JP2008061890A - Game parlor guide device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a highly convenient game parlor guide device allowing a player using the device to easily and accurately recognize a position in the game parlor indicated in a guiding floor plan of the game parlor by displaying the positional information of the game parlor guiding floor plan together with the floor plan on the same display screen. <P>SOLUTION: The game parlor guide device has the display screen for displaying the guiding floor plan of the floor as the floor guide of the game parlor. The game parlor guide device displays one or a plurality of positional information pieces 3 and 4 indicating the positions in the game parlor in the guiding floor plan 2 together with the guiding floor plan 2 in the same display screen 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall guidance device that displays a guide map of a game hall in which a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine is installed on a display screen, and provides it to a player.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in Patent Document 1, a plan view is displayed on a screen as a plan for providing a player with a layout of game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines in a game hall. In this plan view, the upper surface of the game table is displayed in a rectangular shape, and a plurality of the game tables are arranged and a display such as a counter (window) is arranged to provide the player with a game table layout diagram in the game hall. ing. Moreover, in patent document 2, arrangement | positioning of a game stand is shown with the three-dimensional perspective view.

  In other words, the game hall information display method and the game hall information display device described in Patent Document 1 display a guide map of the game hall showing the layout of the game table in a plan view. The game machine information disclosure system in the pachinko parlor described in Patent Document 2 displays such a game hall guide map in a three-dimensional manner.

JP 2003-325935 A JP 2005-204719 A

  However, in the case of Patent Documents 1 and 2, when the store is composed of a plurality of hierarchies or when the store is a wide store, since the display is not on the screen, what floor is the current floor? In other words, it is inconvenient for a player who searches for a game table on the screen. Also, depending on the player, the island display and characters may be small and difficult to see.

  That is, in Patent Documents 1 and 2, since the floor guide map displayed on the screen does not indicate which level of the game hall, it is difficult to understand and inconvenient. Further, when the floor guide map is partially enlarged, it is convenient if position information on the floor of the part is displayed. However, Patent Documents 1 and 2 do not display such information. Therefore, these devices are inconvenient for a player who wants to acquire information on a game hall by looking at a guide map.

  The present invention takes the above-mentioned conventional technology into consideration, and the position information of the game plan guide plan displayed on the display screen is displayed on the same screen together with the guide plan view, and the player uses this information. It is an object of the present invention to provide a highly convenient game hall guidance apparatus that can easily and accurately grasp the position of the game hall indicated by the guidance plan view.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game room guidance device having a display screen for displaying a guidance plan view of the floor as a floor guide diagram of the game hall, together with the guidance plan view, There is provided a game hall guidance device characterized in that one or a plurality of position information indicating which position of the game hall is displayed on the guidance screen is displayed on the same screen of the display screen.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the position information is a floor number of the floor.

  In the invention of claim 3, in the invention of claim 1 or 2, the guide plan view is a partial plan view of the floor, and the position information is position information of the floor portion with respect to the entire floor. It is a feature.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since one or a plurality of position information in the game hall of the guide plan view is displayed on the same screen of the display screen together with the guide plan view of the floor, the player who uses this information By simply looking at the display screen, it is possible to grasp where the displayed guidance plan is in the game hall, and it is possible to easily and accurately grasp the floor guidance information in the game hall.

  According to the invention of claim 2, since the position information is the number of floors, the player can easily and accurately grasp which level of the game hall the floor plan of the floor displayed on the display screen indicates. be able to.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the guide plan view is a partial plan view of the floor, the position information for the entire floor of this portion is displayed, so that the player can display the guide plane of the floor displayed on the display screen. It is possible to easily grasp exactly where the figure shows on the floor of the game hall.

