JP6504476B2 - Management device and game arcade system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game arcade management device, and more particularly to a management device that simultaneously displays game information and background information.

The game arcade is connected to a hall computer for collecting gaming signals such as a big hit signal output from a gaming machine such as a slot machine or a pachinko machine, and the hall computer collects gaming information for each gaming machine compiled based on the gaming signals. There is a game arcade display device that displays in correspondence with character information, numeric information, or graphic information such as a graph (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
According to such a game arcade display device, game information of a specific or plural game machines can be displayed. Therefore, the user can designate the machine number or model and browse the number of game medium payouts or the number of big hits on the current day or in the past several days.

JP, 2006-212284, A

  An object of the present invention is to provide a management device that enables effective utilization of the above-mentioned game arcade display device.

In order to achieve the above object, the management device of the present invention includes a first display for displaying a first image compatible with a plurality of types of gaming machines together with gaming information of gaming machines on a particular screen, and the particular screen A second display for displaying a second image corresponding to a specific type of gaming machine and including a character image related to the gaming machine together with gaming information of the gaming machine, and information on advertisement of the game arcade along with gaming information of the gaming machine on the specific screen A third display for displaying a second display, and a management device for managing a game arcade display capable of executing the first display, the first information being information for executing the first display, and the second display Transmission means capable of transmitting the second information, which is information of the above, and the third information, which is information for executing the third display, to the The first information, among the second information and the third information, and a setting means capable of setting one, the setting means, said second information that is different depending on the type of the corresponding game machine there as a configurable der Ru configuration.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a block diagram of the game arcade system provided with the game arcade display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention, and the management apparatus connected to the game machine. It is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a game arcade display device concerning one embodiment of the present invention. It is the flowchart which showed the procedure of background association processing. It is an example figure of an association table. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a game information display process. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a background selection process. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a graph display process. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a 1st scale calculation process. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of a 2nd scale calculation process. It is the figure which showed the layer image L1 which concerns on a background image (layer 1). It is the figure which showed the layer image L2 which concerns on a base paper image (layer 2). It is an example figure showing layer image L3 concerning game information (layer 3). It is an enlarged view of a line graph. It is an example figure showing layer image L4 concerning game information (layer 4). It is an explanatory view for explaining composition of layers 1 to 4. It is an example figure of a game stand individual data screen. It is an example figure of a model classification data screen. It is a figure showing a coin used for a coin chart, and an aura image. It is a figure showing signs that a part of line graph is covered by a coin used for a coin chart. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the game information display process which concerns on a scale update. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the graph display process which concerns on scale update.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a game arcade display device connected to a management device according to the present invention and a game arcade system including the game arcade display device will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a game arcade system provided with a game arcade display device according to an embodiment of the present invention and a management device connected to the game machine.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the game arcade display device according to the embodiment of the present invention.

The game arcade display device 10 of the present embodiment can display game information of a gaming machine installed in a game arcade, and can also display information (for example, background information etc. described later) other than the game information.
That is, the game arcade display device 10 aims to provide game information useful for the user to select a game machine, and to provide other useful information such as a campaign.

  The management device 50 is a well-known so-called hall computer, and game information (for example, game medium payout signal, game medium insertion signal, big hit signal, etc. output from the plurality of slot machines 100 and the pachinko machine 200 along with their operation) Etc.) Collect (game information collection means), count these and count the number of game media acquired for each gaming machine, the number of game media inserted, the number of bonus coins (number obtained by subtracting the number of game media inserted from the number of game media acquired) The same shall apply hereinafter) and game information such as the number of big hits. The management device 50 transmits these game information to the game arcade display device 10 (game information transmission means).

  As shown in FIG. 2, the game arcade display device 10 controls the screen display according to an instruction from the CPU 101, the ROM 102 in which a predetermined control program is stored, the RAM 103 for temporarily storing gaming information received from the management device 50, Graphics processing unit (GPU) 104, CGROM 105, which stores drawing data of background images such as characters and advertisements, area images divided into display ranges of graphs and lists of game information, etc., drawing data such as game information Input a background image or game information from the outside such as VRAM 106 to temporarily store drawing data such as game information, and LCD module 107 to display game data etc., or set the association between model and background image I / F 108 which is an interface for inputting information (association information) for Comprising the respective components.

The LCD module 107 can also serve as the I / F 108. For example, the LCD module 107 is configured of a liquid crystal touch panel capable of detecting finger touch, and can output a predetermined input signal to the GPU 104 or the CPU 101 by touching an operation key displayed on the panel.
Further, the control program stored in the ROM 102 enables the execution of background association processing and game information display processing (including background selection processing and graph display processing) described later by being read by the CPU 101.
Each process will be described in detail below.

(Background association processing)
First, background association processing will be described.
The background association processing is to set association information associated with the background image by gaming machine or by model, and is usually performed in advance through operations by a store clerk or manager of the game arcade.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the procedure of background association processing.
Each background image (see FIG. 10) handled here is input through the I / F 108 and is already stored in the CGROM 105.

As shown in FIG. 3, first, it is determined whether or not a predetermined operation (background association operation) for performing the background association process has been performed (S11). The background association operation (and the model selection operation and background selection operation described later) may be performed by a store clerk or manager of the game arcade through an operation such as a keyboard of the management device 50 or a touch panel operation of the LCD module 107 it can. The CPU 101 can recognize that the background association operation has been performed by detecting a predetermined signal input from the I / F 108 by such an operation.
If the background association operation is confirmed (S11-YES), it is then determined whether there is a model selection operation (S12). The “model selection operation” refers to, for example, an operation of selecting a model “AAA” from among these when the model of the gaming machine is “AAA”, “BBB”, “CCC”,.
In addition, by inputting a machine number, an operation in which a machine type previously associated with the machine number is indirectly selected can be set as "model selection operation".

