JP2007282896A - Token-paying-out game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a reliable token-paying-out game machine which is not broken even if a nonstandardized token is introduced. <P>SOLUTION: A game machine 1 uses two kinds of tokens: outer tokens M1 and inner tokens M2. An introducing and paying-back section 10 for the outer tokens and a circulating section 20 for the inner tokens are separated. In response to the introduction of an outer token M1, an inner token supply driving section 21 is driven to supply an inner token M2 to a play field. In response to the acquisition of inner tokens M2 in the play field 2, an outer token paying-back driving section 15 is driven and outer tokens M1 are paid back. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal payout-type game machine that pays out medals to the outside in accordance with game results.

Conventionally, a medal payout game machine supplies medals inserted by a player to a play field in which a plurality of medals are arranged, and when the medals are dropped from the play field by a transport device such as a pusher, There was a type that paid out to the outside (for example, Patent Document 1).
However, in this type of game machine, a non-standard medal that is used in a game center or the like different from the installed game center may be inserted. This non-standard medal is different in size from this game machine medal, so if it is mixed with a game machine medal, it may cause a malfunction of the game machine, such as being jammed in the medal transport unit, etc. was there.
JP 2001-29643 A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable medal payout-type game machine that does not fail even when a non-standard medal is inserted.

The present invention solves the above problems by the following means. In addition, in order to make an understanding easy, although the code | symbol corresponding to the Example of this invention is attached | subjected and demonstrated, it is not limited to this.
The invention of claim 1 includes an external medal insertion unit (11) for inserting an external medal (M1) and an external medal detection unit (11) for detecting the external medal (M1) inserted in the external medal insertion unit (11). 13), an external medal stock part (14) for stocking the external medal (M1), and an external medal for paying out the external medal (M1) in the external medal stock part (14) to the outside of the game machine. A payout unit (15), a game medium supply unit (21) for supplying a game medium (M2) circulating in the game machine and serving as a game progress medium to the play field (2), and the play field (2) Of the game media (M2) to a game media acquisition unit (24), and the game media acquisition unit (23) by the game media transfer unit (23). 4) Drives the game medium supply section (21) according to the output of the game medium acquisition detection section (26) for detecting the game medium (M2) conveyed to 4) and the external medal detection section (13). The game medium (M2) is supplied to the play field (2), and the external medal payout unit (15) is driven in response to the output of the game medium acquisition detection unit (26) to thereby generate the external medal stock unit. A medal payout-type game machine comprising: a control unit (30) for paying out the external medal (M1) in (14).

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the medal payout game machine according to the first aspect, the game medium acquisition detection unit (26) can identify a plurality of types of the game medium (M2), and the control unit (30) is a medal payout-type game machine, characterized in that the payout amount of the external medal (M1) is changed according to the output of the game medium acquisition detection unit (26).
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the medal payout game machine according to the second aspect, the game medium (M2) is provided with an RF tag of a type corresponding to the type of the game medium (M2). The game medium acquisition detection unit (26) is a medal payout game machine characterized in that it is an RF tag reader capable of identifying and reading the type of the RF tag.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the medal payout-type game machine according to any one of the first to third aspects, the game medium (M2) is of an internal type different from the external medal (M1). The medal payout game machine is characterized by being a medal (M2).

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) The present invention supplies game media circulating in the game machine to the play field according to the output of the external medal detection unit, and pays out external medals to the outside according to the output of the game media acquisition detection unit. Therefore, the external medal insertion and payout mechanism can be separated from the game medium circulation mechanism that is actually the game progress medium. Thereby, even if a non-standard medal with a size different from that of the external medal is inserted from the external medal insertion unit, it does not enter the circulation mechanism of the game medium, so that the circulation mechanism can be prevented from being broken. Reliability can be improved.

(2) Since the present invention changes the payout amount of the external medal according to the type of the game medium acquired, the game medium is aimed at the game medium having a large payout amount from the game media arranged in the play field. The player can be given pleasure such as transporting to the acquisition unit, and the game can be prevented from becoming monotonous.

(3) In the present invention, since the RF tag is provided on the game medium and the game medium acquisition detection unit is an RF tag reader, the type of the game medium conveyed to the game medium acquisition unit can be identified.

