JP2001252437A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To continue shot even when a lower bowl is full of prize balls. SOLUTION: If a filling-up switch 73 is turned on or a ball-dispensing passage sensor 29f continuously detects game balls over a set time, the delivery of prize balls is toped. Therefore, there is no possibility of causing a failure in a prize ball interrupting device 29c or a ball dispensation interrupting device 29d due to the climb-up of the delivered game balls. The game balls each after getting a prize are quickly discharged to the outside of a machine without staying in a tank, or the like, eliminating the possibility of disabling the blockage of a variable prize device (for example, a big prize hole 40) due to the delayed discharge of safe balls to cause the climb-up of the safe balls into the variable prize device. When the lower bowl 23 is filled up, the delivery of the prize balls is simply stopped without the need for stopping the shot of the game balls to prevent the occurrence of a new prize. Therefore, the frequent shot stop due to the filliny-up of the lower bowl 23 is prevented and the impairment of the absorbing interest in the game is avoided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention belongs to the technical field of ball game machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a ball-and-ball game machine, for example, a pachinko game machine, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out as a prize ball (sometimes referred to as a prize ball) when a shot game ball wins a winning opening. It is configured as follows.

In a conventional pachinko gaming machine, a game ball (safe ball) which has won each winning port on a game board is temporarily stopped in a safe ball tank, and the stopped game balls are detected one by one by a sensor. After a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out to the player by the prize ball payout device, the detected game balls are discharged from the safe ball tank.

[0004] In this conventional pachinko gaming machine, a winning game ball is temporarily stopped in a safe ball tank, and after the prize ball is paid out, it is discharged outside the machine. Therefore, even if an unexpected situation such as a power failure occurs, the prize is won. The game ball that was stopped is parked in the safe ball tank, and it is possible to pay out the prize ball corresponding to the game ball stopped after the power failure is resolved, so that there is no disadvantage to the player Had an effect.

[0005] The paid out game balls are usually guided to the upper plate, and when the upper plate is full, guided to the lower plate and stored. However, when the lower plate becomes full, the game balls paid out from the payout device fill the path from the payout device to the lower plate, and eventually the game balls rise up to the prize ball payout device. There was a risk that the ball dispensing device would break down.

In order to prevent such a problem, a switch (usually called a full tank switch) for detecting a full state of the lower plate is provided, and when the full switch is turned on, that is, the lower plate becomes full. He stopped paying out prize balls, and also issued a warning. By stopping the payout of prize balls,
Failure of the prize ball dispensing device caused by the rising game balls and overflow of the game balls from the upper plate and the lower plate are prevented.

However, when the payout of the prize ball is stopped, the safe ball is not discharged as described above, so that the safe ball is filled in the safe ball tank, and further, the variable prize device (eg, an attacker) is filled with the safe ball. Since there is a possibility that it will not be possible to close, stop firing game balls in conjunction with stopping the prize ball,
It prevented the occurrence of new prizes.

[0008]

However, even when the prize ball and the launch are stopped by the full tank switch, the safe ball is not discharged quickly because the capacity of the safe ball tank is small or the prize ball payout operation is slow. In such a case, the safe ball tank becomes full, for example, the safe ball rises up to the attacker and cannot be closed when it should be closed, and the maximum number allowed during one opening (eg, 10)
There was a prize beyond.

If the player does not remove the ball from the lower plate, the firing is frequently stopped and a warning is issued, which detracts from the interest of the game. In particular, suspensions were unpopular.

[0010]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball game machine, a game board, a winning detecting means for detecting a winning of a game ball, and a game ball (award ball) corresponding to the winning. A prize ball payout device for paying out a prize ball, and a prize ball guiding path for guiding the prize ball paid out from the payout device to the upper plate preferentially and guiding the prize ball to the lower plate when the upper plate is filled with game balls. In the ball game machine provided, a prize ball data storage means for storing data related to a prize detected by the prize detection means, and a payout control for controlling the payout device based on the data stored in the prize ball data storage means. Means, storage means for storing and storing the data stored in the prize ball data storage means so as not to be lost in the event of a power failure, and a prize ball discharge path for discharging the winning game balls to the outside without stagnation. And the prize ball taxiway Full detection means for detecting a full state in which the lower plate is filled with game balls from the arrangement position, and prize ball stopping means for stopping payout of the prize balls when the full state is detected by the full detection means. And characterized in that:

The winning ball stopping means stops paying out the winning balls when the full state is detected by the full detecting means, so that the game balls paid out from the winning ball payout device are transferred from the winning ball payout device to the lower plate. There is no possibility that such a game ball will rise up and the prize ball payout device will be out of order.

On the other hand, the prize ball data storage means stores prize data detected by the prize detection means, and the payout control means controls the payout device based on the data stored in the prize ball data storage means. Further, the memory holding means stores and holds the data stored in the award ball data storing means so as not to be lost at the time of the power failure. Therefore, it is not necessary to stop the winning game balls as so-called evidence balls, and even if the winning game balls are discharged outside the machine without being stopped by the winning ball discharge path, there is no problem in paying out the winning balls.

The winning game balls (safe balls) are quickly discharged out of the machine through the winning ball discharge path, so that the safe balls are dropped into the variable winning device (for example, an attacker) due to the discharge delay of the safe balls. There is no danger of rising and making it impossible to close. When the lower plate is full, it is only necessary to stop paying out prize balls, and it is not necessary to stop firing of game balls in order to prevent occurrence of a new prize. Therefore, the firing is not stopped frequently due to the lower plate being full, and the interest of the game is not spoiled.

The prize detecting means may be of any structure as long as it detects that a game ball has won, such as a switch whose position changes when a prize game ball is detected or a sensor whose signal level also changes. Can be adopted. Further, the winning detection means may be provided individually for all winning ports, or may be configured to collect and detect gaming balls winning in the same winning port having the same number of winning balls according to the difference in the number of winning balls. .

The configuration and form of the prize ball data storage means are not limited as long as the data relating to the prize detected by the prize detection means can be stored. The content to be stored is how many times the payout for the number of prize balls set in the winning opening (for example, five prize balls, ten prize balls, and fifteen prize balls) needs to be executed, that is, the unpaid amount. What is necessary is just content which can specify how many are.

