JP2005102822A - Display of game machine and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a player with the clear victory or defeat information of a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: A victory or defeat information calculating section 51 acquires the difference of the number of safe balls and out balls, and when the difference exceeds the predetermined number, a display controlling section 53 makes an indication section 23 display an upward arrow head. When the difference of the number of the safe balls and out balls is same as the predetermined number, the display controlling section 53 makes the display section 23 display a sideways arrow. When the difference of the number of the safe balls and out balls is smaller than the predetermined number, the indication controlling section 53 makes the display section 23 display a downward arrow head. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a display device of a gaming machine and a gaming machine.

At game halls (stores) where game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machine machines are installed, game machine users (players) see the winning and losing information displayed on the display of the game machine, select.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-47355

  Since the player selects the platform by looking at the winning / losing information displayed on the display, the display on the display should be easy to understand. Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a display device and a gaming machine in which winning / losing information is displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.

  The first invention comprises display means for displaying win / loss information, wherein the win / loss information is calculated based on a difference between the number of safe balls and the number of out balls. It is.

  Here, the display means includes a plurality of light emitting diodes, and when the difference between the number of safe spheres and the number of out spheres is larger than a predetermined value using the light emitting diodes, an upward arrow is displayed. When the difference is smaller than the predetermined value, a horizontal arrow is displayed. When the difference is smaller than the predetermined value, a downward arrow is displayed. Here, the predetermined value can be arbitrarily set.

Here, the greater the difference between the number of safe balls and the number of out balls, the higher the winning percentage, that is, the winning percentage.
Further, the display device of the present invention can be detachably installed on the gaming machine main body.

The second invention comprises winning / losing information calculating means for calculating winning / losing information and display means for displaying the winning / losing information, wherein the winning / losing information calculating means is a difference between the number of safe balls and the number of out balls. The gaming machine is characterized in that the winning / losing information is calculated based on the game.
In the second invention, the display means uses a plurality of light emitting diodes to indicate an upward arrow when the difference between the number of safe spheres and the number of out spheres is greater than a predetermined value, When the difference is the same, a horizontal arrow is displayed. When the difference is smaller than a predetermined value, a downward arrow is displayed.

  The display device of the gaming machine of the present invention simplifies the display of the winning / losing information of the gaming machine and provides a display that is easy for the player to understand.

  This is a display that uses an LED (Light Emitting Diode) to perform display that allows the player to obtain information about the winning and losing of the game stand at a glance.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a game machine 1 which is an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention. The game table 1 includes a main body 3, a display 5, and the like. The main body 3 is provided with a game board 11, a receiving tray 13, a ball outlet 15, a lever 17, a main body control device 21, and the like.

  The front surface of the game board 11 is a game area, and is provided with a missed ball entrance 31, prize winning openings 33-1, 33-2, 33-3, 33-4, 33-5, 33-6 and the like. The position and design of the winning opening 33 are not limited to the present embodiment.

  Pachinko balls launched into the game area by the player's operation of the lever 17 are the prize winning openings 33-1, 33-2, 33-3, 33-4, 33-5, 33-6, or the off-ball entrance 31. And pass through an outmeter (not shown) provided at the lower back side of the gaming table 1 and collected. At this time, the pachinko balls collected through the outmeter are called out balls.

In addition, if a pachinko ball launched into the game area by the lever 17 enters any of the winning holes 33-1, 33-2, 33-3, 33-4, 33-5, 33-6, the prize Balls corresponding to the number of balls are returned to the tray 13. At this time, the pachinko balls reduced to the saucer are called safe balls.
The main body control device 21 counts the number of safe balls, the number of winning balls, the number of out balls, and holds these values.

  The display 5 is provided on the upper part of the main body 3, is detachable from the main body 3, and is electrically connected to the main body 3. The display 5 includes a display unit 23, a display control device 25, and the like. The display control device 25 is connected to the main body control device 21 of the main body 3 and controls the display on the display unit 23.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the display control device 25. The display control device 25 includes a control unit 43 and a storage unit 45. The control unit 43 is connected to the main body control device 21, takes in the number of the above-mentioned safe balls from the main body control device 21, and takes in the number of out-balls and the like from the above-mentioned outmeter (not shown).

  The control unit 43 includes a win / loss information calculation unit 51, a display control unit 53, and the like. The winning / losing information calculating unit 51 stores the captured safe ball number and out-ball number value in the storage unit 45 as the outgoing ball information 55, and calculates the winning / losing information 57 based on the safe ball number and the out-ball number value. The storage unit 45 stores win / loss information 57.

