JP2002210187A - Game data display system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game data display system in which the business hours of a game hall is displayed corresponding to a time base together with the generation history of big winning. SOLUTION: In this game data display system in which the game data generated from game stands can be browsed, the business hours of the game hall are identifiably displayed on a game data display terminal. Thus, when browsing the game data, whether it is not the business hours or the big winning is not just generated for a time band during which the big winning is not generated is recognized at a glance and the danger of erroneous recognition is eliminated.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention collects and records game data generated by a player playing a game at a game table (synonymous with a game machine) installed in a game store, and stores the game data based on the record. And a game data display system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A game data display device for displaying the number of jackpots generated by a player playing a game or the number of played games in a game store in which a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine or the like is installed. well known. For example,
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-212155 discloses a configuration of a game data display device that displays a history of occurrence of a big hit with a time axis. According to this game data display device, it is very convenient because it is possible to see at a glance at what time zone in the past a big hit has occurred and at what time the big hit is likely to occur.

[0003]

[0005] By the way, when an amusement store holds an event such as a refurbishment opening or a replacement of a new stand, the opening time and closing time are often different from those during normal business hours. Also,
Many amusement shops have different opening and closing times depending on the day of the week. As described above, in a situation where the opening time or closing time is changed, if the occurrence history of the big hit is displayed on a fixed time axis as in the conventional display device, the following erroneous recognition may be caused. is there. In other words, the history of big hits will not be displayed during the business hours, of course, but a player who does not know the opening time or closing time exactly happens to be a big hit at that time. There is a problem that the player does not perform the operation or that the corresponding game console is not operating.

[0004] It is an object of the present invention to provide a game data display system capable of displaying the operating hours of a game store along with the history of jackpots in accordance with the time axis. In the present specification, for the sake of simplicity, the meaning of "big hit" in a pachinko machine and "bonus" in a slot machine are used as being generally synonymous.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a game data display system according to the present invention provides a game data totaling means for totalizing and storing a plurality of types of game data generated from a gaming table. And a game data display means for displaying game data stored in the game data total storage means, wherein the game data total storage means generates a big hit at each gaming table. Each time, the occurrence time and the game data during the big hit are associated and stored as a big hit history, and the game data display means displays identification information indicating the big hit occurrence time on a time axis based on the big hit history. In addition, identification information indicating the business hours of the game store is displayed on the time axis.

In order for a player to play a game at a gaming table such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine, etc., game media such as game balls and game medals are inserted (invested) into each gaming table. On the other hand, when a prize is won by playing a game, a game medium is paid out from the gaming table to the player. In addition, a big hit may occur when a game is played, or a special game state that accompanies a big hit may be entered depending on a model. Such data is collected and stored as game data in a centralized management device (hereinafter, also referred to as a hall computer). The stored game data is also useful for the game store to calculate the balance, and is significantly used when disclosing a certain amount of data to the player as part of the service. That is, a system for disclosing game data is a game data display system, for example, a hall computer for counting and storing game data from each gaming table, and a game data display for displaying stored game data. And a terminal.

According to the game data display system of the present invention, the business hours of the game store are displayed on the game data display terminal so as to be identifiable. It is no longer possible for viewers to make a misconception about whether or not the jackpot has just occurred. For example, even when a non-business time zone is included on the time axis for displaying the time zone in which the big hit occurs, the non-business time zone is referred to as “the business hours are not generating a big hit. There is no mistaken recognition of "period".

In addition, the operating status of each game console during business hours can be displayed in an identifiable manner. In this way, it is possible to obtain information that a big hit does not occur in a certain time zone because the gaming machine is in a non-operating state, or that the game machine is operating but is not simply a big hit. It is possible to grasp the correlation between the operating state and the occurrence of the big hit. It is needless to say that the gaming table is in the operating state during the business hours of each game store.

