JP2618322B2 - Gaming equipment - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine in which when a card in which the number of game media is recorded is loaded, the game media is automatically supplied inside to play a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in a pachinko machine that uses a pachinko ball as a game medium, when renting a game medium, a recording card is recorded in which the number of lending is recorded, and a game result is recorded on the recording card to give a prize. A replacement has been proposed.

In such a conventional system, the number of players is monitored as appropriate during the game, and if the number of players exceeds a predetermined number, processing for disabling the continuation of the game as a so-called stop is performed. Is performed. Here, the number of pachinko balls to be lent is the number of pachinko balls lent (lending number), the number of pachinko balls awarded in the game (number of awards), and the number of pachinko balls consumed in the game (the number of consumed pachinko balls). ), That is, the number of holdings = the number of lending + the number of winning awards−the number of consumptions.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional gaming machine, the hitting is usually released by a manual operation of a store clerk. For this reason, even a player other than the player who caused the stoppage could not immediately play a game with the gaming machine, resulting in a decrease in the operating rate of the gaming machine.

[0005] The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and even if the game is stopped, if the player who caused the hit leaves, the game can be immediately performed by another player. It is an object to provide a gaming device that becomes:

The gist of the present invention to achieve the above object is that, when a card in which the number of game media is recorded is filled, the game media is automatically supplied to the inside, and the game is performed. number lifting is a game device becomes impossible to continue the game becomes Uchidome exceeds a predetermined number of settings, visual
Purchase record area with possible input area and consumption area, and visual recognition
An output count recording area having a possible input area and a consumption area, and visual recognition
It is not possible to record in an electrically readable and
A recording card having a recording area for various information to be recorded;
Yu TECHNICAL machine and connected to the card rental machine, the reading unit for outputting read information on the recording card, write No write unit the final result of the game to each area of the recording card, of the game to each area of the recording card Printing section to print the final result , before hitting
A card processing machine provided with a protection writing unit for giving a secret record of a hit record to a recording card, a judgment unit connected to the gaming machine and the storage unit, and judging the size of the number of game media and the set number; gaming machine resides in a gaming device, characterized in that it consists of the said card processor and the gaming machine results connected to the determination unit determines to control unit having an output unit for transmitting to the card processor.

[0007]

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, when the card (10) is ejected and removed after the hitting process, the hitting state is released based on the control of the control unit (50). If the player's card is loaded immediately thereafter, the game can be played as usual.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the recording card 10 has a purchase recording area 11 and a number recording area 14 that are visible. In the purchase record area 11, a combination of the input area 12 and the consumption area 13 is vertically arranged vertically and horizontally arranged. Similarly, the output number recording area 14 is formed by vertically combining a combination of the input area 15 and the consumption area 16 vertically and arranging them horizontally. The input areas 12 and 15 and the consumption areas 13 and 16 are subjected to, for example, a process capable of performing thermal printing, and are set so as to develop contrasting colors such as yellow and blue. A difference may be provided in recognition depending on a mark shape or the like.

The recording card 10 is further provided with a storage area for various kinds of information, such as magnetic and optical marks, which is invisible or difficult but is electrically recordable and readable.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the gaming machines 20, 20,...
A card processor 30 is provided below each of the gaming machines 20, and a card lending machine 40 is installed between the adjacent gaming machines 20,20.

The gaming machine 20 is provided with a gaming handle 21 at a lower portion, and most of the front side has a well-known pachinko gaming surface. Each of the prize ball holes, the out holes, and the like on the pachinko gaming surface is provided with a sensor for detecting the entrance of the pachinko ball.

The game handle 21 is connected to a pachinko ball launch speed adjusting mechanism (not shown), and as shown in FIG. 3, forms a start switch for a firing circuit. The game start switch 21c of the drive motor 21a and the motor circuit 21b is set to the power supply 21.
d. The game start switch 21c is turned on when the player sets the recording card 10 in the card processor 30 to start the game.

As shown in FIG. 10, gaming machines 20, 20.
A supply path 20a and a recovery path 20b for pachinko balls are provided along the top and bottom of the island, and a certain number of pachinko balls are counted from the supply path 20a via the supply pipe 22, and a ball count supply unit 23 for supply is provided. It is provided on the upper part of the machine 20.

