessary to set a current value larger than necessary (for example, 60 mA assuming a one-phase excited state). In this way, since the ultra-low current can be set small, it is possible to further suppress the current consumption in the head moving motor 810.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, when a stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 at a high position, the ultra-reducing current supplied to the head moving motor 810 (with a magnitude of 3.75% of the constant current). The current (15 mA in this embodiment) is reduced to 1/10 or less of the drive current (400 mA in this embodiment or 284 mA, which is 71% of the size) supplied to the movable head 800 while the movable head 800 is moving. There is. By setting the ultra-low current to a very small value in this way, it is possible to obtain a large effect of suppressing the current consumption.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, as shown in FIGS. 26A and 26B, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is two-phase excitation or 1-2 phase based on one excitation phase selection data DA1. It can be either excitation. That is, as shown in the comparative example of FIG. 27, the exciting phase selection data DA2 (see FIG. 27 (A)) for making the excitation method two-phase excitation and the exciting phase selection data DA3 for making 1-2 phase excitation. It is not necessary to have (see FIG. 27 (B)) separately. Therefore, when switching from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation, or when switching from 1-2-phase excitation to 2-phase excitation, the process of switching data as in the comparative example shown in FIG. 27 is unnecessary, and excitation is not required. It is possible to simplify the method switching process.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, when switching to the two-phase excitation, the effect control microcomputer 121 has two excitation counters for the excitation phase selection data DA1 as shown in FIG. 26 (A). It suffices to proceed step by step and read the two-phase excitation data (excitation data da1, da3, da5, da7). On the other hand, when switching to 1-2 phase excitation, as shown in FIG. 26B, the excitation counter is advanced one by one with respect to the excitation phase selection data DA1, and the one-phase excitation data (excitation data). da2, da4, da6, da8) may be read. In this way, it is possible to easily switch to two-phase excitation or 1-2-phase excitation by using one excitation phase selection data DA1 and one excitation counter.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, when the normal roaring drive effect is completed and the head movable body 800 is in a one-phase excitation state when stopped at a high position (see FIG. 29 (A)), the excitation is performed. The excitation counter for the phase selection data DA1 is advanced by +1 to read the two-phase excitation data (excitation data da1, da3, da5, da7) (see FIG. 29B). As a result, the one-phase excitation state is switched to the two-phase excitation state. In this way, when the stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800, even in the one-phase excitation state, it is possible to smoothly shift to the two-phase excitation state by using the excitation phase selection data DA1 as it is.

Further, according to the pachinko gaming machine PY1, when the special roaring drive effect is completed and the head movable body 800 is in a one-phase excitation state when stopped at a high position (see FIG. 28 (A)), the excitation is performed. The excitation counter for the phase selection data DA1 is advanced by -1, and the two-phase excitation data (excitation data da1, da3, da5, da7) are read (see FIG. 28B). As a result, the one-phase excitation state is switched to the two-phase excitation state. In this way, even in the one-phase excitation state, it is possible to smoothly shift to the two-phase excitation state by using the excitation phase selection data DA1 as it is before starting the movement of the head movable body 800 by the two-phase excitation. be.

11. Modification example The modification will be described below. In the description of the modified example, the same components as those of the pachinko gaming machine PY1 of the above-described embodiment are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted. Of course, the configurations according to the modified examples may be appropriately combined and configured. Further, the technical features in the above-described embodiment and the following modifications can be appropriately deleted unless they are described as essential in the present specification.

In the above embodiment, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 (driving means) capable of applying a driving force to the head movable body 800 is switched to 1-2 phase excitation or 2-phase excitation. However, the target movable body for switching the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation or 2-phase excitation is not limited to the head movable body 800, and can be appropriately changed. For example, it may be a board movable body such as a neck movable body 700 or a leg movable body 600, or a frame movable body such as an elevating unit 300, an upper left unit 500, or an upper right unit 550. Further, the operation means such as the input unit (effect button) 40k can be moved (including vibration), and the excitation method of the drive means capable of applying the driving force to the operation means is 1-2 phase excitation or 2-phase excitation. You may switch to excitation.

Further, in the above embodiment, the target movable body for switching the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation or 2-phase excitation is a rotatable movable body such as the head movable body 800. However, the exciting method of the driving means is switched to 1-2 phase excitation or 2-phase excitation. The target movable body can be moved in a linear motion, a movable body that can move in two or more directions, and a link mechanism can be used in multiple stages. It may be a movable body or the like that can be moved.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 13A, 13B, and 13C, the head movable body 800 rotates from a high position to a low position and then rotates from a low position to a high position, that is, reciprocates. In addition, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 was changed to 1-2 phase excitation. However, in addition to the case where the movable body reciprocates, the excitation method of the driving means may be 1-2 phase excitation when the movable body reciprocates and moves linearly.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the head movable body 800 reciprocates (including reciprocating rotation) at a position other than the initial position (origin position), the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 (driving means) is set to 1-2 phase excitation. .. However, when the movable body reciprocates between the origin position (initial setting position) and the drive position after the movement, the excitation method of the drive means may be 1-2 phase excitation.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the neck movable body 700 (another movable body) is not in the appearance position (elevation position), the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to two-phase excitation, and the head movable body 800 is raised from the initial position. It was moved to the position (see FIGS. 25 (A), (B), and (C)). However, even if the cervical movable body 700 is in the appearance position, the head movable body 800 may be moved by changing the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 to two-phase excitation.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the cervical movable body 700 (another movable body) is in the appearance position (elevated position), the exciting method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the head movable body 800 is moved. (The head drive effect was executed) (see FIGS. 25 (A), (B), and (C)). However, even when the cervical movable body 700 is not in the appearance position, for example, when the cervical movable body 700 is in the retracted position, the head moving body 800 is moved by setting the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 to 1-2 phase excitation. May be.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the cervical movable body 700 (another movable body) to which the head movable body 800 is assembled is given a stop holding force, the head movable body 800 is moved (a roaring drive effect is executed). ), The excitation method of the head moving motor 810 was set to 1-2 phase excitation. However, when the head movable body 800 is moved even when the cervical movable body 700 is not provided with the stop holding force, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 may be 1-2 phase excitation.