[0009]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings and flowcharts. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a game data display system of the present invention. When a player plays a game, various game data is generated at the gaming table. In a pachinko machine, such game data is, for example, digital fluctuation (also referred to as start) count data, big hit occurrence data, probability fluctuation (a big hit probability becomes high and a big hit is more likely than usual) occurrence data, Game ball (also called out ball) number data invested by the player, game ball (also called safe ball) paid out to the player
And numerical data. In the slot machine, data on the number of games played by the player, data on occurrence of big hits, CT
(Challenge Time), AT (Assist Time), etc., the occurrence data of a gaming state advantageous to the player that occurs at a predetermined probability after the end of a big hit, the number of game medals (also referred to as out medals) invested by the player. Data, data on the number of game medals (also called safe medals) paid out to the player, and the like. Since the game data targeted by the present system is almost the same regardless of whether it is a pachinko machine or a slot machine, the embodiment will be described as treating game data of a pachinko machine.

[0010] The above-mentioned game data is sent to a centralized management device (hereinafter referred to as a hall computer) 100 via a game data receiving terminal 10 provided at each game console. Although it depends on the number of gaming consoles installed in the store, since all gaming consoles cannot transmit data to the hall computer 100 at one time, a relay device 11 for temporarily spooling gaming data may be provided. . Hall computer 10 that receives the game data of each gaming table
0 is totaled and stored for each gaming table and for each type of game data, and transmits the stored game data to the game data display terminal. The game data display terminal can receive game data sent from the hall computer 100 from the main body transmission / reception unit, process each game data in a displayable state, and display the processed data on a monitor or the like.

The hall computer as the game data totaling and storing means in the present invention includes hardware such as an arithmetic unit, a storage device, an input device, and an output device necessary for totalizing and storing the game data, and software for executing the processing. (Program). In detail, the ROM provided in the hall computer stores a program for summarizing and storing game data for each gaming table and for each game data, a program for transmitting the stored game data to the terminal, and the like. I have. Each program is called up as needed, and is executed by the CPU using the RAM as a main storage device as a work area. The aggregated game data is readable and writable stored in a memory area provided in a storage device such as a hard disk.
The same applies to a game data display terminal as a game data display means, a program for receiving game data from a hall computer, a program for processing data in a displayable form, a program for displaying on a display unit such as a screen, a data viewer. A program or the like for responding to the above operation is stored in a ROM built in the display terminal. Each program is called up as needed, and is executed by the CPU using the RAM serving as a main storage device as a work area. The game data receiving terminal 10 and the relay device 1
1 may have its own CPU, RAM, ROM and the like. Further, the present system may employ a configuration other than the configuration shown in FIG. 1 as long as the configuration includes a game data totaling storage unit and a game data display unit.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a game data display terminal body according to the present invention. Game data display terminal 103
The main body and the monitor 30 are integrated. For example, the monitor 30 is a touch panel, and a player can browse game data by operating the touch panel (monitor 30). In addition, if the user has not become a member of a game arcade where the present system is introduced, data can be prevented from being freely viewed. That is, when the user is a non-member, the information that can be browsed can be limited. ID indicating that you are a member of the game store
In the case where a membership card is issued, it is preferable that the game data can be browsed after inserting the membership card from the card insertion slot 31. Alternatively, all players may be allowed to freely browse game data without requiring an ID such as a membership card. The game data display terminal 103 has a print function, can print game data displayed on the monitor 30, and is configured so that a print result is discharged from the print exit 32. I have.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing a configuration of a game data display terminal according to the present invention. Game data from the hall computer 100 is transmitted to the control unit 102 via the transmission / reception unit 27. The control unit 102 includes a CPU 2
0, a RAM 22, and a ROM 21. When game data is received from the hall computer 100, R
The program stored in the OM 21 is called up as necessary, and the RAM 22 is used as a work area for the CPU 20.
Performed by That is, a series of processing from receiving data to displaying it on the monitor is mainly performed by the CPU 20 and the RAM 2 according to a predetermined program.
2 is performed. Each of the monitor unit 23, the touch panel unit 24, the printer unit 25, and the card reader unit 26 operates according to a command from the control unit 102. In addition,
Even when each unit such as the monitor unit and the printer unit has a control unit having a CPU and the like, the flow of the actually performed processing is substantially the same, and does not depart from the gist of the present invention. .

