JP2003076870A - Order-receiving system for amusement machine and amusement machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an order-receiving system suitable for an amusement machine of which the life cycle, manufacturing term and sales term are short, and which can contribute to rationalize corporate activity. SOLUTION: The order-receiving system comprises processing for authenticating the validity of access from a user's personal computer PC, processing for sending back a file for ordering in which the user ID of each client is entered, and processing that receives data for ordering using the file for ordering, determines whether or not manufacturing according to the order is possible, and sends back screens for confirmation A, B, C according to the determination result. The determination processing determines differently in response to a predetermined client's rank.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic order taking system utilizing a computer network, and more particularly to an order taking system taking into account the problems peculiar to a gaming machine and a gaming machine manufactured by such a system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Gaming machines such as pachinko machines and pachislot machines are widely popular as popular entertainment equipment.
Competition in the gaming halls is intensifying, and there are quite a few gaming halls that introduce new models one after another to improve sales performance.

[0003] Therefore, when a gaming machine maker announces a new model, many gaming halls try to obtain the new model promptly, so orders are inundated, and the desired delivery date of the gaming hall is also harsh. Tended to be next door.

[0004]

Under such circumstances, in the past, a manufacturing plan was made solely on the basis of artificial work while orders were flooded by telephone or FAX. I couldn't say that. In particular, even if we wanted to take appropriate measures according to the amount of transactions we had with our customers, there were a large number of customers, and there was a limit to what we could do with human memory. In addition, receiving an order by telephone or FAX requires a considerable amount of labor to handle the telephone, which is an obstacle to rationalization of corporate activities.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and is suitable for a gaming machine which tends to be flooded with many orders in a short period of time, and also contributes to rationalization of corporate activities. The challenge is to provide an ordering system.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention relates to a gaming machine including a lottery process for determining whether or not to generate a profit state advantageous to a player, by utilizing a network line. An order receiving system for accepting an order for a gaming machine, wherein first order means for authenticating the legitimacy of access from a client side and an order file in which data unique to each client is entered are returned on condition of the legitimacy authentication. And second order means for receiving the order data using the order file, execute a predetermined determination process according to the order,
A third means for returning a confirmation file according to the result of the determination is included, and the third means executes different determination processing according to a preset customer classification.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on Examples. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an order receiving system according to an embodiment, in which a customer such as a game hall can order a game machine through an Internet line NET.

As shown in the figure, this ordering system includes a server device SV that opens a home page and accepts orders for gaming machines, a user personal computer PC on which a browser can operate,
It is composed of an internet line NET that connects the two devices. The server device SV reads the order page and the like from the WEB database DB in response to a request from the browser and transmits the server program, and the CGI that receives the order data and determines whether the product can be manufactured by the delivery date. And the program is installed.

FIG. 2 outlines a series of processes executed between the server device SV and the user personal computer PC. User personal computer PC browser is HTML for ordering
When the file is requested, the server device SV returns the top page provided with the text box requesting the user ID and the password in response to the request (step a). Next, when the user ID and password are sent from the customer, the validity of the combination is verified, and then the server device SV returns the order screen (HTML file) in which the user ID of the customer is written ( Step b).

On this order screen, the model of the game machine, the number of ordered machines, and the delivery date are entered. here,
The type of gaming machine that can be ordered is not particularly limited, but in the case of gaming machines, there is often only one type of gaming machine manufactured at one time, and the production line and warehouse are occupied by that type of gaming machine. The reality is that there are many cases. Therefore, for the sake of convenience, we will simplify the explanation that the manufacturing line and warehouse are occupied by one model of game machine from the start of manufacturing to the completion of unloading for a specific model of game machine. I will do it.

In any case, the customer, after inputting the order quantity and the delivery date of the gaming machine on the user personal computer PC, clicks the "data transmission button" provided on the order screen (HTML file) with the mouse. Become. Then,
The order quantity data and the delivery date data are passed to the determination program (Check.cgi) together with the user ID written in the HTML file, and it is determined whether or not the order can be placed. Then, the screen corresponding to the determination result is returned (step c).

