JP3054933U - Mahjong score transfer system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] (Modified) [Problem] To provide a mahjong point transfer system that can transfer points more fairly and speedily. A dice box 3 arranged in the center of a mahjong table.
Mahjong scores that have an operation panel provided on each of the four sides of the mahjong table, and a common electronic processing unit for the dice box 3 and the operation panel, and exchange game points without using a point bar. In the delivery system, a display is provided in the dice box 3, and the display displays score information.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

[Industrial applications]

 The present invention relates to a mahjong score transfer system for exchanging points in mahjong.

[0002]

[Prior art]

 It is a well-known fact that mahjong uses point sticks to exchange scores. In recent years, mahjong scores have been transmitted and received electronically by using the numeric keypad on the keyboard to enter points. Several systems have been proposed. For example, JP-A-9-140930 by the present applicant is one of them.

[0003] On the other hand, although a point bar is used, some point bar tallying systems have been proposed in which a predetermined physical quantity is given to the point bar and the sum of the physical quantities is measured to calculate a possessed point. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-253 discloses a method for measuring weight.

[0004] In such a point giving and receiving system and a point and bar totaling system, the points of the player and the opponent in the course of the game progress, points difference, ranking, and the like can be always displayed, so that the game becomes more strategic. Bring.

[0005]

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

 Because the stick is used habitually, there is no particular problem on the part of the user, but there are some problems that cannot be eliminated as long as the stick is used. For example, there are mechanical troubles caused by mixing in the fully automatic mahjong table, missing point sticks, and so-called currency exchange and fishing progress hindrance.

[0006] In addition to the problems related to the point bar, the point bar totaling system has problems in maintaining accuracy and precision. For example, the method of weighing the weight disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-253 has a drawback that maintenance must be performed frequently because counting errors occur due to dust, dirt, vibration, and the like.

On the other hand, in the point totaling system using the numeric keypad in which points are exchanged by an electronic circuit, the problems related to the point bar and the point totaling system are solved, the game speed is increased, and the points are increased. It has many advantages, such as no bar and maintenance costs. However, in these point exchange systems, points are exchanged through the operation panel provided on the four sides of the mahjong table as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-140930. Must observe the operation panel to see if the exchange is being performed correctly and check the displayed score. This is because the Mahjong game does not decide whether to win or lose for each station but competes for winning or losing based on the score at the end of the game, so it is extremely important to confirm each payment. And if this action goes too far, it will hinder the flow of the game.

[0008] Regarding the reach, in the score transfer system also shown in the embodiment of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-140930, after a reach person performs a reach declaration tile, a reach declaration switch on his / her own operation panel is set. When this button is pressed, the sound of “ping-pong reach” is emitted, and at the same time, the deposit point is added and displayed on the reach indicator on the operation panel. However, because the reach-reach switch is relatively small, you may miss an opponent's discard tiles while locating the switch.

[0009] Further, regarding the receipt of the deposit point by the reach or the like, similarly, in the point transfer system shown in the embodiment of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-140930, (the deposit point is always displayed on the reach display on the operation panel. (Although it is displayed,) when the Japanese player (the person who has gone up) performs the receiving operation of the payment points, the deposit points are automatically added to the payment points and processed, so that all players instantly obtain the total points. May not understand.

[0010] As described above, a common problem of the point counting system using these electronic circuits is that, in the exchange of points and the deposit of the reach, the eyes of the mahjong desk are away, so that the progress of the game may be affected or overlooked. Is to get up.

[0011] An object of the present invention is to provide a Mahjong score transfer system that solves the above-mentioned problems and that can transfer scores more fairly and speedily.

[0010]

[Means for Solving the Problems]

 A first device for solving the problem is a dice box arranged in the center of a mahjong table, an operation panel provided on each of four sides, and an electronic processing unit common to the dice box and the operation panel. And a score display system for mahjong, wherein a score is provided in the die box and score information is displayed on the score.

