CN100458852C - Frame of game apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention provided a game housing allowing player's long relaxing play and bringing about an optimal game-playing posture to anyone. The game housing has a main body having a slot into which a coin or token are inserted by a player and a detecting means for detecting the insertion of the coin or token from the slot, a display portion for displaying the image of a starting or advancing game based on a detection signal from the detecting means, and a seat on which the player sits. The main body has a fixing member for fixing the seat on the side of the rear part of the main body, and a supporting member for supporting the display portion at a position on the side of the front part of the main body where the screen of the display portion faces the seat, and in front of the seat fixed by the fixing member where a space is provided below the display portion.

Description

Game console frame

technical field

The present invention relates to a structure of a game machine frame, which is suitable for a slot machine that uses coins or tokens to play a predetermined game, and in particular relates to the integral arrangement of a seat on which a player (player) sits and a game screen display unit The game machine frame on the frame body.

Background technique

A game device (hereinafter referred to as a "slot game device") that inserts coins or tokens into a slot of a game machine frame to play a predetermined game is usually installed in a game center or a game area of a large shopping mall.

As a large-scale slot game device in which a plurality of game machine frames are arranged in a facility so that each player can play the same game, there is a horse racing game device (for example, each player controls a horse racing by computer control (screen). horse racing or simulated horse racing displayed on the display), predict the order of arrival, and compete for the winner by voting on the horses predicted to win the prize), and roulette game devices (for example, using electro-optical indicators as A roulette wheel, a slot machine where players predict which area on the wheel will "win"), etc.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the appearance structure of a horse racing game device. The horse racing game device 1 is composed of a main control device 2 for overall control of the horse racing game, and a plurality of auxiliary devices 5 used by players respectively. On the frame body of the main control device 2, a large-screen display 3 for displaying a common game picture to players is integrally arranged, and speakers 4 are provided on both sides of the display 3 .

A plurality of attachment devices 5 are arranged in front of the main control device 2 . The upper part of the main body of each accessory device 5 is provided with a touch-panel display 6 for displaying a separate screen (a screen centered on the horse selected by oneself, the horse race for voting, etc.) Seat 8 facing the main body. In addition, game boards are respectively mounted on the main control device 2 and the accessory device 5 , and the main control device 2 and the accessory device 5 communicate through a communication device (refer to Patent Document 1).

Patent Document 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2003-93744

Most of the above-mentioned large-scale slot machines with a plurality of attachments play for a long time, so each attachment is provided with a seat on which the player can sit and play. In addition, as for the attachment without a seat, the seat is prepared in the shop. However, the seat used in the existing slot machine is generally composed of a flat plate and seat legs and has no seat back, so there is a problem of being very tired when playing for a long time. In addition, in the existing slot machine, like the frame of the accessory device shown in FIG. connect. Therefore, the accessory device has the advantage of anti-theft, but the posture of the person is uncomfortable when riding, or it is inconvenient to watch the display of the accessory device.

In addition, the main body panel of the accessory device is provided in front of the seat, and due to the shielding of the player's feet by the panel, the player's legs cannot be stretched out to sit comfortably, or it may feel constricted. In addition, there is a problem that maintenance work cannot be performed due to the obstruction of the player on the seat when the player is sitting on the seat when checking and repairing equipment failures in the main body of the game cabinet.

In addition, the separate display provided on the game machine frame of the existing slot machine, for example, forms the structure like the accessory device 5 shown in FIG. display 6, and make the display screen of the display obliquely fixedly set. In the game machine frame formed in this way, in order to make the player watch the line of sight direction of the display screen or the distance between the viewpoint and the display screen, the positions of the seat and the display screen and the inclination angle of the screen screen are set accordingly. However, since players of various body types become game objects, there is a problem that it is impossible to select an appropriate line of sight direction and distance from person to person, resulting in eye and body fatigue.

Contents of the invention

The present invention is proposed in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the purpose is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the existing game machine frame, and provide a game machine frame that allows players to play for a long time in a relaxed state and allows different people to enjoy the game. Able to play the game in a suitable posture.

