JPH03264082A - Dealing device for game card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electronic card game mechanism through which a person attending a card game can confirm identification of a pattern of a game card around the time of turn-over of the card and can satisfy actually feeling of randomness in distribution of cards, by constituting a distributor with a body supported by a robot mechanism, a vacuum cup and a rotary mechanism so that the vacuum cup is turned around the body by an angle of 180deg. in order to reverse the front or back side of a game card. CONSTITUTION:When an instruction for initiating a game is issued, a control device 70 drives and controls a robot mechanism 10 in accordance with a program stored in a ROM 72 so as to distribute cards as first cards for the dealer and the attenders, with the backside thereof being turned up, onto game stools. That is, a distributor 20 is positioned so that a vacuum cup 31 is made into light press-contact with the topmost one of cards stacked on a stacking stool 55. Then, a solenoid is energized to set up a suck-up force so as to allow the vacuum cup 31 to take up and hold the topmost one of the cards 1 with its back side being turned up. This card 1 is delivered onto the game stool 60 through a reader 50.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to game cards such as playing cards and Hanafuda. Games that use cards that are printed in a way that can be visually determined, such as marks and numbers, pine patterns in Hanafuda, etc., and have a pattern common to each card on the back (including the black color of Hanafuda, etc.), etc. In addition, with the recent development of electronic technology, electronic game machines that can be easily enjoyed are becoming widespread.

If such an electronic game machine is used, participation in the game is subject to CR.
You can have fun regardless of the number of people by simply operating the switches while looking at the T display. You can also memorize rules.

By the way, in games using cards, the cards are dealt face down, or the cards stacked face down are turned face up and dealt. In particular, there are many chances for this to occur in games that have a strong intellectual level or gambling nature.

For example, in an electronic playing card blackjack game machine, parents and children (participants) are dealt one playing card face down, and the second card is dealt face up.Each child can see these cards visually on the display, and , apply the desired chip by operating the switch. After that, the total score of the parent's card is "21".
”, the child confirms his own cards by operating a switch and requests the desired number of additional cards so that the number becomes “21”. Similarly, the parent also requests additional cards. In this way, everyone's cards are The game is played with all the cards facing up.The result of the game is clearly visible on the display, and the winning player's chips are additionally displayed, and the losing player's chips are reduced by that amount.And, in such an electronic game machine, The dealt cards are generally constructed so that the game automatically progresses while ensuring randomness by using a random signal generator or the like.

[Invention or problem to be solved] However, from the perspective of game participation, there are considerable doubts regarding the random distribution and the identity of the numbers and other markings on the cards before and after turning over the all-one cards face up. I have to say. This is because it is thought that the numbers, etc. can be changed just before flipping because everything is managed only by the machine side, that is, by the game program, etc. Once upon a time, no one kept winning or losing, and in the end they won by the same amount every time.
You will end up losing, and you will have a poor sense of how to actually participate. In other words, in a pachinko game machine, there is a place where you can actually feel whether the ball has entered the winning hole or not, and you can adjust it according to the operation condition, and with a slot machine game machine, there is a place where you can check the mechanical fact of stopping the drum. However, in the case of electronic game machines that use cards, the same kind of experience is not felt, and the sense of hobby is lost because there are doubts about the randomness of card distribution and the sameness before and after reversing. For this reason, there is a problem that the usage rate is low and its spread is not expanded.The purpose of the present invention is to confirm the identity of the card mark before and after entering the game or turning over the card, and to realize the randomness of distribution. An object of the present invention is to provide a game card dealing device useful for establishing a satisfactory electronic card game machine.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention provides a distributor configured to be able to adsorb and remove game cards, and a robot mechanism that supports the distributor and moves the distributor in a three-dimensional direction within a predetermined space. and a control device for driving and controlling a robot mechanism to move the distributor based on a predetermined procedure, the distributor comprising a main body supported by the robot mechanism, a vacuum cup, and a rotation mechanism. Further, the game card is characterized in that the vacuum cup is rotated 180 degrees with respect to the main body so that the front and back sides of the game card can be reversed.

[Operations] According to the present invention, the control device drives and controls the robot mechanism according to a predetermined game progression procedure to move the distributor in a three-dimensional direction according to a predetermined procedure.

At this time, the distributor uses a vacuum cup to suck up the cards stacked face down on a stacking table, etc., and also transfers the face down cards to parents and children by turning off the suction power of the vacuum cup on a game table, etc. It acts to distribute each.

For example, when dealing the second card in a Black Shack game, the vacuum cup with the face-down card still adsorbed is rotated 180 degrees by operating the rotation mechanism. After this rotation, if the suction power of the vacuum cup is turned off, the cards can be dealt face up to each player.

Instead, players can actually check the random nature of the distribution and the identity of the card markings before and after flipping through the actual cards.

In addition, the player can visually judge the sign of the dealt card while it is face down. Therefore, it is possible to establish an electronic game machine that is highly reliable and has a sense of taste, and allows players to enjoy the game in the same way as if they were dealt cards by a dealer.

