JP4251972B2 - Control system for roulette game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a control system in a roulette game device constituted by a mechanical mechanism.

The present applicant has proposed a roulette game device in which a lottery is performed using a mechanical mechanism (Patent Document 1).
According to this proposal, by adjusting the inclination of the field board, it is possible to reduce the unevenness of the appearance due to the balls and to ensure an even appearance.
The conventional mechanical roulette game equalizes the outcome as described above, and it is difficult to control the outcome in software. Even if the above-mentioned method is used to adjust the balance, the reliability is low and the practicality is poor.
JP-A-6-218089

Against this background, no software or system has been constructed for controlling the outcome.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described background, and its purpose is to enable payout control by controlling the speed of the ball itself, and to achieve the outcome by guiding the ball to a specific area of the grid area and grid. It is an object of the present invention to provide a control system in a roulette game device that can control contents.

In order to achieve the above object, claim 1 of the present invention releases a ball so as to cause a mortar-like field to make a circular motion, and gradually drops the ball along a spiral trajectory due to a decrease in speed. In a roulette game device that draws by entering one of a number of squares arranged in the bottom circuit direction, the mechanism for controlling the ball discharges an air flow in the general circuit direction of the field. The ball rotating blower mechanism that discharges the ball on the circuit course and the ball brake blower mechanism that discharges air to the ball so as to apply braking to the ball.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a stitch sensor provided along each of the meshes for detecting a ball falling on each of the meshes, The timing of sending out the air velocity and the air flow of the air flow and the timing of sending out the air velocity and the air flow of the air flow for braking by the ball brake blower mechanism are controlled. By detecting whether the ball has fallen or not, the control result data indicating which range of the square area or square the ball has fallen according to the control content of the blower mechanism is accumulated. Control means for controlling the ball to be guided to the eye area or the eyelet is provided.
According to the third aspect of the present invention, the ball is discharged so that the mortar-shaped field performs the circular motion, and the ball is gradually dropped along the spiral locus by the speed reduction, and the dropped ball is arranged in the bottom circular direction. In a roulette game device that draws by entering one of a large number of squares, the ball is constituted by a member that attracts or repels the magnetism, and the mechanism for controlling the ball is arranged along the circumferential direction of the field. 1 or more, and a magnetic circuit generating mechanism for rotating the ball, which generates magnetism at a predetermined timing corresponding to the distance to the ball to attract or repel the ball to accelerate the ball in the rotating direction; It is installed at an intermediate position from the eye area and generates a suction force or repulsive force at a predetermined timing for the approaching ball. Constituted by the pull-in electromagnetic generating mechanism pulling the A side, is provided along the squares area, it has the outcomes sensor for detecting a ball falling into the squares, of the magnetic due to electromagnetic generating mechanism ball circulation Controlling the timing to generate strength and magnetism and the timing to generate magnetism and magnetism for braking by the retracting electromagnetic generation mechanism, and as a result, the ball stopped in which square of the square area By detecting this, the control result data indicating which range of the mesh area or the grid the ball has dropped corresponding to the control content of the electromagnetic generation mechanism is accumulated, and based on this control result data, the specific range of Control means for controlling the ball so as to guide the ball to the cell area or the cell is provided .
Claim 4 of the present invention has roulette bet grasping means for grasping the contents voted on the roulette bed in the invention according to claim 2 or 3 , wherein the control means guides the ball from past control result data. And calculating the contents of the outcome under the control of a specific payout rate for the content voted on the roulette bed.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the fourth aspect , the control means sets a specific payout rate, and the ball circulating blower mechanism and the ball brake blower mechanism or the ball circulating electromagnetic generating mechanism and the retracting unit. The specific payout rate is corrected by controlling an electromagnetic generation mechanism.

