JP6756582B2 - Game information display device and game hall system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game information display device and a game field system.

In recent years, amusement parks have made various efforts to increase the motivation of players to play. For example, Patent Document 1 describes that a game information display device provided corresponding to a game machine includes a plurality of display panels, and the display panels rotate to produce an effect. As a result, the player pays attention to the production, and the player's willingness to play is increased.

However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, the player's willingness to play is less likely to decrease while the player is playing the game, but the player's willingness to play a game machine other than the game machine already playing the game. Could not be raised.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2016-87234

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game information display device and a game field system capable of easily increasing a player's motivation to play a game.

According to the game information display equipment according to claim 1, when the special game state has operated the call operation means in a state that does not occur, to end the game as compared with the case of operating the call operation means during the special game state It is possible that there is a high possibility. In this configuration, when the player operates the calling operation means in the state where the special gaming state has not occurred, the special notification is executed, while the player operates the calling operation means in the state where the special gaming state has occurred. Since the normal notification is executed when the operation is performed, the special notification is executed frequently and the player is suppressed from feeling annoyed, and when the player is likely to end the game, the special notification is used. It is possible to recommend playing with the game machine of. As a result, it becomes possible to easily increase the motivation to play other game machines.

Overall block diagram which shows one Embodiment of this invention Functional block diagram that mainly represents the call lamp and management device The figure which shows an example of the screen of the normal notification in a call lamp The figure which shows an example of the screen of the special notification in a call lamp The figure which shows an example of the recommended model table for model A Flowchart showing the flow of notification processing

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall configuration of the amusement park system. A large number of game machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and a rental machine 2 and a call lamp 3 are installed corresponding to each game machine 1. The game machine 1, the rental machine 2, and the call lamp 3 are each connected to the relay device 4. The relay device 4 is connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5. Further, a POS 7 and a balance settlement machine (not shown) are installed in the amusement park, and the POS 7 and the balance settlement machine are also connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5.

The management device 6 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall, and is connected to a keyboard 6k, a monitor 6 m, a printer (not shown), and the like operated by the manager of the game hall. The management device 6 manages the operating state of the game machine 1 and game information of various devices by inputting game signals output from the devices on the game machine 1 side such as the game machine 1, the rental machine 2, and the call lamp 3. To do.

Although not shown in FIG. 1, in reality, for example, hundreds of game machines 1 are managed by the management device 6, and the devices on the game machine 1 side are on the game machine islands formed in the game hall. Is installed. That is, in the game hall, a pachinko corner in which a plurality of types of pachinko machines using balls (pachinko balls) as a game medium is installed as the game machine 1 illustrated in FIG. 1, and a plurality of types of slot machines using medals as a game medium. There is a slot corner where is installed. In the pachinko corner, for example, a 4-yen coin corner with a 4-yen coin rate pachinko machine, a 2-yen coin corner with a 2-yen coin machine, and a 1-yen coin machine. There is a 1-yen coin corner where is installed. The slot corner is provided with, for example, a 20-yen medal corner in which a slot machine having a 20-yen rate per sheet is installed, and a 5-yen medal corner in which a slot machine having a 5-yen rate per sheet is installed.

In addition, in those corners, there is a corner with a lending machine 2 having a so-called counting function for each machine, which corresponds to a pachinko machine on a one-to-one basis, and a corner with a lending machine 2 without a counting function for each machine. Exists. In the following, for convenience of explanation, it is assumed that the "rental machine 2'" with the reference numeral 2'has a counting function for each machine, and the term "renting machine 2" does not matter whether or not the counting function is provided for each machine (that is, lending). (Referring to general rental machines including machine 2'). The detailed description of the slot machine in this embodiment will be omitted.

