JP2009232977A - Game machine device and game system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine device, wherein an emphasis is put on a player' mind of hating to reveal the number of actually putout balls to others, with giving a performance causing a ball putting-out feeling important for a game parlor, and to provide a game system. <P>SOLUTION: The game machine device displays the actual number of personal reserved-balls on a reserved-ball display part 14 of a movable ball tray 12 of a dispensing device 2 for a present game player and also displays the accumulated total number of reserved-balls on a reserved-ball display part 15 of a display device 3 for every machine by the ball box unit for other game players. Accordingly, the game player's mind of hating to reveal the actual number of the personal reserved balls to others is taken into consideration, and the game machine device can give an impression of a good ball putout performance to other players not playing games. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine device provided corresponding to a gaming machine and displaying the number of gaming media acquired by the player with the corresponding gaming machine, and a gaming system using the gaming machine device.

In recent years, as shown in Patent Document 1, an increasing number of game halls are provided with a counter (hereinafter referred to as a counter for each stand) for each gaming machine. In such a system equipped with a counter for each stand, convenience for players and employees is increased, but it is not possible to produce a feeling of appearance by a stacked ball box, which is one of the most important things for a game arcade. Therefore, the display of the number of balls as shown in Patent Document 2 is notified in units of ball boxes or real numbers.
Utility Model No. 2579792 JP-A-8-98950

However, although some players can tolerate the display of the number of balls that are equivalent to the number of ball boxes that are actually stacked when there is no counter for each stand, it has been conventionally accepted by other players. There are some players who are not allowed to notify other players of real numbers that could not be grasped.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to respect the player's psychology of producing a sense of play that is important for the game hall and not wanting others to grasp the actual value of the play. An object is to provide a gaming machine device and a gaming system.

The present invention is a gaming machine device that is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and displays the number of gaming media acquired by the player with the corresponding gaming machine,
The individual possession ball storage means for storing the number of individual possession balls that is the number of game media acquired by the player playing the corresponding gaming machine, and the cumulative total of the number of game media acquired by the player with the corresponding gaming machine Issuing means for issuing an accumulated process for issuing a storage medium storing memorized ball information capable of specifying the number of individual possessed balls stored in the individual possessed ball storing means; Counting means for counting game media acquired by a player at a corresponding gaming machine, update processing for adding the number of game media counted by the counting means to the number of personal possessions stored in the personal possession storage means, and When the issuing process is performed by the issuing means, the personal possession update means for performing an update process for initializing or subtracting the number of personal possessions, and the number of game media counted by the counting means is the personal possession storage means. Is added to the accumulated number of balls A cumulative accumulated ball update means for performing processing, and a personal possession ball display means for displaying a real value of the number of personal balls stored in the personal ball storage means for a player playing a corresponding gaming machine; Accumulated coin display means for displaying a cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative coin storage means for a player who is not playing a corresponding gaming machine in units of a predetermined number of game media that are not real value units; (Claim 1).

  In the above-described configuration, a difference between the accumulated ball number stored in the accumulated ball storage unit and a personal ball number stored in the personal ball storage unit, and a difference difference determination unit When it is determined that the difference state is determined by the difference number state determination unit that determines whether or not the difference specified by the unit is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, and the holding ball difference determination unit. Display control means for switching control to the difference display state, which is a state in which the accumulated ball display of the cumulative ball display means performs an identification display indicating that, or a state in which the cumulative ball number display is not performed. You may make it provide (Claim 2).

Also, when the number of personal balls stored by the personal ball storage means is less than or equal to a second predetermined value and the cumulative number of balls stored by the cumulative ball storage means is greater than or equal to a third predetermined value, Investment state determination means for determining that the player is in an investment state where a player invests valuable value and is playing,
When the display control means determines that the investment state is in the investment state by the investment state determination means, the display of the accumulated ball display means displays an indication indicating that, or displays the accumulated number of balls It is also possible to control to switch to the investment display state, which is a state in which no change is made (claim 3).

Also, a setting operation means for accepting a setting operation for determining whether or not to switch at least one of the difference number display state and the investment display state by the player, and a game based on the setting operation received by the setting operation means. First setting information storage means for storing player setting information which is setting information set by the player, reception of a game signal that can be specified as an operating state output from a gaming machine, or the personal possession ball storage means An operation determining means for determining whether or not the corresponding gaming machine is in an operating state based on whether or not a predetermined number of personal balls are stored, and the difference number display state set by the game hall manager; A second setting information storage unit that stores administrator setting information that is setting information as to whether or not to perform switching control of at least one of the investment display states;
The display control means is based on information stored in the first setting means in preference to administrator setting information stored in the second setting means when the operating state is determined by the operation determining means. Switching control of at least one of the difference number display state and the investment display state may be performed (claim 4).

