JP2007083006A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine which allows a smaller size without occupying much extra space for housing places. <P>SOLUTION: In the game machine, a terminal 30 is provided with a seat body 50 on which a player sits and a seat shell 70 surrounding the seat body 50. A leg rest 521 linked to a sitting part of the seat body 50 is connected to the sitting part through a leg rest hinge part 530. The terminal 30 is provided with a leg rest drive part 510 for folding and housing the leg rest 521 and also a deformation drive part 200 which is driven to reduce the seat shell 70 longitudinally when the leg rest 521 is driven to be folded with the leg rest drive part 510. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine.

  Conventionally, as a game machine for business use, not only a game machine alone but also a so-called mass game machine is known. As such a mass game machine, in recent years, for example, there is a game machine for a horse racing game. Such a game machine includes a gaming machine main body provided with a large main display unit and a plurality of terminal devices attached to the gaming machine main body and provided with sub display units (for example, Patent Document 1). .

  In this mass game machine, the racehorse and its odds are presented on the main display section and the sub display section. Each player selects an arbitrary racehorse from the presented racehorses and bets medals. Thereafter, horse racing is performed by these race horses on the main display portion, and medals are paid out to each player based on the odds set in advance according to the result.

  The player's game history can be stored in a storage medium such as a card. In addition, the racehorse and jockey are trained during the game, the data is stored in the card, and the breeding process is enjoyed, thereby providing a new interest.

  Furthermore, the card can be used like a prepaid card by purchasing a gaming right by paying predetermined money in advance and storing it as a credit. This applies not only to mass game machines but also to ordinary game machines.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-314450

  However, for example, in a gaming machine provided with a plurality of terminal devices, there is a problem that a large space is occupied in the game space. Even when the terminal device is stored in a predetermined storage location when not in use, there is a problem that a large amount of space is occupied in the storage location.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the said situation, and makes it a subject to provide the game machine which can be reduced in size.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following gaming machines.

  (1) An input receiving unit (for example, an input operation unit 72 described later) that receives an input from the player, a control unit (for example, a CPU 91 described later) that controls game input data according to the input by the input receiving unit, A game device (e.g., a terminal device 30 described later), and the game device includes a seat (e.g., a seat body 50 described later) on which the player sits and a seat shell (e.g., described later) surrounding the seat. A seat shell 70), and a card receiving unit (for example, a card slot 721 described later) for reading the individual data when a card having a memory for storing the individual data of the player is inserted from the outside. The leg rest (for example, leg rest 521 described later) connected to the seating portion of the seat has a hinge portion (for example, A card detection unit (for example, a card sensor 723 described later) that is connected via a legrest hinge unit 530 (described later) and detects that no card is inserted in the card receiving unit, In response to detecting that the card is not inserted, a legrest driving unit (for example, a legrest driving unit 510 described later) that folds and stores the legrest via the hinge unit, and the legrest driving And a deformation drive unit (for example, a deformation drive unit 200 described later) that contractively drives the seat shell in the front-rear direction when the legrest is folded and stored by the unit.

  According to the invention described in (1), the game device includes a card receiving unit that reads out the individual data when a card including a memory for storing the individual data of the player is inserted from the outside, and the leg connected to the seating portion of the seat The rest is connected via a hinge part, and has a card detection part that detects that no card is inserted in the card reception part. The leg rest is detected when the card detection part detects that no card is inserted. A leg rest drive unit that folds and stores the seat shell via a hinge portion, and a deformation drive unit that contractively drives the seat shell in the front-rear direction when the leg rest is folded and stored by the leg rest drive unit. Therefore, when the memory card for storing the individual data of the player is not inserted into the card receiving unit, the legrest is folded and stored by the legrest driving unit, and the seat shell is driven to contract in the front-rear direction by the deformation driving unit. can do. Thereby, since a game device can be reduced in size, for example, a game space can be used efficiently by reducing the size of a game device in which a player is not playing a game. Further, for example, when the game device is stored in a predetermined storage location, the game device can be reduced in size and stored, so that the storage location can be used efficiently.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that can be miniaturized.

  Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

<Overall configuration of gaming machine>
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a gaming machine 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
The gaming machine 1 is a mass game machine, and includes a gaming machine main body 20 including a planar rectangular play area 21 and a plurality of terminal devices 30 arranged on the play area 21.

  In addition to the play area 21, the gaming machine body 20 includes a main display device 22 provided along one side of the play area 21, speaker devices 23 provided at the four corners of the play area 21, and the main display device 22. And a main control device 80 for controlling the speaker device 23.

  The play area 21 is divided into a plurality of subareas 212. These subareas 212 include a city area 212A, a sea area 212B, and a forest area 212C. In the play area 21, IC tags 211 are embedded in a grid. The IC tag 211 stores position information within the play area 21.

