JP2000042225A - Connector for game machine, and its mounting structure - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily find out an illigal CPU by forming a specified connector main body of a translucent resin through which a connector terminal can be seen. SOLUTION: For a game panel 2, a shooting unit A to which game balls from a game ball hopper 22 or the like are introduced through a game ball introducing passage 24, and a prize ball discharge control unit B which discharge prize balls to an upper tray 5 through a game ball discharge control passage 25 are provided on the rear surface. Also, a sound source unit C which notifies a winning, and a display unit D, a game control unit E which controls motions related to a game, and a power source unit F or the like are provided. Then, respective units and interfaces are connected with a plurality of connectors 28, and in this case, the connector main body for the connector 28 in the game control unit E, is formed of a translucent resin, and a replacement with an illigal CPU can be easily found out.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a connector for a game machine applied to prevent a prize return type game machine such as a pachinko machine or a pachislot machine from being illegally used, and a mounting structure thereof. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art This type of prize return type amusement machine includes a game control unit (hereinafter, referred to as a "CPU") comprising a microcomputer for performing a predetermined game process on each game board. By centrally managing the CPU of the board by a central processing unit installed outside the board, efforts are being made to achieve sound game development. However,
In recent years, for example, a game control unit (hereinafter, referred to as a “regular CPU”) installed on the back of a game board, which enters a store at night or the like and is provided with a microcomputer that performs an illegal game process, comprises a microcomputer. Hereinafter, it will be referred to as “illegal CPU”.) It is a social problem that a large amount of prizes can be obtained on a game board that has been illegally remodeled with the start of business.

[0003]

There are various methods of illegal use. However, due to the change of the program of the regular CPU, the ease of wiring work, and the difficulty of finding it, the opaque device fixed to the wiring board of the regular CPU. It has been practiced to install an unauthorized CPU on the back of a connector and electrically connect it to a connector terminal. In other words, a legitimate CPU
In order to change the program, it is best not only to utilize connector terminals that are easy and quick to wire,
This is because the conventional connector main body itself is formed of an opaque synthetic resin such as black or milky white, so that a clerk cannot easily find an unauthorized CPU installed on the back surface of the opaque connector.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and is intended for a game machine to be applied to a game machine capable of preventing an unauthorized CPU from changing a program of a regular CPU and enjoying a fair and bright game. An object is to provide a connector and a mounting structure thereof.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, a connector for a game machine according to the first aspect of the present invention comprises a game board mounted on a game machine body so as to be openable and closable, and a pseudo-machine installed on the game board. A game control unit that determines the presence or absence of a prize of the pseudo-money inserted into the money flow passage, a pseudo-money discharge control unit that controls the discharge of the pseudo-money as a prize pseudo-money based on the winning determination of the game control unit, and a discharge of the pseudo-money A plurality of units for removably electrically connecting the units and the interfaces of the game machine comprising a notification unit for notifying a winning of control and an interface for connecting the game control unit to the central processing unit for central management. In the connector, the connector is characterized in that a predetermined connector main body is made of a translucent resin through which a connector terminal can be seen.

A connector for an amusement machine according to a second aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the transparent synthetic resin constituting the connector body is made of a transparent material. A game machine connector according to a third aspect of the invention is characterized in that the notification unit includes a display unit. A game machine connector according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the notification unit includes a sound source unit. The mounting structure of the game machine connector according to the invention of claim 5 is characterized in that the connector terminals set on the translucent connector main body are electrically connected and fixed to the wiring board of the game control unit. The mounting structure of the game machine connector according to the invention of claim 6 is characterized in that the connector terminals set on the translucent connector main body are electrically connected and fixed to the wiring board of the interface.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mounting structure of a connector for a game machine, wherein a connector terminal set on a translucent connector main body is electrically connected and fixed to a wiring board of a pseudo currency discharging control unit. And An amusement machine connector mounting structure according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the connector terminals set on the translucent connector main body are electrically connected and fixed to the wiring board of the notification unit. In the mounting structure for a game machine connector according to the ninth aspect of the present invention, the connector terminals set on the translucent connector main body are connected and fixed to the game control unit, the pseudo-money discharging control unit, the notification unit, and each wiring board constituting the interface. Then, the respective wiring boards are coupled to each other via the translucent connector main body.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mounting structure of a connector for a game machine, wherein the game board has a firing unit for firing a pachinko ball, and a connector terminal set on the translucent connector main body has a wiring board of the firing unit. And is electrically connected and fixed. An amusement machine connector mounting structure according to the invention of claim 11 is a pachislot machine provided with a prize pseudo coin discharging control unit for controlling the discharge of a prize pseudo coin in a game board when a pseudo coin is inserted. The connector terminal set in the flexible connector main body is electrically connected and fixed to the wiring board of the pseudo coin ejection control unit.

