JP2005185483A - Delivery ball management device for pachinko machine and pachinko machine whose delivery ball is managed by the same device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a delivery ball management device for a Pachinko machine highly precisely measuring coordinates of game pins irrelevant to the experience of a worker, quickly creating management data, and easily managing the delivery ball adjustment. <P>SOLUTION: A panel sensor 26 is disposed in the front face of a game board G and the sensor face is pushed against the head part of an angle-adjusted game pin to simultaneously measure coordinate information of each game pin. The information measured by the panel sensor 26 is input in a personal computer (PC) 40. Coordinate information of game pins input from the panel sensor for every time of adjusting the angle of the game pin, is stored in a game pin coordinate data storage part 62 of the PC 40. After the lapse of a predetermined game time after adjusting the angle of the game pins, delivery ball information of a winning hole from a hall computer 60 is stored in a delivery ball data storage part 64 of the PC 40. A computing part 50 of the PC computes management data formed by comparing the coordinate information of the game pins for every time of adjusting the angles, the putout ball information and the like and displays the management data on a display part 56. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to game nail adjustment information when adjusting the angle of the game nails arranged around the winning holes provided on the game board, and the ball information of the winning holes after adjusting the angle of the game nails. The present invention relates to a device that manages the exit of a pachinko machine based on the above and a pachinko machine in which the exit is managed by this device.

The pachinko machine adjusts the number of winning balls (outing balls) in the winning opening by adjusting the angles of a plurality of gaming nails arranged around the winning opening provided on the game board.
This pachinko machine's pitch adjustment is conventionally controlled by a highly skilled worker who adjusts the angle of the game nail to adjust the angle for each pachinko machine and the ball at the winning opening after a predetermined number of days have passed. The angle of the game nail was adjusted to increase or decrease the number of balls.

By the way, as a method in which an unskilled worker can manage the pitch adjustment, for example, a technique described in Patent Document 1 is known.
The technology of this Patent Document 1 accumulates information on the adjustment amount of each game nail every time the angle of a plurality of game nails (referred to as guide nails in Patent Document 1) arranged on the game board is adjusted, Information on the ball exit from the winning gate after adjusting the angle of the game nail is also stored, and the adjustment amount of the game nail to be adjusted from now on is set based on the game nail adjustment amount and the history information of the ball exit. By doing so, I try to manage the launch of pachinko machines.
Japanese Patent No. 2711854

However, the management of the ball of the pachinko machine disclosed in Patent Document 1 measures the amount that the operator adjusts the angle of the game nail (the angle adjustment amount of the game nail) using a measuring instrument such as a gauge, and the measured value. Is input to a processing device such as a personal computer.
As described above, the measurement of the angle adjustment amount of the game nail manually performed by the operator and the operation of inputting the measured value to the personal computer have a problem in terms of quick management.

In addition, measurement of the angle adjustment amount of the game nail by the operator is likely to change the measurement accuracy due to the level of skill of the worker, and if an operator with low skill level measures the angle adjustment amount of the game nail, There is a problem in the reliability of the adjustment data of the nail.
Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and it is possible to quickly create the management data by measuring the coordinates of the game nail with high accuracy regardless of the skill of the operator, and easily It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko machine exit management apparatus capable of managing the adjustment and a pachinko machine in which the exit is managed by this apparatus.

