JP2000317037A - Pattern combination game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve amusement by stopping patterns which are moved and displayed in a plurality of pattern display areas through the use of a stop instruction, comparing the stop pattern with the hit one and judging whether a hit or a miss. SOLUTION: The display areas 21-23 respectively form the display parts of numerals corresponding to the birth year, month and day of a game player. The birth year and date are inputted by a hit pattern selecting part 5 before playing the game and the numerals for them are displayed in the respectively corresponding pattern display parts 51-53. The data are stored in a judging part. When a start switch 40 is depressed, the display areas 21-23 are rotated and the numerals are moved and displayed at random in the areas. They are stopped by the operation of stop switches 41-43 and the numerals are displayed. Thus, a pattern detecting part detects the stop pattern, the judging part compares them with the previously inputted birth year and date through the use of a hit pattern selecting part 5 and the level of the hit or miss. Thus, amusement is improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a symbol combination gaming machine represented by a slot machine, a pachinko machine with a symbol, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventionally known general slot machine has three motorized drums with symbols. These three drums with symbols start rotating at the same time by pressing one start button, and each drum stops rotating by pressing a stop button provided corresponding to each drum. When the symbols displayed by the drums are arranged in a predetermined relationship (for example, when the number 7 is arranged vertically, horizontally, or diagonally), it is determined to be a winning, and a predetermined number of coins are paid. I have.

[0003]

However, in the conventional slot machine, since the pattern of the winning symbol is determined,
There is no opportunity for the player to be involved in setting game conditions. For this reason, the player's interest is concentrated solely on the number of coins paid, and the game itself tends to lack the amusement.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a novel symbol combination gaming machine that enhances the entertainment of the game itself.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, a symbol combination gaming machine according to the present invention has a plurality of symbol display areas, and when a start command is received, a symbol is displayed for each symbol display area. Is displayed in a moving state, and a symbol display means for displaying a symbol in a stopped state for each symbol display area when a stop command is received, and a hit symbol selection for designating a hit symbol for each of the symbol display areas Means, a winning symbol designated for each symbol display area by the winning symbol selection means, and a symbol displayed in each symbol display area by the symbol display means, and a hit or miss is determined based on the comparison result. And determination means for determining.

[0006]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

[First Embodiment] First, a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the symbol combination gaming machine is of a so-called “pachi-slot” type.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the symbol combination gaming machine has six symbol display drums (hereinafter simply referred to as “drums”) 11 a, 11 b, 1 stored in a main body 1.
2a, 12b, 13a and 13b. Hereinafter, the drums 11a and 11b are referred to as a first drum set 11, a drum 12
a, 12b to the second drum set 12, drums 13a, 13
b is referred to as a third drum set 13.

In this specification, the term "design" is not limited to a figure or a picture, but may be a character,
It is used as a term including symbols and numbers.
In this example, a plurality of numbers are written on each of the drums 11a,..., 13b along the circumferential direction of the respective outer peripheral surfaces.

As shown in FIG. 1, drums 11a,.
A display window 20 is provided in the main body 1 in front of 3b. Symbol display window (hereinafter simply referred to as “display window”) 20
Are symbol display areas (hereinafter simply referred to as "display areas") 21, 22, respectively corresponding to the drum sets 11, 12, and 13.
23. The display area 21 has a first display section 21a corresponding to the drum 11a and a second display section 21b corresponding to the drum 11b. The display area 22 includes a first display section 22a corresponding to the drum 12a and the drum 1
2b corresponding to the second display section 22b. The display area 23 is the first display section 2 corresponding to the drum 13a.
3a and a second display section 23b corresponding to the drum 13b
And When the drum is stopped, three of the numbers written on the drum corresponding to that section are simultaneously displayed in the vertical direction in each display section.

In this specification, the terms “display area” and “display section” are terms used to define each area of the display window 20, and the display window 20 itself is actually divided into a plurality of areas. It is not always necessary to be partitioned. Therefore, for example, the display window 20 may be a single transparent plate that covers one hole formed on the front surface of the main body 1, or a plurality of holes formed on the front surface of the main body 1. It may be like a plurality of transparent plates covering each.

