JP2820621B2 - Call display device for pachinko / slot - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko / slot call / display apparatus for notifying a manager of an abnormality of a machine table which is a game object to a manager and for showing a television broadcast or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 4 is a layout view of various devices in a general pachinko and slot hole. In this figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a machine base such as a pachinko machine or a slot where a player plays a game, and is arranged in a row in a horizontal direction (the case of a pachinko machine will be described below). Reference numeral 2 denotes a sand inserted between each of the machine tables 1..., And a pachinko ball vending machine or the like is installed. Reference numeral 3 denotes push buttons provided above the machine tables 1..., And the configuration and operation will be described below.

FIG. 5 is a view showing an example of the appearance of the push button 3. In this figure, reference numerals 7a, 7b, and 7c denote light-emitting portions that are turned on / off by an internal lamp. Turn off the light. Reference numerals 8a and 8b denote seven-segment LEDs (light-emitting diodes) for displaying the number of winnings and the number of jackpots, respectively. Reference numeral 9 denotes a call switch, which is pressed by the player when an abnormality such as a ball jam occurs.

FIG. 6 is a connection diagram of the push buttons 3. In this figure, reference numeral 5 denotes a hall computer for managing the state of the machine tables 1... Are connected to all the push buttons 3. Further, a machine base signal (management information) shown below is supplied from the machine base 1 to the push button 3. Winning signal indicating the occurrence of a prize, a big hit, etc. Unauthorized detection signal indicating the detection result of magnetism or high-voltage pulse used for an illegal purpose Blow signal indicating that a predetermined number of pachinko balls have been released Number of hit balls of the player The above machine base signal is supplied to the hall computer 5 via the push button 3.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the structure of the push button 3. As shown in FIG. Reference numeral 7 in this figure denotes a lamp unit, and the light emitting unit 7 described above.
a, 7b, and 7c (see FIG. 5) and lamps (not shown) provided, and a control unit 1 for turning on / off the lamps.
And a relay (not shown) which is switched by the control of No. 1.
Reference numeral 8 denotes a display unit, which includes LEDs 8a and 8b (FIG. 5);
And a drive circuit (not shown) for switching the display according to the control of the control unit 11. Reference numeral 10 denotes a memory that stores a control program of the control unit 11, a total number of winnings, and the like. Reference numeral 12 denotes a signal input unit that converts a machine base signal and the like input from the machine base 1 and the hall computer 5 and supplies the converted signal to the control unit 11, and 13 converts a signal output from the control unit 11 and sends the converted signal to the hall computer 5. This is a signal output unit for outputting.

With the above configuration, the push button 3 operates as follows. The winning signal described above from machine stand 1 (big hit)
Is supplied, the control unit 11 adds "1" to the number of jackpots stored in the memory 10 and controls the display unit 8 to display the addition result on the LEDs 8a and 8b (FIG. 5). At the same time, the control unit 11 controls the lamp unit 7 and, for example, all the light emitting units 7a, 7b, 7
c (see FIG. 5) repeats blinking.

[0007] The winning signal is supplied from the push button 3 to the hall computer 5 to notify the administrator of the occurrence of the "big hit", the arrangement number of the machine table 1 where the occurrence, and the like.
In accordance with this notice, the administrator goes to the target machine table 1,
Take measures such as attaching a "big hit" tag.

Next, when the operator presses the call switch 9 (see FIG. 5) for reasons such as a ball jam, the light emitting section 7c is turned on by the control section 11, for example. A notification signal is output.
Then, the administrator is notified of the occurrence of the abnormality and the arrangement number of the machine base 1 in which the abnormality has occurred. When the above-mentioned fraud detection signal is supplied from the machine base 1 to the control unit 11, the control unit 11 causes the light emitting unit 7a to be turned on, for example,
In addition, the administrator is notified of the fraud.

[0009] The administrator knows the type of the abnormality from the instruction of the hall computer 5 or the lighting state of the light emitting portions 7a, 7b, 7c of the push button 3, and takes action for the abnormality.

[0010]

By the way, the above-mentioned push button 3 displays the management information on the LEDs 8a and 8b (FIG. 5), and responds to the light on / off or blinking patterns of the light emitting units 7a to 7c by using the corresponding machine base 1. Is displayed, but there is a drawback that the information that can be provided to the player is limited only by these displays. Further, there is a problem that it is difficult for a beginner or a person who is accustomed to other types of push buttons to understand what the above display means.

