JP2719907B2 - Card type pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement in a pachinko machine using a card as a transaction medium between a customer and a game arcade.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a pachinko ball itself has been used as a transaction medium between a customer and a game arcade, but various types using a card instead of a pachinko ball have been developed. Therefore, the player does not need to directly handle the pachinko balls when moving between the pachinko machines and when exchanging the prize balls for prizes. In addition, maintenance of the pachinko machine became easier.

[0003] The pachinko machine has a predetermined number of pachinko balls enclosed therein, and the pachinko balls are supplied to the pachinko machine as needed.

[0006] On the other hand, the number of pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as “lending balls”) lent according to the amount of money to be used for a game, the amount of lending, and an ID code for fraud prevention are written in the writing section of the card. Each data such as (ID-Indentification) is written by a card issuing machine corresponding to a ball rental machine.

The pachinko machine has a function of reading the contents written in the writing section into the built-in memory of the pachinko machine, and the writing section has means for writing each data.

While this card is issued to the customer in place of the pachinko ball, the pachinko machine reads each data written in the writing section into the above-mentioned internal memory of the pachinko machine and checks the ID code in response to the insertion of the card. If there is no inconvenience, the game operation is enabled.

[0007] Next, the player operates the pachinko machine to borrow a number of rental balls corresponding to a desired amount from the pachinko machine.

At this time, the pachinko machine subtracts the lending amount for the game from the lending amount data of the card, writes the remaining amount in the memory as new lending amount data, and displays the same on the display unit and simultaneously displays the voice But let me know. Based on this, the player operates the handle of the hit ball to start the game.

The shooting ball during the game is calculated as "-1", the prize ball is calculated as "+ N" (described later), and the foul ball is calculated as "+1", and the calculation result is stored in the internal memory as a new number of lent balls. Write.

[0010] Then, during the game, the loaned ball number data increases to a predetermined number by winning, and when the game is automatically terminated by a so-called hitting process, immediately after the ball is hit, both the loaned ball number and the loaned amount data are "0". As a result, when the game comes to an end, when the loaned ball, in other words, to settle the prize ball, or when the player finishes the game at the will of the player to play with another pachinko machine, for a meal, etc. When the game is interrupted at the will of the player on the premise that the game is restarted, the pachinko machine writes the data stored in the internal memory into the writing unit of the card.

Thus, the player removes the card from the pachinko machine and pays out the card, plays a new game with a pachinko machine different from the pachinko machine, or resumes the game with the pachinko machine which has been interrupted. Was.

By the way, the so-called first to first pachinko machines are used.
There are three types of pachinko machines for pachinko games. This type of pachinko machine does not allow pachinko balls to win during normal games and increases the number of winning balls per unit time only when predetermined conditions are satisfied. There are models in which "rights" that are advantageous to the user continue for a predetermined time.

[0013] Therefore, the player can dramatically increase the number of prize balls when "rights" are generated, so that it is possible to provide a pachinko game with various game variations.

When a pachinko machine for this type of game is in the form of a card, even if the total prize balls obtained are extremely large, instead of transporting the borrowed balls from the pachinko machine to the prize exchange, or counting them. The operability is good because it is only necessary to process the card in which the data of the number of borrowed balls is written, and it is not necessary to handle the prize ball itself.

[0015]

However, in the conventional model, when the writing of the number of rented balls data to the card is instructed based on the end or interruption of the game,
No processing is performed on the game of the pachinko machine for the writing, so even if the last shot ball hits, the winning number N is not added to the loaned ball number data.

Even when the "right" is generated by the last shot ball, the pachinko machine does not perform the game processing based on the end or interruption of the game, so that the player exercises an advantageous "right". He was unable to use it and wasted his willingness to play.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a card-type pachinko machine for utilizing "rights" generated by a pachinko ball hit at the end of a game or when a game is interrupted.

