JP2003181064A - Game machine and information transmission system of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of outputting information to an external portable terminal. <P>SOLUTION: An information control base 300 outputs the information for reproducing an image and a representation sound in a specific pattern display unit 34 of the game machine by a cellular phone 400. Therefore the image and the representation sound can be reproduced by the cellular phone 400. Moreover, it outputs the information on the number of times of big hits and the number of times of pattern variations and therefore it is possible to collect game information by the cellular phone 400. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine capable of outputting information to an external mobile terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the first and third types of gaming machines, for example,
The numbers 1 to 9 are displayed, a big hit occurs when the symbols are aligned, and the special winning opening is opened to provide a game with a special profit. Conventionally, LEDs and the like were used to display special symbols on the special symbol display, but in recent years, liquid crystal was used on the special symbol display to display symbol variations and images, for example, various people appeared. By doing so, the interest of the game is enhanced. In addition, the interest of the game is enhanced by outputting various sound effects as the game progresses.

On the other hand, the gaming machine is constructed so that information associated with the progress of the game can be output to a management computer of the gaming shop so that the gaming machine can perform integrated management. The information output from the gaming machine to the management computer includes the variation of the symbol on the special symbol display when the game ball wins the first-class start opening, and the occurrence of a big hit due to the alignment of the symbols on the special symbol display. is there. These pieces of information are output to the management computer via the game frame information terminal board and the game board information terminal board provided in the gaming machine.

[0004]

(First Invention) A player needs information accompanying the progress of the game sent to the above-mentioned management computer, but it is difficult to obtain this information. Further, even if the player wants to obtain the effect image on the above-mentioned special symbol display device, the sound effect, etc., there is no way to obtain it.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and an object of the first invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of outputting information to an external portable terminal. It is in.

(Second Invention) The player needs information accompanying the progress of the game sent to the above-mentioned management computer, but the information provided from the game shop side is, for example,
Since it is uniform for today, for one week, etc., it was not possible to select and obtain only the desired information.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine capable of outputting only information required by a player to an external portable terminal.

(Third Invention) The inventor of the present invention sends information from the gaming machine to the player side (for example, information accompanying the progress of the game sent to the management computer, an effect image of the special symbol display device, and a sound effect.
It was thought that it would be directly provided to the player's mobile phone), but it became clear that it is difficult to select and provide the information required by the player from the gaming machine.

A third object of the present invention is to provide an information transmission system for a gaming machine, which allows the information required by the mobile phone side to be transmitted from the gaming machine.

(Fourth Invention) The player needs the information accompanying the progress of the game sent to the above-mentioned management computer, but the information provided from the game shop side is, for example,
It was uniform for today, for one week. Furthermore, if a game is played while the game machine is replaced, it is completely impossible to analyze information across a plurality of replaced game machines.

A fourth object of the present invention is to provide an information transmission system for a gaming machine which allows a player to analyze the result of a game played across a plurality of gaming machines.

[0012]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 provides an external portable terminal with information for reproducing at least the effect sound of a gaming machine on the portable terminal. It is a technical feature to include an information output control board for outputting the.

In the gaming machine according to the first aspect, the information output control board outputs the information for reproducing the effect sound of the gaming machine on the portable terminal, so that the effect sound can be reproduced on the portable terminal. Become.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, an information output control board for outputting at least information for reproducing an image on the image display device of the game machine on the external portable terminal to an external portable terminal is provided. Characteristic.

In the gaming machine according to the second aspect, the information output control board outputs the information for reproducing the image on the image display device of the gaming machine on the portable terminal, so that the effect image is reproduced on the portable terminal. Will be possible.

A gaming machine according to a third aspect is technically characterized in that it is provided with an information output control board for outputting an operation status index of the gaming machine to an external portable terminal.

In the gaming machine according to the third aspect, since the operation status index of the gaming machine generated along with the progress of the game is output, it becomes possible to collect the game information with the portable terminal.

In the gaming machine of claim 4, the information output control board, the number of big hits, the number of times of occurrence of another game related to the establishment of the big hit (for example, the number of symbol variations in the first and third kind gaming machines, Since the information on the number of movable wings opened / closed in the two-class gaming machine is output to the mobile terminal, it becomes possible to collect the game information on the mobile terminal.

The mobile terminal is a mobile phone, and the information output control board outputs information via a connector for connection with the mobile phone. Therefore, the information of the gaming machine can be directly transmitted to the mobile phone without using the public line.

Further, the information output control board is constructed so as to be attachable to and detachable from the game machine. Therefore, it is possible to transfer the information to the mobile terminal only to the required gaming machine.

