JP2010004953A - Token game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a token game machine having novel game properties not available heretofore by utilizing movement and velocity of solid objects fed to a token rest face in a token pushing game machine. <P>SOLUTION: A count egg 3 is discharged from an outlet 4 from prize-winning in a slot. A number displayed on the count egg discharged is counted down in the passage of time. The tokens of the number displayed at dropping from a front edge of a token rest board 8 are put out. Color-classifying information provides a benefit with a color or makes an event occur. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a medal gaming machine that pays out medals by dropping medals placed on the play field into a medal payout slot by inserting medals into the play field and repeatedly moving the pusher base of the play field forward and backward. .

In a conventional medal pusher game machine, for example, a sphere is ejected as a moving object on a medal placement surface on which a large number of medals are placed, and the sphere is also moved simultaneously by pushing the medal on the pusher table and dropped from the payout opening. It is.
Patent Document 1 shows an example of the above-mentioned conventional configuration. When a player inserts a medal aiming at a medal checker and enters the medal checker, the slot starts to rotate, and when a predetermined arrangement occurs, the sphere is placed on the medal placement surface. The sphere released and released onto the medal placement surface moves to the front of the medal placement surface in the same manner as the medal on the medal placement surface is pushed, and falls into the medal drop groove. At this time, a privilege is given to the player as a privilege granting means. For example, a lottery device is activated and a lottery is performed.

This patent document 1 has a novel gameplay that has never been obtained by releasing a sphere other than a medal on the medal placement surface and moving it to the front of the medal placement surface like the medal. .
JP 2002-253842 A

However, this technique operates the lottery machine based on the result of dropping the ball, and there is no mechanism for different results using the time and process from discharging the ball to falling.
In view of the above situation, the object of the present invention is to obtain an unprecedented new gameability by utilizing the movement of a three-dimensional object supplied to a medal placement surface and its moving speed in a medal pusher game machine. It is to provide a medal gaming machine that can.

In order to achieve the object, claim 1 of the present invention provides a medal placement field on which a large number of medals are placed by inserting medals, and a number of the medals placed on the upper surface of the medal placement field. A pusher base that repeats forward and backward to push out medals, and a medal drop opening provided at the front end of the medal placement field by pushing a number of medals in the medal placement field forward by the forward and backward movement of the pusher base A medal gaming machine that pays out medals by dropping medals on a medal gaming machine has a three-dimensionally shaped object having a wireless communication part, a display part for displaying numerical values, and a counter part, and the three-dimensionally shaped object is placed in the medal placement field or pusher. Discharging means for discharging onto the table, paying-out means for dropping the three-dimensional object, discharging means and paying-out means A discharge unit wireless communication unit and a payout port unit wireless communication unit installed in the vicinity, and a discharge mechanism for discharging the three-dimensional object from the discharge unit to the medal placement field or the pusher table when a predetermined condition is satisfied, When the three-dimensional object is discharged by the discharge mechanism, the discharging unit wireless communication unit transmits a predetermined numerical value to the wireless communication unit of the three-dimensional object and sets the predetermined numerical value on the display unit; and When the three-dimensional shaped object is discharged to a medal placement field or a pusher table, the set numerical value is counted over time, and when the pusher table is pushed together with the medal and falls to the payout port means, the payout port A numerical value displayed on the display unit when the means wireless communication unit falls from the wireless communication unit of the three-dimensional object to the payout port means Shin and is characterized in that a means for paying out the medal number of said numerical values corresponding.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, a color display light emitting unit is provided on the external appearance of the three-dimensionally shaped object, and color type information is included in the three-dimensionally shaped object, and the color display light emitting part is designated as the type information. In addition to the number of medals corresponding to the numerical value, a payout rate or an event is generated by receiving the color type information and the numerical value at the payout port means wireless communication unit.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the color emitted from the color display light emitting portion is red or blue in the invention according to the second aspect, n times the number of medals corresponding to the numerical value displayed on the display portion (n is a natural number) It is characterized by paying a dividend.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, when the color emitted from the color display light emitting unit is yellow, an event is generated in addition to the number of medals corresponding to the numerical value displayed on the display unit. And
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, third, or fourth aspect, the wireless communication unit of the three-dimensional object is an RFID, and the discharge unit wireless communication unit and the dispensing port wireless communication unit are an RFID reader / writer. It is characterized by that.
A sixth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that, in the invention according to the first, second, third, fourth or fifth aspect, the three-dimensionally shaped object has a substantially egg shape and has a display portion on the front surface of the appearance.

