JP2016123592A - Game machine system and game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system and game machine capable of expanding a variation of a performance by an AR (Augmented Reality) technique by an operation of just changing a photographing position of a portable terminal device without providing a new member.SOLUTION: When a predetermined condition is established in a game, a pachinko slot machine 2001 displays a performance image 210 including a first marker 220 on a liquid crystal display device 2005. When recognizing the first marker 220 from a photographed image of the performance image 210, a portable terminal device 3001 notifies of suggestion information for guiding the self device so as to be able to photograph a waist panel 2060 of the pachinko slot machine 2001, after the notification of the suggestion information, when recognizing a second marker 230 different from the first marker 220 from the photographed image of the waist panel 2060, generates a composite image formed by combining a performance assist image corresponding to the performance image 210 including the first marker 220 with the photographed image of the waist panel 2060, and displays it on a touch panel display 3030.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine system and a gaming machine including a gaming machine such as a slot machine and a portable terminal device such as a mobile phone.

  As an example of a gaming machine, after a predetermined number of game media such as medals for one game are inserted, the player operates the start lever to start the variable display of the identification symbol by the variable display device, and is displayed and displayed. There is a slot machine that can give a predetermined game value based on the displayed result.

  Here, the provision of a predetermined game value includes payout of medals as game media, transition to a specific game state such as a bonus state or a big hit state, which is a game state advantageous over the normal game state, and the like.

  Such a gaming machine is provided with a display device that displays an animation and a movable accessory, and various effects produced by these allow the player to have a sense of expectation for a specific gaming state or to suppress a monotonous feeling of the game. It has been done. However, such a production method is used in most gaming machines, and has become rutted.

  An example of a gaming machine that prevents such rut is a gaming machine that uses AR (augmented reality) technology. A gaming machine using AR technology includes, for example, an information display belt provided with a plurality of predetermined markers, and the predetermined markers can be visually recognized from the player side by rotating the information display belt according to the gaming state. It has a configuration that appears at a position. When a player photographs an appearing marker with a camera attached to a terminal device such as a mobile phone, a video in which a predetermined character appears on the marker is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device (Patent Document 1). ).

JP 2012-283 A

  As described above, in pachislot machines, variations are required in the way of expanding the width of the production surface, such as using a liquid crystal display on the production surface, using a sub reel, and mounting an accessory.

  In response to such a request, in the one described in Patent Document 1 using the AR technology, a predetermined character appears on the marker by photographing the marker appearing on the information display belt with a camera attached to a terminal device such as a mobile phone. By displaying the video that is being performed, a novel effect can be achieved.

  However, the one described in Patent Document 1 requires a new information display belt to perform an effect using the AR technology, and further expands the variation of the effect, such as the effect place is limited to the information display belt. There were limits.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and is a gaming machine system capable of expanding variations in effects by AR technology by simply changing the shooting position of the mobile terminal device without providing a new member. And it aims at providing a gaming machine.

  A gaming machine system according to one aspect of the present invention is a gaming machine system including a gaming machine and a portable terminal device that captures a predetermined area of the gaming machine, wherein the gaming machine displays a predetermined effect image. The effect image display means displays an effect image including a first marker when a predetermined condition in the game is established, and the portable terminal device includes a photographing means, When the first marker is recognized from a photographed image of the effect image including the first marker photographed by the photographing means, it is possible to photograph a specific place of the gaming machine different from the effect image display means Suggestion information notifying means for notifying the suggestion information for guiding the device, and after the notification of the suggestion information, the first marker is obtained from a photographed image of a specific place of the gaming machine photographed by the photographing means. When recognizing a second marker different from-, a composite image generating means for generating a composite image in which the effect auxiliary image corresponding to the effect image including the first marker is combined with the photographed image at the specific place And composite image display means for displaying the composite image.

  In this way, in the mobile terminal device, after shooting the effect image including the first marker displayed on the effect image display means of the gaming machine, the specific location of the gaming machine is imaged, and the first image is taken from the captured image. When a second marker different from the marker is recognized, an effect auxiliary image corresponding to the effect image including the first marker is synthesized and displayed on the photographed image at the specific location. It is possible to assist the AR effect of the game using the entire case, and to expand the variation of the effect without providing new members.

  In the gaming machine system according to one aspect of the present invention, the portable terminal device includes a program receiving unit that receives a program for executing processing by the suggestion information notifying unit, the synthesized image generating unit, and the synthesized image display unit. It is good also as a structure further provided with the program delivery apparatus which has and distributes the said program with respect to the said portable terminal device.

  As described above, since the mobile terminal device receives a program for executing processing for combining and displaying the effect auxiliary image corresponding to the effect image on the captured image of the specific place of the gaming machine from the program distribution device, the AR You can easily enjoy the game with the production assistance.

  Moreover, in the gaming machine system according to one aspect of the present invention, the suggestion information notification unit changes the shooting posture of the own device so that the second marker can be shot when the first marker is recognized. It is good also as a structure which alert | reports the suggestion information which encourages.

  As described above, when the mobile terminal device recognizes the first marker, the player photographs the waist panel or the like in order to notify the suggestion information that prompts the user to change the photographing posture of the device so that the second marker can be photographed. The shooting operation can be performed smoothly, and the efficiency of the AR effect assisting process can be improved.

  Moreover, in the gaming machine system according to an aspect of the present invention, the program distribution device includes a streaming distribution unit that performs streaming distribution of the presentation assistance image, and the portable terminal device generates a link to the streaming distribution unit. The suggestion information notifying means may be configured to notify the suggestion information that prompts an operation of connection to the link when the first marker is recognized.

  As described above, since the AR image corresponding to the marker recognized by the mobile terminal device is stream-distributed from the program distribution device to the mobile terminal device, the recognition of the marker on the mobile terminal device side and the image composition processing of the AR image are performed. Such processing burden can be reduced, and the processing capability can be distributed to others.

  A gaming machine according to an aspect of the present invention includes a photographing unit, a recognizing unit for recognizing a first or second marker in a photographed image photographed by the photographing unit, and the first recognized by the recognizing unit. Or the said imaging | photography means of a portable terminal device which has the synthetic | combination image generation means which synthesize | combines the image corresponding to a said 2nd marker with the said picked-up image, and produces | generates a synthetic | combination image, and the synthetic | combination image display means to display the said synthetic image In a gaming machine capable of displaying an effect image including the first marker for informing suggestion information for guiding the mobile terminal device so that the second marker can be photographed so that the second marker can be photographed, a predetermined condition is established. Based on the above, variable display means for performing variable display or stop display of a plurality of identification symbols, and a combination of the plurality of identification symbols is stopped in a specific manner by the variable display means. Profit giving means for giving a predetermined profit to the player when indicated, and the second marker is a specific place different from the place where the effect image including the first marker is displayed It is characterized by that.

  Thus, since the 2nd marker was made into the specific place different from the place where the production image containing the 1st marker is displayed, the production assistance image corresponding to the production image in the photographed image of the specific place of the gaming machine When assisting the production in cooperation with the portable terminal device that synthesizes and displays, the variation of the production can be expanded without adding a special structure of the gaming machine.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the game machine system and game machine which can expand the variation of the production | presentation by AR technique by operation which only changes the imaging | photography position of a portable terminal device, without providing a new member can be provided.

It is a mimetic diagram showing an example of composition of a gaming machine system concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the hardware constitutions of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of a functional structure of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a main flowchart regarding control of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart regarding the imaging | photography process of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart regarding the picked-up image acquisition process of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart regarding the recognition process of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart regarding the display process of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart regarding the infrared transmission process of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the game flow of the pachislot gaming machine which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the external structure of the pachislot game machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal structure of the pachislot which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the main control circuit of the pachislot game machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the sub-control circuit of the pachislot game machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the symbol arrangement | positioning table of the pachislot gaming machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure shown about the symbol combination table of the pachi-slot gaming machine concerning this embodiment. It is a figure which shows the table at the time of the bonus action | operation of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal winning combination determination table for a small part and replay of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal winning combination determination table for bonuses of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal lottery table for general game states of the pachislot gaming machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal lottery table for RT1 action | operation of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal lottery table for RT2 action | operation of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the internal lottery table for RB operation | movement of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the internal winning combination storing area | region of the pachislot game machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the carryover combination storage area | region of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure for demonstrating the structure of the operating flag storage area | region of the pachislot gaming machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a main flowchart by control of the main CPU of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. It is a flowchart of the interruption process by control of the main CPU of the pachislot gaming machine according to the present embodiment. It is a flowchart of the main board | substrate communication task process of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the effect registration task process of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart of the production content determination process of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. It is a table | surface figure which shows the production number determination table of the pachislot machine which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a table | surface figure which shows the presentation assistance image determination table of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the effect image display image of the pachislot machine in the gaming machine system which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a schematic diagram which shows imaging | photography operation of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the AR production assistance process of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the imaging | photography position movement suggestion information of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the production assistance image of the portable terminal device which concerns on this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the imaging | photography position movement suggestion image of the portable terminal device in the gaming machine system which concerns on the modification 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of an imaging | photography position movement operation of the portable terminal device in the gaming machine stem concerning the modification 1. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the AR effect auxiliary image of the portable terminal device in the gaming machine system concerning the modification 1. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the delivery source selection screen of AR production auxiliary image of the portable terminal device in the gaming machine system concerning the modification 2. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the AR effect auxiliary image of the portable terminal device in the gaming machine system concerning the modification 2. It is a figure which shows the effect image display image of the pachislot machine in the gaming machine system which concerns on the modification 3. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing an AR effect assisting process for a mobile terminal device in a gaming machine system according to Modification 3; It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the imaging | photography position movement suggestion information of the portable terminal device in the gaming machine system which concerns on the modification 3. FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of a display of the AR effect auxiliary image of the portable terminal device in the gaming machine system concerning the modification 3. It is a figure which shows the effect image display image of the pachislot gaming machine in the gaming machine system which concerns on the modification 4. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the AR presentation assistance process of the portable terminal device in the gaming machine system which concerns on the modification 4. It is a table | surface figure which shows the relationship between the combination of the marker which has the embedding information in the AR effect assistance process which concerns on the modification 4, and the display content of AR effect assistance image.

  FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration of the gaming machine system S according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine system S includes a mobile terminal device 3001 and a pachinko gaming machine 1001 or a pachislot gaming machine 2001. The mobile terminal device 3001 can exchange data with the server 4001 via the communication line NW. The mobile terminal device 3001 receives a predetermined application program stored in the server 4001 via the communication line NW, and stores this program in a memory or the like. As the communication line NW, for example, a public line or the Internet is used. The mobile terminal device 3001 executes the stored program by the CPU.

  The mobile terminal device 3001 may be an information processing terminal having a photographing function and an image display function, and is, for example, a smartphone, a tablet terminal, a mobile phone, a personal computer, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or the like. Hereinafter, a case where a smartphone is used as the mobile terminal device 3001 will be described as an example.

  The player can take an image displayed by the pachislot gaming machine 2001 with the portable terminal device 3001 while playing the pachislot gaming machine 2001. When a marker is included in the captured image, the mobile terminal device 3001 recognizes the marker and displays a composite image obtained by combining a predetermined image with the captured image.

  Note that the mobile terminal device 3001 can transmit infrared rays or the like to the outside, and can transmit infrared rays or the like to the pachislot machine 2001. The pachislot gaming machine 2001 can receive infrared rays or the like transmitted from the mobile terminal device 3001. In this manner, unidirectional optical communication is possible between the mobile terminal device 3001 and the pachislot machine 2001.

  The gaming machine system S according to the present embodiment includes a mobile terminal device 3001 and a pachislot gaming machine 2001. In this gaming machine system S, a player can view an image different from an actual image using the mobile terminal device 3001 by the AR technology while playing the pachislot gaming machine 2001.

  Hereinafter, the configuration and operation of the mobile terminal device 3001 and the pachislot gaming machine 2001 according to this embodiment will be described in order.

[Mobile terminal device]
The configuration and operation of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment will be described below.

  The configuration of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware configuration of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a functional configuration of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile terminal device 3001 includes a camera 3010, a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 3020, a touch panel display 3030, various memories 3040, various input / output interfaces 3050, peripheral function circuits 3060, a communication interface 3070, and an infrared transmission unit. 3080 etc., and each member is mutually connected via the internal bus.

  The camera 3010 serving as a photographing unit is configured by an individual image sensor such as a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) image sensor or a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor. Note that imaging is a concept including imaging.

The various memories 3040 are configured by appropriately combining, for example, a non-rewritable nonvolatile memory such as a ROM, a rewritable nonvolatile memory such as a flash memory, and a volatile memory such as a RAM. The various memories 3040 may include a non-volatile recording medium such as a magnetic memory (for example, HDD) or an optical memory (for example, CD).

  In the various memories 3040, a recognition unit 3021, a composite image generation unit 3022, an input data analysis unit 3023, a transmission data generation unit 3024, a suggestion unit 3025, a link generation unit 3026, and the like as shown in FIG. The predetermined program and data are stored. The computer program executed by the CPU 3020 includes basic software (OS) for performing hardware control of the mobile terminal device 3001 and application software designed for realizing a specific function in the mobile terminal device 3001 ( Application programs) and the like, which are stored in various memories 3040. The various memories 3040 also function to temporarily store data generated by the arithmetic processing of the CPU 3020.

  Examples of the various input / output interfaces 3050 include a power-on button, a microphone, a speaker, an operation instruction LED, and a vibration motor. When the mobile terminal device 3001 is not a smartphone but a personal computer, for example, operation keys such as a numeric keypad, touch pad, touch panel, mouse, trackball, stick controller, push switch, slide switch, rotary switch, microphone The various input / output interfaces 3050 include speakers, LEDs, and the like.

  The peripheral function circuit 3060 is a circuit for executing signal processing and the like for realizing various functions in the mobile terminal device 3001. For example, it is a circuit for realizing a current position specifying function, a current date specifying function, a direction specifying function, a voice recognition function, a voice reproduction function, and the like.

  For example, when the mobile terminal device 3001 has a current position specifying function, the 3060 may include a GPS receiver that receives GPS signals from geodetic satellites. When the mobile terminal device 3001 has a current date / time specifying function, the peripheral function circuit 3060 only needs to include a real-time clock for generating time information and calendar information. When the mobile terminal device 3001 has an orientation specifying function, the peripheral function circuit 3060 may include a geomagnetic sensor that detects geomagnetism and generates an orientation signal, a gyro sensor that detects a rotation angle, and the like. When the mobile terminal device 3001 has a voice recognition function, the peripheral function circuit 3060 only needs to include a feature quantity extraction circuit that extracts a voice feature quantity from the voice signal. When the portable terminal device 3001 has an audio reproduction function, the peripheral function circuit 3060 may include an audio codec that converts digital audio data into an analog audio signal, an amplification circuit that amplifies the audio signal, and a volume. .

  A communication interface 3070 having a function of a program receiving unit is used to transmit / receive a communication signal for executing data communication with an external device. For example, an antenna for wireless communication or a cable connector for wired communication. The mobile terminal device 3001 receives a program, data, and the like from the server 4001 through the communication interface 3070.

  The infrared transmission unit 3080 is an infrared module that transmits infrared rays to enable wireless communication, and is used to transmit data to the pachislot machine 2001. Note that the mobile terminal device 3001 may be capable of transmitting and receiving infrared rays.

