JP5744623B2 - Game machine - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines.

In a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, when a change occurs in the state of the gaming machine, the player is notified that the state of the gaming machine has changed. For example, in the pachinko machine, when the player has entered the person or gaming state capable won prize balls, the fact is informed to the player. Changes in the gaming state are generally notified by turning on a lamp arranged on the front of the gaming machine, changing the display on the LCD display, or outputting a predetermined notification sound from a speaker. There is .

Conventionally, the change of the game state that the technology to be broadcast has been proposed by calling mobile communication terminal (for example, see Patent Document 1.).

JP 2002-119642 A

By the way, in the gaming machine as exemplified above, it is desired to further improve the game motivation .

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems and the like, and its purpose is to provide a gaming machine capable of suppressing a load related to game control while providing diversity in the manner of notification. Is to provide.

The gaming machine of the present invention is
Determining means for determining information relating to a predetermined gaming state;
Storage means for storing predetermined information , and
In a gaming machine in which game media according to achievement of a predetermined condition is paid out ,
The storage means
First information storage means comprising a storage area capable of storing first information used when identifying a player;
A second information storage means comprising a storage area capable of storing information about the latest predetermined gaming state as second information when the predetermined gaming state occurs;
A third information storage means comprising a storage area capable of storing a plurality of information related to the second information stored in the second information storage means;
The gaming machine is
First information storage control means for storing the first information in the first information storage means based on a predetermined input operation;
Second information storage control means for storing the second information in the second information storage means when the predetermined gaming state occurs;
Information related to the second information stored in the second information storage means in the third information storage means when the predetermined gaming state occurs while the first information is stored in the first information storage means And when the predetermined gaming state occurs in a state where the first information is not stored in the first information storage means, the third information storage means stores the second information storage means in the second information storage means Third information storage control means for controlling not to accumulate information relating to the second information;
Output means capable of outputting the information stored in the third information storage means in a manner that can be identified or recognized by a predetermined mobile communication terminal;
When the output process of the information stored in the third information storage unit by the output unit is executed, at least the information stored in the third information storage unit is erased.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the load concerning control of a game can be suppressed, giving diversity to the aspect of alerting | reporting.

It is a front view of the pachinko machine in an embodiment of the invention. It is a schematic block diagram of the game board of a pachinko machine. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a communication control board. It is a front view of a mobile phone. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of a mobile telephone. It is a flowchart explaining a special electric accessory control routine. It is a flowchart explaining the continuation part of FIG. 6 of a special electric accessory control routine. It is a flowchart explaining a design variation start processing routine. It is a flowchart explaining a reach effect display processing routine. (A) is an example of reach effect display when a player is not specified, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of reach effect display when a player is specified. It is a flowchart explaining a big hit effect display processing routine. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the jackpot effect display in the case where the player is unspecified, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the jackpot effect display in the case where the player is specified. (A) is a flowchart explaining a round effect screen display processing routine, and (b) is a flowchart explaining a counter value / message display processing routine. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the 1st round effect display in the case where a player is unspecified, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the 1st round effect display in the case where the player is specified. (A) is a figure which shows an example of the 3rd round effect display in the case where a player is unspecified, (b) is a figure which shows an example of the 3rd round effect display in the case where the player is specified. It is a flowchart explaining a probability variation processing routine. It is a flowchart explaining a game state storage processing routine. It is a chart which shows the example of a detection of a signal under probability change, a big hit signal, and a probability change big hit signal. It is a figure which shows the example of a memory | storage of the game state data in a game state storage area. It is a flowchart explaining an information communication processing main routine. 21 is a flowchart for explaining the continuation of the information communication processing main routine shown in FIG. 20. It is a flowchart explaining a player specific process routine. It is a flowchart explaining a game information creation / transmission processing routine. It is a flowchart explaining a big hit game end post-processing routine. FIG. 25 is a flowchart for explaining the continuation of the big hit game end post-processing routine shown in FIG. 24. FIG. (A) is a format (transmission information data structure) of a transmission buffer, (b) is a figure which shows the example of storage of a transmission buffer. It is a flowchart explaining a game end process routine (1st embodiment). It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in the display apparatus of a game board, (a) is when a player is specified, (b) when prompting transmission of a password, (c) is receiving game information. When urging, (d) confirms the name of the currently identified player, (e) selects whether to identify the player and whether to identify the player (F) when notifying that the player specific time is in progress and prompting the transmission of the player specific password, (g) when notifying that the stored information has been deleted, (h ) Respectively show display examples of messages when confirming deletion of stored information. It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in a mobile telephone, (a) is during the game information reception, (b) has each shown the example of a message display at the time of completion | finish of reception of game information. It is a figure which shows the memory | storage example of the game information received by the mobile telephone. It is a figure which shows the example by which the game state data and the time point data were memorize | stored in the game state storage area in the modification. It is a figure which shows the memory | storage example of the game information received by the mobile telephone in the modification. It is a front view of the pachinko machine in the second embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the communication control board in 2nd embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining a design variation start processing routine (second embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining a player confirmation processing routine (2nd embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining the fluctuation | variation frequency storage processing routine (2nd embodiment). It is a graph which shows transition of the frequency of change. It is a flowchart explaining an information communication process main routine (2nd embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining the continuation of the information communication processing main routine (2nd embodiment) shown in FIG. It is a flowchart explaining game information creation / transmission processing routine (2nd embodiment). It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in a mobile telephone, (a) is a display example of a model selection & start data transmission screen, (b) is during game information reception, (c) is a message at the end of reception of game information Display examples are shown respectively (second embodiment). It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in the display apparatus of a game board, (a) When notifying that model ID does not correspond, (b), When notifying a player's specification and game start, (c) When notifying that the passwords do not match, (d) when notifying that the stored information has been deleted, (e) when confirming the deletion of information, and (f) prompting a transmission request The example of a message display in each case is shown (second embodiment). It is a graph which shows the relationship between the frequency | count of change (number of big hits) and story development. (A) is a format (transmission information data structure) of a transmission buffer, (b) is a figure which shows the example of storage of a transmission buffer (2nd Embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining a game end process routine (2nd embodiment). It is a figure which shows the example of memory | storage of the game information received by the mobile telephone (2nd embodiment). (A) is a figure which shows the format of the transmission buffer (data structure of game information) in the 1st modification of 2nd embodiment, (b) is a figure which shows the example of storage of a transmission buffer. It is a figure which shows the memory | storage example of the game information received by the mobile telephone in the 1st modification of 2nd embodiment. It is a sectional side view of the pachinko machine and player chair in the 2nd modification of a 2nd embodiment. It is a front view of the pachinko machine in the third embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the communication control board in 3rd embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining a point number data storage processing routine (3rd embodiment). It is a figure explaining the example of a setting of a point number reference table. It is a figure which shows the memory | storage example of the point number data in a point buffer and a point storage area. It is a flowchart explaining an information communication process main routine (3rd embodiment). 57 is a flowchart for explaining the continuation of the information communication processing main routine (third embodiment) shown in FIG. 56. It is a flowchart explaining a player specific process routine (3rd embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining a service point creation / transmission processing routine (third embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining a big hit game end post-processing routine (third embodiment). FIG. 61 is a flowchart for explaining a continuation of the big hit game end post-processing routine (third embodiment) shown in FIG. 60. FIG. (A) is a format of a transmission buffer (data structure of a service point), and (b) is a diagram illustrating an example of storage of a transmission buffer (third embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining a game end process routine (3rd embodiment). It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in the display apparatus of a game board, (a) is when a player is specified, (b) when prompting transmission of a password, (c) is reception of a service point. When urging, (d) confirms the name of the currently identified player, (e) selects whether to identify the player and whether to identify the player (F) when notifying that the player specific time is in progress and prompting the transmission of the player specific password, (g) when notifying that the point number data has been deleted, h) respectively shows display examples of messages when the deletion of the point number data is confirmed (third embodiment). It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in a mobile telephone, (a) is during service point reception, (b) has each shown the example of a message display at the time of the end of reception of a service point (3rd Embodiment). . It is a figure which shows the example of a memory | storage of the service point received by the mobile telephone (3rd Embodiment). It is a figure explaining the example of a setting of the point number reference table in the 1st modification of 3rd embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in a display apparatus in the case of alert | reporting the number of points after a change in the 1st modification of 3rd embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example by which the point number data and the time point data were memorize | stored in the point buffer in the 2nd modification of 3rd embodiment. It is a figure which shows the example of a memory | storage of the service point received by the mobile telephone in the 2nd modification of 3rd embodiment. It is a front view of the pachinko machine in a 4th embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the communication control board in 4th embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining a point accumulation processing routine (4th embodiment). It is a graph which shows transition of accumulation point number RP. It is a flowchart explaining an information communication processing main routine (fourth embodiment). 76 is a flowchart for explaining the continuation of the information communication processing main routine (fourth embodiment) shown in FIG. 75. It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in a mobile telephone, and shows the example of a display of a model selection and start data transmission screen (4th Embodiment). It is a figure which shows the example of a message display in the display apparatus of a game board, (a) When notifying that model ID does not correspond, (b), When notifying a player's specification and game start, (c) (D) shows a display example of a message when notifying that the passwords do not match and (d) confirming the deletion of the accumulated point number data (fourth embodiment). It is a graph which shows the relationship between accumulation point number and story development (4th embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining a service point creation / transmission processing routine (fourth embodiment). (A) is a format (transmission point data structure) of the transmission buffer, and (b) is a diagram showing an example of storage of the transmission buffer (fourth embodiment). It is a flowchart explaining a game end process routine (4th embodiment). It is a figure which shows the example of a memory | storage of the service point received by the mobile telephone (4th Embodiment). It is a figure explaining the modification which displayed the accumulation | storage content on the display apparatus, (a) is 1st embodiment, (b) is 2nd embodiment, (c) is 3rd implementation. (D) shows a display example in the fourth embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the display of the two-dimensional barcode in the 1st round production | presentation screen. It is a front view which shows the modification which provided the display apparatus for two-dimensional barcode display in the front frame outside the game board. It is a side view of the pachinko machine in the modification which employ | adopted Bluetooth, (a) has shown the case where a mobile telephone is in the communication range of an antenna module, (b) has each shown the case where it is out of a communication range. It is a front view which shows one Embodiment which applied this invention to the slot machine. It is a front view which shows one Embodiment which applied this invention to the game machine which united the pachinko machine and the slot machine.

  Hereinafter, each embodiment in which a gaming machine of the present invention is embodied in a pachinko machine will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The pachinko machines 1 according to the first embodiment are arranged in a plurality of horizontal directions at the upper part of the counter base of the pachinko islands installed in the game hall. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 is provided with a front frame 2 at the front, and a glass door frame 3 is attached to the front frame 2. The glass door frame 3 is supported by the front frame 2 so that it can be opened and closed by a shaft, and a metal frame in which glass is fitted, and a synthetic resin frame (hereinafter referred to as “resin frame”) fitted in the frame. I have. A game board 7 shown in FIG. 2 is arranged behind the glass door frame 3. The game board 7 has a substantially circular game area, and the game area is provided with a first type start port 4, a special symbol display device (hereinafter simply referred to as “display device”) 5, and a grand prize winning port 6. . The first type starting port 4 includes a passage for the game ball B, and a blade 4a is supported at the passage entrance so as to be opened and closed.

  Below the display device 5, as shown in FIG. 2, an infrared light emitting unit 33 and an infrared light receiving unit for performing infrared communication with the mobile phone 200 possessed by the player on the left side with the center in the left-right direction interposed therebetween. 34 and a first infrared sensor 32a for detecting that the player's hand is held over, respectively, and a notification lamp 31 for notifying the accumulation of game data on the right side, A second infrared sensor 32b similar to the first infrared sensor 32a is provided. The notification lamp 31, the first infrared sensor 32a, the second infrared sensor 32b, the infrared light emitting unit 33, and the infrared light receiving unit 34 are connected to and controlled by a communication control board 30 described later.

  At the bottom of the glass door frame 3, an upper tray 3a from which prize balls are paid out is mounted. A lower tray 2a is mounted below the window hole of the front frame 2. The lower receiving tray 2a discharges and stores extra balls such as a winning ball that cannot fit into the upper receiving tray 3a, a ball extracted from the upper receiving tray 3a, or a foul ball from the outlet of the extra ball. On the right side of the lower tray 2a in the front frame 2, a launching handle 17 for launching the game ball B is mounted so as to be rotatable. A motor (not shown) as a driving means is mounted on the back side of the front frame 2 corresponding to the firing handle 17, and the motor is turned by the turning operation of the firing handle 17. (Not shown) is intermittently operated and adjusted to a resilience according to the rotation angle of the firing handle 17. Therefore, a ball launcher is constituted by the motor and the hitting ball.

  The display device 5 is provided above the first type start port 4 and includes a screen 5a formed of a liquid crystal display (LCD). Various kinds of images are displayed on the screen 5a. As one of them, a left symbol row 8, a middle symbol row 9, and a right symbol row 10 are displayed. The number of design rows is not limited to the above (3 rows), and may be 1 row, 2 rows, 4 rows or more. Each of the symbol rows 8 to 10 is composed of a plurality of symbols made up of numbers, symbols and the like. The display device 5 is driven and controlled by a symbol display control board 22 which is one of the sub-boards. In the display device 5, the symbol variation in the symbol rows 8 to 10 is started by winning the game ball B at the first type starting port 4. The symbol variation is stopped in the order of the left symbol row 8, the right symbol row 10, and the middle symbol row 9, but this is only an example and may be stopped in another order. When symbol variations in all symbol sequences 8 to 10 are stopped, a combination of symbols (hereinafter referred to as “stop symbols”) displayed is a predetermined combination (specific display result, hereinafter referred to as “hit combination”). ), That is, a combination of the same type of symbols (for example, 777) when the symbols of the same type are arranged along the jackpot line. This combination of stop symbols is hereinafter referred to as “big hit symbol”. In this embodiment, there are a total of five types of jackpot lines: one that extends in the horizontal direction (upper, middle, and lower three types) and one that extends in the diagonal direction (two types, lower right and lower left). Not limited to. For example, the number of jackpot lines is one, and it may be what is usually called “one line”. When the jackpot combination is established, the special electric combination is activated, and a jackpot gaming state as a special gaming state advantageous to the player arrives, and it becomes possible to acquire more prize balls.

  Further, the pachinko machine 1 enters the reach gaming state prior to the occurrence of the big hit gaming state. Here, the reach game state means a state immediately before the big hit game state. For example, the symbol variation in the right symbol row 10 stops on the big hit line with the same kind of symbols as the stop symbol in the left symbol row 8. And after that, if the symbol variation in the middle symbol row 9 is stopped with the same kind of symbols as the stop symbols in the left and right symbol rows 8 and 10, a combination of jackpots is finally included. In addition, when the symbol variation stops, the game changes in a combination that results in a big hit gaming state, and when it stops at that symbol, when it finally becomes a big hit gaming state, the state in the variation is also included in the reach gaming state. This is usually called full rotation (all symbols) reach. The special winning opening 6 is provided below the first type starting opening 4 and includes one V zone 11, two passages 12 and 13, and a shutter 14. The shutter 14 is operated by a prize winning solenoid (hereinafter simply referred to as “solenoid”) 15 to open and close the V zone 11 and the entrances of the passages 12 and 13.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game board 3 is provided with a start port switch 18, a V zone switch 19 and a count switch 20. The start port switch 18 detects winning of the game ball B to the first type start port 4. The V zone switch 19 detects the winning of the game ball B into the V zone 11, and the count switch 20 detects the winning of the game ball B into the big winning opening 6. Further, a control device 21, a symbol display control board 22, and a communication control board 30 are provided in order to drive and control the solenoid 15 and the display device 5 based on the detection results of the switches 18 to 20, respectively. The control device 21 includes a main board that performs main control of the pachinko machine 1 and various sub-boards such as a volume control board, an LED board, and a payout control board. The symbol display control board 22 is one of the sub-boards, and includes a CPU 23, a ROM 24, and a RAM 26 as main components (see FIG. 3), and displays based on signals input from the main board and the communication control board 30. The drive of the apparatus 5 is controlled. The ROM 24 stores a message table including symbol display data, effect moving image data, and various message data. As will be described later, a player unspecified state message table 25a and a player specified state are also described. The round effect message table 25 including the message table 25b for use is stored.

  In this embodiment, a communication control board 30 is further provided as one of the sub-boards, and control of communication processing performed with the mobile phone 200 via the infrared light emitting unit 33 and the infrared light receiving unit 34 is performed. Done. A specific configuration of the communication control board 30 will be described later. Each control board includes a read-only memory (ROM), a central processing unit (CPU), a random access memory (RAM), and the like. The ROM stores a predetermined control program and initial data in advance, and the CPU controls the ROM. Various arithmetic processes are executed according to a program or the like. The RAM temporarily stores the calculation result by the CPU. In order to prevent an illegal signal from being input to the main board, the signal is transmitted in only one direction from the main board to each sub board.

  As one of the controls by the CPU, there is a so-called probability variation in which the occurrence probability of the big hit gaming state is varied according to the condition. Specifically, a low probability mode that generates a jackpot gaming state with a low probability of about 1/300, and a high probability mode that generates a jackpot gaming state with a high probability of about 1/60, which is about five times as high The probability mode is switched according to the type of jackpot symbol. That is, if the jackpot symbol is a predetermined special symbol (eg, odd symbol), the high probability mode is set, and if it is a predetermined normal symbol (eg, even symbol), the low probability mode is set. Note that the multiple of the occurrence probability in the high probability mode with respect to the occurrence probability in the low probability mode may be a value other than the above-described value (about 5).

  An external connection terminal plate 16 is connected to the output port of the CPU. The external connection terminal board 16 includes output terminals 16A to 16E for the hall management computer connected to the hall management computer and output terminals 16a to 16e for the communication control board connected to the communication control board 30. Yes.

  Here, the output terminals 16A and 16a output a “probability changing signal” indicating that the high probability mode described above is being performed. Further, the output terminals 16B and 16b output a “big hit signal” indicating that a big hit is being generated. Further, the output terminals 16C and 16c output a “probability change jackpot signal” indicating that a jackpot is being generated by a predetermined special symbol (for example, an odd symbol). Further, the output terminals 16D and 16d output a “firing switch signal” indicating whether or not the game ball B is being fired by the ball launching device. If the “fire switch signal” is on, the game ball B is being fired (in other words, a game is being performed). If it is off, the game ball B is not fired. (In other words, the game is stopped). Further, the output terminals 16E and 16e output a “symbol variation signal” indicating that a symbol variation has occurred in the display device 5 when the game ball B wins the first type starting port 4.

  The communication control board 30 is a circuit board on which an electronic control circuit for performing infrared communication with the mobile phone 200 as a mobile communication terminal possessed by the player. More specifically, the communication control board 30 includes an interface circuit (I / F) 35, a CPU 36, a ROM 37, and a RAM 38, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. A provided notification lamp 31, an infrared light emitting unit 33 as information transmitting means, a player specifying information receiving means, and an infrared light receiving unit 34 as transmission request receiving means are respectively connected.

  The notification lamp 31 is a lamp for visually notifying the player that the game information can be transmitted. The notification lamp 31 is turned on when there is game information that can be transmitted, and is turned off when there is no game information that can be transmitted. Further, the notification lamp 31 blinks while the game information is being transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33, and is turned off when the transmission is completed. The 1st infrared sensor 32a and the 2nd infrared sensor 32b are comprised by the well-known infrared sensor for detecting the approach of an object using infrared rays. When a message asking the player to select “Yes” or “No” is displayed on the display device 5 (see FIGS. 28D and 28E), the hand is held over one of the infrared sensors. The first infrared sensor 32a or the second infrared sensor 32b detects that the hand is held over, and thereby the player makes a selection. The infrared light emitting unit 33 is a light emitting device for transmitting game information or the like as an infrared signal to the mobile phone 200. The infrared light receiving unit 34 is a light receiving device for receiving an infrared signal as a player specific password and a game information transmission request signal transmitted from the mobile phone 200. Since the infrared signal has directivity, the infrared light receiving unit 208 and the infrared light emitting unit 209 of the mobile phone 200 are opposed to the infrared light emitting unit 33 and the infrared light receiving unit 34 on the pachinko machine 1 side. Infrared communication is performed between the pachinko machine 1 and the mobile phone 200. Moreover, since an infrared signal is output toward the front (player side) from the infrared light emitting unit 33, the infrared signal does not interfere between adjacent pachinko machines. The interface unit 35 is connected to the output terminals 16a to 16e for the communication control board of the external connection terminal board 16 through the communication line, and the “probability changing signal”, “big hit signal”, “probability changing” output from each terminal, respectively. This is an electronic circuit that inputs a “hit signal”, “launch switch signal”, and “design variation signal” to the CPU 36.

  The CPU 36 is a control device for controlling each part of the communication control board 30 and reads a control program from the ROM 37 and executes it. The ROM 37 is a read-only storage medium that stores a control program for controlling each part of the communication control board 30 and various data. The RAM 38 is a rewritable storage medium having a work area used by the CPU 36, a game state buffer 38a, a game state storage area 38b, a player specific password storage area 38c, and a transmission buffer 38d for transmitting game information. The game state storage area 38b constitutes the transmission information storage means of the present invention, and the player specific password storage area 38c constitutes the player specific information storage means. The nonvolatile memory 39 is a writable nonvolatile storage medium for storing a game information counter 39a described later in a nonvolatile manner. The value of the game information counter 39a stored in the nonvolatile memory 39 is stored and held even after the pachinko machine 1 is powered off.

  Next, the configuration of the mobile phone 200 that performs infrared communication with the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 4 and 5. As shown in the front view of FIG. 4, the mobile phone 200 includes a case 202, a key operation unit 204, a liquid crystal panel (display unit) 206, an infrared light receiving unit 208, and an infrared light emitting unit 209. The key operation unit 204 is disposed on the front case unit 203 of the case 202, and includes a cross key, a power key, a function key, an on-hook key (start key), a clear key, and a character / number key (ten key). It is configured. The liquid crystal panel 206 is disposed inside an opening 202 a formed in the case 202. The infrared light receiving unit 208 is disposed on the left side 202b of the case 202 together with the infrared light emitting unit 209.

  Next, the electric circuit configuration of the mobile phone 200 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. In addition to the liquid crystal panel 206, the infrared light receiving unit 208, and the infrared light emitting unit 209, the mobile phone 200 includes a wireless unit 210, an audio circuit 212, a receiver 214, a microphone 216, a transmission / reception antenna 218, a nonvolatile memory 220, a control unit (micro Computer) 222 and secondary battery 224. The radio unit 210 is controlled by the control unit 222 to transmit / receive to / from the base station using radio waves as a medium through the transmission / reception antenna 218. The audio circuit 212 outputs the reception signal output from the radio unit 210 through the control unit 222 to the receiver 214 and outputs the audio signal output from the microphone 216 to the radio unit 210 through the control unit 222 as a transmission signal. The receiver 214 converts the reception signal output from the audio circuit 212 into reception audio and outputs it. The microphone 216 converts the transmission audio emitted from the operator into an audio signal and outputs it to the audio circuit 212. The nonvolatile memory 220 stores various data and various programs in a nonvolatile manner. The secondary battery 224 supplies power to each circuit. The control unit 222 includes a microcomputer including a CPU, a ROM, and a RAM, and performs telephone call processing, e-mail creation / transmission processing, and Internet processing.