[0018]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention enables a game operation by inserting a magnetic card 2 provided with a writing section for writing data of the number of rented pachinko balls for a game, A pachinko machine in which advantageous "rights" for a player are continuously generated for a predetermined time when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and provided with an end switch 44 for operating when the game is ended by the player's will. An end signal generating means 46 for generating an end signal indicating the end of the game based on the operation of the end switch 44; a timer 61 operating for a predetermined time based on the generation of the end signal;
Writing means 56 for writing data of the number of lent balls according to the progress of the game by the magnetic card 2 to the writing section based on the end of the operation of
And an MPU (write-inhibiting means) 30 for inhibiting data writing to the magnetic card 2 in order to continue the game when a "right" occurs during the operation of the timer 61.

With such a configuration, when the end signal is generated by the end signal generating means 46 based on the operation of the end switch 44 and the "right" is generated while the timer 61 is operating, the MPU 30 Since the data writing to the magnetic card 2 is prohibited in order to continue the game, the generated “right” is not erased.

Further, an interruption switch 45 for operating the game when the player wishes to interrupt the game is provided, and interruption signal generating means 65 for generating an interruption signal indicating the interruption of the game based on the operation of the interruption switch 45 is provided. And a timer 61 that operates for a predetermined time based on the generation of the interruption signal.
Writing means 56 for writing data of the number of lent balls according to the progress of the game by the magnetic card 2 to the writing section based on the end of the operation of
In the configuration in which the MPU 30 for prohibiting the data writing to the magnetic card 2 in order to continue the game when the “right” occurs while the timer 61 is operating is provided, the MPU 30 When the interruption signal is generated by the interruption signal generating means 65 and the "right" is generated while the timer 61 is running, the MPU 30 inhibits the data writing to the magnetic card 2 in order to continue the game. , The "rights" that have arisen will not be extinguished.

An end switch 44 for operating the game when the player wants to end the game is provided.
An end signal generating means 46 for generating an end signal indicating the end of the game based on the operation of 44 is provided, and an interruption switch 45 for operating when the game is interrupted by the player's will
A suspension signal generating means 65 for generating a suspension signal indicating the interruption of the game based on the operation of the suspension switch 45; a timer 61 operating for a predetermined time based on the generation of the end signal or the suspension signal; Writing means 56 for writing the data of the number of lent balls according to the progress of the game by the magnetic card 2 to the writing section based on the end of the operation of the game, and when the "right" occurs while the timer 61 is operating, In the configuration in which the MPU 30 for prohibiting the writing of data to the magnetic card 2 for continuing is provided, the end signal generating means 46 or the interrupt signal generating means 65 outputs the end signal or If a "right" occurs while the timer 61 is running, the MPU 30 writes data to the magnetic card 2 to continue the game. Since the ban, it is not possible to extinguish the "rights" that have occurred.

[0022]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. 1, 4 and 6, a card-type pachinko machine 1 uses (rents) a magnetic card 2 shown in FIG. 2 instead of a pachinko ball.

The magnetic card 2 is made of ultra-thin paper or resin, and has a magnetic stripe writing section 3 (see FIG. 2). This writing section 3 is mainly loaded into a card issuing machine 4. This is for writing the data of the loaned amount, the number of times the magnetic card 2 has been used, the number of pachinko balls, and the authenticity of the magnetic card 2, and writing ID code data for preventing fraud.

The writing unit 3 can write data such as the serial number of the magnetic card 2, the date of issue, the time of issuance, and the machine number of the card issuing machine 4 that issued the card 2, as necessary.

The number of pachinko balls is the sum of the number of prize balls at the time of a game and the number of borrowed balls obtained by converting the desired amount into the number of borrowed balls per unit amount (described later). However, the number of borrowed balls is not converted into a loan amount.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 is communicably connected to the arithmetic processing unit 5, and the arithmetic processing unit 5 is communicably connected to the card issuing machine 4 and the card settlement machine 6. ing.

The pachinko machine 1, the card issuing machine 4, and the card settlement machine 6 have a function of writing and reading information of the magnetic card 2, and the respective devices can communicate with each other via the arithmetic processing unit 5. It is connected to the.

Reference numeral 62 denotes an input device composed of a keyboard, and 63 denotes a sub-processing unit for preventing the destruction of various data due to a failure of the processing unit 5 and preventing the function from stopping.

FIG. 4 shows a frame 7 and a game board 8. The pachinko machine 1 is provided with a guide rail 9 for guiding a pachinko ball into the game board 8, and the pachinko ball is fired on the game board 8 by a straight-ahead solenoid 10 shown in FIG.