(Second invention) According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a storage device for storing an operation status index generated as a game progresses, and the storage device according to a request from an external portable terminal. It is a technical feature to include an information output control board that outputs a result of searching the operation status index that has occurred with the progress of the stored game.

In the gaming machine according to claim 7, the gaming machine side stores the operation status index generated in association with the progress of the game in the storage device, and stores it in the storage device in accordance with a request from an external portable terminal. The result of searching the operation status index generated with the progress of the game is output. Therefore, it is possible to provide only the information required by the player among the game information unique to the gaming machine.

The operation status index generated with the progress of the game is at least the number of big hits, the number of times another game related to the establishment of the big hit (for example, the number of symbol variations in the first and third type game machines, Since the information is the number of movable blades opened / closed in the second type gaming machine), it becomes possible to provide the information required by the player.

The mobile terminal is a mobile phone and outputs information via a connector for connection with the mobile phone. Therefore, the information of the gaming machine can be properly transmitted to the mobile phone.

(Third invention) In the information transmission method for a gaming machine according to a tenth aspect, a control program for transmitting information to the mobile phone from the gaming machine to the mobile phone in a wired system is provided through a public line. The mobile phone is connected to the game machine by wire, and the control program stored in the mobile phone is used to transmit information from the game machine to the mobile phone.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, a control program for transmitting information from the gaming machine to the mobile phone in a wired manner is previously transmitted to the mobile phone via a public line.
Then, the mobile phone is connected to the game machine by wire, and the control program stored in the mobile phone is used to transmit information from the game machine to the mobile phone. Therefore, the information required by the mobile phone side can be transmitted from the gaming machine.

The information from the gaming machine is at least one of information for reproducing the effect sound on the portable terminal, information for reproducing an image on the portable terminal, information on the number of jackpots and the number of symbol variations. Therefore, the information required by the player can be sent from the gaming machine to the mobile phone.

(Fourth invention) According to claim 12, there is provided an information transmission system of a gaming machine for transmitting information on a game from the gaming machine to the portable terminal, wherein one portable terminal acquires from a plurality of gaming machines. The technical feature is that the information is processed so that the data across a plurality of gaming machines can be displayed.

In the twelfth aspect of the present invention, the gaming information is transmitted from the gaming machine to the portable terminal, one portable terminal processes the information obtained from the plural gaming machines, and displays the data across the plural gaming machines. obtain. Therefore, the player can analyze the result of the game played across a plurality of gaming machines.

Since the information from the gaming machine is information on at least the number of big hits and the number of symbol variations, it becomes possible for the player to properly analyze the result of the game played across a plurality of gaming machines.

[0031]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a pachinko machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. The following first
In the embodiment, as a pachinko machine of the present invention, a CR type 1 pachinko machine will be described as a representative. First, the main configuration of the pachinko machine of the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1, which is an explanatory view of the pachinko machine of the present embodiment as viewed from the front.

The pachinko machine 10 is provided with an inner frame 11 which can be opened and closed. A metal frame 12 is attached to the inner frame 11 so that the metal frame 12 can be opened and closed. Is installed so that it can be opened and closed. On the back surface side of the glass frame 26, the game board 13 is arranged. On the right side of the inner frame 11, a keyhole 15 into which a key for opening and closing the glass frame 26 is inserted.
A keyhole decoration 16 is provided.

A front plate 18 is provided below the glass frame 26, and an upper plate prize ball discharge port 19 through which prize balls and lent balls are drawn out is formed in an upper left portion of the front plate 18. On the discharge side of the upper plate prize ball discharge port 19, an upper plate 20 for storing the game balls discharged from the upper plate prize ball discharge port 19 is attached. On the front of the upper plate 20,
A ball lending button 92 for lending a game ball and a return button 94 for returning a prepaid card are provided. Below the upper plate 20, there is formed a lower plate prize ball discharge port 21 for discharging prize balls that cannot be stored in the upper plate 20, and on the discharge side of the lower plate prize ball discharge port 21. Is provided with a lower plate 22 for storing the prize balls discharged from the lower plate prize ball discharge port 21.

A firing handle 23 for operating a firing motor (not shown) for firing the game balls supplied from the upper tray 20 to the game board 13 is rotatably attached to the right side of the lower tray 22. The firing handle 23 is provided with a firing stop button 24 for stopping firing during firing. Further, to the right of the upper plate 20, the upper plate ball removing lever 2 for removing the prize balls stored in the upper plate 20 to the lower plate 22.
5 is slidably mounted.

