JP2005185363A - Operating sensor for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent malfunction of a non-contact type sensor using a photoelectric element due to a light from an external light source such as a fluorescent lamp disposed on a ceiling side and prevent predetermined malfunction of a pachinko machine unintended by a player. <P>SOLUTION: The pachinko machine is provided with a non-contact type sensor 15 disposed in a game board 11 and also a contact type sensor 31 such as a transparent glass touch panel or the like disposed on a glass cover 25 in front of the non-contact type sensor. That is to say, the both sensors 15 and 31 are so disposed that, when a hand 19 of the player touches the contact type sensor 31, the non-contact type sensor 15 is simultaneously shaded with the hand 19, and only when the both sensors 15 and 31 are in the detected state, the switching operation is executed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an operation sensor for a pachinko machine such as a contact sensor or a non-contact sensor disposed on the front surface of a game board. For example, if the operation sensor is a non-contact sensor, a hand is held over the sensor. The present invention relates to a pachinko machine operation sensor that allows a player to arbitrarily perform a pachinko game operation in which a switching operation is performed by this and a symbol being displayed on the screen is stopped by this operation.

  Conventionally, pachinko machines have a configuration in which a player operates a switch in order to change the game. As an operation sensor which is such a switch, for example, there are a contact type touch sensor disposed at a position where a player can easily operate on a game board, and a non-contact type sensor using a photoelectric element. These sensors are generally provided for the purpose of stopping a symbol being displayed on the game board screen.

The touch sensor detects that the player has directly touched the sensor with his / her hand, and an active symbol is stopped by this detection.
The non-contact type sensor is for stopping a symbol in operation in the same manner as described above when a player holds his hand in front of the sensor, and is attached as shown in FIG. 4, for example. That is, a base 13 for mounting a non-contact type sensor is disposed in the area of the front left corner of the game board 11 of the pachinko machine, and the non-contact type sensor 15 is fixed to the base 13.

This non-contact type sensor 15 emits light from the light emitting element 15a and emits it to the outside as shown by a broken line arrow in the cross-sectional view of the non-contact type sensor 15 portion of the game board 11 shown in FIG. When the radiated light is reflected by the hand 19, the reflected light is received by the light receiving element 15 b to perform a switching operation (switch-on). The symbol operation is stopped by this switching operation.
As this type of conventional pachinko machine, there is one described in Patent Document 1, for example.
Japanese Patent Application No. 2002-328863

By the way, in the conventional pachinko machine, when the game board 11 is installed in the pachinko parlor, as shown in FIG. 6, the board surface 11a of the game board 11 is predetermined with respect to the vertical line 21 perpendicular to the horizontal floor surface. It is installed so that the ball flows down on the board surface 11a by inclining so as to intersect at an angle θ = about 1 degree and tilting obliquely upward.
However, when the panel surface 11a is installed so as to be obliquely upward in this way, the light emitting / receiving surface 15d of the non-contact sensor 15 fixed to the panel surface 11a is also obliquely upward, so that it is fixed to the ceiling 22 ( Alternatively, light indicated by broken-line arrows from the fluorescent lamp 23 arranged on the ceiling 22 side is incident on the light emitting / receiving surface 15d at an angle at which it is likely to be in a light receiving state. For this reason, there is a problem that the non-contact type sensor 15 easily receives light from the fluorescent lamp 23 and malfunctions.

In addition, when the symbol is in operation, if the non-contact type sensor 15 malfunctions as described above even though the player is not holding his / her hand, the symbol in operation is stopped against the player's intention. There is a problem that a malfunction of a predetermined pachinko game occurs.
The present invention has been made in view of such problems, and prevents a non-contact type sensor using a photoelectric element from malfunctioning due to light from an external light source such as a fluorescent lamp disposed on the ceiling side. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine operation sensor that can prevent a malfunction of a predetermined pachinko game unintended by the player.

  In order to achieve the above object, the pachinko machine operating sensor according to claim 1 of the present invention emits and emits light, and the light is reflected by the light reflecting means held in the radiation direction. In a sensor for operation of a pachinko machine using either a non-contact type sensor that becomes a detection state by receiving this reflected light or a contact type sensor that becomes a detection state when touched by a player's hand, A transparent contact type sensor and a non-contact type sensor are used as the contact type sensor. When a player's hand touches the transparent contact type sensor, this hand becomes the non-contact type sensor. Both sensors are arranged in a pachinko machine so that they are held over, and a matching circuit is provided that performs a switching operation only when both sensors are in a detected state.

  According to this configuration, in a state where the reflecting means is not held over the non-contact type sensor, that is, a state where the hand is not touching the contact type sensor, both the sensors are in the non-detection state, so that the matching circuit does not perform the switching operation. In this state, when light from an external light source is received by the non-contact type sensor, the non-contact type sensor is in a detection state, but the contact type sensor is in an undetected state, so that the coincidence circuit does not perform switching operation. That is, even if the non-contact type sensor that is one component of the operation sensor receives light from the external light source, no malfunction occurs.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a non-contact type sensor using a photoelectric element from malfunctioning due to light from an external light source such as a fluorescent lamp arranged on the ceiling side. There is an effect that it is possible to prevent malfunction of a predetermined pachinko game unintended by the player.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, parts corresponding to each other in all the drawings in this specification are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description of the overlapping parts will be omitted as appropriate.
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FIG. 1 is a front view showing a state where an operation sensor of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to a game board, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the operation sensor portion.

