JP3326564B2 - Card-type pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a card
Ball lending machine, and supply provided in front of the ball lending machine
To discharge game balls related to prize balls or rental balls to the dish side
Emission control device that performs emission control and control related to game board
To the above emission control device
A pachinko gaming machine having a game board control device for transmitting,
The present invention relates to a card-type pachinko gaming device provided with a game machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional ball rental machine, a game machine has been installed.
Ball lending equipped with a mechanism for discharging a predetermined number of game balls
There is a place. This means that a certain number of games
It discharges balls, and when using such ball rental equipment
Needs coins and must exchange money during the game
There was annoyance that there was not. So, the inconvenience
Predetermined amount information is recorded in advance so that it can be avoided
Have the player purchase the card that was
A ball that discharges a predetermined number of game balls based on insertion
Rental equipment has been developed and has been used in many amusement stores.
Is coming. Such ball rental equipment is installed between gaming machines.
In a refurbished amusement shop, the player
The ball is received from the ball receiving unit by hand and put into the supply tray of the gaming machine
And play the game.

[0003]

However, this is not the case.
Such a card-type ball-to-ball rental device is troublesome for players.
While there is an advantage of reducing the difficulty, the conventional card method
The ceremony was at the store where the card was purchased and the card was purchased
Because there was a restriction that it can only be used on days
Not for the convenience of the player
Was. Therefore, we propose a common prepaid card system.
A plan has been made. This method is based on the store where the card was purchased.
And can only be used on the purchase date
be able to. On the other hand, the above-mentioned table ball rental equipment is
There is a ball discharge mechanism that discharges game balls to the body
A game arcade where gaming machines and ball-to-ball rental equipment are installed
Regarding the game ball circulation mechanism provided in Wayuru island equipment,
Spare balls provided on the back of the gaming machine for discharging as prize balls
In addition to the mechanism that supplies game balls to the tank that stores
A mechanism for replenishing game balls to ball rental equipment and storage tanks for game machines
Machine that distributes game balls to be resupplied to
Structure is required and the structure becomes complicated.
Was.

[0004] Therefore, a ball discharge machine provided in a gaming machine
Using the structure to discharge game balls related to ball rental and
A system that combines the above prepaid card system has been proposed
I have. This method uses the ball discharge mechanism of a gaming machine to rent a ball.
To discharge the game balls and guide them directly to the supply tray
That keeps hands clean for players and
I don't have to worry about spilling the ball on the floor, so I can concentrate on playing
There are advantages. Moreover, this combined system is
When a ball rental unit as a ball rental device is provided separately from
This adopts a conventional configuration. The reason
If the gaming machine and the ball rental equipment are separate bodies,
This is because the equipment can be used as it is and is economical. Provisional
If the ball rental equipment is integrated into the
When a gaming machine is installed in the equipment,
It is necessary to cover the surface with a decorative plate or the like.

As described above, the above system has many advantages.
Although it is a proposal, the ball rental equipment has a unique ball discharge mechanism.
Ball ejection device on the gaming machine (existing only prize ball ejection
Execution) requires accuracy and reliability.
You. In other words, using the ball ejection mechanism on the gaming machine,
To ensure that emissions are performed accurately and reliably,
Ball generated by a player in a ball rental unit as a device
A ball discharge mechanism that the control circuit of the gaming machine reliably recognizes the lending request
Control over time to ensure accurate discharge of ball rental
Can be

The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and an object thereof is to set a predetermined number of balls to be loaned based on the operation of a conversion switch for a ball lending request by a player. Each time a discharge request signal indicating a discharge request of the minimum discharge unit of a lending ball is transmitted in order to discharge the game ball of the present invention, the discharge control device provided in the pachinko gaming machine is in a state where the ball can be lent. Within a predetermined time after sending the emission request signal
That the minimum discharge unit of the game ball has been discharged normally
It is determined whether or not the discharge end signal shown has been received.
As a result, if the discharge end signal is not received,
Is determined, with tighten if ensure the discharge of the entire rental spheres number, different
An object of the present invention is to provide a card-type pachinko gaming machine capable of accurately detecting a normal occurrence and performing a discharge control with high accuracy and reliability by a discharging mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a ball lending machine having a card insertion / ejection slot, and a ball lending machine.
Pair with the machine and prize balls or to the supply tray side provided on the front
An emission control that performs emission control to discharge game balls related to lending
Outgoing control device and control of the game board.
A game board that sends signals related to discharge to the discharge control device
Card type equipped with a pachinko game machine having a control device
In the pachinko game machine, the discharge control device and the ball
Connect to the rental machine so that it can be sent and received, and
Conversion switch and card return used for input
Switch and card balance table controlled by the ball lending machine
Indicator and a sphere that indicates the validity / invalidity of the conversion switch
A lending indicator is provided on the front of the pachinko machine,
The emission control device is used when ball lending is possible.
While transmitting a ball lending possible signal to the ball lending machine,
In the emission request signal indicating the emission request supplied from the ball rental machine
Based on the number of minimum emission units for each emission request signal
Perform discharge control to discharge the game ball, and set the minimum discharge unit
Each time the number of game balls has been discharged, this indicates that the discharge has been completed.
It is configured to transmit a ball lending discharge end signal to the ball lending machine.
The ball rental machine is operated once with the conversion switch.
The number of ball rentals in integer multiples of the minimum emission unit above
Ball lending number setting means capable of setting the
After the transmission, the ball lending discharge signal is received within a predetermined time.
Discharge completion monitoring means for determining whether or not
Of the set number of ball rentals based on one operation of the exchange switch
Minimum discharge to the above discharge control device to discharge game balls
A unit discharge request signal is transmitted, and the discharge request
Each time a signal is sent, the ball lendable signal
When confirming that the emission control device is in the ball lending enabled state
In both cases, after transmission of the emission request signal,
If the reception of the ball lending discharge signal is not detected,
It was configured to determine that it occurred normally.

[0008]

According to the above-described means, after the ball rental machine transmits the discharge request signal indicating the discharge request of the minimum discharge unit of the rental ball, the discharge is completed each time the discharge of the minimum number of game balls is completed. Equipped with a discharge end monitoring means for determining whether or not to receive within a predetermined time a ball rental discharge end signal indicating that the discharge control device provided in the pachinko gaming machine every time the discharge request signal is transmitted When the ball lending possible signal indicating that the ball lending is possible is confirmed and the reception of the ball lending discharge end signal is not detected within the predetermined time after the emission request signal is transmitted, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred. As a result, it is possible to reliably discharge the entire number of ball rentals and accurately detect the occurrence of abnormalities .
Accurate and reliable emission control.
A card-type pachinko gaming device can be realized.

[0009]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a card-type pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a pachinko gaming machine 100 and a ball lending machine 20 as a ball lending unit are used.
0 are paired with each other, and each ball rental machine 200
A card reader is built in. The front panel 210 of the ball lending machine 200 has a card insertion / removal slot 211 corresponding to the card reader, an insertion balance display 220 for displaying the balance of the inserted card, and a ball lending machine. Is provided with an effective display lamp 230 that indicates that the device is operating.

On the other hand, an operation panel 12 is provided on an upper surface of a supply tray 120 provided on a front frame of the pachinko gaming machine 100.
1, a balance display 122 for displaying the balance of the card inserted into the card insertion / ejection slot 211 on the operation panel 121, a conversion button 123 for giving a command to convert to a lending ball, and a card ejection A return button 124 for instructing (return) and a ball lending possible display lamp 126 for indicating that the conversion button 123 is active are provided.

Reference numeral 112 denotes a prize ball discharge indicator lamp which is lit when a prize ball is discharged, reference numeral 113 denotes a lending ball discharge indicator lamp which is lit when a lending ball is discharged, and 108 denotes a hit state in a pachinko game machine. A completion lamp 141 that is turned on is a tray for storing a prize ball that has overflowed inside when the supply tray 120 is full.
Reference numeral 42 denotes an operation dial of a hitting ball firing device that fires balls flowing down from the supply tray 120 one by one into the game area. The configuration of the game area on the front of the pachinko game board is the same as the conventional one, and can take any configuration.

In this embodiment, when the conversion button 123 is pressed, a predetermined amount (for example, 300 yen) is set within the range of the amount of the card provided that the card is inserted into the card reader of the ball lending machine 200. A command to convert the minute into a lending ball is sent to a control device of a ball discharging device provided on the back surface of the pachinko gaming machine 100. The remaining amount of the converted card is displayed on the balance display 122 in a unit of 100 yen as one unit.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the back mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine 100 to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 170 denotes a ball discharge device for discharging a prize ball, and 600 denotes the ball discharge device 170 based on a signal from a winning detector or the like.
Discharge control device for controlling the discharge of a predetermined number of prize balls,
151 is a storage tank for storing balls before being discharged,
Reference numeral 152 denotes a guiding gutter that aligns the balls in the storage tank 151 in a line and guides the balls to the ball discharging device 170. This invitation
The gutter 152 is not particularly limited, but is formed into two strips so that a large amount of balls can be supplied in a short time, and a ball leveling 153 and a standby ball detector 160 for preventing the balls from being overlapped are provided in the middle thereof. Have been.

In addition, below the ball discharge device 170, the discharged balls are supplied to the outlet 12 of the supply tray 120 on the front of the game machine.
Discharge trough 155 to induce the 9 and over the feed tray 120
An overflow gutter 156 for guiding the flowed balls to the lower tray 141 is provided continuously, and a ball drain gutter 157 branched from the middle of the discharge gutter 155 is disposed in parallel with the overflow gutter 156. A flow path switching valve 158 is provided at a branch between the ball drop gutter 157 and the discharge gutter 155. Reference numeral 159 denotes a collecting gutter for collecting the winning balls flowing into a winning opening provided on the front surface of the gaming machine at one place. Reference numeral 180 denotes a detector provided at the lower end of the collecting gutter 159 to separate the collected winning balls one by one. A prize ball separation detecting device 400 is a gaming board control device that drives a character or a display lamp based on a signal from a prize detector provided in the game section.

The game board control device 400 and the discharge control device 600 are connected by a cord composed of three signal lines. Although not particularly limited, in this embodiment,
One ends of the cords 191 and 192 drawn from the game board control device 400 and the discharge control device 600 are connected to the relay board 195, and the game board control device 400 and the discharge control device 600 can communicate with each other via the relay board 195. Is bound to In this embodiment, the winning ball separation detecting device 1
A stop 182 facing the flow path of the winning balls gathered by the gathering gutter 159 and a solenoid (hereinafter referred to as a safe solenoid) 183 for driving the stopper 183 are used to detect one winning ball by a detector (called a safe sensor) 181. Each time one of these is detected, the stopper 182 is driven by a solenoid 183 to cause one winning ball to flow down, but a seesaw type having a stopper at the front end and a weight at the rear end is used. The number of winning balls is determined by a discharge control device 6
00 may be electrically stored.

FIG. 3 shows an embodiment of the ball discharging device 170. The ball discharge device 170 includes a guide gutter 710 that is configured to be continuous with the guide gutter 152 that guides the reserve sphere stored in the storage tank 151. The guide gutter 710 is formed in two lines corresponding to the guide gutters 152, and a discharge means 740 including a stopper 745 as a flow-down prevention means and a discharge solenoid 741 for driving the stopper 745 corresponding to the passage of each line. Two sets are provided. The guide gutter 710 is composed of three parts according to its function.
13 is set.

The pressure reducing section 711 reduces the pressure of the reserve sphere sent from the storage tank 151 via the guide gutter 152, and has a structure in which the U-turn is performed in a gentle inclination state as shown in FIG. ing. The edge cutting portion 712 is provided to make a space between the balls passing through the discharging portion 713 thereunder so as to make it easy to prevent the balls from flowing out by the discharging means 740 below, and a vertical passage continuing to the pressure reducing portion 711. Part 7
21 and a direction change passage portion 7 communicating with a discharge portion 713 described later.
22.

At the lower end of the vertical passage portion 721, a ball clogging prevention projection 723 is provided to protrude forward. By this ball clogging prevention projection 723, the center position of the lowest ball among the balls stopped vertically arranged in the vertical passage portion 721 is always positioned ahead of the center position of the ball above it. As a result, the downward moving pressure of the upper sphere acts so as to always press the lowest sphere forward, thereby preventing clogging of the sphere. In the middle of the discharge part 713 of each guide gutter 710, a non-contact discharge ball detection sensor 730 (discharge sensors 1 and 2) for detecting a flowing ball is installed.

A notch 703 in which a stopper 745 constituting the discharging means 740 can be protruded and retracted in the middle of each discharging section 713 and immediately after the discharging sensor 730 is provided. The stoppers 745 are rotatably supported by support shafts 746 , respectively.
On one side of each connecting pin is protruded, these communication
The connecting pin and the lower end of the operating rod 742 of the discharge solenoid 741 are connected by a connecting plate 747, respectively.

When the discharge solenoid 741 is in a demagnetized (off) state, the operating rod 742 is lowered, and the tip of the stopper 745 is moved from the notch 703 to the guide gutter 7.
10 into the discharge sections 713, respectively.
13 to prevent the game balls from flowing down . On the other hand, when the discharge solenoid 741 is excited (turned on), the operating rod 742 rises and the stopper 745 is rotated in the upward direction, comes out of the notch 703 of the discharge portion 713, and the ball in the discharge portion 713 Is released, and the spare sphere in the guide gutter 710 is discharged to the lower discharge gutter 155.

As described above, the ball discharging device 170 of the above embodiment is used.
Since the discharge sensor 730 detects the flowing balls one by one and stops the discharge by operating the stopper 745 when the predetermined number is reached, the prize balls and the lending balls having different numbers of discharged balls as described above. Can be discharged by the same ball discharge device. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 750 denotes a ball removal sensor 750 for detecting that a ball removal rod has been inserted through an operation hole (not shown) provided in the front frame of the pachinko gaming machine 100. Ball removal sensor 7
When 50 is turned on, the discharge solenoid 741 is continuously excited to discharge the spare sphere in the guide gutter 710 and to operate the driving means (solenoid) of the switching valve 158 in the discharge gutter 155 to discharge. Take ball and gutter 1
It is designed to be discharged out of the machine through 57.

The ball removal sensor 750, the discharge solenoid 741, and the discharge sensor 730 are electrically connected to the discharge control device 600. FIG. 4 shows the pachinko gaming machine 1
One embodiment of the control system 00 is shown. This control system can be roughly divided into a game board control circuit as a game board control circuit for controlling mainly the game board of the pachinko gaming machine 100.
Control device 400 and a ball rental unit for controlling a card reader and the like.
A ball lending control device 500 as a knit control circuit and a discharge control circuit for controlling the ball discharge device 170 are provided.
Outgoing control device 600 .

Of the above control devices, a game board control device 400
Receives a detection signal from various prize ball detectors provided on the game board 102 of the pachinko game machine to form a drive signal of the accessory, or forms a prize ball separation provided on the back mechanism board of the pachinko game machine. In response to a signal from a detector (safe sensor) 181 in the detection device 180, a safe solenoid 182 for separating a winning ball is activated, and a drive signal for the speaker 190 is formed. In addition, the game board control device 400
Has a function of monitoring a gaming state and transmitting information about the state of the pachinko machine being operated, occurrence of a big hit, occurrence of a hit, etc. to the management apparatus of the pachinko store .

The discharge control device 600 controls the two guide gutters 7 in the ball discharge device 170 based on a discharge command signal from the ball lending control device 500 or the game board control device 400.
Excitation solenoids 741a and 741b that actuate a pair of stoppers 745 provided in the middle of 10 are excited to discharge a predetermined number of spare balls in each guide gutter 710 based on the detection signals of the discharge sensors 730a and 730b. The exhaust solenoids 741a and 741b are excited based on the ON signal from the ball release switch 750, and the drive source of the flow path switching valve 158 is operated to discharge all the reserve balls in the storage tank 151 and the guide gutter 152. I do.

Further, the discharge control device 600 includes a guide gutter 15
When a detection signal from the stand-by ball detector 160 provided in the middle of Step 2 comes in, the excitation of the discharge solenoids 741a and 741b is suspended and the discharge by the ball discharge device 170 is stopped. For example, the prize ball discharge display lamp 112 or the lending ball discharge display lamp 113 is turned on, or a prize ball or lending ball discharge sound request signal is transmitted to the game board control device 400.

The ball lending control device 500 receives the read data from the card reader in the ball lending machine 200, and operates the drive signal for the inserted balance display 220, the display drive signal for the balance display 122, and the card reader. A driving signal for the valid display lamp 230 for displaying the information and the ball lending possible display lamp 126 provided in the pachinko gaming machine, a balance data rewriting signal q for the card reader control device 250, a punch hole processing signal m, a card Form an ejection signal n. In addition, the ball lending control device 50
0 accepts an ON signal of the ball lending conversion switch (123) and the card return switch (124), sends a ball lending request signal BRQ and a card presence / absence signal CON to the discharge control device 600, and manages the card management company. It also has a function of transmitting a card payment signal j that informs the device 800 that the conversion into a lending ball for one time (100 yen) has been performed.

FIG. 5 shows a configuration example of the game board control device 400. That is, the gaming board control device 400 of this embodiment counts and holds the communication signal 410 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the discharge control device 600 and the detection signal from the prize ball-specific prize detector of the gaming board 102. Two Winners
Storage means 411 , 412 and each winning storage means 411 , 41
Prize ball number storage means 430 for storing the number of prize balls corresponding to 2
Prize ball number control means 42 for determining the number of prize balls to be discharged based on the contents stored in the prize storage means 411 , 412.
0 and control related to the game, such as driving a solenoid, a motor, or a display lamp of the accessory based on a signal from the game board 102, or detecting occurrence of a big hit and driving an accessory or a variable winning device according to a predetermined procedure. Game control means 45 for performing
0 and a sound priority which determines which sound should be given priority based on a prize ball discharge sound request, a big hit generation sound request from the game control means 450, a card insertion from the communication means 410, and a discharge sound request. Control means 470 and the game board 10
And signal input / output means 460 for receiving input signals from the device 2 and for generating drive signals for display lamps, motors, solenoids, speakers and the like on the game board.

The game board control device 400 of this embodiment includes:
In order to be able to cope with a case where two types of prize ball-specific prize detectors 490 for detecting a prize ball in a prize hole in which a different number of prize balls are set than a general prize hole are provided in the game board 102, Two winning storage units 411 and 412 are provided, and the number of winnings is counted for each winning opening having a different number of prize balls. The prize detection signal continuously enters the game board control device 400 regardless of the presence or absence of the prize ball discharge. Therefore, a prize storage means for storing the number of prize balls is required.

