JP2005034456A - Apparatus for measuring tilting angle of pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To measure the tilting angle easily from the front for all models of Pachinko machines while leaving the Pachinko machine installed to be ready for the operation as is. <P>SOLUTION: A camera outputting image signals is disposed at a prescribed distance at a prescribed height in front of the lower part of the Pachinko machine to be measured. An edge of the upper part of the front of the Pachinko machine is displayed on an image display device by keeping the tilt of the camera constant by a level. The tilting angle of the Pachinko machine is measured by finding a deviation of the edge of the upper part of the front to the back and forth from the vertical surface on the edge of the lower part of the front of the Pachinko machine through a comparison of the position of the edge in the image with the position of the edge in an image of a reference machine with the tilting angle known in advance. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for measuring the tilt amount of a pachinko machine.

The amount of inclination of the pachinko machine, usually called the inclination angle, has a subtle effect on the movement of the pachinko ball, and adjustment of the inclination angle is important.
Accordingly, various devices for measuring the inclination angle can be considered, and there are many patent documents.

  Conventionally, it is common to measure the inclination angle of the wooden frame for mounting the game board surface of the pachinko machine and use it as the inclination angle, but for all pachinko machines, pachinko machines installed in an operable state are used as they are. Thus, it is convenient if there is an object whose inclination angle can be easily measured from the front surface.

  However, there are various projections on the front of the pachinko machine, and it is difficult to measure the overall tilt angle by using a tool, avoiding the object and finding a part of the plane.

However, the majority of the pachinko machines have a constant height, and the top and bottom ridges are on the same plane. In this case, the absolute value of the tilt amount can be found by measuring the deviation from this vertical line. .
Also, if the top and bottom ridge lines on the front of the pachinko machine are not on the same plane, the difference in the relative tilt amount of the same model may be understood, and the ridge lines on the top and bottom of the pachinko machine may be parallel to the game board surface. If the difference in deviation from the surface is known, the amount of inclination of the pachinko machine body can be calculated by knowing the deviation of the front and rear ridge lines of the upper front surface relative to the vertical surface from the lower front ridge line of any pachinko machine .
JP 2000-051508 A JP 2003-033557 A

  The problem to be solved is that the inclination amount can be easily measured from the front face while leaving the pachinko machine installed in an operable state for all pachinko machines.

In the present invention, a camera that outputs an image signal is arranged at a certain height below the front surface with respect to the pachinko machine to be measured, and the ridgeline at the upper front of the pachinko machine is set on the image display with the camera tilt fixed by a level. By comparing the position of the projected ridgeline image with the position of the image whose inclination is known in advance, the deviation of the front and rear ridgelines of the upper front of the pachinko machine from the vertical plane from the lower ridgeline of the front is understood. Thus, the tilt amount of the pachinko machine can be measured.
Here, the means for indicating the position of the image whose tilt amount is known in advance is simple, but if the position and tilt of the camera can be accurately fixed, the tilt amount can be measured by calculation from the position of the image.

  The pachinko machine tilt amount measuring device of the present invention can easily measure the tilt amount from the front, leaving the pachinko machine installed in an operational state for all pachinko machines, so it can be used when newly installing or moving. In addition to improving the efficiency, when pachinko machines at other stores are in operation, you can easily measure the amount of inclination of the pachinko machine and use it for reference.

  For the purpose of measuring the tilt amount of a pachinko machine, prepare a standard device as a pachinko machine with a predetermined tilt amount and place it at a certain distance below the front to determine the tilt angle of the camera. Measure multiple image positions when the front upper ridgeline of the standard device as a pachinko machine is scaled, and check the image with the same positional relationship with the image position and scale of the front upper ridgeline of the pachinko machine being measured. That was realized.

FIG. 1 is a simulation diagram for explaining an embodiment of the apparatus of the present invention.
In the present invention, a camera, an image display, and a level are necessary. However, since the present invention relates to a method of using these devices as parts, technical details of these devices are omitted.
If the camera can output an image signal in any format, this apparatus can be realized by using an image display device adapted to the signal format.
When viewed from the side, an actual pachinko machine is separated into a wooden frame part, a game board surface, a glass surface, etc., but this figure shows a simplified side view and the surface is flat. did.

