JPH07124323A - Method of display for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a method of display to effectively use the display panel of a game machine, even while the machine is not used for a game. CONSTITUTION:This method is characterized by displaying the following matters on a display unit 4 by the command of a CPU 21: a commercial message stored in a message memory 26 in case of no detection by a human body sensor 11, a card insertion message and a game manipulation guidance message in case of the sensor's detecting a human body, a winning rate, hit frequency, accumulated game time, etc., based on the game data stored in a RAM 25 in case of a game finishing, machine management displays based on the game data stored in the RAM 25 in the case where an IC management card is inserted in the reader.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display method for a game machine, and more particularly to a display method for a game machine which appropriately displays a message on a display screen in accordance with the presence or absence of a person and a game execution state.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a store dedicated to installing game machines such as slot machines, pachinko machines, and pinballs, a plurality of customers enjoy the game using the game machines.

Among such gaming machines, particularly in a slot machine or the like which expresses a hit by individually stopping a plurality of symbols that change appropriately and aligning the symbols, when a hit occurs, it is hit by sound or light. I am trying to inform the customer.

[0004]

However, in a store dealing with such conventional gaming machines such as slot machines, pachinko machines, and pinballs, it is only necessary to install a plurality of gaming machines in the store. However, it has not been done to manage the operating state of each gaming machine or the trends of fixed customers.

Also, when the customer enjoys the game,
In the conventional gaming machine, a display is displayed on the display panel according to the progress of the game, but when the customer is not playing the game, a predetermined type of display (for example, a demonstration display of the game is repeated). However, in terms of customer-oriented display, the fact that the display panel is not fully utilized is not displayed, and the display is not interesting.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a display method for a game machine which enables effective use of a game display panel installed in the game machine even when the game is not in progress.

[0007]

The invention according to claim 1 is
An electronic game machine that operates based on a predetermined game program and displays a game progress state on a display panel,
Detecting whether a person is in front of the gaming machine, detecting the operation state of the game according to the above-mentioned game program, and depending on the position of the person or when there is a person when the above-mentioned game is not operating. It is characterized in that a display message prepared in advance is controlled to be displayed on the display panel depending on whether the display message is displayed or not.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic game machine which operates based on a predetermined game program and displays a game progress state on a display panel. The state is sequentially updated and stored, and when there is a predetermined instruction operation after the end of the game, the information is updated based on the plurality of stored customers or the game execution state, or is calculated based on the information. The feature is that it displays the data.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic game machine which operates according to a predetermined game program and displays a game progress state on a display panel, wherein a person is in front of the game machine. It is detected whether or not the operation state of the game according to the above-mentioned game program is detected, and when the above-mentioned game is not operating, depending on the position of the person, or depending on the presence or absence of the person, The prepared display message is displayed on the display panel.

Therefore, even when the game is not being played, the display panel can be effectively used as an information display panel that appeals to the customer to the store, and a display that increases the customer's interest in the game can be displayed. It can be done and can contribute to the profit of the store where the game machine is installed.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic game machine which operates based on a predetermined game program and displays a game progress state on a display panel. The execution state is sequentially updated and stored, and when there is a predetermined instruction operation after the end of the game, based on the information or the information updated according to the plurality of stored customers or the game execution state. The calculated data is displayed.

Therefore, the management information can be stored and updated and displayed for each gaming machine, and the burden of the management work of the administrator who installs the gaming machine can be reduced.

[0013]

EXAMPLES Examples will be described below with reference to FIGS.

1 to 5 are views showing an embodiment of a slot machine to which the present invention is applied. First, the configuration will be described.

FIG. 1 is an external view of the slot machine 1. In FIG. 1, a slot machine 1 has a front panel 2 on which a start button 3 for instructing the start of a game and a three-divided display area D1, D2, D3 are formed by a liquid crystal display panel and the like. The display area D1, D
2, a display section 4 for rotating and displaying a plurality of patterns for each D3, and a display section D1, D2, D3 provided on the display section 4 for stopping the rotation display of the display areas D1, D2, D3. Three stop buttons (I, II, III) 5 for instructing, a finish button 6 for designating the end of the game, a coin insertion slot 7 for inserting game coins, and a predetermined winning sound when winning. An infrared sensor or the like detects a speaker 8, an IC card reader opening 9 for inserting an IC card, a coin tray 10 for receiving coins discharged at the time of winning, and a person (customer) sitting in front of the front panel 2 of the slot machine 1. Person sensor 1
1 is arranged.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the inside of the slot machine 1. The same parts as those shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals.

In FIG. 2, the slot machine 1 is
CPU 21, ROM 22, game program memory 2
3, IC card reader 24, RAM 25, message memory 26, various key button parts 27, human sensor 11, coin control part 28, coin insertion part 29, coin discharge part 30, coin stocker 31 and buzzer 32, and each part is It is connected to the bus 33.