  The touch panel display 3030 is used as a display device, such as displaying an image captured by the camera 3010. The touch panel display 3030 is also used to perform various input operations on the mobile terminal device 3001.

  The touch panel display 3030 includes a screen for giving a message or an instruction to the player, a screen for inputting a type and condition of processing desired by the user, a screen showing a result of processing executed by the CPU 3020 and the like. indicate.

  Note that if the mobile terminal device 3001 is not a smartphone, a display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) may be used instead of the touch panel display 3030. In this case, since input using the touch panel is not possible, an input operation to the mobile terminal device 3001 may be performed using the various input / output interfaces 3050.

  In such a portable terminal device 3001, when the predetermined program described above is executed by the CPU 3020, as described above, the recognition unit 3021, the composite image generation unit 3022, the input data analysis unit 3023, the transmission data generation unit 3024, suggestion Means 3025, link generation means 3026 and the like are realized. An operation when a desired subject is photographed by the mobile terminal device 3001 will be described below.

  When shooting a desired subject using the mobile terminal device 3001, the player uses the touch panel display 3030 to instruct the mobile terminal device 3001 to function as a camera. Specifically, the player touches a position where a predetermined icon indicating that the function is realized among the icons displayed on the touch panel display 3030 is displayed with a finger. The touch panel display 3030 recognizes a position touched with a finger. Further, when recognizing that the icon is displayed at the position, the CPU 3020 executes the predetermined program.

  With respect to the portable terminal device 3001 in which the predetermined program is executed, when the player points the camera 3010 toward a desired subject, the subject image is captured by the lens of the camera 3010, and the optical signal is converted into an electrical signal. Data is generated. The generated image data is stored in various memories 3040. The image data may be still image data or moving image data.

  The recognizing unit 3021 confirms whether there is a marker in the image data stored in the various memories 3040 and recognizes the marker.

  Here, the marker is a symbol or the like indicating the reference of the display position of the virtual object in the AR technique. The AR technique is a technique for displaying a virtual object that does not actually exist by combining it with a photographed image. The marker is used to indicate a position on the image where the virtual object is to be combined. . In addition, although a specific symbol may be used as a marker, it can be used as a marker as long as it can be recognized as an image such as a number, a character, or an item.

  When there is a marker in the subject, the recognition unit 3021 recognizes the presence of the marker from the image data, and the composite image generation unit 3022 reads the image data of the virtual object corresponding to the marker from the various memories 3040 and is photographed. The synthesized image data is generated by synthesizing the image data at the position indicated by the marker.

  Here, the virtual object is image data such as a character, an item, a background, and a character. The virtual object is not limited to two-dimensional image data, but may be three-dimensional image data, moving image data, or still image data. Note that the virtual object is transmitted from the server 4001 via the communication line NW and stored in various memories 3040 in the same manner as the above program.

  Based on the composite image data generated by the composite image generation unit 3022, an image in which a virtual object exists in the photographed subject is displayed on the touch panel display 3030. Note that the virtual object may be displayed so as to be arranged on the marker, or may be displayed so as to be arranged at a place other than the marker.

  The player can further manipulate the virtual object. For example, when a virtual object displayed on the touch panel display 3030 is touched with a finger and the finger touches the touch panel display 3030, the virtual object is displayed so as to move according to the movement of the finger.

  When an input operation is performed in the mobile terminal device 3001 and a virtual object is operated, the input data analysis unit 3023 analyzes data relating to the input operation. Then, the input data analysis unit 3023 generates data to be transmitted to the pachislot gaming machine 2001 as to what operation has been performed on the virtual object.

  The data generated by the input data analysis unit 3023 is converted by the transmission data generation unit 3024 into transmission data for transmission from the infrared transmission unit 3080 to the outside.

  The transmission data is sent to the infrared transmission unit 3080, converted into an infrared signal by the infrared transmission unit 3080, and transmitted to the outside. This infrared signal is received by the pachislot machine 2001. Based on this infrared signal, the pachislot machine 2001 provides an effect that reflects the operation performed on the mobile terminal device 3001.

  In the present embodiment, the recognition means 3021 is displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 that is the effect image display means of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 in the AR effect assisting process that will be described later with reference to FIG. The first marker 220 is recognized from the captured image of the rendered effect image 210 (see FIG. 34), the second marker 230 is recognized from the captured image of the second marker 230 that is subsequently captured, and a composite image is generated. The means 3022 displays the AR image corresponding to each of the first marker 220 and the second marker 230 on the touch panel display 3030 in combination with the photographed image.

  Prior to the AR effect assisting process, the link generating means 3026 accesses the distribution means 4021 of the server 4001 which is a linked program delivery apparatus, and an application program for executing the AR effect assisting process, the first marker 220. In addition, various kinds of information such as recognition data for recognizing the second marker 230 and AR images corresponding to the respective markers are downloaded from the information storage unit 4012 of the server 4001 and stored in, for example, various memories 3040. The suggestion means 3025 as suggestion information notification means guides the second marker 230 to be photographed when the first marker 220 is recognized in the AR effect assist processing. The guidance is performed by notifying suggestion information that guides the second marker 230 so that the second marker 230 can be photographed, for example, by tilting the mobile terminal device 3001 (own device).

  Next, a processing flow of the mobile terminal device 3001 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is a main flowchart regarding control of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment. First, when the power is turned on, the mobile terminal device 3001 performs an initialization process. As described above, the player operates the touch panel display 3030 to activate the predetermined program. As a result, the mobile terminal device 3001 can synthesize and display virtual objects, and can use the AR technology.

  The mobile terminal device 3001 captures the subject by the capturing process (S6001), and performs a captured image acquisition process (S6002). Specifically, the image data of the photographed subject is stored in various memories 3040.

  The mobile terminal device 3001 performs recognition processing for recognizing the marker in the subject based on the image data (S6003). When the marker is recognized by the recognition process, a display process is performed in which the virtual object is combined with the image data and displayed on the touch panel display 3030 according to the marker (S6004).

  When the player operates the touch panel display 3030 to operate the displayed virtual object, an infrared transmission process is performed in which data regarding the operation is transmitted to the outside as an infrared signal (S6005).

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart relating to the photographing process of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment. The CPU 3020 determines whether or not shooting is in progress (S6021), and if shooting is in progress, determines whether a shooting end operation has been performed (S6022). When the photographing end operation is performed, a photographing end process is performed (S6023). The photographing end process is a process for ending the photographing operation with the camera 3010 and ending the display on the touch panel display 3030. If shooting is in progress and no shooting end operation has been performed, shooting continues.

  If the shooting operation is not being performed, the CPU 3020 determines whether a shooting operation is being performed (S6024). If the shooting operation is being performed, a shooting start process is performed (S6025). If no is performed, the photographing start process is not performed. Here, the photographing operation may be, for example, an operation that causes the mobile terminal device 3001 to function as a camera. For example, this is an operation in which the player selects a predetermined icon for realizing the function from the icons displayed on the touch panel display 3030. By this operation, the mobile terminal device 3001 can realize the AR technology. That is, in the mobile terminal device 3001, a subject image is captured by the lens of the camera 3010, image data is generated, and is displayed on the touch panel display 3030 as needed. At this time, the image data is temporarily stored in various memories 3040. Based on the temporarily stored image data, a marker is recognized, and a virtual object is synthesized with the image data to be displayed on the touch panel display 3030. Is displayed.

  Note that as the shooting operation, for example, the player may operate a shutter button provided in the mobile terminal device 3001. In this case, after the shutter button is operated, the generated image data is stored in various memories 3040, and a virtual object is combined with the image data and displayed on the touch panel display 3030.

Before the shutter button is operated, the image data is temporarily stored in the various memories 3040, and after the player operates the shutter button of the mobile terminal device 3001, the image data is stored in the various memories 3040. Any of the stored states may be included in the state of the photographing process.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart regarding the captured image acquisition process of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment. The CPU 3020 causes the camera 3010 to perform shooting processing, determines whether image data has been transmitted (S6041), and if image data has been transmitted, stores the image data in the various memories 3040 (S6042).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart regarding recognition processing of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment. The CPU 3020 determines whether or not the image data stored in the various memories 3040 by the captured image acquisition process includes an image that can be recognized as a marker (S6061), and the image data in which the marker is recognized is recognized as image data to be recognized. (S6062).

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart regarding display processing of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment. The CPU 3020 determines whether or not the captured image data is recognition target image data (S6081), and if it is not a recognition target image, causes the touch panel display 3030 to display a subject image based on the captured image data ( S6082).

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the captured image data is recognition target image data, it is determined whether or not a composite image is displayed on the touch panel display 3030 (S6083). When the composite image is not displayed, a virtual object corresponding to the recognized marker is combined with the image data to generate a composite image, and the composite image is displayed on the touch panel display 3030 (S6086). If the composite image has already been displayed on the touch panel display 3030, the display of the composite image is continued (S6085).

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart relating to infrared transmission processing of the mobile terminal device according to the present embodiment. The CPU 3020 determines whether or not there is an external input to the mobile terminal device 3001 (S6101). If there is an input, it is determined whether or not the input relates to the operation of the virtual object (S6102). If there is no input, the infrared transmission process is terminated.

  If the input relates to the operation of the virtual object, the input data is analyzed (S6103). In this process, data to be transmitted to the pachislot machine 2001 regarding what kind of operation has been performed on the virtual object is generated.

  Data obtained by analyzing the input data is converted into a format for transmission to the outside to generate transmission data (S6104), converted into an infrared signal by the infrared transmission unit 3080 and transmitted to the outside (S6105). ).

As described above, when the image including the marker displayed on the pachislot machine 2001 is taken by the mobile terminal device 3001, a composite image including the virtual object is displayed on the mobile terminal device 3001. Thereby, the player can enjoy the effect by the image of the virtual object together with the display of the pachislot gaming machine 2001.

[Pachislot machine]
The configuration and operation of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment will be described below.

[Game flow for RT of pachislot machines]
With reference to FIG. 10, the game flow of the pachislot gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a game flow of the pachislot gaming machine according to the present embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment has a general gaming state, a bonus game, a first replay time (hereinafter referred to as RT1), and a second replay time (hereinafter referred to as RT2). Is provided.

  The pachislot machine according to the present embodiment first starts RT1 on the condition that the bonus game (S8002) ends (S8003). RT1 ends on condition that a predetermined number of games have been played. When RT1 ends, the general gaming state is started (S8004). Also, the pachislot according to the present embodiment starts RT2 on the condition that an internal winning combination (hereinafter referred to as bonus combination) that permits display of a combination of symbols related to the operation of the bonus game is determined (S8001). . RT2 ends on the condition that the combination of symbols related to the operation of the bonus game is displayed and the bonus game starts (S8002).

  Here, in the present embodiment, the probability that a re-game player is determined is changed based on the probability that a re-game player is determined in the general gaming state. The general gaming state of the present embodiment is determined with the highest probability (for example, 49932/65536) that the re-game player is the highest among other states including the replay time. Therefore, in the general gaming state, the chances of replaying will increase, so the player will be allowed to display the combination of symbols related to the payout of medals etc. while suppressing the consumption of medals owned etc. It will be possible to wait for the winning combination (hereinafter referred to as a small combination) or bonus combination to be determined.

  On the other hand, in the replay time of the present embodiment, the probability that a re-game player is determined is lower than in the general gaming state. Then, RT1 is determined with a lower probability (for example, 8980/65536) that the re-game role is lower than RT2.

  In other words, in the present embodiment, the general gaming state is positioned as a state in which a re-game player is determined with a relatively high probability (re-game high probability state), while RT1 has a relatively low probability of having a re-game player. It is positioned as a state determined by (replay normal probability state).

  According to such a configuration, when the bonus game is ended, a state in which the probability of determining a re-playing player is changed to a low level is started, and the state is ended on condition that a predetermined number of games are performed. To do. That is, after the bonus game is over, the player can be shown to the probability that the re-playing role is determined to change from the low probability to the high probability on condition that a predetermined number of games are performed.

[Pachislot machine structure]
This completes the description of the game flow of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. Next, the structure of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.

<External structure of pachislot machine>
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an external structure of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment.

(Reel and display window)
The pachislot machine 2001 includes a cabinet 2001a that houses reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R, which are variable display means, a circuit board, and the like, and a front door 2002 that is attached to the cabinet 2001a so as to be openable and closable. Inside the cabinet 2001a, three reels 2003L, 2003C and 2003R are provided side by side. Each of the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R is configured by sticking a belt-like sheet in which a plurality of symbols (for example, 21 pieces) are continuously arranged along the rotation direction to the peripheral surface of a cylindrical frame.

  The front door 2002 is provided with a liquid crystal display device 2005. The liquid crystal display device 2005 includes a display screen 2005a provided to be positioned above the three reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R when viewed from the front, and a display screen 2005b provided below the display screen 2005a. On the display screen 2005a, an image or the like different from the display screen 2005b is displayed, and an effect is performed. The display screen 2005b includes symbol display areas 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R, and is provided so as to be positioned on the near side overlapped with the three reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R when viewed from the front. The symbol display areas 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R are provided corresponding to the three reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R, respectively, and are configured to transmit the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R provided behind the reels. I have.

  In other words, the symbol display areas 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R serve as display windows, and the rotation and stop operations of the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R provided behind them can be viewed from the player side. Become. In the present embodiment, video is displayed using the entire display screen 2005b including the symbol display areas 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R, and the display screen 2005a, and an effect is executed.

  The symbol display areas (hereinafter referred to as display windows) 2021L, 2021C, 2021R have a plurality of types arranged on the surfaces of the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R when the rotation of the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R provided behind them is stopped. Among the symbols, one symbol (three in total) is displayed in each of the upper, middle, and lower regions within the frame. In addition, a target for determining whether or not to win a pseudo line formed by combining any one of predetermined areas among the upper, middle, and lower areas of each display window 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R. Is defined as a line (winning determination line) 2008.

  In the present embodiment, a top line that combines the upper stages of the display windows 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R, a center line that combines the middle stages of the display windows 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R, and the lower stages of the display windows 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R. A bottom line formed by combining the left display window 2021L, the middle display window 2021C, the middle display window 2021C and the lower display window 2021R. The cross-down line, the left display window 2021L lower, the middle display window 2021C middle and right. Five cross-up lines formed by combining the upper stages of the display windows 2021R are provided as winning determination lines 2008.

(Operating device)
The front door 2002 is provided with various devices to be operated by the player. The medal slot 2010 is provided for receiving a medal dropped from the outside by the player. The medals accepted at the medal insertion slot 2010 are inserted into one game with a predetermined number (for example, three) as an upper limit, and the amount exceeding the predetermined number can be deposited inside the pachislot machine (so-called “so-called”). Credit function).

  The bet button 2011 is provided for determining the number of coins to be inserted into one game from medals deposited inside the pachislot. The checkout button 2012 is provided to draw out medals deposited inside the pachislot.

  The start lever 2006 is provided to start rotation of all the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R. Stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, and 2007R are associated with the three reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R, respectively, and are provided to stop the rotation of the corresponding reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R.

(Other equipment)
The 7-segment display 2013 is composed of 7-segment LEDs. The number of medals inserted in the current game (hereinafter referred to as the number of inserted coins), the number of medals to be paid out to the player as a privilege (hereinafter referred to as the number of payouts), pachislot Information such as the number of medals deposited inside (hereinafter referred to as the number of credits) is digitally displayed to the player.