  In addition, the display control unit displays the accumulated ball number displayed by the accumulated ball display unit in the accumulated ball number storage unit when the accumulated ball number display unit displays the accumulated ball display. Instead, the display of the number of personal holding balls stored in the personal holding ball storage means may be performed (Claim 5).

The total number of accumulated balls that are provided corresponding to the gaming machine device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and a plurality of gaming machine devices and that are stored in all corresponding gaming machine devices are defined as a total number of balls. A total display device that displays a predetermined number of game media units that are not real value units,
The gaming machine device is information that can specify the cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative number of balls storage unit, and whether or not the difference number state determination unit determines that the difference number state is present, or Comprising a transmission means for transmitting to the total display device the possession information that is information that can be specified as to whether or not the investment state is determined by the investment state determination unit;
The total display device, based on the ball information transmitted from the transmission means, the cumulative number of balls of the gaming machine device that has been determined that the difference state determination means is in the difference state, and the investment state Of the accumulated number of possessed balls of the gaming machine device that is judged to be in the investment state by the judging means, at least one total accumulated number of possessed balls may be specified and displayed as the total number of possessed balls. Item 6).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the real number of personal balls is displayed by the personal ball display means for the player who is playing the corresponding gaming machine. It is possible to consider the feelings of a player who is playing a game that he does not want to be known (hereinafter referred to as the present player). On the other hand, for the players who are not playing the corresponding gaming machine, the accumulated number of balls is displayed on the accumulated ball display means by a predetermined number of game media units, not real value units. It is possible to appeal to players who are not playing (hereinafter referred to as other players). In this case, since the cumulative number of balls in the gaming machine, which is larger than the number of individual balls, is notified to other players, it is possible to further appeal the ball.

  According to the invention of claim 2, when the difference between the cumulative number of balls and the number of individual balls is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the control unit switches the ball display by the cumulative ball display means to the difference number display state. As a result, it is possible to display the cumulative number of balls in consideration of the embarrassment of the player due to the envy of other players.

  According to the third aspect of the present invention, when the cumulative number of balls is equal to or greater than the third predetermined value, even though the number of personal balls is equal to or less than the second predetermined value, Since the display of the holding ball is switched to the investment display state, even if the investment state is on the high-end table, the cumulative holding considering the player's embarrassment with respect to the line of sight of other players The number of balls can be displayed.

  According to the invention of claim 4, whether or not to feel embarrassed depends on the player, so that the player can set whether to display the difference number and the investment status display, Accumulated coins can be displayed according to the player's request. In addition, since this setting is performed with priority during operation, there is no possibility of impeding the appearance of the game hall more than necessary during non-operation.

According to the invention of claim 5, since the number of individual balls is displayed instead of the cumulative number of balls as the identification display, it is possible to make a minimum appeal for the ball while considering the embarrassment of the player Become.
According to the invention of claim 6, even if it is difficult to confirm the accumulated number of balls due to the difference display state or the investment state, the total accumulated number of balls is displayed on the total display device. Does not hinder the appeal of Izutama. In this case, since the displayed number of accumulated balls is the total number of accumulated balls corresponding to a plurality of gaming machine devices, other players can determine how much accumulated ball number there is in which gaming machine device. It cannot be specified, and the embarrassment of this player can be considered.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the entire gaming system. A lending device 2 and a display device 3 for each machine are installed corresponding to the gaming machine 1, and relaying is performed corresponding to the two gaming machines 1, the lending device (corresponding to the counting means) 2 and the display device 3 for each machine. A device 4 is installed. An island edge display device (corresponding to a total display device) 5 is installed at the island edge, and a management device 6 is installed at the office. The gaming system is configured by connecting a relay device 4 to a gaming machine 1, a lending device 2, a display device for each unit 3, an island edge display device 5, and a management device 6.

  As will be described later, the relay device 4 stores personal balls and accumulated balls, and manages the status of the corresponding lending device 2 and the display device 3 for each unit. , Personal possession update means, accumulated possession update means, possession difference identification means, difference number state determination means, display control means, investment state determination means, setting operation means, operation determination means), HDD, RAM, ROM (Equivalent to personal possession ball storage means, accumulated possession ball storage means, first setting information storage means, second setting information storage means) and transmission / reception section (corresponding to transmission means) consisting of I / 0 Has been.

