JP2020014546A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

To improve convenience of managing owned balls.SOLUTION: A game machine 10 of the present invention comprises: a card reader 60 capable of accepting a card 60C and recording the number of owned balls of a player in the card 60C as an in-card storage ball; a ball-transfer operation unit 44 for transferring at least a part of the in-card storage ball to the game machine 10 as a game machine-side storage ball that can be consumed in the game machine 10; and a first return operation unit 45A and a second return operation unit 45B that can be operated by the player so as to take out the card 60C from the card reader 60. When the first return operation unit 45A is operated, the game machine-side storage ball is transferred to the in-card storage ball and then the number of in-card storage ball is written in the card 60C. When the second return operation unit 45B is operated, the number of in-card storage ball is recorded in the card 60C without the game machine-side storage ball being transferred to the in-card storage ball.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present disclosure relates to an enclosed gaming machine.

  In recent years, as a gaming machine, a plurality of game balls are enclosed and provided, and the game balls launched into the game area are circulated in the main body of the game machine, return to the launching device, and again enclosed games are launched into the game area. Machine has been proposed.

JP-A-2015-144880 (paragraphs [0002] to [0003])

  In the above-described gaming machine, information on the number of balls held by the player is written on a portable recording medium (for example, a card or a medal), and the recording medium is taken out of the gaming machine. . Then, the player can execute the settlement or the game using another gaming machine by using the recording medium taken out. However, in such a gaming machine, when the recording medium is taken out, the total number of balls held is written on the recording medium, so that some of the balls are settled or handed over to family members or friends. There is a problem that it is difficult to do. For this reason, conventional gaming machines are required to improve the convenience of ball management.

  A first means for receiving a recording medium in a gaming machine having a plurality of game balls encapsulated therein and circulating a game ball fired to a game area and used for a game so as to be fired again to the game area; A recording medium control unit capable of writing the number of balls held by the player on the recording medium as the number of medium-side storage balls, and reading the number of medium-side storage balls from the recording medium; and A medium-side ball storage management means for storing and displaying the read number of held balls as the number of medium-side stored balls, and a game capable of consuming any number of game balls among the medium-side stored balls in the gaming machine A ball transfer operation unit for transferring to the gaming machine as a machine-side ball storage, a game machine-side ball storage management unit that stores and displays the number of the game machine-side ball storage, and the recording medium from the medium control unit. Return operation that can be operated by the player to take out And the return operation unit is provided with two types of a first return operation unit and a second return operation unit, and the recording medium control unit operates when the first return operation unit is operated Before the recording medium is taken out, the game machine-side storage balls are transferred to the medium-side storage balls, and then the number of the medium-side storage balls is written to the recording medium, and the second return operation unit is operated. In this case, the game machine-side storage ball is not transferred to the medium-side storage ball, but the number of the medium-side storage ball is recorded on the recording medium.

  The second means is the enclosed pachinko gaming machine according to the first means, further comprising return operation section setting means capable of arbitrarily setting whether the operation of the second return operation section is enabled or disabled. is there.

  It is possible to improve the convenience of managing the ball.

Front view of an enclosed gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present disclosure Schematic configuration diagram of the ball management unit Block diagram of enclosed gaming machine Flowchart of ball transfer processing Flowchart of return processing

  As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment includes a gaming machine main body 10H having a front frame 10Z on the front surface, and a card unit 60 adjacent to the gaming machine main body 10H. The game area R1 formed on the front surface of the game board 11 is visible through the glass window 10W formed on the front frame 10Z.

  In the game area R1, for example, a display device 13 including a liquid crystal module is provided. The display device 13 has a display screen 13G on the front surface, and the display screen 13G is arranged at a position slightly above the center of the game area R1. Various effects relating to the game are displayed on the display screen 13G.

