JP5139130B2 - Game machine equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine device having a smoke shielding function and a display function.

In recent years, there is an increasing number of game halls in which a counter (hereinafter referred to as a counter for each stand) is provided for each gaming machine as in Patent Document 1. In such a system equipped with a counter for each stand, convenience for players and employees is increased, but it is not possible to produce a feeling of appearance by a stacked ball box, which is one of the most important things for a game arcade. Therefore, Patent Document 2 proposes that a partition is provided between the gaming machines, and the number of balls to be displayed is displayed on the display section of the partition.
Utility Model No. 2579792 JP-A-11-197341

However, the configurations of Patent Documents 1 and 2 are based on a so-called single island where it is not premised that a plurality of gaming machines are installed side by side. When the ball situation is visually confirmed, the field of view is blocked by the front display device, and there is a possibility that the display of the game machine in the back may not be confirmed, or there is a risk of player fraud, etc. I couldn't do it, and it was difficult to produce a sense of appearance. Moreover, even if the partition and the display unit are simply enlarged, the above-described problem occurs, and there is a possibility that the partition may become an obstacle when cleaning and checking the gaming machine.
On the other hand, since a large number of gaming machines are installed side by side in a game hall, there is a problem that when a neighboring player smokes, passive smoking is caused by the sidestream smoke or the like.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to increase the effect of playing balls in a gaming machine device provided with a counting means provided for each gaming machine, and to effectively give a player passive smoking. It is to provide a gaming machine device that is easy to use for amusement halls.

The present invention is provided with a one-to-one correspondence with gaming machines on a gaming island in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged side by side, and includes a counting means for counting game media acquired by a player using the corresponding gaming machine. A gaming machine device,
The own holding ball storage means for storing the number of own holding balls, which is the number of game media acquired by the player who plays the corresponding gaming machine, and the holding ball storage means stores the number of gaming media counted by the counting means. A self-supporting ball updating means for performing an update process to be added to the number of self-supporting balls, a smoke shielding plate made of a material having translucency at least in part, and the self-supporting ball provided on the smoke shielding plate The display means displays the number of balls held by the storage means, and at least a part of the display means has translucency, the display control means for controlling the display means, and the smoke shield plate from the board surface of the gaming machine. Slide the smoke barrier plate between the smoke separation state, which is a state protruding from the front and blocking the smoking smoke by the player who plays the game machine, and the storage state where the smoke storage state is stored backward from the smoke separation state. and sliding means to allow the smoke blocking plate is accommodated state der The other unit detection unit, which is a detection unit provided in the gaming machine device corresponding to the other game machine, detects the stored state, with the detection unit for detecting the game machine and the corresponding game machine as the own machine and the other game machines as other machines. The other stand display judging means for judging whether or not, the other stand holding memory means for storing the number of other stand holding balls which is the number of game media acquired by the player who plays the other stand, and the other stand display judging means When it is determined that the other stand detection means has detected the storage state, other stand holding ball specifying means for specifying the number of own holding balls stored by the own holding ball storage means corresponding to the other stand, Another stand holding ball updating means for performing update processing for adding the number of own stand holding balls specified by the other stand holding ball specifying means to the number of other stand holding balls stored in the other stand holding ball storage means , and the display The control means determines that the other stand detection means has detected the storage state by the other stand display determination means. If it is, in addition to said own terminal lifting piece count stored by the own terminal lifting ball storage unit, and performs display control for displaying the other base number lifting balls for storing said other table lifting ball storage means ( Claim 1).

In the above configuration, based on the determination result of the other stand display determination means, the display target specifying means for specifying the gaming machine that is the display target of the number of balls held by the other stand, and the game specified by the display target specifying means The other number specifying means for specifying the number of other display units that are the number of machines, and the gaming machines that are the display targets of the number of other holding balls by the display means based on the display other number specified by the other number specifying means are grouped And means for grouping,
The display control means determines the number of own holding balls stored in the own holding ball storage means when the other stand detection means determines that the other stand detection means has detected the storage state. In the case where the group unit groups gaming machines while dividing and controlling the own unit display area to be displayed and the other unit display area for displaying the number of other unit holding balls stored in the other unit holding ball storage unit, even better it is divided controls the other cab display area so that the other platform lifting ball storage means displays the other base number lifting balls stored for each group (claim 2).

In addition, when a predetermined replay operation is received, a replay means for performing a replay process for paying out a game medium; and when the replay means receives a replay operation, Permission means for allowing replay processing by the replay means based on the number of own balls to be stored;
When a predetermined sharing operation by a player is received, a sharing means for starting a sharing state in which the acquired game medium is shared with another player, and a game acquired when the sharing means starts a sharing state A share destination specifying means for specifying another platform as a share destination of the medium, and a share destination possession ball for storing the number of share possession balls that are the number of game media acquired by the player at the share destination specified by the share destination specifying means A storage unit, and a shared-destination ball specifying unit for specifying the number of own-held balls stored by the own-destination ball storage unit corresponding to the sharing destination when the shared-destination specifying unit specifies the sharing destination; Shared possession ball update means for performing an update process for adding the number of own possession balls specified by the shared possession ball identification means to the number of shared possession balls stored in the shared possession ball storage means; When a game operation is accepted, In this case, while allowing the replay processing by the replay means based on the number of own possession balls stored in the own possession ball storage means corresponding to the share destination identified by the share destination identifying means, the shared state If not, a sharing permission means that does not allow a replay process by the replay means based on the number of balls held by the own ball storage means corresponding to the share destination,
In the shared state, the display control means displays, in addition to the number of own holding balls stored by the own holding ball storage means, the number of shared holding balls stored by the shared holding ball storage means. In this way, the display means may be controlled (Claim 3 ).