For example, while the neck moving motor 710 is used for two-phase excitation to move the neck movable body 700 (another movable body), the head moving motor 810 (driving means) is excited by 1-2 phase excitation for the head movable body 800. (Movable body) may be moved. In this case, it is possible to reduce the vibration transmitted from the head movable body 800 to the cervical movable body 700 and prevent the movement of the cervical movable body 700 from becoming unstable. On the contrary, the head movable body 800 may be moved by using the head moving motor 810 as a two-phase excitation method while moving the neck movable body 700 by 1-2 phase excitation of the neck moving motor 710. In this case, it is possible to reduce the vibration transmitted from the neck movable body 700 to the head movable body 800 and prevent the movement of the head movable body 800 from becoming unstable. Alternatively, the head moving body 800 may be moved by changing the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 to 1-2 phase excitation while moving the neck movable body 700 by 1-2 phase excitation of the neck moving motor 710. In this case, the vibration transmitted between the cervical movable body 700 and the head movable body 800 can be reduced, and the movement of the cervical movable body 700 and the head movable body 800 can be prevented from becoming unstable. be.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the head movable body 800 is moved from the initial position (origin position) to the high position (moving position) (movement effect is executed), the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to two-phase excitation. When performing a roaring drive effect (specific effect) that moves the head movable body 800 from a high position, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the head movable body 800 is moved from the high position to the initial position. In the case of moving (returning), the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 was changed to two-phase excitation (see FIGS. 25 (B) and 25 (C)). However, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 may be reversed from the above. That is, when moving the head movable body 800 from the initial position to a high position (performing the movement effect), the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the head movable body 800 is moved from the high position. The head movement motor 810 is excited by two-phase excitation when performing a roaring drive effect (specific effect), and the head movement motor is used to move (return) the head movable body 800 from a high position to an initial position. The excitation method of 810 may be 1-2 phase excitation. In this case, the head movable body 800 can be moved smoothly when it appears, and when the roaring drive effect is executed, the head movable body 800 can be moved quickly with high output (high torque). It is possible to move the head movable body 800 smoothly when returning it.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the roaring drive effect (specific effect) for moving the head movable body 800 from the high position to the low position to the high position is executed, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is set to 1-2 phase excitation. However, even in a specific effect other than the roaring drive effect, that is, a drive mode other than the drive mode (specific drive mode) of high position ⇒ low position ⇒ high position, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is 1-2 phase excitation. You can do it. For example, in the irregular driving mode of high position ⇒ low position ⇒ high position ⇒ initial position ⇒ low position, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 may be 1-2 phase excitation.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIG. 25 (C), when a stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 at a high position after the normal roaring drive effect, the head moving motor 810 has a constant current of 3. It was controlled to supply a current having a magnitude of 75% (low current, 15 mA in this embodiment). However, the value of the low current can be changed as appropriate, and for example, it may be controlled to supply a current (152 mA) having a magnitude of 38% of the constant current. From the viewpoint of suppressing the current consumption of the head moving motor 810, the current is lower than that supplied to the head moving motor 810 during the movement of the head movable body 800 (400 mA in this embodiment or 284 mA, which is 71% of the size). Is small.

Further, in the above embodiment, the current (low current, 15 mA in this embodiment) supplied to the head moving motor 810 when the stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 at a high position after the normal roaring drive effect is applied to the head. It was set to 1/10 or less of the supply to the head moving motor 810 during the movement of the movable body 800 (400 mA in this embodiment or 284 mA, which is 71% of the size). However, the value of the low current is not limited to one tenth or less of the drive current, and may be, for example, one fifth or less. This is because the effect of suppressing the current consumption is less than that of 1/10 or less, but the effect of suppressing the current consumption can be sufficiently obtained even if it is 1/5 or less. Further, for example, the value of the low current may be set to half or less of the drive current. This is because the effect of suppressing the current consumption can be obtained to some extent even if it is less than half.

Further, in the above embodiment, when a stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 after the normal roaring drive effect, if it is in a one-phase excitation state (see FIG. 29 (A)), the head positive direction half-step drive control process is performed. (Processing in step S602 of FIG. 41) switched from the one-phase excited state to the two-phase excited state (see FIG. 29 (B)). However, the head-reverse half-step drive process (process of step S702 in FIG. 42) may be used to switch from the one-phase excitation state to the two-phase excitation state. When switching from the 1-phase excitation state to the 2-phase excitation state, instead of advancing the excitation counter by +1 or -1 in the excitation phase selection data DA1, the excitation counter is set to an odd number such as ± 3 or ± 5. You may proceed and read the two-phase excitation data.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the head movable body 800 is started to move to a low position after the special roaring drive effect, if it is in a one-phase excitation state (see FIG. 28 (A)), the head reverse half-step drive is performed. By the control process (process of step S702 in FIG. 42), the one-phase excited state was switched to the two-phase excited state (see FIG. 28 (B)). However, the head positive direction half-step drive process (process of step S602 in FIG. 41) may be used to switch from the one-phase excitation state to the two-phase excitation state. When switching from the 1-phase excitation state to the 2-phase excitation state, instead of advancing the excitation counter by +1 or -1 in the excitation phase selection data DA1, the excitation counter is set to an odd number such as ± 3 or ± 5. You may proceed and read the two-phase excitation data.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the head movable body 800 moves to a high position due to the end of the special roaring drive effect, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is switched from 1-2 phase excitation to 2-phase excitation (FIG. 25 (C). )reference). However, the position at which the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is switched from 1-2 phase excitation to 2-phase excitation can be appropriately changed, and may be, for example, between a low position and a high position.

