JP2955540B2 - Spinning amusement machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a torso type amusement machine (commonly called "pachislot").

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachi-slot, three different rotating drums are stopped at an arbitrary timing by pressing a stop button, and several kinds of patterns drawn on the outer peripheral surface of each drum are aligned horizontally or diagonally. And medals, prizes and the like.

[0003]

The conventional pachislot has the following problems. . Since each of the drums is rotating at a high speed, it is difficult to distinguish the patterns drawn on the drums when the stop button is pressed, it is difficult to match the patterns of the three drums, and the probability of hitting is low. For this reason, the image that it is difficult, it is not interesting, and the appearance of medals and prizes are bad, and it is less popular than pachinko. . Since the hit probability is low, it tends to be avoided by beginners, and the number of lovers cannot be increased.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a spinning type amusement machine in which the timing of pressing a stop button is easy and even a beginner can easily hit.

[0005] The first invention of the present application is to stop a plurality of rotating drums as shown in FIG. 1 and to arrange medals and marks on the drums in a predetermined arrangement.
In a spinning type amusement machine capable of obtaining a prize or the like, a screen that operates when the arrangement of the patterns is in a reach state is provided,
When the image displayed on this screen is stopped at a predetermined timing, the pattern of the rotating drum is stopped at a position aligned with the pattern of another stopped drum in a predetermined arrangement.

A second invention of the present application is capable of displaying various information such as the number of coins inserted, the number of coins paid out, the probability of hitting, etc. on a screen in a state other than the reach state.

[0007] A third invention of the present application is one in which information displayed on a screen can be arbitrarily switched.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of a spinning-type amusement machine according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. This spinning-type amusement machine has a box-shaped main body 3, a window 4 provided in front of the main body 3, three drums 1 built in the inside of the window 4, and the drums 1 individually rotated. The motor has three motors (not shown) for stopping the rotation, three stop buttons 5 for separately stopping the rotation of the three drums 1, and a liquid crystal screen 2 provided above the main body 3.

[0009] Three drums 1 are arranged in a horizontal row.
Each of the drums 1 is independently rotated by a separate motor, and when the stop button 5 corresponding to each of the drums 1 among the three stop buttons 5 is pressed, each of the drums 1 is stopped. On the outer periphery of each drum 1, there are several kinds of patterns
Are displayed irregularly in the circumferential direction, and when the drum 1 is rotated by the motor, these patterns are sequentially shown in the see-through window 4 in front of the drum 1. The see-through window 4 has such a size that three patterns in the circumferential direction are simultaneously displayed among a plurality of patterns displayed on each drum 1. The pattern of each drum 1 shown in the see-through window 4 is monitored by a sensor. This sensor captures each drum 1 shown in the perspective window 4 with a camera,
, Or a mark provided on the rotation axis of each drum 1 corresponding to each pattern, and a pattern is determined by detecting the mark.

The liquid crystal screen 2 displays a reach state (a state in which two identical patterns are aligned horizontally or diagonally, that is, a step in which three are aligned) when any two of the three drums 1 are stopped. 2A, an image (watermelon picture in this case) is displayed on a vertically long screen divided horizontally as shown in FIG. 2A. It is like that. Each of the divided images moves irregularly in the vertical direction in the figure, and three images at the left, right, and the center are aligned in a horizontal line as shown in FIG. The picture of the watermelon is to be completed. The image that moves up and down is stopped when the stop button 5 of one rotating drum 1 is pressed in the reach state. In this case, the image is still rotating even if the stop button 5 is pressed. Drum 1 is not stopped. Here, when the stop button 5 is pressed to complete the picture of the watermelon at the moment when the left, right, and middle images are aligned in a horizontal line, the information signal indicates that the motor that is rotating the remaining one drum 1 being rotated. Of the other two drums 1, which are aligned with the see-through window 4 detected by the sensor, are aligned horizontally or diagonally. Stop motor 1

[0011]

[Embodiment 2] A second embodiment of the embodiment of a spinning-type amusement machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The basic configuration of this torsion type amusement machine is the same as that shown in FIG. The difference is that in the spinning-type amusement machine shown in FIG. 1, an image is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 2 only when a reach state is set, whereas in the turning-type amusement machine shown in FIG. In addition, not only the image is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 2 in the reach state, but also various kinds of information are displayed in other than the reach state. This information includes, for example, the hit establishment for each picture on the previous day or the current day, the number of inserted coins, the number of paid out coins, and the like. The information to be displayed can be any other desired information. For example, it is possible to display how to play and how to operate the game so that a beginner can easily try the spinning type amusement machine. The information may be displayed only during the game, or may be continuously displayed during the pause of the game.

