JP2807732B2 - Pachinko game management device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine and a ball rental machine that directly supplies a pachinko ball to a corresponding ball tray of a pachinko machine by inserting coins and bills. The present invention relates to a pachinko game management device including a central computer that is provided as a pair, the pairs form an island and form an island, and information from each ball rental machine on the island is managed as sales information.

[Conventional technology]

There is a great tendency to adopt a configuration in which a ball lending machine is provided adjacent to a pachinko machine so that a player can borrow a pachinko ball while sitting down.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, the conventional ball lending machine is dedicated to lending pachinko balls, and there is almost no idea that the amount of money accepted by the ball lending machine is used for sales management of the hall.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to utilize the amount of money accepted by a ball-lending machine for sales management of a hall, and in particular, to provide a ball-lending machine and a pachinko machine on a one-to-one basis, thereby achieving sales of the pachinko machine. It is to help the hall management by managing as. In this management,
The purpose is to avoid mixing erroneous information.

[Means for solving the problem]

The present invention provides a one-to-one pachinko machine and a ball lending machine that directly supplies a pachinko ball to a corresponding ball tray of a pachinko machine by inserting coins and bills, and these pairs form a line. Forming an island, comprising a central computer that manages information from each ball lending machine in this island as sales information, if the coins or bills inserted into the ball lending machine are legitimate currency, the currency is It is taken in by the money transport device provided on the island and transported to the money storage device provided at the end of the island, and the ball lending machine puts a pachinko ball corresponding to the ball lending amount into a ball tray of the corresponding pachinko machine. If the coin or bill inserted into the ball lending machine is not a legitimate currency, the coin is returned and the pachinko ball is not supplied from the island pachinko ball supply facility to the ball lending machine, and the pachinko ball is not supplied. For sensors When it is not detected that there is a pachinko ball, the money is configured to be returned, and each ball lending machine outputs the capture of money to the money transport device as a sales amount signal to a central computer. It is characterized by the following.

[Action and effect of the invention]

In the present invention, a pachinko machine and a ball lending machine for directly supplying a pachinko ball to a corresponding ball tray of a pachinko machine by inserting coins and bills are provided in a one-to-one correspondence. Made the island.

Therefore, the player can play the ball lending machine under his / her own and does not need to manually transfer the pachinko balls borrowed from the ball lending machine, so that the interruption time of the game is short.

In the present invention, information from each ball rental machine on the island is managed as sales information by the central computer.

When the coin or bill inserted into the ball lending machine is a legitimate currency, the currency is taken in by a currency transport device provided on the island and transported to a currency storage device provided at an end of the island. The ball lending machine supplies a pachinko ball corresponding to the ball lending amount to a ball tray of the corresponding pachinko machine.

In this case, each ball lending machine is configured to output the receipt of money into the money transport device as a sales amount signal to the central computer.

However, if the coin or bill inserted into the ball lending machine is not a legitimate currency, taking in the coin as it is will cause a trouble with the player as to whether or not it is legitimate currency, and Since the ball lending machine is configured to output the incorporation of money into the money transport device as a sales amount signal to the central computer, temporarily taking in the inserted money as it is is not the sales of the pachinko machine. Therefore, the money was returned.

Further, in the present invention, the pachinko ball is not supplied to the ball lending machine from the pachinko ball supply equipment on the island, and if the presence of the pachinko ball is not detected by the pachinko ball sensor, the currency is returned. Configured. This allows the player to assume that pachinko balls are not being supplied to ball rental machines from the island's pachinko ball supply facilities as long as the player uses legitimate currency, and to centralize sales that are not sales of the pachinko machines. It is possible to prevent accounting for the computer, and thus to accurately grasp the sales of the pachinko machine.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to embodiments shown in the drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of pachinko machines 10 are arranged in line on the island 1 in the pachinko parlor, and a plurality of ball rentals are provided above each pachinko machine 10 in a one-to-one correspondence with each pachinko machine 10. Machine 20
Are installed respectively.

At the front of each ball lending machine 20, a bill insertion slot 21 for inserting a 1,000-yen bill, a coin insertion slot 22 for inserting a 100-yen coin and a 500-yen coin, and a return and change of bad coins A return port 23 for paying out coins is provided.