  Below the display screen 13G in the game area R1, a starting winning port 14, a large winning port 15, and a ball discharging port 16 are provided side by side at intervals from the top. In addition, a start gate 18 and a general winning opening 20 are provided in order from the top on both left and right sides of the display area 13 in the game area R1. In addition, in the game area R1, obstacles and windmills (both not shown) for changing the flowing direction of the game ball are arranged in addition to various winning objects such as the winning ports 14, 15 and the starting gate 18.

  The general winning opening 20 has a so-called pocket structure, and is upwardly opened in such a size that a single game ball can be inserted. When a game ball wins in the general winning opening 20, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as a prize ball.

  The starting gate 18 has a gate-shaped structure through which game balls can dive and pass. Then, when the game ball passes through the starting gate 18, a normal symbol hit / fail judgment is made.

  The starting winning opening 14 is open upward in a so-called pocket structure, and movable wing pieces 14C, 14C are provided on both sides of the opening. The two movable wing pieces 14C, 14C are normally in an upright state, and regulate winning of a game ball into the starting winning opening 14. When the result of the ordinary symbol hit determination is a hit, the two movable wing pieces 14C, 14C are tilted left and right for a predetermined period to allow the winning of the game ball to the starting winning opening 14. When a game ball wins in the start winning port 14, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as a prize ball, and a special symbol hit / fail judgment is performed.

  The special winning opening 15 is formed to be horizontally long, and is normally closed by a movable door 15T. When the result of the special symbol hit determination is a hit, the movable door 15T is moved forward for a predetermined period. Thereby, the special winning opening 15 is opened, and the game ball can be won in the special winning opening 15 by using the movable door 15T as a guide. When a game ball wins in the special winning opening 15, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as prize balls.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a game button 29 is provided at the lower left corner of the front frame 10Z. The game button 29 is used in an effect performed on the display screen 13G.

  A firing handle 28 is provided at the lower right corner of the front frame 10Z. Here, in the gaming machine 10, a predetermined number of gaming balls are sealed in the machine base. When the firing handle 28 is rotated, a game ball enclosed in the machine base is fired toward the game area R1. The fired game balls are collected by a ball collection device (not shown) regardless of whether or not the winning balls 14, 15, 20 are won, and the collected game balls are fired again. Thereby, in the gaming machine 10, the internal game balls are used cyclically.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the card unit 60 performs information processing such as reading and writing on the card 60C inserted into the card insertion slot 61. More specifically, the card unit 60 writes the number of balls held by the player (game balls owned by the player) as the number of stored balls in the card on the card 60C. Further, the card unit 60 reads the number of stored balls in the card written on the card 60C. It should be noted that the card unit 60 is provided with a bill insertion slot 62 for lending game balls with cash, and the card unit 60 can also write information on the balance on the card 60C.

  The gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment includes a ball management unit 40 in the lower center of the front frame 10Z. As shown in FIG. 2, the ball management unit 40 includes a display unit 40H, a ball lending operation unit 43, a ball transfer operation unit 44, and a return operation unit 45.

  The display unit 40H is provided with a balance display area 41 and a ball count display area 42. In the balance display area 41, the remaining amount of the cash inserted into the bill insertion slot 62 (see FIG. 1) which is not used for renting the game ball is displayed. The held ball display area 42 displays the number of held balls owned by the player.

  Specifically, the held ball display area 42 is provided with a first held ball number display area 42A, a second held ball number display area 42B, and a third held ball number display area 42C. The number of all the held balls is displayed in the first held ball display area 42A. Also, the number of game machine-side stored balls described later is displayed in the second held ball display area 42B, and the number of stored balls in the card is displayed in the third held ball display area 42C. In addition, the number of all the balls held is the sum of the number of ball storage on the gaming machine side and the number of ball storage in the card.

  The ball lending operation unit 43 is operated when lending game balls from cash inserted into the bill insertion slot 62 of the card unit 60. In the gaming machine 10, since the gaming balls enclosed in the machine base circulate, information on the number of gaming balls according to the amount of the rental can be consumed in the gaming machine 10 instead of renting actual gaming balls. It is stored as the number of game machine-side storage balls.

