JP2001276397A - Management device for pachinko stand - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately provide the operation time of an accessory for a special prize in a pachinko stand provided with the accessory for the special prize. SOLUTION: From the pachinko stand 10, under-pattern-fluctuation signals for indicating that the pattern of a display part 6 is under fluctuation are outputted. In this case, since a centralized management device 103 counts a period during which the under-pattern-fluctuation signals are outputted as an accessory operation time, the accessory operation time is accurately obtained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine management system for managing the operation status of a pachinko machine provided with a special prize accessory that operates in response to a prize at a specific winning opening.

[0002]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In a pachinko machine equipped with a special prize accessory, the number of times the special prize accessory is activated greatly affects the payout rate, so that a start winning opening for operating the special prize accessory is required. Neighbor adjustments need to be done carefully and accurately. For this reason, the pachinko hall manager collects and manages data related to winning at the start winning opening using a management device installed in the store, and performs nail adjustment based on the data. Specifically, based on the start winning signal and the start signal output from the pachinko machine, the number of start winnings and the number of starts of each pachinko machine are totaled,
For pachinko machines that are out of the permissible range, the nails are adjusted to correct them so that they are in the proper state.

[0003] By the way, it is generally recognized that a player is enthusiastic about the game when the special prize service is operating, and tends to get tired of the game when the special prize function is stopped because the concentration is interrupted. Therefore, in order to maintain the operation of the pachinko machine, it is desirable to perform the nail adjustment so that the operation of the special award item is not interrupted as much as possible. In order to realize such nail adjustment, it is necessary to grasp not only the number of start winnings and the number of starts but also how long the special prize bonus is actually operating. Was not possible in the way.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to reduce the operating time of a special prize accessory in a pachinko machine provided with a special prize accessory that operates in response to a prize in a specific winning opening. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine management device that can be accurately obtained.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pachinko machine management apparatus for managing the operation status of a pachinko machine having a special prize accessory that operates in response to a prize in a specific winning port.
A timing means is provided for counting a period during which the accessory operating signal indicating that the accessory is operating from the pachinko machine side as the accessory operating time (claim 1).

According to such a configuration, when the accessory is operating, the pachinko machine side outputs the in-operator signal indicating that the accessory is operating. By measuring the period during which the signal during operation of the accessory is output as the accessory operating time, the operating time of the special prize accessory can be accurately obtained and used as a reference for nail adjustment.

[0007] In the above configuration, there is provided firing time measuring means for measuring a period during which a firing signal indicating that a ball is being fired from the pachinko machine side as a firing time,
Arithmetic means may be provided for calculating the ratio of the actuation time of the accessory to the firing time as the actuation rate of the accessory by dividing the actuation time of the accessory by the timing means by the emission time by the emission time counting means. 2).

[0008] According to such a configuration, the firing time measuring means measures the period during which the firing signal indicating that the ball is being fired from the pachinko machine is output as the firing time. Thereby, the calculating means can calculate the ratio of the accessory actuation time to the firing time as the accessory actuation rate by dividing the accessory actuation time by the firing time. By grasping the ratio of the operation time of the accessory during the game time, it can be used as a reference for the nail adjustment together with the operation time of the accessory.

[0009] Further, game time counting means for counting, as a game time, a period during which at least one of the firing signal and the accessory in-operation signal is output, is provided. There may be provided an arithmetic means for calculating the ratio of the accessory operation time to the game time as the accessory operation rate by dividing by the game time by the time counting means (claim 3).

If the firing time is regarded as the game time in order to determine the ratio of the operating time of the accessory to the playing time, if the player stops firing the pachinko balls while the special award is operating, Time will be incorrect.

[0011] Therefore, the game time counting means counts a period during which at least one of the firing signal and the accessory in-operation signal is output as a game time, so that the game time can be accurately obtained. Thereby, the calculating means can calculate the ratio of the accessory operation time to the game time as the accessory operation rate by dividing the accessory operation time by the game time, and therefore, based on the accessory operation rate, It is possible to accurately grasp the ratio of the accessory operation time during the game time.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 schematically shows the entire configuration. In FIG. 2, a pachinko machine 1 and a call lamp unit 102 having a communication function are provided in one-to-one correspondence with the pachinko machine 1, and various signals indicating an operation state from the pachinko machine 1 and The sales signal from the betting machine lending machine 101 is transmitted to the central management device 103 through the calling lamp unit 102. The centralized management device 103 inputs and stores the operation information and sales information of each pachinko machine 1 input from the call lamp unit 102, and creates a form indicating the operation state of each pachinko machine 1 according to the operation.