The ball count supply unit 23 includes a star wheel 23a.
And a switch 23b that emits one pulse signal for each rotation thereof
And a hemispherical notch 23 facing the discharge port of the supply pipe 22 and receiving pachinko balls one by one on the outer periphery of the star wheel 23a.
c are connected in series. A discharge pipe 23 d opens from the ball count supply unit 23 to the prize ball tank 24. The prize ball tank 24 is connected to a prize ball discharge unit 25 via a transfer path 24a.

At the lower part inside the gaming machine 20, a holding ball pool 26 is provided at a position visible to the player, and an out ball pool 27 is provided on the back side thereof. Out ball pool 27
The internal mechanism of the gaming machine 20 and the pachinko ball are hermetically sealed in the gaming machine 20 and its attached mechanism, and are isolated from the player.

The star ball 23 of the ball count supply unit 23 is monitored when its capacity is reduced.
Solenoid for brake to stop rotation of a (not shown)
Is provided with a capacity detection switch 24b for operating the switch.

At the lower end of the gaming machine 20, an out-ball discharging section 29 connected to the out-ball reservoir 27 is provided at the lower end of the gaming machine 20. The out-ball discharging unit 29 has a star wheel 29a and a switch 29b for detecting the number of balls flowing according to the rotation speed thereof. One pachinko ball faces the discharge port of the out-ball reservoir 27 on the outer periphery of the star wheel 29a. Each hemispherical notch 29 to be received
c are connected in series. Collection path 2 from out ball discharge part 29
The discharge pipe 29d is open on the upper side 0b.

As shown in FIG. 8 and FIG. 9, the display portion 31 of the holding number and the card slot 3 are provided on the surface of the card processor 30.
2, a stop display lamp 33 and a fraudulent card display lamp 34 are provided.

The card processing machine 30 is connected to the gaming machine 20 and the card lending machine 40, and has a reading section 3 for reading and outputting information of a recording card as an internal configuration as shown in FIG.
5, a writing unit 36 for printing on each area of the recording card 10 and a printing unit 37, a protection writing unit 38 for providing a password to the recording card 10, and a display unit 39 for blinking a stop display lamp 33.

The card lending machine 40 has a money amount display lamp 41, a bill insertion slot 42 facing the right or left gaming machine 20, respectively.
R, 42L, money input ports 43R, 43L, a return button 44, a money return port 45, and a bill stocker 46.

A control section 50 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided in one or both of the card processing machine 30 and the card lending machine 40. The control unit 50 controls the gaming machine 20
A storage unit 5 connected to the card lending machine 40 for storing the number of game media to be lent, the number of game media consumed, and the number of game media awards
1 and a storage unit 51, which has an operation unit 52 for subtracting the consumption number from the lending number, and calculating the number of game media possessed by adding the number of awards and additional lending.

Further, the control unit 50 is connected to the gaming machine 20 and the storage unit 51, and monitors the magnitude of the number of game media held and the set number, and the gaming machine 20, the card processing machine 30, and the judgment unit. An output unit 54 is connected to the unit 53 and transmits the result of the determination to the gaming machine 20 to the card processing machine 30.

As shown in FIG. 4, a prize exchange device 60 is provided in the game hall so as to form a part of the card management device. The prize exchange device 60 includes a card reading unit 61, an unauthorized card check unit 62, a display operation unit 63, and a prize payout unit 6.
And 4.

Next, the operation will be described. To start the game, you must first borrow a pachinko ball. The player can select either the left or right card lending machine 4 depending on the selected gaming machine 20.
Pachinko balls will be borrowed from zero. A bill is inserted into one of the bill insertion ports 42R and 42L, and money is inserted into one of the bill insertion ports 43R and 43L.

As shown in FIG. 11, the inserted amount is determined inside the card lending machine 40, and it is determined from the difference between the input ports that the amount has been inserted from either the left or right side, and is installed in the gaming machine 20. Recording card 1
0 is set. The issued recording card 10 is written only in the input area 12 of the purchase recording area 11 with, for example, a yellow color as shown by the mark x in FIG. 6 and is passed to the card processing machine 30 without human intervention.

