JP3121612B2 - Slot machine with display screen - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slot machine having a display screen formed on a front panel of a slot machine with a considerably large area.

[Conventional technology]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a gaming machine such as a slot machine in which a small light bulb, an LED, or the like is turned on or blinked for enhancing a game feeling or displaying a prize.

Further, in a so-called game machine similar to a gaming machine such as a slot machine, a game machine in which game contents are displayed on a display tube such as a CRT is also known.

Furthermore, pachinko machines having a television screen provided in the game board have been put to practical use.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the display portion of a conventional game machine or game machine is used for displaying a prize or an illumination for decoration, or for displaying a numerical value of a game result in a game machine. Because it is for displaying the game itself as called a game,
No other information is displayed.
Also, with a pachinko machine with a TV screen mounted on the board, it was extremely difficult to watch the TV while watching the operation of the ball, so it did not gain popularity.

In view of the above-described conventional game machine display and game machine display, the present invention selects a dedicated broadcast, a commercial, a sports program, a news program, and the like in a timely manner, in addition to the display contents of the conventional game machine. An object of the present invention is to develop a slot machine having a display screen that can be displayed on a screen.

[Means for solving the problem]

Around the reels of the slot machine made for the purpose of solving the above problems, a display screen formed to a size that fits within the front width of the slot machine is formed by a flat display means such as a liquid crystal, On the display screen,
Display of the contents of the game by this slot machine,
Dedicated broadcasts, general broadcasts, etc., as required by television broadcasts,
It is characterized in that display of images, characters and the like is switched and displayed.

(Operation)

On a relatively large display screen provided near the reel on the front panel of the slot machine, a display related to the game content of the slot machine and an appropriate television broadcast display are switched and displayed with priority given to the display of the game content. As a result, it is possible to enjoy various television broadcasts and the like without deteriorating the game characteristics of the slot machine.

〔Example〕

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of an example of a slot machine provided with a display screen of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of another example, FIG. 3 is a front view of another example, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example of a drive control system for a display screen in FIG.

1 to 3, reference numeral 1 denotes an outer box of a slot machine of a reel rotation type, 2 denotes a front panel, and 3 to 5 denote a center or a slightly upper side of the front panel 2 of the outer box 1. The three reels provided. Here, in the slot machine to which the present invention is applied, the number of reels may be three or more, and the arrangement of the reels is not limited to a horizontal arrangement. The illustrated arrangement of the reels 3 to 5 is merely an example.

Reference numeral 6 denotes an operation unit of the slot machine game. At least a rotation start button 6a for each of the reels 3 to 5 and each of the reels 3 to 5
Are formed by the rotation stop buttons 6b to 6d or members having the same functions as those described above. The operation unit 6
Although not shown in the figure, there may be provided an operation button required for game operation such as advancing and ending a game, or a button having an equivalent function, such as a settlement button or an auto game button.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a game start condition setting unit, in which a medal insertion slot 7a, a ball insertion slot 7b, and a card insertion slot 7c are provided as an example of the setting unit 7. Mouth, any one of insertion ports 7a to 7c or their two
It may be a combination type. Other members for the setting unit, for example, a numeric keyboard (not shown)
And so on.

Reference numeral 8 denotes a saucer set portion in the case where the payout is performed with a real game medium, for example, a medal or a ball, which is formed with a large opening at the lower end portion of the front panel 2. (Not shown) is set.

Instead of the tray set portion 8, a payout tray (not shown) may be fixedly provided near the portion 8. Further, a card outlet for writing the game result on a recording medium (magnetic card, IC card, etc.) and sending out the card, and a recording paper outlet for printing the game result and ejecting it in a receipt form are provided in the setting section 8. There is also a type that is provided side by side or alone.

The above components 1 to 8 form an example of the configuration on the front pulse side in the slot machine to which the present invention is applied.

The present invention relates to a slot machine having the above-described configuration, in which the backlight type liquid crystal display unit 9 is provided above the reels 3 to 5 on the front panel 2 in the slossy machine shown in FIG. The front panel 2 was set to have almost the same area as the margin.

In FIG. 2, the liquid crystal display section 91 is installed after the existing slot machine or a slot machine having a slightly smaller height.

On the other hand, the slot machine shown in FIG.
A liquid crystal display section 92 is provided in substantially the entire upper half of the
Are reel window holes 92a and 92 formed in advance in the liquid crystal display section 92.
It is formed so that the picture of each reel can be seen from b and 92c.

The liquid crystal display units 9, 91 and 92 in each of the slot machines shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 are driven by the drive control unit CD shown as an example in FIG. Controlled.