The main display device 22 is a large projector display device. The main display device 22 is not limited to this and may be a large monitor.
The main control device 80 is capable of bidirectional communication with each terminal device 30 via a wireless LAN, executes a predetermined game program, and performs bidirectional communication with each terminal device 30 to create a virtual space common to each player. provide.

  Each terminal device 30 is arranged in a state facing the main display device 22. The terminal device 30 is connected to the main control device 80 via a wireless LAN, and can move on the play area 21 in accordance with a command from the main control device 80 or by a player's operation.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the external appearance of each terminal device 30.
The terminal device 30 includes a seat 31, a running unit 32 that supports the seat 31 from below and moves the play area 21, and a lamp 76.

  In addition, an IC tag detection unit 324 that detects an IC tag 211 embedded in the play area 21 is provided below the drive control device 322 of the traveling unit 32.

<Composition of sheet>
The configuration of the sheet 31 will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the seat 31.
The seat 31 includes a seat body 50, a side unit 60 provided along one side surface of the seat body 50, and a seat shell 70 that surrounds three sides excluding the other side surface side of the seat body 50. .

  The seat body 50 includes a substantially flat base portion 35, a seating portion 52 provided on the upper surface of the base portion 35, and a backrest (backrest) 53 attached to the seating portion 52 so that the angle can be changed. And a headrest 54 provided on the top of the backrest 53 and a pair of side arms 55 provided on the seat surface of the seating portion 52 and on both sides of the backrest 53.

  A card slot 721 for inserting a card is fitted near the tip of the side arm 55. A card sensor 723 that detects insertion of a card is disposed in the vicinity of the card slot 721. Inside the side arm 55, a card reader / writer 722 for reading data stored in the card and writing data to the card and a card storage unit 724 for storing the card are provided.

  The card refers to a storage medium capable of reading or writing data such as a magnetic card for storing data on a magnetic tape and an IC card for storing an IC chip embedded in the card. The data stored in the card includes personal information such as the user ID of the player, game history, credit data consumed when starting the game, and the like. Further, the credit data may be data indicating a gaming right purchased in advance as in the prepaid method. Moreover, it may be what is called a credit card which memorize | stores the frequency | count of play and play time of a game as credit data, and charges after predetermined period progress.

  Further, for example, when the card sensor 723 detects that a predetermined card is inserted or not inserted into the card slot 721, the CPU 91 is configured to drive and control each drive unit as will be described later. it can.

  The base part 35 is located below the seating part 52 and on the rear side of the seat 31, the rear base part 35a disposed on the front side of the seat 31, and the rear base part 35a. And a front base portion 35b, a rear base portion 35a, a front base portion 35b, and a central base portion 35c slidably disposed. A seat 52 and a seat shell 70 are fixed to the rear base 35a, and a table 71 and the like are fixed to the front base 35b. Thereby, when the rear side base part 35a or the front side base part 35b slides with respect to the center side base part 35c, the fixed seating part 52, the table 71, etc. also slide integrally.

  The seat 31 can be reduced in size by, for example, sliding the rear base portion 35a to the front side and sliding the front base portion 35b to the rear side. This downsizing operation may be performed manually by a player or the like, or may be automatically performed by a predetermined driving unit as will be described later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the seat 31 includes a deformation driving unit 200 that slides the rear base portion 35 a and the front base portion 35 b on the lower surface side thereof to contract the seat 31. As the deformation driving unit 200, for example, an air cylinder driven by air pressure or the like can be used. For example, the deformation drive unit 200 in FIG. 4 includes a rod-shaped rod part 220 having one end fixed to the fixing part 230 in the front base part 35b, a piston part 221 formed at the other end of the rod part 220, and a piston part. 221 is provided with a casing part 210 slidably housed.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the deformation driving unit 200, the air of a predetermined pressure is blown into the casing unit 210, whereby the piston unit 221 is driven in the direction of the arrow K <b> 3. As a result, the rear base portion 35a slides in the direction of the arrow K5 (forward direction), and the front base portion 35b slides in the direction of the arrow K4 (rearward direction). In this way, the sheet 31 is deformed so as to contract, and as a result, is reduced in size.

  Here, the sheet 31 is configured to be retractable as described above, and further, by folding and storing the sheet main body 50 that occupies a large space in the sheet 31 as described later, The size can be suitably reduced.

