EP0509386B1 - Machine de jeu télécommandée, actionnée par pièces de monnaie - Google Patents

Machine de jeu télécommandée, actionnée par pièces de monnaie Download PDF

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EP0509386B1
EP0509386B1 EP92106099A EP92106099A EP0509386B1 EP 0509386 B1 EP0509386 B1 EP 0509386B1 EP 92106099 A EP92106099 A EP 92106099A EP 92106099 A EP92106099 A EP 92106099A EP 0509386 B1 EP0509386 B1 EP 0509386B1
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Ulrich Schulze
Horst Niederlein
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F5/00—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks
    • G07F5/18—Coin-actuated mechanisms; Interlocks specially adapted for controlling several coin-freed apparatus from one place
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    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F17/00—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services
    • G07F17/32—Coin-freed apparatus for hiring articles; Coin-freed facilities or services for games, toys, sports, or amusements
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/001—Interfacing with vending machines using mobile or wearable devices
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    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07F—COIN-FREED OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • G07F9/00—Details other than those peculiar to special kinds or types of apparatus
    • G07F9/002—Vending machines being part of a centrally controlled network of vending machines

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  • the invention relates to a money-operated slot machine with a symbol game device, the circulation symbols carrying profit symbols after a shutdown by a central control unit display a game result randomly, optionally with a risk game device, a playout device or the like, with displays for displaying the profit, the credit or the like and with an associated button-controlled remote control, the slot machine containing a receiver coupled to the control unit, which can be acted upon by a corresponding transmitter in the remote control.
  • Such money-operated slot machines are known in a wide variety of designs. They usually have three revolving bodies that can be seen from the outside through windows and carry symbols in the form of rollers or disks or as a folding card carousel can be trained. The rotating bodies are stopped one after the other, and after all the rotating bodies have come to a standstill, the symbol combination decides whether to win or lose. There are prospects of winning money or special games in different amounts. A special key with a higher chance of winning than normal games is used for special game winnings. As a rule, such slot machines are played standing in arcades, restaurants and the like. This is tiring if the player is at the slot machine for a long time.
  • a remote control part for remote control of means for starting and stopping rotating bodies and means for playing and re-storing special games on a slot machine is already known.
  • the remote control unit works with ultrasound with a frequency of 20 to 30 kHz. Relays are actuated, the contacts of which are electrically connected in series or parallel to the contacts of the manually operated keys and thus control the gaming machine. If another visitor or player present in the restaurant or in the arcade is between the slot machine and the remote control part or moves there or passes the slot machine, then the slot machine is in the shadow of the ultrasound and therefore cannot operate via the remote control part to be served.
  • a slot machine with an assigned remote control is already known from DE-GM 90 03 369 ekannt, in which an infrared transmitter with several buttons is provided, with which pressure of a certain button is to be used to send infrared radiation of a certain frequency, whereby a corresponding infrared receiver is arranged on the slot machine, which is tuned to the frequencies of the infrared transmitter and which receives infrared radiation forms an electrical impulse to control the gaming machine.
  • only relatively few functions of the gaming machine can be controlled with the known remote control.
  • EP-A-0 024 184 discloses a money-operated slot machine with a symbol game device, possibly with a risk game device, a play device or the like, with displays for the representation of the profit, the credit or the like and with an associated, button-controlled Handheld device, the slot machine having a transmitter coupled to the control unit, which acts on a corresponding receiver in the handheld device, and the handheld device contains a display for the current credit. The profits are transferred here from the slot machine to the handheld device and there the player is constantly shown the credit. Furthermore, EP-A-0 024 184 discloses a remote-controlled gaming machine, wherein all functions can be transmitted individually or in total bidirectionally via two transmitter-receiver systems. However, this embodiment does not relate to a slot machine according to the preamble of claim 1, but to a video tennis game.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a money-operated slot machine of the type mentioned, in which the possibilities of action via the remote control on the game play of the slot machine are increased and at the same time information about the game play, even if the slot machine is visually impaired, is available to the player .
  • the slot machine contains a transmitter coupled to the control unit, which acts upon a corresponding receiver in the remote control and controls a display in the remote control analogous to the displays of the gaming machine, which gives the player information about the course of the game, about the two transmitter-receiver systems all functions can be transmitted individually or in total bidirectionally.
  • the remote control for playing the gaming machine contains a microcomputer-controlled money processing device with an associated entry of money and, if appropriate, a dispensing of money. This gives the player the opportunity to start the slot machine from its place, ie without going directly to the slot machine. A certain amount of money is expediently entered into the money processing device of the remote control via a credit card.
  • free spins are input via a code card that can be read by the remote control. This gives the person supervising the slot machine the opportunity to send free spins to selected players.
  • the user interface of the remote control expediently contains, in an analogous manner, all operating elements, displays and, if appropriate, in a digitized embodiment, the symbol game device of the game machine. This results in a remote control that fully corresponds to the slot machine in its function.
  • the remote control has a quick stop button, by means of which the running time of the circulating bodies can be shortened.
  • the remote control is permanently installed in a table, a counter or the like. This prevents the remote controller from being stolen.
  • a certain game element of a game device can be operated directly via the remote control by means of a corresponding button. This results in the possibility of carrying out betting games among the players, for example in such a way that each player predicts a symbol appearing in the reading window of a specific circulating body and then only this circulating body is activated, which then remains at random in the reading window with the display of one of its symbols . The player who predicted this symbol then has the Bet won.
  • the housing 2 of the money-operated slot machine 3 with the possibility of winning accommodating the symbol game device 1 has on its front side 4 reading windows 5, behind which three disc-shaped rotating bodies 6 of the symbol game device 1 are provided which are arranged next to one another.
  • the circulation bodies 6 are brought to a standstill under random influence after the start at the beginning of the game during or at the end of the game. In a plurality of possible latching positions, the circulating bodies 6 come to a standstill.
  • the rest positions are assigned 6 symbols 7 on the circumference of the circulating bodies, which serve to display the game result in the reading windows 5.
  • two symbols 7 of the left circulating body 6, one symbol 7 of the middle circulating body 6 and two symbols 7 of the right circulating body 6 are visible.
  • the player can read the result of the game from the displayed symbols 7, in particular also whether a win has resulted from a combination of the displayed symbols 7 according to a profit key explained on the housing.
  • the coin insertion slot 12 located in the upper area of the gaming machine 3 belongs to a coin processing device, not shown.
  • the slot machine has two profit display conductors 13 from a plurality of profit-specific, illuminable display elements 14, in which profits are determined on the basis of certain symbol combinations by playing.
  • the profit display ladders 13 indicate special game winnings in the upper area and money winnings in the lower area. Special games offer the player a higher expectation of winnings, since a certain symbol in a certain reading window 5 leads to a DM 3 win.
  • the profit displayed in one of the profit display ladders 13 can be risked. This is done in that the next higher display element 14 flashes in relation to the illuminated display element 14, which shows the profit, in alternation with the display field 15, which is attached below the associated profit display conductor 13, with the inscription "0".
  • a corresponding risk button 16 is pressed, the next higher profit is either achieved or lost. This process can continue until the maximum profit is achieved.
  • the special game winnings are added up in a special game display 17 and the money winnings in the coin storage display 10.
  • a transmitter 18 working with infrared radiation and a receiver 19 reacting to infrared radiation are arranged side by side behind the front pane 4 of the gaming machine 3, both of which are connected to a central control unit 20 of the gaming machine 3.
  • the transmitter 18 is a corresponding receiver 21 and the receiver 19 is a corresponding transmitter 22 in a separate, with a control unit provided remote control 23 assigned.
  • the remote control 23 has the buttons 24 and 25 corresponding to the function of the buttons 8 and 16 of the gaming machine 3.
  • the remote control 23 is equipped with a display 26, the individual display fields 27 of which are designed analogously to the reading windows 5 of the symbol game device 1. Below the display 26 there is a display 28 assigned to the special game display 17 and a display 29 assigned to the coin storage display 10.
  • the remote control 23 is also provided with two displays 30 corresponding to the profit display leads 13. With the help of a key 31, the middle circulating body 6 of the symbol game device 1 can be started separately as a so-called prelude. Finally, the remote control 23 also has a money input 32, which is coupled to a microprocessor-controlled money processing device integrated in the remote control 23.
  • the transmitter 22 emits infrared radiation of a certain frequency.
  • This infrared radiation is received by the receiver 19 of the gaming machine 3, which, depending on the frequency of the received infrared radiation, gives an electrical pulse to the central control unit 20, as a result of which the control unit triggers the corresponding function.
  • the display of the special game display 17 changes, the transmitter 18 of the gaming machine 3 emits infrared radiation of a certain frequency.
  • This infrared radiation is received by the receiver 21 of the remote control 23, which, depending on the frequency of the infrared radiation, gives an electrical impulse to the control unit of the remote control 23, which controls the display 28 of the remote control 23 in accordance with the change that occurs.