On the left side of the lower plate 22, a mounting table 80 for accommodating the mobile phone 400 in the accommodating recess is provided. At the bottom of the accommodating recess of the mounting table 80, the mobile phone 400
A connection terminal (not shown) for connecting to an external connection terminal (not shown) provided on the bottom of the game machine is provided, and in the state where the mobile phone 400 is accommodated, the game machine is connected via the connection terminal on the bottom. It is configured to make an electrical connection with the side.

Further, a prepaid card unit (ball lending machine: CR sand) 27 is provided on the left side of the pachinko machine. At the bottom of the prepaid card unit 27, a slit 27a for inserting a prepaid card is provided.

Next, the structure of the game board 13 will be described with reference to FIG. A center case 30 is arranged substantially in the center of the game board 13. The center case 30 has a winning entrance 31, a special symbol display 34 for displaying a special symbol and a moving image on a liquid crystal display, and a special LED including four LEDs for displaying the number of times the special symbol indicator 34 is started. A symbol storage LED 35 is provided.

Below the center case 30, a first type starting port 41 for operating the special symbol display 34 is provided, and a normal electric accessory 42 is provided below the first type starting port 41. It is provided. Normal electric accessory 4 opened
2 is the same as the first type starting port 41, the special symbol display 34
It has a function to start the operation.

Below the first type starting port 41, a door-type special winning opening 51 which is opened when a hit occurs is openably and closably attached. On both sides of this special winning opening 51, a normal winning opening is provided. 52 and 52 are provided, respectively. A special region (not shown) is formed inside the special winning opening 51. On the left side (outside) of the regular winning opening 52 on the left side,
Normal symbol display device 32 consisting of three LEDs, on the right side of the normal winning opening 52 on the right side (outside), a normal symbol storage LED33 consisting of four LEDs for displaying the number of times the normal symbol display device 32 is started. Are arranged.

On the left and right of the center case 30, a normal symbol operation gate 4 for operating the normal symbol display device 32.
0 and 40 are provided. The normal electric accessory 42 is configured to be opened when the stop symbol of the normal symbol display device 32 becomes a predetermined hit symbol. Below the game board 13, an out port 65 for collecting game balls that have not won a prize as out balls is provided.

In addition, when the game ball passes through the normal symbol operation gate 40 during the operation of the normal symbol display device 32 or the normal electric accessory 42, the first four are the starting memory and the normal symbol memory LED 33. The memory number is displayed by the number of lights, and when the normal symbol can be changed, the change is started based on the starting memory.

The special symbol display 34, which is a liquid crystal display (LCD), displays 10 kinds of symbols 0 to 9 when the game ball wins the first-class starting opening 41 or the open normal electric auditors product 42. The left display area 34a, the middle display area 34b, and the right display area 34c are variably displayed in the three symbol display areas. Along with this, character images (moving images) of people, animals, etc. are displayed to enhance the enjoyment of the game.

After the start of the fluctuation of the symbols, when a predetermined fluctuation fixed time has passed, the fluctuations are stopped in the order of the left display area 34a, the right display area 34c and the middle display area 34b, and the symbols match, for example, as shown in the figure. When 7, 7, 7 are aligned, it becomes a big hit and the special winning opening 51 is opened. At this time, by displaying a character image of "big hit" as shown in the figure, the occurrence of the big hit is notified.

When the special symbol display 34 is in operation, or when the jackpot is in the jackpot state, if the game ball wins the first-class start opening 41 or the open ordinary electric auditors product 42, the first four start memories Then, the number of memories is displayed by the special symbol storage LED 35. Then, when the special symbol becomes fluctuable, the variation is started based on the starting memory, and one special symbol storage LED 35 is turned off.

[Electrical Configuration of Pachinko Machine 10] Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 3, which is a block diagram thereof. The pachinko machine 10 is provided with a main board 100 for controlling the whole game, and on the main board 100, a special symbol control device 120 for controlling the special symbol display 34, each LED arranged on the pachinko machine.
A lamp control device 140 for controlling a lamp, a voice control device 170 for controlling a voice output, a payout control board 190 for controlling payout of prize balls and rental balls, and an information output control board 300 for outputting information to a mobile phone 400. It is connected.

On the main board 100, the special symbol control device 12
CPU 102 for controlling 0, etc., and this CPU 102
ROM 104 storing a control program executed by
And when the CPU 102 executes the control program, the RO
A RAM 106 for temporarily storing the control program read from M104 is installed.

Similarly, the special symbol control device 120, the voice control device 170, and the lamp control device 14 which are sub-control boards.
0 and the payout control board 190 also have a CPU, ROM, RA
M is mounted and is connected to the main board 100.

