JP2004283293A - Display data creation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a plotting data creation system which plots game data of a plurality of game stands on a screen to contrast the game data easily and displays the game data in an easily viewable way on a small display. <P>SOLUTION: The system converts values of the game data, such as balls obtained by subtracting shot balls by a player from discharged balls from a game stand, collected from the game stands into corresponding marks and colors, and creates the plotting data in which the marks and colors are arrayed in a matrix 9 using time 11 and the number of shot balls or a stand number 10 and a date as bases. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a system for creating display data for displaying game console data such as the number of balls to be played on a game console on a display or printing the data on a printer.
[0002]
[Prior art]
There has been a system that allows a user to display game data of a game console installed in a game hall such as a pachinko parlor by displaying it on a display such as a personal computer or a mobile phone (see Patent Document 1).
In such a system, a data collection device installed in a game store collects game data from a game console in the store and stores the data in a data server via communication. In this data server, game data from a plurality of game stores may be accumulated. Then, the user accesses the data server to browse necessary game data.
[0003]
The game data includes payout data for each gaming table and the number of jackpots. Note that the number of balls to be played out is a value obtained by subtracting the number of balls (the number of outgoing balls) launched by the user from the number of balls (the number of safe balls) paid out from the gaming table. In other words, if the number of balls played is a positive value, the player is making money.
Then, in the data server, a change with respect to time, such as the number of balls to be played out for each game console, is displayed on a user's display as a line graph.
When the user is not playing a game, the user examines such game data and uses the data as a reference when selecting a platform to actually play the game.
Since the user wants to compare and examine information on a plurality of game consoles, it is desirable to be able to list game data on the plurality of game consoles. Therefore, for example, a line graph of a plurality of payout data may be displayed in an overlapping manner as shown in FIG.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-011216
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As shown in FIG. 8, if the payout data of a plurality of gaming tables is displayed on a small display such as a mobile phone, it becomes very difficult to see. Depending on the game situation, graphs with large changes or flat graphs are created, but if they are displayed in the same frame, graphs with little change are buried in other graphs, making it especially difficult to see Would.
Therefore, there is a method of displaying a graph for each gaming table on a separate screen. However, there is a problem in that it is difficult to compare data of a plurality of gaming tables.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a display data creation system that displays game data of a plurality of gaming tables on a single screen so as to be easily compared with each other and can be displayed easily on a small display.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The first invention converts the value of game data collected from a gaming table into a corresponding symbol or color, and converts the symbol or color into a matrix based on time or the number of balls out, and a device number or date. It is characterized in that it creates data to be aligned.
The second invention is based on the first invention, and is characterized in that values of game data included in a certain numerical range are associated with one symbol or color.
The third aspect of the invention is based on the first or second aspect of the invention, and is characterized in that a plurality of units of time or the number of out-balls relating to one symbol or color are provided in accordance with the machine number.
[0007]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
1 to 3 show a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of the system of the first embodiment. A plurality of gaming tables 1, a data collection unit 2 for collecting game data from these gaming tables 1, and display data for creating data for user browsing based on the collected game data are provided in the game hall. And a creation unit 3. The display data creation unit 3 is connected to the user's mobile phone 4 via a communication network 5 such as the Internet.
The data collection unit 2 and the display data creation unit 3 may be separate computers, respectively, or may be functions provided in one computer.
The mobile phone 4 can access the display data creation unit 3 via the communication network 5 and display game data on its own display.
[0008]
The game data collected by the data collection unit 2 includes the number of out-balls, the number of safe balls, the number of pay-outs, the number of starts, the number of jackpots, and the like in each gaming table.
Note that the number of out-balls is the number of balls launched by the player, and the number of safe balls is the number of balls paid out of the gaming table in accordance with a prize. The number of payout balls is a value obtained by subtracting the number of outgoing balls from the number of safe balls.
In addition, the start means that the symbol starts to rotate when a specific winning opening is won, and the jackpot means that after the start, the symbol stops in a predetermined pattern and a large number of balls are paid out. It is a state.
[0009]
The display data creation unit 3 converts the value of the game data of each gaming table into colors and symbols based on the game data collected by the data collection unit 2 to create matrix display data. FIG. 2 shows a state in which the display data created by the display data creation unit 3 is displayed.
FIG. 2 is a view showing the payout data for each game console on the display 6 of the mobile phone 4.