CPU (Central Processing Unit) 21
Controls each unit in the slot machine 1 according to the game control program stored in the ROM 22. That is, the CPU 21 controls the IC card reader port 9 of FIG.
The data stored in the IC card inserted in the
When the card is read by the card reader 25 and a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 8, the game program stored in the game program memory 23 is activated to execute the game control process.

Further, the CPU 21 executes a game start display process which will be described later, and when no human is detected by the human sensor 11, the commercial message stored in the commercial message storage area 26a in the message memory 26 is displayed on the display unit. 4 and the human sensor 11 detects a person, the card insertion message and the game operation guidance message stored in the card insertion message storage area 26b and the game operation guidance message storage area 26c in the message memory 26 are displayed. Is displayed on the display unit 4.

Further, the CPU 21 executes a game end display process which will be described later, and when the game ends, the RAM 25
The winning rate, the number of wins, the game time, etc. are displayed on the display unit 4 with reference to the data related to the game stored in, and at the end of the game, the human sensor 11 detects that a person separates from the slot machine 1. I in mouth 9
When the C card is still inserted, the buzzer 32 sounds an alarm to notify the customer that the IC card remains.

Furthermore, the CPU 21 executes a management display process, which will be described later, and when the management card is inserted into the IC card reader slot 9, the CPU 21 refers to the data relating to the game stored in the RAM 25 so that the slot machine 1 can operate. Various displays regarding management are displayed on the display unit 4.

A ROM (Read Only Memory) 22 stores a game control program, a display control program, and the like. The game program memory 23 stores a game program to be described later, and the CPU 21 starts the game program.

The IC card reader 24 is the IC of FIG.
The data (for example, game number setting data) stored in the IC card inserted into the card reader port 9 is read and transferred to the CPU 21 via the bus.

A RAM (Random Access Memory) 25 is
Form a memory area to store data about the game,
As shown in FIG. 2, an inserted coin number storage area 25a for storing coin number data for each game, an output coin number storage area 25b for storing coin number data to be ejected when a hit occurs, A hit count storage area 25c for storing hit count data, a game time storage area 25d for storing time data of a period during which a game is played for each game, a cumulative coin count storage area 25e for storing cumulative inserted coin count data, A cumulative coin count storage area 25f for storing cumulative ejected coin count data, a cumulative game time storage area 25g for storing cumulative game time data, and a customer count storage area 2 for storing the customer count data of games played by the player.
Form 5h.

As shown in FIG. 2, the message memory 26 is provided in the display unit 4 when a game is not played without a customer.
A commercial message storage area 26a for storing commercial message data to be displayed on a card displayed on the display unit 4 when the customer sits in front of the slot machine 1 to prompt the insertion of an IC card into the IC card reader slot 9. A card insertion message storage area 26b for storing an insertion message and a game operation guidance message storage area 26c for storing a game operation guidance message for displaying the game operation guidance according to the progress of the game on the display unit 4 are formed.

The various key button portions 27 are composed of the start button 3, the stop button 5 and the end button 6 shown in FIG. 1, and the instruction data when each button is operated is sent to the CPU 21 via the bus 24. Output.

The human sensor 11 is installed at a predetermined position on the front surface of the slot machine 1 and is composed of an infrared sensor or the like, and detects the presence or absence of a customer sitting on the front surface of the slot machine 1,
The detection result is output to the CPU 21 via the bus 24.

The coin control unit 28 controls the operation at the time of inserting and ejecting coins, and when a coin is inserted into the coin insertion slot 7 of FIG. The coins are transferred to the CPU 21 via 33, the inserted coins are stored in the coin stocker 31, and the coins stored in the coin stocker 31 are discharged according to the number of winning coins input from the CPU 21. The coin is discharged from the portion 30 and discharged to the coin tray 10 shown in FIG.

The buzzer 32 is driven by the CPU 11 while the IC card is still inserted in the IC card reader port 9 during the end display processing, and produces a buzzer sound.

Next, the operation will be described.

First, when starting the game, the CPU 2
The game start display processing executed by No. 1 will be described based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 3, first, the message memory 2
The commercial message data stored in the commercial message storage area 26a in 6 is read out and displayed on the display unit 4 (step S1). That is, in the slot machine 1 in which the game is not played, for example, a commercial display of the shop or the slot machine itself is performed so as to effectively appeal to the customer.

Next, the front panel 2 is detected by the human sensor 11.
When it is detected that there is a person in front of (step S
2) Read a card insertion message prompting the insertion of the IC card into the IC card reader port 9 from the card insertion message storage area 26b in the message memory 26 and display it on the display unit 4 (step S3), and insert the IC card. Is detected by the IC card reader 24 (step S
4). If the IC card is not inserted, the above step S
Returning to the person detection processing by the person sensor 2 of 2, when the IC card is inserted, the game program stored in the game program memory 23 is activated to start the game (step S5).

