JP2002058856A - Information display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To simply and economically display a special game state such as a 'bonanza state' occurring while a player plays a game with a game device such as a pachinko machine and to report the necessary information to the player. SOLUTION: A pachinko hall is provided with pachinko machines 100 each having a display section 101 and displaying a game image according to the progress of the game of the player on the display section and a server 20 connected to the pachinko machines and the Internet 2 and offering information to the pachinko machines to be displayed on the display sections. Each pachinko machine can display the specific information such as the winning ball information or the like in a past fixed period tabulated and offered by the server on the display section and also can display a mail content addressed to the player reported from the Internet via the server.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an information display system for displaying information such as game images on a game machine such as a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, when two or more predetermined symbols are arranged during a game of a player, the progress of the game becomes a special game state called a "reach state". When they come together, they will be in a "big hit" state and the payout rate will increase significantly. And
Each time the "big hit state" is entered, this information is stored and displayed on a display separately provided on the top of the pachinko machine, including the number of hits and the past progress.

[0003]

A display for displaying such jackpot information displays the number of jackpots using the output of the jackpot information from the pachinko machine, so that a display between the pachinko machine and the display is provided. There is a problem in that the connection has to be made by a cable, and the wiring work between the pachinko machine and the display is troublesome and the cost is increased.
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable a player to easily and economically display the number of jackpots generated during a game using a gaming device.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a gaming machine having a display unit for displaying a game image according to the progress of a game by a player on the display unit, and a gaming machine. And a server connected to the electronic network and providing information to the gaming device and displaying the information on the display unit, the gaming device displays the specific information provided from the server on the display unit, and is notified from the electronic network. It has control means for displaying, for example, mail contents addressed to a player via a server on a display unit. Here, the electronic network includes the Internet, a LAN, and a VAN. Further, the gaming machine has a control means for displaying specific information provided from the server on the display unit and displaying exchangeable premium information on the display unit in accordance with payout information indicating a game result of the player. It is. In addition, the gaming device has control means for displaying specific information provided from the server on the display unit, and outputting an alarm to the display unit based on the player's schedule information input to the gaming device. Further, the specific information is set as payout information of a certain period of time in the past for the gaming device. The specific information is used as accident prevention information. Further, the specific information is information of a book or a newspaper provided from the Internet. Also,
A card in which payout information indicating a game result of a player is recorded as ball storage information is provided, and a display fee of specific information displayed on a display unit of the gaming machine is paid by the ball storage information of the card. Further, the display fee of the specific information displayed on the display unit of the gaming machine is paid by cash or a prepaid card. In addition, the contents of the mail are deleted after being displayed for a certain period of time.
Further, the display of the specific information is deleted after the end of the game. In addition, an operation unit including a switching key for switching display of specific information is provided, and the operation unit is provided on a ball lending machine for renting out game balls used for a game in a game device.

[0005]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the information display system according to the present invention. This information display system is, for example, a pachinko machine 100 installed in a pachinko parlor 1.
In the pachinko parlor 1, there is provided a server 10 connected to each pachinko machine 100 and providing each pachinko parlor 100 with information including in-store information of the pachinko parlor 1. ing. The server 10 of the pachinko parlor 1 is connected to the Internet 2. A server 30 provided in the information / service provider 3 is connected to the Internet 2, and the server 30
The information and services provided by C are taken in and distributed to the server 10 in the pachinko parlor 1 via the Internet 2. The server 10 provides the provided information and the provided service distributed from the server 30 of the information / service providing company 3 to each of the pachinko machines 100 as necessary and displays them.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing the configuration of the pachinko machine 100. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko machine 100 includes a pachinko machine 100A and a ball rental machine 100B disposed adjacent to the pachinko machine 100A. In the game board of the pachinko machine 100A, a normal winning port 1 in which a game ball (pachinko ball) hit by the hitting handle 106 wins.
02, a start winning port 102a and a special winning port 102c inside the central pocket 102b are provided, and an out port 10 for collecting game balls not entering these winning ports.
3 are provided. A display unit 101 for displaying a game image or the like is provided at the center of the game board. here,
When a game ball wins the start winning port 102a, a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the upper ball tray 104 or the lower ball tray 105, and various symbols as game images are displayed on the display unit 101.

