JP2811583B2 - Amusement store management system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a game store comprising a plurality of game machines provided in a game store and a management device for collecting and managing various information from the game machines. Related to the management system.

<Prior art> For example, in a game store such as a pachinko machine that treats pachinko machines as main game machines, game-related information such as the number of pachinko balls supplied to each pachinko machine in the store and the number of collected balls such as out balls and safe balls. (Various types of information that change when an actual game is played on a gaming machine) are collected by the management device, the payout rate for each gaming machine is calculated, and this information is used to adjust the nails of each pachinko machine and play games. Used for store sales strategies.
That is, the management and operation of the game store was performed by collecting such information.

In particular, in recent gaming machines, there is a tendency to introduce a lot of special gaming states in which players can acquire a large amount of prize balls in a short period of time. As a result, the gaming machine grasps the frequency of occurrence of a special gaming state and the like, which is used for adjustment of gaming machines and sales strategy of the gaming machine.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the above-described conventional management system in a game store, the information transmitted from the gaming machine and the processing contents in the management device are mainly for sales management of each gaming machine, and other It was not always an efficient system for game store management.

In particular, in a game store, an unintended player may illegally obtain a prize ball, for example, by generating an illegal prize ball. It is inevitable to rely on such monitoring.

That is, even if such an illegal act is performed on a gaming machine, it is almost impossible to mechanically detect and notify the act on the gaming machine side. This is because the fraud does not depend on a certain action procedure, but there are too many parts to be fraudulent and the content of fraud.Therefore, there is a fraud prevention function that can detect all of them on the gaming machine side. If it is provided, it will not be at a level where profits as a gaming machine can be obtained, and it can not be said that it is realistic at all.

In addition, as an example of misconduct, a glass frame (a so-called metal frame) provided with glass and located on the front side of the game board of a gaming machine is opened and a ball is directly put into a prize-winning device or a prize-winning device on the game board surface. For such fraudulent acts, it seems that if the open state of the metal frame is detected, it is possible to identify the fraud, but this gold frame opens and closes during business hours other than fraud In some cases, it is not possible to unambiguously associate the open state of the metal frame with fraudulent activity.

That is, when a ball stops on the game board of the gaming machine, a clerk of the game store opens the gold frame, removes the stopped ball, and apologies for the stopped ball as a service (service). It is common practice to give a prize of a small number or a small number of balls, and the gaming machine side performs the opening of the metal frame performed by the gaming store staff and the unauthorized opening of the metal frame. Simply identifying them is impossible.

Therefore, there has been no effective preventive measure against cheating other than steady monitoring by the clerk of the game store.

However, the store clerks perform not only fraud monitoring, but also service operations such as trouble shooting of gaming machines and handing over ball boxes to players who have experienced special games, and the number of people who can work in one store is limited. As a result, it could not be said that there was very good fraud monitoring.

For this reason, there has been a demand for a game store management system that can manage not only commercial management of game stores but also cheating.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above. A plurality of gaming machines (for example, pachinko machines 3) provided in a game arcade and various information are collected from the gaming machines. In the management system of a game store comprising a management device (6) for managing a game, the gaming machine is located on the front side of a game board (110) having a game area (for example, a game section 112), and the game area is An opening / closing door (for example, a metal frame 134) having a transparent member that can be viewed and configured to be openable and closable, and an opening / closing door state detecting means (for example, a metal frame opening detector 13) capable of detecting a required open state of the opening / closing door.
3) the opening / closing door state signal transmitting means (for example, the main control device 117) for transmitting to the management device that the opening / closing door state detecting means detects the required opening state of the opening / closing door, and Game operation information transmitting means (for example, a local control device 118) for transmitting game operation information related to the game to the management device, wherein the management device transmits an open / close door state signal of each gaming machine during business hours. Based on the information transmitted from the means, the open state of the open / close door is identified for each gaming machine, and the required operating state of the open / close door is identified as the game operating information of each gaming machine identified by the abnormal information. As a specific information sorting and counting means (for example, a first transmission control device 285, a central processing unit 278, a main storage device 279, etc.) for sorting and counting the game operation information during normal times, and counting by the specific information sorting and counting means. Specific Characterized in that the broadcast has to output the visible to the outside for each game machine.

<Operation> When the required opening state of the opening / closing door of the gaming machine is detected by the opening / closing door state detecting means, the opening / closing door state signal transmitting means transmits the detection of the state to the management device, and is performed by the gaming machine. The game operation information transmitting means transmits game operation information related to the game to the management device, and the management device receiving these information from each game machine identifies whether each game machine is in a specific state, For the gaming machine in the specific state, the specific information sorting and counting means separates the gaming information from the normal game operating information and totals the operating information, thereby obtaining the specific information related to the abnormal operation of the gaming machine.

Then, based on determining whether or not the sorted and aggregated specific information is included in a predetermined range (a range that is an appropriate range and a high probability), an abnormal state caused by an illegal act on the gaming machine or the like is determined. It is possible to determine that this has occurred.

<Example> An example of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a game system according to the present invention.

A card vending machine 1, a ball lending machine 2, a pachinko machine 3, a prize ball settlement machine 4, and a prize card rewriting / updating machine 5 are installed in each game store. These devices are electrically connected to a management device 6 installed at an appropriate position in the game store via an in-store transmission line 7, and the management device 6 controls these devices and manages sales and the like. I have.

The above-mentioned card vending machine 1 and premium card rewriting / updating machine 5
May be installed not only in a game store but also in a cigarette store, a supermarket, a department store, or the like.

In the hall management center 8, the gaming card 9 sold in the card vending machine 1 (FIG. 2) and the prize card 10 issued in the prize ball settlement machine 4 (FIG. 20) are managed and managed. Out-of-store transmission lines from retail stores such as amusement stores and department stores
The payment of the card price and the like is performed based on the sales data transmitted through 11 or the like or by transmission means such as mail.

Note that the above-described settlement may be performed directly, or may be performed through a financial institution or the like.

 FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the game card 9 described above.

This game card 9 is a thin plate made of paper, synthetic resin, or the like, and has a balance display section 12 and an issue display section 13 provided on the upper surface in the longitudinal direction on the surface, and a sales amount and an effective amount are provided on the lower portion in the longitudinal direction. An amount display unit 14 for displaying and a security storage unit 15 for storing security data are provided.

The balance display unit 12 displays the approximate balance of the game card 9 by punching holes, markings, or the like, and notifies the user of the game card 9 of the balance of the game card 9.

The issuance display unit 13 is for preventing double issuance of the game card 9, and indicates that the card has been issued by a punching hole, marking or the like when the card is issued by the card vending machine 1.

The price display section 14 displays the sales amount of the game card 9. When the game card 9 is sold with a premium, the effective amount obtained by adding the premium to the sales amount is also displayed. This premium serves the player by making the effective amount of the gaming card 9 higher than the actual selling price and provides the difference to the player. For example, there is no 500 yen card, 40 yen for a 100 yen card, 100 yen for a 2000 yen card, 30
200 yen for a 00 yen card, 400 yen for a 5000 yen card, 10000
800 yen for a yen card.

The security storage unit 15 is provided to prevent forgery of the gaming card 9, and stores the same data as the security data stored in the valuable data storage area by optical means,
The data is stored using magnetic means or the like, and the data is stored in a concealed state so as not to be read from the external appearance.

In addition, an arrow is displayed on the surface of the game card 9 to indicate an insertion direction so that the player can easily understand the insertion direction of the game card.
To prevent mistakes in the insertion direction, one end of the tip of the game card may be cut obliquely in advance, or an advertisement display section 16 may be provided in the margin of the game card to display an advertisement. Alternatively, a handling explanation section 17 may be provided on the back surface of the gaming card 9 to display the handling method of the gaming card 9.

On the back side of the game card 9, a magnetic data storage section 18 is provided as a valuable data storage area at a lower portion in the longitudinal direction, and an issue number display section 19 and an issue date display section 20 are provided below the magnetic data storage section 18. It is.

The magnetic data storage unit 18 stores amount data representing an effective amount of the game card 9, card type data representing an issue amount of the game card 9, and security data for preventing forgery of the game card 9. . The amount data stores the effective amount of the game card 9 at the time of manufacturing the game card,
When the game card 9 is used in the ball lending machine 2, the amount of money used is subtracted and stored again. The card type data stores the issuance amount of the game card 9 at the time of manufacturing. When the game card 9 is sold in the card vending machine 1, it is checked whether the amount data and the card type data match, and the game card 9 is issued. It prevents mistakes and unauthorized issuance.

As the security data, the same data as the data stored in the security storage unit 15 at the time of manufacturing the game card is stored, and the two data are compared. If the data does not match, the data is processed as an inappropriate card.

If a series of serial numbers that do not overlap with each other is displayed on the issue number display section 19, it is possible to detect a stolen card, and if a lottery is performed by using this number, an invalid game card in which the player runs out of balance can be obtained. Is not thrown away in the game store, which can contribute to the beautification of the game store.

FIG. 3 shows a card vending machine 1 for selling the above-mentioned gaming card 9.

The card vending machine 1 has a box-shaped body 21 which can be opened and closed.
The card outlets 23 are arranged side by side approximately in the middle of the front part 22. At the top of the card outlets 23, there are provided card remaining amount visible windows 24, respectively. At the bottom, a card amount designation switch 25 is provided. At the lower part of the left card amount designation switch 25, a balance display 26 indicating the balance of the game card 9 is provided. At the bottom of the balance display 26, a card insertion slot 27 is provided. Set up the right card amount switch
At the bottom of 25 is an input amount indicator that displays the amount of input banknotes
28, a bill insertion slot 29 is opened below the insertion amount indicator 28, and a bill payout slot 30 is opened below the card insertion slot 27 and the bill insertion slot 29. An on-sale indicator at the top of the front portion 22 indicates that the game card 9 is on sale.
31. A sales stop indicator 32 is provided to indicate that sales of the game card 9 are stopped.

The card insertion slot 27 is provided in the card vending machine 1 so that the player can use it when he / she wants to know the exact balance of the game card 9 stored by himself / herself. Is inserted, the balance is displayed on the balance display 26.

Inside the box-shaped body 21, the card issuing device 33 is placed at a position communicating with the card outlets 23 when the front part 22 is closed, and the card reader 34 is placed at a position communicating with the card insertion opening 27. The bill validator 35 is arranged at a position communicating with the bill insertion slot 29, and the bill dispenser 36 is arranged at a position communicating with the bill exit 30. On the left side of the row of card issuing devices, there is provided a main control device 37 for controlling processing relating to the game card 9, and a machine number setting device for defining a transmission address of the card vending machine 1 is provided above the main control device 37. 38, a restart switch 39 for restoring the sale suspension state is provided, and a local control device 40 for controlling processing other than the game card 9 is provided between the card reader 34 and the bill dispenser 36; A local monitor display 41 for displaying the status of the device controlled by the local control device 40 is provided above the local control device 40, and a power supply device 42 is provided below the card reader 34.

The above-mentioned banknote recognition device 35 takes in the banknote inserted by the player from the banknote insertion slot 29 to determine the authenticity of the banknote, determines the type of the banknote, sends a signal to the local control device 40, and If the banknote is judged to be a bad banknote, it is returned to the player. On the other hand, when the bill identifying device 35 determines that the bill is appropriate and determines the type of the bill, the bill amount display unit 28 naturally displays the amount of the bill on the basis of the signal from the local control device 40. For example, if a 10,000-yen bill is inserted into the bill slot 29, "10,000 yen" will be used, and if it is a 5,000-yen bill, "5,000 yen" will be used.
In the case of a 1,000 yen bill, "1,000 yen" is displayed. In this state, when the player operates the card amount specifying switch 25 to select a desired amount to be provided for the game, the card vending machine 1
Activates the card issuing device 33 corresponding to the selected amount to issue the game card 9 storing the valuable data.

 FIG. 4 shows the card issuing device 33 described above.