  Here, the gaming machine 10 is provided with a shooting ball sensor 55 (see FIG. 3) for detecting a game ball shot toward the game area R1. Then, when a game ball is detected by the shooting ball sensor 55, the detected number of game balls is subtracted from the number of game machine-side storage balls. When a game ball wins in each of the winning ports 14, 15, and 20, the game ball is detected by the prize ball sensor 57 (see FIG. 3), and the number of game balls for the prize ball according to the winning is determined on the gaming machine side. Added to the number of savings. A game ball that has been fired toward the game area R1 but has returned without reaching the game area R1 due to a weak firing force is detected by the foul ball sensor 56 (see FIG. 3). When a game ball is detected by the foul ball sensor 56, the detected number of game balls is added to the game machine-side storage ball.

  The ball transfer operation section 44 is operated when transferring at least a part of the ball storage in the card written on the card 60C read by the card unit 60 to the game machine side ball storage. When the ball transfer operation unit 44 is operated, a predetermined number of game balls are reduced from the ball storage in the card, and the predetermined number of game balls are added to the game machine side ball storage. The number of game balls transferred from the ball storage in the card to the game machine side storage ball by the operation of the ball transfer operation unit 44 may be fixed, or may be set to an arbitrary number by the player. Is also good.

  The return operation unit 45 is used when the player setstle the ball. Specifically, when the return operation unit 45 is operated, the card unit 60 writes the number of stored balls in the card into the card 60C and discharges the card 60C.

  In the present embodiment, the return operation unit 45 is provided with two types, a first return operation unit 45A and a second return operation unit 45B. When the first return operation unit 45A is operated, all the balls held are settled. More specifically, when the first return operation unit 45A is operated, all of the gaming machine-side stored balls are transferred to the card stored balls, and the number of the card stored balls is written to the card 60C. At this time, the number of game machine-side stored balls is reset to zero.

  On the other hand, when the second return operation unit 45B is operated, a part of the held ball is settled. Specifically, when the second return operation section 45B is operated, the number of stored balls in the card is written to the card 60C without transferring the stored balls on the gaming machine side to the stored balls in the card. At this time, the number of the game machine-side storage balls is not changed.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the ball management unit 40 is provided with a return operation unit setting switch 46 for setting the validity / invalidity of the second return operation unit 45B. When the second return operation unit 45B is set to be invalid, even if the second return operation unit 45B is operated, the adjustment of the held ball is not performed. In this case, the display unit 40H may notify that the second return operation unit 45B is invalid.

  In the gaming machine 10, when the first return operation unit 45A is operated when the card 60C is taken out from the card unit 60, all the holdings that are the sum of the number of gaming machine-side ball storage and the number of card-side ball storage are performed. The number of balls is recorded on the card 60C. On the other hand, when the second return operation unit 45B is operated, the number of balls held except for the gaming machine-side ball storage is recorded on the card 60C, and the number of gaming machine-side ball storage is not changed. As described above, according to the gaming machine 10, the remaining number of balls can be recorded on the card 60 </ b> C while a part of the possessed ball is left in the gaming machine 10 as the gaming machine side storage ball, It is easy to settle the ball and hand it to family and friends, etc., and the convenience of managing the ball can be improved.

  FIG. 3 shows an electric configuration of the gaming machine 10. Reference numeral 50 shown in FIG. The main control board 50 includes, as a main part, a one-chip microcomputer 51 formed by packaging a CPU 51A, a RAM 51B, and a ROM 51C. The one-chip microcomputer 51 receives a detection signal from various sensors and switches for detecting a winning ball through an input / output circuit and executes a main control board main program. Then, control data is output to the sub-control board 52, the game ball management board 54, and the like according to the processing result.