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Claims (9)

  1. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie comportant un dispositif de jeu à symboles (1), dont les corps tournants (6) portant des symboles de gain (7), indiquent, après leur arrêt, sous la commande aléatoire d'une unité de commande centrale (20), un résultat de jeu, comportant le cas échéant un dispositif de jeu à risque (16), un dispositif de mise en jeu ou similaire, comportant des affichages (13) pour la représentation du gain, du crédit ou similaire et comportant une télécommande (23) associée, commandée par touches, l'automate de jeu contenant un récepteur (19), couplé à l'unité de commande (20), qui peut être sollicité par un émetteur correspondant (22) dans la télécommande (23), caractérisé en ce que l'automate de jeu (3) contient un émetteur (18) couplé à l'unité de commande (20), qui sollicite un récepteur correspondant (21) dans la télécommande (23) et commande dans la télécommande (23) un affichage (28), analogue aux affichages (13) de l'automate de jeu, qui fournit au joueur des informations sur le déroulement du jeu, toutes les fonctions pouvant être transmises bidirectionnellement, individuellement ou ensemble, par les deux systèmes émetteurs-récepteurs.
  2. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la télécommande (23) contient, pour jouer sur l'automate de jeu (3), un dispositif de traitement de monnaie commandé par micro-ordinateur avec une entrée de monnaie correspondante (32) ainsi que le cas échéant une sortie de monnaie.
  3. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que l'entrée d'une quantité de monnaie déterminée dans le dispositif de traitement de monnaie de la télécommande (23), s'effectue par une carte de crédit.
  4. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'une entrée de jeux gratuits est prévue par une carte à code lisible par la télécommande (23).
  5. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que la face de commande de la télécommande (23) contient, de manière analogique, tous les éléments de commande, affichages ainsi que le cas échéant sous forme numérique, le dispositif de jeu à symboles de l'automate de jeu.
  6. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que la télécommande (23) comporte une touche d'arrêt rapide au moyen de laquelle la durée de roulement des corps tournants (6) peut être raccourcie.
  7. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que la télécommande (23) est montée fixe dans une table, un comptoir ou similaire.
  8. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que plusieurs télécommandes (23) sont prévues.
  9. Automate de jeu actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément de jeu déterminé (6) d'un dispositif de jeu (1) peut être directement commandé par la télécommande (23), au moyen d'une touche correspondante (31).
EP92106099A 1991-04-13 1992-04-09 Machine de jeu télécommandée, actionnée par pièces de monnaie Expired - Lifetime EP0509386B1 (fr)

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