In addition, the sharing unit starts a sharing state on the condition that the detection unit determines that the storage unit is in a storage state when a sharing operation is received, and the other stand holding ball update unit When the means specifies a plurality of gaming machines as other machine display targets and the sharing destination specifying means specifies at least one of them as the sharing destination, the sharing destination An update process is performed to exclude the number of own-handed balls specified by the owning-ball specifying means from the number of other-handed holding balls stored by the other-handed holding-ball storage means, the display control means is in a shared state, and the display target When the specifying means specifies at least one gaming machine as another display target, in addition to the number of own holding balls stored by the own holding ball storage means, the shared advance holding memory storage means stores Display the number of balls to be shared On the other hand, it may perform control to display the other base number lifting balls the other platform lifting ball storage means is stored in another table display area (claim 4).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the smoke blocking plate provided with the display means and the display means have translucency, the display of the display means can be easily confirmed even from the island edge. Since the blocking plate is slidable, it can be stored when cleaning or inspection is performed. Furthermore, since the display means is provided on the smoke blocking plate that blocks the smoke of smoking by the adjacent player, the possibility that the player feels in the way can be reduced even if the display area is enlarged. Therefore, the holding ball display area can be formed large.

In addition , when the other smoke block is in the stowed state, in addition to the number of balls held by itself, display control is performed to display the number of balls held by other units, so that the game that feels that the smoke block is obstructive Even if the player puts the smoke blocking plate in the stowed state and the number of balls cannot be displayed by the display means, the number of held balls is displayed on other display means. The possibility that the ball appeal cannot be reduced can be reduced.

According to the invention of claim 2 , when displaying the number of possession balls of other units, the number of possession balls is displayed by dividing the gaming machines into groups according to the number of gaming machines to be displayed. Even if the number of display means that are not in a state is reduced and the number of display target gaming machines in one display means is increased, it is possible to display the appropriate number of balls according to the number of display target gaming machines. In this case, since there is a separate area for the number of balls held by the player, at least the display of the number of balls in the gaming machine that can be displayed by the display means can be secured, and the satisfaction of the player's feeling of play is obstructed. do not do.
According to the invention of claim 3 , it is possible to perform display corresponding to the so-called service for sharing balls, and it is possible to check the total number of balls with the sharing destination.

According to the invention of claim 4 , a normal player does not think that the smoke barrier is an obstacle, but a player who can receive the shared service (that is, a couple, a friend, etc.) feels an obstacle. Therefore, it can be said that the smoke blocking plate is in the stowed state is an easy condition for a player who wants to receive the shared service. Moreover, for players who do not want to receive the shared service, it is highly possible that the smoke barrier plate will be in a smoke separation state, so that erroneous operations should be eliminated as much as possible even if the operation button for starting the shared service is easy to operate. Thus, the operation button can be provided at a place where it is easy to operate. In this case, since the number of balls that are shared with the sharing destination and the number of balls that are held by other units are displayed in different display areas, it is possible to easily perform the division, and the player's satisfaction with the player's balls Does not disturb.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the entire gaming system. A lending device 2 corresponding to the gaming machine 1 and a smoke separation panel (corresponding to a smoke blocking plate) 3 are installed, and a relay device corresponding to the two gaming machines 1 and the lending device (corresponding to counting means) 2 4 is installed. A management device 5 is installed in the office. The relay device 4 is connected to the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, and the management device 5. The lending device 2 and the management device 5 are connected to the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, etc.) via the relay device 4. The game signal transmitted from is received and game information is managed. The gaming machine device is composed of a lending device 2 and a smoke distribution panel 3.

The next game signal is output from the gaming machine side.
Out signal: Output from the out box that collects balls used. Since there is one pulse for 10 recovered (used and driven) balls, the number of out signals × 10 is specified as the number of used media (out). In addition, you may output from the gaming machine 1 (usage medium signal).
Safe signal: Output from the gaming machine 1. Since there are 1 pulse for 10 payout balls, the number of safe signals × 10 is specified as the number of payout media (safe). The replenishment signal from the replenishing device may be a safe signal (payout medium signal).
Start signal: Output from gaming machine 1 One pulse per symbol change (actual operation) in the display unit (combined item) that fluctuates (operates) in response to winning at the start opening. A start winning signal that is output in response to a winning at the start opening may be used as a start signal. Furthermore, when the management target is a so-called pachinko machine such as a feather, a bonus that opens a winning area in accordance with a winning at the start opening is a specific accessory, and the opening of the winning area is a bonus action. Good (becomes a starting signal). In this case, the number of actuating items or the number of start winnings is specified as the start.
Bonus signal: Output from gaming machine 1. A level signal is output during a big hit that occurs when a predetermined condition is met (a specific symbol is displayed on the display unit, etc.) and the winning rate to a big winning opening is increased.
Probability change signal: Output from the gaming machine 1. Level signal output (special gaming state signal) during probabilistic state where jackpot probability is improved.
Lending signal: output from the lending device 2. Since it is one pulse for 25 balls (100 yen) loaned to the player when accepting valuable value such as money from the player, the loan signal x 25 (100) is specified as the number of balls (loan amount) To do.
The special game state signal may be a state signal that is output even during a short time state when the winning rate to the starting port is increased, instead of the probability variation signal. Of course, it is good also as a time-short signal output only during a time-short state.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the lower half of the lending device 2. The lending device 2 is provided with a shared button 6, a replay button 7, a ball payout outlet 8, a light receiving unit 9, and a counting card discharge port 10, and a movable ball tray 11 and a counting unit 12 are provided at the bottom. It has been. When the player has led the ball acquired by the game to the movable ball tray 11, the counting unit 12 counts the number of balls and stores the counting balls and holding balls (own stand) as will be described later. Equivalent to the number of holding balls). The holding balls are the number of balls acquired by the player who plays the corresponding gaming machine 1 and are displayed in real units on the holding ball display unit 13 provided in the movable ball tray 11 as shown in FIG. A person pays out a ball (re-game process) or issues a counting card (issue process) based on the individual ball. The issued counting card can be received and exchanged by a clearing device such as POS, and when it is received by another lending device 2, the corresponding number of coins can be added and replayed. Become.