The seating portion 52 in the seat body 50 moves forward and backward on the base portion 51 when the player operates the input operation portion 72. The seat body 50 may form a bed by sliding the seating portion 52 forward and at the same time the backrest 53 falls backward.
The seating portion 52 includes a legrest 521 provided on the front surface side, and a footrest 522 accommodated at the tip of the legrest 521. When the seating portion 52 slides forward, the legrest 521 turns upward along with the slide and becomes a seat surface continuous with the seat surface of the seating portion 52. At the same time, the footrest 522 protrudes from the legrest 521 and becomes a seat surface continuous with the legrest 521.

  The seat surface of the seat portion 52, the lower portion of the backrest 53 (abutting against the waist of the player), and the headrest 54 each have a bag body into which air can be injected, and air is injected into these bag bodies by an air pump. Then, the surface is raised so that it can be supported while corresponding to the unevenness of the user's body surface.

  The seating section 52 and / or the backrest 53 incorporates a seating sensor 525 (not shown) that detects that the player is seated. The seating sensor 525 is a weight sensor that detects the weight when the player is seated.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the legrest 521 can be connected to the seating part 52 via the legrest hinge part 530. By setting it as such a structure, the angle of the legrest 521 can be adjusted. Moreover, the angle of the legrest 521 can be automatically adjusted by arranging the legrest driving unit 510 that drives the legrest 521.

  Further, by folding the leg rest 521 and the seating portion 52 in the seat main body 50 in a predetermined direction before or simultaneously with the contraction driving of the seat 31, the seat 31 can be configured to be more suitably contracted. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, the legrest 521 can be configured to be folded and driven in the direction of the arrow K <b> 1 by the legrest driving unit 510. Further, the seating portion 52 foldably connected by the seating surface hinge portion 523 can be configured to be driven to be folded by the seating surface driving unit 500 in the direction of the arrow K2, that is, toward the backrest 53 side.

  Here, for example, when the card sensor 723 detects that a predetermined card is not inserted into the card slot 721, the legrest driving unit 510 and the seating surface driving unit 500 can be driven. Further, when the legrest driving unit 510 is driven, the deformation driving unit 200 can be driven and the seat 31 can be driven to contract.

  Thus, the game space can be used efficiently by reducing the size by driving the seat 31 to contract. Further, for example, when the game device is stored in a predetermined storage location, the game device can be reduced in size and stored, so that the storage location can be used efficiently.

  In the side unit 60, a sub display unit 61 configured to include a liquid crystal display panel is accommodated.

As shown in FIG. 2, the sub display unit 61 includes a first support arm 611 supported by the side unit 60, a second support arm 612 attached to the tip of the first support arm 611, and the second support arm 611. A rectangular flat plate-shaped sub-monitor 613 that performs liquid crystal display attached to the tip of the arm 612.
The first support arm 611 is extendable in the vertical direction with respect to the side unit 60. The second support arm 612 is extendable and can be fixed at an arbitrary angle with respect to the axial direction of the first support arm 611. The sub monitor 613 can be fixed at an arbitrary angle with respect to the axial direction of the second support arm 612.

  The side unit 60 is provided with a sub monitor storage space 62 extending in the vertical direction. The sub monitor storage space 62 stores the first support arm 611, the second support arm 612, and the sub monitor 613. .

The sub monitor 613 incorporates a small CCD camera 614. The CCD camera 614 is used when creating an avatar in the game field.
Note that by operating an input operation unit 72 (described later), an image captured by the CCD camera 614 is always displayed on the sub display unit 61 of the terminal device 30. Thereby, since the player's own facial expression can be seen during the game, the fun is increased. In this case, the captured video may be displayed on the entire screen of the sub monitor 613 or may be displayed on a part of the screen.

A procedure for the player to pull out the sub monitor 613 from the sub monitor storage space 62 will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, as shown in FIG. 6, the player slides the sub monitor 613 upward from the sub monitor storage space 62 and extends the first support arm 611 and the second support arm 612 while sitting on the seat body 50. Thereafter, as shown in FIG. 7, the display screen of the sub monitor 613 is directed to the player side by twisting the sub monitor 613. Next, as shown in FIG. 8, the player's eyes can be adjusted by adjusting the relative angle between the first support arm 611 and the second support arm 612 and the relative angle between the second support arm 612 and the sub monitor 613. A sub-monitor 613 is positioned on the line.

  The connection portion 615A between the first support arm 611 and the second support arm 612 and the connection portion 615B between the second support arm and the sub monitor 613 are fixed to an electronically controlled lock mechanism. Then, it is fixed or released by receiving a sub display fixing signal or a sub display fixing release signal (described later) from the CPU 91.

Inside the side unit 60, a sub control device 90 connected to the main control device 80 via a wireless LAN and a plurality of substrate storage slots 97 constituting the sub control device 90 are provided.
The sub control device 90 controls the sub display unit 61 and the traveling unit 32 based on a command from the main control device 80, and transmits a signal input from the input operation unit 72 (described later) to the main control device 80. .
A lid 971 is provided on the upper part of the substrate storage slot 97 so as to be freely opened and closed. As shown in FIG. 2, the terminal control board 972 can be mounted in the board storage slot 97 by opening the cover 971 and inserting the terminal control board 972 from above.

