JP2676489B2 - Arrangement ball machine control device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control device for an arrangement ball machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Arrange ball machines are constructed so that a predetermined number of game balls can be shot for each unit game on a game board having a large number of ball entrances so that the unit game can be repeated. The game balls are paid out as prize balls when the balls enter a plurality of entrances forming a predetermined winning combination.

In the arrangement ball machine of this type, as described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 3-71912, conventionally, when the ending condition of the unit game is satisfied, the ending condition detecting means detects it, and the determining means. After determining the success or failure of the winning combination, the initial state of the display of the entering display means is reset after a certain delay time.

[0004]

In this arrangement ball machine, since the entering state is displayed on the entering display section of the entering display means for a certain delay time, the player confirms the display on the entering display means. Although there is an advantage that it is possible, the resetting of the entry display means is delayed, so that there is a drawback that the start of the next game is affected depending on the entry display means.

That is, there are various types of incoming ball display means, such as one using liquid crystal, one using movable mechanical means, and the like. Generally, the response is using a microcomputer or the like. It is much slower than the judgment speed of the judgment means. Therefore, in the conventional arrangement ball machine, the return of the ball entry display means to the complete initial state is delayed,
There is a drawback that the preparation operation for the next unit game is delayed and the start of the next unit game is delayed.

In view of the above conventional problems, the present invention makes it possible to shift to the preparation for the next unit game early even if the response of the incoming ball display means is poor, and the unit game can be repeated sequentially and quickly. An object of the present invention is to provide a control device for an arrange ball machine.

[0007]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, a predetermined number of game balls are shot for each unit game on a game board 5 having a large number of ball entrances 24, and the unit game is repeated. In an arrangement ball machine configured to be able to be performed by the game ball, and when the game ball enters a plurality of ball entry ports 24 forming a predetermined winning combination, the game ball is paid out as a prize ball. , The entrance display means 7 having a large number of entrance display portions 38 corresponding to each entrance 24 and changing the display state when a game ball enters the entrance 24, and the success or failure of the winning group. Determining means 42 for making a determination, ending condition detecting means 46 for detecting whether an ending condition for ending the unit game is satisfied, and the determining means after the ending condition is detected by the ending condition detecting means 46
Before the determination of the success or failure of the winning group by 42, the above-mentioned entry display means 7
And a reset means 47 for resetting to the initial state.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the resetting means 47 causes the determining means 42 to start the determination operation of the success / failure of the winning combination, and simultaneously display the entry display means 7. It is designed to be reset to the initial state.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first aspect, the resetting means 47 is used to display the entry display means 7 before the determination operation of the determination means 42 is started. It is designed to be reset to the initial state.

[0010]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, when a predetermined number of game balls are shot on the game board 5 for each unit game, and the game balls enter any of the many entrances 24, The display state of the ball entrance display section 38 corresponding to the ball entrance 24 of the ball display means 7 changes. Then, the determination means 42 determines the success or failure of the winning group from the combination of the ball entrances 25 into which the game balls have entered, and if the predetermined winning group is established, the game balls are awarded by the prize ball paying means 43. Pay out as a sphere.

When the ending condition detecting means 46 detects that the ending condition for ending the unit game is satisfied, the resetting means 47 causes the entering display means 7 to be in an initial state before the judging means 42 judges the success or failure of the winning combination. Reset to.

In the present invention according to claim 2, when the ending condition detecting means 46 detects the ending condition, the resetting means 47 causes the judging means 42 to start the judgment operation of the success or failure of the winning combination, and at the same time, the entering ball displaying means 7 To the initial state.

In the present invention according to claim 3, when the ending condition detecting means 46 detects the ending condition, the resetting means 47 causes the judging means 42 to start the judging operation for judging the success or failure of the winning combination. Reset 7 to the initial state.

[0014]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of the arrangement ball machine. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an outer frame, and 2 denotes a front frame which is pivotally attached to the front surface of the outer frame 1 so as to be freely opened and closed. Front frame 2 has glass door 3 and front panel 4
Is attached, and the game board 5 is detachably attached to the rear side.

At the front of the game board 5, there is provided a guide rail 6 for guiding the shot game balls.
6, game information display means 7, variable symbol display means 8,
Winning means 9, Big winning means 10, Entering chuckers 11, 12, 13,
Corner lamps 14 and 15 are arranged respectively, and a lower ball entry means 17 covered from the front side by a lower cover 16 is arranged on the lower side.

