JP2013031715A - Falling-to-dealer control device of token pusher game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an improved control means of controlling a payout rate.SOLUTION: A falling-to-dealer control device includes: a shutter that is provided in a token pusher game machine, and is provided in a token passage reaching a falling-to-dealer port to be able to open and close, a shutter drive mechanism for opening/closing the shutter, and an automatic control device for controlling the shutter drive mechanism. In the falling-to-dealer control device, the shutter includes a plurality of pins that can be taken into and out of the falling-to-dealer port, and the number and arrangement of pins allowed to appear at the falling-to-dealer port are changed, thus changing opening width and/or opening positions.

Description

  The present invention relates to an improvement in a parental control device for a medal pusher game machine.

A medal pusher game machine that has been widely used in the past is provided with a game field in a casing that is shielded with a transparent acrylic plate or the like so that the inside can be seen by players, and the game field has a flat table and A fixed member provided between the upper surface of the table and a predetermined gap, and a state sandwiched between the table and the fixed member, and reciprocatingly slide back and forth between the retracted position and the pushing position. A flat pusher is provided.
A large number of medals are placed on the flat table upper surface and the pusher upper surface, and new medals are thrown into the game by operating the medal entry device by the player.
The medal placed on the pusher is pushed onto the table by being pushed by the front end edge of the fixing member when the pusher moves toward the rearward retracted position. The medals accumulated on the table are sequentially pushed out by the front end edge of the pusher when the pusher moves toward the forward pushing position, and fall into the drop opening leading from the front end edge of the table to the medal payout storing portion. Is paid out to the player. Other medals fall on the parent dropouts provided on both sides of the table and are collected in a medal tank in the machine.

In such a medal pusher game machine, one of means for adjusting the parent drop rate or its complement, that is, a medal payout rate (hereinafter referred to as a payout rate) to the player, which is (1-parent drop rate). For example, the hit rate of the slot game performed as a bonus game in the middle of the medal pusher game is changed by software.
However, there is a problem that if the hit rate of the slot game is changed, this is easily noticed by the player, and the player moves away from the noticed game machine.

As another means for adjusting the payout rate, a pin is provided on the table to change the flow of medals, or, for example, as in the device described in Patent Document 1 below, There is a known method of adjusting the height level.
There is also known a method in which a movable obstacle such as a shutter is provided at the parent dropout to control the state of the medal path leading to the parent dropout, in other words, the payout rate is controlled. .
However, the conventionally known apparatus has a problem that the apparatus becomes bulky and large because an obstacle having a length corresponding to the gap between the parent and outlet is moved in the longitudinal direction.
Further, in this adjustment method, the adjustment state of the medal passage is visible to the player, so that the player is aware of the adjustment state, and a situation occurs in which the player does not come close to a machine whose adjustment state is disadvantageous to the player.
In addition, there are some players who know the adjustment state and those who do not know, and there is a problem that a disparity or an unfair situation arises between them.

JP 2007-185204 A

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and its object is to provide a compact parent control device for a medal pusher game machine, and further to a player. It is possible to finely adjust the payout rate without noticing it, and it is possible to eliminate unfairness among players and easily adjust the payout rate according to the medal size and game state without being affected by the game probability An object of the present invention is to provide a parental control device for a medal pusher game machine.

The above purpose is
About medals dropped on a medal drop opening provided in front of the game field by pushing many medals placed on the game field by a medal pusher that reciprocates back and forth along the upper surface of the game field Is configured to pay this directly or indirectly to the player and to collect the medals dropped at the parent dropouts provided on both sides of the game field into a medal tank in the game machine. In the medal pusher game machine equipped with an amnesia control device configured to control the movement of medals falling there and adjust the payout rate,
The omission control device is constituted by a shutter made of a thin metal plate having elasticity and can be guided along a passage provided on the front surface of the omission port, and the omission port is partly formed by a part thereof. By being closed, the opening width and / or opening position can be changed.
A further object of the present invention can be achieved by providing a cover that shields the parent drop control device from the line of sight of the player.

The anti-bonding device to which the present invention can be applied is not particularly limited, but a thin and long metal plate is wound in a coil shape, and is retractably accommodated on a take-up drum having a shape such as a film cartridge. It is desirable to provide a device that can be adjusted, and to be able to partially close the opening of the parent drop by the drawn metal plate.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a cover for hiding the above-described pin row from the player's line of sight is provided.

