JP2779458B2 - Pachinko ball detection device and pachinko game 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 ball detecting device and a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a device for detecting the position of a pachinko ball on a board of a pachinko game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a pachinko game machine, there is a sensor for detecting the passage of a pachinko ball made of metal on a passage of the pachinko game machine.
Accurately grasping for each pachinko game machine the player's playing, pachinko ball hits, out holes in out holes, balls in safe holes, etc. Very important.

A conventional technique for detecting the passage of a pachinko ball in the path of a pachinko game machine is disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 64-3506.

That is, in this publication, an upper sheet having a contact pair and a lower sheet are provided, and when the pachinko ball is placed on the upper sheet, the pachinko ball is detected by conducting the contact pair by the weight of the pachinko ball. A sensing device is disclosed.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, the pachinko ball can be detected only in the channel of the pachinko game machine, and therefore, the position of the pachinko ball on the board of the pachinko game machine is detected. Can not.
For this reason, in the conventional technology, it is impossible to know the progress of the game, and there is a problem that the function is insufficient for accurate management of the pachinko game machine.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems, and provides a pachinko ball detecting device capable of detecting pachinko balls on the board surface thereof and having a satisfactory pachinko game machine management function. It is intended to be.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION To achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is as follows. (1) A plurality of parallel folded transmission lines are attached to one surface of a glass substrate along a surface of a pachinko game machine. A plurality of parallel folded reception lines, whose electromagnetic characteristics are changed by the approach of the pachinko balls, are electromagnetically coupled in a direction crossing the transmission lines, and are arranged on the opposite surface of the glass substrate. A matrix sensor having a detection unit in an enclosing portion between the line and each reception line, a transmission circuit for sequentially transmitting a signal of a predetermined frequency to each transmission line, and sequentially receiving signals from each reception line in synchronization with the transmission circuit And a first data processing device and a second data processing device, wherein the first data processing device has a pair with a pachinko ball on the board based on a signal received from the receiving circuit. In one Determining the detection unit of the sensing matrix to respond, it has a peak detecting means for outputting a detection signal, the second data processing apparatus, 1
Or a plurality of detection units as a ball monitoring area, a ball monitoring area storage unit that stores the ball monitoring area data, and reads the ball monitoring area data, and detects pachinko ball detection data based on a detection signal from the vertex detection unit. Corresponding to the ball monitoring area data, counting the number of matching detection data,
Having ball monitoring means for storing as ball data,
Characterized pachinko ball detection device.

[0008] The second data processing device batch-processes a plurality of pachinko ball detection data based on a detection signal from the vertex detection means, obtains a trajectory of the pachinko ball on the board, and stores it as trajectory data. 2. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 1, further comprising a batch processing unit that performs the processing.

3. The second data processing device includes a communication driver for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring unit to a centralized management device, and the ball monitoring unit, the batch processing unit, and the communication driver. 3. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, further comprising: a communication output board, and a batch processing board for outputting trajectory data from the batch processing means to the centralized management device.

[0010] The second data processing device comprises: a pulse output circuit for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means and trajectory data from the batch processing means to a centralized management device; 3. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, further comprising a processing unit and a pulse output board for mounting the pulse output circuit.

5. The second data processing device includes the ball monitoring unit and the batch processing unit, and a communication driver for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring unit to a standard centralized management device; A selection output board capable of selectively mounting one of a pulse output circuit for outputting the ball data from the monitoring means and the trajectory data from the batch processing means to the host central control device; and a trajectory from the batch processing means. 3. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, further comprising a batch processing board for outputting data to the standard central management device.

6. The second data processing device is a communication driver for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means to a centralized management device, and a communication for mounting the ball monitoring means, the batch processing means, and the communication driver. An output board,
A pulse output circuit for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring unit and trajectory data from the batch processing unit to the central control device, and having a pulse output board for mounting the pulse output circuit, 3. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, wherein:

7. The second data processing device includes a standard board for mounting the ball monitoring means and the batch processing means, and a communication driver for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means to a centralized management device. The pachinko ball according to claim 2, further comprising a communication output board for mounting the communication driver, and a batch processing board for outputting trajectory data from the batch processing means to the centralized management device. Detection device.

The second data processing device includes a standard board on which the ball monitoring means and the batch processing means are mounted, and a ballistic data from the ball monitoring means and a locus data from the batch processing means. 3. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, further comprising: a pulse output circuit for outputting the pulse output circuit; and a pulse output board for mounting the pulse output circuit.

9. A detection data storage means for storing a detection signal from the vertex detection means as detection data, and the second data processing device has a configuration for reading the detection data stored in the detection data storage means. that, item 1, wherein, binomial, 3 Section 4 Section 5 Section 6 Section 7 Section or
Or the pachinko ball detection device according to item 8 .

10 Items 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
Section, section 7 consists in pachinko game machine, characterized in that the matrix sensor of the pachinko ball detection system of paragraph 8 or 9 wherein wherein provided along the face of a board.

[0017]

When a signal of a predetermined frequency is sequentially transmitted from a transmission circuit to a plurality of folded transmission lines to generate a magnetic field, an electromotive force is generated in a reception line electromagnetically coupled to the transmission line due to a mutual induction action. I do. At this time, when the pachinko ball approaches the matrix sensor, an eddy current is generated on the surface of the pachinko ball in a direction to cancel the magnetic flux by the matrix sensor. The impedance of the transmission line changes due to the influence of the eddy current, thereby changing the current. In response, the reception line changes the magnitude of the electromotive force. The transmission line and the reception line at this time are detected, and the position of the pachinko ball in the matrix sensor can be grasped as coordinates from the intersection position.