On the other hand, the prize balls speed control unit 420 knows that there has been a request for transmission of prize balls number data from the emission control device 600 by a signal from the communication unit 410, the winning
The number of prize balls to be discharged is read and determined from the number of prize balls storage means 430 based on the storage contents of the storage means 411 and 412 , and the determined prize ball number data G is passed to the communication means 410 and transmitted to the discharge control device 600. On the other hand, prize ball number data is transmitted. At the same time, when the prize ball number control means 420 transmits the prize ball number data once, the prize ball storage means 411 or 412
Is provided with a function of reducing the stored content of "." Moreover, in this embodiment, the communication means 410 controls the game board.
This is counted by a timer counter based on a signal (for example, a reset signal) that periodically (every 2 ms) generates an interrupt to the device 400, and thereby a desired period (8 m
Second clock CK is formed and supplied to the discharge control device 600.

FIG. 6 shows a configuration example of the communication means 410 in the game board control device 400. That is,
The communication means 410 counts the reset signal r from the reset generation circuit RST to form a synchronization clock CK, and the communication clock control means 411 and the prize ball number control means 4
A transmission means 412 for converting the award ball number data G passed from 20 into serial data and transmitting the serial data; a line confirmation means 413 for transmitting a line test signal by the transmission means 412 when the power is turned on; Transmission number control means 414 for performing control to transmit the same data twice in succession when there is a transmission request, and reception timing for controlling the read timing of a signal (command) transmitted from the discharge control device 600. A control means 415, a reception signal storage means 416 for reading and holding a reception signal based on the timing signal from the control means 415, and a reception signal storage means 416 for holding the same reception signal read for the second time and Received signal comparing means 4 for comparing with a signal
17 and a received signal decoding means 418 for decoding the received signal based on the result of the comparison. The received signal decoding means 418, winning balls number system decodes the received signal
It sends a prize ball number request signal D to the control means 420 , or supplies a retransmission request signal E when the received data does not match, and gives a transmission command of a line test signal to the line confirmation means 413. A lending ball discharge sound request signal, a card insertion sound request signal, and a card discharge sound request signal are supplied to the sound priority control means 470.

FIG. 7 shows an embodiment in which the game board control device 400 is configured using a general-purpose IC.
That is, the game board control device 400 includes a microprocessor CPU, a read-only memory ROM, a memory RAM readable and writable at any time, an input / output control circuit I / O comprising a gate array, and a display (lamp) on the game board. And LE
D, a driver DRV for forming drive signals for solenoids, motors, etc., a filter FLT for removing noise from the signal of the prize-ball-specific prize detector, and inputting various sound effects based on a selection signal from the sound priority control means 470. It comprises a sound generator SDG to be formed, and an amplifier AMP for amplifying the output of the sound generator SDG and driving the speaker 190.

In FIG. 7, of the constituent means shown in FIG. 5, the prize storage means 411 and 412 are implemented by a RAM, and the prize ball number storage means 430 is implemented by a ROM.
The communication means 410, the number of prize balls control means 420, and the game control means 450 include a CPU and an operation program for storing the operation program.
By the OM, the signal input / output means 460 further includes a driver DRV, a filter FLT, and a sound generator SDG.
And the amplifier AMP.

RST is a microprocessor CPU
A reset generation circuit for generating a reset signal r for
PC1 and PC2 control the emission control device 60 based on the synchronization signal CK and the transmission data signal from the input / output control circuit I / O.
The photocoupler RCV is a photocoupler PC3 as a transmission driving means for current-driving a signal line connected between the photocoupler PC3
And a filter FLT2, which is a receiving circuit that converts the current supplied by the emission control device 600 into a voltage and generates the received data. Reset generation circuit RST of this embodiment
Is composed of a power-on reset circuit that generates a reset signal when power is turned on, and a frequency divider that generates a reset pulse every 2 ms based on a reference clock φc supplied from a clock generator or the like.

FIG. 8 shows a configuration example of the discharge control device 600. The discharge control device 600 according to this embodiment includes a communication control unit 6 for transmitting and receiving signals to and from the game board control device 400.
10, a prize ball number requesting means 620 for transmitting a request signal for prize ball number data to the gaming board control device 400 based on a detection signal from the safe sensor 181 and a prize by driving the discharge solenoids 741a and 741b. Discharge control means 650 for instructing the communication means 610 to transmit a request for a prize ball discharge sound when discharging or removing a ball or discharging a prize ball, and a ball from the ball lending control device 500. Calculate the number of ball lending emissions based on the lending request signal BRQ
It comprises a lending ball discharge control means 670 for notifying the discharge control means 650 and instructing the communication means 610 to transmit a request for lending ball discharge sound when the lending ball is discharged.

The communication control unit 610 checks the reception of the power-on detection unit 611 such as a power-on reset circuit and the synchronization clock CK supplied from the game board control unit 400 immediately after the power-on, and performs a line test. And a transmission information storage unit 613 for storing various commands to be transmitted to the game board control device 400.
Transmitting means 614 for transmitting the selected command to the game board control device 400, and when there is no response from the game board control device 400 to the award ball number data request or the like, or when there is an error in the received signal. Retransmission request system for requesting retransmission
And control means 615, retransmission for storing the number of times that a retransmission request
Number storing means 615a and receiving means 616 for reading the signal from the game board control device 400 twice one bit at a time.
And two received signal storage means 617a and 617b for storing signals transmitted twice consecutively, and a received signal comparing means 618 for comparing the two received signals and detecting an error.
And received information decoding means 619 which decodes the received information and passes it to the emission control means 650 if it is prize ball number data or informs the line confirmation means 612 that the line is normal if it is a line test. Have been.

Each time the prize ball discharge is completed, the discharge control means 650 controls the safe solenoid in the prize ball separation detecting device 180 .
The ejection solenoids 741a and 741b are driven based on the winning ball count data (reception data) and the detection signals from the ejection sensors 730a and 730b on condition that the standby ball detector 160 is turned on. To discharge the prize ball, turn on the prize ball discharge indicator 112 when driving the discharge of the prize ball, or turn off the flow path provided in the middle of the prize ball discharge gutter by an ON signal from the ball release switch 750.
By switching the switching valve 158 (ball ejection solenoid) and driving the discharge solenoids 741a and 741b, the storage tank 15
Control is performed to discharge all of the spare balls in 1.

The lending ball discharge control means 670 includes a lending number setting means (for example, a ROM) for storing a conversion rate to lending balls (the number of lending balls for 100 yen), and a lending request from the lending control device 500. Signal BRQ and card presence / absence signal CON
Ball lending start determining means for determining whether or not ball lending discharge control should be started based on the signal indicating that a prize ball is being discharged from the award ball number requesting means 620, and a ball lending start request signal from the ball lending start determining means The number of lending balls is read out from the lending number setting means on the basis of the number of lending balls and is passed to the discharge control means 650. The ball lending possible signal RDY for notifying that the ball has been discharged, the lending ball discharge end signal EXS for notifying that the lending of one lending ball (for 100 yen) has been completed, and the lending ball discharge control for the award ball number requesting means 620 are being performed. And a discharge control signal forming means for forming a signal x indicating the fact. The prize ball number requesting unit 620 delays the start of prize ball discharge even if a prize detection signal is input from the safe sensor 181 if ball lending is being performed.

As shown in FIG. 9, the discharge control device 600 includes a single-chip microcomputer CPU having a built-in ROM and a RAM, and general-purpose ICs such as an input / output control circuit I / O, a photocoupler PC, a driver DRV, and a filter FLT. And a discrete resistor R, a capacitor C, a line monitoring light emitting diode LED, and a connector CNT. As an example, in this embodiment, 500 kHz
A CPU that operates with a system clock having a frequency of z is used. In addition, the line monitor lamp LED is interposed on the signal line for transmission and reception with the ball lending control device 500, so that disconnection of the signal line can be detected.

FIG. 10 shows a configuration example of the ball lending control device 500. The ball lending control device 500 of this embodiment includes a control unit 510 composed of a single chip microcomputer or the like, and a transceiver 502 for interfacing data transmission and reception between the control unit 510 and the card reader control device 250.
And display driving means 503a and 503b for forming drive signals for the balance display 122 and the inserted balance display 220, which are segment type displays, and the ball lending display lamp 1.
Dry to drive the 26 and Tamakashi effective display lamp 230
Receiving signals from the return circuit 124 and the conversion button 123 and the control unit 510
, Buffers 504a and 504b input to the card management device 800, a relay 505 for supplying the card settlement signal j to the card management device 800, and the number of discharges for one operation of the conversion switch 123 (100 yen is the minimum discharge unit). Is set by the ball lending number setting means 506 and the like.

The control unit 510 reads the data from the card reader control unit 250 to determine the balance data of the card, outputs a card presence / absence signal CON indicating that the card is present in the card reader, and outputs the inserted balance. Card balance determination means 511 for forming display data for the display 220; and card balance subtraction when ball lending is performed to form display data for the balance display 220 or write data for the card reader control device 250. And a card balance subtracting means 512 for forming a command and a card reader controller 250 when the return button 124 is turned on, the card balance becomes "0", or a discharge error occurs.
Return request means 51 for giving a card return command to
3 and a ball lending discharge end signal E from the discharge control device 600
A card use information output unit 514 for notifying the card management device 800 that one unit of a ball has been lent based on the XS, and a card balance and a ball lending when a conversion request signal from the conversion button 123 is input. A ball lending possibility determining unit 515 that determines whether ball lending is possible based on the possible signal RDY and the like, and the remaining ball lending discharge number is determined based on the number set by the ball lending number setting unit 506 and the discharge end signal EXS. Ball lending frequency control means 516 and ball lending possibility determination means 515
Control signal for permitting the generation of ball lending request signal from the ball lending
The discharge system on the basis of a signal from the count control means 516
Generates a ball lending request signal BRQ for the control device 600
It comprises a ball lending request signal forming means 517 and the like.

In this embodiment, the ball lending request signal BRQ and the ball lending discharge end signal EXS indicate that the ball lending request is not discharged within a predetermined time after the ball lending request is transmitted or that the ball lending discharge is not started within a predetermined time after the ball lending discharge is started. If a series of ball lending and discharging has not been completed, a discharging start time monitoring means 518 and a discharging time monitoring means 519 for determining a discharge error and giving a card return command to the card return requesting means 513 are provided. . Further, the ball lending possible determination means 515 drives the drive circuit 507b based on the signal from the card balance determination means 511 and the ball lending possible signal RDY from the discharge control device 600, and the ball lending conversion button 1
The ball lending possible display lamp 126 is turned on only while the ball 23 is valid, and the ball lending possible display lamp 126 is turned off during the ball lending discharge. Note that the ball lending number setting means 506 can be constituted by a storage means such as a ROM or a setting device such as a slide switch.

FIG. 11 shows an embodiment in which the ball lending control device 500 is configured using a general-purpose IC. That is, the ball lending control device 500 includes a read-only memory ROM and a read-write memory RA as needed.
M, a single-chip microcomputer CPU having a built-in serial interface SIF for serial communication, a transceiver TRS for performing serial communication with the card reader control device 250, and driving of the segment type balance display 122 (insert balance display 220). Photocoupler type drivers DRV11, DRV12 (DRV13, DRV13) for forming signals
V14), a photocoupler PC21 for inputting a signal from the ball lending conversion switch to the CPU, a photocoupler type driver DRV21 for forming a drive signal for the ball lending possible display 126, and transmission / reception between the discharge control device 600 Photocouplers PC11-PC14 for signal conversion, ball lending number setting switch array SW-ARY, and relay R for supplying card settlement signal j to card management device 800
LY and the like. Further, line monitor lamps LED11 to LED14 for detecting disconnection of the signal line are interposed on the signal line for transmission and reception with the discharge control device 600.

Next, an example of a control procedure of the entire game board performed by the game board control device 400 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. This control flow is executed every predetermined time (for example, 2 msec) by a timer interrupt after the power of the game board control device 400 is turned on. When the interrupt process is started, first, a switch input process of reading signals from a prize ball-specific prize detector 490 provided on the game board 102 and other various switches (including sensors) is performed (step S80). Next, the reset circuit R
The power-on reset signal from the ST is checked to determine whether the power has been turned on (step S81). And
If it is determined that the power has been turned on, the RAM and the input / output ports are initialized, and the interrupt processing ends (step S).
82).

On the other hand, if "No" is determined in step S81, that is, it is determined that the power has been turned on, the process proceeds to step S83 to output a clock CK as a synchronization signal to be supplied to the emission control device 600 (see FIG. 13). ). Then, a prize ball switch input process of reading and counting the detection signal of the prize ball-specific prize detector 490 (see FIG. 14), a command and data transmission / reception process with the discharge control device 600 (see FIGS. 15A to 15D ), and After performing a fraud detection process for checking whether there has been fraud on the basis of signals from various switches and sensors in the gaming machine and a process of canceling the fraud (steps S84 to S86), a flag set during the fraud detection process is checked. Then, it is determined whether or not there is a fraud (Step S87).

When the fraud is detected in step S87, fraudulent processing (step S89) such as blinking a display provided on the gaming machine or driving a speaker 190 to generate an alarm is executed and interrupt processing is performed. To end. If it is determined in step S87 that there is no fraud, the process proceeds to step S88, in which the accessory provided on the game board 102 is driven, the display is turned on and off, and a sound effect such as a prize ball discharge sound is generated by the speaker 190. A game process for setting an output port or the like is performed.

FIG. 13 shows an example of the control procedure of the clock signal output processing among the above various processing. When this process is started, first, the clock timer counter is incremented (+1) in step S90, and it is determined in step S91 whether or not the timer counter value has become "2" or more. If "No", the process ends. Then, when the next interrupt process is started, the timer counter is incremented again in step S90. Then, if "Yes" is determined in the step S91, the process proceeds to the step S92.
After clearing the timer counter, the output state of the clock signal is inverted, and the present routine ends (step S
93). With this, the timer counter repeats the values of “0”, “1” and “2” every 2 ms,
Each time it becomes "2", the clock CK is inverted. As a result, as shown in FIG. 60, a clock CK having an interrupt cycle, that is, a cycle (8 ms) four times the reset pulse r is output. In this embodiment, the clock CK is supplied to the emission control device 600 as a synchronization signal at the time of communication.

FIG. 14 shows an example of a control procedure of the prize ball switch input processing among the various processings shown in FIG. In this input processing, a seven prize ball switch for detecting a prize ball to a winning opening giving “7” prize balls or a ten prize for detecting a ball winning to a winning opening providing “10” prize balls It is determined whether the ball switch is on (steps S94, S95). If the seven-prize-ball switch is ON, the process proceeds to step S96 to determine whether the seven-prize-ball memory is equal to or less than "254". If "Yes", the seven-prize-ball memory is incremented by "1" (step S96). S97). Also, 1
If the zero prize ball switch is on, the process proceeds to step S98, and it is determined whether or not the ten prize ball memories are equal to or less than "254".
If "es", add "1" to the memory of 10 prize balls (step S99). Thus, up to 254 winning balls can be stored.

FIGS. 15A to 15D show an example of a control procedure of data transmission / reception processing among the various processings. 15A is a transmission processing flow, and FIG.
15D is a reception processing flow. In this transmission / reception processing, first, in step S801, a later-described step S885 is performed.
It is determined whether there is a transmission request by checking whether the 8-bit transmission bit counter set in (see FIG. 15D) is larger than “0”. In the last step of the data receiving process, the transmission bit counter is set to the discharge control unit 60.
This is prepared to transmit 8-bit data or a command when transmitting a response to 0. If this bit counter is set to “8”, “Yes” is determined in step S801. Step S803
Then, the transmission process is started.

In the step S803, it is determined whether or not the clock CK supplied from the game board control device 400 is at a high level. If the clock CK is at a low level, this routine is terminated. This is because if the transmission data is switched during the low level period of the clock CK, the data may be replaced while the ejection control device 600 is reading the data. If “Yes” is determined in step S803, the process proceeds to step S805 to determine whether the clock timer counter is “0”. While the clock for the interrupt processing of this routine is 2 ms, the clock CK
Is eight milliseconds, the high level may be determined twice during one cycle, and the data or command is transmitted at the timing immediately after the transition to the high level.

If "Yes" is determined in step S805, the flow advances to step S807 to output the contents of the corresponding bit in the transmission buffer (the bit indicated by the transmission bit counter) to the transmission port. Then, the value of the transmission bit counter is decremented (−1) (step S80).
9), it is determined whether the value of the transmission bit counter has become “0” (step S811). Here, if "No", the process is once terminated, and when this routine is executed again, the above procedure is repeated to transmit the next bit in the transmission buffer.

When all the 8-bit data is transmitted,
The determination in step S811 becomes "Yes", and the flow advances to step S813 to reduce the number of transmissions by "1". Then, in the next step S815, it is determined whether or not the number of transmissions has become “0”, and if “Yes”, the transmission processing is terminated,
If “No”, the transmission bit counter is set to “8” again. As a result, the same data is repeatedly transmitted for the set number of times. In this embodiment, the transmission time is set to once when the line test command is transmitted, and to twice when transmitting the award ball count data (step S8 described later).
59, S883), so transmission is performed that number of times.

Next, when "No" is determined in step S801 and the process proceeds to the receiving process in FIG.
At 21, it is determined whether or not the synchronization clock signal CK is at a low level. If the clock CK is at the high level, the process jumps to step S845 (FIG. 15C). The discharge control device 600 transmits data (command) in synchronization with the clock CK as shown by a broken line in FIG.
This is because data transitions during the high-level period T1 of FIG. Note that FIG.
, The shift ΔT of the change between the solid line and the broken line of the clock signal CK is a time difference (round trip) caused by a delay on the signal line. Since the delay of the received data SD is only one way, it is smaller than the delay of the clock CK.

If "Yes" in step S821, that is, if the clock CK is at the low level, the flow advances to step S823 to read 1-bit received data from the input / output port (timing t1 in FIG. 60). then,
The clock timer counter updated in the subroutine of FIG. 13 is checked (step S825). If the value of the counter is "0", the received data read in step S823 is stored in the memory (step S827) and Proceed to S829. On the other hand, if the value of the clock timer counter is not “0” in step S825, the process immediately proceeds to step S829 to determine whether the value of the timer counter is “1”. If the determination in step S829 is "No", the process jumps to step S845.

The subroutine is executed again, and
After the second reception data is read in step S823 (timing t2 in FIG. 60), if “Yes” is determined when the process proceeds to step S829, the process proceeds to step S831, and the second reception data (in step S823) is read. (1 bit) and the first read data stored in step S827. As a result, if they are the same, it is considered that the reading has been correctly performed, and step S
Proceeding to 833, it is determined whether the value of the read bit counter is "0". If "0", it is determined whether or not the bit received in step S835 is a low level, that is, the first bit (so-called start bit) of the received data. If "No", the process jumps to step S845, where
If s ", the flow advances to step S841 to write the received data (one bit) to the corresponding bit in the reception buffer, and then increment (+1) the read bit counter (step S843).