The lending device 2 is provided with an information display section (corresponding to setting operation means) 7. The information display unit 7 is configured as a touch panel.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the lower half of the lending device 2. The lending device 2 is provided with a replay button 8, a ball payout port 9, a light receiving unit 10, a counting card discharge port 11 (see FIG. 2), and a movable ball tray 12 and a counting unit 13 at the bottom. Is provided. When the player has led the ball acquired by the game to the movable ball tray 12, the counting unit 13 counts the number of balls, and adds the individual balls and accumulated balls. The personal ball is the number of balls acquired by the player who plays the corresponding gaming machine 1, and as shown in FIG. 2, the ball display unit (corresponding to personal ball display means) 14 provided in the movable ball tray 12 Based on the individual possession ball, the player pays out a ball (re-game process), issues a count card (equivalent to a storage medium) (issue process), and the like. The accumulated ball is the total number of balls acquired by the player (including the player who is playing) on the corresponding gaming machine 1, and is displayed for each unit as shown in FIG. It is displayed in units of ball boxes by a ball display unit (corresponding to accumulated ball display means) 15 of the device 3.

  The management device 6 can set the model setting, the display device setting for each unit, and the island edge display device setting. When the setting is updated, the setting information is sent to the terminal device such as the relay device 4 or the island edge display device 5. Send. The terminal device updates its own setting information when receiving the setting information.

FIG. 4 shows model settings set in the management apparatus 6. Corresponding to “Island name”, each item of “Game machine ID” and “Island device ID” is set, and the meaning of these items is as follows.
Gaming machine ID: Location ID of the gaming machine 1 in the amusement hall (so-called machine number)
Island device ID: Corresponding island edge display device ID
FIG. 5 shows the display device setting for each unit set in the relay device 4. Corresponding to “Setting Item”, “Normal”, “Difference Display”, and “Investment Display” are set, and “Normal” includes “Update Unit” and “Display” Is set in the “Difference display”, “Setting”, “Mochidama difference” and “Display” items, and “Investment display” in “Settings”, “Upper limit”, “ Each item of “ball lower limit” and “display” is set, and the meaning of these items is as follows.
Update unit: Update value of the number of possessed balls to update the numerical value (number of boxes) Display / Normal: Display color when not displaying the difference number or investment display Setting / difference number display: cumulative number of possessed balls and individual possessed balls Whether or not to display the difference number (Yes) or not (No) when the number difference is greater than or equal to the predetermined value. (Refer at issue)
Display / difference display: Display color when displaying the difference number (can be set to off)
Setting / investment display: Whether or not to perform an investment display to identify and display the accumulated ball when the player is playing a game while investing other than the possessed ball (cash etc.) when the accumulated ball is more than a predetermined number Upper limit of ball and lower limit of holding / investment indication: Investment indication when cumulative holding is equal to or higher than the upper limit of holding ball (corresponding to the third predetermined value) and the individual holding ball is lower than the lower limit of holding ball (corresponding to the second predetermined value). (Refer at the time of Mochitama renewal)
Display / investment display: Display color for investment display (can be set to off)

FIG. 6 shows the island edge display device settings set in the island edge display device 5. Corresponding to the “set value”, the “total display” and “dark display” items are set, and the “update unit”, “setting”, and “display” items are set in the “total display”. In the “light off display”, “setting” and “display” items are set, and the meanings of these items are as follows.
Update unit / total display: Update value of the number of balls to update the numerical value (number of ball boxes) (corresponds to "a predetermined number of game media units that are not real values")
Setting / total display: Whether to display the total accumulated ball total value display (total display) of all gaming machines under management by the model setting shown in FIG. 4 Display / total display: Display color when displaying total setting / off Display: Among the machines under management, the display is set to off in the difference display or investment display, and the total accumulated number of balls that are not displayed in the accumulated number of balls is displayed (displayed off) Display / light-off display: Display color when performing light-off display The lending device 2, the display device 3 for each unit, the island edge display device 5, and the management device 6 are connected to the gaming machine side (game machine) via the relay device 4. (1) a gaming signal transmitted from the lending device 2 or the like) and managing gaming information.