The ball lending machine 100B is provided with a card insertion slot 111, and when the IC card 5 is inserted into the insertion slot 111, a game ball corresponding to the value information stored in the IC card 5 will be described later. Under the control of the CPU 150, the ball is supplied from the ball supply unit 153, which will be described later, to the upper ball tray 104, and is used for the user's game. At this time, a CPU 150 described later
Subtracts the amount of the lent game ball from the value information of the IC card 5, and writes the amount to the IC card 5 via the card reader 155 described later. In addition, the ball rental machine 10
An operation unit 113 (consisting of a scroll key, a selection key, and the like) for switching the display screen of the display unit 101 is set to 0B.
Is provided. Further, a game ball supply port is provided in the ball lending machine 100B, and when the IC card 5 is inserted into the insertion slot 111, the game ball is supplied from the ball supply section 153 within the range of the value information stored in the IC card 5. You may make it supply to a ball supply port.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine 100 shown in FIG. The pachinko machine 100A of the pachinko machine 100 is provided with a CPU 150 for controlling the entire pachinko machine 100, a memory 151 storing programs and the like executed by the CPU 150, and a sensor unit 152 including various sensors such as a winning sensor. A ball supply unit 153 that supplies game balls, a ball payout processing unit 154 that performs payout processing of game balls, a display control unit 156 that creates and outputs a display image on the display unit 101, and a speaker 15
8. An audio output circuit 157 for sending and outputting an audio signal to
And a communication I / F unit 1 for transmitting and receiving data to and from the server 10
59 and a clock section 160 for measuring time. On the other hand, the card lending machine 100B has a card reader 155 for writing and reading information to and from the IC card 5.
And the operation unit 113 described above.

Here, the sensor unit 15 of the pachinko machine 100 is used.
2 is a prize sensor for detecting whether or not a game ball has entered each of the prize holes of the game board,
The CPU 150 of the pachinko machine 100 is configured to perform a game based on the detection result of the sensor unit 152. Has been determined.

If a hit ball of a game ball based on the operation of the hit ball handle 106 is detected by the hit ball sensor, it is determined that the player is playing a game, a game image is displayed on the display unit 101, and the game is played while the game is in progress. The ball starts the winning prize 102a
, The CPU 150 controls the display control unit 156 to change the display on the display unit 101 into numbers and pictures. The numbers and patterns displayed on the display unit 101 fluctuate, and when, for example, up to two numbers “7” are aligned as shown in FIG. Then, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), when up to three numbers “7” are aligned, a “big hit state” is achieved, and the payout rate is greatly increased. That is, the central pocket 102b of the game board shown in FIG. 2 is opened, and the game ball also wins the special winning opening 102c. In this case, the CPU 150 controls the display control unit 156 so that the three numbers “7” shown in FIG.
To make the speaker 158 output the sound of the "big hit" to notify the player of the big hit.

The CPU 150 of the pachinko machine 100 operates the display control unit 1 when the operation unit 113 provided in the ball lending machine 100B is operated during a game other than the special game state.
By controlling 56, an image as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 is displayed on the display unit 101. That is, when a predetermined operation is performed during a game other than the special game state described above,
Specific information provided from the server 10 via the communication I / F unit 159 is displayed on the display unit 101. As this specific information, the payout information of the pachinko machine 100A as shown in FIG. That is, the current number of hits of the game ball “123” is displayed in the area 101A of the display unit 101, and in response to this, the number of hits to the previous big hit “357” and the number of hits to the last big hit “180” Is displayed. Further, in the display area 101B, the number of jackpots of today “15” and the number of probable changes (probability change) “2” indicating that the probability of the next jackpot has increased when the jackpot has been reached are displayed,
Correspondingly, the number of jackpots “6” and the probability of change “0” on the previous day, and the number of jackpots “11” and the number of probability change on the day before the previous day are respectively displayed. In addition, the ball rental machine 10
By operating the operation unit 113 provided on the OB,
It is also possible to input the betting information of another pachinko machine from the server 10 and display it on the display unit 101.