The card issuing device 33 has a horizontal U-shaped card transport path 44 provided below the card tank 43 for storing the game cards 9, and the game cards 9 are transferred from the card tank 43 toward the back of the card transport path 44. Take-out device 45 for taking out sheets one by one
Appraisal device for appraising the authenticity of the game card 9 to be issued
46, a transfer device 47 for reversing and transporting the game card 9 is provided at the bent portion of the card transport path 44, and switching between the transport path of the proper card and the inappropriate card is performed from the transfer device 47 toward the card ejection port 48. Device 49, appropriate card exit 48
There is provided a deriving device 50 for deriving the information. The switching device 49 is provided with an inappropriate card transport path 51 branched from the card transport path 44, and the confiscation tank is located at a position communicating with the incorrect card transport path 51.
52 are provided. A first card sensor 53 for detecting the presence or absence of a game card 9 in the card tank 43 is provided below the card tank 43, and a second card sensor for detecting the amount of game cards stored in the confiscation tank 52 is provided in the confiscation tank 52. An issue control device 55 controls the issuance of the game card 9 based on an issuance command from the main control device 37.
Is provided. At the front of the card issuing device 33, a card outlet 48 is provided at the exit of the card transport path 44, and between the card outlet 48 and the card tank 43, there is no game card information of the card tank 43 or the confiscation tank. There is provided a monitor display 56 for displaying the information of 52 inappropriate cards full.

Upon receiving the card issuance command from the main control device 37, the card issuing device 33 takes out the game cards 9 one by one from the card tank 43 by the take-out device 45, guides the game cards 9 onto the card transport path 44, and sends the card to the appraisal device 46. Transport. Appraisal device 46
Then, the magnetic data, security data, issuance display, card type data, card size, and the like of the game card 9 to be issued are read to judge whether or not the card is appropriate. The condition of the proper card is that the amount data representing the effective amount of the game card 9 is equal to the card type data representing the issued amount of the game card 9, the security data of the magnetic data storage unit 18 and the security data of the security storage unit 15 are equal to each other. Are equal, there is no issuance hole indicating the issuance in the issuance display unit 13, the card size is a ruler size, the amount selected and designated by the player is equal to the card type data, and the like. The game card 9 that has been appraised by the appraisal device 46 and conveyed toward the back of the card issuing device 33,
The transfer direction can be changed by the transfer device 47, and the card issuing device
It is transported toward the front of 33. When the game card 9 reaches the switching device 49, the appropriate card is conveyed to the dispensing device 50 and the inappropriate card is conveyed to the confiscation tank 52 according to the result of the appraisal by the appraisal device 46. Then, the appropriate card is discharged to the card discharge port 48 by the derivation device 50. When the first card sensor 53 detects that the game card 9 has been lost in the card tank 43 or the second card sensor 54 detects that the confiscation tank 52 is full of inappropriate cards, the monitor display 56 displays the information. Display these.

As shown in FIG. 5, the control device of the card vending machine 1 includes a main control device 37 for controlling the game card 9 and a local control device 40 for performing other controls. It is connected to the.

The main control device 37 includes an issue control device 55 of the card issuing device 33, a unit number setting device 38, a card reader 34, and a balance display device.
26. The restart switch 39 is electrically connected to control these components, and is connected to the management device 6 via the in-store transmission line 7 via the transmission line connector terminal 57.

In addition, each issue control device 55, respectively, take out device 45,
It is in electrical communication with the appraisal device 46, the transfer device 47, the switching device 49, the derivation device 50, the monitor display 56, the first card sensor 53, and the second card sensor 54.

The local control device 40 includes a bill validator 35, a bill dispenser 36, a card amount designation switch 25, an on-sale display 31, a sales stop display 32, a local monitor display 41, and an inserted amount display 28. Connected and controlling these.

Various signals are exchanged between the main control device 37 and the local control device 40. From the main controller 37 to the local controller 40, a ready signal notifying that the card is ready for issuance and an issue end signal notifying that the issuance of the regular card has been completed are transmitted. The device 37 includes an issue command signal for issuing the game card 9, an amount designating signal for designating the amount of the game card to be issued, an alarm signal for notifying that an abnormality has occurred in the local control device 40, and a monitor for notifying the cause of the abnormality. A signal, a received amount signal notifying the amount received by the banknote recognition device 35, and a payout amount signal notifying the amount paid out from the banknote dispenser 36 are transmitted.

The ball rental machine 2 shown in FIG. 6 is a pachinko machine 3 and a pachinko machine 3
The card insertion / ejection opening 61 of the card reader / writer 60 is provided on the front panel 59 of the box 58,
A pilot lamp 62, a card amount indicator 63, a purchase selection switch 64, and a ball rental port 65 are provided. In addition, a supply ball detector 67 is provided above a ball supply gutter 66 branched from a ball supply gutter above the pachinko machine line, and a ball discharge device 68 is provided at a lower end of the ball supply gutter 66. Is connected to the ball lending port 65, and a main controller 70 for controlling the game card 9 and a local controller 71 for performing other controls are provided. It is connected to the management device 6 via the in-store transmission line 7. Further, a restart switch 72 for instructing abnormality recovery is provided on the front of the local control device 71.
Can be operated by inserting a pin or the like into a small hole 73 provided in the front panel 59.

The pilot lamp 62 receives the game card 9,
It indicates that pachinko balls can be lent, and turns off when there is no ball at the position of supply ball detector 67 or when connection with management device 6 is not confirmed, and stops accepting game cards 9.

The card amount indicator 63 displays the received balance of the game card 9.

The purchase selection switch 64 is a switch for designating the purchase amount, and in this embodiment, is constituted by switches of 100 yen, 200 yen, and 500 yen, and pachinko balls corresponding to the specified amount are lent. It should be noted that the purchase selection switch 64 may be omitted, and a pachinko ball equivalent to a predetermined amount, for example, 200 yen, may be lent by one card insertion.

The card reader / writer 60 is a device for reproducing and updating magnetic data stored in the game card 9, reading security data, and marking the balance of valuable data. As shown in FIG. A card travel path 75 is provided from 74 toward the inside, and a first transport roller 78 and a second transport roller 79 driven by a transport motor 77 via a transport belt 76 are provided on the card travel path 75.
The card 78 faces the card insertion / ejection opening 74, and an insertion detection sensor 80 is provided on the card insertion / ejection opening 74 side of the first conveyance roller 78. A security reading sensor 81 is provided between the first conveyance roller 78 and the second conveyance roller 79. Read / write head 82, marking device 83
Provided, near the end of the card travel path 75, a transport motor 77,
An inversion position detection sensor 84 is provided. An encoder 85 that rotates simultaneously with the transport motor 77 is mounted on the axis of the transport motor 77, and a positioning sensor 86 faces the encoder 85.

The transport motor 77 is a forward / reverse rotatable motor for driving a roller for transporting the game card 9, and is a first transport roller.
78, and is connected to a second transport roller 79 via a transport belt 76.

The insertion detection sensor 80 is a detector for detecting the insertion of the game card 9 and driving the transport motor 77 to rotate in the normal direction. When the game card 9 is ejected, when the game card 9 disappears at this sensor position. Then, the transport motor is stopped.

The security reading sensor 81 is a sensor for reading data concealed in the security storage unit 15 of the game card 9 and includes an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, and the like according to the storage method of the security storage unit 15.

The read / write head 82 is a head for reading data stored in the magnetic data storage unit 18 of the game card 9 and updating the data, and is composed of a magnetic head or the like.

The marking device 83 is a device for displaying the balance on the balance display section 12 of the game card 9, and according to the balance display method,
It consists of a punch, a stamp, etc.

The encoder 85 is a device for generating a positioning signal for determining a data read position and an update position of the magnetic data storage unit 18, a security data read position, a marking position on the balance display unit 12, and the like, It consists of a slit disk.

The positioning sensor 86 is a sensor that detects a positioning signal of the encoder 85 and determines each reading position and the like.When the encoder 85 is a slit disk, it optically detects a slit opening / closing state and detects this. Is converted into a pulse train and sent to the main controller 70.

The reverse position detection sensor 84 is a sensor for determining the stop position of the game card 9 and the reverse position of the transport motor 77, and is a sensor for detecting the tip of the game card 9 and the like to determine the reverse position.

As shown in FIG. 8, the ball discharge device 68 includes a ball stopper portion 88 that protrudes and retracts in the ball supply gutter 66 by driving the ball discharge solenoid 87 to regulate the flow of the ball, and one ball that passes therethrough. A ball discharge sensor 89 for detecting the address is provided.

To borrow a pachinko ball with the ball lending machine 2 described above, the game card 9 is inserted into the card slot 61 of the ball lending machine 2 with the pilot lamp 62 turned on. Then, when the purchase selection switch 64 corresponding to the desired borrowed amount is operated within the range of the valuable data stored in the game card 9, the ball discharge solenoid 87 is excited in the ball discharge device 68, and the ball stopper 88 is moved. The ball retreats from inside the ball supply gutter 66, and the ball flows down to the ball rental port 65. When the ball discharge sensor 89 counts the number of balls corresponding to the amount selected by the purchase selection switch 64, the ball discharge solenoid 87 is demagnetized, the ball stopper 88 enters the ball supply gutter 66, and the ball flows down. To block.

Therefore, the ball of the quantity corresponding to the amount selected by the purchase selection switch 64 flows down to the ball rental port 65. Then, the player takes out the ball that has flowed down to the ball rental port 65 and provides it to the game.

The control device of the ball rental machine 2 described above, as shown in FIG.
Main controller 70 for controlling game card 9
And a local control device 71 for performing other control.

The main control device 70 includes an arithmetic control circuit 90, a ROM 91, a RAM 9
2, a main CPU 94 having a transmission control circuit 93, a card reader / writer 60, a unit number setting switch 95, and a restart switch 72 are connected to control these, and the transmission control circuit 93 A transmission line connector terminal 98 is connected via a level conversion circuit 96 for converting a signal level for improving the drive capability of the molding and transmission data signal, and a branch circuit 97 for separating and coupling the transmission signal and the reception signal. The information is communicated with the management device 6 via the in-store transmission line 7.

The local control device 71 includes an arithmetic control circuit 99, ROM 100, RA
A local CPU 102 having M101 is connected to a pilot lamp 62, a card amount indicator 63, and a ball discharge solenoid 87 via a driver 103, and a ball discharge sensor 89, a supply ball detector 67, and a purchase via a receiver 104. The selection switch 64 is connected.

Power is supplied to both control devices via a power supply circuit 105.

Various signals are exchanged between the two control devices. The main control device 70 sends a ball lending rate setting signal, a card amount signal indicating the balance of the inserted game card 9 to the local control device 102, and a control device 6. A ready signal is sent to notify that the preparation is completed, and the local controller 71 sends to the main controller 70 a purchase amount signal, an alarm signal indicating an abnormality of the ball discharging device 68, etc., and a notification that the ball has been discharged. A notification completion signal is transmitted. In addition, each time the game card 9 is inserted without providing the purchase selection switch 64, for example,
A ball corresponding to 200 yen may be ejected, and in this case, the purchase amount signal is not transmitted.

The pachinko machine 3 has a frame-shaped front frame as shown in FIG.
The surface of a game board 110 having a ball supply tray 107, a hit ball launching operation unit 108, etc. on the surface of 106, and provided so as to cover the window 109 of the front frame 106 from behind is surrounded by guide rails 111. The game unit 112 includes a number of obstacles (not shown), and a variable display device 113, a variable winning device 114, a starting port 115, and the like.

Further, as shown in FIG. 11, on the back side of the game board 110, there are a prize ball discharge device 116 for issuing a prize ball, a main control device 117, a local control device 118, and the like. This prize ball discharging device 116
Is a device for receiving a supply of a ball from the ball supply gutter 119 and discharging a prize ball when a hit ball is won, and has a ball shortage detector 120 for detecting shortage of the prize ball. Further, the main control device 117 controls the game card 9, and the local control device 118 performs other controls. Then, among the balls fired in the game section 112, the safe ball flows down the safe ball flow path 121, and is detected by the safe ball sensor 122 provided below the safe ball flow path 121, and the out ball is the out ball. It flows down the downflow path 123 and is detected by an outball sensor 124 provided below the outball downflow path 123. Thereafter, the spheres flowing down the two downstream paths are collected in the recovery ball downstream path 125 and detected by the recovery ball sensor 126 provided below the recovery ball downstream path 125.