If the model selection operation is confirmed (S12-YES), it is next determined whether or not there is a background selection operation (S13). The “background selection operation” is, for example, an operation of selecting “a” from among these when the background image is “a”, “b”, “c”,.
When the background selection operation is confirmed (S13-YES), association information between the model and the background image is set (related information setting means) and stored as a database (related information storage means) (S14).
Specifically, the CPU 101 sets the association table t (association information) by associating the model information selected by the model selection operation in S12 with the background image selected by the background selection operation in S13. Then, the CPU 101 stores the association information set in this manner in a storage device (not shown) such as an HDD (Hard Disc Drive).

FIG. 4 is an example of the association table.
For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the association table t includes model “AAA” and background “a”, model “BBB” and background “b”, model “CCC” and background “c”, and model “*”. It can be configured by each association information such as ** "and background" z ". The model “***” indicates a model other than “AAA”, “BBB”, and “CCC”, that is, an unspecified model to which individual background images are not associated, and the background “z”. Represents a background image associated with such a model.

FIG. 4B is table information in which a machine number and a model are associated, and a combination of such information and the association table can be used as association information.
That is, the association information may have a data structure in which the association table t shown in FIG. 4A and the table information shown in FIG. 4B are linked.
In this way, background information can be set not only for each model but also for each gaming machine. For example, referring to FIG. 4B, since the machine number 1 is the machine type “AAA”, it is possible to recognize that the background image is “a” via the association table t.
The information on the background image ("a", "b", "c", "z") stored in the association table t is itself the storage address of the background image, or such storage address It can be a data configuration that includes In this way, the corresponding background image can be accessed smoothly via the association table t.

(Game information display processing)
Next, the game information display process will be described.
FIG. 5 is a flow chart showing the procedure of the game information display process.
As shown in FIG. 5, here, first, the presence or absence of the game information acquisition operation is determined (S21).
The “game information acquisition operation” is an operation performed by a visitor or the like in order to browse game information of any game machine.
Here, in accordance with a predetermined operation of the user, processing of selecting a game machine or a model (model name) of the game machine (game machine selection means) is performed. For example, this selection process is performed through an operation in which a machine number of any gaming machine is input or an arbitrary model is selected.
When the CPU 101 detects a signal input from the I / F 108 through such an operation, it determines that there is a game information acquisition operation (S21-YES), and the GPU 104 performs a background selection process (S22). A graph display process (S23) is performed.

  In the background selection process, a background image corresponding to the selected gaming machine or model is extracted from the association information (association table t), and is selected from the game information input from the management device 50 through the I / F 108. The game information of the game machine belonging to the game machine or model is acquired (information acquisition means).

The graph display process displays the graph of the game information acquired through the background selection process in a non-transparent manner, and transmits the background area divided into the display range of the graph with a predetermined transmittance to display. A process is performed to display a graph and a background image drawn in an overlapping manner in the base area so as to be visible (display means).
Specifically, the layer display function of the GPU 104 causes the graph of the game information (line graph D21 described later) to be displayed in a predetermined layer (layer 3) in a non-transparent manner, and the base area that divides the display range of the game information is displayed A lower layer (layer 2) of a predetermined layer is transparently displayed at a predetermined transmittance, and a background image is displayed on a layer (layer 1) lower than the lower layer (layer 2).

In this way, the base area in the range where the game information is displayed is transmitted, so that even if the game information and the background image are drawn in an overlapping manner in this base area, both can be displayed visibly.
In addition, it is possible not only to display game information in an easy-to-view manner from near, but also to visually recognize a background image from a distance.
For this reason, even if the game arcade display device 10 is in use, many other visitors can view background images such as advertisements and campaigns displayed as the background.

Further, in the graph display process, the maximum value of game information in a predetermined period (the day and the past one week) of the selected game machine, or the game information on the day of one or more game machines belonging to the selected model. Based on the maximum value of, set the maximum value of the scale (maximum scale) when representing the game information in a graph, and match this maximum scale to the maximum frame of the display area determined in advance (that is, almost match, ie, the maximum frame) Draw the divisions equally while making the maximum scale match at the close position, including the same as the following.), And draw the graph according to the scale of this scale.
In addition, the graph for each business day included in the predetermined period and the graph for each gaming machine belonging to the predetermined model are arranged side by side, and in this case also, the maximum scale is matched with the maximum scale of each display area to make the graph I want to draw.
For this reason, not only is it easy to see graphs for each business day and graphs for each gaming machine, but each graph will be displayed as a list on a common scale, making it easy to compare gaming information for each business day or every gaming machine can do.

Here, the background selection process (S22 of FIG. 5) and the graph display process (S23 of FIG. 5) in the game information display process will be described.
(Background selection process)
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of background selection processing.
As shown in FIG. 6, first, the association table t is searched (S31). Specifically, the GPU 104 searches the association table t stored in a storage device such as an HDD using the model selected in advance by the game information acquisition operation as a key, and determines whether the corresponding association information is set or not It discriminates (S32).

When the relevant association information is set (S32-YES), the GPU 104 draws a background image (association background) based on the association information on the layer of the lowermost layer (layer 1) (S33).
For example, when there is a game information acquisition operation for the machine number "1", the model "AAA" is extracted through the association information shown in FIG. 4B, and then the association table t shown in FIG. 4A is displayed. The background image “a” for this model “AAA” is extracted, and this background image is drawn as the layer image L1.
Further, when there is a selection operation for the model "BBB" as the game information acquisition operation, the background "b" is specified from the association table t shown in FIG. 4A, and this background image is drawn as the layer image L1. Ru.
If the relevant association information is not set (S32-NO), the GPU 104 draws a common background image (background without association) on the layer of layer 1 (S34). The “common background image” corresponds to the background image of the background “z” corresponding to the model “***”.
Then, the GPU 104 holds the layer image L1 in the VRAM 106.