In order to achieve the above object, the game machine frame of the present invention includes: an input port for players to insert coins or game tokens; The main body of the detection device of the input situation of the input port; according to the detection signal from the detection device, the display part of the start or ongoing game screen and the touch panel that accepts the player's operation input are displayed; and there is a seat for the player to ride The placement part is provided adjacent to the inlet, and the placement surface of the placement part and the lower surface of the frame forming the inlet are provided as a continuous surface; the main body is configured from The front part of the main body is in a shape inclined downward toward the rear part of the main body, and a console protruding from the inclined part is provided; the main body has a fixing part which fixes the seat on the side of the rear part of the main body and a support member that supports the display unit at a position lateral to the front of the main body at a position where the screen of the display unit faces the seat, and is supported so as to be fixed on A space is provided in front of the seat of the fixing member and below the display unit. The display unit is provided with a screen adjustment mechanism for adjusting the orientation and position of the screen of the display unit. The seat has: a seat surface supporting the player's buttocks; a backrest supporting the player's back, which is arranged to have a certain angle relative to the seat surface; and a seat for adjusting the angle formed by the seat surface and the backrest. Chair adjustment mechanism.

In addition, the inside of the main body has a storage part for storing tokens and a extraction device (retrieval device) for extracting (払い出す) the tokens in the storage part to the outside. A maintenance door is provided on the side for exposing the interior of the main body for maintenance of the storage part and the extraction device.

In addition, the seat adjustment mechanism has: a rotating mechanism for rotating the backrest around an axis; a sliding mechanism for sliding the seat surface in the front-rear direction along the guide; A link mechanism that is connected with each other and slides the seat surface through the sliding mechanism; and a holding mechanism for maintaining the states of the seat surface and the backrest after adjustment. The screen adjustment mechanism has: a front and rear adjustment rotation mechanism, which moves the display part away from or close to the seat by rotating around an axis; and a tilt adjustment rotation mechanism, which adjusts the display part by rotating around an axis. screen tilt. Thus, the object of the present invention can be further effectively achieved.

According to the game machine housing of the present invention, since the display unit is provided on the side of the front part of the main body so as to face the seat, and is supported in front of the seat and below the display unit to form a space, it will not Make the player feel constrained and allow the player to stretch out into a comfortable position. So that players can play for a long time in a relaxed state. In addition, since restrictions on the height and side width of the main body are eased, it is possible to provide a compact game machine housing. Moreover, by providing a maintenance door on the side of the main body (the side opposite to the seat), maintenance work can be performed while the player is sitting on the seat, so it is not necessary to interrupt the game when replenishing coins, etc. The game can be continued easily and happily.

Description of drawings

Figure 1A is a perspective view showing an example of the appearance structure of the game machine frame of the present invention;

Fig. 1B is a left side view showing an example of the appearance structure of the game machine frame of the present invention;

Fig. 1C is a top view showing an example of the appearance structure of the game machine frame of the present invention;

2 is a perspective view showing an example of the internal structure of the main body of the game machine frame of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is a partially enlarged view showing the upper structure of the main body of the game machine frame in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a partial enlarged view for illustrating the maintenance door of the game machine frame in Fig. 1;

FIG. 5 is a side view for explaining the adjustment mechanism of the display unit 12 of the game machine casing according to the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the structure of the attachment type game device of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a plan view showing a structural example of a rotating mechanism of a segmented screen portion of the game device in Fig. 6 .

Fig. 8 is a perspective view showing an appearance structure of a conventional slot machine.

Symbol Description

9 game coins;

10 game machine frame;

11 subject;

11a input port;

11b loading part;

11c console;

11d Operations Department;

11e storage;

11f take out device;

11g maintenance door;

11h detection device;

11A fixed parts;

11B support member;

12 display unit;

12a screen;

12b screen adjustment mechanism;

13 seats;

13a seat surface;

13b backrest;

20 game devices;

21 main control device;

21a display unit;

21b axis of rotation;

21c guide part;

21d Fixtures;

22 Attachment

Detailed ways

Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of the appearance structure of the game machine casing of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a perspective view viewed obliquely from the rear right side, FIG. 1B is a left side view, and FIG. 1C is a top view. 2 is a perspective view showing an example of an internal structure of a main body of a game machine housing. In addition, FIG. 3 is a partial enlarged view of the main body upper structure of the game machine housing 10 in FIG. 1 (a perspective view of the game machine housing 10 viewed obliquely from the front). In addition, the game machine frame of the present invention is not only applicable to a push-in slot game device using tokens, but is also suitable for counting and accumulating the inserted tokens by software, and determining the required game according to the accumulated amount of tokens. The slot game device that bets on the number of coins is, for example, slot game devices such as Bingo (Bingo), Slot (Slot), horse racing, and Boca (Boca).

First, the structure of the main part of the game machine housing of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 .