 FIG. 12 shows the launching unit 127 provided below the game board 110.

The launching unit 127 includes a launching rail 128 that is inclined upward toward the game board 110, and a launching sensor 129 such as a reflective sensor located in the middle of the launching rail 128. Further, a foul ball collection unit 130 is provided on the upper end side of the firing rail 128 to collect foul balls.

Therefore, when the player operates the firing operation unit 108,
The ball supplied on the firing rail 128 is a firing rod 131 (FIG. 8).
Is repelled into the game unit 112 by the At this time, the ball that has been hit may not reach the game section 112 and may become a foul ball. Then, the ball that has been bounced up from the foul ball collection unit 130 provided on the upper end side of the firing rail 128 is the foul ball collection unit 1
Recovered by 30. However, the foul ball that has returned without reaching the foul ball collection unit 130 returns to the firing rod 131. Here, the ball hit by the firing rod 131 is detected by the firing sensor 129. In the above case, both the hit ball and the foul ball are detected by the firing sensor 129. Therefore, the detection of the ball by the firing sensor 129 utilizes the fact that the speed at which the ball returns as a foul ball is slower than the speed at which the ball is fired toward the game unit 112, and the ball detection pulse from the firing sensor 129 is used. If it is shorter than a predetermined time, for example, 3 msec, it will be a launch sphere and 3
If it is longer than msec, it is recognized as a Faol sphere.

The ball that has entered the foul ball collection unit 130 is detected by a foul ball sensor 132 provided below the foul ball collection unit 130.

As shown in FIG. 13, a window opening 109 of the front frame 106 is provided with a metal frame opening detector 133 composed of a reflection type sensor or the like.
Therefore, when the metal frame 134 is opened, the metal frame opening detector 1
33 detects this and notifies the local controller 118 that the metal frame 134 has been opened.

In addition, although the firing sensor 129 and the metal frame opening detector 133 in this embodiment use a reflection type sensor, these can detect the passing speed of the sphere, or if they can detect the opening of the metal frame 134, Any type of light transmission type sensor or proximity type sensor may be used.

As shown in FIG. 14, the control device of the pachinko machine 3 includes a main control device 117 for controlling the game card 9;
It comprises a local control device 118 for performing other controls.

The main control device 117 includes an arithmetic control circuit 135, a ROM 136, an RA
M137, consisting of a main CPU 139 having a transmission control circuit 138, a receiver number setting device 141, a ball shortage detector 120, a metal frame open detector 133, a firing sensor 129, a foul ball sensor 132, and a safe ball sensor 122 via a receiver 140. , A recovery ball sensor 126 is connected, and an alarm display 143, a completion display 144, a replenishing device 145, and a motor opening / closing circuit 146 are connected via a driver 142, and also via a level conversion circuit 147 and a branch circuit 148. In communication with the management device 6 through the in-store transmission path 7. The above-mentioned motor opening / closing circuit 146 is the firing motor 1
This circuit controls the driving of the firing motor 149 in response to a signal from the touch circuit 150 of the firing operation unit 108.

The local control device 118 includes an arithmetic control circuit 151, a ROM 152,
A local CPU 154 having a RAM 153, and a receiver 155
156, a start switch 156, a continuation switch 157, and a 10-count switch 158, and a variable display device 113, a storage display 160, and a variable prize device 11 via a driver 159.
4. A jackpot display 161 is connected, and a speaker 164 is connected via a sound generator 162 and an amplification circuit 163.

Power is supplied to both control devices via a power supply circuit 165.

The premium ball acquired as a result of the game in the pachinko machine 3 is input to the premium ball adjusting machine 4 to issue a premium card 10 in which the number of the adjusting balls is recorded.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, a predetermined number or more of balls are recorded on the premium card 10 as a target for settlement. In this case, there may be extra balls that are not to be settled. Therefore, the surplus ball is returned as it is at the option of the player, or is donated to a third party.

As shown in FIG. 15, this prize ball settlement machine 4 has a box-shaped body.
A ball receiving section 167 is provided on the upper surface of the display 166, and a display section 16
8 is set up, and a display 169 and an abort display 170 are arranged side by side on the display unit 168.
The operation unit 171 is provided with a balance ball number display 172, a remaining ball number display 173, and a remaining ball set number display 174, as well as a prize card issuing switch 175, a remaining ball return switch 1
76, extra ball donation switch 177 is provided. In addition, a surplus ball return port 178 and a prize card issuing port 17
9 are provided. The ball receiving section 167 is a ball entrance established on the bottom
180 and a side wall 183 inclined downward from the opening 181 on the upper surface of the box body toward the bottom surface 182. Further, the bottom surface 182 is located at the lower end of the side wall 183 and is inclined downward toward the ball entrance 180, and a plurality of introduction grooves 184 for guiding the ball are provided on the surface, and the ball entrance 180 is provided.
Is provided with a shutter device 186 driven by a solenoid 185 or the like for preventing reception of a ball. Inside the box-shaped body 166, a surplus ball return device 1 is provided at a position communicating with the surplus ball return port 178.
A prize card issuing device 188 is provided at a position communicating with the prize card issuing port 179. Further, as shown in FIG. 16, the ball receiving section 167 connects the ball inlet 180 to the upper part of the collecting gutter 189, provides a ball counter 190 above the collecting gutter 189, and
The surplus ball storage unit 191 branches off in the middle of 9, and the surplus ball storage unit 191 is provided with a surplus ball return device 187, and a surplus ball return gutter 192.
Through to the ball return port 178. Further, a local control device 193 is provided inside the box-shaped body 166 for controlling the devices other than those relating to the premium card 10 and controlling communication with the management device 6.

As shown in FIG. 17, the surplus ball returning device 187 passes through a surplus ball stopper 195 that protrudes and retracts into the surplus ball return gutter 192 by driving the surplus ball discharge solenoid 194 to regulate the flow of the ball. A surplus ball discharge sensor 196 for detecting one ball is provided.

As shown in FIG. 18, the above-described premium card issuing device 188 has a horizontal U-shaped premium card transport path 198 at the lower part of the premium card tank 197 for storing the premium card 10, and the inner side of the premium card transport path 198. Toward the gift card tank 197
Take-out device 19 for taking out prize cards 10 one by one from
9, a card reader / writer 200 that reads and writes the premium card 10 to be issued is provided, and a transfer device 201 that reverses and transports the premium card 10 is provided at a bent portion of the premium card transport path 198,
A printer 203 for printing on the prize card 10 from the transfer device 201 toward the prize card issuing port 202, a switching device 204 for switching a conveyance path between a proper prize card and an improper prize card, and a proper prize card to the prize card issuing port 202. A deriving device 205 for deriving is provided. The switching device 204 has a prize card transport path.
An inappropriate gift card transport path 206 branching from 198 is provided, and the confiscation tank 2 is located at a position communicating with the incorrect gift card transport path 206.
07 is provided. Further, a first premium card sensor 208 for detecting the presence or absence of the premium card 10 in the premium card tank 197 is provided below the premium card tank 197. A two-prize card sensor 209 is provided below the transfer device 201 with a main controller 210 for controlling issuance of the premium card 10. On the front of the premium card issuing device 188, a premium card issuing port 202 is opened at the exit of the premium card transport path 198,
Between the gift card issuing port 202 and the gift card tank 197,
Monitor display 21 for displaying free gift card absence information of free gift card tank 197 and free gift card full information of free gift tank 207.
1. A restart switch 212 for instructing abnormality recovery is provided.

The prize card issuing device 188 described above is the main control device 2
When a prize card issuance command is received from the prize card 10, the prize cards 10 are taken out one by one from the prize card tank 197 by the take-out device 199, guided to the prize card transport path 198, and transported to the card reader / writer 200. In the card reader / writer 200,
Read the security data of the premium card 10 to be issued,
Performs recording and reproduction of magnetic data. The premium card 10 magnetically stored by the card reader / writer 200 is transferred to the transfer device 2
The transfer direction can be changed by 01, and the premium card issuing device 188
Transported toward the front of The printing device 203 prints the number of settlement balls, the settlement date, and the issuing store code on the surface of the premium card. When the prize card 10 reaches the switching device 204, the proper prize card is conveyed to the derivation device 205, and the inappropriate prize card is conveyed to the confiscation tank 207. Then, the appropriate premium card is discharged to the premium card issuing port 202 by the derivation device 205. When the first prize card sensor 208 detects that the prize card 10 has been lost in the prize card tank 197, or the second prize card sensor 209 detects that the confiscation tank 207 is filled with an incorrect prize card, the monitor is activated. These are displayed on the display unit 211.

As shown in FIG. 19, the control device of the prize ball settlement machine 4 includes a main control device 210 for controlling the prize card 10 and a local control device 1 for performing other control.
Consists of 93.

The main control device 210 includes an arithmetic control circuit 213, a ROM 214, an RA
M215, consisting of a main CPU 217 having a transmission control circuit 216, and an extraction device via a driver 218 and a receiver 219.
199, card reader / writer 200, transfer device 201, printing device 2
03, a switching device 204, a deriving device 205, a monitor display 211, a first card sensor 208, a second card sensor 209, a unit number setting device 220, a restart switch 212, a level conversion circuit 221, a branch circuit The in-store transmission line 7 communicates with the management device 6 via 222.

The local control device 193 includes an arithmetic control circuit 223, a ROM 224,
Consists of a local CPU 226 with RAM 225 and a receiver 227
The ball counter 190, surplus ball return switch 176, surplus ball donation switch 177, prize card issuing switch 175, surplus ball discharge sensor 196 are connected, and the adjustment ball number display 172, surplus via driver 228 Ball number display 173, surplus ball set number display 174, checkout display 169, checkout stop display 17
0, a shutter device 186, and a surplus ball discharge solenoid 185 are connected.

As shown in FIG. 20, the prize card 10 issued by the prize card issuing device 188 is a thin plate made of paper, synthetic resin, or the like, and has a remaining ball number display section 229 and a print area section 2 on the surface.
30, a magnetic data storage unit 231 and a security storage unit 232 are provided.

The remaining ball count display unit 229 displays the approximate remaining ball count of the prize card 10 by punching holes, markings, or the like, so as to notify the user of the prize card 10 of the remaining ball count of the prize card 10.

In the print area 230, the number of settlement balls, the settlement date, and the issuing store code stored in the premium card 10 are printed.

The magnetic data storage unit 231 stores the number of settlement balls,
The same security data as the issuing store code and the security data storage unit 232 is stored.

The security storage unit 232 is provided to prevent forgery of the premium card 10, and stores the same data as the security data stored in the magnetic data storage unit 231 using optical means, magnetic means, and the like, The data is stored in a concealed state so as not to be read from the external appearance.

In addition, an arrow is displayed on the surface of the gift card 10 to indicate the insertion direction so that the insertion direction of the gift card 10 can be easily understood, and one corner of the tip of the gift card 10 can be used to prevent mistakes in the insertion direction. May be cut diagonally in advance, or in the margin of the prize card 10, an advertisement may be provided by providing an advertisement display section, or a handling explanation section may be provided to display a method of handling the prize card. Good.

The player holding the above-mentioned prize card 10 can be purchased at a store or the like where the prize card rewriting / updating machine 5 is installed.
Can be exchanged for prizes within the range of the amount of money corresponding to the number of settlement balls stored in.

This premium card rewriting / updating machine 5 is, as shown in FIG.
An operation unit 234 provided on the upper surface of the box 233, a display unit 235 provided on the rear of the box 233, a prize card insertion slot 236 provided on the front of the box 233, and a bar code attached product. And a barcode reading device 237 for reading a barcode.

