JP2767358B2 - 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 a pachinko machine for playing a game by driving a pachinko ball into a board.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, the status display, the balance display, and the like on a pachinko machine have been performed at different positions. For example, the remaining amount of money inserted for playing a game is usually displayed on a ball lending machine arranged adjacent to a pachinko machine.

[0003]

For this reason, in order for the player to check these various displays during the game, the player must turn his or her eyes to a plurality of positions away from the board, and the game operation is neglected for a long time. Therefore, there is a problem that the ease of playing is impaired.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such problems of the prior art, and has as its object to provide a pachinko machine capable of confirming various displays at a glance.

[0005]

It is a gist of the present invention for achieving the SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The above object is below the facade 1 board (10) is formed, the inner
Magnetic card in and out of the stored card processor (20)
Control when the mouth (21) and the pachinko machine (1) are in operation
Operation indicator lamp (2)
2) and the card processing when a card abnormality occurs
Indicator lamp that the machine (20) self-diagnoses and turns on
(23) and the card processor (20) inserts a card
Card processing indicator lamp (2
4) are arranged side by side, and said card processing machine (20)
Is inserted from the entrance (21) of the magnetic card.
The amount data of the magnetic card is read, and the control unit (5
0) to send or receive data or signals,
At the time of calculation, data such as the balance or the number of balls
The magnetic card is paid out after it is written in the pachinko machine .

[0006]

[0007]

With the pachinko machine of the present invention, the operation of the pachinko machine is performed.
Operation display that lights up in the state of
When an error occurs, the card processor performs self-diagnosis and lights up
Lights up when an error display and the insertion of a card are detected.
The card use display and the like are intensively performed at a position that is easy for the player to see below the front, so that the player can know the information accurately and quickly at a glance.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, in the pachinko machine 1, a board surface 10 is formed in front of an upper vertical portion 2, and overhang portions 3 and 4 are formed on both lower sides of the front surface to project obliquely forward (front side). The overhanging portion 3 on the right side of the overhanging portions 3 and 4
The card processing device 20 is built in the inside, and the money processing device 30 is built in the left overhanging portion 4. As shown in FIG. 2, on the surface of the right overhang portion 3, as shown in FIG. 2, an entrance 21 for the magnetic card to the card processing device 20, an operation display lamp 22, an abnormality display lamp 23, and a card use display lamp 24. And are arranged. On the surface of the left overhang portion 4, as shown in FIG. Money input ports 31 and 32 to the money processing apparatus 30,
A holding ball indicator 33, a status indicator 34, and a balance indicator 35 are provided. On the inclined surface below the left overhang portion 4, a call switch 36, a stop lamp 37, a clearing switch 38, and a ball lending switch are provided. 39 and 40 are provided. In addition, a handle 45 for punching is provided on a horizontal surface 6 that forms the bottom surface of the concave portion 5 between the overhang portions 3 and 4. As shown in FIG. 4, the components of the card processing device 20 and the like operate under the control of a control unit 50 built in the overhang 4 or on the back side of the vertical unit 2.

The board surface 10 is a normal one whose surface is covered with protective glass, and rails, safe holes, out holes, nails, tulips, etc. are attached to appropriate places on the gauge plate at the back of the protective glass. Pachinko balls are driven from a ball firing device 15 (shown only in FIG. 4) provided inside the lower part of the machine 1. In addition, the ball to be hit on the board 10 may be supplied from a ball transfer line disposed behind the pachinko machine 1 as in the conventional case. It is good also as composition which does not require a ball conveyance line. That is, the ball collecting case is attached so as to cover the back surface of the gauge plate, and the balls collected in the safe hole or the out hole are collected by the ball collecting case and supplied again to the ball driving portion of the ball firing device 15. You may.

In this case, the card processing device 20 is a magnetic card drive device (having a read / write function).
It reads the amount data of the magnetic card inserted from the entrance 21 and operates appropriately by exchanging data or signals with the control unit 50, and at the time of settlement, data such as the balance or the number of obtained balls is stored on this card. After writing, the card is paid out. The card processing device 20 has a magnetic card storage unit and a payout mechanism from the storage unit. When the game is started only with cash without inserting the magnetic card, the card processing unit 20 stores the magnetic card. It also has a function of writing data such as the balance on the magnetic card and paying out the same.

The card processing device 20 includes:
It is not limited to one type of magnetic card as an input / output medium.For example, a magnetic card is used only as a card-shaped recording medium for inputting amount data, and a card-shaped recording medium for outputting prize ball data is data. May be used. A card using a recycled card (proposed by the applicant in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-260879), which is capable of displaying or erasing characters or the like on the surface by a temperature change as a card-shaped recording medium. May be.

The operation display lamp 22 is a lamp that is controlled by the control unit 50 and is turned on when the pachinko machine 1 is operating (power is on). The abnormality display lamp 23 is to be turned on by the card processing device 20 performing a self-diagnosis when an abnormality such as a card jam occurs. The card use display lamp 24 is a lamp that is turned on when the card processing device 20 detects insertion of a card.

The money handling apparatus 30 has a slot 31 or 32.
It has an identification device for identifying the type of money inserted from the company, and sends a signal corresponding to the type to the control unit 50 every time when the money is inserted, so that the control unit 50 calculates the amount of money inserted. It provides the necessary data. In this case, the insertion slot 32 is an insertion slot for coins, the insertion slot 31 is an insertion slot for bills, and the identification devices are provided respectively. Also, the inserted bills may be stored inside, but as in the past, the bills are automatically collected by a currency exchange machine or the like at the end of the pachinko island by a transport line for bills and the like disposed behind the pachinko machine 1. Is also good.

