JP2008029460A - Game information gathering device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily provide a player with the game progress information of a game machine such as the number of times of generating a big winning, the number of times of variably displaying patterns and the number of times of generating a ready-to-win state, and to suppress a cost necessary for replacing the game machine. <P>SOLUTION: The game information gathering device 13 is disposed separately from and near a Pachinko game machine 1 which is provided with a pattern display means 5 for variably displaying patterns and generates a big winning state when prescribed patterns are stop-displayed at the pattern display means 5. The game information gathering device 13 is provided with a game progress information input means 25 for continuously and successively inputting the game progress information such as the number of times of variably displaying the patterns and the number of times of generating the ready-to-win state, and a card reader 14 for inputting an identification code for specifying a player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game information collecting apparatus capable of continuously and successively inputting game progress information such as the number of jackpot occurrences, the number of symbol variations displayed, and the number of reach occurrences in a gaming machine.

  Usually, for example, in a pachinko gaming machine called type 1, a symbol display means for variably displaying three symbols, a starting port for starting variably displaying symbols displayed on the symbol display means, etc. are formed on the game board. If the same symbols are all stopped and displayed on the display surface of the symbol display means, a big hit state occurs and a large number of game balls can be obtained as prize balls. In addition, pachinko machines that are configured so that, when a specific symbol is stopped and displayed by the symbol display means, the jackpot state can be continuously generated as a probability variation, the mainstream.

However, in order to facilitate management at the game store side, it is proposed that game progress information such as the number of jackpot occurrences, the number of display variations of symbols, the number of reach occurrences etc. in each gaming machine is transmitted to the management computer. However, there is a growing need for such game progress information to be provided to players. In order to meet such needs, conventionally, a gaming machine has been disclosed in which the game progress information is transmitted to the mobile phone of the player and the player can collect data (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-181064

  However, since the conventional game information collecting apparatus is a constituent element of a pachinko gaming machine, it needs to be exchanged together with the pachinko gaming machine when opening a new store or the like, which increases the cost. It was. Further, in the case where the game information is transmitted to the management computer, it is difficult to provide the game progress information to the player side as described above.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and can easily provide the game progress information of the gaming machine such as the number of jackpot occurrences, the number of display variations of the symbols, the number of times of reach to the player. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game information collecting apparatus that can reduce the cost when exchanging gaming machines.

  The invention according to claim 1 is provided with symbol display means for variably displaying symbols, and game information separately provided in the vicinity of a gaming machine in which a big hit state occurs when a predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed by the symbol display means. It is a collection device, and it is possible to identify a player and game progress information input means capable of continuously and successively inputting game progress information such as the number of jackpot occurrences, the number of times of symbol change display, the number of times of reach in the gaming machine And an identification code input means capable of inputting an identification code.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the game information collecting apparatus according to the first aspect, the game progress information sequentially input by the game progress information input means is associated with the identification code input by the identification code input means. However, it can be collected.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the gaming information collecting apparatus according to the first or second aspect, the identification code is stored in a card-type portable storage unit, and the identification code input unit is It is characterized by comprising a card reader or a card reader / writer capable of reading the stored identification code when the storage means is inserted.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game information collecting device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the game progress information input to the game progress information input means and the identification code input means are input. And an output server for outputting the identification code to the outside, and an external server capable of storing the game progress information output by the output means in association with the identification code.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game information collecting apparatus according to the fourth aspect, the information stored in the external server can be accessed by a player via an electric communication line.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the game progress information input means and the player that can continuously input the game progress information such as the number of jackpot occurrences, the number of times the symbols are changed, and the number of times of reach in the gaming machine are specified. Since the identification code input means capable of inputting the obtained identification code is separately provided in the vicinity of the gaming machine, it is possible to easily provide the game progress information of the gaming machine to the player, and at the time of replacing the gaming machine Cost can be suppressed.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the game progress information sequentially input by the game progress information input means can be collected while being associated with the identification code input by the identification code input means. Each game progress information can be reliably separated from the game progress information of other persons and provided to the player side.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the identification code is stored in the portable storage means in the form of a card, and the identification code input means can read the stored identification code when the portable storage means is inserted. Since it consists of a card reader or a card reader / writer, it is possible to easily input an identification code.

