JP2012152371A - Game information display device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game information display device allowing confirmation of whether an another person browses one's own game data during seat leaving.SOLUTION: This game information display device 1 includes: a changeover operation means 161 operated for changing over the kind of the game data displayed on a display means 107; a display control means 103 changing over various kinds of game data according to the operation of the changeover operation means 161 and displaying the data on the display means 107; a seat leaving operation means 163 operated for setting a monitoring state when a player leaves a seat; and a decision means 105 deciding whether the changeover operation means 161 is operated in the monitoring state. The display control means 103 displays the decision result by the decision means 105 on the display means 107.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game information display device provided individually for each gaming machine.

  Conventionally, in many game halls, game information display devices are individually provided corresponding to each game machine such as a pachinko game machine or a slot machine (see, for example, Patent Document 1). According to these game information display devices, various game data can be displayed to the player. The game data to be displayed is various, such as the number of jackpot occurrences, the number of game executions, and the transition graph of the game, and it is difficult to display all the game data simultaneously on one screen. Therefore, a general game information display device is provided with a data switching button for switching and displaying various game data. The player can switch between various types of game data when selecting a gaming machine or during a game, and can judge whether the gaming machine is good or bad, a gaming situation, and the like.

  A player who is searching for a gaming machine to play can freely display desired game data by appropriately operating a game information display device corresponding to a non-operating gaming machine. On the other hand, regarding a gaming machine in operation, it is considered a violation of manners to reach out over the head of the player and operate the game information display device without permission. Therefore, there is little possibility that the game information display device is operated by another person while the game is being played, and that his / her game data is arbitrarily switched and displayed.

  On the other hand, when the game is interrupted and the user leaves the seat, the game information display device may be operated without permission to allow other people to view the game data. If an operation button or the like for prohibiting an operation while leaving the seat is provided, the operation of another person while leaving the seat can be restricted. However, in consideration of the setting intention of the game hall side that a lot of players want to use the game information display device, an operation prohibition state is set for a specific player and the use of other players is excluded. Such a setting is not preferable. Also, from the standpoint of the manufacturer of the game information display device, there is a desire to have more players use the display device.

  Therefore, the conventional game information display device has the following problems. In other words, while it was difficult to completely eliminate the possibility of others viewing the game data when the game was interrupted and left the seat, did other people see game data that could be said to be their own game results while leaving the seat? I am always worried about whether or not there are other people who are interested in the quality of the gaming machine being played and the gaming situation.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-165596

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game information display device that can confirm whether or not another person has browsed his / her game data while away from his / her seat.

The present invention relates to a gaming information display device provided in a one-to-one correspondence with each gaming machine in a gaming hall where a plurality of gaming machines are installed.
Display means capable of displaying various game data related to the corresponding gaming machine;
Switching operation means operated by the player to switch the type of game data to be displayed on the display means;
Display control means for switching game data to be displayed on the display means in response to an operation of the switching operation means;
When the player leaves the seat, the away operation means that the player operates to set a monitoring state for monitoring the operation of the switching operation means;
Monitoring state control means for setting the monitoring state in response to an operation of the leaving operation means and ending the monitoring state in response to establishment of a predetermined end condition;
Determination means for determining whether or not the switching operation means has been operated in the monitoring state,
The display control means is a game information display device characterized in that the determination result by the determination means is displayed on the display means (claim 1).

  The game information display device of the present invention can switch and display various game data on the display means according to the operation of the switching operation means. When the away operation means provided in the game information display device is operated, the monitoring state is set over a period until the end condition is satisfied. In this monitoring state, the determination means determines whether or not the switching operation means has been operated. Then, the determination result is displayed by the display means. For example, if the seat leaving operation means is operated when leaving the seat with a meal or a toilet, it is possible to confirm whether or not game data has been browsed by another person when returning to the seat.

  As described above, according to the game information display device of the present invention, it is possible to confirm whether or not one's own game data has been viewed by another person while leaving the seat, and when leaving the seat for a meal or a toilet. Can reduce the anxiety and anxiety of players.

  As the gaming machine of the present invention, there are various gaming machines such as a pachinko gaming machine and a slot machine. Furthermore, a gaming machine in which a gaming medium such as a medal or a ball is set as the gaming value, or a so-called complete credit type gaming machine that does not assume a gaming medium may be used. The slot machine may be a parrot (R) using a pachinko ball as a game medium.

