JP2002095847A - Game machine management device and operation control method therefor, and recording medium wherein game machine management program is recorded - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display plural kinds of operating information by separating them into the fixedly displayed operating information and the operating information displayed so as to be able to be scrolled. SOLUTION: A CPU refers to a flag during the display of the operating information by each machine type name on a display screen 181, allows the operating information to be fixedly displayed when the contents to be fixedly displayed are indicated, allows the operating information to be displayed so as to be able to be scrolled when the above contents are not indicated, and allows a boundary display object 521 to be displayed in the boundary section between at least one column of the fixedly displayed operating information and at least one column of the operating information displayed so as to be able to be scrolled for the purpose of enabling discrimination between both the columns.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention records a gaming machine management apparatus for managing a pachinko machine or a pachislot machine installed in a game arcade, an operation control method of the gaming machine management apparatus, and a gaming machine management program therefor. The present invention relates to improvement of a recording medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent game arcades, a plurality of gaming machines each having a plurality of gaming machines communicably connected to a management computer are provided. The management computer transmits an operation signal transmitted from each gaming machine. Is received, and the received operation signal and the like are managed for each gaming machine.

[0003] By displaying the operation signal and the processing information of the operation signal for each machine number or model name on the display screen of the management computer, various operation information can be quickly grasped, and the operability of the operator is improved. Had improved.

However, this type of management computer is of a type that displays particularly important information among a large number of pieces of operation information in a fixed manner, or that displays all of them in a scrolled manner. Therefore, when all the operation information is to be displayed, there is a problem that even important operation information is scroll-displayed and disappears from the screen.

The present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and is configured to display operation information separately into operation information to be displayed fixedly and operation information to be displayed in a scrollable manner. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine management device, an operation control method for the gaming machine management device, and a recording medium on which a gaming machine management program is recorded.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a gaming machine management device for managing gaming machines provided in a game arcade, wherein a plurality of types of operation information are displayed on a display device (180). At the time of displaying, the processing means for displaying the operation information which is fixedly displayed on the display screen (181) and the operation information which is scrollably displayed on the display screen (181) among the plurality of types of operation information is displayed. It was characterized by having.

According to the present invention, when a plurality of types of operation information are displayed on the display device (180), the operation information fixedly displayed on the display screen (181) among the plurality of types of operation information is scrolled. Display screen possible (181)
Can be displayed separately from the operation information to be displayed.

Further, the processing means may be provided with a means for displaying a boundary display object (521) which makes it possible to determine the boundary between the operation information displayed in a fixed manner and the operation information displayed in a scrollable manner. good. Further, the processing means includes a scroll button (510, 510) for instructing a scroll operation.
Means for displaying 511) at a position corresponding to the scroll area of the operation information displayed in a scrollable manner may be provided.

In the above-mentioned gaming machine management apparatus, the processing means detects a scroll setting position designated by operating a scroll position setting button (520) displayed on the display screen (181), and Means for changing the scroll area in accordance with the detected scroll setting position and displaying scrollable operation information.

Further, the processing means includes means for displaying the scroll position setting button (520) in a bar shape above a group of item names displayed for each of a plurality of operation information displayed in a plurality of columns. You may do it.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an operation control method of a gaming machine management apparatus for managing gaming machines provided in a game arcade, wherein a plurality of types of operation information (50) are provided for each model name (501).
A table (500) for storing a flag (503) indicating whether fixed display is to be performed for each piece of operation information and storing the information in association with (2) is constructed, and the processing unit performs display on the display device (180). When displaying the operation information for each model name on the screen (181), referring to the flag (503),
When it is instructed to perform the fixed display, the operation information is displayed in a fixed manner. On the other hand, when the instruction is not issued, the operation information is displayed in a scrollable manner, and the fixed information is displayed. Alternatively, at a boundary between the operation information in a plurality of columns and the operation information in one or a plurality of columns displayed so as to be scrollable, a boundary display object (521) that allows both to be displayed is displayed,
Scroll buttons (510, 511) for scroll operation are displayed at both ends of the scrollable scroll area, and scrollable operation information is scrolled according to the operation of the scroll buttons (510, 511). I do.