The lending device 2 is also connected to the smoke distribution panel 3 and performs display control of the smoke distribution panel 3.
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing the configuration of the smoke separation panel 3. The smoke distribution panel 3 is formed of a translucent material made of an acrylic panel, tempered glass, or the like, and a translucent display portion (corresponding to a display means) 14 is provided on the surface on the right side. Is provided. The smoke distribution panel 3 is slidably supported by a U-shaped frame member (corresponding to a sliding means) 15 and protrudes forward from the board surface of the gaming machine 1 to block the player's smoke as shown in FIG. It is possible to switch between a smoke separation state that is a state to be performed and a storage state that is housed rearward rather than the smoke separation state by being housed in the frame member 15 as shown in FIG. A stopper 16 is provided at the upper and lower rear ends of the smoke distribution panel 3, and the smoke distribution panel 3 is prevented from dropping from the frame member 15 by the stopper 16 being hooked on the tip of the frame member 15. Although the player slides the smoke separation panel 3 manually, it may be configured to automatically slide by button operation. A panel sensor (corresponding to detection means) 17 for detecting the storage state of the smoke distribution panel 3 is provided at the far end of the frame member 15, and the panel sensor 17 is in the detection state when the smoke distribution panel 3 is in the storage state. The display unit 14 and the lending device 2 are connected by a cable 18, and when the smoke separation panel 3 is stored in the frame member 15, the cable 18 is folded and stored in the frame member 15. Yes. As will be described later, the display unit 14 of the smoke separation panel 3 has its own number of balls (corresponding to the number of own units), and the number of other units depending on conditions (corresponding to the number of other units). Are displayed (hereinafter simply referred to as the number of possessed balls).
Note that the smoke distribution panel 3 located on the leftmost side in the island is configured so as not to be housed, for example, by providing a stopper on the frame member 15 and is always drawn out.

  FIG. 6 shows a schematic connection relationship between the devices. The relay device 4 includes a control unit (main unit holding ball update means, display control means, replay means, allowance means, sharing means, sharing destination specifying means, shared holding ball specifying means, shared holding ball update, which mainly includes a CPU. Means, sharing permission means, detection means, other stand display determination means, other stand holding ball specifying means, other stand holding ball updating means, display target specifying means, other number specifying means, equivalent to group means) 19, HDD, RAM, A storage unit composed of a ROM or the like (equivalent to own table holding unit memory unit, a shared unit holding unit storage unit, another unit unit holding unit storage unit) 20, a transmission / reception unit composed of an I / O (a sharing unit specifying unit, specifying a shared unit holding unit) Equivalent to other unit display determination unit, other unit holding ball specifying unit, other unit number specifying unit) 21.

The transmission / reception unit 21 of the relay device 4 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 22 of the gaming machine 1, the transmission / reception unit 23 of the lending device 2, the transmission / reception unit 24 of the management device 5, and the outbox 25. The transmission / reception unit 23 of the lending device 2 is connected to the transmission / reception unit 26 of the smoke separation panel 3 and to the panel sensor 17.
The management device 5 can set the lending device setting, and transmits the setting information to the terminal devices such as the relay device 4 and the lending device 2 when the lending device setting is updated. The terminal device updates its own setting information when receiving the setting information.

FIG. 7 shows an example of lending device settings set in the management device 5. Corresponding to the “Setting Item”, the “Mochitama Setting”, “Sharing Setting”, and “Other Unit Setting” main items are set, and “Moving Ball Setting” includes “Update Unit”, “Sharing” Each item of “setting” is set in “setting”, and “setting” and “display area” are set in “other unit setting”. The meanings of these items are as follows.
Update unit / Ball setting: Update value of the number of balls to update the numerical value (number of boxes).
Setting / sharing setting: Whether to allow sharing of the number of balls.
Setting / Other stand setting: Whether or not the number of balls of the gaming machine is displayed when the smoke distribution panel of the other gaming machine is closed.
Display area / other stand setting: Maximum number of display area divisions when displaying the number of possessions of other stands.
The lending device 2 stores and manages information related to the number of holding balls.
FIG. 8 shows the storage area of the lending device 2. Corresponding to the “memory item”, the main items “own information”, “shared information”, and “other information” are set, and “mochitama” is set in “self information”. , “Shared” and “shared possession” are set in “shared information”, and “display other number”, “first other stand”, “first other stand holding”, “ “Second other stand” and “Second other stand holding ball” are set, and the meanings of these items are as follows.
Mochitama / Own stand information: Number of possessions in own stand (count value-number of replay balls)
Sharing / sharing information: Game machine ID (gaming machine number) that is the other party to share the possession when the possession is shared
Shared possession / Shared information: Share partner's Mochitama teaching Display Other number / Other stand information: Number of game machines other than own stand and shared place displayed on smoke separation panel 3 First (second) other stand / other stand Information: Game machine ID to be displayed in each other display area
1st (2nd) other stand possession ball / other stand information: total number of possession balls in the gaming machine ID to be displayed in each other stand display area Note that the sharing destination is left when the sharing operation is in a shared state Next (smoke panel 3 side), when sharing start information is received and it becomes a shared state, it becomes the right neighbor.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
At the start of business, all smoke panels 3 except for the leftmost smoke panel 3 on the island are stored for in-store cleaning. When power is turned on to all the lending devices 2 due to the start of business, the lending device 2 starts to operate. The lending devices 2 linearly arranged in parallel on the island are connected so as to transmit and receive signals to each other. In the following description, the operation of the lending devices 2 in the 201 to 216 series arranged in parallel will be described.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of the lending device 2. The lending device 2 sequentially executes the possession ball update process, the other unit display related process, the shared display related process, and the display switching process.
FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing display switching processing by the lending device 2. The lending device 2 determines whether information is being displayed (D1) or whether the display flag is “1” (D2).

  Among the smoke distribution panels, the 201st smoke distribution panel 3 arranged on the leftmost side of the island is configured so as not to be housed. Therefore, when the 201th lending device 2 is not displaying information (D1: NO), the display flag Is always “1” (D15: YES), that is, it is determined that the smoke separation panel 3 is in a smoke separation state, whether the display number of other units is 0 (it is necessary to display the holding ball of other units) (D4), Is 1 (D5), whether the number of other display units is 2 or more (it is necessary to separately display the holding display of other units) (D6), whether the shared display is being performed (D10), or whether the sharing flag is “1” (D13) ). The number of other display units is the number of smoke separating panels 3 that are continuously housed in the smoke separating panel 3 located on the right side as will be described later. In this case, since the number of other display units is 15 from 202 to 216 and is 2 or more (D6: YES), the other unit divided display is started (D7).

