JP2651284B2 - Operation management device for pachinko game machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an operation management apparatus for a pachinko game machine which starts a game each time a pachinko ball wins a specific winning port.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art For example, a pachinko game machine called a digital machine is provided with a plurality of displays and a special winning opening. When a pachinko ball wins at a specific winning opening, the game is started and a plurality of symbols are selected. The symbols selected at random are displayed on each display, and when the combination of the symbols displayed on each display matches the special prize pattern, the large winning opening is operated so as to exhibit a special prize state in which the winning probability is extremely high. It has become.

[0003]

By the way, the pachinko game machine has a so-called slump phenomenon in which the probability that a pachinko ball wins a winning opening varies with the game. Therefore, in the case of the above-described conventional configuration, the slump phenomenon may change the interval at which the pachinko ball wins the specific winning opening, and the start interval at which the game starts may greatly change. In such a case, the game heat of the pachinko game machine is awakened, and the player avoids the pachinko game machine. For this reason, the operation rate of the pachinko game machine may be reduced, which may cause deterioration of the management efficiency of the pachinko hall.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko game machine configured to start a game each time a pachinko ball wins a specific winning opening, and to set a game start interval. It is an object of the present invention to provide a pachinko game machine operation management device capable of judging the characteristics of the pachinko game machine by grasping the bias of the game machine.

[0005]

According to the present invention, there is provided a pachinko game machine configured to start a game in response to a win of a pachinko ball in a specific winning opening. timer means for determining the provided storage means for memorize a start interval determined by the time measuring means is provided, is provided with a output means for outputting a start interval information stored in the storage means (claim 1 ) . Further, the storage means stores the
The start interval is made to correspond to the time width divided into multiple stages.
It may be stored (claim 2). In addition, the total
The time means may be a clock (claim 3). Also before
Even if the time keeping means keeps time by the number of out balls
Good (claim 4).

[0006]

When the game starts in response to the pachinko ball winning the specific winning opening, the timer measures the interval from the start of the previous game to the start of the current game when the pachinko game machine is operating. Then, the storage means with a start interval determined serial to憶by the timer means, output means for outputting a start interval information stored in the storage means. Therefore, by checking the start interval information output from the output means, it is possible to grasp the variation in the start interval of the game.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 2 showing the front of the pachinko game machine, first to third indicators 3 to 5 made of, for example, an LED dot matrix are provided on a board 2 of the pachinko game machine 1. Then, when a pachinko ball wins in the specific winning opening 6 provided on the board 2, symbol information such as characters or pictures is displayed on each of the displays 3 to 5. In addition, a large winning opening 8 closed by an opening / closing member 7 is provided at a lower portion of the board surface 2. In this case, each display 3
When the combination of the symbols displayed in Nos. 5 to 5 matches the special prize pattern, the opening / closing member 7 swings forward to receive the pachinko ball falling on the board surface 2 and guide it to the special winning opening 8. I have. 9 is the out mouth, 10 is the upper bowl, 11
Denotes a lower ball receiving tray, and 12 denotes an operation handle for driving the ball firing device.

In FIG. 3, which schematically shows the configuration of the pachinko game machine 1, a safe ball storage container (not shown) is provided on the back side of the pachinko game machine 1. Balls are supplied. The ball replenisher 13 supplies a pachinko ball in accordance with on / off of a ball detection switch provided in the safe ball storage container. For example, every time 10 pachinko balls are supplied, the safe ball counting pulse P2 is supplied. Is output to the hall management computer 14. On the back side of the board 2, an out ball counter 15 is disposed, and every time 10 pachinko balls are discharged from the out port 9 of the board 2, an out ball counting pulse P1 is sent to the hall management computer 14. Output.

On the other hand, a control device 16 is provided on the back side of the pachinko game machine 1. The control device 16 controls operations of the entire pachinko game machine 1 such as generation of a prize, generation of a special prize, generation of a sound effect, and the like. That is, the control device 16
When a pachinko ball wins in the specific winning opening 6, a symbol is randomly displayed on each of the displays 3 to 5 and a pulse-like start signal P indicating that the game has started.
Outputs 3. In addition, when the combination of the symbols displayed on the displays 3 to 5 coincides with the special prize pattern at the start of the game, the control device 16 swings the closing member 7 to open the big winning opening 8 and, A special prize signal P4 in the form of a pulse is output. Further, the control device 16 outputs a low-level operating signal SL in a gaming state by the player.