Further, in the above embodiment, after the head movable body 800 is moved to a high position by performing a normal roaring drive effect, a stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 by two-phase excitation (two-phase excited state) (FIG. 25 (FIG. 25). B) See). However, the position where the stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 by the two-phase excitation may be, for example, a low position, and can be appropriately changed.

Further, in the above embodiment, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 (driving means) is switched to 1-2 phase excitation or 2-phase excitation. However, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 (driving means) may be limited to 1-2 phase excitation so as not to switch to 2-phase excitation.

On the contrary, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 (driving means) may be limited to 2-phase excitation so as not to switch to 1-2-phase excitation. In this case, as shown in FIG. 26B, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 may be 1-2 phase excited by using the exciting phase selection data DA1 (specific data) and the exciting counter. .. In the subsequent model development, when a situation occurs in which the movable body (head movable body 800) is moved by 1-2 phase excitation, the excitation phase selection data DA1 is used as it is, and the excitation method is 1-2 phase excitation. Because it can be. In this way, even in the case of two-phase excitation, by using the exciting phase selection data DA1 (specific data), it becomes possible to flexibly respond when the excitation method is changed thereafter.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 26A and 26B, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 is 2-phase excitation or 1-2-phase excitation based on one excitation phase selection data DA1 (specific data). It was controlled to any of. However, as in the comparative example shown in FIG. 26, the exciting phase selection data DA2 (see FIG. 27 (A)) and the exciting phase selection data DA3 (see FIG. 27 (B)) are separately provided, and the exciting phase selection data DA2 is provided. Based on this, the excitation method of the head moving motor 810 may be set to 2-phase excitation, and the exciting method of the head moving motor 810 may be set to 1-2 phase excitation based on the exciting phase selection data DA3.

Further, in the above embodiment, when a stop holding force is applied to the head movable body 800 after the normal roaring drive effect, if it is in a one-phase excitation state (see FIG. 29 (A)), the excitation phase selection data DA1 (specific data). ) And the excitation counter to switch from the one-phase excitation state to the two-phase excitation state (see FIG. 29 (B)). However, the exciting phase selection data DA2 (see FIG. 27 (A)) and the exciting phase selection data DA3 (see FIG. 27 (B)) are separately provided, and the exciting phase selection data DA3 is switched to the exciting phase selection data DA2 to excite. It is also possible to switch from the one-phase excitation state to the two-phase excitation state based on reading any one of the data db1, db2, db3, and db4.

Further, in the above embodiment, when the head movable body 800 is started to move to a low position after the special roaring drive effect, if it is in a one-phase excitation state (see FIG. 28 (A)), the excitation phase selection data DA1 (see FIG. 28 (A)). Using the specific data) and the excitation counter, the one-phase excitation state was switched to the two-phase excitation state (see FIG. 28 (B)). However, the exciting phase selection data DA2 (see FIG. 27 (A)) and the exciting phase selection data DA3 (see FIG. 27 (B)) are separately provided, and the exciting phase selection data DA3 is switched to the exciting phase selection data DA2 to excite. It is also possible to switch from the one-phase excitation state to the two-phase excitation state based on reading any one of the data db1, db2, db3, and db4.

Further, in the above embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 25 (A), 25 (B) and 25 (C), the motor speed of the head moving motor 810 (driving means), the excitation method, and the magnitude of the current supplied to the head moving motor 810 (current control). Status) was set. However, the motor speed, the excitation method, and the current control state shown in FIGS. 25 (A), 25 (B), and (C) are merely examples, and of course, they can be changed as appropriate.

Further, in the above embodiment, the elevating motor 310, the upper left motor 531 and the upper right motor 581, the leg moving motor 610, the neck moving motor 710, and the head moving motor 810 (driving means) are bipolar stepping motors (FIG. 17A). See) was used. However, the type of the motor can be changed as appropriate, and for example, a unipolar type stepping motor (see FIG. 17B) may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, a two-phase stepping motor is used as the stepping motor of the head moving motor 810 (driving means). As shown in FIG. 17A, the two-phase stepping motor has two terminals φ1 (A phase), terminal φ3 (A / phase), terminal φ2 (B phase), and terminal φ4 (B / phase). It is a stepping motor consisting of phases. On the other hand, for example, a 5-phase stepping motor composed of 5 phases may be used, or a stepping motor composed of other phases may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, the head moving motor driver IC1 (see FIG. 18) that controls the drive of the head moving motor 810 and the neck moving motor driver (not shown) that controls the driving of the neck moving motor 710 are of a constant current drive system. A driver was used. However, the type of driver can be changed as appropriate, and for example, a constant voltage drive type driver may be used.