In the model specification column 7 in the display 6, a model name 7a and a machine number 7b can be selected. In FIG. 2, "Sun Story" is selected as the model name 7a and 101 to 110 are selected and displayed as the machine number 7b. In the time column 8, the current time 8:08 pm is displayed.
[0010]
And, in the matrix 9 displaying the machine number 10 on the horizontal axis and the time 11 from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm on the vertical axis, the payout data of the gaming machine specified by the model name 7a and the machine number 7b. Is displayed in color. In the drawings, colors cannot be expressed, and are represented by patterns. The meaning of each pattern is shown in the legend of FIG. 3, and this legend is displayed on the display 6 of the mobile phone 4.
That is, the matrix 9 of FIG. 2 displays the number of payouts per hour of the ten gaming machines with the machine numbers 101 to 110 displayed on the horizontal axis.
[0011]
The left vertical band 10a along the vertical axis is a portion for displaying the game data of the machine number 101, and continues to the right with the machine numbers 102, 103, ..., and the right end band 10b is the game of the machine number 110. This is the part that displays data. From FIG. 2, for example, it can be seen that the number of balls to be played between 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm is 10000 or more due to the pattern of the cell 12 a, Until 3:00, it can be seen from the pattern of the cells 12b that the number is less than -3000.
Also, it can be seen that the gaming tables with the platform numbers 101, 104, 106, and 109 are not operating from 10:00 to 20:00.
[0012]
With such display data, the user can see the payout information of a plurality of game consoles on the same screen. Therefore, data of a plurality of game consoles can be compared and used as a reference when selecting a game console. As in the conventional example, in the case of a line graph, it is almost impossible to superimpose and display as many as ten game data on the small display 6 as in the first embodiment.
[0013]
Further, in the matrix 9 of the first embodiment, since the magnitude of the number of payouts is represented not by a specific numerical value but by a color, it is easy to understand visually. However, not only colors but also a pattern or a symbol as shown in FIG. 2 may be displayed instead of a numerical value. In either case, a specific numerical range can be converted into one color or symbol and displayed instead of replacing a specific numerical value with a symbol or the like. This is because the user can refer to the selection of a game console if he understands the general tendency of each game console.
Further, in the first embodiment, the payout data, which is game data, is converted into a color or the like and displayed in a matrix based on the machine number and the time axis. The standard may be the number of balls out or the date.
[0014]
The second embodiment shown in FIG. 4 is an example showing only data in a time zone close to the current time. Here, payout data in a time zone that is five hours earlier than the current time 8:08 pm is displayed in the matrix 13. The legend at this time is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG. Therefore, this matrix 13 is the same as a part of the matrix 9 of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
In FIG. 4, reference numerals 7, 7a, 7b, and 8 are a model identification column 7, a model name 7a, a machine number 7b, and a time column 8, respectively.
As described above, when data is displayed only in a short time zone close to the current time, the matrix 13 to be displayed becomes small, so that a legend may be displayed on the same screen.
[0015]
As in the second embodiment, even if the amount of data to be displayed is reduced, it is possible to compare gaming machine characteristics with data close to the current time.
Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the data of both the matrix 9 indicating the payout data from the opening of the store to the current time and the matrix 13 indicating the partial payout data as shown in FIG. May be displayed on the display 6.
[0016]
The third embodiment shown in FIG. 5 is an example in which the data creation unit 3 applies the payout data, which is the game data of each gaming table, to the matrix 14 with the vertical axis representing the number of outgoing balls, thereby obtaining display data. . The horizontal axis is the same machine number as in the first and second embodiments, and the machine numbers 101 to 110 are applied. The legend at this time is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
Since the number of out-balls differs depending on the gaming machine even at the same time, when the number of out-balls is used as a reference for the vertical axis, the number of cells to be colored or patterned differs depending on the gaming machine. For example, in the case of a game console that is not operating at all, white cells are lined up, but if it operates even a little and the number of out-balls is not zero, the cells corresponding to the number of out-balls will be displayed. The colors corresponding to are applied, but the number is small.
The cell corresponds to one symbol or color unit of the present invention.
[0017]
For example, in the case of a gaming table with a low operating rate, such as the gaming machine number 108 in FIG. 5, the number of colored cells is small, and they are set close to the number of out-balls. However, white cells do not mix between the colored cells.
Even with such a matrix 14, game data of a plurality of game consoles can be displayed at the same time, so that a user who has displayed the game data can compare the characteristics of the game consoles.