The next game signal is output from the gaming machine side.
Out signal: Output from the out box that collects balls used. Since there is one pulse for 10 recovered (used and driven) balls, the number of out signals × 10 is specified as out (number of used media). In addition, you may output from the gaming machine 1 (usage medium signal).
Safe signal: Output from the gaming machine 1. Since there are 1 pulse for 10 payout balls, the number of safe signals × 10 is specified as safe (number of payout media). The replenishment signal from the replenishing device may be a safe signal (payout medium signal).
Start signal: Output from gaming machine 1 One pulse per symbol change (actual operation) in the display unit (combined item) that fluctuates (operates) in response to winning at the start opening. A start winning signal that is output in response to a winning at the start opening may be used as a start signal. Furthermore, when the management target is a so-called pachinko machine such as a feather, a bonus that opens a winning area in accordance with a winning at the start opening is a specific accessory, and the opening of the winning area is a bonus action. Good (becomes a starting signal). In this case, the number of actuating items or the number of start winnings is specified as the start.
Bonus signal: Output from gaming machine 1. A level signal is output during a big hit that occurs when a predetermined condition is met (a specific symbol is displayed on the display unit, etc.) and the winning rate to a big winning opening is increased.
Probability change signal: Output from the gaming machine 1. Level signal output (special gaming state signal) during probabilistic state where jackpot probability is improved.
Lending signal: output from the lending device 2. One pulse output for 25 balls (100 yen) loaned to a player when a valuable value such as money is received from the player.
The special game state signal may be a state signal that is output even during a short time state when the winning rate to the starting port is increased, instead of the probability variation signal. Of course, it is good also as a time-short signal output only during a time-short state.
The gaming machine device of the present invention is composed of a relay device 4, a lending device 2 and a display device 3 for each stand, and the gaming machine system is composed of a gaming machine device and an island edge display device 5.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing gaming machine device processing by the relay device 4. The relay device 4 sequentially executes an operation determination process, a display switching process, and a holding ball update process.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing operation determination processing by the relay device 4. The relay device 4 determines whether an out signal has been received (A1) or whether the operation timer has expired (A4).
When a player plays a game on the gaming machine 1, an out signal is transmitted from the gaming machine side. Therefore, when the relay device 4 receives the out signal (A1: YES), the relay device 4 starts the operation timer ( A2), the operation flag is set to “1” (A3).

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing display switching processing by the relay device 4. The relay device 4 determines whether the personal possession ball is being displayed (B1), or whether the operation flag is “1” (B12), and the operation flag is “1” (B12: YES). The display of the ball is started (B13). That is, after displaying 0 as the personal holding ball on the holding ball display unit 14 provided in the movable ball receiving tray 12, it is determined whether the investment flag is “0” (B14). Since the investment flag is “0” at the start of the game by the first player (B14: YES), it is determined whether the difference number flag is “1” (B15). Since the difference flag is “0” at the start of the game by the first player (B15: NO), the process returns.

  The relay device 4 determines whether the operation flag is “1” during the personal holding ball display (B1: YES) (B2). Since the operation flag is “1” while the game is continued by the player (B2: YES), it is determined whether the investment is being displayed (B3). In this case, the investment is not being displayed (B3: NO), and since the investment flag is “0” (B10: NO), the process returns.

When the acquired balls stored in the ball receiving tray of the gaming machine 1 become full due to the game, the player drops the acquired balls stored in the ball receiving tray. Acquired balls falling from the ball receiving tray are received by the movable ball receiving tray 12 of the lending device 2 and counted when passing through the counting section 13.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the possession ball update process by the relay device 4. The relay device 4 determines whether a counting card has been issued (C1), a counting card has been received (C6), the number of acquired balls has been counted (C8), or whether there has been a replay process (C11). . When the number of acquired balls is counted by the lending device 2 (C8: YES), the stored personal balls and accumulated balls are added (C9), and the operation flag is set to “1” (in this case, "1" remains) (C10). In other words, the accumulated money is the accumulated number of game media acquired by the player from the start of business on that day. For the first player, the personal possession ball is also the cumulative number of game media acquired by the player from the start of business on that day.

  Replaying is possible in a state where the player counts the acquired balls and has a personal ball, and when replaying, the replay button 8 of the lending device 2 is pushed down. When the re-game button 8 is pushed down, the lending device 2 pays out a re-game ball of 500 yen (if there is no fee for 4 yen per ball) from the ball payout exit 9, and The personal holding ball displayed on the display unit 14 is displayed by subtracting 125.

  The relay device 4 determines whether the accumulated ball is equal to or greater than the “mobage upper limit” (= 5000 balls) of the “investment display” in the display setting for each vehicle in FIG. 5 (C13). It is determined whether it is 0 ball or less (C14). Even if the accumulated ball exceeds the ball upper limit by counting the number of balls acquired (C13: YES), the personal ball and the accumulated ball are the same during the game by the first player. Since the ball does not fall below the holding limit (C14: NO), the investment flag remains “0” (C16).

On the other hand, when there is a re-game process by the lending device 2 (C11: YES), the stored personal possessed balls and accumulated retained balls are subtracted (C12).
As described above, when the player is playing a game, personal ball display is performed by the ball display unit 14 provided on the movable ball tray 12 as shown in FIG. In this case, the personal holding ball is displayed on the holding ball display unit 14 of the movable ball tray 12 whose real value is below the gaming machine 1 (meaning below the center line when the gaming machine 1 is divided vertically). Therefore, for other players who are not playing (hereinafter referred to as other players), it is displayed in a display mode that is difficult to confirm by the body of the player who is playing, while the player who is playing (hereinafter referred to as the player) Since this can be easily confirmed by moving the body or the like, only the player can easily confirm the real value of the personal ball.