  The sub control board 52 includes a one-chip microcomputer 53 in which a CPU 53A, a RAM 53B, and a ROM 53C are packaged similarly to the main control board 50. In the one-chip microcomputer 53, the CPU 53A takes out the sub-control board main program from the ROM 53C and runs. In addition, the one-chip microcomputer 53 outputs control data to the display device 13 according to the control data output from the main control board 50.

  The game ball management board 54 manages the game ball side ball storage and the card ball storage. Specifically, the game ball management board 54 receives detection signals from the shooting ball sensor 55, the foul ball sensor 56, and the prize ball sensor 57 to increase or decrease the number of game machine-side stored balls. The game ball management board 54 receives the information read from the card 60C by the card unit 60, and transmits information to be written to the card 60C to the card unit 60. In addition, the game ball management board 54 is connected to the ball management unit 40, and based on a signal received from the ball management unit 40, transfers a game ball from a ball in the card to a ball in the gaming machine or stores the ball in the gaming machine. The game ball is transferred from the ball to the ball storage in the card, and information on the held ball displayed on the display unit 40H of the ball management unit 40 is output to the ball management unit 40.

  FIG. 4 shows a ball transfer process S10 executed by the main control board 50 via the game ball management board 54 when the ball transfer operation section 44 of the ball management unit 40 is operated. In the ball transfer processing S10, first, it is determined whether or not the number of stored balls in the card is equal to or larger than the number of moving balls set as the number of game balls to be transferred by one operation of the ball transfer operation unit 44 ( Step S11). If the number of stored balls in the card is equal to or larger than the number of moving balls (Yes in step S11), the number of moving balls is subtracted from the number of stored balls in the card, and the number of moving balls is added to the gaming machine-side stored balls. (Step S12), the ball transfer processing S10 ends. On the other hand, when the number of the stored balls in the card is less than the number of the moving balls (No in step S11), the total number of the stored balls in the card is added to the number of the stored balls in the gaming machine, and the number of the stored balls in the card is reduced. The value is set to zero (step S13), and the ball transfer process S10 ends.

  FIG. 5 shows a return process S20 executed by the main control board 50 via the game ball management board 54 when the return operation unit 45 of the ball management unit 40 is operated. In the return processing S20, first, it is determined whether or not the first return operation unit 45A has been operated (step S21). When the first return operation unit 45A has been operated (Yes in step S21), the first return processing (step S22) is performed, and then the return processing S20 ends.

  If the first return operation unit 45A has not been operated, that is, if the second return operation unit 45B has been operated (No in step S21), it is determined whether or not the second return operation unit 45B is valid. Is performed (step S23). Then, if the second return operation unit 45B is valid (Yes in step S23), the second return process (step S24) is executed, the return process S20 is terminated, and the second return operation unit 45B If it is invalid (No in step S23), the return processing S20 ends.

  In the first return process (step S22), first, the number of game machine-side stored balls is added to the number of card-stored balls, and the number of gaming machine-side stored balls is set to zero. Then, the information on the number of stored balls in the card after the addition is written to the card 60C, and the card 60C after the writing is ejected. On the other hand, in the second return process (step S24), information of the number of stored balls in the card is written to the card 60C without exchanging gaming balls between the gaming machine side stored ball and the stored ball in the card. Is ejected.

  This is the end of the description of the configuration of the gaming machine 10 of the present embodiment. In the present embodiment, the card 60C corresponds to a “recording medium”, and the card unit 60 corresponds to a “recording medium control unit”. The ball management unit 40 and the game ball management board 54 correspond to “medium-side ball storage management means” and “gaming machine-side ball storage management means”. The return operation unit setting switch 46 corresponds to “return operation unit setting means”.

  Next, the operation and effect of the gaming machine 10 will be described. In the gaming machine 10, when the ball transfer operation unit 44 is operated in a state where the card 60C in which the player's ball is recorded is received by the card unit 60, a predetermined number of game balls are played from the ball storage in the card. The game is transferred to the gaming machine 10 as machine-side storage. Then, the player plays a game in the gaming machine 10 using the gaming machine side storage ball.