With the configuration as described above, the apparatus can be configured extremely compactly, and the opening width and / or the opening position of the parent opening can be automatically and easily finely adjusted without being noticed by the player.
In addition, if the pins are hidden, unfairness among players can be resolved, and parental control that allows the payout rate to be adjusted significantly according to the medal size and game state without being affected by the game probability. An apparatus may be provided.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a state of a game field of a medal pusher game device in which a shutter of a parent control device according to the present invention is provided at a parent exit, as viewed from the front,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the state shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state in which a passage leading to a parent outlet is partially blocked by a shutter using a long and thin metal plate wound in a coil shape according to the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state in which a part of the passage leading to the parent entrance is blocked by the shutter using the lifting pins according to the present invention,
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a cover for concealing the parent outlet and the shutter is attached in the state shown in FIGS.
6 is a perspective view showing another configuration example of the cover shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a circuit configuration of the parental control device according to the present invention.

  In these drawings, 11 is a game field, 12 is a medal pusher, 13 is a medal drop opening, 14 is a parent drop opening, 15 is a shutter, 15f is a thin and thin metal plate, 15g is a winding mechanism, and 15h is a winding drum. , 15i is a motor, 15j is a rotary drive shaft, 15k is a guide rail, 16 is a cover, 2 is a medal injection device, 3 is a medal supply device, 4 is a fee collection device, 5 is a display device, 6 is a game calculation control device, 6a is an automatic control circuit for the shutter drive mechanism, 61 is a CPU, 62 is a program memory (storage device), 3 is a work RAM, 64 is a ROM, 65 is a clock circuit, 66 is an image processing circuit, 67 is a sound circuit, and 68 is A data bus, 69 is an I / O port, 7 is a speaker, M is a medal, and S is an opening width.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a large number of medals M emitted from the medal supply device 3 and the medal injection device 2 (see FIG. 8) are scattered on the game field 11 of the medal pusher game machine. Yes.
These medals are pushed and moved by a medal pusher 12 that reciprocates in the front-rear direction along the upper surface of the game field 11, and a part of the medals falls to a medal drop opening 13 provided in front of the game field 11. A medal that has fallen into the medal drop opening 13 is directly or indirectly made by the player.
On the other hand, medals dropped on the parent drop openings 14 provided on both sides of the game field 11 are collected in a medal tank in the game machine without being paid out to the player.

Thus, a shutter 15 is provided so as to close the parent opening 14, and the opening width and / or opening position of the horizontal opening through which the medal of the shutter passes is automatically adjusted. .
That is, as will be described later, a shutter driving mechanism for adjusting the horizontal opening width and / or opening position of the shutter 15 is provided, and an automatic control circuit for the shutter driving mechanism (automatic operation in the game arithmetic circuit 6 in FIG. 7). A control circuit 6a) is provided.

Thus, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 3, a thin and thin metal plate 15f having elasticity is used as the shutter 15.
In this embodiment, the metal plate body 15f is wound around the rotary drive shaft 15j inserted in the winding drum 15h shown in FIG. 4, for example, and accommodated in the winding drum 15h. The rotary drive shaft 15j is rotated forward and backward by the motor 15i, so that the metal plate 15f can be pulled out along the guide rail 15k and can be rewound, and thereby the opening area of the parent opening can be adjusted. .

  Note that a cover 16 as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 may be attached in order to prevent the player from seeing the parent opening 14 and the shutter 15 provided on both sides of the game field 11.

  In the above embodiment, an example in which a long and thin metal plate is accommodated in a cartridge-like container and provided in the nativity part of the parent entrance is shown, but the present invention is not limited to such a configuration, for example, The container can be provided on the front end side of the parent outlet, further on both ends thereof, and various means that can be easily conceived based on the above embodiments can be used. All changes are included in the example.

Next, with reference to FIG. 7, an embodiment of a circuit configuration of a medal pusher game machine provided with the parental control device according to the present invention will be described.
The game calculation control device 6 performs control necessary for the medal pusher game which is the main game, performs game calculation of a sub game such as a bonus game game generated during the main game, and based on the calculation result, While displaying a game image on the display device 5, normally, based on the game result, a command signal is sent to a medal payout device (not shown in the figure) to pay out a predetermined amount of medals (bonus medals). It has become.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the game calculation control device 6 controls the operation of the entire medal pusher game machine including the operations of the medal injection device 2, the medal supply device 3, the fee collection device 4, the medal pusher 12, and the like. The program to be executed is also executed.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the automatic control circuit 6a of the shutter drive mechanism is constructed by the cooperative action of the hardware of the game calculation control device 6 and the game program installed therein according to the progress of the game, The shutter driving mechanism 15m is controlled by the automatic control circuit 6a so that the opening width and / or opening position of the shutter 15 can be changed according to the game situation.

