JP4854689B2 - Crane game machine with drawer-type prizes - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a crane game machine in which a plurality of prize placing tables are installed in one housing, and one player operates as a plurality of crane game machines by selecting one of them.

2. Description of the Related Art Crane game machines that are acquired by grabbing or hitting a prize in a play field by a crane catcher are widely used.
Patent Document 1 discloses a crane game machine of this type in which a stage for placing a prize inside a housing is divided into one or a plurality of parts, or a stage with different levels of prizes is provided, and the height is adjusted. It is something to do.
According to this proposal, an effective display can be performed.
JP 2006-68219 A

Conventionally, there have been contrivances such as dividing the stage on which the prize is placed, or changing the shape of the stage to adjust the height position, so that the placement of the prize has individuality. The space is the same as the conventional one and has two areas such as a partition.
For this reason, it is difficult to place prizes of different genres and shapes together, and in the case of targeting a variety of prizes, it is necessary to install a separate crane game machine housing, resulting in a high cost. In addition, the crane game machine itself has to be a play area suitable for each prize, and there is a limit to versatility.

  An object of the present invention is to control a plurality of prize placement tables with a single casing, and to each place a plurality of prizes of different genres and shapes on the prize placement stage. It is an object of the present invention to provide a crane game machine with a drawer-type prize placing table that has an unprecedented game property of selecting and that allows easy replacement of prizes for maintenance as compared with work in a plurality of cases.

Claim 1 of the present invention for achieving the above object is a crane game machine configured to grasp a prize in a play area with a crane catcher based on an operation of a player, and to pay out the grasped prize to a prize dispensing port. A crane game machine housing is provided with an elevating mechanism for moving a plurality of drawer-type prize placing tables in the vertical direction and a horizontal movement mechanism for moving the drawer-type prize placing table in the horizontal direction, and a plurality of prize placement table selecting means on the controller panel. By selecting one of the drawer-type prize placement tables, the selected drawer-type prize placement table is brought to the height position of the play area by the lifting mechanism, and the drawer-type prize placement selected by the horizontal movement mechanism is provided. The pedestal is moved into the play area.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the horizontal movement mechanism includes an extension plate having one end attached to the prize placing table and a horizontal movement pinion at the other end, and guiding the extension plate. And a guide frame having rack means meshing with the horizontal movement pinion, wherein the extension plate is moved in the horizontal direction by driving the horizontal movement pinion, and the lifting mechanism is a crane. A strut standing in the vertical direction of the game machine housing and having a lifting pinion, and a connecting plate having a plurality of prize mounting tables incorporating the horizontal movement mechanism and having rack means meshing with the lifting pinion The plurality of prize placement tables are moved in the vertical direction by driving the lifting pinion.
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first or second aspect, the play area is disposed on the controller panel side of the crane game machine housing, and the lifting mechanism is disposed on the back surface side of the crane game machine housing, The horizontal movement of the drawer-type prize placing table by the horizontal movement mechanism is characterized by advancing from the back side of the crane game machine housing to the controller panel side.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first, second, or third aspect, the controller panel has a touch panel, and the crane catcher is moved by touching the touch panel with a part of a body or a touch pen. It is characterized by.

  According to the above configuration, the player can enjoy an unprecedented game of selecting a prize mounting table, and can be selected from various genres and different shapes of prizes from a single casing. A game machine can be provided. In addition, while genres and prizes of different shapes are exchanged in a plurality of cases from the viewpoint of maintenance, operations such as exchanging prizes are facilitated because one case can be used.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view for explaining the appearance of a crane game machine using a drawer-type prize mounting table according to the present invention.
A crane catcher 2 is suspended from the ceiling of the crane game machine housing in the vicinity of the front portion in the crane game machine housing. The crane catcher 2 can be moved back and forth and left and right by the player's operation, and after moving on the target prize, it can be grabbed by lowering it. Behind the crane catcher 2, prize placing tables 3a, 3b, 3c are arranged. The prize placing tables 3a, 3b, 3c are moved up and down, and one selected by the player advances to the play area where the crane catcher 2 exists.

