JP2008264307A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To appropriately detect a plurality of types of external forces, or frauds. <P>SOLUTION: Dedicated detectors for every external force are required for detecting the plurality of external forces such as vibration and a magnetic force used for frauds, and a plurality of detectors are required to be installed, however, it is difficult for a problem of a space to install the plurality of detectors near ball entry holes which are worried to be affected by the external forces. The user of a magnetic vibration detector 33 having a structure shown in Figure 3 can detect the plurality of external forces by a single detector and appropriately detect the plurality of external forces near the ball entry holes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine equipped with a fraud detector that detects a plurality of types of fraud.

  As a pachinko gaming machine, a gaming board having a plurality of entrances on the front surface, a gaming frame on which the gaming board is mounted, an upper plate for storing gaming balls at the lower front portion of the gaming frame, and the upper plate And a launch handle for sequentially launching the game balls to the game board so that a predetermined prize ball is paid out when the game balls launched by the launch handle enter the entrance of the game board The configuration is general. In such a pachinko gaming machine, a game ball enters a special entrance which is a entrance that will give a special game advantageous to the player based on the entrance of the game ball. As a result, there are many cases where a game opportunity that can acquire more game balls than usual occurs with a predetermined probability.

  In pachinko gaming machines, as a typical illegal act that has existed for a long time, the game balls are vibrated by tapping on the upper plates of the gaming machines by hand to change the natural falling motion of the gaming balls. There are two methods, for example, a method of guiding the game ball to the entrance and a method in which a magnet or the like is brought close to the surface of the game board and the game ball, which is a steel ball, is guided to the entrance by magnetic force.

  These two fraudulent acts are frequently executed in the pachinko gaming machine having the above-mentioned special entrance where a game opportunity that can acquire more game balls than the normal game is given by entering the ball. Many pachinko machines are called so-called wings and right goods in the market and are widely recognized as a type in which entering the special entrance directly leads to the acquisition of gaming balls.

In fraudulent acts using vibration and magnetic force in pachinko machines, fraud detection means using magnetic detectors and vibration detectors such as Hall elements and reed switches have been put into practical use for each fraud. Detectors and magnetic detectors have been invented.
JP 2002-159717 A JP 2002-273017 A JP 2004/081232 A

  An external force such as vibration or magnetic force is applied to the game ball in the vicinity of the special entrance, which is an entrance for which a special game advantageous to the player is given based on the entrance of the game ball. In order to properly detect the illegal act of guiding into the ball opening, it is essential to install a detector near the special ball opening where there is a concern about the influence of the external force.

  However, in recent pachinko machines, it is extremely difficult to install two types of fraud detectors, vibration and magnetism, near the special entrance due to space problems.

  In current game machines, a magnetic detector is installed near the special entrance, and a vibration detector is installed near the upper plate that stores the game balls at the bottom of the game frame where the executor of fraud acts improperly. Has been.

  In addition to the above installation positions, both the magnetic detector and the vibration detector have a sensitivity adjustment that greatly affects the accuracy of fraud detection, but the upper body where the player's body is likely to touch other than illegal purposes The vibration sensor installed in is difficult to adjust the sensitivity for detecting fraud because the installation location is far from the special entrance, and it must be said that the effect of the fraud detection in the actual market is low. This is because if the sensitivity is increased, vibrations that are not illegal are detected, and in addition, due to the structure of the pachinko machine, the vibration transmitted to the vicinity of the special entrance for the force applied to the upper plate is It can also be said that the individual difference is intense.

  Such a problem of the detection accuracy adjustment of the detector is also caused by the fact that the detector is not installed near the special entrance.

  The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 is a pachinko gaming machine having a entrance that gives a special game advantageous to the player based on the entrance of the game ball, and affects the flow of the game ball. A single fraud detector capable of detecting a plurality of types of external forces is provided.

  The term “special game” as used herein includes a game state in which a game ball can be acquired by operating a movable piece or the like, and the player expects to acquire a game ball compared to a normal game state. Refers to the state.

  In the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2, the plural types of external forces detected by the cheating detector according to claim 1 are a magnetic change caused by approaching a magnet and a vibration caused by applying an impact to the pachinko gaming machine. It is characterized by.

  The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 3 is characterized in that the cheating detector according to claim 1 or 2 is installed in the vicinity of the entrance where the special game is to be given.

  A pachinko gaming machine according to a fourth aspect is characterized in that the cheating detector according to the first to third aspects is installed in an accessory in which the entrance is arranged.

  As used herein, an “act” refers to a device in which a movable piece is operated based on a ball entering a ball entrance and a game ball can be easily entered.

According to the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1,
By providing the cheating detector according to claim 1, a plurality of kinds of balls for the purpose of entering the entrance that will give a special game advantageous to the player based on the entrance of the game ball. External force can be detected by a single detector.