In the first data processing device, the detection unit of the matrix sensor corresponding to the pachinko ball on the board in one-to-one correspondence is determined by the vertex detecting means. The second data processing device includes:
The ball monitoring means associates the pachinko ball detection data based on the detection signal from the vertex detection means with the ball monitoring area data from the ball monitoring area storage means, counts the number of matching detection data, and stores the data as ball data. I do.

Further, the second data processing device obtains the trajectory of the pachinko ball on the board by the batch processing means and stores it as trajectory data.

Since the data processing is performed separately by the first data processing device and the second data processing device, the processing load on the data processing device is reduced.

In a pachinko game machine, the progress of the game is monitored by a matrix sensor to know the status of a hit ball, an out ball, and a safe ball of a prize winning device, to control the hitting, check for abnormalities due to fraud, and adjust a nail. Etc. can be used.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 to 17 show a first embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko game machine 10
The pachinko ball is driven into the board 11 along the guide rail 12, and the board 11 is
The inside of is the game area.

In the game area of the pachinko game machine 10, a large number of nails 13, 13... For playing pachinko balls are driven, and safe holes 14a, 14a. Is provided with a winning combination device 14b,
An out hole 15 is formed at the lower end of the game area. The winning combination device 14b is a device that fluctuates due to winning and makes a large number of pachinko balls safe. Pachinko game machine 10
On the front surface of the vehicle, there is provided a launching handle 33 for performing a pachinko ball launching operation, and a bowl 34 for receiving a ball to be played.

The front glass covering the board 11 extends along the board 11 of the pachinko game machine 10 and has a double structure composed of a front glass body 16 and an inner glass body 17.

The matrix sensor 20 is formed in a planar shape using the inner glass body 17 which is the inner side and the board side of the two glass bodies covering the board surface 11 as shown in FIG. Therefore, the surface glass body 16 and the board 1
1 is provided. As shown in FIG. 4, in the matrix sensor 20, a plurality of transmission lines 22 are configured such that one transmission line 22 has a parallel folded shape (or a loop shape) that is U-turned at the folded portion 61. These are arranged and mounted on one side of the inner glass body 17 in parallel in one direction.

Similarly, the plurality of receiving lines 26 are configured such that one receiving line 26 is U-turned to form a parallel folded shape (or a loop shape). These are arranged and mounted on the opposite surface of the inner glass body 17 in parallel in one direction. The transmission terminal 23 and the reception terminal 27 are arranged intensively at the lower end of the inner glass body 17 when mounted on the pachinko game machine.

Each of the receiving lines 26 is electromagnetically coupled to each of the transmitting lines 22 and is disposed in a direction perpendicular to the plane parallel to each of the transmitting lines 22 so that the electromagnetic characteristics change when the pachinko balls approach. Each transmission line 22 having the body 17 as a substrate
And the receiving lines 26 constitute a planar matrix sensor 20.

In the front view of FIG. 4, each of the square surrounding portions surrounded by the intersecting transmission lines 22 and reception lines 26 is
The detection units 20a, 20a,... For detecting pachinko balls by impedance change, which is an electromagnetic characteristic value.

FIG. 5A is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the inner glass body 17, and FIG. 5B is an enlarged view of a portion circled by a broken line in FIG. The inner glass body 17 is connected to the receiving line 26 (FIG. 4).
Internal protective glass plate 1 which is a protective sheet for
7a, a receiving-side glass base substrate 17b, a transmitting-side glass base substrate 17c, and an outer glass plate 17d, which is a protective sheet for the transmission line 22 (shown in FIG. 4), have a four-layer structure. The inner glass body (front glass) 17 typically has a vertical length a of 367 mm ± 10 mm and a horizontal length b of 40 mm.
A glass substrate having a square shape with a size of 5 mm ± 10 mm and a thickness of 3.0 to 3.5 mm. The inner protective glass plate 17a and the outer glass plate 17d are connected to the receiving glass base substrate 17b and the transmitting glass base substrate 1b.
7c is shorter than the vertical length, and the inner glass body 17 is
7p is exposed.

Between the inner protective glass plate 17a and the receiving-side glass base substrate 17b, a plurality of parallel folded receiving lines 26 are sandwiched.
A plurality of parallel transmission lines 22 are sandwiched between c and the outer glass plate 17d. Therefore, the inner glass body 17 is formed by disposing the transmission line 22 on one surface of the transmission-side glass base substrate 17c with the transparent adhesive layer 18a, and covering the transmission line 22 with the outer glass plate 17d so as to cover it.
Are bonded by a transparent adhesive layer 18b, the receiving line 26 is bonded and arranged on the other surface of the receiving-side glass base substrate 17b by a transparent adhesive layer 18c, and the inner protective glass plate 17a is covered so as to cover the receiving line 26. The other surface of the transmission-side glass base substrate 17c and the other surface of the reception-side glass base substrate 17b are bonded together by a transparent adhesive layer 18e.