For example, an island-end counter 8 is installed on the game machine island in the corner where the rental machine 2'is not attached, and the island-end counter 8 is also connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5. The Shimabata counting machine 8 is a counting device that counts the thrown balls when the balls acquired by the player in the game are thrown in. The Shimabata counter 8 issues a ball ticket (or IC card 10) (not shown) that records the counted value of the inserted balls, and transmits information related to the issuance including the counted value to the management device 6. .. Further, island-end top lamps 9 are installed at the upper ends of each game machine island, and these island-end top lamps 9 are also connected to the management device 6 via LAN 5.

The game machine 1 is a CR pachinko machine, and has an operation handle 12, an upper tray 13, and a lower tray 14 that constitute a launching device that launches a ball on the board 11, and also has a display unit 15 and a general drawing winning opening on the board 11. It has 16, a first starting port 17, a second starting port 18, a large winning opening 19, and the like. Further, a lending button 13a and an issuing button 13b are provided side by side on the upper surface of the upper tray 13.

The game machine 1 draws a big hit lottery with a preset winning probability according to the winning of balls to the starting ports 17 and 18 (starting winning), and the symbol changes according to the so-called special symbol (special symbol) based on the lottery result. Is executed on the display unit 15. The game machine 1 is configured to be able to hold up to a preset upper limit value (for example, four) of symbol fluctuations corresponding to a start winning prize generated during symbol fluctuation. The held symbol change is displayed on the hold number display unit 15a below the display unit 15, and is sequentially executed after the end of the running symbol change.

The game machine 1 generates a jackpot state (corresponding to a special gaming state advantageous to the player) when the symbol stopped and displayed on the display unit 15 is a jackpot symbol. When a jackpot condition occurs, the jackpot 19 is opened as many times as the number of corresponding rounds. The balls paid out by winning are received in the upper saucer 13, and the balls that overflow when the upper saucer 13 is full are temporarily stored in the lower saucer 14. If the lending machine 2'is attached to the balls stored in the lower tray 14, the counting tray 20'of the lending machine 2'(see the two-dot chain line in FIG. 1) is operated by the player. Is guided to the rental machine 2'via the guideway 20a'.

The game machine 1 and its peripheral devices are used as out signals, prizes, jackpots, etc. that can specify the number of balls used by the player in the game as the game progresses, such as when the player hits a ball or a start prize is generated. Along with this, a safe signal that can specify the number of balls given to the player from the game machine 1, a start winning signal that can specify the winning (that is, the start of symbol variation) to the starting ports 17 and 18, and a ball lending operation It outputs various game signals such as a sales signal that can specify the number of balls lent to the player and a big hit signal that can specify the big hit state (big hit period).

Since the jackpot signal is a state signal that is level-transmitted during the jackpot state, it is specified as being in the jackpot state while receiving the jackpot signal. Further, the game machine 1 may be configured to be in a so-called probability fluctuation state or a time saving state after the end of the jackpot state, and a state signal transmitted at a level during the so-called time saving in which the winning rate of the second starting port 18 is improved. , A game signal such as a state signal (probability change signal) transmitted at a level during a probability change in which the jackpot probability is improved may be output. The period during which none of the state signals such as the jackpot signal is received can be specified as a normal state. Further, in the gaming machine 1 in which the probability fluctuation state and the time saving state occur, it is needless to say that the probability fluctuation state and the like can be grasped as the special gaming state.

The rental machine 2 is provided in a one-to-one correspondence with, for example, the left side of the game machine 1 described above. The lending machine 2 shown in FIG. 1 includes a money insertion slot 21 into which money is inserted, a liquid crystal display unit 22, a payout button 23 for paying out holding balls and stored balls, a nozzle 24 through which the paid out balls pass, and an IC card. A card insertion slot 25 into which the 10 is inserted, a camera 26 capable of photographing a player, and the like are provided. On the other hand, the lending machine 2'is further provided with a counting tray 20'and a guide path 20a'shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 2, and also includes a counting unit for counting balls received through the guide path 20a'. As described above, the lending machine 2'is a counting device that counts the balls (game value) owned by the player, and displays the counting balls as balls on the liquid crystal display unit 22.

