Abstract: An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a resin having a repeating unit having a group in which a phenolic hydroxyl group is protected with an acid-leaving group; a first photoacid generator that generates an acid having a pKa of ?2.00 to 2.00, in which in a case where the acid thus generated is a carboxylic acid, a pKa of the carboxylic acid is ?2.00 or more and less than 1.00; and a second photoacid generator that generates a carboxylic acid having a pKa of 1.00 or more.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for changing the stakes of a game machine. A radio receiver and storage medium are associated with each game machine. They may be located within the game machine. A transmitter sends, by radio wave, a change in the stakes for the game machine. The new stakes are stored in the storage medium. The stakes are adjusted based on the new stakes value stored in the storage medium.

Abstract: A game hall system having a plurality of game machines 120 each of which is equipped with a game execution section 131 for executing a game; comprising storage media 110 in each of which information items about the game are stored; the game machine 120 including a transmission/reception section 136 which transmits and receives information to and from the storage medium; the transmission/reception section 136 including a setting port 123 in which the storage medium is set, a transmitter/receiver 121 which transmits and receives by radio to and from the set storage medium, a controller 135 which controls the transmission and reception of the transmitter/receiver and controls transmission and reception to and from the execution section, and memory means 128 for storing transmitted and received information therein; the storage medium 110 including a transmitter/receiver which transmits and receives by radio to and from the game machine having the storage medium set therein, a controller 119 which controls the tra

Abstract: A slot machine comprising display means (110) having a display screen provided on a plane opposed to a player, display control means (401) for controlling the display means (110) so as to display a still condition and a game play condition for each display window, start instruction means (108) for accepting a game play start instruction and instructing the display control means to start operation, stop instruction means (109) for accepting an instruction for stopping symbol change for each display window and instructing the display control means to stop operation, and game control means (403) for controlling game progress, wherein the improvement comprises storage means (904) for storing a plurality of symbol patterns and outputting the stored data to the display means based on read address specification, and background storage means (905) for storing backgrounds to be displayed on the display means, the display control (401) means issuing an output instruction to the storage means and the background storage

Abstract: A bill handling system of the invention comprises a cashbox (80) having a mechanism for automatically storing bills and a collection system (10) for gathering bills taken in game play media lending machines (12) and transporting the bills to the cashbox (80). The collection system (10) comprises stackers (30) each being placed for each of gaming machine islands (10a)-(10f) and a transport mechanism (50) connecting the stackers (30) and the cashbox (80) for transporting the bills. The transport mechanism (50) comprises a transport chain (52) and transport cassettes (60) transported on the chain (52). Bills are stored in the transport cassette (60) for transport.

Abstract: A pachinko ball sensing apparatus which can detect pachinko balls on a base board, and can accurately detect and count propelled pachinko balls is provided. The pachinko ball sensing apparatus comprises a propelled ball point storage medium for storing a plurality of detection positions along a propelled ball guide rail on the base board as propelled ball points, a propelled ball counter (300) for storing the number of propelled pachinko balls, and a processor (30) which reads sense data for the propelled ball points stored on the propelled ball point storage medium after a lapse of a predetermined wait time and when a value of the sense data changes, counts up a value of the propelled ball counter.

Abstract: A game hall system having a plurality of game machines 120 each of which is equipped with a game execution section 131 for executing a game; comprising storage media 110 in each of which information items about the game are stored; the game machine 120 including a transmission/reception section 136 which transmits and receives information to and from the storage medium; the transmission/reception section 136 including a setting port 123 in which the storage medium is set, a transmitter/receiver 121 which transmits and receives by radio to and from the set storage medium, a controller 135 which controls the transmission and reception of the transmitter/receiver and controls transmission and reception to and from the execution section, and memory means 128 for storing transmitted and received information therein; the storage medium 110 including a transmitter/receiver which transmits and receives by radio to and from the game machine having the storage medium set therein, a controller 119 which controls the tra

Abstract: A bank note input from the outside is accepted for lending game play media. If change is to be given, a bank note is dispensed as the change. A bank note validation section (20a) takes in an input bank note, determines at least the denomination of the bank note, and outputs amount information. A bank note return section (20b) stores the bank note if it is a bank note that can be used for change, and is responsive to a change paying out command for dispensing a necessary number of bank notes as change to the outside, using the stored bank notes. A lending controller (70) uses a dispensing controller (81) for inputting the amount information and is responsive to a lending command for outputting a command for dispensing game play media in a given dispensing unit. The lending controller uses a calculation circuit (82) for subtracting an amount corresponding to the dispensing unit from an amount indicated by the amount information to find the remaining amount.

Abstract: A simulation system which can provide a realistic quasi-experience of operating a conveyance.An output information collecting device 3 is provided with a conveyance model 20 which operates according to the operation information accepted from outside. The conveyance model 20 comprises a television camera 30 which shoots the surrounding scenery and a accelerometer 40 which detects the acceleration. A simulator body 4 is provided with a cockpit device 50, a driving section 70 which changes the cockpit device, and an output section 220 which displays the picture shot by the television camera 30. The cockpit device 50 includes an input section for operating, 60, which accepts the operation information to operate the conveyance model 20. A driving section 70 changes the cockpit device 50 based on the information of acceleration informed by the accelerometer 40.