  According to the invention of claim 4, the game progress information input to the game progress information input means and the identification code input to the identification code input means are provided to the outside, and output by the output means. The game progress information for each player can be easily and reliably transmitted to the player regardless of the amount of data. Can be provided.

  According to the invention of claim 5, since the information stored in the external server can be accessed by the player via an electric communication line such as the Internet, the player can play his or her own game at home or the like. Information can be confirmed and stored easily.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the drawings.
The game information collection device according to the present embodiment is separately provided in the vicinity of a gaming machine, and can transmit and receive game progress information of the gaming machine. The applied gaming machine is provided with a symbol display means for variably displaying symbols, and is applied to a pachinko gaming machine in which a big hit state occurs when a predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed by the symbol display means. As shown, it has a front frame 3 to which a glass plate 2 is attached, and is configured so that a player can view the game board 4 through the glass plate 2.

  The game board 4 is formed with various accessories, a plurality of nails, a windmill, and the like, and a start port 6 and a big prize port 7 are formed. Furthermore, a symbol display means 5 comprising a liquid crystal display device or the like is disposed at the approximate center of the game board 4 so that a predetermined symbol or background can be displayed on the screen. When the starting condition is established by winning the game ball at the starting port 6, the symbols on the symbol display means 5 are variably displayed, and the predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed as a “big hit” state. Is opened at a predetermined time and timing to obtain a large number of game balls.

  A handle 8 is provided at the lower right corner of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and the player turns the game ball while holding the handle 8 so that the game ball in the upper plate 9 can be moved to the game board 4. It is configured to launch. Reference numeral 11 in the figure denotes a speaker formed above the lower plate 10 of the front frame 3, and the effect of playing during the game is enhanced by sound, sound effects, etc. emitted from the speaker 11. Further, reference numeral 12 in the figure indicates an operation button that can be pressed at an arbitrary timing based on the effect displayed on the symbol display means 5.

  As shown in FIG. 2, a main board 16, a symbol control board 17, a lamp control board 18 and an audio control board 19 are disposed on the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1, and each board is made of a transparent resin. While being accommodated in the case, it is electrically connected to a predetermined substrate or element. Specifically, the main board 16 and the symbol control board 17 are connected to each other so that an output signal or a control signal of the main board 16 can be transmitted to the symbol control board 17. The control board 18 and the voice control board 19 are connected to each other so that an output signal or a control signal of the symbol control board 17 can be transmitted to the lamp control board 18 and the voice control board 19, respectively.

  Of these, the main board 16 is for controlling the game contents throughout the pachinko gaming machine 1, and should the game ball be awarded to the start port 6 to obtain a random number to be a big hit state when the start condition is satisfied? Or, a lottery to determine whether to be out of place is performed. The lottery result includes a reach in which two of the three symbols to be displayed are all stopped and displayed (including both a winning or a disappointing result as a result of the reach) and its effects.

  The lamp control board 18 is connected to decorative LEDs, side lamps, and glass frame lamps formed on the front frame 3 or the like, and controls the overturning or blinking operation of these lamps based on the gaming state. The control board 19 is for controlling the output from the speaker 11 based on the gaming state.

  Furthermore, the main board 16 is electrically connected to a management computer 24 installed in a store hall or the like via a payout control board 20 for controlling the payout of game balls accompanying a winning or the like and an external terminal board 21 for the outer frame. In addition, the management computer 24 is also electrically connected through the board external terminal board 22. As a result, the payout information controlled by the payout control board 20 and the control information by the main board 16 (for example, game occurrence information such as jackpot occurrence information, symbol variation display information, high probability information, etc.) are sent to the management computer 24. It is configured to be sent. The board external terminal board 22 is electrically connected to the game information collecting device 13 in addition to the management computer 24.

  On the other hand, the symbol control board 17 is electrically connected to the game information collecting device 13 separate from the pachinko gaming machine 1 via the symbol external terminal board 23. Here, a plurality of game information collecting devices 13 according to the present embodiment are installed adjacent to each of the plurality of pachinko gaming machines 1 arranged in the pachinko store (see FIG. 3), and are shown in FIG. As described above, the card reader 14 as the identification code input means, the display 15, the game progress information input means 25, and the output means 26 are provided.