  A prize drop opening 6 for dropping prizes is installed at the left front of the play area. The front half and the upper half of the side of the crane game machine housing are partitioned by a transparent plate 7. A controller panel 5 for a player to perform a prize acquisition operation is arranged near the front center of the crane game machine housing, and a prize payout port 4 is provided at the lower left thereof.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view for explaining details of the controller panel.
On the controller panel 5, prize placement table selection buttons 13 and 14 for selecting a prize placement table are arranged. The prize placement table selection button 13 is a button for selecting the upper prize placement stage, and the prize placement stage selection button 14 is a button for selecting the lower prize placement stage. The crane game start state (in the standby state) is a state where the central prize placing table 3b stands by at the height position of the play area, so if the prize placing table selection button 13 is pressed, the prize placing table 3a is If the gift placement table selection button 14 is pressed, the gift placement table 3c can be selected.

Next to the prize placement table selection button, a touch panel 11 is provided for the player to perform an operation of moving the crane catcher 2 and grasping the prize. The crane drive mechanism starts operation by instructing the position by touching the touch pen 10 (which may use a finger) with the touch panel 11. Thereby, the crane catcher 2 is moved corresponding to the position in contact with the touch panel 11. The crane catcher 2 reaches the indicated position by being moved in the front-rear direction indicated by arrows 15a, 15b and the left-right direction indicated by arrows 16a, 16b.
When the touch pen 10 is brought into contact with the position “IN” displayed on the lower left of the touch panel 11, the crane catcher starts to descend, the arms 2 a and 2 b are closed at the lowered position, and then moved to the prize drop opening 6. The arms 2a and 2b are opened. FIG. 3 shows an example of the crane catcher arm and the moving direction.
If the operation is successful in grabbing the prize, the prize can be acquired.

  Further, a coin slot 12 is provided. One play can be performed with a predetermined coin, and if a large number of coins are inserted in advance, it is possible to play a plurality of times in succession.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view for explaining the structure of the prize mounting table.
The prize placing tables 3a, 3b, and 3c have a box shape with an open top surface, and a large number of prizes 8 can be placed therein. Different genres and different shapes of prizes can be mounted for each prize placing table. A rectangular cutout portion 3d formed at the corners of the prize placing tables 3a, 3b, and 3c is a portion corresponding to the prize drop opening 6, and a prize is dropped from the cutout portion. One end of a thin plate-like extension plate 23 is fixed to both side surfaces of the prize placing tables 3a, 3b, 3c. The other end of the extension plate 23 is fitted into a guide frame 24 having a substantially U-shaped cross section. A horizontal movement pinion 26 to which the rotational driving force of the horizontal movement motor 25 is transmitted is attached to the other end of the extension plate 23. A horizontal movement rack 21 is formed on the inner bottom surface of the guide frame 24, and a horizontal movement pinion 26 is engaged with the horizontal movement rack 21.
The horizontal movement pinion 26 is rotated by the rotation output of the horizontal movement motor 25, and the extending plate 23 advances and retreats in the direction indicated by arrows 36 and 37 in the guide frame 24.

