JPH105433A - Game stand having discharge ball display mechanism - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To contribute to labor reduction in a game parlor manager without troubling a game layer, and also contribute to management of a game parlor by exhibiting the so-called spectator absorbing effect by providing a discharge ball display mechanism to display discharge balls according to the ball number counted by a discharge ball-counting machine, in a game stand or a game stand row. SOLUTION: An exclusive ball box 25 to store discharged balls stored in a lower pan 113 through an upper pan 110, is removably placed in a prescribed position on a front plate 24 with respective pachinko stands 1. A ball-counting machine 26 is arranged under this prescribed position, and when a lever 25a of the placed exclusive box 25 is actuated, a bottom part is opened, and is communicated with a ball passage 26a, and when a ball is reduced in an inter-stand ball dispenser 101 or an island from the ball passage 26a, it is counted as the discharge ball number. On the other hand, a display part as a discharge ball display mechanism is arranged on a curtain plate of the respective pachinko stands 1, and a volume display part 30 is formed to display an increase-decrease according to the discharge ball number counted by the ball counting machine 26, and a light emitting part composed of a surface missive LED or the like is increased and decreased, and it is continuously and dynamically displayed.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game console capable of increasing or decreasing the display in accordance with a ball coming out of the game console by a display mechanism provided near the game console.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 13 shows a gaming table 100 in a game arcade.
A lending machine (ball sand or medal sand) 10 for renting out game media such as pachinko balls, medals, etc.
1 are sandwiched, and a plurality of
One game table row 102 is formed. Such a game table row 102
Are arranged in two rows, and the gaming machine 100 and the machine lending machine 101
Are back to back to form one gaming table management unit. This management unit is commonly called an "island", and this "island"
Are installed to form one game hall. A toe plate 103 is attached to an end of the “island”, that is, a so-called island end, and a pachinko ball or medal weighing machine 104 is provided in contact with the toe plate 103.

FIG. 14 shows a gaming table 100 and a lending machine 101 between stands.
In more detail, this gaming table 100,
As described above, either one for pachinko balls or one for medals may be used. The table lending machine 101 has a counting function, and is a ball lending machine with a counting function or a medal lending machine with a counting function corresponding to the model of the gaming table 100. Next, a description will be given of a gaming method using the gaming table 100 and the lending machine 101 having the above configuration. The gaming machine 100 will be described by taking a pachinko machine as an example.

[0004] A player who has entered the amusement arcade selects the pachinko machine 100 in the gaming machine row, and enters the slot 1 of the machine lending machine 101.
At 05, money or a card purchased in advance is inserted. When the payout / rental switch 106 is selected and pressed, the selected number of balls is displayed on the liquid crystal display 107 and the pachinko balls are discharged from the payout port 108 through the nozzle 109 through the nozzle 109.
Lend to 10 By turning the game handle 111, a game is started by playing a pachinko ball from inside the upper plate 110.

[0005] The payouts of this game are discharged and stored in the upper plate 110, and are discharged from the upper plate 110 into the lower plate 113 by the lever 112. When the lower plate 113 is full of pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are transferred to the ball box 115 on the front plate 114. This ball box 115 is usually 300
When about 0 pieces are stored and a series of large payouts, that is, a big hit (fiber) is given, a plurality of ball boxes 115 are stacked at the feet (on the floor) of the player,
The stacking of the ball boxes 115 is visually observed inside and outside the game hall,
As a result, it was to contribute to the effect of attracting customers in the amusement arcade. However, the ball boxes 115 stacked as described above
Since about 3000 pieces are stored per box, it takes a lot of labor to transport the weighing machine 104 and the counter at the island end for prize exchange.

In particular, women and elderly customers, which have been increasing in number in recent years, cannot be carried by themselves, and accordingly, a game arcade manager (clerk)
This has led to an increase in the number of playground managers and also forced them to overwork. In addition, since a plurality of ball boxes are stacked at the feet and passages of a player, it also hinders traffic of other players and floor cleaning.

[0007]

Therefore, in recent years, the above-mentioned heavy labor has been eliminated by eliminating the ball boxes placed on the floor, and the player has to quickly change prizes without touching the game media directly. There has been proposed a payout counting management means for the purpose. The counting control means of this ball is provided with a dedicated ball box on the lower front plate of the lower plate, and transferring the pachinko balls stored in the lower plate to a dedicated ball box,
The pachinko balls are conveyed to a ball counting section from an outlet communicating with the ball box. The ball count information counted by the ball counting unit is transmitted directly to the counter or stored in a card and printed with a barcode on a receipt.
If the player presents the card or receipt to the counter at the time of payment, the prize can be changed according to the number of balls counted together with the verification of the player.

