JP5068974B2 - Amusement stand information notification system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game table information notification system capable of notifying a player of a so-called excellent table.

As a service provided to the player by the game store, which is a good stand where the game table adjustment (pachinko machine nail adjustment and pachislot machine setting value) performed by the game store side is advantageously set for the player There is a service that informs whether it is a game machine. Recently, a predetermined threshold value (see, for example, Patent Document 1) is set in the game information, and the game information of the game table to be notified reaches the threshold value to notify whether it is a good table. A service to do this has been proposed.
JP 2002-126170 A

  By the way, adjustment of the gaming table cannot be performed during business operation according to game rules, and therefore, it is generally performed after the business operation is completed. For this reason, after adjusting the gaming table, it is efficient to continue to set the notification of the excellent table, but when the gaming information reaches the threshold value as the notification condition of the excellent table, In the system, notification setting cannot be performed efficiently for the following reasons.

First reason: After the business is over, the game information of the management device is sent to other management devices (for example, the management device for data analysis or the management device of the headquarters when developing a chain store, etc.) Since it is necessary to transmit data, the data cannot be cleared. For these reasons, data is generally cleared before the start of business.
Second reason: Most of the employees at amusement stores are part-time workers who are not responsible for management, and there is a risk of misrepresenting their superiors to their acquaintances. It must be a confidential matter for employees.
In other words, if you set the notification condition of the good stand after the end of business, the data at that time is the data after the end of business, so that the game information of most game machines has met the set threshold value and turn into.

The first reason is the main reason. In addition to the first reason, when a trial is made after the store is closed, an excellent table may be notified. Specifically, the store is closed immediately before the notification condition satisfies the threshold value, and the notification condition satisfies the threshold value by trial hitting.
Further, even if the notification condition is cleared after the store is closed, if a game machine with relatively poor notification conditions is tried out, the notification condition may satisfy the threshold value, and a good stand may be notified. There is.

  Because of these various reasons, for the reason that it is known which game stand is a good stand for employees who do not want to know the good stand information, the notification condition setting for the good stand is It was not an efficient time after adjusting the pedestal, but it had to be set to notify the pedestal before the start of business the next morning after the data was cleared, or during busy hours such as during business hours.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to make the adjustment information not known to the employee in a system in which the game information satisfies the notification condition and the notification condition of the adjustment information of the gaming table is used. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game machine information notification system capable of efficiently setting adjustment information notification conditions.

According to the first aspect of the invention, when the notification condition is set in the notification condition setting means in order to notify the superior platform, the notification condition determination means is set in the game information and the notification condition setting means that are totaled by the counting means. The notification condition is compared to determine whether or not the game information satisfies the notification condition. When the notification condition determination means determines that the game information satisfies the notification condition, the notification means notifies the player of adjustment information related to the winning percentage of the corresponding gaming table. Therefore, the player knows that the game table he is playing is an excellent table by notification from the notification means, and is happy and enthusiastic about the game.
In addition, even if the game information of the day remains at the time of closing, notification is prohibited until the clear process is performed, and game information that satisfies the notification condition is cleared if the clear process is performed, Even if the business state is not managed (that is, even if there is no business state determination means), the notification is not performed when the store is closed.

By the way, if you set the notification condition for adjustment information after the end of business, most game machines will be in a state that satisfies the notification condition, so which game machine is better for employees who do not want to know the good game machine. There is a risk of being known.
Therefore, the business condition determining means determines whether or not the amusement store is in the business condition, and the notification suppression means is informed to the notification condition setting means during the period in which the business condition determining means determines that it is not in operation. When set, since the notification by the notification means is suppressed, even if the notification condition is set after the end of business, it is possible to prevent the employee from being informed of the excellent platform.

According to the invention of claim 2, the notification suppressing means can be implemented by improving the program, so that it can be easily implemented .

