JPH11319287A - Display device for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device showing the game machine information such as the number of times of big prizes of a game machine with the graphic display of a face, not with numerals or graphs. SOLUTION: When the power supply of a game machine is tuned on at initial setting (S1), the graphic display of a sleeping expression with eyes closed is shown until the game machine is operated (S4). When a trial shoot is started, the graphic display is changed from the sleeping expression to a waked expression (S6). The character display of 'smiling mark' (S11) or the graphic display of 'smiling mark' (S21) is shown according to the number of times of prizes yesterday or the number of times of prizes counted after the elapse of 6 hr from a business start which is the history information and prize information of the game machine.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a lamp, an LED,
The present invention relates to an improvement in a display device that displays, on a gaming machine, jackpot information and the like of a gaming machine using patterns such as patterns, numbers, and characters using liquid crystal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a gaming machine has a plurality of display devices for displaying jackpot information of the gaming machine by using patterns such as patterns, numbers, and characters using lamps, LEDs, and liquid crystals, in or on a game board surface. Some are provided above.

[0003]

However, gaming machine information such as the number of jackpots is, for example, 1628 times and the number is 3-5.
Even if it is displayed in digits, players who are old and sparse in numbers and who are walking around trying to select a gaming machine with gaming machine information,
Looking at the numbers on the display device, it is difficult to understand whether or not the gaming machine is intuitive and in a good state, and it is also difficult to compare with the numbers of other gaming machines. In addition, there is a display device that displays a graphic by a graph or the like, but even if such an analog display is performed at a remote gaming machine, it cannot be compared with that of another gaming machine and is ambiguous in the memory of the player. Tends to be. In addition, the player who has determined the gaming machine and sat down can operate the display device to display only necessary information from a plurality of items of the gaming machine information. This can lead to other better gaming machines without starting the game, resulting in a clear difference in the number of customers and sales between better gaming machines and non-good machines throughout the hall. There is a demand for a gaming machine that can be sold even if the gaming machine is in a somewhat poor condition.

[0004]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the gaming machine information such as the number of jackpots is indicated by a graphic display of a face instead of a number or a graph. , Provided on the gaming machine or its board,
A display device that displays jackpot information of gaming machines using patterns, patterns, numbers, and characters using lamps, LEDs, and liquid crystal. The LCD screen that displays jackpot information has a multi-stage graphic display that anyone can understand. This is a display device of a gaming machine that allows anyone to understand by displaying information in a graphic manner in a stepwise manner. This allows the gaming machine information to be displayed in multiple stages, making it possible for an elderly person or a player who is too fast to understand the information intuitively. In addition, the multi-stage graphic display does not mean that there are many kinds of patterns similar in display, but switches the display in multiple stages with one type of design such as a size relationship, a vertical relationship, a time lapse relationship, and a growth relationship. It is not particularly limited as long as it is a graphic display, for example,
By adopting a graphic display that changes in multiple steps, such as sunflower foliage, buds, small flowers, and large flowers, female players can be familiar and attract a wide audience to the hall. Further, a graphic display using two or more symbols, for example, 記号, と し て, △, ×, ×, based on △, △ ×, may be used. In particular, the means according to the invention described in claim 2 is characterized in that the multi-stage graphic display is a graphic display by a face including a plurality of shaped liquid crystal parts of eyes and a plurality of shaped lip liquid crystal parts. A display device for a gaming machine according to claim 1. Since the friendly face graphic is displayed, it is possible to give the player comfort and familiarity, and since the facial expression can be expressed by at least the eyes and the lips, the number of liquid crystal components to be controlled can be reduced.

[0005]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a gaming machine equipped with a display device according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing wiring of a hall computer and various sensors connected to a display 10 mounted above a pachinko machine 1 or a slot machine 2 which is a gaming machine. The board 21 incorporated in the display 10 is a jackpot input sensor 22, a probability change input sensor 23, a replenishment ball counting sensor 24, a replenishing ball counting sensor 24, and a start ball counting sensor 25 arranged on the pachinko board 10 for collecting game information. An input sensor 26, a magnet sensor 27 and a radio wave sensor 28 for fraud monitoring, and a glass window opening motor 29 for individually opening the glass windows.
And a glass sensor 30 for detecting the open / closed state of the glass window. Then, the primary information collected thereby is transmitted to the hall computer, and the processed, aggregated, and processed secondary information is returned. On the other hand, the board 31 for the slot machine connected to the slot machine 2 also sends primary information obtained from various sensors for detecting game information to the hall computer, and returns processed, aggregated, and processed secondary information. Will be. Then, various information is displayed on the liquid crystal screen 11 of the display device 10 based on the secondary information.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the display device 10,
Various switches 12 to 17 and the like pressed by a player and a clerk are arranged around the center liquid crystal screen 11, and various circular lamps are provided on the left and right of the switches to notify the operating status of the pressed switches by different blinking states. Are located.
The switch 12 below the left column of the switches has a function for the player to call the sales service, and the switch 13 above has a function for the store clerk to switch the display contents of the information of each gaming machine on the liquid crystal screen 11. Has a function of resetting the number of start times accumulated by each player.
The switch 15 below the right column has a function for the player to call the clerk for trouble, and the switch 16 above has a function for the clerk to unlock the machine frame and automatically open the glass window to solve the trouble. The switch 17 has a function of allowing the player to switch and display the number of jackpots between the previous day and two days before. Reference numeral 18 denotes an insertion slot for various electronic cards.
L is a lamp that displays the type of misconduct detected by various sensors for opening the glass window by a magnet, a radio wave, and a duplicate key to the store clerk in different colors of red, blue, and yellow, and 19R is a lamp of the radio wave transmitted from the remote control of the store clerk. It is a receiving unit.