The storage and holding means only needs to be able to store and hold the data stored in the prize sphere data storage means so as not to be erased in the event of a power failure, so that the configuration thereof is in accordance with the configuration of the prize sphere data storage means. If something that requires power to store data like RAM is used as the prize ball data storage means,
The storage battery is preferably a backup battery that operates during a power failure.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the firing device continues to operate even if the full state is detected by the full state detecting means. It can be prevented that the firing is stopped due to the state of being full and the interest is not spoiled.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the ball game machine of the first or second aspect, the position of the fullness detecting means is substantially the same as the level of the upper plate. The prize ball is not stopped just by being full.
By the time the prize ball is stopped, a large amount of game balls can be accumulated upstream of the lower plate, that is, downstream of the prize ball dispensing device, so that the player does not need to frequently remove the ball from the lower plate. We can concentrate on minute game.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a bullet-ball game machine,
Prize detection means for detecting a winning of a game ball, a prize ball payout device for paying out a game ball (prize ball) corresponding to the prize, and a prize ball detection means for detecting a game ball discharged from the prize ball payout device And a ball rental device for discharging game balls as a ball rental,
A ball-lending detector for detecting a game ball discharged from the ball-lending device, and a game ball discharged from the prize-ball dispensing device and the ball-lending device being preferentially guided to an upper plate, and the upper plate is a game ball. In a ball game machine having a game ball guiding path for guiding to a lower plate when the ball is filled, the award is provided if the state in which the ball lending detecting means continuously detects a game ball is equal to or longer than a set time. Prize ball stopping means for stopping the payout of the ball.

When the state where the ball-lending detecting means continuously detects the game ball is equal to or longer than the set time, it means that the game ball continuously detected cannot move to the downstream side, specifically, the game It may be considered that the ball taxiway is in a state of being filled with game balls. In other words, the upper plate and the lower plate are full, and the game balls in the game ball guideway cannot flow out. Stopping the payout of the prize ball at this time is equivalent to stopping the payout of the prize ball in response to the ON of the full tank switch described in the related art. In other words, the full-battery switch detecting means for detecting the game balls discharged from the full-ball discharge device can also serve as a full-battery switch, and the full-battery switch can be omitted. Therefore, the number of parts of the ball game machine can be reduced.

Since the ball-lending detecting means is located on the upstream side of the upper plate, the upper plate is full when the game balls are stagnant here, but the game balls filling the upper plate are placed in the following state. Since the inflow of the game ball to the upper plate is prevented, the game ball does not overflow from the upper plate. In addition, if the upper plate is at least full, the player does not usually request a lending ball, so that there is no error in discharging the lending ball.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a ball game machine,
Prize detection means for detecting a winning of a game ball, a prize ball payout device for paying out a game ball (prize ball) corresponding to the prize, and a prize ball detection means for detecting a game ball discharged from the prize ball payout device And a game ball guiding path that preferentially guides the game balls discharged from the prize ball dispensing device to the upper plate and guides the lower plate when the upper plate is filled with the game balls. And a prize ball stopping means for stopping the payout of the prize balls when a state in which the prize ball detecting means continuously detects game balls is equal to or longer than a set time.

When the state in which the prize ball detecting means continuously detects a game ball is equal to or longer than a set time, it means that the game ball continuously detected cannot be moved to the downstream side. It may be considered that the ball taxiway is in a state of being filled with game balls. In other words, the upper plate and the lower plate are full, and the game balls in the game ball guideway cannot flow out. Stopping the payout of the prize ball at this time is equivalent to stopping the payout of the prize ball in response to the ON of the full tank switch described in the related art. That is, the prize ball detecting means for detecting the game balls discharged from the prize ball payout device can also function as a full tank switch, and the full tank switch can be omitted. Therefore, the number of parts of the ball game machine can be reduced.

Since the prize ball detecting means is located on the upstream side of the upper plate, the upper plate is full when the game balls are stagnant, but the game balls filling the upper plate are placed in the following state. Since the inflow of the game ball to the upper plate is prevented, the game ball does not overflow from the upper plate.

[0025]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Note that the embodiment of the present invention
It is needless to say that the present invention is not limited to the following specific examples at all, and can take various forms within the technical scope of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 10 of the present embodiment comprises a generally rectangular outer frame 11 and a front frame 12, and a known prepaid card unit 13 is provided on the left of the outer frame 11. ing. The front frame 12 is rotatably attached to the outer frame 11 by upper and lower left and right hinges 14.

An upper plate 15 is provided below the front frame 12, and a lending button 16, a settlement button 17, and a balance display section 18 are provided on the upper plate 15. When a prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 19 of the prepaid card unit 13,
The stored balance is displayed on the balance display section 18, and the lending button 1
When 6 is pressed, the game balls are lent out and the game balls are discharged from the payout opening of the upper plate 15.

A window-shaped metal frame 20 is attached to the front frame 12 so as to be openable with respect to the front frame 12. A sheet glass 21 is doubly fitted into the metal frame 20. A game board 22 is housed behind the glass sheet 21. Upper plate 1
5, a lower plate 23 is provided below the front frame 12, and the lower plate 2
A firing handle 24 is attached to the right side of 3.
A dial portion 24a is mounted on the outer periphery of the firing handle 24. By rotating the dial portion 24a clockwise, a game ball can be fired on the game board 22. Also firing handle 24
Has a firing stop switch 24b for stopping firing.
And a touch switch 24c for outputting a signal according to whether or not the player is in contact with the dial portion 24a (not shown in FIG. 1; see FIG. 6).

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine 10 as viewed from the back. As shown in the figure, a mechanism board 26 to which the game board 22 described above is detachably attached is housed in the outer frame 11 described above. A ball tank 27, a guide gutter 28, and a discharge mechanism 29 are provided on the mechanism board 26 from above, and a game ball guide path 70 is connected downstream of the discharge mechanism 29.

The structure of the discharging mechanism 29 is as shown in FIG. 3, and the game ball from the guiding gutter 28 is divided into a prize ball gutter 29a and a ball lending gutter 29b. The prize ball gutter 29a has a prize ball cutting device 29c, and the ball lending gutter 29b has a ball lending device 2
9d are each equipped. Prize ball cut-off device 29c
The ball cutting device 29d includes a motor and a ball cutting screw, respectively, and allows the game balls to pass (discharge) one by one to the downstream side by rotating the screw. In addition, a prize ball passage sensor 29e for detecting a game ball discharged by the prize ball cutting device 29c is mounted on the prize ball gutter 29a, and a rental ball for detecting a game ball discharged by the ball rental ball cutting device 29d. A ball passage sensor 29f is mounted on the ball rental gutter 29b.

In this specific example, the prize ball gutter 29a and the prize ball cut-off device 29c constitute prize ball payout means, and the prize ball passage sensor 29e corresponds to prize ball detection means. Similarly, gutter for ball rental 2
9b and the ball letting-off device 29d constitute a ball letting discharge means, and the ball letting passage sensor 29f corresponds to a ball hit detecting means.

An upper plate guiding gutter 71 communicating with the upper plate 15 is provided in the game ball guiding path 70 connected to the downstream side, and the lower ends of the prize ball gutter 29a and the ball lending gutter 29b are both formed. It opens above the upper plate guiding gutter 71. Further, a portion passing by the side of the upper plate guiding gutter 71 is a lower plate guiding gutter 72, and an end of the lower plate guiding gutter 72 communicates with the lower plate 23. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the lower tray guiding gutter 72 is provided with a full tank switch 73 corresponding to a full detector.