[Example code] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

The game card teeing device of this embodiment has a first
As shown in the figure, it consists of a robot mechanism 10, a distributor 20, and a control device 70, and is employed as the main components constituting an electronic blackjack game machine.

Here, in order to clarify the usefulness of the present trading device, the entire game machine will first be explained with reference to FIG.

In Figure 1, 1 is a playing card, and Figure 4 (A)
As shown in (B), the card (
1) Unique mark 3. A plastic thin plate on which the ai consisting of the number 4 (clover rank 2) is printed so that it can be visually determined, and the pattern 8 common to each card (1) is printed on the back side 7 shown in (B) so that it can be visually determined. It is formed from. This M composition is the same as that of general commercially available products.

Here, a storage section 9 is provided on the front surface 2 and the back surface 7. This storage unit 9 stores the contents of the unique mark (mark "Clover 3" and numbers "2" and "4" in Figure 4) of the card (1), as well as the number of pairs, which cannot be visually determined and can be read and detected from the outside. has been done.

In this embodiment, it is stored magnetically. other marks,
Each number (rank) card has a similar structure.

Further, 50 is a reader, and the storage section 9 is placed inside the slit 51.
By passing through the card, the contents of the label 3.4 on the card can be automatically read and detected by its electromagnetic action. Reference numeral 55 denotes a stacking stand, which in this game machine is used to stack one set (52 cards) of cards 1 face down. Depending on the type of game, it is possible to stack multiple sets of playing cards.

Next, 60 is a game machine, and is a machine that deals out the parent card 1. On the other hand, 65 is a game table for dealing child cards 1, and has a length for four players. This game table 65 has a display 67 for four players (only one player is shown in FIG. 1), and a zero display 67 provided with a switch hoard 68 displays game progress messages, the number of chips held, etc. is displayed. On the other hand, the switch board 68 includes pushbutton switches such as "game progress", "additional card request", "requested number of cards", "
Digital switches such as "chip multiplier" are provided.

Here, each game table 60.65 is provided with a slit 61.66 which is wider than the diameter of the shaft 16, which will be described in detail later. The game table 65 is provided with slits 66 for four players.

Also, 70 is a control device! The details are shown in FIG.

Sunawachi, Mm device 7Q has CPU71, ROM72,
The RAM 73 includes human-powered boats 74A, 74B, output port doors 5A, 75B, etc., and is means for executing all game progress based on a predetermined procedure. The game progress program is stored in the ROM 72, and the number and contents of cards dealt to parents and children, the number of chips, etc. are stored in the RAM 7 for each game.
3 is stored. The reader 50 is the input port door 4A, each switch 68 is the input port door 4B,
Each display 67 is connected to the output port door 5B.

Here, the present dealing device has the configuration shown in FIG. 1, and is connected to the output port door 5A as shown in FIG. 3 to be driven and controlled.

Now, as shown in FIG. 1, the robot mechanism 10 has a first arm 12 rotatably attached to a base 11 that forms a fixed end, and a second arm 14 attached to the tip side of the first arm 12.
is rotatably mounted thereon, and a shaft 16 is mounted on the distal end side of the second arm 14 so as to be movable up and down, thereby forming a so-called SCARA robot in which the lower end of the shaft 16 can be moved in a three-dimensional direction. The first arm 12 is horizontally rotated by a predetermined angle by rotating a timing belt 12B with a motor 12A, and the second arm 14 is horizontally rotated by a predetermined angle by rotating a timing belt 14B with a motor 14A. is moved up and down by the cylinder 18. Further, the shaft 16 is supported by the second arm 14 via a bracket 17, and is configured to be rotatable 360 degrees by rotating the motor 16A.

Therefore, based on the game progress program stored in the ROM 72, the CPU 71 controls the robot mechanism 10, that is, the motors 12A, 14A, and 16A.

If the cylinder 18 is driven by a predetermined amount, the shaft 1
The lower end of 6 can be moved along any route and positioned at any position.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the distributor 20 includes a main body 21 attached to the lower end of the shaft 16, and a rotation 1Mi# in which the bracket 42 is moved 180 degrees with respect to the main body 21.
141 (motor 44, driver 44 disposed inside the case 45)
It consists of an A1 rotating shaft 43) and a vacuum cup 31 attached to the tip of a bracket 42. Therefore, by driving the motor 44, the direction of the vacuum cup 31 can be changed upward and downward as shown by the solid line and the two-dot chain line in FIG.

The suction force of the vacuum cup 31 is based on the solenoid 3.
4 (driver 34A) is excited and the opening/closing valve 33 is opened.
Negative pressure is created in the vacuum cup 31 via a tube 35 connected to a vacuum pump (not shown).

Next, the effect will be explained.

When a game start command is given, the control device 7o
The robot mechanism 10 is driven and controlled based on the game progress program stored in the computer, and the first card 1 is dealt face down to the parent and child on the game table 60.degree. 65.

