Light source control device and game machine
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsKatsumi Matsushita, Yasuyuki Ohba, Norihisa Takahashi, Hiroyuki Ibuki
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Abstract
A game machine has a game machine main body, a plurality of light sources arranged on the game machine main body, a light source control device that controls the plurality of light sources, and a rendition control unit that controls a rendition depending on a state of a game. Each of the plurality of light sources has an anode connected to any one of a plurality of first signal lines, a cathode connected to any one of a plurality of second signal lines, and a different combination of the connected first signal lines and the connected second signal lines.
Claims6
A light source control device configured to control a plurality of light sources arranged on a game machine, each of the plurality of light sources comprising an anode connected to any one of a plurality of first signal lines, a cathode connected to any one of a plurality of second signal lines, and a different combination of the connected first signal lines and the connected second signal lines, the light source control device comprising:
- an interface unit that includes gradation data that regulates one luminescence amount of the plurality of light sources with a plurality of bits in each of the plurality of light sources and receives a serially transmitted control command;
- a command analyzing unit that:
- generates, for each of the plurality of first signal lines, a first signal for setting a first period being capable of alternately energizing a light source connected to the first signal line in the plurality of light sources in a predetermined cycle, and
- generates, for each of the plurality of second signal lines, while the first period is set, a second signal for setting a second period being capable of energizing the light source to the first signal line to which an anode of a light source connected to the second signal line in the plurality of light sources is connected, depending on a luminescence amount represented by the gradation data corresponding to the light source included in the control command;
- a dynamic control unit that applies a voltage to each of the plurality of first signal lines such that a potential in the first period set in the first signal is higher than a potential except in the first period;
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- a gradation control unit that energizes a light source connected to the second signal line in the plurality of light sources, for each of the plurality of second signal lines, in the second period set in the second signal.
A game machine comprising:
- a game machine main body;
- a plurality of light sources arranged on the game machine main body;
- a light source control device that controls the plurality of light sources;
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- a rendition control unit that controls a rendition depending on a state of a game,
- wherein each of the plurality of light sources comprises:
- an anode connected to any one of a plurality of first signal lines,
- a cathode connected to any one of a plurality of second signal lines, and
- a different combination of the connected first signal lines and the connected second signal lines,
- wherein, depending on the state of game, the rendition control unit generates a control command including gradation data for regulating one luminescence amount of the plurality of light sources with a plurality of bits in each of the plurality of light sources and serially transmits the control command to the light source control device, and
- wherein the light source control device comprises:
- an interface unit that receives the control command,
- a command analyzing unit that:
- generates, for each of the plurality of first signal lines, a first signal for setting a first period being capable of alternately energizing a light source connected to the first signal line in the plurality of light sources in a predetermined cycle, and
- generates, for each of the plurality of second signal lines, while the first period is set, a second signal for setting a second period being capable of energizing the light source to the first signal line to which an anode of a light source connected to the second signal line in the plurality of light sources is connected, depending on a luminescence amount represented by the gradation data corresponding to the light source included in the control command,
- a dynamic control unit that applies a voltage to each of the plurality of first signal lines such that a potential in the first period set in the first signal is higher than a potential except in the first period, and
- a gradation control unit that energizes a light source connected to the second signal line in the plurality of light sources, for each of the plurality of second signal lines, in the second period set in the second signal.
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