  2. The game management device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the game nail adjustment information when the angle of the game nails arranged around a winning opening provided in the game board is adjusted, and the game nails are adjusted. Is a device for managing the exit of the pachinko machine by obtaining the exit information of the winning hole after being locked at the reference position of the game board so as to cover the front of the game board and adjusting the angle A panel sensor that simultaneously measures coordinate information of each game nail by pressing a sensor surface against the head of the game nail, and coordinate information of the game nail that is input from the panel sensor every time the angle of the game nail is adjusted A game nail coordinate data storage unit for storing the game nail, and a ball data storage for storing the ball exit information of the winning opening input from the hall computer after a predetermined game period has elapsed after adjusting the angle of the game nail A game nail coordinate data storage unit and Based on the accumulated information of the outgoing ball data accumulating unit, an arithmetic unit that calculates management data that compares coordinate information of the game nail, the outgoing ball information, etc. for each adjustment, and the management data calculated by the arithmetic unit And a display unit for displaying.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the ball exit management device for the pachinko machine according to the first aspect, the panel sensor has a substrate set to a size that faces all of the specific game nails adjusted in angle, A plate-shaped contact sensor that is fixed to the surface of the board and can obtain coordinate information of each game nail by contacting the head of each game nail, and is attached to the entire sensor surface of this contact sensor. And a thin plate-like elastic member that absorbs the difference in height of each game nail and brings the heads of all the game nails into contact with the contact-type sensor.
On the other hand, the pachinko machine according to claim 3 is a pachinko machine whose exit is managed by the exit management device of the pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the head of the game nail for adjusting the angle is The sensor surface is provided with a convex portion whose tip contacts.

According to the exit management device of the pachinko machine of the present invention, even if the skill level of the operator who adjusts the angle of the game nail is not so high, the identification for adjusting to the predetermined exit by referring to the management data The angle adjustment amount of the game nail can be easily set.
Moreover, since all the coordinate data of the game nail whose angle is adjusted by the panel sensor is simultaneously measured, management data can be created in a short time compared with the conventional device that the operator has input to the sequential processing device. It is possible to greatly speed up the start management.

In addition, the panel sensor is placed at the reference position of the game board, and the coordinate data of the game nail is obtained by adjusting the angle by simply pressing it to the front of the game board, so the game nail can be obtained with high accuracy regardless of the skill of the operator. Coordinate measurement can be performed.
On the other hand, according to the pachinko machine in which the exit is managed by the exit management device of the present invention, the convex portion provided on the head of the game nail for adjusting the angle contacts the sensor surface of the panel sensor in a point contact state. The accuracy of the coordinate position of the game nail is improved. Thereby, the reliability of the coordinate data of the game nail memorize | stored in the game nail coordinate data storage part can be improved.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of a ball exit management device for a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the front of the pachinko machine 2. A front plate 6 screwed to the outer frame 4 is attached to a lower plate 8, an upper plate 10, a handle 12 for adjusting the flight distance of a hit ball, and glass. The mounted glass frame 15 is provided, and the game board G is attached to the back surface of the glass frame 15.

  In the game board G, the symbol display device 14, the first start winning opening 16, the second starting winning opening 18 and the like are arranged in the game area G1. The game area G1 includes a plurality of game nails 20 that guide the game balls launched into the game area G1 to the first start winning opening 16, and a plurality of game nails that guide the game balls to the second start winning opening 18. A game nail 22 and a number of other game nails, not shown in detail, are provided. Here, four members indicated by reference numeral 24 that are provided apart from each other outside the game area G2 are locking nails that lock a panel sensor 26, which will be described later, on the front surface of the game board G by setting a reference position. is there.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a state in which the glass frame 15 is opened and the panel sensor 26 is attached to the front surface of the game board G, and a personal computer (PC) 40 that obtains the coordinate information of the game nail measured by the panel sensor 26.
The panel sensor 26 is locked to the four locking nails 24 provided outside the gaming area G2 described above, and is attached to the front surface of the gaming board G with this position as a reference position.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the panel sensor 26, which is a member in which a substrate 28, a touch sensor unit 30, and an elastically deformable film body 32 are laminated.
The board 28 is set to a size that faces all of the plurality of game nails 20 that guide the game balls to the first start winning opening 16 and the plurality of game nails 22 that guide the game balls to the second start winning opening 18. In addition, engagement holes (not shown) that engage with the four locking nails 24 described above are provided at the four corners.