5A and 5B are diagrams for explaining the details of the lifting mechanism, FIG. 5A is a side view showing a partially broken support column and connection plate, and FIG. 5B is a plan view showing the support column and connection plate in cross section. It is.
The ends of the guide frames 24a ₁ , 24a ₂ , 24b ₁ , 24b ₂ (not shown) and 24c ₁ , 24c ₂ (not shown) of the prize placing tables 3a, 3b, 3c are spaced apart from each other. It is fixed to the connecting plate 27 so as to be L. The lateral width of the connecting plate 27 is the dimension of the interval between the guide frames 24a ₁ and 24a ₂ , and the height is slightly longer than 2L. A jetty 27 a provided with a lifting rack 29 is formed at the center of the connecting plate 27. Further, column guide plates 31a ₁ and 31a ₂ are fixed to both sides of the connecting plate 27 so that the column 28 is supported and guided without swinging the prize placing table. The column guide plates 31b ₁ , 31b ₂ and 31c ₁ , 31c ₂ are also attached in the vicinity of the positions of the prize placing tables 3b and 3c, respectively.
The support 28 has a long groove 28a having a U-shaped cross section, and is vertically set between the ceiling and the floor of the crane game machine housing. An elevating pinion 30 is provided in the long groove 28a.
The premium table 3a, 3b, 3c is attached, and the connecting plate 27 to which the column guide plates 31a ₁ , 31a ₂ , 31b ₁ , 31b ₂ and 31c ₁ , 31c ₂ are fixed is fitted to the column 28, and the lifting rack 29 The connecting plate 27 can be moved up and down by engaging the lifting pinion 30 with each other.
A rotation output from a motor (not shown) is transmitted to the lifting pinion 30 and the prize placing tables 3a, 3b, 3c attached to the connecting plate 27 are lifted up and down integrally and stopped at the lifted position when the motor is stopped.

FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining an operation of selecting a prize placing table of the crane game machine according to the present invention.
In the standby state, the extension plate 23 is retracted, and the prize placing tables 3a, 3b, 3c are all retracted from the play area 35 to the rear part of the housing, and the prize placing tables 3a, 3b, 3c are shown in FIG. It is the height position shown.
For example, to select the prize placing table 3c, the prize placing table selection button 14 is pressed. The connecting plate 27 is lowered downward by L, and the extending plate 23 advances to bring the prize placing table 3c into the play area 35 (FIG. 6A).
On the other hand, to select the prize placing table 3a, the prize placing table selection button 13 is pressed. The connecting plate 27 moves upward by L, and the extending plate 23 advances to bring the prize placing table 3a into the play area 35 (FIG. 6 (c)).
In order to select the prize placing table 3b in the waiting state at the position of the prize placing table as shown in FIG. 6B, for example, when none of the prize placing table selection buttons 13 and 14 are pressed within a certain time from the insertion of coins. Alternatively, when the prize placement table selection buttons 13 and 14 are pressed at the same time, the extension plate 23 of the prize placement table 3b advances to bring the prize placement table 3b into the play area.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit of a crane game machine according to the present invention.
When a coin is inserted from the coin insertion portion 49, the coin is detected, and the information is transmitted to the CPU 40 via the input interface 50. Setting values such as the number of coins inserted, that is, the number of coins and the number of plays are stored in the backup memory of the input interface 50. In addition, pressing information of the prize placement table selection buttons 13 and 14 is also sent to the CPU 40 via the input interface 50.
The touch panel control unit 46 controls the touch panel 11 in accordance with an instruction from the CPU 40 and transmits input information operated by the player, that is, touch position information to the CPU 40.

The ROM 45 stores a control program for controlling the entire crane game machine, a game program for executing the game, and data necessary for the crane game machine.
The CPU 40 implements the function of the game control unit 40a by reading the control program and the game program from the ROM 45.
The game control unit 40a performs control in a standby state of the game machine, control at the start of the crane game machine, control at the time of game execution, control at the end of the game, and the like. The memory unit 43 is used as a work area for operations performed by the CPU 40 when the game is executed, and temporarily stores generated game data.

The touch panel control unit 46, crane control unit 47, and gift stand control unit 48 exchange data with the CPU 40 via the I / O control system 44.
The game control unit 40a sends a command for driving the elevating motor and the horizontal movement motor 25 to the prize stage control unit 48 based on information from the prize placement stage selection buttons 13 and 14 sent from the player to the CPU 40 when the game is executed. Further, based on the touch position information from the touch panel 11, the crane control unit 47 is driven to drive the crane catcher 2 in the x direction (left and right direction) and z direction (front and back direction) and the command to catch a prize (descend the crane catcher). The arm is closed and moved to the prize drop opening to drop the prize) to the crane catcher drive unit 51 (not shown).