At the step c in which the screen corresponding to the determination result is returned, the work table TB on the server equipment SV side
In L, the manufacturing plan determined by the program processing is stored. FIG. 7 shows an example of the contents of the work table TBL. For the customer A, the manufacturing start date T
From 1 to τ1, it indicates that the production is completed by dealing with the production amount of N1 / t1 per day. The same applies to the customers B and C, but for the customer X, from the production start date Tx1 to τ
The unit production amount β1 is dealt with during 1 and the unit production amount β2 is dealt with from the production start date Tx2 to τ2, and after the same production is repeated thereafter, finally, the production start date Txn to t
During the period, the unit production amount N / t is dealt with.

In the case of this embodiment, three types of screens are prepared as the screens to be returned at the step c, and the order confirmation screen is sent back when the customer can manufacture the requested number of gaming machines at the desired delivery time. A, a delivery time change confirmation screen B that is returned when the number of game machines that can be ordered can be manufactured by slightly delaying the customer's desired delivery time, and continuous adjustment that is returned when an order cannot be received by the standard manufacturing plan. Screen C is provided. However, in reality, since the manufacturer's manufacturing capacity a and the inventory upper limit VOL of the warehouse have a sufficient margin, the order confirmation screen A is returned in most cases, and the delivery date change confirmation screen B and the continuous adjustment screen are displayed. It is extremely rare for C to be returned.

Ignoring this point for the time being and continuing the explanation of the operating principle, the customer who receives the continuous adjustment screen C finds that the server device S
After the connection with V is terminated, the person in charge of the maker then meets the customer's wish by artificially modifying the manufacturing plan by conducting individual negotiations by telephone contact or the like. On the other hand, the customer who receives the order confirmation screen A or the delivery date change confirmation screen B clicks the corresponding "order confirmation" button with the mouse when agreeing to the order acceptance conditions.

The user ID of the customer is written in the order confirmation screen A and the delivery date change confirmation screen B, and the user ID and the order confirmation data are combined with the confirmation processing program (Decide.cgi) when the order confirmation button is clicked. ). Then, the confirmation processing program (Deci
de.cgi) refers to the contents of the work table TBL (FIG. 7) to finally determine the manufacturer's manufacturing plan, and starts processing on the manufacturer side for the start of manufacturing. When the customer receives the delivery date change confirmation screen B, the customer can send the information "I would like to make an individual negotiation" instead of the information "I confirmed the order". As in the case of the continuous adjustment screen C, after that, it is entrusted to the individual negotiation with the person in charge of the manufacturer.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the transition of the production amount of the game machine for which an order has been placed until it is manufactured and shipped. In this embodiment, the manufacturer accepting the order determines an appropriate delivery date in accordance with the delivery date to the customer, and determines the manufacturing start date Day (for example, the next day of the order date) in accordance with the order date. Then, the manufacturing period t is automatically determined from the relationship between the determined delivery date and the manufacturing start date Day. As a general rule, the N gaming machines that have received the order are manufactured N / t each day, stored in the warehouse, and shipped to the customer on the day of delivery.

In this embodiment, since such a manufacturing plan is adopted, the manufacturing quantity for each company and the stock quantity of the manufacturer are
In principle, the transition is as shown in Fig. 3. More specifically, when an order for N1 units is first received from Company A, N1 / t1 units are manufactured every day for a manufacturing period of t1 matched to the delivery date (periods T1 and T2). After that, if an order for N2 units is received from company B, the production of N2 / t2 units is added, and the daily production amount increases to [N1 / t1 + N2 / t2] (periods T2 to T3).

After that, when the order for N3 units is received from the company C after finishing the delivery to the company A, the production for the company B and the production for the company C are duplicated, and the daily production amount is [ N2 / t2 +
N3 / t3] (periods T4 to T5). Then, after finishing the warehousing for company B, the production amount becomes N3 / t3 (periods T5 to T6).