The present invention has been made under such a background, and has a display capable of showing / displaying television broadcasts, management information, and the like, so as to provide a pachinko slot capable of providing diversified information. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a call display device.

[0012]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
A call switch for the player to notify the manager of the abnormality, a lamp to be turned on / off, and a control unit for controlling lighting of the lamp when an abnormality occurs and notifying the hall computer of the occurrence of the abnormality, in but call for a display device pachinko slot which is disposed above the machine table for performing a game, a display for displaying the sequential images based on the video signal supplied, the input of the machine base
The information regarding the game to a game state indicating award number and jackpot number, the player performs well jackpots in the machine stand,
An image memory for storing the image data of a plurality of types of images for each its kind that includes a display image of the operation status of each Uchidome and fraud detection, the information memory for storing management information corresponding to the game situation in the machine stand An image synthesizing unit for synthesizing an image and generating a video signal displayable on the display from the synthesis result; and an operation unit for designating a type of an image to be synthesized in the image synthesizing unit. with supplies mechanical base signal indicating the operating state with the game to the controller, wherein the controller updates the stored contents of the information memory based on the supplied the machine base signal, the image to the combining unit, the image data of the game status display image stored in the image memory when the image of the game situation is designated by the operating unit An image is synthesized based on the management information stored in the information memory, and when an image of information relating to the game is designated by the operation unit, the image is synthesized based on the image data of the information display image relating to the game stored in the image memory. To combine the images, and the operation of the machine base
When a machine base signal indicating any one of the states is supplied, an image is synthesized based on the image data of the operation state display image stored in the image memory.

Further, the invention according to claim 2 provides a call switch for allowing a player to notify the manager of an abnormality,
A lamp for turning off the lamp, and a control unit for controlling lighting of the lamp when an abnormality occurs and for notifying the hall computer of the occurrence of the abnormality, and a pachinko / slot call installed above the machine base where the player plays the game. in the display device, a display for displaying the sequential images based on the first image signal supplied, the winning times in the machine stand
Game situation indicating the number and jackpot number, jackpot in the information and the machine table relating to a game in which the player makes, out
An image memory for storing the plurality of types of image as the image data for each its kind comprising a stop and operating condition respectively of the display image for fraud detection, the information memory for storing management information corresponding to the game situation in the machine stand An image synthesizing unit for synthesizing images and generating a second video signal that can be displayed on the display from the synthesis result, and receiving a video signal in which a plurality of types of video signals are multiplexed, and A tuner that creates a third video signal that can be displayed on the display by selecting and demodulating a signal; and selecting one of the second video signal and the third video signal, and selecting a result of the selection. First
A signal switching unit to be a video signal, and an operation unit that specifies a type of an image to be combined in the image combining unit, and a video signal selected in the tuner and the signal switching unit. , supplies the machine base signal indicating the operating state with the game to the control unit, and updates the stored contents of the information memory based on the supplied the machine base signal, the operating unit Follow the instructions or the machine table signal, the image synthesizing unit, and controls the tuner and signal switching unit, to the image synthesizing unit, stored in said image memory when the image of the game situation is designated by the operating unit The image is synthesized based on the image data of the game situation display image and the management information stored in the information memory, and the image of the information on the game is When that is constant to combining the images based on the image data of the information display images relating to a game stored in the image memory, the operating state of the machine base
An image is synthesized based on the image data of the operation state display image stored in the image memory when a machine base signal indicating any one of them is supplied.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, when a video switching signal is supplied from the hall computer, the control unit transmits the video signal specified by the video switching signal. The tuner and the signal switching unit are controlled so as to be selected.

The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising an earphone for supplying sound to the player, wherein the plurality of types of video signals are multiplexed. In, a plurality of audio signals are multiplexed corresponding to each video signal, the tuner demodulates the audio signal corresponding to the video signal in addition to the demodulation of the selected video signal, and the demodulated to the earphone It is characterized by outputting an audio signal.