[0009]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the connector main body having a plurality of connector terminals protruding therefrom is made of a light-transmitting synthetic resin to form a connector for a game machine. In this case, the store clerk can easily find this by seeing through, and enjoy a fair and bright game. Further, by making the connector main body transparent as in the second aspect of the present invention, the illegal CPU installed on the back surface of the game machine connector can be more easily found through the see-through.

According to the third to eighth aspects of the present invention, a predetermined connector in a signal connection system for interconnecting a game control unit for performing a predetermined game process, a pseudo-money discharge control unit, a notification unit, a display unit and an interface is provided. Since the connector is a translucent amusement machine connector, the salesclerk sees through and finds an unauthorized CPU installed on the back of the connector at a place where there is a high possibility of unauthorized use of the amusement machine, and prevents unauthorized use of the amusement machine as much as possible. be able to. Claims 9 and 1
According to the invention of No. 0, since the translucent game machine connector is mounted on each game board of the pachinko machine in which illegal use frequently occurs, illegal play of the pachinko machine can be prevented as much as possible. According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, since the translucent game machine connector is mounted on each game board of the pachislot machine in which there is a possibility of illegal game play similar to the pachinko machine, illegal play of the pachislot machine is prevented. Can contribute to

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a game machine in which a connector for a game machine according to the present invention is mounted, with respect to a pachinko machine.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a pachinko machine, and the pachinko machine 1 is constructed by pivotally supporting a game board 2 by a hinge portion 4 fixed to upper and lower portions of a pachinko machine main body 3 (FIG. 2) so as to be openable and closable. An upper plate 5 and a lower plate 6 for storing game balls in front of the board 2;
A handle 7 for firing a game ball, a guide rail 10 for guiding the fired game ball to a safe hole 8 or an outhaul 9, a display window 11 and an auxiliary display portion 12 for displaying the presence or absence of a prize, and an upper plate 5 for the game ball. The upper gate operating body 13 for discharging the game balls from the lower plate 6 to the outside, the lower gate operating body 14 for dropping the game balls downward, the firing stop push button 15 for urgently stopping the firing of the game balls, and the game board 2. A key 16 used for opening is installed, and a coin or game card slot 17 is provided on the front of the pachinko machine main body 3.
And so on.

A predetermined safe hole 8 is provided with a first openable / closable first easy-to-use game ball.
And second gate devices 8A and 8B are arranged. For example, the second gate device 8B is opened at the time of a so-called "big hit" prize, and the opening time is set to the first gate device 8B.
The opening / closing time of A is made extremely long, and a large number of safe balls are received in the corresponding safe holes 8. If the slot 17 is a game card, the upper plate 5
Is provided with a push button 18 for automatic ball lending, a push button 19 for returning a game card, and the like.

As shown in FIG. 2, a hopper 22 for storing game balls from a game ball transfer passage 21 of the pachinko machine main body 3 and a safe ball thrown into the safe hole 8 are captured on the back surface of the game board 2 as shown in FIG. The safe ball collection case 23, the game ball hopper 22, and the game ball introduction passage 2 for introducing the game balls from the safe ball collection case 23 into the game ball launching unit A.
4. When the shot game ball is thrown into the safe hole 8, the upper plate 5 passes through the game ball discharge control passage 25 as a prize ball.
Prize ball discharge control unit B that discharges to the safe hole 8, a detector 26 that detects the play ball when the play ball is inserted into the safe hole 8, and drive devices 8C and 8D that drive the first and second gate devices 8A and 8B. , A sound source unit C and a display unit D for notifying a prize, each of the units A to D
And a game control unit E for controlling operations related to pachinko game, a power supply unit F, and an interface (I / 0) for connecting the game control unit E to a central processing unit for centralized management installed outside the game board 2. ) G
(FIG. 3) is installed.

