JPH0810387A - Ball input display device for arrangement ball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To effectively utilize the game information display means of a game board, arrange a game part such as a prize means on the game board reasonably in space, remarkably increase the freedom in design, and easily confirm a ball input position which a game ball gets into. CONSTITUTION:A game information display means 7 for displaying game information on a screen 35 is arranged about in the center part of a game board 5, and a plurality of ball input ports 24 arranged in a line and a plurality of detecting switches corresponding to each input port 24 and detecting a game ball getting into the ball input port 24 are disposed on the lower part of the game board 5. A ball input display area 37 having a plurality of ball input display parts corresponding to each ball input port 24 and displaying the corresponding input port 24 on the screen 35 of the fame information display means 7 when the detecting switch detects the game ball is installed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball entry display device for an arrange ball machine in which a game information display means is provided at a substantially central portion of a game board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Arrange ball machines are located at the bottom of the game board.
A plurality of entrances arranged in a row in a row, a plurality of detection switches corresponding to each entrance and detecting the game balls entering each entrance, and corresponding to each entrance When the detection switch detects a game ball, the game ball is provided with a ball entrance display section that displays a ball entrance into which the game ball enters, and a predetermined number of game balls are provided on the upper side of the game board. When a game ball enters the fixed number of adjacent entrances and the winning group is established,
A predetermined number of game balls are paid out as prize balls and returned to the player as profit.

A conventional arrangement ball machine is, for example, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 4-1636, a horizontal row in which a ball entrance and a ball display section are vertically associated with each other on the lower part of the game board. It takes the form of arrangement.

[0004]

In recent years, arrange-ball machines have established a winning combination when a game ball enters a certain number of adjacent entrances, and a liquid crystal type or the like is provided in the center of the game board. The game information display means and various winning means are arranged, and during game, various game information is displayed on the screen of the game information displaying means by pictures, characters and the like, and the winning means is provided with a game ball. There is a complicated and interesting game structure in which a game ball is paid out separately when a player enters a ball and a winning condition is satisfied.

However, in the conventional arrangement ball machine, since the ball entrance and the ball entry display are arranged in two rows vertically in a row below the game board, the position of the ball entrance rises to the upper side. The area on the upper side of the game board is largely limited by the ball entrance and the ball display section. Therefore, when arranging the game information display means, the winning means, etc. in the center of the game board, there is a space limitation and there is no freedom in designing, which is a major bottleneck in changing the game structure. ing.

Especially, when the screen of the game information display means for displaying the game information is widened and its display area is enlarged, it is very difficult to arrange other winning means around the game information display means. Therefore, there is a limit to increasing the size of the screen. Also, in the conventional arrange ball machine, since the ball entry display section is in a horizontal row in the lower part of the game board corresponding to the ball entrance, if you look at the lower side of the game board, , The position of the ball entrance where the game ball actually entered can be easily determined.

However, in the arrange ball machine provided with the game information display means, it is necessary to pay attention to the game information displayed on the screen of the game information display means, so that the player frequently contacts the game information display means side. It is necessary to look at the entrance display section side, and as a result, there is a drawback that it is difficult to concentrate on either side.

In view of such conventional problems, the present invention effectively utilizes the game information display means of the game board to place a game component such as a winning means on the game board without any space limitation. An object of the present invention is to provide an arranging ball machine in which the degree of freedom in design is remarkably improved and the position at which a game ball enters can be easily confirmed.

[0009]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, a game information display means 7 for displaying game information on a screen 35 is arranged at a substantially central portion of the game board 5, and a lower portion of the game board 5 is arranged. In addition, a plurality of ball entrances 24 arranged in a row, and a plurality of detection switches 26 corresponding to each ball entrance 24 and detecting a game ball entering the ball entrance 24 are provided. In the arrangement ball machine,
The screen 35 of the game information display means 7 corresponds to each ball entrance 24, and when the detection switch 26 detects a game ball, the ball entrance 24
Ball entry display area having a plurality of ball entry display portions 38 for displaying
37 is provided.

