JP2913287B2 - Pachinko machine control device - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a control device for a pachinko machine used for exchanging game contents. 2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, with the widespread use of microcomputers in pachinko machines, complicated and sophisticated games have become possible, and diversification of games has been demanded. It is exchanged for one having game contents. [0003] This replacement is not performed for the entire pachinko machine for economic reasons, and a part of each component is replaced. [0004] Even if the pachinko machine has different game contents, in other words, even if the model is different, the basic device configuration and the game procedure do not change, and the mechanical parts such as a ball hitting device and a prize ball payout device are rarely exchanged. . That is, the pachinko machine needs to be replaced only by a game board called a gauge board and a control device constituted by electronic control system components (hereinafter, referred to as "electronic components") for executing a game procedure. The electronic components of the control device are mounted on a board as shown in FIG. 7, and a common electronic component such as a CPU 30 which constitutes a circuit which can be used in common for a pachinko machine after replacement, and a unique game procedure. R storing (program)
They are classified into non-common electronic components such as OM20 that constitute a circuit that cannot be used in common. [0007] For this reason, it is necessary to replace all the game boards with new ones for the reason of the design, but it is economical to replace only the non-common electronic parts. Desirable. The above-mentioned common electronic components include a CPU 30, a R
AM31, ROM3 in which a basic program for controlling basic components constituting the pachinko machine is stored.
2. A matching circuit 33 for achieving basic electrical matching between a mechanical unit (not shown) and the CPU 30, a power supply circuit 34, an audio signal generating circuit 2 for generating basic sound effects and the like.
8, and a resistor. On the other hand, the non-common electronic components include a ROM 20 storing a unique program unique to a new game such as a game procedure of a new game board and data necessary for executing the program. RAM 37 for temporarily storing a calculation result of the CPU 30 and various data during execution of a game procedure accompanying the progress of the game, and a matching circuit 3 for performing unique matching between the mechanism unit and the CPU 30
8. Audio signal generating circuit 3 for generating unique sound effects
5. There are circuits and resistors for controlling unique mechanisms. In order to newly replace only the non-common electronic components among these electronic components, the old game board is removed from its installation location, and the common electronic components of the old game board are removed. Then, the removed common component is mounted on a new game board on which non-common electronic components are previously mounted, and the new game board is re-installed together with these electronic components at the installation location. That is, in electronic parts of a pachinko machine,
The common electronic components of the old game board are reused, and only the non-common electronic components are replaced. After this re-installation, the inspection of the electronic system between the mechanical unit and the electronic component and the alignment between the mechanical unit and the electronic component are inspected, and the replacement of the pachinko machine is completed. The replacement of electronic components for the pachinko machine is performed by classifying and mounting each electronic component into common or non-common components, and is performed in units of a plurality of boards.
No. 183779. As described above, an economic problem occurs when all the electronic components (control devices) are exchanged together with the game board, but when only non-common electronic components are exchanged, At present, a single board on which all the electronic components for the new game board are mounted is mounted on the new game board and the old game board is replaced with the new game board because of the following problems. Since these substrates are separated from a conventional single substrate and integrally formed with a connector, each substrate is smaller than the conventional one. This increases the possibility of fraudulent acts such as changing the circuit on the board and the contents of the ROM due to easy attachment and detachment. [0015] That is, the ROM stores a game procedure which is a main component of the gaming machine. It is easy to remove the ROM from the board and copy and falsify it with a ROM writer. Instead, it is extremely easy to analyze the game procedure by connecting an emulator, and both the ROM writer and the emulator can be fully utilized with commercially available models. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Sho 62-183779 has a common circuit section which can be used in common and a circuit for each type peculiar to various types of pachinko gaming machines. Only, the audio signal generation circuit is provided in the common circuit, but is not provided in the type-specific circuit, so that it is not possible to notify when the type-specific circuit is operated. As for the sound, the operation sound of the winning device,