The main board 100 further includes a board surface relay board 2
10 are connected. The board relay board 210 includes a solenoid 2 for a normal electric accessory which opens the normal electric accessory 42.
12, a normal symbol display board 214 for controlling the normal symbol display device 32, and a gate switch 216 for normal symbol operation
The winning detection switches 220, 222, and 224 are connected to the special winning opening relay substrate 230. On the special winning opening relay substrate 230, a specific area solenoid 232, a special winning opening solenoid 234 for opening the special winning opening 51,
A specific area switch 236 for detecting passage of a specific area,
Count switch 238 for counting the number of winnings in the special winning opening
And are connected.

A game frame relay board 240 is also connected to the main board 100. On the game frame relay board 240, a lower tray full detection switch 244 for detecting that the lower tray 22 (see FIG. 1) is full, a sensor relay substrate 246.
And are connected.

Also, on the main board 100, a first type starting port switch 20 for detecting a game ball that has passed through the first type starting port 20.
2 and game board information terminal board 28 for transmitting information about winning, error occurrence, etc. to a hall computer (not shown) provided in a management room of a pachinko hall
0, game frame information terminal board 282 is connected.

On the game board information terminal board 280, a starting opening signal for outputting the winning to the first kind starting opening 41, a symbol fixed number 1 signal for outputting the symbol fluctuation stop on the special symbol display 34, a normal symbol display The symbol determination number 2 signal that outputs the symbol fluctuation stop in the device 32, the probability fluctuation signal that outputs the occurrence of the probability fluctuation, the normal symbol operation gate 40 for operating the normal symbol display device 32, the gate that outputs the passage of the 40 A signal output terminal is provided. The starting port signal is output for 260 ms at the time of winning the first type starting port. When there is a further winning in the first-type starting opening 41 during the output of the starting opening signal, the winning is stored, and the amount stored after the completion of the output of the starting opening signal being output is stored. Is output. The symbol decision number 1 signal, the symbol decision number 2 signal,
Output for 130ms when fluctuation stops. The stochastic signal is
The output will continue as long as the high probability state continues.
Gate signal is the gate switch 2 of the normal design operation gate
It is output for 260 ms upon detection by 16.

The gaming frame information terminal board 282 is provided with output terminals for a ball lending signal, a ball out signal, a prize ball signal, and a big hit signal. The ball lending signal is output for 200.5 ms each time 25 game balls are lent out. The out-of-ball signal is output 100 ms after the out-of-ball switch 242 is turned off and 50 after the off-ball switch 242 is turned on.
Output continues until 0 ms has elapsed. The prize ball signal is output for 200 ms every time 10 prize balls are paid out. The jackpot signal continues to be output while the jackpot occurs.

The information output control board 300 is a mobile phone 40.
For 0, information of the gaming machine, that is, information associated with the progress of the game such as the number of times of symbol fluctuations and the number of jackpots described above, the symbol on the special symbol display 34, the voice output device provided in the voice control device 170 ( The information of the effect sound from the speaker unit) is output. The information output control board 300 is used for the mobile phone 40.
CPU 3 for transmitting information in response to a request from 0
02, out of the symbols displayed on the special symbol display 34, the symbol ROM 304 in which the data for displaying the symbol that can be output to the outside of the gaming machine on the mobile phone 400 side is written, and the voice control device 170 are output. Of the voices that are output to the outside of the gaming machine, a voice ROM 305 in which data necessary for reproducing on the mobile phone 400 side is written, and the mounting table 80 described above for outputting information to the mobile phone 400 side.
Output terminal (connector) arranged at the bottom of (see Fig. 1)
308 and an input terminal 309 for inputting various information generated as the game progresses.

The information output control board 300, as the information generated with the progress of the input game, the above-mentioned starting port signal, the jackpot signal, the symbol decision number 1 signal, the symbol decision number 2 signal, the probability fluctuation signal, the gate signal In addition to the ball lending signal, the ball out signal, the prize ball signal, and the big hit signal, information such as a big hit symbol (for example, 111) can be input.

The information output control board 300 is constructed so as to be detachable from the gaming machine. Therefore, it is possible to transfer the information to the mobile phone 400 only to the required pachinko machine.