In this operation control method, scrolling is performed by operating a scroll position setting button (520) displayed in a bar above the group of item names displayed for each of a plurality of operation information displayed in a plurality of columns. Detect the set position,
The flag (503) may be updated to change the scroll area according to the detected scroll setting position.

According to the present invention, there is provided a computer-readable recording medium storing a game machine management program for operating a game machine management device for managing a game machine provided in a game arcade, comprising: When the type of operation information is displayed on the display device (180), of the plurality of types of operation information, the operation information that is fixedly displayed on the display screen (181) and the operation information that is scrollably displayed on the display screen (181). There is also provided a recording medium for recording a gaming machine management program for executing a process including a process of displaying the information separately from the operation information.

Examples of the recording medium include a magnetic recording medium such as a flexible disk, a semiconductor recording medium such as a ROM and an IC card, an optical recording medium such as a CDROM, and an MO.
And other computer-readable recording media such as magneto-optical recording media.

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

(Configuration) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system including a gaming machine management apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. This system includes a plurality of gaming machines 30
, 300 and the gaming machine management apparatus 100 are connected by a communication cable 400 so that necessary information can be communicated with each other.

Each of the gaming machines 300,..., 300 outputs an out signal output each time the number of pachinko balls hit into the gaming machine is counted as 10, a start signal indicating that the pachinko balls have won a starting port (not shown), The control unit 310 has a function of automatically transmitting various operation signals such as a jackpot occurrence signal indicating a jackpot state to the gaming machine management apparatus 100 via the communication cable 400.

The gaming machine management device 100 includes the gaming machines 30
I / O port 110 for receiving operation information transmitted from communication devices 0,.
And a CPU 120 for performing various operations described later, and a gaming machine management program 179 describing a processing procedure of the present invention.
Storage device 172 which can store a file or table stored in a table area 173 which will be described later in a nonvolatile manner.
70 and data and CP read from the storage device 170 and the like.
It includes a RAM 130 for storing a calculation result required in the calculation process performed by U120, and an input device 150 for inputting necessary commands, selection data, and the like.

Further, the gaming machine management apparatus 100 reads the gaming machine management program 179 recorded in the CDROM 200 as a recording medium, and stores the gaming machine management program 179 in the gaming machine management program storage section 172 in accordance with a command from the CPU 120. CDROM drive 160
And a display device 180 for displaying and outputting the elapsed time of the operating state of each gaming machine so as to be able to be grasped, and a printer 190 capable of printing the processing results and the like executed by the CPU 120. Are connected by a bus 140 so as to be able to exchange data. Further, the CPU 120 has a function of processing the received operation signal to obtain various operation indexes.
These operation signals and those obtained by processing the operation signals are updated and read into a table 500 described later as operation information.

The input device 150 can be realized by an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and the display device 180 can be realized by a display device such as a CRT, a liquid crystal display, and an EL display. Since the device 170 can be realized by a storage device such as a hard disk, the gaming machine management device 100 can be constructed by one computer system such as a personal computer and a workstation.

Next, referring to FIG. 2, table 50 stored in table area 173 formed in storage device 170 will be described.
0 will be described. The construction of the table 500 is performed by the CPU 120 executing the gaming machine management program 179.

As shown in FIG. 2, the table 500 stores a model name 501 and operation information in association with each other. Each operation information is stored in association with an item name 502a,. Also, a fixed flag 503 indicating whether the operation information should be displayed in a fixed manner or in a scrollable manner is stored in association with each operation information. The operation information with the fixed flag “1” is set to be displayed in a fixed (ie, non-scrollable) manner, and the operation information with the fixed flag “0” is set to be displayed in a scrollable manner. Such a table 500 can be constructed by storing the operation signal received by the CPU 120 and the processed signal. The update processing of the fixed flag will be described later.