On the other hand, if the first and second read data do not match in the determination in step S831, the flow advances to step S837 to determine whether or not the read bit counter is greater than "0". Is jumped to step S845. If the read bit counter indicates "1" or more, that is, indicates a value other than the first bit, the data error flag is set to "1", and the flow advances to step S841 to write the reception data (1 bit) to the corresponding bit in the reception buffer. Then, the read bit counter is incremented, and the process proceeds to step S84 in FIG. 15C.
Go to 5. This is for the purpose of reading all 8-bit data for the time being, and finally dealing with data errors.

In step S845, it is determined whether or not the read bit counter has reached "8". If "No", that is, if all of the 8-bit received data has not been read yet, the present routine is ended once. If “Yes” is determined in step S845 while the read operation is repeated, the process proceeds to step S847 to clear the read bit counter to “0”, and then sets the data error flag to “1”. (Step S84)
9). If “Yes” here, the process proceeds to step S851 to clear the data error flag to “0” and ends this routine. That is, the receiving process ends without any response to the data transmission from the emission control device 600. However, in the flow of the discharge control device 600 (described later), such a non-response is dealt with by performing processing such as retransmission.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S849 is "No", the process shifts to a step S853 to determine whether or not the received 8-bit data is a "line test command". Proceed to S855
After setting the line test received flag to "1",
The "line test command" is set in the transmission buffer (step S857). The line test is performed by the game board controller 40.
This is because both “0” and the emission control device 600 transmit a “line test command” and confirm it. After the "line test command" is set in the transmission buffer, the flow advances to step S859 to set the number of transmissions to "1", and then to step S88 in FIG. 15D.
The routine jumps to 5, sets the transmission bit counter to "8", and ends this routine. Set the transmission bit counter to “8”
Is set as the transmission start condition in the above-described transmission routine (FIG. 15A).

If "No" in step S853, that is, if the received 8-bit data is not a "line test command", the flow advances to step S861 to check whether the line test received flag has already been set to "1". It is determined, and if “No”, this routine ends. This is to ignore other commands sent before confirming the line test. If it is determined in step S861 that the line test received flag has already been set to "1", the flow shifts to step S863 in FIG. 15D.

In step S863, it is determined whether or not the received 8-bit data is a "prize ball request command" (steps S865 and S867). The award ball memory is checked, and if none is found, 15 are set as award ball number data in the transmission buffer in step S869. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S865 that there are seven prize balls stored, the process proceeds to step S871 to set seven pieces of prize ball data in the transmission buffer as the number of prize balls, and sets the stored number of seven prize balls to "1". Subtraction is performed (step S873). Step S867
When it is determined that there are 10 prize balls stored in step S8
75, the transmission buffer stores 1 as prize ball number data.
Zero is set, and the number of memorized 10 prize balls is subtracted by "1" (step S877). Then, step S88
Proceeding to 3, the number of transmissions is set to "2", then the transmission bit counter is set to "8", and this routine ends (step S885).

If it is determined in step S863 that the received 8-bit data is not a "prize ball request command",
Step S879 the process proceeds received data is to "retransmission request U
Command , and if “No”, step S
The process proceeds to 887, and if “Yes”, it is determined whether or not the winning buffer data is already set in the transmission buffer. Then, when the prize ball number data is already set in the transmission buffer,
The process proceeds to step S883, where the number of transmissions is set to “2”, and then the transmission bit counter is set to “8” (step S883).
885), and then proceeds to the transmission process. If “No”, the process proceeds to step S887.

In step S887, it is determined whether a request command for a purchase sound (ball lending conversion sound) has been received from the emission control device 600. If "Yes", the purchase sound output flag is set to "1" in step S893. This routine ends. This flag is referred to in the game process (step S88) in FIG. 12, and drives the speaker to generate a predetermined sound effect.

If "No" in the step S887, the flow advances to a step S889 to judge whether or not a request command for a card insertion sound has been received from the ejection control device 600.
If "s", the card insertion sound output flag is set to "1" in step S895, and this routine ends, and if "No" in step S889, step S891 is performed.
To determine whether a card ejection sound request command has been received from the ejection control device 600, and if "Yes", to step S
At step 897 , the card ejection sound output flag is set to "1", and this routine ends. These flags are referred to in the game processing (step S88) in FIG. 12, and drive the speaker to generate a predetermined sound effect.

Next, by a signal from the ball lending conversion button 123 provided on the drive signal and pachinko gaming machine control signals and the balance display 122 for the card reader 250
Referring to FIGS. 16 through 25 a control procedure of the ball lending controller 500 which forms and outputs a ball lending request signal or the like against the emission control device 600 will be described in detail Te. FIG.
2 shows an outline of a main routine of the ball lending control device. This main routine is performed by the ball lending control device 5
When the power of 00 is turned on, it is repeatedly executed.

When the power supply is turned on, first, initial settings such as clearing of a RAM, setting of a flag, resetting of an output buffer, and the like are performed (step S8002). Next step S80
In step 04, the ball lending possible display 126 is temporarily turned off, and the balance display 122 generates and outputs a drive signal for displaying zero balance ("000" in the case of three-digit display) (step S8006). ).

Then, the process proceeds to the next step, where a ball lending process (step S8008) and a return process (step S80)
10), function transmission / reception processing (step S801)
The two processes of 2) and the settlement signal output process (step S8014) are performed concurrently and simultaneously. FIGS. 17 and 18 show the main routine (FIG. 16).
An example of a specific procedure of the ball lending process executed in step S8008 is shown.

When this process is started, first, the ball lending enable signal RDY sent from the discharge control device 600 is checked to determine whether or not the signal has fallen (step S810).
2). If "No", that is, if the ball lending enable signal RDY has not fallen, the process proceeds to step S8104, and the ball lending enable signal RDY is examined to determine whether the signal has risen. The ball lending enable signal RDY is output from the discharge control device 60.
0 is a signal that is changed to a low level when the shortage of balls in the storage tank 151 or the hit state of the game board is detected. When the system is turned on and the control of the discharge control device 600 is started, The lendable signal RDY is set to the high level state. Therefore, the ball lending control device 500
If the rising edge of this signal is detected in step S8104 and the determination is "Yes", the flow advances to step S8106 to reserve a function code for notifying the card reader control device 250 that the card can be accepted.
It returns to step S8102.

Next, steps S8102-S810 are performed again.
If it is determined that "No" in step S8104 proceeds as 4, ball proceeds to step S8108 rental possible indicator (ball lending
I agree with the possible display lamp, and so on. Check if 126 is lit. The ball lending possible display 126 is a lamp that is turned on when a card amount is received from the card reader control device 250 in a function transmission / reception process (FIGS. 20 and 21) described later. Therefore, before the card is inserted into the card reader, the determination in step S8108 is “No” and the process returns to step S8102 to repeat the above steps.

When the card is inserted into the card reader, the card amount is transmitted from the card reader control device 250, and the ball lending possible display 126 is turned on, the determination in step S8108 becomes "Yes" and the step S
Proceed to 8110. In step S8110, it is determined whether the ball lending enable signal RDY is at a high level and "Yes"
If it is, the process shifts to the next step S8112, and if "No", the process returns to step S8102.

On the other hand, if the fall of the ball lending possible signal RDY is detected in step S8102, the flow advances to step S8103 to check whether the ball lending possible display 126 is lit. If it is lit, the process proceeds to step S8105, the ball lending possible display 126 is turned off, and a magnetic writing function transmission reservation is made (step S8107). Proceeding to S8109, make a transmission reservation for a non-reception function indicating that the card cannot be received, and execute step S810.
Return to 2. This is because the ball lending enable signal RDY falls to a low level when the discharge control device 600 detects a shortage of balls in the storage tank 151 or a hit state of the game board.

If "Yes" in step S8110, that is, it is confirmed that the ball lending enable signal RDY is at a high level, the flow advances to step S8112 to check whether the ball lending conversion button 123 has been turned on based on the signal from the conversion switch.
Is determined. Here, if “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S811.
The process proceeds to 4 to determine whether or not the balance of the card is greater than the amount corresponding to the number of ball lending set in the ball lending number setting device 506. If the amount of the card is larger, the flow advances to step S8116 to set the number of balls to be set in the number-of-payouts register. Is set, and then the flow shifts to step S8130 in FIG.

[0071] Also, when "No" That ball lending conversion button 123 in step S8112 is determined to be off, dolphin not return button 124 is turned on to look at the signal from the return switch the operation proceeds to Step S8120 pressurized-size <br/> a constant. If “Yes” here, the process proceeds to step S8122, the ball lending display 126 is turned off, and the transmission of the magnetic writing function is reserved (step S8).
124), the flow advances to step S5126 to reserve transmission of an ejection function for ejecting the card from the card reader, and returns to step S8102. On the other hand, if it is determined in step S8120 that the return button 124 has been turned off, the process returns to step S8102 without doing anything.

When the process proceeds to step S8130 in FIG. 18, the ball lending possible display 126 is first turned off, and then
The ball lending request signal BRQ to the discharge control device 600 is asserted to a low level, and an EXS timer (10 seconds) waiting for a response to the discharge end signal EXS is set (step S8).
132, S8134). Then, it is determined whether the EXS timer has reached zero. If “No”, it is determined whether the discharge end signal EXS from the discharge control device 600 has fallen (steps S8136, S8138). And " Yes "
If so, it is determined whether or not the EXS timer has passed 10 ms (step S8140). Here, the discharge end signal EX
If it is determined that the EXS timer has timed out before S falls, the flow advances to step S8172 to make a transmission reservation for the magnetic writing function and then make a transmission reservation for the card ejection function (step S817).
4) Turn off the effective display lamp S230 (step S817)
6) "000" is displayed on the inserted balance display 220 (three-digit display).
Is displayed (S8178), and the process returns to step S8102.
You. The reason why the discharge end signal does not return even if 10 seconds have passed since the ball lending request was made to the discharge control device 600 is because an abnormality has occurred.

On the other hand, if the discharge end signal EXS falls before the EXS timer times out and the EXS timer has passed 10 ms, the flow shifts to the next step S8142 to set the EXS timer again to 10 seconds. Then, it is determined whether the EXS timer has reached zero. If “No”, it is determined whether the discharge end signal EXS from the discharge control device 600 has risen (steps S8144, S814).
6). If “ Yes ”, the EXS timer is set to 20
It is determined whether 0 ms has elapsed (step S814)
8). Here, E is set before the discharge end signal EXS rises.
If it is determined that the XS timer (10 seconds) has expired, the flow advances to step S8172 to make a transmission reservation for the magnetic writing function and then make a transmission reservation for the card ejection function (step S8174).
The indicator lamp S230 is turned off (step S8176) and inserted.
Display "000" on the balance display 220 (three-digit display)
(S8178), and returns to step S8102. The discharge end signal EXS from the discharge control device 600 is transmitted to the ball discharge device 1
Since it is known from the structure of FIG. 70 that the signal rises about 1 second on average after falling to the low level, 10 seconds after the discharge end signal EXS falls to the low level.
The reason why the signal does not rise to the high level even after a lapse of seconds is considered to be that an abnormality has occurred.

Before the EXS timer times out, the discharge end signal EXS rises and the EXS timer
If m seconds have elapsed (because the discharge is not completed within this time), the process moves to the next step S8150 and the timer is set to 75 ms. Then, it is determined whether the timer has reached zero (step S8152). When the time is up, the process moves to the next step S8154 to negate the ball lending request signal BRQ to a high level. by this,
The ball lending request signal BRQ is changed to a high level 75 ms after the discharge end signal EXS rises. Then, the timer is set again to 100 ms (step S8156).

In the next step S8158, after reducing the card balance (frequency) by “1”, the card management device 8
The output counter of the settlement signal j (pulse) for 00 is incremented by “1” (step S8160). Then, the process proceeds to step S8162, and after the number of payouts is subtracted by “1”, it is determined whether or not the number of payouts is “0” (step S8164).
It is determined whether the timer set in 8158 has expired (step S8170). When the timer has expired, the process returns to step S8130, repeats the above procedure, asserts the ball lending request signal BRQ again, and outputs the ball lending request signal BRQ.
Wait for a response from 0. Thereby, the ball lending request signal BRQ
Is continuously generated, the ball lending request signal BRQ is asserted to the low level again 100 ms after the previous signal once rises, and the emission control device 60
A value of 0 can reliably detect the falling of the ball lending request signal BRQ.

On the other hand, if “Yes” in the step S 8164, that is, if the number of payouts is “0”, the flow shifts to a step S 8166 to determine whether or not the balance of the card has become zero. After making a transmission reservation for the write function and the card discharge function (step S8174), the valid display lamp 230 is turned off (step S8176), and the inserted balance display 220 is displayed.
"000" is displayed in (three digits display) (step S81)
78), returning to the first step S8102. Thereby, even if the card is held in the card reader during the game, when the card balance becomes "0", the card is automatically ejected from the card reader, and the card balance becomes "0".
You can immediately know that it has become. When making a transmission reservation for the magnetic writing function, the card balance data is written as text along with the write function code in the transmission buffer.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S8166 that the card balance is not "0", the flow advances to step S8168 to display that the ball lending discharge processing is completed and the next ball lending conversion button can be operated. Ball lending possible display 12
6 is turned on, and the process returns to the first step S8102.
FIG. 19 shows an example of a specific procedure of the card return process executed in step S8010 of the main routine (FIG. 16).

When this process is started, first, it is determined whether the return button 124 is turned on (step S820).
2) If "Yes", the flow advances to step S8204 to check whether the ball lending available indicator 126 is turned on. This ball lending possible display 126 has a card inserted into a card reader,
This lamp is turned on when the ball lending conversion button 123 is valid. If "Yes" in step S8204, that is, if it is determined that the lamp is turned on, the process advances to step S8206 to turn off the ball lending possible display 126 and then write the magnetic book. A reservation for sending a function to send the data and a reservation for sending the function to discharge the card are made (steps S8208 and S821).
0), the effective indicator lamp 230 is turned off and the inserted balance indicator is displayed.
Display “000” on 220 (three digits display) (Step
After steps S8212 and S8214), step S820 is performed.
Return to Step 2 and wait until the return button is turned on. When the card reader receives this function, the card is ejected from the card reader. Thereafter, the validity indicator lamp 230 is turned off, and the display (three digits) of the inserted balance indicator 220 is changed to "000" (steps S8212 and S8214).

On the other hand, if the return button is turned on when the ball lending possible display 126 is turned off, the above-described step S
The process moves from step 8204 to step S8216, and in step S8130 of the ball lending process (FIG. 17) , the ball lending possible display 12
The ball lending flag, which is set at the same time as the turning off of No. 6, is checked to determine whether the ball lending process is in progress. If no ball is being lent, the process returns to step S8202 without doing anything. Since the ball lending possible display 126 is turned off during ball lending processing or when the card is not present in the card reader, it is necessary to instruct the card reader to return the card even if the return button is turned on. Because there is no.

If "Yes" in step S8216, that is, it is determined that a ball is being lent, the flow advances to step S8218 to turn on the ball lending possible display 126 in step S8168.
At the same time, the ball lending flag that is cleared is checked to determine whether the ball lending process has been completed. And this ball lending flag is
This step is repeated until it is cleared to "0", and when the ball lending process is completed, the flow shifts to step S8220 to determine whether or not the card balance is "0". Here, if the card balance is not “0”, the process proceeds to step S8206 to turn off the ball lending display 126,
After making a magnetic transmission function transmission reservation and a card ejection function transmission reservation, etc., the above-described step S
The process returns to 8202 and waits until the next return button is turned on.

At step S8220, the card balance is "0"
If no, the process returns to step S8202 and waits for the next return button operation. When the card balance becomes "0", steps S8172 and S817 of the ball lending process described above.
This is because the reservation for transmission of the magnetic writing function and the ejection function is made in 4 (FIG. 18), and the card is ejected from the card reader in response to the reservation. FIGS. 20 and 21 show the card reader control device 250 executed in step S8012 of the main routine (FIG. 16).
5 shows an example of a specific procedure of the function transmission / reception process between.

The transmitted / received functions are transmitted in a data format in which an STX code is added to the head of the function code and an ETX code is added to the end. In addition to the function code,
There are an ENQ code (transmission inquiry) and an ACK code (acknowledgement), and these are transmitted alone without adding a head STX code or a tail ETX code. When the function transmitting and receiving process is started, the ball lending process at Step S8300 determines whether (FIGS. 17 and 18) or set of functions transmission reservation by card return processing (FIG. 19) have been made. If there is no transmission reservation, the flow shifts to step S8350, checks the ENQ reception flag set in the reception interruption process (FIG. 25) described later, and sends the ENQ
(Inquiry code) is determined.

In step S8300, “transmission reserved”
If it is determined that, the process moves to step S8302, the number of retransmissions is set to 3, and then the ENQ code is transmitted (step S8304). This transmission causes a transmission interrupt and starts a transmission interrupt process described later. Then, after setting the response timer to 10 seconds at step S8306, ACK received the response timer at step S 8 308 is to be set by the receive interrupt process (FIG. 25) when the determination whether the time is up, "No" See the flag and AC
It is determined whether K (response code) has been received (step S8)
310). If the response timer times out before receiving the ACK, the process moves to step S8312 and the number of retransmissions set in step S8302 is set to “1”.
Then, it is determined whether the number of retransmissions has become “0” (step S8314). If not, the process returns to step S8304 to retransmit the ENQ code.

On the other hand, if the ACK is received before the response timer times out, the flow advances to step S8316 to clear the ACK reception flag to "0" and transmit the STX code indicating the head of the transmission data. By this transmission, a transmission interrupt occurs, and a transmission interrupt process described later is started, and a function code and data are transmitted. After setting the response timer to 10 seconds in step S8318, it is determined in step S8320 whether the response timer has expired. If "No", the ENQ reception flag set in the reception interrupt process (FIG. 25) is set. Look EN
It is determined whether Q has been received (step S8322). Since this ENQ is an inquiry as to whether the reception result may be sent from the card reader control device 250 to the ball lending control device 500, the ball lending control device 500 receives the ENQ before the response timer times out. When step S8
Proceed to 324, clear the ENQ reception flag to “0”,
And transmits an ACK code. If the response timer times out before receiving the ENQ, it means that there was no response of the reception result to the text transmission, so it is determined that there was a communication error, and the flow shifts to step S8340 to show an error code indicating the communication error Is written into the display data buffer, and the code is displayed on the balance display 122 in step S8344, and the control operation is stopped.

