JP2627138B2 - Card management method for gaming machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine such as a pachinko machine, a slot machine, etc., in which a card lending machine for issuing a card recording the number of game machine media is arranged between the game machines. A card processing machine that records the progress is placed in the gaming machine, and the condition is that a recording card is inserted in the card processing machine.
The game is started and the number of game media exceeds the set number
And a card management method that makes it impossible to continue the game .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in a pachinko machine that uses a pachinko ball as a game medium, when renting a game medium, a recording card is recorded in which the number of lending is recorded, and a game result is recorded on the recording card to give a prize. A replacement has been proposed.

In such a conventional method , the recording card is merely for recording the number of pachinko balls to be loaned.

[0004]

However, in such a method of managing cards of a gaming machine, a player inserts an issued recording card into a pachinko machine and, for example,
If the game start button is not operated, the game cannot be started, so that the player cannot operate the game smoothly due to erroneous operation, which is not convenient.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and a card management in a gaming machine which can simplify a game starting operation and improve usability.
It is intended to provide a way .

To achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is to provide a card processing device for recording the progress of a game on a gaming machine.
A card on which a machine is installed and the number of game media is recorded
A card lending machine that issues
Control unit for one or both of the card processor and card lending machine
Distribute and place recording cards in the card processor.
The game is started on condition that the number of game media is set
If you exceed the number, it will be stopped and it will be impossible to continue the game
A card management method for a gaming machine , comprising:
The record card is a purchase record that combines the input area and the consumption area.
Area, output count area, and electrically writable and readable
It has a recording area for various types of information recorded in a recording
When the card is set in the card processor , the recording card
If the loan is appropriate, the lending number is stored in the storage
The game is started after the judgment of the game start
It starts, and the reading section of the card processor
Is read and processed at the same time the control unit holds
Is stored, and when the gaming machine is stopped,
The recording card is struck by the protection writing section of the card processor.
After the password of the suspension record was given and it was made impossible to reuse it,
By removing the record card, the game can be continued,
When the technique is over, the card processing machine
Enter the purchase record area, consumption area, and output record area.
The progress of the game is printed and recorded in the power zone and the consumption zone respectively.
Card management side in the gaming machine, characterized in that was Unishi
Be in the law .

[0007]

Since the game can be started simply by inserting a card into the card processing machine, the start operation can be performed easily and quickly without the user having to take time to start the game, and the usability can be improved.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the recording card 10 has a purchase recording area 11 and a number recording area 14 that are visible.

[0009] The purchase recording area 11 has a combination of an input area 12 and a consumption area 13 arranged vertically and arranged vertically and horizontally. Similarly, the output number recording area 14 is formed by vertically combining a combination of the input area 15 and the consumption area 16 vertically and arranging them horizontally. Input area 1
The processing areas 2 and 15 and the consumption areas 13 and 16 are subjected to processing capable of performing thermal printing, for example, and are set so as to develop contrasting colors such as yellow and blue. A difference may be provided in recognition depending on a mark shape or the like.

The recording card 10 is further provided with a storage area for various kinds of information, such as magnetic and optical marks, which are invisible or difficult, but are electrically recordable and readable.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the gaming machines 20, 20,..., Which are pachinko machines, are connected in an island form, and a card processing machine 30 is provided below each gaming machine 20, and is adjacent to each other. A card lending machine 40 is provided between the gaming machines 20 and 20. The gaming machine 20 is provided with a gaming handle 21 at a lower portion, and most of the front side has a well-known pachinko gaming surface. Each of the prize ball holes, the out holes, and the like on the pachinko gaming surface is provided with a sensor for detecting the entrance of the pachinko ball.

The game handle 21 is connected to a pachinko ball launching speed adjusting mechanism (not shown), and as shown in FIG. 3, forms a start switch of a firing circuit. The game start switch 21c of the drive motor 21a and the motor circuit 21b is set to the power supply 21d.
Connected to. The game start switch 21c is turned on when the player sets the recording card 10 in the card processor 30 to start the game. As shown in FIG. 10, a supply path 20a for pachinko balls and a recovery path 20b are provided along the top and bottom of the island of the gaming machines 20, 20,.
A ball count supply unit 23 for counting and supplying a certain amount of pachinko balls from 0a via a supply pipe 22 is provided at an upper portion of the gaming machine 20.