The present invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, in which a ball entry display area 37 is provided in a horizontal row above or below the game information display area 36 of the screen 35. is there.

[0011]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the game information is displayed on the screen 35 of the game information display means 7, and when the game ball enters the ball entrance 24 at the bottom of the game board 5, the game is played. The sphere is detected by the detection switch 26, and among the plurality of sphere display areas 38 of the sphere display area 37 provided on the screen 35, the sphere display section 38 corresponding to the sphere entrance 24 into which the game sphere has entered. Display it on.

Since the game information display means 7 is located in the substantially central portion of the game board 5 and the screen 35 of the game information display means 7 is provided with a ball entry display area 37, each ball entry display in the ball entry display area 37 is displayed. Department
You can easily check the display status of 38. Further, since the ball entry display area 37 is provided using the screen 35 of the game information display means 7, it is not necessary to provide the entry table 38 corresponding to each entry port 24 at the bottom of the game board 5. , The upper space can easily be secured from the entrance 24 of the game board 5.

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 2, since the incoming ball display area 37 is in a horizontal row above or below the game information display area 36 of the screen 35, the game information display area 36 is displayed in the screen 35. The entry display areas 37 can be arranged compactly and the correspondence between the entry openings 24 in the lower part of the game board 5 and the entry display sections 38 of the entry display areas 37 can be easily determined.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of an arrangement ball machine. In FIG. 1, 1 is an outer frame, and 2 is a front frame that is pivotally attached to the front surface of the outer frame 1 so as to be openable and closable. Glass door 3 and front plate 4 on front frame 2
Is attached, and the game board 5 is detachably attached to the rear side.

On the front surface of the game board 5, there is provided a guide rail 6 for guiding the launched game balls.
Inside the 6, game information display means 7, variable symbol display means 8,
Winning means 9, big winning means 10, ball chuckers 11,12,13,
Corner lamps 14 and 15 are arranged respectively, and a lower ball entrance means 17 covered with a lower cover 16 from the front side is arranged on the lower side.

An upper plate 18 is provided on the front plate 4, and a lower plate 19 and an operation handle 21 for the firing means 20 are provided on the lower portion of the front frame 2. The firing means 20 can be operated by operating the operation handle 21.
Sixteen game balls are supplied from the upper plate 18 onto the launch rail one by one, and are hit with a hammer to hit the game rail 5 along the guide rail 6 to the upper side of the game board 5.

The lower ball entry means 17 is, as shown in FIG. 2, a ball entry case 23 detachably attached to the opening 22 of the game board 5.
And 16 ball entrances 24 formed in the ball case 23, and a ball dropping passage formed in the ball case 23 in communication with each ball hole 24.
25, and a detection switch 26 which is arranged in each ball drop passage 25 and detects a game ball that enters the ball entrance 24 and falls from the ball drop passage 25. Each entrance 24 is a game board 5
It opens upward on the front side of each, and each ball drop passage 25 is a game board 5
Each of the ball entry cases 23 is formed in a horizontal row so as to open downward on the rear side.

At the upper end of the lower cover 16, lower ball entering means
Label horizontally to match the top of each of the 17 entrances 24
No. 1 is attached to this label 27 and indicates each entrance 24
~ 16 are displayed. The game information display means 7 is a game board
Arranged in the approximate center of 5, the variable symbol display means 8 and the winning means 9 are arranged on the left and right sides of the game information display means 7, and the big winning means 10 is arranged on the lower side.

The variable symbol display means 8 is a liquid crystal type, and 3
Having a symbol display unit, when the game ball enters the ball entry chucker 11, the numerical symbol of each symbol display unit fluctuates for a certain period of time, and when the stopped symbol after the fluctuation becomes a predetermined combination, The gate of the big winning means 10 is opened for a predetermined time.

