JP2001046676A - Premium ball discharge device for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To arrange wiring among a prize ball detecting switch, a main control part and a premium ball discharge control part by means of a repeater substrate and to easily discover illegal reconstruction only by means of confirming the wiring and the repeater substrate by wiring the prize detecting switch, the main control part and the prize ball discharge control part with the repeater substrate. SOLUTION: During a game, the main control part 4 transmits a command (identifying information) to a prize ball discharge control part 20, which includes the number of prize ball indication discharge corresponding to a prize winning ball detecting signal inputted from a prize winning ball detecting switch 3. The control part 20 controls a prize ball discharge mechanism part 30 in accordance with the number of prize ball indication discharge which is decoded from the received command. Besides, a prize ball 47 discharged from a prize ball discharge mechanism part 30 is detected by the prize ball detecting switch 40 and the prize ball detecting signal is outputted to the main control part 4 and the prize ball discharge control part 20. In this case, the repeater substrate 48 where a connector is mounted, by which the wiring of the prize ball detecting switch 40 is branched to distribute them to the main control part 4 and the part 20, is arranged so that the illegal reconstruction is easily discovered.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game ball which is fired by a player's operation and automatically wins a set number of prize balls corresponding to the prize when the sphere wins a prize hole provided on a game board. The present invention relates to a prize ball dispensing device for a pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A prize ball payout device of a pachinko machine disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 2519683 discloses a main control in which a game ball fired by a player's operation wins a prize hole provided in a game board. Outputs the prize ball instruction payout number set in accordance with the winning to the prize ball payout control section, and the prize ball payout control section electrically controls the prize ball payout mechanism section based on the prize ball instruction payout number. The award ball payout mechanism pays out the award ball.

[0003]

However, in the prize ball payout apparatus of the conventional pachinko machine, a prize ball detection signal which detects a prize ball paid out from a prize ball payout mechanism is inputted to a prize ball payout control section. The prize ball payout control section counts the prize ball detection signal as the prize ball payout number, and when the prize ball payout number matches the prize ball instruction payout number input from the main control section which is the source of the prize ball payout number. Then, the award ball payout control unit stops the award ball payout operation of the award ball payout mechanism unit. In short, since the counting and management of the number of awarded ball payouts to be paid out by the awarding ball payout mechanism unit are performed only by the awarding ball payout control unit, the number of awarded ball instruction payouts output from the main control unit to the awarding ball payout control unit. If the player is illegally remodeled, the prize ball payout device continues paying out the incorrect prize balls without detecting the fraud.

Accordingly, the present invention provides a prize ball payout apparatus of a pachinko machine which can easily recognize an improper action between a prize ball detection switch, a main control section and a prize ball payout control section.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when a winning ball detection switch detects a winning ball winning a winning opening and outputs it to a main control unit, the main control unit issues a command to a separate winning ball payout control unit. Is transmitted in one direction, the prize ball instruction payout number is added as the prize ball payout number, and the prize ball payout control unit receiving this command adds the prize ball payout number in the command as the prize ball payout number. The prize ball payout mechanism is electrically controlled, and the prize ball detection switch transmits a prize ball detection signal that has detected a prize ball paid out from the prize ball payout mechanism to the main control unit and the prize ball payout control unit. In a prize ball payout device of a pachinko machine in which a control unit and a prize ball payout control unit subtract a remaining prize ball payout according to a prize ball detection signal input from a prize ball detection switch, a prize ball detection switch, a main control unit, and a prize ball. Check that the payout control unit is wired via the relay board. It is a symptom. Therefore, according to the present invention, the wiring of the prize ball detection switch, the main control unit, and the prize ball payout control unit can be arranged by the relay board, and unauthorized modification can be easily found only by recognizing the wiring and the relay board.

