JP2003047756A - Display device of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve problems with the display of a conventional game machine, including inconvenience to widely effectively informing a variety of information displays due to the inability to make displayed information to be widely confirmed despite certain visibility in a game parlor. SOLUTION: In a display device 2 of game machines 4 provided in the upper portion of a game machine island 1 formed of two rows of game machines arranged back to back in which a plurality of game machines 4 and game medium lending machines are alternately arranged, the display device 2 of the game machines 4 has a rotating signboard 2 having a display screen 5 horizontally rotating and a totalizer 8 at the end of the island totalizing a variety of data of the game machine island at the end thereof. Data totalized by the island totalizer 8 are transferred to the rotating signboard 2 to display a variety of information.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device of a game machine for displaying various data, advertisements, etc. of the game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the past, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-3
47229 "Gaming machine information display device" (see FIG. 5), a display device is provided on the upper part of each gaming machine and arranged corresponding to each gaming machine. As a result, not the various data of the entire gaming machine island 1 but the payout amount of each gaming machine and various individual data are displayed.

[0003]

However, since the above-mentioned display device for the gaming machine targets various data for each gaming machine in the gaming machine hall, general information of the entire hall and information on each island are displayed. I can't. Therefore, the player could not easily know the in-island information of the gaming machine island 1, the big hit information of other gaming machines, the number of such big hits, the in-hall service and various event information. . In view of the above circumstances, the present invention is a game machine island 1
It is an object of the present invention to provide a jackpot information of a gaming machine targeting various users, various services of a gaming hall, and a display device of a gaming machine in which the user can see the display surface while being there and can easily obtain various information. To do.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, a display device for a gaming machine according to the present invention has a gaming machine row in which a plurality of gaming machines and gaming medium lending machines are alternately arranged side by side in two rows. In the display device of the gaming machine provided on the upper part of the installed and configured gaming machine island, the display device of the gaming machine has a rotating signboard having a display surface that can freely rotate horizontally and an end portion of the gaming machine island. The gaming machine island is provided with an island edge tallying machine for tallying various data, and the data gathered by the island edge tallying machine is transferred to the rotating signboard to display various information.

Further, the display device displays the number of jackpots for each pachinko machine constituting the gaming machine island, the location number of the gaming machine for notifying the gaming machine of the big hit, the ranking, and the like, as well as a hall or the like. It is characterized by displaying various event information and the like.

Furthermore, the data display device is characterized by displaying rankings, advertisements, etc. on the rotating rotating signboard.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a game arcade having the data display device of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a display device 3 having a rotating signboard 2 is provided in the center upper part between two gaming machine rows installed back to back constituting a gaming machine island 1 (hereinafter referred to as island 1). ing. The rotating signboard 2 has an information display surface 5 for displaying various information. Between the two gaming machine rows forming this island 1, a gaming medium transporting device or gaming machine for transporting a gaming medium such as a pachinko ball or a medal in the case of a slot machine to each gaming machine 4 in the island 1. 4 is provided with a bill transporting device provided with a bill transporting conveyor for transporting bills inserted for lending a game medium to a bill collecting and storing safe provided at an island end, and others. Therefore, the island has almost no space for installing other devices, but there is sufficient space above the island 1, and the display device 3 having the rotating signboard 2 and its accompanying A complete device can be provided. The rotating rotary signboard 2 is normally rotated at a constant low speed by a rotation control device including a motor (not shown).

Further, an island edge totalizer 8 having a control unit 6 and a storage unit 7 is installed at the island edge for totaling various data, and the transmitting means provided for transmitting various data in the island, After transmitting various kinds of information on the island to the island edge tallying machine 8 and tabulating the information, the island edge tallying machine 8 transfers the number of jackpots and ranking information on the island to the rotating signboard 2. The transferred various information is displayed on the display screen 5 of the revolving signboard 2 so that it can be rotated and always visible from any place in the hall so that the various information displayed on the revolving signboard 2 can be easily visually confirmed. Therefore, it is possible to greatly contribute to the improvement of the service of the amusement hall. FIG. 3 shows an example of the display screen 5.

The information in the island 1 is a big hit generation signal for each gaming machine, a start signal generated when the game starts, an out signal generated when the game ends, a save signal generated when the game is stopped, etc. It includes basic information output from the table or its peripherals and processing information obtained by totalizing the basic information, such as information on the number of big hits of the gaming table and ranking information of each gaming table.

A hall central control device for controlling information of the entire game hall is installed in the game hall. This hall central control device receives the above-mentioned various information from each of the above-mentioned islands 1, and when the information of each of these gaming machine islands is basic information, processes the information into jackpot count information and ranking information. Then, each gaming machine is managed. On the other hand, the island edge totalizer 8 provided on each island 1 creates machining information in the island based on the basic information of each island, and transfers the machining information to a hall central control device (not shown), You may make it manage each gaming machine.

Further, various service information of the game hall is displayed by the hall central control device. Further, various kinds of information, for example, various kinds of information such as game hall event information and service contents are input by a keyboard or various input devices and displayed on the display device 3 by the rotating signboard 2, whereby the display content of the rotating signboard 2 is displayed. Can be seen well from any place in the hall, and various information can be clearly shown to the player who is playing the game. As a result, a large appeal effect can be obtained, so that it is possible to activate the inside of the hall to increase the effect of attracting customers and increase sales.

These pieces of information are, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, various kinds of basic information are input to the processing unit, and based on this information, totaling processing is performed to process information, that is, the number of jackpot occurrences of each gaming machine. Further, based on the big hit information, ranking information of the big hit occurrence frequency among the gaming machines is created. In addition, the number of occurrences of these big hits and ranking information are stored in the storage unit 13. These various kinds of information can be displayed by the display device 3 having the above-mentioned rotating signboard 2 by characters, pictures or images so that the displayed contents can be clearly understood from any position in the hall.

From the above, when displaying special event information to be emphasized or contact information to be urgently notified, various kinds of information can be clearly and timely notified to the player.

As described above, according to the present invention,
Even during the game, the player can know the status of the entire island during the game without leaving the game table, and can grasp various information and notification items in the hall. Further, on the hall side, the display screen of the display device can be switched and an advertisement or the like can be taken in at any time to enhance the advertising effect. The rotating signboard with a relatively large display surface, which is installed at a high position above the island, slowly and horizontally rotates, thus energizing the island and the entire hall, making the hall attractive and attracting large numbers of customers. Is effective.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic external view showing a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic explanatory view showing a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic explanatory diagram of a display surface of a rotating signboard according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an example of a flow chart of data control contents of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a schematic explanatory view of a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game machine island, 2 ... Rotating signboard, 3 ... Display device, 4 ... Game machine, 5 ... Display image 6 ... Control part, 7 ... Storage part, 8 ... Island edge total machine, 21 ... Game machine, 22 ... Amusement machine information display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A display device for a gaming machine, which is provided at the top of a gaming machine island, in which two rows of gaming machines, in which a plurality of gaming machines and gaming medium lending machines are alternately arranged in parallel, are arranged back to back, The display device of the machine is provided with a rotating signboard having a display surface that can be freely rotated horizontally, and an island edge totaling machine that aggregates various data in the gaming machine island at the end of the gaming machine island. A display device for a gaming machine, wherein the data collected by the machine is transferred to the rotating signboard to display various information. 2. The display device displays the number of big hits for each pachinko machine that constitutes the island, the location number of the game machine that informs the game machine in the middle of a big hit, a ranking display, and various kinds of holes and the like. The display device of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein event information and the like are displayed. 3. The data display device according to claim 2, wherein the data display device displays rankings, advertisements and the like on the rotating revolving signboard.