Gameball shooting game machine having a plurality of goal-in baskets of different heights

Abstract

A game machine includes baskets in a first and second row, first and second sets of sensors that respectively correspond to the baskets in the first row, and baskets in the second row, and a processing unit. A first sensor is disposed at a position at which a game ball entered into a first basket in which the first sensor is installed can be detected. The processing unit determines a current state of the first basket using a history in which the game ball is detected by the first set of sensors and the second set of sensors when the first sensor detects the game ball. In this case, the height of the baskets in the second column is higher than the height of the baskets in the first column, and the baskets in the second column are disposed farther away from the player than baskets in the first column.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A game machine comprising:
 a first basket and a second basket disposed along a line-of-sight direction of a player;   a first basket sensor disposed at a position where a game ball that has been entered into the first basket shot by the player can be detected;   a second basket sensor disposed at a position where a game ball that has been entered into the second basket shot by the player can be detected; and   a processing unit, wherein   the processing unit is adapted to execute determining a current state of the first basket using a past history of game balls detected by the first gasket sensor when the first basket sensor detects a game ball, and determining a current state of the second basket using a past history of game balls detected by the second basket sensor, and   a location where the second basket is installed is farther from the player and higher than a location where the first basket is installed.   
     
     
         2 . The game machine of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first state display part disposed on one surface of the first basket on a side of the player and exposed to the player; and   a second state display part disposed on one surface of the second basket on the side of the player and exposed to the player, wherein   an entrance of the first basket is open upward, and   the second state display part is disposed at a location where the second state display part serves as a backboard of the first basket.   
     
     
         3 . The game machine of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a first row of baskets including the first basket and disposed along a first extension line from left to right of the player;   a second row of baskets including the second basket and disposed along a second extension line from left to right of the player;   a first row of basket sensors disposed at positions that respectively correspond to the first row of baskets; and   a second row of basket sensors disposed at positions that respectively correspond to the second row of baskets, wherein   the first basket sensor is included in the first row of basket sensors,   the second basket sensor is included in the second row of basket sensors,   an arbitrary basket sensor among the first row of basket sensors and the second row of basket sensors is disposed at a location where a game ball that has been entered into an arbitrary basket at which the arbitrary basket sensor is installed can be detected,   the processing unit is adapted to execute determining a current state of the arbitrary basket using a past history of game balls detected by the first row of basket sensors and the second row of basket sensors when the arbitrary basket sensor detects a game ball, and   a height at which the second row of baskets is installed is higher than a height at which the first row of baskets is installed, and the second row of baskets are disposed farther away from the player than the first row of baskets.   
     
     
         4 . The game machine of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a plurality of baskets disposed in a matrix form; and   a plurality of basket sensors disposed at locations where game balls that respectively have been entered into the plurality of baskets can be detected, wherein   the processing unit is adapted to execute determining a current state of an arbitrary basket using a past history of game balls detected by the plurality of basket sensors when a basket sensor corresponding to the arbitrary basket detects a game ball, and   a height at which a second row of baskets among the plurality of baskets are installed is higher than a height at which a first row of baskets among the plurality of baskets are installed, and the second row of baskets are disposed farther away from the player than the first row of baskets.   
     
     
         5 . The game machine of  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a plurality of state display parts disposed on one surface of the side of the player of each of the baskets and exposed to the player, wherein   entrances of the first row of baskets are open upward, and   a second row of state display parts disposed of in the second row of baskets is disposed at a location where the second row of state display parts serves as backboards of the first row of baskets.   
     
     
         6 . The game machine of  claim 4 , wherein
 the plurality of baskets are composed of two rows and a plurality of columns.   
     
     
         7 . The game machine of  claim 4 , wherein
 the plurality of baskets are composed of three or more rows and a plurality of columns.   
     
     
         8 . The game machine of  claim 4 , wherein
 the height at which baskets in an arbitrary row disposed farther away from the player than the baskets in the second row among the plurality of baskets are installed is higher than the height at which the baskets in the second row are installed.   
     
     
         9 . The game machine of  claim 4 , wherein
 the first basket and the second basket are included in the plurality of baskets, and the first basket sensor and the second basket sensor are included in the plurality of basket sensors.   
     
     
         10 . The game machine of  claim 4 , wherein
 in each of the baskets, an upper open surface through which the game ball is made to enter into the basket and a lower open surface through which the game ball is made to enter into the basket are formed.   
     
     
         11 . The game machine of  claim 4 , wherein
 the plurality of baskets have an N*M matrix structure with M columns and N rows when viewed from the top of the game machine to the bottom.   
     
     
         12 . The game machine of  claim 4 , wherein
 the plurality of baskets have an N*M matrix structure with M columns and N rows when viewed from a line-of-sight of the player.   
     
     
         13 . The game machine of  claim 4 , wherein
 a left irregular bound inducing part is installed on a left side of the basket belonged to the leftmost column among the baskets in each row,   a right irregular bound inducing part is installed on a right side of the basket in the rightmost column among the baskets in each row,   the left irregular bound inducing part has a wide surface disposed to bounce the game ball thrown by the player in a right direction, and   the right irregular bounce inducing part has a wide surface disposed to bounce the game ball thrown by the player in a left direction.   
     
     
         14 . The game machine of  claim 5 , further comprising:
 a first plate  1331  disposed between the baskets in the first row and the baskets in the second row, wherein   state display parts in a second row disposed on one side of the player of the baskets in the second row and exposed to the player are installed on the first plate.