[0016]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the player operates the operation unit and specifies the game status image indicating the number of winnings and the number of jackpots , the image data of the game status display image and the machine base are displayed. The images are combined based on the management information that is updated as needed based on the signal, and when the image of the information related to the game is designated, the image is combined based on the image data of the information display image related to the game. In addition, per machine base is large
Then, when an operation state of stopping or improper detection is detected , and a machine base signal indicating the operation state is supplied, an image is synthesized based on the image data of the operation state display image. Accordingly, the player, by the image displayed on the display, and the game rules g e <br/> Le gaming method of machine stand, further, the winning number and jackpot number up to the current of the same machine base, the machine
It is possible to know the current situation such as the occurrence of jackpots on the platform .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a video signal to be selected and demodulated by the tuner is specified by the operation unit, and the video signal and the image signal created by the image synthesis unit are switched. Section, and the result of the selection is displayed on the display. For this reason, the player can select a desired video from, for example, television broadcasts, various types of management information, and the like. Further, when an image to be synthesized in the image synthesizing unit is designated by the operation unit, the number of winnings is set in the same manner as in the first aspect of the invention.
When the game situation image indicating the number of jackpots is specified, the image is synthesized based on the image data of the game situation display image and the management information that is updated as needed based on the machine base signal, and the information on the game is displayed. When an image is designated, the image is synthesized based on the image data of the information display image relating to the game. Also, the machine table hits
When an operation state of stop or improper detection is set, an image is synthesized based on the image data of the operation state display image. Accordingly, the player, by the image displayed on the display, and the game rules of halls, gaming method of machine stand, further, the number of winning and <br/> jackpot number up to the current of the same machine base, It is possible to know the current situation such as the occurrence of a jackpot at the machine stand .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the video switching signal output from the hall computer provides
Since the video signal selected by the tuner and the signal switching unit is switched, the administrator can forcibly display an arbitrary video such as a commercial on the display.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the tuner demodulates the audio together with the video, and the demodulation result is supplied to the earphone, so that the player can individually reproduce the audio of the video displayed on the display. Can hear.

[0020]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a pachinko machine according to this embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the slot call display device, and FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating an overview of the embodiment. Parts corresponding to those in FIGS. 7 and 5 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted. .

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 20 denotes an image memory;
Image data indicating a character pattern, an image pattern, or the like is stored in a plurality of areas E1, E2,. These areas are set, for example, as follows. Area E1: Character pattern of management information (number of winnings, number of jackpots, etc.) Area E2: Character pattern of the game rules of this hall Area E3: Character / image pattern of the game method of machine stand Area E4 ..Image pattern of jackpot area E5: Image pattern of stopping Area E6: Image pattern of fraud detection

Here, the areas E4, E5, E6 are areas used only when a jackpot / stop is detected or a fraud is detected.

Reference numeral 21 denotes a television tuner, which demodulates a video signal and an audio signal of the television signal TS supplied from the manager according to a control signal supplied from the control unit 11. The television signal TS is composed of a plurality of channels, and channels such as movies and commercials prepared by the administrator are added in addition to general television broadcast channels. Reference numeral 22 denotes an earphone which is provided as needed.
Outputs the demodulated audio.

Reference numeral 23 denotes an image synthesizing unit, which includes a video RAM for storing image data to be displayed, and a converter (not shown) for converting the image data into a video signal. A signal switching unit 24 selects and outputs one of the video signals output from the television tuner 21 and the image synthesizing unit 23 according to the switching signal SS1 supplied from the control unit 11. Reference numeral 25 denotes a display constituted by, for example, a liquid crystal display device, which displays an image based on an image signal output from the signal switching unit 24. The display 25 is installed at the center of the pachinko / slot call display device according to this embodiment (see FIG. 2).

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 26 denotes a selection switch.
A channel switch 26a (see FIG. 2) for switching the video signal in the TV tuner 21, a volume switch 26b for adjusting the volume of the earphone 22, and a management information switch 26c for switching the type of the image synthesized in the image synthesizing unit 23. Become. These selection switches 26 are installed below the display 25, and the call switch 9 is installed to the left of the selection switch 26.

On the other hand, the memory 10 shown in FIG.
In addition to the control program, channel data and volume data are respectively stored as set values corresponding to the operation of the channel switch 23a and the volume switch 23b, and switching data indicating the setting of the signal switching unit 24, image synthesis Area data indicating the type of image data (storage areas E1, E2,... Of the image memory 20) supplied to the unit 23, and management information as a processing result of the machine stand signal MS1 are stored.

The signal input section 12 is selected by the television tuner 21 in addition to the machine base signal MS1 including the winning signal, the fraud detection signal, the hitting signal, and the hit ball signal supplied from the machine base 1. A channel switching signal SS2 indicating a channel is supplied.

Next, the operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described. First, the control unit 11 outputs a control signal to the tuner unit 11 based on the channel data and the volume data stored in the memory 10, and also controls the signal switching unit 24 to select the output of the television tuner 21. The switching signal SS1 is output. TV tuner 2
1 demodulates a video signal and an audio signal of a specific channel included in the television signal TS by the control signal. The demodulated video is sequentially shown on the display 25 (see FIG. 2) via the signal switching unit 24, and the audio is provided to the player by the earphone 22. The player operates the channel switch 23a to select a desired channel while looking at the display 25, and operates the volume switch 23b to operate the earphone 2.
2 Adjust the volume.

