JPH07112513B2 - Freebie grabbing game machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine which is installed in a store such as a game center and operates a magic hand to grab a product such as a stuffed toy.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As described in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 3-42949, a conventional prize-grabbing game device is composed of a game device body having a game space formed at eye level and a telescopic pipe arranged in the game space. It consists of a gripping pawl device supported and fixed to the end, and a gripping pawl drive device that moves the gripping pawl device back and forth and left and right and moves up and down through the expansion pipe, and the player presses the operation button to operate the grip pawl device. The product is operated to grab a product such as a stuffed toy, and the product is dropped on the take-out port to pick up the product.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned prize-grabbing game device, one operation is finished even if the product is taken or not taken, and no matter how much the gripper device is inexperienced, no matter how much it is operated, It was hard to get the product and ended up in a hurry, losing the motivation to try again next time. Therefore, in the present invention, when the operation is immature and the product cannot be obtained, the product is detected, the bonus is paid out, and the motivation to continue the challenge is continued.

[0004]

[Means for Solving the Problems] A coin detecting unit for detecting inserted coins, a prepaid card or the like and issuing a coin detecting signal, and an operating unit consisting of a left-right switch and a front-back switch for operating an operation signal by a player. And a drive control unit that receives a money detection signal and receives an operation signal of the operation unit after reaching a predetermined amount of money, and a drive signal corresponding to the operation signal is issued from the drive control unit and driven by the drive signal. The prize acquisition section that moves to the prize extraction section and releases the prize in the state of performing the prize acquisition operation in the exhibition storage section, and an operation detection signal that detects the operation operation of the prize acquisition section and sends the operation detection signal to the drive control section. An operation detecting section for sending, a prize acquisition detecting section for detecting a prize falling to the prize extracting section and for sending a prize detection signal to the drive control section, and a prize acquiring section for extracting the prize from the operation detecting signal from the operation detecting section. To department To detect a state in which an operation to separate the prize after the motion. Then, if there is no change in the prize detection signal for detecting the fall of the prize after that, the another prize sending signal is sent to the sending section for sending the another prize from the another prize storing section, and the other gift sending section is sent to the prize taking section. It was a game machine that grabs a prize and sends out a prize.

[0005]

With the above structure, when the player cannot operate the operation section to move the prize in the exhibition storage section to the prize extraction section by the prize acquisition section, the detection from the motion detection section and the prize detection section Judging from the signal, the another prize stored in the another prize storage section is sent from the sending section to the free gift taking section.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 shows a claim correspondence diagram of a prize grasping game machine provided with a separate prize sending mechanism of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of the game machine, and FIG. 3 shows an external view thereof.

The prize grabbing game machine has a game device body 1 having a game space 2 formed on the top thereof, and the game space 2 described above.
The ceiling includes a gripping pawl device 4 that is disposed inside and is supported and fixed to the end of the telescopic pipe 3, and a gripping pawl drive device 5 that moves the gripping pawl device 4 back and forth, left and right, and vertically moves through the telescopic pipe 3. And a left-right direction switch 6 and a front-back direction switch 7 for moving the gripper device 4 are provided on the front side of the game apparatus body 1.
This switch is placed at a height that is easy for humans to operate while standing upright. A game space 2 surrounded by a transparent acrylic plate is formed at a position of eye level of the game apparatus body 1 in a state where a person stands upright, and the gripping pawl drive device 5 is provided at an upper portion of the game space 2. , Its gripping device 4
And, it is arranged so that only the expansion and contraction pipe 3 part can be seen.

A take-out pipe 8 is provided for communicating the game space 2 and the lower portion of the game apparatus body 1 to take out a product, and the take-out pipe 8 is connected to a take-out port 9.
A photo sensor 10 is arranged in the opening below the take-out pipe to detect a prize which has fallen and passed through the take-out pipe.