The rear side of the seat shell 70 extends upward so that the backrest 53 and the headrest 54 can be supported. Further, speakers 75 and lamps 76 are provided on both sides of the headrest 54 in the seat shell 70.
The rear side of the side surface of the seat shell 70 extends upward so that a player seated on the seat body 50 cannot be seen by other players.

The lamp 76 is provided at the tip of a rod-like support portion attached to the side surface of the seat shell 70. The lamp 76 is provided at the highest position of the terminal device 30 that is easily visible from the outside of the terminal device 30.
The lamp 76 includes three types of LED chips that emit light in red, blue, and green, and a reflection frame is provided around the LED chips. The red, blue, and green light emitted from each LED chip is mixed by this reflection frame, and thus the lamp 76 is lit in six colors. In this embodiment, purple, yellow, white, green, blue And red.

  A table 71 is attached from one side surface of the seat body 50 to the front surface at the upper end of the seat shell 70. The leg rest 521 and the footrest 522 are received in the space below the table 71 when the seat body 50 is set to the bed mode.

On the table 71, in the vicinity of the side arm 55, an input operation unit 72 such as a keyboard or a jog dial is provided.
In this embodiment, the input operation unit 72 is provided on the table 71. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the input operation unit 72 may be provided on the sub monitor 613 as a touch panel.

  Below the table 71 and in front of the side arm 55, a medal payout port 731 for paying out medals from a medal storage part 73 provided inside the side unit 60, a medal receiving part 732 for receiving the payout medals, and A medal insertion unit 734 for inserting coins is provided. The medal receiving portion 732 is provided with a receiving opening for mounting the holder 733. The medal insertion unit 734 incorporates a sensor that detects that a medal has been inserted.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of the gaming machine 1.
In this gaming machine 1, the main control device 80 of the gaming machine body 20 has a wireless communication unit 83, and the sub-control device 90 of the terminal device 30 has a wireless communication unit 93. These wireless communication units 83 and 93 can be connected to each other via a wireless LAN, whereby voice data and character data can be exchanged between the main control device 80 and the sub control device 90.

<Configuration of main control device>
FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the main control device 80.
The main control device 80 includes a CPU 81, a memory 82, a wireless communication unit 83, and a database 84 connected to the data bus BUS.
The wireless communication unit 83 transmits / receives a signal to / from the sub-control device 90, and converts a radio frequency (RF) signal received by the transmission / reception circuit unit 85 into a baseband signal and transmits the baseband signal. A baseband processing unit 86 for converting a baseband signal to be converted into an RF signal.

The database 84 is a circuit board including a storage unit that stores a game program, or a storage medium (for example, a hard disk or a ROM cassette) that stores the game program.
Specifically, the main control device 80 is provided with a slot in which these circuit boards and storage media can be attached and detached. By attaching / detaching these circuit boards and storage media to / from the slot, the game programs stored in the database 84 can be appropriately replaced and other game programs can be executed. In addition, it is not limited to the case where the game program is exchanged via the hardware as described above, and the software may be directly exchanged by downloading via the communication line.

The CPU 81 executes various processes according to the game program.
That is, the CPU 81 reads out the game program stored in the database 84 to the memory 82 and advances the game according to this game program.

During the game, in response to a request from the terminal device 30, the CPU 81 stores information representing a situation corresponding to the time axis in the game program and the game world at that time from the database 84 (that is, an incident occurring in the game world). Information), odor data corresponding to the sub-area 212, and the like are extracted and transmitted to the requesting terminal device 30 via the wireless LAN. Further, the CPU 81 receives information representing the operation result of the player from each terminal device 30 via the wireless LAN and stores it in the memory 82.
The CPU 81 causes the game to proceed based on the information representing the operation result of the player stored in the memory 82, and stores the progress result of the game program in the database 84.

  Here, the information indicating the operation result of the player is, for example, the result of selection by the player from the options shown to the player via the terminal device 30 according to the progress of the game program, or the result of the player operating the character appearing in the game. This is information transmitted from the terminal device 30 as a result of the player operating his / her own terminal device 30. Other players can check the current game progress (for example, high score information) stored in the database 84.