  Note that a game information receiving program for receiving game information from the pachinko machine 1 is downloaded from, for example, an Internet homepage operated by a gaming machine manufacturer or the like and stored in the nonvolatile memory 220. At this time, by registering as a member of a gaming machine maker or the like, a player specifying password including player name information is given as player specifying information and stored in the nonvolatile memory 220. The player specific password is given as “X0012345 Yamada Taro”, for example. Here, “X00” represents a header indicating a player specific password, “12345” represents a membership number, and “Yamada Taro” represents a player's name. In this example, “Yamada Taro” corresponds to information related to the player's name of the present invention and character string data of the player's name. Here, when the player is specified from the cellular phone 200 to the pachinko machine 1, the player specifying password is transmitted as an infrared signal from the infrared light emitting unit 209. On the other hand, when a game information transmission request is made to the pachinko machine 1, the player specifying password is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 209 together with the transmission request signal.

  Next, the operation and effect of the pachinko machine 1 configured as described above will be described. The flowcharts of FIGS. 6 to 8 and 16 show various routines executed by the control device 21. Each processing of these routines is executed based on the counter group and the flag F. The counter group includes a round counter R, a winning counter P, and a probability variation counter C. The round counter R is for counting the number of rounds, and the winning counter P is for counting the number of winning game balls B to the big winning opening 6 based on the detection result of the count switch 20. The probability variation counter C is used to determine the end of the high probability mode, and takes values of “2”, “1”, and “0”. Note that the initial values of the counters R, P, and C are all “0”.

  In addition, the counter group includes an internal random number counter for determining occurrence of a big hit gaming state, an outreach random number counter for determining outreach, etc., a respective symbol counter for determining stop symbols, and a reach And a reach type counter for determining the type of operation. Here, the outreach by the outreach random number counter refers to a state in which the winning combination is not finally made after the above-described reach gaming state. The flag F is used to determine whether or not the game ball B has won a prize in the V zone 11, and is set to “0” when no prize is detected by the V zone switch 19, and when a prize is detected. Set to “1”. Although it has already been described that there are two types of probability modes, a low probability mode and a high probability mode, a low probability mode is set as an initial value.

  Now, when the game is started by the player, the control device 21 starts with the first type of the game ball B based on the detection result of the start port switch 18 in step S10 of the special electric accessory control routine of FIG. It is determined whether or not there is a winning at the start port 4. If this determination condition is not satisfied, the special electric accessory control routine is terminated, and if it is satisfied, each value of the internal random number counter and the outlier reach random number counter is acquired and the value of each symbol counter is set in step S20. On the basis of the symbol sequences 8 to 10, the symbol is removed and acquired. Acquisition here refers to a process of reading the value of each counter and storing the value in a memory.

  Next, a symbol variation start process is executed in step S30. Specifically, in step S31 of FIG. 8, the symbols in the symbol rows 8 to 10 are variably displayed on the display device 5, respectively. This display makes it appear to the player that the three reels of left, middle and right are rotating. In step S32, it is determined whether or not the value of the internal random number counter is the same as the jackpot value. As the jackpot value, two types of values (low probability jackpot value and high probability jackpot value) are prepared. The former is a value for generating the jackpot gaming state with the low probability described above, and the latter is a value for generating with a high probability. For example, when the internal random number counter is a value that is updated every predetermined time in the range of “0” to “299”, “7” is set as the low probability jackpot value, and “7”, “17” , “27”, “37”, “47” are the jackpot values for high probability. Then, the probability that the jackpot gaming state will be 1/300 when the low probability jackpot value is used as the jackpot value, and 1/60 when the high probability jackpot value is used as the jackpot value. When the low probability mode is set in the previous control cycle, the low probability jackpot value is selected as the jackpot value. When the high probability mode is set, the high probability jackpot value is selected as the jackpot value.

  If the determination condition of step S32 is satisfied, the big hit symbol corresponding to the big hit value is stored in the memory as a stop symbol in step S33. On the other hand, if the determination condition in step S32 is not satisfied, it is determined in step S34 whether or not the value of the outreach random number counter is the same as the predetermined outreach value. If this determination condition is satisfied, in step S35, a symbol corresponding to the detach reach value (hereinafter referred to as “disconnect reach symbol”) is stored in the memory as a stop symbol. If the determination condition in step S34 is not satisfied, the off symbol in step S20 is stored in the memory as a stop symbol in step S36. Then, after storing the stop symbol in the above steps S33, S35, S36, the symbol variation start processing routine is terminated. After the process of step S30 (symbol variation start process) is performed as described above, the symbols in the left and right symbol rows 8 and 10 are stored in any of the steps S33, S35, and S36 in step S40 of FIG. Replace with the stopped symbol. The symbol fluctuations in the left and right symbol rows 8 and 10 are stopped by the symbol after replacement.

  In step S43, it is determined whether or not the symbol combination in the left and right symbol rows 8 and 10 is a reach combination (same symbol). If this determination condition is not satisfied, the special electric accessory control routine is terminated, and if it is satisfied, reach effect display processing is performed in step S45. Specifically, in the reach effect display processing routine shown in FIG. 9 executed on the symbol display control board 22, it is first determined in step S450 whether or not the player specifying flag YF is ON. Here, the player specifying flag YF is ON when the player specifying password transmitted from the mobile phone 200 is received by the infrared light receiving unit 34 and the player is specified, and the player is not specified. Is a flag that is OFF and is managed in the communication control board 30. If this determination is not satisfied (step S450: No), reach effect display for a player unspecified state is performed in step S453. FIG. 10A shows an example of a reach effect display for a player unspecified state. On the other hand, if this determination is satisfied (step S450: Yes), in step S451, name data (character code string) included in the player specific password stored in the player specific password storage area 38c is acquired, In step S452, a reach effect display for the player specific state is performed using the acquired name data. FIG. 10B shows an example of reach effect display for the player specific state using the name data. The symbol display control board 22 is provided with a character generator (not shown), and the name is displayed in the display device 5 via the character generator using a character code string of the player name obtained from the player specific password. Display is performed.

  Here, in the reach effect display for the player unspecified state in FIG. 10A, the balloon message from the character on the right side of the screen is “Leach!” And a message is displayed indicating that the reach has been reached. We are reporting. On the other hand, in the reach effect display for the player specific state in FIG. 10B, “Yamada Taro, Reach!” (“Yamada Taro” is the name data obtained from the player specific password). Thus, the player's name is incorporated in the message indicating the reach and the player's name is displayed on the display device 5, so that the player's attention is further enhanced.

  In step S50, the symbol fluctuation in the middle symbol row 9 is stopped. Subsequently, in step S60, it is determined whether or not the symbol combination is a jackpot combination. If this determination condition is not satisfied, the special electric accessory control routine is terminated. If it is satisfied, a big hit signal ON is output to the output terminals 16B and 16b in step S70. Further, in step S80, it is determined whether or not the jackpot symbol is a special symbol (in this case, an odd symbol). If the symbol is a special symbol (step S80: Yes), the probability variation jackpot signal ON is output in step S90. Output to 16C and 16c. Subsequently, in step S95, a big hit effect display process is performed. Specifically, in the jackpot effect display process shown in FIG. 11 executed on the symbol display control board 22, it is first determined in step S950 whether or not the player specifying flag YF is ON. When this determination is not satisfied (step S950: No), a big hit effect display for a player unspecified state is performed in step S953. FIG. 12A shows an example of a jackpot effect display for a player unspecified state on the display device 5. On the other hand, if this determination is satisfied (step S950: Yes), in step S951, name data is acquired from the player specific password stored in the player specific password storage area 38c, and the acquired in step S952. The big hit effect display for the player specific state is performed using the name data. FIG.12 (b) has shown an example of the big hit effect display for player specific states using name data.

  Here, in the big hit effect display for the player unspecified state in FIG. 12A, the message is “hit”, and the occurrence of the big hit is notified by the message display. On the other hand, in the jackpot effect display for the player specific state in FIG. 12B, “Yamada Taro big hit” (“Yamada Taro” is the name data acquired from the player specific password) The player's name is incorporated in the message indicating the occurrence, and the player's name is displayed on the display device 5, thereby providing an effect that further draws the player's attention. Subsequently, in step S100, the round counter R is reset. In step S110, the winning counter P is reset and the flag F is set to “0”. Subsequently, the solenoid 15 is excited in step S120 of FIG. Then, the shutter 14 falls and the passage entrance of the special winning opening 6 is opened. With this opening, the game ball B can be awarded to the V zone 11 and the passages 12 and 13. In step S130, the round counter R is incremented by "1".

  Next, in step S135, round effect screen display processing is performed according to the value of the round counter R. Specifically, in the round effect screen display process shown in FIG. 13A executed on the symbol display control board 22, first, in step S1330, the round effect screen data corresponding to the value of the round counter R is displayed as the symbol display control board 22. In step S1331, the round effect screen (screen configuration excluding the count value and the lower message in the display examples of FIGS. 14 and 15) is obtained based on the acquired round effect screen data and hit data. After displaying (part), the process returns to the special electric accessory control routine. Subsequently, in step S135, a counter value and a message are displayed.

  Specifically, in the counter value / message display routine in FIG. 13B, first, in step S1350, the value of the counter P is displayed at a predetermined position in the upper part of the round effect screen. Next, in step S1351, it is determined whether or not the player identification flag YF is ON. If this determination is not satisfied (step S1351: No), in step S1353, a message table 25a for the player unspecified state in the round effect message table 25 provided on the ROM mounted on the symbol display control board 22 ( 3), a message for the player unspecified state corresponding to the round counter R is acquired, and the acquired message is displayed at the bottom of the round effect screen in step S1354. The round effect message table 25 is composed of a player unspecified message table 25a and a player specified message table 25b. The message “first round message, second round message, third round message” respectively. The message table stores message data displayed in each round. FIG. 14A shows an example of the round effect display for the player unspecified state (display example of the first round), and FIG. 15A shows another example (display example of the third round). Is shown. On the other hand, if this determination is satisfied (step S1351: Yes), in step S1352, the player specific state message corresponding to the round counter R is output from the player specific state message table 25b of the round effect message table 25. In step S1354, the acquired message is displayed at the bottom of the round effect screen. FIG. 14B shows an example (display example of the first round) of the round effect display for the player specific state using the message data, and FIG. 15B shows another example (third round of display). Display example).

  Here, in the round effect display (first round) for the player unspecified state in FIG. 14A, the display of the number of rounds, the number of counts, the hits, etc., and the symbols set in advance for each round are displayed. In addition, a message “Please send your password! >>> You can participate in various Grand Prix with the received information” is displayed. On the other hand, in the round effect display (first round) for the player specific state in FIG. 14B, the symbol display similar to that in FIG. >>> If you rank in the top, you will get a luxury prize. " In addition, in the round effect display for the player unspecified state (third round) in FIG. 15A, the number of rounds, the number of counts, the hits, and the like, and the symbols set in advance for each round are displayed. , The message “Please send me your password! >>> Points will be accumulated with the received information.” Is displayed. On the other hand, in the round effect display for the player specific state in FIG. 15B, the same symbol display as in FIG. 15A and “XX game machine at XX points, electric at XX points” There are lots of prizes such as motorcycles ... Please see our homepage for details. "

  As described above, when the player is not specified, the transmission of the player specifying password is prompted, and the merit obtained by transmitting the password and receiving the game information is notified by a message. On the other hand, when the player specifying password has already been transmitted and the player has been specified, useful and more specific information for the specified player is notified by a message. In other words, the contents of the effect on the display device 5 are changed depending on whether or not the player is specified, and a more effective effect is performed according to the player specifying situation. Note that when a big hit gaming state occurs without entering a player specific password, a message display for the player unspecified state (FIGS. 14A and 15A) is performed. When the player specifying password is transmitted from the mobile phone 200 and the player is specified by the pachinko machine 1 during the round (that is, during the round effect screen display), the counter value / message display of FIG. While the process is repeatedly called and executed in the special electric accessory control routine, the determination in step S1351 changes from No to Yes, so that a message display for a player unspecified state (FIG. 14 (a), FIG. The message display is immediately switched from the message display (15 (a)) to the message display for the player specific state (FIGS. 14 (b) and 15 (b)). Accordingly, it is possible to make the player recognize that the input of the player specific password has been accepted, and to further improve the game motivation by immediately executing the message display for the player specific state.

  Next, in step S140, it is determined whether or not the value of the winning counter P is equal to or less than a predetermined value Pmax. If this determination condition is satisfied, it is determined in step S150 whether or not the scheduled closing time of the special winning opening 6 is yet. If this determination condition is satisfied (step S150: Yes), the process returns to step S140. As a result, after the opening of the big winning opening 6 is started, the big winning opening 6 continues to be opened unless more than Pmax game balls B win or the scheduled closing time comes. On the other hand, if any one of the determination conditions in steps S140 and S150 is not satisfied, the solenoid 15 is demagnetized in step S160. Then, the shutter 14 is raised, and the passage entrance of the special winning opening 6 is closed. In step S170, it is determined whether or not the value of the round counter R is equal to or less than a predetermined value Rmax. If this determination condition is satisfied, it is determined in step S180 whether or not the flag F is “1”. If the determination condition of step S180 is satisfied (step S180: Yes), the process returns to step S110 of FIG. Therefore, once the big hit gaming state occurs, the big winning opening 6 repeats the opening / closing cycle until the game ball B wins the V zone 11 at most Rmax times. For example, when the predetermined value Pmax is set to “10”, the opening time of the big prize opening 6 is set to “about 29.5” seconds, and the predetermined value Rmax is set to “16”, the big prize is won. After the opening of the mouth 6, when one of the following conditions is satisfied: (1) 10 game balls B win the big winning opening 6 or (2) about 29.5 seconds have passed. The winning opening 6 is closed. The opening / closing cycle of the big winning opening 6 is repeated up to 16 times on condition that the game ball B wins the V zone 11. If either one of the determination conditions in steps S170 and S180 is not satisfied, “big hit signal OFF” is output to the output terminals 16B and 16b in step S190. Further, in step S200, it is determined whether or not the jackpot symbol is a special symbol (in this case, an odd symbol). If the symbol is a special symbol (step S200: Yes), the probability variation jackpot signal OFF is output in step S210. Output to 16C and 16c. Subsequently, a probability variation process is executed in step S220, and then the special electric accessory control routine is terminated.

  In the probability variation processing routine of FIG. 16, in step S221, it is determined whether or not the jackpot symbol is a normal symbol (in this case, an even symbol). If this determination condition is not satisfied (step S221: No), that is, if the jackpot symbol is a special symbol (odd symbol), whether or not the probability variation counter C is “0” in step S227 (high probability mode) When the probability variation counter C is “0” (in the high probability mode) (step S227: Yes), in step S228, the probability variation in-progress signal ON is output to the output terminals 16A and 16A. To 16a. Subsequently, in step S229, the high probability mode is set, and the probability variation counter C is set to “2”. After executing the processing of step S229, the probability variation processing routine is terminated. Thus, when the big hit gaming state is continuously generated with the special symbol (odd symbol) during the high probability, the high probability mode is continued. On the other hand, if the determination condition in step S221 is satisfied, that is, if the big hit symbol is a normal symbol (even symbol), it is determined in step S222 whether the probability variation counter C is not "0". If the determination condition is not satisfied (C = 0), the probability variation processing routine is terminated. If the determination condition is satisfied (C = 2, 1), the probability variation counter C is decremented by “1” in step S223. In step S224, it is determined whether or not the probability variation counter C is “0”. If this determination condition is not satisfied (C = 1), the probability variation processing routine is terminated. If the determination condition is satisfied (C = 0), in step S225, the probability changing signal OFF is output to the output terminals 16A and 16a. In step S226, the low probability mode is set. Once the high probability mode is set in this way, the probability is high until the probability variation counter C becomes “0”, that is, after the high probability mode is set, until the big hit gaming state is continuously generated twice with an even number of symbols. The mode continues. Then, when the big hit gaming state with even symbols continues twice, the high probability mode ends and the mode is switched to the low probability mode. Note that the processing procedure in the present embodiment is an example, and can be changed as appropriate. For example, the symbol variation process (step S31) may be performed after the stop symbol storage process (steps S33, S35, S36).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when it is detected that the game ball B has won the first type starting port 4, the values of the respective counters are acquired and the symbol columns 8 to 10 are variably displayed. A stop symbol is stored based on the value of each counter, and the symbol variation is stopped by the stop symbol. If the combination of symbols displayed when the game is stopped is a big win combination, a big win gaming state that is advantageous to the player will occur, and until the game ball B wins the V zone 11 a maximum of Rmax times, 6 open / close cycles are repeated. On the other hand, when the jackpot symbol is a special symbol (odd symbol), the high probability mode is set, and the probability of occurrence of the jackpot gaming state is increased two times, the next time and the next time. That is, once the high probability mode is set, the probability of occurrence of two big hit gaming states is increased from the next time, but if the big hit gaming state occurs again with an odd symbol during that period, the high probability mode is set. . On the other hand, if a big hit gaming state occurs in the normal symbol (even symbol) after the period has elapsed, the high probability mode ends (switches to the low probability mode).

  Next, prior to detailed description of each process executed in the communication control board 30, an outline of the flow from the identification of the player in the pachinko machine 1 to the transmission of game information to the mobile phone 200 will be described. In the present embodiment, on the condition that a player is specified in the pachinko machine 1, game information is transmitted to the mobile phone 200 possessed by the specified player. Therefore, as a general game pattern, when a player sits in front of the pachinko machine 1 in the game hall, the mobile phone possessed by the player immediately before starting the game in the pachinko machine 1 or immediately after the game starts. The player identifying password is transmitted as an infrared signal from the infrared light emitting unit 209 of 200 to the infrared light receiving unit 34 of the pachinko machine 1, whereby the player is identified in the pachinko machine 1. When a specific gaming state such as a big hit gaming state occurs during the game, the occurrence of the big hit gaming state or the like is detected via the output terminals 16a to 16e, and the gaming state data is stored in the pachinko machine 1. Thereafter, game information is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33 of the pachinko machine 1 by transmitting a transmission request signal as an infrared signal from the mobile phone 200 owned by the mobile phone 200, and the mobile phone 200 receives the game information. can do. If the transmission request is not made before the end of the big hit gaming state, the information transmission time is formed from the end of the big hit gaming state, and a message prompting the player to make the transmission request is displayed on the display device 5. Is displayed. If game information is not transmitted during the information transmission time, game state data resulting from the occurrence of the big hit is accumulated in the pachinko machine 1. Therefore, the information transmission time is formed for the purpose of encouraging the player to receive the game information for a predetermined time when the jackpot gaming state ends, and the reception of the game information at other timings is also performed. Is possible.

  However, there may be a situation where a big hit game is generated in a state where the player specific password is not transmitted and the player is not specified, but in this embodiment, even after the occurrence detection of the big hit game state is detected, the player The player can be specified by transmitting a specific password. In other words, if the player is not specified at the end of the big hit gaming state, the player selects the player to be specified, the player specifying time is formed, and the player specifying password is transmitted. A prompt message is displayed on the display device 5. When the player is specified during the player specifying time, the game information can be transmitted by shifting to the information transmission time. On the other hand, when the player is not specified during the player specifying time, the game state data stored in the pachinko machine 1 is erased so that the game information is not transmitted. Therefore, the player specifying time is formed for the purpose of giving the player an opportunity to receive the game state data due to the occurrence of the big hit in the state where the player is not specified. In the present embodiment, the infrared light receiving unit 34 is always in a standby state for receiving infrared signals while the power of the pachinko machine 1 is turned on, and a player-specific password transmitted from the mobile phone 200 is used. It is possible to always receive an infrared signal. That is, the player specifying password is received at any time before starting the game or after the game is finished, such as a state where the launch of the game ball is stopped, a normal operation in the game state or a big hit game state, and a player specifying process described later Can be executed. In addition, an infrared signal as a transmission request signal transmitted from the mobile phone 200 can be always received, and when game state data is stored in the game state buffer 38a or the game state storage area 38b, Game information is transmitted at any time on condition that the player is specified.

  Next, a gaming state storage processing routine executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This routine is executed by the CPU 36 of the communication control board 30 repeatedly calling from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle. In the initialization process at power-on, the start address of the game state buffer 38a in the RAM 38 is set to the pointer AP, the start address of the game state storage area 38b is set to the pointer CP, and the probability variation continuation number counter L is set. “0” is set as an initial value. First, in step S300, the respective signal states of “probability changing signal”, “big hit signal”, and “probable big hit signal” are read from the I / F circuit 35, respectively. Subsequently, in step S310, it is determined whether or not the “big hit signal” has changed from OFF to ON. When it is determined that the “big hit signal” has changed from OFF to ON (step S310: Yes), in step S320, it is determined whether or not the “probable big hit signal” has changed from OFF to ON. If it is determined that the “probability change jackpot signal” has changed from OFF to ON (step S320: Yes), in step S330, the game status code “B00” indicating the occurrence of the probability change jackpot is displayed as the pointer AP of the game status buffer 38a. Is stored at the address indicated by. Subsequently, in step S340, the probability variation continuation counter L is incremented. Further, in step S395, the pointer AP is updated, the processing of this routine is terminated, and the process returns.

  When it is determined in step S320 that the “probable variation jackpot signal” has not changed from OFF to ON (step S320: No), in step S350, the gaming status code “A00” representing the occurrence of the normal jackpot is displayed in the gaming status buffer. The data is stored in the address indicated by the pointer AP of 38a. Subsequently, in step S360, it is determined whether or not the “probability changing signal” is in an ON state. When the “probability changing signal” is in the ON state (step S360: Yes), the probability changing continuous number counter L is incremented in step S340. In step S395, the pointer AP is updated, the process of this routine is terminated, and the process returns. If it is determined in step S310 that the “big hit signal” has not changed from OFF to ON (step S310: No), it is determined in step S370 whether the “probability changing signal” has changed from ON to OFF. To do. When it is determined that the “probability changing signal” has changed from ON to OFF (step S370: Yes), in step S380, a game state code “C00” representing the number of consecutive probability-changing games (hereinafter referred to as “probability changing number of times”) is displayed. The result of adding the value of the probability variation continuous number counter L is stored in the address indicated by the pointer AP of the gaming state buffer 38a. In step S390, an initial value “0” is set in the probability variation continuation counter L. In step S395, the pointer AP is updated, the processing of this routine is terminated, and the process returns. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S370 that the “probability changing signal” has not changed from ON to OFF (step S370: No), the processing of this routine is terminated and the process returns. It should be noted that “occurrence of a normal big hit”, “occurrence of a probable big hit”, and “continuous probability variation game” correspond to the “occurrence of a specific gaming state” in the present invention.

  Here, how the gaming state data is stored in the gaming state buffer 38a and the gaming state storage area 38b based on specific output examples of the “probability changing signal”, “big hit signal” and “probability changing big hit signal”. This will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 18 is a chart showing an example of output of “probability changing signal”, “big hit signal”, and “probability big hit signal” in time series, and the probability fluctuation mode is entered by occurrence of the probable big hit, In this example, a normal big hit, a probable big hit, a normal big hit occur in order, and the probability variation mode ends when a normal big hit occurs. In this case, the probability variation number of consecutive times is 5. FIG. 19 is a diagram schematically showing an example of storage in the game state buffer 38a and the game state storage area 38b. It is assumed that game information is not transmitted in the middle of these.