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the entire system. In FIG. 1, a medal lending machine 2 and a data display machine 3 are installed corresponding to a pachislot machine (corresponding to a game machine) 1, and a relay device 4 is installed corresponding to them.
A display window 6 is formed on the front surface of the pachi-slot machine 1, and the symbol of the variable display device 7 provided inside can be visually recognized through the display window 6. In this case, the symbols are drawn on the circumferential surface of the three reels (not labeled) of the variable display device 7, and the symbols are displayed corresponding to the upper, middle and lower stages of the display window 6 when the reels are stopped. It has come to be.
Below the display window 6, a medal slot 8, a credit clearing button 9, and a maximum BET button 10 are provided, and a start lever 11, a left stop button 12, a central stop button 13, and a right stop button 14 are arranged. ing.

  At the start of the game, an out signal is output as will be described later according to the number of medals used when operating the start lever 11, while a lottery with a predetermined probability is performed and symbol variation of the three reels is started. Based on the operation of each of the stop buttons 12 to 14, the symbol variation of the corresponding reel is stopped. After all symbols have stopped, if the winning symbol stops on the active line (three lines in the upper, middle, and lower rows and two diagonal lines on the right and right), the medal Pay out. A safe signal is output in accordance with the paid out medal. When the winning symbol that has been stopped is a big bonus symbol or a regular bonus symbol, a big hit state (such as a big bonus or a regular bonus) in which the winning rate increases during a predetermined game occurs. Further, a corresponding bonus signal is output during the big hit state.

  In the pachi-slot machine 1, as is well known, a winning rate setting value (hereinafter simply referred to as a setting value) for changing the winning rate (also referred to as a payout rate) to, for example, six levels “1” to “6”. Can be set. This setting value is a setting changing means that can be operated only by an administrator who has a key for changing the setting that can change the setting value according to the operation (specifically, when a key for changing the setting is received, The setting value can be set by means of confirming and changing the setting value. In this embodiment, six levels of setting values are assumed, but any number of levels may be used as long as there are a plurality of levels. In this case, for example, the winning rate such as a big bonus or a regular bonus is in a state of being gradually increased as the set value becomes larger.

  The management device 5 manages the operation data of each pachislot machine 1 based on the signal output from the pachislot machine 1 via the relay device 4 and manages the sales of each medal lending machine 2. The data display 3 also manages the operation data of the pachislot machine 1 based on the signal output from the pachislot machine 1.

The management device 5 has a function of notification condition setting means, can set a pachislot machine 1 that performs notification as an excellent platform and a notification condition of the pachislot machine 1 as described later, and displays setting information as data display Output to machine 3. In addition, the management device 5 performs a store opening process (clears game information and starts counting game information as sales data) when the game shop starts business, and closes a store process (closes game information as sales data) when the game ends. )I do. When the store opening process is performed, the store opening process information is output to the relay device 4 and the data display 3. When the store closing process is performed, the store closing process information is output.
Note that the store opening process and the store closing process may be performed by an operation of an administrator, or may be automatically performed without an operation by setting a time or the like.

  The data display device 3 collects and outputs the operating state of the corresponding pachislot machine 1, and lights or blinks a predetermined lamp according to the operating state of the pachislot machine 1 or a call operation.

  FIG. 2 shows a front appearance of the data display 3. In FIG. 2, a data display 3 includes a data display unit 3a composed of a color liquid crystal panel with a backlight, a data switching button 3b for switching display contents by the data display unit 3a, a first lamp unit 3c, a second The lamp unit 3d, the third lamp unit (equivalent to notification means) 3e, the call button 3f, and the like are provided. The third lamp unit 3e that functions as a notification unit includes a light source (full color LED) that can be lit in a plurality of colors, and can selectively light a predetermined color.