As described above, the stock amount of the manufacturer is shown in FIG. 3 (d).
The unit production per day also changes as shown in Fig. (E). However, the upper limit VOL of inventory is set in the storage warehouse, and the standard production limit a
However, there is a case where a standard manufacturing plan cannot deal with the problem. Therefore, in such a case, FIG. 4 and FIG.
Based on the algorithm of, the customer is dealt with according to the customer rank. In this embodiment, all the customers are classified into two stages according to the transaction volume in the past year (RANK = 0 or 1).

FIG. 4 is a main routine of a CGI program (Check.cgi) for determining acceptance of an order, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing its subroutine. As described with reference to FIG. 2C, the order number OR and the delivery date are transmitted from the user personal computer PC together with the user ID of the customer. Therefore, first, the work table TBL (FIG. 7)
The user ID, the number of orders OR, and the delivery date are stored in (ST).
1). At this time, the manufacturing start date and the manufacturing period t are also appropriately determined. For example, if the manufacturing start date is the next day of the order receiving date (today), the manufacturing period t is from the delivery date to the final manufacturing date calculated.
Becomes Since manufacturers generally have storage warehouses all over the country, the shipping date from the manufacturing factory to each storage warehouse is determined based on the location of the customer gaming hall and the delivery date (delivery date). , The final manufacturing date is determined based on this shipping date.

Next, the number of orders OR is stored in the variable N, and the determined standard manufacturing period t and the manufacturing start date are stored in the variable t and the variable Day (ST2). Further, the flag FG indicating whether or not the delivery date is changed on the server side is cleared to zero, and the standard manufacturing limit is set to the variable a (ST3). The manufacturing limit means the maximum number of gaming machines that can be manufactured per day, according to the normal staffing and working hours.

After the above initial setting, it is judged whether or not the gaming machine of the manufacturing amount N can be manufactured in the manufacturing period t from the manufacturing start date Day (ST4). The determination result is returned to the main routine as the value of the variable ANS. If the answer variable ANS = 0, the production plan can be made without any problem. If the answer variable ANS = 1, there is no problem with the inventory upper limit VOL of the warehouse. Lack of manufacturing capacity, response variable ANS
= 2, the inventory upper limit VOL of the warehouse was temporarily insufficient, and only the manufacturing plan up to the middle was made, the answer variable AN
In the case of S = 3, it indicates that the inventory upper limit VOL of the warehouse is insufficient and the manufacturing plan cannot be established.

[When the answer variable ANS = 0] When the answer variable ANS = 0 is determined, the value of the delivery date change flag FG is checked (ST12), and then FG.
If = 0, the corresponding order confirmation screen A is transmitted and the process ends (ST13). When FG = 0, the order confirmation screen A shows "We have ordered N units of gaming machines XX. We will deliver on x month x day. If there is no mistake in this content, click the" confirm "button. Please click. The contract is concluded by clicking the "Confirm" button. ", And when the" Confirm "button is clicked,
The confirmation data is the CGI program (Decid) together with the user ID of the corresponding customer written in this HTML file.
e.cgi).

On the other hand, in the determination of step ST12, F
The case where G ≠ 0 is the case where the production plan is established if the delivery date is delayed by several days. Therefore, in the case of FG ≠ 0, for example, “We have ordered N units for gaming machines XX. Due to the current flood of orders from each hall, we postpone only Δ △. If you would like to deliver on x month x day, please click the "Agree" button. The contract is concluded by clicking the "Agree" button. If you do not agree, click the "Individual negotiation" button. The person in charge will call you later. "Delivery date change confirmation screen B" is transmitted and the process ends (ST14).

[When Response Variable ANS = 1] Step S
As a result of the processing in T4, if the answer variable ANS = 1 is determined, it means that the manufacturing capacity determined by the standard value is insufficient. Therefore, in such a case, the rank RANK of the customer is next determined (ST6), and if the customer has RANK = 0, the change flag FG and the manufacturing period t are incremented and the determination process is repeated (ST7). , ST8).

By repeating such processing (ST4 to ST8) several times, an answer with the answer variable ANS = 0 will eventually be obtained. The value of the change flag FG means how many days the delivery date desired by the customer is extended.

On the other hand, as a result of the determination in step ST6, RA
If NK = 1, it means that the order is from a customer with a large transaction volume, so the capacity is increased by δ from the standard manufacturing capacity (ST9), and the increased manufacturing capacity a is the limit. Unless the value MAX is exceeded, the determination process of step ST4 is repeated. As a result, an answer with the answer variable ANS = 0 is eventually obtained, and at this stage, the manufacturing plan is constructed in the work table TBL. The increase in manufacturing capacity a is
Specifically, increase in manpower due to part-time job etc.,
It is realized by overtime work.

However, even if the production capacity is increased in this way, a production plan cannot be established, and finally a
It may be> MAX. In such cases,
For example, thank you for ordering N units for each gaming machine XX. Thank you for calling this point. The person in charge will call you later. ”A continuous adjustment screen C is sent and the process ends (ST11. ). In addition, since this information is notified to the person in charge immediately, the person in charge will review the manufacturing plan and make artificial efforts,
Establish production plans through individual negotiations with customers.

[When Answer Variable ANS = 2] Step S
If the answer variable ANS = 2 as a result of the determination in T4,
This means that the inventory upper limit VOL of the warehouse was temporarily insufficient and only the manufacturing plan up to the middle was established. In this case, the remaining manufacturing amount N, the remaining manufacturing period t, and the remaining manufacturing start date D are processed by the processing of the subroutine Judge (ST4).
ay has already been set (ST31). Therefore, the determination process is repeated again based on these parameters (S
T5, ST4). As a result, eventually, the result of ANS = 0 is obtained. At that time, the manufacturing plan is completed in the work table TBL illustrated in FIG. 7.

[When the answer variable ANS = 3] Step S
The answer variable ANS = 3 as a result of the determination at T4 is when the inventory upper limit VOL of the warehouse is insufficient and the manufacturing plan cannot be established at all. Actually, the capacity VOL of the warehouse is designed so that such a situation does not occur.
If S = 3, the process proceeds to step ST11.

Next, the specific contents of the determination process ST4 (subroutine Judge) will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In subroutine Judge, step ST
The unit production amount N / t per day is calculated on the basis of the production period t and the production amount N set by the process 1 and even if the unit production amount N / t is added after the production start date Day First, it is determined whether or not it can be stored in (ST21). For example, when the manufacturing for the company C is started with T4 in FIG. 3 as the manufacturing start date, the stock margin Margin exists even if the manufacturing line with the inclination α3 is superposed, so the determination in step ST21 is YES.
Becomes

Next, when the manufacturing plan is executed, it is judged whether or not the manufacturing capacity is sufficient (ST22). In the case of the manufacturing for company C described above, as shown in FIG. 3 (e), the unit manufacturing amount is α2 + from the manufacturing start date of T4 to T6.
α3 or α3, both of which are within the range of the production capacity a. Therefore, in such a case, the answer variable ANS
Is stored in 0 (ST23), and in the columns of [production plan] and [production capacity] of the temporary table TBL, "production start date T3, production period t3, unit production amount N3 / t3" and "standard production capacity a". Is stored and the process ends (ST24).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step ST22 that the manufacturing capacity is insufficient, the answer variable AN
The process is terminated by setting S to 1 (ST25). In this case, the processing for each customer is executed in the main routine (ST6 to ST10) as described above.

Next, a case will be described in which it is determined in step ST21 that there is no room in stock. For example, when the manufacturing of the inclination θ1 is added with T20 of FIG. 6 as the manufacturing start date, the inventory transition BASE until then
If the manufacturing of the inclination θ1 is superposed on, the inventory upper limit VOL will be reached at the stage of T21. In such a case, next, the inventory margin after the manufacturing start date T20 is checked to find the minimum value of the inventory margin, and it is determined whether it is zero (ST2).
6).

