JP2686497B2 - Pachinko machine display - Google Patents

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DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention is mounted on a pachinko machine such as above, and the operating status of the machine, for example, whether it is an open table, whether it is stopped, or calling. The present invention relates to a display device of a pachinko machine used for displaying various information such as whether or not. (Background of the Invention) In a pachinko game hall, a player wants to obtain information such as the number of hits for each table, whether or not the table is open, or whether or not the table is excellent, in selecting the table. I hope. Therefore, it has already been proposed to collectively display such information on a television screen for a plurality of units (for example,
61-98274, JP-A-60-114284). In addition, it has been proposed to display the number of hits and the number of hits for each unit (for example, No. 59-137776, No. 59-93483, No. 61-182781).
No. JP-A-62-11482). However, in this type of conventional apparatus, a plurality of displays such as televisions are centrally managed by a central control device in a control room. That is, various data are input by the central controller and displayed on the display of the terminal. When the central control device and the display of the terminal are provided as described above, there is a problem that the entire system becomes complicated and the system becomes expensive. Also, it was difficult to install it in a small-scale pachinko game hall. (Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances,
It is possible to display information such as the operating status of each pachinko machine, and a central control unit is not required for this display, so the system is very simple and inexpensive, and a pachinko machine display device suitable for small-scale pachinko machines. The purpose is to provide. (Construction of the Invention) According to the present invention, an object of the present invention is to provide a display panel for displaying characters and figures, a lamp, and a caller in a display device of a pachinko machine that is attached to each pachinko machine and displays the operating status of the machine. While the switch and the control device are mounted in a single housing, the control device includes a memory for storing a plurality of display contents and a CPU, and the CPU controls the operating status input from the pachinko machine and call switch. It is achieved by a display device of a pachinko machine, which is characterized in that a program showing a display content corresponding to an operating condition is read out from the memory and displayed on the display plate and a lamp based on the signal shown. That is, the display device provided on each pachinko machine is independently controlled and controlled separately. (Embodiment) FIG. 1 is a front view of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view, and FIG. 4 is a control system of this display device mounted on a pachinko machine. 5 and 5 are flowcharts of the control operation, and FIGS. 6 to 9 are flowcharts of various subroutines. The display device 10 includes a housing 12 made of a synthetic resin horizontally long,
A horizontally long liquid crystal display panel 14 fixed to a window 12a formed at the front center of the housing 12, and a lamp cover 16 (16a) made of a translucent resin attached to four corners of the front of the housing 12. ~ 16d)
And a circuit board 18 mounted on the housing 12 from the back. The lamps 20 (20
a to 20d) are mounted, and each lamp 20 has this substrate 18
When the lamp is attached to the lamp housing 12, the lamp enters the lamp cover 16 through the housing 12. A call button 22 is mounted on the left side of the display panel 14 on the front surface of the housing 12, and a radio receiver 24 is mounted on the right side of the display panel 14, respectively. The radio receiver 24 is fixed from the back to a window 12b provided on the front of the housing 12, and a connection jack of an earphone (not shown) prepared by a player is inserted into a plug hole on the front of the radio receiver 24. Use it. This radio receiver 24 is composed of, for example, an AM receiver,
Broadcasting of a plurality of stations (for example, about five stations) is performed by cable broadcasting from a parent machine provided in the pachinko parlor. Then, the player can select and receive a desired station. A pachinko machine number is attached to the front of the radio receiver 24. A control device 26 for controlling the display of the display plate 14 and the lamp 16 is attached to the substrate 18. The power supply may be built in the display device 10 or may be obtained from another power supply wiring. As shown in FIG. 4, the control device 26 includes a CPU (digital operation device) 28 for judging the operation state of the pachinko machine A, a ROM 30 and a R as a memory for storing a plurality of display contents in advance.
It includes an AM 32, an input interface 34, an output interface 36, and drivers 38, 40, 42. The pachinko machine A has a hitting sensor 44 that outputs a hitting signal a when the number of balls released exceeds a certain number, a fever sensor 46 that detects fever and outputs a fever signal b, A fraud detection sensor 48 for outputting a fraud signal c is attached, and these signals a to c are input to the CPU 28 via the interface 34. The signal d of the call button 22 is input to the CPU 28. Reference numeral 50 denotes a portable input device, which is carried by a clerk traveling around the store to input necessary data (fever and the number of times of termination, etc.) in the RAM 32 in a timely manner, and to display during meals, stoppages, yesterday's excellent stands, etc. It is used to input a message or the like to be performed.