When the player inserts a bill (compensation) into the money slot 21, the lending machine 2 receives a predetermined ball in response to an operation (ball lending operation) of the lending button 13a of the game machine 1 in consideration of the inserted bill. The number is paid out to the upper tray 13 of the game machine 1 via the nozzle 24.

Although not shown, the lending machine 2 is provided with a reader / writer unit and a card stock unit inside the card insertion slot 25. When the general card 10 as the IC card 10 is inserted from the insertion slot 25, the reader / writer unit reads the magnitude of the game value (so-called balance or count value) stored in the card 10.

Further, when the issuing button 13b is operated while the general card 10 is inserted in the card insertion slot 25, the lending machine 2 has a balance and a ball in the general card 10 inserted in the card insertion slot 25. When the information is recorded and issued and the issue button 13b is operated while the general card 10 is not inserted in the card insertion slot 25, the general card 10 stocked in the card stock section is drawn out to provide the balance and the ball. Is recorded and issued from the card insertion slot 25. Although not shown, the membership card possessed by the registered player is a recording medium having an IC chip built-in like the general card 10, and the balance of the remaining deposit is recorded. However, the membership card is different from the general card 10 in that the management device 6 manages the balls as stored balls associated with the member ID without recording the possessed balls.

The camera 26 of the rental machine 2 is configured to include, for example, an image sensor such as a well-known CMOS sensor or CCD sensor. The camera 26 repeatedly images an area including the face of a player seated in front of the game machine 1 with the front side of the game machine 1 corresponding to the rental machine 2 as an imaging field of view, approximately every few seconds. The face image of the player captured by the camera 26 is transmitted to the management device 6, and the face image is analyzed on the management device 6 side. In the face image analysis, image processing such as extracting facial features is performed based on the image data, and processing is performed to identify the player's attributes such as age and gender. Since the image processing and the processing for specifying the attribute are general techniques, detailed description thereof will be omitted. The management device 6 outputs a specific result such as age and gender analyzed as an attribute of the player to the call lamp 3.

As shown in FIG. 2, the management device 6 includes a control unit 6A composed of a microcomputer having a storage unit 6M such as a CPU 6a, a ROM 6b, and a RAM 6c. Further, the management device 6 has an interface (I / F unit 6d) for communicating various information with the device on the game machine 1 side via the LAN 5 and the relay device 4 described above. The control unit 6A (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as the management device 6) of the management device 6 operates according to the program stored in the ROM 6b or the like, and operates the game machine 1 based on the game signal from the device on the game machine 1 side. It manages the status and manages the results of identifying and aggregating various data. For example, the management device 6 provides game information such as out, safe, difference, start count (number of symbol fluctuations), special prize count (big hit count), ball output rate, and sales for each game machine 1. Calculate, aggregate and manage. In addition, the management device 6 manages the player's balls using the membership card as stored balls associated with the member ID, and also manages face image data including analysis of the face image.

The call lamp 3 is a game information display device provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the game machine 1. The call lamp 3 is a liquid crystal display unit 31 (notification executing means) that displays various game information such as the number of symbol fluctuations and the number of big hits, and a call button 32a operated by the player to call an employee of the game hall ( It includes an operation unit 32 including a call operation means), a lamp unit 33, a reception unit 34 for receiving a signal from a remote controller 35 carried by an employee, and the like. The operation unit 32 includes a switching button or the like operated by the player when switching the display of the game information on the liquid crystal display unit 31.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the call lamp 3 is connected to a control unit 3A composed of a microcomputer having a storage unit 3M such as a CPU 3a, a ROM 3b and a RAM 3c, a management device 6 and a corresponding game machine 1. It has an I / F unit 3d for communicating various information. The call lamp 3 acquires various game signals including the jackpot signal of the corresponding game machine 1 via the I / F unit 3d, and acquires information regarding the presence / absence of the counting function of each machine of the corresponding lending machine 2. .. Information regarding the presence / absence of each unit counting function can be registered in advance in the storage unit 3M of the calling lamp 3. The control unit 3A of the call lamp 3 (call processing execution means, game state determination means, notification execution means, operation identification means; hereinafter appropriately referred to as the call lamp 3) operates according to a program stored in the ROM 3b or the like, and the following Executes the processing of.