As shown in FIG. 2, the drums 11a,.
3b is a step motor (hereinafter simply referred to as “motor”)
31a, 31b, 32a, 32b, 33a, 3
3b. , 33b
Are connected to a motor control unit 2 that supplies a pulse current to each motor and controls the operation of each motor. The motor control unit 2 is also connected to the symbol detection unit 3.

Each of the drums 11a,..., 13b has a sensor 41a, 41b, 42a, 42b for detecting a reference index (not shown) composed of a projection, a light reflector, a magnetic generator, and the like provided on the inner periphery thereof. , 43a and 43b are respectively provided. Each of the sensors 41a,..., 43b is connected to the symbol detection unit 3.

The symbol detecting section 3 includes sensors 41a,.
, 33b from the motor control unit 2 since the last time the reference index was detected by the motor control unit 3b.
It is determined what numbers, that is, symbols, are displayed on 2, 23. In addition, the method of symbol detection is not limited to this, and any known detection technology such as a combination of detection of a reference index and rotation phase detection by a rotary encoder can be used.

Below the display window 20 of the main body 1, a start switch (start button) 40 for instructing the start of rotation of the drums of the respective drum sets 11, 12, 13 and a drum 11a of the first drum set 11 are provided. , A first stop switch (stop button) 41 for instructing the rotation stop of 11b,
A second stop switch 42 for instructing rotation stop of the drums 12a and 12b of the second drum set 12, and a third stop for instructing stop rotation of the drums 13a and 13b of the third drum set 13 The switch 43 is provided. Start switch 40 and stop switches 41, 42,
The output from 43 is input to the motor control unit 2.

In addition, above the display window 20 of the main body 1, L
First to third winning symbol display sections 51, 52, 53 each comprising a CD or an appropriate light emitting element are provided. The first winning symbol display section 51 displays a combination of winning numbers displayed by the drums 11a and 11b of the first drum set 11, and the second winning symbol display section 52 displays the drums 12a and 12b of the first drum set 12. The third winning symbol display unit 53 displays the combination of the winning numbers displayed by
The combinations of the winning numbers displayed by the drums 13a and 13b of the drum set 13 are respectively displayed.

The winning symbol display units 51, 52, 53
A winning symbol selection unit 5 for selecting a winning symbol is provided above the symbol. In this example, since the symbol is a number, the winning symbol selection unit 5 is configured by an input device provided with a numeric keypad. Winning symbol display units 51, 52, 5
In 3, a number (symbol) set by the hit symbol selection unit 5 is displayed. The winning number data input by the winning symbol selection unit 5 is stored in the determination unit 4.

The judging section 4 judges a winning based on the winning symbols selected by the winning symbol selecting section 5 and the symbols displayed in the display areas 21, 22, 23 detected by the symbol detecting section 3. (Judgment of hit / miss / hit level). Then, the determination unit 4 controls the medal payout control unit 5 based on the determination result.

The above is the basic configuration of the symbol matching game machine. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 7 denotes a medal slot,
Reference numeral 8 indicates a medal payout opening.

Next, the present invention will be described in more detail while explaining the operation of the symbol matching game machine.

The slot machine according to the present embodiment uses the drums 11a,...
The player plays the game by matching the number displayed in 3 with the date of birth of the player. That is, the display of the display area 21 corresponds to the last two digits when the birth year of the player is displayed in the Christian era, the display of the display area 22 corresponds to the birth month of the player, and the display area 23
Corresponds to the birthday of the player. Each drum 11
Numerals as shown in FIG. 3 are displayed on the outer peripheral surface of a,..., 13b.

Hereinafter, the game method will be described in order.

First, the birth date is input by the winning symbol selection unit 5. For example, if the date of birth of the player is August 19, 1923, the winning symbol selection unit 5 is operated to display the winning symbol display units 51, 52, 5
3, data is input so as to be displayed as "23", "08", and "19", respectively. This data is sent to the judgment unit 4
Is stored in a rewritable memory.

