JP2012192129A - Bingo game device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple and inexpensive bingo game device having enhanced visually appealing properties, and enabling smooth progress of a game, and to reduce cost.SOLUTION: In this bingo game device, n (five) balls 24 supported in ball receivers 21 are ejected upward into the air by ejection means, and when the n balls 24 having been ejected and supported in the ball receivers 21 are in predetermined arrangement, bingo is completed. Accordingly, n balls 24 fly in the air, so that the visual appealing properties are enhanced. Only 24 balls are used for the bingo game, thereby enabling smooth game progress. The ejected balls 24 are supported in the ball receivers 21, thereby requiring no lifting means unlike before.

Description

    The present invention relates to a bingo game apparatus in which bingo is established when n spheres are supported in a predetermined arrangement by n rows and n columns of sphere receptacles.

    As a conventional bingo game device, for example, a device described in Patent Document 1 below is known.

JP 2000-308703 A

  This is a bingo game board tilted with respect to the horizontal, formed with an inverted frustoconical bingo pot arranged in a matrix of n rows and n columns (n is a positive integer of 3 or more), and a start button When a ball is pressed, a ball distribution device that supplies a plurality of balls to the bingo game board from above and rolls diagonally downward on the bingo game board, and when the ball is supported to fall on the bingo pot, Detection means for detecting, and control means for determining that bingo is established when the balls detected by the detection means are supported by a bingo pot on a predetermined array, for example, a vertical, horizontal, or diagonal line. It has a bingo game machine.

    However, in such a conventional bingo game apparatus, the ball only rolls downward one after another on the bingo game board, so the visual appeal is weak and the customer suction power is lacking. There was a problem. Also, since there are balls that pass through the bingo pot and roll to the lost hole formed at the lower end of the bingo game board, it is necessary to supply n or more balls to the bingo game board in one game. As a result, there is a problem that the game time becomes longer and lacks customer attraction. Furthermore, since a lifting means for lifting and supplying the balls collected in the lost hole to the ball distribution device is necessary, there is a problem that the structure of the device is complicated and expensive.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a bingo game apparatus that has a high visual appeal, and that the game progresses crisply, and that the structure is simple and can be manufactured at low cost.

    The purpose of this is to provide a horizontal game plate having sphere receivers arranged in a matrix of n rows and n columns (n is a positive integer of 3 or more), and when the start button is pressed, Injecting means for injecting the supported n spheres upward into the air, and detecting means for detecting the supported sphere when the ejected sphere falls and is supported by the sphere receiver This can be achieved by a bingo game apparatus including a bingo game machine having control means that bingo is established when the arrangement of the spheres detected by the detection means is a predetermined arrangement.

  In this invention, the n spheres supported by the sphere receiver are ejected upward into the air by the ejecting means, and the n spheres that are dropped after the injection and supported by the sphere receiver are arranged in a predetermined array. When bingo is established, n spheres will fly in the air, providing high visual appeal and improving customer attraction. In addition, since the number of spheres used in the bingo game is only n, the game can be progressed crisply, and the ejected sphere is supported by the sphere receiver as it is. Such a lifting means is unnecessary, and as a result, the structure of the apparatus becomes simple and can be manufactured at low cost.

  Further, if configured as described in claim 2, there is a possibility that a small hit may be established regardless of the establishment of bingo, so that the game becomes more enjoyable. Furthermore, if constituted as described in claim 3, the dispenser becomes compact, and it is only necessary to replace the dispenser when the type, shape, etc. of the bingo prize or the small hit prize are changed. Can be dealt with in a short time.

It is a schematic front view which shows Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a partially broken top view of a bingo game machine. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along a line II in FIG. 2. It is a flowchart explaining the effect | action of the said Embodiment 1. FIG.

Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
In FIGS. 1, 2, and 3, 11 is a bingo game machine, and this bingo game machine 11 has a machine frame 13 in which a plurality of rollers 12 are rotatably supported on the bottom surface. The machine 11 can move, for example, in a game center as the roller 12 rolls on the floor 14. When the bingo game machine 11 moves to a predetermined installation position, the bingo game machine 11 is positioned and fixed at the position by a fixing mechanism (not shown). The machine frame 13 has a box-like main body part 13a at the lower part, and a display plate part extending upward from the main body part 13a with the same width as the main body part 13a on the upper surface of the rear end part of the main body part 13a. 13b is integrally formed. Reference numeral 15 denotes a transparent cover having a lower end fixed to the upper surface of the main body 13a and a rear end fixed to the display plate 13b. The cover 15, the upper end of the main body 13a, and the display plate A sealed game space 16 is formed immediately above the main body 13a by the front surface of 13b.

  Reference numeral 18 denotes a thin plate-like support plate installed at the upper end of the main body 13a. The four sides located at the outer edge of the support plate 18 are respectively lowered as they approach the support plate 18. The lower end of the inclined inclined plate 19 is connected. Further, the upper ends of the inclined plates 19 are connected to the main body portion 13a, and as a result, the lower surface of the game space 16 (the upper surface of the main body portion 13a) is composed of a concave surface whose central portion is recessed in a square shape. . The support plate 18 has n rows and n columns penetrating up and down the support plate 18 (here, n is a positive integer of 3 or more and the same numerical value, but in this embodiment, n is set to 5; A total of 25 (× 5) through-holes 20 are formed in a matrix shape (a grid pattern), and each through-hole 20 has a lower end of a spherical cone receiver 21 that has a frustoconical shape that spreads upward toward the top. Each is attached.

  As a result, these sphere receivers 21 are also arranged in a matrix of n rows and n columns (n is a positive integer of 3 or more). Each sphere receiver 21 is made of a transparent plastic thin plate. The inner diameter at the lower end is smaller than the diameter of the sphere 24, and the inner diameter at the upper end is larger than the diameter of the sphere 24. As a result, in any sphere receiver 21, when the sphere 24 falls into the sphere receiver 21, the outer surface of the sphere 24 contacts the inclined inner peripheral surface of the sphere receiver 21, and the sphere 24 is moved downward. Can be supported from. Here, the sphere 24 is accommodated in the game space 16 by the same number (5) as the number of rows (columns) of the sphere receiver 21, and is composed of light weight, for example, ping-pong balls and urethane balls. Yes.

  Reference numerals 25 denote guide rods extending in the vertical direction respectively arranged in the center of the space located between the four adjacent ball receivers 21, and the lower ends of these guide rods 25 are fixed to the support plate 18. The upper ends of the guide rods 25 are located above the upper ends of the sphere receivers 21. As a result, when the spheres 24 fall into the space between the four adjacent sphere receivers 21, the spheres 24 are guided. It abuts on the upper end of the rod 25 and is flipped to the side to be guided into one of the sphere receivers 21. The support plate 18, the sphere receiver 21, and the guide rod 25 described above have a horizontal game plate 26 having the sphere receivers 21 arranged in a matrix of n rows and n columns (n is a positive integer of 3 or more). Constitute.

  A lower plate 29 attached to the main body portion 13a and extending in parallel with the support plate 18 is installed immediately below the support plate 18, and a plurality of (spheres) respectively positioned directly below the sphere receivers 21 on the upper surface of the lower plate 29. Solenoids 30 serving as injection means arranged in a matrix with the same number as the receivers 21 are attached. When an operation signal is sent to these solenoids 30 from a control means 31 such as a CPU installed in the machine casing 13, the solenoid 30 operates to cause the plunger 32 to protrude upward. When n protrudes upward, the n spheres 24 supported by the sphere receiver 21 are pushed by the plunger 32 and receive an upward force, thereby injecting upward into the air, here the game space 16 Is done.