FIG. 1 shows the control system of the main body 1 of the game.
Explaining along with the complaint correspondence diagram of, coin purchase port 11
There is a coin detecting unit a for detecting coins inserted from the bank, a prepaid card, etc. and issuing a coin detection signal. There is an operation section b including a left-right direction switch 6 and a front-rear direction switch 7 for the player to operate and generate an operation signal. There is a drive control unit j that receives the operation signal of the operation unit b after receiving the money detection signal and reaching a predetermined amount of money. A drive signal corresponding to the operation signal is issued from the drive control unit j, and the product is moved to the prize take-out unit in a state of being driven by the drive signal and performing a prize acquisition operation in the exhibition storage unit c formed of the game space 2. There is a prize acquisition unit h including a telescopic pipe 3 that performs a separating operation, a gripping pawl device 4, and a gripping pawl drive device 5. There is an operation detection unit i including a sensor 15 and the like which detects an operation operation of the prize acquisition unit h and sends an operation detection signal to the drive control unit. There is a prize acquisition / detection unit e of the photosensor 10 that detects a prize falling to the prize extraction unit 9 that is the prize extraction port 9 and sends a prize detection signal to the drive control unit j. Based on the motion detection signal from the motion detection unit i, the state in which the prize acquisition unit h has moved to the prize extraction unit d and then released the prize is detected.

If there is no change in the prize detection signal for detecting the fall of the prize after the prize acquisition unit h has received the prize at the prize extraction unit d, another prize transmission signal is sent to the another prize storage unit f. A different prize sending signal is sent to the different prize sending section g for paying out the free gift, and the different prize is sent to the prize taking section d.

The case of playing a game with the game device of this embodiment will be described more specifically. First, the game space 2
Items such as stuffed toys are arbitrarily placed on the inner shelf board, and the player inserts coins of the amount necessary for the game from the coin slot 11 and then activates the game device main body 1 to start the left-right direction. The switch 6 is pushed to move the gripper device 4 to an arbitrary position in the left-right direction. And left / right direction switch 6
When is released, the horizontal movement stops. Then, subsequently, when the front / rear direction switch 7 is pressed to move the gripper / claw device 4 in the front / rear direction to release the front / rear direction switch 7 at an arbitrary position,
The movement in the front-back direction is stopped, and the gripper device 4 is automatically lowered. When the gripping pawl device 4 reaches the lowermost position, the gripping pawl is closed to grab a prize such as a stuffed toy, and the gripping pawl rises again while maintaining the closed state, and the gripping pawl device 4 is taken out directly above the pipe 8. Move it and open the grip tab to release the product. The product separated from the gripping claws falls on the take-out pipe 8, blocks the light detected by the photo sensor 10 and falls on the prize take-out port 9, so that the player can take out the prize.

Here, even when the grasping pawl device 4 does not grasp the prize, the grasping pawl device 4 moves just above the take-out pipe 8 to open the grasping pawl as in the case of grasping the prize. Whether or not the prize has been picked up is detected by a photo sensor 10 provided below the take-out pipe 8. When the prize cannot be taken, another prize is sent from another prize transmitter 12 provided inside the game apparatus body 1. Is sent to the prize outlet 9. The extra gift dispenser 12 is, for example, a dispenser for capsule toys or cards. A small window 14 is provided on the lower front surface of the game machine main body of the separate prize storage section 13 so that another prize can be seen from the outside.

Whether or not the prize has been taken is determined by moving the gripping and pawling device 4 in the left and right direction, and when it comes to a position just above the take-out pipe 8 by detecting it with a sensor 15 such as a limit switch provided on the ceiling, and stopping it. It is detected whether the pawl is closed to open, and whether or not the photo sensor 10 provided on the lower side of the take-out pipe detects a drop of the prize within a few seconds after the grip pawl is opened is determined as a series of operations. Make a decision. As a result, if no free gift is taken, the free gift sending machine 12 is operated to send another free gift from the free gift storage unit 13 to the free gift outlet 9.

FIG. 4 shows a mechanism diagram of the different prize storage section and the different prize dispenser. The prize sending machine 12 has a rotary disc 18 having a rotary shaft 17 penetrating the bottom of a rectangular frame 16 having a bottom.
And a motor 1 provided at the bottom of the rectangular frame 16
9 slowly rotates through the gears. The space above the rotating disc 18 of the rectangular frame is the prize storage section 13, and the four corners of the rectangular frame are closed to provide spaces only on the rotating disc, and the same spherical shape as another prize. Capsule toy 2
0 is stored.