FIG. 10 is an example diagram showing a layer image L1 related to the background image (layer 1).
As shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B, in the layer image L1, a character image relating to a game machine or a model can be used as a background image. Further, as shown in FIG. 10C, a design image related to a gaming machine or a model can be used as a background image. Further, as shown in FIG. 10 (d), information of an event related to a gaming machine or a model can be used as a background image. Furthermore, these background images can be drawn by still images or moving images.

Further, when the image of the upper layer (layer 2) (the image of the base area related to the game information) is transparently displayed, the image of the upper layer (layer 1) (line graph of the game information) and the background image Can be displayed visibly, even if they overlap.
That is, in this way, the game information and the background information can be displayed so as to be visible at the same time.
Therefore, by setting information such as an event or a campaign as a background image for each model, the gaming machine display device 10 can be used as an advertising medium, and further, even if the gaming machine display device 10 is in use, it is far. Other users in can see the background image, which can improve usage efficiency.

Subsequently, the GPU 104 draws the image of the base area divided into the display range of the game information on the layer of layer 2 (base sheet) (S35). The background area can also display a background image drawn over the lower layer by transmitting light. For this reason, the base region is drawn in semi-transmission (for example, 50% of transmittance).
FIG. 11 is an example showing a layer image L2 as a backing sheet on which a base area is arranged.
As shown in FIG. 11, in the layer image L2, a ground area in which the display range of the game information is divided is drawn at positions corresponding to the respective game information of layer 3 and layer 4. Specifically, the ground area P2 corresponding to the line graph D21, the scale D22 and the chart D23, each ground area P3 corresponding to the line graph D3 (the day and the past week), and the ground area P4 corresponding to the big hit history information D4 It is drawn as an image L2.

The base area P2 is an area previously determined as the display range of the line graph D21 and the scale D22. The base area P3 is an area determined in advance as a display range of the line graph D31 and the scale D32.
Therefore, the maximum frame P21 of the base area P2 indicates the maximum frame of the display area of the line graph D21 and the scale D22, and the maximum frame P31 of the base area P3 indicates the maximum frame of the display area of the line graph D31 and the scale D32. .
The background areas P2 to P4 are drawn in semi-transmission (for example, 50% of transmittance) in consideration of the visibility of the background image.
The ground area P1 such as the machine number and the model information (D11, D12) may be divided as a display range of information other than the game information and other game information.
As shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, it is preferable to arrange the base area P1 at a position not overlapping the background image.
In this way, even if the base area P1 is drawn non-transparently, game information etc. drawn on this area can be clearly displayed without significantly inhibiting the visibility of the background image.
The GPU 104 holds the layer image L2 in the VRAM 106.

(Graph display processing)
In the graph display process, as shown in FIG. 7, the scale calculation process necessary for graphing the game information is performed in advance (S41), and then the drawing process of the game information (number of bonus balls) in layer 3 is performed. (S42) Then, drawing processing of gaming information (number of times of big hit occurrence) in layer 4 is performed (S43), and finally, processing of combining and displaying images of layers 1 to 4 is performed.
The graph display processing will be described in detail below.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the graph display process.
As shown in FIG. 7, first, scale calculation processing for obtaining the optimum scale of the graph is performed (S41).
Specifically, the scale of the graph in the case where the time transition of the number of balls is represented by a line graph D21 (vertical axis: number of balls, horizontal axis: time), the first scale calculation process and the second scale calculation We divide into processing and ask. Here, a method of obtaining the scale of the vertical axis (hereinafter referred to as the vertical scale) will be described.

(First scale calculation process)
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the first scale calculation process.
As shown in FIG. 8, in this case, it is first determined whether the game platform or the game type (S501). That is, it is determined whether a gaming machine has been selected or a model has been selected in the game information acquisition operation performed in advance.

In the case of "by game stand" (S501-by game stand), first, the maximum value of the graph data (number of coins) of the day of the game machine is extracted, and substituted into variable Xt and held (S502) .
Next, 1 is substituted for the variable N (S503), and the maximum absolute value of graph data N days ago (ie, one day ago) is substituted for the variable Y and held (S504).
Note that the "maximum absolute value" refers to the larger one by comparing the largest absolute value and the smallest absolute value of the gaming information of the gaming machine in a certain period (the past week in the case of this example).
For example, if the maximum value of the number of slipper balls on the day is +6000 balls and the minimum value is -3000 balls, the maximum absolute value of the gaming machine on the day is 6000 balls.
Next, Xt and Y are compared (S505), and when Y is larger than Xt (S505-YES), Y is substituted for Xt (S506), and N + 1 is substituted for N (S507).
On the other hand, when Y is equal to or less than Xt (S505-NO), the process of S507 is performed without passing through the process of S506.

Here, if N is 7 or less (S508-NO), the process returns to S504, and the processes of S504 to S507 are repeated until N exceeds 7. That is, processing is performed to extract the maximum absolute value for the current day and the past 7 days.
Then, when it is confirmed that N exceeds 7 (S508-YES), the maximum scale is tentatively determined as Xt (S509). Thereby, a maximum scale serving as a reference of a scale when displaying the game information on a graph on a screen (hereinafter referred to as a game individual data screen) displaying the game information of a certain gaming machine in a predetermined period is tentatively determined.

In the present embodiment, the transition of the number of slips on the day and the past one week is graphically displayed. In this case, the determination processing (S504 to S508) of the maximum absolute value is repeated eight times, and the largest maximum absolute value among them is set as the maximum scale Xt.
For example, the maximum absolute value of the number of drop balls on the day is ± 6000 balls, the maximum absolute value of the number of drop balls in one day is ± 8000 balls, the maximum absolute value of the number of drop balls in two days is ± 12000 balls, the difference between three days ago Maximum absolute value of the number of balls ± 5000 balls, maximum absolute value of the number of balls before 4 days ± 4000 balls, maximum absolute value of the number of balls before 5 days ± ± 6000 balls, maximum absolute number of balls of 6 days before If the value is ± 7000 balls, and the maximum absolute value of the number of slips 7 days ago is ± 3000, the maximum absolute value of the number of balls 2 days ago (± 12000) during this period is the largest maximum absolute value. From the fact that the maximum scale Xt is tentatively determined to 12000.