  According to the above configuration, the display numerical value of the three-dimensional object is counted, and the number of medals corresponding to the numerical value is paid out, so that the player can make an effort to drop it quickly and develop a game with a good tempo. Also, by specifying the type of the three-dimensional object by displaying it in color other than numerical values, the medal game machine has a wider game characteristic that generates a payout rate and an event in addition to the number of medals corresponding to numerical values. Functions can be expanded.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the appearance of a medal gaming machine according to the present invention. This figure omits the exterior part of the medal pusher game machine, the coin insertion mechanism part, etc., and describes only the part including the mechanism directly related to the present invention.
The medal mounting table 8 is fixed, and the pusher table 7 is in contact with the upper surface of the medal mounting table 8 and repeatedly moves forward and backward.

  A game panel 13 is provided behind the pusher base 7, and the retracted pusher base 7 enters the lower surface of the game panel 13. At the center of the game panel 13, a liquid crystal monitor 2 having a slot composed of slot portions 2a, 2b, 2c is arranged. In addition, a discharge port 4 for discharging the count egg 3 to the pusher base 7 is installed at the lower part of the game panel 13, and a discharge port (discharge means) RFID reader / writer 5 is disposed below the discharge port 4. The count egg 3 is pushed out by the occurrence of an event from a count egg accommodating portion (not shown) that accommodates a number of count eggs 3 provided in the back of the discharge port 4, and is discharged to the discharge port 4 through a passage. It has a mechanism.

The slot starts and stops when a special hit occurs at a portion (not shown) such as a checker due to the inserted medal. For example, when “7”, “7”, and “7” are aligned when the operation stops, the count egg 3 is discharged from the discharge port 4.
An inclined medal guide 9 is disposed at the lower part of the front edge of the medal mounting table 8, and a payout port (payout means) RFID reader / writer 12 is provided on the bottom surface of the medal guide 9. At the tip of the medal guide 9, a medal tray 10 that accommodates medals sliding down the medal guide 9 is disposed. The medal tray 10 is a tray for collecting medals paid out by the player.

When a medal is inserted from a coin insertion mechanism portion (medal entry portion) (not shown) and rolls without any special hit (due to the operation of a medal detector or checker (not shown)) on the way, Place on the table 8.
This figure shows a state where a large number of medals 6 are placed on the entire surface of the pusher base 7 and the medal placement base 8, and the pusher base 7 is shown in the most advanced state. When the pusher base 7 starts to retreat from this state, the pusher base 7 moves on the lower surface of the game panel 13 in the direction of the arrow 7b. At this time, the medals placed in the back of the pusher table 7 strike the front surface of the game panel 13, and the struck medal is pushed out to the front of the pusher table 7 as a result.
The medals that are in contact with the medals pushed out in front of the pusher base on the game panel 13 are similarly pushed forward. In this way, the medals are pushed forward one after another, and the medal that is closest to the pusher base 7 is the medal. It falls on the mounting table 8.

  Next, when the pusher base 7 changes from the backward movement to the forward movement, if there is a medal that has been thrown into the vacant part of the medal mounting base 8 when the pusher base 7 moves backward or a medal that has dropped from the pusher base 7, the medal is the pusher base. 7 on the front surface 7a. The pushed medal pushes the medal placed on the front surface of the medal placing table 8. As a result, the medals are sequentially pushed toward the front, and the medals near the front edge of the medal placement table 8 fall on the medal guide 9.