The CPU 61 in the game calculation control device 6 executes a game program recorded in a program memory 62 such as a hard disk drive, and performs calculation processing necessary to advance the game according to the program. In the above embodiment, the program memory 62 is also installed with a game program for changing and controlling the opening width and / or opening position of the shutter 15 according to the game situation.
The work RAM 63 exchanges data necessary for the operation of the CPU 61 and temporarily records and holds data.
In the ROM 64, various data and programs of a relatively small size necessary for backing up the operation of the CPU 61 are recorded in addition to the character data, image data, voice data, etc. displayed on the display device 5 for the bonus game or the like. ing. If the program memory 62 is a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk drive, character data, image data, etc. may be recorded there.
The clock circuit 65 oscillates clock pulses necessary for the operation of the entire apparatus, and performs time management from the start of the game to game over, other time management necessary for the progress of the game, and the like.

As described above, the game program for the main game and the sub game is installed in the program memory 62.
The CPU 61 calculates and executes the game programs of the main game and the sub game in cooperation with the program memory 62 and the work RAM 63, and displays the calculation results as game images on the display device 5 via the image processing circuit 67. , Configured to progress the game.
That is, in the present invention, the CPU 61 calculates and executes the game program in cooperation with the program memory 62 and the work RAM 63, whereby the automatic control circuit 6a of the shutter drive mechanism is constructed. And / or the opening position change control operation is executed.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and includes all modified embodiments that can be easily conceived by those skilled in the art from the above description within the scope of the object.

  Since the present invention is configured as described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to automatically and easily adjust the opening width and / or the opening position of the parent outlet, and the player is aware of the adjustment. This makes it possible to eliminate the unfairness among players, and allows the payout rate to be significantly adjusted according to the medal size and game state without being affected by the game probability. The present invention has a great utility value in the industry because it can provide a parent control device.

It is the perspective view which looked at the state of the game field of the medal pusher game machine provided with the parent drop control device concerning the present invention from the front side. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the state of the game field of the medal pusher game device shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the upper right. It is a front view which shows the state in which the parent drop mouth is partially blocked by the parent drop control apparatus which concerns on this invention. FIG. 4 is a three-dimensional exploded view showing a configuration of a shutter driving device used in the parent contact control device shown in FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which provided the cover in order to shield the parental control apparatus shown in FIGS. It is explanatory drawing which shows the state which provided the different cover from what was shown in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the parental control apparatus which concerns on this invention.

11 Game Field 12 Medal Pusher 13 Medal Drop Port 14 Parent Drop Port 15 Shutter 15f Slender and Thin Metal Plate 15g Winding Mechanism 15h Winding Drum 15i Motor 15j Rotation Drive Shaft 15k Guide Rail 16 Cover 2 Medal Injection Device 3 Medal Supply Device 4 Charge collection device 5 Display device 6 Game arithmetic control device 6a Shutter drive mechanism automatic control circuit 61 CPU
62 Program memory (storage device)
63 Work RAM
64 ROM
65 Clock circuit 66 Image processing circuit 67 Sound circuit 68 Data bus 69 I / O port 7 Speaker M Medal S Aperture width

Claims (2)

A large number of medals placed on the game field (11) were pushed in front of the game field (11) by being pushed and moved by a medal pusher (12) reciprocating back and forth along the upper surface of the game field. The medal dropped to the medal drop opening (13) is paid directly or indirectly to the player, and the medal dropped to the parent drop opening (14) provided on both sides of the game field is A shutter (15) provided in a medal passage leading to the parent drop opening (14) provided in a medal pusher game machine configured to collect this in a medal tank in the game machine, and a shutter (15) Shutter drive mechanism (15m) that opens and closes and automatic control device (6a) that controls the shutter drive mechanism (15m) In the parent drop control device consisting of,
The shutter is composed of an elastic thin thin metal plate (15f) guided along a passage provided in front of the parent entrance, and the parent entrance (14) is partially closed by a part of the shutter. In this way, the omission control device for the medal pusher game machine is configured so that the opening width and / or the opening position can be changed.   2. The parent drop control device for a medal pusher game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a cover (16) for hiding the shutter (15) from the line of sight of the player.

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