  By using the game information display device of the present invention, it is possible to grasp the degree of attention being paid by other people to the gaming machine that is being played by grasping whether or not the game data has been viewed by another person while away from his / her seat. If the degree of attention is high, it is possible to determine that there is a high possibility that the game will be immediately started by another player after the player has finished the game, that is, there is a high possibility that the game will be hyena.

Moreover, it is preferable to provide monitoring notification means for notifying that the current state is the monitoring state in the monitoring state.
In this case, a player who does not want to browse game data without permission while away from his / her seat can use the game information display device to indicate his / her intention.

Further, as the predetermined end condition, it may be set that a predetermined period has elapsed since the monitoring state was set in accordance with the operation of the leaving operation means (claim 3). .
As the predetermined period, for example, a time of about 5 minutes to 10 minutes can be set. Such a short-term monitoring state is suitable for toilet breaks, tobacco breaks, and the like.

In addition, a release operation means for releasing the monitoring state,
As the predetermined end condition, an operation of the release operation means may be set (Claim 4).
In this case, when the player returns to the seat, the monitoring state can be released by operating the release operation means. Furthermore, as the end condition, it is also possible to set a long period of time such as 30 minutes and an operation of the release operation means. If the release operation means is combined, the monitoring state can be appropriately released according to the operation of the release operation means when returning to the seat before 30 minutes have passed.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the game information management system containing the game information display apparatus in an Example. The front view which shows the external appearance of the slot machine in an Example. The expanded view which expands and shows the arrangement | sequence of the symbol arrange | positioned in the outer periphery of the reel in an Example. Explanatory drawing which shows the role of a slot machine, a winning symbol, and a profit in an Example. The block diagram which shows the electrical constitution of the slot machine in an Example. The front view which shows the game information display apparatus in an Example. The block diagram which shows the electrical structure of the game information display apparatus in an Example. The front view which shows the normal screen in an Example. The front view which shows the small part data screen in an Example. The front view which shows the monitoring status screen in an Example. The front view which shows the determination result display screen in an Example. The flowchart which shows the flow of the monitoring state process in an Example. The flowchart which shows the flow of the data switching process in an Example.

The embodiment of the present invention will be specifically described with reference to the following examples.
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This example is an example related to the game information display device 1 provided individually corresponding to the slot machine 5 (game machine). The contents will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the game information display device 1 of this example (hereinafter referred to as display device 1 as appropriate) is provided to each slot machine 5 together with a lending device 31 that pays out medals for rent (game media having a game value). In contrast, it is provided separately. In the game hall, the combination of the display device 1, the lending device 31, and the slot machine 5 is managed by the game hall management device 30, and the game hall management system 3 is formed as a whole. In this game hall management system 3, in addition to the game hall management device 30, a display device 1 having a function as a relay terminal is connected to a communication network 300. The slot machine 5 and the lending device 31 are connected to the communication network 300 in a communicable state via the display device 1.

  First, the slot machine 5 of this example will be described. The slot machine 5 has an external configuration as shown in FIG. The front surface portion of the slot machine 5 is formed by a front frame body 50 having a substantially rectangular symbol display window 51 provided substantially at the center. The front frame 50 includes a liquid crystal display unit 638, a pair of left and right speakers 57, and a decorative lamp unit 636 on the upper side of the symbol display window 51. A base portion 500 that forms the base of the slot machine 5 is formed below the symbol display window 51. On the right side of the symbol display window 51, an award number display unit 551 for displaying the award number of medals and a credit display unit 552 for displaying the credit amount are arranged.

  The base portion 500 is formed so as to protrude relative to the symbol display window 51 located behind the player. The base unit 500 has a shelf-like operation surface 54 at the upper end adjacent to the symbol display window 51, a medal tray 55 at the lower end, and an operation panel 53 adjacent to the lower side of the operation surface 54. Have.

  On the operation surface 54, a bet button 64 for inserting a medal credited (stored) by a credit function, a settlement button 65 for paying out a credited medal, and a medal insertion for directly inserting a medal A mouth 630 is disposed. The operation panel 53 is provided with a start lever 62 for starting the symbol variation of the reel 52 and a stop button 61 for stopping the symbol variation.