(1) A process of displaying various game information on the liquid crystal display unit 31 by inputting a game signal from the game machine 1.
(2) A calling process for calling an employee by putting the lamp unit 33 and the Shimabata top lamp 9 into a calling state when the player operates the calling button 32a. When the control unit 3A identifies that the call has been handled by the remote control operation of the employee, the control unit 3A releases the call state and ends the call process. That is, when the release signal from the remote controller 35 is received through the receiving unit 34, the light emitting state of the lamp unit 33 and the island end top lamp 9 is stopped. Further, those light emitting states are also stopped by operating the call button 32a again. In the call processing, the Shimabata top lamp 9 is made to emit light via the management device 6, and the employee is announced of the call. The details will be described later.

(3) A process of switching the display of game information on the liquid crystal display unit 31 when the player operates the switching button of the operation unit 32.
By the way, when the player finishes the game with one game machine 1, if the corresponding lending machine 2 does not have a counting function for each machine, the counting of the acquired balls is counted by the operation of the call button 32a of (2) above. The game will be ended as it is by asking a member. In this regard, in order to improve the operating rate of the entire game hall, it is conceivable to recommend the player to play with another game machine 1, but if the recommendation related to the dark clouds is made, the player feels annoyed. A case is also assumed.

Therefore, in the game field system of the present embodiment, when the probability of ending the game on one game machine 1 is high, the player is recommended to play the game on the other game machine 1 to play the game. The configuration is such that the recommended effect can be guaranteed. The configuration of the amusement park system will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 to 6. Here, FIGS. 3 and 4 show screens of normal notification and special notification displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 31 in the calling state of the calling lamp 3.

Specifically, the call lamp 3 is shown in FIG. 4 together with the light emission of the lamps 9 and 33 when the player operates the call button 32a in a state where the jackpot state of the corresponding game machine 1 has not occurred. By controlling the display to display the message 50 "Calling the staff. Please wait." And the message 51 "Why don't you play with model B after this?" Execute a special notification recommending a game on the game machine 1.

On the other hand, when the player operates the call button 32a while the jackpot state of the corresponding game machine 1 is occurring, the call lamp 3 says, "The staff is calling. Please wait for a while." As shown in FIG. By performing display control to display only the message 50 of the above, normal notification different from special notification is executed.

FIG. 4 of the former illustrates a screen when the corresponding gaming machine 1 is, for example, a pachinko machine of "model A" having a rate of 4 yen per ball, and the call lamp 3 corresponds to the model A of the pachinko machine. Therefore, the recommended model table is stored in advance in the storage unit 3M of the self 3. That is, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the recommended model table for model A associates other models B to include slot machines as recommended models in message 51 according to the gender and age group of men and women. It is stipulated.

For example, for young men aged 18 to 29 years old, we recommend "20 yen slot machines in general", which represents all slot machines with a relatively high rental unit price of 20 yen per sheet, and ages "30 to 39 years old". For men, the recommended model (regardless of the rental unit price) is "Model B", which is a pachinko machine with a winning probability of 1/350 or less. For example, for elderly people aged "60 years old and above", we recommend "1 yen pachinko in general", which represents all pachinko machines with relatively low rental unit prices so that both men and women can play for a long time. .. In addition, in the recommended model table for model A, recommended models are set for "models C, D, and E" according to the age group of the player or the gender of men and women. As a result, the call lamp 3 is recommended to the corresponding player by collating the recommended model table for model A with the specific result of age and gender analyzed by the management device 6 based on the imaging result of the camera 26. The message 51 of the model to be displayed is specified and displayed. The contents of the recommended model table shall be preset by the employee.