  A lamp (LED or the like) 2014 outputs light in a pattern of turning on and off according to the production content. The speaker 2009 outputs sound such as sound effects and music according to the production contents. The medal payout opening 2015 guides medals discharged by driving a medal payout device described later to the outside. The medals discharged from the medal payout opening 2015 are stored in the medal tray 2016.

  The infrared receiving unit 2024 is an infrared module that receives infrared rays and enables wireless communication, and is used to receive information from the mobile terminal device 3001.

(One game flow)
Here, a flow until a result of one game performed in the pachislot gaming machine 2001 according to the present embodiment is obtained will be described.

  First, when a player inserts a medal and the start lever 2006 is operated, the pachislot machine 2001 has one value (hereinafter referred to as a random value) within a predetermined numerical range (for example, 0 to 65535). ).

  Subsequently, the pachislot machine 2001 performs lottery based on the extracted random number value and determines an internal winning combination. By determining the internal winning combination, a combination of symbols that permits display along the above-described winning determination line 2008 is determined. The types of symbol combinations are those related to “winning” that gives the player benefits such as medal payout, re-game operation, bonus game operation, etc., and other so-called “losing” And are provided.

  Subsequently, after the plurality of reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R have been rotated, the pachislot gaming machine 2001 has an internal winning combination and the stop buttons 2007L and 2007C when the player presses the stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, and 2007R. Based on the timing when 2007R is pressed, control is performed to stop the rotation of the corresponding reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R.

  Here, in the pachislot gaming machine 2001, basically, control for stopping the rotation of the corresponding reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R is performed within a specified time (190 msec) from when the stop button 2007L, 2007C, 2007R is pressed. Is called. In the present embodiment, the number of symbols that move with the rotation of the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R within the specified time is referred to as “the number of sliding symbols”, and the maximum number is defined as four symbols.

  The pachislot machine 2001 displays the combination of symbols as much as possible along the winning determination line 2008 using the specified time when an internal winning combination allowing the display of the symbol combination related to winning is determined. Thus, the rotation of the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R is stopped. On the other hand, for combinations of symbols that are not permitted to be displayed by the internal winning combination, the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R are used so as not to be displayed along the winning determination line 2008 using the specified time. Stop rotating.

  Thus, when the rotations of the plurality of reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R are all stopped, the pachislot machine 2001 determines whether or not the combination of symbols displayed along the winning determination line 2008 is related to winning. Make a decision. When it is determined that the pachislot is related to winning, the pachislot gives a player a privilege such as a medal payout. A series of flows as described above is performed as one game in the pachislot gaming machine 2001.

  In addition, the pachislot machine 2001 uses video display performed by the liquid crystal display device 2005, light output performed by various lamps 2014, sound output performed by the speaker 2009, or a combination thereof in the above-described series of flows. And perform various productions.

  When the player operates the start lever 2006, the pachislot machine 2001 extracts a random number value for production (hereinafter referred to as a random number value for production) apart from the random value used for determining the internal winning combination. To do. When the effect random number is extracted, the pachislot machine 2001 determines by lottery what is to be executed this time among a plurality of types of effect contents associated with the internal winning combination.

  When the production contents are determined, the pachislot machine 2001 determines whether or not there is a prize when rotation of the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R is stopped and rotation of the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R is stopped. The execution of the performance is advanced in conjunction with each opportunity such as when it was performed. In this way, in the pachislot machine 2001, the opportunity to know or predict the determined internal winning combination (in other words, the combination of symbols to be aimed at) by executing the production contents associated with the internal winning combination is a game. The player's interest is improved.

  Further, the pachislot gaming machine 2001 according to the present embodiment can enjoy a game in combination with the mobile terminal device 3001. By photographing the symbol display areas 2021L, 2021C, 2021R or the display screen 2005b with the mobile terminal device 3001, a specific symbol of each reel 2003L, 2003C, 2003R, or a specific combination of symbols of each reel 2003L, 2003C, 2003R. A virtual object can be synthesized and displayed on a captured image that is recognized as a marker and displayed on the touch panel display 3030. Note that a symbol, character, or the like serving as a marker may be displayed on the liquid crystal display device 2005. In the present embodiment, an effect image 210 including a first marker 220 used for an AR effect assisting process (see FIG. 36) described later is displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 (see FIG. 34).

  The player shoots each reel 2003L, 2003C, 2003R with the portable terminal device 3001, so that, for example, an image in which a character is synthesized, an image in which the color and size of a pattern is different from an actual image, etc. An effect different from the display of 2005 can be enjoyed by the mobile terminal device 3001.

  Further, for example, a virtual object may be used for the touch panel display 3030 to inform the player of information that helps the player to play the game advantageously, such as the bonus combination being determined. Thereby, the player can advance a game advantageously.

  Further, the portable terminal device 3001 can transmit an infrared signal to the pachislot gaming machine 2001 by the infrared transmission unit 3080, and the pachislot gaming machine 2001 can receive the signal by the infrared receiving unit 2024.

  For example, when a player operates a virtual object on the touch panel display 3030, data regarding the operation may be transmitted from the mobile terminal device 3001 to the pachislot gaming machine 2001. As a result, the pachislot gaming machine 2001 can perform an effect that reflects the operation performed by the player. Thus, the player can enjoy the feeling that his / her operation is reflected in the display on the liquid crystal display device 2005, and more enjoy the game.

  In addition, the player captures the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 with the portable terminal device 3001, so that, for example, an AR effect auxiliary image that assists the effect by the effect image 210 (see FIG. 34) displayed on the display screen 2005a. For example, the mobile terminal device 3001 can enjoy an effect different from the display on the display screen 2005a.

<Internal structure of pachislot>
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an internal structure of the pachislot according to the present embodiment. The state where the front door 2002 is opened and the structure on the back surface side of the front door 2002 and the structure inside the cabinet 2001a appear is shown.

  A main board constituting the main control circuit 2071 is provided above the inside of the cabinet 2001a. The main control circuit 2071 is a circuit that controls the main flow of the game in the pachislot machine 2001, such as determination of an internal winning combination, rotation and stop of the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R, and determination of the presence / absence of a winning. A specific configuration of the main control circuit 2071 will be described later.

  Three reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R are provided at the center inside the cabinet 2001a. Stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, and 2049R are connected to the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R through gears having a predetermined reduction ratio, respectively.

  A sub board constituting a sub control circuit 2072 is provided on the left side of the three reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R. The sub-control circuit 2072 is a circuit that controls execution of effects by displaying images. A specific configuration of the sub control circuit 2072 will be described later.

  Below the inside of the cabinet 2001a, a medal payout device (hereinafter referred to as a hopper) 2040 having a structure capable of storing a large amount of medals and discharging them one by one is provided. On the left side of the hopper 2040 which is a profit granting unit, a power supply device 2043 for supplying necessary power to each device included in the pachislot machine 2001 is provided.

  A selector 2042 is provided in the center of the back side of the front door 2002 and below the display windows 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R. The selector 2042 is a device for selecting whether or not a medal is appropriate in material, shape, and the like, and guides an appropriate medal received in the medal insertion slot 2010 to the hopper. A medal sensor 2042S, which will be described later, is provided on the path through which the medal passes in the selector, and detects that an appropriate medal has passed.

[Circuit configuration of pachislot machines]
This completes the description of the structure of the pachislot machine. Next, with reference to FIGS. 13 and 14, the configuration of a circuit included in the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment will be described. The pachislot gaming machine according to the present embodiment includes a main control circuit, a sub control circuit, and a peripheral device (actuator) that is electrically connected thereto.

<Main control circuit>
FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a main control circuit of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment.

(Microcomputer)
The main control circuit 2071 includes a microcomputer 2030 installed on a circuit board as a main component. The microcomputer 2030 includes a CPU (hereinafter, main CPU) 2031, a ROM (hereinafter, main ROM) 2032, and a RAM (hereinafter, main RAM) 2033.

  The main ROM 2032 stores a control program executed by the main CPU 2031, a data table such as an internal lottery table, data for transmitting various control commands (commands) to the sub control circuit 2072, and the like. The main RAM 2033 is provided with a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination determined by executing the control program.

(Random number generator etc.)
The main CPU 2031 is connected to a clock pulse generation circuit 2034, a frequency divider 2035, a random number generator 2036, and a sampling circuit 2037. The clock pulse generation circuit 2034 and the frequency divider 2035 generate clock pulses. The main CPU 2031 executes a control program based on the generated clock pulse. The random number generator 2036 generates a random number within a predetermined range (for example, 0 to 65535). The sampling circuit 2037 extracts one value from the generated random numbers.

(Switch etc.)
A switch or the like is connected to the input port of the microcomputer 2030. The main CPU 2031 receives an input from a switch or the like and controls operations of peripheral devices such as stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, and 2049R. The stop switch 2007S detects that each of the three stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, 2007R has been pressed (stop operation) by the player. The start switch 2006S detects that the start lever 2006 has been operated by the player (start operation).

  The medal sensor 2042S detects that a medal received at the medal insertion slot 2010 has passed through the selector 2042. The bet switch 2011S detects that the bet button 2011 has been pressed by the player. Further, the settlement switch 2012S detects that the settlement button 2012 has been pressed by the player.

(Peripheral devices and circuits)
Peripheral devices whose operations are controlled by the microcomputer 2030 include stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, 2049R, a 7-segment display 2013, and a hopper 2040. A circuit for controlling the operation of each peripheral device is connected to the output port of the microcomputer 2030.

  The motor driving circuit 2039 controls driving of stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, and 2049R provided corresponding to the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R. The reel position detection circuit 2050 detects a reel index indicating that the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R have made one rotation with an optical sensor having a light emitting unit and a light receiving unit, according to the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R.

  The stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, and 2049R have a configuration in which the momentum is proportional to the number of output pulses and the rotation axis can be stopped at a specified angle. The driving force of the stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, 2049R is transmitted to the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R via gears having a predetermined reduction ratio. Each time one pulse is output to the stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, 2049R, the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R rotate at a constant angle.

  The main CPU 2031 counts the number of times pulses are output to the stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, 2049R after detecting the reel index, thereby rotating the rotation angles of the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R (mainly the reels 2003L, 2003C, How many symbols 2003R has rotated) is managed, and the position of each symbol arranged on the surface of the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R is managed.

  The display unit drive circuit 2048 controls the operation of the 7-segment display 2013. The hopper drive circuit 2041 controls the operation of the hopper 2040. The payout completion signal circuit 2051 manages the detection of medals performed by the medal detection unit 2040S provided in the hopper 2040, and checks whether or not the medals discharged from the hopper 2040 have reached the payout number.

<Sub control circuit>
FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a sub-control circuit of the pachislot gaming machine according to the present embodiment.

  The sub control circuit 2072 is electrically connected to the main control circuit 2071 and performs processing such as determination and execution of effect contents based on a command transmitted from the main control circuit 2071. The sub-control circuit 2072 basically includes a CPU (hereinafter referred to as sub CPU) 2081, a ROM (hereinafter referred to as sub ROM) 2082, a RAM (hereinafter referred to as sub RAM) 2083, a rendering processor 2084, a drawing RAM 2085, a driver 2087, a DSP ( Digital signal processor) 2088, audio RAM 2089, A / D converter 2090, and amplifier 2091.

  The sub CPU 2081 controls the output of video, sound, and light according to the control program stored in the sub ROM 2082 according to the command transmitted from the main control circuit 2071. The sub RAM 2083 is provided with a storage area for registering the determined contents and effects data, and a storage area for storing various data such as an internal winning combination transmitted from the main control circuit 2071. The sub ROM 2082 basically includes a program storage area and a data storage area.

  A control program executed by the sub CPU 2081 is stored in the program storage area. For example, the control program includes a main board communication task for controlling communication with the main control circuit 2071 and an effect registration task for extracting and registering effect content (effect data) by extracting effect random numbers. , A drawing control task for controlling the display of the video by the liquid crystal display device based on the determined contents of the presentation, a lamp control task for controlling the light output by the lamp, a voice control task for controlling the sound output by the speaker 2009, etc. .

  The data storage area stores a storage area for storing various data tables, a storage area for storing effect data constituting each effect content, a storage area for storing animation data related to creation of video, and a sound data related to BGM and sound effects. A storage area, a storage area for storing lamp data related to the light on / off pattern, and the like are included.

  In addition, a liquid crystal display device 2005, a speaker 2009, a lamp 2014, and an infrared receiving unit 2024 are connected to the sub control circuit 2072 as peripheral devices whose operations are controlled.

  The sub CPU 2081, the rendering processor 2084, the drawing RAM (including the frame buffer 2086) 2085, and the driver create a video according to the animation data designated by the effect content, and display the created video on the liquid crystal display device 2005.

  Further, the sub CPU 2081, the DSP 2088, the audio RAM 2089, the A / D converter 2090, and the amplifier 2091 output sound such as BGM from the speaker 2009 according to the sound data specified by the contents of the presentation. Further, the sub CPU 2081 turns on and off the lamp 2014 according to the lamp data designated by the contents of the effect.

[Configuration of data table stored in main ROM of pachislot machine]
This completes the description of the circuit configuration of the pachislot machine. Next, the configuration of various data tables stored in the main ROM 2032 will be described with reference to FIGS.

<Design arrangement table>
The symbol arrangement table will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a symbol arrangement table of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. The symbol arrangement table defines the position of each symbol in the rotation direction of each reel 2003L, 2003C, 2003R, and data (hereinafter, symbol code) specifying the type of symbol arranged at each position.

  In the symbol arrangement table, when the reel index is detected, the symbol position in the middle of the display windows 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R is set to “0”, and the symbol arrangement table is arranged in the order of progression in the reel rotation direction. “0” to “20” are assigned respectively. Accordingly, by referring to the symbol arrangement table while managing how many symbols have been rotated since the reel index was detected, the positions of symbols existing mainly in the middle stages of the display windows 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R and It is possible to always manage the type of the symbol. Note that the type of symbol is defined by the symbol code.

<Pattern combination table>
The symbol combination table will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 16 is a diagram showing a symbol combination table of the pachislot gaming machine according to the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, a winning combination is determined when the symbol combination displayed by the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R along the winning determination line 2008 matches the symbol combination defined by the symbol combination table. Privileges such as medal payout, replay operation, and bonus game operation are given to the player.

  The symbol combination table defines a symbol combination, a display combination, and a payout number predetermined according to the type of privilege. The display combination is data for identifying a combination of symbols displayed along the winning determination line 2008.

  The display combination is represented as 1-byte data in which a unique symbol combination is assigned to each bit. For example, when the symbol “bell” of each reel 2003L, 2003C, 2003R is displayed along the winning determination line 2008, “bell (00000010)” is determined as the display combination.

  Further, when a numerical value of 1 or more is determined as the payout number, medals are paid out. In the present embodiment, when a cherry, bell, watermelon, single winning combination A or single winning combination B is determined as the display combination, medals are paid out. The number of payouts is defined according to the number of inserted sheets. Basically, a larger number of paid-out sheets is determined when the number of inserted sheets is small.

  In addition, when replay is determined as the display combination, replaying is performed. When BB1 or BB2 is determined as the display combination, the bonus game is activated. In addition, when the symbol combination displayed along the winning determination line 2008 does not coincide with any of the symbol combinations defined by the symbol combination table, it is a so-called “losing”.