Each of the units A to G has a printed wiring board 27, a connector 28 connected to each printed wiring board 27, a microcomputer 29, and a signal line 30, as shown in FIGS. As shown in FIG. 6, the connector 28 has a plurality of connector terminals 28B on a connector body 28A made of an electrically insulating and translucent synthetic resin or the like.
, And are electrically connected and fixed to the printed wiring board 27, and the plurality of printed wiring boards 27 are electrically connected to each other via signal lines 30.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. Now, by rotating the handle 7, the game balls stored in the upper plate 5 are fired by the game ball firing unit A, pass through all the safe holes 8, are thrown into the out holes 9, and are discharged through a discharge passage (not shown). ) And is collected on the pachinko machine main body 3 side. Also, the fired balls are fired in a predetermined safe hole 8.
Directly or through the opened first gate device 8A, the game balls stored in the game ball hopper 22 or the safe ball collection case 23 by the operation of the prize ball discharge control unit B are used as prizes. The discharge is controlled as a ball to the upper plate 5 through the prize ball discharge control passage 25, and the winning is notified by the sound source unit C and the display unit D.

Further, the shot game ball is thrown into a predetermined safe hole 8, and is determined to be a "big hit" prize according to a program of a regular CPU comprising a microcomputer 29 incorporated in the game control unit E. When,
According to the above-mentioned program, the second gate device 8B has an extremely long open time, and accepts a large number of safe balls as safe balls in the safe hall 8, and discharges a large amount of prize balls. For this reason, in recent years, a microcomputer 29A (FIG. 6) composed of an unauthorized CPU is mounted on a predetermined connector 28, and a program of the microcomputer 29, which is a regular CPU in the game control unit E, is illegally modified so that a large amount of prizes can be illegally obtained. It is a social problem that the profits occur frequently.

However, since the connector body 28A of the connector 28 is translucent and the respective amusement ball passages are translucent, the store clerk can easily find the unauthorized microcomputer 29A and change the program of the regular CPU 29. Can be effectively prevented, and fair and bright games can be enjoyed. Note that the connector 28 is not limited to the configuration and mounting structure shown in FIG.
Needless to say, may be a transparent body or a colored translucent material. In addition, the connector 28 having a light-transmitting property is provided with a game control unit E comprising a main microcomputer for performing a predetermined game process.
It is needless to say that, as shown in FIG. 3 to FIG. 5, as long as there is a high possibility that the amusement machine is illegally used, an appropriate connection point may be set. Nor.

Furthermore, if the translucent connector 28 is mounted on a pachislot machine, which is not limited to a pachinko machine in which illicit use frequently occurs, and in which a illicit game may occur almost in the same manner as in a pachinko machine, an illegal play of the pachislot machine can be achieved. Can contribute to prevention. By the way, the pachislot machine is different from the pachinko machine, in which the presence or absence of a prize is displayed on the display window 11 by inserting a pseudo coin instead of a game ball, and the prize coin is controlled to be discharged instead of the game ball. Yes, you can enjoy playing almost the same as pachinko machines.

[0019]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a connector body having a plurality of connector terminals projecting therefrom is formed of a light-transmitting synthetic resin to provide a connector for a game machine.
Even if a fraudulent CPU is installed on the back of the connector, the clerk can easily find it by seeing through it,
You can enjoy fair and bright games. Further, by making the connector main body transparent as in the second aspect of the present invention, the illegal CPU installed on the back surface of the game machine connector can be more easily found through the see-through.