In this input device 50, a connection jack (not shown) at the tip of a wire 52 attached to the device 50 is inserted into an insertion hole 54 (see FIGS. 2 and 3) provided on the right side surface of the housing 12. , Equipment 50
Desired information is input to the controller 26 by pressing the button switches 50a to 50g on the front. Next, the operation of the display device 10 will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. First, the clerk decides or changes the display content using the input device 50 (FIG. 5, step 100). That is, the switch 50a of the input device 50 is pressed once to display the stop of the pachinko machine A, and is pressed again to release the stop. When the switch 50b is depressed every time the release of the predetermined number of balls is completed, the number of completions is added and stored in the RAM 32. Switch 50c is for pachinko machine A for the player to eat
Is depressed once when leaving the game and play is prohibited, and when it is returned from the meal, play can be resumed when pressed again. Pressing the switch 50d once selects the display of "opening table", and pressing it again cancels the display. Press the switch 50e once to select "Today's excellent platform" and press it again to release. Press the switch 50f once to select "Yesterday's Excellent Stand" and press it again to release. The setting of the expected number of balls until the end, the meal time, and the like can be set by a dip switch (not shown) provided on the substrate 18. The switch 50g is for scrolling and displaying the display contents input by the input device 50 or the dip switch on the display panel 14 in order. The CPU 28 receives these display contents (step 1).
00), it is determined whether or not there is an interrupt (step 102). That is, each signal a of the respective sensors 44, 46, 48, b, the signal d of c or call switch 22 is inputted determines that there interrupt, the subroutine S ₁ to S ₄ corresponding to each signal a~d
The operation of (Step 104) is started. If these signals a to d are not input, the CPU 28 determines whether or not the stop is performed by the stop switch 50a (step 106). “Stop” is fixedly displayed on the display board 14 (step 10
8). If the stop switch 50a does not input stop and the meal switch 50c indicates that a meal is in progress (step 110), C
The PU 28 reads the corresponding display program from the ROM 30 and displays it on the display plate 13. For example, on the display panel 14, the remaining meal time is fixedly displayed as "remaining time XX minutes" while calculating the remaining time, while the upper part shows "meal time in this hall is XX minutes""overtime". When this is done, the table will be sorted out. ”And other sentences will be scrolled repeatedly (Step 11
2). The CPU 28 continues to display the display during the meal until the remaining time reaches 0 minutes (steps 114 and 116), and when the time reaches 0 minutes, the upper lamps 20a and 20b of the display device 10 are continuously turned on (step 118). The clerk connects the input device 50 and connects the meal switch 50c.
Press once to release (step 120). Then CPU28
Changes the display on the display board 14 to the normal business display (step
122). This business display is divided into, for example, the display board 14 in the upper and lower stages, and in the lower stage, one of the "open platform", "excellent platform for today" and "excellent platform for yesterday" selected by one of the switches 50d, 50e, 50f. Fixed display. In the upper row, "Welcome,""Thank you every time,""Today's closing times ○○ times,""Please take Jean Jean until the end", "Please refrain from admission for those under 18 years old" etc. Scroll through various sales messages. If there is an interruption of the signals a to d, the CPU 28
Corresponding to ~d performing predetermined display any of the programs subroutine S ₁ to S ₄ is read from the ROM30 with. That is, a call button 22 is pressed by the player, the CPU28, as shown in FIG. 9 performs reading calling displays the program calls the display subroutine S ₄ from ROM 30 (step 200). For example, “Reading” is fixedly displayed on the lower part of the display board 14, and scrolling is displayed on the upper part, “Please wait for a while now because I am calling a clerk”. At this time, all the lamps 20 are continuously turned on. If the clerk comes and presses the call button 22, it is released and returns to the above-mentioned business display (step 202). When the hitting sensor 44 of the pachinko machine A detects the release of the expected number of balls and outputs a hitting signal a, the CPU 28 reads the subroutine S ₁ (FIG. 6) and displays the hitting (step S1).