With such a configuration, the prize ball cutting device 2
When the 9c is operated, the game balls flowing from the ball tank 27 to the prize ball gutter 29a via the guiding gutter 28 are transferred to the prize ball gutter 29a.
a can be discharged toward the upper plate guiding gutter 71, and the game ball of the ball lending gutter 29b can be discharged toward the upper plate guiding gutter 71 by operating the ball lending device 29d.

The prize ball gutter 29a and the ball rental gutter 29b
The discharged game balls are normally sent from the upper plate guiding gutter 71 to the upper plate 1.
It is led to 5. However, sometimes the upper plate 15 becomes full and even the upper plate guiding gutter 71 may be filled with game balls. Then, since the game balls discharged from the prize ball gutter 29a and the ball lending gutter 29b cannot flow into the upper plate guiding gutter 71,
It is discharged to the lower plate 23 through the lower plate guiding gutter 72. Lower plate 2
When 3 is full and the game ball is filled to the position where the full switch 73 of the lower tray guiding gutter 72 is set, the full switch 73 changes its position (in this example, from off to on). By monitoring the signal, the full state of the lower plate 23 can be detected.

A main control board 30 and a discharge control board 31 are detachably mounted on the mechanism board 26, a special symbol display device 32 is mounted on the game board 22, and a firing motor 33a is provided on a lower left portion of the front frame.
The external connection terminal board 50 is attached to the left side of the special symbol display device 32, respectively.

Next, the game board 22 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the gaming board 22 has an LCD panel unit (hereinafter, referred to as "LCD") 32a constituting a special symbol display device 32 in the center, and a normal electric accessory as a first-type starting port below the LCD panel unit. 36, an ordinary symbol display device 37 at the upper part of the LCD 35, an ordinary winning opening 78 provided behind the ordinary symbol display device 37, and an ordinary symbol on the left and right of the LCD 35 used to start changing the symbol displayed on the ordinary symbol display device 37. Operating gates 38, 39, these gates 38,
A special winning opening 74, 75 arranged below 39, a special winning device 80 arranged below the ordinary electric accessory 36 and having a special winning opening 40 and left and right normal winning openings 76, 77, an out at the bottom of the board. A mouth 41, various winning holes, a windmill, a game nail (not shown), and the like are provided.

With this configuration, the above-described firing handle 2
4, the firing motor 33 a controlled by the firing control board 33 is driven to drive the firing device 33 b from the upper plate 15.
The game balls supplied to the game board 22 are guided by guide rails and fired on the game board 22. If the launched game ball wins in each winning opening, the game ball is taken in as a safe ball on the back surface of the board, and if not won, it is similarly taken in as an out ball via the out port 41 on the back surface of the board.

As shown in FIG. 5, on the back of the game board 22, a ball opening 79 and a normal winning opening 74 of the ordinary electric accessory 36,
75, 76, 77, 78 are open, and winning ball switches 79a, 74a, 75a, 76a, 77a, 78 for detecting game balls falling therefrom, ie, winning balls.
a is attached.

The ordinary winning opening 78 is provided with a gutter 78b, and the game ball dropped from the ordinary winning opening 78 passes through the winning ball switch 78a and then falls from the tip of the gutter 78b. The gutter 78b guides the winning ball to the winning ball switch 78a and prevents the winning ball from colliding with the special symbol display device 32.

On the other hand, ordinary winning openings 74, 75, 76, 77
For the ball opening 79, arched covers 74b, 75b, 76b, 77 covering a range from the upper portion to the winning ball switch 74a, 75a, 76a, 77a, 79a.
b, 79b are provided. These covers 74b,
75b, 76b, 77b, 79b are used to switch the respective winning balls to the winning ball switches 74a, 75a, 76a, 77a, 7
In addition to the guide to 9a, the game ball that has passed through another winning opening is prevented from being mixed. The cover 79b is provided with a detour gutter 79c for bypassing the big prize winning device, but the prize ball switches 74a, 75a, 76a, 77a are not provided with a gutter below.

The game balls flowing out to the back side of the game board 22 from the ball opening 79 and the normal winning openings 74, 75, 76, 77, 78 of the ordinary electric accessory 36 are guided to a gutter or a cover, and are each provided with a winning ball switch. 79a, 74a, 75a, 76
a, 77a, and 78a, and falls along the back of the game board 22. A game ball that has won the special winning opening 40 falls in the same manner after being detected by either the continuation switch 40a or the count switch 40b. Continuation switch 4
0a detects that a game ball that has won the special winning opening 40 has passed through a special device operation area (hereinafter, referred to as a “special area”), and the count switch 40b determines whether another game ball that has won the special winning opening 40 is played. It is to detect.

A back cover 81 consisting of a peripheral frame 81a and a back plate 81b is attached to the back of the game board 22, and a back plate 81b (FIG. 5 shows a state in which the back plate 81b is seen through). , Gutter 78b, covers 74b, 75
b, 76b, 77b, 79b and the detour gutter 79c. Therefore, the gutter 78b, the covers 74b, 75b,
The game ball does not spill out from 76b, 77b, 79b and bypass gutter 79c. The lower end of the back cover 81 has an opening 81c without the surrounding frame 81a, and the winning ball switches 79a, 74a, 75a, 76a, 77a,
78a, continue switch 40a or count switch 4
All the game balls that have passed through any one of 0b fall from the openings 81c.

Below the opening 81c, there is arranged a winning ball discharging path 82 comprising a funnel-shaped ball collecting portion 82a having an open upper end and a discharging ball gutter 82b. The lower end of the ball discharge gutter 82b is open to the outside of the machine, and the winning ball is discharged therefrom to the outside of the machine (for example, a ball collection path on a game machine installation island). The discharged prize balls are detected by a discharged ball detection switch 83 attached to the discharged ball gutter 82b. That is, the winning balls are the winning ball switches 79a, 74a, 75
a, 76a, 77a, 78a, the continuation switch 40a, and the count switch 40b, which are individually detected and also detected by the discharge ball detection switch 83, so that the prize ball switches 79a, 74a, 75a, 76a, 77
a, 78a, the number of winning balls detected by the continuation switch 40a and the count switch 40b, and the discharged ball detection switch 83
By checking the number of detected spheres, for example, the winning ball switches 79a, 74a, 75a, 76a, 77a, 78a,
It is possible to find a fraudulent activity that malfunctions the continuation switch 40a or the count switch 40b.

Next, the electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10 will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. Pachinko machine 1
0, the main control board 30, the discharge control board 31, the special symbol display device 32, the emission control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board 35 as described above.
And so on. The circuit diagram does not show a so-called relay board or the like for transferring signals.

The main control board 30 includes a ROM storing a game control program and a RAM serving as a work area for operations and the like.
And an external input / output circuit for inputting / outputting data from / to each board or various switches and various actuators.

On the input side of the main control board 30, the winning ball switch 79a, the ordinary symbol operation switches 38a, 39a built in the ordinary symbol operation gates 38, 39, and the continuation switch (V
Switches) 40a, a count switch 40b, a full tank switch 73, a supply switch 44 disposed in the ball tank 27, and winning ball switches 74a, 75a, 76a, 77.
a, 78a, etc. are connected.