Since the other 202 to 216 lending devices 2 determine that the display flag is “0” (D2: NO), the display end state is continued (D16).
FIG. 11 shows an example of another unit division display of the 201 series. In this other unit split display example, the upper half of the display unit 14 is divided into the own unit display region 27 and the lower half is divided into the other unit display region 28. In the case of the 201th lending device 2, the own unit display region 27 is divided. The number of balls in the 201 series is displayed. In this case, since there are a plurality (15 units) of the other platforms (202 to 216 series) to be displayed, these other platforms are divided into two groups. That is, the other stand display area 28 is divided into a first other stand display area 28a and a second other stand display area 28b.

  The division of the first other display area 28a and the second other display area 28b is obtained by dividing the number of other displays by the number of display areas (= 2) as the number of gaming machine IDs corresponding to one display area. Sort by machine ID. In the example of the other unit display in FIG. 11, a value (= 7 remainder 1) obtained by dividing the number of other units displayed (= 15) by the number of display regions (= 2) is set as the number of gaming machine IDs corresponding to one display region. Sort by machine ID. In this case, since there is a remainder 1, 1 is added to 7 of the first other-vehicle display number to obtain 8. Accordingly, the first other display area 28a is subject to display in the 202th to 209th series, and the second other display area 28b is subject to display in the second 210th to 216th series. At the start of business, since there are no holding balls, only the machine numbers to be displayed are displayed in any area.

  When the acquired balls stored in the ball receiving tray of the gaming machine 1 become full due to the game, the overflowed acquired balls are paid out from the ball receiving tray 29 shown in FIG. Since the ball paid out to the ball receiving tray 30 can be dropped by operating a lever provided on the ball receiving tray 30, the player drops the acquired ball by operating the lever. The acquired balls that have fallen from the ball receiving tray 30 are received by the movable ball receiving tray 11 and counted when passing through the counting section 12.

  FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the possession ball update process by the lending device 2. The lending device 2 issues a re-game operation (A1), accepts a counting card (A9), counts earned balls (A10), receives a re-game signal (A11), or issues a counting card It is determined whether or not (A12).

  When the lending device 2 counts the number of acquired balls (A10: YES), the lending device 2 updates the number of held balls (A13). That is, the counting balls are added to the current number of balls displayed on the holding ball display unit 13 and displayed. When the player counts the number of balls acquired, the player can replay in the state where there is a ball. When the player presses the replay button 7 of the lending device 2 for replaying, the lending device 2 performs the regame operation. It is determined that there was (A1: YES), and after confirming that the number of balls is not 0 (A2: NO), the number of balls is updated (A7) and 500 yen (4 yen per ball for a fee) If there is not, 125 replay balls are paid out from the ball outlet 8 (A8). At this time, 125 is subtracted from the number of balls displayed on the ball display unit 13.

  When the player moves the table in a state where there is a balance or counting balls, or when the game is ended, the issue button provided on the ball receiving tray of the gaming machine 1 is pushed down. When the issue button is pressed, an issue request signal is transmitted to the relay device 4, issue processing is performed in the lending device 2 based on the issue request signal, and a counting card is issued from the lending device 2. The counting card stores balance information that can specify a balance and possession information that can specify a possession ball, and within the range of the balance that is stored by causing the lending device 2 to read the issued counting card. It is possible to pay out the balls and replay within the range of the balls. Also, by submitting the counting card to the free gift exchange counter, it is possible to exchange the money for the free gift based on an operation on a POS terminal (not shown) and to clear the balance.

When the lending device 2 issues a counting card (A12: YES), the lending device 2 updates the number of holding balls to 0 (A13). Thereby, the display of the holding ball display part 13 provided in the movable ball receiving tray 11 becomes zero.
When the player replays with the counting card issued from the lending device 2 as described above, the player inserts the counting card into the lending device 2. When the lending device 2 receives the counting card (A9: YES), the lending device 2 adds the number of balls based on the ball information (A13), initializes the received counting card, and stocks it in the stock unit.

The lending device 2 updates the number of own balls according to the gaming state as described above.
FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing other-table display related processing by the lending device 2. Whether the lending device 2 has received a display end signal (B1), has received a display start signal (B2), has received a ball signal (B3), is the display flag “0” (B9), It is determined whether the sensor 17 is detected (B15).

When the display flag is “0” (B9: YES), that is, when the smoke distribution panel 3 is in the stored state and there is a ball renewal (B13: YES), the lending device 2 goes to the lending device 2 on the left side. Send a holding ball signal. This holding ball signal is a signal that can specify the gaming machine ID and the number of holding balls.
When the lending device 2 on the left receives a holding signal from the lending device 2 on the right (B5: YES), after updating the number of other holdings (B6), is the display flag “0”? Is determined (B7). When the display flag is “0” (B7: YES), that is, when the smoke separation panel 3 is stored, the received ball signal is transferred to the lending device 2 on the left side by the relay method. Thereby, in the state in which the smoke distribution panels 3 in the 202 to 216th series are housed, a ball signal indicating the number of balls is transmitted from the lending apparatus 2 in the 202th to 216th series to the lending apparatus 2 in the 201st series. Thus, the number of balls held by other units in the 201-th lending device 2 is specified.
FIG. 12 shows an example in which the lending device 2 in the 201st series is divided and displayed on the basis of the ball signal received from the lending device 2 in the 202th to 216th series. The ball boxes displayed in the own display area 27 and the other display area 28 will be described later.

  When the player pulls out the smoke distribution panel 3 corresponding to the player's own stand (positioned on the left side) to block the player from the left adjacent player, the panel sensor 17 is not detected. When the panel sensor 17 is not detected in the other-table display related processing of FIG. 19 (B10: YES), the lending device 2 sets the display flag to “1” (B11), and then the lending device 2 on the left side. A display start signal is transmitted to (B12). This display start signal is a signal that can specify the gaming machine ID, the own device information and the other device information in the storage area of FIG.