  Here, the count egg 3, which is a three-dimensional object discharged from the discharge port 4, is discharged to the innermost position of the pusher base 7. The subsequent movement of the count egg 3 is substantially the same as that of the medal, and is pushed by the medal or placed on the medal and moves little by little toward the medal placing table 8, and finally the medal 6. Similarly, the medal guide 9 that falls on the medal guide 9 and slides down is accommodated in the medal tray 10. On the surface of the pusher base 7 and the medal mounting base 8, it moves not only in the front direction but also in the lateral direction depending on how the medal hits. If the medal is inserted well, the count egg 3 reaches the front edge of the medal mounting table 8 in a short time by the inserted medal and falls to the medal guide 9.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the appearance of the count egg.
The appearance of the count egg 3 has an egg shape, and a 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 32 is arranged at the front center. An LED color display light emitting unit 33 is provided in the lower right portion of the 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 32. The LED color display light emitting unit 33 emits light in the color indicated by the type information. For example, blue, red and yellow light emission. In some cases, no light is emitted.
The solar cell 31 is accommodated in the upper part of the count egg 3 and its light receiving surface is disposed at the surface position, and electric energy is generated by light that illuminates the inside of the game machine. Further, an electromagnetic induction coil 35 and a REID (IC tag) 34 for communicating with the discharge port RFID reader / writer 5 and the discharge port RFID reader / writer 12 are incorporated.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit for performing communication between the count egg and the game machine.
The discharge port RFID reader / writer 5 and the discharge port RFID reader / writer 12 provided in the medal pusher game machine are composed of a communication coil 43 that generates electromagnetic waves and a reader / writer unit 44, and the discharge port RFID reader / writer 5 is paid out. The mouth RFID reader / writer 12 performs communication under the control of the CPU 20 (see FIG. 4).
The RFID chip in the count egg 3 includes an electromagnetic induction coil 35 that functions as an antenna and power generation coil, a power generation unit 46 that rectifies and shapes the induction current generated by the electromagnetic induction coil 35, and a high-frequency signal received by the electromagnetic induction coil 35. The transmitter / receiver 45 that demodulates the data and extracts the data signal, or modulates the transmission data signal and emits it from the electromagnetic induction coil 35, the memory unit 42 that stores the ID and transmitted information, and the reading / writing of the data in the memory unit 42 The control unit 40 is configured to perform transmission control of data signals to the transmission / reception unit 45 and reception control of data signals from the transmission / reception unit 45.

  A liquid crystal / LED driving unit 41 is connected to the control unit 40, and the LED driving unit controls light emission of the LED color display light emitting unit 33. The liquid crystal driving portion drives the 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 32. The 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 32 and the liquid crystal / LED drive unit 41 are driven by electric energy generated in the solar cell 31.

When the CPU 20 sends the count egg 3 toward the discharge port 4, it sends a command to the discharge port RFID reader / writer 5. The reader / writer unit 44 of the discharge RFID reader / writer 5 is driven to generate an electromagnetic wave modulated by a signal of a numerical value (number of medals to be paid out) to be set in the 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 32 from the electromagnetic induction coil 43. .
When the count egg 3 passes near the outlet RFID reader / writer 5, the electromagnetic induction coil 35 receives the electromagnetic wave, the power generation unit 46 obtains power, and the transmission / reception unit 45 demodulates and sets the received carrier wave (electromagnetic wave). The power value is taken out. The control unit 40 stores this numerical value in the memory unit 42 and displays the numerical value on the 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 32 by the liquid crystal driving unit 41. The electric power obtained by the electric power generation unit 46 becomes a drive source for the RFID 36.

The control unit 40 starts counting down from the time when the numerical value is displayed on the 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 32. The set value of the memory unit 42 is rewritten by the countdown value, and the value displayed on the 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 32 becomes smaller with time.
The medal pusher game machine also sends color type information, modulates the carrier wave, and sends it to the count egg 3. Color type information obtained by demodulating the carrier wave is also stored in the memory unit 42. The control unit 40 drives the LED driving portion and causes the LED color display light emitting unit 33 to emit light in a color (for example, red) based on the color type information.

  The payout opening RFID reader / writer 12 outputs a carrier wave (electromagnetic wave) modulated by a command to read the contents of the memory unit 42 from the electromagnetic induction coil 43, and the count egg 3 falls to give out the payout opening RFID of the medal guide 9. When slipping down the vicinity where the reader / writer 12 is installed, the count egg 3 receives this carrier wave, a high-frequency current flows through the electromagnetic induction coil 35, and power is generated in the power generation unit 46. The carrier wave (electromagnetic wave) is demodulated by the transmission / reception unit 45 and a command is taken out. The control unit 40 reads the countdown value and the color type information from the memory unit 42 based on the extracted command. This information is modulated by the transmission / reception unit 45, and a carrier wave is emitted from the electromagnetic induction coil 35. The reader / writer unit 44 demodulates the carrier wave, reads the color type information and the counted down numerical value, and sends it to the CPU 20.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the circuit of the medal gaming machine according to the present invention. This block diagram shows only circuit portions necessary for carrying out the present invention, and other circuit portions actually provided in the medal pusher game machine are omitted.
This block includes a CPU 20, a slot drive unit 24, a liquid crystal monitor 2, a memory unit 26, a discharge port RFID reader / writer 5, a payout port RFID reader / writer 12, a drive circuit 27, a medal pusher mechanism 28, a payout drive unit 14, a payout mechanism 15, A count egg discharge drive circuit 22 and a count egg discharge mechanism 23 are provided.