  Here, it is preferable that the injection timing of the sphere 24 by the solenoid 30 is shifted in time by the different sphere receiver 21 by the control means 31. The reason is that if the injection timing is shifted by the different sphere receivers 21, the spheres 24 flying around in the air collide with each other, the movement becomes irregular, and the visual appeal is enhanced. In the present invention, an air ejection mechanism that ejects air upward, an air cylinder in which a piston rod can project upward, or the like may be used as the above-described injection means.

  An operation console 33 is installed on the front surface of the main body 13a, and an insertion slot 34 into which coins (including medals) are inserted is formed on the upper surface of the operation console 33. Then, when a coin is inserted into the insertion slot 34, the control means 31 causes the display window 35 to display a numerical value of the remaining game that can be subsequently executed according to the number of inserted coins. Reference numeral 36 denotes a start button provided on the upper surface of the operation table 33. When the start button 36 is pressed by the player, the control means 31 sends an operation signal to the solenoid 30 as described above and is supported by the ball receiver 21. The sphere 24 is ejected into the air. At this time, all the solenoids 30 are operated so that the plunger 32 protrudes. However, in the present invention, only the solenoid 30 positioned immediately below the sphere receiver 21 on which the sphere 24 is supported is operated. May be.

  Here, the operation table 33 is provided with speed detection means (not shown) for detecting the pressing speed of the start button 36, for example, two detection sensors separated vertically. Then, the control means 31 changes the injection speed of the sphere 24 by the solenoid 30 according to the pressing speed of the start button 36 detected by the speed detecting means. In this embodiment, the larger the pressing speed, The injection speed by the solenoid 30 is high. In this way, the feeling of participation in the game is enhanced, and the height of the highest point of the sphere 24 ejected for each game is different, so that the visual appeal can be improved.

  39 is a plurality of detection means (the same number as the sphere receiver 21) installed on the lower surface of the support plate 18 around each sphere receiver 21, and each detection means 39 includes a projector 39a fixed to the support plate 18, The sphere 24 that is fixed to the support plate 18 at a position 180 degrees away from the projector 39a and is composed of a light receiver 39b that receives light from the projector 39a and that is emitted into the air drops. When the sphere receiver 21 supports the sphere receiver 21, the light projected from the light projector 39a toward the light receiver 39b is blocked by the lower end of the sphere 24 protruding downward from the lower end of the sphere receiver 21. The sphere 24 supported by 21 is detected without contact. Since the number of the spheres 24 is n (five) as described above, a detection signal is output to the control unit 31 from the n (five) detection means 39 that detected the n spheres 24. . In the present invention, a non-contact capacitive sensor, a contact micro switch, or the like may be used as the detection means.

  Reference numerals 42 are provided on the front surface of the display plate portion 13b and the same number of display spots as the sphere receivers 21. These display spots 42 are arranged in a matrix corresponding to the sphere receivers 21. Each display spot 42 is composed of a semi-transparent disk-shaped window member and a plurality of light emitting elements such as LEDs installed on the back side of the window member and capable of emitting light of different colors, The light emitting element normally emits white light, for example, in response to a control signal from the control means 31. However, the sphere 24 is supported by the corresponding sphere receiver 21, or the corresponding sphere receiver 21 is free to be described later. When the spot is selected, for example, red light is emitted, and when the corresponding sphere receiver 21 is selected as a small hit, which will be described later, for example, blue light is emitted. In addition, a plurality of light emitting elements that emit light of different colors similar to the light emitting elements constituting the display spot 42 are also installed on the lower surface of the support plate 18 around each spherical body receiver 21, and these light emitting elements are also controlled. In response to a control signal from the means 31, light is emitted in the same manner as the light emitting element of the display spot.

  When the detection signal is input from the n detection means 39 to the control means 31 by detecting the sphere 24 as described above, the control means 31 emits light from the sphere receiver 21 that supports the sphere 24. When the color of the light emitted from the element is changed to red, and the arrangement of the spheres 24 supported by the sphere receiver 21 is on a predetermined arrangement, for example, any one of vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, bingo It is determined that it has been established. In this way, the control means 31 assumes that bingo is established when the arrangement of the spheres 24 detected by the detection means 39 is a predetermined arrangement.