  First, when the jackpot signal <1> is turned on, the probability variation jackpot signal <1> is also turned on, so that the gaming status buffer “B00” indicating “probability jackpot occurrence” is indicated by the pointer AP. The data is stored in the first storage area 38a (step S330), and the probability variation continuation number counter L is incremented to 1 (step S340) (see the right side of FIG. 19A). After that, when game information is not transmitted during the information transmission time after the big hit game ends, the contents of the game state buffer 38a are accumulated and stored in the area indicated by the pointer CP of the game state storage area 38b (FIG. 19 (a)). ) Refer to the left side), the start address of the game state buffer 38a is set in the pointer AP, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, when the jackpot signal <2> is turned on, the probability variation jackpot signal is not turned on, so that the gaming status code “A00” indicating “ordinary jackpot occurrence” is stored in the gaming status buffer 38a indicated by the pointer AP. Store in the first storage area (step S350). At this time, since the “probability changing signal <1>” is in the ON state (step S360: Yes), the probability changing continuous number counter L is incremented to 2 (step S340) (see the right side of FIG. 19B). Thereafter, when no game information is transmitted during the information transmission time after the end of the big hit game, the contents of the game state buffer 38a are accumulated and stored in the area indicated by the pointer CP of the game state storage area 38b (FIG. 19B). ) Refer to the left side), the start address of the game state buffer 38a is set in the pointer AP, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, when the jackpot signal <3> is turned on, the probability variation jackpot signal <2> is also turned on, so that the gaming state indicated by the pointer AP indicates a gaming status code “B00” indicating “probability variation jackpot occurrence”. The data is stored in the first storage area of the buffer 38a (step S330), and the probability variation continuation number counter L is incremented to 2 (S340) (see the right side of FIG. 19C). Thereafter, if no game information is transmitted during the information transmission time after the big hit game is over, the contents of the game state buffer 38a are accumulated and stored in the game state storage area 38b (see the left side of FIG. 19 (c)), and the pointer The start address of the game state buffer 38a is set in the AP, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, when the jackpot signal <4> is turned ON, the probability variation jackpot signal is not turned ON, so that the gaming status code “A00” indicating “ordinary jackpot occurrence” is stored in the gaming status buffer 38a indicated by the pointer AP. Store in the first storage area (step S350). At this time, since the “probability changing signal <1>” is in the ON state (step S360: Yes), the probability changing continuous number counter L is incremented to 4 (step S340) (see the right side of FIG. 19D). Thereafter, if no game information is transmitted during the information transmission time after the big hit game is over, the contents of the game state buffer 38a are accumulated and stored in the game state storage area 38b (see the left side of FIG. 19 (d)), and the pointer The start address of the game state buffer 38a is set in the AP, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, when the jackpot signal <5> is turned ON, the probability variation jackpot signal is not turned ON, so that the gaming status code “A00” indicating “ordinary jackpot occurrence” is stored in the gaming status buffer 38a indicated by the pointer AP. Store in the first storage area (step S350). At this time, since the “probability changing signal <1>” is in the ON state (step S360: Yes), the probability changing continuous number counter L is incremented to 5 (step S340) (see FIG. 19E).

  Subsequently, when the “probability changing signal <1>” is turned OFF, the result “C05” obtained by adding the value “5” of the probability changing continuous count counter L to the gaming state code “C00” indicating “probability changing continuous count” is set to the pointer. Store in the second storage area of the gaming state buffer 38a indicated by the AP (step S380). Further, an initial value “0” is set in the probability variation continuation counter L (step S390) (see the right side of FIG. 19F). Thereafter, if no game information is transmitted during the information transmission time after the big hit game is over, the contents of the game state buffer 38a are accumulated and stored in the game state storage area 38b (see the left side of FIG. 19 (f)), and the pointer The start address of the game state buffer 38a is set in the AP, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, information communication processing executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to flowcharts of an information communication processing main routine shown in FIGS. This routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 repeatedly reads out the routine from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle and executes it. Note that a player identification flag YF, which will be described later, is turned off when the player stops the game, that is, when it is detected that the firing switch signal output from the output terminal 16d has changed from ON to OFF. This is a flag that is turned ON when a player is specified by receiving a player specifying password in the process. Further, it is assumed that the player specific password or the transmission request signal is transmitted from the mobile phone 200 by operating the button 204 in a state where the above-described game information receiving program is activated in the mobile phone 200.

  First, in step 400, it is determined whether or not the game state data is stored in the game state buffer 38a or the game state storage area 38b. Here, the game state buffer 38a is a buffer for storing game state data generated by the current big hit occurrence. On the other hand, the game state storage area 38b accumulates and stores game state data when no game information is transmitted for the game state data stored in the game state buffer 38a during the information transmission time after the end of the big hit game. This is a storage area. If game state data is not stored (step S400: No), it is determined in step S401 whether or not a player specific password has been received by the infrared light receiver 34. When the player specific password is not received (step S401: No), this routine is finished. When the player specifying password is received (step S401: Yes), a player specifying process routine shown in FIG. 22 is executed in step S402. Hereinafter, the processing content of the player specifying processing routine will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the player specifying process routine, first, in step S4000, it is determined whether or not the received player specifying password matches the password stored in the password storage area 38c. If both passwords match (step S4000: Yes), the player identification flag YF is turned on in step S4005, and the player is identified in step S4006 by displaying a message on the display device 5 to indicate that the player has been identified. Then, the process of this routine is terminated. If the received password does not match the password stored in the password storage area 38c (step S4000: No), the game state data accumulated and stored in the game state storage area 38b is erased in step S4001. That is, when the player who played the game immediately before ending the game without receiving the game information, the game state data remains stored in the game state storage area 38b. In this state, when a new player transmits a player specific password in the pachinko machine 1, the password stored in the password storage area 38c does not match, so in step S4001, the previous player releases the game state storage area. The gaming state data accumulated and stored in 38b is deleted. As a result, the subsequent player cannot receive the game information regarding the game state data stored in the game state storage area 38b by the previous player, and therefore, illegal reception of the game information can be prevented. On the other hand, since the stored contents of the game state buffer 38a are not erased, it is possible to reliably receive the game information regarding the game state data associated with the current big hit occurrence.

  Subsequently, in step S4002, it is determined whether or not the game state data is stored in the game state buffer 38a. If not stored (step S4002: No), the notification lamp 31 is turned off in step S4003. In step S4004, the received password is stored in the password storage area 38c. Subsequently, in step S4005, the player identification flag YF is turned ON, and in step S4006, the player is notified by displaying a message on the display device 5 that the player has been identified, and the processing of this routine is performed. End and return to the main routine. At this time, a character string representing the player's name included in the received player specific password is read, and the player's name and nickname are displayed, for example, “Yamada Taro has been identified as a player.” A message including a character string representing the above is displayed (see FIG. 28A). Thus, the player can confirm that he / she has been identified as a player by viewing the message displayed on the display device 5.

  In the information communication processing main routine, when the gaming state data is stored in the gaming state buffer 38a or the gaming state storage area 38b (step S400: Yes), the notification lamp 31 is turned on in step S403. Thereby, the player can know that the game state data is stored in the pachinko machine 1 and that the mobile phone 200 can receive the game information. Next, in step S404, it is determined whether or not the transmission request signal and the player specific password are received by the infrared light receiver 34. When the transmission request signal and the player specific password are not received (step S404: No), step S401 and subsequent steps are executed. When the transmission request signal and the player specific password are received (step S404: Yes), in step S405, the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal matches the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c. It is determined whether or not to do. If the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal and the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c do not match (step S405: No), a message prompting transmission of the player specific password is sent in step S417. Displayed on the display device 5, and the processing of this routine is terminated. For example, as shown in FIG. 28B, the message prompting the transmission of the player specific password is displayed as “Please transmit the password to identify the player.” Therefore, even when a transmission request is made in a state where the game state data is stored, the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal does not match the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c. In this case, the game information is not transmitted. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the game information from being illegally received by a person other than the player specified before the reception of the game information.

  If the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal matches the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c (step S405: Yes), whether or not the player specific flag YF is turned on in step S406. If not turned on (step S406: No), the player identification flag YF is turned on in step S407, and a message is displayed on the display device 5 that the player has been identified in step S408. To inform the player. At this time, similar to the above-described player identification processing routine, the character string representing the player's name included in the received player identification password is read, and the character string representing the player's name, nickname, etc. is included in the message. (Refer to FIG. 28A). Subsequently, in step S409, a connect signal is transmitted, and in step S410, a return signal is received from the mobile phone 200. As a result, infrared communication is enabled between the communication control board 30 and the mobile phone 200. Subsequently, in step S411, the notification lamp 32 starts blinking. In step S412, game information is created and transmitted based on the game state data stored in the game state buffer 38a. Subsequently, in step S413, game information is created and transmitted based on the game state data stored in the game state storage area 38b. Here, the game information creation and transmission processing in steps S412 and S413 is performed by calling and executing the game information creation / transmission processing routine shown in FIG.

  Here, the processing contents of the game information creation / transmission processing routine will be described with reference to FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 23, the difference between step S413 (creation and transmission of game information based on the game state storage area 38b) and step S412 (creation and transmission of game information based on the game state buffer 38a) is the same as step S413. The contents of are shown in parentheses. In the game information creation / transmission processing routine, in step S471, the start address of the game state buffer 38a (the game state storage area 38b in step S413) is set in the pointer BP. Next, in step S472, it is determined whether or not the transmission of game information has been completed for all the game state data stored in the game state buffer 38a (game state storage area 38b). If it has been completed (step S472: Yes), the process returns to the main routine. Therefore, if no game state data is stored in the game state buffer 38a or the game state storage area 38b, the process returns without performing the transmission process shown in step S473 and subsequent steps.

  If there is game state data for which transmission of game information has not ended (step S472: No), in step S473, a gaming machine ID as gaming machine identification information for identifying the pachinko machine 1 as another is stored on the RAM 38. It is stored in the first storage area of the transmission buffer 38d. Here, FIG. 26A shows the format of the transmission buffer 38d for transmitting game information, and FIG. 26B shows an example of storing game information. Subsequently, in step S474, the value of the game information counter 39a is read from the nonvolatile memory 39 and stored in the second area of the transmission buffer. Further, in step S475, the game state data as the transmission information of the present invention is read from the address indicated by the pointer BP in the game state buffer 38a (game state storage area 38b) and stored in the third area of the transmission buffer 38d. . That is, the game information has a data structure of “gaming machine ID + game information counter value + game state data”. Note that the gaming machine ID and the gaming information counter value correspond to identification information that represents each piece of transmission information in the present invention so as to be individually identifiable.

  In step S476, the game information stored in the transmission buffer 38d is transmitted as an infrared signal from the infrared light emitting unit 33. Subsequently, in step S477, the infrared light receiving unit 34 receives a confirmation signal from the mobile phone 200. In step S478, the game information counter value in the nonvolatile memory 39 is counted up. In step S479, the pointer BP is updated. The value is updated and the process returns to step S472. Therefore, the process of steps S473 to S479 is repeated until the game information transmission process for all game state data ends and returns (step S472: Yes).

  On the other hand, while the game information is being transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33, a message “Information is being received” is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 206 of the mobile phone 200 as shown in FIG. The As is apparent from the above description, when a plurality of game state data is accumulated and stored in the game state buffer 38a or the game state storage area 38b, a plurality of game information is continuously transmitted. A plurality of pieces of game information can be received at once by the receiving operation.

  The value of the game information counter 39a corresponds to “unique information set every time a specific gaming state occurs”. The infrared signal corresponds to the “signal receivable by the mobile communication terminal” of the present invention.

  When returning to the information communication processing main routine (FIG. 21), a transmission end signal is transmitted in step S414. On the other hand, when the mobile phone 200 receives a transmission end signal from the pachinko machine 1, a message “Information reception has been completed” is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 206 of the mobile phone 200 as shown in FIG. Displayed, and the execution of the game information receiving program is terminated.

  Subsequently, in step S415, the notification lamp 31 is turned off, and in step S416, the stored contents of the gaming state buffer 38a, the gaming state storage area 38b, and the transmission buffer 38d are erased, and the processing of this routine ends.

  When the game information transmitted in the information communication processing main routine described above is received by the mobile phone 200, the game information including the game machine ID, the game information counter value, and the game state data is stored in the memory built in the mobile phone 200. 220 is sequentially accumulated and stored. FIG. 30 shows an example of game information stored in the memory 220 of the mobile phone 200.

  Here, the game information stored in the mobile phone 200 represents the occurrence of each game state in an identifiable manner. That is, the gaming machine ID identifies the gaming information in which gaming machine among a large number of gaming machines installed in gaming stores nationwide. Further, the game information counter value identifies the number of times the game information is output in the pachinko machine 1. As described above, since the counter value is counted up every time the game information is transmitted, the same value does not exist. Therefore, since the arrangement of the data of “gaming machine ID + game information counter value” is unique and there is no two same data, the occurrence of individual gaming state in each gaming machine is surely identified. can do. Furthermore, since the game information includes game state data for identifying the generated game state, it is possible to identify what kind of game state has occurred.

  Next, a process after the end of the big hit game in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to flowcharts of the big hit game end processing routine shown in FIGS. Note that the big hit game end post-processing routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 reads this routine from the ROM 37 and executes it immediately after the big hit game state is finished.

  First, in step S500, it is determined whether or not the game state data is stored in the game state buffer 38a or the game state storage area 38b. When the game state data is not stored (step S500: No), this routine is finished. If game state data is stored (step S500: Yes), it is determined in step S501 whether or not the player identification flag YF is ON.

  If the player identification flag YF is ON (step S501: Yes), in step S502, a message that informs that the game information can be transmitted and prompts the reception of the game information is displayed on the display device 5. To do. For example, as shown in FIG. 28 (c), the message “Information can be sent. Request to send and receive the information. If not received, the message is stored as is.” Is displayed. . Subsequently, in step S503, it is determined whether or not the transmission of game information is completed. If the transmission of game information has been completed (step S503: Yes), this routine ends. If the transmission of game information has not been completed (step S503: No), it is determined in step S504 whether or not the information transmission time has ended (whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed since the information transmission time started). judge. If the information transmission time has not ended (step S504: No), the process returns to step S503. When the information transmission time has ended (step S504: Yes), in step S505, the contents of the gaming state buffer 38a are accumulated in the area indicated by the pointer CP in the gaming state storage area 38b and the pointer CP is updated. Exit.

  If the player identification flag YF is OFF (step S501: No), it is determined in step S506 whether or not a player identification password is stored in the password storage area 38c. In the case where the player identification flag is OFF and the player identification password is stored in the password storage area 38c, the game is stopped after the player is identified and played, and the same player again. The game is resumed, or the game is ended after the player is identified and played, and then another player starts the game. If the player specific password is stored (step S506: Yes), in step S507, the character string of the player name (eg, “Yamada Taro”) is read from the player specific password, and in step S508, the current specific A message for confirming the player's name is displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed, for example, “Current player is Taro Yamada. Are you sure? Yes / No” (see FIG. 28D). When the player's name is displayed, the player selects “Yes”, when the other person's name is displayed, “No”, the first infrared sensor 32a (in the case of “Yes”) or The second infrared sensor 32b (in the case of “No”) is selected by holding the hand.

  Here, when it is detected by the first infrared sensor 32a that the player's hand is held over, it is determined in step S509 that “yes” has been input, and in step S510, the player specifying flag YF is turned on. Then, the process proceeds to step S502. On the other hand, if it is detected by the second infrared sensor 32b that the player's hand is held up, or if it is not detected by any of the infrared sensors within a predetermined time, in step S509 , It is determined that “NO” has been input, and after the contents of the password storage area 38c are erased in step S511, the process proceeds to step S512 described later.

  In step S506, when it is determined that the player specific password is not stored in the password storage area 38c (step S506: No), in step S512, the player is not specified and the player is specified. Is displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed as, for example, “No player is currently identified. Do you want to identify a player? Yes / No” (see FIG. 28E). When the player wishes to specify the player, the player selects “Yes”. Otherwise, the player selects “No”, the first infrared sensor 32a (in the case of “Yes”) or the second infrared sensor 32b ( Select by placing your hand over "No".

  Here, when it is detected by the first infrared sensor 32a that the player's hand is held over, it is determined in step S513 that "yes" has been input, and in step S514, a player specific time is formed, A message notifying that the player specific time is in progress and prompting the player specific password to be transmitted are displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed as, for example, “Please specify the player by sending the <player specific time> password” (see FIG. 28F). On the other hand, if it is detected by the second infrared sensor 32b that the player's hand is held up or if it is not detected by any of the infrared sensors within a predetermined time, in step S513 , "NO" is determined to have been input, and the process proceeds to step S517 described later. Therefore, if the player is not desired to be identified, the player can immediately return to the normal gaming state without shifting to the player specified time. If the player is desired to be identified, the player is surely shifted to the player specified time. Thus, a time for transmitting the player specific password is secured.

  In step S515, it is determined whether or not the player specifying flag YF is turned on. If the player specifying flag YF is turned on (step S515: Yes), the process proceeds to step S502. Note that the player identification process (FIG. 22) is performed in the information communication processing main routine of FIGS. 20 to 21 that is called at predetermined time intervals when the player identification password is transmitted from the mobile phone 200 during the player identification time. Is executed, the player specifying flag YF is turned ON. If the player specifying flag YF is not turned on (step S515: No), it is determined in step S516 whether or not the player specifying time has ended (that is, a predetermined time after the player specifying time starts in step S514). Whether or not elapses) is determined. When the player specific time has not ended (step S516: No), the process returns to step S515, and when the player specific time has ended (step S516: Yes), in step S517, the game state buffer 38a and the game state The stored contents of the storage area 38b are erased, and a message indicating that the gaming state data has been erased is displayed on the display device 5 in step S518. For example, a message is displayed as “stored information has been deleted” (see FIG. 28G). In step S519, after the notification lamp 31 is turned off, the process of this routine is terminated.

  Next, the game end process executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of the game end process routine shown in FIG. This routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 repeatedly reads out the routine from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle and executes it.

  First, in step S600, it is determined whether or not the firing switch signal output from the output terminal 16d has changed from ON to OFF. Except when the firing switch signal is switched from ON to OFF (step S600: No), the processing of this routine is terminated. That is, the game starts when the firing switch signal changes from OFF to ON, the game continues when the ON state continues, and the game stop state continues when the OFF state continues. Means each. On the other hand, when the launch switch signal is turned from ON to OFF, the game operation is stopped, and there is a high possibility that the game by the player has ended.

  If the firing switch signal has changed from ON to OFF, it is determined in step S601 whether a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) has elapsed. If it is within a predetermined time after the firing switch signal is turned from ON to OFF (step S601: No), it is assumed that the player resumes the game, so the processing after step S601 is not executed.

  If the predetermined time has elapsed (step S601: Yes), in step S602, it is determined whether or not the gaming state data is stored in the gaming state buffer 38a or the gaming state storage area 38b. When the game state data is not stored (step S602: No), the process of this routine is terminated.

  If game state data is stored, that is, if untransmitted game state data remains (step S602: Yes), a message on the display device 5 indicates that the game state data will be deleted in step S603. A notice will be given in advance. For example, as shown in FIG. 28 (h), the message “Delete stored information. Are you sure? Yes / No” is displayed. In step S604, if it is detected that the hand is held over the first infrared sensor 32a, it is recognized that “yes” has been input, and in step S605, the gaming state buffer 38a and the gaming state storage area 38b. Are erased, and the stored contents (that is, the player specific password) of the player specific password storage area 38c are deleted. In step S606, a message indicating that the game state data has been deleted is displayed on the display device 5. For example, a message is displayed as “stored information has been deleted” (see FIG. 28G). In step S607, after the notification lamp 31 is turned off, the process of this routine is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is detected in step S604 that the hand is held over the second infrared sensor 32b, or if no hand is detected by any of the infrared sensors, it is recognized that “NO” has been input. Thus, the process returns to step S600 without executing the deletion of the game state data. Therefore, if the game ball is restarted within a predetermined time after selecting “No”, the accumulation of the game state data is continued. If not restarted, the deletion confirmation message (FIG. 28 (h)) is displayed again after the predetermined time. Browse) is displayed.

  As is clear from the above detailed description, according to the present embodiment, in the pachinko machine 1 configured to transmit information to the mobile phone 200, transmission information for transmission to the mobile phone 200 Is stored and stored in the game state storage area 38b as transmission information storage means, and the infrared light emitting unit 33 as information transmission means includes a plurality of game state data stored and stored in the game state storage area 38b. Since the game information is collectively transmitted to the mobile phone 200, the player can collectively receive a plurality of game information at a desired timing by using the mobile phone 200 possessed by the player. The number of reception operations is reduced as compared with the case of receiving data, and the troublesomeness of the operation is reduced.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the gaming state storage area 38b sequentially accumulates and stores gaming state data individually indicating the occurrence of a specific gaming state, and collects a plurality of gaming state data to the portable communication terminal. Therefore, there is no need to perform a troublesome reception operation every time a specific gaming state such as a big hit gaming state occurs. The mobile phone 200 can grasp the state of occurrence of the gaming state, and the mobile phone 200 transmits the gaming state data to a computer such as a gaming hall or a gaming machine manufacturer, thereby ranking the occurrence of a specific gaming state. Participation in the service and the provision of service points can be realized.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, transmission of game information or accumulation of game information is confirmed, and the player can select execution or transmission of game information based on his / her will. . Further, since the display device 5 notifies that the transmission information is accumulated, the player can surely grasp the accumulation of the transmission information (see FIG. 28C).

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the player specifying password as the player specifying information is surely input from the mobile phone 200 via the infrared light receiving unit 34 and stored in the player specifying password storage area 38c for information transmission. The infrared light emitting unit 33 as means for the mobile phone 200 associated with the player specific password while the player is specified by the player specific password stored in the player specific password storage area 38c. To send game information. Therefore, since the information transmission condition is that the player is specified by the player specific password stored in the player specific password storage area 38c, it is possible to identify the player on the pachinko machine 1 side. . Thereby, for example, by transmitting the player identification information together with the transmission information from the pachinko machine 1 to the hall management computer, it becomes possible to perform player management in the hall management computer. Further, it becomes possible to add different value-added information for each player from the pachinko machine 1 to the mobile communication terminal, and transmit it by adding it to the transmission information. Furthermore, since transmission information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal associated with the player specifying information, it is possible to prevent the transmission information from being illegally received by a person other than the player in the pachinko machine 1. Can do.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, when transmission of the contents accumulated and stored in the game state storage area 38b is completed, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the end of the game is detected, or when a player change is detected When the predetermined condition is satisfied, the stored contents of the gaming state storage area 38b are erased, so that it is possible to reliably prevent the occurrence of harmful effects caused by remaining gaming state data in the pachinko machine 1 that is no longer required to be transmitted. Can do.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, confirmation of erasure of the stored contents of the game state storage area 38b is performed, and the player can select execution or cancellation of erasure based on his / her own intention (FIG. 28 (h)). Further, since the display device 5 notifies that the stored contents of the game state storage area 38b have been deleted, the player can surely understand the deletion of the stored contents of the game state storage area 38b (FIG. 28 ( g)).

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the game information transmitted from the pachinko machine 1 represents the occurrence of a specific game state so as to be individually identifiable. That is, since the gaming information includes a gaming machine ID as gaming machine identification information for identifying the gaming machine, the gaming information in which gaming machine installed in each gaming hall is surely identified. Can do. Furthermore, since the game information includes a game information counter value as unique information set for each occurrence of a specific gaming state, it is ensured that the game information received by the same or different player on another day or time zone. Can be identified.