[0006]

1 and 2 show an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the prize ball control, and FIG. 2 shows the whole game control. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a prize hole provided on the front of the game board, and a plurality of or a plurality of types of prize holes called a general prize port, a start port, a variable prize port, and the like exist.
One of them is shown in a generic form. Reference numeral 2 denotes a winning ball that has won the winning opening 1. In the case of the first embodiment, ten prize balls 47 are paid out in the general winning opening every time one prize ball 2 wins. Every time one winning ball 2 wins, five starting balls 47 are paid out, and a starting device such as a liquid crystal, an LED, a CRT, a plasma display or the like provided as a center role on the game board is provided. The symbol change game starts. However, if a prize ball 2 wins at the starting port during one game on the display, a predetermined number such as four is stored and stored every time the symbol change game on the display is completed. In the range of the stored number, the symbol change game on the display is repeated. Each time the combination of symbols stopped at the end of one symbol change game on the display matches the predetermined combination, the variable winning opening opens in a form that allows a ball to easily enter. The variable winning opening is also called a large winning opening, and every time one winning ball 2 enters, 15 winning balls 47 are paid out. However, if the variable winning opening is open once, 10 winning balls 2 enter, or
When any one of the conditions, such as the lapse of a predetermined time such as 30 seconds from the start of opening, is satisfied, the variable winning opening is closed. The relationship between the winning, the game, and the prize ball payout is determined by electrically controlling the main control unit 4 that electrically controls the entire game of the pachinko machine and the prize ball payout mechanism unit 30 by an electric instruction from the main control unit 4. And a prize ball payout control unit 20 which controls the game.

A winning ball detection switch 3 outputs a winning ball detection signal to the main control unit 4 every time a winning ball 2 that has won the winning opening 1 is detected. The winning ball detection switch 3 is constituted by a sensor such as a proximity switch, and is turned on in response to the winning ball 2. However, it does not easily react to the piano wire inserted into the winning opening 1, thereby preventing fraud. It is a form.
The prize ball detection switch 3 may be provided for each system of the number of prize balls paid out. However, if provided for each of the prize holes 1, the number of the prize balls 2 winning the prize port 1 and the prize ball detection signal The consistency with the number of is improved. That is, when the prize ball detection switch 3 is provided corresponding to the system of the number of prize balls to be paid out, the plurality of prize balls 2 which have won the prize holes 1 divide the plurality of prize holes 1 into systems of the number of prize balls to be paid out. The operation of the prize ball detection switch 3, which flows down the system passage in a daisy chain, and separates and detects the connected prize balls 2 one by one, does not work correctly, and the prize ball detection switch 3 sets the plurality of prize balls to one. There is a high possibility of erroneous detection. On the other hand, when the prize ball detection switch 3 is provided for each prize port 1, there are few cases in which a plurality of prize balls 2 are simultaneously prized in one prize port 1, and a plurality of prize balls are provided in one prize port 1. Even if two prizes are won simultaneously, it is extremely rare that the beads are connected while moving the distance from the winning opening 1 to the prize ball detection switch 3, and the prize ball detection switch 3 accurately detects the prize balls 2 one by one. Because you can.

The main control section 4 and the prize ball payout control section 20 are separately configured and mounted at different places. For example, the main control unit 4 is attached to the back of the game board because it has a deep relationship with the game, and the prize ball payout control unit 20 is attached to the main body frame because it has little relationship with the game. The body frame is a part fixed to the island of the pachinko parlor to replaceably mount the game board. The main control unit 4 sends a command, which is identification information including the prize ball instruction payout number corresponding to the prize ball detection signal input from the prize ball detection switch 3, via a signal line to the prize ball payout control unit 20.
And the prize ball payout control unit 20 electrically controls the prize ball payout mechanism unit 30 via a signal line based on the prize ball instruction payout number decoded from the command received from the main control unit 4, Sealing circuit case and security C
By employing a PU or the like, it is possible to take countermeasures against fraud.