On the output side, a special winning opening solenoid 40c used for opening and closing the special winning opening 40, a V solenoid 40d used for opening and closing a special area in the special winning opening 40, and an ordinary electric accessory 36 are provided. The normal accessory solenoid 36b used for opening and closing, the external connection terminal board 50, and the like are connected.

The special symbol display device 32 is the same as the above-described LCD.
32a and a symbol display device control board for driving and controlling the LCD 32a (hereinafter, also simply referred to as "symbol control board").
32b and an auxiliary unit 32c such as a backlight and an inverter board. Symbol control board 32b
Is configured as a logic operation circuit centered on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer similarly to the main control board 30 described above.

The discharge control board 31 is configured as a logical operation circuit centered on an 8-bit one-chip microcomputer similarly to the main control board 30, and drives the prize ball cutoff device 29c according to a command from the main control board 30. The game ball is paid out as a prize ball for winning, and the ball-cutting device 29d is driven and controlled in accordance with the operation of the lending button 16 to discharge the game ball as the ball-lending. Further, it controls the display of the balance display section 18 of the CR settlement display board 42 and the like. The prepaid card unit 13 provides balance information of the prepaid card and the like to the discharge control board 31, and the discharge control board 31 transmits discharge data of a lending ball and a settlement signal from the settlement button 17 to the prepaid card unit 13.

The input side of the discharge control board 31 is connected with a prize ball passing sensor 29e and a ball lending pass sensor 29f, from which signals are inputted. The signals from the prize ball passage sensor 29e and the ball lending sensor 29f are also input to the main controller 30. The launch control board 33 includes a launch handle 24 (strictly speaking, a dial section 24) operated by a player.
a) controlling the driving of the firing motor 33a in accordance with the amount of rotation of a), stopping the firing when the player presses the firing stop switch 24b, or turning on the touch switch 24c built in the firing handle 24. This is for turning on the touch lamp 45.

The lamp control board 34 is mainly composed of a driving element such as a transistor, and receives a command from the main control board 30 to display a normal symbol display device 37, various kinds of lamps such as a jackpot lamp and an error lamp, and various kinds of LEDs. It is for lighting and displaying lamps.

The sound control board 35 is composed of a sound source IC, an amplifier and the like, and drives and controls the speaker 46 in response to a command from the main control board 30. The above-mentioned transmission to the special symbol display device 32, the discharge control board 31, the emission control board 33, the lamp control board 34, and the sound control board 35 is a one-way communication circuit so that it can be transmitted only from the main control board 30. It is configured. This one-way communication configuration can be implemented using an inverter circuit or a latch circuit.

The main control board 30, the discharge control board 31,
As shown in FIG. 7, the symbol control board 32b, the firing control board 33, the lamp control board 34, the sound control board 35, etc.
Various power supplies are supplied from the power supply board 55. The power supply board 55 is provided with a DC power supply of 32 V DC, 12 V DC,
Further, a configuration is employed in which a backup power supply of 5 V DC is generated by a capacitor. Then, the main control board 30,
In each of the substrates such as the discharge control substrate 31 and the symbol control substrate 32b, the supplied DC 12V power
Generate V.

Here, as shown in the figure, the DC 12 V power supplied from the power supply board 55 is reset (RES) of the CPU 61 via the voltage monitoring circuit 60 of the main control board 30.
Connected to terminal. Similarly, the DC 12 V power supplied from the power supply board 55 is connected to the reset (XRES) terminal of the CPU 63 via the voltage monitoring circuit 62 of the discharge control board 31, and to the XNMI terminal of the CPU 63 via the backup voltage monitoring circuit 64. It is connected. The 5V backup power supply of the power supply circuit is connected to the backup terminal (VBB) of the CPU 63.

Similarly, the DC supplied from the power supply board 55
The 12V power supply is a voltage monitoring circuit 65 of the symbol control board 32b.
Is connected to the reset (RES) terminal of the CPU 66 via the. The voltage monitoring circuit 60 of the main control board 30
As shown in the figure, the voltage monitoring IC 11, the resistors R17, R1
8 and R19, a bypass capacitor C10 and the like. A VSB terminal, which is an input terminal of the voltage monitoring IC 11, has a voltage of DC12V divided by resistors R17 and R18.
Is supplied, and the RESET terminal, which is the output terminal,
Pull up to DC5V by resistor R19 and C
It is connected to the RES terminal, which is the input terminal of the PU 61.

Although not shown, the voltage monitoring circuit 65 has the same configuration as the voltage monitoring circuit 60. Emission control board 3
As shown in FIG. 9, one voltage monitoring circuit 62 includes a voltage monitoring IC 8, resistors R38, R39 and R40, and bypass capacitors C22 and C23. A resistor R39 is connected to a VS terminal which is an input terminal of the voltage monitoring IC 8.
And R40 are supplied with a DC12V power supply, and a RESET terminal, which is an output terminal, is connected to a DC5V by a resistor R38.
It is pulled up to V and connected to an XRES terminal which is an input terminal of the CPU 63.

The backup voltage monitoring circuit 64 includes a comparator IC1A, resistors R41 to R45, and the like. The minus input terminal of the comparator IC1A
The power of 5V DC divided by the resistors R43 and R44 is supplied, the plus input terminal is supplied with 12V DC of voltage divided by the resistors R41 and R42, and the output terminal is pulled to 5V DC by the resistor R45. Up and CP
It is connected to the XNMI terminal which is the input terminal of U63.

With the above configuration, the main control board 30 and the discharge control board 31 when the pachinko machine 10 is turned on are turned on.
FIG. 10 shows the startup state of each CPU with a sub-control board other than the main control board such as the symbol control board 32b.
This will be described with reference to the timing chart shown in FIG.

When the power is turned on to the pachinko machine 10, the power supply board 55 generates DC 32V, DC 12V, and DC 5V which is a battery backup power supply (VBB). The generated DC 12V power is supplied to each control board as shown in FIG. Here, as shown in FIG. 10, when the power is turned on (point P1), DC12V
The voltage of the power supply gradually rises from 0 V to 12 V in a parabola. The voltage of this gradually rising DC12V power supply is
When the reference value LV2 is reached, the outputs of the voltage monitoring circuit 62 of the discharge control board 31 and the voltage monitoring circuit 65 of the symbol control board 32b change from low level to high level, the reset of the CPU 63 is released, and the CPU 63 starts the security check operation (point P2). ).

When the power supply voltage of DC12V is equal to the reference value LV2, the output of the voltage monitoring circuit 60 of the main control board 30 maintains a low level. When the power supply voltage of DC12V rises from the reference value LV2 to the reference value LV1, the output of the voltage monitoring circuit 60 changes from a low level to a high level, and C
The reset of the PU 61 is released, and the CPU 61 starts the security check operation (point P3).

The security check time T1 of the CPU 61 of the main control board 30 is determined by the CPU 63 of the discharge control board 31.
The security check time T2 of each CPU of the sub control board such as the CPU 66 of the symbol control board 32b is designed to be equal to or longer than the security check time T2.