  FIG. 3 schematically shows the electrical configuration of the data display device 3 by a combination of functional blocks. In FIG. 3, the control circuit 15 constitutes a microcomputer together with a CPU 16, a ROM 17 storing a control program, a RAM 18 for a working area, and the like. The control circuit 15 receives a game signal (out signal, safe signal, game signal, BIG signal, REG signal) from the corresponding pachislot machine 1 by the transmission / reception unit 19, and transmits a signal to / from the management device 5. Transmission / reception is performed by the transmission / reception unit 19. Further, the control circuit 15 is configured to control the display operation in the data display unit 3a and to control the lighting and blinking of the plurality of display lamps 3c to 3e. Further, the control circuit 15 is configured to receive output signals from the pachislot machine 1 and the management device 5 as described above, and operation signals from a group of operation switches such as the call button 3f and the data switching button 3b. .

The data display machine 3 has the following functions configured by a control program.
(1) The functions of the input means and the summing means in the present invention are configured, and when a game signal is input from the pachislot machine 1, a game (every 3 outs in the normal game state is generated based on the input signal. 1 game and count), BIG, REG count, game information such as difference ball (difference medal) number (safe number-out number), etc. are totalized, and the total information is displayed on the data display unit 3a (see FIG. 5). . When the BIG signal is being input, both the first and second lamp units 3c and 3d are flashed. While the REG signal is being input, only the first lamp unit 3c is flashing, and when the call button 3f is operated, the call button The first and second lamps 3c and 3d are turned on until 3f is operated again.

  (2) The functions of the notification condition determination means and the notification means referred to in the present invention are configured, and the notification condition setting information (see FIG. 4) set by the notification condition setting means of the management apparatus 5 and the aggregation by the aggregation means If the corresponding pachislot machine 1 is a notification target when the game information satisfies the notification condition, the light source of the predetermined color of the third lamp unit 3e that is a notification means is compared based on the setting information. Lights up.

  (3) The functions of the sales state determination means and the notification suppression means in the present invention are configured, and it is determined that the game store is in operation from the opening of the store opening process information to the closing of the store closing process information from the management device 5. Then, it is determined that the period from the input of the closing process information to the input of the opening process information is not in operation. Also, the notification suppression means allows the determination by the notification condition determination means only during business hours and prohibits it during non-business hours.

  FIG. 4 shows an example of notification condition setting information set in the data display 3. As shown in FIG. 4, in accordance with the game machine number, excellent table setting, target game information, condition value, notification frequency, lighting color, display message, turn-off timer, and actual set value are set.

(1) Excellent table setting: “○” gives an excellent table notification, and “×” does not perform an excellent table notification.
(2) Target Game Information: Game Information Subject to Notification Conditions Note that “bonus” is the sum of BIG and REG, and the difference ball is the difference between “safe” and “out”.
(3) Condition value: Numerical value satisfying the notification condition For example, in the case of the sixth series, the notification condition is that the cumulative number of games is “6000”.
(4) Notification frequency: Select from “every time” or “once”

  In addition, “every time” is notified every time the condition value is achieved (for example, in the case of the 4th series, when the total value of the bonus becomes 5, 10, 15, 20), “1 time” has reached the condition. Notify only when. For example, if the number is in the 8th range, it is notified when the difference ball becomes “3000”, and is not notified even when it becomes “3000” again or becomes “6000”.

(5) Lighting color: lighting color of the third lamp portion 3e when the notification condition is satisfied (corresponding to “adjustment information relating to the winning percentage of the game stand” in the present invention)
(6) Display message: Display message to be displayed on the data display unit 3a when the notification condition is satisfied (corresponding to “adjustment information relating to the winning percentage of the game machine” in the present invention)
(7) Light-off timer: Notification time when the notification condition is satisfied (8) Actual set value: Actual set value set in the pachislot machine 1 In the example shown in FIG. “O” as the stand setting, “BIG bonus” as the target game information, “1” as the condition value, “every time” as the notification frequency, “green” as the lighting color, “Good stand!” As the display message, and off “30 minutes” is set as the timer, and “4” is set as the actual set value. That is, regarding the game table number “1”, when a BIG bonus occurs, the green lamp of the third lamp unit 3e is turned on and “good stand!” Is displayed on the data display unit 3a for 30 minutes. It is set as follows.