The hole management computer 14 comprises a hitting control device 17 and an operation management device 18. Here, the hit control unit 17 determines each of the count pulses P1,
The number of difference balls (the number of safe balls-the number of out-of-balls) is calculated based on the input of P2, and when the number of difference balls exceeds the set value of the beating, the pachinko game machine 1 is brought into a stopped state in which the game is prohibited. A stop signal Sz for switching is output.

Hereinafter, the operation management device 18 will be described. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the functions of the operation management device 18. In this case, for simplification of the description, only the functions corresponding to one pachinko game machine 1 are shown. This figure 1
, The out counting circuit 19 and the safe counting circuit 20
Inputs the count pulses P1 and P2 via the input unit 21 and counts the number of times of input. Special prize counting circuit 22
Inputs the special prize signal P4 from the pachinko game machine 1 to the input unit 2
1 and count the number of inputs. The start number counting circuit 23 inputs the start signal P3 from the pachinko game machine 1 through the input section 21 and counts the number of times of input.

The control circuit 24, which is a counting means, is mainly constituted by a CPU, measures the input interval (start interval) of the start signal P3 based on the time from the clock 25, and stores the distribution state of the start interval. Circuit 2
6 is output. Further, the control circuit 24 calculates the difference ball number based on the difference between the respective count values stored in the out counting circuit 19 and the safe counting circuit 20, and changes the difference ball number according to the time of the clock 25. 26, and the input time of the special prize signal P4 is stored in the storage circuit 26 based on the time from the clock 25. Further, the control circuit 24 stores the number of prizes or the number of starts stored in the prize number counting circuit 22 or the start number counting circuit 23 in the storage circuit 26 according to the operation state of the keyboard 27.
Further, the control circuit 24 receives the low-level operating signal SL input through the input section 21, and measures the start interval only during the input of the operating signal. The print control circuit 28 outputs various information stored in the storage circuit 26 to the printer 29 in a predetermined format based on the control from the control circuit 24. Printer 29
Prints various information sent from the print control circuit 28 on printer paper.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. FIG. 4 shows only the operation of measuring the distribution of the start interval, which is the gist of the present invention, and the description of the other operations is omitted.

At the beginning of the game by the player, the control circuit 24 repeatedly executes steps A1 and A2, and at the time of execution, the start signal P3
Input standby state.

When a pachinko ball wins in the special winning port 6 of the pachinko game machine 1 as the game progresses, the control device 16 of the pachinko game machine 1 starts the game and displays the symbols on the displays 3, 4, and 5. Is displayed at random. At this time, since the start signal P3 is output from the pachinko game machine 1 (see FIG. 5A), the control circuit 24 proceeds from step A1 to step A3 to determine whether or not the start interval is being counted. I do. Since the start interval is not measured at the beginning of the game, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step A3 to step A4 and starts a time counting operation based on the time from the clock 25. When the start signal is not input during the clocking operation, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step A2 to step A5 to determine whether or not the special prize signal P4 is input. If not, the process proceeds from step A5 to step A6 to determine whether or not the operating signal SL is being input from the pachinko game machine 1. At this time, when the player is playing the game with the pachinko game machine 1, since the operating signal SL is output from the pachinko game machine 1, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step A6 to step A7 to perform the timing operation. It is determined whether or not the timer is stopped. If the timer is not stopped, the process returns from step A7 to step A1. Therefore, during the execution of the timing operation by the start of the game, the control circuit 24 performs steps A1, A2, A
5, A6 and A7 are repeatedly executed.

When the next game starts due to the progress of the game, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step A1, A3 to step A8 to stop the timing operation,
At step A9, a storage processing routine is executed. That is, the time width obtained by the timing operation is made to correspond to the time width divided into a plurality of stages. Specifically, when the measured start interval is 5 minutes, the start interval corresponds to, for example, a time width divided from 4 minutes to 6 minutes, and a count value of a storage block corresponding to the time. (In the initial state, zero is set.) 1 is added. Subsequently, the control circuit 24 resets the timekeeping operation in step A10, and then proceeds to step A4 to restart the timekeeping operation. By the above operation, the first game and 2
1 is added to a predetermined storage block of the storage circuit 26 according to the start interval T1 of the second game (see FIG. 5B).

