JPS639469A - Card type throttle machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> This invention detects whether or not the symbols on each reel located on a predetermined stop line are lined up in a predetermined arrangement when a plurality of rotating reels stop. The present invention relates to a slot machine in which the outcome of a game is decided by a card, and more particularly, the present invention relates to a card-type slot machine that allows games to be played using cards.

<Conventional Technology> In conventional slot machines, a player first inserts a medal, then operates a start lever to rotate each reel at the same time, and then presses a stop switch at an appropriate timing to start each reel. This is to stop the reels sequentially.

When the specific symbols on each reel line up on a predetermined stop line, it becomes a big game and a predetermined number of medals are released to the medal releasing country.

By the way, a large number of slot machines of this type are generally installed in pachinko halls and other gaming facilities, and after purchasing the desired number of medals from a medal sales office or vending machine inside the facility, the player selects one of the machines. The game is played with

When the game is finished, the remaining medals are collected from the machine's medal issuing country and taken to the settlement office, where they are exchanged for prizes corresponding to the number of medals.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the case of the above-mentioned conventional system, the player has to move around the gaming hall carrying a large number of medals when starting or ending the game, which is extremely inconvenient. In addition, if there are a large number of medals in this case, the weight increases, making it difficult to carry the medals, which may also cause trouble. Furthermore, while the game is running, it is necessary to insert medals into the medal slot one by one for each game, which makes the operation extremely complicated for the player and hinders the smooth progress of the game. Furthermore, when exchanging medals for prizes,
Since it takes time to count the number of medals, there is a problem of long waiting times and poor customer service.

On the other hand, on the shop side, it is necessary to maintain and manage the medals, but because the medals are heavy, it is difficult to carry and handle them (there is a problem that the work burden on the workers increases and it takes a lot of effort). There is.

In view of the above-mentioned circumstances, it is an object of the present invention to provide a card-type slot machine that solves the conventional problems at once by introducing a new system that uses cards instead of medals.

Means for Solving the Problems] The structure of this invention for achieving the above object will be explained using FIGS. 1 to 4 corresponding to one embodiment. It consists of a game card 1 on which score data proportional to the number of games played is recorded, and a game machine body 2 that executes the game for the number of days according to the score data.The game machine body 2 accepts the input of the game card l. A card processing section (corresponding to the card read/write section 23 in the illustrated example) for reading the score data, and a calculation section (corresponding to the calculation section in the illustrated example) for adding and subtracting the score data according to game execution and winnings. It was decided to include a control section (corresponding to the control section 34 and an integration counter) and a display section for displaying the score data (corresponding to the score display section 13 in the illustrated example).

Function> When the game card 1 is inserted into the card insertion slot 14 when playing a game, card record information such as score data is read by the card read/write section 23, and the score data is displayed on the score display section 13'. be done.

Next, when the game activation switch 10 is pressed and the starting lever 9 is operated, the reels 6a are activated.

5b and 6c rotate at the same time, and the game starts.

When this game is executed or a prize is won, the score data is added or subtracted each time, and the calculation result is displayed on the score display section.
It will be displayed on 3.

<Embodiment> FIG. 1 shows a cart-type slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, which includes a game card 1 on which score data proportional to the number of times the game can be executed is recorded, and a It is comprised of a game machine main body 2 that accepts input and executes games for a number of days according to the score data.

The illustrated game card 1 is a magnetic card having a printing surface 3 on the front surface and a magnetic recording medium 4 on the back surface, as shown in FIG. 2 (11(2)).
Necessary card information such as ticket type, card name, issue date, and number of points is recorded in a predetermined trunk 5 of the card. This game card 1 has a monetary value set according to the number of points given to the card (the example shown is a 20-point ticket), and different monetary values are available at card sales offices and automatic card vending machines in game halls. Multiple types of game cards are sold.

The score data in this embodiment is set so that one point corresponds to one medal in a conventional medal-type slot machine, and therefore one game can be played for each point.

Returning to FIG. 1, the game machine main body 2 has three reels 6a each having a plurality of types of symbols formed on its circumferential surface.

6b, 6c, and the front of the game machine body 2 has a picture display window 7 and three stop switches 8a, 8b, 8c.
, in addition to the starting lever 9, the game activation switch 10. Payment switch 11. Interrupt switch 121 point display section 13. A card insertion slot 14, an x-item exchange ticket issuing slot 15, etc. are provided.

Among the above configurations, three stop buttons 8a, 8b,
8c is each reel 5a that is rotating.

6b and 6c individually, and the start lever 9 is a start switch 6 (shown in Fig. 4).
This is to turn on the reels 6a, 6b, and 6c to start all the reels 6a, 6b, and 6c at once.

The game activation switch 10 is for realizing the effect equivalent to the conventional medal insertion, and this switch 1
By pressing 0, the shaking of the starting lever 9 becomes effective. The settlement switch 11 is pressed to finish the game and settle the bill, and the interrupt switch 12 is pressed to finish the game on the current machine and continue the game on another machine.

The score display section 13 is for digitally displaying the current score.