FIG. 3 is a view for explaining the position where the liquid crystal is arranged on the liquid crystal screen 11. The liquid crystal unit 31 displays the accumulated time during which the game is interrupted and the user is away for a meal, and the liquid crystal unit 32 displays the number of jackpots for today, the day before, and the day before two days.
The liquid crystal unit 33 indicates the number of times the jackpot has been started.
The display is divided into today, previous day, and two days before in conjunction with the display. When the liquid crystal unit 34 is in the start state, it blinks sequentially and becomes a dynamic display. The liquid crystal unit 35 displays the information of the gaming machine in an analog manner in the form of a graphic display of the face, and has an open eye, a laughing eye or a hairy hair on the circular contour, and a closed bottom. Under the eyes, there are open mouth and closed mouth laughing parts. The liquid crystal unit 36 displays the contents of the data in a seven-segment digital display or an integrated graph and an increase / decrease graph based on the zero point 36a.
The liquid crystal unit 38 displays the horizontal axis value of the graph shown in the liquid crystal unit 36.

The operation of the gaming machine for displaying a graphic will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. When the game machine is powered on and initialized (step S1, hereinafter referred to as S1), the hall computer keeps the game machine on standby until a game ball is input as a test hit (S1).
2) If the waiting period is less than 5 minutes, the gaming machine is not operated, so that the eyes are closed and a graphic expression of a sleeping expression is displayed as shown in S4, and if the waiting period is 5 minutes or more, , A graphic display indicating snoring is added (S
5). After the game is over, if the time has elapsed 5 minutes, the graphic display of S4 is turned on. When the test hit starts, a graphic display showing the awakened expression from the sleeping expression shown in S4 or S5 is displayed (S6). Next, the history information and the hit information of the gaming machine are displayed. If the hall computer determines that the number of hits yesterday is "Lucky yesterday" (S10), a command to display characters "Nico Nico mark" is issued and turned on (S11). If the hall computer determines that the number of hits on the day is, for example, six hours after the start of business, and the number of hits is large and is “the lucky platform of the day” based on the tally (S20), the “Nico Nico mark” is displayed. Is issued and a light is displayed (S21). As a result, the situation of each gaming machine is not perceived by the player just by passing in front of the platform, and the player always makes a test hit, and the gaming machine with poor results is Also, the sales of the hall can be increased by performing the test hits. Then, when the test hit is over and the game is started, and the probability is increasing from the past jackpot history of the gaming machine (S30), a graphic display of a facial expression with the eyes of the face patched (S30).
31) Also, when a game ball enters a specific winning opening and is detected by a sensor that turns around (S40), 2 is detected as in S41.
The two graphic displays are switched to display a winking expression, and when the condition of the special prize is satisfied and a jackpot is won (S50), a graphic expression of a smiling expression is displayed (S51). Note that the branching process of S10 to S50 includes a step of comparing the graphic display state being displayed and the branching process displayed at the time of Y in the branching process. If the displayed items are the same, the branch determination is skipped, and the process proceeds to the next branch process indicated by N.

In the above embodiment, the graphic display of the face has been described. However, for example, if a graphic display in which the display changes in multiple stages, such as sunflowers, leaves, buds, small flowers, and large flowers, is adopted. Female players are also familiar and can attract a wide range of customers to the hall. Also, ◎ ○
Two or more of this symbol based on Δ ×, for example, ◎◎, ◎
The use of ○, ○ △, and XX to display gaming machine information in multiple stages can also make the elderly and inexperienced players intuitively understand.

[0010]

The invention according to claim 1 of the present application has a multi-stage graphic display which can be understood by anyone on a liquid crystal screen for displaying jackpot information, and anyone can understand by displaying the jackpot information in a stepwise graphic manner. The display device of the gaming machine is configured to display the gaming machine information in multiple stages, so that the elderly person or a player who is too fast can be intuitively understood. In addition, each gaming machine can be displayed on a separate display device without being compared with those of other gaming machines that perform analog display, such as graphs, and relying on the memory of players who tend to be ambiguous, not only for the elderly. I can judge. Further, since the player needs to make a small number of test hits in order to determine the gaming machine, it is possible to provide a gaming machine that can be sold even if the gaming machine is in a somewhat poor condition. According to a second aspect of the invention, the multi-stage graphic display is a graphic display of a face including a plurality of shaped liquid crystal portions of eyes and a plurality of shaped lip liquid crystal portions. Therefore, the graphic display of the familiar face can give the player comfort and familiarity, and the facial expression can be expressed by at least the eyes and the lips, so that the number of liquid crystal components to be controlled can be reduced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram schematically showing an entire gaming machine.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a display device.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a liquid crystal screen of the display device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of graphic control for displaying a face on a liquid crystal screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Pachinko machine, 2. Slot machine, 10. Display, 11. Liquid crystal screen, 12-17. Switch, 1
8. Card insertion slot, 19L lamp, 19R radio wave receiver, 21 board, 3 jackpot input sensor, 23 probability change input sensor, 24 supply ball counting sensor, 25 Out ball counting sensor, 26 ...
Start input sensor, 27 ・ ・ Magnet sensor, 28 ・
・ Radio wave sensor, 29 ・ ・ Glass window opening motor, 30
..Glass sensors, 31 to 38..Liquid crystal part.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A display device provided on a gaming machine or its board surface and displaying jackpot information of the gaming machine by using patterns, patterns, numbers and characters using lamps, LEDs and liquid crystals. A display device for a gaming machine, comprising: a multi-stage graphic display that can be understood by anyone; and jackpot information is displayed in a step-by-step graphic manner so that anyone can understand. 2. The display of a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the multi-stage graphic display is a graphic display of a face having a plurality of shaped liquid crystal portions of eyes and a plurality of shaped lip liquid crystal portions. apparatus.