(4) In the present invention, since the game medium is an internal medal, it is possible to give the player a feeling of actually playing with the external medal that he / she has thrown in, and to play without a sense of incongruity.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a highly reliable medal payout-type game machine that does not fail even when a non-standard medal is inserted. The external medal insertion / payout unit and the internal medal circulation unit are separated from each other, and the internal medal supply driving unit is driven to supply the internal medal to the play field according to the insertion of the external medal. This was realized by driving the external medal payout driving unit in accordance with the acquisition of the internal medal and paying out the external medal.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings and the like, an embodiment of a medal payout game machine to which the present invention is applied will be described in more detail.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a game machine 1 (medal payout game machine) according to the present embodiment.
In the following description, the front-rear direction of the case is the arrow X direction in the figure, the front side is the arrow X1 direction, and the rear side is the arrow X2 direction.
As shown in FIG. 1, the game machine 1 has a play field 2 in which a game is actually played and a plurality of internal medals M2 are arranged. When the external medal M1 is inserted, the internal medal M2 is supplied into the play field 2, and when the internal medal M2 falls into the medal acquisition hole 24 by the pusher base 23, the external medal M1 is paid out. The external medal M1 and the internal medal M2 have different standards (types), that is, medals having different sizes, weights, symbols, etc., and the internal medal M2 circulates in the game machine and becomes a medium for progressing the game. Will not be paid out.

As shown in FIG. 1, the game machine 1 includes a case 3, a cover 4, an external medal insertion / payout unit 10 for inserting and paying out an external medal M1, and an internal medal circulation for circulating an internal medal M2. The unit 20 and the control unit 30 are provided.
The case 3 is a housing for forming the outline of the game machine 1.
The cover 4 is a member for partitioning the play field 2 of the game machine 1 from the outside of the game machine 1 and is formed of transparent acrylic or the like so that the player can visually recognize the play field 2 from the outside of the game machine 1. .

  The external medal insertion / payout unit 10 includes an external medal insertion port 11 (external medal insertion unit), an external medal insertion passage 12, an external medal insertion sensor 13 (external medal detection unit), and an external medal storage hopper 14 (external medal stock). Section), an external medal payout drive section 15 (external medal payout section), an external medal payout passage 16, and an external medal payout port 17.

The external medal slot 11 is a slot for inserting an external medal M1 for the player to play, and is arranged on the operation surface 2a provided on the upper surface of the front side of the case 3 (in the direction of the arrow X1). . The external medal M1 inserted into the external medal slot 11 passes through the external medal slot 12 and falls to the external medal accommodating hopper 14 disposed below the external medal slot 11.
The external medal insertion passage 12 is a tubular passage that connects the external medal insertion port 11 and the external medal storage hopper 14 and guides the external medal M1 inserted into the external medal insertion port 11 to the external medal storage hopper 14. is there.

The external medal insertion sensor 13 is a detection unit provided in the external medal insertion passage 12 in order to detect the external medal M1 inserted into the external medal insertion slot 11. The external medal insertion sensor 13 is, for example, an optical sensor in which a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit are arranged to face each other, and detects the insertion of an external medal M1 by blocking light to the light receiving unit.
The external medal storage hopper 14 is a container having an open top for receiving and stocking the external medal M1 dropped from the external medal slot 11.
The external medal payout drive unit 15 is a drive unit for paying out the external medal M1 stored in the external medal storage hopper 14 to the external medal payout port 17, that is, outside the game machine 1. The external medal payout driving unit 15 includes, for example, a DC motor for opening and closing the bottom of the external medal receiving hopper 14, and the external medal M1 is sent out to the external medal payout passage 16 by this opening / closing operation.

The external medal payout passage 16 is a tubular passage for connecting the external medal receiving hopper 14 and the external medal payout port 17.
The external medal payout port 17 is a payout port for paying out the external medal M1 to the outside. The external medal payout port 17 is provided on the front side surface of the case 3 so that the player can easily take out the external medal M1.

  The internal medal circulation unit 20 includes an internal medal supply drive unit 21 (game medium supply unit), an internal medal supply passage 22, a pusher base 23 (game medium transport unit), and a medal acquisition hole 24 (game medium acquisition unit). A drop passage 25, a drop sensor 26 (game content acquisition detection unit), and an internal medal storage hopper 27 are provided.