  The present invention relates to a game hall guidance apparatus having a display screen for displaying a guidance plan view of the floor as a floor guide map of the game hall. In order to display one or a plurality of position information indicating which position is displayed on the same screen of the display screen, a guide plan view displayed only by a player who uses the display screen looks at the display screen. This is a game hall guidance device that can grasp where a game hall is located and can easily and accurately grasp floor guidance information in the game hall.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a display screen of the game hall guidance apparatus according to the present invention.
On the display screen 1, a main screen 2, sub screens 3 and 4, and a touch panel type operation unit 5 are displayed. The main screen 2 displays a guide plan view of a part or all of the floor of the game hall. In this guide plan view, a layout view of a game machine D such as a pachinko machine or a slot machine on the floor to be referred to, and a facility S such as a window, a change machine, or an escalator is displayed. Thereby, the player who has seen the guide plan view can easily and accurately grasp which game table D or equipment S is located at which position on the floor. In addition, you may display these displays by a design, a character, or both. In addition, when the floor extends over a plurality of floors, such a guide plan view is prepared for each floor.

  The sub screens 3 and 4 display position information indicating which position of the game hall the main screen 2 displays. This position information is, for example, the number of floors, and the sub-screens 3 and 4 will be described later (see FIGS. 2 and 3).

  The operation unit 5 is for enlarging or reducing the main screen 2 or selecting a floor level to be displayed. The operation unit 5 is not limited to the touch panel type, and may be provided directly in the apparatus main body (not shown). If it is a touch panel type, it is possible to improve the hobby that a game room can be searched in a pseudo manner with an easy operation.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram showing an example of a sub screen.
As shown to (A), when the building of a game hall is 6 stories, on the subscreen 3, six floors F represented by the rectangle are laminated and displayed. Among these, the floor F displayed on the main screen 2 (see FIG. 1) is displayed by being color-coded (3F in the figure). Thereby, the accurate position information of the guide plan view of the floor F displayed on the main screen 2 can be easily and accurately grasped. That is, it is possible to grasp the number of floors in the game room in the guide plan view displayed on the main screen 2.

  As shown in (B), when the game hall is divided into two buildings (in the figure, A building and B building), the sub screen 3 has a building displayed by layering a floor F represented by a rectangle. Two are displayed. In the figure, both the A building and the B building show an example of 6 stories. Even in such a display, the floor F displayed on the main screen 2 (see FIG. 1) is displayed in a color-coded manner (3F in the building A in the figure), as in (A). By displaying in this way, even when the game hall is composed of a plurality of buildings, the accurate position information of the guide plan view of the floor F displayed on the main screen 2 can be easily and accurately grasped.

  In the figure, the position information of the floor F displayed on the main screen is color-coded, but the displayed floor F may be blinked. When changing the level of the guide plan view displayed on the main screen 2, it may be operated by the operation unit 5, may be operated by directly touching the floor F of the sub screen 3, or displayed on the main screen 2. You may touch the display of the escalator, stairs, or elevator to be operated. At this time, in the case of an elevator, when a user touches the elevator, a hierarchy selection display may appear so that a hierarchy to be displayed can be selected. When the selected floor is displayed, it may be notified by sound effect or voice. Reference numeral 15 denotes a communication passage that connects the A building and the B building. When there is a communication passage in an actual building, providing such a display can provide the player with information for moving the building.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing another example of the sub screen.
As shown in the figure, when a partial plan view of the floor F is displayed on the main screen 2, the position of the portion on the floor F is displayed in different colors on the sub screen 4 (in the figure, the lower right of the floor) portion). By displaying in this way, the position information with respect to the entire floor F of the partial plan view displayed on the main screen 2 is emphasized and displayed clearly and clearly, so that the player can display the main screen 2 on the display screen 1. It is possible to easily and accurately grasp the position of the displayed partial plan view of the floor F on the floor F of the game hall.

  As the display operation in this case, for example, a part of the plan view of the entire floor that is desired to be enlarged is touched to enlarge and display the partial plan view. In the operation unit 5 (see FIG. 1), touch panels of “enlarge”, “reduce”, “+”, and “−” are created, and the partial plan view is further enlarged and reduced by operating this touch panel. Can be considered. With such an enlargement function, it is possible to make it easier to read characters and the like that are difficult to read on the main screen 2, and convenience is improved. Further, the floor on the screen may be moved by touching the main screen 2, and any part of the screen or the operation unit 5 may be provided with up / down / left / right or east, west, south, and north arrows. When moving in the store, it may be possible to move by touching this arrow. Or you may combine these.