The touch sensor unit 30 is attached to the entire area of one surface of the substrate 28. For example, a contact displacement sensor using a PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) film is used.
The film body 32 attached to the touch sensor unit 30 is elastically deformed when a pressing force is applied toward the game nails 20 and 22 from the substrate 28 side, so that the height of each game nail 20 and 22 is increased. It is a thin plate-shaped elastic member that absorbs the difference so that the heads of all the game nails 20 and 22 are in contact with the touch sensor unit 30.
When the panel sensor 26 having such a structure is pressed against the game nails 20 and 22, the touch sensor unit 30 outputs the coordinate values of the specific game nails 20 and 22 to the PC 40.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the PC 40, which includes a reset circuit 42, a power supply circuit 44, an input port 46, a main control unit 48, a ROM 50, a RAM 52, an output port 54, a display unit 56 such as a display, and a keyboard 58. .
The reset circuit 42 sets the main control unit 48 to an initial state. The input port 46 receives a signal of a coordinate value of a specific game nail 20, 22 from the panel sensor 26, and after the predetermined period has elapsed since the angle adjustment of the game nail 20, 22 is performed from the hall computer 60. The number of winning balls (out-going balls) from the first starting winning port 16 and the second starting winning port 18 is fetched and transferred to the main control unit 48.

The main control unit 48 is a CPU (processing device), and the ROM 50 and the RAM 52 are externally connected by a bus even if a one-chip CPU incorporating a ROM (read only memory) 50 and a RAM (random access memory) 52 is used. A CPU may be used.
The ROM 50 stores a control program. Specifically, based on the data fetched from the hall computer 60, the control program for displaying the change in the ball on the comparison information display unit 56 based on the data fetched from the hall computer 60, the data fetched from the panel sensor 26, and the data fetched from the hall computer 60. , A calculation process for calculating the coordinate value and the output management comparison data for the angle adjustment of the specific game nails 20 and 22 performed a plurality of times, a control program for displaying the comparison management data on the display unit 56, etc. I remember it.

The RAM 52 adjusts the angle of the specific game nail 20 and 22 and the coordinate data storage area 62 for storing the coordinate values of the angle adjustment of the specific game nail 20 and 22 performed multiple times as history information. There is provided a ball data accumulation area 64 for accumulating the balls from the first start winning port 16 and the second start winning port 18 as history information.
The output port 54 outputs from the main control unit 48 and transfers a signal to the comparison information display unit 56.
The coordinate data storage area 62 corresponds to the game nail coordinate data storage section, the outgoing ball data storage area 64 corresponds to the outgoing ball data storage section, and the ROM 50 corresponds to the calculation section.
Next, a procedure for managing the departure of the pachinko machine 2 using the panel sensor 26, the PC 40, and the host computer 50 and the operation of the PC 40 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  First, as a preparatory preparation for starting the ball management of the pachinko machine 2, the panel sensor 26 is arranged at the reference position in order to measure the reference coordinates of the specific game nails 20 and 22 (the coordinates of the game nails before adjusting the angle). (They are locked by the four locking nails 24 provided outside the game area G2) and pressed against the front surface of the game board G. By performing this operation, the heads of the specific game nails 20 and 22 come into contact with the touch sensor unit 30 of the panel sensor 26, and the reference coordinates of the specific game nails 20 and 22 are input from the touch sensor unit 30 to the PC 40. The data is input to the port 46 and stored in the coordinate data storage area 62 as reference coordinate data of a specific game nail.

Next, the angle adjustment of the first specific game nails 20 and 22 is performed. That is, as shown in FIG. 5, adjustment is performed to move the heads of specific game nails 20 and 22 by a predetermined amount in the X and Y directions. After adjusting the angle of the game nail, the panel sensor 26 is placed at the reference position and pressed against the front surface of the game board G.
When this operation is performed, the coordinates of the specific game nails 20 and 22 whose angles have been adjusted are input from the touch sensor unit 30 to the input port 46 of the PC 40, together with the reference coordinate data of the specific game nails described above, the first It is stored in the coordinate data storage area 62 as angle adjustment coordinate data of the specific game nail for the second time.

