EP0582965B1 - Machine d'amusement, actionnée par de la monnaie - Google Patents

Machine d'amusement, actionnée par de la monnaie Download PDF

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EP0582965B1
EP0582965B1 EP93112525A EP93112525A EP0582965B1 EP 0582965 B1 EP0582965 B1 EP 0582965B1 EP 93112525 A EP93112525 A EP 93112525A EP 93112525 A EP93112525 A EP 93112525A EP 0582965 B1 EP0582965 B1 EP 0582965B1
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Horst Niederlein
Konrad Rieck
Edgar Becker
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  • the invention relates to a money-operated entertainment device with a housing and with a money processing device controlled by a central control unit, to which a payment unit and a payment unit are assigned.
  • the gaming machines have controls for starting and stopping the circulating bodies and for controlling risk game devices, play devices and the like. Different levels of cash and / or points and / or special game winnings are promised. Both Special game winnings use a winning key with a higher chance of winning than normal games. 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 slot machine with an associated remote control is already known from DE-GM 90 03 369, in which an infrared transmitter with several keys is provided, with which infrared radiation of a specific frequency is to be transmitted by pressing a specific key , A corresponding infrared receiver, which is tuned to the frequencies of the infrared transmitter, is arranged on the slot machine and, after receiving infrared radiation, forms an electrical pulse for controlling the gaming machine.
  • a slot machine can be accessed that can be operated from a certain distance while sitting, but the player, when there is a person between the player and the slot machine, receives no information about the slot machine due to the lack of eye contact with the slot machine the gameplay.
  • the slot machine which takes up a relatively large amount of space, can only be operated by one player at a time, which is disadvantageous in that it is not readily possible to provide several slot machines in a confined space.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a money-operated entertainment device of the type mentioned that several players at different in a compact structure Places allows gaming at a slot machine.
  • the housing has a plurality of compartments for receiving small, handy, computer-controlled entertainment terminals, in particular slot machines, which can be removed from the housing by the player and can be put back into the respective drawer at the end of the game, which are either provided with an accumulator and in the insertion position are connected bidirectionally to the control unit of the money processing device via a plug connection serving as an interface or via a long connecting line.
  • the accumulator of the entertainment terminal is possibly recharged and data is transferred between the computer of the entertainment terminal and the central control unit of the money processing device, ie game information is supplied to the central control unit. Credit information is transmitted in both directions, i.e. bidirectionally.
  • each slot is assigned a ready-to-play button, by means of which a credit entered into the cash processing device and shown in a display can be transferred to the selected entertainment terminal and in a credit display of this entertainment terminal can be represented.
  • the credit is expediently transferred from the display of the entertainment device to the credit display of the selected entertainment terminal in certain steps, in particular gaming steps.
  • a credit displayed in the credit display of this entertainment terminal is added to the display assigned to the money processing device. This gives you the opportunity to use this credit to put another entertainment terminal back into play immediately. Instead, however, the credit can also be expediently called up by pressing a return key into an output tray of the payment device.
  • a certain amount of money is entered into the money processing device via a credit card. It is also possible to enter free spins via a Code card readable by the money processing device possible. This allows the person who oversees the entertainment device to send free spins to selected players.
  • the money processing device contains a supply of user cards, a card dispenser and a memory for user credit.
  • the money processing device here has a recording unit for an amount entered via the payment unit, an entered amount being stored in the memory for user credit and a user card with a code corresponding to the stored user credit being issued via the card dispenser, with which a selected entertainment terminal is issued via a user card -Reading device is playable, and after reinserting this entertainment terminal into the slot and returning the user card to the card dispenser, the existing credit is transferred back to the money processing device via a user card reader.
  • the use of user cards ensures that the respective user is assigned to a corresponding credit in the computer-controlled control unit. In this way, the money processing information can be automatically passed on to the entertainment terminals.
  • the money processing device expediently has a display which, in the case of a user card located in the user card reader, displays the stored credit allocated to the user card. Using the coded user card, the players can play at the various entertainment terminals and when they are returned to the slots, the remaining credit on this display read off.
  • the individual entertainment terminal which has a small housing, is equipped with different symbol game devices and different game systems, including associated actuators and displays.
  • the housing of the entertainment device is preferably designed as a wall, stand or table console.
  • a removable cover plate is assigned to each insertion compartment in an advantageous further development of the subject matter of the invention.
  • the cover plate made of impact-resistant glass or another transparent material is expediently arranged to be retractable within the housing and can be moved automatically into the open and closed position via an actuating device coupled to it.