On the other hand, the hall computer which has received the game data from each game machine creates a record as shown below for each game machine as contents to be stored. The game data display terminal reads out game data based on these records created by the hall computer, processes the data into a form that can be displayed on a screen, and displays the processed data.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of a record created and stored when the hall computer receives game data. First, FIG. 4A is a cumulative record in which the corresponding stored value is incremented one after another every time game data is received from each gaming table. Normally, since each gaming machine has a machine number assigned to each game machine, a cumulative record is created and stored in correspondence with the machine number. From this cumulative record, it is possible to obtain game data such as the total number of big hits and the number of starts in one day.

FIG. 4B is a conceptual diagram of a record (unit record) for each predetermined time in which game data received from each gaming table during a predetermined time is accumulated, and a most recent record in which the records are collected. is there. The predetermined time can be arbitrarily selected, but is assumed to be set to, for example, 5 minutes. The hall computer accumulates the game data received from the game console corresponding to the device number every five minutes, and creates a unit record. The unit records are arranged in chronological order to be the latest record. That is, the latest record may be considered to be the above-described cumulative record divided every 5 minutes.
From the figure, 9:05, 9:10, 9:15 ...
It can be understood that the records are created and stored every minute. From this latest record, it is possible to read out the game data only within an arbitrary time range, for example, the number of big hits from the present to 2 hours before, the number of big hits from 1 hour to 3 hours before. It should be noted that in the figure, the difference ball count and the pitching rate are not the game data sent directly from the gaming table, but are the game data calculated by the hall computer. In addition, (the number of difference balls) = (the number of safe balls) − (the number of out-of-balls), the (ball pitch) = 100 × (the number of safe balls) / (the number of out-of-balls).

When the player plays a game and hits the jackpot, the hall computer receives a jackpot signal including information that a jackpot has occurred from the game console. And
The game data such as the number of safe balls and the number of out balls during the period of continuously receiving the big hit signal is totaled to create a big hit history record.

By the way, for example, a pachinko machine is a model of a type represented by a probability varying machine, a machine with a time shortening function, and a slot machine is a CT (Challenge Time) machine or an AT (As) machine.
sistTime) machines and the like. In any of these models, a special gaming state advantageous to the player occurs after the end of the big hit or the bonus, and during the special gaming state, the big hit again occurs. Has become. For example, in the probability fluctuating machine, when the player enters a probability fluctuating state, which is a special game state that is started after the end of an arbitrary big hit, the probability of a big hit becomes higher than usual, and the big hit is made with a small number of start times (a long run). ing. When the probability fluctuating state is started, the gaming machine outputs to the hall computer a probable change signal for notifying that the player has entered the probability fluctuating state.

In the game data display system of the present invention, the game data in the probability fluctuation state is stored as a big hit history record so as to be distinguished from a normal time and a big hit. That is, as shown in the time chart of FIG. 5 (a), the signals input to the hall computer when the extended cottage occurs are alternately input as a big hit signal → a probable change signal → a big hit signal. As a result, a record having a form as shown in FIG. 5B is created. According to this jackpot history record,
When the big hit occurred, when the probability change occurred and how many times started during the probability change, how many game balls were paid out during the big hit, and how many consecutive big hits occurred ( That is, it is possible to easily obtain detailed data such as the number of consecutive holidays. It should be noted that the special game state is not limited to the probability variation, and any unusual game state to be notified to the hall computer can be applied to the present invention.

Further, the hall computer stores a total record and a big hit history record (collectively referred to as a past highest record) when the number of big hits reaches the highest ever for each gaming table. Then, at the end of the business day of the amusement store, the number of jackpots for each gaming machine on the day is compared with the total number of jackpots for the day in the record-high record for each gaming machine. If the number of hits exceeds the record, the record is updated. Furthermore, the game data based on the record of the record can be displayed on the game data display terminal as data for reference.