A second device for solving the problem is a score transfer system for mahjong, wherein a reach switch is provided in the dice box.

A third device for solving the problem is a score transfer system for mahjong, wherein a switch for receiving points is provided in the dice box.

[0015]

[Action]

 According to the first invention, the point input operation, the point receiving operation, and the operation for knowing the opponent's point information can be performed on the operation panel provided on the front of each player, and at the same time, in the dice box in the center of Mahjong Taku. The point information such as the number of payment points, the number of points received, and the number of deposit points will be displayed on the display provided at.

According to the second invention, after the reacher has reached with the reach declaration tile and presses the reach switch provided in the central dice box, the reach deposit point is deposited in the field. .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the recipient can receive points by using the point receiving switch provided in the central die box.

[0018]

【Example】

 Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an automatic mahjong table 1 incorporating a dice box 3 according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an operation panel P2, and FIG. 3 is a plan view of the dice box 3 as viewed from above.

The present applicant discloses in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-140930 that payment of points in a mahjong game and operation of exchanging the points can be performed easily, smoothly and reliably, and the final score after the game is over. With the aim of providing an automatic mahjong table score exchange system that can easily and automatically convert to evaluation values according to a predetermined conversion standard, one point on each side of the mahjong table with a dice box in the center. In the score transfer system of an automatic mahjong table that has a common electronic processing unit for the dice box and the control panel P2, The arithmetic processing unit includes a microprocessor, a RAM storage for temporarily storing numerical values during arithmetic processing, and an R for storing predetermined arithmetic processing and processing sequences. A patent application has been filed for an automatic mahjong table scoring system that has an OM storage unit and a conversion execution program in which the ROM storage unit converts the final score at the end of the game into an evaluation value according to a predetermined scoring rule.

The automatic mahjong table 1 shown in FIG. 1 is one in which the dice box 3 of the present invention is applied to the score transfer system. Therefore, the present embodiment will be described in detail focusing on the dice box 3 according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, a dice box 3 according to the present invention is provided at the center of the automatic mahjong table 1, and operation panels P 2 shown in the examples in the above-mentioned Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-140930 are provided at four sides. On one side, an owner key unit 4 for management is provided. Further, an electronic processing main body for calculating a score attached to an operation / display unit related to the dice box 3, the operation panel P2 and the owner key unit 4 is provided. This electronic processing body is composed of a CPU board, a setting board, an operation board for an operation panel, and a board for a dice box, and is incorporated in an appropriate place in the automatic mah-jong table 1 (not shown).

The dice box 3 shown in the plan view of FIG. 3 includes a start switch SWst for starting tile setting in the center, a pair of electronic dice 6 indicated by a dice pattern, and a stack switch SWt. A bar indicator Dt indicating the number of bars, a deposit point indicator Dk indicating the number of deposit points, a deposit point receiving switch SWk for receiving the deposit point, and an entrepreneur indicator Dj1 to Dj4 indicating the origin. Parent switches SW01 to SW04, score indicators Dn1 to Dn4, reach switches SWre1 to SWre4, and reach indicators Dre1 to Dre4 are provided around each house. A portion of the switch group and the indicator group related to the present invention includes a deposit point indicator Dk indicating the number of deposit points, a deposit point receiving switch SWk for receiving the deposit point, and a point indicator ( C) Dn1 to Dn4 and reach switches SWre1 to SWre4.