A transparent conductive film for shielding is additionally provided on the entire surface of the outer glass plate 17d on the front side of the plurality of transmission lines 22. The transparent conductive film is formed of an indium oxide (ITO) film, a tin oxide film, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, the transmission-side glass base substrate 17c having a rectangular shape is bonded to a transmission-side folded substrate 19a formed of an elongated flexible printed circuit board (FPC) along one side in the vertical direction. An L-shaped transmission-side routing board 19b also made of a flexible board is adhered along the opposite side and a part of the lower side. As shown in FIG. 6, the transmission-side folded substrate 19a has a plurality of, specifically, 32 arc-shaped folded portions 61 formed in a line by a conductor pattern made of copper foil, and as shown in FIG. Folding part 61
Is connected to one end 61a of the wire 62 by soldering or welding using solder 63.

A part of the lower end of the transmitting-side routing board 19b on the opposite side is protruded, and the protruding portion has a copper foil on the edge thereof along a part of the side as shown in FIG. A plurality of, specifically 64, transmission terminals 23 for external connection extending in the vertical direction are formed by the conductor pattern composed of. The terminal side of each transmission line 22 has a transmission terminal 23 of each transmission line 22 and a routing section 64 to each transmission terminal 23. The routing portion 64 for each transmission terminal 23 is formed on the transmission side routing substrate 19b by a conductor pattern, and extends from each transmission terminal 23 along the transmission side routing substrate 19b.

The other end 62b of the wire 62 extending from one end 61a of each of the folded portions 61 is provided with a tension on the wire 62, and is soldered to the starting point 64a of the corresponding wrapping portion 64 on the terminal side using solder 63 or Connected by welding, and the routing portion 64
Is connected to the transmission terminal 23 via the. In addition, in order to remove a high-frequency disturbance, the routing portion 64 connects two straight portions with a circular arc portion 64R.

Similarly, the rectangular receiving-side glass base substrate 17a is bonded to the receiving-side folded substrate 29a along one side of the upper end in the horizontal direction, and is elongated along a part of the lower side in the horizontal direction. The side routing board 29b is adhered. Similarly to the transmission-side folded board 19a, the reception-side folded board 29a is composed of a plurality of conductor patterns made of copper foil, specifically 32.
One end 61a of each folded portion is formed by forming an arc-shaped folded portion 61
One end 62a of the wire 62 is connected by soldering using solder 63 or welding.

A part of the lower end of the receiving-side routing board 29b on the opposite side is protruded, and the protruding portion is provided on the transmitting-side glass base board 17c along a part of the edge on the edge thereof. When the glass base substrate 17b is bonded, a plurality of, specifically 64, receiving terminals 27 for external connection extending in the vertical direction are formed by a conductor pattern made of copper foil at non-opposing positions that do not overlap each other. I have. The terminal side of each reception line 26 is connected to the reception terminal 27 of each reception line 26 and each reception terminal 27.
And a routing part 64 for the The routing part 64 to each reception terminal 27 is formed by a conductor pattern on the reception side routing board 29.
b, from each receiving terminal 27 to the receiving side routing board 29
It extends along b.

The other end 62b of the wire 62 extending from one end 61a of each folded portion 61 is provided with a tension on the wire 62, and is connected to the starting point 64a of the corresponding wrapping portion 64 by soldering using a solder 63 or Connected by welding, and the routing portion 64
Is connected to the receiving terminal 27 via the.

As described above, the transmission line 22 and the reception line 26 are connected to the respective folded portions 6 formed on the respective folded substrates 19a and 29a.
1, each routing portion 64 formed on each routing board 19b, 29b, each wire 62, the transmission terminal 23 forming the end of the transmission line 22, and the reception terminal 27 forming the end of the reception line 26. It consists of. Each wire 62 has a matte-treated black surface to prevent light reflection, so that the wire 62 is less noticeable to the player.

The pattern of the matrix sensor 20 suitable for the ordinary pachinko game machine 10 is as follows.
The reception line 26 has 32 columns, and the number of the detection units 20a is 1 in total.
There are 024 patterns. In FIG. 4, patterns other than the outer patterns are omitted.

The thickness of the wires constituting the transmission line 22 and the reception line 26 is preferably set to a value of 25 μm to 30 μm. In the case of this embodiment, as shown in FIG.
And the overall widths c and d of the receiving terminal 27 are 12
As shown in FIG. 6, the widths e and f of the vertically extending portions of the transmission-side folded substrate 19a and the transmission-side routing substrate 19b are each set to 10 mm or less.

As shown in FIG. 8, the width g of each of the transmitting terminal 23 and the receiving terminal 27 is 1.5 mm.

As shown in FIG. 9, the matrix sensor 20
A connector mounting plate 66 is provided at the lower end of the receiving-side glass base substrate 17b and the transmitting-side glass base substrate 17c. The connector mounting plate 66 includes a holding portion 66a.
Thereby, the lower end 17p of the inner glass body 17 is sandwiched from both sides, and is integrally fixed to the inner glass body 17. The connector mounting plate 66 is made of plastic or stainless steel, extends downward along the width of the inner glass body 17, and is on the extension surface of the inner glass body 17 of the matrix sensor 20.