Next, the player presses the start switch 40.
A signal from the start switch 40 is input to the motor control unit 2. The motor control unit 2 includes the motors 31a,.
And a pulse current is supplied to the motors, and each motor starts rotating at the same time. Here, the pulse current sent from the motor control unit 2 is the motor 31a, 32a, 33a and the motor 31b,
32b and 33b. That is, the motor control unit 2 determines that the rotation speed of the motors 31b, 32b, and 33b is
Each motor is controlled so as to be slower than the rotation speed of 1a, 32a, 33a. Thus, each of the display areas 21 and
By making the rotation speeds of the two drums corresponding to 2, 23 different, the numbers of the drums are randomly combined.

Next, the player presses the stop switch 41.
Then, the motor control unit 2 immediately decelerates the motors 31a and 31b, stops the motors 31a and 31b after the stop switch 41 is pressed, and after the motors 31a and 31b have rotated a predetermined number of pulses. When the player presses the stop switches 42 and 43, the motor control unit 2
Stops the motors 32a, 32b, 33a, 33b in a similar procedure.

When each of the motors 31a,..., 33b is stopped, the symbol detecting section 3 detects what number is displayed in each of the display areas 21, 22, and 23 by the method described above.

The detection result of the symbol detecting section 3 is transmitted to the determining section 4. The determination unit 4 compares the number of hits selected by the hit symbol selection unit 5 to determine the level of the hit and miss. This determination method will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

First, the determination unit 4 determines whether each of the display areas 21 and
It is determined whether or not the numbers displayed in 2 and 23 match the winning numbers selected by the winning symbol selection unit 5. Hereinafter, this step will be described in detail using the first display area 21 as an example.

As described above, the hit symbol display section 51
Is "23" for the first display area 21 designated by. Now, assuming that the number displayed on the display window 20 is as shown in FIG. 1, the number “2” is displayed above the first display section 21 a of the first display area 21.
However, the number “3” is arranged in the upper part of the second display section 21 b of the first display area 21. That is, the numbers “2” and “3” are arranged side by side in the upper part of the first display area 21. In this case, the determination unit 4 determines that the first display area 2
It is determined that “1” is “hit”. In addition, even when the number “2” and the number “3” are displayed in the first display area 21, if the number “2” and the number “3” are not aligned side by side, the determination unit 4 Judge as "out". In addition, even if the number “2” and the number “3” are arranged side by side in the order of “3, 2” from the left, the determination unit 4 determines that “missing”. According to such a procedure, the determination unit 4 individually determines “hit” or “missing” for the second and third display areas 22 and 23 (the above is step 100).

Next, the determination section 4 determines whether or not there is a "hit" in at least one of the first to third display areas 21, 22, and 23 (step 101).
If there is no "hit" in any of the display areas, a final determination of "missing" is made (step 102).

First to third display areas 21, 22, 23
If there is a "hit" in at least one of the display areas, the final determination is "small hit" if the number of display areas with "hit" is one and "medium hit" if two. (Steps 103 to 106 above).

If the determination in step 105 is No, it means that all the display areas 21, 22, and 23 are hit. In this case, the determination unit 4 determines the relative positional relationship between the display areas 21, 22, and 23 of the winning numbers (symbols) (step 107).

That is, when making the determination in step 107, the first display area 21 displays the winning number “2,
"3" are arranged side by side, the winning numbers "0, 8" are arranged side by side in the second display area 22, and the winning numbers "1, 9" are arranged side by side in the third display area 23. In this step 107, however, the relative positional relationship of the winning numbers in the display areas 21, 22, 23 is determined.

The judging section 4 judges that the numbers in the display areas 21, 22, 23 are aligned in the upper, middle or lower row of the display area, that is, the numbers "2, 3, 0, 8" are displayed on the display section 20. , 1, 9 "are aligned in the horizontal direction in order from the left. In addition, the determination unit 4 determines that the hit numbers in the display areas 21, 22, and 23 are arranged diagonally as shown in FIG.
That is, the number “2,
3 ", the numbers" 0, 8 "are displayed in the middle of the second display area 22, and the numbers" 1, 9 "are displayed in the lower row of the third display area 23 (in the case of FIG. 1). In the lower part of the first consular area 21, the numbers “2, 3” and the second display area 22
In the case where the numbers "0, 8" are displayed in the middle row and the numbers "1, 9" are displayed in the upper row of the third display area 23, the final determination of "extra large hit" is made.