Further, in the above embodiment, four random numbers such as a jackpot random number are acquired as random numbers (determination information) acquired based on the winning of the first starting port 11 or the second starting port 12, but one random number. And based on the random number, it may be decided whether or not it is a big hit, the type of hit, the presence or absence of reach, and the type of fluctuation pattern. That is, the number of random numbers to be acquired based on the starting prize and what is to be determined for each random number can be arbitrarily set.

Further, in the above embodiment, it is configured as a gaming machine in which the transition to the high-probability state is determined based on the type of the winning jackpot symbol, but the so-called V-probability machine (a game in which the game is controlled to the high-probability state based on the passage of a specific area). It may be configured as a machine). Although only the big prize device 14D was provided as the big prize device, two big prize devices may be provided.

Further, in the above embodiment, once controlled to a high probability state, it is configured as a gaming machine (so-called probabilistic loop type gaming machine) in which control to the high probability state continues until the start of the next jackpot game, but it is a so-called ST machine (probability variation). It may be configured as a gaming machine that cuts the number of times. Further, in the above embodiment, the variation of the special figure 2 is configured to be executed in preference to the variation of the special figure 1. On the other hand, the variation of the special figure 2 and the variation of the special figure 1 may be configured to be executed according to the winning order to the starting port. In this case, a storage area that can be stored by adding the first special figure hold and the second special figure hold is provided in the gaming RAM 104, and the determination information is stored in the storage area according to the winning order, and the storage order is old. It may be configured to digest from. Further, the variation of the special figure 1 may be executed even during the change of the special figure 2, and the variation of the special figure 2 may be executed even during the change of the special figure 1. That is, it may be configured as a so-called simultaneous fluctuation gaming machine. Further, it may be configured as a so-called 1-type / 2-type mixer or a honey-type gaming machine. That is, the present invention can be suitably adopted for a game machine having various game characteristics regardless of the game nature of the game machine.

Further, in the above embodiment, the pachinko gaming machine is configured to be controlled to the jackpot gaming state (special gaming state) under the control condition that the special symbol indicating that the jackpot is won is stopped and displayed. On the other hand, it may be configured as a slot machine (rotary drum type gaming machine, pachislot gaming machine). In this case, in the case of a so-called normal machine that increases the number of medals earned by winning a big bonus or a regular bonus, the state in which the bonus such as the big bonus or the regular bonus is executed corresponds to the special gaming state. In addition, if it is a so-called ART machine or AT machine that increases the number of medals won during a special game period such as ART (assist replay time) or AT (assist time) that can frequently win small roles, the state during ART or AT. Corresponds to the special gaming state. In addition, in the normal machine, the control conditions for the special game state are a combination of symbols that triggers the transition to the big bonus and regular bonus on the activated winning line after winning the big bonus and regular bonus. It is derived and displayed as the display result of the reel. Further, in the ART machine and the AT machine, the control condition to the special game state is, for example, after winning the execution lottery of the ART or AT, the specified number of games is exhausted, and the activation timing of the ART or AT is reached. be.

In the above-mentioned form, "satisfaction of a predetermined control condition" in the present specification means that a jackpot is won in the lottery of the first special symbol or the lottery of the second special symbol, and the jackpot symbol indicating the winning is stopped and displayed. Is.

12. Inventions Shown in the Above Embodiments The inventions of the following means are shown in the above-mentioned embodiments. In the description of the means described below, the corresponding configuration names and expressions in the above-described embodiment and the reference numerals used in the drawings are added in parentheses for reference. However, the components of each invention are not limited to this appendix.

<Means A>
The invention according to means A1 is
In a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine PY1) that controls a special gaming state (big hit gaming state) that is advantageous to the player based on the establishment of predetermined control conditions.
Movable movable body (head movable body 800) and
A driving means (head moving motor 810) capable of applying a driving force to the movable body, and
It is equipped with an effect control means (microcomputer 121 for effect control) capable of controlling the effect.
The effect control means is
It is possible to move the movable body by changing the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is alternately switched to one or two (see FIG. 24). ,
The exciting method of the driving means is a two-phase excitation method in which the number of excited phases to be excited is two (see FIG. 22), and the movable body can be moved. be.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, if the excitation method of the driving means is set to 1-2 phase excitation, the movable body can be smoothly moved. Further, if the exciting method of the driving means is set to two-phase excitation, the movable body can be moved with high output (high torque). By switching the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2-phase excitation or 2-phase excitation in this way, it is possible to flexibly respond to the behavior required for the movable body.

The invention according to means A2 is
In the gaming machine described in means A1,
The movable body is rotatably assembled around a rotation axis (801) (see FIG. 11).
The effect control means is a gaming machine characterized in that the excitation method of the drive means is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the movable body can be rotated around the rotation axis (steps S510 and S515 can be executed). Is.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the moving body can be smoothly rotated by rotating the movable body around the rotation axis by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the load acting on the rotating shaft as compared with the case where the driving means is excited only by two-phase excitation and the movable body is continuously rotated around the rotating shaft. As a result, it is possible to prevent problems such as disconnection of the rotating shaft from occurring.

The invention according to means A3 is
In the gaming machine described in means A1,
The movable body can move to a first position (high position) or a second position (low position) different from a predetermined origin position (initial position).
The effect control means is
The excitation method of the driving means is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the movable body is moved from the first position to the second position and then moved from the second position to the first position. It is a gaming machine characterized in that it can execute a drive effect (see FIGS. 13 (A), (B), and (C)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the reciprocating movement effect is executed, the excitation method of the driving means is set to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, the reciprocating movement of the movable body can be made smooth, and the reciprocating movement effect can be executed with less vibration.

