Game machine and monitoring system

A monitoring system and game console technology, which can be used in closed-circuit television systems, indoor games, video games, etc., and can solve problems such as camera obstruction and discomfort

CN1480235AInactive Publication Date: 2004-03-10SEIKO EPSON CORP
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Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2004-03-10
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Provided is a game machine and a monitoring system that can pick up an image of a fraudulent conduct without fail. The game machine has a camera 7 picking up an image from the front side of a pachinko machine 1 to the external side of the pachinko machine 1 and outputting image data Dv, and a display control section 12 controlling the image-pickup by the camera 7 and outputting the image data Dv to an external device. The machine is equipped with a display device 5 displaying game images. The display control section 12 displays the image based on image data Dp extracted from the data Dv on the display device 5 as a part of a game image when prescribed conditions are satisfied.
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technical field

[0001] The present invention relates to a game machine installed in a game field and a monitoring system configured to capture and display images of the game field. Background technique

[0002] Generally, a pachinko parlor is equipped with a monitoring system (an example is the camera monitoring system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-93379) for the purpose of detecting fires occurring in the pachinko parlor, fraudulent behavior of players, and the like. The configuration of such a monitoring system includes a plurality of monitoring cameras installed in the store, for example, near the ceiling to take pictures of the store, and a plurality of images (in-store images) installed in the management room based on the image signals output by each monitoring camera on one screen. A single monitor with split display on top or a control device that can display each image individually on multiple monitors. In this case, the control device can...

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[0033] Preferred embodiments of the game machine and monitoring system of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0034] First, refer to figure 1 The configuration of the monitoring system 51 will be described. The configuration of the monitoring system 51 includes a plurality of pinball machines 1, 1..., a management server 52 installed in the management room, and a monitoring display device connected to the management server 52. 53 and video recording device 54. The pinball machine 1 is equivalent to the game machine of the present invention. As will be described later, the pinball machine 1 takes pictures from the front side to the outside side (that is, takes pictures from the side opposite to the front screen) and outputs the picture data Dv to the management system. With server 52 . The management server 52 is equivalent to the external device and the control device of the present invention, such as each setting one...