Therefore, every time the game starts, the start interval from the start of the previous game to the start of the current game is counted, and the count value of the storage block of the storage circuit 26 corresponding to the start interval is counted. Is added to.

When a customer playing the pachinko game machine 1 temporarily suspends the game, the row active operating signal SL from the pachinko game machine 1 is cut off (see FIG. 5C). ), The control circuit 24 determines in step A6
Then, the process proceeds to step A11 to determine whether or not the timekeeping operation is stopped. If not, the process proceeds to step A12 to interrupt the timekeeping operation. When the player resumes the game, the operating signal SL from the pachinko game machine 1 is output.
Is output, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step A7 to step A13 to start a timekeeping operation. Therefore,
When the game by the player is interrupted, the control circuit 24
Is to add the time T2 from the start of the previous game to the interruption of the game and the time T3 from the end of the game to the start of the current game (see FIG. 5 (b)). One is added to the storage block of the storage circuit 26 corresponding to the addition value. By the above operation, while the game is interrupted by the player, the time counting operation by the control circuit 24 is temporarily interrupted, so that a meaningless time is not counted as the start interval during that time.

When the combination of symbols displayed on each of the displays 3, 4, and 5 matches the special prize pattern in response to the start of the game, the special prize signal P from the pachinko game machine 1 is output.
4 is output (see FIG. 5F).
Proceeds from step A5 to step A14 to stop the timing operation, and resets the timing time in step A15. By the above operation, when a special prize is generated, the timekeeping operation is canceled (see FIG. 9E).
No meaningless time is measured from the start of the game to the occurrence of the special prize.

When the game by the player continues for a long time, the measurement of the start interval during that time becomes meaningless. Therefore, when the start interval is longer than the set time, the control circuit 24 performs the measurement. The clock time is invalidated and is not stored in the storage circuit 26.

Now, when the business is over or when you want to check the distribution of the start interval at a desired timing,
By operating the keyboard 27, the control circuit 24 is instructed on the machine number. Then, since the control circuit 24 instructs the print control circuit 26 to that effect, the print control circuit 26 outputs the start information stored in the storage circuit 26 based on a predetermined format. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, the number of starts corresponding to the time width of a plurality of steps is printed and output on the printer paper.

In short, according to the above configuration, since the start information indicating the correspondence between the game start interval and the time width divided into a plurality of stages is output from the printer 29, the start information is confirmed. Thus, it is possible to grasp the bias of the distribution of the start interval of the game of the pachinko game machine 1 and to refer to the nail adjustment.

In the case of the above embodiment, the time counting operation by the control circuit 24 is interrupted during the period when the player is not playing a game, so that regardless of the operating state of the pachinko game machine 1, the start interval of the game is not determined. The distribution status can be accurately grasped.

Further, in the case of the above embodiment, when a special prize is generated in the pachinko game machine 1, the control time is reset. Therefore, a meaningless start interval at the time of generating the special prize is invalidated, and the start information of the start information is invalidated. Accuracy can be increased.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show a second embodiment of the present invention. The second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that the pachinko game machine 1 is configured to output, for example, a low-level signal as a start signal during a game start period.

That is, during a period in which the game is not started in the pachinko game machine 1, the start signal from the pachinko game machine 1 is at a high level, so that the control circuit 24 executes steps B1 and B2. Then, when the start signal from the pachinko game machine 1 becomes low level due to the start of the game, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step B1 to steps B3 and B4, and starts a timing operation. During this timing operation, the control circuit 24
Executes the steps B1, B3, B5, B6, B7 repeatedly. Then, when the start signal changes to high level due to the end of the game, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step B1 to steps B2, B8, B9, and B10, and performs a storage process for adding to a counter corresponding to the start interval by the timing operation. Execute and reset the clock time. Accordingly, the storage circuit 26 stores start information indicating the correspondence between the start interval from the end of the game to the start of the next game and the time width corresponding to a plurality of stages, and is output from the printer 29. By checking the distribution of the start intervals, the start characteristics of the pachinko game machine 1 can be grasped.