In addition, the ball lending machine 20 is provided with ball lending amount selection switches 24 and 25 for respectively selecting and specifying either 500 yen or 1,000 yen as a ball lending amount when a 1,000 yen bill is inserted, The ball lending amount is selected according to the player's preference.

In the island 1 on the back side of each pachinko machine 10, there is a money transfer device
The coins which are identified as genuine coins in each ball rental machine 20 and are discharged are taken in by the money transport device 2 and
Is conveyed to and stored in the money storage device 3 installed at the end of the coin.

Between the ball tray 11 of each of these pachinko machines 10 and each of the corresponding ball lending machines 20, the lending ball supplied from each of the ball lending machines 20 is supplied directly to only the corresponding pachinko machine 10. Is connected to a pachinko ball supply pipe (not shown).

Pachinko balls are supplied to each pachinko machine 10 and each ball lending machine 20 from a pachinko ball supply facility (not shown) provided for each island 1, and the number of prize balls is set in a ball tray 11 of the pachinko machine 10. And the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the ball lending amount are supplied.

In addition, the loose ball in each pachinko machine 10 is collected by a ball collecting facility (not shown), and via a ball discharging device,
Circulates again to the ball supply facility.

Each pachinko machine 10 is provided with a pachinko ball counting device 12 for counting the number of winning balls and the number of missing balls in each of the pachinko machines 10 and the number of premium balls discharged by the winning balls.

As shown in FIG. 3, the pachinko ball counting device 12 is provided with a central computer installed in a pachinko parlor counter or an office processing room by a counting signal transmission cable 4.
It is connected to the central computer 100 and counts the number of balls as the pachinko balls move.
Transmit to

Each ball lending machine 20 is connected to the central computer 100 via the price signal transmission cable 5 similarly to the pachinko ball counting device 12, and as shown in FIG. Checking unit 30, change unit 40, bill identification unit 50, ball cutting unit
Each functional unit 60 and the control unit 70 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 5, the cash checking unit 30 has a coin passage 26 inclined with the coin insertion slot 22 at the upper end.
Outer diameter sensors 31 and 32 for identifying the outer diameter of the coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 22, and a magnetic sensor 33 provided in pairs with a coil driven by a high-frequency current to identify the material of the coin , 34, a passage detection sensor 35 for detecting that coins have been discharged from the genuine coin outlet 27 to the currency transport device 2 when it is determined that the coin is a genuine coin is provided in order. Also, when it is determined that the coin passage 26 between the magnetic sensors 33 and 34 and the passage detection sensor 35 is not a genuine coin,
A return solenoid 36 for changing the path of coins for returning coins to the return slot 23 is provided.

In the change section 40, as shown in FIG. 5, when the inserted coin is a 500-yen coin, a passage switching solenoid 41 for switching the passage of the coin to hold a part of the coin as change as needed. Is provided between the return solenoid 36 and the passage detection sensor 35, and when the passage switching solenoid 41 is driven, coins are held in the change holding unit 28 extending in the height direction.

The change holding unit 28 is provided with an upper position sensor 42 and a lower position sensor 43 for detecting the number of held 500 yen coins. Here, the maximum number of reserved sheets is set to 10, the upper position sensor 42 detects that the number of reserved sheets is 10, and the lower position sensor 43 detects that the number of reserved sheets is 0.

The change section 40 returns the held 500 yen coin to the return slot 23.
And a payout detection sensor 45 for detecting the payout.

The bill validator 50 transports the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 21 to the inside, and when the identification result is a 1,000-yen bill, carries it out to the currency transport device 2, and when the identification result is other than a 1,000-yen bill. The transport device 51 to return to the bill insertion slot 21, position sensors 52, 53, 54 for detecting the size of the bill, identification sensors 55, 56 for detecting the printed pattern on the bill surface and the magnetic pattern by printing, respectively, and Magnetic sensors 57 and 58 and an LED lighting circuit 59 serving as a light source for identifying a print pattern are provided.

In the ball cutting section 60, a counting sensor 61 for counting the pachinko balls supplied from the pachinko ball supply equipment, it is confirmed that all the supplied pachinko balls have been discharged and the pachinko balls in the ball cutting section 60 have disappeared. A pachinko ball sensor 62 for detection and a ball cutting device 63 for separating pachinko balls supplied according to the identification result by a predetermined number and supplying the pachinko balls to each pachinko machine 10 are provided.

