JP2004283629A - Put-out controller for pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable the players to enjoy the pachinko games advantageously without waste by always controlling the put-out of the dispensing balls to its necessary minimum. <P>SOLUTION: The pachinko game machine computes the estimated number of remaining balls on the ball tray 3 based on the accumulation of the number of the balls put out onto the ball tray and when the estimated number of the remaining balls exceeds the specified value, the putting out of the dispensing balls is reserved. Moreover, when the number of the remaining balls reaches the full limit capacity, the request for putting out the dispensing balls is canceled. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a payout control device that suppresses unnecessary payout of ball rental in a pachinko gaming machine.

  Generally, a ball rental machine is provided for each pachinko gaming machine provided in a game arcade, and when a card or cash is inserted and a button is operated, a ball rental is paid out on a ball plate in front of the pachinko gaming machine. It is configured as follows.

  By the way, in the gaming machine disclosed in the patent publication of Patent No. 2657946, even if there is a prize ball payout request during the ball loan payout operation, the prize ball is not paid out until the payout of the ball is completed, Japanese Patent No. 2559221 discloses a technique that prioritizes a player's free will and prioritizes a request for paying out a ball even in an unfinished state of paying out a prize ball. And the like disclose a method of paying out a lending ball with priority. However, in any case, the gaming machines shown in these publications give priority to paying out ball rentals in order to avoid distrust of players when a request for prize balls and a request for rental balls occur. It was to let. For this reason, even if there are prize ball payout requests continuously, the loaned ball payout request takes precedence, and as a result, there is a possibility that the loaned ball is unnecessarily paid out.

  In Japanese Patent No. 3019958, a setting device is provided for setting the number of discharge command signals derived by one operation of the operating means, and a lending ball corresponding to the number of discharge command signals set by the setting device is provided. The prize ball is discharged by a prize ball discharging device, and the number of balls for lending can be set freely, for example, for 100 yen, 200 yen, 300 yen, 500 yen, or the like. However, in the setting of 100 yen, it is often necessary to immediately request a lending ball for 100 yen in a short time, and there is a drawback that it is troublesome and it is not possible to concentrate on the game, and conversely, to 500 yen When setting and playing, if a large number of prize balls are immediately obtained just by firing a hit ball for about 100 yen, the player has unnecessarily used about 400 yen as a result, and lost. There was a drawback that gave such an impression.

Further, Japanese Patent No. 2639848, Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-11352, and the like provide a ball detection sensor on a ball dish so that when the number of remaining balls on the ball dish becomes less than a predetermined number, ball lending is automatically supplied. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-173625 further includes a ball lending selection executing means for selectively executing the automatic ball lending according to the winning ball state. However, in these cases, it is necessary to provide a ball detection sensor on the ball dish, and there is a risk of malfunction when the ball is clogged in the dish.
Japanese Patent No. 2657946 Japanese Patent No. 2559221 Japanese Patent No. 2995426 JP-A-5-3959 JP-A-8-38723 Japanese Patent No. 3019958 Japanese Patent No. 2639848 Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-11352 JP-A-8-173625

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a payout control device that can prevent unnecessary use of a loaned ball with a simple configuration. .

For that purpose, the payout control device of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention calculates the estimated number of remaining balls that should be on the ball dish from the accumulation of the number of paid balls paid out to the ball dish and the accumulation of the number of shot balls. When the estimated number of remaining balls exceeds a predetermined number, the payout of the rental ball is reserved.
Further, the payout control device of the pachinko gaming machine of the present invention calculates the estimated number of remaining balls to be on the ball plate from the accumulation of the number of balls paid out to the ball plate and the accumulation of the number of fired balls, and estimates the number of remaining balls. When the number of remaining balls becomes sufficient, the request for paying out a rental ball is canceled.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the payout control device, the number of payout balls to be paid out to the ball plate is detected as the sum of a ball for sale and a prize ball.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the above-mentioned payout control device, the number of shot balls is detected by the number of actuations of a ball hammer of the ball shooting device.
Further, according to the present invention, in the above-mentioned payout control device, the number of fired balls is detected by the number of actuations of a ball feeding member of the ball fired device.
Further, the present invention is characterized in that in the payout control device, the payout of the lending ball is reserved when the big hit is in progress.
According to the present invention, in the above-mentioned payout control device, the accumulation of the number of payout balls, the accumulation of the number of fired balls, and the estimated number of remaining balls are updated to initial values by newly inserting a card or money into the ball rental machine. It is characterized by doing so.