According to the above-described procedure, the determination section 4 determines "hit" and "miss", and in the case of "hit", determines the level. The determination unit 4 determines, based on the determination result,
A command is issued to the medal payout control unit 5, and medals are paid out by a medal payout device (not shown).

It should be noted that a further intermediate hit level may be set between "extra large hit" and "big hit". For example, “2, 3”, “0,
When "8" is displayed and "1, 9" is displayed in the middle of the display area 23, that is, when the winning numbers of at least two display areas are arranged in a predetermined positional relationship,
The hit level between “extraordinary jackpot” and “jackpot” may be set.

In the above-described embodiment, the stop switches 41, 42, and 43 are used to stop the drums in units of the drum set. In the example, only six stop switches are provided one by one, and each of the drums 11a,
, 13b may be inputted. In this case, it is not always necessary to make a difference between the rotation speeds of the motors.

Also, in the above embodiment, the numbers described on the drums 11a,..., 13b are as shown in FIG. 3, but in this case, it is expected that the probability of hitting will be reduced. Is done. If you want to increase the winning probability,
As shown in FIG. 5, the number to be printed may be changed, or as shown in FIG. 6, a universal pattern (the letter A in FIG. 6) which the determination unit 4 always recognizes as a winning number may be added.

Further, in the above embodiment, the number of drums included in each drum set is two. However, when playing other than the date of birth adjustment, the number of drums included in each drum set is set to three. Is also good. The design is not limited to numbers.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the second embodiment,
In the first embodiment, a drum and a display window used as symbol display means are replaced with a display such as an LCD or a CRT.

The slot machine according to the present embodiment has a calculation unit 71. The arithmetic unit 71 displays a symbol in accordance with a predetermined program stored in the arithmetic unit 71 so as to display a plurality of, for example, six virtual drums on which the numbers described in the first embodiment are described on the display 73. A command is issued to the control unit 72. The symbol display control unit 72 forms an image signal based on a command received from the arithmetic unit 71,
The virtual drum is displayed on the display 73. The form of the image displayed on the display 73 is the same as that displayed on the display window in the first embodiment. The display 73 has three display areas each having two display sections. (Symbol) is displayed. Therefore,
Here, no duplicate description is given.

In the slot machine according to this embodiment, the start switch 40 and the stop switches 41, 42,
43 are similarly provided. When the player presses the start switch 40, the calculation unit 71 issues a command to the symbol display control unit 72 to start rotation of the virtual drum displayed on the display 73.

When the player presses the stop switches 41, 42, 43, the arithmetic unit 71 instructs the symbol display control unit 72 so that the virtual drum displayed on the display 73 decelerates and stops after a predetermined time. Issue a command.

The arithmetic unit 71 transmits to the determining unit 74 data relating to the arrangement of numbers displayed on the display 73 when the virtual drum stops. Judgment unit 7
4 stores hit symbol data input by the hit symbol selection unit 5 in advance.
By the same determination procedure as the determination procedure in the embodiment of
The "winning", "missing" and hitting levels are determined, and a command is issued to the medal payout control unit 5 based on the results.

In this embodiment, substantially the same functions and effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.

[Third Embodiment] Next, a third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the third embodiment, the winning symbol setting function according to the present invention is applied to a normal slot machine. As shown in FIG.
The slot machine according to the present embodiment is of a type in which symbols in three rows and three columns are displayed on a display window.

Hereinafter, only differences from the first embodiment will be described.

First, the number of symbol display drums is three. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 9, the configuration of the slot machine according to the present embodiment is the same as that shown in FIG.
b, 13b. Therefore, in the present embodiment, each of the display areas 21, 22, and 23 has only one display section 21a, 22a, and 23a. In addition, in response to this, the winning symbol display section 5
At 1, 52 and 53, winning symbols are displayed one by one.

The operation will be described below.

First, a winning symbol (number) for each of the display areas 21, 22, and 23 is designated by the winning symbol selecting section 5. The winning symbol data is stored in the determining unit 4 and simultaneously displayed on the winning symbol display units 51, 52, and 53.