(Operation) Next, the operation will be described. Note that C
When the DROM 200 is inserted into the insertion section (not shown) of the CDROM drive 160, the gaming machine management program 179 stored in the CDROM 200 is read by the CDROM drive 160, and is stored in the gaming machine management program storage section 172. A series of operations are performed by executing the management program (including the table construction described above).

First, when the operator operates the input device 150 (hereinafter, a mouse is assumed), the CPU 120 displays a display screen as shown in FIG. The CPU 120 reads the contents of the table 500 and displays the contents.
The operation information with the fixed flag “1” is displayed on the display screen 181 in a fixed (non-scrollable) manner, and the operation information with the fixed flag “0” is scrollably displayed in the scroll area. Since a boundary display object 521, which is a bar extending in the vertical direction, is displayed at the boundary position between the two, it is easy to distinguish between the two.

Further, the CPU 120 displays a left scroll button 510 and a right scroll button 511 for performing a scroll operation at the lower left end and the lower right end of the scroll area, respectively. Rich in Further, the CPU 120 displays a scroll position setting button 520 which is a bar-shaped display object extending in the horizontal direction above the group of item names. In FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 2, it is assumed that the fixed flags of only “number” and “effective number” are “1” and the fixed flags of the operation information other than these are “0”. Therefore, "number",
Only the "effective number" is fixedly displayed, and the remaining operation information is displayed in a scrollable manner. The model name is always displayed in a fixed manner. In this example, the display of the operation information corresponding to the model name is assumed, but the same processing can be applied even if the display of the operation information corresponding to the machine number is assumed.

In the display state shown in FIG. 3, the mouse pointer 522 is moved on the scroll position setting button 520 by a mouse operation and clicked. Then
As shown in step S400 of FIG. 4, CPU 120 operates the scroll position setting button (Yes).
Move to step S402. Otherwise (No)
Is not processed.

Next, in step S402, the CPU
120 detects a scroll setting position from the position of the pointer. For example, in the example of FIG. 3, since the area above the item name “difference average” is clicked, the CPU 120 sets the operation information for the item names to the right including the item name “difference average” as scroll display targets. And table 500
, These fixed flags are set to “0”, and the fixed flags of the item names are all set to “1” on the left side of the item name “difference average”.

Next, in step S406, the CPU
120 performs a screen display. FIG. 5 shows an example of the display screen. The CPU 120 reads out the contents of the table 500 and displays it. At this time, the operation information with the fixed flag “1” is fixedly displayed (non-scrollable) on the display screen 181 and the fixed flag is set to “0”. Is displayed in a scrollable manner within the scroll area. And
Since the boundary display object 521, which is a bar extending in the vertical direction, is displayed at the boundary position between the two, it is easy to distinguish between the two.

In this case, since the fixed flags of the items on the right side including the item “difference average” are “0”, the scroll area is changed so that the operation information for these item names can be scrolled. You. On the other hand, all items with an item name on the left side of the item name “difference average” are fixedly displayed. As can be seen by comparing and referencing FIG. 3 and FIG. 5, the operation information of “average replenishment” and “number of out-balls” are newly fixedly displayed.

Further, since the CPU 120 changes and displays the left scroll button 510 and the right scroll button 511 for performing a scroll operation at the lower left end and the lower right end of the reduced scroll area, the scroll area can be easily formed. It is easy to grasp and has good operability. The position change display of the left scroll button 510 and the right scroll button 511 can be understood by comparing FIG. 3 and FIG.

(Scroll Operation) In the display state shown in FIG. 5, first, as shown in step S600 of FIG. 6, the CPU 120 determines whether or not the left scroll button 510 has been clicked. If clicked (Y
In step es), the process proceeds to step S602, and the operation information is scrolled leftward by a predetermined amount in the scroll area. The CPU 120 reads out the display target from the table 500 and displays it to enable scroll display.