As shown in FIGS. 1A to 1C , the frame part 10 of the slot machine (hereinafter referred to as "the game machine frame") is mainly composed of a main body 11 and a display part 12 for displaying a game screen on the screen (by a touch panel, etc.). It consists of a monitor (monitor) with an operating portion, a seat 13 for the player to ride on, and the like. As shown in Figure 3, on the panel top of main body 11 fronts (on the main body), the input port 11a for players to insert coins or tokens (hereinafter referred to as tokens) and the loading portion 11b for placing tokens are arranged on the player together. A position that can be reached by hand while sitting on the seat 13 . In this example, the loading portion 11b is provided adjacent to the insertion opening 11a such that the lower surface of the frame forming the insertion opening 11a and the loading surface form a continuous surface. In addition, the slot 11a is configured so that a plurality of coins can be inserted at the same time, for example, the width of the slot is twice or more than the diameter of the coin, or the height of the slot is twice or twice the thickness of the coin. The above, or the shape which consists of these two. And, when the player inserts coins, as shown by the arrow A in FIG. 3, by pushing the coins on the loading portion 11b toward the input port 11a side, multiple coins can be inserted simultaneously. In addition, the shape of the input port 11a is not limited to a rectangle, and any shape having a size that allows a plurality of medals to be input at the same time may be used. For example, it may be a shape composed of a curved line, or a combination of a curved line and a straight line. Moreover, it may be the form which directly faces the insertion port 11a side without providing the mounting part 11b.

In this example, the main body 11 is formed in a shape inclined downward from the main body front portion to the main body rear portion, and a console 11c protruding from the inclined portion is provided. In addition, an operation portion 11d is provided on an inclined portion between the input port 11a and the console 11c, and is composed of operation buttons and the like for performing betting (Bet) operations, withdrawal (払出し) operations, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2 , inside the main body 11 are provided a storage unit 11e for storing coins paid out to the player; In addition, a detection device 11h is provided inside the main body 11 to detect the insertion of tokens from the slot 11a, and the game start or progress screen is displayed on the screen 12a according to the detection signal from the detection device 11h. A control device (game board) for controlling each device installed in the game machine casing is provided inside the main body 11 .

A maintenance door 11g (see FIG. 1C ) is provided on a side surface of the main body 11 (the side opposite to the seat) to expose the interior of the main body for maintenance of the storage unit 11e and the take-out device 11f. The maintenance door 11g shown in FIG. 1C and the maintenance door provided on the back of the main body 11 are rotatably supported by rotating shafts. When the maintenance doors are opened, the inside of the main body 11 is exposed as shown in FIG. 4 . In FIG. 4 , the openings of the maintenance doors provided on the game machine housing 10 are removed. On the side of the openings on the side of the main body 11 (on the maintenance door 11g side), the storage unit 11e and the payment device are arranged. 11f et al. In this way, by providing the maintenance door 11g on the side surface opposite to the seat, even when the player is sitting on the seat, maintenance work can be performed, such as filling the stocker (hopper) (extraction device 11f). Restoration work for tokens, and replenishment of tokens for payment in the storage unit 11e. In addition, the box-shaped container provided on the back opening side is a container for storing tokens collected by a store.

Next, referring to Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the disposition structure of the main body of the game machine frame, the display part and the seat and their connection forms will be described.

The main body 11 has a fixing member 11A (see FIG. 2 ) for fixing the seat 13 to the side of the rear portion of the main body; and a supporting member 11B (see FIG. 2 ), as shown in FIG. 1C , which supports the display unit 12 on the main body. and support the screen 12a of the display unit at a position facing the seat 13, and at the same time, support it in front of the seat 13 fixed to the fixing member 11A and below the display unit 12. space. The main body 11 of the game machine housing has such a fixing member 11A and a supporting member 11B, the seat 13 is arranged on the side of the rear part of the main body 11, and the display part 12 is arranged on the front side of the main body 11, It is made to face the seat 13 and is supported by opening a space below the display unit 12 in front of the seat 13 . With this structure, the player will not feel bound, and the player can stretch his legs and feet to obtain a comfortable posture, so that the player can play for a long time in a relaxed state. In addition, in the existing game machine frame, the structure in which the display portion and the game token input port are arranged on the upper part of the main body limits the height of the main body, while the game machine frame of the present invention adopts a support on the side of the main body. The structure of the display part does not limit the height of the main body. In addition, the side width of the main body can be extended to the player's side, thereby providing a compact game machine frame, and the degree of freedom in the design of the main body is increased, and game machine frames of various shapes can be provided.

Next, the adjustment mechanism of the display unit 12 of the game machine housing will be described with reference to FIG. 5 .

