Patent ID: 9299217
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G07F

Claim Text:
1. A gaming terminal comprising: a notification unit configured to provide notification to a player; a lever-type operation device that is rotatably supported at one end and is configured to receive a rotational operation from the player; an inclination detection mechanism configured to detect an angle of inclination of the operation device; a history information storage unit configured to store history information based on the detected angle of inclination; a warning storage unit configured to store a number of warnings; and a controller programmed to execute the steps of: (a1) detecting the angle of inclination of the operation device when the operation device is rotated by the player while a game is being run, and updating the history information in the history information storage unit based on the detected angle of inclination; (a2) determining whether the history information stored in the history information storage unit in the step (a1) satisfies a predetermined warning condition; (a3) if in the step (a2) the predetermined warning condition is satisfied, issuing a warning to the player by the notification unit and updating the number of warnings; and (a4) if in the step (a3) the number of warnings reaches a predetermined value, invalidating the game being run; (a5) storing in an initial setting angle storage unit a first setting angle that indicates a preset setting range for static load including a movable range and wider than the movable range, and storing in the initial setting angle storage unit a second setting angle which indicates a preset setting range for dynamic load including the preset setting range for static load and wider than the preset setting range for static load, and wherein, in the step (a2), the predetermined warning condition is such that the history information indicates any one of: a condition (i) in which the angle of inclination of the operation device is continuously out of a preset setting range for static load for a first predetermined time; a condition (ii) in which the angle of inclination of the operation device is out of a preset setting range for dynamic load for a predetermined number of times in a second predetermined time which is shorter than the first predetermined time; and a condition (iii) in which the angle of inclination of the operation device is continuously out of the preset setting range for dynamic load for the second predetermined time.