Subsequently, the notification process in the call lamp 3 will be described with reference to FIG. Here, FIG. 6 shows a flowchart of the notification process executed by the call lamp 3 at a predetermined cycle, and the process using the recommended model table is performed corresponding to the game machine 1 of the model A. And.

That is, does the call lamp 3 satisfy a predetermined condition in which a jackpot state does not occur during a predetermined number of symbol fluctuations (hereinafter, appropriately referred to as a predetermined number) in the corresponding game machine 1 when the notification process is started? It is determined whether or not (S1). As a predetermined condition, for example, it is set to digest a predetermined number of symbol fluctuations without a jackpot state occurring. As a predetermined number of times, 500 times, 600 times, 700 times, ..., And so on, the number of times of digesting 500 times and then 100 times are set. Therefore, in step S1, when the symbol variation is digested 500 times without the jackpot state occurring, a positive determination is made, and thereafter, when the symbol variation of 600 times, 700 times, ... Is digested without the jackpot state occurring. Will be judged affirmatively.

Therefore, for example, when the number of symbol fluctuations in the corresponding game machine 1 is less than 500, it cannot be said that the jackpot state has not occurred during the predetermined number of times, and therefore the call lamp 3 must satisfy the predetermined condition. The determination is made (S1: NO), and it is determined whether or not the call button 32a has been operated (S2). When the call lamp 3 determines that the call button 32a is not operated (S2: NO), the call lamp 3 ends (returns) this process.

When the call lamp 3 determines that the call button 32a has been operated in step S2 (YES), the call lamp 3 outputs the call operation signal to the management device 6 (S3), and executes a call process for calling an employee. .. In the calling process, the calling lamp 3 causes the lamp unit 33 of itself 3 to emit light. Upon inputting the call operation signal, the management device 6 causes the island edge top lamp 9 of the game island where the corresponding game machine 1 is located to emit light, and announces the call to the employee.

Then, the call lamp 3 determines whether or not the jackpot state is in progress based on the jackpot signal output from the corresponding game machine 1 (S4). That is, when the player operates the button 32a of the call lamp 3 (S2: YES), it is determined whether or not a special gaming state advantageous to the player has occurred in the game machine 1 corresponding to the call lamp 3. judge.

When the call lamp 3 determines in step S4 that the jackpot state is in progress (YES), the call lamp 3 executes a normal notification for displaying the message 50 of FIG. 3 on the liquid crystal display unit 31 (S5). The normal notification is a notification that displays a message 50 related to a call of an employee who is a staff member to the player, and unlike the special notification, the recommended model is not displayed as shown in FIG. The normal notification ends (returns) at the end of the call process by the employee's remote control 35 operation or the call button 32a operation again described in (2) above.

Further, when it is determined in step S4 that the call lamp 3 is not in the jackpot state (NO), or when it is determined in step S1 that the number of symbol fluctuations reaches 500 times and the predetermined condition is satisfied (YES). ), The information about the corresponding lending machine 2 is read out, and it is determined whether or not the lending machine 2'has a counting function for each machine (S6).

When the call lamp 3 determines that the corresponding lending machine 2 is a lending machine 2'having a counting function (S6: YES), the call lamp 3 normally displays a message 50 related to the employee's call on the liquid crystal display unit 31. The notification is executed (S5). In other words, the call lamp 3 is provided with a lending machine 2'having a counting function on a one-to-one basis when the player operates the call button 32a in a state where the jackpot state has not occurred. If so, the special notification that displays the recommended model is not executed. Further, even when the symbol variation of 500 times is digested without the occurrence of the jackpot state (S1: NO), if the lending machine 2'with a counting function for each machine is provided in a one-to-one correspondence. Do not execute special notification.