It is to be noted that the security check is, as is well known, a one-chip microcomputer CPU 30, 31, and 3.
2b is a function for checking whether or not the contents of the ROM in which the details of the game are written are regular contents.
The security check time T1 of the main control board 30 is longer than the security check time T2 of the sub control board,
In addition, the security check operation of the CPU 61 of the main control board 30 is performed later than the security check operation of the sub control board. Thereby, the CP of the main control board 30
When U61 starts executing the control of the game in accordance with the program written in the ROM, each of the CPs on the sub-control board
U has already executed the control of the game. As a result, even if the CPU 61 of the main control board 30 transmits data to each sub-control board immediately after the power is turned on, each sub-control board can reliably receive data because each sub-control board is executing the original control. .

In this specific example, the security check time T1 is about 439 ms, and the CPU of the main control board 30
The time from when the power is turned on to when the control of the game is executed is about 529 ms to 549 ms. The security check time T2 is about 200 ms, and the time from when the power is turned on to when the CPU 63 of the discharge control board 31 which is one of the sub-control boards executes the game control is about 202 ms or more.
203 ms.

Next, the operation when the power supply to the pachinko machine 10 is cut off will be described with reference to the timing chart shown in FIG. When the power supply to the pachinko machine 10 is cut off (point P6), the power supply voltage of DC12V drops substantially linearly immediately after the cutoff, but thereafter falls almost linearly to 0V after a predetermined time. In the course of this linear decrease, when the above-mentioned reference voltage LV1 is reached (point P7), the voltage monitoring circuit 6 of the main control board 30
0 changes from high level to low level and CP
U61 is reset. Thereafter, the power supply voltage of DC12V gradually decreases as time elapses, and the reference voltage LV
3 (point P8), the output voltage of the backup voltage monitoring circuit 64 of the discharge control board 31 changes from high level to low level. As a result, the XNMI terminal of the CPU 63 of the discharge control board 31 becomes low level,
Non-maskable interrupt will be applied to 63.

When the power supply voltage of DC12V further decreases from the reference voltage LV3 to reach the reference voltage LV2 (point P
9) The output voltage of the voltage monitoring circuit of each sub-control board such as the voltage monitoring circuit 62 of the discharge control board 31 and the voltage monitoring circuit 65 of the symbol control board 32b changes from high level to low level. Thus, the CPU of each sub-control board is reset.

Here, the RAM of the discharge control board 31 is backed up by a battery, and the data stored in the RAM is kept for a predetermined time (about 1 hour 2 hours in this specific example) even when the power is turned off.
0 minutes to about 3 hours 30 minutes). By the way, as described above, before the CPU 63 of the discharge control board 31 is reset, the XNMI terminal is enabled. As a result, the CPU 63 prohibits access to the RAM and prevents writing. As a result, the contents of the RAM in a stable state before resetting can be backed up by a battery instead of backing up the contents of the RAM in an unstable state that is a reset state.

As described above, when the power is turned off, first, the CPU 61 of the main control board 30 is reset, and then each CPU of the sub-control board is reset. This has the effect that each sub-control board can reliably receive data transmitted by the CPU 61 of the main control board 30 before the power is turned off.

Incidentally, in this specific example, the reference voltage LV1 is 9.
39V to 10.21V, and the reference voltage LV3 is 8.0.
0V to 9.23V, and the reference voltage LV2 is 7.20V.
It is designed to be up to 7.75V. The operation of this example having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS.

When the processing executed by the CPU 61 of the main control board 30 shifts to the "winning storage routine" shown in FIG. 12, first, it is determined whether or not there is a winning (step S100). In this specific example, the ordinary electric accessory 36 as a starting port is configured as a prize ball of five prize balls, the special winning port 40 is configured as a prize ball of 15 prize balls, and the other prize ports are configured as prize balls of 10 prize balls.
The winning of the ordinary electric accessory 36 is determined by the winning ball switch 79.
a, the prize winning port 40 is a continuation switch 40a
The fact that another winning port has been won by the count switch 40b is detected by the winning ball switches 74a to 78a.

When a positive determination is made that there is a prize (step S100), the value of the unpaid prize number MMN is incremented (+1) (step S110), and thereafter a prize order storing process is executed (step S120). ). As shown in the memory map of FIG. 13, the winning order storing process (step S120) uses a 2-bit memory for one winning on a 20-byte memory space and determines the number of winning balls using a 2-bit memory. Written in order. In this specific example, 5
Data of 01 (H) is written for the winning opening of the winning prize ball, 10 (H) is won for the winning opening of 10 prize balls, and 11 (H) is written for the winning of 15 winning balls. It is. In this specific example, data indicating the number of winning balls for four winnings is written in one byte by using two bits from the least significant bit in the order in which the winning is detected, and if a one-byte memory is used. Is written to the memory at the next higher address. Which position in the memory space is written can be determined by the value of the incremented unpaid winning number MMN.

When the winning data is stored by the "winning storage routine", the "winning transmission routine" shown in FIG.
Is executed. It should be noted that the "winning storage routine" shown in FIG.
The "winning transmission routine" shown in FIG. 14 is periodically executed by a hard interrupt.

In the "prize transmission routine" shown in FIG.
First, it is determined whether or not the value of the unpaid winning number MMN is not zero (step S150). If the value of the unpaid winning number MMN is not zero, a winning transmission process is executed (step S).
160). In this specific example, 1 of address A000 (H)
The byte data is transmitted as it is, that is, the data of the number of winning balls for four winnings is transmitted to the symbol control board 32b at a time. For example, even if the value of the unpaid winning number MMN is 3 or less and 1 or more, 1-byte data is transmitted as it is.

When the winning transmission processing is executed, the value 4 is subtracted from the value of the unpaid winning number MMN (step S17).
0) Then, it is determined whether the value of the unpaid winning number MMN subjected to the subtraction processing is equal to or smaller than zero (step S180). If a negative determination is made that the value is not equal to or less than zero, a storage update process is executed (step S190).

The storage update process (step S190) is a process of repeatedly executing the process of copying 1-byte data of the address whose address is higher than 1 to the address whose address is lower than 1 until an address where no data is written.
More specifically, the data at address A001 (H) is stored at address A000 (H), and the data at address A002 (H) is stored at address A001 (H) and address A003.
(H) data is sequentially stored in address A002 (H),
This is a process of copying one byte at a time, and is a process of repeatedly executing up to an address where data is not written.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S180 that the value of the unpaid winning number MMN is equal to or less than zero, the value of the unpaid winning number MMN is cleared to zero (step S2).
00), a process of clearing the memories at addresses A000 (H) to A013 (H) to zero (step S210).