  The card reader 14 has an insertion slot 14a into which a card C (for example, a portable storage means in the form of a card consisting of a magnetic card, an IC card, etc.) can be inserted, and when the card C is inserted into the insertion slot 14a, An identification code stored in the card C in advance (for example, an identification code that can identify a player such as a card ID as card-specific information or a user ID as player-specific information) can be read. The read identification code of the card C is displayed on the display 15.

  The game progress information input means 25 receives information transmitted through the board external terminal board 22 and the symbol external terminal board 23 in the pachinko gaming machine 1 (especially, game progress information consisting of data relating to game contents) in real time. Thus, the information can be continuously input successively. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5, 8-bit information (input information 1 to 8) is input from the board external terminal board 22, and 8-bit information (input information) from the design external terminal board 23. 9 to 16) can be input, and the input information is input by the game progress information input means 25.

  That is, information transmitted from the main board 16 (in other words, specific information that can be grasped by the main board 16) can be input from the board external terminal board 22, and from the design external terminal board 23, the symbol control can be performed. Information transmitted from the board 17 (in other words, specific information that can be grasped by the symbol control board 17) can be input. In the figure, the input information 14 to 16 is the net currency (after the game) that can be acquired by the player accessing a predetermined server (such as a main server described later) via a telecommunication line such as the Internet. (Pseudo-currency) amount.

  However, the game progress information input means 25 according to the present embodiment converts the game progress information related to the game contents as shown in FIG. The converted game progress information is output to the external server 19 by the output means 26. That is, the game progress information of the present invention refers to the converted number of times data (number of jackpot occurrences, number of symbol fluctuation display times, number of reach occurrences, etc.).

  The output means 26 is for outputting the game progress information input to the game progress information input means 25 and the identification code input to the card reader 14 as the identification code input means to the outside. ) To enable communication with the external server 27 so that information can be transmitted. In addition to the wireless connection, the output unit 26 and the external server 27 may be connected by wire. In the present embodiment, the identification code is read by the card reader 14 and then directly output by the output means 26. Thereafter, the game progress information input by the game progress information input means 25 is sequentially or It is output every predetermined period.

  The external server 27 can store the game progress information output by the output means 26 while storing it in association with the identification code, and is installed for each store (game room) as shown in FIG. The server is configured to transmit stored information to the main server 28 via a telecommunication line such as the Internet. The information stored in the main server 28 can be accessed via an electric communication line such as the Internet, and the player can check his / her game progress information at home or the like and easily store the information. Can be done.

  According to the present embodiment, since the game progress information in the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be stored together with the identification code in the external server 27, the game progress information for each player can be simplified regardless of the amount of data. In addition, the player can be surely provided. Furthermore, a player can accumulate his game progress information and collect past batch data and data for an arbitrary period, and the collected information can be used to determine, for example, the reliability of each reach (average of the player). Value, maximum value, minimum value, etc.).

  The game progress information and identification code stored and stored in the external server 27 are preferably uploaded to the main server 28 after being subjected to predetermined processing such as compression. If the identification code for each player is registered in the main server 28, a big hit number contest, a premium reach appearance number contest, a reach reliability contest, etc. can be performed for each identification code. It is possible to further improve the playability of 1 and improve the operation rate. Further, if the characters and items that appear in the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be used in a community on the Internet, the operating rate of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be further improved.

  On the other hand, when the identification code assigned to each store is used as an identification number or the like, it is possible to register other players' game progress information as their own, but the person who manages the main server 28 monitors the information data of each player. By doing so, for example, when data that cannot be physically played from game time data obtained from operation information or the like is registered, it can be regarded as fraud and a predetermined measure can be taken. .

Next, the control contents in the game information collecting apparatus 13 according to the present embodiment will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
Until the card C is inserted into the insertion slot 14a, a card waiting demonstration is displayed on the display 15 (S1). When it is determined that the card C has been inserted into the insertion slot 14a (S2), the identification code (card ID, user ID) stored in the card C is output to the external server 27 via the output means 26. Along with (S3), by displaying the identification code (card ID, user ID) on the display 15, it is visually recognized that game progress information is being collected (S4).