On the other hand, when the call lamp 3 determines that the corresponding lending machine 2 does not have a counting function for each unit, that is, when it is determined to be YES in step S2 and NO in step S6, the operation of the call button 32a in step S2 is performed. It is considered that the player who plays the game on the game machine 1 has performed the end operation corresponding to the end of the game, and the end operation can be specified by the call lamp 3. Further, regardless of whether or not the call button 32a is operated, even if the number of symbol fluctuations reaches a predetermined number of times such as 500 times, 600 times, 700 times, and so on, a jackpot state occurs during the predetermined number of times. It can be specified that there is no such thing (S1: YES), and it can be said that it is time to recommend the player to play with the other game machine 1. Therefore, the call lamp 3 identifies the attribute of the player and executes special notification according to the attribute (S7, S8).

Specifically, the management device 6 analyzes the player's face image captured by the camera 26 of the corresponding lending machine 2 as the attributes of the player, and the call lamp 3 is the analysis result. Is received to identify the attributes of the player (S7). Then, for example, when the call lamp 3 is identified as a male of about 35 years old with respect to the age and gender of the player, by collating the recommended model table for model A (see FIG. 5), another gaming machine 1 is used as a special notification. A message 51 recommending a game on the "model B" is displayed (S8).

In this case, the message 51 displayed by the operation of the call button 32a (S2: YES) is displayed together with the message 50 of "calling staff" shown in FIG. 4, and the displays of the messages 50 and 51 are described above. It ends (returns) when the call processing ends. Further, when the jackpot state has not occurred within the predetermined number of times (S1: YES), the message 51 omitting the message 50 of FIG. 4 is displayed, and the display of the message 51 ends with the lapse of a predetermined time (S1: YES). Return).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
When the call button 32a is operated in the call lamp 3 of the game hall system when the jackpot state is not generated, the game is more likely to end than when the call button 32a is operated during the jackpot state. Can be considered. In the present embodiment, when the player operates the call button 32a in the state where the jackpot state has not occurred, the special notification is executed, while the player operates the call button 32a in the state where the jackpot state has occurred. In that case, the normal notification is executed, so that the special notification is executed frequently and the player is suppressed from feeling annoyed, and when the player is likely to end the game, another special notification is used. It is possible to recommend the game with the game machine 1. As a result, it becomes possible to easily increase the motivation to play the other game machine 1.

If the lending machine 2'(counting device) is not provided in a one-to-one correspondence, when the player operates the call button 32a in a state where the jackpot state has not occurred, the number of balls owned is counted. There is a high possibility that it is time for the player to end the game, such as when requesting an employee. In the present embodiment, since the special notification is executed at the timing when the game is finished, the effect of recommending the game with another game machine can be enhanced.

In addition, when the lending machine 2'is provided in a one-to-one correspondence, it is likely that it is not the timing to end the game even if the call button 32a is operated in a state where the jackpot state has not occurred. is there. In this respect, in the present embodiment, when the lending machine 2'is provided in a one-to-one correspondence, the special notification is not executed, so that it is excessive in a situation where the game is not always completed. It is possible to suppress the execution of special notification at a frequency.

Since the player recommends playing on the other game machine 1 when the player finishes the game, it can be expected that the player will play the game on the other game machine 1. That is, in the present embodiment, it is possible to easily increase the player's willingness to play with respect to the other game machine 1.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or extended as follows, and the illustrated configurations including the modified or expanded examples may be appropriately combined and applied. , It is possible to adopt a configuration that does not adopt a part of the configuration as appropriate.

The recommended model table is not limited to the table for model A illustrated in FIG. 5, but if a model corresponding to another game machine 1 is recommended, the recommended model is determined by lottery as a data table. It may be configured. For example, although not shown, a plurality of models recommended for each player attribute are defined in advance on the data table, and when the player attribute is specified by the call lamp 3, the data corresponding to the attribute is specified. By randomly extracting one model from a plurality of models on the table, it can be determined as a recommended model by lottery, and a message 51 displaying the recommended model can be displayed.