  The symbol display window 51 is a display window including symbol display areas 510L, C, and R as shown in FIG. Each of the symbol display areas 510L, C, and R is a symbol display area for three symbols. In the entire symbol display window 51, symbol display regions for nine symbols arranged in a two-dimensional matrix composed of three rows and three columns are formed. In a symbol display area in which nine symbols 525 are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, winning lines 511 to 515 that are the arrangement direction of winning symbols to be awarded are set.

Reels 52L, C, and R constituting the symbol variation display means 520 are respectively arranged on the back side of the symbol display areas 510L, C, and R. As shown in FIG. 3, the reels 52 </ b> L, C, and R are rotary reels in which 21 symbols 525 are arranged at a substantially constant interval on a cylindrical outer peripheral surface. As stop buttons 61 that individually correspond to the reels 52L, C, and R, a left stop button 61L, a middle stop button 61C, and a right stop button 61R are provided.
The liquid crystal display unit 638 is a liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display unit 638 can display various effect screens for effecting a game.

  In the slot machine 5 of this example, as shown in FIG. 4, a bonus combination (BB combination, RB combination) and four types of small combinations are set as well as a replay combination. In the figure, the name of each combination is shown in the left column, the winning symbol that is a combination of symbols corresponding to each symbol is shown in the middle column, and the profit given to the player according to the winning is shown in the right column. . As the profit, there are a profit under the normal state shown on the left side of the “profit” column in the figure and a profit under the bonus state shown on the right side.

  The electrical configuration of the slot machine 5 is as shown in FIG. For the control unit 58 that controls the overall operation of the slot machine 5, in addition to the above-described configuration, the inserted medal detection unit 63 that detects a medal inserted from the medal insertion slot 630 (FIG. 2) and the reel 52 change the design. Various types including a reel driving unit 521 constituting the display means 520, a reference position detecting unit 632 for detecting the rotational position of the reel 52, a medal paying unit 633 for paying out medals to the tray 55, a given number display unit 551 and a credit display unit 552. A display unit 634, a set value operation unit 68 for setting a set value representing the player's advantage, an audio output unit 637 for controlling the speaker 57, a signal output unit 635 for outputting various signals, and the like are electrically connected. Has been.

The reel drive unit 521 includes a stepping motor (not shown) that can be controlled in units of steps, and is a means for rotationally driving the reel 52 by the rotational driving force of the stepping motor.
The reference position detection unit 632 is a detection unit that detects the passage of the reference position piece for each of the reels 52L, 52C, 52R and outputs a detection signal.
The set value operation unit 68 is an operation unit for changing set values of 6 stages having different internal winning probabilities for bonus combinations and small combinations using the setting key 680.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the control unit 58 includes a CPU 581, ROM 583 and RAM 584 as memory means, an I / O unit 582 as an input / output interface, and a random number extraction unit 585 that extracts random numbers for internal winning combination lottery. And a random number generator 586 for generating random numbers. The CPU 581 executes a software program read from the ROM 583 to execute an internal lottery means 71 for lottering an internal winning combination, a flag control means 710 for controlling an internal winning flag corresponding to the internal winning combination, and a display control for controlling the reel 52. Each function is realized as means 72, winning determination means 73 for determining a winning symbol, profit granting means 74 for giving a medal in accordance with winning, and bonus state generating means 75.

The ROM 583 stores an internal winning combination lottery table (not shown) used by the internal lottery means 71 for the internal winning combination lottery, and a reel control table (not shown) used by the display control means 72 for the stop control of the reel 52.
The reel control table is a data table in which stop positions that can be stopped on the winning line are defined.

  The internal winning combination lottery table is a data table in which the range of the winning random number of each combination is defined among the random numbers for the internal winning combination lottery of 0 to 65535. The internal winning combination lottery table includes a table applied to the normal state and a table applied to the bonus state. The internal winning combination lottery table for the normal state is prepared for each set value of 1 to 6. In addition, in the internal winning combination lottery table for the bonus state, the winning random numbers for the bonus combination and the replay combination are not set. As a result, during the occurrence of the bonus state, the bonus combination and the replay combination are excluded from the internal lottery targets.