  Here, in the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment, when the stop button 2007L, 2007C, 2007R is pressed, each symbol within the range of the maximum number of sliding symbols (for four symbols) from the symbol on the winning determination line. It is possible to stop the rotation of the reel after waiting for any of these to reach the winning determination line.

  Referring to the symbol arrangement table shown in FIG. 15, the symbol “bell” and symbol “replay” of each reel are arranged so as to be included in the range of the maximum number of sliding symbols at any symbol position. ing. Therefore, the combination of the bell symbol “bell-bell-bell” composed of the symbol “bell” and the replay symbol combination “replay-replay-replay” composed of the symbol “replay” can be stopped by the player. Regardless of the timing at which 2007L, 2007C, 2007R is pressed, it is displayed on the winning determination line 2008.

  On the other hand, the symbol “red 7”, the symbol “cherry”, and the symbol “watermelon” are arranged so as not to be included in the range of the maximum number of sliding symbols depending on the type of reel and the symbol position. Therefore, the symbol combination “red 7-red 7-red 7” composed of the symbol “red 7” and the cherry symbol combination “cherry-ANY-ANY” composed of the symbol “cherry” are included. In addition, the combination of watermelon symbols “watermelon-watermelon-watermelon” etc. composed of the symbol “watermelon” is determined whether or not to be displayed on the winning determination line 2008 according to the timing when the stop button is pressed by the player. Is done.

<Bonus operating table>
With reference to FIG. 17, the bonus operation time table will be described. FIG. 17 is a diagram showing a bonus operating time table of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. The bonus operation time table defines data stored in various storage areas provided in the main RAM 2033 when the bonus game is operated.

  The in-operation flag is data for identifying the type of bonus game to be operated. In the present embodiment, as the types of bonus games, there are two big bonus games (corresponding to an accessory continuous action device related to a first type special feature, hereinafter referred to as BB1 and BB2) and a regular bonus game (first type). It corresponds to a special accessory and is hereinafter referred to as RB). The operation of RB is continuously performed while the operation of BB1 or BB2 is performed.

  The operation of BB1 or BB2 ends when medals are paid out to reach the specified number. The operation of the RB is ended when a game that reaches the specified number of times is performed, when there is a winning that reaches the specified number of times, or when the operation of the BB1 or BB2 ends. The bonus end number counter, the possible game number counter, and the winning number counter are data for managing whether or not the specified number of times or the specified number of times as a trigger for ending the bonus game has been reached.

  More specifically, numerical values defined by the bonus operation time table are stored in the respective counters, and the subtraction is performed through the operation of the bonus game. As a result, the operation of the corresponding bonus game ends on condition that the value of each counter is updated to “0”.

<Internal winning combination determination table>
The internal winning combination determination table will be described with reference to FIGS. The internal winning combination determination table defines an internal winning combination in accordance with the data pointer. When the data pointer is determined, the internal winning combination is uniquely acquired.

  The data pointer is data acquired as a result of an internal lottery performed by referring to an internal lottery table described later, and is data for designating an internal winning combination. The data pointer is provided with a small role / replay data pointer and a bonus data pointer. When the data pointer is determined, the internal winning combination is uniquely acquired.

  The internal winning combination is data for identifying a combination of symbols of each reel that is permitted to be displayed along the winning determination line 2008. Like the display combination, the internal winning combination is represented as 1-byte data in which a unique symbol combination is assigned to each bit.

  FIG. 18 is a diagram showing an internal winning combination determination table for a small combination / replay of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. The internal winning combination determination table for a small combination / replay specifies a small combination (cherry, bell, watermelon, single combination A and single combination B in this embodiment) or replay combination (replay in this embodiment). doing. FIG. 19 is a diagram showing a bonus internal winning combination determination table for the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. The bonus internal winning combination determination table defines bonus combinations (BB1 and BB2 in the present embodiment).

  For example, when the small combination / replay data pointer is “4”, “replay (00001000)” is determined as the internal winning combination. In this case, display of a combination of replay symbols including the symbol “replay” of the left reel 2003L, the symbol “replay” of the middle reel 2003C, and the symbol “replay” of the right reel 2003R is permitted. When the data pointer is “0”, the content of the internal winning combination is “losing”, which indicates that display of any combination of symbols defined by the above-described symbol combination table is not permitted.

<Internal lottery table>
The internal lottery table will be described with reference to FIGS. The internal lottery table defines a data pointer and a lottery value according to the winning number. In the present embodiment, random numbers extracted from a predetermined numerical range “0 to 65535” are sequentially subtracted by lottery values corresponding to each winning number, and whether or not the result of the subtraction is negative ( An internal lottery is performed by determining whether or not a so-called “digit” has occurred.

  Therefore, the larger the numerical value defined as the lottery value, the higher the probability that the data (that is, the data pointer) to which it is assigned will be determined. The winning probability of each winning number can be represented by “the lottery value corresponding to each winning number / the number of all random numbers that may be extracted (65536)”.

  In the present embodiment, the type of internal winning combination and the winning probability determined are varied by using a plurality of types of internal lottery tables depending on whether the game is a bonus game or replay time.

  FIG. 20 is a diagram showing an internal lottery table for a general gaming state of the pachislot gaming machine according to the present embodiment. The internal lottery table for the general gaming state of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment is used when neither the bonus game nor the replay time is used.

  FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an internal lottery table for RT1 operation of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. FIG. 22 is a diagram showing an internal lottery table for RT2 operation of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. The internal lottery table for RT1 operation and the internal lottery table for RT2 operation have the same configuration as the internal lottery table for general gaming state when the small role / replay data pointer is determined. Yes.

  As described above, when the internal lottery table for the general gaming state, the RT1 operating internal lottery table, and the RT2 operating internal lottery table are referred to, the probabilities of determining the replay are different, but other small roles are determined. The probabilities are the same. FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an internal lottery table for RB operation of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment.

[Configuration of storage area provided in main RAM of pachislot machine]
This completes the description of the contents of the data table stored in the main ROM 2033. Next, the configuration of various storage areas provided in the main RAM 2033 will be described with reference to FIGS.

<Internal winning combination storage area>
With reference to FIG. 24, the configuration of the internal winning combination storing area will be described. FIG. 24 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the internal winning combination storing area of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. The internal winning combination storing area stores the internal winning combination represented by the above-mentioned 1-byte data. When “1” stands for the target bit, display of the symbol combination corresponding to the bit is permitted. When all the bits are “0”, the content is lost.

  The main RAM 2033 is provided with a display combination storage area in which the display combination described above is stored. The configuration of the display combination storing area is the same as the configuration of the internal winning combination storing area. That is, when “1” stands for the target bit, it indicates that the symbol combination corresponding to the bit is displayed on the winning determination line 2008.

<Coverage area for carryover roles>
The structure of the carryover combination storage area will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 25 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the carryover combination storage area of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. When a bonus combination is determined as a result of lottery performed with reference to the internal lottery table described above, it is stored in the carryover combination storage area.

  The bonus combination (hereinafter referred to as the carryover combination) stored in the carryover combination storage area is held without being cleared until the corresponding symbol combination is displayed on the winning determination line 2008. (Called so-called carry-over). While the carryover combination is stored in the carryover combination storage area, the carryover combination is stored in the internal winning combination storage area regardless of the result of the lottery described above.

<Operation flag storage area>
With reference to FIG. 26, the configuration of the operating flag storage area will be described. FIG. 26 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the operating flag storage area of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. The operating flag storage area stores an operating flag consisting of 1 byte. In the operating flag, a unique bonus game or replay time is assigned to each bit. When “1” is set in the target bit, the bonus game or replay time corresponding to the bit is being operated. In the present embodiment, the state when all the bits are “0” is the general gaming state.

[Program flow executed in pachislot machines]
This completes the description of the configuration of the various storage areas provided in the main RAM 2033. Next, the contents of the program executed by the main CPU of the main control circuit will be described with reference to FIGS.

<Main flow chart by control of main CPU of main control circuit>
FIG. 27 is a main flowchart by the control of the main CPU of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. When power is turned on to the pachislot machine 2001, first, the main CPU 2031 performs an initialization process (S8011). Next, the main CPU 2031 clears the designated storage area in the main RAM 2033 (S8012). For example, data stored in a storage area that needs to be erased for each game, such as an internal winning combination storage area or a display combination storage area, is cleared.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 performs medal acceptance / start check processing (S8013). In this processing, input checks of the medal sensor 2042S and the start switch 2006S are performed. In the medal acceptance / start check process, first, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the automatic insertion counter is zero. When it is determined that the automatic insertion counter is 0, the medal passage permission is performed. The solenoid of the selector 2042 is driven, and the passage of medals in the selector 2042 is prompted.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that the automatic insertion counter is not 0, the main CPU 2031 copies the automatic insertion counter to the insertion number counter, and then clears the automatic insertion counter. These processes are processes for replaying.

  Thereafter, the main CPU 2031 sets 3 as the maximum value of the insertion number counter. Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the bonus operating flag is on. When determining that the bonus operating flag is on, the main CPU 2031 changes the maximum value of the insertion number counter. For example, the maximum value is changed to 2.

  When determining that the bonus operating flag is not on, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not a medal passage has been detected. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the passage of medals has been detected, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the insertion number counter has reached the maximum value. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the insertion number counter has not reached the maximum value, the main CPU 2031 adds 1 to the insertion number counter. Next, the main CPU 2031 stores 5 in the valid line counter. Next, the main CPU 2031 transmits a medal insertion command to the sub control circuit. The medal insertion command includes a parameter for specifying the number of inserted coins.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that the inserted number counter is the maximum value, the main CPU 2031 adds 1 to the credit counter. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the passage of medals has not been detected, the main CPU 2031 checks the bet switch 2011S. A numerical value corresponding to the bet button 2011 is added to the inserted number counter while being subtracted from the credit counter.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the insertion number counter has reached the maximum value. When it is determined that the inserted number counter has not reached the maximum value, the process returns to the process of determining whether or not the medal currency has been detected. On the other hand, when it is determined that the inserted number counter has reached the maximum value, the start switch 2006S. It is determined whether or not is on.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that the start switch 2006S is not on, the main CPU 2031 returns to the process of determining whether or not a medal currency has been detected. On the other hand, when the main CPU 2031 determines that the start switch 2006S is on, the main CPU 2031 prohibits medal passage. Do. The solenoid of the selector 2042 is not driven, and the discharge of medals is prompted. When this process ends, the medal acceptance / start check process ends.

  Following the medal acceptance / start check process, the main CPU 2031 extracts random values and stores them in a random value storage area provided in the main RAM 2033 (S8014). Next, the main CPU 2031 performs internal lottery processing (S8015). In this process, the internal winning combination is determined by lottery based on a random value.

  In the internal lottery process of the pachislot machine, first, the main CPU 2031 determines the internal lottery table and the number of lotteries. The operating flag storage area is referred to, and the internal lottery table and the number of lotteries are determined according to whether or not the bonus game is activated. The number of lotteries indicates the number of times of lottery value subtraction and determination of whether or not a digit has occurred for each winning number defined by the internal lottery table.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 acquires a random value stored in the random value storage area and sets it as a determination random value. Next, the main CPU 2031 sets 1 as the initial value of the winning number.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 refers to the internal lottery table and acquires a lottery value corresponding to the winning number. Next, the main CPU 2031 subtracts the lottery value from the determination random number value. Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not a digit has been performed. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the digit is not performed, the main CPU 2031 subtracts 1 from the number of lotteries and adds 1 to the winning number.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the number of lotteries is zero. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the number of lotteries is not 0, the main CPU 2031 refers to the internal lottery table and proceeds to a process of acquiring a lottery value corresponding to the winning number. 0 is set as the combination / replay data pointer, and 0 is set as the bonus data pointer.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that a digit has been obtained, the main CPU 2031 acquires a small role / replay data pointer and a bonus data pointer according to the current winning number. The main CPU 2031 refers to the small winning combination / replay internal winning combination determination table, and acquires the internal winning combination based on the small winning combination / replay data pointer.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 stores the acquired internal winning combination in the internal winning combination storing area. Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the data stored in the carryover combination storage area is zero. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the data stored in the carryover combination storage area is 0, the main CPU 2031 refers to the bonus internal winning combination determination table and acquires the internal winning combination based on the bonus data pointer. Next, the main CPU 2031 stores the acquired internal winning combination in the carryover combination storing area.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the data stored in the carryover combination storage area is zero. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the data stored in the carryover combination storage area is not 0, that is, when the internal winning combination relating to the operation of the bonus game is determined, the RT operating flag and the RT game number counter are set. clear. Next, the main CPU 2031 turns on the RT2 operating flag.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that the data stored in the carryover combination storage area is not 0, or determines that the data stored in the carryover combination storage area is 0, the main CPU 2031 and the internal winning combination storage area The logical sum with the combination storing area is taken, and the result is stored in the internal winning combination storing area. That is, the internal winning combination relating to the operation of the bonus game is carried over. When this process ends, the internal lottery process ends.

  When the internal lottery process in step S8015 is completed, the main CPU 2031 next transmits a start command to the sub control circuit 2072 (S8016). The start command includes a parameter for specifying an internal winning combination.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 requests the start of rotation of all the main reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R (S8017). When the start of rotation of all the main reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R is requested, the stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, 2049R are driven by an interrupt process (FIG. 28 described later) executed at a constant cycle (1.1173 msec). Is controlled and rotation of the reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R is started.

Next, the main CPU 2031 performs a reel stop control process (S8018). In this process, the input of the stop switch 2007S is checked, and the rotation of the corresponding reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R is stopped based on the timing when the stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, 2007R are pressed and the internal winning combination.

  In the reel stop control process, first, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not an effective stop button 2007L, 2007C, 2007R has been pressed. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the effective stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, and 2007R are not pressed, the main CPU 2031 waits until it is pressed.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that the valid stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, 2007R are pressed, the main CPU 2031 invalidates the operation of the corresponding stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, 2007R. The valid and invalid states of the stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, and 2007R are managed in a predetermined storage area provided in the main RAM 2033.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 sets 5 as the number of checks. In this embodiment, since the maximum number of sliding pieces is “4”, when the stop button is pressed, the positions of symbols in the middle of the corresponding display windows 2021L, 2021C, and 2021R are included, and then 4 Up to the position of the individual symbol is the target of the check. That is, any of the five numerical values “0”, “1”, “2”, “3”, and “4” is determined as the number of sliding frames.

  Next, based on the internal winning combination, the main CPU 2031 determines the position of the symbol in the middle stage of the corresponding display window 2021L, 2021C, 2021R when the stop button 2007L, 2007C, 2007R is pressed (hereinafter referred to as stop start position). The position of the symbol with the highest priority is retrieved from the positions of the symbols within the range of the number of checks included. In this process, the position of the symbol that can display the combination of symbols permitted to be displayed by the internal winning combination along the winning determination line 2008 is determined as the position of the symbol with the highest priority. .