  2 shows the sub screen 3 and FIG. 3 shows the sub screen 4. However, these positions may be reversed, and the position on the display screen 1 is also shown in the lower right and FIG. It is not limited to the lower left. Further, the position information of FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 described above may be switched on one sub screen by using one sub screen.

  By displaying the position information shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 on the same display screen 1 as the main screen 2, a player who uses this information can view floor guidance information in the game hall simply by looking at the display screen 1. It can be easily and accurately grasped.

FIG. 4 is a schematic configuration diagram of the game hall guidance apparatus according to the present invention.
As shown in the figure, the CPU 6 executes an application program, an operating system (OS), a control program, and the like stored in the hard disk device 7 described later, and temporarily stores information, files, and the like necessary for executing the program in the RAM 8. Control to store. A ROM 9 stores various data such as a basic I / O program. These various data are temporarily stored in the RAM 8. The RAM 8 functions as a main memory and work area for the CPU 6.

  Reference numeral 10 denotes an external storage drive for realizing access to a recording medium, and a program or the like stored in the medium (recording medium) 11 can be loaded into the computer system. The medium 11 includes a flexible disk (FD), a CD-ROM, a CD-R, a CD-RW, a PC card, a DVD, an IC memory card, an MO, a memory stick, and the like. The hard disk (HD) 7 that functions as a large-capacity memory stores application programs, OS, control programs, related programs, and the like.

  The instruction input device 12 is a keyboard, a pointing device (such as a mouse), a touch panel, or the like. Using this instruction input device 12, it is possible to input commands for controlling the game hall guidance device of the present invention. The display screen 1 displays a command input from the instruction input device 12, a response output of the information display device for the command, and the like. Data in these information display devices flows along the system bus 13. Reference numeral 14 denotes an interface (I / F) for exchanging data with an external device.

  It can also be configured as an alternative to a hardware device by software that realizes functions equivalent to those of the above devices.

  In the figure, for convenience of explanation, a configuration in which the game hall guidance device according to the present invention is realized by one device has been described, but may be realized by a configuration in which resources are distributed to a plurality of devices. For example, storage and calculation resources may be distributed in a plurality of devices. Alternatively, resources may be distributed for each component virtually realized on the game hall guidance device, and parallel processing may be performed.

  The HD 7 stores in advance a guide plan view of each floor in the game hall and its position information, a partial plan view of each floor and parameters such as its size in association with each other. The storage location of these pieces of information is not limited to the HD 7 and may be various media 11.

  That is, information displayed on the display screen 1 shown in FIG. 1 is stored in the medium 11 via the HD 7 or the external storage drive 10. As described with reference to FIG. 1, this information is displayed on the main screen 2 and the sub screens 3 and 4, and the instruction input device 12 interlocked with the operation unit 5 can change the floor of the guide plan view, and enlarge, reduce, etc. Done.

It is a schematic block diagram of the display screen of the game hall guidance apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the example of a subscreen. It is a schematic block diagram which shows another example of a sub screen. It is a schematic block diagram of the game machine information display apparatus which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: Display screen, 2: Main screen, 3: Sub screen, 4: Sub screen, 5: Operation unit, 6: CPU, 7: HD, 8: RAM, 9: ROM, 10: External storage drive, 11: Media , 12: instruction input device, 13: system bus, 14: I / F, D: play stand, F: floor, S: equipment

Claims (3)

As a floor guide map of a game hall, a game hall guide device provided with a display screen for displaying a guide plan view of the floor,
Along with the guide plan view, one or a plurality of position information indicating which position of the game place the guide plan view is displayed on the same screen of the display screen Guide device.   2. The game hall guidance device according to claim 1, wherein the position information is a floor number of the floor. The game room guidance device according to claim 1, wherein the guide plan view is a partial plan view of the floor, and the position information is position information of the floor portion with respect to the entire floor.

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