As described above, here, the maximum scale Xt is obtained using the maximum absolute value of the number of slipper balls in a predetermined period (the day and the past week) of a certain gaming machine, and this maximum scale Xt is the time transition of the number of slipper balls. It is used as a reference of the scale of the line graph D31 representing.
Specifically, the scale D32 is drawn with the maximum scale Xt in agreement with the maximum frame P31 of each area previously determined for each business day, and the number of balls in each business day according to the scale indicated by the scale D32 The transition of is drawn by a line graph D31 (see FIG. 16).
In this way, it is possible to compare and display the number of slips different for each business day in an easy-to-compare manner.
In addition, the unevenness of the graph can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner by making the best use of the display area.
Furthermore, it is possible to draw the time transition of the number of slips on the current day by using the obtained scale with a line graph D21 larger than the line graph D31. By doing this, since the scale D22 of the line graph D21 and the scale D32 of the line graph D31 are the same, the maximum value of the line graph D21 or the scale D22 thereof can be confirmed and reflected on the line graph D31 or the scale D32 thereof. The maximum value of the line graph D31 can be grasped without displaying the value on the scale D32.

On the other hand, in the case of "model type" (S501-model type), first, the maximum absolute value of the graph data (number of slips) on the day of the gaming machine of the youngest number of that model is substituted into Xt and held (S510) ).
Next, the next lowest machine number of that model is substituted into the variable N (S511), and the maximum absolute value of the N-th unit is substituted into Y and held (S512).
Next, Xt and Y are compared (S513), and when Y is larger than Xt (S513-YES), Y is substituted for Xt (S514), and the next smaller unit number is substituted for N (S515) ).
On the other hand, when Y is less than or equal to Xt (S513-NO), the process of S515 is performed without the process of S514.

Here, if the substitution of the machine numbers of all the same models for N is not completed (S516-NO), the process returns to S512, and the processes of S512 to S515 are repeated until the substitution of the machine numbers of all the same models for N is completed. . That is, processing is performed to extract the maximum absolute value of the number of bonus balls for all gaming machines of the same type.
Then, when it is confirmed that substitution of the machine numbers of all the same models for N has been completed (S516-YES), the maximum scale is tentatively determined as Xt (S517). As a result, a maximum scale to be a reference of the scale when displaying the game information on a graph on a screen (hereinafter referred to as a machine type data screen) displaying game information of each gaming machine belonging to a certain model is tentatively determined.

That is, here, the maximum scale Xt is obtained using the maximum absolute value of the number of slips on the day of the gaming machine belonging to a certain model, and the maximum scale Xt is used as the scale of the line graph D51 indicating the time transition of the number of slips. It is used as a standard.
Specifically, the maximum scale Xt is matched to the maximum frame (not shown) of each area previously determined for each gaming machine alone, and the scale D52 is drawn, and each game machine is scaled according to the scale indicated by the scale D52. The transition of the number of difference balls is drawn by a line graph D51 (see FIG. 17).
In this way, it is possible to easily compare and display the numbers of different slips for different types of gaming machines.

(Second scale calculation processing method)
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a method of second scale calculation processing.
The second scale calculation process is a process of calculating a more optimal scale by using the maximum scale Xt obtained by the first scale calculation process method.
First, the maximum scale Xt obtained by the first scale calculation process is divided by 1000 to obtain the quotient p and the remainder q (ie, the fraction) (S601).
Next, a value obtained by multiplying this quotient p by 1000 is substituted for the variable X (S602).
Here, it is determined whether the remainder q is 0 (S603).
If the remainder q is not 0 (S603-YES), it is next determined whether the quotient p is smaller than 10 (S604). That is, it is determined whether the maximum scale Xt exceeds 10000.

As a result, if the quotient p is smaller than 10 (S604-YES), substitute X + 1000 (add the first scale value) to X (S605), and if the quotient p is 10 or more (S604-NO), X Substitute X + 2000 (add a second scale value larger than the first scale value) (S607).
Then, the final maximum scale is set to X, and the vertical scale according to the maximum scale X is determined (S606). As a result, the final value of the maximum scale which is the basis of the scale when displaying the game information on the machine type data screen, or the maximum scale which becomes the basis of the scale when displaying the game information in the game individual data screen Determine the final value of
For example, when the maximum scale Xt temporarily determined by the first scale calculation process is Xt = 4005, the maximum scale X is X = 5000 by the second scale calculation process, and similarly, X = 15000 when Xt = 13005. It becomes.
If the remainder q = 0 in S603 (S603: NO), that is, if no fraction occurs, the maximum scale Xt is X.

As described above, in the second scale calculation process, when the maximum scale obtained in the first scale calculation process has a fraction, if the maximum scale is less than a predetermined value, the first scale value is calculated. Add and reset the maximum scale X. If this maximum scale is greater than a predetermined value, add a second scale value larger than the first scale value and reset the maximum scale X. Is set (maximum scale setting means).
For this reason, when displaying a graph in the same way based on the reset maximum scale in the maximum frame of the area previously determined as the display area of the graph, the display area is used without waste while the display area is used to the full It can be used. Further, even when the maximum absolute value is small, the inclination of the number of slips can be displayed in a large graph, and the appearance of the balls can be appealed and the interest can be enhanced.
In addition, it is possible to secure a necessary and minimal margin area according to the magnitude of the maximum absolute value, and to reduce the unused upper and lower areas of the display area, so that the graph can be displayed easily for visual recognition. .