The invention according to means A4 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means A1 to means A3,
It is provided with another movable body (cervical movable body 700) that can move to a predetermined descending position (retracted position) or an ascending position (appearance position) higher than the descending position.
The movable body is movably assembled with respect to the other movable body (see FIG. 11).
The effect control means is
When the other movable body is not in the ascending position, it is possible to move the movable body by setting the excitation method of the driving means to two-phase excitation.
When the other movable body is in the ascending position, it is possible to move the movable body by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation (FIGS. 25 (A), (B), and (C). It is a gaming machine characterized by (see).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the other movable body is in the ascending position, the moving body is moved by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, the movement of the movable body can be smoothed, and the vibration transmitted from the movable body to another movable body can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent other movable bodies in the ascending position from having a problem of descending toward the descending position.

The invention according to means A5 is
In the gaming machine described in means A1,
Equipped with other movable bodies (cervical movable body 700) that can be moved,
The movable body is movably assembled with respect to the other movable body (see FIG. 11).
The effect control means is
When the stop holding force is applied to the other movable body, it is possible to move the movable body by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation (FIGS. 25A and 25B). ) (See (C)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the stop holding force is applied to another movable body, the moving body is moved by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, the movement of the movable body can be smoothed, and the vibration transmitted from the movable body to another movable body can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the stop of other movable bodies cannot be maintained.

The invention according to means A6 is
In the gaming machine described in means A1,
The movable body can move to a predetermined origin position (initial position) or a moving position (high position), and can be moved to a predetermined origin position (initial position) or a moving position (high position).
The effect control means is
By setting the excitation method of the driving means to two-phase excitation, it is possible to execute a movement effect of moving the movable body from the origin position to the moving position (appearance effect of moving the head movable body 800 from the initial position to a high position). can be,
The excitation method of the driving means is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the movable body is driven from the moving position to a specific driving mode (FIG. 13 (A) ⇒ FIG. 13 (B) ⇒ FIG. 13 (C). It is a gaming machine characterized in that it is possible to execute a specific effect (a roaring drive effect) of moving the movable body 800 (a drive mode in which the movable body 800 is moved) (see FIGS. 25 (B) and 25 (C)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the movable body moves from the origin position to the moving position, the moving body is quickly moved to the moving position with high torque in order to change the excitation method of the driving means to two-phase excitation (appearance). ) Is possible. After that, when the movable body moves from the moving position in a specific driving mode, the excitation method of the driving means is set to 1-2 phase excitation, so that it is possible to execute a specific effect by the smooth movement of the moving body. be.

By the way, in the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-207433, since the excitation method of the driving means is always two-phase excitation, there are the following problems. That is, when the driving means generates a high output (high torque), the vibration acting on the movable body tends to increase. Therefore, for example, it becomes impossible to cope with a situation where it is preferable to move the movable body smoothly. On the other hand, if the output of the drive means is reduced, the merit of two-phase excitation is lost. As described above, if the excitation method of the driving means is always two-phase excitation, there is a problem that the behavior required by the movable body cannot be flexibly dealt with. Therefore, the invention according to the above-mentioned means A1 to A6 describes the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-207433, and the effect control means uses the excitation method of the drive means and the number of excitation phases to be excited is one. Alternatively, it is possible to move the movable body by performing 1-2 phase excitation that alternates between the two, and the excitation method of the driving means is changed to 2-phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is two. The difference is that it is possible to move the movable body. This makes it possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of flexibly responding to the desired behavior of a movable body (having an effect).

<Means B>
The invention according to means B1 is
In a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine PY1) that controls a special gaming state (big hit gaming state) that is advantageous to the player based on the establishment of predetermined control conditions.
Movable movable body (head movable body 800) and
A driving means (head moving motor 810) capable of applying a driving force to the movable body, and
It is equipped with an effect control means (microcomputer 121 for effect control) capable of controlling the effect.
The effect control means is
It is possible to move the movable body by changing the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is alternately switched to one or two (see FIG. 24). ,
In the case of a one-phase excited state (see FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), (G)) in which the number of excited phases excited by the driving means is one when the movable body is stopped. Is switched to a two-phase excited state (see FIGS. 24 (B) (D) (F) (H)) in which the number of excited phases excited by the driving means is two (see the head positive half in step S602). It is a gaming machine characterized in that it is possible to apply a stop holding force to the movable body (execution of step S521) (by executing a step drive control process).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, it is possible to move the movable body by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation. However, when the movable body is stopped, it may be in a one-phase excitation state. Therefore, in this case, the stop holding force is applied to the movable body after switching from the one-phase excitation state to the two-phase excitation state. As a result, it is possible to apply a larger stop holding force than when the stop holding force is applied to the movable body in the one-phase excited state. As a result, it is possible to reduce the current supplied to the drive means in order to generate the stop holding force, and to suppress the current consumption in the drive means.