In this specific example, the winning transmission processing (step S160) is configured to transmit one byte of data by one processing, but the first bit which is the least significant bit of the address A000 (H) is transmitted. And two-bit data of two bits may be transmitted by one process. In the case of this configuration, the value of the unpaid winning number MMN is decremented (-1) after the transmission process, and the storage update process shifts the data right by two bits, and the seventh bit and the most significant bit, that is, 8 bits The data of the first bit and the second bit of the address which is higher by one are copied to the eyes.

When the CPU 63 of the discharge control board 31 determines that prize data is transmitted from the main control board 30 (step S250 (FIG. 15 “Reception data storage routine” in FIG. 15)), it adds the number of unpaid prizes ZMN. The process is executed (Step S260). In the addition processing in step S260, if the transmitted 1-byte data is data representing the number of winnings for four winnings, the number of unpaid winnings ZMN is +4, and the number of winnings for three winnings is calculated. In the case of the data, the number of unpaid winnings ZMN is +3, and in the case of data representing the number of winnings for two winnings, the number of unpaid winnings ZMN is +2, and the number of winnings for one winning is represented. If it is data, this is a process of adding +1 to the unpaid winning number ZMN.

When the addition of the unpaid winning number ZMN is performed (step S260), it is determined whether the unpaid winning number ZMN is not over the memory (step S270). In this specific example, the memory for storing the winning number is the same as the memory for storing the winning number of the main control board shown in FIG.
Byte memory is facilitated, and the number of award balls of 5 award balls is 01 (H), the number of award balls of 10 award balls is 10 (H), 1
Two bits of 11 (H) are used as the number of prize balls of five prize balls. Therefore, a 20-byte memory can store the number of prize balls for 80 game balls winning.

If it is determined that the memory is not over, a winning order storing process is executed (step S28).
0). This processing is performed in Step S performed by the main control board 30.
Similar to the process 120, the process of writing the number of prize balls corresponding to a prize in the memory, which is transmitted from the memory space corresponding to the unpaid prize number ZMN obtained by adding +1 to the unpaid prize number ZMN before being added. 01 (H), 10 (10) in the memory space corresponding to the unpaid winning number ZMN obtained by adding the winning numbers 1 to 4
(H) or 11 (H) data is written. It should be noted that whether the winning number is 1 to 4 based on the transmitted 1-byte data is determined from the most significant bit to which bit.
It can be determined whether (H) is continuous.

If the 1 to 4 winning numbers represented in the 1-byte data transmitted in step S250 correspond to the memory over, the corresponding winning number is added and the new over winning number is added. OMN processing is executed (step S290).

Step S280 and / or step S2
When the processing of Step 90 is executed, the number of award balls M5D, MAD,
MED addition processing is executed (step S300).
This processing includes 01 in the transmitted 1-byte data.
If the data of (H) exists, the number of award balls M5D is incremented (+1), and if the data of 10 (H) exists, the number of award balls M
In this process, AD is incremented, and if there is 11 (H) data, the award ball number MED is incremented.

"Received data storage routine" shown in FIG.
Is executed, the winning number of the 15 prize balls to be paid out is determined as the number of prize balls MED, the winning number of the 10 prize balls is determined as the prize ball number MAD, and the winning number of 5 prize balls is determined as the winning number of prize balls M5D. The order of prizes for the 80 prize balls to be stored and paid out is stored on the memories A000 to A013 (H).

Here, in a case where 2-bit data, that is, data for one winning, is transmitted by one transmission processing, each processing (steps) of the "received data storage routine" shown in FIG. By executing S310 to S390), the winning number of the fifteen prize balls to be paid out is determined as the prize ball number MED, the winning number of the ten prize balls is determined as the prize ball number MAD,
The winning number of the five prize balls is stored as the number of prize balls M5D.
The winning order for the 80 winning balls to be paid out may be stored in the memory at the addresses A000 (H) to A013 (H).

Next, the processing related to the payout of award balls will be described.
First, a process of determining whether or not to execute payout of prize balls will be described. In the pachinko machine 10 of this specific example, the payout stop process shown in FIG. 17 is periodically executed by the CPU 61 of the main control board 30 by a hardware interrupt.

In this process, the CPU 61 determines whether or not the full tank switch 73 is on (a full signal is input) (S710), and if it is off, the lending ball passage sensor 29f sets the predetermined time (this embodiment). It is determined whether or not the game ball is continuously detected for more than 1 second (S7).
20). If a negative determination is made in S720, a payout permission command command is transmitted to the discharge control board 31 (S730), and the full tank switch 73 is turned on or the ball lending passage sensor 29f.
If the game ball has been continuously detected for the set time or longer, a payout non-permission command command is transmitted to the discharge control board 31 (S740).

Then, in the dispensing stop flag setting process shown in FIG. 18, when the discharge control board 31 receives the dispensing non-permission command (S750), the dispensing stop flag F1 is set.
Is set to 1 (S760), and when a payout permission command command is received (S770), the payout stop flag F1 is reset (S780). If neither command (S
770: NO), and returns from this routine. That is, once a payout non-permission command command is received, the payout stop flag F1 = 1 is maintained until the next payout permission command command is received.

Next, a process in which the CPU 63 of the discharge control board 31 drives and controls the prize ball cutting device 29c to pay out prize balls will be described with reference to a "prize ball payout routine" shown in FIG. In the prize ball payout routine, it is first determined whether or not the payout stop flag F1 = 1 (S400). If F = 1, the process returns from the present routine without performing any substantial processing.

If F = 0, if the value of the unpaid winning number ZMN to be added in the process of step S260 is not zero and the over-winning number OMN is zero (step S260).
(410-S420), the number of prize balls for a prize which has not been paid out is stored in the memories A000 (H) to A013 (H) in the order of the prize. In this case, the CPU 63 of the ejection control board 31 determines that the address of the address is the first and second least significant bits of A000 (H).
The data written to the bit-th memory is 11
(H) Perform processing to determine whether it is 10 (H) or 01 (H) (step S430).

If it is determined to be 11 (H) by the determination processing, the drive control of the prize ball cut-off device 29c is performed until it is detected by the prize ball passage sensor 29e that 15 game balls have been paid out (step). S440), and thereafter, the prize ball number ME
A process of decrementing (-1) the value of D is executed (step S450). If it is determined to be 10 (H) by the determination process, the prize ball cutoff device 29c until the prize ball passage sensor 29e detects that 10 game balls have been paid out.
Is controlled (step S460), and thereafter, a process of decrementing (−1) the value of the winning ball number MAD is executed (step S470). If it is determined to be 01 (H) by the determination processing, the prize ball cutoff device 29 will be operated until the prize ball passage sensor 29e detects that five game balls have been paid out.
c is driven (step S480), and thereafter, a process of decrementing (-1) the value of the winning ball number M5D is executed (step S490).