FIG. 3 shows the front of the pachinko machine 1.
In FIG. 3, an operation handle 2 is provided on the pachinko machine 1. By operating the operation handle 2, the pachinko balls stored in the ball tray 3 can be shot onto the board surface 4. The board 4 is provided with a plurality of winning ports 5, and when a pachinko ball wins in the winning port 5, a predetermined number of safe balls are discharged to the ball tray 3.

The board 4 is provided with a display section (corresponding to a special winning prize) 6 and a start prize port (corresponding to a specific prize port) 7. When a pachinko ball wins in the start prize port 7, At the start of the game, the symbol pattern displayed on the display unit 6 is updated and displayed. In this case, the display unit 6
When the symbol pattern updated and displayed in the above becomes a special prize symbol pattern, a special prize is generated and the special winning opening 8 is opened. As a result, a large number of safe balls are released to the ball tray 3, so that the player can acquire a large number of safe balls in a short time. A holding lamp 9 is provided above the display unit 6 to display the number of held balls.

FIG. 1 shows an electric configuration of a control device of the pachinko machine 1. In FIG. 1, the control device 10
A PU (corresponding to a clock unit, an operation time clock unit, a game time clock unit, and a calculation unit) 11 is mainly configured, and the CPU 11 is supplied with power from the power supply circuit 12 and reset by the reset circuit 13 is released. R in the state
It operates based on the program stored in the OM 14 and stores working data in the RAM 15. The CPU 11 also inputs, via an input circuit 18, detection signals from a start winning detector 16 for detecting a winning in the start winning opening 7 and a large winning detector 17 for detecting a winning in the special winning opening 8. It is supposed to. Then, the CPU 11 turns on the holding lamp 9 in accordance with the number of holding balls through the output circuit 19, drives the special winning opening 8 at appropriate timing, and generates a sound effect from the speaker 20.

The CPU 11 includes a display unit driving circuit 21.
The symbol that has been won through is displayed on the display unit 6,
Various signals indicating the current operation state are output to the central management device 103 through the information output unit 22. The following signals are set as various signals output from the information output unit 22 to the central management device 103.

(1) Start winning signal ... 1 pulse output when a pachinko ball wins in the start winning port 7 (2) Start signal ... 1 when symbol change starts
Pulse output (3) Symbol changing signal (corresponding to a signal during the operation of the accessory)... Outputs a level signal while the symbol on the display unit 6 is changing. (4) Number of reserved balls signal... 3 indicating ~ 4)
Outputs a bit signal. (5) Special prize signal... Outputs a medium prize level signal. (6) Symbol signal... 12 indicating the symbol displayed on the display unit.
Outputs a bit signal. (7) Out signal: one pulse output every time the hit ball is ejected. (8) Safe signal: one pulse output each time the safe ball is dispensed. (9) Fire signal ... A level signal is output while the operation handle 2 is being operated On the other hand, the central control device 103 determines the operating state of each pachinko machine 1 based on various signals output from the pachinko machine 1 as described later. It has become.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. When the player operates the operation handle and shoots a pachinko ball onto the board 4, an out signal is output from the pachinko machine 1. In this way, the central control device 103 obtains the number of out balls by counting the number of times the out signal is input. At this time, since a firing signal indicating that a pachinko ball is being fired is output from the pachinko machine 1, the central control device 103 determines the input period of the firing signal as the game time.

When the pachinko balls fired on the board 4 win the winning opening 5, a safe signal is output from the pachinko machine 1 in response to the payout of the safe balls. Thereby, the centralized management apparatus 103 can obtain the number of safe balls by counting the number of times of inputting the safe signal.

When a pachinko ball hit on the board 4 wins the start winning port 7, a start winning signal is output from the pachinko machine 1 and a start signal is output when the symbol starts to change. Is done. Thereby, the centralized management apparatus 103 obtains the number of start winnings by counting the number of times the start winning signal is output, and obtains the number of starts by counting the number of times the start signal is input. At this time, when the symbol displayed on the display unit 6 fluctuates in response to the start, a signal during symbol fluctuating is output.
The operation time of the special award item can be obtained.