The card insertion slot 14 is used for returning the input lid of the game card 1, and the prize exchange ticket issuing slot 15 issues a prize exchange ticket on which the remaining points are printed when the settlement switch 11 is pressed.

The symbol display window 7 displays each reel 6a, 6b.

This is the part where the symbols 6C are arranged and displayed along the five stop lines L1 to L5, allowing you to see through the rotating state of the three reels 6a, 6b, and 6c arranged in parallel inside the vessel, and when the reels are stopped. You can check the three symbols on the circumference of each reel from outside the device. The stop lines are the center stop line L1 when the game activation switch 10 is pressed once, and the upper, middle, and lower stop lines L2, Ll, and L3 when the game activation switch 10 is pressed twice in succession. , when pressed three more times in succession, the upper, middle, lower, and diagonal stop lines L2°LL, L3. L4. When L5 becomes valid and a predetermined pattern arrangement is formed on these stop lines, a predetermined score is given and added to the current number of points.

FIG. 3 shows the internal mechanism of the game machine main body 2, in which a card transport mechanism 17 and a card collection mechanism 18 are provided inside the card insertion slot 14.

The card transport mechanism 17 is driven forward and backward by a transport motor 19, and internally transports the game card 1 inserted from the card insertion slot 14 by sandwiching it between the transport bells 1-20.2L. A card insertion sensor 22 is located inside the card insertion slot 14.
Also, a card read/write unit 23 consisting of a magnetic head and a pressing roller is provided along the card transport path.
This card read/write section 23 reads or writes information such as score data to a predetermined track 5 of the game card 1.

The card collection mechanism 18 is driven by a collection motor 24, and guides the game card 1 with a score of zero or the game card L that has been settled to a collection case 27 by sandwiching it between collection belts 25 and 26.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the circuit configuration of the above-mentioned slot machine, and in the figure, the block indicated by a chain line is configured as a microcomputer unit 28.

As mentioned above, this slot machine has 3 reels, 6
a, 6b, and 5c, and each reel is driven by a pulse motor 29a.
, 29b and 29c. Motor drivers 30a, 30b, and 30c are connected to each pulse motor, and each motor driver receives clock pulses from the motor control section 31 to drive each pulse motor 29a, 29b.

Controls the drive of 29c.

The clock pulse is sent to the pattern detection section 32a.

32b and 32c, and the respective symbol detection sections count the clock inputs after obtaining the reference position signals from the respective reels 5a, 5b, and 5c, thereby determining which symbol appears in the symbol display window 7. Discern.

Each symbol detection section 32a, 32b, 32c sends a signal corresponding to the detected symbol to the winning determination section 33, and sends a signal corresponding to the detected symbol to the winning determination section 33.
determines whether the pattern arrangement on each reel corresponds to a winning prize. In this case, the winning determination unit 33 includes an arithmetic control unit 34
Information regarding the validated stop lines is given from , and therefore, the winning determination unit 33 determines whether or not a winning pattern arrangement has occurred for all valid stopping lines.

The determination result by the winning determination section 33 is given to the arithmetic control section 34 as a winning signal according to the type of winning.

This arithmetic control section 34 and the game activation switch 10. Payment switch 11. It controls the integration operation of the integration counter 35 based on the switch signal from the interruption switch 12 and the winning signal from the winning award determination section 33, and operates the game activation circuit section 36 to set the motor control section 31 in an operable state. In addition to outputting the contents of the totalizing counter 35 to the score display section 13 and printer 37, it also performs various arithmetic and control operations, such as determining the authenticity of game cards and controlling the reading and writing operations of the card read/write section 23. Execute.

When the payment switch 11 is pressed, the printer 37 converts the cumulative value (score data) of the cumulative counter 35 into the sixth
The prize exchange ticket 38 shown in the figure is printed and sent out from the gift exchange ticket issuing port 15.

FIG. 5 shows the control operation of the slot machine.

Now, when the player inserts the game card 1 into the card insertion slot 14, the card insertion sensor 22 detects this, and the determination in step 1 (indicated by rsTLJ in the figure) becomes "YES", and in the next step 2. The transport motor 19 rotates normally, the transport mechanism 17 operates, and the input card 1 is taken into the machine and transported therein. When the game card 1 passes through the card read/write section 23, card information such as score data is picked up (step 3), and this read information is taken into the arithmetic control section 34.

Next, the arithmetic control unit 34 determines the authenticity of this game card based on the read information, and in step 4, "Is the card appropriate?"
If the determination is "YES", the score data is set in the integration counter 35 in step 5, and the content of the data is displayed on the score display section 13 in the subsequent step 6.

If the judgment in step 4 is “NO”, step 3
0, the transport motor 19 reverses, and the game card 1
will be returned to the card insertion office lady 4.

The next steps 7 to 10 show a state where the player is waiting for a switch role. If the player now presses the game activation switch 10 once, step 1G will be YES.
”, the process proceeds to the Ste-knob 11, where the arithmetic control section 34 subtracts "1" from the integrated value of the integration counter 35, and in the next step 12, activates the game validating circuit section 36. In this case, the game activation switch 10 is pressed only once, so only the center stop line L1 is activated, but if the game activation switch 10 is pressed twice or three times. If so, in addition to the center stop line L1, the top and bottom.