An upper plate 18 is provided on the front plate 4, and a lower plate 19 and an operation handle 21 for the firing means 20 are provided below the front frame 2, respectively. The firing means 20 is operated by operating the operation handle 21.
Sixteen game balls are supplied one by one from the upper plate 18 onto the firing rail, hit with a hitting hammer, and fired on the upper side of the game board 5 along the guide rail 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, the lower ball entry means 17 includes a ball entry case 23 removably attached to the opening 22 of the game board 5.
And 16 ball entry ports 24 formed in the ball entry case 23, and a ball drop passage formed in the ball entry case 23 in communication with each ball entry port 24
And a detection switch 26 disposed in each ball drop passage 25 and detecting a game ball falling into the ball drop passage 25 after entering the ball entrance 24. Each entrance 24 is a game board 5
Of the game board 5
Each of the ball entry cases 23 is formed in a horizontal row so as to open downward on the rear side.

At the upper end of the lower cover 16, a lower ball entry means is provided.
Label horizontally to correspond to the upper end of each of the 17 entrances 24
27 is attached, and a number 1 indicating each entrance 24 is attached to this label 27.
To 16 are displayed. Game information display means 7 is a game board
5, a variable symbol display means 8 and a prize winning means 9 are arranged on both left and right sides of the game information display means 7, and a big prize winning means 10 is arranged on the lower side.

The variable symbol display means 8 is a liquid crystal type,
Having a symbol display unit, when the game ball enters the ball entry chucker 11, the numerical symbol of each symbol display unit fluctuates for a certain period of time, and when the stopped symbol after the fluctuation becomes a predetermined combination, The gate of the big winning means 10 is opened for a predetermined time.

The game information display means 7 is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a case main body mounted on the opening 28 of the game board 5.
29, and an uneven portion integrally formed on the upper part of the case main body 29
30 and a liquid crystal display means 32 attached to the case body 29 from the rear side corresponding to the window hole 31. A ball entrance 33 is formed on the upper side of the compartment 30, and a blinking decorative light emitting lamp 34 is mounted on the front side.

The window hole 31 of the case body 29 is formed in a rectangular shape, and the screen 35 of the liquid crystal display means 32 is formed in a rectangular shape so as to correspond to the window hole 31. On a screen 35 of the liquid crystal display means 32, a game information display area 36 for displaying various game information as images.
And a ball display area 37 for displaying a ball entering state of each ball entrance 24 of the lower ball entering means 17. Therefore, this game information display means 7 also serves as a ball entry display means.

In the game information display area 36, a description of the game content is displayed before the game is started. During the game, when the state immediately before the winning set is established, the 16 ball entry openings 24 are set. The game progress, such as the number of the specific entrance 24 that the player should aim at next, the number of each entrance 24 that is likely to be a winning set, or the number of game balls paid out for each winning set Accordingly, various game information is displayed at any time.

The ball entry display area 37 is provided in a horizontal row below the game information display area 36. The entry display area 37 is divided into 16 entry display sections 38 corresponding to each entry port 24, and each entry display section 38 has one to one corresponding to each entry port 24.
The numeral 16 is always displayed, and when the detection switch 26 detects a game ball that has entered the specific entrance 24, the display state of the entrance display section 38 corresponding to the entrance 24 changes. hand,
The entrance 24 into which the game ball has entered is displayed.

A prize ball payout means 43 is provided on the rear side of the front frame 2, and when a predetermined prize-winning group is established, one of the points is scored according to the score counted according to the difficulty of establishing the prize-winning group. Each time, a predetermined game ball is paid out to the upper plate 18 as a prize ball.

FIG. 5 shows a control device for controlling the arrangement ball machine. Each detection switch 26 is connected to the first memory 39 and also connected to the hexadecimal counter 41 via the OR circuit 40. Further, each of the first memories 39 is connected to the judging means 42 and is also connected to each of the entrance display portions 38 of the entrance display area 37 via the second memory 49. First memory
The 39 and the second memory 49 are for storing each of the ball entrances 24 into which the game balls have entered, and are composed of SR flip-flop circuits.

Since the hexadecimal counter 41 has 16 game balls to be used in the unit game, the detection switch 26
Is turned on 16 times, the counter output changes to the first delay circuit 44
It is supposed to be delivered to. The first delay circuit 44 secures a display time for displaying the entry state on the entry display section 38 of the entry display area 37 for a certain period of time after one of the detection switches 26 detects the 16th game ball. This is for the first
The delay circuit 44 gives a reset command to each of the second memories 49 and the judging means 42 at the same time.

The judging means 42 judges the success or failure of the winning group when a judgment command is given from the first delay circuit 44, and records the score when the winning group is established. Incidentally, in this embodiment, the case where a game ball enters four adjacent entrances 24 is defined as a winning combination. A second delay circuit 45 is connected between the first delay circuit 44 and each first memory 39.
The delay circuit 45 gives a reset command to each first memory 39 after a delay of the time required for the judging operation in the judging means 42.