When the execution of the prize ball payout process is completed (steps S430 to S490), after updating the winning order storage (step S500), the unpaid winning number ZMN is decremented (step S510). The winning order storage update process (step S500) is performed for the A000 (H) address 1
A process of shifting the byte data to the right twice, that is, moving the written data to the right by 2 bits, is executed, and the seventh bit and the eighth bit, which is the most significant bit, have A001.
(H) The data of the first bit and the second bit of the address are moved, and this process is repeated by repeating the process up to the address where no data is written.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S420 that the number of over-winning winnings OMN is not zero, the order of winning is stored after exceeding 80 winning prize ball data which have not been paid out. A process of paying out a missing prize ball is executed (step S520). The over-prize-ball payout process will be described with reference to the “over-prize-ball payout process” shown in FIG.

In this process, the CPU of the discharge control board 31
33, first, whether the value of the award ball number MED is zero (step S550), whether the value of the award ball number MAD is zero (step S560), and whether the value of the award ball number M5D is zero (step S560). S570) is determined one after another.

If the value of the prize ball number MED is not zero (step S550), the value of the prize ball number MED is decremented after paying out 15 game balls as prize balls (steps S580 to S590). The value of the award ball number MED is zero,
If the value of the award ball number MAD is not zero (step S5)
(50-S560) After the ten game balls are paid out as prize balls, the value of the prize ball number MAD is decremented (steps S600-S610). If the value of the prize ball number MED and the value of the prize ball number MAD are both zero and the value of the prize ball number M5D is not zero (steps S550 to S570), the prize is paid out after paying out five game balls as prize balls. The value of the number of balls M5D is decremented (steps S620 to S630).

Steps S580 and S590, steps S600 and S610, or step S6
After the execution of any one of steps S20 and S630, the value of the over-winning number OMN is decremented (step S6).
40), the process exits to "RETURN". In steps S550 to S570, the number of award balls MED and MAD are determined.
When it is determined that the values of M5D and M5D are all zero, nothing is executed, and the processing directly exits to "RETURN".

According to the specific example described in detail above,
The main control board 30 transmits a payout non-permission command to the discharge control board 31 when the full tank switch 73 is on or the ball passing sensor 29f continuously detects a game ball for a set time or longer. I do. Upon receiving this, the discharge control board 31 sets the payout stop flag F1 to 1, and keeps the payout stop flag F1 until receiving the payout command command.
Is maintained at 1. If the payout stop flag F1 = 1, no substantial processing is performed in the winning ball payout routine. That is, the payout of the prize balls is stopped. That is, the full tank switch 73
When the game balls are accumulated in the game ball guiding path 70 to the extent that is turned on, the payout of the prize balls is stopped, so that the paid game balls do not excessively fill the game ball guiding path 70. There is no danger that such a game ball will rise and the prize ball cutting device 29c or the ball lending device 29d will break down.

Further, the payout of the prize ball is stopped even when the ball passing sensor 29f continuously detects the game ball for the set time or more. By stopping the payout of the prize balls, it is possible to prevent the failure of the prize ball cutting device 29c and the ball rental ball cutting device 29d. Alternatively, when a ball is clogged in the vicinity of the upper plate guiding gutter 71 and the game ball cannot flow down to the lower plate guiding gutter 72 side, the payout of the prize ball is stopped and the prize ball cutoff device 29c or the ball rental cutoff device. 29d failure can be prevented.

The winning game ball (safe ball) is quickly discharged out of the machine without stopping in a tank or the like, so that the safe ball can be discharged to the variable prize device (for example, a special winning opening) due to the discharge delay of the safe ball. There is no danger that it will rise inside 40) and make it impossible to close.

When the lower plate 23 is full, it is only necessary to stop paying out prize balls as described above, and it is not necessary to stop firing game balls in order to prevent occurrence of a new prize. Frequent stopping of firing due to the fullness of the lower plate 23 is prevented, so that the interest of the game is not spoiled.

Further, the main control board 30 stores the number of winning balls in the order of winning, and transmits the stored winning data to the discharge control board 31. On the other hand, the discharge control board 31 stores the number of winning balls in the order of winning until the memory of 20 bytes exceeds the memory, and the winning balls cannot catch up or a large amount of winning occurs at one time, and the memory of 20 bytes is used. When it is over, only the number of award balls is stored. For the memory overrun, the prize balls are executed in order from the one with the largest number of prize balls. Thus, in normal times, the prize balls can be paid out in the order of the winning prize, and in a transient when the prize balls cannot catch up, the payout is executed with priority given to the prize balls with a large number of prize balls for the memory over. As a result, there is an excellent effect that the memory space for storing the winning order can be configured without unnecessarily increasing. In addition, in this specific example, since the battery backup function is mounted, even when returning from a power failure, prize balls can be paid out according to the stored data, and prize balls can be paid out in the order of winning. It has the effect of being able to.

Further, in this specific example, when the memory is over, the over-paying portion is paid out preferentially, and thereafter the payout is performed in accordance with the winning order. Even if the winning data is transmitted on the way, the writing process may be performed as it is on the data after the prize ball processing, and there is an excellent effect that the storing process of the winning data is not complicated.

In this example, the winning data transmitted from the main control board 30 to the discharge control board 31 is configured to transmit one byte of data at a time. There is also an excellent effect that the time of the reception process of No. 31 can be shortened.

Furthermore, in this specific example, when the memory is not over, the addresses A000 (H) to A013 (H)
In the 20-byte memory space, data indicating the number of winning balls is written in the order of winning, and the number M5D, MAD, and MED of the winning balls, which are data indicating the number of winning balls, are incremented. Even if part or all of the data written to the memory at the addresses A000 (H) to A013 (H) disappears, the number of award balls M5
Prize balls can be paid out in accordance with D, MAD, and MED, and there is an effect that unexpected disadvantage is not given to the player.

When the memory is not over, the total number of winning balls indicated by the data written in the addresses A000 (H) to A013 (H) and the number of winning balls M5D, MA
By comparing the total number of prize balls indicated by D and MED, it is possible to compare and determine whether or not the total number of prize balls is correct.

In this example, data is transmitted in one direction from the main control board 30 to the discharge control board 31, but when the power is turned on, the CP of the main control board 30 is transmitted.
Since the discharge control board 31 is configured so that the CPU 63 rises earlier than the U61, even if there is a prize of a game ball immediately after returning from a power failure or the like, the prize data transmitted from the main control board 30 to the discharge control board 31 is not changed. This has the effect that it can be received without fail.

On the other hand, when the power is cut off due to a power failure or the like, the operation of the main control board 30 is stopped earlier than the discharge control board 31. This has the effect that it is possible to prevent the adverse effect of no reception.

In addition, before the XRES terminal becomes valid and the CPU 63 of the discharge control board 31 stops operating,
Since the I terminal is enabled and data writing to the RAM can be prohibited at this time, accurate winning data can be stored and retained at the time of a power failure without writing data in an unstable power supply. It also has the effect.

In this specific example, the payout of the prize balls when the memory is over has been configured to pay out the prize balls with a large number of prize balls preferentially. No problem at all. Further, in this specific example, when returning from the power failure, the prize balls are paid out in the order of winning according to the stored data, but when returning from the power failure, priority is given to winning with a large number of prize balls, Alternatively, a configuration in which a prize with a small number of prize balls is paid out with priority may be adopted.

