JP2590773Y2 - Big hit display device in gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention takes information from an optical sensor or the like which is close to a jackpot flashing lamp directly connected to a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, and synchronizes with the gaming machine's flashing lamp in the vicinity of the gaming machine. The present invention relates to an improvement of a jackpot display device configured to blink a display lamp of a display device arranged in the display device to give a superior feeling to other players and to display the number of fever (number of big hits) to a player on a display. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional display device of this type, an optical sensor is disposed in proximity to a blinking lamp provided in a gaming machine for displaying a jackpot situation (fever state), and receives a signal from the optical sensor. A display device of a fever state in a gaming machine which is configured to blink a display lamp provided on a curtain plate portion in synchronization with the blinking lamp has been devised and known (Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 62-230187, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 02-230187). -61390,
No. 04-37486). Further, a sensor that detects the fever state in a non-contact manner from the connection code of the indicator light that blinks the fever state of the pachinko machine, a counter that counts the number of fever based on the detection output from the detection sensor,
A fever number display device for a pachinko machine, which comprises a display for digitally displaying the counted number of fever times, has been devised and known (Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 04-70085).

[0003]

However, the former display device mounted on such a conventional game machine detects the big hit information by receiving light from the big hit flash lamp of the game machine and synchronizes with the flash lamp of the game machine. It is intended to light or flash, but does not indicate the number of big hits. Further, the latter display device detects the fever state through the detection means consisting of a coil attached to the connection cord of the indicator light, but is not provided with a function to determine a big hit and a small hit, The purpose is to display only the number of big hits in each gaming machine, but there is a disadvantage that only digital numbers are displayed on the display, and it is difficult to understand what the displayed values are. Furthermore, since it is not configured to display the number of completions, there is a disadvantage that the information is insufficient when the player selects a pachinko machine. Further, even when the display of the number of big hits is not desired due to the convenience of the game hall, there is a disadvantage that the number of hits is displayed on the display device.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the drawbacks of the prior art, and detects and determines big hit information from a big hit blinking lamp or the like output in a game machine without using a CPU on a main board. It is an object of the present invention to display the detected / determined value (number of big hits) in a manner that is easy for a player to understand. It is a further object of the present invention to enable the display of the number of big hits to be turned off for the convenience of the game arcade.

[0005]

In other words, the invention of claim 1 is a detecting means for detecting jackpot information from a jackpot winning blinking lamp or an external output terminal connected to a game machine board,
A CPU that includes a circuit that determines a big hit when the detection signal is continuously input for a predetermined time, and a counting circuit that counts the number of big hits based on an output of the determination circuit;
And a digital display for displaying the number of jackpots according to the output of the jackpot number signal from the game machine. The invention according to claim 2 is a jackpot winning blinking lamp or an external output terminal connected to the board of the game machine. Detecting means for detecting the big hit information from the above, a display lamp which blinks when the big hit is judged based on the detection signal from the detecting means, a circuit for judging the big hit when the detecting signal is continuously inputted for a predetermined time, and the judgment A CPU including a counting circuit for counting the number of big hits based on the output of the circuit, and a digital display for displaying the number of big hits in accordance with the output of the big hit number signal from the CPU, wherein at least the digital display of the display is turned off or free. A jackpot display device for a gaming machine configured to switch between a run display and a jackpot count display. According to a third aspect of the present invention, a DIP switch is connected to the CPU of the display device according to the second aspect, and the ON / OFF operation of the CPU switches the length of the big hit determination time for the detection signal and the length of the delay time of the big hit output signal. A jackpot display device configured to obtain an appropriate combination by switching between a mode of a jackpot display by a display and a length of a jackpot signal output time to a representative lamp. Detecting means for detecting jackpot information from a jackpot winning blinking lamp or an external output terminal connected to the board; a CPU including a counting circuit for counting the number of jackpots from the input detection signal; and outputting a jackpot number signal from the CPU The jackpot display by the jackpot display device in a gaming machine comprising a digital display for displaying the number of jackpots in accordance with A a display device configured to display the number after the display of numbers or characters, to achieve this purpose by these devices.