  The relay device 4 performs normal display (not shown in the flowchart) when the difference display and the investment display described later are not executed on the display device 3 for each unit. In this normal display, the cumulative number of balls is 2000 balls, 4000 balls, 6000 balls based on the “update unit” (= 2000 balls) and “display” (= red) of the “normal” setting of the display device for each vehicle in FIG. ..., 1, 2, 3,... Are displayed in red on the holding ball display section 15 of the table display device 3 as shown in FIG. Therefore, other players can grasp the accumulated possession ball at a glance in units of ball boxes. In this case, the accumulated ball is displayed in the unit of a box, but is displayed on the display device 3 for each stand provided above the gaming machine 1 (meaning above the center line of the gaming machine 1). Although it is easy for other players to check, since it is not displayed as a real number, the game hall can appeal to other players in consideration of the player's feeling that the real number is not desired to be known.

  In the island edge display device 5, the ball information indicating the cumulative number of balls is transmitted every predetermined time (3 minutes) from the corresponding relay device 4 set in the model setting of FIG. 4, and based on the ball information. The total number of accumulated balls is totaled, and the total value is displayed in the unit of the box which is the update unit. Therefore, other players can grasp at a glance the accumulated possessions of the entire island in units of ball boxes.

  When the player finishes the game, the out signal is no longer output from the gaming machine side. Therefore, the relay device 4 determines that when the operation timer expires in the operation determination process of FIG. 8 (A4: YES), It is determined whether the holding ball is 0 (A5). When the player finishes the game with all the replay balls being used (there is no personal ball), since the personal ball is 0 (A5: YES), the operation flag is set to “0”. (A6).

  When a player moves a table or finishes a game in a state in which all earned balls are counted, a counting card issuance operation is performed on the lending device 2. When there is a counting card issuing operation, the lending device 2 issues a counting card in which personal holding balls are stored from the counting card discharge port 11. The counting card stores personal holding information capable of specifying personal holding balls, and the range of personal holding balls specified by the holding ball information stored by causing the lending device 2 to read the issued counting card. Replay is possible within. In addition, by submitting the counting card to the free gift exchange counter, it is possible to exchange the personal possession for a free gift based on an operation on a POS terminal (not shown).

When the counting card is issued by the lending device 2 (C1: YES), the relay device 4 sets the personal holding ball to “0” (C2) and sets the operation flag to “ After “0” is set (C3), it is determined whether the accumulated number of balls (= difference number) is equal to or greater than the “holding ball deduction” (= 3000 balls) of the display unit setting of FIG. 5 (C4). In this way, the difference is determined at the time of issuing the counting card because the difference between the personal possession ball (= 0) when the next player starts the game and the current accumulated possession ball is maximized. Is due to the issue of the counting card. Further, since the difference number determination is performed by setting the individual holding ball to 0, the accumulated holding ball itself becomes the difference number, and the accumulated holding ball may be compared with the holding ball deduction. If the accumulated ball at the time of the issuance of the counting card is equal to or greater than the ball deduction (C4: YES), a difference flag indicating that the difference between the accumulated ball and the individual ball is equal to or greater than the ball deduction Set to “1” (C5). In this case, if the accumulated possessed ball exceeds the retained ball upper limit (C13: YES), since the individual possessed ball is 0, the individual retained ball falls below the lower limit of the retained ball (C14: YES), the investment flag Is set to “1” (C15).
In the display switching process of FIG. 9, the relay device 4 ends the personal ball display when the operation flag becomes “0” (B2: NO) while the personal ball display is in progress (B1: YES). At the same time (B7), the difference number display and investment display described later are terminated (B8).

  When the next player plays, when the counting card is accepted (C6: YES), the personal holding ball is added (C7), and when the operation flag becomes “1” (C10), the accumulated holding ball is the upper limit of the holding ball. Even if it is above (C13: YES), since the personal holding ball does not fall below the holding limit (C14: NO), the investment flag becomes “0” (C16). In this case, since the operation flag becomes “1” (B12: YES), display of personal possession is started (B13), the investment flag is “0” (B14: YES), and the difference number flag is set. Since it is “1” (B15: YES), the difference number display is started (B16). In the difference number display, the display color of the numerical value displayed on the display device 3 is changed to green based on the display device setting shown in FIG. Therefore, the other players can grasp at a glance that the current player does not contribute to the number of ball boxes because the number of ball boxes displayed on the display device 3 per unit is green. it can. In this case, in the counting system according to this embodiment, since the acquired balls are not boxed, the total including the acquired balls of the player who played before the player's game (hereinafter referred to as the past player). When displaying a ball to other players, even if this player's ball is not far from the accumulated ball, the other player who saw the accumulated ball misunderstood and looked at the envy As a result, the player may feel embarrassed. However, since the other player grasps the fact by the above-described difference number display, there is no possibility of such a feeling.