After transmitting the ACK in step S8324, the response timer is set again to 10 seconds (step S833).
26) After that, it is determined in step S8328 whether or not the response timer has expired, and if “No”, a function indicating the contents of the reception result is received by checking the FNC reception flag set in the reception interrupt processing (FIG. 25). It is determined whether it has been performed (step S8330). If the response timer times out before receiving the function, it means that there is no response to the ACK transmission. Therefore, it is determined that there is a communication error, and the flow shifts to step S8340 to set an error code indicating the communication error. The code is written into the display data buffer, and the code is displayed on the balance display 122 in step S8344, and the control operation is stopped.

If the function is received before the response timer expires, the flow advances to step S8332 to clear the FNC reception flag to "0". "End" or "normal end" (step S833).
4, S8336, S8338). Abnormal termination is
This message is sent when there is no abnormality in the communication itself but there is an abnormality such as writing failure in the card reader.

Therefore, if the received function is a retransmission request, the flow returns to step S8302 to repeat the transmission, and if the function ends abnormally, step S8
The process moves to 342, where an error code indicating a card reader error is written to the display data buffer, and step S834 is performed.
In step 4, the code is displayed on the balance display 122, and the control operation is stopped. If the transmission has been completed normally, the process returns to step S8300 assuming that a series of transmission processing has been completed, and performs processing for the next transmission reservation. If not, the process returns to step S8318 to re-receive the function code of the reception result. Do.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S8300 that "transmission is not reserved", the flow shifts to step S8350 in FIG. 21 to set ENQ set in the reception interrupt process (FIG. 25).
By checking the reception flag, it is determined whether an ENQ from the card reader control device 250 has been received. If the ENQ has been received, the flow shifts to step S8351 to reset the ENQ reception flag, and then advances to step S8352.
After transmitting the ACK code, the response timer is set to 10 seconds (step S8354). By sending this ACK
As a result, a transmission interrupt occurs, a transmission interrupt process described later is started, and an ACK is transmitted to the card reader control device 250.

In step S8356, it is determined whether or not the response timer has expired. If the answer is "No", a function indicating the contents of the reception result is received by checking the FNC reception flag set in the reception interrupt processing (FIG. 25). It is determined whether it has been performed (step S8358). If the response timer times out before receiving the function, it means that there is no response to the ACK transmission.
The flow shifts to 8340, where an error code indicating a communication error is written in the display data buffer. In step S8344, the code is displayed on the balance display 122, and the control operation is stopped.

If the function is received before the response timer expires, the flow advances to step S8360 to clear the FNC reception flag to "0", and then determine whether the received function is a card data transmission function (step S8360). Step S8361). If the determination result is “No”, the process returns to step S8300 without doing anything. If “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S8362 to determine whether the card balance is “0”. If the card balance is not "0", the flow advances to step S8364 to turn on the ball lending display 126, and the contents of the reception buffer (balance data) are written into the card balance storage unit (step S83).
66). Then, turn on the valid display lamp 230,
The received card balance is stored in the inserted balance storage unit and is displayed on the inserted balance display unit 220, and the receiving process is terminated (steps S8368, S8370). On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S8362 is "Yes", that is, if the card balance is "0", the flow shifts to a step S8372 to make a card ejection function reservation for the card reader and terminate the processing.

FIG. 22 shows the main routine (FIG. 1)
6) Payment signal output processing executed in step S8014
An example of the specific procedure of the management is shown. When this process is started, first, in step S816 during the ball lending process in FIG.
The settlement signal number counter that counts up with 0 is checked to determine whether the settlement signal number is “0” (step S840).
2). Here, if “No”, that is, if it is determined that the number of payment signals is one or more, the process proceeds to step S8404, the on-time timer is set to 200 ms, the payment signal j is asserted to a high level, and the timer expires. Then, the process waits ( steps S8406 and S8408 ). Then, the process proceeds to step S8410 to set the off-time timer to 2
After setting the time to 00 ms and negating the settlement signal j to the low level, it waits for the timer to expire (steps S8412 and S8414).

After that, in step S8416, the above-mentioned settlement signal number counter is decremented by "1", and step S8402 is performed.
Then, the settlement signal pulse is output until the settlement signal number counter becomes “0”. Thereby, the pulse width 20
A settlement signal j of 0 ms is output. Also, when outputting the pulse “2” or more, the interval between the pulses is set to 200 ms, and the card management device 800 that receives the pulse can reliably count the settlement signal pulse.

FIG. 23 shows the main routine (FIG. 1)
An example of a specific procedure of a timer interrupt process executed by the ball lending control device 500 by a timer interrupt, for example, every 1 msec separately from 6) is shown. In this timer interrupt processing, the balance data is read from the card balance storage unit, a display signal of the balance display unit 122 is formed and output, and the card balance is displayed (step S8502). The timer is set to "-1" and the process ends (step S8504).

FIGS. 24 and 25 show an example of a specific procedure of the transmission interruption process and the reception interruption process executed by the ball lending control device 500 separately from the main routine (FIG. 16). Of these, the transmission interrupt is generated during the ball lending process (see FIG. 18) or the function transmission / reception process (see FIG. 20) of the main routine.
It is generated by transmitting an NQ code, STX code or ACK code. When this transmission interrupt is started, steps S8602 and S860 are executed.
In S4606, the transmission buffer is checked to determine which code was transmitted. Here, if the transmitted code is any one of ENQ, ACK, and ETX (a code indicating the end of text data), the interrupt is terminated without doing anything.

On the other hand, if all of the above determinations result in "No", the code in the transmission buffer is an STX code, a function code or text data, and these include the following codes. Therefore, in that case, the process proceeds to step S8608 to transfer the next 8-bit code in the transmission data area of the memory to the transmission buffer, then increments the address of the transmission data area of the memory, and enters the transmission buffer. The code is transmitted and the process ends (steps S8610 and S8612). Since this transmission causes a transmission interrupt again, if the transmitted code is other than the above ENQ, ACK or ETX, there is a subsequent code, so in step S8608 the next 8-bit code in the transmission data area of the memory is transmitted. After transferring to the buffer, the procedure of transmitting the code stored in the transmission buffer by incrementing the address of the transmission data area of the memory and transmitting all the codes is repeated.

The reception interrupt shown in FIG. 25 is generated when a transmission from the card reader control device 250 enters. When the reception interrupt is started, step S865
2. It is determined whether the code received in S8654 is an ENQ code or an ACK code. If the received code is an ENQ code, the flow shifts to step S8656 to set the ENQ reception flag to "1"; if the code is an ACK code, the ACK reception flag is set to "1" in step S8658 and interrupt processing is performed. finish. ENQ above
The reception flag and the ACK reception flag are referred to in the function transmission / reception processing flow.

On the other hand, if the received code is neither the ENQ code nor the ACK code, step S
Proceeding to 8660, the received code is saved from the reception buffer to the memory, and then the reception buffer address is updated (step S8662). If the subsequent reception code remains in the reception buffer, the reception interrupt is again activated. Therefore, by repeating the above routine, all the reception codes are saved in the memory. Next, it is determined whether or not the received code is an ETX code (step S8664), and if “No”, this routine is terminated without doing anything. On the other hand, step S86
If it is determined in step 64 that the ETX code has been received, the flow advances to step S8666 to check whether the length of the received function code is normal. If "Yes", the flow advances to step S8668 to set the function reception flag to "1" to end the interrupt processing. If "No", the flow advances to step S8670 to make a retransmission request function transmission reservation and interrupt processing. finish.

Next, a procedure of controlling the discharge of the prize ball and the lending ball performed by the above-described discharge control device 600 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 26 shows the entire main routine executed by the discharge control device 600. This main routine is started at the same time when the power of the discharge control device 600 is turned on, and is repeatedly executed as long as the power is turned on. When the power is turned on, first, in step S0, initial settings such as clearing the RAM, setting flags, resetting the output buffer, and the like are performed.

In the following step S1, a timer for updating the timer and reading detection signals and input signals from various sensors is executed.
After performing the background process, the process proceeds to step S2, in which a card insertion / ejection confirmation process (FIG. 40) is performed to confirm whether a card is present in the card reader. Then, the process proceeds to step S3, where it is determined whether or not the falling flag of the ball lending request signal BRQ set in a BRQ signal reading process (FIG. 37) described later is “1”. Performs the ball lending process in step S10, and when the flag is "0", the flow proceeds to step S4. Step S
At 4, it is determined whether or not a discharge wait timer (step S5708) started during a safe ball discharge process (FIG. 49) described later is operating.

Here, if "No", the ball removal processing (FIG. 41-42) of the next step S5 is performed, and then "Ye
If s ", the process skips step S5 and proceeds to step S6. In step S6, a safe sensor detection flag set in the safe sensor reading process flow of FIG. If the flag is "1", the payout process (FIG. 43) is executed in step S7, and if the safe sensor detection flag is "0", step S7 is skipped and the process proceeds to steps S8 and S9.

In steps S8 and S9, the discharge counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2 are checked, and if the value of each counter is equal to or less than "8", the flow returns to step S2 to repeat the above procedure. On the other hand, when it is determined in step S8 or S9 that the value of any one of the counters is equal to or more than "8", it is determined that the discharge is abnormal and the process proceeds to step S11, the ball-pulling solenoid is turned on, the safe lamp is turned on, and the ball rental is further performed. The enable signal RDY is changed to a low level (invalid state), and the process ends. When the ball-pulling solenoid is turned on, the ball that has been dispensed extra is not a pan on the front of the gaming machine but a ball-pulling gutter 1
It is collected at the back of the game machine through 57, and the disadvantage of the game store due to a failure or the like can be avoided.

The reason why the discharge abnormality is determined by determining whether or not the value of the discharge counter is equal to or more than "8" in steps S8 and S9 is that, in this embodiment , even if there is no discharge request,
Replacement Razz 5 or more balls is because you have to determine an abnormality when it is discharged. In this embodiment, a 4-bit counter is used as a discharge counter, and illegal monitoring is performed.
Is set to "4" (step S5702 in FIG. 49).
Oite, so as to count down each discharge ball detection
Monitoring the fourth bit,
It is possible to easily know whether or not the value of the data has become “8” (1000 in binary) by software.

FIG. 27 shows the procedure of the initialization process executed in step S0 of the main routine of FIG. When this processing is started, first, the ball lending control device 60
After negating the ball lending enable signal RDY for 0 to low level, a stack pointer for designating a save area at the time of interrupt processing is set (steps S101 and S10).
2). Next, the frequency of the variable frequency divider that divides the system clock and generates the clock of the timer is set to 1/4, and the timer is started (steps S103 and S105). Thus, for example, if an 8-bit counter is used as a timer and a clock with a frequency of 500 kHz is used as a system clock, the timer counter becomes 125
The timer counts up with a clock of kHz and an overflow (carry) signal is output from the timer every 2.048 ms. If there is an overflow (carry) signal of the timer, a flag (I
NT RQF), and this flag indicates that the CP
U is configured to be cleared by reading its state.

After the start of the timer, the I / O port is initialized in step S107, and the discharge control device 600
Lending enable signal RDY supplied from the server to the ball lending control device 500
(Initial level) such as the discharge end signal EXS and the like. Incidentally, the initial state of the ball lending enable signal RDY is at a low level, and the initial state of the discharge end signal EXS is at a high level. Next, after setting the soft timer to 2 seconds (count value "976") in step S109, the flag (INT RQF) holding the overflow (carry) signal from the hard timer becomes "1". (Step S111), and when it becomes "1", the soft timer set in step S109 is reduced by "1" (step S111).
113). Then, in the next step S115, it is determined whether or not the value of the soft timer has become “0”. If “No”, the process returns to the step S111 to repeat the countdown of the timer. This is to wait for the operation of the system to stabilize after the power is turned on.

Thereafter, when it is determined in step S115 that the count value of the soft timer (2 seconds) has become "0",
The process proceeds to step S117 to perform a line test process (FIG. 28) for confirming the connection of the communication line, and then to step S1.
18, S119, 2 is set as the fraud monitoring ball number setting process.
After setting "4" to the discharge counters of the two discharge systems 1 and 2, the ball lending enable signal RDY is asserted to a high level (step S121), and the initialization processing ends.

FIG. 28 shows an example of the procedure of the line test process (step S117) in the subroutine of FIG. When this subroutine is started, first, in step S171, a “line test” command is set in the transmission buffer, and then the timer 2 is set to 12 ms.
The background process is performed after the clock rising edge detection flag is cleared to “0” (step S173).
S175, S177). Then, the clock CK supplied from the game board control device 400 in this background processing.
Is read (FIG. 39), and whether or not the clock rising edge detection flag set therein is set to "1" is checked in step S181 to confirm that the clock is generated. . The reason why the timer 2 is set to 12 ms is that the period of the clock CK to be checked is 8 ms. If the clock rising edge detection flag has not become "1" before the timer 2 times out, the process returns to the step S173 to reset the timer 2 again (step S179).

If it is confirmed in step S181 that the clock rising edge detection flag is "1", the flow advances to step S183 to clear this flag to "0", and then set the timer 2 to 12 ms again. Then, a background process is performed (steps S185 and S187). Then, the clock rising edge detection flag becomes "1".
Is confirmed again (step S191). In this way, the rising edge of the clock CK is confirmed twice, and then the process proceeds to the transmission process in step S193 (FIG. 29) to transmit the "line test" command. If the clock rising edge detection flag has not become "1" before the timer 2 (12 ms) expires, the flow returns to step S173 to set the timer 2 again and check the clock again (step S189).

When the gaming board control device 400 receives the "line test" command, it returns the "line test" command as described above (FIG. 1).
5C Steps S853-S857). Therefore, after the transmission process (step S193) is performed, step S1 is executed.
The process proceeds to step 95 to perform a reception process (see FIG. 30), and a response from the game board control device 400 (“line test” command)
Wait for. Then, in the next step S197, the data error flag set in the reception processing is checked. If the flag is "0", the flow advances to step S199 to check whether or not the received data is a "line test" command. Ye
If s ", the routine is terminated.
If the data error flag is "1" at 197,
When receiving the command other than the line testing at the step S199, and repeats the reception processing returns to step S19 5.

FIG. 29 shows an example of the procedure of transmission processing (step S193) in the line test processing routine of FIG. In this subroutine, first, the clock rising edge detection flag is cleared to "0" in step S701, and then one bit of transmission data in the transmission buffer is read (step S703). then,
The background process is performed after setting the timer 2 to 12 ms (steps S705 and S707). In this background processing, the clock CK supplied from the game board control device 400 is read (FIG. 39), and it is determined whether the clock rising edge detection flag set therein is set to “1”. By checking in step S711, it is confirmed that the clock has risen, and the flow advances to the next step S713 to output one bit in the transmission buffer to the transmission port. Thus, the command is transmitted in synchronization with the rising of the clock CK (timing ts in FIG. 60). After bit transmission in step S713, the process proceeds to step S715, determines whether or not the transmission of all bits is completed, the stearyl case of completion
Returning to step S701 , the above procedure is repeated, and all bits of the transmission code are transmitted in order. Step S711
If the timer set in step S705 times out before detecting a change in the clock rising edge detection flag in step S705, the flow returns to step S0 in FIG. 26 to start over from the initialization processing.

FIG. 30 shows an example of the procedure of the reception processing (step S195) in the line test processing routine of FIG. In this subroutine, first, the timer 3 is set to 3 seconds in step S721, and then the data error flag and the clock rising edge detection flag are each cleared to "0" (steps S723 and S7).
25). Next, the background processing is performed after another timer 2 is set to 12 ms (steps S727 and S72).
9). Then, the clock CK supplied from the game board control device 400 in the background processing is read (FIG. 3).
9) is performed, and it is checked in step S733 whether the clock rising edge detection flag set therein is set to "1" to confirm that the clock has risen, and the flow advances to the next step S735. Then, the background processing is performed again.

Then, it is determined whether or not the level of the clock CK read in the background processing after the chattering is low is low. The data is read and stored in the memory (timing tr1 in FIG. 59). Since the game board control device 400 switches the transmission data in synchronization with the rising of the clock CK to the high level, reading the reception data during the low level of the clock CK can prevent the reading of erroneous data. Steps S731 and S73
If it is determined in step 7 that the timer set in step S727 has expired before detecting a change in the clock rising edge detection flag, the flow returns to step S0 in FIG. 26 to start over from the initialization processing.

After reading the received bit in step S741, background processing is performed again (step S741).
743). Then, it is determined whether or not the level of the read clock CK after the chattering is low is low. If “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S747 to read one bit of the received data from the reception port and store it in the memory (timing in FIG. 59). tr2). In the background process, a 1-msec wait is performed. Therefore, by inserting step S743, the same bit is read twice with an interval of about 1 msec. Then, the above step S
741 and the two read bits stored in S747 (step S749).
Proceeding to 751, it is determined whether or not the start bit is being detected.
If "o", the process jumps to step S755 to store the read bit in the corresponding bit of the reception buffer. If it is determined in step S751 that the start bit is being detected,
Proceeding to step S753, it is determined whether the read first bit is at a low level. If “Yes”, the process moves to step S755, and the read start bit is stored in the corresponding bit of the reception buffer.

Then, the flow advances to step S757 to determine whether reading of all bits of the received data is completed, and returns to "N".
If "o", the flow shifts to step S759 to go to step S7.
It is determined whether or not the timer 3 set in 21 has timed out, and if not, the process returns to step S725 to repeat the above procedure and read all bits.
On the other hand, if it is determined in step S759 that the timer 3 has timed out before all bits have been read, the present routine is interrupted, and the process returns to step S2 of the main routine to start over. In addition, the above step S749
If the data read twice does not match,
The flow shifts to step S761, the data error flag is set to "1", and the routine ends.

FIG. 31 shows the contents of the background processing executed during the main routine and various processes in FIG. 26, and FIGS. 32 to 39 show the specific procedures.
This process includes updating the timer, detecting signals from various sensors,
This is performed for reading various input signals.
When the background processing is started, first, a 1-msec wait processing (step S21) is performed, and then the timer 0
And the count values of timer 1, timer 2, and timer 3 (all are soft timers) (steps S22 and S22).
23, S24, S25). Then, the reading process of the safe sensor (step S26), the reading process of the ejection sensor 1 (step S27), the reading process of the ejection sensor 2 (step S28), the reading process of the ball extraction sensor (step S29), the ball lending request signal BRQ (Step S30), the card presence / absence signal CON (step S31), and the clock CK (step S32).

FIG. 32 is a flowchart of a 1-msec wait processing routine performed in step S21.
When this subroutine is started, first, the previous count value of the timer 8-bit counter (2.048 ms) saved in the buffer or the memory is read out (step S201), and the current count value is read out and read. The data is saved in a buffer or a memory (step S203). Next, the read current count value is compared with the previous count value to determine whether or not the most significant bit b7 has changed (step S205). If “Yes”, the process ends; if “No”, the process ends. Then, the previous count value and the current count value of the saved timer are read again, and the comparison of the most significant bit b7 is repeated. This 8-bit timer counter is 1 as described above.
Since the count is incremented by a clock of 25 kHz, when the most significant bit b7 changes, 1 ms (precisely, 1.
024 ms).

FIG. 33 is a flowchart of a timer 0 update processing routine performed in step S22. In this embodiment, three 4-bit counters are prepared as timer 0, one of which is used as a 1 mS counter which is updated every time the 1 msec wait processing is completed, and the other one overflows the 1 mS counter. The counter is used as a 16 mS counter which is updated every time, and the remaining one is used as a 256 mS counter which is updated every time the 16 mS counter overflows.

When this subroutine is started, first, 1
After decrementing (-1) the mS counter (step S211), it is determined whether the 1 mS counter has carried down, that is, changed from all 0 to all 1 (step S2).
12) If there is no carry down, this process is terminated. On the other hand, if the 1 mS counter carries a digit, "1" is set to a 1 mS flag prepared in advance (step S213), and then the 16 mS counter is decremented (step S214). Then, it is determined whether the 16 mS counter has carried down, that is, changed from all 0s to all 1s (step S215), and if there is no carry down, the process is terminated as it is.

Further, if it is determined in step S215 that there is a carry, "1" is set in a 16 mS flag prepared in advance (step S216), and the 256 mS counter is decremented (step S217). Then, it is determined whether the 256 mS counter has caused a carry (step S218). If there is no carry, the process is terminated as it is.
“1” is set to the mS flag, and the process ends (step S219).

Therefore, when it is desired to wait for elapse of 10 ms, for example, the timer is updated in the background processing after setting "1010" in the 1 mS counter, and 1 mS
What is necessary is to monitor the S flag and wait until it changes to “1”.
The updating process of timer 1 in step S23 of FIG. 31, the updating process of timer 2 in step S24, and the updating process of timer 3 in step S25 are the same as those in FIG.
3 is exactly the same as the update process of the timer 0, and the illustration and description are omitted. The reason why four soft timers are provided is to enable simultaneous measurement of up to four times in the same processing.

FIG. 34 is a flowchart of a safe sensor reading process routine performed in step S26 of FIG. When this subroutine is started, first, the state of the safe sensor is read from the input port in step S221, and then the safe sensor flag is temporarily set to "1" (step S223). Next, step S2
It is determined whether the safe sensor 181 is turned on from the state read in 21 (step S225). If "Yes", the process is terminated as it is. If "No", the safe sensor flag is cleared to "0" and the process is terminated. (Step S2
27).

FIG. 35 is a flowchart of a reading process routine of the discharge sensor 1 performed in step S27 of FIG. This subroutine is performed by the discharge sensor 730a.
Is used to detect the state, it is repeated at about 1m sec by background processing of FIG. 31. The output signal of the discharge sensor becomes low level when a ball is present inside, and the output signal becomes high level when the ball flows out and temporarily or continuously stops being present in the sensor. It is configured as follows. Therefore, in this routine, when the output signal of the sensor 730a changes from low level to high level, the discharge flag described later is set to "1".
To remember that the ball has been ejected. On the other hand, when the output signal of the sensor 730a (hereinafter, referred to as the discharge sensor 1) changes from the high level to the low level, the discharge flag is set to "0" and the fact that the ball is in the standby state is stored. I have.

When this routine is started, first, the state of the output signal of the discharge sensor 1 is read from the input port, and the state of the output signal of the previous discharge sensor 1 is read from the buffer (or memory) (steps S232 and S234). ).
Then, in step S236, both signal states are compared. Now, let us consider a case where a ball is temporarily ejected and one ball comes out of the sensor 1. At this time, the output signal of the discharge sensor 1 changes from a low level to a high level. Therefore, the result of the determination in step S236 is "Yes" (changed), and step S238 and subsequent steps are executed.

In step S238, the previous sensor state is discarded and the current sensor state is stored in the buffer, and then the above timer 0 or 1 is used as a chattering elimination timer, which is set to 1 ms (step S24).
0). Next, it is determined whether or not the output signal of the discharge sensor 1 is at a low level from the reading state of step S232 (step S242). Here, since it is determined as “No”, the chattering elimination timer is reset to 4 ms (step S244). Then, set the discharge flag to “0”
Is set to (step S246). Next, step S2
The routine proceeds to 62, where the discharge flag is examined to determine whether or not discharge has occurred. Here, since it is still determined to be “No”, step S264 is skipped and the process is temporarily terminated.

Next, background processing is started again.
If this routine is executed after waiting for m seconds, as long as the output signal of the discharge sensor 1 keeps the state of the high level, "No" is determined in step S236, that is, there is no change, and the process proceeds to step S248. S244
After decrementing (-1) the chattering elimination timer set in (or S240), it is determined whether the timer has timed out (step S250). here,
Since the timer is set to 4 ms, the determination is “No” first, so the flow shifts to step S246 to set the discharge flag to “0”, and shifts to step S262 to “N”
o "is determined, and step S264 is skipped to end.

Thereafter, if it is determined in step S250 that the chattering elimination timer has timed out while repeating the above procedure, the flow shifts to step S252 to determine whether or not the sensor state read in step S232 is at the low level. I do. Here, since the case where the sensor is at the high level is considered, “No” is determined, and the process proceeds to step S254, where the level after chattering removal (stored in the buffer and set to the low level by default) is set to the low level. Is determined. And “Yes”
Then, the process proceeds to step S256 to set the level after chattering removal to the high level, then sets the discharge flag to “1” (step S258), and proceeds to step S262. Then, in step S262, the discharge flag set to "1" is checked, and it is determined that there is discharge, the process proceeds to step S264, the discharge counter is decremented by "1", and this routine ends.

In the above case, if the output state of the discharge sensor 1 changes from the high level to the low level before the chattering elimination timer times out, the process proceeds to step S2.
Since it is determined in step 36 that there is a change and the process proceeds to step S238, even if the discharge sensor 1 picks up chattering noise or electric noise of 4 ms or less, the discharge counter is not decremented.

Next, consider the case where the output signal of the discharge sensor 1 falls from the high level to the low level. Also in this case, similarly to the above, it is determined that there is a state change in step S236, and the process proceeds to step S238. However, this time is determined to be “Yes” in step S242, so steps S244 and S246 are skipped and the process is temporarily terminated. Then, when this routine is executed again, step S2
From S36, the process proceeds to S248, in which the chattering elimination timer is decremented (−1), and then it is determined whether or not the timer has expired (step S250). Here, since the timer is set to 1 ms, it is immediately determined to be “Yes”, and the process proceeds to step S252 to determine whether the state of the discharge sensor 1 is at the low level. And "Ye
s ", the flow proceeds to step S260 to set the level after chattering elimination to the low level, and then the discharge flag is set to" 0 "in step S246, and the flow proceeds to step S262 to determine" No ". Step S2
The process will be terminated by skipping 64. Note that FIG.
Since the reading process routine of the discharge sensor 2 in step S28 is exactly the same as the reading process routine of the discharge sensor 1 in FIG. 35, illustration and description are omitted.

FIG. 36 is a flow chart of a ball reading sensor reading process routine performed in step S29 of FIG. This subroutine is a ball removal switch 75
This is for detecting the state of 0, and is repeatedly executed about every 1 ms by the background processing of FIG.
It is to be noted that the ball removal switch is configured so that its output signal becomes low level when it is turned on by the ball removal bar, and its output signal becomes high level when it is off. Therefore, in the present routine, the ball removal switch 750
When the output signal falls from a high level to a low level, a falling edge detection flag described later is set to “1”.
It is configured to store that the ball release switch 750 is turned on.

When this routine is started, first, the state of the output signal of the ball removal switch is read from the input port (step S302). Then, the next step S304
It is determined whether or not the signal state read in is at a high level.
Since the output signal is at a high level before the ball removal switch 750 is turned on, the determination result of step S304 is “Y
es ", the process proceeds to step S306. In step S306, the previous switch state is read from the buffer to determine whether or not the switch state was at the high level.
s ", that is, if the state of the output signal of the ball removal switch is a high level for two consecutive times, the level after chattering is removed is set to the high level, the previous sensor state is discarded, and the current sensor state is set to the high level and stored in the buffer. It is stored (steps S308 and S310).
If "No" is determined in step 306, step S308 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S310, where the current sensor state is set to the high level and stored in the buffer, and the present routine is terminated.

Next, background processing is started again.
When this routine is executed after waiting for m seconds, the process proceeds from step S304 to steps S306 and S310 as long as the output signal of the ball removal switch maintains a high level state, and this is repeated. Thereafter, if the ball removal switch 750 is turned on while the above procedure is repeated, “No” is determined in the step S304, and the step S312 is performed.
Then, the previous switch state is read from the buffer to determine whether or not the switch state was at the high level. If the determination is "No", the process proceeds to step S320, where the previous sensor state is discarded, the current sensor state is stored as a low level in the buffer, and the present routine is ended once.

On the other hand, if "Yes" in step S312, that is, if the state of the output signal of the ball removal switch is low level for two consecutive times, the flow advances to step S314 to determine whether or not the level after the previous chattering removal is low level. , “No”, that is, when the level after the previous chattering elimination is the high level, the flow shifts to step S316 to set the falling edge detection flag to “1”, and ends the level after the chattering elimination is set to the low level ( Step S318). Thus, in the above routine,
If it is determined that the output state of the ball removal switch is at the high level or the low level twice consecutively, the output state is stored as a fixed state.
Even if chattering noise or electrical noise of less than a second is picked up, the falling edge detection flag will not be erroneously set to "1".

FIG. 37 is a flowchart of a ball lending request signal BRQ input (read) processing routine performed in step S30 of FIG. This subroutine is for detecting the state of the ball lending request signal BRQ, and is repeatedly executed about every 1 ms by the background processing of FIG. It should be noted that the ball lending request signal BRQ indicates a valid state when the level is low, and indicates an invalid state when the level is high. Therefore, in this routine, when the ball lending request signal BRQ falls from the high level to the low level, a falling edge detection flag described later is set to "1" to store that the ball lending request signal BRQ is asserted to the low level. It has become.

When this routine is started, first, the state of the ball lending request signal BRQ is read from the input port (step S332). Then, it is determined whether or not the signal state read in the next step S334 is at a high level. Before the ball lending request signal BRQ is asserted, the level is at the high level, so the result of the determination in step S334 is “Yes” and the process moves to step S336. Step S336
Then, the state of the previous ball lending request signal BRQ is read from the buffer and it is determined whether or not the state is the high level. here,
If "Yes", that is, if the state of the ball lending request signal is the high level twice in succession, the level after noise removal is set to the high level, the previous signal level state is discarded, and the current signal level state is set to the high level. (Steps S338 and S340). On the other hand, step S3
If it is determined to be "No" at step 36, step S338 is skipped and the routine goes to step S340, where the current signal level state is stored in the buffer as the high level, and the present routine is ended once.

Next, background processing is started again.
When this routine is executed after waiting for m seconds, the process proceeds from step S334 to steps S336 and S340 as long as the output signal of the ball lending request signal BRQ remains at the high level, and this is repeated. Then, while you are Repeat steps, the ball lending request signal BRQ is asserted to the low level, proceed it is determined "No" at step S334 to step S342, the previous switch state is read out from the buffer the low level Is determined. If the determination is "No", the process proceeds to step S350, the previous signal level state is discarded, the current signal level state is stored as a low level in the buffer, and the present routine is ended once. On the other hand, in step S342, “Yes”
That is, if the state of the output signal of the ball lending request signal is low level for two consecutive times, the process proceeds to step S344 to determine whether or not the level after the previous noise removal is low level.
If “No”, that is, if the level after the previous noise removal is the high level, the flow shifts to step S346 to set the falling edge detection flag to “1”, and ends the processing with the level after the noise removal set to the low level (step S346). S34
8). Thus, in the above routine, the ball lending request signal BR
If the output level of Q is determined to be the high level or the low level twice in succession, the output state is stored as the determined state, so that even if the ball lending request signal BRQ has a noise of 1 ms or less, it falls erroneously. The edge detection flag is not set to "1".

FIG. 38 is a flowchart of a card presence / absence signal CON input (read) processing routine performed in step S31 of FIG. This subroutine is for detecting the state of the card presence / absence signal CON, and is repeatedly executed about every 1 ms by the background processing of FIG. The card presence / absence signal CON indicates a valid state (a state in which a card is inserted) when the level is high, and indicates an invalid state (a state without a card) when the level is low. Therefore, in this routine, when the card presence / absence signal CON rises from the low level to the high level, a rising edge detection flag described later is set to “1”, and the fact that the card presence / absence signal CON is asserted to the high level is stored. When the presence / absence signal CON falls from the high level to the low level, a falling edge detection flag described later is set to “1” to store that the card presence / absence signal CON has been negated to the low level.

When this routine is started, first, the state of the card presence / absence signal CON is read from the input port (step S361). Then, it is determined whether or not the signal state read in the next step S362 is at a high level. Before the card presence / absence signal CON is asserted, the level is low, so the determination result in step S364 is “No”.
And the process moves to step S363. Step S36
At 3, the previous state of the card presence / absence signal CON is read from the buffer and it is determined whether or not the state is the low level. Here, if "No", the read signal state is temporarily stored as a low level in step S364, and this routine ends. On the other hand, if "Yes" in step S363, that is, if the state of the card presence / absence signal CON is determined to be the low level twice consecutively, the process proceeds to step S365 to determine whether the level after the previous noise removal is the low level. And
If “Yes”, this routine ends without doing anything, and “N
If "o", the process proceeds to step S366, in which the falling flag is set to "1", the level after noise removal is set to the low level, and the routine ends (step S36).
7).

Next, background processing is started again.
When this routine is executed after waiting for m seconds, steps S362 to S363 and S365 are performed as long as the output signal of the card presence / absence signal CON maintains the low level state.
And repeat this. Thereafter, if the card presence / absence signal CON is asserted to a high level while the above procedure is repeated, "Yes" is determined in the step S362, and the process proceeds to the step S368. Determine if the level was met. If "No" is determined here, the process proceeds to step S369, the previous signal level state is discarded, the current signal level state is stored in the memory as the high level, and the present routine is ended once. On the other hand, in step S368, if "Yes", that is, the state of the card presence / absence signal CON has been at the high level twice consecutively, the process proceeds to step S370 to determine whether or not the level after the previous noise removal is at the high level.
If "s", this routine ends. If "No", that is, the level after the previous noise removal is the low level, the flow shifts to step S371 to set the rising flag to "1", and then set the level after the noise removal. Is set to the high level (step S372).

As described above, in the above-described routine, if it is determined that the output level of the card presence / absence signal CON is the high level or the low level twice consecutively, the output state is stored as a fixed state. Even if the following noise occurs, the determined level is not erroneously set to "H" or "L". Incidentally, the card presence signal CON is a signal indicating the state, since not a request or response signal as described above sphere rental request signal BRQ, it is not necessary to flag detects the rising edge or falling edge.

FIG. 39 is a flowchart of a clock CK input (read) processing routine performed in step S32 of FIG. This subroutine uses clock C
It is for detecting the state of K, are repeated at about 1m sec by background processing of FIG. 31.
In this routine, when the clock CK falls from the high level to the low level, a falling edge detection flag to be described later is set to “1” so that when the clock CK changes to the low level and when the clock CK is at the low level or the high level, The state is stored.

When this routine is started, first, the state of the clock CK is read from the input port (step S3).
32). Then, it is determined whether or not the signal state read in the next step S334 is at a high level. If the clock CK is at the high level, the result of the determination in step S334 is “Yes”, and the flow shifts to step S336. In step S336, the state of the previous clock CK is read from the buffer and it is determined whether or not the clock CK is at the high level. Here, if "Yes", that is, if the state of the clock signal is the high level twice consecutively, the level after noise removal is set to the high level, the previous signal level state is discarded, and the current signal level state is set to the high level. The data is stored in the buffer (steps S338 and S340). On the other hand, step S
If it is determined to be "No" in 336, step S338 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S340, the current signal level state is stored in the buffer as the high level, and the present routine is terminated once.

Next, the background processing is started again.
When this routine is executed after waiting for m seconds, as long as the clock CK keeps the high level state, step S33 is executed.
4, the process proceeds to steps S336 and S340, and this is repeated. Thereafter, when the clock CK is changed to the low level while the above procedure is being repeated, step S33 is executed.
4 is determined to be “No”, and the process proceeds to step S342.
The previous state is read from the buffer and it is determined whether or not the state is low . If the determination is "No", the process proceeds to step S350, the previous signal level state is discarded, the current signal level state is stored as a low level in the buffer, and the present routine is ended once. On the other hand, step S34
In step 2, if "Yes", that is, if the state of the clock signal is low level twice consecutively, the process proceeds to step S344 to determine whether the level after the previous noise removal is low level, and "No", ie, after the previous noise removal. If the level is high, the flow shifts to step S346 to set the falling edge detection flag to "1", and ends the process with the level after noise removal set to low level (step S3).
48). As described above, in the above-described routine, if it is determined that the output level of the clock CK is the high level or the low level twice consecutively, the output state is stored as the final state, so that noise of 1 ms or less appears on the clock CK. Also, the falling edge detection flag is not set to “1” by mistake.

FIG. 40 shows an example of a flowchart of a specific procedure of the card insertion / ejection confirmation processing in step S2 of the main routine (FIG. 26) executed by the ejection control device 600. When this routine starts,
First, in step S381, the rising flag set in the subroutine of FIG. 38 for reading the card presence / absence signal CON supplied from the ball lending control device 500 is checked to be "1".
Is determined, and if “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S38.
Then, the process goes to step 5 to set a "card insertion sound request" command in the transmission buffer. Then, the process proceeds to step S389 to perform the command transmission process (see FIG. 29).
The rising flag and the falling flag of the card presence / absence signal CON are cleared to "0" (steps S391 and S393), and this routine ends.

On the other hand, if "No" is determined in step S381, the flow advances to step S383 to check the falling flag of the card presence / absence signal CON set in the subroutine of FIG. 38 to determine whether "1" is set. And "Ye
If "s", the flow shifts to step S387 to set a "card ejection sound request" command in the transmission buffer. then,
After proceeding to step S389 to perform the command transmission processing (see FIG. 29), the rising flag and the falling flag of the card presence / absence signal CON are cleared to “0” (step S389).
391, S393), and terminates this routine. Also,
When it is determined “No” in both the steps S381 and S383, the routine ends without performing any operation.