  Thereafter, game progress information is transmitted from the board external terminal board 22 or the symbol external terminal board 23, and it is determined whether or not the information is input to the game information collecting device 13 (S5). Then, the process proceeds to S6, where a predetermined input process by the game progress information input unit 25 and an output to the external server 27 by the output unit 26 are performed. The predetermined input process by the game progress information input means 25 is based on the signal transmitted from the board external terminal board 22 or the symbol external terminal board 23 as described above, for example, the number of occurrence of jackpots in the pachinko gaming machine 1 The game progress information such as the number of symbol fluctuation display times and the number of reach occurrences is continuously input successively.

  Thus, in the external server 27, the game progress information output by the output means 26 is received and stored, and the game progress information is first input by the card reader 14 (identification code input means). Save it in association with. Therefore, game progress information for each player can be provided to the player easily and reliably regardless of the amount of data. Further, since the game progress information sequentially input by the game progress information input means 25 can be collected while being associated with the identification code input by the card reader 14, the game progress information for each player can be collected. It is possible to provide the game player with the game progress information of each player.

  When the output of the game progress information is completed, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed (S7). If the predetermined time has elapsed, the process proceeds to S9, and if the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process proceeds to S8. In S8, it is determined whether or not a predetermined end operation (for example, removal of the card C from the insertion slot 14a) has been performed. If the end operation has not been performed, the process returns to S5 and the game progresses again. It is determined whether or not information is input, and if an end operation has been performed, the process proceeds to S9.

  In S9, a signal indicating that the output of the game progress information is ended from the output means 26 (end signal) is transmitted to the external server 27, the input operation of the game progress information by the external server 27 is ended, and the display unit 15 ends the display of the identification code. As a result, a series of operations are completed, and the process returns to S1 and the card waiting demonstration display by the display unit 15 is performed again.

  According to the present embodiment as described above, the game progress information input means 25 and the game that can continuously and continuously input game progress information such as the number of jackpot occurrences, the number of times of symbol change display, the number of times of reach in the pachinko gaming machine 1 Since an identification code input means (card reader 14) that can input an identification code that can identify a person is separately provided in the vicinity of the pachinko gaming machine, a device for collecting game progress information is provided in the pachinko gaming machine. Compared to what has been made, it is possible to easily provide game progress information to the player, and to reduce the cost at the time of gaming machine replacement.

  The identification code is stored in a card-type portable storage means (card C), and the identification code input means comprises a card reader that can read the stored identification code when the card C is inserted. The identification code can be easily input. Instead of the card reader, a card reader / writer that can read the stored identification code and can write arbitrary information to the card C may be used.

  Although the present embodiment has been described above, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the game information collection device is connected only to the board external terminal board 22 and is exclusively connected via the board external terminal board 22. The game progress information from the main board 16 can be input by the game progress information input means 25, or the game information collecting device 13 is connected only to the symbol external terminal plate 23, and exclusively through the symbol external terminal plate 23. The game progress information from the symbol control board 17 may be input by the game progress information input means 25.

  When the game information collecting apparatus is connected only to the board external terminal board 22, the design external terminal board 23 which is not provided in the existing pachinko gaming machine is unnecessary, so that the conventional pachinko gaming machine is almost unchanged. It can be diverted, and the installation cost of the game information collecting device can be further suppressed. However, when the game information collecting device is connected only to the board external terminal board 22, as shown in FIG. 6, 8 bits of the output information are allocated to the input information 1 to 8, and the other 8 bits are assigned to the input information. 9 to 16 can be allocated.

  In this case, for example, if the input information 9 to 16 is reach pattern information (information on which kind of reach has occurred), 256 types of reach patterns can be output, and in addition to the input information 9 to 16 If the input information 7 and 8 are also reach pattern information, 1024 types of reach patterns can be output.

  Further, when the game information collecting device is connected only to the symbol external terminal board 23, the game progress information relating to the symbol and image display of the symbol control board 17 is exclusively output, so that it is stored and stored in the external server 27. It is possible to limit the data to be related to the contents displayed by the symbol display means 5. That is, since the game progress information that the player wants to visit after the game is mainly the content displayed on the symbol display means 5, the information from the symbol control board 17 that controls the symbol display means 5 is used as the game progress information. If it is stored and stored as, it is possible to easily exclude information on other boards (main board, payout board, etc.) and obtain only the data that the player really wants.