The invention according to means B2 is
In the gaming machine described in means B1,
The effect control means is
When the movable body is in the two-phase excited state, the driving means has a predetermined low current (ultra-reduced current, in this embodiment, a constant current (400 mA)) in the two-phase excited state. It is possible to supply the movable body with the stop holding force by supplying a current (15 mA) having a magnitude of 75%.
If the movable body is in the one-phase excited state when the movable body is stopped, it is possible to switch to the two-phase excited state and supply the low current to the driving means to impart a stop holding force to the movable body. can be,
The low current is made smaller than the drive current (in this embodiment, 400 mA, which is a constant current, or 284 mA, which is 71% of the constant current) supplied to the drive means while the movable body is moving (FIG. 25 (B)). It is a gaming machine characterized by (see).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the movable body is stopped, a low current is supplied to the driving means in the two-phase excited state instead of the one-phase excited state to impart the stop holding force to the movable body. The low current supplied to the drive means at this time is smaller than the drive current supplied to the drive means while the movable body is moving. In this way, by reducing the low current for generating the stop holding force, it is possible to suppress the current consumption in the driving means. In particular, according to a gaming machine having this configuration, when a stop holding force is applied to a movable body, it is always in a two-phase excitation state, so a low current is set assuming a one-phase excitation state in which the stop holding force is small. You don't have to. That is, since the low current can be set assuming a two-phase excited state having a large stop holding force, it is not necessary to set the low current to a larger current value than necessary. In this way, the low current can be set to be even smaller, and the current consumption by the driving means can be further suppressed.

The invention according to means B3 is
In the gaming machine described in means B2,
The effect control means is characterized in that the low current (15 mA in the present embodiment) is reduced to one tenth or less of the drive current (400 mA in the present embodiment or 284 mA, which is 71% of the size). It is a machine.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the low current supplied to the drive means when the stop holding force is applied to the movable body is reduced to 1/10 or less of the drive current supplied to the drive means while the movable body is moving. There is. In this way, by setting the low current to a very small value, it is possible to obtain a large effect of suppressing the current consumption.

The invention according to means B4 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means B1 to means 3,
The movable body is rotatably assembled around a rotation axis (801) (see FIG. 11).
The effect control means is a gaming machine characterized in that the excitation method of the drive means is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the movable body can be rotated around the rotation axis (steps S510 and S515 can be executed). Is.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the moving body can be smoothly rotated by rotating the movable body around the rotation axis by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the load acting on the rotating shaft as compared with the case where the exciting method of the driving means is set to two-phase excitation and the movable body is rotated around the rotating shaft. As a result, it is possible to prevent problems such as disconnection of the rotating shaft from occurring.

The invention according to means B5 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means B1 to B3,
The movable body can move to a first position (high position) or a second position (low position) different from a predetermined origin position (initial position).
The effect control means is
The excitation method of the driving means is set to 1-2 phase excitation, and the movable body is moved from the first position to the second position and then moved from the second position to the first position. It is a gaming machine characterized in that it can execute a drive effect (see FIG. 13).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the reciprocating movement effect is executed, the excitation method of the driving means is set to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, the reciprocating movement of the movable body can be made smooth, and the reciprocating movement effect can be executed with less vibration.

The invention according to means B6 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means B1 to B5,
It is provided with another movable body (cervical movable body 700) that can move to a predetermined descending position (retracted position) or an ascending position (appearance position) higher than the descending position.
The movable body is movably assembled with respect to the other movable body (see FIG. 11).
The effect control means is
When the other movable body is in the ascending position, it is possible to move the movable body by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation (FIGS. 25 (A), (B), and (C). ) Refer to).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the other movable body is in the ascending position, the moving body is moved by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, the movement of the movable body can be smoothed, and the vibration transmitted from the movable body to another movable body can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent other movable bodies in the ascending position from having a problem of descending toward the descending position.

The invention according to means B7 is
In the gaming machine according to any one of means B1 to B3,
Equipped with other movable bodies (cervical movable body 700) that can be moved,
The movable body is movably assembled with respect to the other movable body (see FIG. 11).
The effect control means is
When the stop holding force is applied to the other movable body, it is possible to move the movable body by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation (FIGS. 25A and 25B). ) (See (C)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the stop holding force is applied to another movable body, the moving body is moved by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, the movement of the movable body can be smoothed, and the vibration transmitted from the movable body to another movable body can be reduced. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a situation in which the stop of other movable bodies cannot be maintained.

By the way, in the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-048752, when the movable body is stopped, stop excitation is generated in the driving means to impart the stop holding force to the movable body. Here, a method of moving the movable body by changing the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is alternately switched to one or two can be considered. This is because the movable body can be moved more smoothly in the case of 1-2 phase excitation than in the case of, for example, 2 phase excitation. However, in the above method, when the movable body is stopped, it may occur in a one-phase excited state in which the number of excited phases excited by the driving means is one. In that case, it is necessary to increase the current supplied to the drive means on the assumption that a sufficient stop holding force is applied to the movable body even in the one-phase excitation state. Therefore, there is a problem that the current consumption by the driving means becomes large. Therefore, the invention according to the above-mentioned means B1 to B7 describes the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-048752, and the effect control means uses the exciting method of the driving means and the number of excited phases is one. Alternatively, it is possible to move the movable body by performing 1-2 phase excitation that alternately switches between the two, and the number of exciting phases excited by the driving means when the movable body is stopped is one. The difference is that in the case of the one-phase excitation state, it is possible to switch to the two-phase excitation state and apply a stop holding force to the movable body. This makes it possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of suppressing the current consumption of the driving means (effectively exerting an action effect).