  • the cover plate is opened automatically when the corresponding entertainment terminal is ready to play and is automatically closed again when the entertainment terminal is reinserted into the slot.
  • the cover plate is locked in the closed position to prevent willful opening.
  • Each entertainment terminal is preferably provided with a warning system against unauthorized theft. For example, if the entertainment terminal is too far away from the entertainment device, an optical and / or acoustic alarm can be triggered. It is also possible to leave the room in which the entertainment device is set up to trigger an alarm with an entertainment terminal via an electronic door control.
  • the entertainment device has a housing 1 in which a money processing device controlled by a central control unit with an associated payment unit and a payment unit is accommodated.
  • the input unit is assigned an input slot 2 for coins with a downstream coin validator, an input slot 3 for banknotes with a downstream banknote validator and an input slot 4 for credit cards, code cards or the like with a downstream reading device.
  • the money processing device is coupled to a display 5, in which the credit entered into the money processing device is shown.
  • Such credit can be cash, i.e. by coin ejection into an output tray 6 assigned to the payout unit, the credit being available in the output tray 6 by pressing a return button 7.
  • each slot machine is equipped with an accumulator and, in the inserted position, is bidirectionally connected to the control unit of the money processing device via a plug connection which serves as an interface. This ensures data transfer between the gaming machines and the money processing device.
  • the money processing device can have an interface for remote data transmission via a modem to a home computer.
  • Each slot 8 is assigned a game readiness key 10, with which a credit available in the display 5 can be transferred to a selected gaming machine in gaming steps, the transferred credit being able to be displayed in a credit display 11 of the respective gaming machine 9.
  • the slot machine 9 removed from the slot 8 can then be played at any desired location within a restaurant or the like.
  • the slot machine that can be held in one hand enables fatigue-free gaming while sitting at a table or at the bar of the restaurant. If the player wants to end his game, he simply puts the slot machine 9 back into the slot 8, whereupon, due to the connection then reproduced with the money processing device, any credit that may be present in the credit display 11 is transferred back to the money processing device and displayed 5.
  • This credit can be called up in the dispensing tray 6 by means of the return button 7 or it can be transferred to another gaming machine by means of a game readiness button 10. Otherwise, a line connection can alternatively exist between the money processing device and the individual gaming machines.
  • Each slot machine has a symbol game device 12 with disc bodies or roller-shaped rotating bodies 14 arranged next to one another behind reading windows 13.
  • the circulating bodies 14 come to a standstill in a plurality of possible latching positions.
  • the detent positions are assigned 14 symbols on the circumference of the circulating bodies, which serve to display the game result in the reading windows 13. From the symbols displayed, the player can read the game result, in particular also whether a win according to a profit key explained on the front of the slot machine 9 resulted from a combination of the symbols displayed.
  • the symbols displayed in the symbol game device 12 can be held or restarted. In the event of a win, the winnings are issued by adding them up in the credit display 11.
  • the symbol game device 12 is shown on a screen 16 in the lower left slot machine 9 of the entertainment device.
  • Two slot machines 9 have a risk game device and a slot machine 9 has two risk game devices 17.
  • Each risk game device 17 can be actuated via a button 18 when a win has already been achieved.
  • the profit already achieved and the achievable profit are optically highlighted on a risk ladder 19 which displays various profit values on profit display elements.
  • a random generator in the slot machine 9 is used to decide whether the profit already achieved is lost or increased. When the profit is increased, it is displayed again as the profit achieved and the profit that can now be achieved is again highlighted. By pressing button 18 the profit achieved can be risked again.
  • a display field 20 assigned to the risk manager 19 lights up with the inscription "nothing" and a new game can begin.
  • the risk ladder 19 shows special game winnings in the upper area and money winnings in the lower area. The special game winnings are added up in a special game display 21 and the money winnings in the credit display 11.
  • FIG. 2 A second exemplary embodiment of the money-operated entertainment device is shown in FIG. 2, in which the same parts are provided with the same reference numerals as in FIG. 1. It differs from the first exemplary embodiment in a modified use possibility of the gaming machines 9.
  • the money processing device comprises a supply of user cards with an assigned card dispenser 22 and a memory for user credit.
  • the money processing device has a detection unit for an amount entered via the payment unit through the input slot 2 for coins and / or through the input slot 3 for banknotes. The amount entered is stored in the user credit memory and at the same time a user card with a code corresponding to the stored user credit is issued via the card dispenser 22.
  • a selected slot machine can then be played with the user card by inserting the user card into a reading device via an input slot 23 of the gaming machine. After the end of the game, the slot machine 9 is inserted into the slot 8 and the user card is returned to the card dispenser 22, whereupon the credit still available to the user appears in the display 5 of the entertainment device.