The random number extraction unit 585 shown in FIG. 5 extracts the random numbers for the internal winning combination lottery from the random numbers (0 to 65535) generated by the random number generation unit 586.
The internal lottery means 71 is a means for determining an internal winning combination by internal lottery and establishing an internal winning flag corresponding to the internal winning combination. The internal lottery means 71 collates a random number for internal winning combination lottery against the winning random number of each combination specified in the internal winning combination lottery table, and determines an internal winning combination. The internal lottery means 71 selectively uses any of the internal winning combination lottery tables according to the gaming state and the set value.

  The flag control means 710 is a means for controlling an internal winning flag corresponding to the internal winning combination determined by the internal lottery means 71. The flag control means 710 is in an off state (zero) until the next game is started regardless of whether or not the internal winning flag of the other role other than the bonus winning is won in the game in which the internal winning flag is established for the first time. Reset to). Therefore, if each combination other than the bonus combination is not won in the internal winning game, all will be missed. On the other hand, the bonus combination flag, which is an internal winning flag of the bonus combination, is sequentially carried over to the next game until the established state of the internal winning flag is won, and is reset to the off state in accordance with the winning.

  The display control means 72 starts the symbol variation of the reel 52 when the start lever 62 is operated in a state where the start of the game is permitted, and stops the symbol variation of the reel 52 in response to the operation of the stop button 61. It is. The display control means 72 inputs a control pulse to the stepping motor that constitutes the reel driving unit 521 and rotates the stepping motor by one step for each pulse. The display control means 72 counts the number of control pulses input to the reel driving unit 521, that is, the number of steps rotated by the stepping motor. In particular, the display control means 72 of this example counts the number of steps generated after the most recent detection signal by resetting the number of steps to zero each time the detection signal of the reference position piece of each reel 52 is fetched.

  The display control means 72 performs so-called pull-in control in which symbols within a predetermined pull-in range determined by rules (rules for game machine authorization and type verification, etc.) are stopped on the winning line. In this example, a range corresponding to 4 symbols is set as the pull-in range. The display control means 72 collates the number of steps when the stop button 61 is operated with respect to the reel control table in which a stop position that can be stopped on the winning line is defined, and determines the stop position. The display control means 72 pulls the symbol corresponding to the internal winning flag to the stop position and stops the reel 52.

  The winning determination means 73 shown in FIG. 5 is a means for determining whether or not the combination of symbols that the three reels 52L, C, and R stop display is a predetermined winning symbol. The winning determination means 73 determines the winning combination according to the combination of symbols stopped on the winning lines 511 to 515 set so as to cross the three reels 52L, 52C, 52R. The winning determination means 73 takes in the number of steps of each corresponding stepping motor (reel drive unit 521) after each reel 52L, C, R stops. The winning determination means 73 obtains the type of the symbol 525 stopped on the winning lines 511 to 515 based on the number of steps, and determines whether or not a winning combination is established for the combination of the symbols 525.

  The profit granting means 74 is a means for giving the number of medals corresponding to the winning combination determined by the winning determination means 73. For example, when 15 winning combinations are winning combinations, 15 medals are awarded (see FIG. 4). However, in the bonus state, the number of medals awarded for all small roles is 15.

  The bonus state generation means 75 is a means for generating a bonus state in response to winning of a bonus combination and ending the bonus state in response to establishment of a predetermined end condition. As the bonus state, there are a BB state corresponding to the winning of the BB combination and an RB state corresponding to the winning of the RB winning. The end condition for the BB state is that 360 medals have been granted, and the end condition for the RB state is that 120 medals have been given.

Signals output from the slot machine 5 configured as described above to the display device 1 via the signal output unit 635 (FIG. 5) include the following signals.
(1) Safe signal: A signal that is output every time a medal is awarded in accordance with a prize.
(2) Out signal: A signal that is continuously output in response to the start of the game for the number of medals used in the game.
(3) RB signal: a signal output during the occurrence of the RB state.
(4) BB signal: a signal output during the occurrence of the BB state.

  Next, the display device 1 will be described. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 6, the display device 1 is a horizontally long device disposed in a space above the slot machine 5. On the front side of the display device 1, lamps 165 are arranged on both the left and right sides with the information display unit 15 as the center. A data switching button (switching operation means) 161, a call button 162, and a leaving button (seating operation means) 163 are arranged below the information display section 15 in order from the left side. The display device 1 only needs to be installed in one-to-one correspondence with the slot machine 5, and the installation location is not limited to this example. For example, the side or front of the slot machine 5 may be used.

