JPH0793976B2 - Storage mechanism for multiple types of game media in game machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention mainly relates to game machines that use medals and coins, such as slot machines, for storing and paying out game media of the same type with different values. The present invention relates to a game medium storing mechanism that is made possible.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, in a game using a pachinko machine or a slot machine, only one type of game medium is used with a single value, and therefore, only one type of game medium is stored or provided in the game machine.

On the other hand, as a game start requirement, there is also known a game machine which is formed so that coins and medals can be inserted, and the game medium used for the game uses a ball or the like different from the inserted medals or the like. However, in such a game machine, the roles of the inserted medals and the balls used as the game media are distinctly divided, and therefore, it is possible to configure a handling mechanism for storing the respective game media. There is no difficulty.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, recently, slot machines and the like are similar to the conventional type in that medals are used as the game medium, but the standard of the unit price of the game medium, that is, two or more types of medals with different values. The present applicant has proposed a slot machine that can be used as a game medium at the same time as Japanese Patent Application No. 1-126134.

In the slot machine proposed above, the conventional slot machine is a game medium with a relatively low unit price (for example,
Since one medal is 20 yen), it is continuous and
In the case of continuing the game for a relatively long time, in consideration of the point that a large amount of medals will be inserted, or medals that are likely to have a large amount will be paid out, the player inserts medals. It has been proposed for the purpose of preventing the trouble of the machine or the consumption of the machine due to the payout of medals many times on the machine side, and the unit price of the medals to be inserted is, for example, 5 times to 50 times that for the conventional machine. A plurality of types of medals set to double or more are prepared, and the machine side can be operated by inserting medals of different types.

Therefore, according to this proposed slot machine,
Even if the number of games and the number of winnings are the same, there is an advantage that the number of inserted medals, the number of paid-out medals, and the number of paid-out medals can be reduced compared to the conventional machine.

On the other hand, in the proposed throttle machine, since there are two or more types of medals to be thrown in and the sizes and values are different from each other, consideration should be given to the accumulation or selection of medals to be paid out and the types of medals to be paid out. On the contrary, there is a problem that the payout operation is complicated because the types of medals are not single.

The present invention provides convenience in handling game media such as medals in a game machine such as a slot machine in which the same kind of game media having different sizes and different sizes can be used. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game medium storage mechanism that can be achieved.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention has been made for the purpose of solving the above problems, and has a structure in which a game medium such as two or more kinds of medals having different values is provided inside a game machine such as a slot machine. In addition to arranging the storage parts for each type separately in parallel, each storage part is provided with a payout mechanism for the game media of different values, and the payout is a numerical value indicating the payout amount of the game media of different values. It is characterized in that numerical values are calculated in descending order of value, the payout quantity for each game content is obtained, and a payout mechanism for each game content is operated by a signal indicating the payout quantity. It is a thing.

[Function] Two or more types of game media used in game machines are discriminated according to the type of the media, and then stored in a storage unit equipped with a payout mechanism, which is used for payout at the time of prize payout, etc. Since the types of game contents to be played and the respective numbers are calculated and paid out by a plurality of types of game contents, the number of payout medals for a large number of payout numbers can be small.

〔Example〕

 Next, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of an example of a medal accumulating portion in the present invention, FIG. 2 is a right sectional view of the same, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example of a payout drive control system by the accumulating mechanism of the present invention.

1 is a medal hopper formed to accommodate different types of different from the game content bids as one criterion, wherein a stacked state of medals M ₁ ~M ₃ for each individual kind.

And Thus, the above three medals M ₁ ~M ₃ is the outer diameter of each relative to discriminate that the different kinds are formed on different, because they are to be distinguished from each other, the medal hopper 1 accommodating portion 1a~1c of the medal M ₁ ~M ₃ is formed to match the outer diameter of the medal.

At the lower end of each medal accommodating section 1a-1c, a medal discharge hole is provided
2a to 2c, and on the rear surface of the lower end of the accommodating portion, push-out tongues 5a to 5a attached to the retractable medal payout actuators 4a to 4c.
Advancement holes 3a to 3c of 5c are formed. 6a to 6c are medal discharge guides formed in front of the respective discharge holes 2a to 2c, and receiving trays 7a to 7c are arranged under the guides 6a to 6c.

Incidentally, 8a to 8c in medal sensor contact type or contactless type provided on the rear wall of the housing part 1 a to 1 c, the respective medal M ₁ ~M ₃ comes to have only downward by this position, the sensor 8a ~
8c is closed, and is formed so as to display a lack of medals on the display units 20a to 20c. 20d to 20f are display units 20a to 20c
Hard drive, 9 is the front panel of the slot machine.

