JP2000024266A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko machine capable of improving replaceability. SOLUTION: A winning port, opening blades, and a display unit 27 are arranged on a game panel which can be separated from a pachinko machine main body, a common ROM 32 containing a common program is disposed on a common circuit 8, a non-common ROM 20 containing a specific program is disposed on a non-common circuit 9, the common circuit 8 (common board) provided with the common ROM 32 and the non-common circuit 9 (non-common board) provided with the non-common ROM 20 are composed as separate bodies, and they are electrically connected to each other. Since the opening blades and the display unit 27 which are not commonly used normally are arranged on the game panel, replacement of a pachinko machine can be achieved by replacing the game panel side, so replaceability can be improved. While the common circuit 8 is provided with the common ROM 32, the non-common circuit 9 is provided with the non-common ROM 20, so the subject of replacement can be intensive, thereby replaceability can be improved.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the spread of microcomputers, complicated and sophisticated games have become possible, and diversification of games has been desired. Therefore, pachinko machines have been replaced with machines having new game contents in certain cycles. You. This exchange is not performed for all the pachinko machines for economic reasons, and a part of each component is replaced. The replacement of the pachinko machine will be described below.

[0003] Even if the pachinko machine has a different game content, in other words, even if the model is different, the basic device configuration and the game procedure do not change, and it is not possible to exchange mechanical parts such as a ball hitting device and a prize ball payout device. Few. That is, the pachinko machine is replaced by a game board called a gauge board, and electronic control system components for executing the game procedure (hereinafter, referred to as “electronic components”).
Need only be replaced by the control device configured by

The electronic components of the above-mentioned pachinko machine are mounted on a board as shown in FIG. 8, and a common electronic component which constitutes a circuit which can be commonly used for the replaced pachinko machine such as the CPU 30, and a unique game procedure. It is classified as a non-common electronic component constituting a circuit that cannot be used in common, such as the ROM 20 storing the (program). For this reason, it is necessary to replace all game boards with new ones for design reasons, but it is economically desirable to replace only non-common electronic parts.

The above-mentioned common electronic components include a CPU 30, a R
An AM 31, a ROM 32 storing a basic program, a matching circuit 33 for performing a basic matching between a mechanical unit (not shown) and the CPU 30, a power supply circuit 34, an audio signal generating circuit 28 for generating a basic sound, a resistor, and the like. is there.

On the other hand, non-common electronic components include a ROM storing a unique program and data such as a game procedure of a new game board.
20, RAM 37 for expanding storage capacity, the mechanism unit and CP
There are a matching circuit 38 for performing unique matching with the U30, an audio signal generating circuit 35 for generating a unique sound, a circuit for controlling a unique mechanism, a resistor, and the like.

In order to newly replace only the non-common electronic components among these electronic components, the old game board is removed from the installation location of the pachinko machine, and the common electronic components of the old game board are removed. Then, the removed common component is mounted on a new game board on which non-common electronic components are previously mounted, and the new game board is re-installed together with these electronic components at the installation location.

That is, in the electronic components of the pachinko machine, the common electronic components of the old game board are reused, and only the non-common electronic components are replaced. After this re-installation, the inspection of the electronic system between the mechanical unit and the electronic component and the alignment between the mechanical unit and the electronic component are inspected, and the replacement of the pachinko machine is completed.

[0009]

By the way, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine, among a large number of electronic components, non-common electronic components to be replaced and common electronic components to be non-replaced are relatively mixedly arranged. Therefore, the workability is poor when replacing pachinko machines, and the interchangeability is poor. In the pachinko machine described above, the circuit on the board and the RO
There is a high possibility of fraudulent activity such as changing the content of M,
The improvement is desired.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of improving exchangeability. Another object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine capable of appropriately preventing fraud.

[0011]

According to the first aspect of the present invention,
In a pachinko machine in which a game board is separable from a pachinko machine main body, the pachinko machine main body is provided with a prize ball payout device, a hitting device, and a speaker which can be commonly used for each of a plurality of types of pachinko machines. Is provided with a winning opening, a device for increasing the winning probability, and a display device, and a common substrate for controlling various devices on the pachinko machine main body stores a common program for at least controlling the prize ball payout device. A non-common ROM for controlling various devices of the game board, and a non-common ROM storing a unique program for controlling various devices provided on the game board, And the non-common substrate are formed separately and electrically connected.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the pachinko machine according to the first aspect, various devices provided on the pachinko machine main body side and the game board side are controlled by a CPU, and at least the CPU and the common ROM are integrated. It is characterized in that it is integrated.

