JP2000126431A - Game machine management device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a screen display to be easily changed in accordance with a change of the layout of game machine islands in a game parlor. SOLUTION: Plural pictographs A... with a number representing a Pachinko (Japanese pinball game) machine can be displayed (in a list) on a screen 5a of a display of this game machine management device and a pictograph A can be easily moved on the screen 5a by dragging a mouse. The game machine management device reads/writes machine information, sales amount data, and pictorial data of pictographs A each representing a Pachinko machine by a memory device. When double clock operation is done on a pictograph A, machine information, service content, working condition, and sales amount on the game machine corresponding to the pictograph A are displayed on the screen 5a.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game console management apparatus for controlling a game console such as a pachinko machine in a control room.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A plurality of pachinko machines installed in a hall are divided into groups called islands. Each pachinko machine is provided with means for generating machine information, and the generated machine information is transmitted to a computer (game machine) installed in a control room via a router arranged on the island of the machine. The computer is configured to hold information on each vehicle, and calculate sales based on the information on the vehicles. Then, as shown in FIG.
0 is the island I ₁ corresponding to the actual island arrangement in the hall
_{4 to} the I ₄ are displayed and the switching button 101 is displayed. When the switching button 101 is clicked, as shown in FIG.
At 0, a table indicating the vehicle information of each vehicle, the sales calculation result, and the like is displayed. If you enter the machine number from the keyboard, the machine information and sales calculation results of the machine number will be displayed, and if you touch the number on the screen (the number corresponding to the machine) with the touch panel structure There is also a display that displays the information of the pachinko machine of the machine number and the sales calculation result.

[0003]

In recent years, there has been a configuration in which a pachinko island can be divided and moved every several pachinko islands, and the layout of the island can be easily changed at the time of remodeling or the like. ing. To change the layout of the thus island is will also change the graphic display of the island I ₁ ~I ₄ of on the screen 100 of the computer, in the conventional art, the island I ₁ ~I ₄ created once There is a drawback that it takes a lot of time to change the graphic display. Also, islands I _{1 to} I ₄
In some cases, it was necessary to reprogram the correspondence between the graphic display of the above and the table information of each pachinko machine.

In view of the above circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a game console management device capable of easily changing a screen display in accordance with a change in the layout of a game console island in a hall.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a game console management apparatus according to the present invention provides a plurality of pictograms representing each of a plurality of game consoles arranged in a hall in accordance with an operation of an operator. Means for displaying at an arbitrary position on the screen, means for holding the table information of each of the gaming tables, and displaying the table information of the gaming table corresponding to the pictogram when a predetermined operation is performed on the pictogram Means.

In the above arrangement, the pictogram representing the gaming table is easily moved by, for example, a drag operation like an icon (button) on the desktop, and the pictogram corresponding to the change in the layout of the island. Can be easily changed. And since the said pictogram functions as a display instruction button for displaying the platform information of the gaming table represented by the pictogram, the platform information of the gaming table desired to know is, for example, double-clicking the pictogram even after the pictogram is moved. By doing so, it can be displayed on the screen. Therefore, there is no need to reprogram the correspondence between the pictograms and the platform information of each platform.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an outline of a game console management system for a pachinko hall. Vehicle information (big hit information, payout information, trouble information, etc.) of each pachinko machine 2 in the island 1 arranged in the pachinko hall is transmitted to the control room via the communication terminal 3 and the router 4 provided in each island 1. It is provided to the gaming table management device 5 placed. Similarly, information about each pachinko machine in another island 10 is also transmitted to the gaming machine management device 5 via the router 4.
Given to.

The game console management device 5 includes a computer main unit having a communication board and a storage device, a display unit including a CRT and a liquid crystal panel, a keyboard, and a mouse. A game console management program is stored in a storage device of the computer main unit. When the game console management program is started, a communication process for obtaining the platform information, a sales calculation process based on the platform information, a trouble process, and the like are performed. It has become. As shown in FIG. 2 (a), a plurality of numbered pictograms A representing each of the pachinko machines 2 are displayed on the screen 5a of the display of the game console management device 5.
.. And lines L ₁ , L ₂ , L ₃ representing islands can be displayed (list display), and as shown in FIG. 2 (b), the pictogram A can be displayed by a drag operation using the mouse. 5a. When this movement is made, the display of the lines L ₁ , L ₂ , L ₃ is also changed. Further, the gaming table management device 5 writes / reads the table information of each pachinko machine, sales data, image data of the pictogram A representing the pachinko machine, position information of each pictogram A, and the like by using the storage device. When a double-click operation is performed on the pictogram A,
As shown in FIG. 2 (c), the information of the pachinko machine corresponding to the pictogram A, the service contents, the operation status, and the sales are displayed, and a button B for returning to the list display is displayed. ing.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the contents of the pachinko machine pictogram display processing performed in the game console management apparatus 5. First, arrangement information, which is data indicating at which position on the screen 5a the plurality of pictographs A should be displayed, is read from the storage device (step S1), and the plurality of pictographs A are displayed on the screen 5a based on the arrangement information. (Step S2). Next, it is determined whether a drag operation has been performed on any of the pictograms A (Step S)
3). If the drag operation has been performed, the pictogram A
Is moved and displayed according to the drag, and the position information of the drag end point is written into the storage device as new arrangement information of the pictogram A (step S4). For example, if a drag operation is performed on pictogram A representing the pachinko machines 8, 9, 18, 19, 28, and 29 in FIG. 2A, a display as shown in FIG. 2B is made. You.

Next, in step S3, it is determined that the drag operation has not been performed on any of the pictograms A, or upon completion of the processing in step S4, a double-click operation has been performed on any of the pictograms A. It is determined whether or not it has been performed (step S5). If a double-click operation has been performed, data indicating the platform information, service contents, operating status, and sales amount of the pachinko machine corresponding to the pictogram A is read from the storage device. Then, as shown in FIG. 2 (c), the above data is inserted and displayed in blank sections of each item of the display field (step S6). Next, it is determined whether or not the list display button B has been clicked (step S7). If list display button B is clicked,
The display returns to the list display shown in FIG. 2A or 2B (step S8).

With the above arrangement, the pictogram A representing the pachinko machine can be easily moved by a drag operation, and the arrangement of the pictogram A can be easily changed in accordance with the change of the island layout. Can be. Since the pictogram A functions as a display instruction button for displaying the information of the pachinko machine represented by the pictogram A, the pictogram A of the pachinko machine that the user wants to know can be displayed even if the pictogram A is moved. Screen 5a by clicking
Can be displayed above. Therefore, there is no need to reprogram the correspondence between the pictogram A and the platform information of each platform.

In the above description, a drag operation and a double-click operation have been exemplified as operation modes.
It is not limited to these. Further, the gaming machine is not limited to the pachinko machine, but may be a slot machine or the like.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an effect that the screen display can be easily changed in accordance with a change in the layout of the gaming table island of the hall.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a game console management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents of a screen of the game console management device of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing content of the game console management apparatus of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents of a screen of a conventional game console management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 island 2 pachinko machine 3 communication terminal 4 router 5 game console management device 5a screen 10 island A pictogram B list display button

Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tsutomu Fujita 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 2C088 CA01 CA04

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A means for displaying a plurality of pictographs representing each of a plurality of gaming tables arranged in a hall at an arbitrary position on a screen in accordance with an operation of an operator, and holding table information of each of the gaming tables. A game console management device, comprising: means for displaying, when a predetermined operation on the pictogram is performed, table information of a game console corresponding to the pictogram.