  Furthermore, when the characters and items that appear in the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be used in role-playing games on the Internet or the like (where characters grow as the status increases), as shown in FIG. The input information 9 to 16 output from the external terminal board 23 may be assigned as the status acquisition point (the number of bits increasing as the status).

  On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the game progress information input by the game progress information input means 25 is sequentially output to the external server 27 side, and the external server 27 stores the game progress information in association with the identification code. However, instead of this, for example, the game information collection device 13 is provided with storage means (backup memory or the like), and game progress information is stored in the storage means, and after a predetermined period, the external server 27 stores the game progress information. You may make it output collectively.

  In addition, in this embodiment, although applied to the pachinko gaming machine, it can be applied to other gaming machines such as a slot machine, for example. Even in this case, if the game information collecting device is separately provided in the vicinity of the slot machine or the like, the game progress information is compared with the device that collects the game progress information in the gaming machine such as the slot machine or the like. Can be easily provided to the player, and the cost for replacing the gaming machine can be reduced.

  Provided with symbol display means for variably displaying symbols, and when a predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed by the symbol display means, it is separately arranged in the vicinity of the gaming machine in which a big hit state occurs, and the number of jackpot occurrences in the gaming machine, A game comprising game progress information input means capable of continuously and continuously inputting game progress information such as the number of times a variable is displayed and the number of reach occurrences, and an identification code input means capable of inputting an identification code capable of specifying a player As long as it is an information collecting device, it can be applied to devices having different external shapes or other functions added.

The front view which shows the game information collection apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention, and the pachinko game machine applied The block diagram which shows the electrical connection relationship in the game information collection device, the applied pachinko gaming machine, the external server, and the main server The schematic diagram which shows the connection state via the internet of the main server and each store server etc. in the game information collection device Flow chart showing control contents of the game information collecting device Explanatory drawing which shows the content of the game progress information input with the game information collection device Explanatory drawing which shows the content of the game progress information input with the game information collection apparatus which concerns on other embodiment of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the content of the game progress information input with the game information collection apparatus which concerns on further another embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine 2 ... Glass board 3 ... Front frame 4 ... Game board 5 ... Symbol display means 6 ... Start-up opening 7 ... Grand prize opening 8 ... Handle 9 ... Upper plate 10 ... Lower plate 11 ... Speaker 12 ... Operation button 13 ... Game content collection device 14 ... Card reader (identification code input means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 15 ... Indicator 16 ... Main board 17 ... Symbol control board 18 ... Lamp control board 19 ... Audio | voice control board 20 ... Discharge control board 21 ... External terminal board for frames 22 ... External terminal board for boards 23 ... External terminal board for symbols 24 ... Management computer 25 ... Game progress information input means 26 ... Output means 27 ... External server 28 ... Main server C ... Card (card-type portable storage means)

Claims (5)

A game information collecting device provided with a symbol display means for variably displaying symbols and separately arranged in the vicinity of a gaming machine in which a jackpot state occurs when a predetermined symbol is stopped and displayed by the symbol display means,
Game progress information input means capable of continuously and successively inputting game progress information such as the number of jackpot occurrences in the game machine, the number of times of display variation of symbols, the number of times of reach;
An identification code input means for inputting an identification code that can identify the player;
A game information collecting apparatus comprising:   2. The game information according to claim 1, wherein the game progress information sequentially input by the game progress information input means can be collected while being associated with the identification code input by the identification code input means. Collection device.   The identification code is stored in a card-type portable storage means, and the identification code input means is a card reader or card reader / writer that can read the stored identification code when the portable storage means is inserted. The game information collecting apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the game information collecting apparatus is configured.   The game progress information input to the game progress information input means and the identification code input to the identification code input means are output to the outside, and the game progress information output from the output means is stored. The game information collection device according to claim 1, further comprising an external server that can be stored in association with the identification code.   5. The game information collecting apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the information stored in the external server can be accessed by a player through an electric communication line.

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