As shown in FIG. 4, a transmitting connector 67a and a receiving connector 67b are fixed to the connector mounting plate 66 at positions corresponding to the transmitting terminal 23 and the receiving terminal 27. The transmission connector 67a is connected to the transmission terminal 23 of each transmission line 22, and the reception connector 67b is connected to the reception terminal 27 of each reception line 23. Connector mounting plate 66
Is thickest at the position where the transmission connector 67a and the reception connector 67b are provided, but the transmission connector 67a and the reception connector 67b are of a low-profile type, and the connector mounting plate 6
6, the thickness h of the thickest part is the inner glass body 17 of the matrix sensor 20, that is, the inner protective glass plate 17a.
Receiving-side glass base substrate 17b and transmitting-side glass base substrate 17 covered on both sides with outer glass plate 17d
The thickness is equal to or slightly smaller than the thickness i of c.

Surface glass body 16 and matrix sensor 20
Between them, a matrix I / O transmission / reception board 171 is arranged. The transmission / reception board 171 includes a mounting board 171a formed of a printed board, and a matrix I / O case 35 accommodating the mounting board 171a. A transmission circuit 40 for transmitting to the plurality of transmission lines 22 of the matrix sensor 20 and a plurality of reception lines 26
, And a connection connector 37 connected to the transmission connector 67a and the reception connector 67b, respectively.

Transmission connector 67a and reception connector 6
7b and the joint connector 37 are connected to each other to connect the transmission terminal 23 to the transmission circuit 40 and to connect the reception terminal 2
7 is connected to the receiving circuit 50.

A signal processing system constituting a pachinko ball detecting device for detecting a pachinko ball is shown in FIGS.
0 to FIG. As shown in FIG.
The matrix sensor 20 is connected to the CPU memory control board 1 via the matrix I / O transmission / reception board 171.
It is under the control of 72. The CPU memory control board 172 forms a first data processing device, and
9 allows communication. Further, the CPU memory control board 172 includes a CPU 1
An interface unit 176 for reading a monitoring point from 73 is provided.

The card 173 is a memory card of a monitoring memory that stores a pachinko ball monitoring area in a readable manner and is detachable from the interface unit 176, and thus has a ball monitoring area storage unit 83. . The ball monitoring area storage means 83 is means for storing one or a plurality of detection units 20a as a ball monitoring area and storing the ball monitoring area data.

The card 173 includes safe holes 14a, 14a,... Provided on the board of the pachinko game machine 10, data on the hit ball detection position and the position of the out hole 15, and the safe hole 1
4a, 14a... And a pachinko ball detection algorithm entering the out hole 15 are recorded as ball monitoring data. As a card, a mask ROM or a one-time ROM is suitable, but a RAM card can also be used.

An option 174 connected to the CPU memory control board 172 is a device for recording the trajectory of a pachinko ball moving between the board surface 11 of the pachinko game machine 10 and the inner glass body 617.

The option 174 may be stored in a semiconductor memory or the like. However, during the time period when the number of players increases, the operation rate of the pachinko game machine 10 increases, so that an enormous storage capacity is required. Since a semiconductor memory requiring a storage capacity is generally expensive or requires a larger space, the movement of a pachinko ball is recorded using a hard disk. The hard disk includes optical disks, optical and magnetic disks, analog or digital tape recorders,
Any of a video tape and a method of directly connecting a personal computer may be used.

The recorded data is applied to a computer incorporating software for analyzing the trajectory of a pachinko ball, and is subjected to arithmetic processing.
To obtain the necessary data.

Matrix I / O transmission / reception board 171
Has a transmission circuit board 66a provided with the transmission circuit 40 and a reception circuit board 66b provided with the reception circuit 50.
The transmission circuit 40 is a circuit for sequentially transmitting a signal of a predetermined frequency to each transmission line 22, and the reception circuit 50 is a circuit for sequentially receiving a signal from each reception line 26 in synchronization with the transmission circuit 40. As a voltage waveform to the transmission line 22 by the transmission circuit 40, a continuous sine wave centered on 0 V at a frequency of 1 to 1.3 MHz is preferable.

As shown in FIG. 11, the transmitting circuit 40 includes a transmitting connector 41, an amplifier 42 and a channel switching logic 43 connected to the transmitting connector 41, and an amplifier 42.
And an analog multiplexer 44 connected to the channel switching logic 43, and a plurality of analog multiplexers connected to the analog multiplexer 44 via the transmission connector 67a.
Specifically, 32 PNP + NPN totem pole drivers 45 connected to the transmission line 22 side of 32 circuits, respectively.
It is composed of

As shown in FIG. 12, the channel switching logic 43 operates using two control lines for clock and reset by effectively using the counter IC 43a.

As shown in FIG. 13, the receiving circuit 50 includes a plurality of CT transformers (current transformers) 51 connected to a plurality of, specifically, 32 receiving lines 26 via a receiving connector 67b. , An analog multiplexer 52 connected to a CT transformer 51, and an analog multiplexer 52
53 and channel switching logic 5 connected to
4 and a receiving connector 55 connected to the amplifier 53 and the channel switching logic 54. Therefore, the receiving circuit 50 receives a signal from each receiving line 26 via each CT transformer 51.

The CT transformer 51 insulates each reception line 26 from the analog multiplexer 52 and amplifies the signal from each reception line 26 by 10 times. The analog multiplexer 52 sequentially receives signals from the respective CT transformers 51, and the amplifier 53 amplifies signals from the analog multiplexer 52. The channel switching logic 54 is a member similar to the channel switching logic 43 of the transmission circuit 40.