The rectilinear solenoid 10 is operated by operating the handle 11. The game board 8 is provided with a plurality of safe holes 12 and out holes 13.

On the back side of the game board 8, a safe ball case is provided.
14 and an out ball case 15 are formed, and the outlets of all the safe holes 12 face the inside of the safe ball case 14, and the outlets of the out holes 13 face the out ball case 15.

Reference numeral 16 denotes a safe ball passage derived from the safe ball case 14, and reference numeral 17 denotes an out ball passage derived from the out ball case 15. The safe ball and the out ball always pass through these two passages 16, 17 separately. It is possible to do it.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a firing rail.
The upper end of the guide rail 9 and the lower end of the guide rail 9 form a foul ball escape portion 19, and a foul ball passage 20 is connected to the foul ball escape portion 19.

Numeral 21 denotes a gutter for a standby ball, numeral 22 denotes a hit ball circulation passage, and a safe ball passage 16, an out ball passage 17 and a foul ball passage 20.
Are all connected to the hit ball circulation passage 22.

The lower end of the hit ball circulation passage 22 serves as an outlet for these pachinko balls, and this lower end is connected to the upper end of the standby ball gutter 21.

As a result, all the pachinko balls of the safe ball, the out ball and the foul ball gather in the waiting ball gutter 21 and flow down to the lower end.

The lower end of the waiting ball gutter 21 faces the vicinity of the lower end of the firing rail 18, and the lower end of the waiting ball gutter 21 has a shaft 23.
The ball feed portion 25 of the ball feed lever 24 that rotates and drives around the center faces.

The ball feeding lever 24 sequentially feeds the pachinko balls in the waiting ball gutter 21 one by one to the firing rail 18, and is controlled so as to synchronize with the rectilinear solenoid 10. A ball striking mallet 26 is attached to the tip of the operating portion of the linear solenoid 10.

As a result, the pachinko balls sequentially sent from the standby ball gutter 21 are hit by the hitting hammer 26 and then driven into the game board 8 via the firing rail 18 and the guide rail 9.
27 is an entrance from the waiting ball gutter 21 to the firing rail 18.

Numeral 28 is a ball pulling lever for pulling out the pachinko ball in the waiting ball gutter 21 and cannot be operated from outside.

At the lower ends of the safe ball passage 16, the foul ball passage 20 and the firing rail 18, ball sensors 29, 29, 29 for detecting pachinko balls passing through the passages 16, 17, 18 are provided. The detection signals of the ball sensors 29, 29, 29 are input to an MPU 30 as write-inhibiting means described later.

A stop lamp 31 for displaying a stop is displayed on the upper left side of the pachinko machine 1 (see FIG. 4), and the interruption of the game of the pachinko machine 1 is displayed on the right side to players other than the player concerned. An interruption lamp 32 is provided to perform the operation.

On the upper right side of the game board 8, there is provided a prize display lamp 33 for displaying that a hit pachinko ball has won or that a prize ball has been paid out.

The game board 8 of the window frame 34 attached to the frame 7 so as to be openable and closable like a door is covered, and a lower portion of the window 35 is provided with an LC.
A display unit 36 including a display element such as D and LED is provided.

The display unit 36 is provided with a card processing device 37 described later.
Is for displaying information read by the CPU, various processing contents of the arithmetic processing unit 5 and the pachinko machine 1, a notice from a game hall, and the like.

The display section 36 is mounted with an inclination so that a player can easily see the display contents, and can be equipped with a backlight when an LCD is used.

These displays may be notified to the player by voice synthesis or the like, or the display device and the voice display may be used simultaneously.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a window for viewing the pachinko balls in the waiting ball gutter 21, 39 denotes an extraction hole for taking out the pachinko balls in the waiting ball gutter 21, 40 denotes a speaker for generating sound effects and the like, and 41 denotes an ashtray. is there.

The card processing device 37 has a slot 42 for the magnetic card 2 on the front thereof, a conversion switch 43 for converting the amount of lending stored in the magnetic card 2 into the number of lending balls, and an end signal generating means (to be described later) when the game is ended. ) End switch 4 to activate 46
4. When interrupting the game, interrupt signal generation means (described later) 65
Is provided with an interruption switch 45 for operating the.

