GAME MACHINE, DICE GAME SYSTEM, AND STATION MACHINE

• US 20160292954A1
• Filed: 11/20/2013
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sega Sammy Creation Inc. (SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sega Sammy Creation Inc. (SEGA Sammy Holdings Inc.)
• Inventors: Sugai, Taiji, Hisajima, Takeshi, Hasegawa, Takashi
• Granted Patent: US 9,978,207 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/323 wherein the player is informed, e.g. advertisements, odds, instructions
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3288 Betting, e.g. on live events, bookmaking
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/329 Regular and instant lottery, e.g. electronic scratch cards

Abstract

A game environment where an operation status of a player'"'"'s own station machine can be easily monitored and operated and an operation status of other station machines can be also easily monitored. A game machine capable of executing a specified game by connecting a plurality of station machines to enable communications between them, wherein each station machine includes a display panel that displays an image indicating progress of the game including a player'"'"'s own operation status; and wherein the station machine is configured to be capable of: generating a first display image including the player'"'"'s own operation status; generating a second display image including the player'"'"'s own operation status and an operation status of other station machines; and switching between a first display mode to display the first display image on the display panel and a second display mode to display the second display image on the display panel.

Claims

1. :

A game machine capable of executing a specified game by connecting a plurality of station machines to enable communications between them,

each of the station machines including a display panel that displays an image indicating progress of the game including a player'"'"'s own operation status; and

the station machine being configured to;

generate a first display image including the player'"'"'s own operation status;

generate a second display image including the player'"'"'s own operation status and an operation status of other station machines; and

switch between a first display mode to display the first display image on the display panel and a second display mode to display the second display image on the display panel.

2. :

A game machine comprising;

a plurality of station machines; and

a master machine connected to the plurality of station machines to enable communications between them,

each of the station machines including;

a touch panel that accepts operation by a player;

a display panel that displays an image indicating progress of a game including the player'"'"'s own operation status corresponding to the operation over the touch panel; and

a control unit that transmits the player'"'"'s own operation status to the master machine and controls display on the display panel;

the master machine integrating the operation status at each station machine to form an integrated operation status and transmitting the integrated operation status to each station machine; and

the station machine being configured to;

generate a first display image including the player'"'"'s own operation status;

generate a second display image including the player'"'"'s own operation status and an operation status of other station machines by referring to the transmitted integrated operation status; and

switch between a first display mode to display the first display image on the display panel and a second display mode to display a synthetic image, the synthetic image of which is obtained by synthesizing the first display image with the second display image, on the display panel.

3. :

The game machine according to claim 2, wherein in the second display mode, the station machine accepts operation performed on the touch panel in response to the first display image and/or operation performed on the touch panel in response to the second display image.

4. :

The game machine according to claim 2, wherein the station machine is equipped with a display switching switch for switching between the first display mode and the second display mode outside the touch panel.

5. :

A dice game system comprising;

a plurality of station machines;

a master machine connected to the plurality of station machines to enable communications between them; and

a dice lottery apparatus that performs lottery using dice,

each of the station machines including;

a touch panel that accepts operation by a player;

a display panel that displays an image indicating progress of a game including the player'"'"'s own operation status corresponding to the operation over the touch panel;

a control unit that transmits the player'"'"'s own operation status to the master machine and controls display on the display panel; and

a display switching switch provided outside the touch panel;

the master machine;

integrating the operation status at each station machine to form integrated operation information and transmitting the integrated operation information to each station machine; and

transmitting dividend information according to a result of the lottery at the dice lottery apparatus to each station machine; and

wherein the control unit for the station machine;

generates a first display image indicating, on a first betting board, a pip-count prediction status at the player'"'"'s own station machine including the player'"'"'s own operation status;

generates a second display image indicating, on a second betting board, a pip-count prediction status of all the plurality of station machines by referring to the transmitted integrated operation information;

displays the first display image in response to first operation of the display switching switch;

displays a synthetic image which is obtained by synthesizing the first display image with the second display image in response to second operation of the display switching switch; and

displays a dividend image corresponding to the pip-count prediction status of each station machine by referring to the transmitted dividend information.

6. :

The dice game system according to claim 5, wherein the second display image includes an additional image according to a total expected number of pips on the dice corresponding to areas constituting the second betting board.

7. :

A station machine in a game system capable of executing a specified game by connecting a plurality of the station machines to enable communications between them,

the station machine including;

a touch panel that accepts operation by a player;

a display panel that displays an image indicating progress of the game including the player'"'"'s own operation status corresponding to the operation over the touch panel; and

a control unit that controls display on the display panel; and

the station machine being configured to enable the control unit execute;

a function that accepts operation performed on the touch panel;

a function that generates a first display image including the player'"'"'s own operation status based on the operation performed on the touch panel;

a function that generates a second display image including the player'"'"'s own operation status and an operation status of other station machines;

a function that displays the first display image on the display panel in response to first operation of a display switching switch; and

a function that displays, on the display panel, an image obtained by synthesizing the first display image with the second display image in response to second operation of the display switching switch.