<Configuration of sub-control device>
FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the sub-control device 90.
The sub-control device 90 includes an input / output unit 94 that is an interface of a CPU 91, a memory 92, a wireless communication unit 93, and a speaker 75 connected to the data bus BUS.
The wireless communication unit 93 transmits / receives a signal to / from the main control device 80, and converts a radio frequency (RF) signal received by the transmission / reception circuit unit 95 into a baseband signal and transmits the baseband signal. A baseband processing unit 96 that converts a baseband signal to be converted into an RF signal.
Further, the sub control device 90 includes a sub display unit 61, a drive control device 322, a direction control device 323, a card slot based on input signals from the input operation unit 72, the CCD camera 614, and the IC tag detection unit 324. 721, time measuring unit 98, input / output unit 74, which is an interface of speaker 75, deformation driving unit 200, and legrest driving unit 510 are controlled.

  The CPU 91 is configured to execute various operations according to an operation program stored in the memory 92, and controls each circuit unit and device according to the operations.

The audio signal from the main controller 80 is output from the speaker 75 in the following procedure.
When receiving the RF signal from the main controller 80, the transmission / reception circuit unit 95 supplies this RF signal to the baseband processing unit 96, where it converts the RF signal into a baseband signal. The baseband processing unit 96 outputs this baseband signal to the speaker 75 via the input / output unit 94. Then, this baseband signal is output as sound from the speaker 75.
Further, the CPU 91 transmits an audio signal to the input / output unit 94 when a card is inserted into the card slot 721 and the seating sensor 525 built in the seating unit 52 or the backrest 53 does not detect the seating, and the speaker 91 75 to output.

When the player operates the input operation unit 72, the CPU 91 converts various information (character information, specific selection information, etc.) input by operating the input operation unit 72 into packet data, The data is transmitted to the main control device 80 via the baseband processing unit 96 and the transmission / reception circuit unit 95. At this time, by including the IP address in the packet data, it is possible to identify each terminal device 30 wherever each terminal device 30 is located on the play area 21.
Similarly, the CPU 91 converts position information read from the IC tag 211 by the IC tag detection unit 324 and image information recognized by the CCD camera 614 into packet data and transmits the packet data to the main control device 80.

On the other hand, when an RF signal on which information converted into packet data is superimposed is transmitted from the main control device 80, the CPU 91 captures the RF signal via the transmission / reception circuit unit 95 and the baseband processing unit 96, and sub-display unit In addition to the display on 61, the drive control device 322 and the direction control device 323 of the traveling unit 32 are controlled.
As described above, the player sitting on the terminal device 30 can exchange various information with the main control device 80.

Specifically, the CPU 91 performs the following operation.
That is, when the CPU 91 receives a game program or information indicating a situation corresponding to the time axis in the game world at that time from the main control device 80, the CPU 91 stores the information such as the game program transmitted from the main control device 80 in the memory 82. After storing, according to the game program, events such as various incidents occurring in the game world at this time are displayed on the main display device 22.

  Further, the CPU 91 always recognizes the current position in the play area 21 of the terminal device 30 by reading position information from the IC tag 211 by the IC tag detection unit 324. Then, the CPU 91 is assigned a position on the play area 21 by the main control device 80, and controls the drive control device 322 and the direction control device 323 of the traveling unit 32 based on the signal from the IC tag detection unit 324, The terminal device 30 is moved to a predetermined position in the play area 21.

  Further, a player who uses each terminal device 30 is displayed on the main display device 22 by operating the input operation unit 72 while viewing the game contents (images, character information, etc.) displayed on the sub display unit 61. It is possible to participate in the progress of the game by manipulating the selected character, selecting an option based on the character, or to move the terminal device 30 to a specific position on the play area 21.

  Furthermore, the CPU 91 can control the legrest driving unit 510 and the deformation driving unit 200 as follows. That is, when the card sensor 723 detects that a predetermined card is not inserted into the card slot 721, the CPU 91 outputs, for example, a legrest driving signal for driving the legrest driving unit 510 to output the legrest driving unit. 510 can be driven and controlled. Further, for example, the CPU 91 can output a deformation driving signal for driving the deformation driving unit 200 to drive and control the deformation driving unit 200 to contract the sheet 31.

  12 and 13 are main flowcharts for detecting and notifying a card in an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

  In step S100, the seating sensor 52 incorporated in the seating part 52 and / or the backrest 53 detects the seating. When seating is detected, a signal is transmitted to the CPU 91. When the seating sensor 525 does not detect the seating, it waits as it is until the seating is detected.

  In step S <b> 105, the card sensor 723 detects whether a card is inserted in the card slot 721. If no card is detected, the process returns to step S100. If a card is detected, the card reader / writer 722 reads data stored in the card (step S110).

  In step S115, the start of the game is determined. Specifically, the CPU 91 transmits a game start signal to the main control device 80. If the game is not started, the process proceeds to step S125.