The ball display 33, the status display 34, and the balance display 35 are composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display.
The possessed ball display 33 displays the current number of possessed balls (the number of acquired balls) under the control of the control unit 50. Status indicator 34
Displays the amount of money inserted and the progress of the game, and displays, for example, "10000 yen inserted", "during fever", "occurrence of hit" and the like. The balance indicator 35
The remaining amount of the input amount is displayed.

The call switch 36 is a switch for calling a clerk. When this switch is operated, the control unit 50 calls a hall computer (a computer for managing the entire game arcade, which is installed in a hall where a clerk is present) or the like. A signal is sent, and a calling process such as turning on a calling lamp (not shown) provided on the top of the pachinko island is performed. The striking lamp 37 is lit when struck, and is illuminated by the control unit 50 when struck from the hall computer or the like. Clearing switch 38
Is operated by the player at the end of the game, and when this is operated, the control unit 50 performs a settlement process described later.

The ball lending switches 39 and 40 are used to designate the amount to be used for the game, out of the amounts inserted by cash or a magnetic card. In this case, the switch 39 is for 500 yen and the switch 40 is for 1000 yen. It is for.

The handle 45 instructs the ball launching device 15 to launch a ball, and the launch speed (strength).
Is to adjust. That is, the ball firing device 15
It operates by a control signal (pulse signal) output from the control unit 50 in accordance with the operation amount of the handle 45, and periodically hits the ball with an intensity (speed) in accordance with the operation amount of the launch handle 16, For example, it is composed of a rotary solenoid and a hammer swung by the rotary solenoid. The handle 45 is, for example, an operation unit of a rotary variable resistor that adjusts an amplification factor of a control signal that excites the rotary solenoid.

The control unit 50 includes a CPU 51, a ROM 52,
A RAM 53, an interface (not shown), etc.
This is a so-called microcomputer that operates according to the above-described instructions of the hall computer and the like and the program written in the ROM 52, and performs processing described later.

Next, the operation will be described. When a predetermined magnetic card is inserted into and out Ri mouth 21 sends the data of the residual amount the card processing apparatus 20 is written to the read control unit 50. Then, when the amount of money to be used for the game is designated by the ball lending switches 39 and 40, the control unit 50 confirms that this amount of money is within the range of the remaining amount of money written on the magnetic card. Thus, it is possible to play a game for the number of balls corresponding to the usage amount.

That is, for example, the control signal is transmitted to the ball firing device 15 on condition that the steering wheel 45 is turned by a predetermined angle or more, and the ball is hit periodically as long as the ball is held. At this time, the control unit 50 subtracts the usage amount designated as the ball lending from the remaining amount, displays the new remaining amount on the remaining amount display unit 35, and displays the new remaining amount on the possessed ball display 33. After the displayed number of balls is displayed as an initial value, the display value of the ball display 33 is reduced each time a ball is hit, and each time a ball is awarded, the ball display 3 is reduced accordingly.
3 is performed to increase the display value. In addition, a necessary display is appropriately displayed on the status display 34. further,
The remaining amount of the magnetic card is rewritten to a new one (this rewriting may be performed at the time of settlement after the game is over).

When the remaining amount of the inserted magnetic card is less than the amount specified by the ball lending switches 39 and 40, the control unit 50 determines that all of the remaining amount has been designated for lending and proceeds in the same manner as described above. When the number of acquired balls is registered in the inserted magnetic card, this is set as the initial value of the number of possessed balls.

When the settlement switch 38 is pressed,
The control unit 50 operates the card processing device 20 to newly write the remaining balance and the number of balls to the magnetic card at that time, and pays out the same. A player can take this card to a prize exchange in a game hall to exchange prizes, or insert the card into another pachinko machine 1 again to play a game. Even if the ball is exhausted, if the ball lending switches 39 and 40 are operated again without pressing the clearing switch 38, the control unit 50 repeats the above operation, so that the game is played on the same pachinko machine 1 as long as there is a balance. You can also continue.

When cash is inserted into the cash inlets 31, 32, the money handling apparatus 30 identifies the inserted money and sends a signal representing the type and amount of the inserted money to the control unit 50. Then, the control unit 50 calculates the inserted amount from this signal, enables the game within the range of the inserted amount, and performs the same processing as in the case of inserting the card. Then, at the time of settlement, the remaining amount and the number of balls are recorded and paid out to the card stored inside by operating the card processing device 20.

Thus, in the pachinko machine 1,
The player can play the game by selectively using the card or cash, but the display of the number of obtained balls, the status display, or the balance display is oblique so that the player at the front lower side can easily see it. Since the overhang is performed intensively at the overhanging section 4, the player can know such information accurately and quickly at a glance. For this reason, the ease of playing can be improved, which can contribute to an increase in demand for pachinko machines.

[0025]

The pachinko machine according to the present invention has an operation table.
Indication, abnormal display, card use display, etc. are performed intensively in a position that is easy for the player to see below the front, so that the player can know this information accurately and quickly at a glance, making it easy to play the game. This will contribute to the increase in demand for pachinko machines.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pachinko machine according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine 4 ... Overhang part 10 ... Board surface 33 ... Number of balls held display 34 ... Status display 35 ... Balance display

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] (1) An inner surface is provided below a front surface on which a board surface is formed .
The entrance of the magnetic card to the stored card processor and the
The control unit is controlled and lights up when the dick machine is running
The operation indicator lamp and the
An error display lamp that the card processor self-diagnoses and turns on
When the card processor detects insertion of a card.
A card processing display lamp to be turned on is arranged side by side, and the card processing machine throws the card from the entrance of the magnetic card.
Reads the amount data of the inserted magnetic card and controls appropriately
Operates by sending and receiving data or signals to and from
Sometimes the data such as the balance or the number of balls
Paying out the magnetic card after writing to
A pachinko machine characterized by: