JP2010125097A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine capable of making continuance of fraudulence difficult. <P>SOLUTION: A blower device 30 and an imaging device 44 are mounted on the front surface of the Pachinko machine 10, and a plurality of magnetic detection sensors 45 are mounted on the rear surface of a game board 11. The magnetic detection sensors 45 detect the magnetic force if a player brings a magnet into contact with a glass door 12 to fraudulently manipulate a game ball, and transmit magnetic detection signals to a CPU 41. When the magnetic detection signals are received, the CPU 41 captures the image of the player by the imaging device 44, and detects the position of the face of the player by a position detecting part 47. The CPU 41 drives first and second motor drivers 42 and 43 to blow strong wind from the blower device 30 toward the detected position of the face of the player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine that makes it difficult to continue fraud.

  Various devices for making the game interesting are being devised for gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines. Among them, there are the most effects by light and sound, and the game is interesting by lighting the lamp according to the winning situation, emitting specific sound effect from the speaker, and displaying the movie of the character. Added. Such production is one of the pleasures in playing games, and in recent years the production methods are diversified.

  For example, in the pachinko machine of Patent Document 1, a blower is provided on the front surface of the housing so that when a special prize is generated, wind is blown toward the player in accordance with the image of a roller coaster or sports car running. I have to. Further, in the slot machine of Patent Document 2, the player's new interest is aroused by changing the air volume according to the type of hit or blowing a scented wind.

On the other hand, in many amusement halls, there is no end to the so-called goth act of performing illegal operations on gaming machines and illegally acquiring gaming profits. In order to prevent such an illegal act, it is a common practice to incorporate a means for detecting an illegal operation into a gaming machine. Then, when an illegal act is performed, for example, a warning sound is emitted from an informing means to notify the store clerk of the occurrence of the illegal act. In addition, as in the slot machine disclosed in Patent Document 3, when a fraudulent act is performed, a medal payout tray is pulled into the housing to prevent unauthorized acquisition of medals.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-165568 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-236044 JP 2008-36140 A

  However, when the conventional notification means is used, there is a problem that the effect of the surrounding gaming machine is erased by a warning sound or the like, and the player loses the willingness to play. In addition, there was a concern that fraudsters were surprised and distracted by warning sounds and the situation worsened. Furthermore, if the medal payout tray is pulled into the housing as in Patent Document 3, there is a risk of unexpected harm to the human body. Considering the influence on surrounding players and the safety of the human body, it is preferable to encourage the voluntary stop of fraud by making it difficult to continue fraud and end the situation moderately.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a gaming machine that makes it difficult to continue fraud.

  In order to achieve the above object, the gaming machine according to claim 1 is a fraud detection unit that detects whether or not an illegal act of illegally acquiring gaming profits has been performed, and a blowing unit that blows wind in front of the gaming machine. And air blowing control means for operating the air blowing means when the illegal act is performed.

  The gaming machine according to claim 2 is detected when a position detecting means for detecting a position of a player who plays a game on the gaming machine, a wind direction plate for adjusting a wind direction, and the illegal act are performed. And a wind direction control means for adjusting the direction of the wind direction plate so that the wind is blown to the position of the player. In addition, as for the said ventilation means, it is desirable to blow strong wind to the extent that the surrounding person notices that the ventilation is performed toward the player.

  According to the gaming machine of the first aspect, when cheating is performed, the wind is blown in front of the gaming machine. Therefore, the player who performs cheating gives discomfort and is willing to continue cheating. Can be lost. As a result, cheating can be stopped voluntarily, and the situation can be terminated with ease without involving other players. Moreover, since the wind harmless to the human body is used, the danger is extremely low. Furthermore, even if the player continues cheating against the wind, the hair and clothes flutter by the wind, so it is possible to notify the surroundings that cheating is being performed.

  According to the gaming machine of the second aspect, since the position of the player is detected and the direction of the wind is adjusted according to the detected position, the wind can be blown accurately toward the player who performs the illegal act.

  FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine that is one form of a gaming machine using the present invention. As is well known, a game board 11 is incorporated in the pachinko machine 10 and its front surface is covered with a glass door 12 so as to be freely opened and closed. In the board surface of the game board 11, a liquid crystal display 15 for displaying a change / stop display of symbols and a display of an effect image is provided. The game board 11 is further provided with a start winning port 16, a normal winning port 17, a through chucker 18, an out port 19, and the like, and an open / close door-shaped attacker 20 is incorporated. In the state shown in the figure, the attacker 20 is in the closed position, but when it is opened, the big prize opening 21 appears on the board surface, and the game ball flowing down the board surface is guided by the inner surface of the attacker 20 in the open position, and the big prize opening 21 is obtained. Easy to get into.

  The start winning opening 16 has a pair of movable wing pieces, and when it is detected that the game ball flowing down the board surface has passed through the through chucker 18, the wing piece of the starting winning opening 16 is opened for about 0.2 seconds, for example. At that moment, it becomes easier for the game ball to enter the start winning opening 16. When a game ball enters the start winning opening 16, a winning lottery is performed, and a winning / losing determination is performed.

  The liquid crystal display 15 displays a symbol represented by numbers “1-9”. The liquid crystal display 15 starts displaying the symbols in a variable manner when a game ball enters the start winning opening 16. When the variably displayed symbols are stopped and the same symbol combination is displayed, the attacker 20 is released, and the normal game mode is changed to the winning game mode. In accordance with this, the lamp 22 provided at the upper part of the glass door 12 and a speaker (not shown) are activated, and an effect by sound and light is started.

  When the attacker 20 is released, most of the game balls flowing down the board are guided by the inner surface of the attacker 20, and a large number of prize balls are obtained by winning the big prize opening 21. When 10 game balls are won in the big winning opening 21 or when the attacker 20 has been released for 30 seconds, the attacker 20 is closed and the first round of the game mode ends. However, if even one game ball is inserted in a continuous winning opening (not shown) provided inside the special winning opening 21, the attacker 20 is released again and the game proceeds to the second round of the winning game mode. Then, exactly the same control is repeated until the 15th round.

  A saucer 25 is provided at the lower front portion of the pachinko machine 10 located below the game board 11. The prize balls obtained in the game are paid out to the tray 25. In addition, on the front upper part of the pachinko machine 10, air blowers (blower means) 30 are provided on the left and right.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the air blower 30 includes a blower unit 31 and a cylindrical fixed frame 32. The blower unit 31 includes a blower motor 33, a blower fan 34 pivotally attached to the blower motor 33, and a casing 35 that houses the blower fan 34. A circular air outlet 36 is formed on the front surface of the casing 35. The blower unit 31 is disposed such that the blower port 36 is exposed on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10. Therefore, when the blower motor 33 is driven to rotate the blower fan 34 in one direction, wind is blown out from the blower opening 36 toward the front of the pachinko machine 10.

  The fixed frame 32 is attached to the casing 35 so as to cover the air blowing port 36. A plurality of horizontally long wind direction plates 37 having a rectangular flat plate shape are attached to the fixed frame 32. These wind direction plates 37 are arranged in parallel with each other at regular intervals. Each wind direction plate 37 is pivotally attached to the fixed frame 32 and is rotated by a step motor 40 (see FIG. 3) capable of forward and reverse rotation. The step motor 40 is monitored for rotation direction and rotation angle by, for example, a rotary encoder. Therefore, the step motor 40 can be rotated in a necessary rotation direction by a necessary rotation angle. Thereby, the wind direction plate 37 can be set to a desired inclination angle with respect to the fixed frame 32.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the operation of the pachinko machine 10 is controlled by the CPU 41. The CPU 41 includes a first motor driver (air blowing control means) 42 for driving and controlling the air blowing motor 33, a second motor driver (wind direction controlling means) 43 for driving and controlling the step motor 40, and an image pickup for picking up an image of the player. A device 44 (see also FIG. 1) and a magnetic detection sensor 45 are connected. The CPU 41 is further connected to various winning hole sensors (not shown) for detecting that the game ball has entered the start winning hole 16 or the big winning hole 21. The CPU 41 refers to a program stored in the working memory 46 in response to the detection signals from these winning hole sensors, and performs determination of winning / losing, opening / closing control of the attacker 20, and the like.

  The imaging device 44 is disposed on the upper front portion of the pachinko machine 10. The imaging device 44 is provided behind a transparent decorative panel or the like so that the player cannot make direct contact. The image pickup device 44 includes a well-known image pickup device such as a CCD or a CMOS, picks up an image of a player who plays a game on the pachinko machine 10, and outputs image data to a position detection unit (position detection means) 47 of the CPU 41. Send to. The position detector 47 extracts the player's face area from the received image data. Specifically, first, a skin color candidate pixel is extracted from each pixel of the image data, and a skin color portion in the image is obtained from the set of extracted pixels. Then, the obtained skin color portion and the face template prepared in the working memory 46 are collated using a known pattern recognition technique to extract a face area. The position detection unit 47 detects the position of the pixel including the face area as the position of the player's face. Note that the method for extracting the face region is not limited to the above, and when the area of the skin color portion is equal to or larger than a preset threshold, the skin color portion may be extracted as the face region, or a known pattern recognition technique may be used. It may be used to extract a specific part of the face such as eyes and mouth as a face region.

  A plurality of magnetic detection sensors (tamper detection means) 45 are attached to the back surface of the game board 11. These magnetic detection sensors 45 transmit a magnetic detection signal to the CPU 41 when a so-called magnet got is performed in which a player makes an illegal operation on a game ball by bringing a magnet into contact with the glass door 12. When the CPU 41 receives the magnetic detection signal, the CPU 41 operates the imaging device 44 to capture an image of the player, and the position detection unit 47 detects the position of the player using the obtained image data. Then, the CPU 41 drives the first and second motor drivers 42 and 43 to blow the wind on the detected position of the player.

  Next, with reference to FIG. 4, the flow of processing when a magnet is detected will be described. When the game is properly performed in the pachinko machine 10, the magnetic detection sensor 45 does not detect the magnetic force, so the blower 30 does not operate. On the other hand, when the player attempts to manipulate the game ball in an unauthorized manner, the magnetism detection sensor 45 detects the magnetism of the magnet and transmits a magnetism detection signal to the CPU 41.

  When the CPU 41 receives the magnetic detection signal, the CPU 41 operates the imaging device 44 to capture an image of the player. The captured image data is transmitted to the position detection unit 47. The position detection unit 47 extracts a face area from the image data using a known pattern recognition technique or the like, and detects the position of the player's face.

  When the position of the face is detected, the CPU 41 drives the second motor driver 43 to rotate the step motor 40 by a necessary rotation angle in a necessary direction. As the step motor 40 rotates, the wind direction plate 37 is directed to the position of the player's face. Next, the CPU 41 drives the first motor driver 42 to generate a predetermined amount of wind from the blower unit 31. This predetermined air volume is an air volume that allows a person around the player to notice that the air is being blown, and is set in advance by experiments or the like so that the player's hair and clothes can flutter. ing. The wind generated in the blower unit 31 is diffracted along the wind direction plate 37 when passing through the blower port 36 and strongly blows against the player's face.

  While the CPU 41 receives the magnetic detection signal from the magnetic detection sensor 45, the CPU 41 continues the air blowing. Therefore, a strong wind is constantly blown to the player's face, and the player loses the will to continue the magnet due to the discomfort. On the other hand, even if the player continues the magnet goto without feeling uncomfortable, hair and clothes flutter, and the player loses the willingness to continue the magnet goof because of the surrounding eyes. Thus, when the player who has given up the magnet go away from the glass door 12, the magnetic detection signal from the magnetic detection sensor 45 stops. In response to the stop of the signal, the CPU 41 ends the driving of the blower motor 33 and the blower stops.

  In this way, it is possible to give an uncomfortable feeling to the player by blowing a strong wind on the player's face. The player loses the will to continue cheating from this discomfort and voluntarily stops cheating. As a result, it is possible to end the situation moderately without involving surrounding players. In addition, since the wind is used, it is safe for the human body, and there is no noise that interferes with the effects of the surrounding pachinko machines. Furthermore, for malicious players who continue cheating against strong winds, it is possible to inform the surrounding people of the occurrence of cheating by waving hair and clothing, and to take appropriate measures. it can.

  In addition, although the magnetic detection sensor 45 was illustrated and demonstrated in the said embodiment, if it is a sensor which detects an unauthorized act, it will not specifically limit. For example, a fraudulent act of intentionally shaking the pachinko machine 10 may be detected by attaching a vibration detection sensor to the back surface of the game board 11 or the like. In this case, a detection signal corresponding to the vibration amount may be generated from the vibration detection sensor. And the air blower 30 is operated when the vibration amount of the pachinko machine 10 exceeds a predetermined value. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the blower device 30 from operating due to unintentional vibration. A plurality of types of fraud detection sensors may be used in combination.

  In the above embodiment, the horizontally long wind direction plates 37 are arranged in the vertical direction and the wind direction is adjusted in the vertical direction of the pachinko machine 10, but the vertically long wind direction plates are arranged in the horizontal direction and the pachinko machine 10 is arranged. The wind direction may be adjusted in the left-right direction. Furthermore, the fixed frame 32 may be rotatably attached to the casing 35 and the wind direction may be adjusted in the diagonal direction on the front surface of the pachinko machine 10.

  Furthermore, it may be detected whether or not a game is being executed, and a magnetic detection signal may be accepted only when the game is being played.

  In the above embodiment, the pachinko machine 10 is illustrated as a gaming machine, but the present invention can also be applied to a slot machine.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of a pachinko machine. It is a disassembled perspective view of an air blower. It is a block diagram which shows roughly the electrical structure of a pachinko machine. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of a pachinko machine.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pachinko machine 30 Blower device 31 Blower unit 32 Fixed frame 37 Wind direction board 41 CPU
44 Imaging device 45 Magnetic detection sensor 47 Position detection unit

Claims (2)

A blowing means for blowing wind in front of the gaming machine;
A fraud detection means for detecting whether or not a fraudulent act of illegally acquiring gaming profits has been performed;
When the fraud detection means detects that the fraud has been performed, the air blow control means for operating the air blow means,
A gaming machine characterized by comprising: Position detecting means for detecting the position of a player who plays a game on the gaming machine;
A wind direction plate for adjusting the wind direction;
Wind direction control means for adjusting the direction of the wind direction plate so that the wind is blown to the detected position of the player when the cheating is performed;
The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising:

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