  According to the present invention, payout control can be performed by performing ball control in a mechanical roulette game, and winning or losing can be intentionally controlled by performing payout control. Further, by ball control, it is possible to control the eye by guiding the ball to a specific range of cell area and cell. As a result, contrary to the above, the roulette lottery results can be intentionally scattered evenly, and the tendency to appear can be eliminated. By guiding the ball to a certain area of the grid area, it leaves a fractal room in the result of the game, so that there is no room for work.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is an external view of a control system for a roulette game machine according to the present invention.
The roulette game machine 1 has six touch panels 13a to 13f that can be played by a maximum of six players, and the player can vote (designate) the winning of the roulette bet on each touch panel. A roulette wheel 9 having a roulette wheel grid area (roulette wheel area) 2 is arranged in the center. The player can participate in the lottery by inserting medals into the medal insertion unit 4.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the outcome area of the roulette game device according to the present invention. The roulette wheel mesh portion (outgoing area) 20 is rotated around a drive rotating shaft 21a by a roulette wheel motor 24 described later. There are 38 squares, and the ball injected to the roulette wheel gradually decelerates by air and frictional resistance when it is not controlled, falls gradually while drawing a spiral trajectory, and enters one of the squares. When the ball is controlled, it is performed by a ball rotation control mechanism and a ball brake mechanism.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining a roulette bet frame.
This bet frame is constituted by a touch panel liquid crystal display unit 12 having a touch panel 13. You can vote for any of the numbers [1] to [36]. For example, if you vote for the number [8] and enter the number [8] by lottery, it will be 36 times. The numbers [0] and [00] can also be voted. By touching either the EVEN portion 5a or the ODD portion 5b, it is possible to vote whether the number is odd or even. Furthermore, a red number or a black number can be voted by touching either the red portion 6a or the black portion 6b.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a control system for a roulette game device according to the present invention, which is an example in which a ball control mechanism is realized by a blower mechanism.
Around the field 9a of the roulette wheel 9, ball injection holes 35a and 35b connected to the ball injection / circulation blowers 26a and 26b are provided. A ball is injected from the ball injection hole 35a or 35b by the air flow 31a or 31b. Air injection holes 36a to 36d connected to the ball brake blowers 27a to 27d are provided at intervals of 90 degrees. The ball 10 can be pressed toward the lower part of the field 9 by the air injection at a predetermined timing of the ball brake blowers 27a to 27d to brake the speed.

Further, eight ball rotating optical sensors 30 a to 30 h are installed at 45 ° intervals on the upper peripheral edge of the roulette wheel 9. The ball circulating optical sensors 30a to 30h detect light reflected from the surface of the field 9, and when the circulating ball passes, a change occurs in the reflected light. It has gained. The timing information is sent to an optical sensor control unit 32 (see FIG. 5) described later.
In the center of the roulette wheel 9, a rotating field 37 having a roulette mesh part (protrusion area) 20 at the periphery is arranged. The rotation field 37 and the roulette box part 20 are rotated by the roulette wheel motor control part 47. A large number of output optical sensors 21a, 21b,... Are installed on the outer peripheral end of the rotation field 37 (inner peripheral side of the roulette mesh portion (output area)). A ball that has entered each of the 20 squares can be detected.
Also, a mechanism (not shown) for opening the bottom of each cell of the roulette cell 20 is provided, and at the end of the lottery, the bottom of each cell is opened to collect the balls that have entered the roulette cell 20. It is like that.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit of a control system for a roulette game machine using a blower mechanism according to the present invention.
The ROM 17 stores a program for executing the roulette game and necessary data. The RAM 18 is used as a work area used when the CPU 11 performs calculation and processing, and is used to temporarily store generated data information.
The CPU 11 reads the program and controls the entire roulette game, and sends a control signal to each control unit, drive circuit, detection unit, and video circuit in accordance with the sequence and detection information. The ball control unit 11a, the roulette bet monitoring unit 11b, the specific condition determination unit 11c, the exit area calculation unit 11d, the exit area specification unit 11e, and the roulette wheel control unit 11f are realized by the functions of the CPU 11.