The internal medal supply drive unit 21 is a member for supplying the internal medal M2 in the internal medal storage hopper 27 to the play field 2 one by one. The internal medal supply drive unit 21 includes a DC motor or the like for sending the internal medal M2 in the internal medal storage hopper 27 to the internal medal supply passage 22.
The internal medal supply passage 22 is a tubular passage for connecting the play field 2 and the internal medal receiving hopper 27, and includes a vertical portion 22a and a discharge portion 22b provided continuously to the vertical portion 22a.
The vertical portion 22a is disposed toward the upper side in the vertical direction from the internal medal receiving hopper 27, and the discharge portion 22b is provided so as to be inclined downward toward the tip. Thereby, the internal medal M2 sent to the uppermost part of the vertical part 22a rolls in the discharge part 22b and is discharged from the discharge hole 22c toward the pusher base 23 arranged in the play field 2.

The pusher base 23 is a device for pushing and transporting the internal medal M2 in the play field 2 to the medal acquisition hole 24. The pusher base 23 includes an upper fixed table 23A arranged at the uppermost stage, a reciprocating table 23B arranged below the upper fixed table 23A and reciprocating in the front-rear direction (arrow X direction), and a lower part arranged at the lowermost stage. A fixed table 23C and a pusher drive unit 23D having a DC motor or the like for driving the reciprocating table 23B are provided.
A plurality of internal medals M2 are supplied in advance on the reciprocating table 23B and the lower fixed table 23C. When the internal medal M2 discharged from the discharge hole 22c falls on the reciprocating table 23B or the lower fixed table 23C, these internal medals M2 are gradually pushed out toward the front side (arrow X1 direction) by the reciprocating movement of the reciprocating table 23B. It is.

The medal acquisition hole 24 is an opening hole provided in the play field 2 on the front side of the upper fixed table 23A in order to drop the internal medal M2 pushed out by the pusher base 23 to the internal medal receiving hopper 27. The internal medal M2 that has reached the medal acquisition hole 24 passes through the drop passage 25 and falls to the external medal accommodation hopper 14 disposed below the medal acquisition hole 24.
The drop passage 25 is a tubular passage that connects the medal acquisition hole 24 and the internal medal accommodation hopper 27 and guides the internal medal M2 pushed out to the medal acquisition hole 24 to the external medal storage hopper 14.

The drop sensor 26 is a detection unit similar to the external medal insertion sensor 13 provided in the drop passage 25 in order to detect the internal medal M2 pushed out to the medal acquisition hole 24 by the pusher base.
The external medal storage hopper 14 is a container having an open top for receiving and storing the internal medal M2 dropped from the medal acquisition hole 24.

  The control unit 30 is a control unit that performs overall control of the game machine 1 and transmits information between the external medal insertion / payout unit 10 and the internal medal circulation unit 20, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). ) Etc. The control unit 30 drives the internal medal supply driving unit 21 in accordance with the output of the external medal insertion sensor 13 to supply the internal medal M2 to the play field 2, and in accordance with the output of the medal acquisition hole 24, The medal supply driving unit 21 is driven to pay out the external medals in the external medal receiving hopper 14.

The operation of the game machine 1 having the structure described above will be described.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the game machine 1 of this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 2, when the power of the game machine 1 is first turned on, the control unit 30 starts a series of processes in step S1.

In step S <b> 2, when an external medal M <b> 1 is inserted into the external medal slot 11 by the player, the external medal insertion sensor 13 detects the external medal M <b> 1 and outputs a signal to the control unit 30. Based on this output, the control unit 30 determines that the external medal M1 has been inserted (step S2: YES), proceeds to step S3, and drives the internal medal supply drive unit 21.
In step S3, the internal medal supply drive unit 21 sends one of the internal medals M2 in the internal medal storage hopper 27 to the internal medal supply passage 22, and in response to this, the internal medal at the top of the vertical portion 22a. M2 is pushed up and discharged to the play field 2 from the discharge hole 22c through the discharge portion 22b.
The internal medal M2 discharged from the discharge hole 22c falls on the reciprocating table 23B or the lower fixed table 23C of the pusher base 23, and the internal medal M2 previously arranged on the pusher base 23 is gradually pushed out toward the front side. .

  In steps S2 and S3, the internal medal M2 is supplied in response to the insertion of the external medal M1, so that the player plays as if the external medal M1 inserted by himself / herself is supplied to the play field 2. Can do.