Further, the control unit 11 receives a machine base signal MS1 supplied from the machine base 1 along with the game, and
The processing such as the accumulation / update of management information such as the number of hit balls, the number of winnings, the number of jackpots, and the number of hits is performed, and the result is stored in a predetermined area of the memory 10.

When the control unit 11 detects that the management information switch 26c has been pressed, the control unit 11 combines the image data stored in the area E1 of the image memory 20 and the management information stored in the memory 10 with the image synthesizing unit. At the same time, the switching signal SS1 is output to the signal switching unit 24 so as to select the output of the image combining unit 23. Thus, a display as shown in FIG. 3A is made on the display 25 for a certain period of time. The broken line in FIG. 3A is a character image created from the management information stored in the memory 10.

When the management information switch 26c is further pressed, the display 25 is displayed on the display 25 based on the image data stored in the area E2 of the image memory 20.
The display as shown in FIG. As described above, each time the management information switch 26c is pressed, the areas E1, E2, and E3 of the image memory 20 to be displayed are switched.
The area selected at this time is stored in the memory 10 as area data, and is updated every time switching is performed.

The hall computer 5 periodically outputs a channel switching signal SS2 for designating a commercial channel. The control unit 11, which has received the switching signal SS2 via the signal input unit 12, sets the channel (commercial channel) indicated by the switching signal SS2.
And outputs a control signal to the TV tuner 21 to switch to
A commercial is shown on the display 25.

After a predetermined time has elapsed after the display image is switched by the management information switch 26c or the channel switching signal SS2, the control unit 11
Based on the channel data and the switching data stored in 0, a signal for returning to the original channel is output to the television tuner 21 and the signal switching unit 24.

On the other hand, when the player pushes the call switch 9 (see FIG. 2) for a reason such as a ball jam, a signal indicating an abnormality is output to the hall computer 5, and the control unit 11 controls the lamp unit 7. For example, the light emitting unit 7c is turned on. When a winning signal indicating the occurrence of a jackpot is output from the machine base 1, the control unit 11 receiving the winning signal
Thus, for example, the light emitting units 7a, 7b, 7c blink,
Then, the image data in the area E4 of the image memory 20 is synthesized by the image synthesizing unit 23, and the signal switching unit 24
Switching signal SS for selecting the output of the image synthesizing unit 23
Outputs 1. As a result, the display 25 shown in FIG.
The display as shown in (c) is made for a fixed time.

Similarly, from the machine base 1 to another machine base signal MS
When 1 (an illegal detection signal, a stop signal, etc.) is supplied, the control unit 11 controls turning on / off of the light emitting units 7a, 7b, 7c in accordance with the type of the machine base signal MS1, and displays the image. From the corresponding image data stored in the memory 20, an image visually indicating the content is synthesized and displayed.

It should be noted that a seven-segment LED (light emitting diode) or a liquid crystal panel for displaying management information such as the number of winnings and the number of jackpots is added to the above-described embodiment, and the control of the controller 11 The management information may always be displayed.

The output video signal of the image synthesizing unit 23 may be directly output to the display 25 except for the television tuner 21 and the signal switching unit 24.

The image data stored in the image memory 20 may be added / updated by supplying image data from the hall computer 5.

[0039]

As described in the foregoing, according to the first aspect of the invention, the player, by the image displayed on the display, and the game rules of halls, gaming method of machine stand, further, the The effect of being able to know the current number of wins and wins of the machine stand up to the present, and the occurrence of jackpots in the machine stand is obtained.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, a video signal to be selected and demodulated by the tuner is designated by the operation unit, and the video signal and the image signal created by the image synthesizing unit are switched. Section, and the result of the selection is displayed on the display. For this reason, the effect that a player can select a favorite image from television broadcast, various management information, etc. is acquired. Further, similarly to the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to obtain the effect that the present condition such as the number of winnings and the number of jackpots up to the present time of the machine stand, the occurrence of the jackpot in the machine stand, and the like can be known.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the video switching signal output from the hall computer causes
Since the video signal selected by the tuner and the signal switching unit is switched, it is possible to obtain an effect that the administrator can forcibly display an arbitrary video such as a commercial on the display.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, the tuner demodulates the audio together with the video, and the demodulation result is supplied to the earphone, so that the player can individually reproduce the audio of the video shown on the display. The effect of being able to hear is obtained.