According to the pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2,
The vibration and magnetic force detected using each detector can be detected by a single detector.

According to claim 3,
By installing the cheating detector according to claim 1 or 2 in the vicinity of the entrance for giving a special game advantageous to the player based on the entrance of the game ball, It is possible to detect a plurality of types of external forces at a place of concern, and to appropriately detect fraud.

According to claim 4,
By installing the cheating detector in the accessory where the entrance is located, the direction of movement of the game ball has the most influence on the game result, and there are a plurality of types. It is possible to detect the external force of the person, and to appropriately detect fraud.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko gaming machine 1 is mainly composed of a rectangular outer frame (not shown) and a front frame 3. A known card reader 4 is provided on the left side of the frame. The front frame 3 is rotatably attached to the outer frame by hinges at the upper left and lower ends.

  Below the front frame 3, an upper plate 6 having a ball storage section is provided, and a discharge port (not shown) and a ball removal button 8 for winning balls or rental balls are provided. A lower plate 7 is provided below the front frame 3 of the upper plate 6, and the upper plate 6 and the lower plate 7 are connected to each other. When the upper plate 6 is filled with game balls, the game ball is guided to the lower plate 7.

  On the left side of the lower plate 7, an effect button 9, a lending button 11, a checkout button 10 and a balance display unit 12 are provided. When a prepaid card is inserted into the card slot 5 of the prepaid card unit 4, the stored balance is displayed on the balance display unit 12, and when the lending button 11 is pressed, the game ball is lent out and the game ball is discharged from the payout port of the upper plate 6. Is discharged.

  A firing handle 2 is attached to the right side of the lower plate 7. A rotating ring (not shown) is held on the outer periphery of the launching handle 2, and if this is rotated clockwise, the game ball can be launched onto the game board 21 shown in FIG. A multilayer glass 13 is provided on the front surface of the game board 21. In addition, about the back surface structure of the pachinko machine 1, since it is the same structure as a well-known content, description is omitted.

  Next, the game board 21 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a front view showing the gaming board 21 removed from the pachinko gaming machine 1. The outer shape of the game board 21 is substantially rectangular, and a substantially circular game area 14 surrounded by the outer rail 21b and the inner rail 21c is formed on the front surface thereof. Note that game nails (not shown) are implanted at various locations in the game area 14.

  Near the center of the game board 21, a game device 22 into which a game ball can enter by the operation of the blade member 26 is arranged. A special entrance 23 is arranged inside the gaming device 22, and after a game ball entering the gaming device 22 passes through a plurality of entrance routes, it enters the special entrance 23 with a predetermined probability. It has a structure to do.

  The location of the special entrance 23 is inevitably at a position close to the glass surface 13 that is easily viewed by the player due to its gameplay. However, this can be said to be a configuration in which an external force is easily applied from the front surface of the game board 21 to the vicinity of the special entrance 23, which is a general configuration for giving priority to gaming, although it is contrary to the prevention of fraud.

  A lamp windmill 25 is arranged in a pair above the gaming apparatus 22. Below the gaming device 22, there are provided a middle blade operating port 27 that operates the blade member 26 twice by entering a game ball, and a game ball enters the left and right of the blade operating port 27. Thus, a pair of blade operation ports 28 for operating the blade member 26 once is provided.

  Side lamps 29 are installed on the left and right along the inner rail 11c of the game area 14, and the upper general entrance 30, the lower general entrance 31, and the windmill 32 are symmetrical between the side lamp 29 and the gaming device 22. Has been placed.

  In addition, a magnetic vibration detector 33 is disposed on the back surface of the game board 21 at a lower portion of the game apparatus 22 near the special entrance 23.

  Note that the signal transmission path in the pachinko gaming machine 1 is not different from the known contents, and therefore the description thereof is omitted. However, the magnetic vibration detector 33 is a known control board (so-called “so-called” control board disposed on the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1). , Main control board, prize ball control board, sub-integrated board, etc.).

  Next, the magnetic vibration detector 33 will be described with reference to FIGS. The oscillating magnetic force detector 33 includes a conductive coil 40, a cylindrical lid portion 42 at one end thereof, and a conductive member 44 supported by a conductor 44 from a suspension support portion 43 at the center of the lid portion 42. Sphere 41. As a result, the conductive ball 41 is inherently suspended inside the conductive coil 40.

  The suspended ball 41 is in a state in which a pendulum movement is possible in all directions with the suspension support portion 43 as a base point. In addition, the suspension support portion 43 has a function of adjusting the swing width of the ball 41. is doing.

  The direction of the pendulum motion may be an adjustment that allows only the front-rear direction with respect to the pachinko gaming machine 1 with the suspension support portion 43 as a base point. This is because the external force applied to the pachinko gaming machine 1 as a fraudulent act is usually applied from the front of the pachinko gaming machine 1 and the direction of the external force is transmitted mainly in the front-rear direction with respect to the pachinko gaming machine 1. In the magnetic vibration detector 33, detection can be performed by the front and rear pendulum motion.