Some of the alarm sound at the time of the big hit, the sound of paying out the ball, the sound of renting out the ball, and the like are electrically displayed, but there is no idea of common use or non-common use. Therefore, the present invention provides an easy and reliable replacement, a means for preventing fraudulent acts, a common circuit provided with an audio signal generation circuit which can be used in common, and a non-common circuit provided with a unique audio signal generation circuit. An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko machine control device provided with a circuit. According to the present invention, as a means for solving the above-mentioned problems, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a signal input from an input device provided in a pachinko machine is provided. A control circuit for controlling an output device provided in the pachinko machine based on a game procedure stored in advance in accordance therewith, and the control circuit includes a common circuit and a common circuit which can be commonly used for a plurality of types of the pachinko machines. Each of the pachinko machines includes a unique non-common circuit, the common circuit includes an audio signal circuit that generates a sound that can be commonly used by different types of pachinko machines, and the non-common circuit generates a unique sound. An audio signal generating circuit for causing the pachinko machine to output an output signal of each of the audio signal generating circuits. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the common circuit is provided with an integrated circuit in which at least a common ROM and a CPU are integrally formed. I do. According to the present invention, when the game contents are converted into other contents, when the audio signal generating circuits provided in both the common circuit and the non-common circuit are operated, the respective speakers from the pachinko machine are individually operated. It emits a sound, which alerts the people around it. Further, since the common integrated circuit integrally forms at least the common RCM and the CPU, it is necessary for a third party to analyze the hardware and software of the configuration of the common integrated circuit and the correlation between peripheral circuits thereof. It is made difficult by forming an integrated circuit in which various types of circuits are mixed, and the occurrence of fraud is suppressed. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 2 shows the back side of the pachinko machine 2 provided with the control device 1 of the present invention. The control device 1 of the pachinko machine 2 includes a board 36
Each of the electronic components is mounted on the circuit board (FIG. 5), and is housed in a board box denoted by reference numeral 3 as before. 4 is a storage tank for storing prize balls, and 5 is a storage tank 4 for a prize ball dispensing device 6 provided with a plurality of types of payout numbers.
The guiding gutter 7 for guiding the prize ball is a ball hitting device controlled by the substrate 36, and the ball hitting device 7 constitutes a part of an output device (described later) 10 shown in FIGS. . The signal lines on the substrate 36 are not shown, and reference numeral 11 (FIG. 3) denotes an input device for inputting a control signal to the substrate 36. The pachinko machine 2 is mainly composed of a main frame 12 as a main body, an outer frame 14 which can be opened and closed by a hinge 15 on the main frame 12, and a game board storage frame 16 provided in the main frame 12. A game board 19 is provided on the game board storage frame 16 so as to be detachable by a lock member 18. Further, as shown in FIG.
45 is a lower plate, 46 is a glass frame, 47 is an accommodation hole for accommodating a convex portion (not shown) provided on the game board 19, and 48 is a game board 1
9 is a housing recess for engaging the game board 19 and housing the game board 19. The input device 11 is for inputting a signal for playing a game to the board 36. The input signal from the input device 11 and a unique game procedure stored in a ROM (described later) 20 are input to the board 36. And a control circuit 29 for inputting a control signal to the output device 10 based on the control signal. As shown in FIG. 3, the input device 11 mainly includes a hitting start switch 21 for operating the hitting device 7, and a winning detection switch 22 for detecting the winning of the hit pachinko ball by the proximity of the pachinko ball. I do. The hit ball start switch 21 is built in a handle 23 provided on the lower right side of the pachinko machine 2 on the front side.
The contact is closed by the operation of, and a signal indicating the start of a hit ball (game) is generated. The prize detecting switch 22 is formed of a proximity sensor, and is a ring-shaped switch accommodated in a prize opening 24 provided on the surface of the game board 19. The prize detecting switch 22 generates a signal indicating that the hit pachinko ball has won as the prize ball passes through the ring. 25 is an out ball hole. Other main input devices 11 include a specific prize detecting switch (not shown) for detecting a specific prize state and generating a signal indicating the specific prize. The output device 10 executes a game procedure based on a control signal input from the board 36. The output device 10 includes a device that can be commonly used, such as the ball hitting device 7, and a device that cannot be commonly used, which is unique to the pachinko machine 2. There is. In the case of the present embodiment, for example, in the case of the present embodiment, on the front side of the game board 19, an opening / closing wing 26 for increasing a winning probability according to a specific winning condition of the specific winning detection switch, The display device 27 for displaying the winning state of the game by turning on the lamp is provided. Other main output devices 10 include a speaker (not shown) provided on the front side of the pachinko machine 2 for displaying various winning states by voice, a voice signal generating circuit 28 for inputting a voice signal to the speaker, 35 and the like. The board 36 is made up of electronic components forming a control circuit 29 for controlling the output device 10 and printed wiring (not shown) provided on the board 36. As shown by a broken line in FIG. It is divided into a common circuit 8 and a non-common circuit 9. The common circuit 8 can be commonly used for a plurality of types of pachinko machines 2 having different game contents or specifications, and the non-common circuit 9 is unique to each of the plurality of types of pachinko machines 2. . Therefore, the non-common circuit 9 cannot have a common specification between different types of pachinko machines. The common circuit 8 includes a CPU 30, a RAM 31, a ROM 32 storing a basic (common) program, and a common mechanism of each pachinko machine 2 (not shown in FIG.