The display unit 12 is provided with a screen adjustment mechanism 12b for adjusting the orientation and position of the screen. As shown in Figure 5, the screen adjustment mechanism 12b has: a front and rear adjustment rotation mechanism b1, which rotates around the axes P1 and P2 through the arms supporting the display part 12, so that the display part 12 faces away from the seat (in Figure 5). R1 direction) or the direction close to the seat (R2 direction in Figure 5); and the tilt adjustment rotating mechanism b2, which rotates around the axis P3 (R3 direction in Figure 5) to adjust the tilt of the display screen Spend. In the example shown in FIG. 5 , the front-rear adjustment rotation mechanism b1 is composed of first and second arm parts b11 and b12 having a parallelogram linkage mechanism. The tilt adjustment rotation mechanism b2 is composed of a connection member b21 and the like that are freely rotatably connected to the second arm portion b12 of the front-rear adjustment rotation mechanism b1 via the shaft P3.

Because of the above-mentioned adjustment mechanism of the display unit, it is not affected by physical differences such as height and body shape, so that different people can watch the screen with a suitable line of sight direction and distance. In addition, as an auxiliary mechanism, both of the horizontal adjustment mechanism for sliding the screen to the left and right relative to the player's line of sight, and the vertical adjustment mechanism for sliding the screen in the vertical direction, or any one of them may be provided.

Next, the adjustment mechanism of the seat 13 of the game machine housing will be described with reference to FIGS. 1B , 1C and 2 .

The seat 13 has: a seat surface 13a (refer to FIG. 1C ) supporting the player's buttocks; a backrest 13b (refer to FIG. 1B ) arranged at an angle to the seat surface 13a to support the player's back; and a seat adjustment mechanism. The seat adjustment mechanism is used to adjust the angle formed by the seat surface 13a and the backrest 13b. For example, it has: a rotation mechanism C1 (the rotation axis P in FIG. connecting parts, etc.); the sliding mechanism C2 (sliding support member 11B in FIG. The link mechanism C3 (in this example, the buffer that connects the support member 11B and the base below it in Fig. 2 ) for the sliding of the seat surface; and the holding mechanism C4 ( Lever c4) for maintaining the inclination angle of the backrest. In addition, in this embodiment, when the seat surface 13a is slid back and forth, in order to keep the distance between the viewpoint of the player seated on the seat 13 and the display screen 12a approximately constant, when the seat surface 13a is moved forward and backward by the sliding mechanism, When sliding forward (display screen side), the angle formed by the seat surface 13a and the backrest 13b increases, and when sliding backward, the angle decreases, so that the sliding direction is linked with the inclination angle of the backrest.

With the above-mentioned seat adjustment mechanism, the inclination angle of the backrest or the position of the seat surface can be adjusted appropriately according to the player's needs, so that each player can enjoy the game in a comfortable and relaxed posture without being affected by individual differences. In addition, since the display unit 12 is provided with an operation unit (a touch panel in this embodiment), when the player adjusts the position of the seat 13 or the display unit 12, the operability of the operation unit can be maintained.

Next, a game machine device using the game machine housing of the present invention as an accessory housing will be described. The game machine housing of the present invention can be used as a housing of a slot machine in which a player plays alone, but is particularly suitable as an accessory housing of an accessory type gaming machine in which many games are played for a long time. Moreover, it is also applicable to the casing of the game machine apparatus which does not use a medal|token.

Fig. 6 is a schematic diagram showing an example of the structure of the attached game machine device. The game machine housing described above is used as a housing for each accessory device used by the players. The game machine device 20 is composed of a main control device 21 which controls the game as a whole, and a plurality of accessory devices 22 . The main control device 21 is configured to face a plurality of attachment devices 22 , and information can be exchanged between the main control device 21 and the attachment devices 22 . The game machine housing 10 of the present invention can be suitably used as a housing of an existing accessory device 5 as shown in FIG. 8 . In addition, there is no need to connect the frames to each other like the existing accessory device 5, but the game machine frame 10 can be arranged in any position and in any direction, Therefore, it has flexible and various layout forms.

As shown in Figure 8, the existing large-screen display located on the main control device has a large flat screen, so according to the position of the accessory device 5, the player's viewing direction of the screen and the distance between the player's point of view and the screen are also large. Are not the same. Especially the two ends of the screen are very inconvenient to watch, so that players cannot fully appreciate the exciting and intense game screens, and also cause visual fatigue under long-time viewing conditions.

Therefore, in the slot machine of the present invention, the display surface of the large screen portion (large screen portion) provided on the main control device is composed of a polyhedron, and the multiple display surfaces arranged horizontally are formed into a deformable structure. Fig. 6 shows an example in which the large-size screen is divided into three parts. Independent segmented screens D1 and D3 are arranged on both sides of the segmented screen D2 in the central part of the large-screen of the main control device 21, which are pivotally supported. In order to be able to rotate freely along the directions of arrows R1 and R2 in FIG. 6 .