In FIG. 4, 11 is the game rules, how to play the game,
A game display program section 12 in which the way of proceeding is written by an image signal, 12 is a first drive section for driving any of the liquid crystal display sections 9 to 92 by a program of the program section 11, and 13 is a stop of each of the reels 3 to 5. The winning signal of the determining unit 13 is a pay-drive unit (or pay-out operation) (not shown) on the slot machine main body side, which determines whether or not the picture of each of the reels 3 to 5 on the pay line is winning. Or the payout storage unit), and is also supplied to the switching control unit 14 so that the signal of the winning display program unit 15 is supplied to the first drive unit 12.

On the other hand, the first drive unit 12 is connected to one of the liquid crystal display units 9 to 92 via a switching unit 16, and the switching unit 16 has a wired video and image program unit 17 such as a cable television broadcast. The driving unit is connected as a second driving unit 18, and the receiving unit 19 of various commercial television broadcasts is connected as an output unit as a third driving unit 20.

Normally, the contents of the game display program section 11 are displayed on the liquid crystal display section 9 (91, 92) by the switching control section 14 and the first drive section 1.
2. It is always supplied via the switching unit 16, and the contents of the game and the like are displayed.

When there is a prize during the game, a signal of the prize discrimination unit 13 is supplied to the prize display program unit 15, whereby the switching control
Is switched, and the contents of the winning display program section 15 are displayed on the liquid crystal display section 9 (91, 92) via the first drive section 12. In this case although to switching unit 16 from the switching control unit 14 switching trigger t ₁ is supplied, when the display content of the immediately preceding a content of the game display program switching unit 16 is not switched.

In the set state, the player when the switching unit 16 switching signal t ₂ the manual operation (not shown due to the operation of the change-over switch provided on the front panel 2) supplied by, the switching section 16 video cable television, etc. , whether the display of the image program, or can be switched to the display side by commercial television broadcasting by switching signal t _3. Which of the broadcasts is to be selected can be arbitrarily or systematically determined by a manual operation of the player or the hall, a preset switching program, or the like.

As a result of the switching operation described above, any of the video and the image from the commercial television broadcast or the cable television broadcast is displayed on the display units 9 to 92 by the operation of the drive unit 18 or 20.

Here, it is assumed that the cable video and image program unit 17 contains a commercial video and any other video, image, text, and the like programmed in advance.

Further, it is optional whether all or a part of the drive control section CD is of a type that is internally provided in the main body of the slot machine or has an external structure.

The display units 9 to 92 may be formed by a dense array of LEDs or may be formed by a CRT. LED display unit 9
When ~ 92 is formed, the received signal of commercial television broadcasting is
It is assumed that the signal is converted into an LED drive signal.

Also, in the above embodiment, the display of the television broadcast on the display units 9 to 92 is not described in the embodiment, but usually includes audio display, but may not include audio display. .

〔The invention's effect〕

The present invention is as described above. By forming the display unit of the slot machine on a display screen such as a liquid crystal display having a large area as described above, the description of the game contents and the like is conventionally printed on the upper part of the front panel. The prize display and the decorative display are displayed by blinking a separate lamp or the like, but these displays can be displayed collectively by the automatic switching method, and the display mode is extremely visual. Since it can be formed freely, a visual effect which cannot be obtained with a conventional product can be obtained.

Also, by adopting the configuration of the display unit as described above,
Since the contents of a program such as commercial television broadcasting, cable video, images, characters, etc. can be selectively displayed on the display unit, the role and effect of the display unit become extremely remarkable which cannot be expected from conventional products.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of one example of a slot machine provided with a display screen, FIG. 2 is a front view of another example of the same, FIG. 3 is a front view of one example of the present invention, and FIG. It is a block diagram of an example of a screen drive control system. 1 ... Outer box of slot machine, 2 ... Front panel, 3 ~
5: reel, 6: game operation section, 7: game start section setting section, 8: saucer set section, 9, 91, 92 ... liquid crystal display section, 11 ... game display program section, 12 ... First drive

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. A display screen formed to be small enough to fit within the front width of the slot machine is formed by a flat display means such as a liquid crystal around a reel of the slot machine, while the display screen has: A slot machine with a display screen characterized in that the display related to the game contents by the slot machine and the display of images, images, characters and the like by television broadcasting such as dedicated broadcasting and general broadcasting are switched and displayed. . 2. The display screen according to claim 1, wherein the display between the game contents and the display of an image by television broadcasting or the like is automatically switched by a signal obtained at the time of a general prize or a special prize of the game. With slot machine. 3. The slot machine with a display screen according to claim 1, wherein a display relating to the game content and a display switching of an image by a television broadcast or the like can be manually performed at any time. 4. The slot machine with a display screen according to claim 1, wherein the display screen is formed separately from the slot machine main body, and is attached to an upper portion of the slot machine main body. 5. The television broadcast is a general television broadcast,
The slot machine with a display screen according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the slot machine has a display for displaying various images, images, characters, and the like, which are built in the slot machine or supplied from a broadcasting facility provided in a store or the like.