  In step S120, it is determined whether or not to end the game. Specifically, for example, in the operation in the game, the selection to end the game is input by the input operation unit 72 and is received by the CPU 91. When the CPU 91 accepts selection of the game end, the CPU 91 transmits a game end signal to the main control device 80. If the game is not finished, the game is continued until selection of the game end is accepted.

  In step S125, seating is detected. Specifically, for example, a seating sensor 525 built in the seating portion 52 and / or the backrest 53 detects the seating of the player. If the seating sensor 525 detects the seating of the player, the process returns to step S115. If the seating sensor 525 does not detect seating, the process proceeds to step S130 (FIG. 13). This makes it possible to determine whether or not the player has left after the game is over.

  In step S130, it is determined whether or not a card is inserted into card slot 721. When the card sensor 723 built in the card slot 721 detects a card, the card sensor 723 transmits a signal to the CPU 91, and the CPU 91 transmits a first notification start signal (step S135). When the card sensor 723 does not detect the card, the process of this flowchart is terminated. That is, the card is removed from the card slot 721.

  In step S140, the first notification is performed. This process will be described later. This process is performed by the input / output unit 94 via the sub display unit 61 and the speaker 75 that have received the first notification start signal from the CPU 91. Then, when this process ends, the process moves to step S145.

  In step S145, a time measurement / card detection process is performed. This process will be described later. In this time measurement / card detection process, the time is measured from the first notification, and it is detected whether the card is removed from the card slot 721 within a predetermined time. Further, the time measurement / card detection process may be started almost simultaneously with the start of the first notification (step S140).

  In step S150, the CPU 91 transmits a second notification start signal. In step S145, when detecting that a card is inserted into the card slot 721 after a predetermined time has elapsed, the CPU 91 transmits a second notification start signal.

In step S155, a second notification process is performed. This process will be described later. In step S150, the input / output unit 94 that has received the second notification start signal from the CPU 91 performs the second notification process via the speaker 75 and the lamp 76.
In the present embodiment, the second notification is performed by the speaker 75 and the lamp 76. However, either one may be performed, or a message or the like may be displayed on the sub display unit 61, or the store clerk may be wirelessly connected. You may alert | report.

  In step S160, a time measurement / card detection process similar to that in step S145 is performed. Specifically, for example, the time is measured from the second notification (step S155), and it is detected whether the card is removed from the card slot 721 within a predetermined time. The time measurement / card detection process may be started almost simultaneously with the start of the second notification (step S155). If this process ends, the process moves to a step S165.

  In step S165, card storage processing is performed. Specifically, for example, when the time is measured from the second notification (step S155) and the card sensor 723 detects the card in the card slot 721 after a predetermined time has elapsed, the card is temporarily inserted into the card slot 721. The drawn card is stored in the card storing unit 724 built in the card slot 721. Thereby, even if the player forgets the card and leaves the seat, the card can be pulled in and temporarily secured, so that the theft of the card can be prevented. Stored cards are later collected by the store clerk.

[First notification process]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the first notification process.

  First, in step S200, the card reader / writer 722, the sub display unit 61, and the input / output unit 64 receive a first notification start signal issued by the CPU 91.

  In step S205, the card reader / writer 722 starts reading the card data in response to the first notification start signal. Alternatively, the CPU 91 may read the player data temporarily stored in the memory 92. Then, the CPU 91 acquires the stored player name (step S210). The player name may be the name of the player stored in the card, or may be a name such as a registered name that is not limited to a user ID or name.

  In step S215, the CPU 91 causes the sub display unit 61 to display the player name and the notification message acquired in step S210. This notification message may be a sentence or may be a symbol or character.

  In step S <b> 220, the CPU 91 outputs the player name and the predetermined notification message acquired in step S <b> 210 through the speaker 75 via the input / output unit 94. The notification message is not limited to language, but may be music or warning sound. At the time of this first notification, it is desirable that the sound volume be heard only by the player using the terminal device 30, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the sound volume may be increased.

  This first notification is performed to call attention to the player who uses the terminal device. As a result, the player can collect his / her card without knowing that the player has forgotten the card.

[Time measurement / card detection processing]
FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of the time measurement / card detection process.

  In step S300, the time measuring unit 98 starts measuring time. Then, it is determined whether or not the card is removed from the card slot 721 before a predetermined time elapses (step S305). Specifically, for example, the determination is made based on whether or not the card sensor 723 detects a card. If the card sensor 723 detects a card, the process proceeds to step S310. If the card sensor 723 does not detect a card, the process returns to the flowchart of FIG.

  In step S310, the CPU 91 determines whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed. If the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to step S305. If the predetermined time has elapsed, this subroutine is terminated, and the process proceeds to step S150 or step S165 in FIG.

[Second notification process]
FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing the flow of the second notification process.