Further, when a pachinko ball is generated in response to the winning of the pachinko ball into the start winning opening 7 during the symbol change, the pachinko machine 1 outputs a reserved ball number signal indicating the reserved ball number. The centralized control device 103 can determine the number of times the number of reserved balls of the pachinko machine becomes 0 to 4 based on the reserved ball number signal.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the output timing of various signals from the pachinko machine 1. In FIG. 4, the central management device 103 determines the operating state of the pachinko machine 1 based on the firing signal output from the pachinko machine 1 and the symbol changing signal, and stores the operating state as a numerical value. That is, it is determined that the non-input state of the firing signal and the non-input state of the symbol-changing signal are the non-operating state, and stores “0”,
It is determined that the input state of the firing signal and the non-input state of the signal during symbol fluctuation are the symbol non-variable state in the operating state, and stores “1”, and the input state of the firing signal and the input state of the symbol variable signal. Determines that the symbol is in the operating state, and stores “2”, and determines that the firing signal is not input and the input state of the symbol changing signal is the game interrupted state in the symbol changing state. -1 "is stored.

Further, the central control device 103 determines the holding state of the pachinko machine 1 based on the start winning signal, the symbol change signal and the number of retained balls signal, and stores them as numerical values.
In other words, it stores “−1” as the input state of the firing signal and the non-design changing state in the operating state in the non-input state of the design changing signal, and stores “−1” in the input state of the pending ball number signal and the design changing signal. In the input state, the input reserved ball number signal is stored as it is, and when the reserved winning number signal is "4" and a start winning signal is inputted, "4F" is stored as an overflow state.

The centralized management device 103 creates management data for each pachinko machine 1 based on the operating state and the hold state determined as described above. Here, the centralized management device 103 manages the game time of the player as management data. That is, the centralized management apparatus 103 determines the input duration time of at least one of the firing signal and the symbol changing signal as the game time. In this case, the central management device 103
When the input period of the symbol changing signal is within a predetermined time, the period is regarded as the symbol changing signal input period. This is because, when the symbols fluctuate continuously in response to the presence of the reserved ball, the output of the signal during symbol fluctuation temporarily stops for a short time at the end of the initial symbol fluctuation, so that period is set. This is because, when the symbols are excluded from the symbol fluctuation state, the detection accuracy of the symbol fluctuation period decreases.

FIG. 5 is an example of a form showing management data by the central management device 103. In FIG. 5, the central management device 103 creates the following management data.

(1) Average S time: average time required for one symbol change, calculated by past cumulative operation time (seconds) / total S number of times (2) Maximum S: maximum number of starts per minute ,
Calculated by 60 (seconds) / average S time (3) Standard operating rate: Standard operating rate of the model, calculated by the average of operating rates of each unit (4) Out: Normal time (excluding big hits) ) Number of Out Balls (5) Base: Normal payout rate (6) S prize: Number of start prizes (7) S: Number of starts (8) S / M: per minute Number of start times (9) Effective rate S number of times / S prize (10) Game time ... Time during which a firing signal or symbol changing signal is input (11) Operating time (operating time of character) ... Symbol changing Time during which signal is input (12) Activation rate (accessory activation rate) ... activation time / game time (13) Hold * rate ... Ratio of * balls held during game (14) S-out …… The number of outgoing balls whose symbol changing signal is being input (15) S firing rate …… S out / ( (Operating time x 100) (16) Number of lost balls ---- Operating time x 100-S out (17) Loss amount--Number of lost balls x 4 (= 1 charge)

In FIG. 5, since S / M indicates the number of starts per minute, the greater the number of starts, the greater the proportion of time during which the special prize bonus is fluctuating, and the satisfaction of the player is It turns out to be expensive. In addition, since the effective rate indicates the actual number of starts with respect to the number of start winnings, the larger the effective rate is, the smaller the overflow is, indicating that the player is not given useless balls. . Also, since the operation rate indicates the ratio of the operation time of the special prize accessory to the game time, the larger the operation rate,
It can be seen that the ratio of the special prize service being activated is large and the satisfaction of the player is high. In addition, the S firing rate indicates the ratio of the number of balls actually hit to the number of balls that can be fired during the operation of the special prize accessory. It can be seen that the rate at which the customer interrupts the game is low.
In addition, the number of lost balls indicates the number obtained by subtracting the number of pachinko balls actually driven from the number of pachinko balls that can be fired during operation of the special prize item. It can be seen that the effect of stopping the pachinko ball firing during the operation of the object is large, and that the loss of the pachinko hall is large. The loss amount indicates the loss amount of the pachinko hall due to the stoppage of the pachinko ball firing during the operation of the special award item.