As shown in FIG. 1, the control unit 70 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 80 and an interface 90 each constituted by an LSI, and an address / address of the CPU 80 provided as a storage device.
A bus 81 and a ROM 71 and a RAM 72 connected to a data bus 82 are mainly configured.
0, banknote identification unit 50, input and output buffers 73, 74, which transfer data between the I / O ports 83, 84, 85 of the sensor and the driving device provided in the ball cutting unit 60 and the CPU 80, respectively.
75, a setting switch 76 connected to the input port 91 of the interface 90, a decoder 77 connected to the output port 92 of the interface 90 for demodulating a signal, and a driver 77b for driving the display circuit 77a according to a signal from the decoder 77 ,
A decoder 78 connected to the output port 93 of the interface 90 for demodulating a signal, a driver 78b for driving a pulse output circuit 78a in accordance with the signal of the decoder 78, a reset terminal 86, 94 of the CPU 80 and the interface 90, and a decoder 78 The reset circuit 79 sends a reset signal.

The control program of the ball rental machine 20 is written in the ROM 71, and the data input / output terminal of the interface 90
95 is connected to the ROM 71, the RAM 72, and the CPU 80, and the interface 90 controls the operation mode of each of the input / output ports 91, 92, and 93 by initial data transferred from the ROM 71. In addition, a control bus (not shown) for controlling operations of the CPU 80, the interface 90, and the like is provided.

In the above-described configuration, the control unit 70 controls the coin-checking unit 30, the change unit 40, the bill identifying unit 50, and the ball cutting unit in the ball lending machine 20.
60 is comprehensively controlled as follows.

When a bill is inserted, the bill recognition unit 50 and the change unit 4
0, the ball cutting unit 60 is controlled to identify whether or not the bill inserted from the bill insertion slot 21 is a 1,000-yen bill.

When the inserted bill is a 1,000-yen bill, it operates as follows according to the selection state of each of the ball-amount selection switches 24 and 25 operated by the player.

When the selected ball lending amount is 1,000 yen, the coin is ejected from the bill outlet to the money transport device 2, and the ball cutting section 60 is driven to supply the pachinko machine 10 of the thousand yen to the pachinko machine 10.

If the selected ball lending amount is 500 yen,
When change suspension is detected, the change is discharged from the bill outlet to the money transport device 2, the ball cutting unit 60 is driven to supply the pachinko ball for 500 yen to the pachinko machine 10, and the change unit 40 is dispensed. Drives 44 to pay out 500 yen coins to the return slot 23.

When the change is not held by the lower position sensor 43, the display circuit 77a is driven to turn on a change-out lamp (not shown) and return the inserted 1,000-yen bill.

When a coin is inserted, the check unit 30, the change unit 40, and the ball cutting unit 60 operate. That is, when a coin is inserted, the outer diameter of the coin is detected by the outer diameter sensors 31 and 32,
Subsequently, the material is determined by each of the magnetic sensors 33 and 34, and the results are combined to determine the inserted coin, and the coin is processed as follows according to the determination result.

(1) When the discrimination result is a one hundred yen coin.

The return solenoid 36 and the passage switching solenoid 41 are not driven, and the coins are discharged to the money transport device 2.

(2) When the discrimination result is a 500 yen coin.

2-1: When ten 500-yen coins are reserved in the change unit 40 and are detected by the upper position sensor 42, the return solenoid 36 and the passage switching solenoid 41 are not driven,
The coin is discharged to the money transport device 2.

2-2: When the number of 500 yen coins retained in the change unit 40 is 9 or less and the upper position sensor 42 does not detect the fullness of the 500 yen coins, only the passage switching solenoid 41 is driven. However, the return solenoid 36 is not driven. Therefore, the 500 yen coin is retained in the change retaining unit 28.

In the above case, when each of the pachinko balls is discriminated as a one hundred yen coin or a five hundred yen coin, the ball cutting unit 60 is driven according to the discrimination amount, and the pachinko ball supplied from the pachinko ball supply equipment is counted by the counting sensor 61. Then, while being separated by the ball cutting device 63, the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the discrimination amount is supplied to the ball tray 11 of the corresponding pachinko machine 10.