The above-mentioned dispensing control board 190 includes a launch motor drive board 250 for controlling the launch motor 254 according to a signal output from the launch switch 252 built in the launch handle 23, a CR connection board 260, and a payout relay board. 270 is connected. To the CR connection board 260, an out-of-gaming device portion 262 for processing a card is connected. On the other hand, on the payout relay board 270, the ball rental out switch 242 for detecting the ball out, the prize ball unit 2
72 and the ball rental unit 274 are connected, and the game frame relay board 240 is connected via the sensor relay board 246. The prize ball unit 272 contains a prize ball payout sensor (not shown) for detecting prize ball payout, and a prize ball payout motor 276 for paying out prize balls.

Main board 100, special symbol control device 120,
Electric power is supplied to the lamp control device 140, the voice control device 170, and the payout control board 190 via a main power supply 292.

Next, with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3, the outline of the game by the pachinko machine of the first embodiment will be described.

[Game by the normal symbol display device] Here, first, the game by the normal symbol display device accompanying the passage of the game ball to the normal symbol operation gates 40, 40 will be described. When the game ball passes through the normal symbol operation gates 40, 40, the upper left diode, the center diode, and the lower right diode of the normal symbol display device 32 are sequentially turned on (variable display).

Here, during the variable display of the normal symbol display device 32, or during the opening of the normal electric accessory 42, further, when the game ball passes through the normal symbol operation gates 40, 40, the LED of the normal symbol memory LED 33. Are sequentially lit, and the number of stored symbols is displayed by being erased each time the fluctuation of the normal symbol display device 32 is started. It should be noted that even if the above-mentioned gaming ball passes through the normal symbol actuating gates 40, 40, it is stored in the first four, and no more values are retained. In the state where the winning is stored, the fluctuation is restarted after the fluctuation is stopped in the normal symbol display device 32.

After starting the variation of the normal symbol display device 32, after varying for 28 seconds which is a variation fixed time, the variation is stopped when the display symbol coincides with a stop symbol selected by a random number described later. Here, if any one of the upper left diode or the lower right diode is lit,
It is a hit, and the ordinary electric accessory 42 is opened for 0.5 seconds.

[Game with special symbol display] Next,
The game by the special symbol display device 34 will be described. When the game ball wins the first type starting opening 41 or the ordinary electric auditors product 42, the special symbol display 34 displays the display areas 34a, 34.
The fluctuations of the symbols 0 to 9 are started at b and 34c, respectively. Then, when the preset time has elapsed, the symbols in the left display area 34a are stopped, then the symbols in the right display area 34c are stopped, and finally the symbols in the middle display area 34b are stopped. Here, when the symbols of the left display area 34a, the middle display area 34b, and the right display area 34c are different, there is a loss. On the other hand, when the symbols are the same as shown in FIG. 2,
It is a big hit.

When a big hit occurs, the big winning opening 51 is opened for about 29.5 seconds to provide a very easy winning state of the game ball. Then, even if the 29.5 seconds have elapsed or the opening time has expired, by winning 9 game balls, the big winning opening 5
1 is closed. During the opening of the special winning opening 51, the special winning ball passes through a specific area (not shown), so that the special winning opening 51 is opened again. The maximum winning opening 51 is opened up to 16 times.

When the gaming machine does not pass through the specific area while the special winning opening 51 is open, or the highest 1
When the opening is repeated 6 times, the opening of the special winning opening is finished. In the present embodiment, if there are several prizes in the special winning opening 51, one of the winning game balls is set to pass through the specific area, and the game ball is opened while the special winning opening is open. As long as the launch is not interrupted, it is set to almost certainly open the special winning opening up to 16 times.

Here, while the variable display of the symbols 0 to 9 is being displayed on the special symbol display 34, if the game ball wins the first type starting opening 41 or the ordinary electric auditors product 42, The winning number is stored and sequentially displayed by the special symbol storage LED 35. In addition, the game ball described above is the first type starting port 4
Even if you win a prize, only the first four will be stored, and no more values will be retained. In the state where this winning is stored, after the fluctuation on the special symbol display 34 is stopped, the fluctuation is started again.

[Sending Information to Cellular Phone 400] Next,
Transmission of information from the information output control board 300 of the pachinko machine 10 to the mobile phone 400 will be described. That is, in the first embodiment, the pachinko machine is provided with an information output control board as a board for outputting images, sound effects, and the like, which are the unique information for each machine type, and is stored in a storage device such as a ROM or a RAM. The output image and sound effect data. In the present invention, the pachinko machine 10 transmits information to the mobile phone 400 in a wired manner. Prior to this wired transmission, a control program for performing wired communication is transmitted via a public line. The transmission process of this control program will be described with reference to the process chart of FIG. 4 and the explanatory diagram of FIG. Figure 4
FIG. 4A shows the processing procedure on the mobile phone 400 side.
(B) shows a processing procedure in a server-side computer that distributes a control program.