According to the present invention, the common board for controlling various devices on the pachinko machine main body side is provided with a common ROM storing a common program for at least controlling the prize ball payout device, and A non-common board for controlling various devices is provided with a non-common ROM storing a unique program for controlling various devices provided on the gaming board,
Since the common substrate and the non-common substrate are formed separately and electrically connected, the replacement target is centralized.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows a back side of a pachinko machine 2 (game machine) provided with the control device 1. The control device 1 is composed of electronic components mounted on a board 36, and is housed in a board box 3 as in the conventional case.

4 is a storage tank for storing prize balls, 5 is a guiding gutter for guiding prize balls of the storage tank 4 to a prize ball dispensing device 6 provided with a plurality of payout numbers, and 7 is a ball hitting device controlled by a substrate 36. 1 and FIGS. 3 and 4
Of the output device (described later) 10 shown in FIG. The illustration of the signal lines on the substrate 36 is omitted, and reference numeral 11 denotes an input device for inputting a control signal to the substrate 36.

The pachinko machine 2 has a main frame 12 as a main body, an outer frame 14 which can be opened and closed by a hinge 15 on the middle frame 12, and a game board storage frame 16 provided on the middle frame 12. In the present embodiment, the pachinko machine main body is constituted by the middle frame 12, the outer frame 14, and the game board storage frame 16. A game board 19 is provided on the game board storage frame 16 of the pachinko machine main body by a lock member 18 so as to be detachable (ie, separable). Further, 44 is an upper plate, 45 is a lower plate,
46 is a glass frame, 47 is an accommodation hole for accommodating a projection (not shown) provided on the game board 19, and 48 is an accommodation recess for engaging with the game board 19 and accommodating the game board 19.

The input device 11 is for inputting a signal for playing a game to the board 36. The input signal from the input device 11 and a unique game procedure stored in a ROM (described later) 20 are input to the board 36. And a control circuit 29 for inputting a control signal to the output device 10 based on the control signal. Input device 11
The main configuration is a hitting start switch 21 for operating the hitting device 7 and a winning detection switch 22 for detecting the winning of the hit pachinko ball by the proximity of the pachinko ball.

A hitting start switch 21 is built in a handle 23 provided on the lower right side of the pachinko machine 2 on the front side.
By closing the contact, a signal indicating the start of a hit ball (game) is generated.

The prize detecting switch 22 is formed of a proximity sensor and is a ring-shaped switch accommodated in a prize opening 24 provided on the game board 19. The prize detection switch 22 generates a signal indicating that the hit pachinko ball has won as the prize ball passes through the ring.
25 is an out ball hole.

Other main input devices 11 include a specific prize detecting switch (not shown) for detecting a specific prize state and generating a signal indicating the specific prize.

The output device 10 executes a game procedure based on a control signal input from the substrate 36, and the hitting device 7
For example, there are those that can be commonly used and those that cannot be commonly used, which is unique to the pachinko machine 2. In the case of the present embodiment, those which cannot be commonly used include, for example, an opening / closing wing (a device for increasing a winning probability) 26 that increases a winning probability according to a specific winning condition of the specific winning detection switch, various winnings There is a display device 27 for displaying the state by lighting of a lamp, and these are arranged on the front side of the game board 19.

The other main output devices 10 include a speaker (not shown), which is an example of a commonly-used output device, which is provided on the front side of the pachinko machine 2 and displays various winning states by voice. There are audio signal generation circuits 28 and 35 for inputting audio signals.

The board 36 is made up of electronic components constituting a control circuit 29 for controlling the output device 10 and printed wiring (not shown) provided on the board 36. As shown by a broken line in FIG. It is divided into a common circuit 8 (common substrate) and a non-common circuit 9 (non-common substrate) (that is, they are configured separately). The common circuit 8 can be commonly used for a plurality of pachinko machines 2 having different game contents or specifications, and the non-common circuit 9 is unique to each of the plurality of pachinko machines 2. Therefore, the non-common circuit 9
Cannot be used in common among different types of pachinko machines.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the common circuit 8 includes a CPU 30, a RAM 31, a ROM (common ROM) 32 storing a basic (common) program, and each pachinko machine 2.
A matching circuit 33 for performing basic matching between the CPU 30 and a common mechanism (not shown, for example, the hitting ball device 7 and the prize ball dispensing device 6), and a sound that can be used in common, such as an abnormality notification of the pachinko machine 2 , A power supply circuit 34, an oscillation circuit 40, an interrupt signal generation circuit 41, and electronic components such as a resistor (not shown). C
The PU 30 is connected via the matching circuit 33 as described above (see FIG. 5).
Reference) The prize ball payout device 6 is controlled,
The basic (common) program processed by the CPU 30 controls at least the prize ball payout device 6.