<Means C>
The invention according to means C1 is
In a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine PY1) that controls a special gaming state (big hit gaming state) that is advantageous to the player based on the establishment of predetermined control conditions.
Movable movable body (head movable body 800) and
A driving means (head moving motor 810) capable of applying a driving force to the movable body, and
It is equipped with an effect control means (microcomputer 121 for effect control) capable of controlling the effect.
The effect control means is
The excitation method of the driving means is set to 1-2 phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is alternately switched to one or two (see FIG. 24), and after the movable body is moved (special drive). After executing the effect), it is possible to move the movable body by changing the excitation method of the driving means to two-phase excitation in which two exciting phases are excited (see FIG. 22). C) It is a gaming machine characterized by (see).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, it is possible to smoothly move the movable body by setting the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation. After that, it is possible to quickly move the movable body with high output (high torque) by changing the excitation method of the drive means to two-phase excitation. By switching the excitation method of the driving means from 1-2 phase excitation to 2-phase excitation in this way, it is possible to flexibly respond to the behavior required for the movable body.

The invention according to the means C2 is
In the gaming machine described in means C1,
The effect control means is
When the excitation method of the drive means is 1-2 phase excitation, half-step drive control that alternately switches between a one-phase excited state in which the excited phase is one phase and a two-phase excited state in which the excited phase is two phases. (See Fig. 26 (B)),
When the excitation method of the drive means is changed to two-phase excitation, a full-step drive control that repeats the two-phase excitation state is executed (see FIG. 26 (A)).
When the moving means of the driving means is excited by two-phase excitation and the movable body is started to move in the one-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), (G)), the above-mentioned After switching to the two-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (B) (D) (F) (H)) by the half-step drive control (half-step drive control process in the reverse direction of step S702), the full-step drive control is performed. It is a game machine characterized by executing.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the excitation method of the driving means is set to two-phase excitation and the movement of the movable body is started, there may be a case where the driving means is in the one-phase excitation state. In this case, if full-step drive is executed, switching to two-phase excitation may not be performed properly. Therefore, in this case, the full-step drive control is executed after switching to the two-phase excitation state by the half-step drive control. This makes it possible to appropriately switch to two-phase excitation.

The invention according to the means C3 is
In the gaming machine described in means C2,
The effect control means is
Either the half-step drive control or the full-step drive control can be executed based on the specific data (excitation phase selection data DA1) for alternately switching between the one-phase excitation state and the two-phase excitation state (excitation phase selection data DA1). It is a gaming machine characterized by (see FIGS. 26 (A) and 26 (B)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, it is possible to execute either half-step drive control or full-step drive control based on one specific data. That is, it is not necessary to have the data for executing the half-step drive control and the data for executing the full-step drive control separately. Therefore, even if it is in the one-phase excitation state when the movement of the movable body is started, it is possible to switch to the two-phase excitation state by half-step drive control using the specific data as it is. After that, it is possible to execute full-step drive control. In this way, when switching from the 1-2 phase example excitation to the 2-phase excitation, the process of switching the data is unnecessary, and the process of switching the excitation method can be simplified.

By the way, in the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-207433, since the excitation method of the driving means is always two-phase excitation, there are the following problems. That is, when the driving means generates a high output (high torque), the vibration acting on the movable body tends to increase. Therefore, for example, it becomes impossible to cope with a situation where it is preferable to move the movable body smoothly. On the other hand, if the output of the drive means is reduced, the merit of two-phase excitation is lost. As described above, if the excitation method of the driving means is always two-phase excitation, there is a problem that the behavior required by the movable body cannot be flexibly dealt with. Therefore, the invention according to the above-mentioned means C1 to C3 is based on the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-207433. Alternatively, after moving the movable body by performing 1-2 phase excitation that alternately switches between the two, the method of exciting the driving means is to change the excitation method to 2-phase excitation in which the excited phases are two to move the movable body. The difference is that it is possible. This makes it possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of flexibly responding to the desired behavior of a movable body (having an effect).

<Means D>
The invention according to means D1 is
In a gaming machine (pachinko gaming machine PY1) that controls a special gaming state (big hit gaming state) that is advantageous to the player based on the establishment of predetermined control conditions.
Movable movable body (head movable body 800) and
A driving means (head moving motor 810) capable of applying a driving force to the movable body, and
It is equipped with an effect control means (microcomputer 121 for effect control) capable of controlling the effect.
The effect control means is
It is possible to move the movable body by changing the excitation method of the driving means to two-phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is two (see FIG. 22).
The excitation method of the driving means is based on specific data (excited phase selection data DA1) for alternately switching between a one-phase excited state in which the excited phase is one phase and a two-phase excited state in which the excited phase is two phases. It is a gaming machine characterized by being capable of two-phase excitation (see FIG. 26 (A)).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the exciting method of the driving means is based on specific data for alternately switching between the one-phase excited state in which the excited phase is one phase and the two-phase excited state in which the excited phase is two phases. Can be two-phase excitation. Therefore, in the subsequent model development, when a situation occurs in which the movable body is moved by 1-2 phase excitation, it is possible to use the specific data as it is and change the excitation method to 1-2 phase excitation. .. Therefore, it is possible to flexibly respond when the excitation method is changed.

The invention according to means D2 is
In the gaming machine described in means D1,
The effect control means is
It is possible to move the movable body by changing the excitation method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is alternately switched to one or two (see FIG. 24). ,
Based on the specific data, the excitation method of the driving means can be either two-phase excitation or 1-2-phase excitation (see FIGS. 26A and 26B). It is a machine.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, it is possible to use either two-phase excitation or 1-2-phase excitation as the excitation method of the driving means based on one specific data. That is, it is not necessary to separately have the data for making the excitation method two-phase excitation and the data for making the excitation method 1-2 phase excitation. Therefore, when switching from 2-phase excitation to 1-2-phase excitation, or when switching from 1-2-phase excitation to 2-phase excitation, the process of switching data becomes unnecessary, which simplifies the process of switching the excitation method. It is possible to do.