  Then, it is possible to provide various services to the player by using the game information that can be individually identified as the occurrence of the specific game state received by the mobile phone 200. For example, it is conceivable to perform ranking at the national level for game results such as the number of normal big hits, the number of probable big hits, or the number of consecutive probable changes. That is, a gaming information aggregation computer is installed at a gaming machine manufacturer. A player takes in game information from a communication control board of a gaming machine installed in a game hall to a mobile communication terminal that he / she owns. Thereafter, the player transmits game information and player identification information (player name, membership number, etc.) as an e-mail from the portable communication terminal to the gaming machine manufacturer. The game information compiling computer of the gaming machine maker refers to the game information reception history and checks whether or not the same information as the game information received in the past has been duplicated. At this time, since the game information is unique to each game information as described above, the above check can be performed reliably.

  Then, when the received game information is new game information, the game information aggregation computer totals the received game information and creates a ranking for each of the normal jackpot count, the probability variation jackpot count and the probability variation consecutive count, For example, the ranking results are posted on the company's Internet homepage together with the top 10 player names and game store information.

  Thereby, the player can further enjoy the game in the gaming machine by encouraging that his / her grade and name are posted on the homepage. In addition, general people who want to enjoy a game in the game hall can refer to the ranking results posted on the homepage for reference when selecting a game store. In addition, game machine manufacturers can collect game information from around the country using mobile communication terminals owned by players without developing new large-scale and expensive network equipment. It becomes possible to be a reliable information source.

  In addition, it is conceivable to implement a service for providing service points according to game results. When the game hall grants service points, for example, a computer having an infrared communication device connected to the front of the game hall is installed. A player takes in game information from a communication control board of a gaming machine installed in a game hall to a mobile communication terminal that he / she owns. Thereafter, the player transmits game information from the infrared light emitting unit of the portable communication terminal to the front infrared communication device. Based on the game information received by the infrared communication device, the front computer calculates the number of normal big hits, the number of probable big hits, or the number of consecutive probable changes, and calculates the service point of the player according to each result. Then, the player can receive a prize or the like from the game hall according to the number of service points. Therefore, the player can acquire a prize etc. at an opportunity different from the prize exchange according to the number of prize balls in the past, and the motivation for the game can be further improved.

  Alternatively, when the gaming machine maker grants service points, for example, a service point management computer for storing and managing service points for each player (member) is installed in the gaming machine maker. A player takes in game information from a communication control board of a gaming machine installed in a game hall to a mobile communication terminal that he / she owns. Thereafter, the player transmits game information and player identification information (player name, membership number, etc.) as an e-mail from the portable communication terminal to the gaming machine manufacturer. Based on the received game information, the service point management computer usually obtains the number of jackpots, probability variation jackpots, or probability variation consecutive times, and the player has accumulated the service points calculated according to the respective results in the past. Add to service points. When the service point reaches a certain score, a prize is given from the gaming machine maker to the player. Therefore, the player can acquire prizes from the gaming machine manufacturer at a different opportunity from the prize exchange according to the number of prize balls in the conventional game hall, and can further improve the motivation for the game. .

  Next, a modification of the first embodiment will be described. In the above-described embodiment, the game information counter value is used to set the game information to a unique value. However, in this modification, a clock is built in the communication control board 30 and each game state occurs. Is used as a component of game information. FIG. 31 shows an example of storage of game state data and time point data in the game state buffer 38a or the game state storage area 38b in this modification, and FIG. 32 shows an example of storage of game information in the memory 206 received by the mobile phone 200. FIG. According to this modified example, unique information that does not cause duplication can be easily and reliably created based on time point data representing the occurrence time point of the gaming state. Furthermore, by using the time data, it is possible to analyze at what timing each specific gaming state has occurred based on the received gaming information.

  Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the first embodiment, the game state data is stored every time the occurrence of a specific game state is detected. The game progress status is managed by storing the variation number HC), and game information including the variation number HC data is transmitted as an infrared signal that can be received by the mobile phone 200 possessed by the player. . In addition, about the structure which is common in 1st embodiment mentioned above, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and detailed description about them is abbreviate | omitted. 2, FIG. 4 to FIG. 7, and FIG. 9 to FIG. 16 represent the contents of this embodiment as well as the first embodiment.

  In the pachinko machine 101 in this embodiment, as shown in the front view of FIG. 33 and the block diagram of the communication control board of FIG. ing. The human body detection sensor 40 is a sensor that detects the presence or absence of a human body in front of the sensor using infrared rays. Since it faces the player's body, the presence or absence of the player can be reliably detected. The human body detection sensor 40 turns on the human body detection signal when the presence of the human body is detected, and turns off the human body detection signal when the presence of the human body is not detected. As shown in FIG. 34, the human body detection sensor 40 is connected to the CPU 36, and a human body detection signal is input to the CPU 36.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 34, the RAM 38 of the present embodiment is provided with a player specific password storage area 38c and a transmission buffer 38d, as well as a game state buffer 38a and a game state storage, as in the first embodiment. Instead of the area 38b, a game progress data storage area 38e as a transmission information storage means is provided. The game progress data storage area 38e is an area for storing the number of times of change HC that is counted up (that is, 1 is added) every time the occurrence of a symbol change in the display device 5 is detected via the output terminal 16e. The game progress data storage area 38e constitutes the transmission information storage means of the present invention.

  In this embodiment, in step S30 of the special electric accessory control routine of FIGS. 6 to 7, instead of the flowchart of FIG. 8 in the first embodiment, the symbol variation start process shown in the flowchart of FIG. Is executed. In step S131 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 35, first, the symbol variation signal is turned ON. Subsequently, in step S132, the symbols in the symbol rows 8 to 10 are variably displayed on the display device 5, respectively. This display makes it appear to the player that the three reels of left, middle and right are rotating. In step S133, it is determined whether or not the value of the internal random number counter is the same as the jackpot value. As the jackpot value, two types of values (low probability jackpot value and high probability jackpot value) are prepared. The former is a value for generating the jackpot gaming state with the low probability described above, and the latter is a value for generating with a high probability. For example, when the internal random number counter is a value that is updated every predetermined time in the range of “0” to “299”, “7” is set as the low probability jackpot value, and “7”, “17” , “27”, “37”, “47” are the jackpot values for high probability. Then, the probability that the jackpot gaming state will be 1/300 when the low probability jackpot value is used as the jackpot value, and 1/60 when the high probability jackpot value is used as the jackpot value. When the low probability mode is set in the previous control cycle, the low probability jackpot value is selected as the jackpot value. When the high probability mode is set, the high probability jackpot value is selected as the jackpot value.

  If the determination condition in step S133 is satisfied, in step S134, the big hit symbol corresponding to the big hit value is stored in the memory as a stop symbol. On the other hand, if the determination condition in step S133 is not satisfied, it is determined in step S135 whether or not the value of the outreach random number counter is the same as the predetermined outreach value. If this determination condition is satisfied, in step S136, the symbol corresponding to the outlier reach value (hereinafter referred to as “outlier reach symbol”) is stored in the memory as a stop symbol. If the determination condition in step S135 is not satisfied, the off symbol in step S20 is stored in the memory as a stop symbol in step S37. In step S134, S136, S137, the stop symbol is stored. In step S138, the symbol variation signal is turned off, and then the symbol variation start processing routine is terminated.

  Next, prior to detailed description of each process executed on the communication control board 30, an outline of a flow from the start of a game in the pachinko machine 101 to game information transmission to the mobile phone 200 will be described.

  In the present embodiment, the game progress status is managed based on the cumulative occurrence number HC (hereinafter referred to as the variation number HC) of the symbol variation as the game progress data, and the game information including the variation number HC data is stored by the player. It is transmitted as an infrared signal that can be received by the mobile phone 200 it possesses. When the player arrives at the seat installed in front of the pachinko machine 1 in the game hall, before starting the game on the pachinko machine 101, the player emits “model ID + The “player specific password + start data” is transmitted as an infrared signal to the infrared light receiver 34 of the pachinko machine 101. Here, the model ID is identification information for identifying the model of the pachinko machine 1. The start data is data on the number of changes at the start of the current game. The start data corresponds to information related to the player's game in the present invention. In the pachinko machine 101, the model is confirmed by the received model ID, the player is identified by the player identification password, and the received start data is set as the current fluctuation count.

  Here, when a game is played for the first time with a pachinko machine of the model, a predetermined dummy ID is transmitted as the model ID and “0” is transmitted as the start data from the mobile phone 200. On the other hand, in the case of the second and subsequent games of the same model, the model ID is the model ID of the pachinko machine 101, and the start data is the number of fluctuations at the end of the previous game of the model. When the game is played for the first time, since the start data is 0, the production on the display device 5 starts from the first story, whereas when the game is played for the second time or later, the received start data (= previous time) Is set as the current number of changes, the progress of the game in the pachinko machine 101 is set as a continuation of the previous game, and the presentation on the display device 5 starts from the story at the end of the previous game. Is done.

  Then, every time the game ball B wins the first type starting port during the game and a symbol variation occurs, a symbol variation signal is detected via the output terminal 16e, and the variation number HC of the game progress data storage area 38e is detected. One is added. Thereafter, when the player ends the game, when the “transmission request signal + player specific password” is transmitted as an infrared signal from the mobile phone 200 to the pachinko machine 101, the player specific password stored in the pachinko machine 101 is received. On the condition that the player specific password matches, the game information including the variation number HC data is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33 of the pachinko machine 101, and is received and stored by the mobile phone 200. The game information received by the mobile phone 200 can be transmitted to the pachinko machine 101 as start data for starting the game from the continuation of the current game at the start of the next game.

  Next, a player confirmation processing routine executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this routine, immediately after the game is started, that is, based on the detection that the “firing switch signal” output from the output terminal 16 d is turned from OFF to ON, the CPU 36 of the communication control board 30 reads from the ROM 37. Call and execute.

  In step S1500, it is determined whether or not the player specifying flag YF is ON. If the player identification flag YF is ON (step S1500: Yes), the process of this routine is terminated. If the player identification flag YF is OFF (step S1500: No), it is determined in step S1501 whether or not a player identification password is stored in the password storage area 38c. In the case where the player identification flag YF is OFF and the player identification password is stored in the password storage area 38c, the game is stopped after the player is identified and played, and the same game is again played. For example, when a player resumes the game, or when the player is identified and played, the game ends, and then another player starts the game. When the player specific password is stored (step S1501: Yes), in step S1502, a character string of the player name (for example, “Yamada Taro”) is read from the player specific password, and in step S1503, the current specific A message for confirming the player's name is displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed, for example, “Current player is Taro Yamada. Are you sure? Yes / No” (see the display example of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 28D). When the player's name is displayed, the player selects “Yes”, when the other person's name is displayed, “No”, the first infrared sensor 32a (in the case of “Yes”) or The second infrared sensor 32b (in the case of “No”) is selected by holding the hand.

  Here, if it is detected by the first infrared sensor 32a that the player's hand is held over, it is determined in step S1504 that “yes” has been input, and in step S1505, the player identification flag YF is turned on. After that, the process of this routine is finished. On the other hand, if it is detected by the second infrared sensor 32b that the player's hand is held up, or if it is not detected by any of the infrared sensors within a predetermined time, in step S1504 , "No" is determined to be input, and the contents of the password storage area 38c are erased in step S1506, and the process proceeds to step S1507.

  If it is determined in step S1501 that the player specific password is not stored in the password storage area 38c (step S1501: No), in step S1507, the fact that the player is not specified is notified and the player is specified. Is displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed, for example, “No player is currently identified. Do you want to identify a player? Yes / No” (first embodiment shown in FIG. 28E) Refer to the display example. When the player wishes to specify the player, the player selects “Yes”. Otherwise, the player selects “No”, the first infrared sensor 32a (in the case of “Yes”) or the second infrared sensor 32b ( Select by placing your hand over "No".

  Here, if it is detected by the first infrared sensor 32a that the player's hand is held over, it is determined in step S1508 that “yes” has been input, and in step S1509, a player specific time is formed, A message notifying that the player specific time is in progress and prompting the player specific password to be transmitted are displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed as, for example, “Please send a <player specific time> password and specify the player.” (Display example of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 28F) reference). On the other hand, if it is detected by the second infrared sensor 32b that the player's hand is held up, or if it is not detected by any infrared sensor within a predetermined time, in step S1508 , It is determined that “NO” has been input, and the processing of this routine is terminated. Therefore, if the player is not desired to be identified, the player can immediately return to the normal gaming state without shifting to the player specified time. If the player is desired to be identified, the player is surely shifted to the player specified time. Thus, a time for transmitting the player specific password is secured.

  In step S1510, it is determined whether or not the player identification flag YF is turned on. If the player identification flag YF is turned on (step S1510: Yes), the processing of this routine is terminated. Note that the player specifying process is performed in the information communication processing main routine of FIGS. 39 to 40 that is called at predetermined time intervals when the player specifying password is transmitted from the mobile phone 200 during the player specifying time (step S1406). Is executed, the player specifying flag YF is turned ON. If the player identification flag YF is not turned on (step S1510: No), it is determined in step S1511 whether or not the player identification time has ended (that is, a predetermined time after the player identification time has started in step S1509). Whether or not elapses) is determined. If the player specific time has not ended (step S1511: NO), the process returns to step S1510. If the player specific time has ended (step S1511: YES), the processing of this routine is ended.

  Next, the fluctuation number storage processing routine executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. This routine is executed by the CPU 36 of the communication control board 30 repeatedly calling from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle. In addition, in the initialization process when the power is turned on, “0” is set as the initial value for the number of fluctuations HC.

  First, in step S <b> 1300, the signal states of “probably changing signal” and “design variation signal” are read from the I / F circuit 35. Subsequently, in step S1310, it is determined whether or not the “design variation signal” has changed from OFF to ON. If it is determined that the “symbol fluctuation signal” has changed from OFF to ON (step S1310: YES), in step S1320, it is determined whether the “probability changing signal” is in an OFF state. When the “probability changing signal” is in the OFF state (step S1320: Yes), in step S1330, the number of fluctuations HC in the game progress data storage area 38e is counted up (that is, 1 is added), and in step S1340, After the notification lamp 31 is turned on, the process of this routine is terminated and the process returns. On the other hand, if the “probability changing signal” is in the ON state (during the high probability mode) (step S1320: No), the process of this routine is terminated without returning the value of the number of fluctuations HC, and the process returns.

  Here, the transition of the variation frequency HC will be described with reference to the graph of FIG. In the graph, it is assumed that a “symbol fluctuation signal” is generated with a predetermined probability as time passes. While the “probability changing signal” is OFF (time t0 to t1 and t2 to t3), the fluctuation count HC increases by 1 each time the “symbol fluctuation signal” occurs once. On the other hand, while the “probability changing signal” is ON (during the high probability mode, time t1 to t2), even if the “symbol changing signal” is generated, the value of the number of changes HC does not change. That is, the occurrence of the symbol variation signal in the high probability mode is excluded from the calculation of the variation number HC, and only the occurrence of the symbol variation signal in the low probability mode is counted to calculate the variation number HC. Appropriately reflected.

  Next, the information communication process executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of the information communication process main routine shown in FIGS. This routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 repeatedly reads out the routine from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle and executes it.

  Note that transmission of start data, player specific password, transmission request signal, etc. from the mobile phone 200 is performed by operating the button 204 in the state where the above-described game information receiving program is activated in the mobile phone 200. To do. For example, when transmitting the start data, as shown in FIG. 42A, the model name of the pachinko machine and the number of changes at the end of the previous game are displayed on the liquid crystal panel 206, and the button 204 is operated to select. Thus, the model ID, the player specific password and the start data of the selected model are read from the memory 220 and transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 209 as an infrared signal.

  39 to 40, first, in step S1400, it is determined whether or not “model ID + player specific password + start data” has been received by the infrared light receiver 34. When “model ID + player specific password + start data” is received (step S1400: Yes), whether the received model ID matches the model ID of the pachinko machine 101 stored in the ROM 37 in step S1401. Determine whether or not. When the received model ID matches the model ID of the pachinko machine 101 (step S1401: Yes), in step S1402, the value of the received start data is written in the variation count HC of the game progress data storage area 38e. Here, since the start data is the value of the number of changes at the end of the previous game, the progress status at the end of the previous game is set in the pachinko machine 101 by the process of step S1402.

  If the received model ID does not match the model ID of the pachinko machine 101 (step S1401: No), it is determined in step S1403 whether the received model ID matches a predetermined dummy ID. If the received model ID matches the predetermined dummy ID (step S1403: Yes), in step S1404, the numerical value “0” is written to the variation count HC in the game progress data storage area 38e. Here, since the dummy ID is transmitted when the game is played for the first time in the corresponding model, the game progress status in which the game is newly started by the pachinko machine 101 when “0” is set in the variation number HC. It becomes.

  If the received model ID does not match either the model ID of the pachinko machine 101 or the predetermined dummy ID (step S1403: No), in step S1405, as shown in FIG. After the message “Please check the model.” Is displayed on the display device 5, the processing of this routine is terminated.

  After the start data is set in the variation count HC in step S1402 or step S1404, in step S1406, the received player specifying password is stored in the password storage area 38c, and the player specifying flag YF is turned ON. Subsequently, in step S1407, as shown in FIG. 43 (b), the message “Taro Yamada has been identified as a player. To display. Further, in step S1408, the value of the variation count HC is transmitted to the symbol display control board 22, and the processing of this routine is terminated.

  On the other hand, in the display device 5, an effect display is performed on the story screen corresponding to the value of the number of changes by being controlled by the symbol display control board 22. For example, as shown in FIG. 44, every time the number of changes increases by 100, story <1> (100 times), story <2> (200 times), story <3> (300 times), story <4> (400 times) ... and the effect of story development is executed. In FIG. 44, after playing from the story <1> to the middle of the story <2> in the previous game, the game information including the variation count data is received by the mobile phone 200, and at the start of this game, In this example, the variation count data is transmitted as start data from the mobile phone 200 to the pachinko machine 101, and the game is started from the continuation of the story <2>.

  If it is determined in step S1400 that “model ID + player specific password + start data” has not been received (step S1400: No), whether “transmission request signal + player specific password” has been received in step S1409. Determine whether. If it is determined that “transmission request signal + player specific password” has not been received (step S1409: NO), the processing of this routine is terminated.

  If “transmission request signal + player specific password” is received in step S1409 (step S1409: Yes), the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal and the password storage area 38c are stored in step S1410. It is determined whether or not the player specific password matches. In addition, when the player specific password is not stored in the password storage area 38c, it is determined as not matching. When the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal does not match the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c (step S1410: No), in step S1411, as shown in FIG. A message “Information cannot be sent because the passwords do not match or are not entered” is displayed on the display device 5 and the processing of this routine is terminated.

  Therefore, even when a transmission request signal is transmitted from the mobile phone 200, if the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal does not match the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c, the game No information is sent. For this reason, it is possible to prevent game information from being illegally received by a person other than the player specified at the start of the game.

  If the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal matches the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c (step S1410: Yes), a connect signal is transmitted in step S1412, and in step S1413. A return signal is received from the mobile phone 200. As a result, infrared communication is enabled between the communication control board 30 and the mobile phone 200. Subsequently, in step S1414, the notification lamp 32 starts blinking. Then, in step S1415, a game information including variation number data as game progress data is created and transmitted. Here, the game information creation and transmission processing in step S1415 is performed by calling and executing the game information creation / transmission processing routine shown in FIG.

  In the gaming information creation / transmission processing routine, in step S1471, the gaming machine ID as gaming machine identification information for identifying the pachinko machine 1 as another is stored in the first storage area of the transmission buffer 38d on the RAM 38. Here, FIG. 45A shows the format of the transmission buffer 38d for transmitting game information, and FIG. 45B shows an example of storing game information. Subsequently, in step S1472, the value of the game information counter 39a is read from the nonvolatile memory 39 and stored in the second area of the transmission buffer. In step S 1473, the game progress data identification code (“D00”) and the game progress data as the transmission information of the present invention are stored in the third area of the transmission buffer 38 d. That is, the game information has a data structure of “game machine ID + game information counter value + game progress data identification code + game progress data”. The first three digits of the gaming machine ID are a model ID, and the model ID transmitted together with the start data is set based on the gaming machine ID. The game progress data identification code is a code for identifying the type of game progress data, and “D00” represents “the number of changes”. Accordingly, when the game progress data identification code is “D00”, the game progress data has the value of the number of times of change HC.

  In step S1474, the game information stored in the transmission buffer 38d is transmitted as an infrared signal from the infrared light emitting unit 33. Subsequently, in step S1475, the infrared light receiving unit 34 receives a confirmation signal from the mobile phone 200. In step S1476, the game information counter value in the nonvolatile memory 39 is counted up, and the process returns to the main routine.

  On the other hand, while game information is being transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33, a message “Information is being received” is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 206 of the mobile phone 200 as shown in FIG. The

  The value of the game information counter 39a corresponds to “unique information set for each transmission of game information”. The infrared signal corresponds to the “signal receivable by the mobile communication terminal” of the present invention.

  When returning to the information communication processing main routine (FIG. 40), a transmission end signal is transmitted in step S1416. On the other hand, when the mobile phone 200 receives the transmission end signal from the pachinko machine 1, a message “Information reception has been completed” is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 206 of the mobile phone 200 as shown in FIG. Displayed, and the execution of the game information receiving program is terminated.

  Subsequently, in step S1417, the notification lamp 31 is turned off, and in step S1418, “0” is set to the fluctuation count HC, the player identification flag YF is turned off, and the stored contents of the transmission buffer 38d are erased. This routine ends.

  When the game information transmitted in the information communication processing main routine described above is received by the mobile phone 200, from the gaming machine ID, the gaming information counter value, the gaming progress data identification code, and the gaming progress data (that is, the variation count data). Are sequentially accumulated and stored in the memory 220 built in the mobile phone 200. FIG. 47 shows an example of game information stored in the memory 220 of the mobile phone 200.

  Here, the game information stored in the mobile phone 200 represents the transmission of individual game information in an identifiable manner. That is, the gaming machine ID identifies the gaming information in which gaming machine among a large number of gaming machines installed in gaming stores nationwide. Further, the game information counter value identifies the number of times the game information is output in the pachinko machine 101. As described above, since the counter value is counted up every time the game information is transmitted, the same value does not exist. Therefore, since the data sequence of “gaming machine ID + game information counter value” is unique and there is no two identical data, transmission of individual gaming information in each gaming machine is surely identified. can do. Further, since the game information includes an identification code for identifying the game progress data, it is possible to identify what kind of game progress data.

  Next, the game end process executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of the game end process routine shown in FIG. This routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 repeatedly reads out the routine from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle and executes it.

  First, in step S1600, it is determined whether or not the human body detection signal output from the human body detection sensor 40 has changed from ON to OFF. Except when the human body detection signal is switched from ON to OFF (step S1600: No), the processing of this routine is terminated. That is, the game starts when the human body detection signal changes from OFF to ON, the game continues when the ON state continues, and the game stop state continues when the OFF state continues. Means each. On the other hand, when the human body detection signal changes from ON to OFF, it means that the player no longer exists from the front of the pachinko machine 101, and the player may have finished the game and left the pachinko machine 101. Is expensive.

  When the human body detection signal is changed from ON to OFF (Step S1600: Yes), it is determined in Step S1601 whether or not a predetermined time (for example, 5 minutes) has elapsed. If it is within a predetermined time after the human body detection signal is turned from ON to OFF (step S1601: No), it is assumed that the player resumes the game, so the processing after step S1601 is not executed.