  By the way, even if the past player plays a gaming machine (excellent stand) that has obtained a large number of acquired balls, the player cannot acquire the acquired balls and performs an investment game by cash investment or the like. There are cases. In particular, when investing in cash, other players can see that they are investing money. It seems that this player is going "and there is a risk that this player may feel embarrassed.

Therefore, in this embodiment, the investment display is performed as follows.
The relay device 4 is in a state where the accumulated possessed ball is equal to or greater than the upper limit (= 5000 balls) of the retained ball (C13) and the individual retained ball is equal to or less than the lower limit of the retained ball (= 0) in the retained ball update process of FIG. 10 (C14). : YES), that is, when the game is started without inserting a counting card with a lot of accumulated balls, or when the number of acquired balls is counted but replayed, the investment flag is set to “l”. (C15). This investment flag is a flag indicating that the current player does not contribute to the accumulated money and that the player's game is in a cash investment state in which the player is in a cash investment state.

  When the player starts the game without inserting the counting card in the display switching process of FIG. 9, that is, the relay device 4 starts the game with the investment flag being “1” (B14: YES). Alternatively, during the game, when the player uses up his personal possession by replaying and the investment flag becomes “1” (B10: YES), the investment display is started (B11). In this investment display, the display numerical value of the display device 3 per unit is changed to orange based on the “display” of the “investment display” of the display unit setting of FIG. Therefore, the other players do not contribute to the number of ball boxes because the number of ball boxes displayed on the ball display unit 15 of the display device 3 for each stand is orange. This can be understood at a glance. Also, for players, the accumulated winning ball is identified and displayed on the investment display, so to other players who have grasped a large number of accumulated balls, “I am playing an investment game even though I play a good platform. I can alleviate the embarrassing feeling that seems to be.

When the number of acquired balls acquired by the player in the investment state is counted, the number of possessed balls becomes a positive number. Therefore, the relay device 4 determines that the personal possessed ball has a lower limit of the retained ball (= 0) in the retained ball update process of FIG. Is exceeded (C14: NO), the investment flag is set to “0” (C16).
In the display switching process of FIG. 9, the relay device 4 determines whether the investment flag is “0” when the investment is being displayed (B3: YES), and the investment flag is “0”. If so (B4: YES), it is determined whether the difference flag is "1" (B5). When the difference flag is “0” (B5: NO), the investment display is terminated (B9), and when the difference flag is “1” (B5: YES), the above-described difference display is started ( B6).

  In short, the relay device 4 controls the personal holding ball to the display state in the operating state of the gaming machine 1 (operating flag = 1), and displays the difference number or investment of the accumulated holding ball based on the difference flag or the investment flag. Switch the display state. Further, when the counting card issuance process is performed, when the non-operating state (operating flag = 0), the personal holding ball is set to the non-displaying state, and the cumulative holding ball display is controlled to the normal display state.

  In addition, the accumulated possession display can be set to be turned off at the time of difference display or investment display by changing the contents of the display setting for each unit in FIG. When the accumulated ball display on the display device 3 for each unit is set to be turned off, the relay device 4 indicates that in the retained ball information when there are accumulated balls that are not displayed on the display device 3 for each unit. The information is added and transmitted to the island edge display device 5. In this case, when the accumulated ball that is not displayed can be specified by the retained ball information, the total value of the accumulated balls that are not displayed is transmitted to the island edge display device 5. Therefore, if the difference number display or the investment display is turned off, it is not possible to confirm the accumulated number of balls by the display device 3 for each stand, and there is a possibility that it is not possible to appeal the appearance at the game hall. Since the total value of the accumulated balls that cannot be confirmed is displayed by the light-off display by the device 5 (the function for displaying the accumulated balls that are not displayed on the display device 3 for each unit), it is possible to appeal the appearance of the balls. Moreover, the island edge display apparatus 5 switches a display for every predetermined time (10 seconds), when it is necessary to display a total display and a light extinction display.

  According to such an embodiment, the real number of individual balls is displayed on the ball display unit 14 of the lending device 2 for the current player, and the cumulative number of balls is displayed for other players. Since the ball display unit 15 of the display device 3 for each table is displayed in units of boxes, the ball display unit 14 of the lending device 2 is difficult to see from other players, and the ball display unit 15 of the display device 3 for each table is difficult to see. It becomes easy to see, and it is possible to appeal to other players who are not playing games while taking into consideration the feelings of the players who are playing the game, who do not want to know the actual number of individual balls. In this case, since the cumulative number of balls that will surely be larger than the number of individual balls is notified to other players, it is possible to make a further appearance of balls.

