JPH09108423A - Game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To exactly manage sales in whole game center by any organization outside the game center by outputting value information from an information output means to a game center managing device, with which information is managed by the game center, and a managing center installed outside the game center. SOLUTION: A ball lending unit 1 is provided with a coin slot and a paper money slot, and balls are lent by the ball lending unit 1 by putting coins into the coin slot or inserting paper moneys into the paper money slot. Then, the sales information output terminal of the ball lending unit 1 is connected to a game center managing device 35. Besides, an optical communication transmission part externally outputs the cash sales information of ball amount information using coins to a terminal box 36 for coin lending processor (repeating means) installed at the game center by optical communication, and the terminal box 36 for coin lending processor transmits the received cash sales information to a managing center 34 installed outside the game center.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game device such as a game medium lending machine for lending a game medium used in a game machine such as a pachinko game machine, a coin game machine, or a slot machine. The present invention relates to a game device for enabling a game using a game medium by a game machine using.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of gaming machine, a conventionally known one is provided with, for example, a money accepting section for accepting money, and a player inserts money into the money accepting section. In some cases, the game medium is lent to the player by using the monetary value of the inserted money. Then, in this conventional gaming device, information that can specify the amount of the rented game medium, that is, sales information,
It is configured to be transmitted to a game hall management device composed of a host computer or the like for managing the game hall so that the sales information can be aggregated in the game hall management device.

[0003]

On the other hand, in a game arcade in which this type of game machine is installed, sales information is collected in the game arcade management device. However, there is an inconvenience that incorrect sales information may be reported to the outside, such as reporting the totaled sales information slightly.

On the other hand, in the case of a card-type game machine that allows games to be played using so-called nationwide cards, sales information about the game machine is output to an organization outside the game hall. Therefore, as far as card-type game machines are concerned, sales can be managed by an external organization. However, in the amusement hall, it is general that not only card-type amusement machines but also ordinary amusement machines that can play using coins are mixed. It had the drawback that it could not be managed accurately.

The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to enable correct sales information to be output to the outside so that the sales of the entire game arcade can be accurately managed by an organization outside the game arcade. Is to provide a gaming device for.

[0006]

The present invention according to claim 1 is a game device for enabling a game using a game medium by a game machine using coins, and coins to be inserted. A money receiving unit that receives the money, a control unit that performs a control operation for enabling a game using the game medium by using the monetary value of the money received in the money receiving unit, and the game medium. Information output means for outputting value information that can specify the value used for playing the game, and the information output means manages information in the game hall where the gaming machine is installed. Device,
For the management center provided outside the amusement park,
The value information can be output.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first aspect of the present invention, a game medium payout means for paying out a game medium is further included, and the control means includes the game medium payout means. It is characterized in that a game using the game medium by the game machine is enabled by controlling the operation to pay out the game medium.

[0008]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, control for enabling a game using the game medium by using the monetary value of the money received in the money receiving section by the function of the control means. The operation is performed. By the function of the information output means, value information that can specify the value used for playing a game using the game medium is output. Then, the value information can be output to a game hall management device that manages information in a game hall where a game machine is installed and a management center provided outside the game hall.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the operation of the first aspect of the invention, a game medium payout means for paying out the game medium is provided, and the game media is accepted in the money accepting portion. The game medium payout means is operated and controlled by using the monetary value of money to lend the game medium, and the game medium can be played using the lended game medium.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In this embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine will be described as a gaming machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a coin gaming machine or a slot machine, for example, and a game can be played using a gaming medium. All gaming machines are eligible.

FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a state where a ball lending unit 1 as a game device of the present invention is adjacent to a pachinko gaming machine 10 which is an example of a gaming machine. The ball lending unit 1 is provided with a connecting table direction indicator 5, and supplies the ball lending to which of the pachinko gaming machines 10 among the pachinko gaming machines 10 on which the ball lending unit 1 is provided on both sides. It is what is displayed by an arrow. Ball rental unit 1
Is provided with a coin insertion slot 8 and a bill insertion slot 9. By inserting a coin into the coin insertion slot 8 or inserting a bill into the bill insertion slot 9, the ball lending unit 1 lends a ball. It is possible to Reference numeral 3 in the drawing denotes an availability display lamp, which lights up and indicates that the ball lending unit 1 is in an available state. Reference numeral 4 denotes a fraction display switch. By pressing the fraction display switch 4, the fraction balance after lending money using the inserted money is displayed. Reference numeral 2 denotes an optical communication transmitting unit for outputting cash sales information, which is ball lending information using money, to a ball lending processor terminal box (relay means) 36 installed in a game hall through optical communication. It is a thing.

Then, the ball lending processor terminal box transmits the received cash sales information to the management center 34 provided outside the game arcade. This management center 34 is a management center 34 operated by a common card issuing company that issues a nationwide common card, which will be described later, and is a host for collecting the sales information from each amusement hall and managing the sales at each amusement hall. A computer is installed. Further, the ball lending processor terminal box is manufactured collectively by the management center 34, and is a black box so that the game hall cannot access the inside.

When coins are thrown into the ball lending unit 1, a pachinko ball, which is an example of a game medium corresponding to a predetermined amount, is rented from the ball lending guide gutter 50 to the upper plate 15. In this state, the player operates the hit ball operation handle 19 so that the upper plate 1
It becomes possible to hit the pachinko balls rented out in 5 into the game area 12 one by one, and the game using the game medium becomes possible. Then, as a result of the game, when a hit ball is won, a pachinko ball as a prize ball is paid out to the upper plate 15, and when the player finishes the game, the upper plate ball pulling lever 14 is operated to slide. By this, the plate 15
The pachinko balls stored in (1) are taken out by the lower plate 16 and dispensed. Then, when the player slides the lower dish ball removing lever 17 with the ball box or the like installed under the lower plate 16, the pachinko balls stored in the lower plate are pulled out to the ball box or the like. In the figure, 18 is an ashtray, 11 is a speaker, 13 is a frame lamp, and 20 is a lock for locking and unlocking the front plate. Reference numeral 7 denotes a lock of the cover body for opening and closing the ball lending unit. By unlocking this lock, the inserted coins can be collected.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the ball lending unit 1 and the pachinko gaming machine 10. The ball lending unit 1 has a plug 3
0 is connected, and by inserting the plug 30 into the power source, the ball lending unit 1 is supplied with power. The ball lending unit 1 is provided with a sales information output terminal 31, and the cash sales information is also configured to be output from the sales information output terminal 31. The sales information output terminal 31 is for outputting information to the game hall management device (hall management computer) which is the host computer of the game hall.

At the power supply terminal 21 of the pachinko gaming machine 10,
A plug 29 is connected, and by inserting the plug 29 into a power source, the pachinko gaming machine 10 is supplied with power. The pachinko gaming machine 10 is provided with a game control board 24, and the gaming control board 24 controls the gaming state of the pachinko gaming machine. 27 in the figure
Is a hitting ball launching device, and when the hitting ball operating handle 19 is operated, the hitting ball launching device 27 is actuated so that one pachinko ball is launched into the game area 12.

A ball storage tank 22 is provided in the upper part of the pachinko gaming machine 10. Pachinko balls are supplied to the ball storage tank 22 from the gaming machine installation island and stored by the ball storage tank 22. The pachinko balls stored in the ball storage tank 22 are guided while being aligned by the ball alignment guide gutter 22a, and are supplied to the ball payout device 28. The ball payout device 28 is controlled by the prize ball control board 26. Then, when a hit ball is won, the ball payout device 28 is activated and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the upper plate 15. In the figure, 23 is a relay board, and 25 is an interface.

FIG. 3 is an overall block diagram showing various devices installed in the game arcade. In the game arcade 33, a game machine installation island 37 is installed. On the game machine installation island 37, a plurality of game machines such as the pachinko game machines 10 are arranged in two rows in parallel. A ball lending unit (ball lending machine) 1 is provided between these gaming machines 10. Then, the sales information output terminal 31 of the ball lending machine 1 is connected to the game hall management device 35, and cash sales information from the optical communication transmitting unit 2 is a terminal for a ball lending processor via an island terminal box (not shown). It is received by the relay means 36 as a box. Then, the relay means 36 transmits the sales information to the management center 34. On the gaming machine installation island 37, a card type gaming machine (CR gaming machine) 47 compatible with cards common throughout the country is also provided. A nationwide common card is a prepaid card issued by a third party that can be used anywhere in the country as long as it is a game hall that is a member of the common card system. CR gaming machine 47
By inserting this nationwide common card into the card unit 46 installed in between, the rental balls are paid out from the CR gaming machine 47 to the upper plate. Information (card sales information) identifying the valuable value used for the ball lending when the ball lending is performed using the valuable value specified by the stored information of the common card is stored in the game hall management device 35. In addition to being transmitted, the card sales information from the optical communication transmitting unit 2 is transmitted to the management center 34 via the island terminal box and the relay means 36 (not shown).

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the ball lending unit (ball lending machine) 1. The ball lending unit 1 is provided with a bill discriminating unit 41, and the bill discriminating unit 41 discriminates whether or not the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 9 is a proper bill. Then, the bill discriminating unit 41 discriminating the proper bill outputs a bill reception signal to the control unit 39. The coins (coins) inserted from the coin insertion slot 8 are accepted by the coin selector 42, and it is determined whether or not the coin is a proper coin and the face value type, and only the proper coin is taken in. Then, the coin selector 42, which determines that the coin is a proper coin, sends the coin acceptance signal to the control unit 3.
Output to 9.

When the bill accepting signal or the coin accepting signal is received, the control unit 39 controls the ball lending unit 43 to lend the balls corresponding to the received signal. In addition, after that, the cash sales information described above is output to the optical communication unit 44, and the optical communication unit 44 transmits the cash sales information from the optical communication transmission unit 2 through the island terminal box and the cash sales information to the ball lending processor. It outputs to the terminal box (relay means) 36 for. The control unit 39 outputs the cash sales information to the sales information output circuit 45, and the sales information output circuit 45 outputs the cash sales information to the game hall management device via the sales information output terminal 31.

Predetermined electric power is supplied to the control unit 39, the bill discriminating unit 41, the coin selector 42, and the communication unit 44 from the power supply unit 40 to which AC100V is supplied. The ball lending unit 1 may be manufactured by the management center 34 and formed into a black box whose internal structure is unknown to the game arcade. Further, when the opening / closing cover of the ball lending unit 1 is opened to modify the inside of the game hall, the control program stored in the control unit 39 or the like is automatically deleted, and various internal devices are hard-operated. It may be configured so as to be broken. Further, the opening / closing cover may be sealed so that the opening / closing cover can be monitored later. This is the ball lending unit 1
By configuring so that the inside cannot be accessed in the game arcade, it is possible to prevent unauthorized modification in the game arcade and collect correct sales information at the management center 34.

FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. In step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S) 1, it is determined whether or not a coin or a bill has been inserted, and if a coin or a bill has been inserted into the coin insertion slot 8 or the bill insertion slot 9, the process proceeds to S2 and is inserted. It is judged whether the amount of money is 1000 yen. For example, when the inserted coin is a 100-yen coin, NO is determined in S2, NO is determined in S3, and the process proceeds to S4 to determine whether or not the balls are being paid out. Then, when the balls are not being paid out, the process proceeds to S5, the control for executing the ball paying-out process is performed, and the balls for 100 yen, that is, the game medium is lent. Next, in S6, 100
Control is performed so that sales information associated with renting out game media for one yen is output from the optical communication transmitting unit 2 to the ball lending processor terminal box and from the sales information output circuit 45 to the management device.

If the inserted coin is a 500-yen coin, the process proceeds to S8 where YES is determined in S3,
"4" is added to the counter. As a result, the count value of the counter becomes "4". Next, in S4, if it is determined that the balls are not being paid out, the process proceeds to S5, in which the process of paying out the balls for 100 yen is first executed, and the process proceeds to S6.
Processing for externally outputting sales information associated with renting out balls for 0 yen is performed. Next, returning to S1, it is judged whether or not coins / banknotes have been inserted, and if not inserted, S
In step 10, it is judged whether the counter is "0". Since the counter is "4" at this stage, the process proceeds to S11, and after subtracting "1" from the counter, S5 is performed.
Proceed to. Then, lend a ball for 100 yen again,
In S6, sales information for 100 yen is transmitted.

Then, the process returns to S1 again, and it is judged whether or not a coin / banknote has been inserted. If not, S10
And goes through the loop of S11 → S5 → S6 → S1 → S10, and repeats until the value of the counter becomes “0” S5.
The ball payout process is executed by. Then, by S5, 5
Since the value of the counter becomes "0" at the stage when the ball payout process is executed, YES is determined in S10 and the ball payout process ends. As a result, the payout process for exactly 100 yen will be performed 5 times in total.

Next, when the inserted money is 1000 yen, a YES determination is made in S2, the process proceeds to S7, and "9" is added to the counter. As a result, the value of the counter becomes "9". In this state, the process proceeds to S4, and if the balls are not being paid out, the ball payout process is executed in S5, and the loop of S6 → S1 → S10 → S11 → S5 is repeated as in the above. Then, the value of the counter becomes "0" at the stage where the payout of the balls for 100 yen in S5 is performed 10 times in total along with this patrol, and YES is determined in S10, and the payout of the balls is completed.

On the other hand, if coins are thrown in again while the balls have been paid out by the previously thrown coins, YES is determined in S4 and "1" is added to the counter in S9. Becomes This is because the balls are already being paid out, so the ball payout process in S5 is not immediately executed based on the inserted coin, and the process proceeds to S1 → S10 → S11 without the ball payout process being executed. Since the counter is decremented by "1", "1" is added to the counter by S9 in advance to adjust the book edge.

FIG. 6 shows another example of the ball lending unit shown in FIG. The same reference numerals are given to the same devices as those shown in FIG. 1, and the differences will be mainly described here. In another embodiment shown in FIG. 6, a pachinko ball as a game medium is paid out and lent out from a ball payout device 28 (see FIG. 2) of the gaming machine. for that reason,
The ball lending unit 1 and the pachinko machine 10 are wired and connected, and when money is thrown in, a lending command signal for lending a pachinko ball corresponding to the monetary value of the inserted money is sent from the ball lending unit 1 to the pachinko machine. Award ball control board 2 of gaming machine 10
6 (Prize ball ball lending control board 2 which also controls ball lending in this case
6) is transmitted. Therefore, the ball rental guide gutter 50 for guiding the ball rental to the upper plate 15 as shown in FIG. 1 is not provided in this other embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the ball lending unit 1 of another embodiment shown in FIG. Functional devices similar to those shown in FIG. 4 are designated by the same reference numerals, and differences will mainly be described here. The control circuit shown in FIG. 7 is an information input / output circuit 3 for exchanging information with the gaming machine.
8 are provided. With this information input / output circuit 38,
A command signal for paying out balls as much as the monetary value of the inserted coin is output to the gaming machine, and from the gaming machine,
A preparation signal indicating that the lending is ready and a lending completion signal indicating that the lending is completed are returned.

In this embodiment, the game medium is dispensed to the upper plate or the like and the dispensed game medium is hit to play the game. However, the ball is enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine 10 to be an enclosed circulation type. , When coins or cards are inserted into the ball lending unit, instead of using the inserted value to lend a game medium, each time a ball inside a pachinko machine is hit, the value is subtracted from the value. May be.

[0029]

[Specific Example of Means for Solving the Problem] The coin receiving opening 8 and the bill insertion opening 9 constitute a money receiving portion for receiving the inserted money. The control unit 39 constitutes control means for performing a control operation for enabling a game using the game medium by using the monetary value of the money received in the money receiving unit. The information output for outputting the value information that can specify the value used for playing the game using the game medium by the optical communication unit 44, the optical communication transmitting unit 2, the sales information output circuit 45, and the sales information output terminal 31. Means are configured. The information output means can output the value information to a game hall management device that manages information in the game hall where the game machine is installed and a management center provided outside the game hall.
The ball lending unit 43 constitutes a game medium payout means for paying out the game media.

[0030]

[Effect of a concrete example of means for solving the problem]
With regard to, with regard to the game machine, even if a game machine is installed in which coins are thrown in and the monetary value of the thrown coins is used to make a game using the game medium, the game using the game medium is performed. It is possible to receive value information that can be used to identify the value used for that purpose at a management center provided outside the amusement park and to aggregate the value information, making it possible to grasp accurate sales for the entire amusement park. Become.

According to claim 2, in addition to the effect of claim 1, since the game medium itself is provided with a game medium payout means, and the game medium is controlled from the game medium payout means, it is not always necessary. It is not necessary to exchange signals between the gaming device and the gaming machine, and the function for exchanging signals can be omitted.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state where a ball lending unit and a pachinko gaming machine are provided adjacent to each other.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a rear structure of a ball lending unit and a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is an overall block diagram showing various devices installed in a game arcade.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of a ball lending unit.

5 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a ball lending unit and a pachinko gaming machine adjacent to each other in another embodiment.

7 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the ball lending unit shown in FIG. 6. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

Reference numeral 1 is a ball lending unit, which is an example of a game device, 2 is an optical communication transmitting section, 8 is a coin insertion slot which constitutes a part of a money receiving section, and 9
Is a bill insertion slot forming a part of the money receiving unit, 10 is a pachinko gaming machine as an example of a gaming machine, 15 is an upper plate, 24 is a game control board, 26 is a prize ball control board, 31 is a sales information output terminal, 45 is a sales information output circuit which is an example of information output means, 3
Reference numeral 9 is a control unit which is an example of control means.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A game device for enabling a game using a game medium by a game machine using money, the money receiving unit receiving the inserted money, and the money receiving unit receiving the money. Control means for performing a control operation for enabling a game using the game medium by using the monetary value of the coin, and a value used for performing the game using the game medium can be specified. An information output means for outputting value information, wherein the information output means includes a game hall management device for managing information in the game hall in which the game machine is installed, and a management center provided outside the game hall. On the other hand, a game device capable of outputting the value information. 2. A game medium payout means for paying out a game medium is further included, wherein the control means operates the game medium payout means to perform a control for paying out a game medium, thereby the game medium by the game machine. 2. The game device according to claim 1, which enables a game using.