The interruption signal generator 65 and the end signal generator (described later) 46 constitute a stop signal generator 66 shown in FIG. 1. The stop signal generator 66 has a predetermined When the condition is satisfied, for example, when at least one of the end switch 44 and the interruption switch 45 is operated, a stop signal indicating stop of the game by the magnetic card 2 taken into the card processing device 37 at that time is generated. Let it.

During the operation of the interruption signal generating means 65, the interruption signal generation lamp 47 is lit to indicate to the player.

Reference numeral 48 denotes an outlet for printing out the written contents of the writing unit 3 by roll paper (not shown) by a printer 49 described later when the magnetic card 2 is returned.

As shown in FIG. 3, a motor 50 which rotates bidirectionally, a transport roller 52 which is driven to rotate by a transport belt 51, and a part of a writing means 56 which will be described later are formed inside the card processing device 37. A write / read head 53, a position sensor 54 for writing / reading and loading / unloading of the magnetic card 2, and a loan amount and a loan ball number written to the magnetic card 2 both become zero. And a card storage device 55 for storing the changed magnetic card 2. The writing means 56 comprises a head 53 and a DA converter 59.

FIG. 1 shows a circuit configuration including a control unit of the pachinko machine 1, and each unit of the pachinko machine 1 is connected to a bus line of the MPU 30 via an interface. This bus line is connected to the arithmetic processing unit 5 via an interface.

57 is a ROM storing a program for operating the MPU 30, and 58 is an RA for temporarily storing various data.
M.

The head 53 is connected to a DA converter 59. The DA converter 59 outputs a pulse proportional to the rotation speed of the motor 50, that is, an output of a timing signal generator 60 which outputs a write start signal and a read start signal. A signal is input.

Thus, the head 53 can read and write various data according to the transport speed of the magnetic card 2. The output of the write start signal from the timing signal generator 60 depends on the operation end signal that the timer 61 outputs at the end of the operation.

The timer 61 closes the end switch 44 used at the end of the game or the interruption switch 45 used at the end of the game, and the data of the number of lent balls of the card 2 is "0".
It works by becoming.

When the timer 61 operates, a signal for inhibiting the output of the write start signal is input to the timing signal generator 60 for a predetermined time.

The timer 61 inputs a signal for starting the writing of the head 53 to the timing signal generator 60 after a lapse of a predetermined time (at the end of operation).

The operation time of the timer 61 is set to a time T sufficient for the shooting ball to reach the safe hole 12 and the out hole 13.

Further, when a "right" advantageous to the player occurs, such as when the shooting ball wins a large portion while the timer 61 is operating, the MPU 30 inhibits data writing to the magnetic card 2 and continues the game.

In other words, when the generation of the “right” advantageous to the player and the start of the operation of the timer 61 are simultaneous, the “right” advantageous to the player has priority and the game is continued.

The interruption switch 45 activates the interruption signal generation means 65 when closed, and the interruption signal generation means 65 interrupts the game for a predetermined time set in advance by a built-in timer (not shown).

When the interruption signal is generated, a game by inserting a magnetic card 2 other than the card 2 is prohibited. At this time MP
U30 inputs this fact to the arithmetic processing unit 5, and simultaneously turns on the interruption signal generation lamp 47 and the interruption lamp 32.

Reference numeral 62 denotes a rotation direction switching means for switching the rotation direction of the motor 50.

The MPU 30 stores data from the arithmetic processing unit 5 and data from the MPU 30 of each pachinko machine 1 in the RAM 58.
And process it.

Next, the operation of the pachinko machine 1 according to the above configuration will be described below. First, when the magnetic card 2 issued to the card issuing machine 4 is inserted into the slot 42, the sensor 54 detects the insertion of the magnetic card 2 and inputs this detection signal to the MPU 30.

Next, the MPU 30 rotates the rotating shaft of the motor 50 in the counterclockwise direction in the figure, and conveys the magnetic card 2 to a writable / readable position.

Next, the head 53 is connected to the writing section 7 of the magnetic card 2.
The unique data of the card 2 is read, and the read data is input to the MPU 30 next. And MPU
30 checks the authenticity of the card, and if there is no inconvenience, enables the game operation.