In the above example, to form the medal receiving unit 1a~1c the tubular has been adapted to accommodate the respective medal M ₁ ~M ₃ in a stacked state, the form of the medal receiving unit in the present invention, the type of this embodiment It is not limited to the above, but is arbitrary. The point is that a game medium such as medals can be accommodated for each type, and a game medium such as medals can be paid out for each type.

Next, with reference to FIG. 3, the payout of medals by type stored in the medal storage portions 1a to 1c formed as described above will be described.

Here, for convenience of explanation, the medal M ₁ is 1000 points, the medal is
M _{2 is set} to 500 points and medal M ₃ is set to 100 points.

Although the description is omitted, when a prize payout is made by playing a slot machine game or the like, the medals M _{1 to} M ₃ are paid out as follows.

A payout command unit 10 forms a payout command according to the input winning signal or settlement signal W _S. Here, the payout command is formed by a signal indicating the total points of the payout medals. . Now, assuming that the payout command signal is formed by a signal indicating a medal score of 3800 points, this signal is supplied to the next calculation unit 11.

The calculation unit 11 calculates the points of the input payout command as described above for each medal.
Divided by value of the largest value by raw score of M ₁ ~M ₃ (bid), performing a calculation so that dividing the remainder by the following numerical values. That is, 3800/1000 = 3 (sheets) + 800 (points), 800 /
500 = 1 (sheets) +300 (point), 300/100 = 3 (sheets) and calculates, 3 medal M ₁ is ₂ one M, M ₃ is the signal S ₁ ~ showing the three
The S ₃ is formed for each medal M ₁ ~M _3. The above calculation unit
When a fraction (100 points or less) occurs in the calculated value in 11, it is optional to round it up, round up or down, or the like.

The signals S _{1 to} S ₃ of the calculation unit 11 are supplied to the drive units 13a to 13c of the payout actuators 4a to 4c via the control unit 12, respectively.

Thus, each dispensing actuator 4a~4c is to payout medals M ₁ ~M ₃ of their housing part 1 a to 1 c.

Here, the number of times each of the actuators 4a to 4c has been actuated, that is, the number of payouts, is detected by a sensor attached to each actuator, and is counted as the number of payouts (the number of papers) by the counters 14a to 14c, respectively. Of course, the number of paid-out sheets may be detected at another part.

Count Ca of each counter 14 a to 14 c, Cb, Cc is when accommodating the medal M ₁ ~M ₃ in advance in the medal receiving unit 1 a to 1 c, the set counter 15a~15c operates the setting section that number of housing The recorded set numerical values Sa, Sb, Sc are compared and calculated in the calculation units 16a to 16c, and displayed on the display units 17a to 17c as the number of remaining medals in the medal storage units 1a to 1c. It should be noted that medals for the accommodating units 1a to 1c
The accommodation of M _{1 to} M ₃ is not only the initial set, but also that the M _{1 to} M ₃ are thrown in while the game is in progress, or manually or automatically supplied from another. 17d to 17e are drivers for the display units 17a to 17c.

The numerical values of the counters 14a to 14c that count the number of times the actuators 4a to 4c are operated are supplied to the payout calculation unit 18.
The payout points are displayed on the display unit 19. 19a is the display unit 19
Driver.

The game medium according to the present invention can be applied not only to the medal-shaped medium of the above example but also to a medium having a ball shape, a coin shape, a card shape, or the like. Further, the present invention can be applied to aspects in which the types of game contents are different, in addition to consideration and size, as well as other elements such as color, shape, and weight.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the mechanism of the present invention, even when paying out a plurality of types of game media of different types distinguished by different standards such as unit price, for example, a game media using a medal, the payout value is set to Since the unit price of the higher unit price is divided according to the different unit price (standard) and the different types of medals are paid out, it is possible to make a rational and accurate payout based on a winning combination in which multiple types of game media are mixed. You can

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front cross-sectional view of an example of a storage portion according to the present invention,
Similarly, FIG. 3 is a right side sectional view, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of an example of a dispensing drive control system by the storage mechanism of the present invention. M ₁ ~ M ₃ …… Different types of medals, 1 …… medal hopper,
1a to 1c …… Accommodation area for each medal, 2a to 2c …… Medal discharge hole, 3a to 3c …… Advancing / retracting hole, 4a to 4c …… Payout actuator,
5a-5c …… Medal push-out tongue, 6a-6c …… Discharge guide, 7a
~ 7c …… Saucepan, 9 …… Front panel

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A game machine such as a slot machine is internally provided with a storage section for accommodating two or more types of game media having different values, such as medals, for each type of game media. Each of the game media is provided with a payout mechanism of a game medium having a different value, and the payout amount is calculated by sequentially calculating the numerical value indicating the payout amount from the numerical value of the larger value by the numerical value of the game medium having a different value, and the payout amount by each game medium. Respectively, and the payout mechanism for each of the game contents is caused to perform a payout operation in response to a signal indicating each payout amount.