  As described above, the n spheres 24 supported by the sphere receiver 21 are ejected upward by the solenoid 30 into the air, and the n spheres 24 that are dropped after the injection and supported by the sphere receiver 21 are supported. Since the bingo is established when it is in the predetermined arrangement, n spheres 24 will fly in the air in the game space 16 during the game, providing high visual appeal and improving customer attraction. Can be made. In addition, since the number of the spheres 24 used in the bingo game is only n, the game can be progressed crisply, and the injected sphere 24 is supported by the sphere receiver 21 as it is. The lifting means as in the prior art becomes unnecessary, and as a result, the structure of the apparatus is simplified and can be manufactured at low cost.

  Here, each time the bingo game starts, the free spot mentioned above is either one of the control means 31 before the start button 36 is pressed after the player presses the selection button (described later). (Including the above cases) is determined by randomly selecting the sphere receiver 21, and even if the sphere 24 is not supported during the game, the sphere 24 is recognized as being invaded and supported. Is done. Then, the color of the sphere receiver 21 and the corresponding display spot 42 selected as the free spot in this way is changed from white to red before the start button 36 is pressed.

  As a result, if the spheres 24 are located at all locations other than the free spots on any of the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines including the free spots, the remaining spheres 24 may be off the aforementioned lines. The control means 31 determines that bingo has been established. The number of appearances of free spots (appearance probability) described above is set so as to increase as the number of remaining games displayed in the display window 35 increases. Therefore, it is preferable.

    In addition, each time the bingo game starts, in this embodiment, the small hits described above are performed by any one of the control means 31 (two or more) before the start button 36 is pressed after the player presses the selection button described later. When the sphere 24 is invaded and supported by the sphere receiver 21 selected for the small hit in the game, the control means 31 has a small hit. It is determined that it has been established. In this way, the game becomes even more fun because there is a possibility that a small hit may be established regardless of the establishment of bingo. In addition, it is preferable that the appearance number (appearance probability) per small portion is set to be higher as the number of remaining games displayed in the display window 35 is larger as in the above-described free spot.

  45 is a payout machine provided on the left side of the bingo game machine 11. The payout machine 45 has a machine frame 47 on which a plurality of rollers 46 are rotatably supported. As a result, the dispenser 45 can move in, for example, a game center as the roller 46 rolls on the floor surface 14. When the dispenser 45 moves to a predetermined installation position, the dispenser 45 is positioned and fixed at the position by a fixing mechanism (not shown). In the present invention, a payout machine identical to the payout machine 45 may be provided on the right side of the bingo game machine 11 so that one bingo game machine 11 controls a total of two payout machines. . In the machine frame 47, a plurality of bingo premium payout means 48 are installed in the upper and lower portions of the machine frame 47, and in this embodiment, three bingo prize payout means 48 are installed. Each bingo prize payout means 48 has a door 49 that can be opened and closed. It is connected to the control means 31 via the communication line 51.

  When any bin 49 is established as described above, a lock mechanism (not shown) that receives the signal from the control means 31 and locks the door 49 releases the lock. At this time, when the player opens the door 49 and takes out the bingo prize 50 inside, the bingo prize 50 is paid out. Thereafter, when the door 49 is closed, the door 49 is locked by a lock mechanism. At this time, the storage replenishment mechanism 52 that stores a plurality of bingo prizes 50 is the same type as the bingo prize 50 1. Individual bingo prizes 50 are sent out and replenished to prepare for the next bingo establishment.

  Further, the same number of selection buttons 54 as the number of bingo premium payout means 48 are provided on the upper surface of the operation console 33, and when any selection button 54 is pressed after the game starts, bingo is established as described above. The bingo prize 50 can be paid out from the bingo prize delivering means 48 corresponding to the pressed selection button 54. For example, after the second selection button 54 is pressed, the start button 36 is pressed to play a game, and when a bingo is established in this game, a bingo prize 50 can be paid out from the corresponding second bingo prize payout means 48. it can. Here, examples of the aforementioned bingo prize 50 include stuffed animals, toys, character goods, and the like. The bingo prize 50 is different in type and price for each bingo prize payout means 48, but as the bingo prize 50 paid out from the bingo prize payout means 48 corresponding to the selection button 54 selected by the player is higher, From the viewpoint of management, it is preferable to set so that the number of appearances (appearance probability) of the free spots is small (low).