Assuming that the stock margin Ma is exceeded after the manufacturing start date T20.
Stock margin Margin = 0 if there is a day with rgin = 0
It is impossible to start additional manufacturing before that date. Therefore, in such a case, the start date of production should be
It shifts after the day when Margin = 0 (ST27), and the determination in step ST21 is repeated. In addition, step ST
In the process of 27, if the manufacturing start date Day is delayed and the delivery date exceeds the specified final production date, the process proceeds to step ST35, the answer variable ANS is set to 3, and the process ends.

If the minimum inventory margin Margin is not 0 in the determination in step ST26, the minimum inventory margin Ma is
The maximum unit production amount β is set so that rgin becomes zero (ST28). In the case of FIG. 6, the minimum inventory margin Margin is shown at T22 in the entire range after T20. Therefore, the production amount β1 per day is determined so that this inventory margin Margin = 0. That is, in the case of the illustrated example, the manufacturing straight line L1 is adopted, the unit manufacturing amount β1 is manufactured during the period τ1, and only β1 × τ1 which is a part of the final manufacturing amount N is planned to be manufactured.

Next, when such a manufacturing plan is adopted, it is judged whether or not the manufacturing capacity is sufficient (ST2).
9). Specifically, when the above-mentioned unit production amount β1 is added to the unit production amount per day (see FIG. 3 (e)) in the production plan until then, it is determined whether or not the production limit a is exceeded. If the manufacturing limit a is exceeded, the process proceeds to step ST25, but if not, the unit production amount β and the production period τ calculated in the process of step ST28 together with the production start date Day together with the work table TBL.
(ST30). In the case of the above example, the production start date T20 (= Tx1), the production period τ1, and the unit production amount β
1 is stored (see the bottom column of FIG. 7).

Next, the total production amount N is reduced by the production amount β × τ so far. Further, the manufacturing period t is updated and the manufacturing start date Day is changed (ST31). As a result of this processing, if the determination processing ST4 is executed again, it is possible to construct a manufacturing plan for the remaining manufacturing quantity with the same algorithm.

However, as a result of advancing the manufacturing start date Day, there is a possibility that the manufacturing start date Day will exceed the manufacturing end date, so check this point (ST32) and if it exceeds the manufacturing end date. Is an unmanufacturable answer variable ANS
= 3 (ST34). However, in general, even if the manufacturing start date is advanced (ST31), since the starting date does not exceed the final manufacturing date, the process ends with the answer variable ANS = 2 (ST33).

As a result of the processing of the subroutine Judge, when the result of the answer variable ANS = 2 is obtained, the processing of the subroutine Judge is repeated again (ST5, ST4).
Therefore, in the above example, the production plan is determined as the production start date T22, the remaining production amount N, and the remaining production period t. In this example, as a result of adopting the manufacturing line L1, the inventory transition BASE is increased to BASE ′.
Therefore, based on this inventory transition BASE ', step S
The process of T21 is executed.

As in the previous case, when the manufacturing start date is T22 in FIG. 6 and the manufacturing with the inclination θ2 is superimposed on the inventory transition BASE 'up to then, the upper limit of the inventory VOL is reached at the stage of T23. Therefore, the inventory margin after the manufacturing start date T22 is checked to find the minimum value of the inventory margin, and the maximum production amount β is set so that the minimum inventory margin Margin becomes zero (ST28). In the case of FIG. 6, the minimum inventory margin Margin is shown at T24 in the entire range after T22. Therefore, the unit production amount β is set so that this inventory margin Margin = 0.
2 is determined. In the case of the illustrated example, specifically, the production line L
2 is adopted, the unit production amount β2 is produced during the period τ2, and β2 × τ2, which is a part of the final production amount N, is produced.