  If the predetermined time has elapsed (step S1601: Yes), in step S1602, it is determined whether or not the variation count HC data is stored in the game progress data storage area 38e. When the variation number HC is not stored (step S1602: No), the process of this routine is terminated.

  When the variation count HC data is stored, that is, when the untransmitted variation count HC data remains (step S1602: Yes), the display device 5 indicates that the variation count data is deleted in step S1603. A notice is given in advance by a message display at. For example, as shown in FIG. 43 (e), “Change data is deleted. Are you sure? Yes / No” is displayed. In step S1604, if it is detected that the hand is held over the first infrared sensor 32a or if no hand is detected by any of the infrared sensors, it is recognized that “yes” has been input. In step S1605, the storage contents of the game progress data storage area 38e (that is, the number of times of change HC data) are deleted, and the storage contents of the player specific password storage area 38c (that is, the player specific password) are deleted. . In step S1606, a message indicating that the variation count data has been deleted is displayed on the display device 5. For example, a message is displayed as “stored information has been deleted” (see FIG. 43D). In step S1607, after the notification lamp 31 is turned off, the process of this routine is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is detected in step S1604 that the hand is held over the second infrared sensor 32b, it is recognized that “NO” has been input, and step S1608 is executed without executing the erasure of the variation number HC data. As shown in FIG. 43 (f), the display device 5 displays a message “Information can be transmitted. Request transmission and receive information”, and the process returns to step S1600. Therefore, even if the player forgets to receive the game information after the game ends and leaves the seat for a short time, by transmitting a transmission request from the mobile phone 200 within a predetermined time, The fluctuation frequency data can be received.

  As is clear from the above detailed description, according to the present embodiment, the variation number HC representing the cumulative occurrence number of symbol variation as a specific gaming state is calculated as the game progression data, and the game progression data storage area 38e. Can be transmitted as an infrared signal that can be received by the mobile phone 200 as compared to the case where information is received each time a symbol variation occurs. The number of reception operations is reduced, and the troublesome operation is reduced. The mobile phone 200 that has received the game information can grasp the progress of the game, and the game information received by the mobile phone 200 can be used in various ways.

  That is, it is possible to participate in rankings in which a large number of players compete for game progress by transmitting game information received by a mobile communication terminal such as the mobile phone 200 to a gaming machine manufacturer or the like from the mobile communication terminal. It is done. It is also conceivable to receive service points according to the progress of the game by transmitting game information received by the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication terminal to a game hall or a gaming machine manufacturer. In this way, by utilizing the information received by the mobile communication terminal, the player's willingness to play is improved, and it is differentiated from other game halls or other game machine manufacturers, attracting customers, and expanding the game time. Etc. can be achieved.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, the display device 5 as the effect means performs an effect according to the transmission information accumulation state, that is, the number of times of variation HC in the game progress data storage area 38e. It is possible to know the degree of game progress (accumulation state of transmission information) through the production in, and to further improve the game motivation of the player. In addition, since the effect according to the number of times of change HC by the display device 5 has a story, the player can more reliably grasp the value of the number of times of change HC (transmission information accumulation status) through the effect. The player's willingness to play can be further improved.

  Next, a first modification of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the above-described embodiment, the game information counter value is used to set the game information to a unique value. However, in this modification, a clock is built in the communication control board 30 and each game information is transmitted at the time of transmission. Is used as a component of game information. FIG. 48A shows a format of the transmission buffer in this modification, and FIG. 48B shows a storage example of the transmission buffer. FIG. 49 is a diagram showing a storage example of game information received by the mobile phone 200. According to this modification, unique information that does not cause duplication can be created easily and reliably by using time point data representing a game information transmission time point. Further, by using the time point data, it is possible to analyze at what timing the game information is transmitted based on the received game information.

  Next, a second modification of the second embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. In the second embodiment, the presence / absence of a player is detected by the human body detection sensor 40 provided on the front frame 2 of the pachinko machine 101. However, in this modification, as shown in FIG. The presence / absence of a player is detected by a seating sensor 51 provided in the seating portion of the player's chair 50 corresponding to the machine. Here, the seating sensor 51 is constituted by a strain type load sensor capable of detecting a load in the seating portion 50 a of the player chair 50, and a load detection signal is transmitted to the CPU 36 via the transmission line 52. Yes. In the second embodiment, in the game end processing routine of FIG. 46, when the human body detection signal changes from ON to OFF in step S1600, the player changes from the presence of the player (that is, the game) However, in this modification, when the load detection value changes from a predetermined value (for example, 35 kg) or more to less than the predetermined value in step S1600, it changes from the presence of a player to the absence of a player (that is, It is determined that (game end), and in the game end process after step S1601, the stored contents of the game progress data storage area 38e are deleted.

  Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the first to second embodiments, the game state data or the game progress data is stored and the game information is transmitted. However, in this embodiment, the number of points is determined based on the detection of the occurrence of a specific game state. Is calculated, the point number data is stored, and a service point having a value corresponding to the point number is transmitted as an infrared signal that can be received by the mobile phone 200 possessed by the player. In addition, the same reference numerals are given to configurations common to the first to second embodiments described above, and detailed descriptions thereof are omitted. 2 and 4 to 16 also show the contents of the present embodiment as well as the first embodiment.

  In the pachinko machine 102 according to the present embodiment, as shown in the front view of FIG. 51 and the block diagram of the communication control board of FIG. The end button 41 is a push button that generates an electrical signal when the button is pressed, and is electrically connected to the CPU 36 as shown in FIG. When the end button 41 is pressed by the player at the end of the game, the CPU 36 recognizes the end of the game.

  As shown in FIG. 52, the ROM 37 of the present embodiment stores a point number reference table 37a in which the correspondence between the type of specific gaming state and the number of points is set. Further, the RAM 38 of the present embodiment is provided with a player specific password storage area 38c and a transmission buffer 38d as in the first embodiment, and instead of the game state buffer 38a and the game state storage area 38b, a point is provided. A buffer 38f and a point accumulation area 38g are provided. Further, the nonvolatile memory 39 stores a service point counter 39b that is counted up each time a service point is transmitted, instead of the game information counter 39a. The point accumulation area 38g constitutes the transmission information storage means of the present invention.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the CPU 36 of the communication control board 30 repeatedly calls and executes the point number data storage processing routine shown in FIG. In the initialization process at power-on, the start address of the point buffer 38f in the RAM 38 is set to the pointer AP, the start address of the point storage area 38g is set to the pointer CP, and the initial value is stored in the probability variation continuation counter L. “0” is set.

  First, in step S <b> 2300, the signal states of “probably changing signal”, “big hit signal”, and “probable big hit signal” are read from the I / F circuit 35. Subsequently, in step S2310, it is determined whether or not the “big hit signal” has changed from OFF to ON. When it is determined that the “big hit signal” has changed from OFF to ON (step S2310: YES), in step S2320, it is determined whether or not the “probable big hit signal” has changed from OFF to ON. When it is determined that the “probable variation big hit signal” has changed from OFF to ON (step S2320: Yes), in step S2330, the number of points corresponding to “probable big hit” “20” from the point number reference table 37a shown in FIG. "Is read out and stored in the address indicated by the pointer AP of the point buffer 38f. Subsequently, in step S2340, the probability variation continuation number counter L is incremented. Further, in step S2395, the pointer AP is updated, the processing of this routine is terminated, and the process returns.

  If it is determined in step S2320 that the “probable variation big hit signal” has not changed from OFF to ON (step S2320: No), in step S2350, the “normal big hit” corresponding to the point number reference table 37a shown in FIG. The number of points “10” is read and stored in the address indicated by the pointer AP of the point buffer 38f. Subsequently, in step S2360, it is determined whether or not the “probability changing signal” is in an ON state. When the “probability changing signal” is in the ON state (step S2360: Yes), the probability changing continuous number counter L is incremented in step S2340. In step S2395, the pointer AP is updated, the processing of this routine is terminated, and the process returns.

  If it is determined in step S2310 that the “big hit signal” has not changed from OFF to ON (step S2310: No), it is determined in step S2370 whether the “probability changing signal” has changed from ON to OFF. To do. When it is determined that the “probability changing signal” has changed from ON to OFF (step S2370: Yes), in step S2380, the number of consecutive probability-changing games (hereinafter referred to as the number of consecutive probability changes) from the point number reference table 37a shown in FIG. The result obtained by multiplying the number of points “5” corresponding to) by the value of the probability variation number counter L is stored at the address indicated by the pointer AP of the point buffer 38f. In step S2390, an initial value “0” is set in the probability variation continuation number counter L. In step S2395, the pointer AP is updated, the processing of this routine is terminated, and the process returns. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S2370 that the “probability changing signal” has not changed from ON to OFF (step S2370: No), the processing of this routine is terminated and the process returns.

  Here, how point number data is stored in the point buffer 38f and the point accumulation area 38g based on specific output examples of “probability changing signal”, “big hit signal”, and “probability big hit signal”. An output example of “probability changing signal”, “big hit signal”, and “probability big hit signal” will be described with reference to the chart of FIG. 18 and FIG. . Here, FIG. 55 is a diagram schematically showing a storage example of the point number data in the point buffer 38f and the point accumulation area 38g. It is assumed that service points are not transmitted in the middle of these.

  First, when the jackpot signal <1> is turned on, the probability variation jackpot signal <1> is also turned on, and therefore the point buffer indicated by the pointer AP indicates the point number data “20” corresponding to “probability jackpot occurrence”. 38f is stored in the first storage area (step S2330), and the probability variation number-of-times counter L is incremented to 1 (step S2340) (see the right side of FIG. 55A). After that, when service points are not transmitted during the service point transmission time after the big hit game ends, the contents of the point buffer 38f are accumulated and stored in the area indicated by the pointer CP in the point accumulation area 38g (FIG. 55 (a)). (See the left side), the start address of the point buffer 38f is set in the pointer AP, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, when the big hit signal <2> is turned on, the probability variation big hit signal is not turned on, so the point number data “10” corresponding to “ordinary big hit occurrence” is stored in the point buffer 38f indicated by the pointer AP. Store in the first storage area (step S2350). At this time, since the “probability changing signal <1>” is in the ON state (step S2360: Yes), the probability changing continuous number counter L is incremented to 2 (step S2340) (see the right side of FIG. 55 (b)). Thereafter, when service points are not transmitted during the service point transmission time after the end of the big hit game, the contents of the point buffer 38f are accumulated and stored in the area indicated by the pointer CP of the point accumulation area 38g (FIG. 55 (b)). (See the left side), the start address of the point buffer 38f is set in the pointer AP, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, when the jackpot signal <3> is turned on, the probability variation jackpot signal <2> is also turned on, so that the point number data “20” corresponding to “probable variation jackpot occurrence” is indicated by the pointer AP. The data is stored in the first storage area of the buffer 38f (step S2330), and the probability variation continuation counter L is incremented to 2 (step S340) (see the right side of FIG. 55 (c)). Thereafter, when the service point is not transmitted during the service point transmission time after the end of the big hit game, the content of the point buffer 38f is accumulated and stored in the point accumulation area 38g (see the left side of FIG. 55 (c)), and the pointer AP Is set to the head address of the point buffer 38f, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, when the big hit signal <4> is turned on, the probability variation big hit signal is not turned on, so the point number data “10” corresponding to “ordinary big hit occurrence” is stored in the point buffer 38f indicated by the pointer AP. Store in the first storage area (step S2350). At this time, since the “probability changing signal <1>” is in the ON state (step S2360: Yes), the probability changing continuous number counter L is incremented to 4 (step S2340) (see the right side of FIG. 55 (d)). Thereafter, when the service point is not transmitted during the service point transmission time after the end of the big hit game, the contents of the point buffer 38f are accumulated and stored in the point accumulation area 38g (see the left side of FIG. 55 (d)), and the pointer AP Is set to the head address of the point buffer 38f, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, when the big hit signal <5> is turned ON, since the probability variation big hit signal is not ON, the point number data “10” corresponding to “ordinary big hit occurrence” is stored in the point buffer 38f indicated by the pointer AP. Store in the first storage area (step S2350). At this time, since the “probability changing signal <1>” is in the ON state (step S2360: Yes), the probability changing continuous number counter L is incremented to 5 (step S2340) (see FIG. 55E).

  Subsequently, when the “probability changing signal <1>” is turned OFF, the point number data obtained by multiplying the point number “5” corresponding to the “probability changing number of times” by the value “5” of the probability changing number of times counter L ” 25 ″ is stored in the second storage area of the point buffer 38f indicated by the pointer AP (step S2380). In addition, an initial value “0” is set to the probability variation number-of-times counter L (step S2390) (see the right side of FIG. 55 (f)). Thereafter, when the service point is not transmitted during the service point transmission time after the end of the big hit game, the content of the point buffer 38f is accumulated and stored in the point accumulation area 38g (see the left side of FIG. 55 (f)), and the pointer AP Is set to the head address of the point buffer 38f, and the pointer CP is updated.

  Next, the information communication process executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of the information communication process main routine shown in FIGS. This routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 repeatedly reads out the routine from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle and executes it.

  Note that a player identification flag YF, which will be described later, is turned off when the player stops the game, that is, when it is detected that the firing switch signal output from the output terminal 16d has changed from ON to OFF. This is a flag that is turned ON when a player is specified by receiving a player specifying password in the process. Further, it is assumed that the player specific password or the transmission request signal is transmitted from the mobile phone 200 by operating the button 204 in a state where the above-described service point reception program is activated on the mobile phone 200.

  First, in step S2400, it is determined whether or not the point number data is stored in the point buffer 38f or the point accumulation area 38g. Here, the point buffer 38f is a buffer for storing the point number data calculated by detecting the occurrence of the big hit this time. On the other hand, the point accumulation area 38g accumulates and stores the point number data when the service point transmission based on the point number data stored in the point buffer 38f is not performed during the service point transmission time after the end of the big hit game. This is a storage area. When the point number data is not stored (step S2400: No), it is determined in step S2401 whether or not the player specific password has been received by the infrared light receiver 34. If the player specific password has not been received (step S2401: No), this routine ends.

  When the player specifying password is received (step S2401: Yes), the player specifying process routine shown in FIG. 58 is executed in step S2402. Hereinafter, the processing content of the player specifying processing routine will be described with reference to FIG.

  In the player specifying process routine, first, in step S24000, it is determined whether or not the received player specifying password matches the password stored in the password storage area 38c. If the two passwords match (step S24000: YES), the player identification flag YF is turned on in step S24005, and the player is identified by message display on the display device 5 in step S24006. Then, the process of this routine is terminated. If the received password does not match the password stored in the password storage area 38c (step S24000: No), the point number data stored and stored in the point storage area 38g is deleted in step S24001.

  That is, when the player who played the game immediately before ending the game without receiving the service point, the point number data remains accumulated in the point accumulation area 38g. In this state, if a new player transmits a player specific password in the pachinko machine 1, the password stored in the password storage area 38c does not match, so in step S24001, the point accumulation area 38g is obtained by the previous player. The point number data stored and stored in is deleted. As a result, the subsequent player cannot receive service points based on the point number data accumulated in the point accumulation area 38g due to the game of the previous player, and therefore, unauthorized reception of service points can be prevented. it can. On the other hand, since the stored contents of the point buffer 38f are not erased, it is possible to reliably receive service points based on the point number data calculated with the occurrence of this big hit.

  Subsequently, in step S24002, it is determined whether or not the point number data is stored in the point buffer 38f. If not stored (step S24002: No), the notification lamp 31 is turned off in step S24003. Next, in step S24004, the received password is stored in the player specific password storage area 38c.

  Subsequently, in step S24005, the player specifying flag YF is turned ON, and in step S24006, the player is notified by displaying a message on the display device 5 to indicate that the player has been specified. End and return to the main routine. At this time, a character string representing the player's name included in the received player specific password is read, and the player's name and nickname are displayed, for example, “Yamada Taro has been identified as a player.” A message including a character string representing the above is displayed (see FIG. 64A). Thus, the player can confirm that he / she has been identified as a player by viewing the message displayed on the display device 5.

  In the information communication processing main routine, when the point number data is stored in the point buffer 38f or the point accumulation area 38g (step S2400: Yes), the notification lamp is turned on in step S2403. Thereby, the player can know that the point number data is stored in the pachinko machine 102 and the mobile phone 200 can receive the service point. Next, in step S2404, it is determined whether or not the transmission request signal and the player specific password are received by the infrared light receiver 34. When the transmission request signal and the player specific password are not received (step S2404: No), step S2401 and subsequent steps are executed.

  When the transmission request signal and the player specific password are received (step S2404: Yes), in step S2405, the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal matches the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c. It is determined whether or not to do. If the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal and the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c do not match (step S2405: No), a message prompting transmission of the player specific password is sent in step S2417. Displayed on the display device 5, and the processing of this routine is terminated. For example, as shown in FIG. 64B, the message prompting the transmission of the player specific password is displayed as “Please transmit the password to identify the player.” Therefore, even when a transmission request is made in a state where the point number data is stored, the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal does not match the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c. In this case, no service point is transmitted. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the service point from being illegally received by a person other than the player specified before receiving the service point.

  If the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal matches the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c (step S2405: YES), whether or not the player specific flag YF is turned on in step S2406. If it is not turned on (step S2406: No), the player specifying flag YF is turned on in step S2407, and a message is displayed on the display device 5 that the player has been specified in step S2408. To inform the player. At this time, similar to the above-described player identification processing routine, the character string representing the player's name included in the received player identification password is read, and the character string representing the player's name, nickname, etc. is included in the message. (Refer to FIG. 64A).

  Subsequently, in step S2409, a connect signal is transmitted, and in step S2450, a return signal is received from the mobile phone 200. As a result, infrared communication is enabled between the communication control board 30 and the mobile phone 200. Subsequently, in step S2411, the notification lamp 32 starts blinking. In step S2412, a service point including the point number data stored in the point buffer 38f is created and transmitted. In step S2413, service point creation and transmission processing including point number data stored in the point accumulation area 38g is performed. Here, the service point creation and transmission processing in steps S2412 and S2413 is performed by calling and executing a service point creation / transmission processing routine shown in FIG.

  Here, the processing contents of the service point creation / transmission processing routine will be described with reference to FIG. In the flowchart of FIG. 59, the content of step S2413 (creation and transmission of service points based on point accumulation area 38g) differs from step S2412 (creation and transmission of service points based on point buffer 38f) in step S2413. Is shown in parentheses.

  In the service point creation / transmission processing routine, in step S2471, the head address of the point buffer 38f (point accumulation area 38g in step S2413) is set in the pointer BP.

  Next, in step S2472, it is determined whether or not service points have been created and transmitted for all the point number data stored in the point buffer 38f (point accumulation area 38g). Yes), the process returns to the main routine. Therefore, when the point number data is not stored in the point buffer 38f or the point accumulation area 38g, the process returns without performing the transmission processing shown in step S2473 and the subsequent steps.

  When there is point number data for which transmission of service points has not ended (step S2472: No), in step S2473, a gaming machine ID as gaming machine identification information for identifying the pachinko machine 102 as another is stored on the RAM 38. It is stored in the first storage area of the transmission buffer 38d. Here, FIG. 62A shows a format of the transmission buffer 38d for service point transmission including the point number data, and FIG. 62B shows an example of storing service points. Subsequently, in step S474, the value of the service point counter 39b is read from the nonvolatile memory 39 and stored in the second area of the transmission buffer. Further, in step S475, the point number data as the transmission information of the present invention is read from the address indicated by the pointer BP in the point buffer 38f (point accumulation area 38g) and stored in the third area of the transmission buffer 38d. That is, the service point has a data structure of “gaming machine ID + service point counter value + point number data”. Note that the gaming machine ID and the service point counter value correspond to identification information for individually identifying each service point.

  In step S 2476, the service point stored in the transmission buffer 38 d is transmitted as an infrared signal from the infrared light emitting unit 33. Subsequently, in step S2477, the infrared light receiving unit 34 receives a confirmation signal from the mobile phone 200. In step S2478, the service point counter value of the nonvolatile memory 39 is counted up. In step S2479, the pointer BP is updated. The value is updated, and the process returns to step S2472. Therefore, the process of steps S2473 to S2479 is repeated until the service point transmission process is completed for all the point number data and the process returns (step S2472: Yes).

  On the other hand, while the service point is being transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33, a message “Receiving service point” is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 206 of the mobile phone 200 as shown in FIG. Is done. As is clear from the above description, when a plurality of point number data is accumulated and stored in the point buffer 38f or the point accumulation area 38g, a plurality of service points are continuously transmitted, so that one reception is performed. Multiple service points can be received at once by operation.

  The value of the service point counter 39b corresponds to “unique information set for each occurrence of a specific gaming state” of the present invention. The infrared signal corresponds to the “signal receivable by the mobile communication terminal” of the present invention.

  When returning to the information communication processing main routine (FIG. 57), a transmission end signal is transmitted in step S2414. On the other hand, when the mobile phone 200 receives the transmission end signal from the pachinko machine 102, the message “Service point reception has been completed” is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 206 of the mobile phone 200 as shown in FIG. Is displayed and the execution of the service point reception program is terminated.

  Subsequently, in step S2415, the notification lamp 31 is turned off, and in step S2416, the stored contents of the point buffer 38f, the point accumulation area 38g, and the transmission buffer 38d are erased, and the processing of this routine ends.

  When the service points transmitted in the information communication processing main routine described above are received by the mobile phone 200, the gaming machine ID, the service point counter value, and the point number data are sequentially stored in the memory 220 built in the mobile phone 200. Accumulated and stored. FIG. 66 shows an example of storage of service points in the memory 220 of the mobile phone 200.

  Here, the service points stored in the mobile phone 200 represent individual service points in an identifiable manner. In other words, the gaming machine ID identifies which gaming machine is a service point given out of a large number of gaming machines installed in gaming stores throughout the country. Further, the service point counter value identifies the number of service points output in the pachinko machine 102. As described above, since the service point counter value is counted up every time the service point is transmitted, the same value does not exist. Therefore, since the arrangement of the data of “gaming machine ID + service point counter value” is unique and there is no two same data, each service point in each gaming machine can be surely identified. Can do.

  Next, a process after the end of the big hit game in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of the big hit game end processing routine shown in FIGS. Note that the big hit game end post-processing routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 reads this routine from the ROM 37 and executes it immediately after the big hit game state is finished.

  First, in step S2500, it is determined whether or not the point number data is stored in the point buffer 38f or the point accumulation area 38g. When the point number data is not stored (S2500: No), this routine is finished. If the point number data is stored (S2500: Yes), it is determined in step S2501 whether or not the player identification flag is ON.

  If the player identification flag is ON (step S2501: Yes), in step S2502, a message indicating that the service point can be transmitted is informed and a message prompting reception of the service point is displayed on the display device 5. . For example, as shown in FIG. 64 (c), a message “You can send a service point. Make a transmission request and receive a service point. indicate. In step S2503, it is determined whether transmission of the service point is completed. If the transmission of the service point has been completed (step S2503: Yes), this routine ends. If the transmission of the service point has not been completed (step S2503: No), in step S2504, whether the service point transmission time has ended (whether a predetermined time has passed since the service point transmission time started). ). If the service point transmission time has not ended (step S2504: No), the process returns to step S2503. When the service point transmission time has ended (step S2504: YES), in step S2505, the stored contents of the point buffer 38f are accumulated in the area indicated by the pointer CP of the point accumulation area 38g and the pointer CP is updated. Exit.