[0008] By adopting such a counting control means of the payouts, various problems caused by the conventional transport of the carton can be solved. However, although the stacking of carton boxes around the pachinko machine will disappear, the effect of this stacking on the sales strategy will be lost (the effect of attracting customers), and ultimately the number of visitors to the amusement arcade will decrease. Also present new challenges.

[0009]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming table capable of exhibiting a sufficient effect of attracting customers even if the transportation of the carton is eliminated. That is, a plurality of gaming tables sandwiching the machine lending machine and providing a front plate in front to form a gaming table row, and a dedicated carton is placed on the front plate corresponding to each gaming table, In the one in which the game medium from the exclusive ball box is measured by a ball counter provided for each gaming table, a gaming table or a row of gaming tables is counted according to the number of balls measured by the ball counter in the gaming table. It is characterized by having a payout display mechanism for performing payout display, and furthermore, as this payout display mechanism, comprises a volume display unit that increases or decreases the display unit for each box of a dedicated carton box, This volume display section is provided on a curtain plate above the game console or a chair corresponding to the game console. Thus, such a volume display section is not merely a display of the number of balls or boxes, but increases or decreases the display section in accordance with the measurement.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, a gaming machine having a payout display function according to the present invention will be described with reference to a pachinko machine as an example. FIG.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating a “pachinko island” 20 in which a plurality of pachinko machines 1, 1... That is, in the “pachinko island” 20, a plurality of pachinko machines 1, 1... Are arranged in parallel between the tongue plates 21, and a machine lending machine (ball sand) 101 is provided between the pachinko machines 1, 1. It is sandwiched in a sandwich shape, and a curtain plate 22 is provided on an upper portion thereof. Further, chairs 23, 23... On which a player sits are provided in front of the pachinko machines 1, 1,. .. Are mounted on the front plates 24, 24,... Of the pachinko machines 1, 1,.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the pachinko machine 1 according to the present invention. The configuration of the pachinko machine 1 itself is not significantly different from that described in the conventional example. However, the difference is that a dedicated carton box 25 is provided and a ball counter 26 is provided for each pachinko machine. In other words, the special ball box 25 stores the ball discharged from the lower plate 113 via the upper plate 110, and further measures the ball discharged from the lower part of the special ball box 25 by the ball counter 26, and measures the ball. The balls are returned directly to the lending machine 101 or to the “Pachinko Island” 20.
The exclusive carton 25 is detachably mounted on a predetermined position on the front plate 24.

Below the predetermined position, each ball counter 26 is provided corresponding to the pachinko machine 1, and when a lever 25a of a dedicated carton box 25 placed at a predetermined position is operated as will be described later, the ball counter 26 is operated. The bottom of the dedicated carton box 25 opens to open a ball passage 26
Communicates with a. The pachinko balls are counted by the ball counter 26 as the number of payouts when the pachinko balls are returned to the stand lending machine 101 or the "island" 20 from the ball passage 26a.

On the other hand, the curtain 22 of each pachinko machine 1 is provided with a display section as a payout display mechanism. That is, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a volume display section 30 is formed which dynamically increases or decreases (dynamically displays) the number of payouts counted by the ball counter 26 in accordance with the number of payouts (unit of the number of carton boxes). ing. As shown in FIG. 3 (a), the volume display unit 30 converts the payout information detected by the ball counter 26 into electrical conversion by the display control unit 30a, and outputs the surface emitting LED according to the converted amount of electricity. Increase or decrease the light emitting part consisting of
Light emission (dynamic display) is performed continuously.

In the illustrated example, the first stage of the light emitting section corresponds to one ball box. If the ball box is capable of storing, for example, 3000 balls, a pachinko machine having about 9000 balls has been provided. On the table, the first to third steps are alternately (increased or decreased) and continuously emit light, so that a so-called volume-like light emission display is provided, and a person who views this can recognize that the table has a big hit (fiber). . FIG. 3B shows the volume display unit 3.
0 is another example, and the display unit 30 subdivides the surface-emitting LEDs into a grid pattern and displays them more finely.
For example, if one cell of a go board is displayed for 1000 balls, in the example shown, 8000 balls are displayed, and each cell is vertically lit or continuously lit to allow dynamic display. Become. FIG. 3 (c) shows still another display unit. In this case, the digital display shows the number of payout balls or the number of carton boxes, the number of digits is increased, and dynamic display is possible by blinking display or the like. Becomes As other display methods, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, a flash light emission fluorescent tube display, and the like can be used.