The ball count supply unit 23 includes a star wheel 23a.
And a switch 23b that emits one pulse signal for each rotation thereof
And a hemispherical notch 23 facing the discharge port of the supply pipe 22 and receiving pachinko balls one by one on the outer periphery of the star wheel 23a.
c are connected in series. A discharge pipe 23 d opens from the ball count supply unit 23 to the prize ball tank 24. The prize ball tank 24 is connected to a prize ball discharge unit 25 via a transfer path 24a. In the lower part of the inside of the gaming machine 20, a holding ball pool 26 is provided at a position visible to the player, and an out ball pool 27 is provided on the back side thereof. The internal mechanism of the gaming machine 20 including the out ball reservoir 27 and the pachinko ball
It is sealed inside and its attached mechanism, and is isolated from the player.

The prize ball tank 24 has a star wheel 23 of the ball count supply unit 23 when the capacity thereof is monitored and becomes small.
Solenoid for brake to stop rotation of a (not shown)
Is provided with a capacity detection switch 24b for operating the switch. At the lower end of the gaming machine 20, an out-ball discharging portion 29 connected to the out-ball reservoir 27 is provided at the lower end of the gaming machine 20.

The out ball discharge section 29 has a star wheel 29a and a switch 29b for detecting the number of balls flowing according to the number of revolutions of the star ball 29a. Hemispherical notch to receive one by one
9c are continuously provided. A discharge pipe 29d is open from the out-ball discharge section 29 to the recovery path 20b. As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, on the surface of the card processing machine 30, a display section 31 for holding the number of cards, a card slot 32, a stop display lamp 33, and an unauthorized card display lamp 34 are provided.

The card processing machine 30 is connected to the gaming machine 20 and the card lending machine 40, and has a reading section 3 for reading and outputting information of a recording card as an internal configuration as shown in FIG.
5, a writing unit 36 for printing on each area of the recording card 10 and a printing unit 37, a protection writing unit 38 for providing a password to the recording card 10, and a display unit 39 for blinking a stop display lamp 33. The card lending machine 40 has a money amount display lamp 41 and a bill insertion slot 42 facing the right or left gaming machine 20, respectively.
R, 42L, money input ports 43R, 43L, a return button 44, a money return port 45, and a bill stocker 46.

A control unit 50 as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is disposed in one or both of the card processing machine 30 and the card lending machine 40. The control unit 50 controls the gaming machine 20
A storage unit 5 connected to the card lending machine 40 for storing the number of game media to be lent, the number of game media consumed, and the number of game media awards
1 and a storage unit 51, which has an operation unit 52 for subtracting the consumption number from the lending number, and calculating the number of game media possessed by adding the number of awards and additional lending.

Further, the control unit 50 is connected to the gaming machine 20 and the storage unit 51, and monitors the judging unit 53 for monitoring the magnitude of the number of game media and the set number, the gaming machine 20, the card processor 30, and the judging unit. An output unit 54 is connected to the unit 53 and transmits the result of the determination to the gaming machine 20 to the card processing machine 30. As shown in FIG. 4, a prize exchange device 60 is provided in the game hall so as to form a part of the card management device.

The premium exchange device 60 includes a card reading unit 61,
It has an unauthorized card check unit 62, a display operation unit 63, and a prize payout unit 64.

Next, the operation will be described. To start the game, you must first borrow a pachinko ball. The player can select either the left or right card lending machine 4 depending on the selected gaming machine 20.
Pachinko balls will be borrowed from zero. A bill is inserted into one of the bill insertion ports 42R and 42L, and money is inserted into one of the bill insertion ports 43R and 43L.

As shown in FIG. 11, the inserted amount is determined inside the card lending machine 40, and it is determined from the difference of the insertion slot that the inserted amount is either left or right. Recording card 1
0 is set. The issued recording card 10 is written only in the input area 12 of the purchase recording area 11 with, for example, a yellow color as shown by the mark x in FIG. 6 and is passed to the card processing machine 30 without human intervention. Note that the recording card 10 is provided with a password of a game arcade at the time of card issuance or in advance, and is not confused with the recording card 10 of another game arcade. Also, once the recording card 1
0 may be issued and then manually inserted into the card processing machine 30, but in that case, the card lending machine 40 requires a card outlet.