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the game information display means 7 is a case body attached to the opening 28 of the game board 5.
29, and an uneven portion integrally formed on the upper part of the case main body 29
30 and a liquid crystal display means 32 attached to the case body 29 from the rear side corresponding to the window hole 31. A ball entrance 33 is formed on the upper side of the skirt 30, and a blinking decorative light emitting lamp 34 is mounted on the front side.

The window hole 31 of the case body 29 is formed in a rectangular shape, and the screen 35 of the liquid crystal display means 32 is formed in a rectangular shape so as to correspond to the window hole 31. On the screen 35 of the liquid crystal display means 32, a game information display area 36 for displaying various game information as an image.
And the entry display area 37 are provided above and below.

In the game information display area 36, a description of the game contents is displayed before the game starts, and during the game, when the state immediately before the winning group is established is established, the 16 entrances 24 The game progress, such as the number of the specific entrance 24 that the player should aim for next, the number of each entrance 24 with which the winning group is likely to be established, or the number of payouts of the gaming ball for each winning group, etc. With this, various game information is displayed at any time.

The entry display area 37 is provided in a row in a row below the game information display area 36. The ball entry display area 37 is divided into 16 ball entry display parts 38 corresponding to the ball entrances 24, and each of the ball entry display parts 38 corresponds to the ball entrances 24.
The numeral 16 is always displayed, and when the detection switch 26 detects a game ball entering a specific entrance 24, the display state of the entrance display section 38 corresponding to the entrance 24 changes. hand,
It is designed to display the entrance 24 where the game ball entered.

The game board 5 is provided with a large number of obstacle nails dispersed in a substantially entire area inside the guide rail 6, and a large number of obstacle nails are provided near the lower cover 16 as well. There is. Next, the operation of the arrange ball machine having the above configuration will be described.

At the start of the game, a game ball is put in the upper plate 18 and the operating handle 21 for firing is turned, the launching means 20 is actuated, and one is supplied from the upper plate 18 onto the launch rail. The game ball to be hit is hit with a hammer and the game ball is shot along the guide rail 6 to the upper part of the game board 5. The number of game balls used in one game is 16.

The game balls shot on the game board 5 enter the prize chuckers 11, 12, 13 or the like, or the lower ball entering means 17
The player enters a ball into any of the 16 ball entrances 24 arranged in a horizontal row. Then, if a game ball enters any of the ball entrances 24, the game ball will drop downward from the ball entrance 24 through the ball drop passage 25 on the rear side of the game board 5, so that the game When the ball passes through the ball drop passage 25, the detection switch 26 detects the game ball and sends a detection signal to a control means (not shown), and the display display area 37 of the liquid crystal display means 32 in response to a display command from the control means. The entry display section 38 displays the entry position of the game ball.

For example, of the 16 ball entry ports 24,
If you enter the fifth entrance 24 from the left, the entrance 24
Since the detection switch 26 corresponding to detects the game ball, the control means sends a display command to the fifth ball display portion 38 of the ball display area 37. Therefore, the display state of the fifth entry display section 38 changes, and the 16 entry openings of the lower entry means 17
The fact that a game ball has entered the fifth entrance 24 out of 24 is displayed.

When the game balls are sequentially fired in this manner, each game ball enters one of the ball entrances 24. And
For example, when a game ball enters the four adjacent ball entrances 24 and a winning combination is established, the establishment of the winning combination is displayed in the game information display area 36 of the liquid crystal display means 32, and a prize ball not shown in the figure. The payout means operates and a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the upper plate 18 as prize balls.

If a game ball enters the rear entrance port 24,
When a game ball enters all four adjacent entrances 24 and a winning combination is established, the control means judges one entrance 24 to enter, The position of the entrance 24 is displayed in the game information display area 36 by a number or the like. Therefore, the player only has to shoot the game ball aiming at the ball entrance 24 as displayed in the game information display area 36, and can easily determine the situation according to the progress of the game.

Further, the player can display the screen of the game information display means 7.
Although the game is played while watching the game information displayed in the game information display area 36 of 35, since the entry display area 37 is below the game information display area 36, the line of sight is displayed on the screen 35 of the game information display means 7. Even in the state in which the game ball is still directed toward, it is possible to easily determine the entrance 24 where the game ball actually entered from the display state of each entrance display section 38 in the entry display area 37.

Although it is possible to use a cathode ray tube or the like as the game information display means 7, since the liquid crystal type having the liquid crystal display means 32 is adopted, the game information display means 7 itself can be miniaturized and It is easy to handle.

In particular, by using the game information display means 7 arranged at the substantially central portion of the game board 5, a ball entry display area 37 is provided in a horizontal row below the game information display area 36 of the screen 35, Since the entry state of the entry port 24 is displayed by the entry display section 38 of the entry display area 37, as in the conventional case, the entry state of the lower entry means 17 is below each entry port 24. It is not necessary to provide the ball entry display portions in a horizontal row corresponding to each ball entry port 24.

Therefore, it is not necessary to secure a space for the ball entry display section on the lower side of the game board 5, and the lower ball entry means 17 is provided on the game board.
Since they can be arranged closer to the lower side of 5, the space above the lower ball entering means 17 of the game board 5 can be expanded accordingly.

As a result, the variable symbol display means 8 and the winning means 9 are provided around the game information display means 7 on the upper side of the lower ball entering means 17.
Even when arranging various game parts such as the big winning means 10 and the prize chuckers 11, 12, 13 etc., there is no space limitation, and each game part can be freely arranged on the board surface of the game board 5. Therefore, the degree of freedom in designing the game structure is significantly improved, and the game structure can be full of interest.

The game information display means 7 has a screen 35 provided with a ball entry display area 37, but since a part of the screen 35 is used as the ball entry display area 37, the screen of the game information display means 7 is displayed.
You can use the remaining part of 35 or game information display means
Even if the screen 35 of 7 is enlarged, it is possible to cope with it by slightly increasing it.

Therefore, even if the ball entry display area 37 is provided on the screen 35 of the game information display means 7, the space above the lower entry means 17 of the game board 5 is increased, and the variable symbol display means in the vicinity thereof 8. There is almost no effect on the layout of the winning means 9, the big winning means 10, etc.

Moreover, since the ball entry display area 37 is in a horizontal row below the game information display area 36 of the screen 35, the game information display area 36 and the ball entry display area 37 are compacted together in the screen 35. It is also possible to easily determine the correspondence between each entrance 24 at the bottom of the game board 5 and each entrance display section 38 of the entrance display area 37.

FIG. 5 exemplifies the second embodiment of the present invention, in which the range 35 extending from the lower side of the game information display area 36 to the left and right sides of the screen 35 of the game information display means 7 is defined as a ball entry display area 37.
The ball display areas 38 are arranged in the ball display area 37. If the game display area 37 is provided in this way, the game information display area 36 becomes slightly narrower, but since the game display area 37 can be made wider, each game display area 38 becomes larger and the game display area 38 becomes larger.
There is an advantage that the display state of can be easily confirmed.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and for example, the entry display area 37 is provided on the upper side, the upper and lower sides, the left and right sides, or the upper side and the left and right sides of the game information display area 36. Is also possible. Also, the game information display area 36
The entry display area 37 and the entry area 37 may be arranged side by side on the screen 35.

The game information displayed in the game information display area 36 may be any information related to the game in addition to the information of the embodiment, and the display method may be either a picture or a character.
Furthermore, the substantially central portion of the game board 5 on which the game information display means 7 is arranged means the inside of the guide rail 6 of the game board 5 and the upper side of the lower ball entry means 17, and within that range, where There is no problem even if the game information display means 7 is arranged in.

[0041]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, the game information display means 7 for displaying the game information on the screen 35 is arranged substantially in the center of the game board 5, and below the game board 5. Arrangement ball provided with a plurality of ball entrances 24 arranged in rows and a plurality of detection switches 26 corresponding to the ball entrances 24 and detecting the game balls entering the ball entrances 24 In the machine, the screen 35 of the game information display means 7 has a plurality of entrance display portions 38 corresponding to each entrance 24 and displaying the entrance 24 when the detection switch 26 detects a game ball. Since the entry display area 37 is provided, the following remarkable effects are obtained.

Using the game information display means 7 arranged substantially in the center of the game board 5, a screen 35 is provided with a ball entry display area 37.
Since the line of sight is provided, the line of sight is displayed on the screen 35 of the game information display means 7.
Even if it is still directed to, the display state of each of the entry display portions 38 of the entry display area 37, from the display state of the game ball actually entering the entrance 24
Can be easily determined.

In particular, a game entry display area 37 is provided on the screen 35 of the game information display means 7, and the entry display area of this entry display area 37
Since the entrance state of the entrance ports 24 is displayed by 38, it is not necessary to provide the entrance display portions in a horizontal row below each entrance port 24 as in the conventional case. Can be arranged closer to the lower side of the game board 5, so that the space above the lower ball entering means 17 of the game board 5 can be expanded accordingly.

Therefore, even when arranging various game parts such as the variable symbol display means 8 and the prize winning means 9 around the game information display means 7 above the ball entrance 24, there is a space restriction. Instead, each game component can be freely arranged on the board surface of the game board 5, so that the degree of freedom in designing the game structure is significantly improved, and the game structure can be full of interest.

The screen 35 of the game information display means 7 is provided with a ball entry display area 37, but since a part of the screen 35 is used, the remaining part of the screen 35 of the game information display means 7 is used. Or, even if the screen 35 of the game information display means 7 is enlarged, it is sufficient to deal with it by slightly increasing it.

Therefore, in spite of providing the ball entry display area 37 on the screen 35 of the game information display means 7, the space above the lower ball entry means 17 of the game board 5 increases,
Almost no influence can be exerted on the arrangement of the variable symbol display means 8, the winning means 9, etc. in the vicinity thereof.

According to the invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the game information display area 36 of the screen 35.
Since the ball entry display areas 37 are provided in a row in a row on the upper side or the lower side, the following remarkable effects are obtained.

Since the game entry display area 37 is in a horizontal row above or below the game information display area 36 of the screen 35, the screen 35
The game information display area 36 and the ball entry display area 37 can be compactly arranged inside, and each ball entry port 24 at the bottom of the game board 5
It is also easy to determine the correspondence relationship between each of the entrance display areas 38 in the entrance display area 37.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an arrange ball machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a lower ball entry means showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the game information display means according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the game information display means showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the screen of the game information display means showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of sign]

 1 Outer frame 2 Front frame 5 Game board 7 Game information display means 8 Variable pattern display means 9 Winning means 17 Lower entrance means 24 Entrance opening 26 Detection switch 32 Liquid crystal display means 35 Screen 36 Game information display area 37 Entrance display area 38 Ball entry display

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game information display means (7) for displaying game information on a screen (35) is arranged substantially in the center of the game board (5), and arranged in rows at the bottom of the game board (5). Multiple entrances (24)
And a plurality of detection switches (26) corresponding to each entrance (24) and detecting a game ball entering the entrance (24), the game information display means On the screen (35) of (7), it corresponds to each entrance (24) and the detection switch (26)
An arrangement ball machine is provided with a ball display area (37) having a plurality of ball display portions (38) for displaying the ball entrance (24) when the game ball is detected. Display device. 2. Arrangement ball according to claim 1, characterized in that the game display area (36) of the screen (35) is provided with a ball entry display area (37) in a horizontal row above or below the game information display area (36). Incoming ball display device.