On the side of the portable telephone 400, for example, the WEB site for i-mode control program distribution is accessed (FIG. 1 (A) S12). When there is an access from the mobile phone 400 (S22: Yes in FIG. 4B), the server transmits data for model selection for specifying the model for which the control program is requested to be distributed (S24). In response to this, the mobile phone 400 displays an image for model selection on the image display device 402, as shown in FIG.
Here, a selection screen for three types of balls, "Let's go to the sea", "Let's go to the mountain", and "Let's go to the river" is displayed. here,
The user operates the scroll key 404 to display the screen shown in FIG.
It is assumed that “Let's go to the sea” is selected as shown in (B) (FIG. 4A, S14). This allows the mobile phone 40
The designation of "Let's go to the sea" is sent from the 0 side to the server side, and the control application for acquiring information from the "Let's go to the sea" machine is distributed from the server (FIG. 4 (B), S2).
6). The distribution of the control application is completed by downloading this on the mobile phone 400 side (see FIG. 4).
(A), S16).

In the first embodiment, the control program for transmitting information from the gaming machine to the portable telephone 400 in a wired manner is transmitted to the portable telephone 400 via the public line. Then, the mobile phone is connected to the game machine by wire, and the control program stored in advance in the mobile phone 400 is used to directly transmit information from the pachinko machine to the mobile phone as described later. Therefore, it becomes possible to select the information required by the mobile phone and transmit it from the gaming machine.

Next, from the pachinko machine 10 to the mobile phone 4
Transmission of information to 00 will be described. First, the mobile phone 40 on which the above-mentioned control program has been downloaded.
0 is stored in the mounting table 80 described above with reference to FIG.
The external connection terminal on the mobile phone 400 side is connected to the output terminal 308 in the mounting table 80.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the processing on the side of the portable telephone 400, and FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the processing on the side of the information output control board 300 of the pachinko machine. The player operates the mobile phone 400 to instruct to start the control program whose download has been completed. When the mobile phone 400 receives an instruction to start an application (control program) (FIG. 5 (A), S52: Yes), the mobile phone 400 starts the application (S54) and displays a selection screen for information acquired from the pachinko machine according to this application. It is displayed as shown in FIG. Here, first, any one of "game information" generated as the game progresses and "image information" for acquiring the image and effect sound displayed on the special symbol display 34 are selected. . here,
The description will continue assuming that acquisition of “image information” has been selected.

[Selection of Image Information] When acquisition of image information is selected (S58: Yes), the mobile phone 400 displays a list of obtainable images prepared in advance in the control program as shown in FIG. Display as shown in D). here,
Various reach modes (foam reach, wave reach, crab reach) are set to be selectable. Although only the reach selection is shown in the figure, it is set so that various symbols can be further selected and characters such as characters who are changing symbols can be further selected. When there is an instruction to acquire the image of "wave reach" as shown in FIG. 8E by operating the scroll key 404 (S62: Yes), the image of wave reach and the sound effect are transferred to the pachinko machine side. Is instructed (S64). And
The data sent from the pachinko machine side is received and stored in a memory (not shown) (S66). When the memory is completed (S
68: Yes), and the process ends.

Next, the information transmission processing on the information output control board 300 side of the pachinko machine will be described with reference to FIG. The information output control board 300 outputs the above-mentioned information about the progress of the game to the mobile phone 400 side each time it is input from the main board 100 or the like (S100). Here, if there is a transfer request for the image data (wave reach) as described above (S102: Yes), the data is acquired from the symbol ROM 304 and the audio ROM 305 described above (S106), and the image and audio such as MPEG4 are acquired. Is converted into data for simultaneous reproduction and transmitted to the mobile phone 400 side (S110). When the transmission is completed (S112), the process ends. In the present embodiment, the symbol ROM 304
The audio ROM 305 is provided, but the data for reproducing the image and the audio such as MPEG4 at the same time is RO beforehand.
It is also possible to hold at M. Furthermore, with image data,
It is possible to separately send the audio data and the control data for synchronizing these reproductions. In the present embodiment, for example, the symbol variation 1000
By transmitting a so-called premium reach image that appears only once every 0 times, that is, a so-called premium reach image that the player cannot see in the actual game, to the mobile phone 400, it becomes possible.

Finally, the reproduction processing of the image and sound by the acquired data in the mobile phone 400 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The player has a mobile phone 40
0 is removed from the pachinko machine, and reproduction of the acquired image data is instructed by operating the key 406 and the scroll key 404. By the instruction of image information reproduction (S152: Yes
s), as shown in FIGS. 11A and 11B, the mobile phone 400 displays the reproduced image of the wave reach on the image display device 402 and reproduces the sound effect at the wave reach (S1).
54). When the reproduction is completed (S156: Yes), the process ends.