FIGS. 41 and 42 show a discharge control device 60.
FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the ball-pulling-out processing executed in step S5 of the main routine (FIG. 26) executed by 0. In this ball-pulling processing routine, the ball-pushing sensor reading processing in the background processing is performed when the ball-pull switch is pressed by the staff of the game store (FIG. 36).
The main routine (FIG. 2) is executed when the falling edge detection flag of the ball extraction sensor is set to "1".
This is executed in step S5 of 6).

When this routine is started, first, in step S402, it is determined whether or not the falling edge detection flag of the ball removal sensor is "1". Step S402
When the determination result is "No", the process proceeds to the next process without doing anything. When the determination result is "Yes", the process proceeds to step S404 to clear the falling edge detection flag of the ball-extraction sensor to "0". Then, the ball-extraction solenoid is excited (ON) (step S406). Then, the switching gate 158 ( flow path switching)
Agrees with valve 158, and so on. ) Is switched, and the ball discharged from the ball discharging device passes through the ball drain gutter 157 and is collected on the back of the game board.

In the following step S408, the timer 0 is set to 1
After setting to seconds, background processing is performed (step S410). The timer 0 set in step S408 is updated every 1 ms by the background process. Therefore, in the next step S412, the timer 0
Is timed up, and if “No”, step S
By returning to 410 and repeating the update of the timer 0, it waits for one second to elapse. This is to wait for the switching gate 158 to be completely switched by the ball-pull solenoid operated in step S406.

When one second has elapsed after the operation of the ball ejection solenoid, the flow advances to step S414, and it is determined whether or not the discharge sensor 1 has detected the presence of the standby ball. If "Yes", the flow jumps to step S418, and "No" If so, step S416
Then, it is determined whether or not the discharge sensor 2 detects the presence of the waiting ball. If “Yes”, the next step S41
Then, if "No", the process jumps to step S468 described later. That is, if either of the ejection sensors 1 or 2 detects the presence of a waiting ball, the ejection solenoids 1 and 2 are excited to start ball ejection, and both the ejection sensors 1 and 2 detect the waiting ball. If not, the ball-pulling solenoid is demagnetized to terminate ball-pulling discharge.

After the discharge solenoids 1 and 2 have been excited in step S418, the flow advances to step S420 to perform background processing. This is for reading and checking the state of the ball removal sensor again. When the background processing in step S420 is completed, the process proceeds to step S422, in which it is determined whether the falling edge detection flag of the ball-extraction sensor is “1”. If “1”, the process proceeds to step S4 in FIG.
The process proceeds to 40 to perform a ball-pulling end process. This is because if the ball removal switch 750 is turned on again during the ball removal operation, the ball removal operation can be stopped.

If "No" in step S422, that is, the ball release switch 750 is first turned on to start the ball release process, and if the ball release switch 750 is not turned on thereafter, the process proceeds to step S424, and the discharge sensor 1 is set on standby. It is determined whether the presence of a sphere has been detected. If “Yes”, the process returns to step S420. If “No”, the process returns to step S42.
The process proceeds to 6 to determine whether the ejection sensor 2 has detected the presence of a waiting ball. If “Yes” here, the process returns to the step S420, and if “No”, the next step S428
move on. That is, as long as one of the discharge sensors 1 or 2 detects the presence of the standby ball, the ball discharge is continued by exciting the discharge solenoids 1 and 2, and the discharge sensor 1
When both of them do not detect the waiting ball, the process proceeds to step S428, and the timer 0 is set to 3 seconds.

Then, the process proceeds to step S430 to perform background processing. After the timer 0 set in step S428 is updated, the process proceeds to step S432, where it is determined whether or not the discharge sensor 1 detects the presence of a waiting ball. , “Yes”, the flow returns to step S420, and “N
If “o”, the process proceeds to step S434 to determine whether the ejection sensor 2 has detected the presence of the waiting ball, and if “Yes”, the process returns to step S420 and “No”.
If so, the process proceeds to the next step S436. That is, as long as either of the discharge sensors 1 or 2 detects the presence of the waiting ball, the ball discharge is continued by exciting the discharge solenoids 1 and 2, and both of the discharge sensors 1 and 2 detect the waiting ball. If not, the process proceeds to step S436 and proceeds to step S4.
It is determined whether or not the timer 0 set in step 28 has timed out. If “No”, the process returns to step S430 and “Ye
If s ", the process proceeds to the next step S438 to demagnetize the discharge solenoids 1 and 2. This is to keep the discharge solenoids 1 and 2 running until the spheres in the storage tank 151 and the guide path 152 completely disappear.

Normally, the storage tank 151 and the guiding gutter 15
When removing the ball in 2 , the distance between the falling ball and the ball increases as the spare ball decreases, and the last few balls sometimes fall while stopping at the ball. Must be exhausted. Step S4
After demagnetizing the discharge solenoids 1 and 2 in step 38, the flow jumps to step S468 in FIG. 42 to turn off the ball-pulling solenoid and return the flow path switching valve 158 to its original position. The counter is set to "4" as the number of illegal monitoring balls, and the routine ends (steps S470 and S472).

On the other hand, it is detected that the ball release switch 750 is turned on during the ball release operation, and the steps S422 to S440 are executed.
When the process shifts to, the falling edge detection flag of the ball removal sensor is cleared to “0”, and then “1” is set to each of the discharge counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2. Then, the next step S
After setting the timer 0 to 1 second in 444, the background process (step S446) is performed, and the process proceeds to step S444.
After the timer 0 set in step S4 is updated, step S4
Proceeding to 48, it is determined whether or not the discharge counter 1 is "0". If "Yes" here, the discharge solenoid 1 is demagnetized in the next step S450, and if "No", the step S450 is executed.
It is determined whether the discharge counter 2 is "0" in step S452 by skipping 450. Here "Yes"
If it is, the discharge solenoid 2 is demagnetized in the next step S454, and if "No", the step S454 is skipped and it is determined whether or not the timer 0 set in the above step S444 has timed out (step S456). If “No” here, the process returns to step S446, and “Yes”
If so, the process proceeds to the next step S458. That is, even if both the discharge counters 1 and 2 do not become “0”, the timer 0
When the time is up, the flow advances to the next step S458 to demagnetize the discharge solenoids 1 and 2.

The above-described step S4 is used to interrupt the emptying.
The reason why "1" is set in each of the discharge counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2 at 42 is that the relationship between the position of the discharge sensor and the position of the stopper driven by the discharge solenoid is taken into consideration for the falling ball. This is to prevent the balls from being caught between the stopper 745 and the guide gutter 710 to cause clogging of the balls by adjusting the timing of demagnetizing the discharge solenoids 1 and 2.

At step S458, the discharge solenoids 1 and 2
After degaussing, the process proceeds to step S460, and the timer 0 is set to 3 seconds again, and then the background process is performed (step S462). The update of the timer 0 set in step S460 by the background process is 1
This is performed every m seconds. Then, in the next step S464, it is determined whether or not the timer 0 has timed out. If “No”, the process returns to the step S462 to repeat the updating of the timer 0, and waits for three seconds to elapse. When three seconds have passed, the ball-pulling solenoid is turned off, and the switching gate 1 is turned off.
The ball 58 is switched to its original state so that the ball discharged from the ball discharging device 170 is guided toward the supply tray. The distance from the ball discharging device 170 to the switching gate 158 is taken into consideration, and thereby, it is possible to prevent the ball discharged from the ball discharging device 170 from being switched before the gate reaches the switching gate 158. Subsequent step S47
At 0, S472, “4” is set as the number of illegal monitoring balls in the respective discharge counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2, and the routine ends.

FIG. 43 is a flow chart showing a subroutine of the payout process executed in step S7 of the main routine (FIG. 26) executed by the discharge control device 600. The prize ball is discharged according to this flow. In this routine, first, a discharge condition determination process (FIG. 44) is performed in step S501, and in the next step S502, it is determined whether discharge is possible or not by checking the result.
If the discharge is not possible, this routine is terminated without doing anything.

If the discharge is possible, the prize ball number request processing (step S503) and the prize ball number setting processing (step S5)
04) and the prize ball discharging process (step S505) are sequentially performed, and it is determined whether the process has been completed normally in step S506. If “No”, the process returns to step S503 to repeat the above process. If “Yes”, the next process is performed. Proceeding to the step, the safe ball discharge processing (step S507) and the prize ball discharge end processing (step S508) are sequentially performed, and this routine ends.

FIG. 44 shows a flowchart of the discharge condition determination processing routine performed in step S501 of FIG. In this routine, first, step S
At 5011, a safe ball discharge processing routine to be described later (FIG. 49)
It is determined whether or not the discharge wait timer set in step S5708 is running, and if “Yes”, the process proceeds to step S50.
At 19, the flag indicating that discharge is possible is cleared to "0", and this routine ends. If “No”, step S5
After setting the timer 0 to 50 ms in 012, the background processing (step S5013) is performed to update the timer 0 set in step S5012. In the next step S5014, the safe sensor reading process (FIG. 3)
The safe sensor flag set in step 4) is checked, and if "1", it is determined in steps S5015 and S5016 whether or not the output levels of the discharge sensors 1 and 2 are low (there is a ball). If the output of each sensor is low level, the process proceeds to step S5017, and the process proceeds to step S5017.
It is determined whether the timer 0 set in step 12 has timed out,
If “No”, the process returns to step S5013 to repeat the update of timer 0, and waits for 50 ms to elapse. Then, when the time of the timer 0 has expired, step S5
The process proceeds to 018, where the discharge enable flag is set to “1”, and this routine ends. On the other hand, in step S5014,
In steps S5015 and S5016, the safe sensor flag is set to “0”
Or one of the outputs of the exhaust sensor 1 or 2 is Haile
If it is determined that the bell, the process proceeds to step S5019, the exhaust
The flag indicating that output is possible is reset to "0", and this routine ends. This dischargeable flag is referred to in step S502 of the payout processing routine in FIG. 43 as described above.

FIG. 45 shows a flowchart of the prize ball number request processing routine performed in step S503 of FIG. When this routine is started, first, in step S5031, a “prize ball number request” command is written in the transmission buffer and the number of retransmissions is set to “3”, and then the transmission processing shown in FIG. 29 is performed ( Step S50
33). Next, the reception process (step S5035) shown in FIG. 30 is performed, and after the reception of all bits, the timer (3 seconds) set in step S721 in the flow of FIG. 30
Is timed up (step S503)
7). If “No” here, the process proceeds to step S5039 to determine whether “1” is set in the data error flag.
If the error flag is "0", the received prize ball number data is stored in the memory from the buffer (step S5).
041), and performs reception processing again (step S504).
3). This allows the game board control device 400 to read the same bit twice in the reception process of FIG.
The same data transmitted successively twice is read twice.

After the reception processing in step S5043, it is determined whether or not the timer (3 seconds) set in step S721 in the flow of FIG. 30 has expired (step S504).
5045). If “No” here, the process proceeds to step S5047 to determine whether “1” is set in the data error flag. Then, if the error flag is "0", it is determined whether or not the two received prize ball number data are the same (step S).
5049). If the prize ball number data is the same, the process proceeds to step S5051, and it is determined whether the received data is prize ball number data. This determination can be made by checking whether the received data is a code other than a “line test” command, a “retransmission request” command, or any other predetermined available command. Here, when it is determined that the received data is prize ball number data, the received prize ball number data is determined as the number of prize balls to be paid out by the discharging device, set in the discharge counter, and the present routine ends. (Step S5053).

On the other hand, step S5037 or S5
In step 045, when it is determined that the timer 3 has timed out before the reception is completed, or in step S5047, the data error flag is determined to be "1".
If it is determined in step 049 that the received data does not match, or if the received data is not the prize ball number data in the determination in step S5051, the process proceeds to step S5055 and the "retransmission request" command is set in the transmission buffer. It is determined whether it has been performed. Here, if "Yes", the process proceeds to the step S50.
Jump to 59 and subtract the number of retransmission requests by “1”,
If "No" in the step S5055, the step S505 is executed.
In step 7, a "retransmission request" command is written in the transmission buffer and the number of retransmissions is set to "4".
The flow shifts to 59, where the number of retransmission requests is reduced by "1". Then, in the next step S5061, it is determined whether or not the number of retransmissions has become “0”.
Return to and repeat the transmission process. Step S5
If the determination at 061 is "Yes", that is, if the number of retransmissions is "0", the process returns to the main routine of FIG. 26 and starts over from the beginning. Although the above process does not describe the parity error check for the received data, the process may also check for a parity error.

FIG. 46 shows a flowchart of the winning ball number setting processing routine performed in step S504 of FIG. When this routine is started, first, in step S5401, the discharge counters 1 and 2 are temporarily set to "0".
Then, it is determined whether or not the prize ball number data received in the above routine is “9” or more (step S5402). Here, if the prize ball number data is “9” or more, step S540
3 to discharge counter 1 (synonymous with discharge 1 counter,
Similarly, if the number of prize balls is odd, the number of prize balls + 1
Number less than half by "1" and number of prize balls is even
In the case of a number, one half of the number of award balls is set. Also discharge
Counter 2 (synonymous with discharge 2 counter, hereinafter the same)
When the number of prize balls is odd, one half of (number of prize balls + 1)
If the number of prize balls is even, one-half of the number of prize balls is set (step S5404), and then the discharge solenoid 1 is set.
And 2 are excited (step S5405). As a result, the prize balls to be discharged can be distributed almost equally to the two discharge systems and discharged.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S5402 is “No”, that is, if the award ball number data is “8” or less , the process shifts to a step S5406 to invert the one-side discharge flag, and then set the one-side discharge flag to “1”. It is determined whether or not (step S5407). This one-sided discharge flag is for instructing which side of the discharge system 1 or the discharge system 2 to discharge the prize ball. When the one-sided discharge flag is "1", the flow proceeds to step S5408 to reduce the number of prize balls. Only the discharge counter 1 is set, the discharge solenoid 1 is excited, and this routine ends (step S5409).

If "No" in step S5407, that is, if the one-sided discharge flag is determined to be "0", step S5407 is executed.
The routine proceeds to 5410, where the number of award balls is set only in the discharge counter 2, the discharge solenoid 2 is excited, and this routine ends (step S5411). As described above, in the present subroutine, when the set number of award balls is set to a large value (9 to 15), the set number is divided and the value is set in the two discharge registers 1 and 2. Therefore, the first and second discharge solenoids are turned off independently in the next prize ball discharge process (FIG. 47) based on the values of the discharge registers 1 and 2 to discharge a predetermined number of prize balls. Can be done more quickly.

FIG. 47 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of the prize ball discharging process executed in step S505 of the payout process routine of FIG. This prize ball discharge processing routine is executed following the setting of the number of prize balls to be discharged by the above-mentioned prize ball number setting processing (FIG. 46).

When this routine is started, first, the prize ball discharge indicator 112 (safe lamp) is turned on in step S5502, and the flow advances to step S5504 to set the timer 0 to 35 msec. Is performed (step S5506). The timer 0 set in step S5504 is updated every 1 ms by the background process. Therefore, the next step S5
At 508, it is determined whether the timer 0 has timed out,
If “No”, the process returns to step S5506 to repeat the updating of the timer 0, and waits for 35 ms to elapse. This is to wait until the prize ball discharge indicator 112 turned on in step S5502 becomes completely bright.

When 35 msec has elapsed after the prize ball discharge indicator has been turned on, the flow advances to step S5510 to set timer 0 to 3 seconds, and then perform background processing to update timer 0 (step S5512). Next, after performing the prize ball discharge end determination process (see FIG. 48) for the discharge system 1, the discharge end flag set in the process is checked to determine whether or not the discharge system 1 has completed the prize ball discharge. Step S5
514, S5516). If “Yes”, the flow proceeds to step S5518 to turn off the discharge solenoid 1, and
If “No”, step S5518 is skipped, and the process proceeds to step S5520 to perform the prize ball discharge end determination processing (see FIG. 48) for the discharge system 2 and then check the discharge end flag set in the processing to discharge. It is determined whether the prize ball discharge of the system 2 has been completed (step S5522).

Here, if "Yes", the process proceeds to a step S552.
4, the discharge solenoid 2 is turned off. If “No”, the step S5524 is skipped and the step S5530 is skipped.
Then, it is determined whether or not the timer 0 set in step S5510 has timed out. If “No”, the process returns to step S5512 to repeat the above procedure. After the discharge solenoid 2 is turned off in step S5524, the discharge end flag of the discharge system 1 is checked again to determine whether or not the prize ball discharge has been completed. If the discharge end has been completed, the normal end flag is set to "1". To end the subroutine (steps S5526 and S5528).

That is, the counter of the discharge system 1 or 2 is checked, and if either of them is "0", the discharge solenoid 1 or 2 is demagnetized to stop the prize ball discharge of the system.
When both counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2 become "0", both solenoids are demagnetized to terminate the prize ball discharge. If it is determined in step S5526 that the discharge system 1 has not completed the prize ball discharge, the process proceeds to step S55.
Proceeding to 30, it is determined whether or not the timer 0 set in step S5510 has timed out. If “No”, the process returns to step S5512 to repeat the above procedure.

If the timer 0 times out before the discharge of one or both of the discharge systems 1 and 2 ends, the flow advances to step S5532 to turn off the discharge solenoids 1 and 2 once. This is because, according to the ball discharging device of the embodiment, even in 15 seconds, 15 prize balls are sufficiently discharged in 3 seconds. After the discharge solenoids 1 and 2 are turned off in step S5532, the process proceeds to step S5534, where the discharge counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2 are respectively decremented by "1", and then the prize ball discharge end determination processing for the discharge system 1 (FIG. 48) to determine whether the prize ball ejection has been completed (steps S5536 and S5538). Further, step S554
At 0, S5542, the discharge system 2 is also subjected to the prize ball discharge end determination process (see FIG. 48) to determine whether the prize ball discharge is completed. If the discharge of both systems has been completed, it is considered that the discharge has been completed, and the flow shifts to step S5528 to set the normal end flag to "1" and terminate the subroutine.
When prize balls are continuously discharged, two discharge balls may be detected as one, or the discharge time may be longer than usual due to the stop of the ball in the taxiway. This is to allow the entire process to proceed without delay when the prize ball discharge continues even if the number of discharges decreases by about one.