[0043]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a pachinko / slotting call display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing an overview of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a display 25 of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a layout diagram of various devices in a general pachinko and slot hole.

FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a conventional push button 3;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing connection between the push button 3 and another device.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the push button 3.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 7 Lamp unit 7a, 7b, 7c Light emitting unit 9 Call switch 10 Memory 11 Control unit 12 Signal input unit 13 Signal output unit 20 Image memory 21 TV tuner 22 Earphone 23 Image combining unit 24 Signal switching unit 25 Display 26 Selection switch 26a Channel switch 26b Volume switch 26c Management information switch

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A player has a call switch for notifying an administrator of an abnormality, a lamp to be turned on / off, and a control unit for controlling lighting of the lamp when an abnormality occurs and notifying the hall computer of the occurrence of the abnormality. and, in the player calls for a display device pachinko slot is disposed above the machine table for performing a game, a display for displaying the sequential images based on the video signal supplied, the winning number and jackpot in the machine stand image data Yu <br/> Technical status indicating the number of times, jackpot in the information and the machine table relating to a game in which the player performs a plurality of types of images including a display image of each operating state of Uchidome and fraud detection for each its kind an image memory for storing as an information memory for storing management information corresponding to the game situation in the machine table, image And an operation unit that specifies a type of an image to be synthesized in the image synthesis unit, and an operation unit that specifies a type of an image to be synthesized in the image synthesis unit. a machine base signal indicating the operating state with the game supplied to the control unit, and updates the stored contents of the information memory based on the supplied the machine base signal, the image synthesizing unit to, to synthesize the image based on the management information stored with the image data of the game status display image stored in the image memory to the information memory when the image of the game situation is designated by the operating unit When an image of information related to a game is designated by the operation unit, based on image data of an information display image related to a game stored in the image memory. The image was synthesized, thereby synthesizing an image based on image data of the stored operating state display image in the image memory when the machine stand signal indicating any of the operating state of the machine stand is supplied A call display device for a pachinko slot. 2. A call switch for the player to notify the manager of the abnormality, a lamp to be turned on / off, and a control unit for controlling the lighting of the lamp when an abnormality occurs and notifying the hall computer of the occurrence of the abnormality. And a pachinko / slot call display device installed above the machine base where the player plays the game, a display for sequentially displaying images based on the supplied first video signal, and a prize in the machine base. number and Yu <br/> skill circumstances indicate jackpot number, each the type of a plurality of types of images including jackpot in information and the machine table relating to a game in which the player makes, the display image of each operating state of Uchidome and fraud detection an image memory for storing as image data, and information memory for storing management information corresponding to the game situation in the machine stand Synthesizing an image, receiving an image synthesizing unit for creating a second image signal that can be displayed in the display from the synthesized result, a plurality of types of video signals the video signal is multiplexed,
A tuner that creates a third video signal that can be displayed on the display by selecting and demodulating one of the video signals, and selecting one of the second video signal and the third video signal; A signal switching unit that uses the selection result as the first video signal; an operation unit that specifies a type of an image to be combined in the image combining unit and a video signal to be selected in the tuner and the signal switching unit. comprising, the machine base is a machine base signal indicating the operating state with the game supplied to the control unit, the stored contents of the information memory based on the supplied the machine base signal Updating and controlling the image synthesizing unit, the tuner and the signal switching unit in accordance with an instruction from the operation unit or the machine base signal, and Wherein when the image of the game situation is designated by combining the images based on the management information stored with the image data of the game status display image stored in the image memory in the information memory by the section, by the operating unit When an image of information related to a game is designated, an image is synthesized based on image data of an information display image related to a game stored in the image memory, and a machine base that notifies one of the operation states of the machine base. A pachinko / slotting call display device, wherein when a signal is supplied, an image is synthesized based on the image data of the operation state display image stored in the image memory. 3. The control unit controls the tuner and the signal switching unit such that, when a video switching signal is supplied from the hall computer, a video signal specified by the video switching signal is selected. Claim 2
A call display device for a pachinko slot as described. 4. The video signal further comprising an earphone for supplying audio to the player, wherein the video signal in which the plurality of types of video signals are multiplexed has a plurality of audio signals corresponding to each video signal, 4. The pachinko machine according to claim 2, wherein the tuner demodulates an audio signal corresponding to the video signal in addition to demodulating the selected video signal, and outputs the demodulated audio signal to the earphone. A slot call display device.