  When the suspended and supported ball 41 is shaken by vibration and comes into contact with the inner surface of the coil 40 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, the electrically disconnected detector is normally energized, and the fraud detection signal is sent to the pachinko machine. 1 is output to a known control board 1. In addition, the control board that has received the output performs notification according to a known technique.

  Similarly to the above, when the suspended sphere 41 is shaken by the magnetic force and touches the inner surface of the coil 40 as shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a normally disconnected detector is energized to detect fraud. The signal is output to a known control board provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1. In addition, the control board that has received the output performs notification according to a known technique.

  As a matter of course, when the magnetic vibration detector 33 is installed, the ball 41 is attached to the inner surface of the coil 40 in a non-contact state. When the pachinko gaming machine 1 is installed in a gaming facility, it is customary to tilt the upper part of the pachinko gaming machine 1 rearward to give an inclination angle of 4/5. However, the magnetic vibration detector 33 is used for the pachinko gaming machine 1 Even when installed with the inclination angle, the ball 41 is suspended vertically from the lid portion 42 and attached in a state where it is at an equal distance from any position on the inner surface of the coil 40. By this attachment state, the detection sensitivity is not biased depending on the direction of the external force.

  The vibration and magnetic force generated in the vicinity of the special entrance 23 are obviously external forces generated by an illegal act for guiding the game ball to the special entrance 23, and the magnetic vibration detector 33 is placed in the vicinity of the special entrance 23. By adopting the configuration of the first embodiment by adopting the configuration of the first embodiment, it is possible to use external forces due to a plurality of types of fraud such as vibration and magnetic force, which have been difficult due to space problems in the past. It is possible to detect in the vicinity of the mouth 23.

  In the first embodiment, the installation position of the magnetic vibration detector 33 is the lower part of the gaming device 22 on the back side of the game board 21, but is not limited to this position on the back side of the game board 21. Further, although the description has been given using the feather-type gaming machine, there is no difference in the effect as long as it is a gaming machine having a entrance that will give a special game advantageous to the player by entering the ball.

  Next, Example 2 will be described. In the first embodiment, the magnetic vibration detector 33 is installed at the lower part of the gaming device 22 on the back of the game board 21 in the vicinity of the special entrance 23, but in the second embodiment, the magnetic vibration detector 33 is installed at the special entrance 23. It is characterized in that it is installed inside a gaming device 22 that combines the arranged resin molding members. Moreover, in Example 2, FIG. 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 becomes the same content as Example 1, and the installation position of the game apparatus 22 arrange | positioned at the game board surface 21 is also the same in FIG. Accordingly, in the second embodiment, the installation position of the magnetic vibration detector 33 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 7 is a front view of the gaming apparatus 22 in which the magnetic vibration detector 33 is installed, and FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of the gaming apparatus 22 taken along the line A-A ′. A top entrance 51 is provided at the top of the gaming device 22, and a pair of blade members 26 that open and close the entrance of the gaming ball of the gaming device 22 are provided at the left and right ends of the upper portion. A take-in passage 52 that is a passage for guiding the game ball to the upper stage 53 is provided integrally with the incoming ball detection switch 55 inside the left and right blade members 26.

  A middle passage port 56 is provided in the back center of the upper stage 53, and a sorting rotor 59 is provided in front of it. Further, a left passage port 57 and a right passage port 58 are provided on the left and right sides of the central passage port 56, and a pair of upper and lower middle discharge ports 60, a left discharge port 61, and a right discharge port 62 provided at the back of the lower stage 54, respectively. ing.

  At the front center of the lower stage 54, there is provided a special entrance 23 which gives a special game advantageous to the player when a game ball enters, and a left and right entrance 63 is provided on the left and right sides thereof. It has been. In addition, a magnetic vibration detector 33 is installed behind the game ball path of the lower stage 54.

  With the above configuration, the game ball that has entered the game device 22 when the blade member 26 is operated by entering the middle blade operation port 27 or the blade operation port 28 is discharged from the intake passage 52 to the upper stage 53, and It is guided to any one of the middle passage port 56, the left passage port 57, and the right passage port 58 in the back. The game ball that has entered the middle passage port 56 is discharged from the middle discharge port 60 provided at the back of the lower stage 54 to the lower stage 54, and the game ball that has entered the left passage port 57 is provided at the back of the lower stage 54. The game balls released from the left discharge port 61 to the lower stage 54 and entering the right passage port 58 are discharged from the right discharge port 62 provided at the back of the lower stage 54 to the lower stage 54. A game ball released from any one of the outlets to the lower stage 54 is either the special entrance 23 provided at the front center of the lower stage 54 or the off-entrance entrance 63 provided on the left and right sides thereof. Enter the ball.