[0170] However, if the prize ball discharge has not been completed for one of the discharge systems 1 and 2 even if the discharge counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2 are decremented by "1" in step S5534, step S5538. If it is determined in step S5542, the process advances to step S5544 to set the timer 0 to 3 seconds again. Then, after performing background processing and updating timer 0 (step S5546),
Proceeding to step S5548, it is determined whether or not the ejection sensor 1 has detected the presence of a standby ball.
Proceeding to 5550, it is determined whether or not the discharge sensor 2 has detected the presence of a waiting ball. If “Yes” here, the process advances to the next step S5552 to determine whether or not the timer 0 set in step S5544 has timed out.
If "o", the flow returns to step S5546 to repeat the above procedure. If "Yes", it is determined that the discharge is abnormal, and the flow advances to the next step S5554, where the normal end flag is cleared to "0" and the process is terminated. The reason why is that the discharge of the prize ball is not completed within 3 seconds despite the detection of the existence of the standby ball is considered to be due to a failure in the discharge solenoid or the like.

On the other hand, step S5548 or S5
If it is determined at 550 that either the ejection sensor 1 or 2 has no waiting ball, the process returns to step S5544, resets the timer 0 to 3 seconds again, and repeats the above procedure. Accordingly, in the case where the storage tank 151 is broken, the balls are replenished while the above processing is repeated, and at the time of replenishment, the discharge sensors 1 and 2 determine that there is a standby ball. Then, the flow shifts to step S5554, clears the normal end flag to "0" and ends. Thereafter, the normal end flag is checked in step S506 in FIG. 43, the process returns to step S502, and the interrupted prize ball discharge can be executed again by restarting from the award ball number request process.

FIG. 48 shows the prize ball discharging process (FIG. 4).
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the prize ball discharge completion determination processing performed in step S5514, S5520, S5536, and S5540 of 7). In this determination process, first, in step S5572, it is determined whether the value of the discharge counter is “0”, and if “No”, the count value is “1”.
2 ”or more is determined (step S5574). And
If the count value is equal to or larger than "0" or "12", the flow shifts to step S5576 to set the discharge end flag to "1" and end the process. Steps S5572 and S55
If any of the determinations of No. 74 is “No”, step S5
Proceeding to 578, the discharge end flag is cleared to "0" and the process ends.

Even if the count value is “12” or more, it is determined that the discharge is completed because the discharge counter is a 4-bit down counter, and after “0”, “15”, “14”,
.., So that even if four or more shots are ejected more than expected, it is regarded as an error range and the control is continued, so that the game is not interrupted due to an error in the number of winning balls ejected.

FIG. 49 is a flowchart of a safe ball discharging process routine performed in step S507 of FIG. When this routine starts, first, in step S5702, “4” is set as the number of illegal monitoring balls in the discharge counters 1 and 2. By monitoring the most significant bit (fourth bit) of the 4-bit discharge counter in the fraud monitoring process, the discharge counter is set to "0" by the discharge ball detection signal, even though there is no ball discharge request. When there are five or more ejections (the fourth bit changes from 0 to 1), it is determined that the ejection is illegal, and for example, the ball ejection solenoid is excited and the ejected balls are placed on the back of the game board instead of the supply tray. Used to retrieve.

Subsequently, the prize ball discharge processing routine (FIG. 4)
After the safe lamp turned on in step S5502 of step 7) is turned off, the safe solenoid 183 in the winning ball separation detecting device 180 is excited (step S5704).
S5706). Then, the stopper 182 protruding into the flow path of the winning ball is retracted, and the winning ball flows down.
Then, using the timer 0 as a discharge wait timer, set it to 400m sec (step S5708), also data
Ima 1 is set to 200 ms (step S5710)
After that, the safe sensor ball absence confirmation processing (see FIG. 50)
Is performed, and it is checked whether or not a winning ball has flowed out of the safe sensor 181 (step S5712). The discharge wait timer performs the discharge condition determination processing (FIG. 44) as described above.
Reference is made to step S5011 in the middle, and it is reserved to proceed to the next prize ball payout process. In the above-described safe sensor ball absence confirmation processing, the background processing is performed five times in succession, that is, the reading processing of the sensor or the like is performed five times every 1 msec to check the state of the safe sensor, and the safe sensor flag is set to “5” each time. When the value is "0", the ballless flag of the winning ball is set to "1".

In the safe ball discharging process routine shown in FIG.
After executing the safe sensor ball absence confirmation processing, it is determined whether or not the ball absence flag is "1". If "Yes", that is, if it is determined that the winning ball has flowed out of the safe sensor 181, the present routine is terminated (step S5714). ). On the other hand, if “No” is determined in step S5714, the process advances to step S5716 to determine whether the timer 1 (200 msec) set in step S5710 has expired. Updating of the timers 0 and 1 is performed by the background processing in the safe sensor ball absence confirmation processing (see FIG. 50). Here, if “No”, the process proceeds to step S5712.
Return to and repeat the above procedure. When the timer 1 times out before the ball absence flag becomes “1”, the process proceeds to step S5718, where the safe lamp (prize ball discharge indicator 112) is turned on, and then the ball removing solenoid is excited (step S5720). ). When the ball removing solenoid is excited, the flow path switching valve 158 is switched, so that the balls discharged from the ball discharging device 170 are collected on the back of the game board without being discharged to the supply tray. Normally, the winning ball flows out of the sensor 200 msec after the safe solenoid is turned on. Therefore, the ball absence flag does not become "1" even after 200 msec because the winning ball is clogged. Since it is conceivable, this misunderstanding is considered as occurrence of a prize ball, and the process proceeds to the next prize ball discharge processing to prevent an extra prize ball from being given to the player.

After exciting the ball-pulling solenoid in step S5720, the flow advances to step S5722 to
Until the ball absence flag becomes "1", that is, until it is confirmed that the winning ball has flowed out of the safe sensor, the above-described safe sensor ball absence confirmation processing (FIG. 50) is repeatedly executed (step S5724). If the ballless flag becomes “1” while repeating the above procedure, the timer 1 is set to 900 ms, the background processing is performed, and the timer is updated. To end this routine (step S5726,
S5728, S5730).

As shown in FIG. 50, the above-described safe sensor ball absence confirmation process performed in the safe ball ejection process routine is a background process (steps S5752 and S5752).
In steps 5756, S5760, S5764, and S5768, the safe sensor is read, and then the safe sensor flag is checked (steps S5754, S5758, and S57).
62, S5766, S5770) and the safe sensor 18
It repeats five times whether or not 1 has detected a winning ball, and once the flag is "1", that is, if a winning ball has been detected, the ballless flag is cleared to "0" (step S5774), and
When the safe sensor flag is "0" for all five times, the ballless flag of the winning ball is set to "1" (step S577).
2).

FIG. 51 shows a flowchart of the prize ball discharge termination processing routine performed in step S508 in FIG. In this routine, first, the timer 1 (timer 0) is set to 100 ms (step S582), and then the safe solenoid, the safe lamp, and the ball-pulling solenoid that were turned on in the safe ball discharging process routine of FIG. 49 are turned off. End (Steps S584 and S58)
6, S588).

FIG. 52 is executed in step S10 of the main routine (FIG. 26) of the prize ball discharge control device described above.
A flow chart showing a procedure of a rental ball process, this flow is started by the falling edge of the signal by the reading processing of the sphere rental request signal BRQ in FIG. 37 is detected, the discharge of a predetermined number of rental spheres are performed. In this routine,
First, in step S150, a loan condition determination process (FIG. 53)
Is performed, and in the next step S151, it is determined whether or not lending is possible by checking the result. If lending is not possible, the process proceeds to step S159 to determine whether or not the ball lending request signal BRQ is at a low level. If "Yes", the routine ends without doing anything. This is to wait for the already started lending process to end. Also, in step S159, "N
o ", that is, when it is determined that the ball lending request signal BRQ is at the high level, the process shifts to step S160 to set the falling edge detection flag of the BRQ signal set by the reading process of the ball lending request signal BRQ of FIG. The BRQ signal is a signal that does not change to a high level once the falling has been completed, unless it receives the end of the ball lending discharge by the discharge control device 600. If it is detected that the ball lending request signal BRQ has changed to the low level before the entry and the discharge is completed, it is because the previous fall detection is erroneous.

If lending is possible, a lending ball number setting process
After performing the sense (step S152), step S1
At 53, it is determined whether or not the ball lending request signal BRQ is at a low level, and if “No”, that is, it is determined that the ball lending request signal BRQ is at a high level, the process proceeds to step S160.
The falling edge detection flag of the BRQ signal is cleared to "0", and this routine ends. On the other hand, if "Yes" in step S153, that is, it is determined that the ball lending request signal BRQ is at the low level, the process proceeds to step S154, in which the lending sound request command is set in the transmission buffer, and the number of retransmissions is set to 3 times. Then, a transmission process (FIG. 29) is performed (step S155). Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S156, in which the lending and discharging process is performed, and it is determined in step S157 whether the process has been normally completed. If “Yes”, the process proceeds to the next step, and the lending and discharging end process (step S158)
And terminate the present routine.

If "No" in the above step S157, that is, if it is determined that the operation is abnormally ended, the process shifts to a step S161.
The ball-pulling solenoid is turned on, the safe lamp is turned on, and the ball lending enable signal RDY is changed to a low level (invalid state), and the process ends. By turning on the ball-pulling solenoid, the extra balls are collected at the back of the game machine through the ball- drawing gutter 157 instead of through the tray at the front of the game machine,
It is possible to avoid a disadvantage of the game store due to a failure or the like.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart of a lending condition determination processing routine performed in step S151 of FIG. In this routine, first, step S
At 1511, it is checked whether or not the card presence / absence signal CON from the ball lending control device 500 is at a high level. If “No”, the process shifts to step S1519 to clear the flag indicating that lending is possible to “0” and ends this routine. If the card presence / absence signal CON is at the high level, the flow advances to step S1512 to determine whether or not the discharge wait timer set in step S6571 of the lending end processing routine (FIG. 57) to be described later is activated. In S1519, the flag indicating that lending is possible is cleared to "0", and this routine ends. This is to wait for the already started lending and discharging process to end.

On the other hand, if "No" is determined in the step S1512, the process advances to a step S1513 to set the timer 0 to 50.
m seconds, then the background processing (step S
1514) to update the timer 0 set in step S1513. Next steps S1515 and S15
In step 16 , the output levels of the discharge sensors 1 and 2 set in the discharge sensor reading process (FIG. 35) are checked to determine whether the output is at a low level (there is a ball). And
If the output of each of the discharge sensors is low, step S
Proceed to 1517, vinegar if timer 0 set in step S1512 it is determined whether the time is up, "No"
The process returns to step S1514 and repeats the update of the timer 0 to wait for 50 ms to elapse. And timer 0
When the time is up, the process proceeds to step S1518,
The lending possible flag is set to "1", and this routine ends. If it is determined in steps S1515 and S1516 that the output of one of the discharge sensors 1 and 2 is at the high level , the flow shifts to step S1519 to determine that lending is possible.
The flag is set to "0" and the routine ends. This lending possible flag is referred to in step S152 of the lending processing routine in FIG. 52 as described above.

FIG. 54 is a flowchart of a lending ball number setting processing routine performed in step S153 of the lending ball processing routine of FIG. When this routine is started, first, in step S1531, the number of lent balls (for example, 25) is read from the memory (ROM), and then the process proceeds to step S1532, where the number of lent balls is discharged based on the number of lent balls.
When the number of lending balls is odd, the number of lending balls is
+1) less than half the number of “1”
If the number of balls is even, set the number of halves to half
I do. Also, the discharge counter 2 indicates that the number of lending balls is odd.
Kiha (the number of borrowed balls + 1), and the number of borrowed balls is even
If the number is one, set half of the number of borrowed balls (step S1
533), and then the discharge solenoids 1 and 2 are excited (step S1534). As a result, the lending ball to be discharged can be distributed almost equally to the two discharge systems and discharged.

FIG. 55 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of lending and discharging processing executed in step S155 of the ball lending processing routine of FIG. This loan discharge processing routine has almost the same procedure as the above-described prize ball discharge processing (FIG. 47), and is executed after the discharge number is set by the above-described loan ball number setting processing (FIG. 54).

When this routine is started, first, in step S6502, the ball discharge indicator 113 (ball discharge table) is displayed.
Agree with indicator lamp 113, and so on. ) Is turned on to assert the discharge end signal EXS to the ball lending control device 500 to a low level. Then, the process proceeds to step S6504, the timer 0 is set to 35 ms, and the background process is performed (step S6506). The timer 0 set in step S6504 is updated every 1 ms by the background process. Therefore, the next step S6
At 508, it is determined whether the timer 0 has timed out,
If “No”, the process returns to step S6506 to repeat the updating of timer 0, and waits for 35 ms to elapse. This is to wait until the ball lending discharge indicator 113 illuminated in step S6502 becomes completely bright.

After 35 msec has elapsed after the ball discharge indicator is turned on, the flow advances to step S6510 to set timer 0 to 3 seconds, and then perform background processing to update timer 0 (step S6512). Next, after performing the lending / discharging end determination process (see FIG. 56) for the discharging system 1, the discharging end flag set in the process is checked to determine whether the lending / discharging of the discharging system 1 has been completed (step S6).
514, S6516). If “Yes”, the flow advances to step S6518 to turn off the discharge solenoid 1, and
If “No”, the process skips step S6518 and proceeds to step S6520 to perform the lending / discharge end determination process (see FIG. 56) for the emission system 2 and then check the emission end flag set in the process to check the emission system. It is determined whether the lending and discharging of No. 2 has been completed (step S6522).

Here, if "Yes", the process proceeds to step S652.
4, the discharge solenoid 2 is turned off, and if "No", the step S6524 is skipped and the step S6530 is performed.
Then, it is determined whether or not the timer 0 set in step S6510 has timed out. If “No”, the process returns to step S6512 to repeat the above procedure. After turning off the discharge solenoid 2 in step S6524, the discharge end flag of the discharge system 1 is checked again to determine whether or not the loan discharge has been completed. If the discharge has been completed, the normal end flag is set to "1". The subroutine ends (Steps S6526, S6528).

That is, the counter of the discharge system 1 or 2 is checked, and if either of them is "0", the discharge solenoid 1 or 2 is demagnetized to stop lending and discharging of the system.
When both the counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2 become "0", both solenoids are demagnetized to terminate the lending discharge. When it is determined in step S6526 that the lending and discharging of the discharge system 1 has not been completed, step S65 is performed.
Proceeding to 30, it is determined whether or not the timer 0 set in step S6510 has timed out. If “No”, the process returns to step S6512 to repeat the above procedure.

If the timer 0 times out before the discharge of one or both of the discharge systems 1 and 2 is completed, the flow advances to step S6532 to turn off the discharge solenoids 1 and 2 once. This is because according to the ball discharging device of the embodiment, even if it is 3 seconds, even 25 lending balls can be sufficiently discharged.

After the discharge solenoids 1 and 2 are turned off in step S 6532, the flow advances to step S 6534, in which the discharge counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2 are each decremented by “1”, and then the loan discharge end determination processing for the discharge system 1 is performed. (See FIG. 56) to determine whether the lending and discharging has been completed (steps S6536 and S6538). Further, step S654
At 0, S6542, the lending / discharging end determination process (see FIG. 56) is also performed for the discharge system 2 to determine whether or not the lending / discharging has ended. If the discharge of both systems has been completed, it is determined that the lending has been completed, and the flow shifts to step S6528 to set the normal end flag to "1" and terminate the subroutine.
As in the case of the prize ball discharge processing, when the lending ball is continuously discharged, two discharge balls are detected as one or the discharge time becomes longer than usual due to the ball stopping in the taxiway. This is because the entire process can proceed without delay when lending and discharging are continued even if the number of discharges is reduced by about 1 per discharge.

However, if the lending discharge has not been completed for one of the discharge systems 1 or 2 even if the discharge counters of the discharge systems 1 and 2 are decremented by “1” in step S 6534, steps S 6538 and S 6542. When the determination is made in step S6554, the flow shifts to step S6544 to set the timer 0 again to 3 seconds. Then, after performing background processing and updating timer 0 (step S6546),
Proceeding to step S6548, it is determined whether the ejection sensor 1 has detected the presence of a waiting ball.
Proceeding to 6550, it is determined whether or not the discharge sensor 2 has detected the presence of a waiting ball. If “Yes” here, the process advances to the next step S6552 to determine whether or not the timer 0 set in step S6544 has timed out.
If "o", the flow returns to step S6546 to repeat the above procedure. If "Yes", it is determined that the discharge is abnormal, and the flow advances to next step S6554, where the normal end flag is cleared to "0" and the process is terminated. Does not finish lending and discharging within 3 seconds even though it detects the presence of a waiting ball, because it is considered that there is a failure in the discharging solenoid or the like.

On the other hand, step S6548 or S6
If it is determined at 550 that either the ejection sensor 1 or 2 has no waiting ball, the process returns to step S6544, resets the timer 0 to 3 seconds again, and repeats the above procedure. Accordingly, in the case where the storage tank 151 is broken, the balls are replenished while the above processing is repeated, and at the time of replenishment, the discharge sensors 1 and 2 determine that there is a standby ball. Then, the flow shifts to step S6554, clears the normal end flag to "0" and ends. However, unlike the case of the prize ball discharge (FIG. 47), after that, the normal end flag is checked in step S157 of FIG.
The process proceeds to 61, where the ball-pulling solenoid is turned on, the safe lamp is turned on, the ball lending enable signal RDY is negated to a low level, and the lending and discharging process is interrupted.

FIG. 56 shows the above-described loan discharge processing ( FIG. 5 ) .
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the loan discharge completion determination processing performed in step S6514, S6520, S6536, and S6540 of 5 ). In this determination processing, first, in step S6562, it is determined whether the value of the discharge counter is “0”, and if “No”, the count value is “1”.
4 "or more (step S6564). And
If the count value is equal to or greater than "0" or "14", the flow shifts to step S6566, where the lending end flag is set to "1" and the processing ends. Steps S6562 and S65
If all the judgments of No. 64 are “No”, step S6
Proceeding to 568, the discharge end flag is cleared to "0" and the process ends.

Even if the count value is "14" or more, it is determined that the lending is completed because the discharge counter is a 4-bit down counter, and after "0", "15", "14",
The control is continued assuming that an error range is reached even if two or more discharges are performed more than expected, so that the control is not interrupted by a slight error in the number of discharges. However, unlike the case of the prize ball discharge, an error in the number of balls lent is closely related to the interest of the game store, and therefore the number of balls to be regarded as an error range is estimated to be smaller than in the case of the prize ball discharge end determination (FIG. 48).