Here, from FIG. 5, the third pachinko machine is S
/ M is as large as 7.5 and the activation rate is as large as 86.2%. Since the ratio of symbols fluctuating during the game is large, the satisfaction of the player is high and the player is enthusiastic about the game. You. Further, since the pachinko machine of No. 7 has a low S / M of 6.8, it can be seen that the ratio of the symbols fluctuating during the game is small, and the satisfaction of the player is low. in this case,
Since the effective rate is as large as 0.91, the degree of satisfaction is low with respect to the symbol fluctuation, but the overflow is small, so that it is understood that the player is not given useless balls. further,
The No. 10 pachinko machine has a large S firing rate of 97.5%,
You can see that the loss amount of the pachinko hall is small.

According to such an embodiment, the output time of the symbol changing signal output from the pachinko machine 1 is counted as the accessory operating time, so that the operating time of the special prize accessory on the pachinko machine is measured. Can be accurately detected. Therefore, unlike the conventional example in which the operation time of the special award item cannot be grasped, the characteristic of winning in the start winning opening 7 of the pachinko machine 1 is grasped so that the operation of the special award item is not interrupted. It is possible to perform nail adjustment.

Further, the output period of the firing signal from the pachinko machine 1 is measured as the firing time, and the accessory operating time is calculated by dividing the accessory operating time by the firing time. The accuracy of the nail adjustment can be improved by using the operating ratio of the accessory as a reference for the nail adjustment.

Further, since the input duration of at least one of the firing signal from the pachinko machine 1 and the symbol changing signal is set to the game time, the player can use the special prize property while the special prize property is operating. Even if the pachinko ball firing is temporarily stopped in order to pay attention to the operation of the game, the stop time can be correctly included in the game time, and the central management device 103
Can increase the reliability of the data managed by.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows. An outgoing ball signal from an outgoing ball counter may be used as the firing signal. The operation rate may be obtained by dividing the operation time by the output time of the firing signal. When the symbol is continuously changed as the symbol changing signal output from the pachinko machine 1 in response to the presence of the reserved ball, the symbol changing signal may be continuously output.

[0033]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the pachinko machine management apparatus of the present invention, the pachinko machine side outputs a bonus object operating signal indicating that the special prize accessory is operating. Since the period during which the prize is activated is counted as the operating time of the accessory, there is an excellent effect that the operating time of the special prize accessory can be accurately obtained.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control device of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration.

FIG. 3 is a front view showing a pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing output timings of various signals from a pachinko machine.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a form of the central management device.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a pachinko machine, 6 is a display unit (prize prize), 7 is a start winning port (specific winning port), 11 is a CPU (time measuring means,
Operating time counting means, game time counting means, calculating means), 1
03 is a centralized management device.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko machine management device for managing the operation status of a pachinko machine provided with a special prize accessory that operates in accordance with a prize in a specific winning opening, wherein the special prize accessory is operated from the pachinko machine side. A pachinko machine management device, comprising: a timekeeping means for measuring a period during which a signal indicating that the character is in operation indicating that the character is in operation is being output as a character operating time. 2. A firing time measuring means for measuring, as a firing time, a period during which a firing signal indicating that a ball is being fired from the pachinko machine side is used as a firing time; 2. The pachinko machine management device according to claim 1, further comprising: calculating means for calculating a ratio of the accessory operating time to the firing time as an accessory operating rate by dividing by a firing time by the timing means. 3. A game time counting means for counting a period during which at least one of the firing signal and the accessory actuation signal is output as a game time, and the actor actuation time by the timing means is defined as the game time. 2. The pachinko machine management device according to claim 1, further comprising calculating means for calculating a ratio of the accessory actuation time to the game time as the accessory actuation rate by dividing the game action time by the game time.