Each diagonal stop line L2-L5 is also activated.

Next, when the start lever 9 is operated by the player, the start switch 16 is turned on and step 13 becomes "YES".
”, and the motor control unit 31 controls each motor driver 30a.
, 30b, 30c to pulse motors 29a, 29b.
, 29c to rotate the three reels 5a, 5b, and 5c all at once (step 14).

In the next steps 15 to 17, stop switches 8a and 8
It is determined whether or not the reel stop operations according to steps b and 8c have been performed, and when any stop switch is pressed, step 15 becomes "YES" and the corresponding reel is stopped. When all the reels have stopped, step 17 becomes "YES", and in the next step 18, the symbol detection units 32a, 32b, and 32c detect the symbol located in the symbol display window 7, and then in the next step 19, a prize is won. A determining unit 33 determines whether or not a pattern arrangement related to Oga occurs for all the activated stop lines.

If you win a prize, the decision in step 20 is “YES”.
”, and a winning signal corresponding to the type of winning is given from the winning determining unit 33 to the calculation control unit 34.The calculation control unit 34 then returns to step 5 and adds the points corresponding to the type of winning to the addition counter 35. The amount is added to the content, and the same effect as the medal discharging operation in a conventional medal-type slot machine is realized.

If there is no prize, the judgment in step 20 is “NO”
Then, the process returns to step 6, and the result of the subtraction in step 11 is displayed on the score display section 13.

The same game procedure will be repeated until the content of the integration counter 35 becomes zero, but step 9
When the determination of "Is the integrated value zero?" becomes "YES", the process proceeds to step 21, where the card read/write unit 23 writes the score data "0" to the game card 1, and then
The collection motor 24 is driven to operate the collection mechanism 18, and the game card 1 is collected into the collection case 27.

If the interrupt switch 12 is pressed in the standby state of steps 7 to 10, the determination in step 8 becomes "YES" and the current contents of the integration counter 35 are written to the game card 1 by the card read/write section 23. After the card is returned, the transport motor 19 operates in reverse to return the game card 1 to the card insertion slot 14, and the display on the score display section 13 is cleared (steps 23 to 25). Players can move to another machine and resume playing the game again.

If the payment switch 11 is pressed in the standby state of steps 7 to 10, the determination in step 7 becomes "YES", and the arithmetic control section 34 goes to step 26.
, the printer 37 is operated to print the current contents (score data) of the accumulation counter 35 on the prize exchange ticket 38;
This is sent out from the prize exchange ticket issuing port 15. Next, in steps 27 to 29, the card read/write section 23
After writing point data "0" to the game card l, the collection motor 24 is driven to operate the collection mechanism 18,
The game card 1 is collected into the collection case 27, and the display on the score display section 13 is cleared.

When the prize exchange ticket 38 is issued, the player can bring the ticket to the checkout office and exchange it for a desired prize.

In the above embodiment, when the payment switch 11 is pressed, the current contents of the accumulation counter 35 are printed and issued on the prize exchange ticket 38, but the present invention is not limited to this. , the contents of the accumulation counter 35 may be written into the game card 1 by 6, and the card 1 may be returned from the card insertion slot 14.

Further, the slot machine of the above embodiment has the rotating reel 6
a, 6b, 6c to each stop switch 8a, 8b, 8c
However, this invention is applicable not only to this manual stopping method, but also to an automatic stopping method in which each reel is automatically stopped after a certain period of time has passed after the reels have started. Of course, it can be implemented.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention is configured so that game cards are set in the game machine main body and the game is executed a number of times according to the number of points held by the card, so that the player does not have to worry about the weight of medals. There is no need to carry bulky items, making handling easier. Furthermore, since there is no need for complicated game operations such as inserting medals, the game progresses smoothly. Furthermore, since the store does not need to maintain and manage the medals, it can significantly reduce the labor involved in transporting and handling them. Furthermore, since the remaining points are calculated for each game after winning a prize, by recording this calculated data on a game card, prize exchange ticket, etc. when the game is completed, it is possible to eliminate the need to count the number of medals at the checkout office.

Therefore, the prize exchange process is streamlined, the work burden on workers is reduced, and customer service is improved, among other excellent effects.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is an external view of a card-type slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the configuration of a game card, FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the internal mechanism of the game machine body, and FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of the game machine main body, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the control operation procedure of the card slot machine, and FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the structure of the prize exchange ticket. ■...Game card 2...Game machine main body 13...Score display section 23...Card read/write section 34...Calculation control section

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) Consists of a game card on which score data proportional to the number of times the game can be played is recorded, and a game machine main body that executes the game the number of times according to the score data. a card processing unit for receiving the data and reading the score data; an arithmetic unit for adding and subtracting the score data according to execution of the game and winnings; and a display unit for displaying the score data. A card-type slot machine. (2) The card-type slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the game card is a magnetic card provided with a magnetic recording medium. (3) The card-type slot machine according to claim 1, wherein the card processing section has a function of reading and writing score data for game cards.