  If the player identification flag YF is OFF (step S2501: No), it is determined in step S2506 whether or not a player identification password is stored in the password storage area 38c. In the case where the player identification flag is OFF and the player identification password is stored in the password storage area 38c, the game is stopped after the player is identified and played, and the same player again. The game is resumed, or the game is ended after the player is identified and played, and then another player starts the game. If the player specific password is stored (step S2506: Yes), in step S2507, the character string of the player name (for example, “Yamada Taro”) is read from the player specific password, and in step S2508, the current specific A message for confirming the player's name is displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed, for example, “Current player is Taro Yamada. Are you sure? Yes / No” (see FIG. 64D). When the player's name is displayed, the player selects “Yes”, when the other person's name is displayed, “No”, the first infrared sensor 32a (in the case of “Yes”) or The second infrared sensor 32b (in the case of “No”) is selected by holding the hand.

  Here, if it is detected by the first infrared sensor 32a that the player's hand is held over, it is determined in step S2509 that “yes” has been input, and in step S2510, the player identification flag YF is turned on. Then, the process proceeds to step S2502. On the other hand, if it is detected by the second infrared sensor 32b that the player's hand is held up, or if it is not detected by any of the infrared sensors within a predetermined time, in step S2509 , It is determined that “NO” has been input, and after the contents of the password storage area 38c are erased in step S2511, the process proceeds to step S2512 described later.

  In step S2506, when it is determined that the player specific password is not stored in the password storage area 38c (step S2506: No), in step S2512, the player is not specified and the player is specified. Is displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed as, for example, “No player is currently identified. Do you want to identify a player? Yes / No” (see FIG. 64E). When the player wishes to specify the player, the player selects “Yes”. Otherwise, the player selects “No”, the first infrared sensor 32a (in the case of “Yes”) or the second infrared sensor 32b ( Select by placing your hand over "No".

  Here, if it is detected by the first infrared sensor 32a that the player's hand is held over, it is determined in step S2513 that "yes" has been input, and in step S2514, a player specific time is formed, A message notifying that the player specific time is in progress and prompting the player specific password to be transmitted are displayed on the display device 5. The message is displayed as, for example, “Please send a <player specific time> password to specify a player” (see FIG. 64 (f)). On the other hand, if it is detected by the second infrared sensor 32b that the player's hand is held up or if it is not detected by any of the infrared sensors within a predetermined time, in step S2513 , “NO” is input, and the process proceeds to step S2517 described later. Therefore, if the player is not desired to be identified, the player can immediately return to the normal gaming state without shifting to the player specified time. If the player is desired to be identified, the player is surely shifted to the player specified time. Thus, a time for transmitting the player specific password is secured.

  In step S2515, it is determined whether or not the player identification flag YF is turned on. If the player identification flag YF is turned on (step S2515: Yes), the process proceeds to step S2502. Note that the player identification process (FIG. 58) is performed in the information communication processing main routine of FIGS. 56 to 57 that is called at predetermined time intervals when the player identification password is transmitted from the mobile phone 200 during the player identification time. Is executed, the player specifying flag YF is turned ON. If the player specifying flag YF is not turned on (step S2515: No), it is determined in step S2516 whether or not the player specifying time has ended (that is, a predetermined time after the player specifying time is started in step S2514). Whether or not elapses) is determined. If the player specific time has not ended (step S2516: No), the process returns to step S2515. If the player specific time has ended (step S2516: Yes), in step S2517, the point buffer 38f and the point accumulation area The stored content of 38g is erased, and a message indicating that the point number data has been erased is displayed on the display device 5 in step S2518. For example, a message is displayed as “point number data has been deleted” (see FIG. 64 (g)). In step S2519, after the notification lamp 31 is turned off, the process of this routine is terminated.

  Next, the game end process executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of the game end process routine shown in FIG. This routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 reads the routine from the ROM 37 at predetermined time intervals and executes it.

  First, in step S2600, it is determined whether or not the end button 41 has been pressed. The pressing of the end button 41 is a game end operation as an intention display of the game end by the player. When the end button 41 is not pressed (step S2600: No), the process of this routine is ended.

  When the end button 41 is pressed, that is, when a game end operation is performed by the player (S2600: Yes), in step S2601, is the point number data stored in the point buffer 38f or the point accumulation area 38g? Determine whether or not. When the point number data is not stored (step S2601: No), the process of this routine is terminated.

  When the point number data is stored, that is, when the untransmitted point number data remains (step S2601: Yes), the message on the display device 5 that the point number data is deleted in step S2602. A notice will be given in advance. For example, as shown in FIG. 64 (h), the message “Change data is deleted. Are you sure? Yes / No” is displayed. In step S2603, if it is detected that the hand is held over the first infrared sensor 32a or if no hand is detected by any of the infrared sensors, it is recognized that “yes” has been input. In step S2604, the stored contents of the point buffer 38f or the point accumulation area 38g (that is, the point number data) are deleted and the stored contents of the player specific password storage area 38c (that is, the player specific password) are deleted. To do. In step S2605, a message indicating that the point number data has been deleted is displayed on the display device 5. For example, a message is displayed as “point number data has been deleted” (see FIG. 64 (g)). In step S2606, after the notification lamp 31 is turned off, the process of this routine is terminated.

  On the other hand, if it is detected in step S2603 that the hand is held over the second infrared sensor 32b, it is recognized that “NO” has been input, and the point number data is not erased in step S2607. As shown in FIG. 64 (c), the message “Service point transmission is possible. Send a transmission request and receive the service point. If it is not received, it will be accumulated as it is” is displayed. Is displayed and the process returns to step S2600. Therefore, even if the player presses the end button 41 without receiving the service point, the player can receive the service point by transmitting a transmission request from the mobile phone 200.

  As is clear from the above detailed description, according to the present embodiment, the occurrence of a specific gaming state such as a big hit is detected via the output terminals 16a to 16e, and given to the player based on the detection result. Point number data individually representing the value of the service points to be calculated and sequentially stored in the point storage area 38g, and the mobile phone 200 receives a plurality of service points having values corresponding to the number of points. As a possible infrared signal, it can be transmitted all at once, and the number of reception operations is reduced as compared with the case where the reception operation is performed every time the number of individual points is calculated, and the troublesomeness of the operation is reduced. Since service points have a value corresponding to the number of points, by sending service points from the mobile phone 200 to a game hall, a machine manufacturer, etc., a player can win prizes according to the number of points. It is possible to receive services, etc., improve the willingness of players to play, differentiate from other game halls or other game machine manufacturers, attract customers, increase game time, etc. Become.

  Next, a first modification of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the third embodiment, the example in which the correspondence between the specific game state type and the number of points is fixedly set in the point number reference table 37a shown in FIG. 54, but the predetermined condition is satisfied. Alternatively, the number of points may be changed. For example, by detecting the symbol variation signal output from the output terminal 16e, the occurrence of symbol variation is counted, and as shown in FIG. 67, the number of symbol variation is achieved as 400 times, 800 times, 1200 times, and so on. As a condition, the point number reference table 37a may be set so that the number of points corresponding to each game state type is increased by a predetermined point. The example of FIG. 67 shows an example in which the number of points for a normal big hit is increased by 10 points, the number of points for a probable big hit is increased by 20 points, and the continuous increase in the probability changed game is increased by 5 points. Thus, by changing the number of points due to the establishment of the predetermined condition, it is possible to give the player a sense of expectation for the change in the number of points, and to further improve the game motivation. Furthermore, you may comprise so that the display apparatus 5 may alert | report the number of points after the change mentioned above at a predetermined timing. For example, as shown in FIG. 68, the current number of points and the number of changed points may be displayed on the display device 5 as a message. By notifying the number of points after the change in this way, it is possible to make the player aware of the establishment of a predetermined condition (for example, achievement of a predetermined number of symbol variations) as a game target, thereby improving game motivation. . In addition, as the predetermined condition for changing the number of points, in addition to the fact that the number of symbol fluctuations has reached the predetermined number, for example, the number of big hits or the number of consecutive random fluctuation games reaches the predetermined number, It may be that the number of game balls fired reaches a predetermined number, a specific character appears on the display screen, or the like.

  Next, a second modification of the third embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In each of the above-described embodiments, the service point counter value is used to set the service point to a unique value. However, the present invention is not limited to this. In short, a service point that expresses the occurrence of a specific gaming state in an individually identifiable manner is created and transmitted as a signal that can be received by the mobile communication terminal. For example, a clock may be built in the communication control board 30 and time data representing the occurrence time of each gaming state may be used as a component of the service point. FIG. 69 is a diagram showing a storage example of point number data and time point data in the point buffer 38f in this modification, and FIG. 70 is a diagram showing a storage example of service points received by the mobile phone 200. According to this modified example, unique information that does not cause duplication can be easily and reliably created based on time point data representing the occurrence time point of the gaming state. Furthermore, by using the time data, it is possible to analyze at what timing each specific gaming state has occurred based on the received service points. In this modification, the gaming machine ID and the time point data correspond to identification information for individually identifying each service point.

  Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the third embodiment, the number of points is calculated for each detection of occurrence of a specific gaming state, and service points having values corresponding to the number of points are transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33. In this embodiment, the number of points is calculated individually for each detection of the occurrence of a specific gaming state, and the cumulative number of points is calculated by accumulating the number of points. It is configured to transmit service points having different values. In addition, about the structure which is common in 3rd embodiment mentioned above, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and detailed description about them is abbreviate | omitted. 2, FIG. 4 to FIG. 7, FIG. 9 to FIG. 15 and FIG. 23 show the contents of this embodiment as well as the first embodiment, and FIG. 35 and FIG. 36 show the second embodiment. In addition, the contents are also expressed in the present embodiment.

  In the pachinko machine 103 according to the present embodiment, as shown in the front view of FIG. 71 and the block diagram of the communication control board of FIG. A fingerprint sensor 42 is provided on the outer peripheral portion. The fingerprint sensor 42 is connected to the CPU 36, and fingerprint data detected by the firing handle 17 is transmitted to the CPU 36. The fingerprint data transmitted to the CPU 36 is stored in the fingerprint data storage area 38i of the RAM 38, and the fingerprint data detected this time is compared with the previous fingerprint data stored in the fingerprint data storage area 38i. The If both fingerprint data match, it is determined that the same player continues to play the game, and if they do not match, it is determined that the player has changed.

  As shown in FIG. 72, the RAM 38 of this embodiment is provided with a player specific password storage area 38c and a transmission buffer 38d as in the third embodiment, and is replaced with a point buffer 38f and a point storage area 38g. An accumulated point storage area 38h is provided as a transmission information storage means. The accumulated point storage area 38h is an area for storing the accumulated point number RP that is calculated by sequentially accumulating the number of points “1” every time the occurrence of symbol variation in the display device 5 is detected via the output terminal 16e. is there. Further, the RAM 38 is provided with a fingerprint data storage area 38 i for storing fingerprint data detected by the fingerprint sensor 42. The accumulated point storage area 38h constitutes the transmission information storage means of the present invention. Further, the point number reference table 37a in the ROM 37 is not used in the present embodiment.

  In this embodiment, in step S30 of the special electric accessory control routine of FIGS. 6 to 7, instead of the flowchart of FIG. 8 in the first embodiment, a diagram similar to the second embodiment is used. The symbol variation start process shown in the flowchart of 35 is executed.

  Next, prior to detailed description of each process executed in the communication control board 30, an outline of a flow from the start of a game in the pachinko machine 103 to service point transmission to the mobile phone 200 will be described.

  In the present embodiment, the number of points is calculated for each detection of the occurrence of symbol variation, and the accumulated number of points is calculated by accumulating the number of points. The infrared light emitting unit 33 has a value corresponding to the accumulated number of points. The service point is transmitted. When a player arrives at a seat installed in front of the pachinko machine 103 in the game hall, before starting the game in the pachinko machine 103, the infrared light emitting unit 209 of the mobile phone 200 possessed by the player, “model ID + The “player specific password + start data” is transmitted as an infrared signal to the infrared light receiver 34 of the pachinko machine 103. Here, the model ID is identification information for identifying the model of the pachinko machine 103. The start data is a point number balance in the mobile phone 200. In the pachinko machine 103, the model is confirmed by the received model ID, the player is identified by the player identification password, and the received start data is set as the current cumulative point number.

  Here, when a game is played for the first time with a pachinko machine of the model, a predetermined dummy ID is transmitted as the model ID and “0” is transmitted as the start data from the mobile phone 200. On the other hand, in the second and subsequent games of the same model, the model ID is the model ID of the pachinko machine 103, and the start data is the point number balance of the model. When the game is played for the first time, since the start data is 0, the production on the display device 5 starts from the first story, whereas when the game is played for the second time or later, the received start data is the current By setting the accumulated point number, the progress of the game in the pachinko machine 103 is set based on the point number balance in the mobile phone 200.

  Then, every time the game ball B wins the first type starting port during the game and a symbol variation occurs, a symbol variation signal is detected via the output terminal 16e, and the accumulated point number RP in the accumulated point storage area 38h is detected. The number of points is incremented by one. Thereafter, when the player ends the game, when the “transmission request signal + player specific password” is transmitted as an infrared signal from the mobile phone 200 to the pachinko machine 103, the player specific password stored in the pachinko machine 103 is received. On the condition that the player specific password matches, the service point including the accumulated point number data is transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33 of the pachinko machine 103, and is received and stored by the mobile phone 200. The service points received by the mobile phone 200 can be used for winning prizes and the like, and the point number balance can be transmitted to the pachinko machine 103 as start data at the start of the next game.

  Next, the point accumulation processing routine executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that this routine is executed by the CPU 36 of the communication control board 30 repeatedly calling from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle instead of the routine shown in FIG. 53 in the third embodiment. In addition, in the initialization process when the power is turned on, “0” is set as the initial value for the cumulative point number RP.

  First, in step S3300, the signal states of “probability changing signal” and “symbol fluctuation signal” are read from the I / F circuit 35, respectively. Subsequently, in step S3310, it is determined whether or not the “design variation signal” has changed from OFF to ON. If it is determined that the “symbol fluctuation signal” has changed from OFF to ON (step S3310: YES), it is determined in step S3320 whether the “probability changing signal” is in an OFF state. When the “probability changing signal” is in the OFF state (step S3320: Yes), in step S3330, the cumulative point number RP in the cumulative point storage area 38h is counted up (that is, the point number “1” is added), In step S3340, after the notification lamp 31 is turned on, the process of this routine is terminated and the process returns. On the other hand, when the “probability changing signal” is in the ON state (during the high probability mode) (step S3320: No), the process of this routine is terminated without returning the accumulated point number RP, and the process returns. .

  Here, the transition of the accumulated point number RP will be described with reference to the graph of FIG. In the graph, it is assumed that a “symbol fluctuation signal” is generated with a predetermined probability as time passes. While the “probability changing signal” is OFF (time t0 to t1 and t2 to t3), the accumulated point number RP increases by 1 each time the “design variation signal” is generated once. On the other hand, while the “probability changing signal” is ON (during the high probability mode, time t1 to t2), the value of the accumulated point number RP does not change even if the “symbol changing signal” is generated. That is, the occurrence of the symbol variation signal in the high probability mode is excluded from the calculation of the point number, and only the occurrence of the symbol variation signal in the low probability mode is counted to calculate the accumulated point number RP.

  Next, the information communication processing executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of the information communication processing main routine shown in FIGS. Note that this routine is stored in the ROM 37 instead of the routine in the third embodiment shown in FIGS. 56 to 57, and the CPU 36 repeatedly reads out the routine from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle and executes it.

  Note that transmission of start data, a player specific password, a transmission request signal, etc. from the mobile phone 200 is performed by operating the button 204 in a state where the above-described service point reception program is activated in the mobile phone 200. To do. For example, when starting data transmission, as shown in FIG. 77, the model name and service point balance of the pachinko machine are displayed on the liquid crystal panel 206, and the button 204 is operated to select the selected model. The model ID, the player specific password, and the service point balance as start data are read from the memory 220 and transmitted from the infrared light emitting unit 209 as an infrared signal.

  75 to 76, first, in step S3400, it is determined whether or not “model ID + player specific password + start data” has been received by the infrared light receiver 34. If “model ID + player specific password + start data” is received (step S3400: Yes), whether the received model ID matches the model ID of the pachinko machine 103 stored in the ROM 37 in step S3401. Determine whether or not. If the received model ID matches the model ID of the pachinko machine 103 (step S3401: YES), in step S3402, the value of the received start data is written into the accumulated point number RP in the accumulated point storage area 38h. Here, since the start data is the point number balance of the service points stored in the memory 220 of the mobile phone 200, the accumulated point number RP in the accumulated point storage area 38h in the pachinko machine 103 is obtained by the process of step S3402. A point number balance of service points stored in the mobile phone 200 is set.

  When the received model ID does not match the model ID of the pachinko machine 103 (step S3401: NO), in step S3403, it is determined whether or not the received model ID matches a predetermined dummy ID. If the received model ID matches the predetermined dummy ID (step S3403: YES), in step S3404, the numerical value “0” is written to the cumulative point number RP in the cumulative point storage area 38h. Here, since the dummy ID is transmitted when the game is played for the first time in the model, when the accumulated point number RP is set to “0”, the game progress newly starting the game in the pachinko machine 103 Situation.

  If the received model ID does not match either the model ID of the pachinko machine 103 or the predetermined dummy ID (step S3403: NO), in step S3405, as shown in FIG. After the message “Please check the model.” Is displayed on the display device 5, the processing of this routine is terminated.

  After the start data is set in the accumulated point number RP in step S3402 or step S3404, in step S3406, the received player specific password is stored in the password storage area 38c, and the player specific flag YF is turned ON. Subsequently, in step S3407, as shown in FIG. 78 (b), the message “Taro Yamada has been identified as a player. The balance of the current number of points is XX points” is displayed on the display device 5. To display. Further, in step S3408, the value of the accumulated point number RP is transmitted to the symbol display control board 22, and the processing of this routine is terminated.

  On the other hand, the display device 5 is controlled by the symbol display control board 22 to perform effect display on the story screen corresponding to the value of the accumulated points. For example, as shown in FIG. 79, every time the cumulative number of points increases by 100 points, a control command is transmitted to the symbol display control board 22, so that story <1> (100 points), story <2> (200 points) ), Story <3> (300 points), story <4> (400 points)... In FIG. 79, after playing from the story <1> to the middle of the story <2> in the previous game, the service point is received by the mobile phone 200 and stored in the memory 220 of the mobile phone 200 at the start of this game. An example is shown in which the balance of the number of service points stored is transmitted as start data to the pachinko machine 103 and the game is started from the continuation of the story <2>.

  If it is determined in step S3400 that “model ID + player specific password + start data” has not been received (step S3400: No), whether “transmission request signal + player specific password” has been received in step S3409. Determine whether. If it is determined that “transmission request signal + player specific password” has not been received (step S3409: No), the processing of this routine is terminated.

  If “transmission request signal + player specific password” is received in step S3409 (step S3409: Yes), the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal and the password storage area 38c are stored in step S3410. It is determined whether or not the player specific password matches. In addition, when the player specific password is not stored in the password storage area 38c, it is determined as not matching. When the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal does not match the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c (step S3410: No), in step S3411, as shown in FIG. 78 (c), A message “Service point cannot be sent because the passwords do not match or are not entered” is displayed on the display device 5 and the processing of this routine is terminated.

  Therefore, even if a transmission request signal is transmitted from the mobile phone 200, if the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal does not match the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c, Points are not sent. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the service point from being illegally received by a person other than the player specified at the start of the game.

  If the player specific password received together with the transmission request signal matches the player specific password stored in the password storage area 38c (step S3410: YES), a connect signal is transmitted in step S3412, and in step S3413, A return signal is received from the mobile phone 200. As a result, infrared communication is enabled between the communication control board 30 and the mobile phone 200. Subsequently, in step S3414, the notification lamp 32 starts blinking. In step S3415, service point creation and transmission processing is performed. Here, the service point creation and transmission processing in step S3415 is performed by calling and executing the service point creation / transmission processing routine shown in FIG. 80 instead of the routine in the third embodiment shown in FIG. Is called.

  In the service point creation / transmission processing routine, in step S3471, a gaming machine ID as gaming machine identification information for identifying the pachinko machine 103 as another is stored in the first storage area of the transmission buffer 38d on the RAM 38. Here, FIG. 81 (a) shows a format of the transmission buffer 38d for service point transmission, and FIG. 81 (b) shows an example of storage of service points. Subsequently, in step S3472, the value of the service point counter 39b is read from the nonvolatile memory 39 and stored in the second area of the transmission buffer. Further, in step S3473, the value of the accumulated point number RP as the transmission information of the present invention stored in the accumulated point storage area 38h is stored in the third area of the transmission buffer 38d. That is, the service point has a data structure of “gaming machine ID + service point counter value + cumulative point number data”. The first three digits of the gaming machine ID are a model ID, and the model ID transmitted together with the start data is set based on the gaming machine ID. Note that the gaming machine ID and the service point counter value correspond to identification information for individually identifying each service point.

  In step S3474, the service point stored in the transmission buffer 38d is transmitted as an infrared signal from the infrared light emitting unit 33. Subsequently, in step S3475, the infrared light receiver 34 receives a confirmation signal from the mobile phone 200. In step S3476, the service point counter value of the nonvolatile memory 39 is counted up, and then the process returns to the main routine.

  When returning to the information communication processing main routine (FIG. 76), a transmission end signal is transmitted in step S3416. Subsequently, in step S3417, the notification lamp 31 is turned off, and in step S3418, the accumulated point number RP is set to “0”, the player specifying flag YF is turned OFF, and the stored contents of the transmission buffer 38d are erased. Then, the processing of this routine is terminated.

  When the service point transmitted in the information communication processing main routine described above is received by the mobile phone 200, the gaming machine ID, the service point counter value, and the accumulated point number data are stored in the memory 220 built in the mobile phone 200. Is done. FIG. 83 shows an example of storage in the memory 220 of the mobile phone 200.

  Next, the game end process executed in the communication control board 30 will be described with reference to the flowchart of the game end process routine shown in FIG. This routine is stored in the ROM 37, and the CPU 36 repeatedly reads out the routine from the ROM 37 at a predetermined cycle and executes it.

  First, in step S3600, the current fingerprint data output from the fingerprint sensor 42 is compared with the previous fingerprint data stored in the fingerprint data storage area 38i to determine whether the fingerprints match. If the fingerprints match (step S3600: YES), the routine is terminated. That is, if the fingerprints match, it means that the game by the same player is continuing.

  When it is determined that the fingerprints do not match, that is, when it is determined that the game by the player before the change is completed due to the change of the player (step S3600: No), in step S3601, the accumulated point number RP Is stored in the accumulated point storage area 38h. If the accumulated point number RP is not stored (step S3601: NO), the process of this routine is terminated.

  When the accumulated point number RP is stored, that is, when the untransmitted accumulated point number RP data remains (step S3601: Yes), in step S3602, the storage contents (that is, the accumulated point storage area 38h) The accumulated point number RP) is deleted, and the stored contents of the player specific password storage area 38c (that is, the player specific password) are deleted. In step S3603, a message indicating that the accumulated point number RP data has been deleted is displayed on the display device 5. For example, a message is displayed as “cumulative points have been deleted” (see FIG. 78 (d)). In step S3604, after the notification lamp 31 is turned off, the process of this routine is terminated.