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  1. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie avec un châssis et avec un dispositif de traitement de monnaie commandé par une unité de commande centrale, auquel sont associées une unité de paiement et une unité de paiement de gains, caractérisé en ce que le châssis (1) comprend plusieurs casiers d'insertion (8) pour la réception de terminaux de divertissement (9) petits, maniables, commandés par ordinateur, en particulier des automates de jeu, qui peuvent être retirés du châssis par le joueur et replacés de nouveau dans le casier d'insertion respectif après la fin du jeu, qui soit sont pourvus d'un accumulateur et dans la position insérée sont reliés bidirectionnellement avec l'unité de commande du dispositif de traitement de monnaie par une connexion à broches servant d'interface, soit reliés bidirectionnellement avec l'unité de commande du dispositif de traitement de monnaie par une longue ligne de branchement.
  2. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'à chaque casier d'insertion (8) est associée une touche d'attente de jeu (10), par laquelle un crédit introduit dans le dispositif de traitement de monnaie, représenté dans un afficheur (5), est transmissible au terminal de divertissement (9) sélectionné et représentable dans un afficheur de crédit (11) de ce terminal de divertissement (9).
  3. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon les revendications 1 et 2, caractérisé en ce que la transmission du crédit de l'afficheur (5) de l'appareil de divertissement à l'afficheur de crédit (11) du terminal de divertissement (9) sélectionné, s'effectue en pas déterminés, en particulier en pas de mise en jeu.
  4. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon les revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce qu'après réinsertion dans le casier d'insertion (8) d'un terminal de divertissement (9) sur lequel on a joué, un crédit, affiché dans l'afficheur de crédit (11) de ce terminal de divertissement (9), est additionné dans l'afficheur (5) associé au dispositif de traitement de monnaie.
  5. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que le crédit peut être appelé par actionnement d'une touche de restitution (7) dans une sébile (6) du dispositif de paiement des gains.
  6. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 5, caractérisé en ce que l'introduction d'une quantité de monnaie déterminée dans le dispositif de traitement de monnaie s'effectue par une carte de crédit.
  7. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce qu'une introduction de jeu gratuit est prévue par une carte à code lisible par le dispositif de traitement de monnaie.
  8. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 7, caractérisé en ce que
    - le dispositif de traitement de monnaie contient une réserve de cartes d'utilisateur, une sortie de carte (22) et une mémoire pour les crédits d'utilisateur,
    - le dispositif de traitement de monnaie comprend une unité de saisie pour une somme introduite par l'unité de paiement, une somme introduite étant mémorisée dans la mémoire pour crédits d'utilisateur et une carte d'utilisateur avec un code étant délivrée conformément au crédit utilisateur mémorisé par la sortie de carte (22), avec laquelle on peut jouer sur un terminal de divertissement sélectionné (9) par un dispositif de lecture de carte d'utilisateur, et
    - après la réinsertion de ce terminal de divertissement (9) dans le casier d'insertion (8) et restitution de la carte d'utilisateur dans la sortie de carte (22), le crédit existant est retransféré dans le dispositif de traitement de monnaie par un lecteur de cartes d'utilisateur.
  9. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 8, caractérisé en ce que le dispositif de traitement de monnaie comprend un afficheur (5), qui, dans le cas où une carte d'utilisateur se trouve dans le lecteur de carte d'utilisateur, affiche le crédit mémorisé affecté à celle-ci.
  10. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que les divers terminaux de divertissement (9), comprenant un petit boîtier, sont équipés de dispositifs de jeu à symboles (12) différents et de systèmes de jeu différents, y compris d'organes d'actionnement et d'afficheurs correspondants.
  11. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 10, caractérisé en ce que le châssis (1) est réalisé sous la forme d'une console murale, d'une console à poser ou d'une console de table.
  12. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 11, caractérisé en ce qu'à chaque casier d'insertion (8) est associée une plaque de couverture amovible.
  13. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 12, caractérisé en ce que la plaque de couverture, réalisée dans un verre anti-chocs ou un autre matériau transparent, peut être encastrée à l'intérieur du châssis (1) et peut être déplacée automatiquement dans les positions ouverte et fermée, par un dispositif d'actionnement couplé avec celle-ci.
  14. Appareil de divertissement actionné par monnaie selon l'une des revendications 1 à 13, caractérisé en ce que chaque terminal de divertissement (9) est pourvu d'un système d'avertissement contre une soustraction inadmissible
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