The operation unit 234 is provided with a commodity price input switch 238 formed of a numeric keypad on the right side of the front surface, and a price determination switch 240 for instructing a control device 239, which will be described later, to terminate the input of the price. A restart switch 241 for notifying the control device 239 of the recovery of the abnormality by a clerk when an abnormality occurs in the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5, and for updating the number of premium balls stored in the premium card 10. The update switches 242 are arranged side by side on the left and right, and a receipt issuing port 243 is opened on the left side of the commodity price input switch 238.

The display unit 235 is provided with a commodity price display 244 for displaying the price of the inputted commodity on the right side of the front surface, and displays above the commodity price display 244 that the prize card 10 can be received. Acceptable display 245 and inserted premium card 1
An alarm indicator 246 that lights up when 0 is an inappropriate gift card or when the price of the product exceeds the balance of the gift card 10 is arranged side by side, and the number of stored balls is displayed on the left side of the front. Are displayed side by side, and a monetary value conversion display 248 that converts the series into monetary value and displays the monetary value is displayed.

A premium card reader / writer 249 is provided inside the box 233 at a position communicating with the premium card insertion slot 236, and a receipt printer 250 is provided at a position communicating with the receipt issuing slot 243. A control device 239 for performing arithmetic storage is provided.

The barcode reading device 237 is provided with a reading switch 251 for transmitting the read barcode to the control device 239.

As shown in FIG. 22, the premium card reader / writer 249 is a device for reproducing and updating magnetic data stored in the premium card 10, reading security data, and marking the number of remaining balls, as shown in FIG. A premium card travel path 253 is provided from the opening 252 toward the inside, and a first transport roller 255 and a second transport roller 256 driven by a transport motor 254 are provided on the premium card travel path 253, and the first transport roller 25 is provided.
5 to the card insertion slot 252, an insertion detection sensor 257 is provided on the card insertion slot 252 side of the first conveyance roller 255, and a security reading sensor 258, a read / write sensor is provided between the first conveyance roller 255 and the second conveyance roller 256. A head 259, a marking device 260 are provided, a transport motor 254 is provided near the end of the premium card travel path 253, a premium card forfeiture tank 261 is provided behind the premium card travel path 253, and the transport motor 254 and the premium card forfeiture tank 261 are provided. A reverse position detection sensor 262 is provided on the prize card traveling path 253 between, and an encoder 263 that rotates simultaneously with the transport motor 254 is mounted on the axis of the transport motor 254,
A positioning sensor 264 faces the encoder 263, and the transport motor 254, the insertion detection sensor 257, the security reading sensor 258, the read / write head 259, and the marking device 260 are electrically connected to the control device 239.

The transport motor 254 is a forward / reverse rotatable motor for driving a roller for transporting the premium card 10, and is connected to the first transport roller 255 and the second transport roller 256 via a transport belt 265.

The insertion detection sensor 257 is a detector for detecting the insertion of the prize card 10 and driving the conveyance motor 254 to rotate in the normal direction. The motor 254 is stopped.

The security reading sensor 258 is a sensor for reading data concealed in the security storage unit 232 of the premium card 10, and includes an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, and the like according to the storage method of the security storage unit 232.

The read / write head 259 is a head for reading data stored in the magnetic data storage unit of the premium card 10 and updating the data, and includes a magnetic head or the like.

The marking device 260 is used to display the remaining ball number display portion 2 of the premium card 10.
A device for displaying the balance on the display 29, comprising a punched punch, a printed stamp, and the like according to the remaining ball number display method.

The encoder 263 is the magnetic data storage unit 2 of the premium card 10
This is a device for generating a positioning signal for determining a data reading position and an update position, a security data reading position, a marking position on the remaining ball number display section 229, and the like, and includes a slit disk or the like.

The positioning sensor 264 is a sensor that detects a positioning signal of the encoder 263 and determines each reading position and the like. When the encoder 263 is formed of a slit disk, it optically detects a slit opening / closing state and detects this. Is converted into a pulse train and transmitted to the control device 239.

The reverse position detection sensor 262 is a sensor for determining the stop position of the premium card 10 and the reverse position of the transport motor 254, and is a sensor for detecting the leading end of the premium card 10 and determining the reverse position.

The prize card confiscation tank 261 is a tank for storing the prize card 10 having no remaining balls.

The control device 239 of the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5 described above includes:
As shown in FIG. 23, the arithmetic control circuit 266, the ROM 267, the RAM 26
8.Calendar circuit 27 to CPU 270 with transmission control circuit 269
1, card reader / writer 249, barcode reader 237,
Receipt printer 250 is connected and receiver 2
Commodity amount input switch 238 via 72, update switch 24
2, the amount determination switch 240, the unit number setting device 273, the restart switch 241 are connected, via the driver 274, the ball number display 247, the amount conversion display 248, the commodity amount display 244,
The acceptability display 245 and the alarm display 246 are connected, and are connected to the management device 6 via the in-store transmission line 7 via the level conversion circuit 275 and the branch circuit 276. Further, power is supplied to the control device 239 via a power supply circuit 277.

As shown in FIG. 24, the management device 6 includes a central processing unit 27.
8, the main storage device 279, the auxiliary storage device 280, and the calendar 2
81, a keyboard 282, a display device 283 composed of a cathode ray tube or the like, a printer 284, and a first transmission control device 28.
5 and a second transmission control device 286, which are electrically connected. In addition, the management device 6 is provided with an auxiliary power device.
287, power is supplied via the power supply 288.

The central processing unit 278 is a device for centrally managing each control device in the management device 6, and performs data transfer between the devices, data arithmetic processing, and the like.

The main storage device 279 has a file for storing sales data in the card vending machine 1, payment data in the prize ball payment machine 2, and the like, and stores a processing program of the central processing unit 278 when the power is turned on.

The auxiliary storage device 280 is composed of, for example, a hard disk or the like, and stores a processing program of the central processing unit 278 and unique data such as a store number used by the hall management center 8 to identify each amusement store. And the like.

The calendar 281 is for setting the date, time, and the like. The date information is used when each data is stored in the auxiliary storage device 280 or when data is transmitted to the hall management center 8. The time data is used when data from each device is stored in the main storage device 279.

The keyboard 282 is a command panel for the central processing unit 278, and as shown in FIG.
9.Opening switch 290, closing switch 291 and transmission switch 2
92, a file switch 293, a display switch 294, a print switch 295, a stop release switch 296, a business mode setting switch 297, a numeric keypad 298, and the like are provided.

Key switch 289, opening switch 290, closing switch
A switch for preventing erroneous operation such as 291. Each switch does not operate unless this switch is turned on. The store opening switch 290 is a switch for transmitting a store opening instruction signal to each device. Closing switch 291
Is a switch for transmitting a store closing command signal to each device. The transmission switch 292 is a switch for transmitting the data of the operation result file to the hall management center 8. The file switch 293 is a switch for storing data of the operation result file and the setting value file in the auxiliary storage device 280. A display switch 294 is a switch for displaying sales data on the display device 283. By operating this switch, a display item is displayed. One of the display items is designated by using the ten keys 298, and the target data is displayed. It is displayed on the device 283.
The print switch 295 is a switch for causing the printer to print sales data.By operating this switch, a display item is displayed. One of the display items is designated by using the numeric keypad 298, and the target data is transmitted by the printer 284. Print. The percussion release switch 296 is a switch for instructing the percussion table to be released, and when this switch is operated, the operation data of all percussion tables is displayed on the display device 283 and the like. A hit release command is transmitted to the hit table. Business mode setting switch 297
Is a switch that designates special business or normal business,
When this switch is operated, the business mode is displayed. When any of the display items is designated by the ten keys 298, the specified business mode is stored in the operation result file, and the store opening switch can be operated. A numeric keypad 298 is a switch for inputting a device number or the like of a specific device when it is desired to know sales or the like of the device.

The printer 284 is a device for printing the above-mentioned sales data and the like.

The first transmission control device 285 is a device for establishing a transmission / reception right and standardizing transmission / reception data on the in-store transmission line 6 in the amusement store, and performing data transmission / reception management required by the central processing unit 278.

The second transmission control device 286 is a device for establishing a transmission / reception right on the out-of-store transmission line 11 with the game store and standardizing the transmission / reception data.

The power supply 288 is a device for supplying power to each device, and the auxiliary power supply 287 is a backup power supply at the time of a power failure, and ensures that sales data and the like stored in the main storage device 279 are lost due to the power failure. It is a device provided to prevent this.

26 to 33 schematically show files managed by the management device 6 described above.

As shown in FIG. 26, the vending machine file includes, as shown in FIG. 26, a machine number, a card type data, a received amount data, a paid out amount data, a confiscated card number data, which are transmitted each time a gaming card 9 is issued in the card vending machine 1. A machine number and monitor information transmitted when an abnormality occurs in the card vending machine 1 and when the abnormality is recovered are accumulated as data for each card vending machine. The data for each card vending machine includes a unit number, sales, the number of issued cards, the number of issued cards for each amount card, the number of confiscated cards, the total received money, the total paid-out money, and monitor information. The monitor information is 16
Each bit indicates abnormal information corresponding to the bit.

As shown in FIG. 27, the ball lending machine file includes a ball lending machine number, card type data, purchase price data transmitted every time a ball is purchased in the ball lending machine 2, and an abnormality in the ball lending machine 2. The ball lending machine number and the monitor information transmitted when the error occurs and when the abnormality is recovered are accumulated as data for each ball lending machine. The data for each ball rental machine includes a machine number, sales, purchase time, card type, purchase amount, and monitor information. Also, it is composed of 8 bits, and each bit indicates the corresponding abnormality information. In this embodiment, three bits are not used.

Pachinko machine files are as shown in Fig. 28 and Fig. 29.
Regular data, regular game data, special game data, metal frame opening data, metal frame opening data, hitting occurrence data, and monitor information transmitted from the pachinko machine 3 are accumulated as data for each pachinko machine.

Scheduled data is sent every 5 minutes from when the game store opens until it closes, and the number, the schedule code, the number of balls, the number of balls collected, and the difference between the number of balls collected and the number of balls , The number of shots, the number of shot balls, the operating time, and the operating information. This operation information has a completion flag indicating a stop and a special flag indicating a big hit. The abnormal game state during the normal game is determined based on the division number of the regular data and the monitor information, and the cause of the abnormality is displayed on the display device 283.

In the normal game data, when a special game is started after the normal game is completed, or when a store closing instruction signal is received, data in the normal game performed up to that time is transmitted. , Number of balls, number of collected balls,
It consists of the number of differences, the number of divisions, the number of launch balls, and the operating time.

The special game data is to send the data during the special game when the special game is over, and from the machine number, special game code, number of balls, number of balls collected, number of differences, number of divisions, number of balls fired, operating time Become.

The metal frame release data is transmitted when the metal frame or panel is released, and includes a machine number and a metal frame release code. When receiving this frame release data, the display device
The factor is displayed in 283.

Opening frame data is data that is being opened when the frame or panel is opened and then closed again. It consists of a number, a difference number and an opening time.

The hit occurrence data is transmitted when a hit occurs, and includes a stand number and a hit code. Upon receiving the stop occurrence date, the cause is displayed on the display device 283.

The monitor information of the pachinko machine file includes a communication abnormality flag, a hit flag, a normal game flag, a special game flag, and a metal frame release flag.

The above data is stored in the pachinko machine file, and these data are stored in six blocks A to F.

The A block includes a base number, so-called one or two model codes, the number of hits, the number of prize balls, the upper limit of the normal game split as a split judgment value for monitoring abnormal games, and the special game split. Consists of an upper limit. The data of this block is the set value received from the hall management center 8, and transmits the number of hits and the number of prize balls to each pachinko machine 3 at the time of opening the store.

The B block includes monitor information, the number of hits, and the number of special games.

The C block includes the number of balls, the number of collected balls, the number of differences, the number of divisions, the number of fired balls, and the operation time in all games. The data of this block is added and stored when the scheduled data is received.

The D block includes the number of payout balls, the number of collected balls, the difference number, and the opening time when the metal frame is opened. The data of this block is added and stored when data during the opening of the gold frame is received.