Although not shown, radial ribs are provided on the rotating disk 18. An arm portion 21 is attached to the rectangular frame 16 at a position just above the rib of the rotary disc 18 in the radial direction of the rotary disc 18. The rotating disk 18 is provided with four concentric circular holes 22 on the lower side at a position at an angle of 90 degrees from the center of the rotating disk, and the bottom of the cylindrical hole 22 is the bottom surface of the rectangular frame. It has reached close to 16a. As a result, a large number of spherical capsule toys 20 put in the separate prize storage section 13 are agitated so that the capsule toys 20 are not damaged by the ribs that rotate slowly with the rotating disc 18 and the fixed arm portions 21, and the capsule toys 20 are stirred. 20 is put into the cylindrical hole 22.

A hole is formed in the bottom surface of the rectangular frame 16 on the side of the prize taking-out portion 9 at a position where the cylindrical hole 22 of the rotating disk rotates, and a guide groove 23 having a downward slope in the prize taking-out portion 9 is provided. And is connected to the side surface of the prize extracting section 9. A sensor 24 is provided in the middle of the guide groove 23 to detect the case where the prize capsule toy 20 passes through the guide groove 23. When the detection signal is detected, the rotating disk motor 19 is stopped. . The rotating disk 18 is slowly rotating, and when the motor 19 is stopped after detecting that the capsule toy 20 is rolling in the guide groove 23, the cylindrical hole 22 of the rotating disk 22 is detected.
Are 90 degrees apart, the capsule toy 20 in the next cylindrical hole 22 is supported by the bottom surface 16a of the rectangular frame and stops while approaching the hole of the guide groove 23.
No more than one capsule toy 20 is sent to the prize extracting section 9.

FIGS. 5 and 6 are flowcharts showing the operation of the present prize grabbing game machine. First, when the power of the game machine is turned on, the gripper driving device 5 is positioned right above the take-out pipe 8, the telescopic pipe 3 is contracted, and the gripper pawl 4 is closed (step 1). Next is the coin slot 11
To the insertion of coins (step 2), and when the coins are inserted, the credits corresponding to the inserted coins are displayed (step 3). After that, it is judged whether or not the left / right direction switch 6 is pushed (step 4), and if it is pushed, the gripper driving device 5 is moved to the right side (step 5), and moved until the right limit switch for detecting the right limit is turned on. It is possible (step 6). If the left / right direction switch 6 is not turned on in step 4, the left / right direction switch 6
It is determined whether or not has been pushed (step 7), and if it has not been pushed, the process returns to step 4, and if it has been pushed, the movement of the gripper driving device 5 is stopped (step 8).

Steps 9 to 13 are treatments when the front-rear direction switch 7 is pressed, and are the same as the above-mentioned left-right direction switch, and the description thereof is omitted. Step 14
Then, the player moves the grasping pawl drive device 5 right above the target prize, stops it, and opens the grasping pawl device 4. Next, the gripping and pawling device 4 automatically descends, and when it comes into contact with the prize, a contact detection switch (not shown) is turned on (step 1
6) The gripper device 4 is closed (step 1).
7).

Then, similarly to step 1, the gripping pawl drive device 5 returns to the home position (step 18), the gripping pawl starts to open (step 19), and the credit display is decremented by 1 (step 20). Then, until the sensor detects that the gripping pawls are fully opened (step 21), the photo sensor 10 detects the acquisition of the prize (step 22).
This detection time is measured (step 23). Then, wait for 1 second from the time when the grip claws are fully opened (step 2
4, 25), and the detection time of the prize is measured by the photo sensor 10 (steps 26, 27). This is to measure the light shielding time of the photo sensor and to measure the size of the obtained prize. Then, after one second has elapsed, the gripping pawl is closed (step 28) and returned to the home position.