  When the lending device 2 on the left side receives the display start signal from the lending device 2 on the right side (B3: YES), after subtracting the display number of other units in the storage area of FIG. 8 (B4) Then, the number of other holdings is updated (B6). For example, in the state where the number of balls in the 202th to 216th series is divided and displayed on the 201th smoke separation panel 3, and the number 202 smoke distribution panel 3 is in the smoke separation state, the other number to be displayed is 0. In addition, when the display start signal is received (B3: YES), when the smoke distribution panel 3 is in the storage state and the display flag is “0” (B7: YES), the reception signal is sent to the lending device 2 adjacent to the left. A display start signal is transferred (B8). Also in this case, the storage area of FIG. 8 is updated.

  In the display switching process of FIG. 21, the lending device 2 is in a state where information is not being displayed (D1: NO), and when the display flag is “1” (D15: YES), when the display other number is 0 (D4). : YES), normal display is started (D8). In this normal display, the number of possessed balls is displayed by the update unit of the retained ball setting of the management apparatus setting of FIG. 7 without dividing the screen.

  FIG. 9 shows an example of normal display by the lending device 2. The entire display unit 14 of the smoke separation panel 3 is set in the own stand display area 27, and in addition to the display target number, a number of ball boxes corresponding to the number of balls is stacked and displayed. Accordingly, the player feels superiority by displaying the ball boxes stacked on the smoke separation panel 3, and other players can increase the number of balls of the 201 series players by the stacked ball boxes. It can be grasped at a glance. In addition, since the smoke distribution panel 3 and the display unit 14 are transparent, the player located on the back side (left side) of the smoke distribution panel 3 is stacked, although the display of the smoke distribution panel is viewed from the back side. Of course, you can check the ball box at a glance.

  Since the normal display is to display the number of balls on the stand when the smoke distribution panel 3 on the right is in a smoke distribution state, if all the smoke distribution panels 3 installed on the island are in a smoke distribution state, Then, the number of own balls is displayed on the display unit 14 of each smoke separation panel 3. Even in such a case, since the smoke distribution panel 3 is transparent and the display unit 14 is also transparent, the player can use the smoke distribution panel 3 to provide the smoke distribution panel corresponding to the target gaming machine 1. 3 display part 14 can be confirmed.

  When all of the smoke distribution panels 3 on the island are in the state of only the 202th smoke distribution panel 3 from the stowed state, the self-display area 27 of the display unit 14 of the 202th smoke distribution panel 3 has the 202th The number of balls in the 203-209 range is displayed in the first other display area 28a, and the total number of balls in the 210-216 range is displayed in the second other display area 28b.

  When all of the smoke distribution panels 3 on the island are in the stowed state, and the 203th smoke distribution panel 3 is drawn out by the player to become the smoke separation state, the lending device 2 in the 201st series is displayed as shown in FIG. In the switching process, from the state of information display (D1: YES), the other number of display targets is one of 15 to 202, so there is an update of the other number of display targets (D3: YES) In order for the other number of the display target to be one corresponding other display (D4: NO, D5: YES), the split display of the other stand is ended and the non-split display is started (D9). ). On the other hand, in the 203th lending device 2, since the information is not being displayed (D1: NO), the display flag is “1” (D15: YES), and the other number to be displayed is 13 from 204 to 216. Therefore (D4: NO, D5: NO, D6: YES), the total number of balls in the 204-210 range is displayed in the first other stand display area 28a, and the total number of balls in the 211-216 range is displayed in the second other stand. The other unit split display to be displayed in the area 28b is started (D7).

FIG. 10 shows another table display example by the lending device 2. In the other stand display example, the own stand display area 27 indicates the number of balls in the 201 series, and the other stand display area 28 indicates the number of balls in the 202 series on the right. Therefore, even if the smoke distribution panel 3 is housed, the number of balls on the right adjacent platform can be confirmed by the display of the left smoke distribution panel 3.
As described above, the other stand display indicates that the own stand and the right next stand are held when the next right smoke panel 3 is in the stowed state and the right second smoke panel 3 is in the smoke-separated state. This is a state where a ball is displayed.

When all of the smoke distribution panels 3 on the island are stored, and the 204th smoke distribution panel 3 enters the smoke distribution state from there, the 201th lending device 2 displays information in the display switching process of FIG. From the middle (D1: YES) state, the number of other display objects is changed from 15 to 202, 203, so there is an update of the other number of display objects (D3: YES). In order to display the corresponding other units with two units (D4: NO, D5: NO, D6: YES), the split display of the other units display is continued as it is, but the other number to be displayed is set to two units. Update the split display of other units. In this case, as shown in FIG. 13, the number of balls in the 202 series is displayed in the first display area 28a of the other display area 28, and the number of balls in the 203 series is displayed in the second other display area 28b. Will be. On the other hand, in the 204th lending device 2, since the information is not being displayed (D1: NO), the display flag is “1” (D15: YES), and the other number to be displayed is 12 of 205 to 216th. Therefore (D4: NO, D5: NO, D6: YES), the total number of balls in the 205-210th range is displayed in the first other stand display area 28a, and the total number of balls in the 211-216th range is displayed in the second other stand. The other unit split display to be displayed in the area 28b is started (D7).
As described above, the number of screen divisions of the other display area 28 differs depending on the other number of display objects. When the other number of display objects is 1, the other display area 28 is not divided and the other number of display objects is different. Is 2 or more, the other-table display area 28 is divided into two.

  When the player houses the smoke separation panel 3 in order to end the smoke separation state by the smoke separation panel 3, the panel sensor 17 enters the detection state. When the panel sensor 17 is in the detection state in the other-table display related processing of FIG. 19 (B15: YES), the lending device 2 sets the display flag to “0” (B16), and then the lending device 2 on the left side. A display end signal is transmitted to (B17). The display end signal is a signal that can specify the gaming machine ID, the own device information and the other device information in the storage area of FIG.