  In the gaming apparatus 22 having such a game ball path, the direction of movement of the game ball on the lower stage 54 determines the entry to the special entrance 23.

  When performing an illegal act using vibration and magnetic force, the external force affects the direction of motion of the game ball rolling on the lower stage 54 in order to guide the game ball to the special entrance 23 located in front of the lower stage 54. Will give. However, external forces such as vibration and magnetic force are not external forces that can be directly applied only to the game ball. The actual external force is emitted toward the lower stage 54 for the purpose of guiding the game ball.

  Therefore, when the external force such as vibration and magnetic force that will affect the game ball is properly detected, it is effective to detect the external force directly below the lower stage 54.

  Next, a first modification of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged A-A ′ cross-sectional modification 1 of the gaming apparatus 22. As illustrated, in the first modification, the position of the magnetic vibration detector 33 in the gaming apparatus 22 is set close to the glass 13 and installed in a space immediately below the special entrance 23. By bringing the magnetic vibration detector 33 closer to the glass 13, the external force applied from the front surface of the pachinko gaming machine 1 can be detected before it affects the game ball.

  Next, a second modification of the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 10 is a partially enlarged A-A ′ section enlarged view of the gaming apparatus 22. In the second modification, the special entrance 23 is disposed away from the glass 13, and a space for arranging the magnetic vibration detector 33 is provided at a position between the special entrance 23 and the glass 13. In addition, the extra ball entrance 63 on the left and right of the special entrance 23 also moves to the back in the same manner as the special entrance 23, and a wall is formed at the front edge of the extra entrance 23 and the special entrance 23. A portion 67 is provided. As a result, the game balls released from any one of the middle outlet 60, the left outlet 61, and the right outlet 62 are within the range of movement up to the wall portion 67 and are closer to the glass 13 than the wall portion 67. Never do.

  With the above configuration, it is possible to detect an external force at a position outside the moving range of the game ball and close to the glass. In this configuration, the visibility of the special entrance 23 is slightly lowered, but the effect of detecting the external force before the external force affects the game ball is born more than the first modified example, and by the external force while escaping the detection. It is difficult to guide the game ball to the special entrance 23.

  In the second embodiment, the effective installation position of the magnetic vibration detector 33 has been described by using the game apparatus 22, but the structure of the accessory combined with the resin molded member and the installation position of the magnetic vibration detector 33 are limited. It is not a thing.

Front view showing a pachinko gaming machine 1 according to the present invention Front view showing a pachinko game board 21 according to the present invention The schematic front view which shows the normal time of the magnetic vibration detector 33 which concerns on this invention The schematic front view which shows the time of the external force detection of the magnetic vibration detector 33 which concerns on this invention The schematic perspective view which shows the normal time of the magnetic vibration detector 33 which concerns on this invention Schematic perspective view showing when an external force is detected by the magnetic vibration detector 33 according to the present invention. Front view showing a gaming apparatus 22 according to the second embodiment. Sectional drawing which shows game device 22 based on Example 2. FIG. A-A ′ cross-section partially enlarged view of the gaming apparatus 22 according to the second embodiment modified 1 A partially enlarged view of the A-A ′ cross section of the gaming apparatus 22 according to the second embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

1. Pachinko machine 2. Launch handle
3. Front frame 4. Prepaid card unit
5. Card slot 6. Top plate
7. Lower pan 8. Ball release button
9. Production button 10. Checkout button
11. Lending button 12. Balance display
13.Glass 14.Game area
21. Game board 21b. Outer rail
21c. Inner rail 22. Game equipment
23.Special entrance 25.Ramp windmill
26. Blade member 27. Middle blade operation port
28. Blade operation port 29. Side lamp
30. Upper general entrance 31. Lower general entrance
32. Windmill 33. Magnetic vibration detector
40. Coil 41. Ball
42. Lid 43. Suspension support
44. Conductor 50. Base plate
51. Tenryu entrance 52. Intake passage
53. Upper stage 54. Lower stage
55. Entrance detection switch 56. Middle passage opening
57. Left passage 58. Right passage
59. Distributing rotor 60. Middle outlet
61.Left outlet 62.Right outlet
63. Outgoing ball entrance 65. Motor
66. Special entry entrance detection switch
67.Wall

Claims (4)

  In a pachinko gaming machine with an entrance that will give a special game advantageous to the player based on the entrance of the game ball, a single type of external force that affects the flow of the game ball is detected. A pachinko machine characterized by having a cheating detector.   2. The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of types of external forces detected by the cheating detector detect a magnetic change caused by approaching a magnet and a vibration caused by applying an impact to the gaming machine.   The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cheating detector is installed in the vicinity of the entrance.   The pachinko gaming machine according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the cheating detector is installed in an accessory in which the entrance is arranged.

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