The same applies hereinafter, and such a determination process ST
By repeating step 3, the subroutine Judge
The answer variable ANS from 0 becomes 0, and the manufacturing plan for company X is completed in the work table TBL shown in FIG. In the case of the illustrated example, the state of the answer variable ANS = 1 exists before the solution of the answer variable ANS = 0 is obtained, and the manufacturing capability is increased by the process of step ST8. That is, the unit production amount β during the period from the production start date Tx1 to τ1.
1. The unit production amount β during the period from the production start date Tx2 to τ2
2 ... Continue manufacturing within the range of standard manufacturing capacity, but the period from the last manufacturing start date Txn to t exceeds the standard manufacturing capacity, It indicates that manufacturing is performed.

FIG. 8 is a flow chart showing the processing contents of the CGI program (Decide.cgi) that receives the "order confirmation data" from the customer. Customer receives order confirmation screen A
Or, since the user agrees with the contents of the delivery date change confirmation screen B, the contents of the manufacturing management database of the factory are updated based on the contents of the work table TBL (ST4.
0).

Further, the order is confirmed and the value of the total transaction amount of the customer is updated (ST41). Next, the updated total transaction amount Tr is compared with a reference value (ST42), and if it exceeds the reference value, the customer rank Rank is changed (ST4).
3), processing for actual production is performed (ST44).

As described above, in the case of the present embodiment, the manufacturing plan is made flexible in accordance with the transaction volume of the customer, and an appropriate manufacturing plan can be realized. In addition,
The specific contents described above are not intended to limit the present invention in particular and can be appropriately changed. For example, in the above embodiment, for the sake of convenience, it is described that the manufacturing is started only after the order is placed, but the predetermined amount (N
It is preferable to make a prospective production. In such an embodiment, when the answer variable ANS = 1 (ST6 in FIG. 4) due to lack of manufacturing capacity, the manufacturing capacity is not increased for high-ranking customers, but the above-mentioned probability is used. It is sufficient to break down the production volume (N units).

Furthermore, it is also possible to determine an upper limit order quantity for low rank customers and always wait for orders of higher rank customers with a margin. In these cases, a reasonable manufacturing plan can be realized and the needs of higher-ranking customers can be appropriately met. It is needless to say that the rank may be divided into a plurality of ranks instead of being divided into the upper rank and the lower rank.

Further, since the period in which orders are inundated can be predicted in advance, it is desirable to abolish the upper limit order quantity for low rank customers after the peak of orders. In this way, by switching the processing contents on the server device side at a time, it is possible to prevent the inventory from being left over, and it is possible to meet the demands of customers of all ranks.

Next, a card type ball and ball game machine manufactured by the above-described order receiving system will be described. FIG. 9 is a perspective view showing the pachinko machine 22 of this embodiment, and FIG.
It is a side view of the same pachinko machine 22.

The pachinko machine 22 shown in FIG. 9 is pivotally mounted so as to be openable and closable via a rectangular frame-shaped wooden outer frame 23 detachably attached to the island structure and a hinge H fixed to the outer frame 23. And a front frame 24 to be formed. A plurality of the pachinko machines 22 are arranged in the length direction of the island structure of the pachinko hall in a state of being electrically connected to the card type ball lending machine 21.

A game board 25 is detachably mounted from the back side to a front frame 24 pivotally attached to the outer frame 23 via a hinge H, and a glass having a window portion corresponding to the front side of the game board 25. A door 26 and a front plate 27 are pivotally attached to each other so as to be openable and closable. Upper plate 2 for storing game balls for firing on front plate 27
8 is attached to the lower portion of the front frame 24, a lower tray 29 for storing game balls overflowing or withdrawn from the upper tray 28, and a firing handle 31 of the firing means 30 are provided.