When the game is started, first, an initial pattern is displayed in each of the display areas D1, D2 and D3 of the display section 4, and a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 8 and the start button 3 is depressed. Rotation display is performed to change the pattern display from the pattern in a preset order. At this time, the inserted coins are stored in the coin stocker 31 from the coin insertion unit 29 by the coin control unit 28, and the number of inserted coins is transmitted to the CPU 21 as the number of inserted coins, and the number of inserted coins is stored in the RAM 25. It is stored in the area 25a.

When the stop button (I, II, III) 5 corresponding to each display area D1, D2, D3 is pressed, the pattern being rotated and displayed is stopped in accordance with each pressing timing. When the stopped display patterns match,
The coin control unit 28 is controlled so as to discharge the number of coins corresponding to the predetermined winning number according to the matched pattern, and the coin stocker 31 discharges the coins into the coin tray 10 through the coin discharging unit 30.

When the end button 6 is pressed, the CPU
21 executes the above-mentioned game end display processing. This end display processing will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 4, first, the win rate is calculated based on the number-of-coins data and the number-of-coins data stored in the RAM 25 for the current game (step S).
11), the calculated winning rate, the number of hits data and the game time data stored in the RAM 25 are read and displayed on the display unit 4 (step S12).

Next, when it is detected by the human sensor 11 that the person has left (step S13), the IC card reader 24 detects whether or not the IC card is in the IC card reader port 9 (step S14). If the IC card has not been taken out, the process moves to the commercial message display process of step S1 of the start display process shown in FIG. 3, and if the IC card remains, the buzzer 32
Then, a buzzer is sounded to notify the customer that an IC card remains, and the process returns to the IC card detection process of step S14 (step S15).

Therefore, the slot machine 1 of this embodiment
Then, at the end of the game, it is possible to inform the customer of the content and result of the current game, and it is possible to prevent the customer from forgetting to take out the IC card.

Next, the management display processing by the CPU 21 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, first, when a management card is inserted into the IC card reader slot 9 and detected by the IC card reader 24, the operating rate is based on the store opening time data and the cumulative game time data stored in the RAM 25. Is calculated (step S21), and the payout rate is calculated based on the cumulative coin count data and the cumulative coin count data (step S22), and the calculated operating rate and payout rate are displayed on the display unit 4. Then, this processing is finished.

Therefore, the store manager can easily see the management information about each slot machine by inserting the management card for management into each slot machine installed in the store.

As described above, in the slot machine according to the present embodiment, the commercial display can be effectively displayed on the display section even when the game is not played, so that the slot machine can be effectively used as an information display panel to appeal to the customer. can do. Further, by displaying the game content and the result at the end of the game, it is possible to increase the interest of the customer in the game and contribute to the profit of the store in which the slot machine is installed.

Further, since the management information is also displayed, the burden of management work on the manager can be reduced.

In the above embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the slot machine is shown, but it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to other gaming machines having a display portion such as a pachinko machine or a pinball. is there.

[0046]

According to the present invention, the information display panel can be effectively used to appeal the store to the customer on the display panel even when the game is not played, and the customer's interest in the game can be improved. It is possible to increase the display, and it is possible to contribute to the profit of the store where the game machine is installed. Further, the management information can be stored and updated and displayed for each gaming machine, and the burden of management work on the administrator who installs the gaming machine can be reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front external view of a slot machine to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the slot machine of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of a game start display process executed by the CPU of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a game end display process executed by the CPU of FIG.

5 is a flowchart of management display processing executed by the CPU of FIG.

[Explanation of Codes] 1 slot machine 2 front panel 3 start button 4 display section 5 stop button 6 end button 7 coin insertion slot 8 speaker 9 IC card reader slot 10 coin tray 11 human sensor 21 CPU 22 ROM 23 game program memory 24 IC Card reader 25 RAM 25a Number of coins storage area 25b Number of coins storage area 25c Number of times storage area 25d Game time storage area 25e Cumulative number of coins storage area 25f Cumulative number of coins storage area 25g Cumulative game time storage area 25h Number of customers storage area 26 Message Memory 26a Commercial Message Storage Area 26b Card Insertion Message Storage Area 26c Game Operation Guidance Message Storage Area 27 Various Key Button Sections 28 Coin Control Section 29 Coin Inserting Section 30 Coin Discharging Section 3 Coin stocker 32 buzzer

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An electronic game machine that operates according to a predetermined game program and displays a game progress state on a display panel, and detects whether or not a person is in front of the game machine. Detects the operating state of the game according to the program, and displays the display message prepared in advance when the game is not in operation, depending on the position of the person, or in the presence or absence of the person. A display method in a gaming machine, characterized in that the display is controlled to be displayed on a panel. 2. An electronic game machine which operates according to a predetermined game program and displays a game progress state on a display panel, wherein the execution result of a game by a plurality of customers and its execution state are sequentially updated. When a predetermined instruction operation is performed after the end of the game, the information updated according to the plurality of stored customers or the game execution state or the data calculated based on the information is displayed. A display method in a gaming machine characterized by the above.