On the other hand, the non-common circuit 9 includes a ROM (non-common ROM) 20 storing a unique (non-common) program such as a game procedure of each pachinko machine 2 and data, and an R for expanding the storage capacity.
AM 37, a matching circuit 38 for matching the CPU 30 with one of the mechanical units that are unique to the pachinko machine 2 (for example, those that increase the winning probability according to predetermined conditions such as the open / close wing 26), and generate a unique sound. Sound signal generating circuit 3
5. It is composed of a mechanism control circuit 39 for controlling a unique mechanism (such as the open / close wing 26) and electronic components such as resistors.
As described above, the CPU 30 controls the matching circuit 3 of the non-common circuit 9.
8 (see FIG. 1), and controls the opening / closing wings 26 (an example of a device provided on the game board 19) and the like.
The unique (non-common) program processed by U30 controls at least the open / close wing 26 provided on the game board 19. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the common circuit 8 and the non-common circuit 9 are electrically connected.

The non-common circuit 9 is integrated.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, a dual in-line package (hereinafter, referred to as "DIP"... Dual Inline Package...) 42 is formed. 6, 49 is a bare chip, 50 is a gold wire, 51 is a pin, 52 is a lead frame, 53 is an adhesive, 13 is a wiring sheet, and 17 is a package base material. In FIG. 5, reference numeral 43 denotes a socket on which the DIP 42 is detachably mounted.

Next, a case where the pachinko machine 2 on which the board 36 according to the above configuration is mounted is replaced with a pachinko machine 2 having a game procedure (game content) different from that of the pachinko machine 2 will be described below. Hereinafter, the pachinko machine 2 installed at the installation location before the replacement is referred to as an old pachinko machine 2, and the pachinko machine 2 installed at the installation location after the replacement is referred to as a new pachinko machine 2.

First, after the function of the power supply circuit 34 of the old pachinko machine 2 is released, the lock member 18 is released while appropriately processing signal lines and the like (not shown) and the game board 19 is released.
Remove. Then, the board 36 is removed from the board box 3, and the DIP 42, that is, the non-common circuit 9 is pulled out from the socket 43. After a while, DI of new pachinko machine 2
P42, that is, the non-common circuit 9 is inserted into the socket 43,
The board 36 is mounted on the board box 3 of the new pachinko machine 2, and the replacement of the board 36 is completed.

As described above, the pachinko machine main body (middle frame 1)
2, the outer frame 14, and the game board storage frame 16) have a prize ball dispensing device 6, which can be commonly used for each of a plurality of types of pachinko machines,
The hitting device 7 and the speaker are provided, and the prize port 24, the opening / closing wing 26 and the display device 27 which are not commonly used for the game board 19 are provided. After the game board 19 is removed from the pachinko machine main body, the opening / closing wing 26 to be replaced is provided. And a new game board 19 equipped with a display device 27,
Accordingly, the exchangeability can be improved.

As described above, the common circuit 8 (common substrate) includes a ROM (common ROM) 32 storing a common program, the CPU 30, the RAM 31, and the matching circuit 3.
3, audio signal generation circuit 28, power supply circuit 34, oscillation circuit 4
0, an interrupt signal generation circuit 41, a resistor, and the like, and a non-common circuit 9 (non-common board) stores a ROM (which stores a unique (non-common) program such as a game procedure of each pachinko machine 2 and data, and the like. A non-common ROM) 20, a RAM 37, a matching circuit 38, an audio signal generating circuit 35, a mechanism control circuit 39, a resistor, and the like. The common circuit 8 (common substrate) and the non-common circuit 9 (non-common substrate) are separated. It has a body structure and is electrically connected. Therefore, the replacement target and the non-replacement target are configured separately, and the replacement targets are integrated, so that the exchangeability can be improved accordingly.