The display unit 101 also displays service information provided from the information / service provider 3 via the Internet 2. That is, the area 1 of the display unit 101
The weather forecast information of the present day, the horse racing information, the result of the professional baseball game, and the like, which are provided as newspaper information from the ABC Newspaper Company, as shown in FIG. In this case, paperback book information provided by the paperback book sales company, which is the information provider, can be displayed in the same manner.

The display area 101C also includes service information from an ABC bank via the Internet 2 such as (2) in FIG. 5B, and (3) in FIG. 5B. In-store guidance information from the server 10 or mail information addressed to a player via the Internet 2 as shown in (4) of FIG. 5B is displayed. The player can sequentially switch (display) these pieces of display information by sequentially selecting (switching) the operation unit 113 provided in the ball lending machine 100B. Here, the in-store guidance information from the server 10 includes, for example, event information, campaign information, and new pachinko machine introduction information. In addition, information provided by the server 10 is to prevent fraud such as “Do not hit the pachinko machine”, “Do not use the mobile phone”, and “Minors are prohibited from playing games”. Is displayed on the display unit 101.

In addition, the display unit 10 of the pachinko machine 100A
1 includes the pachinko machine 10 provided by the server 10.
It is also possible to display the sunrise ball transition information at 0 as a graph as shown in FIG. Further, the display unit 101 of the pachinko machine 100A can periodically display an accident prevention message stating "Please do not leave the child in the car" during the game, and exchange according to the number of balls to be played. Possible prizes can also be displayed. Furthermore, the display unit 101 of the pachinko machine 100A displays the player's schedule information stored in the IC card 5 based on the schedule information.
When the waiting time for the player with the desired opponent is reached, an alarm is displayed. Further, when the game of the player is completed, the payout information of the pachinko machine 100A as shown in FIG. 5 can be displayed for a predetermined time.

Next, the operation of the main part of the present system will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Pachinko parlor 1 opens,
Until the game is started for the first time after the opening of the store, the display unit 101 of all the pachinko machines 100A in the store shows on the display unit 101 the pachinko machine provided by the server 10 showing the payout status of the pachinko machines in the past certain period. The specific information such as the area 101B and the specific information as shown in FIG. 8A (however, the number of jackpots and the probability of change are “0” today) are alternately displayed (that is, “N” in step S1). And start information display of step S2). The CPU 150 determines that the game has been started after the opening of the store by determining that the game has been played at the opening time stored in the memory in advance as described above. As described above, since each pachinko machine 100A displays its own past payout situation, the user can recognize the display situation and select a pachinko machine that is likely to win.

Here, when the player starts the game by selecting the pachinko machine 100A, the determination in step S1 becomes "Y", and when the game is started or during the game, the display unit 10 is displayed.
1 displays a game image indicating a pachinko game state (step S3). When the player performs a selection (switching) operation on the operation unit 113 during such a pachinko game ("Y" in step S4), the display on the display unit 101 changes from the game image to the display of specific information as shown in FIG. Switching is performed (step S5). Thereafter, when the display information is sequentially selected by the operation unit 113 of the player (user), the CPU 150
5B provided by the server 10 in the area 101C of the display unit 101 by communicating with the server 10 via the / F unit 159, as indicated by reference numerals (2), (3), and (4) in FIG. Display important information. In this way, the player can see specific information even during the pachinko game.