As shown in FIG. 14, on the transmitting side, the CPU memory control board 172
CPU connector 46 connected to CPU connector 4 and CPU connector 4
6, a sequence control circuit 47 for transmitting a transmission clock in response to a start signal from the CPU unit 30, a band-pass filter 48 for receiving the transmission clock and transmitting the transmission signal, and an amplifier for amplifying the transmission signal and transmitting it to the transmission connector. 49.

The CPU memory control board 1
On the receiving side, an amplifier 71 for amplifying a reception signal from the reception connector 55, a band-pass filter 72 for receiving the amplified signal, a full-wave rectifier / amplifier 73 for receiving a reception signal from the band-pass filter 72, Two-stage low-pass filter 7 for receiving a signal from wave rectifier / amplifier 73
An A / D converter 75 that receives the received signals from the low pass filters 74a and 74b and the low pass filter 74b and sends digital data to the bidirectional RAM 76 under the control of the sequence control circuit 47; And write the received data.
Received data is transferred to CP in accordance with a read signal from connector 46.
And a bi-directional RAM 76 for sending to the CPU unit 30 via the U connector 46.

The bidirectional RAM 76 is a memory for storing the position of the pachinko ball as detection data of the detection unit 20a by each transmission line 22 and each reception line 26 based on a signal from the reception circuit 50, and has a built-in RAM. It has a counter, and all the processing of the matrix data of pachinko balls is performed by the counter.

The CPU unit 30 and the card 173 are mounted on the CPU memory control board 172 to constitute a matrix controller. FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2, the CPU unit 30 includes two CPs, a first data processing device 30a and a second data processing device 30b.
It is divided into U80a and 80b. The CPU 30a of the first data processing device 30a has a vertex detection unit 81, and the CPU 30b of the second data processing device 30b has a ball monitoring unit 82 and a batch processing unit 84.

The vertex detecting means 81 is provided with a bidirectional RAM 76 based on the reception signal from the reception circuit 50 synchronized with the transmission signal.
Is a means for reading the detection data, determining the detection unit 20a of the matrix sensor 20 corresponding to the pachinko ball on the board 11 in one-to-one correspondence, and outputting a detection signal.

The ball monitoring means 82 reads the ball monitoring area data from the card 173, associates the pachinko ball detection data based on the detection signal from the vertex detection means 81 with the ball monitoring area data, and counts the number of matching detection data. Is counted and stored as ball data.

The batch processing means 84 includes the vertex detecting means 81
Is a means for performing batch processing on a plurality of pieces of pachinko ball detection data based on the detection signal from the server, obtaining the trajectory of the pachinko balls on the board 11, and storing the trajectory data.

A shared memory 101 is provided between the first data processing device 30a and the CPU connector 46, and the first data processing device 30a and the second data processing device 3
0b, the shared memory 107 and the parallel I / O1
08 is provided. The shared memory 101 is a detection data storage unit that includes a dual port RAM and stores a detection signal from the vertex detection unit 81 as detection data. The second data processing device 30b includes a shared memory 101
Has a configuration for reading the detection data stored in the storage device, and processes the read detection data.

As shown in FIG. 17, the second data processing device 30b includes a batch processing board 87 and a selective output board 88.
a. The batch processing board 87 includes the CPU 3
0b is a board having a circuit for outputting trajectory data from the batch processing means 84 to the standard central management device.
The selection output board 88a has a CPU 30b mounted thereon and a communication driver 85 for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means 82 of the CPU 30b to the standard central management device.
And a pulse output circuit for outputting the ball data from the ball monitoring means 82 and the trajectory data from the batch processing means 84 to the centralized host device. 87.

The standard centralized management device and the host centralized management device (not shown) correspond to each C of the plurality of pachinko game machines 10.
Based on the data from PU30, each pachinko game machine 1
0 is managed.

Next, the operation will be described. CPU unit 30
Address and control signals from the CPU
The signal is transmitted to the matrix sensor 20 via the connector 46.

In the matrix sensor 20, on the transmitting side, the sequence control circuit 47 receives a start signal and outputs a 16 MHz signal.
The transmission clock is output by dividing the original clock of z as necessary. The transmission clock from the sequence control circuit 47 is subjected to waveform shaping from a digital signal to an analog signal by a band-pass filter 48, amplified by an amplifier 49, and sent to a transmission connector 41.

Further, the transmission signal is amplified by the amplifier 42 in the transmission circuit 40. Analog multiplexer 44
Is a channel that is switched by the channel switching logic 43, and sequentially operates the totem pole driver 45, whereby the totem pole driver 45 sequentially outputs the signal amplified by the amplifier 42 to the transmission line 22 at a predetermined cycle. (See step 91 in FIG. 16).

In the matrix sensor 20, the transmitting circuit 40
When a signal of a predetermined frequency is sequentially transmitted to a plurality of folded transmission lines 22 to generate a magnetic field, an electromotive force is generated in a reception line 26 electromagnetically coupled to the transmission line 22 by a mutual induction action. . At this time, when the pachinko ball, which is a metal, approaches the detection unit 20a of the matrix sensor 20,
An eddy current is generated on the surface of the pachinko ball in a direction to cancel the magnetic flux generated by the matrix sensor 20. The impedance of the transmission line 22 changes due to the influence of the eddy current, thereby changing the current. In response, the reception line 26 changes the magnitude of the electromotive force.