The OR circuit 40 and the hexadecimal counter 41 constitute an end condition detecting means 46 for detecting establishment of an end condition for ending the unit game. The second memory 49, the first delay circuit 44, and the second delay circuit 45 allow the player to enter the ball after the end condition is detected by the end condition detection means 46 and at the same time when the determination means 42 starts the operation of determining the success or failure of the winning combination A reset means 47 for resetting the ball entry display portion 38 of the display area 37 to the initial state is configured.

Reference numeral 48 is an addition / subtraction counter for adding / subtracting points, and the prize-ball payout means 43 is activated once in accordance with the count value. Next, the operation of the arrange ball machine having the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

At the start of the game, a game ball is put in the upper plate 18 and the operating handle 21 for firing is turned, the launching means 20 is actuated, and one is supplied from the upper plate 18 onto the launch rail. The hit game ball is hit with a hammer and the game ball is shot along the guide rail 6 to the upper part of the game board 5 (step S1). Note that 16 game balls are used in one game.

The game balls shot on the game board 5 enter the ball entry chuckers 11, 12, 13 or the like, or the lower entry means 17
The ball enters one of the 16 entrances 24 arranged in a row. Then, if a game ball enters any of the ball entrances 24, the game ball will drop downward from the ball entrance 24 through the ball drop passage 25 on the rear side of the game board 5, so that the game When the ball passes through the ball drop passage 25, the detection switch 26 detects the game ball (step S2), and stores the game ball entering the ball entrance 24 by the memories 39 and 49 (step S2).
3), the entry display area 38 of the entry display area 37 of the liquid crystal display means 32
Displays the entry position of the game ball (step S4).

For example, of the 16 ball entrances 24,
If you enter the second entrance 24 from the left side, the entrance 24
Since the detection switch 26 corresponding to detects a game ball, a set signal enters the first memory 39 and the second memory 49,
Each of the memories 39 and 49 remembers that the player has entered the second entrance 24 from the left side. Then, simultaneously with the storage of the second memory 49, the display state of the ball entry display portion 38 of the ball entry display area 37 is changed to display that the game ball has entered the second entry port 24 from the left side.

On the other hand, the output of the detection switch 26 is the OR circuit 40.
Since it is sent to the hexadecimal counter 41 via, the hexadecimal counter 41 counts the entry of the first game ball. When 16 game balls are sequentially fired in this way, each game ball enters one of the ball entrances 24. When the 16th game ball enters any of the ball entrances 24 (step S5),
The hexadecimal counter 41 counts up and outputs a counter output, but the first delay circuit 44 delays it and the ball entry display area is displayed.
The display time of each of the entry display units 38 of 37 is secured (step S6), and the display state is maintained for a certain time. And
When the delay time elapses, the first delay circuit 44 gives a judgment command to the judgment means 42 and a reset command to each second memory 49.

Therefore, the judging means 42 starts the judging operation for judging the success or failure of the winning combination by reading the ball entering positions stored in the respective first memories 39, and at the same time, the second memories 49 are reset by the reset command. , Ball display area 37
The display state of each of the entry display units 38 returns to the initial state.

The judging means 42 judges the state of the combination of the ball entry positions of each first memory 39, and determines the four adjacent ball entry ports.
When the winning group in which the game balls enter 24 is established, the judging means 42 judges the establishment of the winning group and records the score. Then, when the delay time by the second delay circuit 45, that is, the time required for the judgment process from the judgment command from the first delay circuit 44 has passed (step S8), the second delay circuit 45 transfers to each first memory 39. A reset command is input, and each of the first memories 39 is reset (step S9), which completes the unit game.

If the winning group is established at the time of the judgment processing by the judging unit 42, the judging unit 42 records the score according to the winning group and outputs it to the addition / subtraction counter 48. Therefore, a payout command is sent from the addition / subtraction counter 48 to the prize ball payout means 43, and the prize ball payout means 43 operates to pay out the game balls as prize balls.

The prize-ball paying-out means 43 is adapted to operate once for a score of 1, and the addition / subtraction counter 48 decrements by 1 each time the prize-ball paying-out means 43 is operated. ing. Thus, at the same time when the determination operation by the determination means 42 is started, by resetting the display of each entry display portion 38 of the entry display area 37 provided on the screen of the game information display means 7 to the initial state, the game information Display means 7
Even if the responsiveness of the game is slow, the preparation and start of the next unit game can be started early without being affected by the responsiveness of the game. Therefore, even when the responsiveness of the game information display means 7 is poor, the preparation for the next unit game can be made early, and the unit game can be repeated sequentially and quickly.

The player plays the game while watching the game information displayed in the game information display area 36 of the screen 35 of the game information display means 7. Below the game information display area 36, the player enters the ball entry display area 37. Since there is a line of sight, the screen of the game information display means 77
Even if it is still facing 35, from the display state of each ball display portion 38 of the ball display area 37, the game entrance actually entered the game ball
24 can be easily judged.