The operation sensor 30 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is provided in front of the non-contact type sensor 15 in addition to the non-contact type sensor 15 disposed on the game board 11 as described with reference to FIG. 4 in the conventional example. A contact sensor 31 such as a transparent glass touch panel is disposed on the glass cover 25, that is, when the player's hand (reflecting means) 19 touches the contact sensor 31, the hand 19 is simultaneously placed on the non-contact sensor 15. A characteristic is that the two sensors 15 and 31 are arranged so as to be in a holding state so that the switching operation is performed only when both the sensors 15 and 31 are in the detection state.
As shown in FIG. 3, the circuit of the operation sensor 30 that performs such a switching operation is connected to a coincidence circuit 32 such as an AND circuit on the signal output sides of both the non-contact sensor 15 and the contact sensor 31. The ON signal is output only when both the sensors 15 and 31 are in the detection state and output an “H” level signal.

The operation of the operation sensor 30 having such a configuration will be described.
As indicated by a broken line arrow in FIG. 2, when the player touches the contact sensor 31 while light is emitted by the light emission of the light emitting element 15 a, the contact sensor 31 enters a detection state. At the same time, since the hand 19 is held in front of the non-contact sensor 15, the light is reflected by the hand 19, the reflected light is received by the light receiving element 15b, and the light receiving element 15b is also detected. Become.

When both the sensors 15 and 31 are in the detection state, an “H” level signal is output to the coincidence circuit 32, and thus an ON signal is output from the coincidence circuit 32. Then, as described in the conventional example, the on-signal stops the symbol being displayed on the screen. That is, by touching the contact sensor 31 with the hand 19, the symbol that is being displayed on the screen is stopped.
When the hand 19 is not touching the contact sensor 31 and is held in front of the non-contact sensor 15, the non-contact sensor 15 is in a detection state, but the contact sensor 31 is not detected. Since this is a state, no ON signal is output from the coincidence circuit 32.

  Further, when the hand 19 is not held over the non-contact type sensor 30, that is, when the contact type sensor 31 is not touched, both sensors 15, 31 are in the non-detection state. Not output. In this state, it is assumed that light from the fluorescent lamp is received by the light receiving element 15b. In this case, the non-contact type sensor 15 is in a detection state, but the ON signal is not output from the coincidence circuit 32 because the contact type sensor 31 is in an undetected state. In this case, the symbol being displayed on the screen remains in operation.

Thus, according to the operation sensor 30 of the pachinko machine of the present embodiment, when the player's hand 19 touches the transparent contact sensor 31, the hand 19 is held over the non-contact sensor 15. Since both the sensors 15 and 31 are arranged so as to be in a switched state and the switching operation is performed only when both the sensors 15 and 31 are in the detection state, the light of an external light source such as a fluorescent lamp is Even when light is received by the non-contact sensor 15, the switch is not turned on.
That is, since the non-contact type sensor 15 which is one component of the operation sensor 30 does not malfunction even when receiving light from the external light source, a player due to the malfunction of the conventional non-contact type sensor 15 does not occur. It is possible to prevent malfunctions of pachinko games, such as stoppage of symbol movement against the intention of the player.

It is a front view which shows the attachment state to the game board of the sensor for operation of the pachinko machine which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the sensor part for operation of the pachinko machine concerning the above-mentioned embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of the sensor for operation of the pachinko machine which concerns on the said embodiment. It is a front view which shows the attachment position of the non-contact type sensor in the game board of the conventional pachinko machine. It is sectional drawing of the non-contact-type sensor part in the conventional game board. It is a side view which shows the direction which the light emission / light-receiving surface of a non-contact-type sensor faces when a conventional pachinko machine is installed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 Game board 11a Board surface 13 Base 15, 30, 50 Non-contact type sensor 15a Light emitting element 15b Light receiving element 15d Light emission / light receiving surface 19 Hand 21 Vertical line 22 Ceiling 23 Fluorescent lamp 25 Glass cover 30 Operation sensor 31 Contact type sensor 32 Match circuit

Claims (1)

A non-contact type sensor that is in a detection state by receiving the reflected light when the light is emitted and emitted and reflected by the light reflecting means held in the radiation direction, and the player's hand In the pachinko machine operation sensor using either one of the contact-type sensors that are detected when touched,
A transparent contact type sensor and a non-contact type sensor are used as the contact type sensor. When a player's hand touches the transparent contact type sensor, this hand becomes the non-contact type sensor. Place both sensors in the pachinko machine so that they are held over
A pachinko machine operation sensor comprising a matching circuit that performs a switching operation only when both sensors are in a detected state.

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