  In addition, the game control unit 40a sends a command for causing the sound output device 42 including a speaker or the like to output BGM or guidance voice in a standby state or a game state via the sound output interface 41.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining a series of operations of the crane game machine according to the present invention.
When the player inserts a coin (step (hereinafter referred to as “S”) 001), the inserted coin is detected, and coin detection information is sent to the game control unit 40a. Then, when the player places the prize placing table selection buttons 13 and 14 to select the prize placing table containing the target prize, the selection information is sent to the game control unit 40a. The game control unit 40a sends a command to drive the lifting mechanism to the prize table control unit 48 according to the selection information. The premium table controller 48 drives the lifting motor to bring the target premium table to the height position of the play area 35 (S002, S003). Then, the horizontal movement motor 25 is driven to move the target gift mounting table into the play area 35 (S004).

  Next, in order to hold the touch pen 10 and move the crane catcher directly above the position where the prize to be acquired is located, one point of coordinates on the touch panel 11 is touched aiming at the coordinate position corresponding to the position where the prize to be acquired is located. (S005). The coordinate information is sent to the game control unit 40a, and the game control unit 40a sends to the crane control unit 47 a command for moving to the contact coordinate position. Thereby, the crane catcher driving unit 51 drives the crane catcher 2 in the X direction and the Z direction, and brings the crane catcher 2 to the position specified by the player (S006). Then, a crane catching operation is performed (S007).

  In the crane catch operation, the arms 2a and 2b are opened, the crane catcher 2 is lowered by a predetermined amount, and the arms 2a and 2b are closed to grab the prize. Regardless of whether it is successful or unsuccessful in grabbing the prize, after this operation, the crane catcher 2 rises, moves to the prize drop opening 6, and opens the arms 2a and 2b. As a result, if the prize is acquired, the prize falls to the prize dropping port 6 and is paid out to the prize dispensing port 4, and the crane catcher 2 is raised and returned to the original standby position. A series of these crane catching operations are performed according to a predetermined sequence of the game program.

  The game control unit 40a counts for a certain period of time, for example, 30 seconds, after the crane catching operation ends. This is set so that when only coins for one play are inserted, the prize mounting table is also set to return to the original position, but if you want to continue playing with the selected prize mounting table, add more coins This is to give the player time to insert coins so that the selected prize placing table can be played without returning it to the original position. If a coin that can be played a plurality of times is inserted from the beginning, it is possible to continue the play on the selected prize placing table.

The game control unit 40a determines whether or not 30 seconds have elapsed (S008). If 30 seconds have not elapsed, it is determined whether or not at least the next coin has been inserted (S009). If the next coin is not inserted, the process returns to S008. If the next coin is inserted, the player determines whether or not the touch pen has been operated (S010). If the touch pen is operated, the crane is moved without returning the prize placing table currently in the play area 35 (S006). If the touch pen is not operated, the process returns to S008.
The game control unit 40a determines whether or not a coin has been inserted within 30 seconds after 30 seconds have passed in this way (S011), and if a coin has been inserted, the prize placing table is not returned. The player can shift to the touch pen operation in S005.
If no coin has been inserted within 30 seconds in S011, the prize placing table is returned to the original position (S012). Thereby, the crane game can be performed next by selecting the prize placing table.