In addition, when the difference between the accumulated number of balls and the number of individual balls has become large, the display of the balls on the display unit 3 is controlled to be switched to the difference number display state. It is possible to display the accumulated number of balls in consideration of the embarrassment of the player by looking at the envy.
In addition, when there is no individual number of balls and the accumulated number of balls is in a large state, the ball display of the display device 3 per unit is switched to the investment display state. When in an investment state, it is possible to display the accumulated number of balls in consideration of the player's embarrassment with respect to the line of sight from other players.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
Whether or not the player feels embarrassed depends on the player, so whether or not the player performs difference display or investment display, or a setting operation unit that can set the identification display mode is provided in the information display unit, etc. It is good also as a structure which makes a player set. In this case, it is desirable to enable the setting only when the operation is in progress (operation flag = 1).

  As a display mode of difference number display or investment display, other display modes such as blinking may be used as long as it can be identified. Moreover, you may display an individual possession ball instead of the accumulated possession ball as an identification display. In this case, it is possible to make a minimum appeal for the ball while taking into account the embarrassment of the player.

  The personal holding ball display is displayed by a guide arm connecting the movable ball tray 12 and the counting unit 13, or is displayed when a predetermined operation is performed on the information display unit 7, etc. good. For the accumulated ball display, a display unit may be provided on the lending device 2 without providing the display device 3 for each stand.

Although the difference number display and the investment display are displayed only during operation, either one or both may be displayed during non-operation.
The present invention may be applied to a so-called replay system based on a so-called storage ball that accepts a member ID by a member card or the like.

Although the game information that is the basis of the operation determination is set to “out”, other game information (safe, start) may be adopted.
As storage media such as membership cards and counting cards, media such as coins and mobile phones can be assumed in addition to cards. Further, the management device 6 may manage the possession balls and the storage balls in association with the IDs of existing or newly stored media. Of course, it is good also as ID authentication by biometrics etc.

  Part or all of the processing in the relay device 4 may be performed by the management device 6, the lending device 2, or the like. That is, the “gaming machine device” in the present invention is a concept including them. Note that “a plurality of gaming machine devices” in the case where the gaming machine device is a concept including a management device or the like corresponds to the meaning of “there are a plurality of lending devices and relay devices that constitute the gaming machine device”.

All numerical values and update timings such as display switching are examples. Moreover, it is good also considering the ball deduction and the ball upper limit as the same value. Further, if the accumulated ball display is added for each update unit, the subtraction may or may not be updated. That is, the maximum value may be displayed. Furthermore, once the difference flag is set to 1, the difference flag is not updated. However, it is updated if the individual possession ball and accumulated possession ball are less than the possession ball deduction, such as accepting a counting card. You may do it. Of course, the lower limit of the holding ball may be a numerical value other than zero.
The display object of the extinguishment display in the island edge display device 5 is not limited to the case where the difference display by the display device 3 or the investment display is set to the extinction display, but different display modes such as hard to see than other displays In such a case, the display may be turned off.

By displaying the personal holding ball display above the gaming machine and the cumulative holding ball display below the gaming machine, the display for the player playing the corresponding gaming machine and the non-gaming player Although the display is divided, the personal ball display is displayed according to a predetermined display operation such as a button operation, while the cumulative ball display is always displayed, or the accumulated ball is larger than the character size of the personal ball display. The display character size is increased and the personal holding ball display is displayed in a state where it can be seen while a gaming machine that plays the corresponding gaming machine is seated, and the accumulated holding ball display is displayed for standing players. Display for players who are playing the corresponding gaming machine with various configurations, such as a configuration for performing the game, or a configuration for displaying the personal ball display below the cumulative ball display, and a display for players who are not playing games And can be distinguished.
The target gaming machine may be any gaming machine such as a pachislot machine, and the target gaming medium may be a gaming medium such as a medal.

Schematic showing the entire system in one embodiment of the present invention Perspective view showing the lower half of the lending device Side view of the display device Diagram showing model settings set in the management device The figure which shows the display device setting for every stand set to the relay device The figure which shows the island edge display device setting which is set to the island edge display device Flow chart showing gaming device processing by relay device Flowchart showing operation determination processing by relay device Flow chart showing display switching processing by relay device The flowchart which shows the possession ball update processing with the relay device

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  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a lending device (counting means), 3 is a display device for each unit, 4 is a relay device (issuing means, personal ball updating means, cumulative ball updating means, cumulative ball storage means, Holding ball difference specifying means, difference number state determining means, display control means, investment state determining means, setting operation means, operation determining means, personal holding memory storage means, accumulated holding memory storage means, first setting information storage means, second Setting information storage means, transmission means), 5 is an island edge display device (total display device), 6 is a management device, 7 is an information display section (setting operation means), 14 is a holding ball display section (individual holding ball display means) , 15 is a holding ball display unit (cumulative holding ball display means).