When the display flag is “0” in the display switching process of FIG. 21 (D2: NO), the lending device 2 ends the ball display by the display unit 14 of the smoke separation panel 3 (D16).
When the lending device 2 on the left side receives the display end signal from the lending device 2 on the right side in the other-table related processing in FIG. 19 (B1: YES), the other-table information in the storage area in FIG. Update the number. Further, in the display switching process of FIG. 21, when information is being displayed (D1: YES) and the display flag is “1” (D2: YES), that is, if the smoke distribution panel 3 is in the smoke distribution state, the information is updated. The number of screen divisions is specified by the number of other displays and the display is updated (D4 to D6). In addition, when the lending device 2 receives the display end signal from the lending device 2 on the right side (B1: YES) in the other table related processing of FIG. 19, the smoke separating panel 3 is in the housed state and the display flag is “0”. In the case of (B7: YES), a display end signal as a reception signal is transferred to the lending device 2 adjacent to the left (B8). Also in this case, the storage area of FIG. 8 is updated.

  For example, in the display state of FIG. 12, when the smoke state is in the 210th range, the number of balls held in the 211th to 216th units is displayed on the smoke distribution panel 3 in the 210th unit, The display start signal is sequentially transferred by the relay method while updating the other stand information, so that the number of balls held in the 202th to 209th stand is displayed on the display unit 14 of the 201th smoke separation panel 3.

The lending device 2 can display the number of balls held by itself and the number of balls held by other units in accordance with the state of the smoke distribution panel 3 as described above, and the number of balls held by adjacent gaming machines 1 A sharing service that enables sharing is possible.
FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing shared display related processing by the lending device 2. When the sharing flag is “0” (C1: YES), the lending device 2 determines whether the sharing start information is received (C2) or the display flag is “0” (C3). When the smoke distribution panel 3 is accommodated and the display flag is “0” (C3: YES), it is determined whether the share button 6 is pressed (C4).

  When the player wants to share his own ball with the ball on the left side stand, the player pushes down the share button 6 of the lending device 2 while the smoke distribution panel 3 is stored. When the share button 6 is pressed (C4: YES), the lending device 2 sets the shared transmission flag to “1” (C5), and then starts sharing that allows the number of balls to be specified to the lending device 2 adjacent to the left After transmitting the information (C6), the sharing flag is set to “1” (C7).

  When the lending device 2 on the left side receives the sharing start information from the lending device 2 on the right side (C2: YES), it updates the sharing information and other device information (C8), and then sets the sharing flag to “1”. (C7). That is, the sharing destination is excluded from the other unit information of the storage area of FIG. 8, and the information of the sharing destination is stored in the sharing information. In the display switching process of FIG. 21, when the sharing flag becomes “1” (D13: YES), the shared display is started (D14). That is, the number of shared balls is displayed in the own display area 27 as a value obtained by adding the number of balls to be shared to the number of balls to be shared.

  FIG. 15 shows an example of shared display by the lending device 2. This shared display example shows a display example by the display unit 14 of the 201th smoke distribution panel 3 when the 202th player pushes down the share button 6 of the lending device 2 in the storage state of the smoke distribution panel 3. The display unit 14 displays the number of shared coins in the 201s and 202s.

  Since the shared transmission flag is “1” in the shared display related process of FIG. 20 (C9: YES), the right-side lending apparatus 2 has a coin update (C10), or is the panel sensor 17 in a detection state? (C12), it is determined whether the share button 6 has been pressed (C16). When the number of possessed balls is updated (C10: YES), a shared possession signal is transmitted to the left lending device 2 (C11).

  When the left lending device 2 receives the shared ball information from the right lending device 2 (C17: YES), it updates the shared information (C18). Even if the player's smoke separation panel 3 on the left is in the stowed state, it is possible to share the ball with the right neighbor, but the shared display waits for the smoke separation panel 3 to enter the smoke separation state (D15: YES) Start (D14).

  When the replay button 7 is operated (A1: YES) and the number of possession is 0 (A2: YES), the lending device 2 replays when the replay button 7 in FIG. 18 is operated. When there is no own possession ball according to the operation, it is determined whether the sharing flag is “1” (A3), and when the sharing flag is “1” (A3: YES), the shared possession ball is sent to the sharing destination. Queries the number (A4). If the number of shared possession balls at the sharing destination is not 0, a re-game signal indicating that the re-playing balls are paid out is transmitted to the sharing destination (A6), and then a re-playable ball that can be paid out is paid out (A8). As a result, it is possible to receive a replay ball based on the number of shared possessions at the sharing destination.

When the sharing device lending device 2 receives a re-game signal from the sharing source lending device 2 (A11: YES), it updates the number of possessed balls (A13).
For example, when the 202-th player has pushed down the share button 6 of the lending device 2 in the storage state of the smoke separation panels 3 in the 202-216th series, as shown in the shared other stand display example shown in FIG. In the display area 27, the number of shared possessions in the 201 and 202 series is displayed, and in the other display area 28, the number of possessed balls in the 203 to 216 series is divided into two and displayed.

If the player wants to cancel the shared state, the player sets the smoke distribution panel 3 between the sharing destination and the smoke distribution state. When it is desired to cancel the shared state while maintaining the storage state of the smoke separation panel 3, the shared button 6 is pushed down again.
In the sharing-related display process of FIG. 20, the lending device 2 determines whether the panel sensor 17 is in a detection state (C12: YES) or the sharing button 6 is pressed (C16: YES). After sharing end information is transmitted to 2 (C13), the sharing transmission flag is set to “0” (C14), and the sharing flag is set to “0” (C15).

When receiving the sharing end information from the sharing source lending device 2 (C19: YES), the sharing destination lending device 2 updates the sharing information and other device information (C20), and then sets the sharing flag to “0”. (C15). Further, in the display switching process of FIG. 21, during the shared display (D10: YES), when the share flag becomes “0” (D11: YES), the shared display is terminated (D12). In addition, if the number of shared balls is displayed when the shared state is finished, it is updated to display the number of own balls.
As described above, by pressing down the share button 6 of the lending device 2 in a state where the smoke distribution panel 3 is housed, the number of shared balls can be displayed on the share smoke distribution panel 3 and the sharing destination is shared. It becomes possible to replay with the holding ball and receive the shared service.

  According to such an embodiment, the translucent smoke distribution panel 3 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 1 is provided with the translucent display unit 14 so that the smoke smoke panel 3 is pulled out and held in the smoke distribution state. Since the information about the ball is displayed, it is possible to enhance the appearance effect. Moreover, since the display of the display part 14 can be easily confirmed even from the island edge, since the smoke distribution panel 3 can be slid, it can be put into the storage state when cleaning and inspection are performed, and the player's passive smoking In addition to effectively preventing this, it is easy to use for the amusement hall.