On the other hand, the game data display terminal receives game data from the hall computer based on the above-described record created by the hall computer. Then, a process for displaying the game data is performed, and the result is displayed on the screen. Hereinafter, an embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings showing examples of screens displayed on the monitor 30 of the game data display terminal 103.

Although the game data display terminal has a number of functions, only the parts related to the invention will be described. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing transition of main screens displayed on the game data display terminal. The screen mainly viewed by the player can be roughly divided into blocks as shown in the figure. The player can first select a game model for which he / she wants to view game data from the menu screen, and can move to the data list screen of those gaming tables. From the data list screen, it is possible to move to the big hit history screen and the ranking screen. The big hit history screen shows which time zone each gaming machine is hitting on the day. In addition, it is possible to browse individual detailed jackpot histories by specifying a gaming table. The ranking screen shows a gaming table with a higher rank such as the number of big hits, the number of obtained balls, the probability of big hits, and the like. The game data shown on these screens can be displayed as a result of processing in the game data display terminal based on a plurality of records stored on the hall computer.

FIG. 7 is an example of a menu screen in the block diagram of FIG. In this screen, items in which a model name 40 and the number of installations 41 are described are prepared so that the player can select a game model desired to be viewed. The player
By selecting a desired model from the touch panel type screen, a data list screen displaying game data can be viewed. When the pachislot list 42 is selected, the game model displayed on the screen is switched to a list of slot machines.
When all the game machines installed in the game store cannot be displayed at once and extend over a plurality of pages, the pages can be switched by the screen switching item 43.

FIG. 8 is an example of a data list screen in the block diagram of FIG. First, at 60, the game model selected on the menu screen is displayed. Since a unique gaming machine number 50 is displayed for each gaming machine, it is possible to determine which machine of which model has what kind of game data.
You can understand immediately. An operation status 51 indicates whether the gaming table is currently operating, whether it is an empty area where no one is playing, or whether it is in a big hit or a probability fluctuation. The player can check the operation status and select a gaming table to play from among the empty spaces. The number of big hits 52 indicates the number of times the gaming table has hit a big hit on the day, and is not an absolute criterion.
The number of big hits is one indicator for distinguishing an excellent gaming table.

However, no matter how good a game console is, a big hit may not easily occur when viewed through the day. In particular, the current state of each game console is important for a player who is about to select a game console to play. It's hard to imagine that the jackpot hours ago would be a guess at the current state. Therefore, as shown at 53, the number of jackpots up to a point two hours before the present, that is, the most recent number of jackpots is displayed. The setting of the time range is not limited to 2 hours, and any time range can be selected as long as the time range can be read from the latest record stored in the hall computer.

Further, the number of big hits from one hour to three hours ago is read from the latest record, compared with the number of big hits in the last two hours indicated in 53, and the state of the gaming table is determined from the comparison result. An upward arrow is displayed in the state determination column 54 if the upward trend is indicated, a downward arrow is displayed if the downward trend is displayed, and a horizontal arrow is displayed if the downward trend is observed. In the example in the figure, one hour ago
Although the number of big hits up to three hours before is not displayed, this may be displayed.

[0027] As a comparative method of data, for example, when the jackpot number here 2 hours jackpot number to _R 1, 1 hour before 3 hours before and _{R 2,} a state in magnitude of _{R 1} and _{R 2} There is a method of determining. That is, (R ₁ −
The program should be designed so that if the value of R ₂ ) is greater than 0, the tendency is determined to be upward, if it is equal to 0, it is determined to be flat, and if it is smaller than 0, it is determined to be downward. Although the arrow is used as a symbol indicating the state of the gaming table, any other symbol, color, or the like may be used as long as identification is possible. Furthermore, the division of the state is not limited to the three cases of ascending, leveling, and descending.

In the example of the data list screen shown in FIG. 8, a menu 55, a big hit history 56, a ranking 57
To go to each screen. Since the number of game data that can be displayed at one time is limited, 58 screen switching is selected and the game data is sequentially displayed. Print 59
If you select, the contents displayed on these screens are printed and ejected. These functions are common to all screens.