The dynamic display of payouts by the pachinko machine 1 will be described with reference to FIG. First, a player who has entered the game hall selects the pachinko machine 1, inserts a card or money from the entrance 105, and selects a lending ball with the payout / lending switch 106. Then, the number of borrowed balls is displayed
7 and is sent from the payout port 108 to the upper plate 110 via the nozzle 109. A pachinko ball from inside the upper plate 110 is played with the game handle 111 to play. When the balls are accumulated in the lower plate 113 via the upper plate 110, the pachinko balls are placed in a special ball box 25 placed at a predetermined position on the front plate 24.
Transfer to within. As a transfer means, the bottom surface of the lower plate 113 is opened by operating the lever 113a provided on the lower plate 113, and the pachinko balls fall from this opening portion and are transferred into the exclusive ball box 25.

If such transfer is performed frequently, for example, at the time of a big hit (fiber), the exclusive carton box 25 itself becomes full. At this time, the lever 25a is operated to open the ball passage 26a between the special ball box 25 and the ball counter 26, and the pachinko balls in the special ball box 25 are circulated through the ball path 26a, and the ball counter 26 Weigh the number of balls. The balls weighed by the ball counter 26 are returned directly to the stand lending machine 101 or to the “Pachinko Island” 20.

In the ball counter 26, the payout information is transmitted to the display control unit 30a (see FIG. 3). For example 900
When the information on the number of balls corresponding to 0 is transmitted, the light emitting units (surface emitting LEDs) up to the third stage continuously emit light in the volume display unit 30 provided on the curtain plate portion as shown in the figure. As a result, the pachinko machine 1 informs not only the player but also the entire game arcade that the pachinko machine 1 is a big hit (fiber) machine.
Thus, the liveliness of the game hall can be visually shown to the inside and outside. The number of balls counted by the ball counter 26 is stored in a reader / writer (not shown) as the number of balls to be acquired by the player. Then, when returning the required number of balls to the upper plate 110 from the number of acquired balls, the payout / lending switch 106 is pressed according to the required number of balls.

On the other hand, when ending the game (payment), the end switch is pushed to transmit the ball-out information to the counter, and the number of balls to be obtained is stored in the card by the reader / writer unit, or a bar code or the like is printed on the receipt. Printed. Then, the prize exchange at the counter becomes possible in accordance with the number of payouts stored in the card or printed on the receipt together with the confirmation of the person. Therefore, there is no need to carry the carton to a counter or the like.

FIGS. 4 to 12 illustrate a volume display section according to the present invention. The display section of FIG. 4 shows a top lamp-like volume display section 31 provided above the curtain plate 22. In this display unit, one top lamp 31a indicates, for example, one carton (containing 3000 pieces), and the top lamp 31a continuously blinks repeatedly as in the above-described manner, thereby dynamically turning the big hit. Express. The display unit 32 in FIG.
a itself is the same as the display unit 31, but each top lamp 32
"Pachinko Island" 20 adjacent to the stand 32b holding the
It is a so-called arch type that is installed between them.
Therefore, a volume display section can be provided also in the arch portion of the gantry 32b.

The volume display section 33 shown in FIG. 5 is mounted integrally with the curtain plate 22 so that the display section shown in FIG. 2 can be further subdivided and displayed. In addition, the display also forms a portion for transmitting another message. Further, each volume display section shown in FIG. 6 is formed so as to be displayed three-dimensionally on the upper part or side part of “Pachinko Island” 20. In other words, the display unit 34 is formed by protruding forward of the curtain plate 22 by means of a [-shaped arm 34a. Similar to the above-described display unit, each stepped light-emitting unit 34b is continuously turned on and off to provide a lively display. Is possible. The display unit 35 projects the L-shaped arm 35a from above the curtain plate 22, and uses the projected bar 35b as a light emitting unit 35c.

Further, the display unit 36 includes a pachinko machine 1 and a curtain plate 2.
A mounting portion 36a is provided between the two, and a bar 36b is mounted so as to be freely bent from the mounting portion 36a. And bar 3
The light-emitting portion 6b is used as a light-emitting portion, and continuously blinks in accordance with the number of ball boxes. Therefore, when the light emitting portion starts blinking due to a big hit, the bar 36b is tilted forward to obtain a larger display effect. The display unit 37 shown in FIG.
Is an illuminated type provided in a vertically long shape in the portion of the above. In this display unit 37, the display unit 37 of the next pachinko machine 1
When the pachinko machine 1 on both sides becomes a big hit, the illuminated portion that blinks when the pachinko machine 1 on both sides has a big hit can achieve a display effect more than doubled. Each of the volume display units shown in FIGS. 8 to 11 is configured on a chair 23 provided corresponding to each pachinko machine 1. Among them, the volume display section 38 of FIG.
3a. Therefore, the electrical wiring to the ball counter and the like is connected via the leg 23b.