  The memory unit 26 stores a control program 26a for controlling the entire game machine, a medal pusher medal game program 26b, and data 26c. The CPU 20 implements a game control unit 20a that controls the entire game by reading the control program 26a of the memory unit 26. Moreover, the game execution part 20b and the communication control part 20c are implement | achieved by reading a medal game program.

In the standby state, the game control unit 20a controls the drive circuit 27 to drive the medal pusher mechanism 28 to move the pusher base 7 forward and backward. It also monitors whether or not medal insertion information is sent from the medal detection unit.
The medal detection unit 29 detects which hole of the checker the medal inserted from the medal entry unit 30 enters, and when it enters one of the holes, the information is transmitted to the game control unit 20a.

Control is passed from the game control unit 20a to the game execution unit 20b, and the game execution unit 20b sends a command to start slot rotation to the slot drive unit 24 based on the information of the hole containing the checker. The slot drive unit 24 drives the liquid crystal monitor 2 according to a command from the game execution unit. The slot portion of the liquid crystal monitor 2 starts to rotate, and the slot portions 2a, 2b, and 2c are sequentially stopped.
Here, for example, when “7”, “7”, and “7” are displayed as shown in FIG. 1, the game execution unit 20 b sends a drive signal to the count egg discharge drive circuit 22, and the count egg discharge mechanism 23. And the count egg 3 is discharged from the discharge port 4 to the pusher base 7.

The payout driving unit 14 drives a payout mechanism 15 that discharges a large amount of medals when a payout or an event occurs.
Under the control of the game execution unit 20b, the communication control unit 20c writes write information (color type information) to the RFID of the count egg 3 by the discharge RFID reader / writer 5 when the count egg 3 is released to the pusher base 7. The initial numerical value to be counted down and transmitted is transmitted.
In addition, the count-down numerical value and the color type information of the count egg 3 when the count egg 3 falls to the payout port by the payout port RFID reader / writer 12 of the medal guide 9 are received and passed to the game execution unit 20b.

  The game execution unit 20b obtains the counted down numerical value, recognizes which color the color type information is, determines a payout or event corresponding to the color, and drives the payout drive unit 14 to pay out the medal corresponding to the payout or event. To do.

FIG. 5 is a diagram for explaining a state in which the number of medals paid out changes as the count egg moves.
Immediately after the count egg is discharged from the outlet, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, 3000 values are displayed on the liquid crystal monitor of the count egg as initial values. During the movement, it counts down, and when it falls to the payout port, it changes to a countdown value of 800 sheets, for example. Regarding the change in the countdown value, the longer the movement time, the larger the countdown value, the smaller the displayed numerical value, and the smaller the number of medals to be paid out. The shorter the movement time, the smaller the countdown value, so the displayed value increases and the number of medals to be paid out increases.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an example in which the payout changes depending on the emission color of the count egg.
The count egg that emits red light in (a) has a numerical value at the time of falling, for example, 3000, and the payout is doubled, so that 6000 pieces are paid out. For the count egg that emits blue light in (b), the value at the time of dropping is 1500, for example, and the payout is tripled, so 4500 are paid out. An event occurs in the count egg that emits yellow light of (c).

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing attention from discharge of count eggs to dropping.
The rotation of the slot stops and the corresponding symbol is selected (a specific number or figure is arranged) (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 001). As a result, when the count egg is sent out from the count egg accommodating portion and reaches the vicinity of the discharge port RFID reader / writer through the passage, the color type information and the numerical value are written in the memory portion of the count egg, and the numerical value is set on the liquid crystal monitor ( S002). The count egg is discharged from the discharge port to the pusher base, and the count down of the reset numerical value is started (S003).

The count egg moves through the pusher table by the reciprocating motion of the pusher table forward and backward and the effect of the medal inserted by the player, reaches the medal mounting table, and the count egg falls from the front edge of the medal mounting table to the payout port (S004). .
The data of the memory part of the dropped count egg is read by the payout opening RFID reader / writer, and the information is sent to the CPU (S005). The game execution unit of the CPU drives the payout driving unit to pay out a corresponding number of medals from the read data. If there is a payout corresponding to the color type information or the occurrence of an event, a medal corresponding to the payout or occurrence of the event is paid out.