On the other hand, if it is not clicked (No), the process moves to step S604. And the CPU 12
0 determines whether the right scroll button 511 has been clicked. If the button has been clicked (Yes), the process proceeds to step S606, and the operation information is scrolled rightward by a predetermined amount in the scroll area. On the other hand, if not clicked (No), the scroll processing ends.

FIG. 7 is a view in which the one shown in FIG. 5 is scrolled left by operating the left scroll button 510.
5 and 7, it can be seen that the operation information of "T" is scrolled to the left and a new item "base" appears and is displayed.

Therefore, according to this embodiment, the CP
When displaying a plurality of types of operation information on the display device 180, the U120 displays operation information that is fixedly displayed on the display screen 181 and operation information that is scrollably displayed on the display screen 181 among the plurality of types of operation information. And can be displayed separately. Therefore, it is possible to scroll and display all operation information while permanently displaying important items.

Further, the CPU 120 detects a scroll setting position designated by operating the scroll position setting button 520 displayed on the display screen 181, and
Since the scrollable operation information is displayed by changing the scroll area in accordance with the detected scroll setting position, the scroll position can be set with a simple man-machine interface. At this time, the scroll position setting button 520 is displayed in a bar shape above the item name group displayed for each of the plurality of operation information displayed in a plurality of columns, so that the operation is convenient.

As described above, the CPU 120 first stores a plurality of types of operation information 502 in association with each model name 501 and stores the flag 503 indicating whether or not to fixedly display the operation information for each operation information in the table 500. Build it.

Then, the CPU 120 controls the display device 180
When displaying the operation information for each model name on the display screen 181, the flag 503 is referred to, and when it is instructed to perform the fixed display, the operation information is displayed in a fixed manner. If not, the operation information is displayed in a scrollable manner, and one or a plurality of columns of operation information fixedly displayed and one displayed in a scrollable manner are displayed.
Alternatively, a boundary display object 521 that allows both to be distinguished is displayed at the boundary with the operation information in a plurality of columns, scroll buttons 510 and 511 for scroll operation are displayed at both ends of the scrollable scroll area, and the scroll button 51 is displayed.
Since the scrollable operation information is scrolled according to the operations of 0 and 511, it is possible to display the operation information that is fixedly displayed and the operation information that is scrollably displayed among a plurality of types of operation information. Can be.

Further, the CPU 120 changes the scroll setting position by operating the scroll position setting button 520 displayed in a bar above the item name group displayed for each of the plurality of operation information displayed in a plurality of columns. Since the flag 503 is detected and the flag 503 is updated in order to change the scroll area according to the detected scroll setting position, the scroll setting position can be changed by a simple operation of the scroll position setting button 520.

Various modifications and changes can be made to each of the above embodiments without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, increasing the types of operation information, the boundary display object 521, the left and right scroll buttons 51
The shape of 0, 511 may be appropriately changed.

Furthermore, as in the above-described embodiment of the present invention, the CPU 120
60, all of the gaming machine management programs 179 recorded in the CD ROM 200 are stored in the storage device 170.
May be downloaded at once, and the downloaded gaming machine management program 179 may be executed by the CPU 120.
Gaming machine management program 17 recorded in OM 200
It is also possible to read out a predetermined amount of 0 at a time and temporarily store it in the RAM 130 to sequentially read out and execute.

In any case, the processing of the present invention can be executed by causing the CPU 120 to execute the gaming machine management program 179 recorded in the CD ROM 200. Note that at least a part of the processing according to the present invention is installed in the gaming machine management apparatus 100 in advance.
It may be executed by S, middleware, another application, or the like.

The present invention is suitable to be installed not only in a game arcade where only pachinko machines are arranged but also in a game arcade where other game machines such as pachislot machines are arranged.