The structure of the master device having the above-mentioned large screen portion will be described with reference to FIG. 7 . FIG. 7 is a schematic plan view of the rotating mechanism of the segmented screen D1. The segmented screen D1 indicated by the dotted line is the state before deformation, and the segmented screen D1 indicated by the solid line is the state after the deformation.

The main control device 21 in FIG. 6 is composed of a plurality of screens (in this example, three segmented screens D1-D3) arranged in series. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7 , the main control device 21 also has the following constituent elements: a display portion 21a for displaying a game screen on each screen; a rotation shaft 21b arranged at the joint of adjacent screens; Pn guides the screen around the rotation axis 21b as the center and can rotate toward the guide part 21c of the accessory device; and the fixing device 21d is used to fix the position of the screen after rotating along the guide part 21c.

In such a structure, by manually rotating the housing of the display unit 21a having the segmented screen portion A(i), the segmented screen portion A(i) can be held within a predetermined angle (for example, 0 to 8 degrees). i) The connection position Pn with the adjacent segment screen A(i+1) or A(i-1), while the segment screen portion A(i) is inclined toward the attachment 22 side.

In the above-mentioned embodiment, the detecting device for detecting the game tokens passing through the input port is the detection device 11h in FIG. sensor device) as an example to illustrate, but also can use the electronic selector that can carry out the authenticity identification of game currency (such as by the sensor that detects the diameter of game currency, thickness, material, whether there are holes or not, and according to The detection signal of the sensor is an electronic selector composed of an identification circuit and the like to judge the authenticity and type of the game coin).

The main points of the slot machine with the game machine frame of the present invention are:

First, it is a slot machine having the gaming machine casing according to any one of the present inventions.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is a slot game device. The slot game device is configured such that a main control device is disposed facing a plurality of accessory devices using the game machine casing, and a main control device is arranged on the main control device. and the accessory device can exchange information with each other. It is characterized in that the main control device is composed of a plurality of screens which are continuously juxtaposed, and has: a display part for displaying a game picture on the screen; a rotation axis arranged near the joint of adjacent screens; One side of the connection position is centered on the rotation axis, guiding the screen to be able to rotate towards the guide part of the attachment device; and a fixing device, which is used to fix the position of the screen after rotating along the guide part.

Claims (3)

1. A game machine frame, comprising: a slot for a player to insert coins or tokens; a mounting portion configured to place a plurality of coins or tokens; a main body with a detection device, the detection device It is used to detect the situation that coins or game coins are dropped from the input port; according to the detection signal from the detection device, the display part of the starting or ongoing game screen is displayed on the screen and has a touch panel that accepts the player's operation input; and has seats for players to ride on, It is characterized in that the loading portion is provided adjacent to the inlet, and the loading surface of the loading portion is provided as a continuous surface with the lower surface of the frame forming the inlet; The main body is configured in a shape inclined downward from the front of the main body toward the rear of the main body, has an inclined portion, and is provided with an operating table protruding from the inclined portion; In addition, the main body has: a fixing member that fixes the seat on the side of the rear of the main body; and a supporting member that supports the display unit at a position on the side of the front of the main body, And it is a position where the screen of the display unit faces the seat, and is supported so that a space is provided below the display unit at a position in front of the seat fixed to the fixing member, The display unit is provided with a screen adjustment mechanism for adjusting the orientation and position of the screen of the display unit, The seat has: a seat surface supporting the buttocks of the player; a backrest provided at an angle to the seat surface to support the player's back; and a seat for adjusting the angle formed by the backrest and the seat surface. Chair adjustment mechanism. 2. The game machine frame according to claim 1, wherein the main body has a storage part for storing game coins inside and an extracting device for extracting the game coins in the storage part to the outside; A maintenance door is provided on the opposite side of the seat for exposing the inside of the main body for maintenance of the storage part and the extraction device. 3. The game machine housing according to claim 1, wherein: The seat adjustment mechanism includes: a rotation mechanism for rotating the backrest about an axis; a sliding mechanism for sliding the seat surface in a front-rear direction along a guide; a link mechanism that is connected in rotation and slides the seat surface through the sliding mechanism; and a holding mechanism for maintaining the adjusted states of the seat surface and the backrest; The screen adjustment mechanism has: a front and rear adjustment rotation mechanism, which moves the display part in a direction away from the seat or a direction close to the seat through rotation centered on an axis; and a tilt adjustment rotation mechanism, which The inclination of the screen of the display part is adjusted through rotation centered on the axis.

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