[0012]

Other Embodiments of the Invention The image displayed on the liquid crystal screen 2 in the reach state can be other than the above, for example, the images shown in FIGS. it can. Of these images, the image shown in FIG. 3 shows the disk 7 on which the hit area 6 is partially displayed as shown in FIG. 3A, which rotates in the arrow direction (clockwise) in the figure. As shown in FIG. 1B, while the contact area 6 of the rotating disk 7 overlaps the STOP position displayed above, the stop button 5 of the remaining rotating drum 1 of FIG. Press to output an information signal to the motor control unit.
The drum 1 is stopped. still,
The direction of rotation of the disk may be counterclockwise, and the speed of rotation may also be constant or irregular.

In the image shown in FIG. 4, points 8 arranged in a circular arc at regular intervals as shown in FIG. 4A are sequentially lit in the direction of the arrow in the figure. As shown, when the stop button 5 is pressed in the same manner as described above at the moment when the point 9 at the contact position of the zenith lights up, an information signal is output to the motor control unit.

FIG. 5 shows 5 → 4 → 3 → 2 → 1 → G
Numbers and characters are repeatedly displayed in the order of O, and when the stop button 5 is pressed at the moment when the character of GO is displayed, an information signal is output to the motor control unit. Also in the case of the images shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the movement of the motor control unit after the input of the information signal is the same as that of the case of the spinning-type amusement machine shown in FIG.

The image displayed on the liquid crystal screen 2 is not limited to these, but may be any other desired image. Further, if the timing of pressing the stop button 5 is exceeded and the patterns cannot be aligned, a dropout display or the like can be displayed. Switching button 10
(FIG. 1) may be provided so that various information displayed on the liquid crystal screen 2 can be sequentially switched by pressing the switching button 10.

[0016]

According to the present invention, the spinning-type amusement machine according to the first aspect of the present invention is provided with a screen 2 which is activated when it reaches a reach state, and when the image displayed on the screen 2 is stopped at a predetermined timing, the game machine is rotating Is stopped at a position where the pattern of the drum 1 and the pattern of the other drum 1 already stopped are aligned in a predetermined arrangement, so that the following effects are obtained. . The difficulty level can be easily changed by adjusting the speed at which the image moves and the predictability of the next movement, so that a spinning-type amusement machine that can be enjoyed by beginners to veterans according to their ability can be realized. . By changing the type of the image displayed on the screen 2 and the pattern of the movement, the game characteristics can be improved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a turning-type amusement machine,
Since it is possible to display various information such as the number of coins inserted, the number of coins paid out, and the probability of hitting on the screen 2 in a state other than the reach state,
The following effects are exhibited in addition to the above effects. . Since an arbitrary table can be selected based on the displayed information, the selection of the table also has a game property, and a pachislot with a high game property can be realized. . If the play method and the operation method are displayed on the screen 2, even a beginner can easily play in the pachislot, so that the pachislot population can be increased.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, since the information displayed on the screen 2 can be arbitrarily switched, the information desired to be known can be immediately obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a first example of an embodiment of a spinning-type amusement machine according to the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B are explanatory diagrams showing an example of a screen in a reach state of the spinning-type amusement machine shown in FIG. 1;

FIGS. 3A and 3B are explanatory diagrams showing another example of a screen in a reach state.

FIGS. 4A and 4B are explanatory diagrams showing another example of a screen in a reach state.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing another example of a screen in a reach state.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 drum 2 screen

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A method in which each of a plurality of rotating drums (1) is stopped and pictures drawn on the drum (1) are arranged in a predetermined arrangement to obtain medals, premiums and the like. In the torso type amusement machine, a screen (2) is provided which is activated when the pattern arrangement reaches a reach state. When the image displayed on the screen (2) is stopped at a predetermined timing, the rotating drum (1) A stop-type amusement machine characterized by stopping at a position where the pattern of the other drum (1) is already in a predetermined arrangement with the pattern of the other stopped drum (1). 2. The spinning-type amusement machine according to claim 1, wherein various information such as the number of coins inserted, the number of coins paid out, the probability of hit, and the like can be displayed on the screen (2) in a state other than the reach state. . 3. The game machine according to claim 2, wherein information displayed on the screen (2) can be arbitrarily switched.