JP2007167431A5

JP2007167431A5 -

Info

Publication number: JP2007167431A5
Application number: JP2005370571A
Authority: JP
Filing date: 2005-12-22
Publication date: 2009-01-08
Anticipated expiration: 2025-12-22

Claims

A payout device for paying out game balls;
A ball tray for storing game balls;
A payout passage for paying out the game balls from the payout device to the ball tray;
A detecting means for detecting a game ball flowing down the payout passage at a midway position of the payout passage, and outputting a detection signal to that effect while detecting the game ball;
When the period during which the detection signal is continuously output from the detection means is equal to or greater than a preset first period, it is determined that the ball tray is full, and according to the determination result In a gaming machine that executes a full state process that limits the payout of game balls,
Period elapse determination means for determining whether or not a period during which the detection signal is continuously output is equal to or longer than a second period shorter than the first period;
And a period changing means for changing the payout period of the game ball in the payout device to a period slower than the previous period when it is determined by the same period elapse determination means that the time is equal to or longer than the second period. A gaming machine characterized by

As the payout period of the payout device, a normal cycle set at the start of payout of game balls by the payout device is a cycle that is slower than the normal cycle and is continuous when the payout device pays out game balls at that cycle. Two game balls to be paid out at the same time are provided with period storage means for storing a low-speed period that does not exist within the detection range of the detection means,
The period changing means changes the payout period of the game ball in the payout device from the normal period to the low speed period when it is determined by the period lapse determining means that the time has reached the second period or more. The gaming machine according to claim 1.

The first means so that the detection by the detecting means of the game balls paid out before the second period elapses after the second period elapses and before the first period elapses. The gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a period and the second period are set.

When the output of the detection signal from the detection means is stopped after the payout period is changed by the period changing means, the apparatus further comprises a period return means for returning the payout period to the original period. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3.

A full state process for canceling the full state process when the state in which the detection signal is not output from the detection means continues for a third period or longer under the situation where the full state process is being executed. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising release means.

A game board having a game area in which a plurality of nails and a ball-entry portion are arranged, a game ball launching apparatus that launches a game ball toward the game area, and an operation for launching the game ball by the game ball launching apparatus And a firing operation means
The game ball is paid out by the payout device when the game ball enters the ball entry part,
Further, a game ball that is paid out from the payout device is added to a time corresponding to the sum of the time until the start of detection by the detecting means and the second period, and one game ball enters the entrance portion corresponding thereto. The gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a time required for all of the balls to be paid out from the payout device is longer.

A payout device for paying out game balls;
A ball tray for storing game balls;
A payout passage for paying out the game balls from the payout device to the ball tray;
A detecting means for detecting a game ball flowing down the payout passage at an intermediate position of the payout passage and outputting a detection signal to that effect while detecting the game ball;
A full state determination unit that determines that the ball tray is full when a period during which the detection signal is continuously output from the detection unit is equal to or greater than a preset first period;
An informing means for informing a game situation;
A notification control means for controlling the notification means,
In the gaming machine that controls the notifying unit so as to execute the full state notification when the ball tray is determined to be full by the full state determining unit,
Period elapse determination means for determining whether a period during which the detection signal is continuously output is equal to or longer than a second period shorter than the first period;
A gaming machine comprising: a payout stopping means for stopping payout of a game ball by the payout device when it is determined by the same period elapse determining means that the time is equal to or longer than the second period.