It should be noted that the pachinko game machine 1 suspends and restarts the timing operation when it is not operating (steps B6, B7, B11,
B12, B13) and the invalidation of the clock time when the special prize is generated (steps B5, B14, B15) are the same as those in the first embodiment, and therefore description thereof is omitted.

According to the second embodiment, the start interval output from the printer 29 is the time from the end of the game to the start of the next game. It is possible to grasp the slump state at the start that the player can directly feel. That is, during the start period of the game, the player is enthusiastic about the game, so the start interval from the end of the game to the start of the next game is the start interval that the player actually feels.

FIG. 9 shows the control contents of the control circuit 24 in the third embodiment of the present invention. This third embodiment is the first
The difference from the embodiment is that the game start interval is
The point is that the number of out-balls discharged from the pachinko game machine 1 is measured instead of the time measurement by the pachinko game machine 1.

That is, the control circuit 24 executes steps C1 and C2. When the start signal P3 is inputted, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step C1, C3 to step C4 to execute out counting. During execution of the out-count, the control circuit 24 counts the number of times an out signal (indicating the number of out balls) is input from the pachinko game machine. Then, when the next start signal P3 is input, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step C3 to step C5,
Proceeding to C6 and C7, the storage process for storing the count value of the out signal up to that time is executed, and the out count value is reset. If a special prize occurs during the out-counting, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step C8 to steps C9 and C10 to stop the out-counting and reset the out-count value.

In the third embodiment, the operating signal S
The reason why L is not input is that the out signal is output from the pachinko game machine 1 only when the game is running.

According to the third embodiment, the slump state at the start of the game in the pachinko game machine 1 can be ascertained with a simpler configuration than in the first embodiment.

FIG. 10 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention. This fourth embodiment is different from the second embodiment in that:
The point is that instead of measuring the game start interval by time measurement, it is measured by the number of times the out signal is input.

That is, when the start signal goes high due to the end of the game, the control circuit 24 proceeds from step D1, D3 to step D4 and starts out counting. Then, when the start signal goes low due to the start of the next game, the control circuit 2
Step 4 proceeds from step D2 to steps D8, D9, and D10 to stop the out-count, store the out-count, and clear the out-count.

In the fourth embodiment, as in the third embodiment, the start interval of the game is counted by the number of out balls, so that the start characteristics of the pachinko game machine 1 can be grasped with a simple configuration. be able to.

[0037]

As apparent from the foregoing description, according to the operation management apparatus of the pachinko game machine of the present invention stores a start interval determined by the timer means to memorize means, stored in the storage means Since the output start interval information is output from the output unit, by confirming the start interval information output from the output unit, the game is started in response to a pachinko ball winning a specific winning opening. In the configured pachinko game machine, there is an excellent effect that the characteristics of the pachinko game machine can be determined by grasping the deviation of the game start interval.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electrical configuration diagram of an operation management device according to a first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the pachinko game machine.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a pachinko game machine.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing control contents of a control circuit.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing the operation of the control circuit.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing start interval information output from a printer.

FIG. 7 is a view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 5;

FIG. 9 is a view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a view corresponding to FIG. 4, showing a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a pachinko game machine, 18 is an operation management device, 24 is a control circuit (clocking means), 25 is a clock (clocking means), 26 is a storage circuit (storage means), and 29 is a printer (output means).

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pachinko game machine configured to start a game in response to a pachinko ball winning a specific winning opening, a timer means for determining a start interval of the game when the pachinko game machine is operating, a storage unit that remembers the start interval obtained by the means,
Output means for outputting the start interval information stored in the storage means. 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the storage means stores the start interval.
To memorize in correspondence with the time width divided into several stages
Operation management of the pachinko game machine according to claim 1,
apparatus. 3. The time measuring means is a clock.
Operation of the pachinko game machine according to claim 1 or 2
Management device. Wherein said timer means is pachinko game machine operation management apparatus of claim 1 or 2, wherein the obtaining the start interval by A <br/> out piece count.