The E block is data in a normal game, and is composed of a normal game code, the number of payout balls, the number of collected balls, the difference number, the division number, the number of fired balls, and the operating time. Since the data of this block is usually stored each time game data is received, there are a plurality of E blocks.

The F block is data in a special game, and is composed of a special game code, the number of payout balls, the number of collected balls, the difference number, the division number, the number of shot balls, and the operating time. Since the data of this block is stored every time the special game data is received, there are a plurality of F blocks.

As shown in FIG. 30, the payout machine file contains the machine number, the number of payout balls, the number of extra balls, the presence or absence of donations, and the abnormalities in the prize ball payout machine 4, which are transmitted each time the payout is performed in the prize ball payout machine 4. The monitor information transmitted when an error occurs and when the abnormality is recovered is accumulated as data for each prize ball settlement machine. The data for each prize ball settlement machine is the unit number, the total number of settlement balls, the total number of remaining balls, the total number of remaining donations, the number of settlements, the settlement time in each settlement, the number of settlement balls,
It consists of the number of surplus balls, the presence or absence of donations, and monitor information. Also,
The monitor information is composed of 8 bits, and each bit indicates the corresponding abnormal information. In this embodiment, three bits are not used.

As shown in FIG. 31, the renewal machine file includes a serial number, a sales amount, a card issuing store code, the number of confiscated cards, and a renewal of the premium card renewal, which are transmitted each time the premium card 10 is updated in the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5. Monitor information transmitted when an abnormality occurs in the update machine 5 and when the abnormality is recovered is accumulated as data for each premium card rewrite / update machine. The data for each prize card rewriting / updating machine includes a unit number, sales, the number of card handling times, the number of confiscated cards, a sales time at each update, a sales amount, a card issuing store code, and monitor information. The monitor information consists of 8 bits, and each bit indicates the corresponding abnormality information. In this embodiment, 4 bits are not used.

As shown in FIG. 32, the setting value file is for storing the setting value to be transmitted to each device, and is received from the hall management center 8 every day, or stored in the auxiliary storage device 280 or the like. Is created by reading. This file is transferred to the operation result file, and the store code transmitted to the premium ball settlement machine 4, the encryption code transmitted to all devices, the ball rental rate transmitted to the ball rental machine 2, the premium card rewriting Prize sphere conversion rate transmitted to the updating machine 5,
Set value of the number of surplus balls to be transmitted to the prize ball settlement machine 4, the upper limit of the normal game split number transferred to the pachinko machine file, the upper limit of the special game split number, and the pachinko machine for each pachinko machine transferred to the pachinko machine file. It consists of machine number, model code, number of hits, and number of prize balls. Among the set values described above, the upper limit of the number of normal game splits and the upper limit of the number of special game splits include a set value A in normal business and a set value B in special business (when a new store is opened). The number of hits and the number of prize balls are transmitted to each pachinko machine 3 together with a store opening instruction signal.

As shown in FIG. 33, the operation result file supervises the contents of each file described above, and stores the date and time information read from the calendar 281 when starting up the management device 6 and the store received from the hall management center 8. The code, the opening time read from the calendar 281 when the opening switch 290 is turned on, the closing time read from the calendar 281 when the closing switch 291 is turned on, and the business to be set from the keyboard 282 when starting up the management device 6 It consists of a mode and data corresponding to each file. The data corresponding to the vending machine file includes total vending machine sales, total number of issued cards,
It consists of the total number of issued cards for each card type, and the data corresponding to the ball rental machine file is the total sales of ball rental machines, the total number of purchases,
The data corresponding to the pachinko machine file consists of the total number of balls, the total number of collected balls, the total number of differences, the total number of balls, the total number of fired balls, the total operating time, and the time when the gold frame is opened. The total number of balls, the total number of balls collected, the total number of differences, the total time, and the data corresponding to the payment machine file consist of the total number of payment balls, the total number of remaining balls, the total number of remaining funds, and the number of payments. The data corresponding to the file is composed of the total sales of update machines and the total number of card handlings.

Each game store transmits the above-mentioned operation result file to the hall management center 8 and requests a settlement. If more detailed data is required, the content of another file may be added and transmitted.

FIGS. 34 to 53 show flowcharts of processing in the management device and each device.

FIG. 34 and FIG. 35 are flowcharts of processing in the management device 6 and processing for each device in the management device 6.

When the power is turned on, the management device 6 clears each file stored in the main storage device 279 and waits for a set value to be transmitted from the hall management center 8.

Upon receiving the set value from the hall management center 8, the received set value is stored in the set value file, the store code is stored in the operation result file, the date information is read from the calendar 281 and stored in the operation result file. The pachinko machine number, the model code, the number of hits, and the number of prize balls in the setting value file are stored in the pachinko machine file in the order of the machine number, and the operation mode setting switch 297 is pressed.

When the sales mode setting switch 297 is pressed,
The specified business mode is read from 98 and the specified business mode is set as the business mode in the operation result file.

Here, when the normal sales mode is designated, the normal sales game number upper limit value A and the special game number upper limit value A of the setting value file are stored in the pachinko machine file. On the other hand, when the special sales mode is designated, the normal game split number upper limit value B and the special game split number upper limit value B of the set value file are stored in the pachinko machine file, and the operation waits until the store opening switch 290 is pressed.

When the store opening switch 290 is pressed, the time is read from the calendar 281 and this time is stored in the store opening time of the operation result file, and the vending machine store processing, the ball rental machine store processing, the pachinko machine store processing, and the settlement machine A store opening process and an update machine store opening process are performed.

Then, the communication abnormality of the monitor information of each file is confirmed, the store is opened again for an abnormal table, and after waiting for a response for a certain time, a response signal is received. Reset the communication error. If the response signal is not received within a predetermined time, the corresponding unit that cannot receive the response signal does not start the process. On the other hand, if there is no abnormal table, the above processing is skipped.

After that, vending machine monitoring processing, vending machine sales data reception processing, ball rental machine monitoring processing, ball rental machine sales data reception processing, pachinko machine opening data reception processing, pachinko machine opening data Reception processing, Pachinko machine hit occurrence data receiving process, Pachinko machine hit release process, Pachinko machine normal game data receiving process, Pachinko machine special game data receiving process, Pachinko machine regular data receiving process, Payment machine Monitor processing, payment data receiving processing of the payment machine, monitoring processing of the premium card rewriting / updating machine, and data reception processing of the premium card rewriting / updating machine are performed.

Then, when each switch on the keyboard 282 is pressed, the following processing is performed.

When the display switch 294 and the print switch 295 are pressed, the data in the file designated by the numeric keypad 298 is output to the display device 283 and the printer 284.

When the store close switch 291 is pressed, the time is read from the calendar 281 and this time is stored in the operation result file as the store close time, a store close command signal is transmitted to each device, and the normal game data reception processing of the pachinko machine is performed.

When the transmission switch 292 is pressed, the data of the operation result file is processed by encryption and transmitted to the hall management center 8 as sales data.

When the file switch 293 is pressed, all the files in the main storage device 279 are stored in the auxiliary storage device 287, and the processing in the management device 6 ends.

Hall management center 8 receiving the sales data described above
Then, check whether the total number of open balls collected is within the specified range, and if it is within the range, check whether the total number of collected balls and the total number of launched balls are approximately equivalent, and if they are approximately equivalent, collect The total number of balls is determined as the number of collected balls, and the total number of balls is determined as the number of balls. On the other hand, if the total number of collected balls is out of the specified range due to fraud, or if the total number of collected balls and the total number of launched balls are not substantially equivalent, the total number of launched balls is The total is determined, the total number of open frames is subtracted from the total number of balls, and the calculated value is determined as the number of balls.

Then, the total ball rental machine sales is converted into the number of balls by the ball rental rate, the number of balls to be loaned is determined, the number of premium balls is calculated from the determined collection class, number of balls released, and number of balls for rental, and it is calculated as the total number of balls The total number of remaining balls is added to calculate the total number of clearing balls, and it is checked whether the calculated number of premium balls and the total number of clearing balls are substantially equivalent. If the numbers of the two balls are substantially equivalent, the total number of remaining balls is added to the total number of settlement balls, and the calculated value is determined as the number of premium balls. On the other hand, if the numbers of the two balls are not substantially equal due to fraud or the like, the calculated number of logical prize balls is determined as the number of prize balls.

Then, convert the number of prize balls into an amount according to the prize ball exchange rate, determine the prize ball price, calculate the commission from the total sales of vending machines, total sales of ball rental machines, premium prize ball price, total sales of renewal machines, pachinko parlors Confirm the payment amount to. In addition, the total number of surplus donation balls is converted into an amount according to the prize ball conversion rate, the donation amount is determined, each determined amount and the sales data value are stored in the corresponding pachinko store file, and the pachinko store is set up via a financial institution. And make a donation to a third party.

36 to 38 are flowcharts of the processing in the card vending machine 1 and the processing in the management device 6 relating to the card vending machine 1.

When the power is turned on in the main controller 37 of the card vending machine 1, the RAM area is cleared, the I / O port is initialized, the unit number is read from the unit number setting unit 38, and the store opening instruction signal is sent from the management unit 6. Wait for a message to be sent.

When a store opening instruction signal is received from the management device 6, the received encryption code is stored, and a response signal is transmitted to the management device 6.

Then, as an abnormality confirmation process, the monitoring factor of the card issuing device 55 is confirmed, the monitoring factor of the card reader 34 is confirmed, and if there is no abnormality, the ready signal to the local control device is turned on. On the other hand, if there is an abnormality in the card issuing device 55 or the card reader 34, the monitor display 56
The monitor factor is set in the monitor information, the monitor information is transmitted to the management device 6, the ready signal to the local control device 40 is turned off, and the system waits until the restart switch 39 is pressed. When a local abnormality occurs, the same processing is performed except for the display on the monitor display 56.

When the abnormality is recovered by a game clerk or the like and the restart switch 39 is pressed, the monitor information is reset, the monitor information is transmitted again to the management device 6, the display of the monitor display 56 is turned off, and the local control device 40 is Is turned on, and the abnormality confirmation processing is performed again.

Upon receiving the issuance command from the local control device 40, the amount reading signal, the received amount signal, and the payout amount signal are read, the game card 9 is removed from the corresponding card issuing device 33, and there is no abnormality in the removal of the game card 9. Check if it is. When an abnormality occurs, an abnormality confirmation process is performed.

Then, the magnetic data, security data, balance display, and issue display are read by the appraisal device 46, and the magnetic data storage unit
The security data in the security storage unit 15 is compared with the security data 18 to confirm that they match, the correspondence between the card type data and the amount in the amount display unit 14 is confirmed, and the balance display unit 12 and the issue display unit 13 are unprocessed. Make sure that If there is no abnormality in the appraisal, the issue display is marked on the game card 9 and the game card 9 is conveyed to the card outlet 23. On the other hand, when the result of the appraisal is abnormal, the game card 9 is transported to the confiscation tank 52. If an abnormality occurs during the transport process, the process returns to the abnormality confirmation processing. When the issuance of the game card 9 is completed, an issuance completion signal to the local control device 40 is turned on, and the data of the machine number, the card type, the amount accepted, the amount paid out, and the number of confiscated cards are processed by encryption, and the management device is processed as sales data. Send to 6.

The main controller 37 also performs a balance inquiry process in the card reader 34.

When the game card 9 is inserted into the card insertion slot 27 of the card reader 34 and the game card 9 is detected, the game card 9 is transported into the card lid 34, the magnetic data and the security data are read, and the security data is matched. After confirmation, the amount stored in the magnetic data storage unit 18 is displayed on the balance display 26, the game card 9 is transported to the card insertion slot 27, and the display on the balance display 26 is turned off.

When receiving the store closing command signal, the ready signal to the local control device 40 is turned off. If an abnormality occurs in the course of transporting the game card 9, an abnormality confirmation process is performed.

When the local controller 40 is powered on, RA
The M area is cleared, the I / O port is initialized, and the system waits for the ready signal from the main controller 37 to turn on.