[0006]

In the device according to the first aspect of the present invention, the detecting means detects the blinking state of the big hit prize blinking lamp of the gaming machine. The result of the detection is a C signal incorporated in the display device as a detection signal.
It is input to the PU and counted by a counting circuit in the CPU. The determination circuit measures whether or not the detection signal output from the detection means continues for a predetermined time. If the detection signal exceeds a predetermined time (for example, 2 minutes), it is determined to be a big hit. Is determined. After the big hit determination, a signal is sent from the determination circuit to the counting circuit in the CPU, where the number of big hits n is counted, and the counted result (the number of big hits) is output to the digital display. Then, the digital display displays the number of hits. Next, in the device according to claim 2, the digital display of the display can be switched off or free-run display and the number of big hits display, and when the number of big hits is selected,
The digital display indicates the number of big hits and can be selectively turned off. Claim 3
In the device of the present invention, a DIP switch is connected to the CPU in the display device.
The digital display can be turned off or the free-run display and the number of jackpots can be switched by the F operation, and the length of the jackpot determination time for the detection signal, the length of the delay time of the jackpot output signal, and the time of the jackpot signal output time to the representative lamp can be changed. Long and short can be switched independently. According to the invention of claim 4, as a method of displaying a big hit, a number or a character indicating a big hit such as "77" or "FE" is first displayed, and then the number of big hits is displayed.

[0007] When a predetermined number of balls are paid out in the gaming machine, the stopping is completed and the end lamp of the display device is turned on as an end display. The judgment of the end of the stop is performed by the management apparatus of the game arcade which checks the number of pachinko balls paid out and the number of pachinko balls inserted into the game machine, and inputs the end signal from the management apparatus to the CPU of the present invention and displays the end. And the number of terminations is counted. Further, when the game hall does not like the jackpot count display and the end count display, the dip switch can be operated to switch off or to a free-run state (repetition of a display having no meaning). Information does not flow.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the illustrated embodiments. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a display device installed on a curtain plate of a gaming machine, and a lamp L ₁ ,
L ₂ , L ₃ , L ₄ , L ₅ , L ₆ , L ₇ , L ₈ , L ₉ are arranged in an arc at a predetermined position, and a digital display of 2 digits of 7 segment is located substantially below the center. The device 2, the end indicator 3, and the call switch 4 are mounted. The lamp, the digital display 2, the end indicator 3, and the call switch 4 are connected to the CPU 5 as shown in FIG.

The circuit shown in FIG. 2 shows a specific embodiment of the present invention, in which reference numeral 6 denotes an optical sensor in proximity to a big hit blinking lamp installed in a game machine main body (not shown), and reference numeral 7 denotes a game. A photocoupler connected to the jackpot signal external connection terminal of the machine, and detects a jackpot situation of the gaming machine via any of these detecting means. Generally, output signals from the optical sensor 6 and the photocoupler 7 are rectangular waves (see FIG. 3).
a), and is input to the CPU 5 in that state.

The input rectangular wave is smoothed by the rectifier circuit in the CPU 5 to either ON or OFF (FIG. 3B).
In addition, in order to smooth including the OFF state of the square wave,
Extra big hit output signal only t ₀ is configured to be emitted than big hit signal. For example, the big hit signal is issued from the display of the big hit flashing lamp of the gaming machine, but the big hit flashing lamp may be turned off within one minute in the gaming machine having the small hit. Therefore, it is necessary to discriminate between a big hit and a small hit from the display state of the blinking lamp. Therefore, the CPU5 of the display device 1, t ₁ minute signal is determined to big hit in the state of ON continuously from the start of the jackpot signal As shown in Figure 3d, it is regarded as Koatari the lower determination The circuit is incorporated in the program. Further, the CPU 5
A counting circuit including a circuit for storing the number of hits n determined so far and a circuit for adding one to the stored number n is incorporated. The CPU 5 is also connected to an end signal input section 8 of the gaming machine, and based on an input signal from the end signal input section 8, adds one to the end number N stored so far in the end number storage means in the CPU 5. Is memorized. t ₂ is the time of a timer for cutting off the output of the jackpot signal to the representative lamp of the plurality of gaming machines,
t ₃ is the delay time for counting the jackpot number in the determination circuit in the CPU5 from the end of the big hit signal, a display of display device 2 is switched as shown in FIG. 3 Upon expiration of the output signal after the end t ₃ .

Reference numeral 9 denotes a clock circuit for transmitting a clock signal to the CPU 5, and reference numeral 10 denotes a delay time t ₀ , t ₁ , t ₂ , t ₃ and C of the timer in the CPU 5 in the CPU 5.
This is a dip switch for switching the display method of the 7-segment 2-digit digital display 2 connected to the PU 5 via the drive circuit 12. For example, the switch 1 sets the determination measurement time t ₁ to OFF or 2 minutes. The switches 2 and 3 switch the big hit number determination switching time t ₃ to 1 second, 2 seconds, 5 seconds or 10 seconds, and the switch 4 sets the time of t ₀ to 0 seconds or 1
Switch to seconds, switches 5 and 6 switches the big hit signal output time t ₂ to the representative lamp OFF, 10 seconds, 20 seconds or 40 seconds, switches 7 and 8 the display device 2 as shown in FIG. 4
Can be switched between free running (no display), large hit count display, end count display, and alternate display of the big hit count and end count. In this embodiment, the free-run display is performed by selecting the switch. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The light may be turned off.