FIG. 9 shows a volume display section 39 attached to the backrest 23a. This volume display section 39
Is substantially L-shaped in side view by the upright surface 39a and the horizontal surface 39b, and the upright surface 39a is a display portion. The electrical wiring to the ball counter and the like is the same as described above. The volume display section 40 shown in FIG. 10 has a plurality of flaps 40b rotatably stored in a box 40a formed integrally with the legs of the chair. Therefore, pachinko machine 1
Is a big hit, the number of flaps 40b according to the number of balls
Turns out of the box and lights up. In addition, this display part may be formed separately from the leg part and may be attached later. The volume display section 41 shown in FIG.
This is an illuminated display unit that is integrated with or later attached to the leg 23b. Such a display unit is divided into a plurality of stages in the vertical direction, and the illumination of each stage number corresponds to the number of payout balls (the number of ball boxes). The electrical wiring of the ball counter is the same as that of the leg 2
3b, connected under the floor.

The display section shown in FIG. 12 shows a (built-in) volume display section 42 embedded in the floor 27 and a thin volume display section 43 stuck on the floor 27. Each of the display units 42 and 43 has a plurality of illuminating units 42a... 43a, and illuminates the number of each section according to the payout information of the payout counter. Electrical wiring to the ball counter and the like is performed via a wiring duct already provided in the floor 27.

Each volume display section displays a big hit (fiber) per pachinko machine.
As shown in FIG. 1, there is a method of providing a volume display section 44 on the toeboard 21 at the island end to represent a big hit of the entire “Pachinko Island” 20. In this case, the payout information from each ball counter is
The height is not transmitted to the volume display unit of each pachinko machine, but is transmitted to the volume display unit 44 provided on the toeboard 21. Therefore, on the vamp 21 near the entrance of the game arcade, the big hit of the whole island is displayed by the volume display section provided there, and a further level of customer attracting effect can be expected. Each volume display section has been described with reference to FIG. 2 and FIGS. 4 to 12, but any of the display sections can perform dynamic display in a state in which a player around the periphery of the pachinko machine 1 also looks closely in response to the big hit of the pachinko machine 1.

[0025]

As described above, the gaming machine provided with the payout display mechanism of the present invention transfers the game medium from the gaming machine to the ball box, and measures the game medium in the ball box by the medium detector. Return to the “island”, the number of media measured by the media detector can be clearly indicated on the counter for prize exchange, etc., and a plurality of heavy media storage boxes (ball boxes) as before are sent to the counter. No need to carry. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the labor of the game arcade manager without bothering the player. In addition, a dynamic display is provided on the game console according to the number of media (ball boxes) obtained by the player, so that the liveliness of the game machine (game machine) can be notified not only inside the game space but also outside the game space. As a result, a so-called audience attraction effect is exhibited, which also contributes to the management of the amusement arcade.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view illustrating an “island” in a game arcade.

FIG. 2 is a front view illustrating a volume display unit provided integrally with the game console and a curtain plate.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a display unit and display control thereof.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display unit provided above an “island”;

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display unit attached to a curtain.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a plurality of examples of display units provided above and on the side of the “island”.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display unit provided on the “island” side.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display unit provided integrally with a backrest of a chair.

FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display unit attached to a back of a chair.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display unit provided on a leg of a chair.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing another example of the display unit provided on the leg of the chair.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display unit provided on a floor.

FIG. 13 is a schematic front view showing a conventional “island”.

FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating a conventional gaming table and a lending machine between stands.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming (Pachinko) stand 20 Island 22 Curtain board 23 Chair 23a Backrest 23b Leg 25 Ball box 26 Ball counter 30-43 Volume display section

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of gaming tables that sandwich a machine-to-table lending machine and provide a front plate in the front to form a gaming table row, wherein a dedicated carton is mounted on a front plate corresponding to each of the gaming tables. Placed,
In the one in which the game medium from the dedicated ball box is weighed by a ball counter provided for each gaming table, the number of balls measured by the ball counter in the gaming table or the gaming table row is A game console comprising a payout display mechanism for displaying payouts in response to the display. 2. The gaming table according to claim 1, wherein said payout display mechanism comprises a volume display section for increasing or decreasing a display section at least for each box of a dedicated carton box. 3. The game console according to claim 2, wherein the volume display section is provided on a curtain plate above the game console. 4. The game console according to claim 2, wherein the volume display section is provided on a chair corresponding to the game console.