When the ready signal is turned on, the alarm signal is turned off, the display of the local monitor display 41 is turned off, the on-sale display 31 is turned on, the sales stop display 32 is turned off, and the monitoring factor of the bill validator 35 is determined. Check and check the monitor factor of the bill dispenser 36. If there is no abnormality in each device, wait for acceptance of the bill. On the other hand, if there is an abnormality in each device, turn on the alarm signal, output the monitoring factor to the monitor signal,
The monitor factor is displayed on the local monitor display 41.

When the bill is accepted, the bill recognition device 35 determines the authenticity of the bill, displays the received amount on the inserted amount display 28, and waits for the card amount designation switch 25 to be pressed.

When the card amount designation switch 25 is pressed and there is a balance corresponding to the designated amount, the issuing command signal to the main control device 37 is turned on, and an amount designation signal, an acceptance amount signal, and a payout amount signal are output. Set the issue monitoring timer.

When the issuance of the game card 9 is completed within a predetermined time set by the issuance monitoring timer, the change is dispensed from the bill dispenser 36, the issuance command signal is turned off, and the display of the inserted amount display 28 is turned off. On the other hand, if the issuance of the game card 9 is not completed within a predetermined time, the received money is refunded.

Management device 6 associated with processing in card vending machine 1 described above.
Will be described.

In the vending machine store opening process, a store opening command signal and an encryption code are transmitted to the main control device 37, a response is waited for a certain period of time, and when the store opening process for all units is completed, the process proceeds to the next process. If a response signal is not received within a certain period of time, a communication error is set in the monitor information of the corresponding machine number in the vending machine file, and the model name, machine number, and cause of the malfunction in the display device 283 and printer 284 are output. I do.

In the vending machine monitor process, when monitor information is received from the main control device 37, the corresponding machine number of the vending machine file is searched, and the received monitor information is written. If the monitor information includes abnormal information, the display device 283,
The printer 284 outputs the model name, the machine number, and the cause of the abnormality in which the abnormality has occurred.

In the vending machine sales data reception process, when the sales data is received from the main control 37, the corresponding unit number of the vending machine file is searched, and the sales and the corresponding number of cards are added based on the received card type, the number of issued cards, the number of confiscated cards. The number of cards is added, the amount of receipt and the amount of withdrawal are added, and the total sales of vending machines, the total number of issued cards, and the total number of applicable cards are updated in the operation result file.

39 to 40 are flowcharts of the processing in the ball rental machine 2 and the processing in the management device 6 relating to the ball rental machine 2.

When the power is turned on in the main control device 70 of the ball lending machine 2, the RAM area 92 is cleared, the I / O port is initialized, the machine number is read from the machine number setting switch 95, and the store is opened from the management device 6. Wait for the command signal to be sent.

When a store opening command signal is received from the management device 6, the received encryption code and ball lending rate are stored, a response signal is transmitted to the management device 6, and a ball lending rate setting signal is sent to the local control device.
Send to 71.

Then, as an abnormality confirmation process, the card reader / writer 60
Confirm the monitoring factors of, confirm the detection of improper card,
If there is no abnormality, the ready signal to the local controller 71 is turned on. On the other hand, if there is an abnormality, the monitor factor is set in the monitor information, the monitor information is transmitted to the management device 6, the ready signal to the local control device 71 is turned off, and the restart switch 72 is pressed. Wait for. Similar processing is performed when a local abnormality occurs.

When the abnormality is recovered by a game clerk or the like and the restart switch 72 is pressed, the monitor information is reset, the monitor information is transmitted to the management device 6, the ready signal to the local control device 71 is turned on, and the abnormality is again performed. Perform confirmation processing.

When the game card 9 is inserted into the card reader / writer 60 and the game card 9 is detected by the insertion detection sensor 80,
The game card 9 is conveyed into the card reader / writer 60, the magnetic data and the security data are read, the security data in the magnetic data storage unit 18 and the security data in the security storage unit 15 are checked, and the balance of the card amount is deceived. In some cases, the card amount is output to the local control device 71. Here, if there is an abnormality in the conveyance of the game card 9, an abnormality confirmation process is performed. If the security data does not match, an inappropriate card is detected, a monitor factor is set, the game card 9 is transported from the inside of the card reader / writer 60 to the outside, and an abnormality confirmation process is performed. Even when there is no balance of the card amount, the game card 9 is transported to the outside and the abnormality confirmation processing is performed.

Then, the local monitoring timer is set, and when the purchase amount is transmitted from the local control device 71 within a predetermined time, the card amount is subtracted, the amount of the magnetic data is updated, and the balance display mark is displayed. The game card 9 is updated and transferred from the inside of the card reader / writer 60 to the outside. On the other hand, when an alarm signal is sent from the local control device 71 or the purchase amount is not transmitted within a predetermined period of time, a local abnormality is set as a monitor factor, and the game card 9 is Transport outside.

Thereafter, the card amount output is turned off, and the data of the unit number, the card type, and the purchase amount are processed by encryption and transmitted to the management device 6 as sales data.

Then, upon receiving a store closing command signal from the management device 6,
The ready signal to the local controller 71 is turned off, and the processing in the main controller 70 ends.

When the local controller 71 is powered on, RA
The M area 101 is cleared, the I / O ports are initialized, and the main controller 70 waits for a ball lending rate signal to be sent.

When the ball lending rate signal is sent from the main controller 70, the ball lending rate is stored and the system waits for the ready signal from the main controller 70 to be turned on.

When the ready signal from the main controller 70 turns on,
The presence or absence of a supply ball is checked, and if there is a supply ball, the alarm signal is turned off and the pilot lamp 62 is turned on. On the other hand, if there is no supply ball, turn on the alarm signal,
Confirmation processing of the ready signal is performed.

When the card amount is sent from the main controller 70,
The card amount is displayed on the card amount display 63, and when the purchase selection switch 64 is pressed and there is a balance designated by the purchase selection switch 64, the number of discharged balls is determined by the ball lending rate, and the ball discharge solenoid 87 is turned on. To Then, the discharge monitoring timer is set, and when the discharge is completed within a predetermined time, the ball discharge solenoid 87 is turned off, the purchase amount is transmitted to the main control device 70, and the purchase amount is subtracted from the card amount to obtain the card amount. It is displayed on the amount indicator 63. On the other hand, if the discharge of the ball is not completed within the predetermined time, the alarm signal to the main control device 70 is turned on.

Then, the main monitoring timer is set, and when the output of the card amount from the main control device 70 is turned off or a predetermined time elapses, the display of the card amount display 63 is turned off, and the output of the purchase amount is turned off. Then, the ready signal is confirmed.

In the process of the local control device 71, when the ready signal from the main control device 70 is turned off, the pilot lamp 62 is turned off.

The processing in the management device 6 accompanying the processing in the ball rental machine 1 will be described.

In the ball rental machine opening process, the store opening command signal, the encryption code, and the ball rental rate are transmitted to the main control device 70, and a response is waited for a certain period of time. If a response signal is not received within a certain period of time, a communication error is set in the monitor information of the corresponding machine number in the ball rental machine file, and the model name, machine number, and cause of the malfunction in the display device 283 and the printer 284 are set. Output.

In the ball lending machine monitoring process, when monitor information is received from the main controller 70, the corresponding lending number of the ball lending machine file is searched, and the received monitor information is written. Then, the printer 284 outputs the model name, the machine number, and the cause of the abnormality in which the abnormality has occurred in the printer 284.

In the ball lending machine sales data receiving process, when the sales data is received from the main control device 71, the corresponding lending number of the ball lending machine file is searched, and the time is read from the calendar 281.
The type of card and the purchase amount are stored, the received amount is added to the sales, and the total sales of ball lending machines, the total number of purchases, and the number of times the card is used in the operation result file are updated.

FIG. 41 to FIG. 48 are flowcharts of the processing in the pachinko machine 3 and the processing in the management device 6 relating to the pachinko machine 3.

When the power is turned on in the main control device 117 of the pachinko machine 3, the RAM area 137 is cleared, the I / O ports are initialized, and the machine number is read from the machine number setting device 141,
It waits for a store opening instruction signal to be transmitted from the management device 6.

When a store opening instruction signal is transmitted from the management device 6, the received encryption code, the number of hits, and the number of prize balls are stored, a response signal is transmitted to the management device 6, and the interruption process is permitted.

When the metal frame flag indicating that the metal frame 134 is opened is set, the metal frame signal to the local controller 118 is turned on, and the firing open / close signal is turned off. On the other hand, when the gold frame flag is not set, the gold frame signal is turned off.

If the stop flag indicating stop is set,
Turn off the ready signal to the local controller 118,
Turn off the fire open / close signal. On the other hand, when the stop flag is not set, the ready signal is turned on, and the firing open / close signal is turned on.

A check is performed on the metal frame opening detector 133, and when the metal frame 134 is open and the metal frame flag is not set, the metal frame flag is set, and the metal frame payout register,
The metal frame collection register, the metal frame difference number register, and the metal frame opening timer are cleared, the metal frame opening data is transmitted to the management device 6, and the alarm display 143 is turned on.

On the other hand, when the gold frame flag is set when the gold frame 134 is closed, the gold frame flag is reset, and the base number, the gold frame opening code, the gold frame payout register value, the gold frame The collection register value, the metal frame difference number register value, and the metal frame opening timer value are processed and transmitted to the management device 6 as metal frame opening data, and the alarm display 143 is turned off.

The value of the hit calculation register is compared with the number of hits. If the hit condition is satisfied, the hit flag is set, the hit calculation register is cleared, and the hit occurrence data is sent to the management device 6. Is transmitted, and the completion indicator 144 is turned on.

On the other hand, when the stop condition is not satisfied, and the stop flag is set, if a stop release command signal from the management device 6 is received, the stop flag is reset and the completion indicator 144 is displayed. Turn off.

If the big hit signal is on and the big hit flag is not set, the big hit flag is set and the machine number, normal game code, game payout register value, game collection register value, game difference The number register value, the game division number register value, the game firing register value, the game operation register value are processed and transmitted to the management device 6 as normal game data, and the game payout register, the game collection register, the game difference number register, the game division Clear the number register, game launch register, and game operation register.

If the big hit signal is off and the big hit flag is set, the big hit flag is reset, and the machine number, special game code, game payout register value, game collection register value, game difference The number register value, the game split register value, the game firing register value, and the game operation register value are processed and transmitted to the management device 6 as special game data, and the game payout register, the game collection register, the game difference register, and the game split Clear the number register, game launch register, and game operation register.

The ball shortage detector 120 is checked, and if there is no ball, the supply device 145 is turned on.

Then, upon receiving a store closing command signal from the management device 6,
Prohibit interrupt processing, turn off the ready signal to the local control device 118, turn off the firing open / close signal, and, by encryption, the machine number, normal game code, game payout register value,
Processing the game collection register value, the game difference number register value, the game division number register value, the game firing register value, and the game operation register value, and transmits them to the management device 6 as normal game data,
The processing in the main control device 117 ends.

The above-described interrupt processing is for performing processing such as winning of a hit ball fired in the game board 110, a foul, etc., and when each sensor detects a ball, an interrupt is taken at a fixed time, for example, every 1 msec, The following processing is performed.

When the firing sensor 129 detects a ball, the pulse width is observed. If the pulse width is larger than 3 ms, it is determined that the ball is a return ball, "1" is subtracted from the regular firing register, and "1" is determined from the game firing register. Is subtracted, “0.6” is subtracted from the regular operation register, and “0.6” is subtracted from the game operation register. On the other hand, if the pulse width is equal to or less than 3 ms, add “1” to the regular firing register, add the game launch register “1”, add “0.6” to the regular running register, "0.6" is added to the operation register.

When the foul ball sensor 132 detects a ball, "1" is subtracted from the regular firing register and "1" is subtracted from the game firing register.

When the safe ball sensor 122 detects a ball, the number of winning balls is added to a regular payout register, a game payout register, and a hit calculation register, and if a gold frame flag is set, a gold frame payout register. Is added to the number of award balls.