  Next, the main CPU 2031 determines the number of sliding symbols based on the search result. The number of symbols from the stop start position to the symbol position with the highest priority is determined as the number of sliding symbols. Next, the main CPU 2031 shifts to waiting for a scheduled stop position. When shifting to waiting for the scheduled stop position, the driving of the stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, and 2049R is controlled by an interrupt process described later, and the reels wait for the position of the symbol with the highest priority to reach the middle stage of the corresponding display window. The rotation of 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R is stopped.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 transmits a reel stop command to the sub control circuit. The reel stop command includes a parameter for specifying the type of the stopped reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not there are stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, and 2007R whose operations are valid. That is, it is determined whether or not there are reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R that are still rotating. When the main CPU 2031 determines that there are stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, and 2007R that are effective in operation, the main CPU 2031 proceeds to step S8071, while when it determines that there are no stop buttons 2007L, 2007C, and 2007R that are effective in operation, the reel stop control is performed. The process ends.

  When the reel stop control process in step S8018 ends, the main CPU 2031 next searches for a combination of symbols displayed along the winning determination line 2008, and determines a payout number and the like based on the result (S8019). As a result of the search, if the symbol combination displayed along the winning determination line 2008 matches the symbol combination defined by the symbol combination table, the corresponding display combination and the number of payouts are determined. Next, the main CPU 2031 transmits a display command to the sub control circuit 2072 (S8020). The display command includes parameters that specify the display combination, the number of payouts, and the like.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 performs medal payout processing (S8021). Based on the determined payout number, the hopper 2040 is driven and the credit number is updated. Next, the main CPU 2031 updates the bonus end number counter based on the payout number (S8022). The numerical value determined as the payout number is subtracted from the bonus end number counter. The main CPU 2031 that performs the processes of S8019 and S8021 constitutes a profit granting unit together with the hopper 2040.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the bonus operating flag is on (S8023). When determining that the bonus operating flag is on, the main CPU 2031 performs a bonus end check process (S8024). It is checked whether or not to end the operation of the bonus game with reference to various counters for managing the end timing of the bonus game.

  In the bonus end check process, first, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the bonus end number counter is zero. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the bonus end number counter is 0, the main CPU 2031 performs BB end time processing. In this process, the BB operating flag and the RB operating flag are turned off, and various counters for managing the end timing of the bonus game are cleared.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 turns on the RT1 operating flag and stores 1000 in the RT game number counter. Next, the main CPU 2031 transmits a bonus end command to the sub-control circuit. When this process ends, the bonus end check process ends.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that the bonus end number counter is not 0, the main CPU 2031 updates the winning possible number counter or the possible gaming number counter. The possible game number counter is decremented by 1, and when there is a win, the possible pay number counter is decremented by one. Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the winning possible number counter or the possible gaming number counter is zero.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that the possible winning number counter or the possible game number counter is not 0, the main CPU 2031 ends the bonus end check process, whereas when determining that the possible winning number counter or the possible game number counter is 0, Processing at the end of RB is performed. In this process, the RB operating flag is turned off, and the winning possible number counter and the possible gaming number counter are cleared. When this process ends, the bonus end check process ends.

  The main CPU 2031 performs RT control processing after step S8024 or when it is determined in step S8023 that the bonus operating flag is not on (S8025). It is checked whether or not the replay time operation is finished.

  In the RT control process, first, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the RT1 operating flag is on. When determining that the RT1 operating flag is not on, the main CPU 2031 ends the RT control process. On the other hand, when the main CPU 2031 determines that the RT1 operating flag is on, the main CPU 2031 decrements the RT game number counter by one.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the RT game number counter is zero. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the RT game number counter is not 0, the RT control process ends. On the other hand, when the main CPU 2031 determines that the RT game number counter is 0, the main CPU 2031 turns off the RT1 operating flag. When this process ends, the RT control process ends.

  When the RT control process in step S8025 ends, the main CPU 2031 next performs a bonus operation check process (S8026). It is checked whether or not to start the bonus game. In the bonus operation check process, first, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the display combination is BB. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the display combination is BB1 or BB2, the main CPU 2031 refers to the bonus operation time table and performs BB operation processing according to the type of BB. In this process, the BB operating flag is turned on, and a predetermined value is set in the bonus end number counter.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 clears the carryover combination storage area. Next, the main CPU 2031 clears the RT operating flag. Next, the main CPU 2031 transmits a bonus start command to the sub control circuit 2072. When this process ends, the bonus operation check process ends.

  When the main CPU 2031 determines that the display combination is neither BB1 nor BB2, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the display combination is replay. When determining that the display combination is replay, the main CPU 2031 copies the value of the insertion number counter to the automatic insertion counter.

  When determining that the display combination is not replay, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the BB operating flag is on. When the main CPU 2031 determines that the BB operating flag is not on, the main CPU 2031 ends the bonus operation check process. On the other hand, when the main CPU 2031 determines that the BB operating flag is on, the main CPU 2031 determines whether or not the RB operating flag is on.

  When determining that the RB operating flag is on, the main CPU 2031 ends the bonus operation check process. On the other hand, when the main CPU 2031 determines that the RB operation flag is not on, the main CPU 2031 refers to the bonus operation time table and performs the RB operation processing. In this process, the RB operating flag is turned on, and predetermined values are set in the winning possible number counter and the possible gaming number counter. When this process ends, the bonus operation check process ends. When the bonus operation check process ends, the process moves to step S8012.

(Interrupt processing under the control of the main CPU (1.1173 msec))
Next, an interrupt process (1.1173 msec) controlled by the main CPU 2031 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 28 is a flowchart of an interrupt process under the control of the main CPU of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. First, the main CPU 2031 saves the register (S8121). Next, the main CPU 2031 performs input port check processing (S8122). In this process, signals input from various switches such as a stop switch are checked.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 performs a reel control process (S8123). In this process, the stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, 2049L, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C, 2049C The drive of 2049R is controlled. When the number of sliding pieces is determined, the stepping motors 2049L, 2049C, and 2049R are configured to wait for the rotation of the corresponding reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R to continue for the number of sliding pieces and to reduce and stop the rotation. Drive is controlled.

  Next, the main CPU 2031 performs a lamp and 7-segment drive process (S8124). Next, the main CPU 2031 restores the register (S8125). When this process ends, the interrupt process ends.

<Program flow executed by sub CPU of sub control circuit>
This completes the description of the contents of the program executed by the main CPU 2031 of the main control circuit. Next, the contents of a program executed by the sub CPU 2081 of the sub control circuit 2072 will be described with reference to FIGS.

(Main board communication task)
With reference to FIG. 29, a main board communication task performed by the sub CPU 2081 will be described. FIG. 29 is a flowchart of the main board communication task process of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. First, the sub CPU 2081 checks reception of a command transmitted from the main control circuit (S811). Next, when receiving a command, the sub CPU 2081 extracts the type of the command (S8132).

  Next, the sub CPU 2081 determines whether or not a command different from the previous one has been received (S8133). When the sub CPU 2081 determines that a command different from the previous command has not been received, the sub CPU 2081 proceeds to step S811, while when determining that a command different from the previous command has been received, the sub CPU 2081 stores the command in the message queue (S8134). Move.

(Direction registration task)
Next, an effect registration task performed by the sub CPU 2081 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 30 is a flowchart of the effect registration task process of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. First, the sub CPU 2081 takes out a message from the message queue (S8141). Next, the sub CPU 2081 determines whether or not there is a message (S8142). When the sub CPU 2081 determines that there is a message, it copies the game information from the message (S8143). For example, various data such as an internal winning combination, the types of reels 2003L, 2003C, and 2003R that have been stopped, a display combination, an operating flag, and the like specified by parameters are copied to a storage area provided in the sub RAM 2083.

  Next, infrared detection analysis processing is performed (S8144). In this processing, the sub CPU 2081 operates based on the infrared rays received by the infrared receiving unit 2024 (for example, based on the infrared rays transmitted by the infrared transmission processing shown in FIG. 9), and the operations performed by the player in the portable terminal device 3001. Is determined so that an effect in accordance with the operation is performed.

  Next, the sub CPU 2081 performs an effect content determination process which will be described later with reference to FIG. 31 (S8145). In this process, depending on the type of the received command, the contents of the effect are determined and the effect data is registered.

  The sub CPU 2081 registers animation data after step S8145 or when determining in step S8142 that there is no message (S8146). Next, the sub CPU 2081 registers sound data (S8147). Next, the sub CPU 2081 registers lamp data (S8148). The registration of the animation data, the registration of the sound data, and the registration of the ramp data are performed based on the effect data registered in the effect content determination process. When this process ends, the process moves to S8141.

(Production content determination process)
Next, with reference to FIG. 31, a flowchart of effect content determination processing executed by the sub CPU 2081 will be described. FIG. 31 is a flowchart of the effect content determination process of the pachislot machine according to the present embodiment. First, the sub CPU 2081 determines whether or not a start command is received (S8151). When the sub CPU 2081 determines that the start command is received, the sub CPU 2081 extracts the effect random number, determines the effect number by lottery based on the internal winning combination, and registers it (S8152). The production number is data for designating production contents to be executed this time.

  Next, the sub CPU 2081 registers the production data at the start based on the registered production number (S8153). The effect data is data that designates animation data, sound data, and lamp data. When the effect data is registered, corresponding animation data and the like are determined, and effects such as video display are executed. When this process ends, the effect content determination process ends.

  Next, when determining that the start command is not received, the sub CPU 2081 determines whether or not the reel stop command is received (S8154). When the sub CPU 2081 determines that it is time to receive a reel stop command, the sub CPU 2081 registers the stop effect data based on the registered effect number and the type of the stop button (S8155).

  Next, when determining that the reel stop command is not received, the sub CPU 2081 determines whether it is a display command reception (S8156). When the sub CPU 2081 determines that the display command is being received, the sub CPU 2081 registers the display effect data based on the registered effect number (S8157). When this process ends, the effect content determination process ends.

  Next, when determining that the display command is not received, the sub CPU 2081 determines whether or not the bonus start command is received (S8158). When the sub CPU 2081 determines that it is time to receive a bonus start command, it registers bonus start effect data (S8159). When this process ends, the effect content determination process ends.

  Next, when determining that the bonus start command is not received, the sub CPU 2081 determines whether or not the bonus end command is received (S8160). When the sub CPU 2081 determines that the bonus end command is not received, the sub CPU 2081 ends the effect content determination process. On the other hand, when the sub CPU 2081 determines that the bonus end command is received, the sub CPU 2081 registers the bonus end effect data (S8161). . When this process ends, the effect content determination process ends.

  As described with reference to FIGS. 30 and 31, in the pachislot gaming machine 2001, the sub CPU 2081 determines and registers an effect number based on, for example, an internal winning combination or the like regarding the effect of the game (see FIG. 31). When the reel stop command is received, the stop effect data is registered according to the registered effect number and the type of the operation stop button (see S8155 in FIG. 31).

  Thereafter, the sub CPU 2081 is registered in S8155 at a predetermined timing such as when a display command is received after each reel 2003L, 2003C, 2003R is stopped or after all reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R are stopped. The effect image 210 is displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 based on the effect data (see S8146 in FIG. 30).

  In the gaming machine system S according to the present embodiment relating to the display processing of the effect image 210, the mobile terminal device 3001 uses the AR effect assistance using the AR technology that will be described in detail later with reference to FIGS. Process. In the AR effect assisting process, the effect image 210 displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 is imaged by the mobile terminal device 3001, the marker is recognized from the image information, and the effect image 210 is displayed. Is a process of displaying an effect auxiliary image for assisting the image on the touch panel display 3030 which is a composite image display means.

  In order to display the AR effect auxiliary image, first, the pachislot machine 2001 includes an effect including a marker used for the AR effect auxiliary process when a predetermined condition is satisfied, such as the necessity of notifying the bonus winning during the game. An image 210 is generated and displayed. In order to realize this, the sub CPU 2081 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 sets the shooting target portion of the portable terminal device 3001 when a predetermined condition in the game is satisfied, as will be described later with reference to FIGS. The effect image 210 including the first marker 220 that is guided from the first photographing target part to the second photographing target part is displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 that is the first photographing target part based on the lottery. It has a function.

  The sub CPU 2081 displays, for example, in the sub ROM 2082 whether to display the effect image 210 including the first marker 220, the effect image 210 not including the first marker 220, or the effect image 210 of another aspect. It is determined based on the stored production number determination table.

  FIG. 32 is a table showing an effect number determination table 3045 of the pachislot gaming machine S according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 32, the effect number determination table 3045 is registered with the contents of effects corresponding to combinations of internal winning combinations corresponding to the effect numbers. In S8152 of FIG. 31, the sub CPU 2081 refers to the effect number determination table 3045 to determine and register the effect number according to the internal winning combination or the like. Thereafter, the sub CPU 2081 displays an effect image including a marker corresponding to the effect number registered in S8155 of FIG. 31 on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 in S8146 of FIG.

  According to the effect number determination table 3045 shown in FIG. 32, when the effect number 1 is determined based on the internal winning combination or the like, the sub CPU 2081 adds a marker to the image information “CHANCE !!” corresponding to the winning combination or the like. The added effect image 210 (see FIG. 34) is displayed. When the production numbers 2 and 3 are determined, the sub CPU 2081 does not add a marker to the image information “CHANCE !!!!” (non-display) production image 210 and the image information “CHANCE !!”. The effect image 210D (see FIG. 48) to which a marker including embedding information (221, 231) described later is added is displayed.

  Also, in the mobile terminal device 3001 according to the present embodiment, the effect image 210 with a marker displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 is captured, and the marker is recognized from the captured image. , A function to display an effect auxiliary image corresponding to the recognized marker on the touch panel display 3030. Specifically, in the mobile terminal device 3001, the CPU 3020 refers to, for example, an effect auxiliary image determination table 3046 (see FIG. 33) stored in various memories 3040 to recognize a marker in the captured image of the effect image 210. The display process of the production assistance image based on it is performed.

  FIG. 33 is a table showing an effect auxiliary image determination table 3046 of the mobile terminal device 3001 according to the present embodiment. The effect auxiliary image determination table 3046 shown in FIG. 33 is the second marker extracted from the captured image of the effect image 210 displayed on the pachislot machine 2001 when the effect number is “1” (see FIG. 32). 230 (refer to FIG. 34), and the contents of the production assistance image (video) corresponding to the combination of the internal winning combination and the like are registered corresponding to each display number. In this example, display numbers 1 to 10 exist, and production assistance images having contents of “bonus expectation 10%” to “bonus expectation 100%” are associated with each other.

  In this effect auxiliary image determination table 3046, display numbers corresponding to the winning combination in the effect number determination table (see FIG. 32) are prepared. The effect auxiliary image determination table 3046 is downloaded from the server 4001 together with an application program for executing the effect auxiliary processing by, for example, the link generation unit 3026 of the mobile terminal device 3001 and stored in various memories 3040.

  In the mobile terminal device 3001, in the CPU 3020, the recognition unit 3021 recognizes the first marker 220 from the captured image of the effect image 210 with the marker displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 of the pachislot machine 2001, and then When the second marker 230, which will be described later, is recognized from a photographed image at a specific location other than the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 of the pachislot machine 2001, the composite image generating means 3022 is stored in various memories 3040. Referring to the production assistance image determination table 3046 shown in FIG. 33, production assistance of contents such as “bonus expectation degree 80%” and “bonus expectation degree 60%” corresponding to the winning combination of the pachislot machine 2001 at this time, etc. The image is read out, and the read effect auxiliary image is taken at this time. Synthesized and is displayed on the touch panel display 3030.