Here, the mail addressed to the player is displayed on the display unit 101.
Is displayed, the "mail reception?" In step S6 becomes "Y", the CPU 150 transmits the information via the communication I / F unit 159 → the server 10 → via the Internet 2 based on the operation of the operation unit 113 by the player. The e-mail to be sent and received is transmitted (step S7). In this way, the player can perform e-mail communication with the outside even during the pachinko game. The mail is notified to the player as follows. That is, the IC card 5 to which the player has input his / her mail address in advance at the start of the game is transferred to the ball lending machine 1
00B, the card reader 15
5 is read by the card reader 155 from the player's mail address stored in this card, sent from the CPU 150 to the server 10, and stored by the server 10 in pairs with the numbers of the pachinko machines. The server 10 monitors the mail from the Internet 2 and, if there is a mail corresponding to the corresponding mail address, receives this mail and stores it in correspondence with the pachinko machine number, and the CPU 15 of the corresponding pachinko machine
The e-mail is transmitted to the CPU 150 by communication with the e-mail 0 and displayed on the display unit 101. Such email information,
Displayed for a certain period of time and then deleted.

Further, in this system, every time a predetermined time elapses from the point at which the player starts playing the game, the player is prevented from accidents as described above, "Please do not leave the child in the car and do not play the game". The message can be interrupted and displayed in the area 101C of the display unit 101. That is, after a predetermined time has elapsed from the point at which the player started playing the game, step S8
Is “Y”, the CPU 150 displays the accident prevention message received from the server 10 on the display unit 101 (step S9). When the IC card 5 of the player is inserted and the game ball is lent to the player, the operation unit 1
By operating the specific key 13, the time of the clock unit 160 at that time is stored, and thereafter, every time the time of the clock unit 160 elapses a predetermined time (for example, 30 minutes), the player is notified of the accident prevention message. Is also good. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent an accident that has been increasing in recent years, for example, an accident such as death of an infant left in a car when a parent is enthusiastic about pachinko.

Further, in the present system, the schedule of the player can be managed during the game of the player. That is, when the IC card 5 in which the schedule information of the player is stored is inserted and the game ball is lent to the player, the CPU 1
Reference numeral 50 stores the schedule information of the player read from the IC card 5 in the memory 151. When the time of the clock unit 160 becomes the time of the schedule information and the determination in step S10 becomes "Y", the area of the display unit 101 is displayed. An alarm is displayed on 101C by interruption (step S11). Thereby, the player can avoid, for example, delaying the waiting time with a desired opponent or forgetting that there is a waiting.

Further, in the present system, during the game of the player, a prize or the like corresponding to a payout as a result of the game can be displayed. That is, when a predetermined number of payouts are accumulated according to the game result of the player and “yield accumulation?” In step S12 becomes “Y”, the number of payouts is sent to the server 10. In the server 10,
The prize name information which can be exchanged according to the number of payouts among the prizes in the store is sent to the pachinko machine 100, and as a result, the pachinko machine 100
The premium name is displayed on the display unit 101 of A (step S13). In this case, the membership card (name, age, etc. stored in the card
The CPU 150 that has read the personal information from the C card 5 (which may be the same card as the C card 5),
If the individual is a woman in her twenties, the server 10 returns, for example, a message to the effect that the individual can be exchanged for a bag of Prada and an appearance image of the bag to the pachinko machine 100 by sending it to the display unit. The message and the external appearance image of the bag may be displayed on the display 101 by interruption.

Here, when the game ball wins the starting winning opening 102a during the game of the player and the determination in step S14 becomes "Y", a game image such as a number or a pattern is displayed on the display unit 101, and These game images fluctuate and enter the “reach state” as described above under predetermined conditions. In the “reach state”, the display unit 101 is in the display state as shown in FIG. 7A as described above (at this time, the CPU 1
The control unit 50 controls to erase the specific display when the specific display is performed on the display unit 101). Further, in such a “reach state”, the CPU 150 performs control so that even if a specific display operation of the operation unit 113 is detected, the specific display is invalidated and the specific display is not performed. Then, for example, when up to three numbers “7” are completed, “big hit state” is established, and the determination in step S15 becomes “Y”. In such a “big hit state”, the payout rate is greatly increased as described above, and in this case, the CP
U150 controls the display control unit 156 to blink, for example, the three numbers “7” shown in FIG. 7B, and controls the audio output circuit 157 to output an audio signal indicating “big hit” from the speaker 158. To notify the player of the jackpot (step S16).