When the collected ball sensor 126 detects a ball, it adds "1" to the regular collection register, adds the game collection register "1", subtracts "1" from the hit calculation register, and sets the gold frame flag. If so, the money frame collection register “1” is added.

Then, subtract the regular collection register value from the regular payout register value, store it in the regular difference register, calculate the quotient from the regular payout register value and the regular collection register value, and store it in the regular quota register. , Subtract the game collection register value from the game payout register value and store in the game difference number register,
A divisor is calculated from the game payout register value and the game collection register value and stored in the game divisor register.

When the money frame flag is set, the money frame collection register value is subtracted from the money frame payout register value, the result is stored in the money frame difference number register, and the money frame opening timer is updated.

If the stop flag is set, the completion flag in the operation information register is set.

If the big hit flag is set, the special flag of the operation information register is set, and the regular transmission timer is updated.

When a predetermined time set in advance by the regular transmission timer, for example, 5 minutes, elapses, the code, the machine number, the regular code, the regular payout register value, the regular collection register value, the regular difference register value, and the regular index register value are encrypted. The regular firing register value, the regular operating register value, and the operating information register value are processed and sent to the management device 6 as regular data, and the regular payout register, the regular collection register, the regular difference register, the regular index register, and the regular Clear the firing register, scheduled operation register, and operation information register.

When the above-described series of interrupt processing is completed, the process returns to the main routine, and the processing in the main routine is continued.

When the power is turned on in the local control device 118, the RAM area 153 is cleared, the I / O port is initialized, and the interrupt processing is prohibited.

When the ready signal from the main control device 117 is turned on, the frame signal from the main control device 117 is checked. If the frame signal is on, the process returns to the I / O port initialization process, and If the signal is off, interrupt processing is permitted.

If the processing counter value is "0" and there is a start memory, "1" is subtracted from the start memory to set the processing counter value to "1".

When the processing counter value is “1”, the display of the variable display device 113 is updated when the update time expires, and when the stop time expires, the processing counter value is set to “2”.

When the processing counter value is “2”, the variable display device 11
The display data of 3 is determined, and if it is a big hit, the big hit indicator 161 is turned on, a big hit signal is transmitted to the main controller 117, and the processing counter value is set to "4". On the other hand, if no big hit has occurred, the processing counter value is set to “3”.

When the processing counter value is "3" and the wait time has expired, the processing counter value is set to "0".

When the processing counter value is “4”, the variable winning device 11
4 is turned on, and when the 10-count memory is “10”, the variable winning device 114 is turned off. On the other hand, 10-count memory
If the release time has not expired below 0, the process returns to the initial stage.If the release time has expired,
The variable winning device 114 is turned off. Then, if the continuation flag is set, “1” is added to the continuation counter value, and if the continuation counter value becomes “10”, or if the continuation flag is not set, the big hit indicator 161 is displayed. Is turned off, the big hit signal to the main controller 117 is turned off, the continuation counter is cleared, the 10-count storage is cleared, and the processing counter value is set to "3". On the other hand, when the continuation counter value is equal to or less than “10”, the processing counter value is set to “5”.

When the processing counter value is "5" and the wait time has expired, the storage of 10 counts is cleared, the continuation flag is reset, and the processing counter is set to "4".

In the above-described interrupt processing, an interrupt is performed at regular time intervals, for example, at every 3 ms, and the following processing is performed.

When the start switch 156 is ON, “1” is added to the start memory, and when the start memory is “5” or more, the moving memory is set to “4” and is smaller than “4” or “4”. In this case, the number is displayed on the storage display 160. That is, the maximum value of the starting memory is “4”.

When the processing counter value is “1”, the update timer is updated, the stop timer is updated, a display update sound is output, and the interrupt processing ends.

If the processing counter value is "3", the wait timer is updated, and the interrupt processing ends.

When the processing counter value is “4”, the continuation switch 157
If the switch is on, the continuation flag is set. If the 10-count switch 158 is on, "1" is added to the 10-count memory, the release timer is updated, a big hit sound is output, and interrupt processing is performed. finish.

If the processing counter value is "5", the wait timer is updated and the interrupt processing ends.

The processing in the management device 6 accompanying the processing in the pachinko machine 3 will be described below.

In the pachinko machine opening process, the main controller 117 transmits the opening command, the encryption code, the number of hits of the corresponding machine number of the pachinko machine file, and the number of award balls. Then, after waiting for a response for a certain period of time, when the store opening process for all units is completed, the process proceeds to the next process. If a response signal is not received within a certain period of time, a communication error is set in the monitor information of the corresponding device number in the pachinko machine file, and the model name, device number, and cause of the error in the display device 283 and the printer 284 are set. Output.

In the pachinko machine frame release data receiving process, upon receiving the frame release data from the main control device 117, the corresponding machine number of the pachinko machine file is searched, the frame release flag of the monitor information is set, the display device 283, the printer 284
Then, the name of the model whose frame has been released, the machine number, and the factor of releasing the frame are output.

In the pachinko machine frame opening data receiving process, upon receiving the frame opening data from the main control unit 117, the pachinko machine file is searched for the corresponding unit number, the monitor frame opening flag is reset, and the number of payouts is determined. Add the received value to the number of collected balls, difference, and open time, and add the total number of open balls, the total number of collected balls, the total number of open differences, and the total time of open frames in the operation result file. To update.

In the pachinko machine hit occurrence data receiving process, when the hit occurrence data is received from the main controller 117, the corresponding machine number of the pachinko machine file is searched, the hit flag of the monitor information is set, and the hit count is set to "1". Is added to the display device 283 and the printer 284, and the model name, the machine number, and the cause of the hit are output.

In the pachinko machine hit release processing, when the hit release switch 296 is turned on, the hit table is searched from the monitor information of the pachinko machine file, the hit table number is displayed on the display device 283, and the hit indicated by the numeric keypad is performed. It reads the number of the specified release table, transmits a stop release command to the table of the specified number, and resets the stop flag of the monitor information of the corresponding table number in the pachinko machine file.

In the pachinko machine normal game data receiving process, when the normal game data is received from the main control device 117, the corresponding machine number of the pachinko machine file is searched, the received value is stored, the normal game flag of the monitor information is reset, and the special game The flag is set, and the model name, the machine number, and the special game occurrence factor are output to the display device 283 and the printer 284.

In the pachinko machine special game data receiving process, when the special game data is received from the main control device 117, the corresponding machine number of the pachinko machine file is searched and the received value is stored,
"1" is added to the number of special games, the normal game flag of the monitor information is set, and the special game flag is reset.

In the pachinko scheduled data reception process, the main controller 11
When the regular data is received from 7, the corresponding unit number in the pachinko machine file is searched, and the received value is added to the number of balls, the number of balls collected, the number of differences, the number of shot balls, and the operating time, and the number of balls and the number of collected balls A division factor is calculated from the number and stored, and the special flag of the received operation information is checked. When the special flag is set, the received division value is compared with the upper limit value of the special game division value. When the special game flag is not set, the received division value and the normal game division value are compared. Compare upper limits on numbers. If each exceeds the upper limit value, the name of the abnormal model, the number of the abnormal table, and the cause of the abnormal are output to the display device 283 and the printer 284, and the total number of balls, the total number of collected balls, the total number of differences, Total number of divisions, total number of launch balls,
Update the total working hours.

FIG. 49 to FIG. 51 are flowcharts of the processing in the premium ball settlement machine 4 and the processing in the management device 6 relating to the premium ball settlement machine 4.

When the power is turned on in the main controller 210 of the prize ball settlement machine 4, the RAM area 215 is cleared, the I / O port is initialized, and the machine number is read from the machine number setting device 212,
It waits for a store opening instruction signal to be transmitted from the management device 6.

When a store opening instruction signal is sent from the management device 6, the received encryption code, store code, date information, and remaining ball number setting value are stored, and a response signal is transmitted to the management device 6 to set the remaining ball number. The signal is output to the local control device 193.

Then, as an abnormality confirmation process, the premium card issuing device 18
The monitor factor of 8 is confirmed, and if there is no abnormality, the ready signal to the local control device 193 is turned on. On the other hand, when there is an abnormality, the monitor factor is displayed on the monitor display 211, the monitor factor is set in the monitor information, the monitor information is transmitted to the management device 6, and the ready signal to the local control device 193 is turned off. Then, it waits until the restart switch 212 is pressed. When a local abnormality occurs, the same processing is performed except for the display on the monitor display unit 211.

When the abnormality is recovered by a game clerk or the like and the restart switch 212 is pressed, the monitor information is reset, the monitor information is transmitted again to the management device 6, the display on the monitor display 211 is turned off, and the local control device 193 is transmitted. Is turned on to perform an abnormality confirmation process.

When the issuance command signal is received from the local control device 193, the number of adjustment balls, the number of remaining balls, and a donation signal are read, the prize card 10 is taken out from the prize card tank 197, and the security data of the prize card 10 is read.

When security data is stored in the security storage unit 232, the number of adjustment balls, date information, store code, and security data are magnetically stored in the premium card 10.

Then, the data stored in the magnetic storage is reproduced, the coincidence with the written data is confirmed, and when both data coincide, the prize card 10 is transferred to the printing device 203, and the prize card 1
The number of settlement balls, date information, and store code are printed on 0, and the premium card 10 is conveyed to the premium card issuing port 179. On the other hand, if the two data do not match, the premium card 10 is conveyed to the confiscation tank 207, the premium card 10 is taken out again from the premium card tank 197, and the above processing is performed.

When the issuance of the prize card 10 is completed normally, the issue completion signal to the local controller 193 is turned on, and the data of the machine number, the number of adjustment balls, the number of remaining balls, and the presence or absence of a donation are processed by encryption and managed as adjustment data. Transmit to the device 6.

Then, upon receiving a store closing command signal from the management device 6,
The ready signal to the local controller 193 is turned off, and the processing in the main controller 210 ends.

When the local controller 193 is powered on, R
Clear AM area 225 and initialize I / O ports.

When the extra ball signal is transmitted from the main controller 210, the extra ball number set value is stored, the extra ball number is displayed on the extra ball number display 173, and the ready signal from the main controller 210 is turned on. Wait for

When the ready signal from the main control device is turned on, the monitoring factor of the surplus ball returning device 187 is checked, and if there is no abnormality, the alarm signal is turned off, the payment stop display 170 is turned off, and the payment display 169 is turned on. It turns on, opens the shutter device 186, resets the monitoring factor of the surplus ball returning device 187, clears the settlement counter and the surplus ball counter, and turns off the settlement ball number display 172 and the remaining ball number display 173. On the other hand, when there is an abnormality, the alarm signal to the main control device 210 is turned on.

When the ball counter 190 detects a ball, "1" is added to the extra ball counter, the extra ball counter value is compared with the extra ball set value, and when both values match, the extra ball counter value is increased. Add to the settlement counter and clear the remaining ball counter. On the other hand, if the two values do not match, this process is skipped. Then, the remaining ball counter value is displayed on the remaining ball number display 173, and the settlement counter value is displayed on the settlement ball number display 172. Here, when the settlement counter value is “0” and the surplus ball counter value is “0”, there is no ball to be settled, so the settlement is not performed.

When the prize card issuing switch 175 is pressed, the shutter device 186 is closed, and if the surplus ball counter value is equal to or more than "1", the control waits until the surplus ball return switch 176 or the surplus ball donation switch 177 is pressed.

When the processing of the surplus balls is designated, the designation is stored, and the signal of the number of settlement balls and the signal of the number of surplus balls are transmitted to the main control device 210. When the surplus ball donation switch 177 is pressed, a donation signal to the main control device 210 is turned on. After that, it issues an issuance command signal to the main controller 210 and waits for an issuance completion signal to be sent from the main controller 210.