On the other hand, the pachislot machine 1 is configured to output at least game signals as shown in the following (1) to (4) according to the game being played. And also to the management device 5 through the data display 3.
(1) Out signal (when the start lever 11 is operated, the number of pulses corresponding to the number of medals or credit medals used (digested) in the game started in response to the operation is output)
(2) Safe signal (1 pulse output for each medal payout: equivalent to payout medal number signal)
(3) BIG signal (level signal output during the big bonus period)
(4) REG signal (level signal output during regular bonus period)
Based on the game signals (1) to (4) transmitted from the pachislot machine 1 side, the management device 5 aggregates various game information for each pachislot machine 1 and sets the aggregated data to a predetermined value. It has a signal processing function that outputs it as formatted form data.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
FIG. 7 shows operations related to the present invention among the operations of the management apparatus 5. In FIG. 7, the management device 5 repeatedly determines whether there is a store opening operation (A1), a store closing operation (A4), or a notification condition setting operation (A8). Yes.

Now, the manager executes a store opening process operation on the management device 5 when starting the business of the amusement store.
When the store opening process operation is performed (A1: YES), the management device 5 executes the store opening process (A2). The store opening process is a process for updating the game information date and clearing today's game information. When the store opening process is completed, the store opening process information is output to the data display 3 (A3).

  FIG. 8 shows operations related to the present invention among the operations of the data display device 3. As shown in FIG. 8, the data display device 3 includes a signal input process (B1) from the pachislot machine 1, a signal input process (B2) from the management device 5, a notification determination process (B3), and a notification process (B4). Is executed repeatedly.

  FIG. 10 shows signal input processing from the management device by the data display 3. When the store opening process information is input from the management device 5 (D1: YES), the data display device 3 executes the store opening process (D2). That is, the game information date update process is executed, and the game information for today is cleared. In this case, execution of the game information date update process and clearing of today's game information is executed at the time of opening the store, and not executed at the time of closing the store. For example, the data cannot be cleared because it is necessary to transmit data to a management device for data analysis or a management device at the headquarters when a chain store is developed.

Next, a business flag indicating that the business is in business is set (D3), and the process returns.
In the notification determination process shown in FIG. 11, the data display device 3 determines whether the business flag is set (E1). This business flag is a flag that is set during business. When the business flag is set as described above (E1: YES), it is determined whether the game information satisfies the notification condition (E2). At the start of business, the game information does not satisfy the notification condition (E2: NO), and returns without doing anything.

When the player starts a game, a game signal is output from the pachislot machine 1 to the data display 3.
When the game signal is input from the pachislot machine 1 (C1: YES) in the signal input process from the gaming table shown in FIG. 9, the data display device 3 calculates and aggregates the game information corresponding to the input game signal. (C2) After executing the display process (C3), the process returns. As a result, predetermined game information is displayed on the data display 3.

  FIG. 5 shows a display example of the data display device 3. In the example shown in FIG. B is 10 times, R.I. B is 8 times. It shows that the number of games from B is 183 and the cumulative number of games is 4152. The special display portion 3a1 in the display portion 3a has a maximum B.B. B is 32 times. It is shown that B is 31 times.

As the player's game progresses, the cumulative number of games increases, the number of bonus winnings increases, and the number of difference balls increases. Therefore, depending on the pachislot machine 1, the notification condition shown in FIG. Those that satisfy the notification condition appear.
In the notification determination process shown in FIG. 11, the data display device 3 is in a state where the operating flag is set as described above (E1: YES), and when the game information satisfies the notification condition (E2: YES). ), A notification flag is set (E3).

In the notification process shown in FIG. 12, when the notification flag is set (F1: NO) and the notification flag is set (F2: YES), the data display 3 starts the notification display (F3). After the extinguishing timer is started (F4), the process returns. As a result, the light source of the predetermined color of the third lamp unit 3e is turned on based on the notification condition setting information set in the corresponding game machine number, and the specific display of the data display unit 3a as shown in FIG. A predetermined display message is displayed on the part 3a1.
Therefore, the player can confirm that the pachislot machine 1 that he / she is playing is set to an excellent table or set to a high setting value.