The invention according to means D3 is
In the gaming machine described in means D2,
The specific data includes one-phase data (excitation data da2, da4, da6, da8) for making the one-phase excitation state and two-phase data (excitation data da1) for making the two-phase excitation state. , Da3, da5, da7) are arranged alternately (see FIGS. 26 (A) and 26 (B)).
The effect control means is
Based on advancing the counter (excitation counter) for the specific data one by one and sequentially reading the one-phase data and the two-phase data, the excitation method of the driving means is changed to 1-2 phase excitation. (See Figure 26 (B)),
It is possible to change the excitation method of the driving means to two-phase excitation based on sequentially reading the two-phase data by advancing the counter for the specific data by two (see FIG. 26 (A)). It is a gaming machine characterized by this.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, the effect control means easily switches the excitation method of the drive means to 1-2 phase excitation or 2-phase excitation depending on whether the counter for the specific data is advanced by one or two. It is possible.

The invention according to means D4 is
In the gaming machine described in means D3,
The effect control means is
If the movable body is in the one-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), and (G)) when the movable body is stopped, the counter for the specific data is advanced by one and the two phases are advanced. The two-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (B), (D), (F), (H)) is set based on the reading of the data for (execution of the half-step drive control process in the forward direction of step S602). It is a gaming machine characterized in that it is possible to apply a stop holding force to a movable body (step S521 can be executed).

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the movable body is in the one-phase excitation state when the movable body is stopped, the effect control means advances the counter for the specific data by one and reads the two-phase data. As a result, the one-phase excitation state is switched to the two-phase excitation state. In this way, when the stop holding force is applied to the movable body, even in the one-phase excitation state, it is possible to smoothly shift to the two-phase excitation state by using the specific data as it is.

The invention according to means D5 is
In the gaming machine according to means D3 or means D4,
The effect control means is
If the movable body is in the one-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (A), (C), (E), and (G)) when the movable body is stopped, the counter for the specific data is advanced by one and the two phases are advanced. After setting the two-phase excitation state (see FIGS. 24 (B), (D), (F), (H)) based on reading the data for (execution of the head-reverse half-step drive control process in step S702). It is a gaming machine characterized in that the movable body can be moved (step S531 can be executed) by changing the excitation method of the driving means to two-phase excitation.

According to the gaming machine having this configuration, when the movable body is in the one-phase excitation state when the movable body is stopped, the effect control means advances the counter for the specific data by one and reads the two-phase data. As a result, the one-phase excitation state is switched to the two-phase excitation state. In this way, even in the one-phase excitation state, it is possible to smoothly shift to the two-phase excitation state by using the specific data as it is before starting the movement of the movable body by the two-phase excitation.

By the way, in the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-207433, the excitation method for driving the driving means is two-phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is two. However, the data for changing the excitation method of the drive means to two-phase excitation cannot be used, for example, when the excitation method of the drive means is to be changed to 1-2 phase excitation by the subsequent model development. Therefore, there is a problem that it is not possible to flexibly deal with the case of changing the excitation method of the driving means. Therefore, the invention according to the above-mentioned means D1 to D5 is different from the gaming machine described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2010-207433, and the effect control means is a one-phase excited state and a two-phase excited phase in which the excited phase is one phase. The difference is that the excitation method of the driving means can be changed to two-phase excitation based on the specific data for alternately switching between the two-phase excitation state. This makes it possible to solve the problem of providing a gaming machine capable of flexibly responding when the excitation method of the driving means is changed (effectively acting).

PY1 ... Pachinko gaming machine 700 ... Neck movable body 800 ... Head movable body 801 ... Rotating shaft 810 ... Head moving motor DA1 ... Exciting phase selection data da1, da3, da5, da7 ... Two-phase exciting data da2, da4, da6, da8 … Data for 1-phase excitation

Claims (2)

In a gaming machine that controls a special gaming state that is advantageous to the player based on the establishment of predetermined control conditions.
Movable movable body and
A driving means capable of applying a driving force to the movable body,
Equipped with a production control means that can control the production,
The effect control means is
The excitation method of the driving means can be 1-2 phase excitation or two phase excitation in which the number of excited phases to be excited is alternately switched to one or two.
The drive is based on specific data in which one-phase data for putting the excited excitation phase into a one-phase excitation state and two-phase data for putting the excited excitation phase into a two-phase excitation state are alternately arranged. After moving the movable body by setting the excitation method of the means to 1-2 phase excitation, the moving of the movable body can be started by setting the exciting method of the driving means to 2-phase excitation based on the specific data. It is possible and
When the excitation method of the driving means is set to two-phase excitation and the movement of the movable body is started, when the excited excitation phase is in the one-phase excited state, the excitation phase excited based on the specific data is set to 2. A gaming machine characterized in that the movable body is moved after switching to the phase excitation state. In the gaming machine according to claim 1,
The effect control means is
It is possible to move the movable body by setting the exciting method of the driving means to 1-2 phase excitation and stop the movable body at a specific position.
When the movable body is stopped at the specific position and the excited phase to be excited is in the one-phase excited state, the excited phase excited based on the specific data is set to the two-phase excited state and stopped in the movable body. A gaming machine characterized by being able to impart holding power.

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