The lamp 165 includes a call lamp 165A that is turned on in response to an operation of the call button 162, and a bonus lamp 165B that is turned on when a bonus state is occurring.
The data switching button 161 is an operation button for switching game data to be displayed on the information display unit 15.
The away button 163 is an operation button for setting the monitoring state of the data switching button 161.
The information display unit 15 has a function as a display unit 107 that displays game data, and a function as a monitoring notification unit 108 that notifies the presence / absence of operation of the data switching button 161 in a monitoring state.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the display device 1 includes a CPU 11 that executes various arithmetic processes, a storage unit 12 that includes a ROM 121 and a RAM 122, a transmission / reception unit (I / O) 13 that inputs and outputs various signals or information, And the control part 10 containing the clock part 14 provided with the time measuring function is accommodated. The clock unit 14 has a function as an RTC (Real Time Clock) and a function as a monitoring timer for measuring the duration of the monitoring state.

  The display device 1 is connected to the slot machine 5 via a signal input terminal 130 that is an external terminal of the transmission / reception unit 13. Note that, as described above, there are a safe signal, an out signal, a BB signal, an RB signal, and the like as signals to be captured from the slot machine 5 side via the signal input terminal 130.

  The storage unit 12 has functions as a game data storage unit 102 that stores game data of the slot machine 5 and a determination result storage unit 106 that stores a determination result of a determination unit 105 described later. The game data stored in the game data storage means 102 includes the following data (1) to (11). Note that the determination result stored in the determination result storage unit 106 will be described later.

(1) Number of games now: The number of digested games since the last bonus state ended.
(2) Total number of games: Total number of games executed under normal conditions.
(3) Number of occurrences of BB today: Number of occurrences of the BB state.
(4) RB count today: Number of occurrences of RB status.
(5) Number of 15-piece winnings: Number of winning 15-piece winnings.
(6) Number of 8 winning combinations: Number of winnings for 8 winning combinations.
(7) Number of doubles: Number of wins for doubles.
(8) Number of single-piece winnings: Number of winnings for one-piece winnings.
(9) Difference number: The total number of medals won by the player (the number of grants−the number of bets) on the day.
(10) Number of occurrences of BB on previous day: Number of occurrences of BB state on previous day.
(11) The number of RBs on the previous day: The number of occurrences of the RB state on the previous day.
Note that (10) the number of BBs on the previous day and (11) the number of RBs on the previous day are (3) the number of BBs on the previous day and (4) the number of RBs on the current day.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the CPU 11 has a game data generation unit 101 that generates the game data (1) to (9) by execution of software, a display control unit 103 that switches the display of the information display unit 15, and a monitoring state. A monitoring state control unit 104 for controlling and a determination unit 105 for determining whether or not the data switching button 161 is operated under the monitoring state are provided.

The game data generation means 101 generates each of the game data (1) to (9) by the method described below.
(1) Number of games now: Counting starts at zero start when the most recent bonus state ends, detects game start when the out signal is received three times in succession, and adds one game each time it is detected .
(2) Cumulative number of games: A game start is detected when an out signal is continuously received three times in a normal state, and one game is added each time it is detected.
(3) Number of BBs today: Add once each time the BB signal is switched from the non-reception state to the reception state.
(4) Number of RBs today: Add once each time the RB signal is switched from the non-reception state to the reception state.
(5) Fifteen winning combinations: Add one time each time a safe signal is received 15 times.
(6) Number of winning combinations of 8 sheets: Every time a safe signal is received continuously 8 times, it is added once.
(7) Two-sheet playing count: Adds once each time a safe signal is received twice.
(8) 1-sheet playing count: Adds once each time a safe signal is received once.
(9) Number of difference sheets: One sheet is added in accordance with reception of the safe signal, and one sheet is subtracted in accordance with reception of the out signal.

  The monitoring state control means 104 sets the monitoring state for 5 minutes when the away button 163 is operated. The monitoring state control means 104 sets the monitoring state according to the operation of the away button 163, and then when the measurement time of the monitoring timer (timer function of the clock unit 14) reaches 5 minutes (end condition). End the monitoring state. In the monitoring state control means 104 of this example, a monitoring flag that is a state flag indicating the monitoring state is set.