When the issuance completion signal is sent from the main control device 210, the remaining ball counter value and the presence or absence of the surplus ball donation are checked again, and if the surplus ball counter value is equal to or more than “1” and there is no surplus ball donation, the surplus ball is collected. Turn on the ball discharge solenoid 185 and set the discharge monitoring timer. Each time the surplus ball discharge sensor 196 is turned on, the surplus ball counter value is set to “1”.
Is subtracted, and the display of the remaining ball number display 173 is updated. When the remaining ball counter value becomes “0”, the remaining ball discharging solenoid
Turn off 185 and return to the beginning of the process. On the other hand, if the discharge is not completed within a predetermined period of time, the surplus ball discharge solenoid 185 is turned off, a monitoring factor of the surplus ball return device 187 is set, and it is notified that the discharge is abnormal,
Return to the beginning of the process.

The processing in the management device 6 accompanying the processing in the prize ball settlement machine 4 will be described.

In the checkout machine opening process, the main control unit 21 stores the opening command, the encryption code, the store code, the date information, and the remaining ball number set value.
0, and waits for a response for a certain period of time. When the store opening process for all units is completed, the process proceeds to the next process. If a response signal is not received within a certain period of time, a communication error is set in the monitor information of the corresponding machine number in the checkout machine file, and the display device 28
3. Outputs the model name, the machine number, and the cause of the abnormality in the printer 284.

In the checkout machine monitor process, when monitor information is received from the main control device 210, the corresponding unit number of the checkout machine file is searched, and the received monitor information is written. , Printer 284
Outputs the name of the model where the error occurred, the machine number, and the cause of the error.

In the settlement machine settlement data receiving process, the main controller 210
When the payment data is received from, the corresponding number of the payment machine file is searched, the time is read from the calendar 281, the number of payment balls received and the number of remaining balls are added to the total number of payment balls and the total number of remaining balls, and the number of payments is calculated. Is added to "1".

If there is a surplus ball donation, add the number of surplus balls received to the total number of surplus balls to be donated, store the time, the number of adjustment balls, the number of remaining balls, and whether or not there is a donation, and set the number of adjustment balls in the operation result file. Update the total, the number of remaining balls, the total number of remaining funds, and the number of settlements.

52 to 53 show processing in the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5 and the management device 6 relating to the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5.
3 is a flowchart of the process in FIG.

When the power is turned on in the control device 239 of the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5, the RAM area 268 is cleared, the I / O port is initialized, the machine number is read from the machine number setting device 273, and the store is opened from the management device 6. Wait for the command signal to be sent.

When a store opening instruction signal is sent from the management device 6, the received encryption code and prize ball conversion rate are stored, and a response signal is transmitted to the management device 6.

Then, as an abnormality confirmation process, the receipt printer 250
The monitor factor of the premium card reader / writer 249 is checked, and if there is no abnormality, the acceptance indicator 245 is displayed.
Turn on. On the other hand, if there is an abnormality, the monitor factor is set in the monitor information, the monitor information is transmitted to the management device 6, the acceptability indicator 245 is turned off, and the system waits for the restart switch 241 to be pressed. When the abnormality is recovered by a game clerk or the like and the restart switch 241 is pressed, the monitor information is reset, the monitor information is transmitted again to the management device 6, and the abnormality confirmation processing is performed.

And, the premium card 10 is a premium card reader / writer 249.
When the insertion detection sensor 257 detects the prize card 10, the prize card 10 is inserted into the prize card reader / writer 249.
The magnetic data and the security data are read into the magnetic data storage unit 231 and the security storage unit 232.
Of the two security data stored in the server.
If both data match and there is a memory ball count,
The number of card balls is displayed on a ball number display 247, the number of card balls is converted into a price according to the conversion rate, and the converted amount is displayed on a price conversion display 248. On the other hand, if the two data do not match, the alarm indicator 246 is turned on for a certain period of time, the premium card 10 is conveyed to the confiscation tank 207, "1" is added to the number of confiscated cards, and an abnormality confirmation process is performed. .

If there is a product price input by the product price input switch 238, the input price is displayed on the product price display 244, and when the price determination switch 240 is pressed, the product price value and the card price value are compared. If the commodity amount is within the range of the card amount, the commodity amount value is subtracted from the card amount value, the subtracted value is displayed on the amount conversion indicator 248, and the commodity amount is converted into the number of balls by the conversion rate, and the card amount is converted. The product sphere value is subtracted from the sphere value, and the subtracted value is displayed on the sphere number display 247,
Adds and stores the value of the product as sales, and displays the value of the product
The display of 244 is cleared, and the process returns to the input price confirmation process. If the commodity price is not within the range of the card price, the alarm display 246 is turned on for a certain time, the commodity price display 244 is cleared, and the process returns to the commodity price input confirmation processing.

When the price of the product is input by the barcode reading device 237 and the reading switch 251 is pressed, the read price is displayed on the product price display 244, and the product price is displayed by the product price input switch 238 described above. The same processing as when the input is made and the amount confirmation switch 240 is pressed is performed.

Thereafter, when the update switch 242 is pressed, the date and time are read from the calendar circuit 271 and the receipt printer 250
The date, time, product sales amount, and number of remaining balls are output to
The number of remaining balls on the card is magnetically recorded, and marking is performed on the remaining ball number display section 229. Here, if there are remaining balls, the premium card 10 is transferred from the premium card reader / writer 249 to the outside,
On the other hand, if there are no remaining balls, the premium card 10 is conveyed to the confiscation tank 207, and “1” is added to the number of confiscated cards. Then, the unit number, the sales amount, the card issuing store code, and the number of confiscated cards are processed by encryption and transmitted to the management device 6 as sales data.

The processing in the management device 6 accompanying the processing in the card rewriting / updating machine 5 will be described.

In the update machine opening process, a store opening command signal, an encryption code, and a premium ball conversion rate are transmitted to the control device 239, and a response signal is waited for a certain period of time. When the process for all the devices is completed, the process proceeds to the next process. If a response signal is not received within a certain period of time, a communication error is set in the monitor information of the corresponding machine number in the update machine file, and the model name, machine number, and cause of the malfunction in the display device 283 and printer 284 are set. Output.

In the updating machine monitor process, upon receiving the monitor information from the control device 239, the corresponding machine number of the updating machine file is searched,
The received monitor information is written, and if an abnormality has occurred, the display device 283 and the printer 284 output the model name, the machine number, and the cause of the abnormality in which the abnormality has occurred.

In the update machine sales data reception processing, when sales data is received from the control device 239, the corresponding unit number of the update machine file is searched, the time is read from the calendar 281, the time, the sales amount, the card issuing store code are stored, and the reception is performed. The added data is added to the sales and the number of confiscated cards, "1" is added to the number of card handlings,
Update the total number of card handling times.

Note that the above-described processing in the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5 shows a case in which the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5 installed in the amusement store exchanges for a product. Therefore, when the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5 is installed outside a game store, for example, in a department store or the like, the management device may manage only the premium card rewriting / updating machine 5.

<Effect of the Invention> As described above, according to the present invention, the required opening state of the opening / closing door of the gaming machine is detected by the opening / closing door state detecting means, so that the opening / closing door state signal transmitting means manages the detection of the state. The management device which transmits the game operation information to the management device by transmitting the game operation information related to the game played on the gaming machine to the management device, and receives the information from each game machine, Identifies whether a machine is in a specific state or not, and for a gaming machine in a specific state, a specific information classification and aggregation means separates the game information from normal game operation information and collects the operation information to obtain the game information. It is possible to determine that an abnormal state has occurred due to fraud or the like with respect to the gaming machine based on determining whether or not the specific information related to the abnormal operation of the gaming machine is included in a predetermined range. .

That is, each gaming machine in the amusement store only needs to transmit the operating information of the gaming machine and the required open state of the opening / closing door to the management device in real time, and the management device that receives such information determines the open state of the opening / closing door in each case. By identifying each gaming machine and separating and summing up the game operation information during that time from the normal game operation information, specific information that is highly likely to have been misconducted at the game machine can be identified during the operation of the game store. It can be obtained as a cumulative value.

For example, if a wrongful player illegally opens the opening / closing door and causes a ball to enter the winning opening to obtain a prize ball, a winning ball is frequently generated during the opening state of the opening / closing door. If a large amount of prize balls are discharged, the service provided by the game store clerk to stop the ball generated on the game board is clearly different from the game operation information (discharge prize By obtaining the specific information by sorting and counting the number of balls and the number of winning prize balls, etc., when the specific information exceeds a predetermined range that can be assumed as a normal business, the abnormal state of the gaming machine (the improper (Probable state).

In addition, since the specific information relating to the abnormal operation is information that accumulates all of the open / closed frames opened during business hours, the open / closed frames are frequently opened and closed to generate a relatively small amount of winning balls illegally. Even in such a case, the determination can be made relatively easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a system, FIG. 2A is a front view of a game card, FIG. 2B is a back view of the game card, and FIG. 3 is a card vending machine. Front view of the
4A is a front view of the card issuing device, FIG. 4B is a side view showing the inside of the card issuing device, FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a control device of the card vending machine, and FIG. Fig. 7
FIG. 8 is a side view showing the inside of a card reader / writer, FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a ball discharging device, FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a control device of a ball rental machine, FIG. 10 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. Is a back view of the pachinko machine, FIG. 12 is a front view showing a firing section of the pachinko machine, FIG. 13 is a perspective view of a metal frame of the pachinko machine, FIG. 14 is a block diagram of a control device of the pachinko machine, FIG. Is a perspective view of a prize ball adjusting machine, FIG. 16 is a side view showing the inside of a ball receiving portion of the prize ball adjusting machine, FIG. 17 is a perspective view of a surplus ball returning device, FIG.
Is a front view of the premium card issuing machine, FIG. 18B is a side view showing the inside of the premium card issuing machine, FIG. 19 is a block diagram of a control device of the premium ball settlement machine, FIG. 20 is a front view of the premium card issuing machine, 21st
FIG. 22 is a perspective view of the premium card rewriting / updating machine, FIG. 22 is a side view showing the inside of the premium card rewriting / writing machine, FIG. 23 is a block diagram of a control device of the premium card rewriting / updating machine, and FIG. Figure, Figure 25 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of the keyboard, Figure 26 is a schematic diagram of the vending machine file, Figure 27 is a schematic diagram of the ball lending machine file, Figure 28, Figure 29 is a schematic of the pachinko machine file FIG. 30, FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of a checkout machine file, FIG. 31 is a schematic diagram of an update machine file, FIG. 32 is a schematic diagram of a setting value file, FIG. 33 is a schematic diagram of an operation result file, FIG.
FIG. 35 is a flowchart showing an outline of processing in the management device, FIGS. 36 to 38 are flowcharts of processing in a card vending machine, FIGS. 39 and 40 are flowcharts of processing in a ball lending machine, and FIG. 41. To 48 are flowcharts of the processing in the pachinko machine, FIGS. 49 to 51 are flowcharts of the processing in the prize ball settlement machine, and FIGS. 52 and 53
The figure is a flowchart of the processing in the premium card rewriting / updating machine. In the figure, 3 ... Pachinko machine, 6 ... Management device, 110 ... Game board, 112 ... Game section, 117 ... Main control device, 118 ...
… Local control device, 133 …… Frame opening detector, 134 ……
Metal frame, 278 Central processing unit, 279 Main storage unit, 285
... First transmission control device.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A management system for a game store, comprising: a plurality of game machines provided in a game store; and a management device for collecting and managing various information from the game machines. An opening / closing door that is located on the front side of a game board having a transparent member in which the game area is visible and is configured to be openable and closable; An opening / closing door state signal transmitting means for transmitting to the management device that the opening / closing door state detecting means has detected the required opening state of the opening / closing door, and a game operation information relating to a game performed in the gaming machine to the management device. Game operation information transmitting means for transmitting, the management device, during business, based on the information transmitted from the opening and closing door state signal transmission means of each gaming machine, the opening state of the opening and closing door for each gaming machine To identify
As a specific information relating to abnormal operation, the game operation information of each gaming machine in which the required open state of the opening / closing door is identified is provided as specific information relating to abnormal operation. A management system for a game arcade, wherein the specific information totalized by the sorting and totaling means is output to the outside of each gaming machine so as to be visually recognizable.