  In step S <b> 400, the input / output unit 94 receives the second notification start signal transmitted from the CPU 91. Then, the input / output unit 94 turns on the lamp 76 based on the signal from the CPU 91 (step S405). This lighting may blink at a predetermined interval, may blink according to the sound emitted from the speaker 75, or may change the color.

  In step S <b> 410, the input / output unit 94 outputs a notification message by voice through the speaker 75. The notification message is not limited to language, but may be music or warning sound. In the second notification, since the time has passed since the first notification, the player may not be near the terminal device. And since it aims at alerting | reporting not only to the player who uses the said terminal device 30, but also to a salesclerk, it is preferable that a sound volume is large, but not only this but a sound volume may be made small. . When this process is finished, this subroutine is finished, and the process proceeds to step S160 (FIG. 13).

As another embodiment, the flowchart of FIG. 17 will be described.
FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for notifying the player of forgetting a card by fixing the sub display unit 61.

  In step S500, the CPU 91 determines whether the seating sensor 52 incorporated in the seating portion 52 and / or the backrest 53 of the seat 31 detects the seating. If the load is detected, the process proceeds to step S505. If the load is not detected, the load waits until the seating sensor 525 detects the load.

  In step S505, the CPU 91 determines whether or not a card has been inserted into the card slot 721. Specifically, for example, the determination is made based on whether or not the card sensor 723 built in the card slot 721 does not detect the card. If the card sensor 723 detects a card, the process proceeds to step S510. If the card sensor 723 does not detect a card, the process returns to step S500.

  In step S510, the start of the game is determined. Specifically, when starting the game, the CPU 91 transmits a game start signal to the main control device 80. Then, the game is started. If the game start signal is not transmitted, the game is not started. If the game is not started, the process proceeds to step S520.

  In step S515, it is determined whether or not to end the game. Specifically, for example, in the operation in the game, the selection to end the game is input by the input operation unit 72 and is received by the CPU 91. When the CPU 91 accepts selection of the game end, the CPU 91 transmits a game end signal to the main control device 80 and ends the game. If the game is not finished, the game is continued until selection of the game end is accepted.

  In step S520, card detection is performed. The CPU 91 determines whether or not a card has been inserted into the card slot 721. Specifically, for example, the determination is made based on whether or not the card sensor 723 built in the card slot 721 does not detect the card. If the card sensor 723 detects a card, the process proceeds to step S525, and if the card sensor 723 does not detect a card, the process ends.

  In step S525, the CPU 91 transmits a sub display fixing signal. This is to notify that the card is inserted into the card slot 721 by interfering with the player when trying to get up from the seat 31 by fixing the sub display unit. The connection parts 615A and 615B and the fixing part of the sub display part 61 are fixed by the sub display fixing signal (step S530). Further, at the same time when the sub display unit 61 is fixed, the sub monitor 613 of the sub display unit 61, the speaker 75, and the lamp 76 may be used for notification.

In step S535, the CPU 91 detects a card. Specifically, for example, the determination is made based on whether or not the card sensor 723 built in the card slot 721 does not detect the card. If the card sensor 723 detects the card, the process proceeds to step S530. If the card sensor 723 does not detect the card, the process proceeds to step S545, and the sub display unit 61 is released (step S540). ,finish.
In addition, you may perform alerting | reporting by fixing of the sub display part 61 as 1st alerting | reporting and / or 2nd alerting | reporting in the main flowchart shown in FIG.13 and FIG.14, as demonstrated in FIG.

As another embodiment, the flowchart of FIG. 18 will be described.
FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for contracting and deforming the sheet 31.

  In step S600, the CPU 91 detects whether or not the game is over. If the end of the game is detected, the process proceeds to step S610. If the end of the game is not detected, the process waits until the end of the game is detected.

  In step S610, the card sensor 723 detects whether or not a predetermined card is inserted into the card slot 721. If the card sensor 723 does not detect the predetermined card, the process proceeds to step S620. If the card sensor 723 detects the predetermined card, the process waits as it is.

  In step S620, the CPU 91 transmits a legrest drive signal for driving the legrest 521 to be folded, to the legrest drive unit 510.

  In step S630, the legrest drive unit 510 drives the legrest 521 in a folding manner in response to reception of the legrest drive signal from the CPU 91.

  In step S640, the seat sensor 525 detects whether or not the player is seated on the seat 52. If the seating of the player is not detected, the process proceeds to step S650. If the seating is detected, the process waits as it is.

  In step S650, the CPU 91 transmits a seating surface driving signal for causing the seating unit 52 to be folded and driven to the seating surface driving unit 500.

  In step S <b> 660, the seating surface driving unit 500 folds and drives the seating unit 52 in response to the reception of the seating surface driving signal from the CPU 91.