Moreover, since the display unit 14 is provided on the smoke distribution panel 3 that blocks the smoke of smoking by the adjacent player, the possibility that the player may feel disturbed even if the display area is enlarged can be reduced, and the display area is enlarged. It becomes possible to form.
Further, even if a player who feels that the smoke distribution panel 3 is in the way puts the smoke distribution panel 3 in the stowed state and the display unit 14 cannot display the number of balls in the smoke distribution panel 3 in the smoke distribution state. Since they are displayed together, it is possible to mitigate the possibility of being unable to make an appearance appeal while meeting the needs of the player.

In addition, when displaying the number of balls in the other unit to be displayed, the other units are divided into groups according to the number of other units to be displayed and the number of balls is displayed, so it is not in the storage state Even if the smoke distribution panel 3 is reduced and the number of other displays to be displayed in one display unit 14 is increased, it is possible to display the appropriate number of balls according to the number of other display objects. In this case, since another self-display display area 27 is provided for the number of balls held by the player, the player's own ball display can be ensured, and the player's satisfaction with the ball appearance is not hindered.
Further, by performing the sharing setting, it is possible to display the number of shared balls corresponding to the so-called shared service on the display unit 14 of the smoke separation panel 3 so that the number of shared balls with the sharing destination can be confirmed. Become.

  Further, a normal player does not consider the smoke distribution panel 3 as an obstacle, but a player who can receive the shared service (that is, a couple, a friend, etc.) feels an obstacle. Therefore, it can be said that the smoke distribution panel 3 being in the stowed state is an easy condition for a player who wants to receive the shared service. In addition, since it is highly possible for a player who does not want to receive the shared service to put the smoke distribution panel 3 into the smoke separation state, even if the share button 6 for starting the shared service is easy to operate, the erroneous operation should be eliminated as much as possible. Thus, the shared button 6 can be provided at a place where it is easy to operate. In this case, since the total number of balls with the sharing destination and the number of balls with other units are displayed in different display areas, it becomes possible to easily classify them, and the player's satisfaction with the player's balls Does not disturb.

(Other embodiments)
You may display the number of balls on the back of the smoke distribution panel 3. In this case, the same display as that on the front surface of the smoke distribution panel 3 is displayed on the back surface of the smoke distribution panel with the gaming machine 1 interposed therebetween. As control, information may be transferred and displayed from the lending device 2 that displays the front side to the lending device 2 that displays the back side. Also, the display may be divided, such as displaying the number of balls held on the front surface and displaying the number of balls held on the back surface. In this case, the gaming machine 1 to be displayed divides the number of balls of the plurality of gaming machines 1 sandwiched between the front and back surfaces of the display unit 14.

Three or more sections may be set for the other unit display area 28.
Although the start and end of the shared service are operations for the common share button 6, they may be performed separately. In this case, the number of game machines 1 to be shared may be three or more. Moreover, you may employ | adopt for the system which does not support a shared game.

The smoke distribution panel 3 and the lending device 2 may be adjacent to the right side of the corresponding gaming machine 1. In this case, various signals of the embodiment are transmitted to the lending device 2 on the right side.
As long as the smoke distribution panel 3 between the gaming machines 1 is in the housed state, an operation for starting a shared game may be accepted from the lending device 2 on the left side to the right side. In this case, it is necessary to accept an operation for specifying a machine number. Of course, it is only necessary to select the right neighbor.

If the display area is the same, the total number of possessed balls is displayed. However, the number of possessed balls in each gaming machine 1 may be specified and stored, and the number of retained balls may be displayed in an identifiable manner. .
The shared service may be terminated when the counting card is issued.
The layout of the own display area and the other display area may be any layout. Further, the own base and other bases may be displayed together without being divided.
The number of balls in the display unit 14 of the smoke distribution panel 3 may display a real value.

The member ID may be received by a member card or the like and applied to a replay system based on a corresponding so-called saving ball.
As a storage medium such as a membership card or a counting card, a medium such as a coin or a mobile phone can be assumed in addition to the card. In addition, the management device 5 may manage the number of possessed balls and the stored balls in association with the IDs of existing or newly stored media.

A part of the processing in the lending device 2 may be performed by the management device 5, the relay device 4, or the like. Moreover, all the numerical values of this embodiment are examples.
The target gaming machine may be any gaming machine such as a pachislot machine, and the target gaming medium may be a gaming medium such as a medal.

Even if the smoke distribution panel 3 or a part of the display unit 14 is configured so as not to have translucency, a sufficient effect can be obtained as long as the majority thereof has translucency.
The smoke separation panel 3 may be automatically slid into the smoke separation state and the storage state. In this case, when the player finishes the game, such as when a count card is issued, the slide panel 3 is slid to the storage state. It is desirable to slide into a smoke separation state when the player starts playing, such as when accepted.

  As the display unit 14, it is only necessary to be able to display the number of balls without adopting liquid crystal or translucent EL, so that, for example, a concave portion simulating a plurality of ball boxes is formed on the smoke separation panel 3, Each ball box may be provided with a light source, and the number of balls may be displayed by turning on the light source according to the number of balls.