Further, the data of such a recommended model table (data table) is set in advance by the employee, but is based on the analysis result of the game information and the face image managed in association with the member ID in the management device 6. , You can also create a data table of the recommended model automatically. That is, since the management device 6 can manage the game information as the personal data of the player by the member ID and the face image stored in its own storage unit 6M, the game information and the attributes of the player can be managed. A data table may be created by automatically classifying or sorting the recommended models according to the above by the control unit 6A, and the data table may be configured to be output to the call lamp 3. In this case, the "automatic classification" is, for example, the age, etc., which is the target in the data table in the management device 6 (may be the call lamp 3) according to the accumulation of personal data or each time a new model is introduced. It is a configuration that automatically sets the classification and increases / decreases the number of the classification, and the "automatic distribution" is, for example, a configuration that automatically allocates the corresponding model and rental unit price according to the relevant classification. Therefore, such classification or distribution can be positioned as automatic update of the data table or automatic creation of a new data table. Further, the recommended model table may be downloaded and set from an external management server (for example, a chain store headquarters) (not shown).

The present invention may be applied to a counting device corresponding to the game machine 1 other than the illustrated game machine 1. For example, the present invention can be applied to a counting device that counts medals won by a slot machine.

In the game machine 1 provided with the lending machine 2'as the counting device, the special notification is not executed in response to the operation of the call button 32a, but the configuration is not limited to this. For example, when the lending machine 2'is provided, the special notification can be executed less frequently than when the lending machine 2'is not provided. For example, instead of the step S5, either the normal notification or the special notification is automatically determined by performing a lottery, or the special notification is performed on condition that YES is determined in the step S1. Perform the steps. According to this, even if the lending machine 2'is provided correspondingly, any notification by lottery is selectively selected, or if YES is determined in step S1, special notification is performed. Therefore, the special notification is performed more frequently than when the step S5 is executed, but the special notification is performed less frequently than when the lending machine 2'is not provided. As described above, if the lending machine 2'is provided in a one-to-one correspondence, even if the step instead of the step S5 is executed, the lending machine 2'is not provided in a one-to-one correspondence. It is possible to configure the configuration to suppress the execution of the special notification more than in the case.

When it is determined in step S1 that the jackpot state has not occurred during the predetermined number of symbol fluctuations (S1: NO), and when it is determined in step S4 that the jackpot state is not in progress (S4: NO). Although the configuration for determining the presence / absence of each computer is illustrated, the configuration is not limited to this. For example, it is set in advance whether the employee is a lending machine 2 that does not have a counting function and executes special notification, or a lending machine 2'that has a counting function and does not execute special notification, and in step S6, whichever It may be configured to determine whether it is a setting. It should be noted that the setting of whether or not the lending machine 2'has a counting function may be performed separately for the lending machines 2 and 2', or for each game machine island on which a plurality of lending machines 2 and 2'are installed. It may be. As described above, "when the player operates the calling operation means in a state where the special game state has not occurred, the counting device that counts the game value owned by the player has a one-to-one correspondence. When the special notification is provided, the execution of the special notification is suppressed or the special notification is not executed, while when the counting device is not provided in a one-to-one correspondence, the special notification is executed. ”Includes those in which whether or not to execute the special notification is set in advance by the operation of the employee, and whether or not to execute the special notification is determined according to the setting.

The device that executes various processes is not limited to the above configuration, and the process executed by the call lamp 3 may be changed so that the management device 6 executes the process, or the management device 6 executes the process. The call lamp 3 may execute the processing that has been performed. For example, the call lamp 3 may be configured to analyze the face image, or the management device 6 may be configured to store the recommended model table and determine the recommended model. Regardless of the configuration, the call lamp 3 corresponds to a configuration including various means such as a game state determination means and a notification execution means. That is, the call lamp 3 may be configured as one game information display device, or may be configured as a game information display device composed of a plurality of devices.