  Then, the data display device 3 finishes the notification display (F6) and resets the notification flag when the extinguishing timer expires (F5: YES) during the notification display as described above (F1: YES). Then (F7), the process returns. As a result, the third lamp portion 3e is turned off and the display message displayed on the special display portion 3a1 of the data display portion 3a disappears. In this case, when the turn-off timer is set to “until the store is closed”, the notification flag is set and the third lamp unit 3e is continuously turned on.

  When the amusement store is closed, the management device 5 is operated to close the store. As shown in FIG. 7, when there is a store closing process operation (A4: YES), the management device 5 executes the store closing process (A5) and then outputs the store closing process information (A6). This closing process is a process for confirming today's data.

In the signal input process from the management apparatus shown in FIG. 10, the data display device 3 executes the closing process for determining business data and the like when the closing process information is input from the management apparatus 5 (D4: YES). To (D5), the business flag is reset (D6), the notification flag is reset (D7), and the process returns. The notification flag is reset as described above when the turn-off timer for setting the time during which the third lamp unit 3e as the notification means is turned on is set to “until the store is closed”. Since the turn-off timer is not reset and the notification flag is not reset, the notification flag is reset.
With the above operation, the business data is determined, and the notification flag is reset even when the turn-off timer is set to “until the store is closed”.
In this embodiment, steps D1 to D7 shown in FIG. 10 correspond to the business state determination means and the notification suppression means in the present invention.

The administrator adjusts the set value of the pachi-slot machine 1 as necessary when the game shop is closed. In this case, in order to notify the high setting stand on the next day, a setting operation for updating the setting information of the notification condition set in the management device 5 is performed as shown in FIG.
When the notification condition setting operation is performed as shown in FIG. 7 (A7: YES), the management device 5 outputs the notification condition setting information to the data display 3 (A8).
In the signal input process from the management apparatus shown in FIG. 10, when the notification condition setting information is input (D8: YES), the data display device 3 returns because the notification condition is updated (D9).

  By the way, since it is normal that the game information of each pachislot machine 1 satisfies the notification condition at the end of the business, the data display device 3 is in the case where the notification condition is updated in the notification process shown in FIG. When the notification condition is satisfied, the notification display is started, and the notification condition set in the data display device 3 is known to employees who are not managers.

  However, in this embodiment, the data display device 3 returns without doing anything when the business flag is reset (E1: NO) in the notification determination process shown in FIG. Even if the game information satisfies the notification condition by changing the notification condition, the notification flag is not set. Therefore, since the data display device 3 does not start the notification display, it can be prevented that an employee who is not an administrator is known to be an excellent platform.

  When the manager executes the store opening process for the management device 5 the next day, the data display device 3 executes the store opening process in the signal input process from the management device shown in FIG. 10 (D2) and is in operation. A flag is set (D3). Further, in the notification determination process shown in FIG. 11, since the operating flag is set (E1: YES), it is determined whether the game information satisfies the notification condition (E2), but the game information is determined by the store opening process. Since it is cleared, the notification flag is not set and the notification display is not executed.

  According to such an embodiment, the data display device 3 determines whether or not the amusement shop is in operation in the notification determination process, and determines whether the notification condition is satisfied in the case of non-business. Therefore, even if the notification condition is changed during non-business and the game information satisfies the notification condition, the notification flag is not set in the notification process. Therefore, when the notification condition is set after the game ends, if the notification condition is satisfied, the notification condition is set in a state where the set value is changed after the end of business, unlike the configuration in which the superior table notification is executed. Even if the excellent table is not executed, it is possible to reliably prevent the employee from knowing the good table.

  In addition, the configuration having such excellent effects basically requires only adding the program for the notification determination process to the program of the data display device 3, so that it can be implemented only by improving the program and the cost is greatly increased. It can be carried out easily without rising.