In the above embodiment, when the count egg is discharged from the outlet 4, color type information is sent from the game machine side, the color type of the count egg is determined, and the LED color light source is determined by the color. Although the example in which light is emitted has been described, the type of color may be stored in advance in the memory unit of the count egg, and light may be emitted with that color. It is also possible to prevent the LED from emitting light instead of emitting light in color. In this case, an event or a payout further different from the color type is made to correspond.
Furthermore, the types of colors stored in the memory section of the count egg are red, blue, and yellow, and these colors are sequentially switched at a certain time interval to emit red, blue, and yellow. it can. The color of light emission at the time of falling corresponds to the payout rate and the occurrence of an event.

  This is a commercial pusher medal gaming machine that pays out medals by dropping medals placed in the play field into the medal payout slot by inserting medals into the play field and repeatedly moving the play field pusher table forward and backward. .

It is the schematic of the external appearance of the medal game machine by this invention. It is a figure which shows the external appearance of a count egg. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit for performing communication between a count egg and a game machine. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the medal game machine by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the state from which the number of medals paid out changes by movement of a count egg. It is a figure for demonstrating an example from which a payout changes with the luminescent color of a count egg. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the flow from discharge | emission of count egg to falling.

Explanation of symbols

1 Medal pusher game machine
2 LCD monitor
3 count eggs
4 outlet
5 Discharge port (discharge means) RFID reader / writer
6 Medal 7 Pusher stand 8 Medal placement stand 9 Medal guide 10 Medal tray 12 Dispensing port (dispensing means) RFID reader / writer 31 Solar cell
32 7-segment liquid crystal display unit 33 LED color display light-emitting unit 34 RFID
35 Electromagnetic induction coil 40 Control unit 41 Liquid crystal / LED drive unit 42 Memory unit 43 Coil 44 Reader / writer unit

Claims (6)

A medal placement field for placing a large number of medals by inserting medals, a pusher base disposed on the upper surface of the medal placement field and repeatedly moving forward and backward so as to push out the numerous medals placed above, and the pusher In a medal gaming machine in which a large number of medals in the medal placement field are pushed forward by a forward / backward movement of a table, and a medal is paid out by dropping the medal into a medal drop opening provided at a front end of the medal placement field ,
A three-dimensional object having a wireless communication unit, a display unit for displaying numerical values, and a counter unit;
Discharging means for discharging the three-dimensional object onto the medal placement field or the pusher table;
Dispensing port means for dropping the three-dimensional object,
A discharge means wireless communication unit and a discharge means wireless communication unit installed in the vicinity of the discharge means and the discharge port means;
A discharge mechanism that discharges the three-dimensional object from the discharge means to the medal placement field or the pusher base when a predetermined condition is satisfied;
Means for transmitting a predetermined numerical value to the wireless communication unit of the three-dimensional object and setting the predetermined numerical value on the display unit when the three-dimensional object is discharged by the discharge mechanism;
When the three-dimensional object is discharged to the medal placement field or the pusher base, the set numerical value is counted over time, and when the pusher base is pushed together with the medal and falls to the payout port means, the payout Means for receiving a numerical value displayed on the display unit and paying out the number of medals corresponding to the numerical value when the mouth means wireless communication unit falls from the wireless communication unit of the three-dimensional object to the payout port means;
A medal gaming machine characterized by comprising With a color display light emitting part on the appearance of the three-dimensional object and having color type information on the three-dimensional object,
The color display light emitting unit emits light in the color of the type information,
2. The medal gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein a payout rate or an event is generated in addition to the number of medals corresponding to the numerical value by receiving the color type information and the numerical value at the payout port means wireless communication unit.   3. The payout of n times (where n is a natural number) is paid for the number of medals displayed on the display unit when the color emitted by the color display light emitting unit is red or blue. Medal gaming machine.   3. The medal gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein when the color emitted by the color display light emitting unit is yellow, an event is generated in addition to the number of medals corresponding to a numerical value displayed on the display unit.   The medal gaming machine according to claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein the three-dimensionally shaped article wireless communication unit is an RFID, and the discharge unit wireless communication unit and the payout unit wireless communication unit are an RFID reader / writer.   6. The medal gaming machine according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein the three-dimensionally shaped object has a substantially egg shape and has a display portion on the front surface of the appearance.

Images