When the "big hit state" ends, the number of big hits counted and counted is stored in the memory 151, and the process returns to step S1. If the game is still being played (ie, step S1) Is determined to be "Y"), a game image is displayed on the display unit 101 in step S3, and the above-described determination processing in steps S4, S8, S10, S12, and S14 is sequentially performed. The payout information of the pachinko game result of the player is sent from the CPU 150 to the server 10 via the communication I / F unit 159. The server 10 totals the payout information for each pachinko machine, and the pachinko machine 100A
The data to be displayed in the areas 101A and 101B of the display unit 101 are created.

When the pachinko game by such a player is completed and the determination in step S17 becomes “Y”, the CPU 150 of the pachinko machine 100 accesses the server 10 and 100 payout information for a certain period in the past is input from the server 10 and each display area 101 of the display unit 101 for a certain period of time.
A, 101B and then erased (step S1
8). During this time, the display area 101C of the display unit 101
, The occupation of the pachinko machine by a non-player can be eliminated.

The display fee of specific information other than game images on the display unit 101 of the pachinko machine is paid by the number of coins stored in the IC card 5. That is, the number of payouts of the game result at the end of the game is accumulated as the number of stored balls in the IC card 5 and can be used in the next game.
0 collects a display fee for the specific information from the number of accumulated coins at the end of the game. The display fee of the specific information can be paid from the remaining amount of the prepaid card used as a ball lending card, and can also be paid by cash (coins, bills).

In the present embodiment, an example has been described in which specific information is displayed on the display unit 101 of the pachinko machine 100A for displaying a game image. However, the same effect can be obtained by applying the present invention to other game machines such as pachislots and games. To play. Further, in the present embodiment, the mail address and the schedule information are stored in the IC card 5, but they may be stored in the member card, and if there is a dedicated IC card or dedicated FD, they are stored in these. May be. In the case of a dedicated FD, an FD drive is provided instead of a card reader. Further, in the present embodiment, the information to be displayed is sequentially switched by the selection key of the operation unit 113.
A special display menu may be displayed on the display unit 101 by operating the 13 menu key, and the menu display may be selected and executed. Further, as an example of the specific information display at the time of the game, the specific information (we will guide the customer. In our shop) is displayed in a superimposed manner in the game image (777) as shown in FIG. Is also good. During a break, the user may operate the break key of the operation unit 113 to display “during break” on the display unit 101.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine having a display unit and displaying a game image corresponding to the progress of a game by a player on the display unit, and a gaming machine and a gaming apparatus connected to the Internet. A server for providing information and displaying the information on a display unit, the gaming device displays specific information provided from the server on the display unit, and displays mail contents notified from the Internet and addressed to a player via the server. , A special game state such as a "big hit state" generated in accordance with the progress of the game of the player can be displayed on the display unit of the game device, and thus can be easily and economically specially displayed. In addition to displaying the game status, the server can send specific information that is necessary for the player and communication with the outside in place of mobile phones that are prohibited in pachinko parlors. It can be informed by provided by Le. In addition, the gaming machine displays the exchangeable prize information on the display unit according to the payout information indicating the game result of the player, so that the player can grasp the exchangeable prize during the game.