In the above embodiment, the rack and pinion method is used for the lifting mechanism, the rack is provided on the connecting plate supporting the prize placing table, and the pinion is provided on the supporting column. However, the rack is connected to the supporting column and the pinion is connected to the supporting plate. You may make it the structure provided in the board side. In addition, the lifting mechanism can be provided in another structure different from the rack and pinion system. For example, the guide frame can be moved up and down by attaching the guide frame to a belt that is stretched around the pulley and rotationally driving the pulley.
The rack and pinion system is also used for the mechanism for extending the extension plate to which the prize mounting table is attached. However, a mechanism for advancing and retracting the prize mounting table can be realized by another mechanism. For example, the prize placing table can be moved back and forth by fitting the guide plate so that the extension plate slides and driving a wire or the like locked to the extension plate.

  This is a commercial crane game machine installed at game centers and event venues.

It is a perspective view for demonstrating the external appearance of the crane game machine by the drawer-type prize mounting base by this invention. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the detail of a controller panel. It is a figure for demonstrating operation | movement of a crane catcher. It is a perspective view for demonstrating the structure of a prize mounting base. It is a figure for demonstrating the detail of an raising / lowering mechanism, and is the side view which fractured | ruptured and showed the support | pillar and the connection board. It is a figure for demonstrating the detail of a raising / lowering mechanism, and is the top view which showed the support | pillar and the connection board in the cross section. It is a figure for demonstrating the operation | movement which selects the prize mounting base of the crane game machine by this invention. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the circuit of the crane game machine by this invention. It is a flowchart for demonstrating a series of operation | movement of the crane game machine by this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Crane game machine 2 Crane catcher 2a, 2b Arm 3a, 3b, 3c Premium placement stand 4 Premium give-out port 5 Controller panel 6 Premium drop port 7 Transparent plate 8 Premium 10 Touch pen 11 Touch panel 12 Coin insertion slot 13, 14 Premium placement stand selection Button 21 Horizontal movement rack 23 Extension plate 24 Guide frame 25 Horizontal movement motor 26 Horizontal movement pinion 27 Connecting plate 28 Post 29 Lifting rack
30 Elevating Pinion 31 Prop Guide Plate 35 Play Area 40 CPU
41 Sound Output Interface 42 Sound Output Device 43 Memory Unit 44 I / O Control System 45 ROM
46 Touch Panel Control Unit 47 Crane Control Unit 48 Premium Table Control Unit

Claims (4)

In a crane game machine configured to grab a prize in the play area with a crane catcher based on a player's operation and pay out the grab prize to a prize payout port.
In the crane game machine housing, a lifting mechanism for moving a plurality of drawer-type prize placement tables in the vertical direction and a horizontal movement mechanism for moving the drawer-type prize placement table in the horizontal direction are provided.
By selecting one of the plurality of drawer-type prize placement tables by means of the prize placement table selection means of the controller panel, the selected drawer-type prize placement table is brought to the height position of the play area by the lifting mechanism, and the horizontal A crane game machine using a drawer-type prize placing table, wherein the drawer-type prize placing table selected by the moving mechanism is moved into the play area. The horizontal movement mechanism is
An extension plate having one end attached to the prize mounting table and having a horizontal movement pinion at the other end, a guide frame having a rack means for guiding the extension plate and meshing with the horizontal movement pinion;
The extension plate is configured to move in the horizontal direction by driving the horizontal movement pinion,
The lifting mechanism is
A column that is raised in the vertical direction of the crane game machine housing and has a pinion for raising and lowering;
A plurality of prizes mounting tables incorporating the horizontal movement mechanism are attached, and comprises a connecting plate having rack means that meshes with the lifting pinion,
2. The crane game machine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of prize placing tables are moved in the vertical direction by driving the lifting pinion. The play area is arranged on the controller panel side of the crane game machine housing, and the lifting mechanism is arranged on the back side of the crane game machine housing,
3. The crane game machine with a drawer-type prize placing table according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal movement of the drawer-type prize placing table by the horizontal movement mechanism is advanced from the back side of the crane game machine housing to the controller panel side. .   4. The drawer-type prize placing table according to claim 1, wherein the controller panel has a touch panel, and the position of the crane catcher is moved by touching the touch panel with a part of a body or a touch pen. By crane game machine.

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