A prize ball dispensing device, etc.) and a CPU 30 for matching, and a sound signal generating circuit 2 for generating a sound that can be used in common, such as notification of abnormality of the pachinko machine 2.
8, power supply circuit 34, oscillation circuit 40, interrupt signal generation circuit 4
1 and electronic components such as a resistor (not shown). However, at least C of these
If the PU 30 and the ROM 32 form an integrated circuit, the common integrated circuit 42 can be easily changed according to the type of the pachinko machine 2 simply by replacing the non-common circuit 9 of the old model with the new non-common circuit 9. And it can be replaced reliably. If at least one of the common integrated circuit 42 and the circuit including the ROM 20 is formed so as to be detachable from the other, the pachinko machine 2 can be replaced only by attaching and detaching the integrated circuits. Can be replaced with a model. On the other hand, the non-common circuit 9 has a ROM 20 storing a unique (non-common) program and data such as a game means of each pachinko machine 2, a RAM 37 for expanding the storage capacity, and a unique circuit for the pachinko machine 2 among the above-mentioned mechanical units. (For example, one that increases the winning probability according to predetermined conditions such as open / close wings)
Circuit 38 for generating a unique sound, a matching circuit 38 for matching the sound with the CPU 30, a mechanism control circuit 39 for controlling a unique mechanism (such as an open / close wing), and electronic components such as a resistor. . This non-common circuit 9 is integrated.
As shown in FIG. 6, a dual in-line package (hereinafter referred to as DIP (Dual Inline Package)
e)) 42A. Since the non-common circuit 9 is formed of the DIP 42A, the components of the control circuit 29 are difficult to be identified by a third party.
9, it is not only difficult to analyze the common circuit 8 itself and the non-common circuit 9 itself, but also it is extremely difficult to grasp the correlation between the two circuits. This is because the non-common circuit 9 composed of the DIP 42A is more difficult to understand. Become noticeable. In the analysis by a third party, the common circuit 8
Based on the detection of signals transmitted and received between itself and the non-common circuit 9 in chronological order, analysis of software as a main component of the game is considered, and analysis equipment (not shown) called a so-called emulator is used. It is connected as a substitute for the CPU 30 which is the main component of the common circuit 8. However, for example, the common circuit 8 shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), when the CPU 30 and the common ROM 32 are mainly composed of integrated circuits mixed together, the above connection is extremely difficult, and such software analysis is practically impossible. On the other hand, when the non-common circuit 9 is formed of the DIP 42A, the RO included in the non-common circuit 9 is used even if the ROM writer (not shown) is used.
It is extremely difficult to attach the M20 to the ROM writer, in other words, to read game-specific control means into the ROM writer, due to the mixture of a plurality of types of circuits described above. Software analysis is virtually impossible. 49 is a pair chip, 50 is a gold wire, 51
Is a pin, 52 is a lead frame, 53 is an adhesive, 13 is a wiring sheet, and 17 is a package base material. Also, 43
Is a socket on which the DIP 42A is detachably mounted. Next, a case where the pachinko machine 2 on which the board 36 having the above configuration is mounted is replaced with a pachinko machine 2 having a game procedure (game content) different from that of the pachinko machine 2 will be described below. First, after releasing the function of the power supply circuit 34 of the old pachinko machine 2, the lock member 18 is released and the game board 19 is removed while appropriately processing signal lines and the like (not shown). Then, the board 36 is removed from the board box 3, and the DIP 42 A, that is, the non-common circuit 9 is pulled out from the socket 43. Thereafter, the DIP 42 of the new pachinko machine 2 was used.
A, that is, the non-common circuit 9 is inserted into the socket 43, the board 36 is mounted on the board box 3 of the new pachinko machine 2, and the replacement of the board 36 is completed. In this embodiment, only the non-common circuit 9 is integrated. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Even if only the common circuit 8 or both the common circuit 8 and the non-common circuit 9 are integrated. good. Further, the integrated circuit according to the present embodiment
Although the case where the integrated circuit chip is housed in the DIP 42A has been described, the chip may be incorporated into the substrate 36 by bonding or the like. In this case, another electronic component is detachably mounted on the socket 43. Next, an important part of the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. Note that some of the description overlaps with the previous description, but for ease of understanding,
Dare to describe. 1 is a control device of the pachinko machine 2,
A common circuit 8 that can be commonly used for a plurality of pachinko machines 2, a control circuit 29 including a non-common circuit 9 unique to each of a plurality of pachinko machines, an output device 10, an input device 11, and a power supply circuit 34. This is housed in a board box provided on the back of the pachinko machine in the same manner as in the related art. The common circuit 8 includes a RAM 31, a ROM 32,
An oscillating circuit 40 and an interrupt signal generating circuit 41 are provided, and exchange signals with the CPU 30. The input side of the CPU 30 is further connected to the ROM 20 and the RAM 37 of the non-common circuit 9, the hitting start switch 21 of the input device 11, and a plurality of winning detection switches 22. The output side of the CPU 30 is connected to the matching circuit 33 of the common circuit 8 and the input side of the matching circuit 38 of the non-common circuit 9. The output side of the matching circuit 33 is the audio signal generation circuit 28 of the common circuit 8 and the prize ball payout device 6 of the output device 10.