Schematic which shows the whole structure in one Embodiment of this invention. Perspective view showing the lower part of the lending device A perspective view showing the smoke distribution panel removed from the frame member Perspective view of smoke distribution panel showing smoke distribution FIG. 4 equivalent view shown in the stored state Block diagram showing the connection of each device Diagram showing lending device settings by management device Diagram showing storage area of lending device Figure showing an example of normal display using a smoke distribution panel Figure showing a display example of another stand with a smoke distribution panel The figure which shows the example of another stand division display with the smoke distribution panel (the 1) The figure which shows the example of another stand division display with the smoke distribution panel (the 2) The figure which shows the example of another stand division display with the smoke separation panel (the 3) The figure which shows the example of another stand division display with the smoke separation panel (the 4) Figure showing a shared display example using a smoke distribution panel Figure showing a display example of shared other units using a smoke distribution panel Flow chart showing operation of lending device The flowchart which shows the possession ball update processing with the rental equipment Flow chart showing other-table display related processing by the lending device Flow chart showing shared display related processing by the lending device Flow chart showing display switching processing by lending device

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  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a lending device (counting means), 3 is a smoke separation panel (smoke blocker), 4 is a relay device, 5 is a management device, 6 is a shared button, and 14 is a display unit (display means). , 15 is a frame member (sliding means), 17 is a panel sensor (detecting means), 19 is a control unit (counting means, self-supporting ball update means, display control means, replay means, permission means, sharing means, sharing destination Identification means, shared possession ball identification means, shared possession ball update means, sharing permission means, detection means, other stand display determination means, other stand possession ball identification means, other stand possession ball update means, display target identification means, other number Identification means, group means), 20 a storage unit (self-supporting ball storage means, shared pre-owned ball storage means, other stand-holding ball storage means), and 21 a transmission / reception unit (share destination specifying means, shared pre-owned ball specifying means) Other stand display determination means, other stand holding ball specifying means, and other number specifying means).

Claims (4)

A gaming machine device provided with a one-to-one correspondence with gaming machines on a gaming island in which a plurality of gaming machines are arranged side by side, and provided with a counting means for counting game media acquired by the player with the corresponding gaming machines. There,
Self-supporting ball storage means for storing the number of own-supported balls, which is the number of game media acquired by a player who plays the corresponding gaming machine;
Own-hand-held-ball updating means for performing an update process for adding the number of game media counted by the counting means to the own-ball number stored in the own-ball storage means;
A smoke shielding plate made of a material having translucency at least in part,
Display means provided on the smoke shield plate and displaying the number of own-held balls stored by the own-held ball storage means, and at least part of the display means having translucency,
Display control means for controlling the display means;
The smoke blocking plate protrudes forward from the board surface of the gaming machine, and is stored in the separated state where the smoke of smoke by the player who plays the gaming machine is blocked, and behind the separated state. A sliding means for allowing the smoke blocking plate to slide between the storage states;
Detecting means for detecting whether the smoke blocking plate is in a stored state;
The other game display that determines whether the other game detection device detects the stored state, with the corresponding game machine as its own machine and other game machines as other machines, and the game machine device corresponding to the other machine. A determination means;
Other stand-by-ball storage means for storing the number of other-hand holding balls, which is the number of game media acquired by a player who plays the other stand,
In addition to specifying the number of own holding balls stored by the own holding ball storage unit corresponding to the other table when the other table display determining unit determines that the other table detection unit has detected the storage state. The holding ball identification means,
Other stand-up ball update means for performing update processing for adding the number of own stand-held balls specified by the other stand-held ball specifying means to the number of other stand-held balls stored in the other stand-held ball storage means;
Equipped with a,
The display control means, in addition to the number of own holding balls stored by the own holding ball storage means, when it is determined by the other stand display determination means that the other stand detection means has detected the storage state, A gaming machine apparatus that performs display control for displaying the number of balls held by the other table holding means. Based on the determination result of the other stand display determination means, a display target specifying means for specifying a gaming machine that is a display target of the number of balls held by the other stand,
The other number specifying means for specifying the number of other displays that is the number of gaming machines specified by the display target specifying means;
Group means for grouping gaming machines to be displayed by the display means based on the display other number specified by the other number specifying means,
With
The display control means determines the number of own holding balls stored in the own holding ball storage means when the other stand detection means determines that the other stand detection means has detected the storage state. In the case where the group unit groups gaming machines while dividing and controlling the own unit display area to be displayed and the other unit display area for displaying the number of other unit holding balls stored in the other unit holding ball storage unit, 2. The gaming machine device according to claim 1 , wherein the other-table display area is further divided and controlled so that the number of other-held balls stored by the other-table holding ball storage means is displayed for each group . A re-game means for performing a re-game process for paying out a game medium when a predetermined re-game operation is received;
When the replay means accepts a replay operation, an accepting means for allowing replay processing by the replay means based on the number of own possessed balls stored in the own stand possession ball storage means;
A sharing means for starting a sharing state in which when a predetermined sharing operation by the player is received, the acquired game medium is shared with another player;
When the sharing means starts a shared state, a sharing destination specifying means for specifying another device as a sharing destination of the acquired game medium;
A shared possession ball storage unit that stores the number of shared possession balls that is the number of game media acquired by the player at the sharing destination identified by the sharing destination identifying unit;
When the share destination specifying means specifies a share destination, the share destination possession ball specifying means for specifying the number of own possession balls stored by the own possession ball storage means corresponding to the share destination;
A shared possession ball update means for performing an update process for adding the number of own possession balls identified by the shared possession ball identification means to the number of shared possession balls stored in the shared possession ball storage means;
When a predetermined replay operation is accepted by the replay means, and when it is in a shared state, the own base stored in the own holding ball storage means corresponding to the share destination specified by the share destination specifying means While replay processing by the replay means is allowed based on the number of possessed balls, when not in a shared state, based on the number of own possessed balls stored by the own possessed ball storage means corresponding to the sharing destination Sharing permission means that does not allow replay processing by the replay means;
With
In the shared state, the display control means displays, in addition to the number of own holding balls stored by the own holding ball storage means, the number of shared holding balls stored by the shared holding ball storage means. wherein controlling the display means gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein as. The sharing means starts the sharing state on the condition that the detection means determines that it is in the storage state when a sharing operation is received,
In the state where the display target specifying means specifies a plurality of gaming machines as gaming machines that are to be displayed as other stands, the other stand holding ball updating means specifies at least one of the gaming machines as the sharing destination specification. When the means specifies as a sharing destination, an update process is performed to exclude the number of own holding balls specified by the sharing holding ball specifying means from the number of other holding balls stored in the other holding ball storage means,
When the display control means is in a shared state and the display target specifying means specifies at least one gaming machine as another display target, the own holding ball stored by the own holding ball storage means In addition to the number, the number of shared heads stored in the shared head ball storage means is displayed in the own display area, while the number of other heads stored in the other head ball storage means is 4. The gaming machine device according to claim 3 , wherein display control is performed on the display area .

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