When the recording card 10 in use is transferred from another stand with the recording card 10 being used, the recording card 10 is inserted into the card slot 32 of the card processor 30 and read by the reading section 35 for processing. When a card is set in the card processing machine 30, information such as the number of possessions and the gaming machine number is reported and stored in the control unit 50.

When the recording card 10 is used halfway,
The password provided on the recording card 10 is also reported, and when the encryption is different or contains contents that cannot be analyzed, the determination unit 53 determines that the code is invalid, and the control unit 50 sends the card processing device via the output unit 54 to the card processing unit. A warning is issued by flashing the illegal card display lamp 34 of 30 and the handling is refused. Further, in the case of the recording card 10 in which the gaming machine 20 is stopped, the password of the stop recording is attached to the recording card 10, and the recording card 1
0 cannot be reused and is rejected in the same manner as an unauthorized card. Therefore, the recording card 10 with the stop record can only be exchanged for a prize.

When the recording card 10 is suitable for use in a game, the lending number is stored in the storage unit 51 of the control unit 50, and it is determined whether or not the game can be started based on whether or not the lending is available. The game is started from. In the gaming machine 20, the game start switch 21c is turned on, and the game proceeds when the player operates the game handle 21.
When the pachinko ball hit during the progress of the game enters the safe hole, the pachinko ball stored in the prize ball tank 24 is sent from the transfer path 24a to the prize ball discharge unit 25 and discharged. Note that other acoustic effects may be provided without emitting the ejection sphere.
The ejected winning balls are stored in the holding ball pool 26 and cannot be touched by the player, but the result can be confirmed visually.

The out ball is temporarily stored in the out ball reservoir 27 and discharged through the out ball discharge portion 29 to the collection path 20b. At this time, the pachinko ball rotates the star wheel 29a, and the switch 29b is turned on and off by the rotation of the star wheel 29a to send out a signal to detect the number of out balls. When the consuming ball reaches a position where it no longer returns to the launch position after the launch of the pachinko ball, it is detected by a sensor provided there. It may be detected immediately after launch, but in that case,
Mistake detection is a problem.

When the number of pachinko balls used in the game machine 20 is insufficient, the pachinko balls supplied to the supply path 20a are taken in from the supply pipe 22 and the ball count supply unit 23, and a solenoid (not shown) is used according to the lack information. Is activated,
The brake of the star wheel 23a is released, the star wheel 23a is rotated by the weight of the ball, the notch 23c receives pachinko balls one by one from the supply pipe 22, and the switch 23b is turned on and off by the rotation of the star wheel 23a. The ball is supplied to the prize ball tank 24 from the discharge pipe 23d while counting the number of balls. The control unit 50 operates according to the flow of FIGS. 12 and 13 as the game progresses.

In FIG. 12, when a card lending machine 40 additionally purchases and a lending ball is added, the calculation unit 52 adds it and updates the storage in the storage unit 51. The consumption number is added to and stored in the consumption number storage area of the storage unit 51. If there is a prize, the consumption number is added and stored in the prize number storage area of the storage unit 51. As shown by 〇 in FIG. 6, the consuming area 13 of the purchase recording area 11 is written on the recording card 10 by the writing unit 36 of the card processor 30.
Is printed with a blue color, for example. When there is a winning ball, the writing section 36 prints, for example, yellow in the input area 15 of the number recording area 14 at the position of で shown in FIG.

The calculation unit 52 always calculates the number of holdings by the following formula: lending number + prize number-consumption number = number of holdings. The number of holdings is always displayed on the display unit 39 of the card processor 30, and the judgment unit 53. Always compares the possession with the set number. In FIG. 13, it is monitored whether the possession number is 0 or exceeds the number of hits, and if the game can be continued, the game start switch 21c is kept on to reach the number of hits, Is determined to be 0, it is determined that the game cannot be continued.

In accordance with this determination, the output unit 54 notifies the gaming machine 20 of the determination result, turns off the game start switch 21c, and notifies the card processor 30 of the end of the game. In the card processor 30, the writing unit 36 and the printing unit 37 record the final result of the game on the recording card 10. In the case of the stop, the game machine 20 is caused to hold the operation stop, and the protection writing unit 38 writes the password of the stop recording on the recording card 10. The operation of the gaming machine 20 is stopped by turning off the game start switch 21c of the firing circuit. The stopping of the stopped gaming machine 20 may be automatically released by releasing a releasing switch provided separately from the motor circuit 21b, not shown, or the stopped recording card 10.