In step S <b> 4, when the internal medal M <b> 2 pushed out by the pusher base 23 falls into the medal acquisition hole 24, the drop sensor 26 detects this internal medal M <b> 2 and outputs a signal to the control unit 30. Based on this output, the control unit 30 determines that the internal medal M2 has dropped (step S4: YES). At this time, when there are a plurality of dropped internal medals M2, the control unit 30 can determine the number from the output of the drop sensor 26. In step S5, the control unit 30 drives the internal medal supply driving unit 21.
In step S <b> 5, the external medal payout driving unit 15 sends the external medal M <b> 1 in the external medal receiving hopper 14 to the external medal payout passage 16 and pays it out to the external medal payout port 17. When there are a plurality of dropped internal medals M2, the control unit 30 pays out the same number of external medals M1.

In steps S4 and S5 described above, the external medal M1 is paid out in response to the acquisition of the internal medal M2. Therefore, the player can play as if the medal earned in the play field 2 is paid out.
The operation of the game machine 1 is an infinite loop as shown in FIG. 2, and the operations of steps S2 to S5 are repeated unless the power is turned off.

As described above, the game machine 1 according to the present embodiment gives the player the right to play, the external medal M1 paid out as a prize, and the actual game progress medium, which circulates inside the game machine 1. An internal medal M2 (game medium) is used. Since the external medal insertion / payout unit 10 and the internal medal circulation unit 20 are separated from each other, even if a non-standard medal having a size different from that of the external medal M1 is inserted from the external medal insertion sensor 13, the internal medal It does not enter the circulation unit 20. Thereby, the game machine 1 can prevent a failure due to mixing of nonstandard medal, and can improve reliability.
In addition, the control unit 30 supplies the internal medal M2 to the play field 2 in response to the insertion of the external medal M1, and pays out the external medal M1 in response to the acquisition of the internal medal M2. With the medal M1, it is possible to play without a sense of incongruity as if actually playing.

(Modification)
The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes are possible, and these are also within the equivalent scope of the present invention.
(1) In this embodiment, the internal medals that are game media are of the same type. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a plurality of types of internal medals may be used. In this case, an RF tag corresponding to the type of internal medal is provided, and the control unit identifies the type of internal medal conveyed to the medal acquisition hole by using the fall sensor as an RF tag reader that reads information on the RF tag. Can do.
Thereby, the control unit can change the payout of the external medal according to the type of the internal medal. For example, by changing the payout amount of the external medal according to the type of the internal medal, the internal medal with the large payout amount is aimed from among the internal medals arranged in the play field and conveyed to the medal acquisition hole. Etc. can be given to the player. Further, since the payout amount of the external medal varies depending on the type of the internal medal, it is possible to prevent the game from becoming monotonous.

(2) In the present embodiment, an example in which the game medium is a medal is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the game medium may be a sphere or a cylinder, and in this case, the movement on the play field becomes difficult to predict, so that the fun of the game can be improved.

It is sectional drawing of the Example of the game machine by this invention. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the game machine of a present Example.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 2 Play field 10 External medal insertion / payout part 11 External medal insertion port 13 External medal insertion sensor 14 External medal insertion hopper 15 External medal payout drive part 17 External medal payout port 20 Internal medal circulation part 21 Internal medal supply drive part 23 Pusher stand 24 Medal acquisition hole 26 Fall sensor 30 Control unit M1 External medal M2 Internal medal

Claims (4)

An external medal insertion unit for inserting an external medal;
An external medal detection unit for detecting the external medal inserted in the external medal insertion unit;
An external medal stock section for stocking the external medal;
An external medal payout unit for paying out the external medal in the external medal stock unit to the outside of the game machine;
A game medium supply unit for supplying a game medium that circulates in the game machine and serves as a medium for progressing the game to a play field;
A game media transport unit for transporting the game media in the play field to a game media acquisition unit;
A game media acquisition detection unit for detecting the game media transferred to the game media acquisition unit by the game media transfer unit;
In response to the output of the external medal detection unit, the game medium supply unit is driven to supply the game medium to the play field, and in response to the output of the game medium acquisition detection unit, the external medal payout unit is driven. And a control unit for paying out the external medal in the external medal stock unit,
A medal payout-type game machine. In the medal payout game machine according to claim 1,
The game media acquisition detection unit can identify a plurality of types of game media,
The control unit changes a payout amount of the external medal according to an output of the game medium acquisition detection unit;
A medal payout-type game machine. In the medal payout game machine according to claim 2,
The game medium is provided with an RF tag of a type corresponding to the type of the game medium,
The game medium acquisition detection unit is an RF tag reader capable of identifying and reading the type of the RF tag;
A medal payout-type game machine. In the medal payout game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The game medium is an internal medal of a different type from the external medal;
A medal payout-type game machine.

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