FIG. 9 is an example of the big hit history screen in the block diagram of FIG. When the big hit history 56 is selected on the data list screen of FIG. 8, this screen is displayed. The game console numbers on the left side of the screen are displayed vertically, and a big hit occurrence history indicating when a big hit has occurred in each game console is displayed with the passage of time shown on the horizontal axis. As will be described later, it is also possible to browse the game data for each unit by selecting the displayed unit number. The total number of big hits per day is displayed on the right side of the screen. The big hit history is displayed using the big hit symbol of 60 when the generated big hit is linked to the probability change, and the big hit symbol of 61 for the big hit that is not linked to the other probability change. According to this history screen, it is possible to instantly understand which gaming machine is hitting roughly in which time zone during the business hours of the day.

Although the game data of a plurality of game consoles is displayed on the big hit history screen of FIG. 9, data may be displayed for each of the game consoles. In that case, for example, the configuration shown in FIG. can do. On this screen, the game data of the specific game console two days before, one day before, and today's game data are displayed in a list. Generally, the game data of the previous day or the day before the last day is game data that the player wants as a judgment material for determining an excellent platform of the day.

FIG. 9 also shows a part where the extended holiday has occurred, together with the history of occurrence of the big hits so that the time zone and the number of extended holidays can be identified instantaneously.
The character information "ren-chan" is displayed. In the present embodiment, the program is designed to determine that the pachinko machine is a retreat when the jackpot is hit again during the so-called probability fluctuation state. In addition to the probability fluctuation state, a gaming state different from the normal state that occurs after an arbitrary big hit, such as a pachinko machine during a time reduction state, a slot machine during a CT or an AT, is preferably employed similarly to the above probability fluctuation state. it can. In this embodiment, only five or more condominiums are displayed. However, even two condominiums are stored on a computer as a condominium.
The program may be configured so that the number of consecutive rooms to be displayed can be arbitrarily selected.

The hatched portion in FIG. 10 indicates that the gaming table was operating during the time zone, that is, that the game was being played. By displaying the operating time zone of the game console in this way, it can be understood that the reason why no big hit has occurred in a certain time zone is that the gaming console was not operating. Of course, FIG.
May be displayed on the big hit history screen. When the player plays the game, an out signal (a signal indicating that the game medium has been invested) is transmitted to the hall computer. For example, if there is a time zone in which the number of outs is “0” in the latest record in FIG. 4B, it is determined that the corresponding gaming machine is not operating in that time zone.
Then, based on this information, the operating / non-operating time zone of the gaming table can be displayed on the gaming data display terminal in an identifiable manner. Since the hall computer constantly monitors the operation / non-operation of each game console, if this monitoring result is stored, data for displaying the operation / non-operation of the game console regardless of the storage method is stored. Can be used as

In general, the total number of big hits per day is a material for judging an excellent car, so that it can be a more accurate judgment material in consideration of the operation time. After all, such an information disclosure method is very significant when it comes to improving the customer service of information disclosure.

Also, as can be understood from FIG. 10, in this example, the business hours of “the day before” and “the day before” are different from “today”. Generally, such irregular business hours are employed when the gaming machine is replaced with a new model. However, when a player who does not know such anomalous business hours looks at this screen, the first half of this time axis, that is, There is a danger of false recognition that no big hit has occurred until night. Therefore, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10, the opening time and closing time can be instantly understood by looking at the screen. On the screen, the character information of "Open" and "Closed" is displayed along with the big hit history on the time axis, so it is natural that no big hit occurs in the time zone outside this range. You can see immediately.

As a method for displaying the opening time and closing time as described above, it is possible to set the opening time and closing time using the game data display terminal. It is good to do so. As a method, for example, a hall computer outputs a store opening signal indicating that the game data can be collected and stored, and when the game data display terminal receives it, displays character information indicating "store opening". be able to. Then, the hall computer outputs a store closing signal indicating that the collection and storage of the game data is finished, and when the game data display terminal receives the signal, character information indicating "closed" can be displayed.