The prize ball dispensing mechanism 30 includes a prize ball dispensing passage 3
1. A prize ball payout actuator 32 and a passage opening / closing member 33 are provided. The prize ball payout actuator 32 can use either an electromagnetic solenoid or a stepping motor. When a stepping motor is used, the drive pulse signal of the stepping motor is used as the prize ball detection signal output from the prize ball detection switch 40. Then, prize ball detection switch 4
0 can be omitted. The prize ball detection switch 40 outputs a prize ball detection signal to the main control unit 4 and the prize ball payout control unit 20 every time the prize ball 47 is detected by the prize ball payout mechanism unit 30.
Since the prize ball detection switch 40 is provided in the prize ball payout passage 31 upstream of the passage opening / closing member 33 of the prize ball payout mechanism 30, the prize ball detection switch 40 is set to the prize ball payout mechanism 30.
The prize ball 47 immediately before being paid out is detected, and the prize ball payout operation of the prize ball payout actuator 32 and the prize ball detection switch 40 are detected.
The time lag with the detection operation of can be eliminated.

Reference numeral 41 denotes a tank connected to the upstream side of the prize ball payout passage 31 for storing prize balls 47; 42, a supply confirmation switch for confirming whether or not there is a supply ball in the tank 41;
Is a prize ball preparation detection switch for confirming that a prize ball 47 to be dispensed is prepared at a higher position than both the passage opening / closing member 33 and the prize ball detection switch 40, and 44 is paid out from the prize ball payout passage 31. Upper plate receiving prize ball 47, 4
5 is a lower plate for receiving the prize balls 47 overflowing from the upper plate 44, and 46 is for detecting that the prize balls 47 flowing down from the upper plate 44 to the lower plate 45 and overflowing into the prize ball payout mechanism 30. Is an overflow detection switch. And
When the replenishment confirmation switch 42 is not detected, the main control unit 4 outputs a replenishment request to the hall computer. When the condition that the prize ball preparation detection switch 43 is in the detection state and the overflow detection switch 46 is in the non-detection state are simultaneously satisfied, the main control unit 4 determines that a prize ball is possible and determines that the prize ball payout control unit 2
A prize ball permission command is sent to 0. Reference numeral 48 denotes a relay board provided outside the main control unit 4 and the prize ball payout control unit 20 separately from the main control unit 4 and the prize ball payout control unit 20. This is a board on which a connector to be distributed to the unit 20 is mounted. Winning detection switch 3
Prize ball detection switch 40 and prize ball preparation detection switch 43
Is a non-contact type that can directly detect the passing of the prize balls 47 one by one without passing through a movable mechanism.

In the case of the first embodiment, a game ball fired by a player's operation wins one of the plurality of winning openings 1,
The winning detection switch 3 outputs a winning ball detection signal to the main control unit 4 when the winning ball 2 is detected. Accordingly, the main control unit 4 determines which of the plurality of winning ball detection switches 3 the winning ball detection signal is input from, and determines the number of payout instruction payouts corresponding to the determined winning ball detection signal. The prize ball payout control unit 2 extracts a command from the plurality of prize ball instruction payout numbers set in the control unit 4 and generates a command including the prize ball instruction payout number.
After outputting to 0, the prize ball instruction payout number is added and stored as the prize ball payout remaining number.

Next, the prize ball payout control section 20 decodes the command input from the main control section 4, converts the prize ball instruction payout number in the command from the command data, adds it to the prize ball payout remaining number, and awards the prize ball payout. Prize ball payout mechanism 3 based on the number of ball instructions paid out
The prize ball payout actuator 32 of 0 is electrically controlled.
As a result, the passage opening / closing member 33 opens the winning ball payout passage 31 by the winning ball instruction payout number, and the winning ball 47 is paid out from the tank 41 to the upper plate 44. Each time the prize ball detection switch 40 detects the prize ball 47 to be paid out, a prize ball detection signal corresponding to the number of prize ball payouts is sent via the relay board 48 to the main controller 4.
And the prize ball payout control unit 20. Then, the main control unit 4 and the prize ball payout control unit 20 subtract (count down) the stored prize ball payout number from the prize ball payout number which is the prize ball detection signal input from the prize ball detection switch 4. Then, when the remaining prize ball payout value becomes zero, the prize ball payout control unit 20 stops driving the prize ball payout actuator 32, the prize ball payout actuator 32 stops, and the passage opening / closing member 33 stops.
Closes the award ball payout passage 31, and the award ball payout operation by the award ball payout mechanism 30 stops.