Also, the game device outputs an alarm to the display unit based on the player's schedule information input to the player, so that the player may be late for a waiting time with the opponent or may forget to wait. Can be prevented. In addition, since the specific information is the payout information of the gaming device for a predetermined period in the past, the player can recognize the display state and select a gaming device (pachinko machine) that is likely to win. In addition, since the specific information is accident prevention information, for example, "Please do not leave the child in the car and do not play"
It is possible to prevent accidents that have increased in recent years, such as the death of an infant left behind in a car when a parent is passionate about pachinko. In addition, a card is provided that records payout information indicating a game result of the player as ball storage information, and a display fee for specific information displayed on the display unit of the gaming device is paid based on the ball storage information of the card. The income of the store that provides the gaming device to the player can be increased. In addition, since the display fee of the specific information displayed on the display unit of the gaming device is paid by cash or a prepaid card, the income of the store providing the gaming device to the player can be similarly increased. . Also, since the contents of the mail are deleted after being displayed for a certain period of time, personal privacy can be protected. Further, since the display of the specific information is deleted after the end of the game, the occupation of the pachinko machine by the non-player can be eliminated. In addition, since the operation unit including the switching key for switching the display of the specific information is provided in the ball lending machine having a relatively large space, the pachinko machine can be prevented from being enlarged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an information display system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a pachinko machine constituting the information display system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of a main part of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of specific information on a display unit of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of specific information on a display unit of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 7 is a view showing an example of a game image on a display unit of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display state of a display unit of the pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 Internet, 5 IC card, 10, 30 server, 100 pachinko machine, 100A pachinko machine, 1
00B: ball lending machine, 101: display unit, 101A, 101
B, 101C: display area, 113: operation unit, 150: C
PU, 152: sensor unit, 153: ball supply unit, 154 ...
Ball payout processing unit, 155: card reader, 156: display control unit, 159: communication I / F unit, 160: clock unit.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Jun Kudo 2-3-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo Inside Tamura Electric Works, Ltd. (72) Inventor Jun Shibata 2-3-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo No. Inside Tamura Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaki Odaka 2-3-2 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo F-term inside Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 2C088 AA36 BA88 BB28 BB31 BC14 BC23 BC25 BC80 CA02 CA27 CA31 EA49 EB55

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A game device having a display unit and displaying a game image according to the progress of a game of a player on the display unit, and a game device connected to the game device and an electronic network and transmitting information to the game device. An information display system comprising a server to provide, the gaming device displays information provided from the server on the display unit, and is notified from the electronic network and addressed to a player via the server. An information display system comprising control means for displaying the contents of a mail on the display unit. 2. A game device having a display unit and displaying a game image corresponding to the progress of a game by a player on the display unit, and a server connected to the game device and providing information to the game device. An information display system, wherein the gaming device displays information provided from the server on the display unit, and displays information of a prize that can be exchanged according to a game result of a player on the display unit. An information display system comprising control means. 3. A game device having a display unit and displaying a game image according to the progress of a game by a player on the display unit, and a server connected to the game device and providing information to the game device. An information display system, wherein the gaming device displays information provided from the server on the display unit, and outputs an alarm to the display unit based on the schedule information of the player input to the gaming device. An information display system comprising means. 4. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a pachinko machine, and the information provided from the server is payout information of the pachinko machine in a past fixed period. An information display system characterized by the following. 5. The information display system according to claim 1, wherein the information provided from the server is accident prevention information. 6. The information display system according to claim 1, wherein the information provided from the server is information of a book or a newspaper from the electronic network. 7. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a pachinko machine, and includes a card in which payout information indicating a game result of the pachinko machine of a player is recorded as ball storage information. An information display system, wherein a display fee of information provided from the server and displayed on a display unit of the gaming device is paid by the ball storage information of the card. 8. The display fee for information provided from the server and displayed on a display unit of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the display fee is paid by cash or a prepaid card. Information display system. 9. The information display system according to claim 1, wherein the mail content is deleted after being displayed for a predetermined time. 10. The information display system according to claim 1, wherein the information provided from the server and displayed on the gaming device is deleted after a game is over. 11. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the gaming machine is a pachinko machine, and an operation unit including a switching key for switching to a display of information provided from the server is provided. An information display provided on a ball lending machine disposed adjacent to a pachinko machine, wherein the control unit displays information provided from the server on the display unit based on an operation of the operation unit. system.