  The optical sensor control unit 32 performs control so as to obtain a reflection information for detecting the ball by scanning a large number of ball rotation sensors 30 (30a to 30h). When the ball detection reflection data is obtained, the information is sent to the CPU 11. To do. The optical sensor control unit 22 scans a number of the output optical sensors 21 (21a, 21b,...) Provided on the inner peripheral side of the roulette wheel section 20 to obtain reflection information from the output optical sensors. When the ball detection reflection data is detected, the information is sent to the CPU 11. When a medal insertion detection unit 14 inserts a medal into the medal insertion unit 4, the medal insertion detection unit 14 detects the inserted medal and sends a detection signal to the CPU 11.

The roulette bed shown in FIG. 3 is constituted by the touch panel liquid crystal display unit 12 and the transparent touch panel 13 mounted thereon. The roulette bet image is processed by the video circuit 16 under the control of the CPU 11 and displayed on the touch panel liquid crystal display unit 12. When the player touches the touch panel 13 to vote for a number, the information is detected by the detection circuit 15 and the information is sent to the CPU 11. The roulette bet monitoring unit 11b of the CPU 11 sends a control signal indicating the touched numerical part to the video circuit 16, and the corresponding numerical part of the touch panel liquid crystal display unit 12 is lit brightly to indicate that the vote has been made.
Necessary information about the roulette game (for example, a picture of the game) is displayed on the projector display unit 29 (not shown in FIG. 1). Image data representing each piece of information from the CPU 11 is processed by the video circuit 28 and sent to the projector display unit 29.

The ball injection / circulation blower 26 and the ball brake blower 27 are driven by the drive circuits 25a and 25b under the control of the ball control unit 11a to send out an air flow. The roulette wheel motor 24 is rotationally driven by the drive circuit 23 under the control of the roulette wheel controller 11f. Under the control of the ball control unit 11a, the ball collection mechanism 33 opens the bottom of the roulette wheel grid by the drive circuit 25c, thereby collecting the ball that has entered the grid.
The specific condition determining unit 11c, the payout area calculating unit 11d, and the payout area specifying unit 11e are control contents in the roulette game and will be described in an operation procedure according to a flowchart described later.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example in which a ball is braked by a ball brake blower mechanism.
The position of the ball that circulates is detected by the ball-circulating optical sensors 30a and 30b, and the information is sent to the CPU 11. The ball controller 11a can drive the ball brake blower 27a at a predetermined timing to send out an air flow from the air injection hole 36a, and push the ball 10a in the lower direction of the field 9a as shown in the drawing to apply the brake.
If the air flow of the same strength is always applied, the braking force applied to the ball can be controlled by changing the timing at which the air flow is injected just before the ball reaches the air injection hole. . In addition, the braking force can be similarly controlled by changing the strength of the air flow.
The CPU 11 injects and circulates the ball at what speed, and according to what position the specific square of the rotating roulette wheel reaches to which position, what type of braking is applied. Alternatively, it is possible to obtain data on the outcome of whether the ball falls in the square area, and the outcome of the outcome is stored in the RAM 18. Based on this data, it is possible to obtain data indicating what kind of control is likely to occur probabilistically by applying what kind of control to the ball. Thereby, the width of the controllable exit area can be specified.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining an example in which an appearance area is estimated based on past result data.
In this example, the probability that a ball will enter two squares around the number [1], that is, [29], [00], [1], [13], [36] is 90% to 80%. It is assumed that this is feasible.
Based on this data, the CPU 11 can control the player's vote so that the payout rate is changed to a target payout rate.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the roulette game using the blower mechanism.
At the start of the game, the player inserts medals from the medal insertion unit 4. The player arbitrarily bets medals by touching the roulette bet frame displayed on the liquid crystal display unit (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 001).
The ball control unit 11a of the CPU 11 drives and controls the ball injection / circulation blower 26 to inject the ball to rotate at a constant speed (S002).
During this time, the player can bet and vote for medals. When the predetermined time has elapsed, the CPU 11 closes the vote of the player (S003). Even if the player touches the touch panel in this state, no display indicating voting is made on that portion.