The recording card 10 is provided with a password of a game arcade at the time of card issuance or in advance, so as not to be confused with a recording card 10 of another game arcade. Also,
The recording card 10 may be once issued from the card lending machine 40 and then manually inserted into the card processing machine 30, but in that case, the card lending machine 40 needs a card outlet.

When the recording card 10 being used is transferred from another stand with the recording card 10 being used, the recording card 10 is inserted into the card slot 32 of the card processor 30 and read by the reading section 35 for processing.

When a card is set in the card processing machine 30, information such as the number of possessions and the gaming machine number is reported and stored in the control unit 50.

When the recording card 10 is used halfway,
The password provided on the recording card 10 is also reported, and when the encryption is different or contains contents that cannot be analyzed, the determination unit 53 determines that the code is invalid, and the control unit 50 sends the card processing device via the output unit 54 to the card processing unit. A warning is issued by flashing the illegal card display lamp 34 of 30 and the handling is refused.

Further, in the case of the recording card 10 in which the gaming machine 20 is stopped, the password of the stop recording is recorded on the recording card 10.
The recording card 10 cannot be reused and is refused to be handled like an unauthorized card. Therefore, the recording card 10 with the stop record can only be exchanged for a prize.

If the recording card 10 is suitable for use in a game, the lending number is stored in the storage unit 51 of the control unit 50, and it is determined whether the game can be started based on the presence or absence of the lending. The game is started from.

In the gaming machine 20, a game start switch 2
1c is turned on, and the player plays the game handle 21
It progresses by operating. If a pachinko ball launched during the game enters the safe hole, the prize ball tank 2
The pachinko balls stored in 4 are sent from the transfer path 24a to the prize ball discharge unit 25 and discharged. In addition, without taking out the discharge ball,
Other acoustic effects may be provided. The ejected prize balls are stored in the holding ball pool 26 and cannot be touched by the player,
The results can be confirmed visually.

The out ball is temporarily stored in the out ball reservoir 27, and is discharged through the out ball discharge portion 29 to the collection path 20b. At this time, the pachinko ball rotates the star wheel 29a, and the switch 29b is turned on and off by the rotation of the star wheel 29a to send out a signal to detect the number of out balls.

When the consumption ball reaches a position where it no longer returns to the launch position after the launch of the pachinko ball, it is detected by a sensor provided there. Detection may be performed immediately after firing, but in that case, detection of a firing mistake is a problem.

When the number of pachinko balls used in the gaming machine 20 is insufficient, the pachinko balls supplied to the supply path 20a are taken in from the supply pipe 22 and the ball count supply unit 23. A solenoid (not shown) is used according to the lack information. Is activated,
The brake of the star wheel 23a is released, the star wheel 23a is rotated by the weight of the ball, the notch 23c receives pachinko balls one by one from the supply pipe 22, and the switch 23b is turned on and off by the rotation of the star wheel 23a. The ball is supplied to the prize ball tank 24 from the discharge pipe 23d while counting the number of balls. The control unit 50 operates according to the flow of FIGS. 12 and 13 as the game progresses. In FIG. 12, when there is an additional purchase by the card lending machine 40 and a lending ball is added, the calculation unit 52 adds the lending and updates the storage in the storage unit 51. The consumption number is stored in the storage unit 51
Is added to the consumption number storage area and stored when it is awarded, and added to the award number storage area of the storage unit 51 and stored.

The recording section 36 of the card processor 30 prints, for example, a blue color on the consumption area 13 of the purchase recording area 11, as indicated by a triangle in FIG. When there is a winning ball, the writing unit 36 prints, for example, yellow in the input area 15 of the number recording area 14, which is the position of △ shown in FIG.

The calculation unit 52 always calculates the number of holdings by the formula of lending number + prize number-consumption number = number of holdings. The number of holdings is always displayed on the display unit 39 of the card processor 30 and the judgment unit 53. Always compares the possession with the set number.