  The CPU 3020 of the portable terminal device 3001 is provided with a suggestion unit 3025 and a link generation unit 3026 in addition to the recognition unit 3021 and the composite image generation unit 3022 in relation to the above-described production assist processing function. The suggestion unit 3025 displays a message image or the like when the recognition unit 3021 recognizes the first marker 220 from the captured image of the effect image 210 captured by the mobile terminal device 3001 in the effect assisting process described later (FIG. 37). (See), a process for suggesting to change the photographing target portion is performed. The link generation unit 3026 executes the above-described effect assisting process, that is, an application program (hereinafter, referred to as “recognition unit 3021”, the composite image generation unit 3022, the suggestion unit 3025, the link generation unit 3026, and the touch panel display 3030). In order to acquire information used for the production assistance process (such as an AR production assistance program) from the server 4001, a link to the distribution unit 4021 of the server 4001 is generated.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the server 4001 includes an information storage unit 4012 as shown in FIG. The information storage unit 4012 includes an AR effect assist program, recognition data used to recognize the first marker 220 and the second marker 230 used for the effect assist process, the first marker 220 and the second marker 230, respectively. A variety of information used for the AR effect assisting process, such as the AR effect assisting image 250 corresponding to each, is stored. Further, the CPU 4011 of the server 4001 includes a distribution unit 4021 that distributes various types of information necessary for the AR effect assisting process stored in the information storage unit 4012 to the mobile terminal device 3001. The distribution unit 4021 has a streaming distribution function for streaming distribution of the AR effect auxiliary image 250 and the like.

  In the gaming machine system S according to the present embodiment, for example, the mobile terminal device 3001 stores the AR effect assist program and various information necessary for the AR effect assist process from the server 4001 in the various memories 3040 as downloads. It is possible to execute the AR assisting program by the AR technology by starting the AR effect assisting program by the starting operation.

Next, the AR effect assist function of the gaming machine system S according to the present embodiment will be described. First, the display function of the effect image 210 in the pachislot machine 2001, which is the premise of this function, and the shooting and AR effect assist processing function in the mobile terminal device 3001 will be described.
[Display of effect image 210 of pachislot machine 2001]
In the pachislot machine 2001, in the game, the effect image 210 is displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 corresponding to the symbol displayed when the reels 2003L, 2003C, 2003R are stopped.

  At that time, for example, when a predetermined condition is satisfied, for example, it is necessary to notify a bonus winning according to a winning combination or the like, an effect image including a marker for an AR effect assisting process (see FIG. 36) performed by the mobile terminal device 3001. 210 is displayed. As described above, the display processing of the effect image 210 including the marker is performed by the effect registration task process (see FIG. 30) by the sub CPU 2081 and the effect content determination process (see FIG. 31) which is a subroutine of the process.

  More specifically, in the pachislot gaming machine 2001, the sub CPU 2081 refers to the effect number determination table 3045 shown in FIG. 32, and a marker display lottery for lottering (determining) the type of marker to be displayed corresponding to the winning combination or the like. When the predetermined condition in the game and the game is established, the effect image 210 including the first marker 220 that guides the user to change the shooting target part of the portable terminal device 3001 from the first shooting target part to the second shooting target part. Is displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005, which is the first imaging target portion, based on the lottery. In the present embodiment, the first shooting target unit is the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001, and the second shooting target unit is the waist panel 2060 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 (FIG. 34). Each).

  When the effect number determination table 3045 shown in FIG. 32 is used, the sub CPU 2081 corresponds to the effect numbers 1, 2 and 3, and the current game situation, for example, the effect information “CHANCE !! Effect image 210 with a marker added to it, effect image 210 with no marker added (not displayed) to the effect information “CHANCE !!”, and embedding of dots and the like to be described later in the effect information “CHANCE !!” An effect image 210D (see FIG. 38) to which a marker including information (221 and 231) is added is displayed.

  FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an effect image display image of the pachislot gaming machine in the gaming machine system S according to the present embodiment. In FIG. 34, in particular, the effect image 210 corresponding to the effect number 1 stored in the effect number determination table 3045 (see FIG. 32) is displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001. An example is shown.

  That is, the effect image 210 in the example of FIG. 34 includes an image “CHANCE !!” corresponding to the internal winning at this time and the first marker 220 that is a marker for assisting the AR effect. The first marker 220 is arranged at each of the four corners of the rectangular display area of the display screen 2005a that displays the effect image 210, and is configured from a triangular image having two sides in contact with the two sides at the four corners.

  The first marker 220 is an image for starting an AR effect assisting process executed by the mobile terminal device 3001. In order to capture the effect image 210 including the first marker 220, recognize the first marker 220 from the captured image, and activate the AR effect assisting process, the mobile terminal device 3001 recognizes the recognition means 3021 (FIG. 3). The image determination function for determining whether the first marker 220 is the first marker 220 by comparing the captured image of the first marker 220 with the shape data (recognition data) downloaded from the server 4001. Yes.

  In addition, the first marker 220 also functions for shooting position alignment when shooting the effect image 210 with the mobile terminal device 3001. That is, when the player shoots the effect image 210 by the mobile terminal device 3001, the player captures the shooting area of the touch panel display 3030 while shooting the shooting target through the touch panel display 3030 provided on the back side of the main body of the mobile terminal device 3001, for example. By adjusting the shooting position (orientation of the camera 3010) so that the four corners overlap with the four first markers 220 arranged at the four corners of the effect image 210, the first marker 220 can be shot and recognized with accurate contents. It is like that.

  On the other hand, in the pachislot gaming machine 2001, a symbol display area 2021 is provided at the lower portion of the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005, and a waist panel 2060 is further provided at the lower portion thereof. The waist panel 2060 has, for example, a rectangular shape when the pachislot gaming machine 2001 is viewed from the front.

  In the present embodiment, the waist panel 2060 is used as the second marker 230. The second marker 230 is an image for starting display processing of the AR effect auxiliary image 250 after the first marker 220 is recognized from the captured image of the effect image 210. In the portable terminal device 3001, in order to recognize the second marker 230 and activate the AR effect assisting process, the recognition unit 3021 downloads a captured image of the second marker 230 from the server 4001 and stores it. Compared with data (recognition data), it has an image determination function for determining whether or not it is the second marker 230.

  In this embodiment, as the data for recognition of the second marker 230, the shape data matching the shape of the waist panel 2060 of the pachislot machine 2001 is downloaded from the server 4001 as described above, and various kinds of data of the portable terminal device 3001 are used. It is stored in the memory 3040. That is, in the present embodiment, the second marker 230 can be photographed as the second photographing target portion by the mobile terminal device 3001, and the shape is downloaded from the server 4001 and stored as recognition data. The waist panel 2060 of the pachislot machine 2001 is used.

The recognition data for the second marker 230 includes the above-described recognition data for the first marker 220, the AR effect auxiliary image 250 (the effect auxiliary image determination table 3046) corresponding to the first marker 220 and the second marker 230, respectively. ) And the like are downloaded from the server 4001 and stored in various memories 3040. Note that these various data are acquired from the server 4001 each time the mobile terminal device 3001 recognizes the first marker 220 and the second marker 230 in the mobile terminal device 3001 as described later. Also good.
[Capturing Effect Image 210 by Mobile Terminal Device 3001]

  FIG. 35 is a schematic diagram showing a shooting operation of portable terminal device 3001 of gaming machine system S according to the present embodiment. In particular, FIG. 35 illustrates a shooting operation when the pachislot machine 2001 is viewed from the side. In FIG. 35, on the front surface of the front door 2002 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001, a liquid crystal display device 2005 having a display screen 2005a is provided at an upper position, and a waist panel 2060 is provided near the lowermost part.

  In the gaming machine system S, when the mobile terminal device 3001 performs the AR effect assisting process, the first marker 220 displayed on the display screen 2005a of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 by the mobile terminal device 3001 as shown in FIG. First, the effect image 210 including the image is photographed (photographing position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 35A), and then the orientation of the camera 3010 is directed downward so that the waist panel 2060 enters the photographing region of the portable terminal device 3001. The waist panel 2060 which is the second marker 230 is photographed toward the photographing position (the photographing position indicated by a solid line in FIG. 35A).

  When the mobile terminal device 3001 performs the AR effect assisting process, as shown in FIG. 35 (b), the effect image including the first marker 220 displayed on the display screen 2005a, as in FIG. 35 (a). First, 210 is photographed (the photographing position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 35B), and then the portable terminal device 3001 is moved down to the same height position as the waist panel 2060, and the waist panel 2060 is photographed ( The shooting position indicated by the solid line in FIG.

  As described above, in the gaming machine system S according to the present embodiment, the shooting operation for displaying the AR effect auxiliary image 250 is performed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 that is the first shooting target portion for shooting. Photographing the displayed effect image 210 including the first marker 220 and photographing the waist panel 2060 which is the second marker 230 which is the second image capturing target part, and the effect image including the first marker 220 It is assumed that the shooting position is moved when shooting 210 and when shooting the waist panel 2060 as the second marker 230.

  In the present embodiment, as the operation of moving the shooting position of the mobile terminal device 3001 when shooting the effect image 210 including the first marker 220 and shooting the waist panel 2060 which is the second marker 230. An operation of moving the main body device to a state where a shooting area different from the shooting area when the effect image 210 including the first marker 220 is shot can be taken, such as tilting, rotating, or moving the position of the main body device. It includes everything.

[Display of AR effect auxiliary image 250 of portable terminal device 3001]
FIG. 36 is a flowchart showing the AR effect assisting process of mobile terminal apparatus 3001 according to the present embodiment. This process is performed by the CPU 3020 of the mobile terminal device 3001 executing, for example, an AR effect assisting program stored in various memories 3040.

  This AR effect assisting program is executed by the CPU 3020, and more specifically, between the effect image 210 including the first marker 220 and the waist panel 2060 corresponding to the second marker 230 in the mobile terminal device 3001 shown in FIG. It is executed in accordance with the movement between the first and second imaging target parts.

  As shown in FIG. 36, after the AR effect assisting program is started, in the mobile terminal device 3001, the recognition unit 3021 can obtain the effect image 210 being displayed on the display screen 2005a of the pachislot machine 2001 by the camera 3010. A captured image is extracted (S8161). Next, the recognition unit 3021 extracts the four first markers 220 from the photographed image extracted in S8161, and the positions of the four first markers 220 and the positions of the four corners that define the photographing region of the touch panel display 3030 are determined. It is determined that they match and it is recognized that the alignment is appropriate (S8162).

  After recognizing that the alignment is appropriate in S8162, the recognition unit 3021 extracts the effect image 210 from the photographed image, recognizes the effect image 210 (S8163), and the first extracted in S8162 above. The first marker 220 is recognized from the photographed image of the marker 220 (S8164).

  When the first marker 220 is recognized in S8164, the suggestion unit 3025 displays the shooting position movement suggestion information 240 on the touch panel display 3030 (S8165). The shooting position movement suggestion information 240 tells the player to change the shooting posture of the mobile terminal device 3001 so that the shooting target part of the pachislot machine 2001 that is currently shooting is changed to another shooting target part. It is information to encourage. In the present embodiment, for example, the waist panel 2060 (second marker 230) is taken from the shooting posture of shooting the display screen 2005a (first shooting target portion) of the liquid crystal display device 2005 displaying the effect image 210. A message image or the like that suggests changing the second photographing target portion) to a photographing posture capable of photographing is displayed.

  FIG. 37 is a diagram showing a display example of shooting position movement suggestion information of the mobile terminal device 3001 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 37, the photographing position movement suggestion information 240 displayed on the touch panel display 3030 in the present embodiment is, for example, a message image “Please photograph the waist panel”. Note that FIG. 37 shows a display example in which the message image is superimposed on the captured image of the effect image 210 being displayed on the display screen 2005a and the effect image 210 is hidden. You may make it display so that a message image may not overlap.

  When the player changes the shooting target portion of the pachislot machine 2001 by the mobile terminal device 3001 based on the shooting position movement suggestion information 240 displayed in S8165, the shot image of the mobile terminal device 3001 targeting the changed shooting target portion. Is obtained. Here, for example, when the player photographs the waist panel 2060 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 with the camera 3010 of the portable terminal device 3001 facing downward according to the suggestion of the photographing position movement “Please photograph the waist panel” shown in FIG. (See FIG. 35) A captured image of the waist panel 2060 is obtained.

  At this time, in the mobile terminal device 3001, the recognition unit 3021 acquires a captured image of the waist panel 2060, extracts the image of the waist panel 2060, downloads the contour shape of the image from the server 4001, and stores it in the various memories 3040. The second marker 230 is recognized based on the recognition data being recognized (S8166).

  When the second marker 230 is recognized from the photographed image of the waist panel 2060 in S8166, the composite image generating means 3022 corresponds to the winning combination that triggered the execution of the effect by the effect image 210 recognized in S8163. The AR effect auxiliary image 250 is combined with the captured image of the waist panel 2060 being captured and displayed on the touch panel display 3030 (S8167).

  As a specific process of S8167, the composite image generation unit 3022 specifies a display number corresponding to the winning combination corresponding to the effect image 210 recognized in S8163, and the effect auxiliary image determination table corresponding to the second marker 230. The AR effect auxiliary image 250 corresponding to the display number is read from 3046 (see FIG. 33). Further, the composite image generation unit 3022 combines the read AR effect auxiliary image 250 with the photographed image of the waist panel 2060 that has recognized the second marker 230 in S8166 and causes the touch panel display 3030 to display the composite image.

  FIG. 38 is a diagram illustrating a display example of the production assistance image of the mobile terminal device 3001 according to the present embodiment. In the example of FIG. 38, the touch panel display 3030 is combined with the photographed image of the waist panel 2060 photographed after the effect image 210 by the mobile terminal device 3001, and corresponds to the winning combination that triggered the display of the effect image 210. An AR effect auxiliary image 250 is displayed.

  The AR effect auxiliary image 250 shown in FIG. 38 is a message image representing the possibility of development from the current winning combination or the like to the bonus winning, that is, the degree of expectation for the development to the bonus winning. In particular, FIG. An image of “bonus expectation 80%” indicating that the expectation to develop into a bonus is 80% is displayed, and FIG. 38B shows that the expectation to develop into a bonus is 20%. A message image of “bonus expectation 20%” is displayed.

  Thus, according to the AR effect assisting process according to the present embodiment, the player can photograph the waist panel 2060 after the player has photographed the effect image 210 with the mobile terminal device 3001, for example, as shown in FIG. In response to the notification of the suggestion information (photographing position movement suggestion information 240), the photographing position of the waist panel 2060 is photographed by performing a photographing position movement operation (directing downward, moving downward, etc.) to photograph the waist panel 2060. The AR effect auxiliary image 250 obtained by combining the image with the image indicating the degree of expectation for the bonus winning state can be displayed on the touch panel display 3030.

  As a result, in this embodiment, the waist part which is a place different from the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 simultaneously with the AR effect by the display of the effect image 210 on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 of the pachislot gaming machine 2001. The AR effect assist by displaying the AR effect assist image 250 using the panel 2060 can also be executed. Therefore, in the present embodiment, as compared with a conventional case where an effect image is simply captured by the mobile terminal device 3001, and an effect image related to the effect image is combined with the captured image and displayed, the AR image effect is produced. The variation of can be increased. Further, according to the display process of the AR effect auxiliary image 250 of the present embodiment, the expectation regarding the development to the bonus winning combination that cannot be easily known from the effect image 210 displayed on the display screen 2005a of the liquid crystal display device 2005 is increased. be able to.