  As is clear from the above detailed description, according to the present embodiment, instead of (or in addition to) the effects achieved in the third embodiment described above, the following various functions and effects are achieved. Is done. That is, according to the present embodiment, the accumulated point storage area 38h as the transmission information storage means stores the accumulated point number RP data in which the value of the service points given to the player is accumulated, and the information transmission means The infrared light emitting unit 33 can transmit service points including the accumulated point number RP data stored in the accumulated point storage area 38h to the mobile phone 200, and each time the number of points is calculated, the receiving operation is performed. Compared with the case of performing, the number of reception operations is reduced, and the troublesomeness of operations is reduced. Since service points have a value corresponding to the number of points, by sending service points from the mobile phone 200 to a game hall, a machine manufacturer, etc., a player can win prizes according to the number of points. It is possible to receive services, etc., improve the willingness of players to play, differentiate from other game halls or other game machine manufacturers, attract customers, increase game time, etc. Become.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the following modifications may be made.

  (A) The pachinko machine 101 of the second embodiment is configured to produce an effect having a story according to the value of the number of times of change HC as the accumulation status of transmission information. The pachinko machine 1 may be configured to produce an effect having a story according to the accumulation state of the game state data in the game state storage area 38b. Similarly, in the pachinko machine 103 of the fourth embodiment, the pachinko machine 103 of the fourth embodiment is configured to produce an effect having a story according to the value of the accumulated point number RP. It is good also as a structure which performs the production | presentation which has story property according to the accumulation | storage state of the point number data in the area | region 38g.

  (B) In the fourth embodiment, one point is given every time a symbol variation occurs and added to the accumulated point number RP in the accumulated point storage area 38h. However, the number of points in the accumulated point storage area 38h It is good also as a structure by which the number of points of 2 or more is provided as added value information according to the accumulation | storage state. Thereby, the player can play a game with the acquisition of added value information as one game target, and can further improve the game motivation. Or it is good also as a structure which gives the special value information of a kind different from a normal service point according to a point accumulation | storage state.

  (C) In the first embodiment in which the game state data is created based on the occurrence of the big hit, the big hit in the probability change game in which the next big hit occurrence is expected within a short time and the player cannot be changed A message prompting a transmission request at the end of a big hit gaming state during a normal game in which accumulation of gaming state data is automatically executed and the next big hit occurrence cannot be expected within a short time and the player may be replaced (FIG. 28 ( c)) may be displayed. According to this modified example, the message (FIG. 28 (c)) that prompts the transmission request is not displayed during the probability variation game, so the annoyance is reduced. During the normal game, the transmission request is surely executed to receive the game information. It can be carried out.

  (D) You may comprise so that the content accumulate | stored and stored in the transmission information storage means in each said embodiment may be alert | reported. For example, in the first embodiment, the content (such as the number of big hits) accumulated and stored in the gaming state storage area 38b as the transmission information storage means may be displayed on the display device 5 ( (See FIG. 84 (a)). In the second embodiment, the content (cumulative variation number) accumulated and stored in the game progress data storage area 38e as the transmission information storage means may be displayed on the display device 5 ( FIG. 84 (b)). In the third embodiment, the contents (number of points) accumulated and stored in the point accumulation area 38g as the transmission information storage means may be displayed on the display device 5 (FIG. 84 ( c)). Further, in the fourth embodiment, the contents (accumulated points) accumulated and stored in the accumulated point storage area 38h as the transmission information storage means may be displayed on the display device 5 (FIG. 84 (d)). By configuring in this way, the player can surely grasp the contents (the number of big hits, the number of points, etc.) accumulated and stored in the transmission information storage means, and the game motivation can be further improved.

(E) In each of the above embodiments, the game information or service point is output from the infrared transmitter 33 as an infrared signal, and the mobile phone 200 receives the infrared signal, thereby acquiring the game information or service point. Is the ROM of the symbol display control board 22
24 may be configured to incorporate a two-dimensional barcode generation program and display and output game information and the like as a two-dimensional barcode on the display device 5. According to this modification, it is possible to acquire game information and the like by reading a two-dimensional barcode using a CCD camera and a mobile phone 200 with a two-dimensional barcode decoding function. A plurality of pieces of information can be acquired collectively by displaying the game state data or the result of accumulating the number of points with one two-dimensional barcode. Further, since the two-dimensional barcode generation program is provided on the symbol display control board 22 for controlling the display device 5, two-dimensional barcode display can be performed with a small processing load by transmitting a command or the like to the symbol display control board 22. It can be performed. FIG. 85 shows a display example of a two-dimensional barcode on the round display screen of the display device 5. In this modification, the display device 5 constitutes the information transmission means of the present invention, and the two-dimensional barcode generation program constitutes the barcode generation means. The two-dimensional barcode generation program may be provided on the communication control board 30 instead of the symbol display control board 22. According to this configuration, when the pachinko machine 1 is discarded, the communication unit including the communication control board 30 can be removed and reused in another gaming machine. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which provides a two-dimensional barcode generation program in the main board | substrate of the control apparatus 21 of the pachinko machine 1 main body. According to this configuration, since the two-dimensional barcode generation program is provided on the main board that is caulked and fixed to the main body of the pachinko machine 1, fraud can be reliably prevented.

  In the above-described modification, the two-dimensional barcode generation program generates a plurality of accumulated transmission information as one barcode, and the display device 5 displays the generated one barcode. Although a plurality of transmission information is collectively displayed by one bar code, and thus the transmission information can be collectively acquired by the mobile phone 200, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the two-dimensional barcode generation program generates each barcode as a barcode for each transmission information, accumulates and stores the generated barcodes in the RAM 38 (or RAM 26), and displays the accumulated and stored barcodes. The apparatus 5 may be configured to sequentially read and display. According to this modification, the stored and stored transmission information is sequentially displayed on the display device 5, so that each transmission information can be sequentially acquired by the mobile phone 200. Alternatively, it includes bar code storage means (ROM) for storing in advance a one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar code pattern in association with transmission information (for example, game state data or service points indicating occurrence of jackpot gaming state), For each piece of transmission information stored and stored in the RAM 38, the barcode may be read from the barcode storage means and displayed. According to this modification, barcode display on the display device 5 can be performed with a small processing load without performing a barcode generation process with a large processing load.

  Further, instead of the two-dimensional barcode, another machine-readable symbol may be adopted. For example, it may be displayed and output as a one-dimensional barcode, or may be displayed as a sequence of characters and the like (including English characters, katakana, hiragana, kanji, symbols, numbers, etc.). It is possible to acquire information by recognizing the arrangement of characters and the like using a mobile communication terminal having an optical character recognition function. Further, apart from the display device 5 as a symbol variation display device provided on the game board 7, a two-dimensional bar is provided on another position of the game board 7 or on the front frame 2 or the glass door frame 3 outside the game board 7. A display device for code display output may be separately provided as information transmission means. For example, in FIG. 86, the two-dimensional barcode display device 5 b, the notification lamp 31, and the infrared light receiver 34 are exposed through the opening provided near the corner of the glass door frame 3 at the peripheral edge of the front frame 2. An example of such an arrangement is shown. According to this modification, there is an advantage that the display area of the symbol variation display on the display device 5 is not affected, the reading operation by the mobile phone 200 is easy, and the unauthorized reading operation by another player is performed. There is an advantage that it can be appropriately arranged at a position where it is difficult to perform. Further, when only the game board 7 is exchanged, the two-dimensional barcode display device 5b provided on the front frame 2 outside the game board 7 can be reused. In addition, when a pachinko machine having a function related to ball lending is connected to the pachinko machine and the inter-car device has a display device, the inter-car device may be configured to perform two-dimensional bar code display. Good.

  (F) In each of the above embodiments, the player specific password transmitted as an infrared signal from the mobile phone 200 is input by the player's operation. However, the mobile phone 200 is connected via a terminal provided on the mobile phone 200. A configuration may be provided in which an apparatus capable of reading the storage contents of the memory 200 is provided. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which inputs a player specific password via input means which can input information by operation of a player, for example, input devices, such as a keyboard provided in the frame of the pachinko machine, a touch panel. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which inputs a player specific password via the interface board | substrate (interface means) for inputting the information output from the stand apparatus which has a function regarding a ball lending. In this case, for example, an input device such as a touch panel or an infrared receiving device may be provided in the inter-device, and a player specifying password input by these devices may be input via the interface board. Or it is good also as a structure which reads a player specific password from a magnetic card or an IC card with an inter-device, and inputs it via an interface board.

  (G) In each of the embodiments described above, the confirmation result of the player specifying situation is input by holding the hand over the first infrared sensor 32a or the second infrared sensor 32b, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, via a confirmation input means constituted by any one of a push button, a touch panel, a sensor for detecting any movement of the player's body part, a receiving device for information transmitted from the mobile phone 200, or a voice recognition device. The confirmation result of the player specific situation may be input.

  (H) In the above-described embodiments, the storage contents of the game state buffer 38a and the game state storage area 38b are erased after the transmission of the game information. However, in addition to this, the password storage area 38c The stored contents may be erased. Thereby, the game state buffer 38a, the game state storage area 38b, and the password storage area 38c can be set to the initial state after the transmission of the game information is completed.

  (I) In the second embodiment, the variation number HC, which is the cumulative occurrence number of symbol variations, is used as the game progress data. For example, the cumulative occurrence number of big hit games (hereinafter referred to as the big hit number) is used as a game. It is good also as a structure used as progress data. In this case, the display device 5 may be configured to produce an effect corresponding to the number of jackpots. The number of times shown in parentheses on the vertical axis in FIG. 44 represents the correspondence with story development when the number of jackpots is used as the game progress data.

  (J) In the second embodiment, the mobile phone 200 transmits the model ID as the model identification information together with the start data. However, each pachinko machine installed in the game hall can be identified instead of the model ID. The ID information of each pachinko machine may be transmitted so that a game having continuity can be executed only in the same pachinko machine.

  (K) In each of the above embodiments, when the player is specified by transmitting the player specifying password by the mobile phone 200 that the player is specified, or the jackpot gaming state is ended without specifying the player. In this case, the notification is made in the display device 5, but the notification may be made at a timing other than these. For example, notification may be performed immediately after the game starts. Thereby, the player can know that the player is specified immediately after the start of the game. It should be noted that the start of the game can be detected by detecting that the firing switch signal at the output terminal 16d has been turned on.

  Moreover, it is good also as a structure which alert | reports a player specific, when generation | occurrence | production of a specific game state is detected. Thus, the player can surely know that the player has been specified when the game state data can be received due to the occurrence of a specific game state such as a big hit gaming state. Further, in the above embodiment, when the player is unspecified at the end of the jackpot gaming state, it is configured to notify that the player is unspecified. However, in the specific gaming state such as the jackpot gaming state, You may comprise so that it alert | reports at the time of generation | occurrence | production detection, and forms player specific time. Moreover, it is good also as a structure which alert | reports a player specific at a predetermined time interval. Thereby, the player can always confirm that the player has been identified by the message repeatedly displayed at predetermined time intervals.

  In each of the above embodiments, the player has been specified, the player has been specified, the game information can be transmitted, the player has not been specified, and Although it has been configured to notify that the stored information has been deleted by displaying a message on the display device 5 (see FIG. 28 and the like), it may be notified by symbol display. Moreover, you may make it alert | report by lighting or blinking of light using a light-emitting device. In addition, as a light-emitting device, what light-emits by various systems, such as a light bulb and a light emitting diode, can be used. Or you may make it alert | report by the message by an audio | voice using an audio | voice generator. Furthermore, it may be configured to notify by transmitting information representing each notification content to the mobile phone 200. For example, the information indicating the content such as the identification of the player may be transmitted as an e-mail, or may be transmitted as an infrared signal. According to this, the player can know that the player has been specified in his / her portable communication terminal.

  (L) In each of the above-described embodiments, the communication control board 30 acquires a signal representing a gaming state such as a big hit signal via the output terminals 16a to 16e provided on the external connection terminal plate 16. A separate dedicated communication line may be provided between the control device 21 and the jackpot signal or the like. The communication line in this modification is a communication line dedicated to output from the main board constituting the control device 21 or a communication line provided between the control board 21 and an unauthorized signal is input to the main board. The structure prevents this.

  (M) In each of the above embodiments, the infrared light emitting unit 33, the infrared light receiving unit 34, and the notification lamp 31 are provided on the game board 7. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other functions provided in the pachinko machine 1 are provided. You may arrange | position in any site | parts of the pachinko machine 1 within the range which does not cause trouble. For example, it is good also as a structure provided in the lower left of the front frame 2, and you may provide in the other site | part on the front frame 2, or another frame. In addition, in order to prevent illegally receiving game information from behind a player who sits on a chair and plays a game, an infrared light emitting unit is provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine 1 in a region facing the upper body of the seated player. 33 and the light receiving unit 34 are desirably provided, and more preferably in the vicinity of the central portion in the left-right direction of the pachinko machine 1.

  (N) When the infrared light emitting unit 33, the infrared light receiving unit 34, and the notification lamp 31 are provided on the front frame 2, the front surfaces of the infrared light emitting unit 33 and the light receiving unit 34 are more reliably prevented in order to prevent unauthorized reception. A structure may be provided in which a plate-like member made of resin or the like is protruded in parallel with a predetermined interval apart from the front (player side). Then, the mobile phone 200 is inserted between the infrared light emitting unit 33 and the light receiving unit 34 and the plate member to receive game information. According to such a configuration, since the infrared signal emitted from the infrared light emitting unit 33 is blocked by the plate-like member, illegally receiving game information by a person other than the player is surely prevented.

  (O) In the above-described embodiment, the communication control board 30 is built in the pachinko machine 1, but the communication unit including the communication control board 30, the notification lamp 31, the infrared light emitting unit 33, and the infrared light receiving unit 34 is provided. The pachinko machine 1 may be provided separately from the pachinko machine 1 and may be installed on a slat that is formed projecting at a lower position of the pachinko machine 1 installed on the amusement island. Or it is good also as a structure which incorporates a communication unit in the stand apparatus provided with the function regarding the ball lending installed adjacent to the pachinko machine 1. In the above-described embodiment, the communication control board 30 is connected to the control device 21 via the external connection terminal plate 16, so that the communication unit can be easily separated.

  (P) Also, any one or two of the state detection means, the information creation means and the data transmission means are provided in the pachinko machine 1 main body, and the rest are incorporated in a table apparatus having a function related to ball lending. Also good. By sharing functions between the main body of the pachinko machine 1 and the inter-device, it is possible to obtain an optimum configuration for design or use. For example, the state detection means may be provided in the main body of the pachinko machine 1, and the information creation means and the data transmission means may be built in the inter-device. According to this configuration, since the state detection means is provided in the main body of the pachinko machine 1, the necessary state detection can be performed with a simple configuration, and the information creation means and the data transmission means are built in the inter-device. Therefore, it is not necessary to change the main body of the pachinko machine 1 more greatly than the conventional specification. Alternatively, the state detection means and the information creation means may be provided in the main body of the pachinko machine 1 and the data transmission means may be built in the inter-device. According to this configuration, the state detection means and the information creation means realized by an electronic circuit or the like are provided in the pachinko machine 1 main body (for example, the board mounting portion on the back side of the pachinko machine 1 main body). In addition, since the data transmission means is built in the inter-device, it can be provided so as to face the player while ensuring a sufficient space for attaching the data transmission means in the inter-device, and further, the main body of the pachinko machine 1 There is no need to change the front part of the product from the previous specification.

  (Q) In the above-described embodiment, the wireless communication with the mobile phone 200 is performed using infrared as a medium. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, Bluetooth known as a near field communication technique using a radio wave as a medium is used. It is good also as a structure which performs the radio | wireless communication by Bluetooth between the portable communication terminals in which communication is possible.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 87, instead of the infrared light emitting unit 33 and the infrared light receiving unit 34 in the above-described embodiment, for example, the pachinko machine 104 or the pachinko machine 104 according to the present modification is installed adjacently. A Bluetooth module 501 that enables exchange of weak radio waves of about 1 mW or less in the 2.47 GHz band is provided in a card unit having a function related to the lending of a ball, and an antenna module 502 having directivity in a substantially vertical direction is attached to a pachinko It is provided on the floor between the machine 104 and the corresponding player chair 50, on the inside of the player chair 50, or on the slats formed projecting at the lower position of the pachinko machine 1 installed on the game island. Further, the Bluetooth module 501 and the antenna module 502 are electrically connected by a transmission line 503. 87 shows an example in which the antenna module 502 is provided in the player's chair 50. FIG. 87A shows a case where the mobile phone 200 is in communication range with the antenna module 502, and FIG. Each case is shown.

  The operation in this modification will be described. First, a player who has a mobile phone 200 as a mobile communication terminal capable of Bluetooth communication sits on the player's chair 50 and carries it within the communication range of the antenna module 502. When the telephone 200 enters (see FIG. 87 (a)), the pachinko machine 104 or the card unit communicates with the mobile telephone 200 that has entered the normal authentication procedure according to the Bluetooth standard such as transmission / reception of Bluetooth ID. The telephone number of the mobile phone 200 is received and obtained via the Bluetooth unit in a non-contact manner. The obtained telephone number data of the mobile phone 200 is registered as an information terminal to be communicated and transmitted to the hall management computer. At this time, if for some reason the same phone number data is accidentally obtained in a plurality of adjacent pachinko machines 1 or card units, is there a duplication with the already registered phone numbers? If there is a duplication, request a retransmission of the telephone number and register the communication target again. In this way, game information is transmitted to the cellular phone 200 registered as a communication target by weak radio waves in the 2.47 GHz band.

  According to this modification, the player can receive game information while the mobile phone 200 is placed in a pocket of clothes or the like, or placed in a folder provided on the board. Accordingly, the game information can be transmitted every time the occurrence of a specific game state is detected, and the mobile phone 200 can receive the game information. In addition, radio waves are radiated from the antenna module 502 perpendicularly to the upper surface direction, and the radio wave radiation is concentrated within a predetermined angle range on the upper surface of the antenna, and almost no radio wave radiation is performed outside the predetermined angle range. This prevents radio wave interference between adjacent antenna modules.

  Further, in this modification, the Bluetooth module 501 detects that the mobile phone 200 has moved from the communication area of the antenna module 502 to the outside of the communication area as the player leaves the pachinko machine 104. You may comprise so that the said player's game end may be detected (refer FIG.87 (b)). Further, an e-mail for notifying the hall management computer of the end of the game from the Bluetooth module 501 and confirming whether or not the information remaining in the pachinko machine 104 can be erased from the hall management computer to the mobile phone 200. May be configured to transmit.

  In this modification, game information is output on the condition that a player is specified based on the telephone number data transmitted to the hall management computer (for example, it is specified that the player is a registered member). You may make it do. Further, the pachinko machine 1 or the card unit receives the specified player's name information from the portable communication terminal and inputs it to the symbol display control board 22 which is one of the sub boards of the control device 21 of the pachinko machine 1. Accordingly, a message including the name of the player may be displayed on the screen 5a of the display device 5 as, for example, “Mr. Tanaka, welcome!”.

  (R) In each of the above embodiments, the game information is transmitted to the mobile phone 200 by wireless communication. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the game information is transmitted to the mobile phone 200 by wired communication. It may be configured. For example, by providing a mobile phone holder with a connection terminal in the pachinko machine 1 and placing the mobile phone 200 on the mobile phone holder, the connection terminal of the mobile phone holder and the connection terminal of the mobile phone 200 are connected. It is good also as a structure which can perform wired communication.

  (S) In each of the above-described embodiments, the mobile phone 200 is used as the mobile communication terminal. However, other than the mobile phone, a PHS (Simple Mobile Phone, Personal Handyphone System), PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), etc. Various mobile communication terminals can be used.

  (T) In the above embodiment, only the game information is transmitted from the communication control board 30 to the mobile phone 200. However, a lottery is performed for each occurrence of a specific game state in the communication control board 30, When winning, it may be configured to add value-added information and transmit it together with game information.

  (U) Although the notification lamp 31 is provided in the pachinko machine 1 in the above embodiment, there is game information that can be transmitted by omitting the notification lamp 31 and only displaying the message on the screen 5a of the display device 5. It is good also as a structure which alert | reports this.

  (V) In the first embodiment, only the game state data is stored and stored in the game state buffer 38a on the RAM 38, but the game state data is added with the gaming machine ID and the game information count value. It is good also as a structure which accumulate | stores the game information of the same content as time on RAM38.

  (W) In the first embodiment, the game information can be transmitted at any time when the game state data is accumulated and stored in the game state buffer 38a. However, according to the occurrence of a specific game state, The game information may be transmitted only at the end of a predetermined operation (such as at the end of the big hit gaming state). Moreover, it is good also as a structure which can transmit game information only at the time of a game stop.

  (X) In each of the embodiments described above, the infrared light receiving unit 34 is always in a standby state for receiving an infrared signal. However, a sensor means for detecting the approach of the mobile phone 200 to the communication unit 30 is provided, and the sensor means. May be configured to enter a reception standby state when detecting the approach of the mobile phone 200. In addition, as a sensor means, it is possible to employ | adopt the well-known approaching object detection sensor (for example, infrared sensor etc.) by various systems.

  (Y) In each of the above-described embodiments, the normal big hit is generated twice consecutively during the high probability mode, and the transition to the low probability mode is made. However, the normal big hit is generated once. It is good also as a structure which changes to the low probability mode resulting from it.

  (Z) In each of the embodiments described above, different eye sage display is performed depending on whether or not the player is specified at the end of the big hit game. However, as the contents of the presentation at the time of occurrence of the big hit, the “production with player identification”, “game” It is good also as a structure which prepares the production | presentation in which a player is not specified "and" the production when a player is specified on the way ", and produces a different production in each case. For example, when a big hit occurs without specifying a player, the display device may perform an effect that prompts the player to specify.

  (A) The present invention can also be applied to various gaming machines different from the above embodiments. For example, a gaming machine applied to the present invention is a pachinko gaming machine, which has a launching handle as a basic configuration, and launches a ball into a predetermined gaming area according to the operation of the launching handle, and the ball is in the gaming area The identification information that is dynamically displayed on the display device is confirmed and stopped after a predetermined time on the condition that a winning (or passing through the operation gate) is made at the operation port arranged at a predetermined position in the display device. It is done. In addition, when a special gaming state occurs, a variable winning device (specific winning opening) disposed at a predetermined position in the gaming area is opened in a predetermined manner so that a ball can be won, and a value corresponding to the number of winnings is obtained. Examples include those to which values (including data written on magnetic cards as well as premium balls) are given.

  (B) Further, another gaming machine applied to the present invention is a slot machine, and, as a basic configuration, “the identification information string composed of a plurality of identification information is dynamically displayed and then the identification information is fixedly displayed. A variable display means is provided, and dynamic display of identification information is started due to operation of a start operation means (for example, an operation lever), and due to operation of a stop operation means (for example, a stop button) or a predetermined With the passage of time, the dynamic display of identification information is stopped, and a special gaming state is generated that generates a special gaming state advantageous to the player, provided that the confirmed identification information at the time of the stoppage is specific identification information. And a gaming machine equipped with means. In this case, examples of the game media include coins and medals. FIG. 88 is a front view showing an appearance of a slot machine 301 which is an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a slot machine. As shown in FIG. 88, the slot machine 301 includes an infrared light emitting unit 333 and an infrared light receiving unit 334 on the left side below the variable display means 305, a first infrared sensor 332a, a notification lamp 331 on the right side, An infrared sensor 332b is provided.