In FIG. 2, when a CPU (not shown) of the main control unit 4 inputs a winning ball detection signal from the winning ball detecting switch 3 via wiring and an input interface,
The CPU executes a game process of the entire game using a program set in a ROM (not shown) as a storage means of a process in a RAM (not shown), and outputs a command as a result of the process to an output interface and a wiring. Via the prize ball payout control unit 20, the special symbol control unit 50, the indicator light control unit 5
1. Output in one direction to the sound effect control unit 52 and the ball launch control unit 53. The command from the main control unit 4 to the ball launch control unit 53 is transmitted via the prize ball payout control unit 20.

CPU (not shown) of special symbol control unit 50
When a command from the output interface of the main control unit 4 is input via the wiring and the input interface,
The CPU executes a special symbol display control process by using a program set in a ROM (not shown) as a storage means of a processing process in a RAM (not shown), and electrically controls the display 54 via an output driver and wiring. Drive. The types of commands input from the main control unit 4 to the special symbol control unit 50 include demo display, left symbol variation start, middle symbol variation start, right symbol variation start, left symbol variation stop (stop symbol instruction), and medium symbol. There are fluctuation stop (stop symbol instruction), right symbol fluctuation stop (stop symbol instruction), big hit determination display, big hit display, specific winning opening switch winning display, big hit end display, count error display, prize ball error display, and the like.

The CPU (not shown) of the indicator light controller 51
When a command from the output interface of the main control unit 4 is input via the wiring and the input interface,
The CPU executes the indicator light control process using the program set in the ROM (not shown) as a storage means of the process in the RAM (not shown), and executes the side lamp, the top lamp, the lamp windmill, or the prize of the pachinko machine. An indicator light 55 such as a ball lamp is electrically lit via an output driver and wiring,
Flashes and turns off. The types of commands input from the main control unit 4 to the indicator light control unit 51 include a demonstration display, a special symbol change display, a reach (left, middle symbol match) display, a big hit determination display, a big hit display, and a big hit end display. , Error display, specific winning opening winning indicator light on, specific winning opening winning indicator light off, 1 hold storage indicator light display, 2 hold storage indicator lights display, 3 hold storage indicator lights display, 4 hold storage indicator lights Display, hold memory display lamp all off, award ball display lamp on, award ball display lamp off, completion indicator lamp on, completion indicator lamp off, etc. Indicator light 5
5 is a jackpot indicator light that lights up at the time of a big hit, a prize ball indicator light that lights up during award ball payout, a completion indicator light that lights up when the replenishing ball in the tank 41 (see FIG. 1) is exhausted, and a game decoration effect. A first game decoration effect indicator such as a barrel side lamp, a second game decoration effect indicator such as a center role lamp for a game decoration effect, and a second game decoration effect indicator such as a variable winning opening side lamp for a game decoration effect. 3 game decoration effect indicator light, specific winning opening winning indicator light that lights when a ball wins a specific winning opening in the variable winning opening, and 4 winning storages in the symbol starting opening.
There is an on-hold storage indicator lamp for displaying up to the number.