{Selection of game information} Next, referring to FIG.
In S58 shown in (A), a process when acquisition of "game information" instead of "image information" is selected will be described (S58: No). The mobile phone 400 is first shown in FIG.
The game information selection screen shown in (A) is displayed, and the player can either display "past" data or "start" the game.
Select any of the data displays (S7)
0). Here, a case of displaying past data will be described first (S72: Yes).

As shown in FIG. 9B, the mobile phone 400 displays an image for specifying the game data to be acquired (S80). Then, when the player specifies the data to be acquired (here, it is assumed that the start mouth prize and the number of jackpots for the past three days are instructed).
The transfer is instructed to the pachinko machine side (S82). Then, the data sent from the pachinko machine side is received and stored in the memory (S84). When the transfer is completed (S86: Ye
s), the past data (starting mouth prize and number of jackpots for the past 3 days) transferred as shown in FIG. 9C are displayed (S88).

Processing on the information output control board 300 side of the pachinko machine for transmitting game information will be described with reference to FIG. When there is a request to transfer past data from the mobile phone 400 side (FIG. 6, S104: Yes), the past data held in the RAM is searched to obtain the necessary past data (S114). Then, data is transferred to the mobile phone 40
It is transmitted to the 0 side (S110), and the process ends (S11).
2: Yes).

In the above-mentioned example, as an example of retrieval of past data, an example of retrieval of the number of jackpots or the like is given.
By holding the type of jackpot pattern, the number of jackpots in a specific symbol that shifts to a high probability during jackpot, etc. in the RAM 306 of the information output control board 300, it is possible to search.

In the gaming machine of the first embodiment, the information output control board 300 on the gaming machine side stores information generated as the game progresses in the RAM 306, and stores it in the RAM 306 in response to a request from the mobile phone 400. The result of searching the information generated with the progress of the stored game is output. Therefore, it is possible to provide only the information required by the player among the game information unique to the gaming machine.

Next, the game starts "after" rather than "past"
When the display of the game information of is selected (see FIG. 5
(A) and S72: No) will be described. As mentioned above,
From the information output control board 300 side of the pachinko machine, game information is appropriately sent at a timing such as a winning opening prize (FIG. 6, S100). The mobile phone 400 executes the interrupt process shown in FIG. 5B every time the game information is sent (S
90: Yes), game information is input and held in the memory (S92).

Here, the player starts the game "after"
When the display of the game information is selected (FIG. 5 (A), S7
2: No), display of game information input after the start of the game is started (S76), and an instruction for ending is given, or until the mobile phone 400 is removed from the pachinko machine (S78:
Yes), continue. That is, starting from the state where the number of winning openings is 0 and the number of jackpots is 0 at the start of the game shown in FIG. 10 (A), as shown in FIG. 10 (B), it is output from the pachinko machine side as the game progresses. Displays the number of winning openings and jackpots. From the information output control board 300,
The information for specifying the machine number (for example, the 157 series) is configured to be sent to the mobile phone 400 side.

In the existing pachinko machine, it was not possible to provide the game information from the start of the game of each player, but in the first embodiment, as described above, the player starts the game from his own game start. Information can be obtained via the mobile phone 400.

Next, a game result analysis process by the mobile phone 400 will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 10C. As described above, the mobile phone 400 holds the game information acquired by each pachinko machine that has played the game machine in the memory. Here, the scroll key 404 and the key 406
When the player gives an instruction to display the statistics of the game information by the operation of (S158: Yes in FIG. 7), the memory is searched and a process for obtaining the instructed statistics is performed (S160). The statistics of the played game information are displayed as shown in FIG.

Pachinko machine and mobile phone 4 of the first embodiment
At 00, the gaming machine transmits information about the game being played to the mobile phone 400, and one mobile telephone 400 can process the information acquired from the plurality of gaming machines and display the data across the plurality of gaming machines. Therefore, the player can analyze the result of the game played across a plurality of gaming machines.

Here, an example of obtaining statistics of the number of starting winnings and the number of big hits is shown in FIG. 10 (C). For example, various numbers such as the number of big hits that shift to a high probability of big hits, big hit symbols, etc. It is possible to search and display the information of.