That is, the distributor 2 is moved so that the vacuum cup 31 is lightly pressed against the topmost card 1 stacked on the stacking table 55.
Position 0.

Next, the solenoid 34 is energized to establish suction force, and the top card 1, which remains face down, is suctioned and held by the vacuum cup 31. This card 1 is dealt to the game table 60 through the reader 50. When passing through the slit 51 of the reader 50, the contents of the mark (3, 4) stored in the storage section 9 of the card 1 are automatically read and detected, and stored in the RAM 73 as the contents of the parent's first card. be remembered.

Subsequently, each child's card 1 is dealt face down to each person's part on the game table 65 in the same manner.

Thereafter, the control device 3f70 drives and controls the robot mechanism 10 and the distributor 20 to distribute the second card 1 to the parent and each child. The second card 1 is dealt face up. Specifically, for example, when dealing the parent's card 1, the rotating machine 41 is driven at an appropriate position from the stacking table 55 to the game table 60 to move the vacuum cup 31 as shown by the two-dot chain line in FIG. Turn upwards. As a result, the card 1 that was being held by suction is turned face up (front side 2 or upward).

Here is Robot I! ′! I41O moves the vacuum cup 31 so that the shaft 16 passes through the slit 61 of the game table 60, and then lowers the shaft 16 with the cylinder 18 and closes the valve 33 with the solenoid 34, thereby cutting off the suction force.

Therefore, card 1 is dealt onto the game table 60 while being face up. The same applies to card 1 of each child.

After that, the CPU 71 executes the parent 1 stored in the RAM 73.
It is determined whether the total number of the first and second rankings is "21" or not. (displayed).

On the other hand, if it is not "21", that fact will be displayed on each child's display 6.
Display on 2. Then, each child operates the switch board 68 to request a desired number of cards 1. Robot mechanism 10. Card 1 is added by cooperation with distributor 2o. Parents are also added in the same way.

Here, each child can hold the face-down card 1 that was previously dealt in their hands and turn it over to visually confirm its contents.

On the other hand, the parent card is turned over onto the game table 6o by the robot mechanism 10 and the distributor 20. Therefore, the child can visually check both the identity of his own card before and after turning it over and the identity of his parent's card, and can judge the outcome by himself.

Then, when any child or all children operates the switch board 68 to instruct payment, the CPU 71 reads the information from the RAM 7.
The outcome of the game is determined based on the content of each person's distribution card stored in 3, and the results are displayed on the child display 67, and the chips are settled and the increase or decrease is displayed for each. At this point, the first game ends.

Each person's card 1 is collected. 0 collection may be automatic or manual.

According to this embodiment, the dealing device includes a robot mechanism 10, a distributor 20, and a control device 70, and sucks and moves the card 1 in a three-dimensional space, and also turns the card 1 upside down and deals it. Therefore, it is possible to establish an electronic card game machine that allows game participation to confirm the identity of the card mark before and after turning over the card 1 and to realize the distribution randomness. Therefore, the user can experience the hobby-like emotion and objective competition of actual games through the use of actual cards 1, so that the contrast of electronic card game machines can be greatly expanded.

In addition, the card 1 is equipped with a memory section 9 in addition to the normal visual markings, so it is possible to automate the game judgment while taking into consideration the above-mentioned identity confirmation, etc., and calculate the points for the participation. - It is possible to establish a game machine that can play games quickly and accurately without the hassle of comparisons.

In the above embodiment, the game card 1 is a playing card, but the present invention is also applicable to other game cards such as Hanafuda cards.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention has a structure that enables automatic dealing due to the three-dimensional movement of the card by the robot mechanism and the automatic suction holding/removal and reversal functions by the distributor, so that all handling can be done electronically. To provide an electronic card game machine that eliminates the drawbacks of conventional cards and allows game participants to experience card identity and random distribution through actual cards, allowing them to fully enjoy their hobby-like emotions and objective competition. It has the excellent effect of establishing the system and dramatically expanding its dissemination.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing embodiments of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a side view of the distributor, Fig. 3 is a block diagram mainly showing the control device, and Fig. 4 shows the front and back sides of the card. It is a diagram. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1...Card, 2...Front surface, 7...Back surface, 10...Robot mechanism, 20...Distributor, 21...Main body, 31...Vacuum cup, 41...Rotation Mechanism, 70... system #equipment! . 4th (B)

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A distributor configured to be able to adsorb and remove game cards; a robot mechanism that supports the distributor and moves the distributor in a three-dimensional direction within a predetermined space; and a control device for driving and controlling a robot mechanism to move the distributor, the distributor is composed of a main body supported by the robot mechanism, a vacuum cup, and a rotation mechanism, and the vacuum cup is rotated at 180 degrees with respect to the main body. A game card dealing device characterized in that the game card is formed so that the front and back sides of the game card can be reversed by rotation.