  In this embodiment, an example in which the waist panel 2060 of the pachislot machine 2001 is recognized as the second marker 230 has been described. However, another structure part of the pachislot machine 2001 that can recognize the shape is used as a shooting target. It is good also as a structure recognized as 2 markers 230. FIG.

(Modification 1)
In the gaming machine system according to the first modification (referred to as Sa for convenience), the pachislot gaming machine 2001 is equivalent to the present embodiment. That is, in the first modification, the first marker 220 and the second marker 230 equivalent to the present embodiment are used as AR production assisting markers (see FIG. 34).

  On the other hand, the portable terminal device according to the first modification (referred to as 3001A for convenience) recognizes the first marker 220 from the captured image of the effect image 210, thereby making the main device parallel to the front surface of the pachislot gaming machine 2001. (See FIG. 40), that is, a function that suggests to the player to rotate left and right, and the player sets the pachislot machine 2001 to at least the second marker 230 based on the above suggestion. It has a function of recognizing the second marker 230 from the photographed image of the waist panel 2060 in the photographed image obtained by tilting (rotating) the apparatus main body so as to include a part and displaying the AR effect auxiliary image 250A. . The portable terminal device 3001A basically executes the AR effect assisting process according to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  Hereinafter, the AR effect assisting process of the gaming machine system Sa according to the first modification will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the first modification, when the recognition unit 3021 of the mobile terminal device 3001A recognizes the first marker 220 from the captured image of the effect image 210 displayed on the display screen 2005a of the display screen 2005a of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 (FIG. 36). The shooting position movement suggestion information 240A is displayed on the touch panel display 3030 (see S8165).

  FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a shooting position movement suggestion image of the mobile terminal device 3001A in the gaming machine system Sa according to the first modification. As shown in FIG. 39, in Modification 1, the suggestion unit 3025 of the mobile terminal device 3001A displays a message image “Please tilt the mobile terminal device” as the shooting position movement suggestion information 240A in S8165.

  The player operates to tilt the mobile terminal device 3001A in response to the suggestion of moving the shooting position “please tilt the mobile terminal device”. In the first modification, as the tilting operation, the main body of the mobile terminal device 3001A is rotated left and right so that at least a part of the second marker 230 is included in the shooting area while keeping parallel to the front surface of the pachislot gaming machine 2001. I am going to let you.

  FIG. 40 is a diagram illustrating an example of a shooting position movement operation of the mobile terminal device 3001A in the gaming machine system Sa according to the first modification. In FIG. 40, after shooting the effect image 210 displayed on the display screen 2005a of the display screen 2005a at the shooting position indicated by a two-dot chain line in the figure with the portable terminal device 3001A, the portable terminal device 3001A is indicated by a solid line in the drawing. The operation state is shown when it is rotated approximately 90 degrees to the left until the photographing position shown. At this time, it is a premise that a waist panel 2060 corresponding to the second marker 230 is in the imaging region of the mobile terminal device 3001A. In the first modification, as a player's response to the shooting position movement suggestion in S8165, regardless of the rotation direction of the mobile terminal device 3001A, for example, the waist panel 2060 that is the second marker 230 can be shot. It is of course possible to rotate it approximately 90 degrees to the right.

  In the first modification, the movement of the shooting position of the mobile terminal device 3001A when shooting the waist panel 2060 that is the second marker 230 after shooting the effect image 210 including the first marker 220 is shown in FIG. 40 is not limited to the rotation of the mobile terminal device 3001A, but the subject area when the effect image 210 including the first marker 220 is captured, such as tilting the mobile terminal device 3001A or moving the position. All the operations of moving the main unit to a state where it is possible to shoot different image areas can be applied.

  When the player performs a shooting target portion change operation for tilting the mobile terminal device 3001A approximately 90 degrees to the left as shown in FIG. 40, for example, based on the shooting position movement suggestion in S8165 (see FIG. 39), at the changed shooting position. Can be obtained. At that time, in the mobile terminal device 3001A, a captured image of a subject area that enters the waist panel 2060 of the pachislot machine 2001 is obtained.

  In the mobile terminal device 3001A, the recognition unit 3021 extracts the captured image of the waist panel 2060 from the captured image, and the second marker is based on the contour shape of the captured image and the recognition data downloaded from the server 4001. At least a part of the area 230 is recognized (S8166).

  When the second marker 230 is recognized, the lumbar panel 2060 that is shooting the AR effect auxiliary image 250 corresponding to the winning combination etc. that triggered the display of the effect image 210 recognized by the composite image generating unit 3022 in S8163. Is displayed on the touch panel display 3030 (S8167).

  FIG. 41 is a diagram showing a display example of an AR effect auxiliary image of the mobile terminal device 3001A in the gaming machine system Sa according to the first modification. In FIG. 41, according to the gaming state that triggered the display of the effect image 210 on the captured image including the waist panel 2060 in the state where the mobile terminal device 3001A is rotated 90 degrees to the left. Then, the AR effect auxiliary image 250 such as the message image “bonus expectation 80%” shown in FIG. 41A or the message image “bonus expectation 20%” shown in FIG. 41B is displayed. .

  As described above, according to the AR effect assisting process according to the modified example 1, after the player shoots the effect image 210 with the mobile terminal device 3001A, the apparatus body is tilted as shown in FIG. By changing the shooting target portion, the touch panel display 3030 displays an image in which the AR effect auxiliary image 250A indicating the degree of expectation for the possibility of winning a bonus, for example, is combined with the image of the waist panel 2060 or the like. Can do.

(Modification 2)
In the gaming machine system according to the second modification (referred to as Sb for convenience), the pachislot gaming machine 2001 is equivalent to this embodiment. On the other hand, the mobile terminal device (referred to as 3001B for convenience) acquires information used for the AR effect assist processing from the server 4001 each time in addition to the function of the mobile terminal device 3001 according to the present embodiment.

  The server 4001 stores an AR effect auxiliary program in the information storage unit 4012, recognition data for the first marker 220 and the second marker 230, and an AR effect auxiliary image 250B corresponding to the first marker 220 and the second marker 230. Various information used for the AR effect assisting process is stored, and the distribution means 4021 can stream the AR effect assisting image 250B and the like to the mobile terminal device 3001B.

  On the other hand, when the mobile terminal device 3001B recognizes the first marker 220 by the link generation unit 3026 that generates a link to the distribution unit 4021 of the server 4001 and the recognition unit 3021, it indicates that the connection operation to the link is performed. And suggesting means 3025 (see FIG. 3).

  The mobile terminal device 3001B basically executes an AR effect assist process according to the flowchart shown in FIG. However, regarding the process of acquiring the information used for the AR effect assist process described above from the server 4001, for example, the player selects the link destination URL prior to displaying the shooting position movement suggestion information 240 in S8165 of FIG. Prompt and accept the selection. Subsequently, the player is suggested to change the photographing target portion in the same manner as in the present embodiment, and the waist panel 2060 that is the photographing target portion after the change is photographed. In the meantime, that is, after the player has photographed the first marker 220, until the portable terminal device 3001 is moved to the photographing position where the waist panel 2060, which is the second marker 230, can be photographed by the above suggestion. The distribution unit 4021 is accessed based on the link destination URL selected by the person to acquire the recognition data for the second marker 230 from the server 4001, and then the second image 230 is obtained from the captured image of the waist panel 2060 based on the acquired recognition data. When the second marker 230 is recognized, an AR effect auxiliary image 250B corresponding to the second marker 230 is acquired from the distribution destination URL by streaming delivery from the server 4001, and the AR effect auxiliary image 250B is combined with the photographed image. The display process is performed (S8165 to S8167).

  In the AR effect assisting process shown in FIG. 36, the recognition data of the first marker 220, the shooting position movement suggestion information 240, and the recognition data of the second marker 230 are respectively obtained in S8163, S8165, and S8166. Although the structure acquired from the server 4001 every time is also considered, the process by the former flow is demonstrated here with reference to FIG.

  In the second modification, when the mobile terminal device 3001B recognizes the first marker 220 from the captured image of the effect image 210 displayed on the display screen 2005a of the pachislot gaming machine 2001 (see S8161 to S8164 in FIG. 36), the process proceeds to S8165. Transition. In S8165, the suggestion means 3025 of the mobile terminal device 3001B displays a screen that accepts selection of a link destination URL that is a distribution source of the AR effect auxiliary image 250B before displaying the shooting position movement suggestion information 240 on the touch panel display 3030. Let

  FIG. 42 is a diagram illustrating a display example of a distribution source selection screen of an AR effect auxiliary image of the mobile terminal device 3001B in the gaming machine system Sb according to the second modification. As shown in FIG. 42, in Modification 2, the suggestion means 3025 of the mobile terminal device 3001B selects a link destination URL corresponding to the information storage unit 4012 of the server 4001 and the link destination URL as a distribution source selection screen. The prompting information is displayed on the touch panel display 3030. In the example of FIG. 42, suggestion information 251B including a message image “Please touch the link” is displayed as information for prompting selection of the link destination URL.

  When the player who knows that the suggestion information 251B is prompted to touch the link touches the link URL, the link generation unit 3026 accesses the distribution unit 4021 of the server 4001 based on the link destination URL. Start. On the other hand, the recognition means 3021 causes the touch panel display 3030 to display shooting position movement suggestion information 240 including a message image (see FIG. 37) such as “Please shoot the waist panel” (see S8165 in FIG. 36). .

  Thereafter, the player confirms the photographing position movement suggestion information 240 and moves the portable terminal device 3001 to a position where the waist panel 2060 can be photographed, for example, and photographs the waist panel 2060. During this time, the link generation unit 3026 accesses the distribution destination URL selected by the player and acquires the recognition data for the second marker 230 from the server 4001. Next, the recognizing unit 3021 recognizes the second marker 230 from the captured image of the waist panel 2060 based on the acquired recognition data (see S8166). When the second marker 230 is recognized, the link generation unit 3026 acquires the AR effect auxiliary image 250B corresponding to the second marker 230 by streaming distribution from the distribution unit 4021 of the server 4001 being accessed by the link destination URL, and the composite image The generation unit 3022 combines the AR effect auxiliary image 250B with the photographed image of the waist panel 2060 and displays it on the touch panel display 3030 (see S8166 and S8167 in FIG. 36).

  For the specific processing of S8167, the link generation unit 3026 designates the recognized second marker 230 and makes an information acquisition request for the link destination URL. In response to this information acquisition request, in the server 4001, the distribution unit 4021 performs streaming distribution to the mobile terminal device 3001B while reading the AR effect auxiliary image 250B corresponding to the second marker 230 by the information storage unit 4012. In the mobile terminal device 3001B, the composite image generation unit 3022 receives the AR effect auxiliary image 250B that is streamed and delivered from the server 4001, and displays it on the touch panel display 3030 in combination with the captured image at this time.

  FIG. 43 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an AR effect auxiliary image of the mobile terminal device 3001B in the gaming machine system Sb according to the second modification. According to FIG. 43, in FIG. 43 (a), an AR effect auxiliary image 250B “CHANCE !!” with a high expectation about the possibility of winning a bonus from the current gaming state of the pachislot machine 2001 is displayed. FIG. 43B shows an example in which an AR effect auxiliary image 250B “lost” that cannot be expected to win a bonus is displayed.

  As described above, according to the AR effect assisting process according to the modification (see FIGS. 34 to 36, 42, and 43), after the player has photographed the effect image 210 with the mobile terminal device 3001B (see FIG. 35). By selecting the link destination URL and shooting the waist panel 2060 by changing the shooting position, the AR effect auxiliary image 250 streamed from the server 4001 is combined with the effect image 210 on the image of the waist panel 2060. Can be displayed on the touch panel display 3030.

  Thereby, in the modified example 2, as in the present embodiment, the variation of the effect by the AR image can be expanded, and the expectation regarding the possibility of winning the bonus that cannot be easily known from the effect image 210 is increased. The effect of being able to be obtained can be obtained. In addition, according to the second modification, after the player shoots the first marker 220, the link selected between the time when the portable terminal device 3001 is moved to the shooting position where the second marker 230 can be shot. Since information necessary for processing such as the AR effect auxiliary image 250B can be acquired from the server 4001 by connecting to the destination URL, the processing efficiency of the AR effect auxiliary process is good and the processing time can be shortened.

  In the second modification, the example in which the player is made to select the link destination URL and access the server 4001 prior to displaying the shooting position movement suggestion information 240 (see S8165 in FIG. 36) has been described. For example, after the second marker 230 is recognized (see S8167 in FIG. 36), the link destination URL may be selected and the server 4001 may be accessed. However, the former configuration is more advantageous in view of processing efficiency.

(Modification 3)
In the gaming machine system according to the third modification (referred to as Sc for convenience), a pachislot gaming machine (referred to as 2001C for convenience) uses an AR effect processing start marker ( The effect image 210C including the first marker 220) and the AR effect auxiliary image display processing activation marker (second marker 230C) is displayed.

  FIG. 44 is a diagram showing an effect image display image of a pachislot gaming machine in the gaming machine system Sc according to the third modification. As shown in FIG. 44, the effect image 210C displayed by the pachislot gaming machine 2001C according to Modification 3 includes a first marker 220 and a second marker 230C. The first marker 220 has the same shape and function as those used in the present embodiment and the first and second modifications. The second marker 230C has a rectangular shape, for example, in which two-dimensional code information is embedded.

  On the other hand, the mobile terminal device according to the third modification (referred to as 3001C for convenience) has the same recognition function of the first marker 220 as the mobile terminal device 3001 according to the present embodiment and the second marker 230C. The function of recognizing the second marker 230C based on the two-dimensional code information extracted from the photographed image, and tilting the apparatus main body by recognizing the first marker 220 and the second marker 230C (changing the photographing posture) Specifically, a function that suggests to the player that the pachislot gaming machine 2001C is rotated in the left-right direction while keeping parallel to the front surface of the gaming machine 2001C (see FIG. 47), and the player carries it based on the above suggestion. AR effect auxiliary image 250C only when second marker 230C is present in the captured image when the orientation is changed by tilting terminal device 3001C. It has a function to display.

  FIG. 45 is a flowchart showing an AR effect assisting process of the mobile terminal device 3001C in the gaming machine system Sc according to the third modification. In the flowchart of FIG. 45, processing steps similar to those of the AR effect assisting processing according to the present embodiment and other modifications are denoted by the same reference numerals, and related processing steps are denoted by related reference numerals.

  As shown in FIG. 45, in the gaming machine system Sc according to the modified example 3, in the mobile terminal device 3001C, the recognition means 3021 displays the pachislot gaming machine 2001C after the AR effect assisting program downloaded from the server 4001 is started. A captured image of the effect image 210C displayed on the screen 2005a is extracted (S8161), and it is recognized that the alignment of the imaging region is appropriate based on the four first markers 220 extracted from the captured image (S8162). .

  After recognizing that the alignment is appropriate in S8162, the recognition unit 3021 recognizes the first marker 220, the second marker 230C, and the effect image 210 from the captured image extracted in S8161 (S8163c).

  When the first marker 220, the second marker 230C, and the effect image 210C are recognized, in the CPU 3020, the suggestion unit 3025 displays the shooting position movement suggestion information 240C on the touch panel display 3030 (S8165c).