[0018]
The fourth embodiment shown in FIG. 6 is an example of creating a matrix 15 in which the units on the vertical axis are different units. Also in the fourth embodiment, the vertical axis indicates the number of outgoing balls, and the horizontal axis of the matrix 15 indicates the number of gaming machines, and ten numbers 101 to 110 are assigned. However, the out-number on the vertical axis represents the number of out-balls at each game console up to the present time as a full scale.
The legend at this time is the same as that of the first embodiment shown in FIG.
[0019]
In the case of a gaming table with a low operating rate, the number of out balls corresponding to the cell unit is small, and in the case of a gaming table with a high operating rate, the number of out balls corresponding to the cell unit is large. In this way, when the number of cells is displayed differently depending on the gaming machine, for example, it is impossible to grasp the inclination of the number of outgoing balls with respect to the number of outgoing balls or time, but it is possible to grasp the general tendency, There is also a merit that a small display can be used effectively by reducing the number of images.
[0020]
The fifth embodiment shown in FIG. 7 is an example of display data in which time is plotted on the horizontal axis and date is plotted on the vertical axis as the basis of the matrix 16 and payout data is displayed. However, the legend at this time is the same as in the first embodiment shown in FIG.
This display data is for simultaneously displaying the change of the payout data of the same gaming machine over time for eight days. Thereby, the characteristics of a specific gaming table can be considered.
In this way, the display data created by the display data creation unit 3 is displayed not only by the user but also by a nailer or the like on his or her mobile terminal, or printed out, and used as a nail book for nail adjustment. You can also. In this case, the display of the display data of the present invention can be used in place of the conventional nail book, or can be used in addition to the conventional nail book.
[0021]
In the first to fifth embodiments, the case where the user displays the game data on the mobile phone 4 has been described. However, the terminal on which the user displays the game data is not limited to the mobile phone. Although the present invention may be applied to a personal computer or the like, the present invention is particularly effective when a plurality of data are compared on a terminal having a small display such as a mobile phone.
Further, the display data can be printed and displayed on a print sheet as well as displayed on a display. Also in this case, a large amount of data can be displayed in a small display range in an easily viewable manner.
[0022]
Further, if the display data creation unit 3 can be connected to the plurality of data collection units 2 via the communication network 5, it is possible to create display data by processing game data in a plurality of amusement arcades.
Further, the data collection unit 2 may be provided at a place different from the gaming table 1 and connected to each other via the communication network 5. In that case, one data collection unit 2 can collect the game data of the game consoles installed in a plurality of game arcades.
[0023]
The data collection unit 2 and the display data creation unit 3 may be connected via the communication network 5, or may be directly connected without using the communication network 5.
The display data creation system of the present invention can be applied to game data other than pachinko. In the case of games other than pachinko, game media other than pachinko balls, such as metal, are paid out, and the trigger for starting is different from pachinko, but the phenomenon of jackpots is the same as pachinko, so multiple types of game data , Can be listed on a small display or printed in a small area.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
According to the first to third aspects, a plurality of game data can be simultaneously displayed on one screen or printed. Therefore, if the game data of a plurality of game consoles is displayed on one screen using this system, the game console data can be examined by comparing the characteristics of each game console.
Also, game data for several days on the same machine can be displayed side by side.
For example, the user can use these data as a reference for selecting a game console, and the nailer can use the data as a nail book for nail adjustment.
According to the third invention, the display and the displayable area of the print paper can be more effectively used.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a first embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing display data of the first embodiment on a display.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a legend of display data of the first embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing display data of a second embodiment.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing display data of a third embodiment.
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing display data of a fourth embodiment.
FIG. 7 is a diagram showing display data of a fifth embodiment.
FIG. 8 is a view showing display of game data of a conventional example.
[Explanation of symbols]
Reference Signs List 1 gaming table 2 data collection unit 3 display data creation unit 9 matrix 13 matrix 14 matrix 15 matrix 16 matrix

Claims (3)

Converts the value of game data collected from gaming tables to corresponding symbols and colors, and creates data that arranges these symbols and colors in a matrix based on time or number of balls and number or date Display data creation system. 2. The display data creation system according to claim 1, wherein a value of the game data included in a certain numerical range is associated with one symbol or color. 3. The display data creation system according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of units of time or the number of out-balls related to one symbol or color are provided according to the machine number.

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