300). For example, while "stop" is fixedly displayed on the entire display plate 14, all the lamps 20 are continuously turned on.
Also, at this time, the supply of the balls of the pachinko machine A is stopped to make it unusable (step 302). If a clerk comes and connects the input device 50 and turns on the stop switch 50a (step 304), the CPU 2
8 returns to the normal business display (step 122). At this time, if the store clerk presses the switch 50b once, the end count stored in the RAM 32 can be increased by one. When the fever sensor 46 of the pachinko machine A detects a fever, the CPU 28 reads a subroutine S ₂ (FIG. 7) from the ROM 30 based on the signal b. The CPU 28 first performs fever display (step 400). For example, the message “Fever in progress” is fixedly displayed on the lower part of the display board 14, and the messages such as “Yatta! Yatta! Congratulations” and “Jean jean please” are scrolled on the upper part. At this time, the graphic may be scroll-displayed, or the graphic and the character may be alternately fixedly displayed. If the number of released balls is unlimited, after the end of the fever, the message "Scheduled ended" is displayed, and then the normal business display (step 122) is returned to. If there is a limit to the number of balls to be released, when the fever is finished (step 402), “In exchange for free gift” is fixedly displayed on the lower part of the display plate 14 and “Be sure to exchange one free gift”. After scrolling the message of, the pachinko machine A
Disable the use of. And the player switches the call switch 22
Is pressed, and the clerk comes in, using the input device 50, the stop switch 50a.
Pressing (step 404) the lamp 20 enters the off and Uchidome subroutine S _1. If a fraudulent act such as adding a magnet or electromagnetic noise or opening the front plate of the base A is performed, the signal c of the fraud detection sensor 48 is changed.
The data is input to the CPU 28, and the CPU 28 displays a message indicating that there is a fraud (FIG. 8, step 500). This display is, for example, the display board 14
“Trouble 1” and “Trouble 2” are fixedly displayed on the entire display, and the lower lamps 20c and 20d are lit continuously. A clerk comes and connects the input device 50, and the stop button 50a
Pressing enters (step 502) subroutine S _1, and hit stop display. Here troubles 1 and 2 depending on the type of fraud
.. Can be identified at a glance from this display. In the above-described embodiment, the clerk uses the portable input device 50 to change / input data such as display contents for each display device 10, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, all data may be changed / input by a manual switch such as a DIP switch provided in each display device. (Effects of the Invention) As described above, the present invention accommodates the display board, the lamp, the call switch, and the control device in one housing, and the control device stores the memory for storing the display contents and the operation status. Distinguish
The display device is equipped with a CPU, and a program indicating the display contents corresponding to the operating condition is read from the memory and displayed on the display plate and the lamp by the CPU. The operating status of each pachinko machine can be displayed. That is, a central control unit for controlling a large number of display devices is unnecessary, and the whole system is very simple and inexpensive. Further, since it is sufficient to set the display device corresponding to the number of pachinko machines, it can be easily introduced into a small-scale game arcade.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a right side view thereof, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view, and FIG. 4 is this display device attached to a pachinko machine. 5 is a flow chart of its control operation, and FIGS. 6 to 9 are flow charts of various subroutines. 10 …… Display device, 12 …… Case, 14 …… Display plate, 20 …… Lamp, 26 …… Control device, 28 …… CPU, 30 …… ROM as memory, 32 …… RAM as memory.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] In a display device of a pachinko machine that is attached to each pachinko machine and displays the operating status of that machine, etc., a display board that displays characters and figures, a lamp, a call switch, and a control device are installed in one housing. On the other hand, the control device includes a memory that stores a plurality of display contents, and a CPU, and the CPU displays the display contents corresponding to the operating status based on a signal indicating the operating status input from the pachinko machine and call switch. A display device for a pachinko machine, wherein a program is read from the memory and displayed on the display plate and a lamp. 2. The display device of a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the display plate is formed of a liquid crystal plate, and the CPU scrolls and displays characters and figures on the liquid crystal plate. 3. The display of the pachinko machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the display plate is formed of a horizontally long liquid crystal plate, and the CPU simultaneously displays fixed characters on the lower stage of the liquid crystal plate and scroll characters / graphics on the upper stage. apparatus.