The CPU 11 totals the betting (voting) status of the player and associates it with the virtual roulette board (all-out area) on the software. That is, the individual voting positions detected by the roulette bet monitoring unit 11b are totaled to grasp how many bets are made (S004).
Next, the specific condition determination unit 11c determines whether the vote satisfies a specific condition based on past data. That is, it is determined whether the payout rate is less than or equal to a prescribed range (S005).
When it is determined that the payout rate is below the specified range, the ball control is not performed (S006). On the other hand, when it is determined that the payout rate is not less than the specified range, ball control is performed (S007).
The outcome area calculation unit 11d of the CPU 11 calculates a controllable outcome area width based on a specific condition (for example, an area width where the ball drop control has an accuracy of 80%) from the past ball control result (S008). .

Next, the turn area specifying unit 11e of the CPU 11 may specify a specific condition (for example, target payout not achieved = winning or target payout exceeded = from the calculated controllable area width and the voting status for all the checkered parts = In order to achieve this, the effective mesh size and the mesh width serving as the outcome area are specified (S009).
After calculating and specifying as described above, based on this data, the ball control unit 11a causes the ball control program and the past ball so that the ball falls to the specified mesh size and the mesh width that is the output area. The ball is controlled based on the control result. That is, the ball injection blower air volume of the ball injection / circulation blower 26 and the ball circulation blower air volume are used to control the initial injection speed of the ball and the speed during rotation. Control braking against Further, the rotational speed of the roulette wheel is controlled by the roulette wheel motor 24 (S010).

The ball that is orbiting is controlled in this way, and enters one of the squares to produce an outcome. The control result data is updated based on the outcome result (S011).
When the lottery is over, the CPU 11 controls the drive circuit 25c to operate the ball collection mechanism 33, opens the bottom of the roulette board square section 20, and collects the balls.
As a result, the lottery ends and the next lottery start state is restored.
Note that the specific condition (payout control) in S009 can be corrected based on the outcome result. For example, when an outcome result is obtained in which the target payout rate is larger than a specific condition (for example, 80%), the ball control content can be changed so that the payout rate is about 78%, for example.
The specific condition is set to operate only when it deviates from the originally set specific condition or deviates from a specific category, and in such a case, the specific condition or the specific category is updated.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining an example of the ball control method when the payout rate is overpaid.
As shown in (a), it is assumed that one bet is voted on each other than the cell 51a of the number [0]. In this case, in order to calculate the controllable area width for voting and make it the most effective (lower payout rate), as shown in FIG. Control the ball to fall into the area.
FIG. 14 is a diagram for explaining another example of the ball control method when the payout rate is overpaid.
As shown in (a), one bet is voted on each other than the cell 61b of the number [0] and the cell 61a of the number [13], and 100 bets are placed on the cell 61a of the number [13]. It shall be voted. In this case, in order to calculate the controllable area width for voting and make it the most effective (lower payout rate), the leftmost cell is 61b as shown in FIG. Control the ball to fall into the area.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing another embodiment of the control system for the roulette game device according to the present invention, which is an example in which the ball circulation and brake mechanism is realized by an electromagnetic coil mechanism.
The ball 44 is made of a material such as a metal having magnetic characteristics or a plastic mixed with magnetized powder. Ball rotating electromagnetic coils 41a to 41h are installed around the field 9a of the roulette wheel 9, and brake electromagnetic coils 42a to 42d are installed on the bottom side of the field 9a at intervals of 90 degrees. The brake electromagnetic coils 42 a to 42 d can be driven at a predetermined timing to brake the ball 44.
Also, blowers 40a and 40b are installed around the field 9a of the roulette wheel 9 for ball injection.
The other components are not different from those in FIG.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit of a control system for a roulette game machine using an electromagnetic coil mechanism according to the present invention.
In FIG. 10, circuit portions different from FIG. 4 are a ball injection blower 40, a ball rotating electromagnetic coil 41, a brake electromagnetic coil 42, and drive circuits 25a, 45, and 48 for driving these mechanisms. does not change.
At the start of the game, the ball injection blower 40 injects the ball at a predetermined speed under the control of the ball control unit 11a. The ball orbiting electromagnetic coil 41 applies a suction force to the injected ball of the field 9a to maintain the orbiting operation. The brake electromagnetic coil 42 applies a brake by sucking the ball under the control of the ball control unit 11a.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example in which braking is applied to the ball by the retracting electromagnetic generation mechanism.