Abstract: A game play media dispenser comprises a ball passage 10 for allowing game play media (pachinko balls) 90 to flow, a gear 20 formed with a plurality of recesses 21 engaging with the pachinko balls 90 on an outer peripheral surface and rotating while causing the recesses 21 to engage with pachinko balls 90 flowing through the ball passage 10 in sequence, detection means 70 for detecting the pachinko balls 90 discharged through a discharge port 11, a first stopper 30 that can move to a first engagement position where it can engage with the gear 20 and a first saving position where it does not engage with the gear 20, a second stopper 40 that can move to a second engagement position where it can engage with the gear 20 and a second saving position where it does not engage with the gear 20, first drive means for moving the first stopper 30, second drive means for moving the second stopper 40, and control means for controlling the first drive means and the second drive means for causing the first stopper 30 and the

Abstract: In a gaming system comprising a plurality of gaming machines according to the invention, to raise diversity, pleasure, convenience, etc., of game plays, each gaming machine is provided with a game memory which stores various game programs and a game controller for executing a program read from the game memory in response to a game selection command, and a centralized controller is provided with a degree-of-difficulty adjustment section responsive to a game condition signal from each game controller for adjusting the degree of difficulty in playing a game executed by the game controller and a gaming machine termination controller for determining whether or not each gaming machine is to be terminated.

Abstract: A slot machine comprising display means (110) having a display surface provided on a plane opposed to a player, display control means (401) for controlling the display means (110) so as to display a still condition and a game play condition for each display window, start instruction means (108) for accepting a game play start instruction and instructing the display control means to start operation, stop instruction means (109) for accepting an instruction for stopping symbol change for each display window and instructing the display control means (401) to stop operation, and game control means (403) for controlling game progress, wherein the improvement comprises storage means for storing a plurality of symbol patterns and a plurality of flow condition patterns for providing a seemingly flowing condition in a state in which the symbol patterns move, the display control means (401) for alternating the pattern read from the storage means between the symbol and flow condition patterns in response to the game pro

Abstract: At a slot machine for executing a game upon receipt of a predetermined number of game play media, when a game execution start instruction is received, if the fact that the number of received game play media is less than the predetermined number of game play media is detected, the number of game play media won for a predetermined symbol combination is set in response to the number of the received game play media, whereby the slot machine enables a player to play a game without returning an incomplete number of game play media, which is less than a reference number, to the player.

Abstract: A pachinko game machine wherein a ball payout efficiency is high and a game is not interrupted during play, so that game can be continued without spoiling player's interest. Pachinko balls are directly dispensed to a ball counter from a supply conduit through communicating members, the balls dispensed by the ball counter firstly pass through a supply path for a front tray of an overflow path member and are introduced into the front tray, when the front tray is filled up with the balls pass through a supply path for an under tray and are introduced into the under tray, further, when the under tray is filled up with the balls, the overflowed balls pass through a supply path for counting, are introduced into a held balls counter and counted, and the number of balls is displayed on a held balls display.

Abstract: A pachinko ball counter which aligns discharged pachinko balls in a plurality of lines by a plurality of alignment rails, and sends them reliably to a plurality of counting sensors without generating a so-called "bridging phenomenon" and which can smoothly and quickly count a large number of pachinko balls, and a pachinko ball dropping apparatus which can drop smoothly and gently a large number of pachinko balls discharged at a high speed from the ball counter to send them to a recovery gutter without a bridging phenomenon and which can adjust the length of a member in conformity with the height of the recovery gutter easily, quickly and without waste. An introduction path (17) for sending pachinko balls charged by a player is disposed at the back of a ball tray (C) of a game machine (B), and a plurality of alignment rails (18, 18, 18, 18), through which pachinko balls flow in an aligned state, are juxtaposed with one another in this introduction path (17).

Abstract: A card on which at least the number of game play media paid out to a player from a game machine is recorded and which is issued to the player. The card comprises a substrate and a recording portion, disposed on the substrate, for recording data. The recording portion is a layer made of a substance whose physical properties reversibly change by heating for visibly recording data by local heating according to a heating pattern corresponding to an image of data to be recorded.

Abstract: A game apparatus 10 has a game executing unit 70 for playing a game using game media and a game media holding unit 32 for temporarily holding the game media used in the game.

Abstract: A metal substance detection system which comprises a matrix sensor (20) having a group of transmission lines (22) and a group of reception lines (26) and a signal processing system (170) which drives the matrix sensor for detecting the presence and position of a metal substance. The signal processing system scans the transmission line group and the reception line group; it sends a signal current to the former and receives a reception signal from the latter for detecting the presence and position of a metal substance based on the reception signal. If some lines of either the transmission line group or the reception line group are prespecified as unscanned lines, the signal processing system skips the lines of the corresponding line group specified as the unscanned lines.

Abstract: A metal body detecting device having a sensing matrix (20) and a signal processing system (170) for driving the sensing matrix. The sensing matrix comprises a plurality of transmission lines (22) and a plurality of reception lines (26) arranged in rows and column respectively, and a wiring board (17) for supporting these lines. Each of the transmission lines and reception lines consists of a pair of lead wires formed of an outward path and a return path being in parallel each other. The pair of lead wires is connected at one end, and are used, at the other end, as an input and an output end of a signal. The wiring board includes a transmission terminal unit (23) and a reception terminal unit (27) and an area on which the transmission lines and the reception lines are wired.

Abstract: Gaming house facilities having one or more gaming machine islands (1) each comprising a plurality of machines containing at least a plurality of gaming machines (11) placed-side by side, and a floor (31) on which the gaming machine islands are placed are disclosed. The gaming machine island (1) comprises an island pillar unit (10) for fixing and supporting the machines and placing the machines in two rows for forming the gaming machine island, a base frame (22) being installed on the floor for fixing and supporting the island pillar unit, and a plurality of extending frames (21) being placed at predetermined intervals along a length direction of the base frame and being attached to the base frame in a condition of crossing the base frame in a width direction thereof.