After the scale calculation processing is completed, next, while drawing lines indicating the scale values of the scale D22 in a non-transparent manner, draw a line graph D21 in a non-transparent manner based on the scale indicated by the lines (see FIG. S42 of 7).
Specifically, while making the maximum scale X determined by the scale calculation process coincide with the maximum frame P21 of the display area, the line drawing of each scale is drawn in the area based on the relationship between the maximum scale and the other scale values. . The line drawing of the scale D22 is drawn on the layer 2.
Then, the line graph D21 is drawn based on each scale value, that is, the scale derived from each line drawing of the scale D22.

In addition to the line graph D21, the line graph shows a line graph D31 indicating the transition of the number of slips for each business day in a predetermined period, and the transition of the number of slips of one or more gaming machines belonging to a certain model. Although there is a line graph D51 indicating (see FIG. 16, FIG. 17 and the like), the same drawing processing as the line graph D21 is performed.
Among them, as for the line graph D31, while making the maximum scale match the maximum frame P31 of each display area for a predetermined period determined in advance, draw each line drawing of the scale D32 indicating other scale values, and each business day The graph of is drawn according to the scale of this division D32.
With regard to the line graph D51, the maximum scale is matched to the maximum frame of the display area of the gaming machine unit determined in advance, the line drawings of the scale D52 are obtained, and the graph of the corresponding gaming machine is drawn according to the scale of the scale D52. Do.

Next, the number of big hits is drawn using a predetermined symbol (predetermined object) (S43). Here, the transition of the time of occurrence of the big hit is drawn by the amount of the predetermined object (coin chart C), and this object (coin) is drawn non-transparently in the upper layer (layer 4) than the line graph D21.
At this time, the coin chart C is drawn at a position corresponding to the lower side of the scale D22 (that is, the minus area of the number of slipper balls).
In this way, since the number of slips increases according to the number of occurrences of the big hit, the line graph D21 and the coin chart C can be simultaneously displayed on the same scale D22.
In addition, when the transition of the time of the number of slips indicated by the line graph D21 fluctuates to minus, etc., the object is drawn at the position overlapping with the line graph D21, so the line graph D21 is hidden by the coin chart C and the number of slips is The negative can be made less noticeable.
The GPU 104 holds the layer image L3 and the layer image L4 in the VRAM 106.

FIG. 12 is an example diagram showing a layer image L3 related to the game information (layer 3).
As shown in FIG. 12, the machine number D11 ("119"), model D12 ("AAA"), operation status ("non-operation"), number of BBs ("23") of gaming machines, and number of bonus balls on the day Line graph D21 showing the transition, scale D22 showing each scale value in the display range of the line graph D21, line graph D31 showing the transition of the number of slips in the day and the past week, and history information D4 of the big hit that occurred on the day (From the left, game information such as chart D23 showing “big wins”, “time”, “start”, “earning out balls”), “in game”, “in BB”, “in RB” is a layer image L3 It is displayed without being transmitted.

The scale D22 is displayed such that the maximum scale obtained by the scale calculation process (first and second scale calculation processes) matches the maximum frame P21 (see FIG. 11) of the display area.
For example, the maximum scale X "2000" in the scale D22 shown in FIG. 12 is assigned as the maximum value in the vertical axis direction of the display area, and the center of the display area in the vertical axis direction is assigned 0. Then, a line drawing of each scale indicating the number of slips 1500, 1000, 500 is displayed at equal intervals between the center (0) and the maximum scale (2000).

The line graph D21 is displayed in accordance with the scale D22 thus obtained.
That is, the line graph D21 is displayed in accordance with the scale indicated by the scale D22. Therefore, the largest frame (side of the display area) of the determined display area can be used without waste, and the unevenness of the graph of the number of slips can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.
It should be noted that the line graph is adopted as the display form of the game information, because it is possible to represent the characteristics and the tendency with a line segment, compared to other graphs (general bar graphs, pie graphs, area graphs, etc.) This is because the area can be made smaller.
For this reason, even if the line graph is displayed without being transmitted, the visibility of the image represented in the overlapping position of the lower layer can be maintained, and the graph itself can be displayed clearly. As a result, it is possible to not only display the game information easily by the user, but also to visually recognize the background image at the same time.

Furthermore, the line graph represents a line segment (center line) indicating the characteristics in a predetermined color, and the periphery of the line segment is based on the relationship with the color of the line segment to make the line segment easy to see I try to draw in color.
FIG. 13 is an enlarged view of a line graph, and is a schematic view in which the line graph D21 is taken as an example.
As shown in FIG. 13, the line graph D21 can draw the center line D24 of the line segment in red and draw the peripheral pixels D25 around it in yellow.
Thus, the line graph D21 can be displayed more clearly due to the relative color difference between the center line D24 and the peripheral pixels D25.

In addition, by setting each color such that the color of the center line D24 and the color value of the peripheral pixel D25 have a complementary relationship, a sharp line graph D21 can be displayed.
Further, it is possible to select the color values of the center line D24 of the line graph D21 and the peripheral pixels D25 according to the color of the background image. For example, when the color of the background image is red, the peripheral pixel D25 is set to yellow and the center line D24 is set to red so that the line graph D21 is displayed in an easy-to-see manner even if the color of the background image and the color of the line segment are the same. be able to.
Note that such drawing processing can also be performed in the line graphs D31 and D51.

FIG. 14 is an example diagram showing a layer image L4 related to the game information (layer 4).
As shown in FIG. 14, in the layer image L4, the number of occurrences of the big hit (BB) on the current day is schematically represented using the coin C1.
The coin C1 is arranged to correspond to the position of the scale D22 in the layer image L3. That is, when layer 3 and layer 4 are superimposed, drawing is performed so that the number of occurrences of big hit is displayed along the horizontal axis of the scale D22 at a constant time interval, and the number of occurrences of big hit is the number of coins C1. The coin chart C shown is formed.
Therefore, it is possible to display the coin chart C by sharing the scale D22 of the line graph D21.