  When the data switching button 161 is operated in the monitoring state, the determination unit 105 acquires the operation time (operation time) from the RTC (clock function of the clock unit 14). This operation time is stored as needed by the determination result storage unit 106 as a determination result by the determination unit 105.

  The display control means 103 switches the game data displayed by the information display unit 15 according to the operation of the data switching button 161. Furthermore, the display control means 103 of this example displays the fact on the information display unit 15 while the monitoring state continues. After the monitoring state is completed, the information display unit 15 is displayed with or without the operation of the data switching button 161 under the monitoring state (determination result by the determination unit 105).

  A screen displayed on the information display unit 15 by the display control unit 103 will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9 are display screens by the display means 107. FIG. 10 and 11 are display screens by the monitoring notification means 108. FIG.

  In an initial state where neither the data switching button 161 nor the leaving button 163 is operated, the normal screen 21 of FIG. 8 is displayed on the information display unit 15. The normal screen 21 has a data display area 211 for displaying game data, and a graph display area 212 for displaying the variation of the difference number (vertical axis) with respect to the number of games (horizontal axis). In the data display area 211, the number of current games, the total number of games, the number of BBs today, the number of RBs today, and the like are displayed. In the graph display area 212, the variation of the difference number with respect to the cumulative number of games is displayed as a line graph.

  When the data switching button 161 is operated while the normal screen 21 is displayed, the small combination data screen 22 of FIG. 9 is displayed. The small character data screen 22 is different from the normal screen 21 in FIG. 8 in the configuration of the data display area 221. In the data display area 221 of the small combination data screen 22, small combination related data such as the number of 15 winning combinations is displayed instead of bonus related data such as the number of BB today. The graph display area 222 is the same as the graph display area 212 in FIG.

  When the away button 163 is operated while the normal screen 21 or the small combination data screen 22 is displayed, the monitoring status screen 23 of FIG. 10 is displayed. The monitoring status screen 23 is a screen in which an out-of-seating display 233 indicating that the user is away from the seat is added to the lower portion of the normal screen 21. This monitoring status screen 23 is displayed during the setting of the monitoring status according to the operation of the away button 163.

  When the data switching button 161 is operated after the monitoring state ends, the determination result display screen 24 of FIG. 11 is displayed. This determination result display screen 24 is a screen in which the determination result by the determination means 105, that is, the determination result display 244 which is a list of operation times of the data switching button 161 is popped up on the normal screen 21 (FIG. 8).

  The operation of the display device 1 of the present example configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the flow of the monitoring state process for setting the monitoring state. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of data switching processing for switching the display of the information display unit 15.

  In the monitoring state process of FIG. 12, the operation of the away button 163 is on standby (S101). When the away button 163 is operated (S101: YES), the flag state of the monitoring flag is determined (S102). If the monitoring flag is in the off state (S102: NO), the monitoring flag is switched to the on state (S103), and the away seat display 233 on the monitoring state screen 23 (FIG. 10) is started (S104). Timer timing is started (S105).

  On the other hand, when the away button 163 is not operated (S101: NO), it is determined whether or not the monitoring timer has expired (S112). Until the monitoring timer expires (S112: NO), the away seat display 233 in step S104 is held. Thereafter, when the measurement time of the monitoring timer reaches 5 minutes and the time is up (S112: YES), the monitoring flag is switched to the off state (S113). Then, the during-seating display 233 on the monitoring status screen 23 (FIG. 10) is deleted (S114), and the measurement time of the monitoring timer is reset (S115).

  In the data switching process of FIG. 13, the operation of the data switching button 161 is on standby (S201). When the data switching button 161 is operated (S201: YES), first, the flag state of the monitoring flag is determined (S202). If the monitoring flag is on, that is, under the monitoring state (S202: YES), after the operation time is recorded (S203), the small combination data screen 22 (FIG. 9) is switched and displayed (S204).