The CPU (not shown) of the sound effect controller 52
When a command from the output interface of the main control unit 4 is input via the wiring and the input interface,
The CPU executes a sound effect control process by using a program set in a ROM (not shown) as a storage unit of a process using a RAM (not shown), and generates a sound source IC (not shown) based on the execution result. ) Converts the sound effect data set in the ROM (not shown) into a sound effect signal, an amplifier (not shown) amplifies the sound effect signal, and switches the speaker 56 provided in the pachinko machine. It is electrically driven through the wiring. The types of commands input from the main control unit 4 to the sound effect control unit 52 include a symbol starting mouth winning sound, a special symbol changing sound, a reach sound, a special symbol stop sound, a jackpot determination sound, a jackpot medium sound, and a jackpot end. There are sounds and error sounds.

The ball launch control unit 53 allows the player to operate the handle (not shown) in the ball launch mechanism 57 when the launch permission is input from the main control unit 4 via the winning ball payout control unit 20.
By operating the controller, a control for driving a ball firing actuator (not shown) such as an electromagnetic solenoid or a stepping motor in the ball firing mechanism 57 in accordance with the operation amount of the steering wheel is performed. 58 is a variable winning opening actuator such as an electromagnetic solenoid or a stepping motor for opening and closing the variable winning opening, and 59 is a hall computer installed in a pachinko parlor for business management. Hall computer 5
Numeral 9 collects information from a plurality of pachinko machines installed in pachinko parlors and totals the information. The types of information output from the pachinko machine to the hall computer 59 include jackpot information, special symbol operation count information, symbol start switch winning information, prize ball information, supply request information, and the like.

In short, according to the first embodiment, in the prize ball payout control device of the pachinko machine in which the main control unit 4 sends a command in one direction to the prize ball payout control unit 20 whose function is divided. 4 transmits a command including the prize ball instruction payout number to the prize ball payout control unit 20, and upon receiving this command, the prize ball payout control unit 20 electrically controls the prize ball payout mechanism unit 30 based on the prize ball payout number in the command. The prize ball detection switch 40 detects the prize ball 47 paid out from the prize ball payout mechanism 30 and sends the prize ball detection signal to the main control unit 4 and the prize ball payout control unit 20 via the relay board 48. Send. The main control unit 4
Is a command transmitted from the main control unit 4 to the prize ball payout control unit 20 to add the number of remaining prize ball payouts and to determine the number of pulses of the prize ball detection signal corresponding to the prize ball payout number input from the prize ball detection switch 40. The main controller 4 counts the number of awarded ball payouts to be paid out from the awarded ball payout mechanism 30 by subtracting from the number of remaining awarded ball payouts. The prize ball payout control section 20 adds the prize ball payout remaining number according to the command input from the main control section 4 and generates a prize ball detection signal corresponding to the prize ball payout number input from the prize ball detection switch 40. By subtracting the number of pulses from the remaining prize ball payout number, the prize ball payout control unit 20 performs counting management of the number of prize ball payouts paid out from the prize ball payout mechanism unit 30.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing winning ball payout control according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing overall game control of the same embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Winning opening 2 Winning ball 3 Winning ball detection switch 4 Main control unit 20 Winning ball payout control unit 30 Winning ball payout mechanism unit 40 Winning ball detection switch 48 Relay board

Claims (1)

[Claims] When a winning ball detection switch detects a winning ball winning a winning opening and outputs it to a main control unit, the main control unit sends a command to a separate winning ball payout control unit in one direction and simultaneously receives a prize. The ball instruction payout number is added as the prize ball payout number, and the prize ball payout control unit that receives this command adds the prize ball payout number in the command as the prize ball payout number, and electrically connects the prize ball payout mechanism unit. The prize ball detection switch transmits a prize ball detection signal, which has detected the prize ball paid out from the prize ball payout mechanism unit, to the main control unit and the prize ball payout control unit, and the main control unit and the prize ball payout control unit In a prize ball dispensing device of a pachinko machine that subtracts the number of remaining prize ball payouts according to a prize ball detection signal input from a prize ball detection switch, a prize ball detection switch, a main control unit, and a prize ball payout control unit control a relay board. Prize ball payment of a pachinko machine characterized by being wired through Output device.