Further, the layer image L4 related to the coin chart C is drawn non-transparently and displayed below the scale D22.
In this case, the number of jackpots increases as the number of occurrences of the jackpot increases, and even if the layers 3 and 4 are combined, it is difficult for both to overlap, so that any information can be displayed in an easy-to-see manner.
Moreover, in general, the number of slips has a characteristic of transitioning between the positive area and the negative area (that is, the area around ± 0) as time passes. For this reason, a large swing to the minus region is unlikely, and by disposing the coin chart C in the region under the scale D22, the possibility of both overlapping can be extremely reduced.

And the display image provided by the game arcade display apparatus which concerns on this embodiment is formed by synthesize | combining each layer image L1-L4.
That is, as shown in FIG. 15, the layer image L1 which is a background image and the layer image L2 as a mount on which the respective base areas dividing the display range of the game information are arranged are synthesized (L1 + L2), and the number of slips is added to this By combining the layer image L3 relating to the line graph D21 etc. relating to the time transition of L (L1 + L2 + L3) and further combining this with the layer image L4 relating to the coin chart C relating to the time transition of the big hit occurrence frequency (L1 + L2 + L3 + L4) An individual data screen (see FIG. 16) and a model-specific data screen (see FIG. 17) are formed.

(Game console individual data screen)
FIG. 16 is a view showing an example of the game individual data screen.
For example, by inputting the machine number "119" using the ten keys at the lower right of the screen and selecting "OK", it is possible to display the gaming information on the gaming machine of that machine number "119".
That is, when a desired machine number is input on the initial screen or the like, the model name “AAA” is displayed, and the time transition of the number of slips on the current day (O month ○ day) is displayed as a line graph D21. Moreover, the line graph D31 which showed the time transition of the number of slips of the day and the past one week is displayed as a list.
That is, the scale of the graph is determined based on the maximum scale which is the reference of the scale when displaying the game information in a predetermined period of a certain gaming machine.
Therefore, when the line graphs D31 are displayed side by side for each business day, it is possible to easily compare the number of difference balls for each business day.
Further, since the maximum frame (side of the display area) of the determined display area becomes the maximum absolute value, the display area can be used without waste, and the unevenness of the graph of the number of slips can be displayed in an easy-to-understand manner.
In addition, if the desired column in the past one week is selected, the time transition of the number of slips on that day can be displayed largely as the line graph D21.
That is, while the data of the selected business day is displayed in a large size, it can be displayed on the other hand so as to be comparable with the past data.
Furthermore, as shown on the right of the screen, in the jackpot history information D4, it is possible to display a predetermined number of jackpot histories of the day on a new order basis. In the example of FIG. 16, it can be grasped that the number of BBs (RB number) is 25 times, the time of 22:37, the number of games 126, and the acquired number 310 as the latest jackpot history information.

(Model-specific data screen)
FIG. 17 is an example of the model-based data screen.
For example, if you select "Model List" shown at the bottom of the screen, a list (not shown) of the models installed in the game arcade will be displayed, and if you select the desired model among them, the game information of each gaming machine belonging to that model Can be listed.
FIG. 17 shows an example in which the model "BBB" is selected, and shows the game information of the gaming machines having the machine numbers 127 to 142 among the corresponding machine numbers 127 to 144 being displayed in a list. .
As shown in this figure, on the machine type data screen, it is possible to display a line graph D51 indicating the time transition of the number of extras in the gaming machine.
The line graph D51 is adjusted by the scale obtained through the above-described scale calculation process.
That is, the scale of the graph is determined based on the maximum scale which is the reference of the scale when displaying the gaming information of each gaming machine belonging to a certain model.
Therefore, when the line graph D51 is displayed side by side for each gaming machine, it is possible to easily compare the number of different balls for each gaming machine.
In addition, the number of prizes, the number of probability variations, the prize probability, etc. of each gaming machine can be displayed.

As described above, according to the game arcade display device according to the present embodiment, the game information requested by the user is displayed clearly and easily, and the background image is displayed so as to be visible from a distance. .
That is, by transmitting predetermined layer images with a certain degree of transparency and displaying game information using a line graph with a small occupied area, game information can be clearly viewed from near, and from far Will be able to view the background image.
For this reason, even when the gaming machine display device is used by a certain user, another user can view the background image, so the utilization efficiency can be improved and the effective utilization thereof can be achieved. it can. In particular, by setting information such as an event or a campaign as a background image for each model or gaming machine, it is possible to simultaneously provide useful information not only to the user but also to many visitors.

In addition, the maximum scale is determined based on the maximum absolute value of game information in a predetermined period of a certain gaming machine, and the maximum scale is determined based on the maximum absolute value of game information of each gaming machine belonging to a certain model. The graph is displayed according to the maximum frame of.
Therefore, it is easy to compare each game information for each predetermined unit belonging to a predetermined category, such as game information for each business day related to one game machine or game information for each game machine belonging to the same model. Can.

(About other display modes)
By the way, in the game arcade display device according to the present invention, as described above, the display range is allocated such that the line graph D21 and the coin chart C do not overlap.
However, when the number of occurrences of jackpots per unit time is extremely large, the stacking height of the coin C1 may protrude to hinder the visibility of the line graph D21 and the background image.
For this reason, as shown in FIG. 18, such a problem can be solved by drawing a predetermined object (coin C1) for another fixed number every other object (large coin C2) and drawing.
Specifically, 10 big hit occurrences, that is, 10 coins C1, are replaced with big coins C2 for drawing. For example, when the number of big hits is 21, two large coins C2 and one coin C1 are stacked and drawn.
In this way, even when the number of occurrences of big hit is large, overlapping with the line graph D21 is less likely to occur, and the overlapping area with the background image can be further reduced, thereby further improving the visibility. It becomes possible.