And the ball hitting device 7. Although not shown, a speaker provided in the pachinko machine 2 is connected to the audio signal generation circuit 28. The output side of the matching circuit 38 of the non-common circuit 9 is
The audio signal generating circuit 35 of the non-common circuit 9, the mechanism control circuit 39, and the display device 27 of the output device 10 are connected. Although not shown, a speaker provided in a pachinko machine is connected to the audio signal generation circuit 35. Mechanism control circuit 39
The open / close wing 26 of the output device 10 is connected to the output side of the output device. In this device configured as above,
When replacing the non-common circuit 9 with a new one in order to change the game contents, when the non-common circuit 9 is operated in a test after the completion of the exchange, the display device 27 of the output device 10 operates to display the state, and the non-common circuit is displayed. 9 audio signal generation circuit 3
5 is operated to blow the speaker of the pachinko machine 2 connected to its output side. When the common circuit 8 is operated,
The audio signal generation circuit 35 of the common circuit 8 operates to blow the speaker of the pachinko machine 2 connected to its output side.
This sound is used commonly for the different types of pachinko machines 2, and the non-common circuit 9 generates a unique sound, so that it is possible to know which circuit has been operated by listening to the sound. As described above, the present invention provides an output device provided in a pachinko machine based on a game procedure stored in advance in accordance with a signal input from an input device provided in the pachinko machine. A control circuit for controlling the control circuit, the control circuit comprising a common circuit that can be commonly used for a plurality of types of pachinko machines and a non-common circuit that is unique to each of the plurality of types of pachinko machines, wherein the common circuit is A sound signal circuit for generating a sound that can be commonly used for different types of pachinko machines, the non-common circuit includes a sound signal generating circuit for generating a unique sound, and an output signal of each of the sound signal generating circuits. Since it is a control device of a pachinko machine, which is configured to input to a speaker provided in the pachinko machine,
Both the common circuit and the non-common circuit are easily exchanged, and the common circuit is provided with an audio signal generating circuit for generating a sound that can be used in common, and the non-common circuit is provided with an audio signal generating circuit for generating a unique sound. Is provided, and each output signal is input to a speaker provided in the pachinko machine, so that the state is to alert the people in the vicinity, and the effect is great. Further, since the present invention is configured as described above, when replacing a pachinko machine with another model, the common circuit or the non-common circuit constituted by an integrated circuit can be easily and reliably set according to the type of the pachinko machine. It can be exchanged, and the integrated circuit becomes difficult to cheat.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a circuit diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a rear view showing the back side of the pachinko machine accommodating the one shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is a front view of the one in FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the game board shown in FIG. 3 is attached and detached. FIG. 5 is a perspective view of that of FIG. FIG. 6 is a front view showing a case where the integrated circuit shown in FIG. 1 is configured by a DIP. FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing a control board of a conventional pachinko machine. [Description of Signs] 1 control device 8 common circuit 9 non-common circuit 10 output device 11 input device 28 audio signal generation circuit 33 matching circuit 35 audio signal generation circuit 38 matching circuit

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(57) [Claims] A control circuit for controlling an output device provided on the pachinko machine based on a game procedure stored in advance in accordance with a signal input from an input device provided on the pachinko machine; And a non-common circuit unique to each of the plurality of types of pachinko machines, wherein the common circuit generates an audio signal for generating a sound that can be commonly used for different types of pachinko machines. Circuit, wherein the non-common circuit includes an audio signal generation circuit for generating a unique audio, and an output signal of each of the audio signal generation circuits is configured to be input to a speaker provided in a pachinko machine. Pachinko machine control device. 2. The pachinko machine control device according to claim 1, wherein the common circuit is provided with an integrated circuit in which at least a common ROM and a CPU are integrally formed.