  FIG. 46 is a diagram illustrating a display example of shooting position movement suggestion information of the mobile terminal device 3001C in the gaming machine system Sc according to the third modification. As shown in FIG. 46, in the third modification, in the process of S8165c in FIG. 45, the portable terminal device 3001C is tilted to the right or left (rotating to the right or left to change the shooting posture). A message image “Please tilt the terminal device” and shooting position movement suggestion information 240 </ b> C including information indicating the tilt direction are displayed. In this example, the information “→ (to the right)” that suggests tilting to the right is displayed.

  When the player changes the shooting position of the mobile terminal device 3001C based on the shooting position movement suggestion information 240C displayed in S8165c, a shot image at the changed shooting position is obtained. Here, when the player tilts mobile terminal device 3001C to the right according to shooting position movement suggestion information 240C shown in FIG. 46, depending on the tilt angle, effect image 210C is tilted relatively to the left as shown in FIG. Thus, up to the lower right portion of the effect image 210C that has been hidden until then is displayed on the touch panel display 3030, and a captured image of the projected area is acquired. That is, in the example of FIG. 47, by tilting the mobile terminal device 3001 to the right, a portion that has been hidden until then appears in the lower right portion of the touch panel display 3030 as a subject to be photographed.

  After the processing of S8165c, in the mobile terminal device 3001C, the recognition unit 3021 performs image recognition of the captured image at the changed capturing position, and determines whether or not the second marker 230C exists in the captured image. (S8166c). If it is determined in this process that the second marker 230C is not present in the captured image (NO in S8166c), the process in S8165c is continued.

  On the other hand, when it is determined that the second marker 230C is present in the captured image (YES in S8166c), the composite image generating unit 3022 displays the AR effect auxiliary image corresponding to the effect image 210C recognized in S8163c. 250C is combined with the photographed image at this time and displayed on the touch panel display 3030 (S8167c).

  FIG. 47 is a diagram illustrating a display example of an AR effect auxiliary image of the mobile terminal device 3001C in the gaming machine system Sc according to the third modification. In FIG. 47, the presence of the second marker 230C in the photographed image taken by the player tilting the mobile terminal device 3001C to the right, the position outside the area of the effect image 210C in the photographed image, that is, the right An image obtained by synthesizing the AR effect auxiliary image 250C is displayed at the image position of the portion that has been hidden before being tilted.

  In particular, in FIG. 47A, a message image of “bonus probability 80%” indicating the possibility of winning a bonus from the current gaming state is displayed as the AR effect auxiliary image 250C. ), A message image of “bonus probability 20%” with a lower expectation is displayed.

  FIG. 47 shows a display example of the AR effect auxiliary image 250C in the case where the second marker 230C is present in the captured image captured by tilting the mobile terminal device 3001C to the right, but the mobile terminal device 3001C is tilted to the left. In accordance with the suggestion, the AR effect auxiliary image 250C is displayed in the same manner as described above even when the second marker 230C exists in the photographed image photographed by the player tilting the mobile terminal device 3001C to the left. Also in this case, the AR effect auxiliary image 250C can be displayed by being synthesized at the image position of the portion that has been hidden until then, which is projected by tilting the mobile terminal device 3001 to the left.

  As described above, according to the third modification, after shooting the effect image 210C including the first marker 220 and the second marker 230C, the shooting area where the second marker 230C can be displayed on the portable terminal device 3001C. The AR effect auxiliary image 250C for assisting the effect by the effect image 210C can be displayed only by tilting to the right or left within the range, and the moving operation amount of the mobile terminal device 3001C can be small.

  In the third modification as well, for the movement of the shooting position of the mobile terminal device 3001C after shooting the effect image 210C including the first marker 220 and the second marker 230C, the mobile terminal device 3001C shown in FIG. 47 is used. Not only the rotation but also tilting the main device, moving the position, etc., it is possible to apply general operations such as moving the main device to a state where it is possible to shoot a shooting area different from the shooting area when shooting the effect image 210C. is there. In either case, the AR effect auxiliary image 250C may be synthesized and displayed at the image position of the part that has been hidden until then, which is newly projected by moving the mobile terminal device 3001.

(Modification 4)
In the gaming machine system according to the modified example 4 (referred to as Sd for the sake of convenience), the pachislot gaming machine (referred to as 2001D for the sake of convenience) is embedded with specific information as a marker for AR effect assist processing. It has a function of displaying an effect image 210D including an AR effect auxiliary process activation marker and an AR effect auxiliary image display process activation marker.

  FIG. 48 is a view showing an effect image display image of the pachislot gaming machine in the gaming machine system Sd according to the fourth modification. As shown in FIG. 48, the effect image 210D displayed by the pachislot gaming machine 2001D according to the modification 4 includes a first marker 220D and a second marker 230D. Both the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D have the same shape as the first marker 220 and the second marker 230C according to the third modification. However, the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D are embedded with specific information that is difficult to be visually recognized by human eyes, that is, embedded information 221 and 231, respectively. The embedding information 221 and 231 are each composed of fine white dots, for example.

  On the other hand, in the mobile terminal device 3001D according to the modified example 4, the recognition unit 3021 recognizes the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D from the captured image of the effect image 210D, and the first marker 220D and the first marker 220D. The second marker 230D has a function of determining whether the embedded information 221 and 231 are included. Further, based on the determination result, the composite image generation unit 3022 corresponds to the combination of the first marker 220D including the embedded information 221 and the second marker 230D including the embedded information 231. And has a function of displaying the AR effect auxiliary image 250C.

  FIG. 49 is a flowchart showing an AR effect assisting process of the mobile terminal device 3001D in the gaming machine system Sd according to the fourth modification. In the flowchart of FIG. 49, processing steps similar to those of the AR effect assisting processing according to the present embodiment or another modification are denoted by the same reference numerals, and related processing steps are denoted by related symbols.

  As shown in FIG. 49, in the gaming machine system Sd according to the modified example 4, in the mobile terminal device 3001D, for example, after the AR effect assisting program downloaded from the server 4001 is activated, the recognition means 3021 is connected to the pachislot gaming machine 2001D. A captured image of the effect image 210D being displayed on the display screen 2005a is extracted (S8161), and based on the four first markers 220D extracted from the captured image, it is recognized that the alignment of the imaging region is appropriate (S8162). ).

  After recognizing that the alignment is appropriate, the recognition unit 3021 recognizes the first marker 220D, the second marker 230D, and the effect image 210D from the captured image of the effect image 210D, respectively (S8163d).

  Thereafter, the recognition unit 3021 determines whether the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D have the embedded information 221 and 231 respectively (S8170). Here, when neither the first marker 220D nor the second marker 230D has the embedded information 221 and 231 (NO in S8170), the same as S8165c to S8167c in FIG. 45 according to the modified example 3 The processes of S8165d to S8167d are performed.

  On the other hand, when the embedded information 221 and 231 are embedded in one or both of the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D (YES in S8170), the composite image generating unit 3022 displays the embedded information 221. The AR effect auxiliary image 250C is combined with the photographed image at this time and displayed on the touch panel display 3030 according to the combination of the first marker 220D in which the embedded information 231 is embedded and the second marker 230D in which the embedded information 231 is embedded. (S8171).

  FIG. 50 is a table showing a relationship between a combination of markers having embedded information and display contents of an AR effect assisting image in the AR effect assisting process according to Modification 4.

  As shown in FIG. 50, in the process of S8171 of FIG. 49, the composite image generating means 3022 displays the current game when the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D have the embedded information 221 and 231 respectively. The AR effect auxiliary image of “bonus expectation 80%” indicating the degree of expectation for the bonus winning from the state is displayed.

  On the other hand, when only the first marker 220D has the embedded information 221, the AR effect auxiliary image of “bonus expectation 60%” indicating the degree of expectation for the bonus winning from the current gaming state (for convenience) 250D) and the second marker 230D only has the embedded information 231, the AR effect assistance of “bonus expectation 20%” indicating the expectation of bonus winning from the current gaming state The image 250D is displayed. When the process of S8167d is finished and when the process of S8171 is finished, the CPU 3020 repeats the process of step S8161.

  As described above, according to the fourth modification, the effect image 210D including the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D is captured by the mobile terminal device 3001D, and the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D are captured. When the embedded information 221 and 231 are embedded in any of them, the AR effect auxiliary image 250D is displayed in accordance with the combination of the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D, so that the effect image is displayed on the mobile terminal device 3001D. The AR effect auxiliary image 250D corresponding to the effect image 210D can be displayed only by photographing the image 210D, and in addition to the effect according to the present embodiment, there is an effect that the operation of moving the shooting position becomes unnecessary.

  As described above, the gaming machine system (S, Sa, Sb, Sc, Sd), the pachislot gaming machine (2001, 2001B, 2001C, 2001D), the portable terminal device (3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D) have been described. In this embodiment and Modifications 1 to 4, since the AR technology can be used by the application program downloaded from the server 4001 by the mobile terminal device (3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D), a new member is provided. There is no need. Moreover, it is possible to increase the variation of the effect by the AR technology by a simple operation of simply changing the shooting position of the mobile terminal device (3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D).

  In the present embodiment and Modifications 1 to 4, the mobile terminal device (3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D) may acquire data used for the AR image rendering process from the server 4001 each time. The processing load of the mobile terminal devices (3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D) can be greatly reduced.

  In the present embodiment and Modifications 1 to 4, the first markers 220 and 220D are triangular in shape arranged at the four corners of the display screen 2005a, and the second markers 230, 230C and 230D are displayed on the display screen 2005a. Although the rectangular shape is within or outside the region, the shape and arrangement of the first markers 220 and 220D and the second markers 230, 230C and 230D can be arbitrarily determined. In the fourth modification example, the embedding information 221 and 231 embedded in the first marker 220D and the second marker 230D may be information that is difficult to be visually recognized by human eyes. It is not limited to.

  In the second modification, the information that is streamed from the server 4001 is not limited to the information related to the internal winning (for example, the AR effect auxiliary image 250B). Moreover, in this Embodiment and the modifications 1-4, a gyro sensor may be used about inclining the screen of a portable terminal device (3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D).

  Moreover, in this Embodiment and the modifications 1-4, a portable terminal device (3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D) is not limited to acquiring the above-described AR performance assistance program by downloading from the server 4001. For example, a configuration may be used in which data is written in the various memories 3040 using an external memory.

  Further, in the present embodiment and the first to fourth modifications, the mobile terminal device (3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D) has its own device capable of photographing the waist panel 2060 of the pachislot machine 2001 by the suggestion unit 3025. The notification of the suggestion information to be guided is not limited to the display of the message image described above, and may be configured to be notified by voice, for example.

  In addition, in the present embodiment and Modifications 1 to 4, the application to the pachislot gaming machine 2001 has been described, but it is said that the presentation assistance processing function using the AR technology according to the present invention can also be applied to the pachinko gaming machine 1001. Not too long. In this case, as the second marker 230, a place (structure or the like) peculiar to the pachislot gaming machine 2001 may be set.

  Further, in the pachislot gaming machine 2001 according to the present embodiment, the second marker 230 is a specific place different from the place where the effect image 210 including the first marker 220 is displayed, such as the waist panel 2060. Therefore, the structural change is small, and the cost of the gaming machine system S that assists the production by the AR technology in cooperation with the mobile terminal device 3001 can be reduced.

  As described above, the gaming machine system and the gaming machine according to the present invention are a gaming machine system capable of expanding variations in presentation by AR technology by simply changing the shooting position of the mobile terminal device without providing a new member. It is possible to provide a gaming machine system including gaming machines such as slot machines and pachinko machines and portable terminal devices such as mobile phones, and all gaming machines. is there.

S, Sa, Sb, Sc, Sd Game machine system 210, 210C, 210D Production image 220, 220D First marker 221, 231 Embedding information 230, 230C, 230D Second marker 240, 240A, 240C Shooting position movement suggestion Information 250, 250A, 250B, 250C AR effect auxiliary image 251B Suggestion information 2001, 2001B, 2001C, 2001D Pachislot machine (game machine)
2003L, 2003C, 2003R reel (variable display means)
2005 Liquid crystal display device (effect image display means)
2005a Display screen 2005b Display screen 2024 Infrared receiver 2031 Main CPU (profit giving means)
2040 Hopper (profit granting means)
2060 Lumbar panel (second marker)
2072 Sub control circuit 2081 Sub CPU
3001, 3001A, 3001B, 3001C, 3001D Portable terminal device 3010 Camera (photographing means)
3020 CPU
3021 Recognizing means 3022 Composite image generating means 3025 Suggesting means (suggesting information notification means)
3026 Link generation means 3030 Touch panel display (composite image display means)
3045 Production number determination table 3046 Production auxiliary image determination table 3070 Communication interface (program receiving means)
4001 Server (program distribution device)
4011 CPU
4012 Information storage unit 4021 Distribution means (streaming distribution means)

Claims (5)

In a gaming machine system comprising a gaming machine and a portable terminal device that captures a predetermined area of the gaming machine,
The gaming machine is
There is an effect image display means for displaying a predetermined effect image,
The effect image display means displays an effect image including a first marker when a predetermined condition in the game is established,
The portable terminal device
Photographing means;
When the first marker is recognized from a photographed image of the effect image including the first marker photographed by the photographing means, it is possible to photograph a specific place of the gaming machine different from the effect image display means Suggestion information notifying means for notifying suggestion information for guiding the device itself;
After the notification of the suggestion information, when a second marker different from the first marker is recognized from a photographed image of a specific place of the gaming machine photographed by the photographing means, the first marker is included. A composite image generating means for generating a composite image by combining the effect auxiliary image corresponding to the effect image with the photographed image at the specific place;
A gaming machine system comprising: a synthesized image display means for displaying the synthesized image. The portable terminal device has a program receiving means for receiving a program for executing processing by the suggestion information notifying means, the synthesized image generating means, and the synthesized image display means,
The gaming machine system according to claim 1, further comprising a program distribution device that distributes the program to the portable terminal device.   The suggestion information notification means, when recognizing the first marker, notifies suggestion information that prompts the user to change the photographing posture of the device so that the second marker can be photographed. Item 3. A gaming machine system according to item 1 or 2. The program distribution device has a streaming distribution means for streaming distribution of the effect auxiliary image,
The mobile terminal device has link generation means for generating a link to the streaming distribution means,
4. The gaming machine system according to claim 2, wherein the suggestion information notifying unit notifies the suggestion information that prompts an operation of connection to the link when the first marker is recognized. 5. A photographing unit, a recognizing unit for recognizing the first or second marker in the photographed image photographed by the photographing unit, and an image corresponding to the first or second marker recognized by the recognizing unit. The second marker so as to be photographed by the photographing means of a portable terminal device, comprising: a composite image generating means for generating a composite image by combining with the photographed image; and a composite image display means for displaying the composite image. In a gaming machine capable of displaying an effect image including the first marker for informing suggestion information that guides the mobile terminal device to be able to photograph
Variable display means for performing variable display or stop display of a plurality of identification symbols based on the establishment of a predetermined condition;
Profit granting means for giving a predetermined profit to a player when a combination of a plurality of the identification symbols is stopped and displayed in a specific manner by the variable display means;
With
A gaming machine, wherein the second marker is a specific place different from a place where an effect image including the first marker is displayed.

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