7 and 8 illustrate a second embodiment of the present invention, in which the output of the first delay circuit 44 gives a reset command to reset each second memory 49 to the initial state, and then the second delay circuit. The determination command is given to the determination means 42 by the output of 45, and finally the third command is given.
The output of the delay circuit 50 gives a reset command to each first memory 39.

That is, first, the counter output of the hexadecimal counter 41 is delayed by the first delay circuit 44, and a reset command is given to the second memory 49 (step S10). Each entrance display area of the display area 37
Reset 38 to the initial state. Then, after delaying the delay time by the second delay circuit 45 (step S11), the determining means
A determination command is given to 42 to start the determination operation (step S1
2) Finally, after the delay time by the third delay circuit 50 (step S13), each first memory 39 is reset by giving a reset command (step S14).

According to this structure, each second memory 49 and each ball entry display section are provided prior to the start of the determination operation of the determination means 42.
Since 38 is reset, each entrance display section 38 can be returned to the initial state more quickly.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment. For example, in the embodiment, the screen 35 of the game information display means 7 is used, and the screen 35 has the entrance display 38. Although the area 37 is provided and a part of the game information display means 7 is also used as the ball entry display means, the game board 5 may be provided with a dedicated ball entry display means.

In the case of providing a dedicated entrance display means,
It is also possible to employ a mechanically movable ball entry display means. Further, the control device may be configured by a microcomputer or the like and processed by software. The combination of winning groups may be other than that in the embodiment.

[0044]

According to the present invention as set forth in claim 1, a predetermined number of game balls are shot for each unit game on the game board 5 having a large number of ball entrances 24, and the unit game is repeated. In the arrangement ball machine configured so as to obtain, when the game ball enters the plurality of entrance ports 24 forming a predetermined winning combination, the game ball is paid out as a prize ball. It has a lot of entry display portions 38 corresponding to the entry port 24, and the entry display means 7 that changes the display state when a game ball enters the entry port 24, and the success or failure of the winning group is determined. Judgment means 42, end condition detection means 46 for detecting establishment of an end condition for ending the unit game, and judgment of success or failure of the winning combination by the judgment means 42 after detection of the end condition by the end condition detection means 46 Previously, the reset hand for resetting the entrance display means 7 to the initial state Since a 47, even when the slow response of the ball entrance display unit 7, without being affected by the responsive, early preparation for the next unit game, it is possible to enter the start. Therefore, even if the responsiveness of the ball entry display means 7 is poor, there is an advantage that a plurality of unit games can be sequentially repeated and quickly played.

According to the present invention of claim 2, in the invention of claim 1, the resetting means 47 causes the judging means 42 to start the judgment operation of the success or failure of the winning combination, and at the same time, the entrance display means. Since 7 is reset to the initial state, even if the response of the entrance display means 7 is slow, the preparation for the next unit game can be started early without being affected by the response. .

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the resetting means 47 causes the resetting means 47 before the start of the determining operation of the success or failure of the winning combination by the determining means 42. Since 7 is reset to the initial state, even if the response of the entry display means 7 is slow, it is possible to move to the preparation for the next unit game earlier without being affected by the response. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an arrangement ball machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the lower ball entry means showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the game information display means according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the game information display means according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control device showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart at the time of control showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram of a control device showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart at the time of control showing the second embodiment of the present invention.

[Description of sign]

 5 Game board 7 Game information display means (ball entry display means) 17 Lower ball entry means 24 Ball entry port 26 Detection switch 32 Liquid crystal display means 37 Ball entry display area 41 Hexadecimal counter 42 Judgment means 46 End condition detection means 47 Reset means

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game board (5) having a large number of ball entrances (24) is constructed so that a predetermined number of game balls can be shot for each unit game and the unit game can be repeated. A plurality of game entrances (2
Arrangement ball machine which pays out game balls as prize balls when entering the ball 4), has a large number of ball entry display parts (38) corresponding to each ball entrance (24) Entry display means (7) whose display state changes when a game sphere enters (24)
A determining means (42) for determining the success or failure of the winning combination, an end condition detecting means (46) for detecting the establishment of an end condition for ending the unit game, and an end of the end condition detecting means (46) Arrangement ball characterized by comprising reset means (47) for resetting the entered ball display means (7) to an initial state after the condition is detected and before the determination means (42) determines the success or failure of the winning combination. Machine control device. 2. The judgment means by reset means (47)
2. The control device for an arrange ball machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning ball display means (7) is reset to an initial state at the same time when the operation of determining the success or failure of the winning combination by (42) is started. 3. The judgment means by reset means (47)
The control device for an arrange ball machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning ball display means (7) is reset to an initial state before the operation of judging the success or failure of the winning combination by (42) is started.