Although the above is a normal situation, in the case of an abnormality, the return of coins and the return of bills are performed using the operation of the return solenoid 36 as follows.

(A) If the discrimination result of the inserted coin is neither a one hundred yen coin nor a five hundred yen coin, the return solenoid 36 is driven to change the path. Therefore, the coins are returned to the return slot 23, and no pachinko balls are supplied to the pachinko machine 10.

(B) If a new bill is inserted before the change is paid out by the payout detection sensor 45, the transport device 51 is not driven and the bill is accepted into the ball lending machine 20. Absent. Similarly, even if a coin is inserted, the coin is not accepted, and the return solenoid 36 is driven to return the coin.

(C) If the inserted banknote is a counterfeit banknote or a banknote other than a 1,000-yen bill, the banknote is returned from the banknote insertion slot 21 by the transport device 51.

(D) For some reason, if the pachinko balls are not supplied from the pachinko ball supply equipment to the ball lending machine 20 and the pachinko balls are not detected by the pachinko ball sensor 62, both the bills and coins are sent to the ball lending machine 20. Not accepted, all returned.

Further, in the control unit 70, in each of the above control, when the identified banknotes and the discriminated coins are discharged to the money transport device 2 and when the 500 yen coin is reserved, the control unit 70 determines the amount of each coin. The depositing pulse is output from the pulse output circuit 78a, and when the held 500 yen coin is dispensed, a change dispensing pulse is output from the pulse output circuit 78a.
Output from

The central computer 100 manages the sales state of each ball lending machine 20 based on each pulse signal transmitted by the control unit 70 of each ball lending machine 20.

In addition, the central computer 100 transmits each pachinko machine 10 transmitted from the ball counting device 12 provided in each pachinko machine 10.
The operating state of each pachinko machine 10 is managed on the basis of each piece of counting information of the number of winning balls and the number of missing balls, and the number of premium balls discharged by the winning balls.

With the above configuration, in the ball lending machine 20 of the present embodiment, the sales amount of the pachinko balls lent from each ball lending machine 20 can always be grasped as the sales of the corresponding pachinko machine 10, and the individual pachinko machines 10 Sales status can be managed.

In addition, since the operation status of each pachinko machine 10 is simultaneously grasped from each ball count information from each ball counting device 12, the relationship between the sales amount of each pachinko machine 10 and the operation status can be grasped, and appropriate hall operation management can be performed. It can be performed.

In addition, about the money discharged | emitted to the money conveyance apparatus 2 as a sales money, the number for every banknote and each coin can also be grasped.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a hardware block diagram showing a configuration of a control unit of a pachinko ball lending machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of the configuration of an island, and FIG. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a connection relationship with a central computer, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a ball lending machine of the present embodiment,
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration example of a check section and a change section in the ball lending machine of the present embodiment. 10 ... Pachinko machine, 11 ... Ball tray, 20 ... Ball rental machine, 70
… Control unit, 100… Central computer.

Continuation of front page (72) Inventor Tsuneaki Tsuji 1-11-1 Motoki, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside the Kawasaki Plant of Ikegami Communication Equipment Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-62-262196 (JP, A) Opened 58-214987 (JP, A) Opened open 59-96678 (JP, U) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁶ , DB name) G07F 5/24 A63F 7/02 341

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A pachinko machine and a ball lending machine for directly supplying pachinko balls to a corresponding ball tray of a pachinko machine by inserting coins and bills are provided in a one-to-one correspondence, and these pairs form a line. A central computer that manages information from each ball lending machine on this island as sales information, and when coins or bills inserted into the ball lending machine are legitimate currency, the currency Is taken in by a money transport device provided in the island, and transported to a currency storage device provided at the end of the island, and the ball lending machine receives a pachinko ball corresponding to a ball lending amount in a ball tray of a corresponding pachinko machine. If the coin or bill inserted into the ball lending machine is not a legitimate currency, the coin is returned and the pachinko ball is not supplied to the ball lending machine from the pachinko ball supply equipment on the island. Ball sensor Therefore, when it is not detected that there is a pachinko ball, the currency is configured to be returned, and each of the ball lending machines outputs the capture of the currency to the currency transport device to the central computer as a sales amount signal. A pachinko game management device, characterized in that: