JPH10118312A - Calling indicator device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To facilitate identification of a game machine generating specific information in the island. SOLUTION: In the indicator 2, 4 installed on both ends of the island where plural game machines 1 are aligned, a calling display 26-29 for showing specific information from the game machine 1 is provided, as is a character display 22, 24 for showing address information. In addition, a display controller 34 is provided which controls the display of the specific information from each game machine 1 on the calling display 26-29, as well as controlling the display of the address information of the game machine 1 on the character display 22, 24. Moreover, in each game machine, an information transmitter 30 is provided which outputs to the display controller 34 the specific information and the address information of the game machine 1.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a calling display device for displaying specific information from a gaming table on display devices provided at both ends of an island on which a plurality of gaming tables are arranged.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Heretofore, there has been used a calling display device which displays specific information from a gaming table on a display to inform employees of a gaming hall. For example, as shown in FIG.
In the game hall, there is an island 1 where a plurality of game tables 100 are arranged.
02 are provided, and indicators 104 and 106 are provided at both ends of the island 102, respectively.

[0003] The indicators 104 and 106 are illuminated by specific information from each gaming table 100, for example, call information and jackpot information, for each island 102, and are displayed by a player of the gaming table 100 on that island 102. Calls are reported to employees.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional device, it is possible to know on which island 102 a call was made by turning on the indicators 104 and 106, but at which gaming table 100 in the island 102 The call cannot be identified. Therefore, there is an annoyance that the employee has to look in between the islands 102 from the side of the passage at the end of the island 102 to find out which gaming table 100 is being called.

[0005] It is an object of the present invention to provide a display device for calling which can easily know which gaming table on the island has issued the specific information.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention takes the following means to solve the problem. That is, in a call display device that displays specific information from the gaming table on a display provided at both ends of the island in which a plurality of gaming tables are arranged, the display is a call display unit that displays the specific information A character display unit for displaying address information, and a display controller for displaying specific information from each of the gaming consoles on the call display unit, and displaying the address information of the gaming console on the character display unit. A calling display device, comprising: an information transmitter provided for each of the gaming consoles for outputting the specific information of the gaming console and the address information of the gaming console to a display controller.

[0007] The character display section may include a plurality of light emitting elements arranged on a surface of a rotating body, and blinking the light emitting elements according to rotation of the rotating body to display address information. . Furthermore, the specific information may include call information, jackpot information, and fraudulent information, and the call display unit may perform display according to each information. Alternatively, the character display section may be capable of displaying a plurality of addresses.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a gaming table, and a plurality of gaming tables 1 are arranged to form one not-shown island. Further, a plurality of islands are provided in the game hall, and each of the islands has indicators 2 and 4 disposed at both ends thereof. The indicators 2 and 4 are supported by the supports 6 and 8 so that they can be seen from a high position with good visibility.

As shown in FIG. 3, the indicators 2 and 4 each include a rotating body 14 connected to a rotating shaft 12 of a motor 10, and a plurality of light emitting elements 16 are arranged on the surface of the rotating body 14 in a vertical line. ing. A detection plate 18 having a slit is attached to the rotation shaft 12. A rotation angle sensor 2 that detects the rotation angle of the rotating body 14 by the rotation of the detection plate 18.
0 is provided corresponding to the detection plate 18.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 4, the displays 2 and 4 include character display sections 22 and 24 containing the motor 10, the rotating body 14 and the rotation angle sensor 20, and character display sections 22 and 24, respectively. Call display portions 26 formed above and below
29. The call display units 26 to 29 are provided with red, blue,
Yellow lamps R, B, and Y (see FIG. 2) are stored respectively.

On the other hand, an information transmitter 30 is provided for each game console 1, and a call switch 32 provided on the upper side of each game console 1 is connected to each information transmitter 30. Is operated so as to output a calling signal. Further, each gaming table 1 is configured to output a jackpot signal and a fraudulent signal, and these signals are connected so as to be input to the respective information transmitters 30.

The big hit signal is output as big hit information when a big hit occurs at the game console 1, and the cheating signal is
When a fraudulent act, for example, using a magnet, inserting a thin plate from a gap, or the like is performed on the gaming table 1, this signal is detected by a sensor or the like and is output as fraudulent information. . In this embodiment, the call information, the jackpot information, and the misconduct information are output as the specific information.

Each of the information transmitters 30 is connected to a display controller 34, and as shown in FIG.
An input circuit 36 for inputting a call signal, a jackpot signal, and a cheating signal from the call switch 32 and the game console 1;
An address setting circuit 38 for setting a specific address every time;
A communication circuit 4 for performing serial communication with the display controller 34 via a communication cable 40 connected to the display controller 34
2 is provided. When a signal is input to the input circuit 36, each information transmitter 30 transmits its own address signal to the display controller 34 via the communication cable 40 together with the signal.

The display controller 34 includes a well-known CPU 44 and a memory 46 as a center of a logical operation circuit.
An input / output circuit 48 for performing input / output with the outside is connected to 44. The CPU 44 inputs signals from the information transmitters 30 via the communication cable 40 and the input / output circuit 48, and inputs signals from the rotation angle sensors 20 of the displays 2 and 4 via the input / output circuit 48.

The displays 2 and 4 include a motor control circuit 50 for controlling the driving of the motor 10 and an LED driving circuit 52 for driving the light emitting element 16 to blink. The CPU 44 includes the rotation angle sensor 20 and each information transmission. The motor control circuit 50, the LED drive circuit 52, and the lamps R and R are controlled based on a signal from the heater 30 and a control program stored in the memory 46 in advance.
A drive signal is output to B and Y via the input / output circuit 48.

Next, the operation of the calling display device of the present embodiment will be described. When the player operates the call switch 32 at any of the gaming tables 1, the signal is input to the input circuit 36. Thus, the information transmitter 30 outputs the address signal set in the address setting circuit 38 together with the call signal to the communication circuit 42, and the communication circuit 42 displays the call signal and the address signal via the communication cable 40 on the display controller. 34.

The display controller 34 first responds to the calling signal and the address signal input via the input / output circuit 48,
Blue lamp B via input / output circuit 48 in response to a call signal
To output a lighting signal. Therefore, the call display sections 26 to 29 of the displays 2 and 4 are lit in blue.

The display controller 34 includes an input / output circuit 48
A motor drive signal is output to the motor control circuit 50 through the motor and the motor 10 is rotated, and the LE is controlled according to the rotation angle detected by the rotation angle sensor 20 and the address signal.
The driving signal of the light emitting element 16 is output to the D driving circuit 52.

Therefore, the light emitting element 16 blinks while the rotating body 14 rotates, and as shown in FIG. 4, address information is displayed on the character display sections 22 and 24 by utilizing the afterimage phenomenon of the viewer. You. Thereby, the employee of the game hall can know that the player is being called by the call display portions 26 to 29 of the indicators 2 and 4 being lit in blue, and which game is being called. The address of the character display units 22 and 24 allows the user to immediately know whether the vehicle is the platform 1 without looking into a passage or the like. In addition, since the character display portions 22 and 24 can be viewed from all directions of 360 degrees, it is easy to see from this point as well.

On the other hand, when a jackpot is hit at any of the gaming tables 1 and a jackpot signal is output from the gaming table 1, the information transmitter 30 inputs the jackpot signal via the input circuit 36,
The address signal set in the address setting circuit 38 is output to the display controller 34 via the communication circuit 42 and the communication cable 40 together with the jackpot signal.

Upon receiving the big hit signal and the address signal, the display controller 34 first outputs a lighting signal to the yellow lamps Y of the displays 2 and 4 according to the big hit signal. The display controller 34 outputs a motor drive signal to output the motor 10
And the LED drive circuit 5 according to the rotation angle detected by the rotation angle sensor 20 and the address signal.
2, a drive signal of the light emitting element 16 is output.

Therefore, the light emitting element 16 blinks while the rotating body 14 rotates, and the address information is displayed on the character display sections 22 and 24 as shown in FIG. This allows
The employee can get a big hit when the call display units 26 to 29 light up in yellow, and can immediately know which game machine 1 has the big hit by the address information of the character display units 22 and 24. It should be noted that the red lamp R is also turned on and the address information is displayed when an illegal act signal is output from the gaming table 1.

For example, when a calling signal is output from a plurality of game consoles 1 on the same island, as shown in FIG.
You may make it display from the upper line in order from the address which called first. Further, the calling signal and the jackpot signal may be output from different game bodies on the same island, and in that case, the calling indicators 26 and 28 on the indicators 2 and 4 indicate the blue lamp B according to the calling signal. May be turned on, and the yellow lamp Y may be turned on in the call display sections 27 and 29 below.
Then, the address information corresponding to the calling signal may be displayed on the upper line, and the address information corresponding to the jackpot signal may be displayed on the lower line.

The address information displayed on the character display sections 22 and 24 may be turned off after being displayed for a certain period of time, for example, several seconds to several tens of seconds. Further, a message or the like may be displayed on the character display units 22 and 24 when the calling signal, the jackpot signal, and the fraudulent signal are not issued.

The present invention is not limited to such an embodiment at all, and can be implemented in various modes without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0026]

As described in detail above, the display device for call of the present invention, when specific information is issued from each game console, displays the specific information on the call display unit in accordance with the specific information and issues the specific information. Since the address information of the gaming table that has been displayed is displayed on the address display section, it is possible to know that the specific information has been issued, and to easily know which table on the island the gaming table that has issued the specific information. It has the effect of being able to.

When the character display section blinks and displays the light emitting elements in accordance with the rotation of the rotating body, the character display section can be visually recognized from a 360-degree direction. Further, if the character display unit can display a plurality of addresses, even if specific information is issued from a plurality of game consoles at the same time, they can be displayed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a calling display device as one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram of an electric system of the present embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a character display unit of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is an external view of the display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a layout diagram of an island and a display in a game hall.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1,100 gaming table 2,4,104,106 display 14 ... rotary axis 16 ... light emitting element 22,24 ... character display 26-29 ... call display 30 ... information transmitter 32 ... call switch 34 ... display Controller 38: Address setting circuit 102: Island

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A calling display device for displaying specific information from said gaming consoles on indicators provided at both ends of an island on which a plurality of gaming consoles are arranged, wherein said display is a call for displaying specific information. A display unit and a character display unit for displaying address information; and a display for displaying specific information from each of the game consoles on the call display unit and displaying address information of the game console on the character display unit. A calling display device, comprising: a controller; and an information transmitter provided for each game console, which outputs specific information of the game console and address information of the game console to a display controller. 2. The character display unit according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of light emitting elements are arranged on a surface of the rotating body, and the address information is displayed by blinking the light emitting elements according to the rotation of the rotating body. 2. The display device for calling according to claim 1, wherein 3. The calling device according to claim 1, wherein the specific information is call information, jackpot information, and fraudulent information, and the call display unit performs display according to each information. Display device. 4. The call display device according to claim 1, wherein the character display unit can display a plurality of addresses.