  In step S670, the seating sensor 525 again detects whether or not the player is seated on the seating portion 52. If the seating of the player is not detected, the process proceeds to step S680, and if the seating is detected, the process waits as it is.

  In step S680, the CPU 91 transmits a deformation driving signal for contracting the sheet 31 to the deformation driving unit 200.

  In step S690, the deformation driving unit 200 contracts the sheet 31 in response to receiving the deformation driving signal from the CPU 91, and ends the process.

  For example, when the deformation driving unit 200 is driven by air pressure, the seat 31 is driven to contract before the seat 31 is contracted and configured to generate a predetermined sound such as a sound that allows air to escape. It can be configured to inform the surroundings.

  Further, a predetermined pressure is applied to the deformation driving unit 200 by a pressure detector (not shown) that detects a pressure applied from the outside to the deformation driving unit 200 that contracts the sheet 31 while the sheet 31 is being contracted. When it is detected that a larger pressure is applied, the contraction drive of the seat 31 can be stopped.

  According to the present embodiment, there are the following effects.

  According to the invention described in (1), the game device includes a card receiving unit that reads out the individual data when a card including a memory for storing the individual data of the player is inserted from the outside, and the leg connected to the seating portion of the seat The rest is connected via a hinge part, and has a card detection part that detects that no card is inserted in the card reception part. The leg rest is detected when the card detection part detects that no card is inserted. A leg rest drive unit that folds and stores the seat shell via a hinge portion, and a deformation drive unit that contractively drives the seat shell in the front-rear direction when the leg rest is folded and stored by the leg rest drive unit. Therefore, when the memory card for storing the individual data of the player is not inserted into the card receiving unit, the legrest is folded and stored by the legrest driving unit, and the seat shell is driven to contract in the front-rear direction by the deformation driving unit. can do. Thereby, since a game device can be reduced in size, for example, a game space can be used efficiently by reducing the size of a game device in which a player is not playing a game. Further, for example, when the game device is stored in a predetermined storage location, the game device can be reduced in size and stored, so that the storage location can be used efficiently.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, it only showed the specific example and does not specifically limit this invention. Further, the effects described in the embodiments of the present invention only list the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to the effects described in the embodiments of the present invention.

1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a gaming machine 1 according to an example of a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the terminal device 30 which comprises the said gaming machine 1. FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a seat of the terminal device 30. FIG. It is a side view of the terminal device 30 before being contracted. It is a side view of the terminal device 30 after being driven to contract. It is a perspective view which shows the state by which the sub monitor of the said terminal device 30 was pulled out from the sub monitor storage space. It is a perspective view which shows the state which orient | assigned the display screen of the said terminal device 30 sub monitor to the player. It is a perspective view which shows the state in which the position of the sub monitor of the said terminal device 30 was adjusted. 2 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of the gaming machine 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a main control device 80 of the gaming machine 1. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a sub-control device 90 of the gaming machine 1. FIG. It is a main flowchart which shows the process at the time of the said terminal device 30 performing alerting | reporting. It is a main flowchart which shows the process at the time of the said terminal device 30 performing alerting | reporting. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of the said terminal device 30 performing a 1st alerting | reporting process. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of the said terminal device 30 performing time measurement and a card | curd detection process. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of the said terminal device 30 performing 2nd alerting | reporting. It is a flowchart which shows the process at the time of the said terminal device 30 fixing the sub display part 61 and alerting | reporting. 5 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing for contracting and deforming a sheet 31.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 30 Terminal apparatus 31 Seat 50 Seat main body 52 Seating part 70 Seat shell 72 Input operation part 91 CPU
200 Deformation Drive Unit 500 Seat Surface Drive Unit 510 Leg Rest Drive Unit 521 Leg Rest 523 Seat Surface Hinge Unit 530 Leg Rest Hinge Unit 721 Card Slot 723 Card Sensor 724 Card Storage Unit

Claims (1)

A game device comprising: an input receiving unit that receives an input from a player; and a control unit that controls game input data according to an input by the input receiving unit,
The game apparatus includes a seat on which the player is seated and a seat shell surrounding the seat,
A card having a memory for storing the player's individual data is inserted from the outside and a card receiving unit for reading the individual data is provided. The seat has a legrest connected to a seating portion of the seat via a hinge portion. Connected,
A card detection unit that detects that no card is inserted in the card reception unit, and the card detection unit detects that the card is not inserted, and the legrest is connected to the hinge unit. Legrest drive unit for folding and storing via,
A game apparatus, comprising: a deformation driving unit that contractively drives the seat shell in the front-rear direction when the leg rest is folded and stored by the leg rest driving unit.

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