As shown in FIG. 3, the deposited point indicators Dk arranged in a line indicate the points deposited by reach or the like, and include four single-color light emitting LED indicators (green) D1 and a double in the figure. It consists of one two-color LED display (yellow and red) D2 indicated by a circle. Each of these LED emitters indicates the unit of the deposit point (usually 1000 points), and lights up sequentially from the first clockwise each time the deposit point increases. At the five deposit points, the fifth two-color LED display D2 emits yellow light. At the sixth deposit point, the two-color LED display D2 remains yellow and only the first monochromatic LED display D1 remains yellow. Light. In this way, the total number of deposited points (maximum 14) can be known from the number of colors emitted by the two-color LED display D2 and the number of light emitted by the single-color LED display D1. The deposited points are simultaneously displayed on the reach display Dr on each operation panel P2. The deposit point receiving switch SWk is used when receiving the deposited points, and will be described later. The point indicators Dn1 to Dn4 are composed of three 7-segment LEDs for displaying points in three digits (tens of thousands, hundreds, and hundreds of digits). When points are exchanged, the points to be paid and received are displayed. The score is displayed, and this exchange will be described later. Reach switches (re) SWre1-SWre4 are switches for declaring reach, and LED indicators Dre1-Dre4 indicating that the vehicle is reaching are provided at the center.

A switch group and a display group on the dice box 3 are controlled by a dice box substrate, and signals are exchanged between the dice box substrate and the CPU substrate by serial transmission means. Similarly, each operation board transmits and receives signals by the CPU board and the serial transmission means.

As shown in the embodiment of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-140930, the operation panel P 2 of FIG. 2 is roughly divided into a payment section 10, a viewing section 12, a point display section 14, a receiving section 16, And a common part 18 other than these divisions. The payment section 10 is provided with numeric numeric key switches SW0 to SW9 used for inputting the number of payment points, a reach switch SWr for declaring reach, and a reach indicator Dr of a 7-segment LED indicating the reach number. ing. In the spot division 12, house selection switches SWja to SWjc for selecting an upper house, a house, and a lower house, house indicators D2a to D2c for displaying the house selected at that time, and that the own house is selected. A house indicator D2d for displaying is provided. The score display section 14 includes a 7-segment LED ranking indicator Dd2 indicating the score ranking of the selected house, and three 7-segment LEDs for displaying scores in three digits (tens of thousands, thousands, hundreds). And a minus indicator Dm used to distinguish between positive and negative numbers. The receiving section 16 is provided with a confirmation switch SWa, a receiving switch SWb, a temporary switch SWf, and a chome switch SWg. A start switch SWs, an end switch SWe, and a cancel switch SWc are provided in common parts other than the above sections.

When the game is started in a predetermined procedure as shown in the embodiment in JP-A-9-140930, the score indicator Dd1 on the operation panel P2 displays the score determined by the point setting. . The display Dd1 always displays the current point of the player during the game unless a designated operation occurs. The minus indicator Dm is automatically turned on when the score becomes negative. Like the score display Dd1, the rank display Dd2 always displays the current rank of the player in the game unless a specified operation occurs. When the score display Dd1 and the rank display Dd2 are pressed, when one of the house selection switches SWja to SWjc in the lookout section 12, which is one of the designated operations, is pressed, the score and rank of the corresponding house are displayed. Is displayed. The functions of the switch group and the display group on the operation panel P2 are the same as those described in the embodiments in JP-A-9-140930. Next, exchange of points in this embodiment will be described.

When points are exchanged in the course of the game and the payer inputs his / her points using ten-key switches SW0 to SW9 on his / her own operation panel P2, the point display Dd1 on each operation panel P2 displays the points. The display changes from the point display up to the flashing display of the entered points. Here, the blinking display indicates that payment is being made. At the same time, the point indicators Dn1 to Dn4 on the dice box 3 also blink the points. The recipient confirms that the point display Dd1 on the operation panel P2 or the point displayed on the dice box 3 is correct, and presses the confirmation switch SWa, and the point display Dd1 changes from blinking display to continuous display and is received. The score is fixed. The continuous display shows the points received by the recipient. At this time, if there is a bar, the number of points received will be the value obtained by automatically adding the points according to the number of bars to the payment points. If the recipient successively presses the receiving switch SWb, the exchange of points is completed. At the same time, the score of the score indicator Dd1 in each place changes to the updated display value. The point indicators Dn1 to Dn4 on the dice box 3 display the updated points of each house for a certain period of time and then turn off.