The above-described free-run, large-hit number display, end-number display, and alternate display of the big-hit number and the end-number display of the display 2 are repeated as shown in FIG. In the big hit number display, the operation of displaying the actual big hit number n after displaying “77” as the meaning of the big hit is repeated, and in the end count display, “E”, “En”, “nd” is also taken into consideration in view of the remaining effect of the display. , "
The operation of displaying the number of finishes N after displaying "d" is repeated. In the alternate display of the number of big hits n and the number of finishes N, "77" is displayed as the meaning of the big hit, and then the actual number of big hits n is displayed. .14 being controlled by CPU5 and the drive circuit 12 to repeat the operation of displaying the end count N from the labeled End ", the lamp L ₁ in the display device 1, L _2, L _{3, L 4, L 5, L 6} , L 7, L 8, L 9
In the present embodiment, in the case of a big hit under the control of the CPU 5 and the drive circuit 14, as shown in FIG. 3, (L ₄ , L ₆ ) → (L ₂ , L ₈ ) → (L _{1 , L 5, L 9) →} (L 3, L 7)
The lamp is blinked alternately in the order of →.

Next, reference numeral 16 denotes a drive circuit for outputting to the end indicator light 3 and a representative lamp for displaying the status of the entire game machine island and to a computer for managing the game machine.
PC _{i in} FIG. 2 is a photocoupler for electric-optical conversion in which a light receiving element and a light emitting element are housed. The photocoupler PC _i
Is electrically disconnected from the control board of the gaming machine so as not to affect the gaming machine.

In the apparatus according to the present embodiment, a jackpot signal of a gaming machine detected by receiving light from a photocoupler or an optical sensor is input to a CPU 5 in an external display device 1 different from the CPU of the main control board of the gaming machine. Thus, a big hit determination, a big hit count, an end count count, and the like are performed. Therefore, by operating the DIP switch 10 (on the game arcade side), it is possible to convey the past history (the number of hits and the number of hits) on the digital display 2 as information to the player, although the digital display 2 has two digits. . By turning off the power of the display device once, the CP
The number of jackpots and the number of terminations stored in U5 are cleared.

[0015]

[Effect] As described above, the display device according to the present invention is:
As with the conventional display device, the display lamp of the gaming machine can blink in synchronization with the blinking lamp of the gaming machine, and the number of jackpots and termination of the gaming machine without affecting the program on the control board of the gaming machine. The number of times and the like can be counted and displayed on a display device in an easily understandable manner. As a result, the player can start the game after confirming the past history of each game console, and can provide one guide for selecting the game console.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a display device of the present invention mounted on a curtain plate of a gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram of a device incorporated in a display device.

FIG. 3 is a timing chart showing a relationship between input of a big hit signal and determination by a CPU of a display device, and a blinking state of a display lamp.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a relationship between a dip switch and a selection mode of a display.

FIG. 5 is a state diagram showing a display method on a display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display device 2 Digital display 3 End indicator lamp 4 Call switch 5 CPU 6 Optical sensor 7 Photocoupler 8 End signal transmission circuit 9 Clock circuit 10 Dip switch 12, 13, 14, 16 Drive circuit

Claims (4)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. A detecting means for detecting jackpot information from a jackpot winning blinking lamp or an external output terminal connected to a board of a gaming machine, a circuit for judging a jackpot when the detection signal is continuously inputted for a predetermined time, and A jackpot display device for a gaming machine, comprising: a CPU including a counting circuit for counting the number of jackpots based on the output of the determination circuit; and a digital display for displaying the number of jackpots in accordance with the output of the jackpot signal from the CPU. A display lamp that blinks when it is determined that a big hit has occurred based on a detection signal from the detection means, and furthermore, at least the digital display of the display can be turned off or a free-run display and the number of big hits can be switched. The big hit display device in a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein: 3. A dip switch is connected to the CPU, and the ON / OFF operation of the dip switch determines the length of the big hit determination time for the detection signal, the length of the delay time of the big hit output signal, the mode of the big hit display by the display device, and the like. 3. The jackpot display device for a gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the length of the jackpot signal output time to the representative lamp is switched to obtain an appropriate combination. 4. A CPU including a detecting means for detecting jackpot information from a jackpot winning blinking lamp or an external output terminal connected to a board of a gaming machine, and a counting circuit for counting the number of jackpots from an input detection signal; And a digital display for displaying the number of big hits according to the output of the big hit number signal from the game machine. In the big hit display of the gaming machine, the big hit display by the display device displays the number after the display of the number or character indicating the big hit. Big hit display device in a gaming machine characterized by being configured as described above.