As described above, according to the present invention, of a plurality of types of operation information, operation information that is displayed fixedly and operation information that is scrollably displayed can be displayed separately. The effect that it can be obtained is obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a gaming machine management apparatus 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of a system that includes a “0.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a table 500.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a display screen 181.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating processing of a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a display screen 181.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a scroll operation.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of a display screen 181.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 100 gaming machine management device 110 I / O port 120 CPU 130 RAM 140 bus 150 input device 160 CDROM drive 170 storage device 172 gaming machine management program storage unit 173 file area 174 table area 180 display device 181 display screen 190 printer 200 CDROM 300 gaming Machine 310 control unit 400 communication cable 500 table 510 left scroll button 511 right scroll button 520 scroll position setting button 521 boundary display object 522 mouse pointer

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Kenichi Masada 8-3014-8, Hirosawacho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma 8 Heiwauchi Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Norihiro Otsuka 8-3014 Hirosawacho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma 8 Heiwauchi, Inc. (72) Inventor Kenichi Murata 8-3014 Hirosawa-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma 8-8 Heiwauchi Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Tomoko 2-3014 Hirosawa-cho, Kiryu-shi, Gunma 8-8 Heiwauchi F-term (reference) 2C088 CA02 CA31 CA35 5E501 AA02 AA17 BA05 CA02 CB09 EA05 EA10 EB05 FA09 FB03 FB32

Claims (8)

[Claims] When a plurality of types of operation information are displayed on a display device (180) in a gaming machine management device that manages gaming machines provided in a game arcade, a fixed one of the plurality of types of operation information is used. A game machine management device comprising: processing means for separately displaying operation information displayed on the display screen (181) and operation information displayed on the display screen (181) in a scrollable manner. 2. The gaming machine management device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is configured to determine a boundary position between the fixedly displayed operation information and the scrollable operation information. A gaming machine management device comprising means for displaying an object (521). 3. The gaming machine management device according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit includes a scroll button (5) for instructing a scroll operation.
10. A gaming machine management device comprising: means for displaying (10, 511) at a position corresponding to a scroll area of operation information displayed in a scrollable manner. 4. The gaming machine management device according to claim 1, wherein the processing means includes a scroll position setting button (520) displayed on a display screen (181). Means for detecting a scroll setting position instructed by operation, and means for changing a scroll area according to the detected scroll setting position and displaying scrollable operation information. Gaming machine management device. 5. The gaming machine management device according to claim 4, wherein the processing means includes a bar-shaped upper part of an item name group displayed for each of a plurality of pieces of operation information displayed in a plurality of columns. A gaming machine management device comprising: means for displaying a scroll position setting button (520). 6. An operation control method of a gaming machine management device for managing gaming machines disposed in a gaming arcade, wherein a plurality of types of operation information (502) are stored in correspondence with each model name (501). A table (500) for storing a flag (503) indicating whether or not fixed display is to be performed for each operation information is constructed, and the processing means sets a display screen (181) of the display device (180) for each model name. When the operation information is displayed, the flag (503) is referred to, and when it is instructed to perform the fixed display, the operation information is displayed in a fixed manner. On the other hand, when this instruction is not issued, the operation is performed. Information is displayed in a scrollable manner, and the boundary between one or more columns of operation information displayed in a fixed manner and one or more columns of operation information displayed in a scrollable manner can be distinguished from each other. Object (52 ) Display, display the scroll button for scrolling (510, 511) in both end positions of the scrollable scroll area, according to the operation of the scroll button (510, 511),
An operation control method for a gaming machine management device, wherein scrollable operation information is scrolled. 7. The operation control method for a gaming machine management device according to claim 6, wherein a plurality of operation information items displayed in a plurality of columns are displayed in a bar shape above an item name group displayed. A scroll setting position is detected from an operation of a scroll position setting button (520), and the flag (503) is updated in order to change a scroll area according to the detected scroll setting position. Operation control method of machine management device. 8. A computer-readable recording medium storing a gaming machine management program for operating a gaming machine management device for managing a gaming machine disposed in a game arcade, wherein a plurality of types of operation information are displayed. When displaying on the device (180), of the plurality of types of operation information, the operation information is fixedly displayed on the display screen (181), and the operation information is scrollably displayed on the display screen (181). A recording medium for recording a gaming machine management program for executing processing including display processing.