A case where there is a point deposited in the above point exchange will be described. When the payer inputs the number of payment points, the lit deposit point indicator Dk on the dice box 3 changes to a blinking state to urge the receiving of the deposited points. When the recipient presses the confirmation switch SWa, the point display Dd1 changes from blinking display to continuous display, and the number of received points is determined. At this time, when the deposited point receiving switch SWk is pressed, the received points are added to the number of received points. Is updated to the value At the same time, the deposit point indicator Dk turns off. If the recipient continues to press the receiving switch SWb, the exchange of points is completed.

Next, regarding the reach, in the point transfer system shown in the embodiment of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-140930, a reach person performs a reach declaration tile and sets a reach declaration switch SWr on its own operation panel P2. When the button is pressed, the sound of “ping-pong reach” is emitted, and at the same time, the value obtained by adding the deposit point to the reach indicator Dr on the operation panel P2 is displayed. In this embodiment, the reach announcement switch SWr is also provided on the dice box 3, and both switches have the same function, so that either of them may be used. The deposit point is displayed on both the operation panel P2 and the dice box 3 as described above. The reach switches SWre1 to SWre4 on the dice box 3 are provided with an LED display at the center, and the display shows the house to which the user is reaching.

As described above, in the present embodiment, in the point transfer system shown in the embodiment of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-140930, the point indicators D n1 to Dn4 on the dice box 3 and the reach switch (C) Since SWre1 to SWre4 and the deposit point receiving switch SWk are provided, all information relating to the exchange of points is displayed on the cyclo box 3.

The point indicators Dn1 to Dn4 on the dice box 3 can exchange points, check histories, check set values, and display last score, final evaluation value, and the like. In this embodiment, the confirmation switch SWa and the receiving switch SWb are provided on the operation panel P2. However, these switches may be provided on the dice box 3. It goes without saying that the switch group and the display group on the dice box 3 can be realized by other means without depending on the configuration of the present embodiment.

[0032]

[Effect of the invention]

 With the Mahjong score transfer system of the present invention, the game can be advanced without taking your eyes off the Mahjong table, and the exchange of scores can be reliably prevented.

[0033]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an automatic mahjong table incorporating the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing an operation panel of a conventional point counting device.

FIG. 3 is a plan view of the dice box of the present invention as viewed from above.

[Explanation of symbols]

 P2 Operation panel 1 Automatic mahjong table 3 Dice box 4 Owner key part 6 Electronic dice 10 Payment section 12 Lookout section 14 Point display section 16 Receiving section 18 Common part Dr Reach display Ds Start display De End display D2a to D2d House Display Dm Minus display Dd1 Point display Dd2 Rank display SW0 to SW9 Numeric key switch SWs Start switch SWe End switch SWja to SWjc House selection switch SWa Confirmation switch SWb Receiving switch SWf Tempe switch SWg Combo switch SWc Cancel switch SWr Reach switch SWst Start switch SW Stack bar switch Dt Stack bar display SWk Deposit point receiving switch Dk Deposit point indicator Dj1 to DJ4 Origin display SW01 to SW04 Parent switch H Dn1 to Dn4 Point display (S) SWre1 to SWre4 Reach switch (S) Dre1 to Dre4 Reach display (S) D1 Single color LED display D2 Two color LED display

Claims (3)

[Utility model registration claims] 1. A dice box arranged in the center of a mahjong table, operation panels provided on four sides of the mahjong table, and an electronic arithmetic processing unit common to the dice box and the operation panel. A score transfer system for mahjong, wherein a score is given and received without using a game, wherein a display is provided in the dice box, and score information is displayed on the display. 2. The Mahjong score transfer system according to claim 1, wherein a reach switch is provided in the dice box. 3. The Mahjong score transfer system according to claim 1, wherein a score receiving switch is provided in the dice box.