(Modification)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows.
The processing of the data display device 3 is performed by another device such as the relay device 4, the management device 5, or a relay device (so-called island con) for each gaming island that relays between the management device 5 and the relay device 4. Also good. Similarly, the processing of the management apparatus 5 may be replaced with a data display device or the like.
The determination by the notification condition determination unit may be performed regardless of the business state, and the determination result may be handed over to the notification unit during business, while not being handed off during non-business. That is, the notification flag setting itself is determined regardless of the business state, and as a result of the determination, the notification process is not performed even when the notification flag is set during non-business.

A notification flag may be forcibly set for a notification display test during non-business so that the notification display can be confirmed.
As a notification of an excellent table, not only lamp lighting and message display, but also other display such as animation display or other notification modes such as voice output may be used. In addition, a notification device other than the data display device shown in the embodiment, for example, a game medium lending device provided between the pachislot machines may be provided with a display device for notification. Of course, only the lamp lighting may be notified or only the message display may be notified.
Even if the business state is not managed, only the current time may be managed, and the period from the closing time to the opening time may be set not to be in business. In this case, the non-business period can be set only by the data display device 3 without the signal input from the management device 5.

  In addition, a clear detection unit that detects whether or not the game information tabulated by the tabulation unit has been cleared regardless of the business state is provided, and the notification is performed during a period from when the notification condition setting information is changed until the clear process is performed. You may comprise the alerting | reporting suppression means which prohibits the alerting | reporting by a means. In this way, even if game information of the day remains at the time of closing, notification is prohibited until the clear process is performed, and game information that satisfies the notification condition is cleared if the clear process is performed. Therefore, even if the business state is not managed (that is, even if there is no business state determination means), notification is not performed when the store is closed.

The notification condition setting information may be set for each pachislot machine as in the embodiment, or may be set for each pachislot machine group.
It can be applied not only to pachislot machines but also to pachinko machines. In that case, in addition to setting information, notification of nail adjustment information (for example, whether the winning rate of a specific winning opening is higher than others) You may make it do.

Schematic which shows the whole structure in one Example of this invention. Front view of data display Functional block diagram showing a data display The figure which shows an example of the setting information of the alerting | reporting conditions set to the management apparatus. Diagram showing an example of normal display of a data display The figure which shows an example of the superior table alerting | reporting of a data display machine Flow chart showing processing operation of management device Flow chart showing processing operation of data display Flow chart showing signal input processing from game console by data display The flowchart which shows the signal input process from the management apparatus by a data display machine Flowchart showing notification determination processing by data display Flow chart showing notification process by data display

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawings, 1 is a pachislot machine (game table), 3 is a data display machine, 5 is a management device (notification condition setting means), 15 is a control circuit (input means, counting means, notification condition determination means, notification means, operating state) Determination means, notification suppression means).

Claims (2)

An input means for inputting a game signal representing a gaming state from the gaming table side;
Aggregating means for aggregating game information based on the game signal input by the input means;
Notification condition setting means for setting a predetermined notification condition relating to game information;
A notification condition determination unit that compares the game information tabulated by the tabulation unit with the notification condition set in the notification condition setting unit, and determines whether the game information satisfies the notification condition;
A game table information notifying system provided corresponding to the game table and notifying means for notifying a player of adjustment information related to the winning rate of the corresponding game table based on the determination by the notification condition determining means. In
A clear detection means for detecting whether or not the game information counted by the counting means is cleared;
A period from when the notification condition is set in the notification condition setting unit to when the clear detection unit detects clear is provided with a notification suppression unit that suppresses notification by the notification unit,
The aggregating means determines whether or not the game shop is open in the notification determination, and does not determine whether or not the notification condition is satisfied when the game store is not open. Stand information system.   The notification suppression unit suppresses the notification by the notification unit by prohibiting the determination itself of the notification condition determination unit or prohibiting the notification unit from notifying the determination result of the notification condition determination unit. The game table information notifying system according to claim 1.

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