In this embodiment, only the non-common circuit 9 is integrated. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The common circuit 8 (the CPU 30, the RAM 31, the common ROM 32, the matching circuit 33, the audio signal Only the generating circuit 28, the power supply circuit 34, the oscillating circuit 40, the interrupt signal generating circuit 41, and electronic components such as resistors) or the common circuit 8 and the non-common circuit 9 may be integrated. . That is, at least the CPU 30 and the common ROM 3
2 may be configured to be integrated integrally. With the integrated circuit as described above, it becomes difficult to perform fraud. In addition, as described above, the integration of the integrated circuit, and thus the integration, makes it possible to handle the objects to be exchanged collectively (integrated) when replacing the pachinko machine, thereby improving the exchangeability. In addition, the man-hours required for replacement work and various inspections after the replacement work are reduced, and restrictions on board design such as signal line design and circuit design of the board are relaxed. As a result, the work of replacing the pachinko machine and the development of the board are facilitated, and the work time is shortened, so that the work efficiency is improved. Further, since the common circuit can be used for all pachinko machines having the same model and different game procedures, production costs can be reduced.

The integrated circuit according to this embodiment is
Although the case where the integrated circuit chip is housed in the DIP 42 has been described, the chip may be incorporated into the substrate 36 by bonding or the like. In this case, another electronic component is detachably mounted on the socket 43.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in FIG.
2 and a common board (not shown, shown on the left side of FIG. 7) provided with common electronic components including the CPU 2, the RAM 31, the power supply circuit 34, the audio signal generation circuit 28, and the like. ROM 20 storing a unique program such as a game procedure and data, a sound signal generating circuit 35 for generating a unique sound, a RAM 37 for expanding storage capacity, and a matching circuit 3
8) are provided separately from a non-common substrate (reference numerals are omitted; shown on the right side of FIG. 7), and the common substrate and the non-common substrate are electrically connected. However, the difference is that the electrical connection between the common substrate and the non-common substrate is made not directly but via a connector.

In the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, a common electronic component such as a ROM 3
2. While providing a CPU 30, a RAM 31, a power supply circuit 34, and an audio signal generation circuit 28, a ROM 20, an audio signal generation circuit 35, a RAM 37, and a non-common board storing unique programs and data such as a game procedure for a new game board. A matching circuit 38 is provided, the common substrate and the non-common substrate are formed separately, and are electrically connected via a connector. Therefore, the replacement target and the non-replacement target are configured separately, and the replacement targets are integrated, so that the exchangeability can be improved accordingly.

[0035]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, after removing the game board from the pachinko machine main body, a new game board equipped with a device (for example, an opening / closing wing) for increasing a winning probability to be replaced and a display device. Can be exchanged, so that the exchangeability can be improved accordingly. Common R
The common substrate on which the OM is provided and the non-common substrate on which the non-common ROM is provided are separately configured and electrically connected,
The exchange target and the non-exchange target are configured separately, while the exchange targets are integrated, so that the exchangeability can be improved accordingly.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, various devices provided on the pachinko machine main body side and the game board side are controlled by the CPU, and at least the CPU and the common ROM are integrated into one body, so It becomes difficult to perform the application, and the integration can improve the exchangeability.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the back side of the pachinko machine accommodating the one in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a front view of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state of attachment and detachment of the game board of FIG. 3;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a front view showing a case where the integrated circuit of FIG. 1 is configured by a DIP.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a control board of a pachinko machine for explaining a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing a control board of a conventional pachinko machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control device 2 Pachinko machine 6 Prize ball payout device 8 Common circuit 9 Non-common circuit 12 Medium frame (Pachinko machine main body) 14 Outer frame (Pachinko machine main body) 16 Game board storage frame (Pachinko machine main body) 19 Game board 20 ROM ( Non-Common ROM 26 Opening / closing wing (Device for increasing winning probability) 27 Display device 32 ROM (Common ROM)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine in which a game board is separable from a pachinko machine main body, wherein the pachinko machine main body is provided with a prize ball payout device, a hitting device, and a speaker which can be commonly used for each of a plurality of types of pachinko machines. The gaming board is provided with a winning opening, a device for increasing the winning probability, and a display device, and a common substrate for controlling various devices on the pachinko machine main body side is used for at least controlling the prize ball payout device. A common ROM storing a common program is provided, and a non-common board for controlling various devices of the game board is provided with a non-common ROM storing a unique program for controlling various devices provided on the game board. Wherein the common substrate and the non-common substrate are separately formed and electrically connected. 2. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein
Various devices provided on the pachinko machine main body side and the game board side are controlled by a CPU, and at least the CPU and the common ROM are integrally integrated.