  When the first return operation unit 45A is operated, the game machine side ball is transferred to the card ball storage, and then the card ball storage is recorded on the card 60C. That is, all the balls held by the player in the gaming machine 10 are recorded on the card 60C as the in-card storage. On the other hand, when the second return operation unit 45B is operated, the ball stored in the card is recorded on the card 60C without exchanging the game ball between the ball storage on the gaming machine side and the ball stored in the card. In other words, a part of the ball held by Yuzuki in the gaming machine 10 remains in the gaming machine 10 as a gaming machine side storage ball.

  As described above, in the gaming machine 10, when the first return operation section 45A is operated, the card 60C in which the total number of balls held by the player in the gaming machine 10 is removed from the card unit 60. On the other hand, when the second return operation unit 45B is operated, the card 60C in which a part of the ball is recorded is taken out from the card unit 60, and the rest of the ball remains in the gaming machine 10 as the gaming machine side storage ball. According to the gaming machine 10, it is possible to transfer a part of the ball to the card 60C, and it becomes easy to settle the part of the ball and hand it over to another person. Thereby, the convenience of the management of the possessed ball is improved.

  Also, in the gaming machine 10, since it is possible to arbitrarily set whether the operation of the second return operation unit 45A is valid or invalid, when the card 60C is removed from the card unit 60, the player It is possible to allow or prohibit a part of the possessed ball from being left in the gaming machine 10 as a gaming machine side storage ball. According to this configuration, it is possible to permit or prohibit the sharing of the ball with family and friends in the game hall where the gaming machine 10 is installed.

[Other embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments. For example, the following embodiments are also included in the technical scope of the present invention, and furthermore, other than the following, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. It can be changed and implemented.

  (1) In the above embodiment, the ball management unit 40 is provided in the gaming machine main body 10H, but may be provided in the card unit 60.

  (2) In the above embodiment, the return operation section setting switch 46 may not be provided.

  (3) In the above embodiment, a ball return operation unit for transferring a part of the game machine-side ball storage to the card storage may be provided. At that time, the number of gaming balls transferred from the gaming machine-side storage balls to the card storage balls may be fixed or may be arbitrarily set by the player.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 10 gaming machine 11 game board 40 ball management unit 44 ball transfer operation unit 45 return operation unit 45A first return operation unit 45B second return operation unit 50 main control board 54 game ball management board 60 card reader (recording medium control means)
60C card (recording medium)
R1 game area

Claims (2)

In a gaming machine that includes a plurality of game balls enclosed therein and circulates the game balls used for the game that have been fired to the game area and can be fired again to the game area,
Recording medium control means for receiving a recording medium and writing the number of balls held by the player as the number of medium-side balls on the recording medium, and capable of reading the number of medium-side balls from the recording medium When,
Medium-side ball storage management means for storing the number of the held balls read from the recording medium as the number of medium-side stored balls, and displaying the number,
A ball transfer operation unit for transferring at least a portion of the game balls out of the medium-side storage balls to the gaming machine as game machine-side storage balls that can be consumed in the gaming machine,
A gaming machine-side ball management unit that stores and displays the number of the gaming machine-side ball savings,
A return operation unit operable by a player to remove the recording medium from the recording medium control unit,
The return operation unit is provided with two types of a first return operation unit and a second return operation unit,
The recording medium control means,
When the first return operation unit is operated, the game machine-side storage balls are transferred to the medium-side storage balls before the recording medium is taken out, and the number of the medium-side storage balls is changed to the storage medium. Write to
When the second return operation unit is operated, the enclosed game machine records the number of medium-side storage balls on the recording medium without transferring the game-machine-side storage balls to the medium-side storage balls.   The enclosed gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a return operation unit setting unit that can arbitrarily set whether to enable or disable the operation of the second return operation unit.

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