  The display control unit 53 is connected to the display unit 23 and displays win / loss information 57 on the display unit 23. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the display unit 23. The display unit 23 includes a plurality of LEDs 61-1, ..., 61-m, ..., 61-n arranged in an mxn matrix. The display control unit 53 displays winning / losing information 57 on the display unit 23 by turning on, blinking, and extinguishing each LED 61.

Next, calculation and display of winning / losing information 57 will be described.
The win / loss information calculation unit 51 obtains a difference between the safe ball number and the out ball number (safe ball number-out ball number), and when the difference is larger than a predetermined value, for example, “1000”, the display control unit 53 An upward arrow is displayed on the display unit 23. Here, “the difference between the values of the safe ball number and the out ball number is large” means that the game table 1 is a table having a high winning rate.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an arrow displayed on the display unit 23. In the display unit 23, the plurality of LEDs shown in FIG. 3 are turned on, an upward arrow is displayed by the lighting unit 71-1, the remaining LEDs 71-2 are turned off, and the pattern 71 is displayed.

  If the difference between the safe ball count and the out ball count is the same as a predetermined value, for example, “1000”, the display control unit 53 causes the display unit 23 to display a horizontal arrow.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an arrow displayed on the display unit 23. The display unit 23 displays a horizontal arrow by the lighting unit 73-1, and displays an arrow pattern 73 in combination with the light-off unit 73-2.

  When the difference between the safe ball count and the out ball count is smaller than a predetermined value, for example, “1000”, the display control unit 53 causes the display unit 23 to display a downward arrow.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an arrow displayed on the display unit 23. In the display unit 23, a downward arrow is displayed by the lighting unit 75-1, and an arrow pattern 75 is displayed in combination with the extinguishing unit 75-2.
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the player can understand the winning / losing information of the gaming table only by looking at the display unit 23 of the display device 5 and can easily select the gaming table.

  As a range for displaying the arrow pattern 73 shown in FIG. 5, the difference between the safe sphere and the out sphere (the number of safe spheres−the number of out spheres) is “(x−α) or more (x + α) with respect to a predetermined value x”. It is also possible to set “within the following range”. In this case, when the difference between the out sphere and the safe sphere is larger than the upper limit value (x + α), the arrow pattern 71 shown in FIG. 4 is displayed, and when the difference is smaller than the lower limit value (x−α), the arrow pattern shown in FIG. 75 is displayed.

  For example, if the difference between the safe sphere and the out sphere is within the range of “−1000 (lower limit value) to 1000 (upper limit value)”, the horizontal arrow pattern 73 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed, and the difference is the upper limit value. If it is larger than “1000”, an upward arrow pattern 71 is displayed, and if the difference is smaller than the lower limit value “−1000”, a downward arrow pattern 75 is displayed.

  In the present embodiment, the difference value (the number of safe balls—the number of out balls) is calculated by the winning / losing information calculation unit 51 as the difference value of the cumulative total of one day or the difference value of 1000 out balls in the past (the number of out balls is 1000). It is possible to arbitrarily set and calculate such as calculating a difference value in case of departure.

In this embodiment, the arrow pattern 71 shown in FIGS. 4 to 6 is a display example, and the arrow pattern is not limited to this.
Further, the win / loss information calculation unit 51 and the storage unit 45 may be provided in the main body control device 21.

1 is a front view of a game table 1. FIG. (Example 1) 3 is a block diagram of a display control device 25. FIG. (Example 1) It is a figure which shows the display part. (Example 1) (Example 1) which is a figure which shows the example of a display of the winning / losing information in the display part 23 (Example 1) which is a figure which shows the example of a display of the winning / losing information in the display part 23 (Example 1) which is a figure which shows the example of a display of the winning / losing information in the display part 23

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ......... Game stand 3 ......... Main body 5 ......... Display 23 ......... Display part 25 ......... Display control apparatus

Claims (6)

A display means for displaying win / loss information;
The winning / losing information is calculated based on a difference between the number of safe balls and the number of out balls, and a display device for a gaming machine. The display means comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes,
Using the light emitting diode, when the difference is larger than a predetermined value, an upward arrow is used. When the difference is the same as the predetermined value, a horizontal arrow is used. When the difference is smaller than the predetermined value, 2. A display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a downward arrow is displayed.   The display device of the gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the display device is detachable from the gaming machine main body. Win / loss information calculating means for calculating win / loss information;
Display means for displaying the winning / losing information;
Comprising
The game machine characterized in that the winning / losing information calculating means calculates the winning / losing information based on a difference between the number of safe balls and the number of out balls. The display means comprises a plurality of light emitting diodes,
Using the light emitting diode, when the difference is larger than a predetermined value, an upward arrow is used. When the difference is the same as the predetermined value, a horizontal arrow is used. When the difference is smaller than the predetermined value, 5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein a downward arrow is displayed. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein the display is detachable from the gaming machine main body.

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