The launching means 30 is provided with a launching handle 31 which can be rotated, and a launching motor which launches a game ball with a striking mallet 32 (FIG. 12) with a striking force corresponding to the turning angle of the launching handle 31. ing. On the right side of the upper plate 28,
An operation panel 33 for ball lending operation to the card type ball lending machine 21 is provided, and on the operation panel 33, a card balance display portion 33a for displaying the card balance as a three-digit number,
A ball lending switch 33b for instructing the lending of a predetermined amount of game balls and a return switch 33c for instructing the return of the card at the end of the game are provided.

As shown in FIG. 11, the game board 25 has a guide rail 35 composed of an outer rail and an inner rail made of metal.
Are provided in a substantially annular shape, and in the game area 25a inside the guide rail 35, a color liquid crystal display (LC
D monitor) 8, a symbol starting opening (symbol starting means / winning means) 37 equipped with a detection switch, an opening / closing type winning means (large winning means) 38, a plurality of ordinary winning means 39 (in addition to the ordinary winning means 39 in the upper stage, opening / closing) Six regular winning means 39) and two gates 40 (passage openings) are arranged at predetermined positions on both left and right sides of the formula winning means 38.

The liquid crystal display 8 functions as a first symbol display means 42 (variable display device) for displaying a variable symbol and a background image and moving images of various characters. The first symbol display means 42 displays the background image and the character in an animation manner, and also has three (left, middle, right) symbol display portions 42a to 42c arranged in the left-right direction, and the game is started at the symbol start port 37. On condition that the ball wins,
The display symbols of the respective symbol display portions 42a to 42c are variably displayed (scroll display) for a predetermined time, and stopped in a stop symbol pattern determined based on a lottery result according to the winning timing of the game ball into the symbol starting opening 37. .

Immediately above the liquid crystal display 8, the normal winning means 39 and the second symbol display means 43 are provided. The second symbol display means 43 has a normal symbol display section for displaying one ordinary symbol, and when a game ball passing through the gate 40 is detected, the display symbol of the normal symbol display section (variable display device) is predetermined. It fluctuates only by time, and a stop symbol determined by the random number value for lottery drawn at the time of passing the game ball through the gate 40 is displayed and stopped. The symbol starting port 37 is an electric tulip having a pair of left and right claws 37a which can be freely opened and closed, and when the stop symbol after the second symbol display means 43 changes and the symbol is displayed, the claw 37a is opened. It is open for a certain period of time and it is easy to win the prize.

The opening-and-closing type winning means 38 is provided with an opening-and-closing plate 38a which can be opened to the front, and when the stop symbol after the change of the first symbol display means 42 is a hit symbol such as "777", "big hit".
The special game referred to as is started and the opening / closing plate 38a is opened to the front side. The specific area 3 is provided inside the opening and closing type winning means 38.
There is 8b, and when the winning ball passes through this specific area 38b, the special game is continued. Here, the special game state corresponds to the first state that is advantageous to the player.

After the opening / closing plate 38a of the opening / closing type winning means 38 is opened, a predetermined time has passed, or a predetermined number (for example, 10).
When individual game balls are won and the opening / closing plate 38a is closed,
If the game ball has not passed the specific area 38b, the special game ends, but if it has passed the specific area 38b, the special game is continued up to, for example, 16 times, and is controlled in a state advantageous to the player. To be done.

On the back side of the front frame 24, as shown in FIG. 12, a back mechanism plate 50 for holding the game board 25 from the back side is detachably mounted, and an opening portion 50a is formed in the back mechanism plate 50. A prize ball tank 53 and a tank rail 54 extending from the prize ball tank 53 are provided on the upper side thereof.
The payout means 55 connected to the No. 4 is provided on the side portion of the back mechanism plate 50, and the passage unit 56 connected to the payout means (payout motor) 55 is provided below the back mechanism plate 50. The gaming balls paid out from the payout means 55 are paid out to the upper plate 8 from the upper plate discharge port 28a (FIG. 9) via the passage unit 56.