The position of the ball that circulates is detected by the ball-circulating optical sensor 43, and the information is sent to the CPU 11. The ball control unit 11a can drive the brake electromagnetic coil 42b at a predetermined timing to generate a suction force, and can draw the ball 44a in the lower direction of the field 9a and apply a brake as shown in the figure.
In the method of applying the brake, if the magnetic force of the same strength is always generated, the braking force applied to the ball can be controlled by changing the timing of generating the magnetic force slightly before the ball reaches the brake electromagnetic coil. In addition, the braking force can be similarly controlled by changing the strength of the magnetic force.
The brake control is determined based on the data of the outcomes that occurred in the past.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the roulette game using the electromagnetic generation mechanism.
The steps of the game operation are the same from S001 to S009 of the roulette game using the blower mechanism of FIG. In S010-1 for controlling the ball, after the calculation / identification performed up to S009, the ball controller 11a, based on this data, drops the ball to the identified mesh and the mesh width that will be the mesh area. As described above, the ball is controlled based on the ball control program and the past ball control result. That is, the speed at the time of rotation is controlled by the strength of the magnetic force of the ball winding electromagnetic coil 41, and the braking of the ball is controlled by the operation timing and the magnetic force of the brake electromagnetic coil 42. Further, the rotational speed of the roulette wheel is controlled by the roulette wheel motor 24 (S010-1). After the turning result is generated, the control result data is updated, the ball is further collected, and the game starts again (S011).

In the above embodiment, an example in which two injection holes by the ball injection / circulation blower and four air injection holes by the ball brake blower are provided around the roulette wheel has been described. The number may be smaller or larger than the above number. Although the ball brake blower shows an example in which air is released in a direction substantially perpendicular to the field turning direction, the air may be released from the opposite direction to the field turning direction to brake the ball. .
Moreover, although the example which used the optical sensor as a sensor which detects a ball | bowl was demonstrated, you may provide the sensor of not only an optical sensor but another system. For example, a magnetic sensor, a capacitance sensor, a mechanical switch, or the like.
In addition, the electromagnetic coil has been described as an example of applying a revolving action or braking by applying an attractive force to the ball, but by magnetizing the ball in advance and generating a magnetic force of the same polarity as the ball in the electromagnetic coil Alternatively, the repulsive force may be generated to maintain the lap motion or to apply a brake. In such a case, when applying the same brake as the suction, it is necessary to change the installation location and drive timing of the electromagnetic coil.

  This is a roulette game machine installed in an arcade game center.

It is an external view of the control system of the roulette game device by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the appearance area of the roulette game device by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the bet frame of a roulette. It is a figure which shows embodiment of the control system of the roulette game device by this invention, and is the example which implement | achieved the ball | bowl control mechanism with the blower mechanism. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the control system of the roulette game device using the blower mechanism by this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the example which gives a brake to a ball | bowl with the blower mechanism for ball brakes. It is a figure for demonstrating the example which estimates an appearance area based on the past result data. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the roulette game using a blower mechanism. It is a figure which shows other embodiment of the control system of the roulette game device by this invention, and is the example which implement | achieved the ball circulation and the brake mechanism with the electromagnetic coil mechanism. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the control system of the roulette game device using the electromagnetic coil mechanism by this invention. It is a figure which shows the example which gives a brake to a ball | bowl by the electromagnetic generation mechanism for drawing. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the roulette game using an electromagnetic generation mechanism. It is a figure for demonstrating an example of the ball | bowl control method when a payout rate overpays. It is a figure for demonstrating the other example of the control method of the ball | bowl when a payout rate overpays.

Explanation of symbols

1 Roulette game machine
2,20 Roulette board grid
4 medal insertion part
9 roulette wheel 10 ball 11 CPU
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 Touch panel liquid crystal display part 13, 13a-13e Touch panel 14 Medal insertion detection part 15 Detection circuit 16, 28 Video circuit (image processing part)
17 ROM
18 RAM
19 Bus 21, 21a-21n, 46, 46a-46n Outgoing optical sensor 22, 32 Optical sensor control unit 23, 25a, 25b, 25c, 45, 48 Drive circuit 24 Roulette wheel motor 26, 26a, 26b Ball injection and circulation Blower 27, 27a-27d Ball brake blower 29 Projector (display unit)
30, 30a-30h, 43, 43a-43h Ball rotation optical sensor 31a, 31b Air flow 47 Roulette wheel motor control unit 33 Ball recovery mechanism 40 40a, 40b Ball injection blower 41, 41a-41h Ball rotation electromagnetic coil 42, 42a-42d Brake electromagnetic coil

Claims (5)

The ball is released so that the mortar-shaped field makes a circular motion, and the ball is gradually dropped along a spiral trajectory as the speed decreases due to air and frictional resistance, and the dropped ball is arranged in the bottom circular direction. In a roulette game device that draws lots by entering one of many squares,
The mechanism for controlling the ball is:
A ball circulation blower mechanism for discharging the ball onto the circuit course by discharging an air flow in a substantially circuit direction of the field;
A ball brake blower mechanism for releasing air to the ball so as to apply braking to the ball;
A control system for a roulette game machine, comprising: Provided along each of the meshes, and having an output sensor for detecting a ball falling on each mesh;
The timing of sending out the air velocity and the air flow of the air flow by the ball circulating blower mechanism and the timing of sending out the air velocity and the air flow of the air flow for braking by the ball brake blower mechanism are controlled. By detecting which eye of the eye the ball has fallen, accumulating control result data indicating which range of the eyelet area or eyelet the ball has fallen corresponding to the control content of the blower mechanism, Based on this data, a control means for controlling the ball to be guided to a specific range of square area or square,
2. The control system for a roulette game machine according to claim 1, further comprising: The ball is released so as to cause the mortar-like field to make a circular motion, and the ball is gradually dropped along a spiral trajectory due to a decrease in speed, and the dropped balls are arranged in the circumferential direction of the bottom. In a roulette game device that draws by entering one,
The ball is composed of a member that attracts or repels magnetism,
The mechanism for controlling the ball is:
One or more along the circuit's circumferential direction, and an electromagnetic generation mechanism for ball circulation that accelerates the ball in the circumferential direction by attracting or repelling the ball by generating magnetism at a predetermined timing corresponding to the distance to the ball;
It is installed at an intermediate position between the circuit course of the field and the mesh area, and is composed of a retracting electromagnetic generating mechanism that generates a suction force or a repulsive force at a predetermined timing with respect to the approaching ball and pulls the ball to the mesh area side And
It is provided along the square area, and has an output sensor that detects a ball falling in each square,
Controlling the strength of the magnetism and the timing of generating magnetism by the electromagnetic generating mechanism for ball circulation and the timing of generating the magnetism and timing for braking by the electromagnetic generating mechanism for retracting. By detecting at which square of the area the ball has stopped, control result data indicating which range of the square area or square the ball has fallen according to the control content of the electromagnetic generation mechanism is accumulated. , A control means for controlling the ball to be guided to a specific area of the square area or square based on the control result data,
A control system for a roulette game machine, comprising: Roulette bed grasping means to grasp the contents voted on the roulette bed,
The control means calculates a square area range or a square which can guide the ball from past control result data, and controls the content of the outcome under the control of a specific payout rate for the content voted on the roulette bed. 4. The control system for a roulette game device according to claim 2, wherein the control system is calculated. The control means sets a specific payout rate, and corrects the specific payout rate by controlling the ball circulating blower mechanism and the ball brake blower mechanism or the ball circulating electromagnetic generating mechanism and the retracting electromagnetic generating mechanism. The control system for a roulette game machine according to claim 4 .

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