Further, in this specific example, until the memory is over, data indicating the number of winning balls is written into the memory in the order of winning, and the corresponding number of winning balls M5D, MAD, ME
The configuration is such that the value of D is incremented, but the number of award balls M5D, MAD, and MED are incremented only when the memory is over, and when the memory is not over, data indicating the number of award balls is simply written into the memory in the order of winning. There is no problem even with the configuration of. (Modification) In the above example, the full tank switch 73 is installed near the downstream end of the lower plate guiding gutter 72.
As shown in FIG. 7, when the lower plate 23 is installed at substantially the same level as the upper plate guiding gutter 71, that is, at the same level as the level of the upper plate 15,
The prize ball is not stopped just by being full. By the time the prize ball is stopped, a large amount of game balls can be accumulated on the upstream side of the lower plate 23, that is, until the lower plate guiding gutter 72 is filled.
The player does not need to frequently remove the ball from the lower plate 23,
You can concentrate on the game.

Further, in the above example, the ball rental pass sensor 29f
Is located at a position lower than the prize ball passage sensor 29e (a position closer to the lower plate guiding gutter 72), so that the ball lending passage sensor 29f
When the game balls are continuously detected, the payout of the prize balls is stopped. However, when these levels are reversed or equal, the prize ball passage sensor 29e continuously detects the game balls and In such a case, the payout of prize balls may be stopped. With this, the same effect as that of the specific example can be obtained.

In the arrangement of switches (sensors) for detecting winning balls, as shown in FIG. 22, a plurality of winning holes having the same number of winning balls are collectively collected into one switch 92,9.
3 may be used. In the example of FIG. 22, the winning balls are switches 40a, 40b, 91, 92, 9
Since the ball is discharged out of the machine along the same path as the out ball flowing out of the out port 41 after being detected in 3, the configuration of the gutter and the like relating to the discharging of the winning ball can be simplified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a pachinko machine 10 employing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a back view of the pachinko machine viewed from the back.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a structure of a discharge mechanism.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a configuration of the game board 22 of the pachinko machine 10.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a mechanism relating to detection and ejection of a winning ball.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the pachinko machine 10.

7 is a block diagram showing a configuration for supplying power from a power supply board 55. FIG.

FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of a voltage monitoring circuit 60 of the main control board 30.

FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of a voltage monitoring circuit 62 and a backup voltage monitoring circuit 64 of the discharge control board 31.

FIG. 10 is a timing chart showing the operation states of the CPU 61 of the main control board 30 and the CPUs of the sub-control boards when the power is turned on.

FIG. 11 shows the CPU 6 of the main control board 30 when the power is turned on and off.
5 is a timing chart showing the operation states of the CPU 1 and each sub-control board.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the processing of a “winning storage routine”.

FIG. 13 is a memory map showing a memory area for storing a winning order.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing processing of a “winning transmission routine”.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a “received data storage routine”.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing processing of a “received data storage routine”.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of “payout stop processing”.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of “payout stop flag processing”.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart showing processing of a “prize ball payout routine”.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart illustrating a process of an “over prize ball payout process”.

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the structure of a discharge mechanism according to a modification.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of a mechanism related to detection and ejection of a winning ball according to a modified example.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Pachinko machine (ball game machine) 15 Upper plate 22 Game board 23 Lower plate 29 Discharge mechanism 29a Gutter for prize ball (prize ball dispensing device) 29b Gutter for ball rental (ball discharge device) 29c Prize ball cut-off device (Prize Ball Dispensing Device) 29e Prize Ball Pass Sensor (Prize Ball Detecting Means) 29f Ball Lending Pass Sensor (Lending Ball Detecting Means, Full Detecting Means) 29d Ball Loan Cutting Device (Ball Lending Discharge Device) 30 Main Control Board (Prize) Ball stop means) 31 Discharge control board (prize ball data storage means, payout control means) 40a Continue switch (winning detection means) 40b Count switch (winning detection means) 55 Power supply board (storage holding means) 62 Voltage monitoring circuit (storage holding) Means) 64 Backup voltage monitoring circuit (memory holding means) 70 Game ball taxiway (prize ball taxiway) 71 Upper plate guide gutter (prize ball taxiway) 72 Lower plate guide gutter (prize ball taxiway) 73 Full lance Switch (full detecting means) 74a, 75a, 76a, 77a, 78a, 79a Winning ball switch (winning detecting means) 82 Winning ball discharge path

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Shogo Tatsumi 1-3-3 Taiheidori, Nakagawa-ku, Nagoya-shi, Aichi Takaonai F-term (reference) 2C088 BA02 BA13 BA17 BA27 BA32 BA65 BA88 BC58 CA30

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A game board, a prize detecting means for detecting a prize of a game ball, a prize ball payout device for paying out a game ball (prize ball) corresponding to the prize, and a prize paid out from the payout device. A ball game machine having a prize ball guiding path for guiding a ball to an upper plate preferentially and guiding the ball to a lower plate when the upper plate is filled with a game ball; Prize ball data storage means for storing data; payout control means for controlling the payout device based on the data stored in the prize ball data storage means; and Memory holding means for storing and holding so as not to be extinguished; a prize ball discharging path for discharging the winning game ball out of the machine without stagnating; a prize ball guiding path; The lower plate side is full of game balls A full detection means for detecting a state, pinball game machine characterized by comprising a prize balls stopping means for stopping the payout of the award balls and the full state is detected by the 該満 cup detecting means. 2. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the firing device continues to operate even when the full state is detected by the full state detecting means. 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the position of the full detection means is substantially the same as the level of the upper plate. 4. A game board, a prize detecting means for detecting a prize of a game ball, a prize ball payout device for paying out a game ball (a prize ball) corresponding to the prize, and a prize ball dispensed from the prize ball payout device. A prize ball detecting means for detecting a game ball, a ball lending device for discharging a game ball as a lending ball, a ball lending detecting device for detecting a game ball discharged from the lending ball discharging device, and the prize ball payout A ball game machine having a game ball discharged from the device and the ball leasing device, and a game ball guiding path for guiding the game ball preferentially to the upper plate and guiding the lower plate when the upper plate is filled with the game ball, A ball game machine comprising: a prize ball stopping means for stopping payout of the prize ball when a state in which the ball lending detecting means continuously detects a game ball is equal to or longer than a set time. 5. A game board, prize detecting means for detecting a prize of a game ball, a prize ball payout device for paying out a game ball (a prize ball) corresponding to the prize, and a prize ball payout device discharged from the prize ball payout device. Prize ball detection means for detecting game balls, and game ball guidance for preferentially guiding game balls discharged from the prize ball dispensing device to the upper plate, and guiding to the lower plate when the upper plate is filled with game balls. A ball game machine comprising a road, and a prize ball stopping means for stopping payout of the prize ball when a state in which the prize ball detecting means continuously detects a game ball is equal to or longer than a set time. A ball game machine characterized by the following.