In the opening 50a of the back mechanism plate 50, the back cover 57 mounted on the back side of the game board 25 and the winning means 37.
The winning ball discharge gutters (not shown) for discharging the game balls won in 39 to 39 are respectively fitted. The main control board 1 is arranged inside the case 58 attached to the back cover 57, and the symbol control board 2 is arranged on the front side thereof (FIG. 10).
Below the main control board 1, the lamp control board 4 is provided inside a case 61a attached to the back cover 57, and the voice control board 3 is provided inside a case 61b adjacent to the case 61a.

Inside the case 64 mounted on the back mechanism plate 50 below the cases 61a and 61b, a power supply board 6 and a payout control board 5 are provided, respectively. As shown in FIG. 12, a power switch 80 and an initialization switch 85 are arranged on the power board 6. The case 64 is cut out at a portion corresponding to these both switches 80 and 85,
Each of the switches 80 and 85 can be simultaneously operated with a finger.

A firing control board 7 is provided inside the case 67 mounted on the rear side of the firing means 30. These control boards 1 to 7 are independent boards, and the control boards 1 to 5 except the power board 6 and the firing control board 7 are
A computer circuit including a one-chip microcomputer is mounted, and the main control board 1 and the other control boards 2 to 5 are electrically connected to each other through a connector through a plurality of signal lines.

[0061]

As described above, according to the present invention,
It is possible to realize an ordering system for gaming machines that is suitable for gaming machines with a short life cycle and a short manufacturing period and sales period, and that also contributes to streamlining corporate activities.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an order receiving system according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an outline of the operation of the order receiving system according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a drawing for explaining the processing contents of the embodiment of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation contents of a determination program on the server device side.

5 is a flowchart showing a part of the CGI program of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a drawing for explaining the processing contents of the embodiment of FIG.

7 is a drawing showing the contents of a work table constructed by the CGI program of FIG.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation contents of a confirmation program on the server device side.

FIG. 9 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine according to the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a side view of the pachinko machine of FIG.

11 is a front view of the pachinko machine of FIG.

12 is a rear view of the pachinko machine of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

PC client (user computer) A, B, C confirmation file ST4 Judgment processing (Judge)

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. An order receiving system for accepting an order for a gaming machine using a network line for a gaming machine including a lottery process for determining whether or not to generate a profitable state advantageous to a player, the client side First to authenticate the legitimacy of access
Means, second means for returning the order file in which the data unique to each client is entered on condition of the authentication of the validity, and order data using the order file, and a predetermined means depending on the order. And a third means for executing a determination process and returning a confirmation file according to the determination result, wherein the third means performs a different determination process depending on a preset customer category. The ordering system that is characterized by 2. The order-accepting system according to claim 1, wherein the third means adopts different delivery date determination methods corresponding to customer classifications in order data. 3. The order data includes a delivery date desired by a customer, and the third means determines whether or not the delivery date can be met. Ordering system described in 2. 4. The confirmation file according to the determination result includes a file indicating that an order can be received as ordered.
The order receiving system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a file indicating that an order can be received if the delivery date is extended. 5. The order according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the confirmation file according to the determination result includes a file indicating that a maker will contact later. system. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third means first determines whether or not the product can be stocked when it is manufactured to meet an order. Ordering system. 7. If it is determined that the product can be in stock even if it is manufactured to meet an order, then it is judged whether or not it is sufficient because the standard manufacturing capacity has been dealt with. If there is a shortage, in the case of an order from a customer who is subordinate to the preset division of the customer, the delivery date is extended by one day to determine whether or not the ordered quantity can be manufactured. The order receiving system according to claim 6. 8. If it is determined that the product can be in stock even if it is manufactured to meet the order, then it is determined whether or not it is sufficient because the standard manufacturing capacity has been dealt with, and the standard manufacturing capacity is determined. If there is a shortage, in the case of an order from a customer who is classified higher in the above-mentioned classification of preset customers, the manufacturing capacity is sequentially increased to determine whether or not the ordered quantity can be manufactured. Item ordering system according to item 6. 9. A gaming machine manufactured by using the order receiving system according to claim 1.