[Second Embodiment] Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
Will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In the above-described first embodiment, on the information output control board 300 side, a symbol RO that is substantially the same as the ROM provided in the special symbol control device 120.
In addition to the M, a voice ROM similar to the ROM provided in the voice control device 170 was provided. On the other hand, in the pachinko machine of the second embodiment, the information output control board 300 does not include a design ROM and a voice ROM, and the information output control board 300 outputs the image and voice data to the mobile phone 400. The RAM of the special symbol control device 120
It is configured to acquire data from 126 and the RAM 176 of the voice control device 170, convert the data into a data format that can be used by the mobile phone 400, and output the data.

The pachinko machine of the second embodiment has an advantage that the structure can be simplified. On the other hand, in the pachinko machine of the first embodiment, there is no need to access the special symbol control device 120 and the voice control device 170 from the information output control board 300 side, and therefore there is a high security advantage.

As described above, in the gaming machine of the present invention, the information output control board 300 outputs the information of the number of jackpots and the number of symbol variations to the portable terminal, so that the portable terminal such as the portable telephone 400 collects the game information. It will be possible. Also,
The information output control board 300 outputs information via a connector for connection with a mobile phone. Therefore, the information of the gaming machine can be directly transmitted to the mobile phone without using the public line.

In the embodiment described above, the mobile phone 4
Although the example of transferring the information to 00 has been described, the information can be transmitted to various mobile terminals such as a PDA in addition to the mobile phone 400. Further, in the above-described example, the example in which the image and the sound are generated in the mobile phone 400 has been described, but only one of them may be generated.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of a game area of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control device of the pachinko machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 4A is a process diagram showing a processing procedure on a mobile phone side, and FIG. 4B is a processing procedure showing a processing procedure on a server side computer for distributing a control program.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an information acquisition process on a mobile phone.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing by a CPU of an information output control board.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process of reproducing acquired information on a mobile phone.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of a display image on a mobile phone.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a display image on a mobile phone.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of a display image on a mobile phone.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a display image on a mobile phone.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a control device for a pachinko machine according to a second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Pachinko machines 13 game board 20 top plate 22 Lower plate 23 firing handle 27 prepaid card units 30 center case 31 sky entrance prize 34 Special symbol display 34a Left display area 34b Middle display area 34c Right display area 41 Type 1 starter 42 Ordinary electric accessory 51 Grand Prize Winner 65 Out mouth 92 Ball Rental Button 94 Return button 300 Information output control board (information output control board) 308 Output terminal (connector) 400 mobile phones

Claims (13)

[Claims] 1. A gaming machine comprising an information output control board for outputting information for reproducing at least the effect sound of the gaming machine to the external portable terminal, on the portable terminal. 2. A gaming machine comprising an information output control board for outputting information for reproducing an image on the image display device of the gaming machine to the external portable terminal, at least, on the portable terminal. 3. A game machine comprising an information output control board for outputting an operation status index of the game machine generated as the game progresses to an external portable terminal. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein the operation status index is at least the number of big hits and the number of times of occurrence of another game related to establishment of big hits. 5. The mobile terminal is a mobile phone, and the information output control board outputs information via a connector for connection with the mobile phone. Any one game machine. 6. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the information output control board is configured to be detachable from the gaming machine. 7. A storage device for storing an operation status index of the gaming machine generated with the progress of the game, and a progress of the game stored in the storage device according to a request from an external portable terminal. An information output control board that outputs a result of searching for an operation status index of a generated gaming machine, the gaming machine. 8. The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the operation status index of the gaming machine is information of at least the number of big hits and the number of times of occurrence of another game related to establishment of the big hit. 9. The mobile terminal is a mobile phone, and the information output control board outputs information via a connector for connection with the mobile phone. Amusement machine. 10. A control program for transmitting information to a mobile phone from a gaming machine to the mobile phone in a wired manner is transmitted via a public line, and the mobile phone is connected to the gaming machine by wire. Then, the information transmission system of the gaming machine, characterized in that information is transmitted from the gaming machine to the mobile phone by using the control program stored in the mobile phone. 11. The information from the gaming machine is at least one or more of information for reproducing a sound effect on the mobile terminal, information for reproducing an image on the mobile terminal, information on the number of jackpots and the number of symbol variations. 11. The information transmission system for a gaming machine according to claim 10, wherein: 12. An information transmission system of a gaming machine for transmitting information on a game from the gaming machine to a portable terminal, wherein one portable terminal processes information acquired from a plurality of gaming machines to obtain a plurality of gaming machines. An information transmission system for a gaming machine, which is capable of displaying data across the entire area. 13. The information transmission system for a gaming machine according to claim 12, wherein the information from the gaming machine is at least information on the number of jackpots and the number of times of symbol variation.