When the player presses the start switch 40, the symbol display drums 11a, 12a and 13a start rotating simultaneously. When the player presses the stop switches 41, 42, 43, the respective drums 11a, 11a, 12
a, 13a stop.

The determination section 4 detects the symbols (numbers) displayed in the display areas 21, 22, and 23 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

The determination section 4 determines whether or not the winning numbers specified by the winning symbol selection section 5 are arranged in a predetermined arrangement on the display window.

Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 9, it is assumed that the winning numbers selected for the respective display areas 21, 22, 23 by the winning symbol selecting section 5 are "2", "0" and "7". I do. The determination unit 4 determines that the winning number is “2” or “0”
When “7” is arranged in a line in the horizontal direction or in an oblique direction (in the case of FIG. 9),
Judge as "hit". In other cases, it is determined to be "out".

In this embodiment, the symbol display drum and the display window may be replaced by a display as in the second embodiment.

[0056]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to obtain a symbol combination game machine that can provide a new fun to a player.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a view showing a first embodiment of a symbol combination gaming machine according to the present invention, and is a front view of the symbol combination gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a view showing the internal structure and control blocks of the symbol combination gaming machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a symbol described on a symbol display drum.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a determination unit.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of a symbol described on a symbol display drum.

FIG. 6 is a view showing still another example of a symbol described on a symbol display drum.

FIG. 7 is a view showing a second embodiment of the symbol combination gaming machine according to the present invention, and is a block diagram showing a configuration of the symbol combination gaming machine.

FIG. 8 is a view showing a third embodiment of the symbol combination game machine according to the present invention, and is a front view of the symbol combination game machine.

FIG. 9 is a view showing the internal structure and control blocks of the symbol combination gaming machine shown in FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

4 determination means (determination unit) 5 winning symbol selection means (winning symbol selection unit) 11a, 11b, 12a, 12b, 13a, 13b symbol display drum 20 display window 11a to 13b, 20 symbol display means 21, 22, 23 symbol display Areas 21a, 21b, 22a, 22b, 23a, 23b Display section 73 Symbol display means (display)

Claims (5)

[Claims] A plurality of symbol display areas for displaying a symbol in a moving state with respect to each symbol display area when a start instruction is received, and a symbol display area for each symbol display area when a stop instruction is received; A symbol display means for displaying a symbol in a stopped state, a hit symbol selecting means for specifying a hit symbol for each of the symbol display areas, and a hit symbol selecting means for each of the symbol display areas specified by the hit symbol selecting means. A symbol combination gaming machine comprising: a winning symbol; and a symbol displayed in each symbol display area by symbol displaying means, and a judging means for judging a hit or miss based on the comparison result. 2. Each of the symbol display areas has only one display section. A plurality of symbols are displayed in each of the symbol display areas, and the determining means determines whether the symbol hits each of the symbol display areas. Is displayed, and is determined to be a hit when the winning symbols of each symbol display area are arranged in a predetermined positional relationship,
The symbol combination gaming machine according to claim 1. 3. Each of the symbol display areas has at least two display sections, a plurality of symbols are displayed in each of the symbol display sections, and the hit symbol selection means displays each of the symbol display areas. The determining means has a function of selecting a winning symbol for each section, and for each symbol display area, a symbol displayed in each display section included in the symbol display area is selected by the winning symbol selecting means. It is determined whether or not the winning symbols are included and the winning symbols are arranged in a predetermined positional relationship, and based on the result, a determination is made as to whether or not the symbol display area has hit or missed, and The means is based on the number of the winning symbol display areas or the positional relationship of the winning symbols displayed on each symbol display area, and whether or not the winning is possible. The symbol combination game machine according to claim 1, wherein the level of the symbol combination is determined. 4. The symbol display means comprises: a number of symbol display drums corresponding to the total number of display sections; and a display window for displaying a part of each symbol display drum.
The symbol combination gaming machine according to claim 2. 5. The symbol display means is an LCD or a CRT.
2. A display comprising a display such as
The symbol combination gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.