The player operates the pachinko machine 1 to borrow a desired number of pachinko balls to start the game. MPU
Numeral 30 stores the number of hit balls during the game, the number of payouts of prize balls by winning, the number of out balls and the number of foul balls in the RAM 58, and inputs them to the arithmetic processing unit 5.

Then, the player switches the end by his / her own will.
When 44 or the interruption switch 45 is closed, the end signal generating means 46 generates an end signal, and the timer 61 starts operating.

While the timer 61 is running, the end switch
When the 44 or the interruption switch 45 is closed, the firing sphere is
Alternatively, the player enters the out hole 13, thereby determining the final data of the number of balls to be borrowed and the amount of money to be lent, and these data are stored in the RAM 58.

Thereafter, the MPU 30 operates the writing means 56 to write the data of the number of lent balls and the data of the amount of money stored in the RAM 58 to the writing section 3 of the magnetic card 2.

Thus, it is possible to accurately write the increase / decrease in the loaned ball number data caused by the shot ball at the end of the game or at the time of the game interruption to the magnetic card 2.

In the present invention, as described above, the timer 61 is operated based on the operation of the end switch 44 or the interruption switch 45 when the game is ended or interrupted by the player's will. In the meantime, even if the “right” is generated by the last launched pachinko ball and the game is developed advantageously, the MPU 30, that is, the write-protection means, does not terminate or interrupt the game for the continuation of the game, and the magnetic card 2 Prohibits writing data to

Therefore, since the "rights" generated from such developments are not extinguished, the "rights" are effectively exercised and not wasted, so that it is ensured that this kind of decrease in game motivation will occur. Can be prevented.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the magnetic card of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a side view of the writing unit of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a front view of the pachinko machine of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the hitting portion of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a rear view of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Magnetic card type pachinko machine 2 Magnetic card 3 Writing part 30 MPU (write prohibition means) 46 End signal generation means 56 Writing means 61 Timer 65 Interruption signal generation means

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A game operation is enabled by inserting a card provided with a writing section for writing data of the number of rented pachinko balls for a game, and a "right" advantageous to a player when predetermined conditions are satisfied. Is a pachinko machine continuously generated for a predetermined time, provided with an end switch for operating when the game is ended by the player's will, and an end signal indicating the end of the game based on the operation of the end switch. And a timer that operates for a predetermined time based on the generation of the end signal. The data of the number of lent balls according to the progress of the game with the card based on the operation of the timer is provided. Writing means for writing to the writing unit is provided, and when the "right" occurs during the operation of the timer, data writing to the card is prohibited in order to continue the game. Card type pachinko machine, characterized in that a write-protect means for. 2. A game operation becomes possible by inserting a card provided with a writing section for writing data of the number of rented pachinko balls for a game, and a "right" advantageous to a player when predetermined conditions are satisfied. Is a pachinko machine continuously generated for a predetermined time, provided with a suspending switch for operating when the game is interrupted by the player's will, and an interrupt signal indicating the interruption of the game based on the operation of the interrupting switch. A timer that operates for a predetermined time based on the generation of the interrupt signal, and based on the end of the operation of the timer, the data of the number of lent balls according to the progress of the game by the card. Writing means for writing to the writing unit is provided, and when the "right" occurs during the operation of the timer, data writing to the card is prohibited in order to continue the game. Card type pachinko machine, characterized in that a write-protect means for. 3. A game operation becomes possible by inserting a card provided with a writing unit for writing the data of the number of rented pachinko balls for a game, and a "right" advantageous to a player when predetermined conditions are satisfied. Is a pachinko machine continuously generated for a predetermined time, provided with an end switch for operating when the game is ended by the player's will, and an end signal indicating the end of the game based on the operation of the end switch. An interruption signal for generating an interruption signal for interrupting the game based on the operation of the interruption switch is provided. A timer that operates for a predetermined time based on the generation of the end signal or the interruption signal. Writing means for writing the data of the number of borrowed balls according to the progress of the game to the writing unit, and to continue the game when the "right" occurs while the timer is operating, to the card. A card-type pachinko machine provided with a write-inhibiting means for inhibiting data writing of the card.