Then, after a predetermined time or a predetermined number of days have elapsed, the PC 40 is connected to the hall computer 60, and the first start winning port 16 and the second starting winning port 18 are output from the hall computer 60 for a predetermined time or a predetermined number of days. Get sphere information. This ball-out information is stored in the ball-out data accumulation area 64 as ball-out data after the first game nail angle adjustment.
In addition, after adjusting the angle of the second specific game nail 20 and 22, the panel sensor 26 is arranged at the reference position and pressed against the front surface of the game board G to thereby adjust the specific game nail. The coordinates 20 and 22 are input from the touch sensor unit 30 to the input port 46 of the PC 40 and stored in the coordinate data storage area 62 as angle adjustment coordinate data of the second specific game nail. In the coordinate data storage area 62, the reference coordinate data of the specific game nail described above, the angle adjustment coordinate data of the first specific game nail, the angle adjustment coordinate data of the second specific game nail, Are accumulated and stored.

Then, after a predetermined time or a predetermined number of days have passed, the PC 40 is connected to the hall computer 60 to obtain the starting information of the first starting winning opening 16 and the second starting winning opening 18, and this starting information is It is stored in the outgoing ball data accumulation area 64 as outgoing ball data after the second game nail angle adjustment.
As described above, each time the angle adjustment of the specific game nail 20 or 22 is performed a plurality of times, the panel game sensor G is pressed against the front surface of the game board G to thereby adjust the specific game nail 20 or 22 with the angle adjustment. Are stored in the coordinate data storage area 62 as angle adjustment coordinate data of a specific game nail of the nth time (n: positive integer), and after a predetermined time or a predetermined number of days have elapsed, the PC 40 is It is connected to the hall computer 60 to obtain the starting information of the first starting winning opening 16 and the second starting winning opening 18, and this starting information is used as the starting data after adjusting the nth game nail angle. This is stored in the sphere data storage area 64.

Here, FIGS. 6 and 7 show an example of management data displayed on the display unit 56 by operating the keyboard 58.
The management data shown in FIG. 6 is management data indicating changes in the number of balls that are exited from the first start winning opening 16 when the angle of the game nail is adjusted five times. This management data is created by using the exit data after adjusting the angle of the game nail for 5 times stored in the exit data storage area 64 by the control program stored in the ROM 50.

  Further, the management data of FIG. 7 includes the coordinate data of a specific game nail among the game nails 20 that guide the game ball to the first start winning opening 16 and the game nail 22 that guides the game ball to the second start winning opening 16. The coordinate data of a specific game nail is displayed for the reference coordinates, the first game nail angle adjustment, and the second game nail angle adjustment, and the exit ball after the first game nail angle adjustment. Also, the ball after the second game nail angle adjustment is displayed at the same time. This management data is obtained by using the angle adjustment coordinate data stored in the coordinate data storage area 62 and the outgoing ball data stored in the outgoing ball data storage area 64 by the control program stored in the ROM 50. Created. The management data in FIG. 7 shows the reference coordinates, the first game nail angle adjustment, and the second game angle nail adjustment, but the other nth and n-1th games. It is also possible to create management data for displaying nail angle adjustment or displaying all game nail angle adjustments from the first to the fifth time.

From the management data in FIG. 6, it is possible to easily grasp the change in the pitch rate when the angle of the game nail is adjusted five times. In addition, from the management data of FIG. 7, the angle adjustment coordinates of the specific game nails 20 and 20 of the first start winning opening 16 and the second starting winning opening 18 when the turnout rate is high or when the turnout rate is low are obtained. Easy to grasp.
Thus, even if the level of skill of the operator who adjusts the angle of the game nail is not so high, by referring to the management data in FIG. 6 and FIG. The amount of angle adjustment can be easily set to what extent the game nails 20 and 22 should be moved in the X and Y directions. Therefore, when the apparatus of the present embodiment is used, even a worker with a low skill level can easily manage the exit of the pachinko machine 2.

