JPH09294850A - Game table with actuality film animation display monitor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To be very real on a game table monitor screen so as to increase the degree of expectation and enjoyment and improve the entertainingness by reproducing an actuality film animation image signal reproduced by a reproducing machine on a monitor screen installed on a game table from which a call signal is given through a switching circuit. SOLUTION: According to the present invention, a video reproducer 1 is not installed on a game table, and a necessary image of an actuality image recording soft is reproduced from a video reproducer installed in a separate place and put in the connecting state, and plural game tables are connected to one video reproducer and a switching circuit 3, whereby according to an image request signal given from the game table, a reproduced or a reproduced and memoried image signal is sent to the requesting game table and reproduced on the monitor of the game table.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a device for displaying a real image-moving screen on a game console with a monitor screen at a part of reach action.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game table with a monitor screen has a CPU with a built-in information of characters and pictures stored in a digital IC memory attached to the table.
Also, it is controlled by the ROM in which the operation information is written, the image is displayed on the screen at any time, moved, and various images, reach images, jackpot images, etc. are CRT by internal judgment.
(CRT), LCD (liquid crystal panel), and other monitors. The images at this time are displayed with various motif screens depending on the model of the game console, but the screen contents are all moving screens of various characters created with CG (Computer Graphic). Some models display a live-action screen, but all display image information stored in the memory IC and are still images, so only a part of the jackpot pattern is displayed. This is because it is impossible to display many kinds of reach screen information on the live-action screen with the capacity of the memory IC installed in the current game console. Therefore, the screens are normal screens, various reach screens, jackpot screens, and the screen contents are CG screens with only the screen contents and the speed of the moving image changing. With such a game console, you will never get tired of looking at the screen, and you will only be able to pursue gambling that is monotonous and has little pictorial entertainment.

[0003]

An easily conceivable method with a structure capable of reproducing a live-view screen on a monitor attached to a game table is (A) mounting a video player on each of the game tables. (B) Mounting of a large-capacity image processing memory IC may be considered, but it is practically difficult for the following reasons. (A)
In case of, too much installation space is required. The image flies even with a slight vibration. The installation cost is enormous. In the case of (B), I
C The installation space becomes large. Due to the huge installation cost, etc., it is not practical in the current situation and environment of amusement stores. The present invention makes it possible to realize a low-cost, low-installation-area, and high-efficiency live-action image with a game screen motif on a part of the monitor screen that has changed from a normal screen to a reach screen. It is intended to be reproduced on the monitor. To give an example of the contents of the software, there have been several types of game consoles with a horse racing theme as the subject, but in all cases, the CG pattern when the character of a character that matches the horse race moves on the normal screen and reaches the reach. The screen content is such that changes to different movements. In addition, even if it becomes highly popular, commonly known as super reach, the speed, color, background color, etc. of the design only change. The present invention intends to reproduce an image from a live-action image near the goal of a horse race on the monitor screen at this time so as to make the image screen realistic. If it becomes (1) and (1) on the reach, the horse with the number 1 will try to play the video included in the playback image from near the goal on the monitor of the game console.

[0004]