  The payout control device according to the present invention has a remarkable effect that the payout of the lending ball is always kept to a necessary minimum and the player can play the pachinko game advantageously without waste.

  Next, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present invention and a ball rental machine 2 provided adjacent thereto. As shown in the figure, on the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1, an upper ball plate 3 from which a prize ball and a lending ball are paid out by operating an internal payout device, a lower ball plate 4, and a plurality of winning ports. A game board 6 provided with a symbol change display 5 and the like is provided, and a pachinko ball on the ball tray 3 is fired by a player operating a hit ball firing handle 7. Further, the ball lending machine 2 is provided with a slot 8 for cards, money, and the like. In addition, 9 is a ball lending request button provided on the outer surface of the ball dish 3, 10 is a cancel button, and 11 is a throwing status display.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the payout control device according to the present invention. The payout control device comprises a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM. As shown in FIG. 4, when the hitting handle 7 is operated and the hitting hammer of the ball firing device is operated to fire a hitting ball, a firing detection signal is generated. And a prize ball payout request signal is received from a prize detection unit when a game ball wins a winning opening on the game board 6, and a big hit signal is sent from the game board when a big hit is being made. Is received from the ball rental machine 2. Then, a payout command signal is output to the payout device.

  Next, the operation of the payout control device will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. As shown in FIG. 3, this program includes a game monitoring routine, a request signal monitoring routine, a dish state estimation routine, a winning ball payout routine, a ball loan payout routine, and a ball loan cancel routine. The game monitoring routine detects whether or not the player is using the pachinko gaming machine and whether or not the player is a new player. As shown in FIG. The presence / absence is monitored, and if a ball firing signal is not received for 10 minutes or more in step 2 and if it is detected in step 3 that a new card or money has been inserted into the ball lending machine 2, the process proceeds to step 2. Then, the process goes to 4 to set variables R, T, and Z, which will be described later, to zero (update to the initial values) and return.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the request signal monitoring routine proceeds to step 6 when the ball rental machine payout request signal is received from the ball rental machine 2 in step 5, and updates the ball loan payment request unit K. For example, when a card is inserted into the ball lending machine 2 and the ball lending request button 9 is pressed to request a ball lending payout of 500 yen, "K = 5" is stored. When the prize ball payout request signal is received from the prize detection unit in step 7, the process proceeds to step 8 and the prize ball payout request number S is updated. For example, a prize ball payout request signal indicating that 15 prize balls should be paid out is transmitted. Upon receipt, "S = 15" is stored.

  The dish condition estimation routine is based on the number of prize balls and the number of ball rentals paid out by operating the payout device, and the number of shot balls 3 or balls based on the number of shot balls shot by operating the hit ball shooting handle 7. The number of pachinko balls remaining on the plate 4 is estimated, and the accumulated payout number R of prize balls and rental balls paid out since the player started the game without an interval of 10 minutes or more is calculated. In step 10, the cumulative number of fired balls T is read in step 11, and the estimated remaining number Z is determined as the difference between the cumulative number of fired balls R and the cumulative number of fired balls T.

  In the prize ball payout routine, as shown in FIG. 7, when it is determined in step 15 that there is the prize ball payout request number S, a payout command signal is output to the payout device in step 16 and the payout command is issued. Accordingly, the number S of requested prize ball payouts is decreased by one in step 17.

  As shown in FIG. 8, in the ball lending routine, it is determined in step 20 that there is a ball lending request unit K, in step 21, it is determined that there is no award ball payment request number S, and in step 22, When it is determined that the estimated remaining number Z is not equal to or more than 20, and when it is determined in step 23 that the jackpot is not a big hit, in step 24, the payout device pays out 25 lending balls, which are lending ball payout request units, to the payout device. A command signal is output, and at step 25, the required unit K for paying out ball is minus one in accordance with the payout command.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 9, in the ball-lending cancel routine, when the estimated remaining number Z is 150 or more in step 30, if there is more than 12 remaining balls on the ball plate 3 or the ball plate 4, As a result, the processing for canceling the unpaid ball loan request is cancelled, that is, the ball loan request unit K is set to zero in step 31 and the player is notified in step 32 that the ball loan request has been cancelled. The information is formed through the display and sound.