Further, in the present embodiment, since all the coordinate data of the specific game nails 20 and 22 can be simultaneously loaded into the PC 40 by the panel sensor 26, compared with the conventional device that the operator has input to the sequential processing device. Thus, management data can be created in a short period of time, thereby greatly speeding up the starting management.
Since the panel sensor 26 is arranged at the reference position of the game board G and the coordinate data of the specific game nails 20 and 22 is obtained simply by pressing the panel sensor 26 on the front surface of the game board G, regardless of the skill of the operator. Gauge coordinates can be measured with high accuracy.

Further, when the coordinates of the game nails 20 and 22 are measured by the panel sensor 26, even if the height of the predetermined game nail is high or the height of the predetermined game nail is low, the film body 32 is Since the difference in height between the game nails 20 and 22 is absorbed while elastically deforming, the heads of all the game nails 20 and 22 can be reliably brought into contact with the touch sensor unit 30.
Here, FIG. 8 shows specific game nails 20 and 22 for adjusting the angle. The game nails 20 and 22 are provided with convex portions 72 on the axis of the spherical head 70.

  When the game nails 20 and 22 having such a shape are used, the convex portion 72 contacts the touch sensor portion 30 of the panel sensor 26 in a point contact state, so that the accuracy of the coordinate positions of the game nails 20 and 22 is improved. Thereby, since the reliability of the coordinate data of the game nail memorize | stored in the coordinate data storage area | region 62 can be improved, the operator can set the adjustment amount of the game nail with high precision.

It is the figure which showed the pachinko machine from the front. It is a figure which shows the state which removed the glass frame of the pachinko machine and attached the panel sensor which concerns on this invention to the game board. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the pitching management apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the state which adjusted the angle of the game nail. It is the management data of the 1st example displayed on the display part of the game management device of the present invention. It is the management data of the 2nd example displayed on the display part of the payout management apparatus of this invention. It is a figure which shows the game nail arranged on the game board of the pachinko machine in which the game is managed by the game management device.

Explanation of symbols

2 pachinko machine 16 1st starting prize opening (winning place)
18 Second starting prize opening (winning prize)
20, 22 Game nail 24 Locking nail 26 Panel sensor 28 Substrate 30 Touch sensor 32 Film body 40 Personal computer (PC)
48 Main controller 50 ROM
52 RAM
56 display unit 60 hall computer 62 coordinate data storage area (game nail coordinate data storage unit)
64 ball data storage area (ball data storage unit)
70 Head 72 Convex G Game board G1 Inside game area G2 Outside game area

Claims (3)

Obtaining the adjustment information of the game nail when adjusting the angle of the game nail arranged around the winning hole provided in the game board, and the ball information of the winning hole after adjusting the game nail A device that manages the launch of pachinko machines,
A panel sensor that locks at the reference position of the game board so as to cover the front surface of the game board, and measures the coordinate information of each game nail at the same time by pressing a sensor surface against the head of the game nail adjusted in angle;
A game nail coordinate data storage unit that stores coordinate information of the game nail input from the panel sensor every time the angle of the game nail is adjusted;
After adjusting the angle of the game nail, a ball data storage unit that stores ball output information of the winning port input from the hall computer after a predetermined game period has passed,
Based on the accumulated information of the game nail coordinate data storage unit and the ball output data storage unit, a calculation unit that calculates management data comparing the coordinate information of the game nail, the ball output information, etc. for each adjustment;
A departure management device for a pachinko machine comprising a display unit for displaying the management data calculated by the calculation unit.   The panel sensor is fixed to the surface of the board, which is set to a size that faces all of the specific game nails adjusted in angle, and the coordinate information of each game nail by contacting the head of each game nail. And a plate-like contact sensor that can be obtained, and is attached to the entire sensor surface of the contact sensor, and absorbs the difference in height of each game nail so that the heads of all game nails are 2. A ball exit management device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, further comprising a thin plate-shaped elastic member that is brought into contact with the contact sensor. A pachinko machine in which the exit is managed by the exit management device of the pachinko machine according to claim 1 or 2,
A pachinko machine in which the outgoing ball is managed by the outgoing ball management device, wherein the head of the gaming nail for adjusting the angle is provided with a convex portion whose tip contacts the sensor surface.

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