(C) Further, another gaming machine applied to the present invention is a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are fused. As a basic configuration, “a discriminating information sequence consisting of a plurality of discriminating information is provided. Variable display means for confirming and displaying identification information after dynamic display is provided, and dynamic display of identification information is started due to operation of a start operation means (for example, an operation lever), and stop operation means (for example, a stop button) ) Or after a predetermined period of time, the dynamic display of the identification information is stopped, and it is advantageous to the player on the condition that the fixed identification information at the time of the stop is the specific identification information. Special game state generating means for generating a special game state, and using a ball as a game medium, and a predetermined number of balls are required for starting the dynamic display of the identification information. Saishi it becomes game machine ", which is configured as a number of balls are paid out. FIG. 89 is a front view showing an appearance of a gaming machine 401 as an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a gaming machine in which a pachinko machine and a slot machine are fused. As shown in FIG. 89, the gaming machine 401 has an infrared light emitting unit 433 and an infrared light receiving unit 434 on the left side below the variable display means 405, a first infrared sensor 432a, a notification lamp 431 on the right side, and a second An infrared sensor 432b is provided.
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The following means of the present invention can be extracted from the embodiment described above. In the following, each means will be described with the effects and the like added as necessary.

In a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine, when a change occurs in the state of the gaming machine, the player is notified that the state of the gaming machine has changed. For example, in a pachinko machine, when a player enters a jackpot gaming state in which a large number of prize balls can be obtained, the player is notified of that fact. Changes in the gaming state are generally notified by turning on a lamp arranged on the front of the gaming machine, changing the display on the LCD display, or outputting a predetermined notification sound from a speaker. is there. However, since the notification that the state of the gaming machine has changed has been performed in many conventional gaming machines, the current situation is that players are getting bored with the general notification method as described above. It is.

In view of such a situation, conventionally, a technique has been proposed in which a change in gaming state is notified by calling a mobile communication terminal (see, for example, JP-A-2002-119642). The outline of the operation in this prior art system is as follows. That is, when the player operates the start lever of the gaming machine, an internal lottery is performed in response to the operation of the start lever. When a special prize is won in this internal lottery, “1” is set in a special prize flag provided in the gaming machine. Further, in this internal lottery, it is determined whether or not to notify that the special prize is won before the symbol arrangement for the special prize is arranged on the active line. When it is determined to perform notification, a notification request signal is transmitted from the gaming machine to the hall management computer. When the hall management computer receives the notification request signal, the hall management computer reads the call telephone number of the mobile phone stored in association with the machine number of the gaming machine that transmitted the notification request signal, and the read call telephone number Call the mobile phone specified by. Such a notification mode is a novel one that is different from the conventional notification mode in which a lamp disposed on the front surface of a gaming machine is turned on or a predetermined notification sound is output from a speaker. There is an effect that a player who is bored with the notification mode can be satisfied.

On the other hand, every time the number of points earned in a gaming machine changes, a mobile phone holder having a connection terminal that can be engaged with a connection terminal of a mobile phone is provided in the inter-device provided adjacent to the gaming machine. A conventional technique has been proposed in which point data is written to a memory of a mobile phone set in a mobile phone holder via a connection terminal (see, for example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-200823).

However, the prior art described in Patent Document 1 merely provides a new notification method of notifying the change of the gaming state via the mobile communication terminal instead of lighting the lamp, etc. The information regarding the gaming state received by the mobile communication terminal could not be actively used. That is, for example, the information regarding the gaming state received by the mobile communication terminal is assumed to be used for participation in rankings where a large number of players compete for gaming results, or for obtaining service points according to gaming results, etc. As a result, the information received by the mobile communication terminal cannot be fully utilized. Therefore, the player's willingness to play is improved and differentiated from other game halls or other game machine manufacturers. However, there is a problem that it cannot be connected to the expansion of the time for attracting customers or playing games. On the other hand, in the prior art described in Patent Document 2, it is necessary to provide a mobile phone holder separately from the gaming machine, and there is a problem that an installation space is required and the cost is increased. Furthermore, while the player is playing the game, it is necessary to set the mobile phone in the mobile phone holder, so there is a problem that the mobile phone cannot be used during the game, and the mobile phone has been misplaced. There is a problem that it is easy.

Accordingly, in view of such problems, the applicant of the present application disclosed in Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-267456 a state detection means for detecting the occurrence of a specific gaming state and the specific detection detected by the state detection means. Information creating means for creating game information that individually identifies the occurrence of the gaming state, and information transmitting means for sending the game information created by the information creating means as an infrared signal that can be received by a mobile communication terminal And a gaming machine characterized by comprising:

According to the gaming machine, the player can receive game information from the gaming machine by using an infrared signal as a medium using a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone that the player possesses, thereby obtaining a gaming result in the gaming machine. There is an effect that the information on can be easily acquired. In addition, the game information transmitted from the gaming machine represents the occurrence of a specific gaming state so as to be individually identifiable, and game information received at a different time zone from this time or game information received by other players Therefore, the game information received by the mobile communication terminal can be used in various ways. Furthermore, since it is sufficient to take out the mobile phone and perform infrared communication only when transmission / reception is necessary, the mobile phone can be used freely except during information transmission / reception even during a game, and the mobile phone is less likely to be left behind. There is an advantage.

However, in the gaming machine proposed by the applicant of the present invention, each time a specific gaming state such as a big hit gaming state occurs, it is possible for the player to take out the mobile communication terminal owned by the player and receive individual gaming information. There is a problem that the receiving operation is troublesome. Also, in gaming machines, various effects are performed by display on the symbol variation display device, operation of movable members provided on the gaming board, lighting / flashing of decorative lamps, sound generation, etc. There is also a problem in that the performance is performed regardless of the information transmission from and the game motivation cannot be sufficiently improved.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and the purpose thereof is to enable collective transmission of information by accumulating and storing information transmitted to a mobile communication terminal, It is to provide a gaming machine capable of providing added value.

1. In a gaming machine configured to transmit information to a mobile communication terminal,
Transmission information storage means for storing and storing transmission information for transmission to the mobile communication terminal;
Information transmission means for transmitting the transmission information stored and stored by the transmission information storage means to the mobile communication terminal;
A gaming machine characterized by comprising:

  According to the means 1, transmission information for transmission to the mobile communication terminal is accumulated and stored in the transmission information storage means, and the information transmission means stores the transmission information accumulated and stored in the transmission information storage means to the mobile communication terminal. Since the transmission is performed, the player can collectively receive the transmission information at a desired timing using the mobile communication terminal possessed by the player, the number of reception operations is reduced, and the troublesomeness of the operation is reduced.

  2. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the transmission information storage means sequentially accumulates and stores gaming state data individually representing the occurrence of a specific gaming state.

  According to the means 2, the transmission information storage means sequentially accumulates and stores gaming state data individually representing the occurrence of a specific gaming state, and collectively transmits a plurality of gaming state data to the mobile communication terminal. And there is no need to perform a troublesome reception operation every time a specific gaming state occurs. The mobile communication terminal that has received the game state data can grasp the state of occurrence of the game state, and the mobile communication terminal transmits the game state data to a computer such as a game hall or a game machine maker to specify a specific state. Participation in rankings relating to the occurrence of gaming states, provision of service points, and the like can be realized. The occurrence of a specific gaming state means, for example, the occurrence of a big hit gaming state in a pachinko machine, the occurrence of symbol variation in a symbol variation display device provided on the game board, or the like.

  3. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the transmission information storage means stores game progress data that cumulatively represents occurrence of a specific gaming state.

  According to the means 3, the transmission information storage means can store game progress data that cumulatively represents the occurrence of a specific game state, and can transmit the game progress data to the mobile communication terminal. There is no need to perform a troublesome reception operation every time it occurs. The mobile communication terminal that has received the game progress data can grasp the progress of the game, and the game progress data is transmitted from the mobile communication terminal to a computer such as a game hall or a game machine manufacturer. Participation in rankings related to the situation and provision of service points can be realized.

  4). 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the transmission information storage means sequentially stores and stores point number data individually representing the value of service points given to a player.

  According to the means 4, the transmission information storage means sequentially stores and stores the point number data individually representing the value of the service points given to the player, and the individual service points based on the point number data are portable communication. It can be transmitted to the terminal in a lump, and there is no need to perform a troublesome reception operation each time an individual service point is issued. Then, after the service point is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, the player can acquire a prize or receive a service by transmitting the service point from the mobile communication terminal that has received the service point to a computer such as a game hall or a gaming machine manufacturer. It is possible to receive the provision.

  5. The gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the transmission information storage means stores cumulative point number data in which the value of service points given to a player is accumulated.

  According to the means 5, the transmission information storage means stores the accumulated point number data obtained by integrating the value of the service points given to the player, and transmits the service points based on the accumulated point number data to the mobile communication terminal. Therefore, there is no need to perform a troublesome reception operation each time an individual service point is issued. Then, after the service point is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, the player can acquire a prize or receive a service by transmitting the service point from the mobile communication terminal that has received the service point to a computer such as a game hall or a gaming machine manufacturer. It is possible to receive the provision.

6). Start data representing the cumulative number of points at the start of the game can be input from the outside,
6. The gaming machine according to claim 5, wherein the value of newly added service points is accumulated with respect to the start data.

  According to the means 6, the start data indicating the cumulative number of points at the start of the game is inputted from the outside, and the value of the newly granted service points is added to the start data. Service points can be accumulated in the game being played.

7). Providing production means for producing an effect that can be recognized by the player's vision, hearing, etc.
The game machine according to any one of means 1 to 6, wherein the effecting means performs an effect corresponding to the transmission information storage status in the transmission information storage means.

  According to the means 7, the effect means for performing an effect recognizable by the player's visual sense, hearing, etc. performs an effect according to the accumulation status of the transmission information in the transmission information storage means. The storage status of the transmission information can be ascertained reliably, and the player's willingness to play can be further improved. The effect means something that can be recognized by the player's vision, hearing, etc., for example, display on the symbol variation display device, operation of the movable member provided on the game board, lighting of the decoration lamp・ Includes blinking and sound generation.

  8). The gaming machine according to claim 7, wherein the presentation according to the transmission information accumulation status has a story.

  According to the means 8, since the performance according to the transmission information accumulation status has a story, the player can more reliably grasp the transmission information accumulation status through the performance. Game motivation can be further improved. Story property means a mode in which a scene in a story progresses, for example.

  9. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 8, characterized in that value-added information is assigned according to a state of accumulation of the transmission information in the transmission information storage means.

  According to the means 9, value-added information is given according to the transmission information storage status in the transmission information storage means, so that the player can set the acquisition of the value-added information as one game target. The motivation can be further improved. Here, the addition of value-added information is, for example, when a service point is provided for each occurrence of a specific gaming state, depending on the transmission information accumulation status, It means giving special value information different from service points.

  10. A player specifying information storage means for storing player specifying information input from the outside is provided, and the information transmitting means specifies a player by the player specifying information stored in the player specifying information storage means. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 9, wherein in a state, the transmission information is transmitted to a portable communication terminal associated with the player specifying information.

  According to the means 10, the player specifying information storing means stores the player specifying information inputted from the outside, and the information transmitting means is based on the player specifying information stored in the player specifying information storing means. The transmission information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal associated with the player specifying information. Therefore, since the information transmission condition is that the player is specified by the player specifying information stored in the player specifying information storage means, the player can be identified on the gaming machine side. Thereby, for example, by transmitting the player specifying information together with the transmission information from the gaming machine to the hall management computer, it becomes possible to perform the player management in the hall management computer. Further, it is possible to add different value-added information for each player from the gaming machine to the mobile communication terminal, and transmit it by adding it to the transmission information. Furthermore, since transmission information is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal associated with the player specifying information, it is possible to prevent unauthorized transmission information from being received by a person other than the player in the gaming machine. it can.

  11. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 10, characterized in that transmission of the transmission information or accumulation of the transmission information can be confirmed and execution of transmission or accumulation can be selected.

  According to the means 11, transmission information transmission or transmission information accumulation is confirmed, and the player can select transmission or accumulation of transmission information based on his / her intention.

  12 The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 11, wherein the gaming machine is configured to notify that the transmission information is accumulated.

  According to the means 12, since it is notified that the transmission information is accumulated, the player can surely know that the transmission information is accumulated.

  13. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 12, characterized in that the stored contents of the transmission information storage means are erased when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

  According to the means 13, when the predetermined condition is satisfied, the stored contents of the transmission information storage means are erased, so that it is possible to reliably prevent the occurrence of adverse effects caused by the transmission information that is no longer required for transmission remaining in the gaming machine. can do. Here, the predetermined condition is, for example, when transmission of the contents stored and stored in the transmission information storage means is completed, when a predetermined time has elapsed since the end of the game is detected, when a player change is detected, etc. It is.

  14 14. The gaming machine according to claim 13, wherein the gaming machine is configured to confirm deletion of the stored contents of the transmission information storage means and to select execution or cancellation of deletion.

  According to the means 14, confirmation of erasure of the contents stored in the transmission information storage means is performed, and the player can select execution or cancellation of erasure based on his / her will.

  15. The gaming machine according to means 13 or 14, wherein the gaming machine is configured to notify that the content stored in the transmission information storage means has been erased.

  According to the means 15, since it is notified that the storage contents of the transmission information storage means are deleted, the player can surely know the deletion of the storage contents of the transmission information storage means.

  16. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 15, characterized in that the transmission information is stored in the transmission information storage means only when a predetermined condition is satisfied.

  According to the means 16, transmission information is stored in the transmission information storage means only when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and transmission information is transmitted in other cases. For example, in a pachinko machine, when transmission information is output based on the occurrence of a big hit, the transmission information is accumulated in the big hit during the probability variation game where the next big hit is expected within a short time and the player cannot be changed. The transmission information may be transmitted immediately upon occurrence of a big hit during a normal game where the next big hit cannot be expected within a short time and the player may be replaced.

  17. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 16, wherein the game machine is configured to notify the contents stored and stored in the transmission information storage means.

  According to the means 17, the contents stored and stored in the transmission information storage means are notified, so that the player can surely grasp the contents stored and stored in the transmission information storage means, and more willing to play the game. Is improved. For example, when the transmission information is game state data, the number of jackpot occurrences may be notified, and when the transmission information is a service point, the number of points may be notified.

  18. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 17, wherein the information transmitting means transmits identification information that represents each transmission information individually and identifiable together with the transmission information.

  According to the means 18, since the information transmitting means transmits identification information representing each transmission information so as to be individually identifiable together with the transmission information, transmission information transmitted in a time zone different from this time and other games Therefore, the transmission information received by the mobile communication terminal can be used in various ways.

  For example, when the transmission information includes game state data indicating the occurrence of a specific game state or game progress data indicating the progress of the game, the game state data is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal, and then the game state By transmitting data and the like from the communication terminal to a computer such as a gaming machine manufacturer, it is possible to participate in rankings where a large number of players compete for game results. In addition, by transmitting the game state data received by the mobile communication terminal from the mobile communication terminal to a game hall or a gaming machine manufacturer, it is possible to receive provision of service points according to the game result. Further, when the transmission information includes point number data, a service point based on the point number data is transmitted to a game hall or a gaming machine manufacturer, so that a prize can be obtained or services can be provided according to the number of points. Can be realized. In this way, by making it possible to utilize the information received by the mobile communication terminal, it is possible to improve the player's willingness to play, differentiate from other gaming halls or other gaming machine manufacturers, attract customers, play time Can be expanded.

  In addition, even if the same transmission information is transmitted to a gaming machine manufacturer or the like more than once, it is possible to reliably recognize that it is already received information by collating with the reception history. And adversely affecting the calculation of service points.

  19. The gaming machine according to claim 18, wherein the identification information includes gaming machine identification information for identifying a gaming machine and unique information set for each transmission information.

  According to the means 19, since the identification information includes the gaming machine identification information for identifying the gaming machine, it is possible to reliably identify which gaming machine is installed in the gaming hall in each place. it can. Furthermore, since the identification information includes unique information set for each transmission information, it can be reliably identified as transmission information in another day or time zone.

  20. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 19, wherein the information transmitting means is configured to transmit the transmission information by wireless communication.

  According to the means 20, since the information transmitting means transmits the transmission information by wireless communication, it is not necessary to perform a complicated operation such as connection of a communication cable with the mobile communication terminal. Transmission information can be easily received.

  21. The gaming machine according to claim 20, wherein the information transmission means is configured to output electromagnetic waves or light with directivity.

  According to the means 21, since the electromagnetic waves or light output from each information transmitting means of a plurality of adjacent gaming machines are output with directivity, both electromagnetic waves or light Can be prevented from interfering with each other, and good signal transmission and reception can be performed more stably.

  22. The gaming machine according to claim 21, wherein the information transmitting means is configured to transmit the transmission information through infrared rays.

  According to the means 22, since the information transmitting means is configured to transmit the transmission information through infrared rays, directivity wireless communication can be realized at low cost with a simple configuration. The information is transmitted, for example, when the player specifying information is input, for example, the player specifying information is transmitted as an infrared signal from a portable communication terminal possessed by the player and received by an infrared light receiving unit provided in the gaming machine. It may be configured to input by doing so.

  23. The gaming machine according to claim 21, wherein the information transmitting means is constituted by display means for displaying the transmission information as a machine-readable symbol.

  According to the means 23, since the information transmitting means is constituted by a display means for displaying the transmission information as a machine-readable symbol, it can be reliably transmitted using a mobile phone having a reading function corresponding to the symbol type. Information can be received.

  24. 24. A gaming machine according to claim 23, wherein the display means is provided on a game board.

  According to the means 24, the display means can perform display output in an easy-to-understand manner for the player, and can easily acquire information by the photographing function of the mobile communication terminal.

  25. 25. A gaming machine according to claim 24, wherein the display means is a symbol variation display device provided on the game board.

  According to the means 25, since the display means is a symbol variation display device provided on the game board, it is not necessary to separately provide a display device for display output of transmission information, and the cost can be kept low.

  26. 24. A gaming machine according to claim 23, wherein the display means is provided in a frame outside the game board.

  According to the means 26, since the display means is provided in a frame outside the game board, it does not affect the symbol variation display, and the position where the information acquisition operation by the photographing function of the mobile communication terminal can be easily performed, It can be placed at a position where unauthorized acquisition by other players is difficult. Further, when only the game board is exchanged, the display means provided in the frame outside the game board can be reused.

  27. 24. A gaming machine according to claim 23, wherein the display means is built in a table unit having a function related to ball lending connected to the gaming machine main body.

  According to the means 27, since the display means is built in the platform device having a function related to ball lending connected to the gaming machine body, it is necessary to provide a display device for display output of transmission information in the gaming machine body. In addition, transmission information can be displayed and output via the inter-device.

  28. The gaming machine according to any one of means 23 to 27, wherein the transmission information is displayed as a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode.

  According to the means 28, since the transmission information is displayed as a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode, it is possible to easily and surely make a non-contact using a portable communication terminal having a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode reading function. Information can be obtained. For example, when the transmission information is displayed as a two-dimensional barcode, a mobile phone having a two-dimensional barcode reading function that has become commercially available in recent years is used to read the two-dimensional barcode displayed on the screen. By performing the above, it is possible to reliably acquire the transmission information with a simple operation.

29. A barcode generation means for generating a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode based on the transmission information;
The gaming machine according to claim 28, wherein the display means displays the barcode generated by the barcode generation means.

  According to the means 29, the barcode generation means generates a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode based on the transmission information, and the display means reliably displays the barcode generated by the barcode generation means. can do.

  30. 30. A gaming machine according to means 29, wherein the barcode generation means is provided on a display control board for controlling the display means.

  According to the means 30, since the bar code generating means is provided on the display control board for controlling the display means, the bar code is displayed with a small processing load by transmitting a command or the like to the display control board. be able to.

  31. The gaming machine according to means 29, characterized in that the barcode generating means is provided in a communication unit for performing communication with a mobile communication terminal.

  According to the means 31, since the barcode generating means is provided in the communication unit for performing communication with the portable communication terminal, the communication unit is removed when the gaming machine is discarded, etc. Convenience is high in that it can be reused in gaming machines.

  32. 30. A gaming machine according to means 29, wherein the barcode generating means is provided on a main board of a gaming machine main body.

  According to the means 32, since the barcode generating means is provided on the main board that is caulked and fixed to the gaming machine main body, it is possible to reliably prevent fraud.

33. The barcode generation means generates a plurality of stored transmission information as one barcode,
The gaming machine according to any one of means 29 to 32, wherein the display means displays one generated barcode.

  According to the means 33, the bar code generating means generates a plurality of transmission information as one bar code, and the display means displays the generated one bar code. One bar code can be displayed in a batch, and transmission information can be acquired in a batch.

34. The barcode generation means generates a barcode for each transmission information, and the transmission information storage means accumulates and stores the generated barcodes,
The game machine according to any one of means 29 to 32, wherein the display means sequentially displays each barcode stored and stored in the transmission information storage means.

  According to the means 34, the barcode generation means generates a barcode for each transmission information, the transmission information storage means accumulates and stores the generated barcodes, and the display means Since each bar code stored and stored in the transmission information storage means is sequentially displayed, a plurality of stored transmission information can be sequentially acquired by the mobile communication terminal.

35. Bar code storage means for storing a one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcode in advance in association with the transmission information,
29. The gaming machine according to claim 28, wherein the display means reads and displays the barcode from the barcode storage means for each piece of transmission information stored and stored in the transmission information storage means.

  According to the means 35, the barcode storage means stores one-dimensional or two-dimensional barcodes in advance in association with the transmission information, so that it is possible to reduce processing without performing barcode generation processing with a large processing load. With the load, the bar code can be read from the bar code storage unit and displayed for each transmission information stored and stored in the transmission information storage unit by the display unit.

  36. The gaming machine according to any one of means 23 to 27, wherein the transmission information is displayed as an array of characters or the like.

  According to the means 36, since the transmission information is displayed as a sequence of characters and the like, information can be obtained easily and reliably in a non-contact manner using a mobile communication terminal having an optical character recognition function. The player can recognize the contents of the displayed output information. Note that letters, etc. include English letters, katakana, hiragana, kanji, symbols, numbers, and the like.

  37. The gaming machine according to any one of means 1 to 19, wherein the information transmission means is configured to transmit the transmission information by wired communication.

  According to the means 37, since the information transmitting means is configured to transmit the transmission information by wired communication, the information transmitting means can be configured easily and inexpensively, and the transmission information can be reliably ensured with high reliability. Can be transmitted to the mobile communication terminal.

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Claims (1)

Determining means for determining information relating to a predetermined gaming state;
Storage means for storing predetermined information , and
In a gaming machine in which game media according to achievement of a predetermined condition is paid out ,
The storage means
First information storage means comprising a storage area capable of storing first information used when identifying a player;
A second information storage means comprising a storage area capable of storing information about the latest predetermined gaming state as second information when the predetermined gaming state occurs;
A third information storage means comprising a storage area capable of storing a plurality of information related to the second information stored in the second information storage means;
The gaming machine is
First information storage control means for storing the first information in the first information storage means based on a predetermined input operation;
Second information storage control means for storing the second information in the second information storage means when the predetermined gaming state occurs;
Information related to the second information stored in the second information storage means in the third information storage means when the predetermined gaming state occurs while the first information is stored in the first information storage means And when the predetermined gaming state occurs in a state where the first information is not stored in the first information storage means, the third information storage means stores the second information storage means in the second information storage means Third information storage control means for controlling not to accumulate information relating to the second information;
Output means capable of outputting the information stored in the third information storage means in a manner that can be identified or recognized by a predetermined mobile communication terminal;
When the output process of the information stored in the third information storage unit is executed by the output unit, at least the information stored in the third information storage unit is erased. .

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