At this time, each transmission line 22 and each reception line 2
6 is connected to the shield layer 69 via the insulating layer 68.
Therefore, the magnetic force does not wrap around each transmission line 22 and each reception line 26, and the detection accuracy is improved.

On the receiving side, the receiving circuit 50 receives a signal from each receiving line 26 via each CT transformer 51 in synchronization with the transmitting circuit 40 by the sequence control circuit 47. As shown in FIG. 13, the current as the electromagnetic characteristic value appearing on the plurality of reception lines 26 is amplified 10 times by the CT transformer 51. In order to perform amplification by the CT transformer 51,
As a result, it is not necessary to increase the degree of amplification of the amplifier on the receiving side. The CT transformer 51 insulates each of the receiving lines 26 of the matrix sensor 20 constituting the metal sensor from the analog multiplexer 52 of the receiving circuit 50 to prevent noise from entering the receiving circuit 50 from the pachinko game machine 10 and to perform reception. Amplify the signal.

The analog multiplexer 52 switches signals from the respective receiving lines 26 through the CT transformer 51 by the channel switching logic 54 and sequentially outputs the signals at a predetermined cycle. The signal from the analog multiplexer 52 is amplified 100 times by the amplifier 53 (FIG. 16).
See step 92).

The received signal is transmitted to the receiving connector 55 and the amplifier 7
1. Amplification and detection are performed via the band-pass filter 72. The received signal from the bandpass filter 72 is an analog signal, and this analog signal is
Waveform shaping is performed by the full-wave rectifier / amplifier 73. The signal from the full-wave rectifier / amplifier 73 is supplied to a low-pass filter 7.
At 4a and 74b, averaging is performed by integration processing.

Next, the received signal is supplied to the A / D converter 75
Sent to The A / D converter 75 converts the signal from the matrix sensor 20 into a digital signal in a predetermined bit unit such as 12 bits, and controls the sequence control circuit 63 to record the detection data in the bidirectional RAM 76 (step in FIG. 16). 93). This processing speed is as high as 25,000 times per second. Bidirectional RAM 7
6 is C by a write signal from the sequence control circuit 63.
After recording the detection data irrespective of the operation of the PU unit 30, the address is increased by inputting one clock.
Increase by 1 (see step 94 in FIG. 16). Two-way RA
The capacity of M76 is, for example, 2048 bytes.

Next, the analog multiplexer 52 of the receiving circuit 50 switches the signal from each receiving line 26 (FIG. 16).
(Refer to step 95), 32 according to the 32 reception lines 26
The above steps are repeated once (see step 96 in FIG. 16). After 32 repetitions, the analog multiplexer 44 of the transmission circuit 40 switches the transmission line 22 (see step 97 in FIG. 16), and repeats the signal processing again.

In this way, the reception line 26 in which the reception signal has changed
., Transmitted at that time are detected by scanning, and the position of the pachinko ball in the matrix sensor 20 can be grasped as coordinates from the intersection. The number of the detection units 20a is 32 for the transmission line 22.
Since the total number of rows and reception lines 26 is 1024 in 32 columns,
Even if the pachinko ball passes through any of the safe holes 14a and the out holes 15 of the board 11, it can be detected.

The bidirectional RAM 76 determines the position of the pachinko ball in the matrix sensor 20 from the intersection of the reception line 26 where the reception signal has changed and the transmission line 22 transmitted at that time based on the signal from the reception circuit 50. It is stored as detection data of the detection unit 20a by each transmission line 22 and each reception line 26.

The CPU unit 30 reads the detection data relating to the position of the pachinko ball recorded in the bidirectional RAM 76 by a read start signal as necessary, and performs an arithmetic processing. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing functions of the first data processing device 30a and the second data processing device 30b.

In the first data processing device 30a, the matrix data is fetched from the shared memory 101 (step 102), and the vertex detecting means 81 performs the vertex detecting process.
Further, anomaly detection of matrix data (step 1)
03) and the integration process (step 104). Also,
The first data processing device 30a performs timer management (step 105), communication management with the second data processing device 30b, and the like (step 106).

The second data processing device 30b receives matrix data from the vertex detecting means 81 via the shared memory 107 (step 102), and performs an algorithm process (step 110) and an application (step 111). Also, the second data processing device 30b
Performs communication management (steps 112 and 113) with the first data processing device 30a and the like, and performs communication with the central management device (not shown) by the communication driver 114.

The data from the memory card 173 is timer-managed (step 115), and communication is managed (step 116). The communication driver 85 communicates with a standard centralized management device (not shown), or a pulse output circuit. 86 communicates with the host central management device.

In such data processing, the first data processing device 30 a
The detection unit of the matrix sensor corresponding to the pachinko ball on one by one is determined.

The second data processing device 30b uses the ball monitoring means 82 to detect the pachinko ball detection data based on the detection signal from the vertex detection means 81 with the ball monitoring area data from the ball monitoring area storage means 83 of the card 173. Corresponding, the number of matching detection data is counted and stored as ball data.

The second data processing device 30b obtains the trajectory of the pachinko ball on the board 11 by the batch processing means 84 and stores the trajectory data.