However, in this case, by using the large coin C2, there is a possibility that the height of the coin which would have been reached if the coin C1 would originally reach is lowered, and the user may misunderstand as if the number of big hit occurrences is small.
Therefore, by replacing the coin C1 with the large coin C2, another object can be drawn in the area where the coin C1 is not displayed.
For example, displaying between layer 2 and layer 3 (layer 2.5) in a semi-transmissive manner using a predetermined form (shape, pattern, color, or a combination thereof) simulating a light emission state (aura image Im) Can. The aura image Im can be displayed by changing the height according to the ball, such as drawing so that the aura color becomes lighter as it goes to the upper part. In this way, it is possible to give a sense of payout and enhance interest, and to prevent the recognition of the number of occurrences of a big hit, and to ensure the visibility of the background image.

As described above, although the number of slips has a characteristic of transitioning the boundary range of the plus region and the minus region with the passage of time, there are also cases where the number largely shifts to the minus region as shown in FIG.
In such a case, since the coin chart C is arranged in the lower area of the scale D22 and drawn, a part of the line graph D21 in the negative area can be hidden (see the corresponding part in FIG. 19).
This is to display an object (coin chart C) at a position overlapping with the line graph D21 if the transition of the time of the number of slips shows such behavior, and this object is a layer of the line graph D21. This is because drawing is performed in a layer (layer 4) higher than (layer 3).
In this way, it is possible to make the minus part of the number of slips inconspicuous, and it is possible to maintain interest in the game.

(How to update the scale)
Next, the method of updating the scale will be described.
The game arcade display device 10 according to the present embodiment is different from the above-described embodiment in that the maximum scale is updated when the number of slips on the current day exceeds the maximum scale.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing the procedure of the game information display process according to the scale update.
As shown in FIG. 20, in the scale update method according to the present embodiment, first, it is determined whether or not the line graph D21 is being displayed (S71). That is, it is confirmed whether or not the game arcade display device 10 is in use, and specifically, it is judged whether or not the line graph D21 related to the time transition of the number of slips on the day is displayed.
If the graph is being displayed (S71: YES), it is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed (S72). This is to try to update the scale of the graph at predetermined time intervals.
Therefore, it is determined whether or not the maximum scale has been exceeded at every predetermined time (S73). For example, based on the timer control, a predetermined acquisition request signal is sent to the management device 50 every unit time, and the maximum absolute value of the number of slips input together with the response from the management device 50 exceeds the maximum scale of the current day. Determine if
In addition, this determination can also be performed when regular (real time) or re-operation or the like is detected in addition to the elapse of a predetermined time.
If it is confirmed that the maximum scale has been exceeded (S73-YES), the process proceeds to the graph display process after the background selection process (S74) (S75).
In addition, since the background selection process is the same process as S22 in the above-mentioned embodiment, detailed description is omitted (see FIG. 6).

FIG. 21 is a flow chart showing a procedure of graph display processing related to scale update.
As shown in FIG. 21, in the graph display process in S75, a process of updating based on the value exceeding the maximum scale is performed (S81). This updated value can be set according to the degree of excess with respect to the maximum scale.
For example, in the case of the maximum scale of 12000 balls until then, when the number of slips on the day reaches 12500 balls, 2000 is added and updated to 14000 balls.
Next, the updated scale D22 is drawn, and game information is drawn on the layer 3 by the line graph D21 in accordance with the scale of the scale D22 (S82).
Then, the number of occurrences of big hit is drawn on the layer 4 using a predetermined symbol (coin C1) (S83).
Then, by combining the layer images (L1 to L4) drawn in this way, even if the number of slipper balls exceeds the current maximum scale, the line graph is smoothly drawn based on the appropriate scale. D21 can be displayed.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, it is possible to realize a management device and a game arcade display device that can be effectively utilized with a high usage rate.
For example, it has been pointed out that the game arcade display device disclosed in Patent Document 1 described above is often used only for displaying game information, and is not effectively used. This is that the user is often used only for model selection before playing a game, and it is extremely rare that the user in the game or the user who finished the game uses the game arcade display device. Was the cause.
In addition, while the game arcade display device is being used by a certain user, it can not be used by other users, which also reduces the utilization rate.
On the other hand, according to the game arcade display device according to the present embodiment described above, it is possible to provide a game arcade display device which has no such adverse effect, has a high utilization rate, and can be effectively utilized. .

As mentioned above, although the preferable embodiment of the management apparatus of this invention was described, the management apparatus which concerns on this invention is not limited only to embodiment mentioned above, A various change implementation is possible in the range of this invention. It goes without saying.
For example, the transition of the number of slips can be displayed by another graph (for example, a bar graph or the like). In the above embodiment, the horizontal axis is time, but it may be the number of outs (the number of game media inserted). Moreover, the time transition of the number of outs can also be displayed graphically by setting the horizontal axis as time and the vertical axis as the number of outs.

In addition, a list of operating states of the gaming machines may be displayed.
For example, by selecting “play table display” shown in the lower part of the screen of FIGS. 16 and 17, etc., it is possible to lay out and display the operating states and the like of all the game machines installed in the game arcade. In addition, it is possible to select "Ranking" and display the upper model or the machine number of the number of times of big hit occurrence in the game arcade, or display the upper model or the machine number of the acquired game media number.
In addition, the display means of the present invention can be applied to other game arcade apparatuses (for example, call lamps) provided with a display screen such as an intermediate machine.
In this way, it is possible to increase the added value of the existing game arcade device.

Further, by combining the game arcade display device 10 and the management device 50, the present invention can be realized and provided as a game arcade system.
For example, the setting of the association information (related information setting means) is performed via the keyboard of the management device 50 and the like, and this is transmitted to the game arcade display device.
In this way, the game arcade display device can retrieve and display necessary background information by referring to the association information stored in advance.
For this reason, it is convenient for the manager or the like of the game arcade to set the association information using the management device 50 as well as the game arcade display device.

In the above-mentioned scale calculation processing, the maximum scale is determined based on the maximum absolute value taking into account both plus and minus of the number of balls, but only the maximum value on the plus side is extracted and the maximum scale is determined. You may decide to
In this case, even if the minus of the number of slips exceeds the maximum value on the plus side in the past, the graph is displayed along the lower frame of the display area. That is, even in this case, it does not significantly disturb the feeling of payout of the gaming machine, but on the contrary, the interest to the game can be enhanced by further appealing the plus portion.

In addition, the invention disclosed in the present specification can be configured as follows.
1. It is a game arcade display device that displays game information of a game machine installed in a game arcade and predetermined information other than the game information,
Related information storage means for storing association information in which predetermined background images are associated with each game machine or each model;
Gaming information input means for inputting gaming information of the gaming machine;
Gaming machine selection means for selecting a gaming machine or a model according to a predetermined operation;
An information acquisition unit that extracts a background image corresponding to the selected gaming machine or the model from the association information, and acquires gaming information of the gaming machine or a gaming machine belonging to the model;
The game information is drawn in an overlapping manner in the base area by displaying the game information in a non-transparent manner and transmitting the base area dividing the display range of the game information at a predetermined transmittance. And display means for displaying the background image in a visible manner.
2. The display means is
The game information is displayed in a non-transparent manner on a predetermined layer, and the base area is transparently displayed on a layer lower than the predetermined layer at a predetermined transmittance, and the background image is further displayed than the layer lower than the lower layer The game arcade display device according to any one of the above items, which is displayed on a lower layer.
3. The game information is the number of inserted balls obtained by subtracting the number of inserted game media from the number of acquired game media,
The display means is
3. The game arcade display device according to the above-mentioned item 1 or 2, wherein the game information indicating the transition of the time of the number of slips is displayed in a non-transparent manner by a predetermined line graph.
4. The display means is
The game arcade display device according to claim 3, wherein the line segment of the line graph is represented by a predetermined color, and the periphery of the line segment is represented by another color based on the relationship with the color of the line segment. .
5. The game information is a predetermined number of big hit occurrences,
The display means is
The game information indicating the transition of the time of occurrence of the big hit is displayed by the amount of a predetermined object, and this object is displayed non-transparently in a layer higher than the line graph, and the number of slips indicated by the line graph The game arcade display device according to the above 3 or 4, wherein the object is displayed at a position overlapping with the line graph when the transition of the time of the time t indicates a predetermined behavior.
6. Game information collecting means for collecting game information of a game machine installed in the game arcade;
Related information setting means for setting association information in which predetermined background images are associated with each game machine or each model;
Gaming information storage means for storing gaming information of the collected plurality of gaming machines;
Game information transmitting means for transmitting the stored game information to a predetermined game arcade display device;
The game arcade system according to any one of the above items 1 to 5, wherein the game arcade display device is.

10 game arcade display device 50 management device 100 slot machine 200 pachinko machine 101 CPU
104 GPU
105 CGROM
106 VRAM
107 LCD Module t Association Table L1 to L4: Layer Image P21, P31 Maximum Frame of Display Area D21 Line Graph (On the Day)
D22 Scale D24 Center line segment D25 Peripheral pixel D31 Line graph (on the day and the past one week)
D32 Scale D51 Thumbnail image Im aura image of game information (line graph)

Claims (10)

A first display for displaying a first image compatible with a plurality of types of gaming machines together with gaming information of a gaming machine on a particular screen, and a corresponding type of gaming machine together with gaming information for a gaming machine on the particular screen A game arcade capable of executing a second display for displaying a second image including a character image relating to the gaming machine, and a third display for displaying information on advertisement of the game arcade along with the gaming information of the gaming machine on the specific screen A management device that manages a display device,
First information which is information for executing the first display, second information which is information for executing the second display, and third information which is information for executing the third display , And transmitting means capable of transmitting to the game arcade display device;
Setting means capable of setting any one of the first information, the second information and the third information as the information to be transmitted by the transmission means;
Equipped with
The setting means, the management and wherein the Ru settable der the second information that is different depending on the type of the corresponding game machine apparatus. The management apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: game information collecting means capable of collecting game information based on a game signal output from the game machine. The management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit can transmit the game information displayed by the game arcade display device. The management system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the management device manages the game arcade display device installed in a game arcade as a call lamp installed corresponding to a game machine. apparatus. The management apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the management apparatus manages the game arcade display device capable of displaying game information of any game machine installed in a game arcade. . A game arcade system comprising a game arcade display device capable of displaying game information of a game machine on a specific screen, and a management device for managing the game arcade display device,
The above-mentioned game arcade display device,
A first display for displaying a first image compatible with a plurality of types of gaming machines together with gaming information of a gaming machine on the particular screen and a particular type of gaming machine together with gaming information for a gaming machine on the particular screen A second display for displaying a second image including a character image relating to the gaming machine, and a third display for displaying information related to advertising of the game arcade along with the gaming information of the gaming machine on the specific screen Equipped with
The management device is
First information which is information for executing the first display, second information which is information for executing the second display, and third information which is information for executing the third display , And transmitting means capable of transmitting to the game arcade display device;
And setting means capable of setting any one of the first information, the second information and the third information as the information to be transmitted by the transmission means .
The setting means, game arcade system characterized in that Ru settable der the second information that is different depending on the type of the corresponding game machine. 7. The game arcade system according to claim 6, wherein the management device comprises game information tallying means capable of tallying game information based on a game signal output from a game machine. 8. The game arcade system according to claim 6, wherein the transmission means can transmit the game information displayed by the game arcade display device. The game arcade system according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the game arcade display device is installed in a game arcade as a call lamp installed corresponding to a game machine. The game arcade system according to any one of claims 6 to 8, wherein the game arcade display device can display game information of any game machine installed in the game arcade.

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