For example, in order to cause the hall computer to start collecting and storing game data, an instruction to start collecting game data is input to the hall computer according to a predetermined program using an input device such as a keyboard. Configure this system as needed. After inputting the command, the hall computer is ready to collect and store game data, and at the same time, transmits a store opening signal to the game data display terminal. That is, at the time when the so-called store opening process is performed, the character information indicating “store opening” is displayed on the game data display terminal. As shown in the big hit history record of FIG. 5B, a flag indicating “opening” is stored in the big hit history record at the time when the store opening process is performed.
Similarly, the flag indicating “closed” is stored at the time when the store closing process is performed. The stored record is stored without being deleted even when the business on that day ends, and is used for displaying the big hit history of “two days before” and “the day before” in FIG. In this way, it is possible to accurately display the times of “opening a store” and “closing a store” on the game data display terminal. The store opening process and the store closing process in the hall computer may be automatically executed at a predetermined time.

FIG. 11 is an example of the ranking screen in the block diagram of FIG. When the ranking 57 is selected on the data list screen of FIG. 8, this screen is displayed. According to this ranking screen, the best 5 out of the gaming tables with the number of big hits up to two hours ago, the gaming tables with the big number of big hits today, and the gaming tables with the big number of big hits per day in the past week Selected and displayed.

Further, not only the number of big hits but also the number of acquired balls and the big hit probability can be similarly displayed. Further, for the last two hours, identification information (arrow in the figure) indicating the state of the gaming table is also displayed. Since the number of acquired balls is represented by the difference between the number of safe balls and the number of out balls, a gaming table having a large number of hits does not necessarily have a large number of acquired balls.
The same applies to the jackpot probability, and a so-called excellent stand is one that efficiently assigns a jackpot with a smaller number of starts. On this screen, such game data can be browsed for some gaming tables. Of course, these game data may be browsed for all gaming tables.

In this embodiment, as shown in the system conceptual diagram of FIG. 1, the game data display terminal is installed separately from each of the gaming machines, but as shown in FIG. In a device having a housing, a place where it can be installed may be limited. Therefore, the game data display terminal may be reduced in size and installed so as to correspond to each gaming table so that the player can refer to the game data while playing the game. In that case, the game data receiving terminal 10 shown in FIG.
May be used. In this way, the player can know the state of the game console in the store while playing a game, so if a good-looking game console becomes empty, it immediately moves to that game console. Is also possible.
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments, and it goes without saying that the present invention can be implemented in various modes without departing from the scope of the invention.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a game data display system.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a game data display terminal.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the game data display terminal following FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram of each record created by a hall computer.

FIG. 5 is a time chart showing an input timing of a special prize signal and a probability change signal, and a conceptual diagram of a big hit history record.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing transition of main screens displayed on the game data display terminal.

FIG. 7 is an example of a main menu screen.

FIG. 8 is an example of a data list screen.

FIG. 9 is an example of a big hit occurrence history screen.

FIG. 10 is an example of a big hit occurrence history screen of a designated unit.

FIG. 11 is an example of a ranking screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 100 Central management device (hall computer) 103 Game data display terminal 10 Game data reception terminal 11 Relay device 20 CPU 21 ROM 22 RAM

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. Game data totaling storage means for totalizing and storing a plurality of types of game data generated from a gaming table, and game data display means for displaying game data stored in the game data totaling storage means. The game data display system, wherein each time a big hit occurs in each gaming table, the game data totaling storage means stores the occurrence time and the game data during the big hit as a big hit history, The data display means, based on the big hit history, displays identification information indicating the time of occurrence of the big hit on the time axis, and displays identification information indicating the business hours of the game store on the time axis. Game data display system. 2. The game data totaling and storing means includes a means for determining whether the gaming table is in an operating state or a non-operating state, and based on a result of the determination, the game data displaying means includes:
The game data display system according to claim 1, wherein the operation status of each game console in the business hours is displayed so as to be identifiable.