  Therefore, according to this payout control device, the prize ball payout has priority over the ball payout, and the number of remaining balls to be on the ball plate is calculated. When the number of remaining balls exceeds a predetermined number, the ball Is paid out, and when the number of remaining balls becomes more than sufficient, the request to pay out the ball rental is canceled, so that the useless ball payout is completely suppressed. In addition, since the payout of the ball rental is reserved even when a big hit occurs, the player can always enjoy a game advantageous to the player with the minimum necessary ball rental. In addition, there is no need to provide a ball detection sensor on the ball dish, so that the configuration is simple, and there is an advantage that it can be easily implemented only by changing the program of the existing control device.

The payout device for paying out prize balls and the payout device for paying out rental balls may be provided separately or may share one device.
In addition, even if the accumulation of the number of paid-out balls of the prize balls is updated by detecting the winning as in the above-described embodiment, the accumulated number of the paid-out balls is updated by a payout operation of a solenoid, a motor or the like of the payout device, or an operation of the payout ball detection sensor. You may make it so.
Further, the number of shot balls is not limited to be detected by the number of actuations of the ball hammer of the ball firing device, but may be detected by the number of actuations of a solenoid or the like that operates the ball feeding member of the ball firing device.

  In this embodiment, the setting in step 2 is to set the time during which there is no ball firing to 10 minutes, the setting in step 22 is to set the estimated remaining number Z to be paid out to 20, and the setting in step 30 The estimated remaining number Z for canceling the request is set to 150, but it is needless to say that any of these can be changed to a numerical value as appropriate, and can be set freely by a store clerk or a player at the site of use. It may be possible. Further, whether or not to perform the payout control itself may be freely set by a clerk, a player, or the like. In this case, it is desirable that the operation unit for changing these settings be provided near the ball lending request button 9, the cancel button 10, and the insertion status display 11, but is not limited to the outer surface of the ball tray 3. , Near the ball-pulling button provided on the bowl 3, or below the glass frame, etc., in a place where the player can easily operate.

1 is a front view of a pachinko game machine and a ball rental machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a payout control device for a pachinko gaming machine showing an embodiment of the present invention. The flowchart of the payout control apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. The flowchart of the payout control apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. The flowchart of the payout control apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. The flowchart of the payout control apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. The flowchart of the payout control apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. The flowchart of the payout control apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention. The flowchart of the payout control apparatus which shows embodiment of this invention.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Pachinko game machine 2 Ball rental machine 3 Ball tray 7 Handle for launching a hit ball 9 Ball lending request button

Claims (7)

  Calculate the estimated number of remaining balls that should be on the ball plate from the accumulation of the number of balls dispensed to the ball plate and the accumulation of the number of shot balls, and when the estimated number of remaining balls exceeds a predetermined number, rent a ball. A payout control device for a pachinko game machine, wherein the payout of a pachinko game machine is reserved.   The estimated number of remaining balls that should be on the ball plate is calculated from the accumulated number of balls dispensed to the ball plate and the accumulated number of fired balls. A payout control device for a pachinko game machine, wherein a payout request for a ball is canceled.   The payout control device for a pachinko game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the number of payout balls to be paid out to the ball plate is detected as the sum of a lending ball and a prize ball.   The payout control device for a pachinko game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the number of fired balls is detected by the number of times the hitting hammer of the ball firing device is operated.   The payout control device for a pachinko game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the number of fired balls is detected by the number of actuations of a ball feeding member of the ball shooting device.   The payout control device for a pachinko game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein payout of the lending ball is reserved when the big hit is in progress.   7. The method according to claim 1, wherein when a new card or money is inserted into the ball lending machine, the cumulative number of balls to be paid out, the cumulative number of balls to be fired, and the estimated number of remaining balls are updated to initial values. A payout control device for a pachinko gaming machine according to item 1.

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