According to the third to eighth aspects of the present invention, a game ball firing unit A, a game ball discharge control unit B, a sound source unit C, a display unit D, a game control unit E, a power supply unit F, and a game ball firing unit A for performing a predetermined game process. Since the predetermined connector in the signal connection system for interconnecting the interfaces G is a light-transmitting connector for a game machine, a clerk installs an unauthorized CPU installed on the back of the connector at a location where there is a high possibility of illegal use of the game machine. It is possible to see through and to prevent illegal use of the amusement machine as much as possible. According to the ninth and tenth aspects of the present invention, since the translucent game machine connector is mounted on each game board of the pachinko machine in which illegal use frequently occurs, illegal play of the pachinko machine can be prevented as much as possible. Claim 1
According to the first aspect of the present invention, since the translucent game machine connector is mounted on each game board of the pachislot machine which is likely to cause illegal game in the same manner as the pachinko machine, illegal play of the pachislot machine can be prevented. Can contribute to.

[Brief description in the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko machine in which a game machine connector according to the present invention is mounted.

FIG. 2 is an open back view of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 3 is a schematic signal connection system diagram of constituent units of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a schematic signal connection system diagram of the constituent units of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 5 is another schematic signal connection system diagram of the constituent units of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing an example of a mounting structure of the game machine connector.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A game ball firing unit B prize ball discharge control unit C sound source unit D display unit E game control unit F power supply unit G interface (I / 0) 1 game machine (pachinko machine) 2 game board 3 game machine body (pachinko machine body) 27 Wiring Board 28 Amusement Machine Connector 28A Connector Body 28B Connector Terminal 30 Signal Wire

Continued on the front page (72) Inventor Megumi Takamori 10th Hanazono Todocho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-shi, Japan F-term (reference) 2C088 BA32 BC07 BC22 BC45 CA13 CA27 DA09 DA17 EA02 EA06 EA07 EA08 EA10 EA25 EA26

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A game board mounted on a game machine main body so as to be openable and closable, a game control unit for judging the presence or absence of a prize of pseudo money inserted into a pseudo money flow passage installed in the game board, A pseudo-money discharge control unit that controls the discharge of pseudo-money as a prize pseudo-money based on the winning determination of the control unit, an alerting unit that notifies the winning control of pseudo-money discharge control, and the game control unit is connected to a central processing unit for centralized management And a plurality of connectors for removably electrically connecting the units and the interfaces of the amusement machine having an interface to each other, wherein the predetermined connector body is made of a translucent resin through which the connector terminals can be seen. Then, the unauthorized CPU connected to the connector terminal is seen through the translucent connector main body, and set in the game control unit. A game machine connector characterized in that it is configured to prevent a change in a program of a specified regular CPU. 2. The connector for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein the translucent synthetic resin is made of a transparent material. 3. The connector for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit includes a display unit. 4. The connector for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein said notification unit includes a sound source unit. 5. The game machine according to claim 1, wherein the connector terminals set on the light-transmitting connector main body are electrically connected and fixed to a wiring board of the game control unit. Mounting structure of a game machine connector. 6. The amusement machine according to claim 1, wherein the connector terminals set on the translucent connector main body are electrically connected and fixed to the wiring board of the interface. Connector mounting structure. 7. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the connector terminal set on the translucent connector main body is electrically connected and fixed to a wiring board of the pseudo-money discharging control unit. The mounting structure of the described amusement machine connector. 8. The game according to claim 1, wherein the connector terminals set on the translucent connector main body are electrically connected and fixed to a wiring board of the notification unit. Mounting structure of machine connector. 9. The connector terminal set in the translucent connector main body is connected and fixed to each of the game control unit, the pseudo-money discharging control unit, the notification unit, and each of the wiring boards constituting the interface. 9. The mounting structure of a connector for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein said wiring boards are connected to each other via a connector. 10. The game board has a launch unit for launching pachinko balls, and a connector terminal set on the translucent connector main body is electrically connected and fixed to a wiring board of the launch unit. Claims 1 to 9
The mounting structure of the connector for a game machine according to any one of the above. 11. A pachi-slot machine having a pseudo coin ejection control unit for controlling the ejection of a prize pseudo coin in response to the insertion of a pseudo coin, wherein the connector terminal set in the translucent connector main body is provided. 11. The mounting structure for a connector for a game machine according to claim 1, wherein the mounting connector is electrically connected and fixed to a wiring board of the pseudo coin ejection control unit.