The pachinko machine is installed along a table on which a box for storing the acquired ball is placed, and is adjusted to a preferable inclination amount.
The amount of inclination is generally represented by “minute”, which is the unit of tenths of a dimension, of the deviation of the vertical ridge line position with respect to the vertical of a pachinko machine.

First, a pachinko machine 1 as a first standard is prepared in advance with a tilt amount of 3 minutes, and a camera fixture 3 with a camera 6 fixed thereon is applied to the lower surface of the pachinko machine 1 on a base 2 along the bottom surface. At this time, the image signal is transmitted through the cable 8 and the adjuster 4 is adjusted so that the ridgeline A at the upper front of the pachinko machine 1 is displayed as a line a at the center of the screen on the image display 9.
The spacer 5 has an effect of escape for the space for providing the adjuster 4 and when there is a protrusion at the lower part of the pachinko machine.

In this state, the level 7 is fixed to the camera 6 so that the level 7 is horizontal.
Although the level is arranged on the side of the camera 6 in FIG. 1, the level may be arranged on the fixture 3 when the positional relationship between the fixture and the camera is difficult to change.

Next, a pachinko machine 10 is prepared as a second standard device with an inclination of 0 minutes, that is, vertical, and a camera fixture 3 with a camera 6 fixed on the base 2 along the bottom surface is attached to the lower surface of the pachinko machine 10. When the adjuster 4 is adjusted so that the level 7 is horizontal, the image signal is transmitted through the cable 8 at this time, and the ridgeline B at the upper front of the pachinko machine 10 is connected to the line b on the screen. Is displayed.
If the base 2 is always horizontal, the adjustment of the adjuster 4 by the level 7 is not necessary.
As described above, the positions of the two images a and b and the respective lines are recorded as a scale on the screen of the image display 9, and the scale is added by dividing the interval into three equal parts.

Similarly, prepare a pachinko machine with an inclination amount of 6 minutes as the third standard device, write a 6-minute scale on the screen of the image display 9, and divide the 3 minute scale into 3 equal parts. Is added, the scale from 0 to 6 minutes is marked as in the drawing of the image display 9.
Of course, the number of scales and the interval can be freely set.

  As can be seen from the above, the measurement of the pachinko machine with an unknown tilt amount is the scale where the upper ridge line of the measured pachinko machine is projected in the same way as the image display method of the second and third standard devices. Should be read.

  In order to make the scale easy to see and increase the interval, it is possible to use the zoom function of the camera to enlarge the image.

  Although the image display 9 is relatively large in FIG. 1, it is practical even on a small screen as in a recent mobile phone. If the camera and the image display are integrated and the image can be observed from the side or the front, it is practical. Further preferred.

  It is also possible to insert a signal processor between the camera and the image display and display the scale as an image.

  While the pachinko machine is still in operation, the pachinko machine's tilt amount can be easily understood, so pachinko related shop operators and developers can use it without disturbing others even in places other than their own. So, you can measure the actual operation of the pachinko machine in the field, and expect the effect of adjusting the amount of tilt and nails.

It is a simulation figure for description of the inclination measuring device of a pachinko machine.

Explanation of symbols

1 First standard device of pachinko machine 3 Camera fixture 4 Adjuster 5 Spacer 6 Camera 7 Level 8 Cable 9 Image display 10 Second standard device of pachinko machine A Edge line of first standard device of pachinko machine B Pachinko machine Ridge line of the second standard device of a a image of A b image of B

Claims (1)

  This device can measure the amount of tilt of a pachinko machine, and can display an image signal, an image display for displaying an image, a level for adjusting the camera to a certain tilt angle, a fixture for determining the position of the camera, With these, the camera is placed at a certain distance below the front of the pachinko machine as a reference, the camera tilt is made constant by a level, and the image is displayed on the image display with the top front ridge line of the pachinko machine as the aim. An apparatus for measuring the amount of inclination of a pachinko machine, characterized in that the amount of inclination of the pachinko machine can be measured from the position of the ridgeline image at the time of the operation.