Claims (6)

A gaming machine device that is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and displays the number of gaming media acquired by the player with the corresponding gaming machine,
Individual possession ball storage means for storing the number of individual possessions that is the number of game media acquired by a player playing a corresponding gaming machine;
Accumulated ball storage means for storing the accumulated number of balls, which is the accumulated number of game media acquired by the player from the start of business on that day by playing the corresponding gaming machine;
Issuing means for issuing a storage medium in which the personalized ball information that can be specified by the personal personalized ball storage means is stored;
Counting means for counting game media acquired by the player with the corresponding gaming machine;
An update process for adding the number of game media counted by the counting means to the number of personal possessions stored in the personal possession memory means, and initializing the number of personal possessions when the issuing process by the issuing means is performed, Alternatively, the personal possession ball update means for performing the update process to subtract,
Cumulative accumulated ball updating means for performing an update process for adding the number of game media counted by the counting means to the accumulated number of accumulated balls stored in the personal possessed ball storage means;
Personal ball display means for displaying a real value of the number of personal balls stored by the personal ball storage means for a player playing a corresponding gaming machine;
Accumulated coin display means for displaying a cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative coin storage means for a player who is not playing a corresponding gaming machine in units of a predetermined number of game media that are not real value units;
A gaming machine device comprising: A ball difference specifying means for specifying a difference between the cumulative number of balls stored by the cumulative ball storage unit and the number of personal balls stored by the personal ball storage unit;
Difference number state determining means for determining whether or not the difference specified by the holding ball difference specifying means is a difference number state in which the difference is a predetermined value or more;
When it is determined that there is a difference number state by the ball difference determination means, a state in which the accumulated ball display means displays an indication indicating that, or a state in which the cumulative number of balls is not displayed Display control means for controlling to switch to the difference number display state,
The gaming machine device according to claim 1, further comprising: A game being played when the number of personal balls stored in the personal ball storage means is less than or equal to a second predetermined value and the cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative ball storage means is greater than or equal to a third predetermined value. Provided with an investment status judging means for judging that the investor is investing valuable value and playing the game,
When the display control means determines that the investment state is in the investment state by the investment state determination means, the display of the accumulated ball display means displays an indication indicating that, or displays the accumulated number of balls 3. The gaming machine device according to claim 2, wherein the game machine device is controlled to be switched to an investment display state in which the game is not performed. A setting operation means for receiving a setting operation as to whether or not to perform switching control of at least one of the difference number display state and the investment display state by the player;
First setting information storage means for storing player setting information which is setting information set by the player based on the setting operation accepted by the setting operation means;
Receiving a gaming signal that can be specified as an operating state output from a gaming machine, or a corresponding gaming machine is operating based on whether the personal ball storage means stores a predetermined number or more of personal balls Operation determination means for determining whether or not
Second setting information storage means for storing administrator setting information which is setting information as to whether or not to perform switching control of at least one of the difference number display state and the investment display state set by the game hall manager;
With
The display control means is based on information stored in the first setting means in preference to administrator setting information stored in the second setting means when the operating state is determined by the operation determining means. 4. The gaming machine device according to claim 3, wherein switching control of at least one of the difference number display state and the investment display state is performed.   The display control means replaces the accumulated ball display of the accumulated ball display means with the accumulated ball number stored in the accumulated ball storage means when the difference display state or the investment display state is entered. 5. A gaming machine apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the number of personal balls displayed is stored by said personal ball storage means. The total number of accumulated balls that are provided corresponding to the gaming machine device according to any one of claims 1 to 5 and a plurality of gaming machine devices and that are stored in all corresponding gaming machine devices are defined as a total number of balls. A total display device that displays a predetermined number of game media units that are not real value units;
With
The gaming machine device is information that can specify the cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative number of balls storage unit, and whether or not the difference number state determination unit determines that the difference number state is present, or Comprising a transmission means for transmitting to the total display device the possession information that is information that can be specified as to whether or not the investment state is determined by the investment state determination unit;
The total display device, based on the ball information transmitted from the transmission means, the cumulative number of balls of the gaming machine device that has been determined that the difference state determination means is in the difference state, and the investment state A gaming system characterized in that at least one total accumulated number of balls in the accumulated number of possessed balls of the gaming machine device that is determined to be in an investment state by the determination means is specified and displayed as the total number of retained balls .

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