FIG. 57 shows a flowchart of the lending discharge end processing routine performed in step S158 of the lending processing flow of FIG. This routine is executed when the normal end flag is set to “1” in the lending and discharging process of FIG. When this routine starts,
To prevent the next lending process from being started (see FIG. 53), first, in step 6571, timer 0 is used as a wait timer, which is set to 400 ms, and then timer 1 is set to 100 ms (step 6572).
Then, after changing the discharge end signal EXS to the ball lending control device 500 to a high level (step 6573), the background processing is performed to update each timer, and then the timer 1 set in the above step 6572 times out. (Step 6574, S657
5). If “No” here, the flow advances to step 6576 to determine whether or not the ball lending request signal BRQ from the ball lending control device 500 has changed to a high level. If “No”, the flow returns to step S6574 to repeat the above procedure and lend the ball. Wait for the request signal BRQ to change to the high level. If the ball lending request signal BRQ changes to a high level within 100 ms after changing the discharge end signal EXS to a high level,
Proceeding to step S6577, the timer 1 is checked and 50
It is determined whether m seconds have elapsed. If 50 ms has elapsed, the flow advances to step 6578, and the ball lending request signal B
The RQ falling detection flag is cleared to "0".

Then, the flow shifts to step S6579, where the timer 1 is reset to 250 msec, background processing is performed to update the timer, and it is determined whether or not the timer 1 set in step 6579 has timed out. (Steps 6580 and S6581). Where "N
If "o", the flow advances to step 6582 to advance the ball lending control device 50.
It is determined whether the ball lending request signal BRQ from 0 has changed to a low level. If “No”, the process returns to the step S6580 to repeat the above procedure, and waits for the ball lending request signal BRQ to change to a low level. If the ball lending request signal BRQ changes to the low level within 250 msec, or if the timer 1 times out before the ball lending request signal BRQ changes to the low level, the present routine is terminated (step
S6587, S6582) .

On the other hand, before the ball lending request signal BRQ changes to high level in step 6575, step 657 is executed.
If it is determined that the timer 1 set in step 2 has timed out, the flow shifts to step 6585 to turn on the ball-pull solenoid, turn on the safe lamp, negate the ball lending enable signal RDY to a low level, and stop the lending discharge processing. The reason why the response signal does not return from the ball lending control device 500 within the predetermined time is because it is considered that a serious failure such as disconnection of the communication line has occurred.

Then, the card is inserted into the card reader,
FIG. 9 shows the specific timing of signals transmitted and received between the ball lending control device 500 and the discharge control device 600 when the ball lending request is made by pressing the conversion button 123 provided on the pachinko gaming machine 100. This will be described with reference to FIG. The figure shows the signal timing when the lending number is set so that the lending ball for 300 yen is discharged for one operation of the conversion button 123.

When the power of the gaming machine is turned on, the ball lending enable signal RDY supplied from the discharge control device 600 to the ball lending control device 500 is changed to a high level (timing t1). On the other hand, when the card is inserted into the card reader,
The ball lending control device 500 detects this, and asserts the card presence / absence signal CON to the discharge control device 600 to a high level (timing t2).

Thereafter, when the conversion button 123 is pressed,
The ball lending control device 500 confirms that the ball lending enable signal RDY has changed to a high level, and changes the ball lending request signal BRQ to a low level (timing t).
3). Emission control device 6 that has received the ball lending request signal BRQ
00 changes the discharge end signal EXS to low level on condition that the ball lending enable signal RDY output by itself is at high level and the card presence / absence signal CON from the ball lending control device 500 is at high level. Discharge solenoid 7
41a and 741b are driven to start lending out the ball (timing t4).

Then, the discharge control device 600 monitors the detection signals of the discharge sensors 730a and 730b and determines that the discharge number is two.
Discharge solenoid 74 when 5 pieces (100 yen)
The driving of 1a and 741b is stopped, and the discharge end signal EXS to the ball lending control device 500 is changed to a high level (timing t5). Ball lending control device 50
0 is set to 75 when the rising of the discharge end signal EXS is detected.
After m seconds, the ball lending request signal BRQ is once negated to a high level (timing t6).

Then, the ball lending control device 500
After elapse of 0 ms, the ball lending request signal BRQ is again asserted to a low level (timing t7). Then, the discharge control device 600 detects this, changes the discharge end signal EXS to low level, and starts discharging the lending ball (timing t8). By repeating the above operation three times, 3
A lending ball for 00 yen is discharged.

However, ball lending control device 500 asserts ball lending request signal BRQ to low level (at timing t).
3, t7, t11), the discharge end signal EXS does not change to the low level even after 10 seconds have elapsed, or the discharge end signal EXS changes to the low level (at timings t4, t11).
8, t12), even after 10 seconds have elapsed, the discharge end signal E
When XS does not change to the high level (T1> 10
In S, T2> 10S , a card ejection command is sent to the card reader to interrupt the ball lending control (step S in FIG. 18).
8134, S8142). On the other hand, the emission control device 60
0 indicates that the ball lending request signal BRQ has not changed to the high level even after 100 msec has elapsed since the discharge end signal EXS was changed to the high level (timing t5, t9, t13) (T3> 100 mS) . It is determined that an abnormality has occurred (it changes in 75 ms if normal), the ball-pulling solenoid is turned on, the safe lamp is turned on, the ball lending enable signal RDY is negated to low level, and the lending ball discharging process is stopped (FIG. 57). Steps S6572 and S6575).

Further, the discharge control device 600 of the above embodiment is used.
In the control flow shown in FIG. 26, the ball-lending process is repeated while the BRQ falling flag is "1" (FIG. 26).
Step S3), the ball lending control device 500 sets the BRQ
The falling flag asserts the ball lending request signal BRQ to a low level until ball lending is repeated the set number of ball lending times (steps S8164 and S81 in FIG. 18).
70, S8130), even if a prize ball discharge request is sent from the gaming board control device 400 after the ball lending discharge processing is started, the ball lending discharge processing is executed with priority. However, after detecting the rising of the ball lending request signal BRQ, if the BRQ does not fall within a predetermined time (for example, 250 msec), the discharge control device 600 sets the time T4 of FIG.
If it is not within m seconds, the processing shifts to the prize ball discharge processing (see steps S6579 to S6582 in FIG. 57).

Also, when the ball lending control device 500 enters the ball lending discharge processing, the ball lending discharge is completed until the ball lending is completed the number of times the ball lending is completed.
Steps S8164, S8170, S8130 in FIG.
Is repeated, and the process does not pass through step S8112 in FIG. 17, so that even if the conversion button 123 is pressed after the ball lending request signal BRQ is asserted to a low level, this is not detected, so that the ON of the conversion switch during this period is invalidated. You. In the above-described embodiment, the ejection control device is configured to transmit the card insertion and ejection sound generation request signal to the game board control device. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the ball lending control is performed. The device may be configured to transmit a card insertion / ejection sound generation request signal directly to the game board control device.

In the above embodiment, the detection signal of the safe sensor 181 in the prize ball separation detecting device 180 is inputted to the discharge control device 600, and when the discharge control device 600 detects a prize ball, the game board control device 400 transmits the signal. On the other hand, a prize ball is ejected based on the prize ball number data received by requesting the prize ball number data. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Input to the control device 400, the game board control device 400
When the prize ball is detected, the prize ball number data is transmitted to the discharge control device 600 so that the prize ball can be discharged.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the conversion button 123 for a loaned ball, the return button 124, the balance indicator 122, and the like are provided on the operation panel 121 on the upper surface of the supply tray 120. The present invention is not limited to this, and may be provided at an arbitrary position on the front of the pachinko gaming machine or on the front of the ball rental machine 200. Although the card reader is built in the arranged balls rental machine between the game machine and the game machine in the embodiment, the card reader receives the pachinko machine 100
You may comprise so that it may be arrange | positioned at one side of the plate 141 , etc., and built in a game machine.

[0210]

As described above, according to the present invention, the card insertion
A ball lending machine with an outlet and a pair with the ball lending machine,
Game balls related to prize balls or ball rental to the supply tray
Emission control device that performs emission control for putting out and game board
Control signal and signal related to prize ball discharge
A game board control device for transmitting to a discharge control device
Card-type pachinko gaming machine with
Connected to the emission control device and the ball rental machine so that they can be transmitted and received.
And used for input to the ball rental machine
Conversion switch and card return switch, and the above ball rental machine
Card balance display controlled by
The ball lending indicator that indicates the validity / invalidity of the switch
Provided on the front of the game machine, the discharge control device
If the ball is available for discharge,
To send a possible signal and supplied from the ball rental machine
Based on the discharge request signal indicating the discharge request, the discharge request signal
Emission that discharges the minimum number of game balls for each issue
Performs control and finishes discharging the minimum number of game balls.
A ball rental discharge end signal indicating that discharge has been completed for each
The ball lending machine is configured to transmit to the ball lending machine,
The minimum discharge unit for one operation of the conversion switch
Number of ball lending that can be set in integer multiples of the number of places
Setting means and within a predetermined time after the transmission of the discharge request signal.
Discharge to determine whether or not to receive a ball-lending discharge end signal
One end operation of the conversion switch, comprising:
Based on the, to discharge the set number of play balls
To form to <br/> send ejection request signal of the minimum discharge unit to the emission control device, each time of transmitting the said discharge request signal
The above emission control device can lend a ball according to the above signal for lending a ball.
The emission request signal
Signal, the ball lending discharge signal within the specified time
If it does not detect the reception of
Ball rental machine, the minimum required emission unit
After sending the emission request signal indicating the
Ball lending indicating that discharge has ended at the end of discharge of game balls
It is determined whether or not the discharge end signal is received within a predetermined time.
Discharge end monitoring means for transmitting a discharge request signal.
Each pachinko machine has an emission control device
Ball lendable signal indicating that the ball is in a lendable state
And after sending the emission request signal,
If the reception of the ball lending discharge end signal is not detected within the time,
In this case, it is determined that an error has occurred.
And the minimum discharge, which is the unit of setting
Make sure that the number of game balls discharged per unit is executed, and the number of ball rentals
The overall emission can be assured. as a result,
Games as ball rentals by the ball ejection mechanism on pachinko machines
Improve the accuracy of ball ejection and eventually card-type pachinko
The effect that the reliability of the gaming device can be improved.
There is .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a card-type pachinko machine as a gaming machine according to the present invention.
It is a perspective view showing the example of composition of a game machine .

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a configuration example of a back mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional front view showing one embodiment of a ball discharging device 170.

FIG. 4 shows a pachinko gaming machine 100 and a ball lending unit.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a control system of the ball lending machine 200 according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a game board control device 400 as a game board control circuit .
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of FIG.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of communication means constituting the game board control device 400.

FIG. 7 is a system configuration diagram showing a specific configuration example of a game board control device 400.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a discharge control device 600 as a discharge control circuit .

FIG. 9 is a system configuration diagram showing a specific configuration example of an emission control device 600.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration example of a ball lending control device 500 as a ball lending control circuit .

11 is a system configuration diagram showing a specific configuration example of a ball lending control device 500. FIG.

12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a control procedure of the entire game board performed by the game board control device 400. FIG.

13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a control procedure of a clock signal output process in the flow of FIG.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a control procedure of a prize ball switch input process in the flow of FIG. 12;

FIG. 15A is a flowchart showing a part of an example of a control procedure of transmission / reception processing in the flow of FIG. 12;

15B is a flowchart showing a part of an example of a control procedure of transmission / reception processing in the flow of FIG. 12;

FIG. 15C is a flowchart showing a part of an example of a control procedure of the transmission / reception processing in the flow of FIG. 12;

FIG. 15D is a flowchart showing a part of an example of a control procedure of the transmission / reception processing in the flow of FIG. 12;

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an outline of a main routine of the ball lending control device.

FIG. 17 is a step S of the main routine (FIG. 16);
It is a flowchart which shows a part (first half) of the specific procedure of the ball lending process performed by 8008.

FIG. 18 is a step S of the main routine (FIG. 16).
It is a flowchart which shows a part (2nd half) of the specific procedure of the ball lending process performed by 8008.

FIG. 19 is a step S of the main routine (FIG. 16).
It is a flowchart which shows a part of specific procedure of the card return process performed in 8010.

FIG. 20: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 16)
It is a flowchart which shows a part (first half) of the specific procedure of the function transmission / reception process performed by 8012.

FIG. 21 is a step S of the main routine (FIG. 16);
It is a flowchart which shows a part (second half) of the specific procedure of the function transmission / reception process performed by 8012.

FIG. 22: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 16)
It is a flowchart which shows an example of the specific procedure of the settlement signal output process performed in 8014.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a timer interruption process performed every time a predetermined time (for example, 1 msec) elapses by the ball lending control device 500 prior to the main routine of FIG. 16;

24 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a transmission interruption process performed by the ball lending control device 500 prior to the main routine of FIG. 16;

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing a procedure of a reception interruption process performed by the ball lending control device 500 prior to the main routine of FIG. 16;

FIG. 26 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a main routine of a discharge control process performed by the discharge control device 600 .

FIG. 27: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 26)
11 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific procedure of an initialization process executed at 0.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing an example of a specific procedure of a line test process executed in step S117 of the initialization process routine (FIG. 27).

29 is a flowchart showing an example of a specific procedure of the line test processing, the card insertion / ejection confirmation processing of FIG. 40, and the transmission processing executed in the winning ball number request processing routine of FIG. 45.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific procedure of a reception process executed in the line test processing routine.

FIG. 31: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 26)
3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific procedure of a background process executed in Step 1.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of a 1-msec waiting process executed in step S21 of the background process (FIG. 31).

FIG. 33 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a procedure of a timer update process executed in step S22 of the background process (FIG. 31).

FIG. 34 is a flowchart of a safe sensor reading process routine executed in step S26 of the background process (FIG. 31).

FIG. 35 is a flowchart of a read processing routine of the discharge sensor executed in step S27 of the background processing (FIG. 31).

FIG. 36 is a flowchart of a reading process routine of the ball ejection sensor 750 executed in step S29 of the background process (FIG. 31).

FIG. 37 is a flowchart showing a routine of a ball lending request signal input process executed in step S30 of the background process (FIG. 31).

FIG. 38 is a flowchart showing a routine of a card presence / absence signal input process executed in step S31 of the background process (FIG. 31).

FIG. 39 is a flowchart showing a clock input processing routine executed in step S32 of the background processing (FIG. 31).

FIG. 40: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 26)
6 is a flowchart showing an example of a specific procedure of a card insertion / ejection confirmation process executed in Step 2.

FIG. 41: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 26)
12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific procedure of a ball removing process (first half) executed in Step 5.

FIG. 42: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 26)
12 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a specific procedure of a ball removing process (second half) executed in Step 5;

FIG. 43: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 26)
It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure of the payout process performed in FIG.

FIG. 44: Step S501 of the payout process (FIG. 43)
6 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a discharge condition determination process executed by the subroutine.

FIG. 45: Step S503 of the payout processing (FIG. 43)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the award ball number request | requirement process performed by.

FIG. 46: Step S504 of the payout process (FIG. 43)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the prize ball setting process performed by.

FIG. 47: Step S505 of the payout process (FIG. 43)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the prize ball discharge processing performed in.

FIG. 48 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a prize ball discharge end determination process performed in the prize ball discharge process ( FIG. 47 ).

FIG. 49: Step S507 of the payout process (FIG. 43)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the safe ball discharge processing performed by (1).

FIG. 50 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of safe sensor ball absence confirmation processing performed in the safe ball discharge processing ( FIG. 49 ).

FIG. 51: Step S508 of the payout process (FIG. 43)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the prize ball discharge end process performed by.

FIG. 52: Step S of the main routine (FIG. 26)
It is a flowchart which shows a part of subroutine of the ball-lending process performed in FIG.

FIG. 53: Step S150 of the ball-lending process (FIG. 52)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the lending condition determination process performed by.

54. Step S152 of the ball lending process (FIG. 52)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the lending ball number setting process performed by.

FIG. 55: Step S156 of the ball lending process (FIG. 52)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the lending discharge process performed in.

FIG. 56 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a lending discharge end determination process executed in the lending discharge process ( FIG. 55 ).

FIG. 57: Step S158 of the ball lending process (FIG. 52)
It is a flowchart which shows the subroutine of the lending discharge | emission completion process performed by.

FIG. 58: The ball lending control device 500 and the discharge control device 6
9 is a time chart showing specific timings of signals transmitted and received between 00 and 00.

59. The game board control device 400 and the discharge control device 6
6 is a time chart showing specific timing on the emission control device side of a signal transmitted and received between 00 and 00.

60. The game board control device 400 and the discharge control device 6
It is a time chart which shows the specific timing in the game board control device side of the signal transmitted / received with 00.

[Explanation of symbols]

100 Pachinko gaming machine 120 Supply tray 122 Balance display 123 Ball lending conversion button 170 Ball ejection device 180 Winning ball separation detection device 200 Ball lending machine 211 Card insertion / ejection port 220 Insertion balance display 230 Effective display lamp 400 As a game board control circuit Game board control device 500 Ball lending control device 600 as a ball lending control circuit Discharge control device as a discharge control circuit

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A ball lending machine provided with a card insertion / ejection slot, and a prize ball paired with the ball lending machine and directed to a supply plate provided on the front side.
Or discharge control to discharge game balls related to lending
And the control of the game board.
To the above emission control device
A pachinko game machine having a pachinko game machine having a game board control device, wherein the discharge control device and the ball lending machine are connected to be able to transmit and receive.
And the conversion used for input to the ball rental machine
Switch and card return switch and the ball rental machine
Card balance display and conversion switch
A ball lending indicator that indicates the validity / invalidity of pachinko machines
Provided on the front of the gaming machine, the discharge control device, when the ball lending discharge is in a possible state, the ball lending machine
A ball lending possible signal and supply from the ball lending machine
Based on a discharge request signal indicating the discharge request to be discharged.
Discharge the minimum number of game balls per request signal
Discharge of the game balls of the minimum discharge unit number.
Ball rental discharge end indicating that discharge has ended at the end of each exit
Signal is configured to transmit to said ball lending machine, the ball lending machine is the minimum discharge single response to a single operation of the conversion switch
Number of ball lending that can be set in integer multiples of the number of places
Setting means and the ball lending discharge within a predetermined time after transmitting the discharge request signal.
Discharge end monitoring means for determining whether to receive a discharge end signal
Comprising a stage, and on the basis of a single operation of the conversion switch was set loan
In order to discharge the game balls of the number of balls,
An emission request signal is transmitted in small emission units, and
Each time the outgoing request signal is sent,
Check that the above emission control device is in a ball lending enabled state
At the specified time after the emission request signal is transmitted.
When the reception of the ball lending discharge end signal is not detected within the interval
Is configured to determine that an abnormality has occurred.
Card-type pachinko game machine.