Then, the size of the prize is discriminated by the light-shielding time of the photo sensor 10 (step 29). If the prize is not acquired, the light-shielding time is zero. In this case, the motor 19 of another prize transmitter is used. Rotate (step 30), rotate the motor until the sensor 24 provided in the guide groove 23 detects another prize (step 31),
When the different prize is detected, the rotation of the motor is stopped and the sending of the different prize is stopped (step 32). If the passing time of the prize is short in step 29, the fanfare is played as a small hit (step 33), and if the passing time of the prize is long, a fanfare of the big hit is played as a big hit (step 35). If any prize is taken, the prize meter not shown is increased by one (step 3).
5). This is useful for managing free gifts. One game ends in the above steps, and if there are credits remaining at this point, the process can return to step 4. If there are no credits, the game ends.

As another payout method, the payout may be made when all the prizes have not been taken, but the amount of money initially decided by the player for a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 games) is inserted into the coin slot. In the case where no prize is obtained even though the game is put in 11 and the game is played, the payout may be made at the time when the final game is over. Alternatively, if the player does not get any prize even after playing the game for a predetermined number of times (for example, 5 games), activate the electronic roulette installed at a position visible to the player. By paying out in the case of winning, it is possible to attract the interest of the player to the end even if no prize is obtained.

[0022]

As described above, even if the player's operation is immature and the prize cannot be obtained, the game machine detects it and another prize is paid out from the prize sending machine. Even if the technology is immature, some kind of bonus can be obtained. In addition, a small window is also provided in the extra prize storage section, so that the player's motivation to play can be increased and his interest can be maintained, which is also favored by unskilled players and the number of customers can be expanded. Can provide a customized game device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram corresponding to a complaint of a prize grasping game machine provided with a different prize sending mechanism of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a prize grasping game machine.

FIG. 3 is an external view of the prize catching game machine.

FIG. 4 is a mechanism diagram of another prize storage unit and another prize feeder.

FIG. 5 is an operation flowchart of the present freebie grabbing game machine.

FIG. 6 is an operation flowchart of the present freebie grabbing game machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Game device main body 2 ... Game space 3 ... Telescopic pipe 4 ... Grip pawl device 5 ... Grip pawl drive device 6 ... Left / right direction switch 7 ... Front / rear direction switch 8 ... Take-out pipe 9 ... Prize take-out port 10 ... Photo sensor 11 ... Coin Inserting port 12 ... Another prize sending machine 13 ... Another prize storage 14 ... Small window 15 ... Sensor 16 ... Rectangular frame 17 ... Rotating shaft 18 ... Rotating disc 19 ... Motor 20 ... Capsule toy 21 ... Arm 22 ... Cylindrical hole 23 ... Guide groove 24 ... Sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A free gift grabbing device that enables operation by inserting a predetermined amount of money and allows the operator to operate the operation unit to acquire the free gift displayed inside depending on the operation skill of the operator. In the game machine, a) a coin detecting unit that detects the inserted coin and emits a coin detecting signal, b) an operating unit that is operated by a player and emits an operating signal, and c) an exhibition storage unit that exhibits and stores prizes. d) a prize take-out section for the player to take out a prize; e) a prize acquisition detection section for detecting that the prize has been moved to the prize take-out section; and f) a separate gift store that is isolated from the exhibition storage section. A premium storage section, g) another premium sending section for surely sending another premium from the different premium storage section to the premium extraction section, and h) moving to the premium extraction section after the prize acquisition operation in the exhibition storage section and transferring the premium. A prize acquisition section that operates to release the i) An operation detection unit that detects an operation operation of the prize acquisition unit, and j) receives the operation signal after the money detection signal reaches a predetermined amount of money, and displays the exhibition in the prize acquisition unit according to the operation signal. In the storage section, in the state of performing the prize acquisition operation of the prize, the drive signal is issued to move to the prize extraction section and release the prize, and the operation detection signal and the prize acquisition detection signal from the operation detection section are received, and the operation detection is performed. From the signal, the state in which the prize acquisition unit operates to release the prize after moving to the prize extraction unit is detected, and if there is no change in the prize detection signal for detecting the drop of the prize after that, the another prize is sent to the another prize sending unit. And a drive control unit for sending a signal, wherein when the prize cannot be acquired, another prize is sent from the prize storage unit to the prize extracting unit.