In order to solve the problem of "0002" and the problem of "0003", the present invention is a video player (which is an LD, CDV, DVD, digital video, analog tape). It is a device that sets the prerecorded and recorded software to a player that can play live-action video such as video) and place it separately from the game console. The video player and the game table are wired and connected via a switching unit circuit. (The switching unit circuit is a video player that determines whether the video player can send the playback video signal to the game platform that has issued a signal for calling the playback video signal from a plurality of play platforms. It is a circuit that switches to send a reproduction signal to the game table if it can be judged and sent by exchanging signals with the game machine, and to send a signal to that effect if it is not possible.) A software disc or tape on which a video of a motif according to the type of machine is recorded and recorded is set, and a live-action video of about several seconds to several tens of seconds before the goal is recorded on the disk according to the contents of the game table. Has been done. Since the LD can normally record 60 minutes on one side, if a chapter front goal image of about 20 seconds is taken, a considerable number of scenes can be secured on one side even if the control signal for the calling signal such as a cue signal is excluded. It will be a thing. If you increase the number of video players and connect them to the switching unit circuit to increase the number of recording software, the probability that the same screen will be played will decrease. Also, the same effect can be obtained by using a fully automatic type video player. If the reach of (1) and (1) is reached from the game table, it is determined that it is a big hit, and it is determined to reproduce the live-action image, the race number (1) is 1
In order to call the image of the chapter where the received image is recorded, the game table sends the live-action image request signal to the switching circuit connected to the game table, and the received switching unit circuit reproduces the image in the video. It judges whether the machine is ready for playback, and when it can, outputs the composite signal and other video signals output from the video player to the game table and plays them on the monitor. If the game console also receives and reproduces the audio signal recorded at that time, the presence will be further enhanced. In addition, conditions that cannot be played back (the relevant video player is already playing output to another game console at that time, the cue is not completed in standby operation, or there is a flaw in the software)
Sends a non-reproducible control signal from the switching unit circuit, and the game console that receives it reproduces the normal built-in character screen. The probability of non-playable condition becomes smaller if the number of video players is increased or the unit block of the game console is decreased. Further, by connecting a plurality of video reproducing devices to the switching unit circuit, (1) is the first recorded video, (1) is the second recorded video, (2) is the second recorded video, and (2) is the second recorded video. Recorded video, (3) 1st recorded video, (3) 2nd recorded video, etc. Depending on the type of game machine or the type of software, the number up to the number varies, but each video player Then, the video reproduction device in which the necessary image is recorded is reproduced and transmitted to the amusement table having the respective image request signals. Alternatively, the cueing signal and the identification signal are recorded in the recorded video, and when the switching unit circuit receives the signal requesting the required image from the game table, it sends it to the video player, and the game machine that transmitted the signal desires it. Whether the image is on standby is identified by a control signal, and if it is in the standby state, that signal is called, and if it is not on standby at that time, the character image built in the game console is reproduced. Also, several kinds of each scene are played back from the video player in the memory IC and stored in memory, and when the contents of that memory are recalled, the next scene is recalled from the video player and placed in memory standby, and the amusement table is used when necessary. It is also possible to make the above operation specifications by calling. Also, the switching unit circuit can be easily made by the current microcomputer circuit, relay sequence, semiconductor sequence, etc. The switching unit circuit can be incorporated in the video player as a single device block, and the switching unit circuit and the amusement platform can be connected by wire or antenna.

[0005]

[Function] Since the present invention has taken the above-mentioned means, the installation space can be made almost the same as the depth dimension of the conventional game table, and the live-action image can be reproduced on the monitor at low cost.

[0006]

[Embodiment] From the required number of blocks of each playground, wire the minimum number of cables within the allowable range by the number required to send and receive the signal, for example, a switching unit and a video player installed in an office, warehouse, etc. The switching unit, which is connected and receives the calling signal of the real-time reproduced image such as reach screen from the amusement platform, switches the video signal reproduced from the video player to the amusement platform and transmits it, and the amusement platform which receives the signal is the monitor. Playback image is played back.

[0007]

[Effect] As a result, the amusement table monitor screen becomes very realistic, the degree of expectation and enjoyment increase, and the entertainment property also improves. In addition to horse racing, the contents of the game table are used as boat races, bicycle races, car races, auto races, and other competitions. Anything that can be recorded and recorded as software can be used. Also, when replacing the amusement table, all you need to do is to replace it with software that matches the contents of the amusement table.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a wiring system diagram of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Video player 2 Connection multi-core cable 3 Switching unit circuit 4 Playground

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A live-action screen reproduction image call signal transmitted from a game table is wired and connected to a plurality of game machines through a switching circuit, and is reproduced separately from a video player. A game console having a structure configured to reproduce a live-action video image signal on a monitor screen attached to the game console that had the calling signal through a switching circuit. 2. A video playback separately provided by a switching circuit that receives a live-action screen playback image request signal transmitted from the game stand when it is necessary to play back the live-action screen, and is separately connected to the playground via a switching circuit. The playback image signal transmission destination can be switched to the play table that has been requested from among multiple connected play tables through the switching circuit of the live-action video image signal that is reproduced from the machine or temporarily stored in the IC memory. A game console with a structure configured to determine, transmit, and play back on the monitor screen attached to the game console