  On the other hand, if the monitoring flag is OFF (S202: NO), it is determined whether or not the operation time stored in the determination result storage means 106 (FIG. 7) is recorded (S213). If the operation time is recorded (S213: YES), the determination result display screen 24 including the determination result display 244 (FIG. 11) which is a list of the operation times recorded in step S203 is displayed over 3 seconds. (S214). Thereafter, after the operation time is erased from the storage area of the determination result storage means 106 (S215), the small combination data screen 22 (FIG. 9) is switched and displayed (S204). When the data switching button 161 is operated (S201: YES), if the monitoring flag is off (S202: NO) and no operation time is recorded (S213: NO), the small role data screen remains as it is. Switching display to 22 is executed (S204).

  In the game information display device 1 of the present example configured as described above, when the data switching button 161 is operated in the monitoring state, the determination result display screen 24 (FIG. 11) is displayed after the monitoring state is ended. To that effect. Therefore, the player of this slot machine 5 can confirm whether another person has switched the game data while he / she is away from his / her seat when he / she returns to the seat. For example, if the away button 163 is operated when leaving the seat by a meal or a toilet, it is possible to confirm whether or not the game data has been viewed by another person while away from the seat. If it is possible to grasp whether or not the gaming machine being played is attracting attention from others, the risk of being hyena can be grasped beforehand.

  The display device 1 of this example is a display device that can confirm whether or not another person has viewed his / her game data while away from his / her seat. Therefore, the player of the gaming machine combined with the display device 1 can clearly grasp whether or not his / her gaming data has been viewed by another person while he / she is away.

When the away button 163 is operated again during the monitoring state, the monitoring state may be canceled at that time. Thus, the away button 163 may be used as a release operation means, or a release button as a release operation means may be provided separately from the away button 163.
In this example, the display device 1 is combined with the slot machine 5. The display device 1 of this example may be combined with a pachinko gaming machine instead of the slot machine 5.
In this example, while the monitoring state is being set, the absence indicator 233 notifies that fact, but the absence indicator may be omitted.
Instead of this example, the function of the control unit 10 can be taken out from the display device 1 and provided outside the main body of the display device 1. Two or more display devices 1 may be controlled by one control unit.

  As mentioned above, although the Example of this invention was described in detail, these Examples are only disclosing the example of the technique included by a claim. Needless to say, the scope of the claims should not be construed as limited by the configuration, numerical values, or the like of the embodiments. The scope of the claims includes techniques obtained by variously modifying or changing the embodiments using known techniques or knowledge of those skilled in the art.

1 Game information display device (display device)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Control part 101 Game data production | generation means 102 Game data storage means 103 Display control means 104 Monitoring state control means 105 Judgment means 106 Judgment result storage means 107 Display means 108 Monitoring notification means 15 Information display part 161 Data switching button (switching operation means)
163 Leave button (seating operation means)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 21 Normal screen 22 Small role data screen 23 Surveillance status screen 233 In-seating display 24 Judgment result display screen 244 Judgment result display 3 Game hall management system 30 Game hall management apparatus 31 Lending apparatus 5 Slot machine 520 Symbol change display means 61 Stop button 62 start lever 635 signal output unit 71 internal lottery means 72 display control means 73 winning determination means 75 bonus state generating means

Claims (4)

In a game information display device provided in one-to-one correspondence with each gaming machine in a gaming hall where a plurality of gaming machines are installed,
Display means capable of displaying various game data related to the corresponding gaming machine;
Switching operation means operated by the player to switch the type of game data to be displayed on the display means;
Display control means for switching game data to be displayed on the display means in response to an operation of the switching operation means;
When the player leaves the seat, the away operation means that the player operates to set a monitoring state for monitoring the operation of the switching operation means;
Monitoring state control means for setting the monitoring state in response to an operation of the leaving operation means and ending the monitoring state in response to establishment of a predetermined end condition;
Determination means for determining whether or not the switching operation means has been operated in the monitoring state,
The game information display device, wherein the display control means displays a determination result by the determination means on the display means.   The game information display device according to claim 1, further comprising: a monitoring notification unit that notifies that the current state is the monitoring state in the monitoring state.   3. The predetermined end condition is set such that a predetermined period has elapsed since the monitoring state was set in accordance with an operation of the leaving operation means. The game information display device described in 1. A release operation means for releasing the monitoring state;
The game information display device according to claim 1, wherein an operation of the release operation unit is set as the predetermined termination condition.

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