  In addition, a plurality of, here three, small hit prize payout means 57 are installed in the machine casing 47 below the bingo prize payout means 48, and these small hit prize giveout means 57 are also communicated to the control means 31. Connected via line 51. Each of the small hit prize giving means 57 is composed of a horizontal spiral support rod extending in the front-rear direction and a motor for intermittently rotating the support rod, and each support rod has a plurality of small hit prizes 58, For example, straps, character goods, etc. are locked. Then, after the game is performed and the small hit is established as described above, when the player presses one of the selection buttons 59 corresponding to each small hit prize payout means 57 installed on the front surface of the machine frame 47, The control means 31 causes the support rod of the corresponding small hit prize payout means 57 to rotate once to drop the small hit prize 58 locked to the support rod. The small hit prize 58 dropped from the support rod in this way is slid on the shooter 60 and then paid out to the player from the payout opening 61.

  In this way, both the bingo prize paying means 48 for paying out the bingo prize 50 when the bingo is established and the small hit prize giving means 57 for delivering the small hit prize 58 when the small hit is established, the bingo game machine The bingo premium payout means 48, the small hit prize payout means 57 and the control means 31 are connected to each other by the communication line 51, and the bingo premium payout means 48 is installed. If the operation of the small hit prize payout means 57 is controlled by the control means 31, the payout machine 45 becomes compact and the type, shape, etc. of the bingo prize 50 and the small hit prize 58 are changed. However, it is only necessary to replace the dispenser 45, which can be dealt with in a short time.

Next, the operation of the first embodiment will be described.
When no game is played on the bingo game machine 11, as shown in FIG. 4, the bingo game machine 11 repeatedly demonstrates the bingo game to appeal the fun of the game. Next, when the player inserts coins into the insertion slot 34, the control means 31 displays the number of remaining games corresponding to the number of inserted coins on the display window 35. Next, when the player presses the selection button 54 of the number corresponding to the desired bingo prize 50 (bingo prize payout means 48), the control means 31 randomly selects one of the ball receivers 21 and determines it as a free spot. However, at this time, the light emission color of the light emitting elements arranged around the spherical receiver 21 that has become a free spot is changed from white to red, and the light emission of the light emitting elements of the display spot 42 corresponding to the spherical receiver 21 The color is also changed from white to red. Here, when the control means 31 selects a free spot as described above, the control means 31 determines the number of appearances in consideration of the number of remaining games and the price of the bingo prize 50 desired to be acquired.

  Next, the control means 31 randomly selects one of the sphere receivers 21 and determines the small hit, but at this time, the light emission color of the light emitting elements arranged around the sphere receiver 21 having the small hit is The color is changed from white to blue, and the light emission color of the light emitting element of the display spot 42 corresponding to the sphere receiver 21 is also changed from white to blue. Here, when the control means 31 selects a small hit as described above, the control means 31 may determine the number of appearances in consideration of the number of remaining games. In the present invention, the free spot and the small hitting hull may be performed at the same time, or the free spot may be selected after the small hitting is selected. When the free spot and the small hit ball receiver 21 are displayed in this way, the start button 36 can be pushed down by the player.

  Thereafter, when the player presses the start button 36, the control means 31 operates the solenoid 30 to cause the plunger 32 to protrude upward. As a result, all the n (5) spheres 24 supported by the sphere receiver 21 are ejected upward into the air. At this time, the speed detection means detects the pressing speed of the start button 36 and outputs the detection result to the control means 31. The control means 31 detects the sphere by the solenoid 30 according to this detection result (pressing speed). Change the injection speed of 24. Further, at this time, the control means 31 shifts the injection timing of the sphere 24 by the solenoid 30 in time with the different sphere receivers 21.