After the end processing is completed, the recording card 10 is paid out from the card processor 30, and the player can pick it up. At the end of the game, the input area 12, the consumption area 13, and the number-of-counts recording area 1 of the purchase recording area 11
The progress of the game is recorded in the input area 15 and the consumption area 16 of 4 , so that the customer can confirm the result of the game or reflect on the progress of the game.

The recording card 10 can be brought to a prize exchange and exchanged for a prize. At the prize exchange, the recording card 10 is hung on the prize exchange device 60. First, the recording card 10 is inserted into the card reading section 61, where the number of cards is read. Next, the unauthorized card checking unit 62 checks whether the recording card 10 is not an unauthorized card, and the possession number and the check result are displayed on the display operation unit 63. If the recording card 10 is correct, the prize payout unit 64 is operated by the display operation unit 63, and a prize corresponding to the number of possessions is paid out. From the record on the record card 10, the number of possessions is reduced.

The recording card 10 records the progress of the game of the user, and if the function of the host computer is added, not only the data for each gaming machine 20, 20,. It is possible to obtain data for each player, and it is possible to grasp the trend and habit of the player. In addition, the pachinko balls used by the player are actually paid and rented, but it is also possible to determine and use the ones used from the winning balls. Although the above-described embodiment has been described with reference to an example of a game arcade where a pachinko machine is installed, it is also effective in a game arcade using a game medium, such as a slot machine, a smart ball or the like, or a game arcade mixed with them. Not even.

[0033]

The card management in the gaming machine according to the present invention.
According to the method , the game is started on condition that a card is inserted into the card processing machine. Therefore, the start operation can be easily and quickly performed without the player having to take time to start the game, and the usability is improved. be able to.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram illustrating the configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 et seq. Show an embodiment of the present invention, and are conceptual diagrams of the structure of a gaming machine and ancillary devices thereof.

FIG. 3 is a control circuit diagram of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a premium exchange place.

FIG. 5 is a configuration block diagram of a card processing machine.

FIG. 6 is a partially enlarged view of a recording card.

FIG. 7 is a partially enlarged view of a recording card.

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the vicinity of the gaming machine.

FIG. 9 is a partial front view of an island of the gaming machine.

FIG. 10 is an internal configuration diagram of the gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of processing of a card lending machine.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart of a game process.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of game monitoring.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Recording card 20 ... Gaming machine 21 ... Game handle 22 ... Supply tube 23 ... Ball count supply part 24 ... Prize ball tank 25 ... Prize ball discharge part 26 ... Hold ball pool 27 ... Out ball pool 30 ... Card processing machine 31 ... Display unit 32: Card slot 33: Stop indicator lamp 34: Unauthorized card indicator lamp 35: Reading unit 36: Writing unit 37: Printing unit 38: Protect writing unit 39: Display unit 40: Card lending machine 41: Amount Indication lamps 42R, 42L: Bill slot 43R, 43L: Money slot 50: Control unit 51: Storage unit 52: Calculation unit 53: Judgment unit 54: Output unit 60: Premium exchange device 61: Card reading unit 62: Unauthorized card Check part 63 ... Display operation part 64 ... Premium payout part

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. Card processing for recording the progress of a game on a gaming machine
At the same time as installing a machine, a card that records the number of game media
Place the card lending machine to be issued between gaming machines, and
Control unit for one or both of the
Scattered and put a recording card in the card processor
The game is started on condition that the number of game media is
Beyond, it will be stopped and it will be impossible to continue the game
A card management method for a gaming machine , wherein the recording card is purchased by combining an input area and a consumption area.
Electrically writable and readable with recording area and output recording area
It has a recording area for various kinds of information recorded in various recording methods, and when a recording card is set in the card processor , the recording
If the recording card is correct, the lending number is stored in the storage unit of the control unit.
After the game is judged to be possible based on the possession
Starts, and the reading section of the card processor reads the information on the recording card.
At the same time, information such as possession numbers and gaming machine numbers are
When the game is stopped and the gaming machine is stopped, the recording card is
The security record section of the machine gives a password
To remove the recording card after making it unusable
It is possible to continue the game, and when the game is over, the card processing machine
Input area, consumption area, and output number recording area
The progress of the game is printed and recorded in the input area and the consumption area, respectively.
Card management in gaming machines characterized by the above
How .