Display device with combination of multiple display systems, control method of the same, and game machine equipped with the same

A control method of a display device including first and second display units which display images in respective display modes different from each other, the control method comprising:

• a step 1 of displaying different images designated to the respective first and second display units on the corresponding first and second display units, respectively;
• a step 2 of determining whether or not a preset specific event occurs;
• a step 3 of setting a first integrated region which integrates the first and second display units when the specific event occurs;
• and
• a step 4 of displaying one preset image in the first integrated region,
• wherein, when the first and second display units have different resolution from each other, the step 3 further includes a step 3-1 of processing pixels of the display unit having higher resolution to form a bundled pixel.

A game machine comprising:

• a display device including a first display unit and a second display unit, first and second display units displaying images in respective display modes different from each other;
• a control unit that controls operations of the first display unit and the second display unit in accordance with a preset control condition;
• an image storing unit that stores at least one item of image information which is to be displayed on the display device;
• a game-machine body on which the display device is mounted;
• and
• a manipulation mechanism that is installed in the game-machine body and generates a manipulation signal for manipulating a game displayed on the display device,
• wherein the display device is operated in one mode of a first operation mode of displaying different images designated to the respective first and second display units on the corresponding first and second display units, respectively, or a second operation mode of displaying one image in a first integrated region which integrates the first and second display units,
• wherein, when resolution of the first display unit is n times the resolution of the second display unit, the control unit controls pixels of the first display unit to be displayed in one pixel by forming bundles of n×n pixels in order to control an operation to be performed in the second operation mode, wherein n is a positive integer equal to or larger than 1.