  The n spheres 24 thus ejected into the air then fall by one's own weight and enter one of the sphere receivers 21 and are supported from below by the sphere receivers 21. At this time, Since the light from the projector 39a is blocked by the lower end of the sphere 24 protruding downward from the sphere receiver 21, the detection means 39 detects that the sphere 24 is supported by the sphere receiver 21, and the detection result is It outputs to the control means 31. As a result, the control means 31 changes the light emission color of the light emitting elements arranged around the sphere receiver 21 on which the sphere 24 is supported and the light emitting elements of the display spots 42 corresponding to the sphere receiver 21 to red. . If the spheres 24 (including free spots) supported by the sphere receiver 21 are in a predetermined arrangement, the control means 31 determines that bingo has been established.

  When the bingo is established as described above, the control means 31 releases the lock of the door 49 in the bingo premium payout means 48 of the number desired by the player so that it can be opened. As a result, the player can receive the desired bingo prize 50 by opening the door 49. On the other hand, when bingo is not established, the bingo prize 50 is not paid out. Further, the control means 31 determines whether or not the sphere 24 is supported by the small hit ball receiver 21 based on the detection result from the detection means 39 installed in the small hit ball receiver 21. When the sphere 24 is supported on the small hit ball receiver 21, it is determined that the small hit is established.

  When the small hit is thus established, the control means 31 blinks the selection button 59. As a result, the player presses the selection button 59 corresponding to the desired small hit prize 58. At this time, the small hit prize payout means 57 is activated to drop the desired small hit prize 58 from the small hit prize payout means 57. Payout to the payout slot 61. In the present invention, from the viewpoint of management, when the above bingo is established, it is possible not to pay out the small hit prize 58 even if the small hit is established. On the other hand, when the small hit is not established, the small hit prize 58 is not paid out. Any one sphere 24 may be in a state where it rides on several spheres 24, for example, three spheres 24. In this case, the control means 31 receives from the n-1 detection means 39. Only the detection result is input. In this case, the control means 31 determines that the game is not established and operates the solenoid 30 to reinject the sphere 24 into the air. In this way, one game ends. At this time, if the number of remaining games is 1 or more, after resetting, the same game as described above is restarted, while the number of remaining games is zero. Return to the first demonstration.

  The present invention can be applied to the industrial field of a bingo game apparatus in which bingo is established when n spheres are supported in a predetermined arrangement on n rows and n columns of sphere receivers.

11 ... Bingo game machine 21 ... Sphere receiver
24 ... sphere 26 ... game plate
30 ... Injection means 31 ... Control means
36… Start button 39… Detection means
45 ... dispensing machine 48 ... bingo prize dispensing means
50 ... Bingo prize 51 ... Communication line
57 ... Small hit prize payout means 58 ... Small prize giveaway

Claims (3)

    A horizontal game plate having sphere receptacles arranged in a matrix of n rows and n columns (n is a positive integer of 3 or more) and n pieces supported by the sphere receptacles when the start button is pressed Means for injecting the sphere upward into the air, detection means for detecting the supported sphere when the emitted sphere falls and is supported by the sphere receiver, and the detection means detects A bingo game machine comprising: a bingo game machine having control means that bingo is established when the arranged spheres are in a predetermined arrangement.     2. Each time the bingo game is started, one of the sphere receivers is selected as a small hit by the control means, and the small hit is established when the sphere support is supported by the small hit ball receiver. Bingo game device.     Both bingo premium payout means for paying out bingo prizes when the bingo is established and small hit prize payout means for paying out small hit prizes when the small hit is established are provided on the side of the bingo game machine. The bingo premium payout means, the small hit prize payout means and the control means are connected by a communication line, and the operation of the bingo premium payout means and the small hit prize payout means is controlled by the control means. The bingo game apparatus according to claim 2, which is configured to be performed.

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