The calling process is not limited to the above-mentioned light emission of the lamps 9 and 33 and the process of announcing the call, and the process performed by the ring lamp 3 alone is executed without using other devices 6 and 9. You may do so.

The condition for determining that the player has completed the game, that is, the condition for determining the end operation may be changed. For example, by specifying the direction of the face or the like based on the image data of the face image captured by the camera 26, the player indicates that the frequency of looking away from the call lamp 3 has increased. It may be considered that the above has been performed (determined) and the special notification may be executed. Further, in the case of a game field system including at least the above-mentioned operation specifying means and notification executing means, a configuration in which all or part of the calling operating means, the calling processing executing means, and the game state determining means is omitted (for example, a calling button). Even in the configuration in which the call processing is not executed without the above-mentioned embodiment, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment can be obtained, for example, the player's motivation to play can be easily increased.

Various rental unit prices such as a 1-ball 4-yen rate have been illustrated, but it can also be applied to other amusement parks where a rental unit price is set. For example, a pachinko machine with a 1-ball 0.5-yen rate was installed. It can also be applied to playgrounds.

Although the configuration in which the call operation is performed by the call lamp 3 is illustrated, for example, the lending machine 2 may be provided with a call operation means similar to the call button 32a, and the call operation or special notification may be performed. That is, the calling operation means is not limited to the calling button 32a, but may be an operating means of another device attached to the corresponding game machine 1, and the calling lamp 3 executes a special notification or a normal notification to the other device. You may let it.

The contents of the normal notification and the special notification may be changed arbitrarily. For example, in the special notification, the recommended other game machine 1 may be a game machine 1 in which at least one of the model and the rental unit price is different, and it is sufficient that the recommended model is installed in the corner or unit number. The range may be displayed. Further, the notification is not limited to the image display on the liquid crystal display unit 31, and the normal notification different from the special notification is obtained by outputting each notification content by voice or changing the blinking pattern of the lamp according to each notification. Can be executed.

In the recommended model table, the attributes of the players are classified according to age and gender, but the method of classification may be changed. For example, regarding a player who plays a game using a membership card, the player concerned. It may be specified separately by the address of. In addition, the management device 6 identifies the player's ball and win / loss based on the game information or the aggregation result of his / her own storage unit 6M, and plays a game against the player who has few balls or the player who loses. It is also possible to recommend the game machine 1 in which the player obtains a large number of balls and the game machine 1 in which the player can easily obtain the balls with the call lamp 3. Further, the recommended gaming machine 1 may be determined based on the information on the setting of the gaming machine 1 managed by the management device 6 or the aggregation result, and the corresponding calling lamp 3 may be notified.

The above-mentioned numerical values, the number of digits, items and the like are examples, and for example, each numerical value such as the predetermined number of times may be changed to another numerical value as appropriate, and various conditions may be changed to other conditions.

In the drawing, 1 is a game machine, 3 is a call lamp (game information display device), 3A is a control unit (call processing execution means, game state determination means, notification execution means, operation identification means), and 32a is a call button (call operation). Means).

Claims (1)

In the game information display device provided corresponding to the game machine in the game field where a plurality of game machines are installed,
The calling operation means operated by the player to call the employee of the amusement park,
When the player operates the call operation means, the call process execution means for executing the call process for calling the employee, and the call process execution means.
A game state determination means for determining whether or not a special game state advantageous to the player has occurred in the corresponding game machine,
When the player operates the calling operation means in a state where the special gaming state has not occurred, a special notification for recommending a game on another gaming machine is executed, while the special gaming state has occurred. When the player operates the calling operation means, the notification execution means for executing the normal notification different from the special notification is provided .
The notification executing means has a one-to-one correspondence with a counting device that counts the game value owned by the player when the player operates the calling operation means in a state where the special game state has not occurred. When the special notification is provided, the execution of the special notification is suppressed or the special notification is not executed, while when the counting device is not provided in a one-to-one correspondence, the special notification is executed. A game information display device characterized by playing.

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