In FIG. 13, it is monitored whether the possession number is 0 or the number of hits is not exceeded. If the game can be continued, the game start switch 21c is kept on to reach the number of hits. If the possession becomes 0, it is determined that the game cannot be continued. According to this determination, the output unit 54
Notifies the gaming machine 20 of the result of the determination and sends the game start switch 2
1c is turned off, and the end of the game is notified to the card processor 30. In the card processor 30, the writing unit 36,
The final result of the game is recorded on the recording card 10 by the printing unit 37.

In the case of a stop, the game machine 20 is caused to hold the operation stop, and the protection writing unit 38 writes a password of the stop recording on the recording card 10. Gaming machine 20
Is stopped by turning off the game start switch 21c of the firing circuit. The release of the stop of the gaming machine 20 that has been stopped and the operation has been stopped is performed by the motor circuit 21.
The recording card 10 may be automatically released by removing the recording card 10 which is provided separately in FIG.

After the end processing is completed, the recording card 10 is paid out from the card processor 30, and the player can pick it up.

At the end of the game, the input area 12, the consumption area 13, the number-of-numbers recording area 14, and the input area 15 of the purchase recording area 11
The progress of the game is recorded in the consumption area 16, so that the customer can check the result of the game or reflect on the progress of the game.

The recording card 10 can be brought to a prize exchange and exchanged for a prize. At the prize exchange, the recording card 10 is hung on the prize exchange device 60.

First, the recording card 10 is read by the card reading section 61.
, Where the possession is read. Next, the unauthorized card checking unit 62 checks whether the recording card 10 is not an unauthorized card, and the possession number and the check result are displayed on the display operation unit 63. If the recording card 10 is correct, the prize payout unit 64 is operated by the display operation unit 63, and a prize corresponding to the number of possessions is paid out. Recording card 1
From the record of 0, the number of possessions is reduced.

The recording card 10 records the progress of the user's game, and if the function of the host computer is added, the game hall will not only store data for each of the gaming machines 20, 20,. It is possible to obtain data for each player, and it is possible to grasp the trend and habit of the player. In addition, the pachinko balls used by the player are actually paid and rented, but it is also possible to determine and use the ones used from the winning balls.

Although the above-described embodiment has been described with reference to a game arcade equipped with a pachinko machine, the present invention is also applicable to a game machine such as a slot machine and a smart ball using a game medium, or a game arcade where these are mixed. Needless to say.

[0046]

According to the gaming machine of the present invention, the stopped state is released when the card is ejected and removed after the hitting processing based on the control of the control unit, so that the other hitting players who are not hitting are stopped. When the card is loaded immediately after, the game can be played as usual. This can contribute to an increase in the operating rate of the gaming machine. Furthermore, the protection writing unit
By entering the password of the hit record on the record card
And the recording card cannot be reused, just like an unauthorized card.
A record card with a denied record was denied
Can no longer be exchanged for
It prevents the occupation of technicians, and the playground can secure profits.
Wear.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of a configuration of a gaming machine and an auxiliary device thereof.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit diagram of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a premium exchange place.

FIG. 5 is a configuration block diagram of a card processing machine.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view of a recording card.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of a recording card.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the gaming machine.

FIG. 9 is a partial front view of an island of the gaming machine.

FIG. 10 is an internal configuration diagram of the gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of processing of a card lending machine.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a game process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of game monitoring.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Recording card 20 ... Game machine 30 ... Card processing machine 40 ... Card lending machine 50 ... Control part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] When a card on which the number of game media is recorded is filled, the game is automatically supplied to the inside and the game is played. When the number of game media exceeds a predetermined number, the game is stopped. A game device in which the game cannot be continued , a purchase record area having a visible input area and a consumption area,
A number recording area having a visible input area and a consumption area,
Invisible and electrically writable and readable recording system
Card having recording area for various information recorded by
If, Yu Technical machine and connected to the card rental machine, the reading unit for outputting read information on the recording card, write No write unit the final result of the game to each area of the recording card, each region of the recording card printing unit that prints the final result of the game, before in the case of Uchidome
A card processing machine provided with a protection writing unit for giving a secret recording record to a recording card ; a judgment unit connected to the gaming machine and the storage unit for judging the number of game media held and the set number; in the gaming machine, and the card processor and the gaming machine results connected to the determination unit determines to control unit having an output unit for transmitting the card processor
Gaming apparatus characterized by configuring.