Since the data processing is performed separately by the first data processing device 30a and the second data processing device 30b, the primary processing of the algorithm is performed by the C of the first data processing device 30a.
This is performed by the PU 30a, and the C of the second data processing device 30b is
The processing load on the PU 30b is reduced.

CPU unit 30 repeats this process. The matrix sensor 20 can follow the movement of the pachinko ball on the board 11 of the pachinko game machine 10 as a change in coordinates. Pachinko game machine 10
Then, the progress of the game is monitored by the matrix sensor 20, and the centralized control device, based on the data from the plurality of pachinko game machines 10, batting ball, out ball, prize winning device 14
It is possible to know the operation status of each pachinko game machine 10 such as the safe ball of b, check the stoppage, check for abnormalities due to fraud, and use the data as data such as nail adjustment.

When monitoring the status of the pachinko balls with the pachinko game machine 10 of a new model, the card 173 may be exchanged accordingly. The card 173 is a CP
The ball monitoring area data can be easily set only by being inserted into the interface unit 176 of the U memory control board 172, and the ball monitoring can be performed even when the present invention is applied to various kinds of pachinko game machines by replacing a pachinko game machine. It is easy to change the area data. If the card 173 is used for the same type of pachinko game machine 10, 1
One card can be copied and manufactured. When performing more complicated processing, the card 173 can cope with more complicated processing by freely selecting a CPU unit having a data processing speed corresponding to the processing.

It should be noted that if the algorithm for ball detection is a simple one, it is sufficient to use an inexpensive 8-bit CPU, and if a complicated algorithm is required, the CPU unit 30 can perform high-speed processing. To do so, it is preferable to select one using a 16-bit CPU. In either case, the scanning speed of the pachinko ball is not affected by the CPU because the scanning is not performed via the CPU.

The matrix sensor 20 includes the transmitting connector 6
7a and the receiving connector 67b are detachable from the joining connector 37.
7 can be easily removed and replaced by removing it from the matrix I / O transmission / reception board 171, and the matrix sensor 20 can be easily attached to a pachinko game machine without the matrix sensor 20. be able to.

Next, a second embodiment will be described. First
FIG. 8 is a schematic block diagram of a second data processing device according to the second embodiment. The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the second data processing device 30b
Has a communication driver 85, a batch processing board 87, and a communication output board 88b. Communication driver 85
Is a means for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means 82 of the CPU 30b to the centralized management device. The batch processing board 87 is a board for outputting trajectory data from the batch processing means 84 of the CPU 30b to the centralized management device. The communication output board 88b is a board on which the CPU 30b and the communication driver 85 are mounted, and has a connection with the batch processing board 87.

Next, a third embodiment will be described. First
FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of the second data processing device of the third embodiment. The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

In the present embodiment, the second data processing device 30b
Has a pulse output circuit 86 and a pulse output board 88c. The pulse output circuit 86 is a circuit for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring unit 82 of the CPU 30b and trajectory data from the batch processing unit 84 of the CPU 30b to the centralized management device. The pulse output board 88c
This is a board on which the CPU 30b and the pulse output circuit 86 are mounted.

Next, a fourth embodiment will be described. Second
FIG. 0 shows a schematic block diagram of a second data processing device of the fourth embodiment. The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the second data processing device 30b
Has a communication driver 85 and a pulse output circuit 86 similar to the second embodiment, a pulse output board 86a, and a communication output board 88d. Pulse output board 86a
Is a board on which the pulse output circuit 86 is mounted. The communication output board 88d is a board for mounting the CPU 30b and the communication driver 85, and has a connection with the pulse output board 86a.

Next, a fifth embodiment will be described. Second
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a second data processing device according to the second embodiment. The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the second data processing device 30b
Are a communication driver 85, a communication output board 85a, a batch processing board 87, and a standard board 8 similar to the second embodiment.
8e. The communication output board 85a is a communication output board on which the communication driver 85 is mounted. The standard board 88e is a board for mounting the CPU 30b, and has a connection portion with the batch processing board 87 and the communication output board 85a.

Next, a sixth embodiment will be described. Second
FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a second data processing device according to the sixth embodiment. The same members as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals, and duplicate description will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the second data processing device 30b
Has a standard board 88f, a pulse output circuit 86 and a pulse output board 86a similar to those of the third embodiment. The standard board 88f is a board on which the CPU 30b is mounted, and has a connection with the pulse output circuit 86.

[0102]

According to the pachinko ball detecting device and the pachinko game machine of the present invention, the pachinko ball is detected by using the matrix sensor along the board, so that the pachinko ball can be detected on the board. The management function of the pachinko game machine is enhanced.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram of a CPU of a pachinko ball detection device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view conceptually exploding and showing a pachinko game machine and a matrix sensor.

FIG. 3 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the pachinko game machine.

FIG. 4 is a front view of the matrix sensor.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of an inner glass body having a matrix sensor.

FIG. 6 is a detailed front view of a transmission line.

FIG. 7 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a transmission line showing a connection state of a wire.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of a transmission terminal.

FIG. 9 is a sectional view taken along line IX-IX of the matrix sensor shown in FIG. 4;

FIG. 10 is a schematic configuration diagram of a pachinko ball detection device.

FIG. 11 is a block diagram of a transmission circuit of a matrix I / O transmission / reception board.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a main part of a channel switching logic.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram of a reception circuit of a matrix I / O transmission / reception board.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a reception and transmission circuit of the CPU memory control board.

FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram of a data processing device.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of scanning of a matrix sensor.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a second data processing device.

FIG. 18 shows a second embodiment of the pachinko ball detection device according to the second embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a data processing device.

FIG. 19 shows a second embodiment of the pachinko ball detecting device according to the third embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a data processing device.

FIG. 20 shows a second example of the pachinko ball detection device according to the fourth embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a data processing device.

FIG. 21 shows a second embodiment of the pachinko ball detection device according to the fifth embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a data processing device.

FIG. 22 shows a second example of the pachinko ball detecting device according to the sixth embodiment.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a data processing device.

[Explanation of symbols]

B: Pachinko ball, 10: Pachinko game machine, 11: Board surface, 13: Nail, 14a: Safe hole, 15: Out hole, 1
7 Inside glass body, 17a Inside protection glass plate, 17b
... Reception-side glass base substrate, 17c ... Transmission-side glass base substrate, 17d ... Outer glass plate, 19a, 29a ... Folding substrate, 19b, 29b ... Routing substrate, 20 ... Matrix sensor, 20a ... Detection unit, 22 ... Transmission line , 23 transmission terminal, 26 reception line, 27 reception terminal, 30 CPU unit, 30a first data processing device, 30b second data processing device, 40 transmission circuit, 44, 52 analog multiplexer, 47 ... Sequence control circuit, 50 ... Receiving circuit, 51 ... CT transformer, 53 ... Amplifier, 61 ... Folding part, 62 ... Wire, 64 ... Wiring part, 66 ... Connector mounting plate, 67a ... Transmitting connector, 67b ... Receiving connector 7
5 A / D converter, 76 bidirectional RAM, 171
Matrix I / O transmission / reception board, 172 CPU memory control board, 173 card, 174 option, 175 personal computer, 176 interface unit, 179 communication line.

Claims (10)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of parallel folded transmission lines are attached to one side of a glass substrate along the surface of a pachinko game machine, and a plurality of parallel folded reception lines whose electromagnetic characteristics change due to the approach of a pachinko ball. A matrix sensor that is electromagnetically coupled in a direction crossing the transmission line and is disposed on the opposite surface of the glass substrate, and has a detection unit in an enclosing portion between each transmission line and each reception line; A transmitting circuit for sequentially transmitting a signal of a predetermined frequency to the receiving circuit, a receiving circuit for sequentially receiving a signal from each receiving line in synchronization with the transmitting circuit, a first data processing device, and a second data processing device. The first data processing device determines a detection unit of the matrix sensor corresponding to the pachinko ball on the board on a one-to-one basis based on a reception signal from the reception circuit, and outputs a detection signal. The second data processing device includes: a ball monitoring area, wherein one or a plurality of detection units is a ball monitoring area, and ball monitoring area storage means for storing the ball monitoring area data; Ball monitoring means for associating pachinko ball detection data based on the detection signal from the vertex detection means with the ball monitoring area data, counting the number of matching detection data, and storing the same as ball data. Pachinko ball detector. 2. The second data processing device batch-processes a plurality of pachinko ball detection data based on a detection signal from the vertex detection means, obtains a trajectory of the pachinko ball on the board, and obtains the trajectory data as trajectory data. 2. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 1, further comprising a batch processing means for storing the information. 3. The second data processing device includes a communication driver for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring unit to a centralized management device, and the ball monitoring unit, the batch processing unit, and the communication driver. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, further comprising: a communication output board for outputting the locus data from the batch processing means to the centralized management device. 4. A pulse output circuit for outputting ball data from said ball monitoring means and trajectory data from said batch processing means to a centralized management device, said monitoring means, said batch processing means, The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, further comprising a processing unit and a pulse output board for mounting the pulse output circuit. 5. The second data processing device, comprising: the ball monitoring means; the batch processing means; and a communication driver for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means to a standard central management device; A selection output board capable of selectively mounting one of ball data from a ball monitoring unit and a pulse output circuit for outputting trajectory data from the batch processing unit to a centralized host device; The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, further comprising a batch processing board for outputting the trajectory data to the standard central management device. 6. A second data processing device, comprising: a communication driver for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means to a centralized management device; and a ball monitoring means, the batch processing means, and the communication driver. A communication output board, a pulse output circuit for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means and trajectory data from the batch processing means to the centralized management device, and a pulse output board for mounting the pulse output circuit. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, comprising: 7. A standard board for mounting the ball monitoring means and the batch processing means, and a communication driver for outputting ball data from the ball monitoring means to a centralized management device. 3. A communication output board for mounting the communication driver, and a batch processing board for outputting trajectory data from the batch processing unit to the central management device. Pachinko ball detection device. 8. A second data processing apparatus comprising: a standard board for mounting the ball monitoring unit and the batch processing unit; and a ball data from the ball monitoring unit and a locus data from the batch processing unit. The pachinko ball detection device according to claim 2, further comprising: a pulse output circuit for outputting to the management device; and a pulse output board for mounting the pulse output circuit. 9. A detection data storage unit for storing a detection signal from the vertex detection unit as detection data, wherein the second data processing device reads the detection data stored in the detection data storage unit. 9. The method of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8.
The pachinko ball detection device according to the above. 10. The method of claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
Or a pachinko game machine wherein the matrix sensor of the pachinko ball detection device according to 9 is provided along the board surface.