JP3478778B2 - Ball game machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a ball-and-ball game machine including an electromagnetic drive source and provided with a launching device for actuating a hitting rod to launch a game ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An operation section for operating the ball flying strength of a pachinko ball that is driven into a game area formed on a game board surface,
Hitting ball firing drive means that is a driving source for driving a ball into the game area, a variable resistor that changes the resistance value by operating the operation part, and a ball flying strength by the hitting ball firing drive means based on the resistance value of the variable resistor. The variable resistor is a ball game machine having a hitting ball launching device in which the rate of change of the resistance value with respect to the operation amount of the operating section is made different at a predetermined resistance value as a boundary. It is described in Kaihei 11-33171.

In the above ball game machine, the rate of change of the resistance value of the variable resistor according to the user's needs, that is,
It is possible to realize the rate of change in the ball drop strength. In other words, the rate of change in the ball drop strength at the point where the player wants to make fine adjustment can be reduced, and the rate of change in the ball drop strength at the point at which the player wants the strength to change extremely can be increased. Also, with this configuration, instead of changing the rate of change in the ball drop strength by software using a microcomputer, etc., only changing the resistance with respect to the conventional circuit does not require a special circuit, thus reducing the cost. You can

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to memorize a hitting force when a player releases a contact of a firing lever, and to re-hit a ball with the memorized hitting force when a player contacts a firing lever. To provide a ball game machine.

[0005]

A ball-ball game machine according to claim 1 is a launching device for launching a game ball by operating a batting rod by an electromagnetic drive source, and a launch lever operated by a player. When, and a firing lever contact detecting means for detecting a contact to said firing lever, the firing lever contact detection hand
If the detection signal from the step is in the presence of contact, the electromagnetic
While driving the game ball by driving the drive source,
When the detection signal from the bar contact detection means indicates no contact
In addition, the electromagnetic drive source is stopped, and
In order to solve the problem, operation direction detecting means for detecting the operation direction of the firing lever, operation amount detecting means for detecting the operation amount of the firing lever, operation direction detected by the operation direction detecting means, and When the hitting force adjustment control unit that electrically increases or decreases the hitting force according to the operation amount detected by the operation amount detecting unit, and the detection signal by the firing lever contact detecting unit changes from the contact state to the non-contact state, While the hitting force adjusted by the hitting force adjustment control means is stored, when the detection signal by the firing lever contact detecting means changes from the no-contact state to the contacting state, the hitting force control means for setting the hitting force stored again is stored. It is characterized by being provided.

The ball-ball game machine according to claim 2 is claim 1
The firing lever is rotatably provided, the operation direction detection means detects a rotation operation direction of the firing lever, and the operation amount detection means detects a rotation operation amount. It is characterized by being

The ball-ball game machine according to claim 3 is claim 1
Alternatively, in the one described in 2, the operation of the firing lever
Regardless, the hitting force Wei grip hand stage to maintain the droplet sphere power which is set by the re-hitting control means, and a maintenance state canceling means for canceling the maintaining state of the hitting force the hitting force maintaining means maintains provided It is characterized by that.

[0008]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko game machine which is an embodiment of a ball game machine. In the pachinko gaming machine 1, a metal frame 4 provided with a glass that allows the game board 3 to be seen through is mounted on the front frame 2 in an openable and closable manner, and a mounting plate 5 is mounted below the metal frame 4 in an openable and closable manner. An upper tray 7 having a ball payout opening 6 is attached to the mounting plate 5. Also,
A lower tray 8 is attached to the center of the lower portion of the front frame 2, and a ball hitting handle 9 is provided on the right side of the lower tray 8 and a firing lever 10 that is rotated by a player is rotated on the ball hitting handle 9. It is possible. The firing lever 10
Is made of a conductive material and functions as a touch terminal that constitutes the handle contact detection means.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing an essential part of a hitting ball launching device 11 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 1 of the embodiment, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are views showing a hitting operation of the hitting ball launching device 11. FIG. As shown in FIG. 2, the firing lever 10 of the hitting ball handle 9 is fixed to one end of a rotating shaft 13 which is pivotally supported by a handle support portion 12 arranged at the lower right corner of the front frame 2. The rotary shaft 13 is provided to be freely rotatable in a clockwise direction and a counterclockwise direction by 360 degrees, and the rotating shaft 13 is provided on a handle base 15 mounted on the left side of a base plate 14 of the ball-striking launcher 11 and provided on a handle base 15. Has been inserted into.

The rotating shaft 13 has, for example, a ratchet wheel 35 fixed to the rotating shaft 13 as shown in FIG.
A click stop mechanism 34 is provided by means of a spring plate 36 that engages between the teeth, and the firing lever 10 is configured to take a rotation stop position at every predetermined angle. In the present embodiment, for the sake of explanation, the rotation stop position is set at every 36 degrees, and the rotation stop positions are set at 10 positions at 360 degrees. However, the predetermined angle is not limited to 36 degrees. Instead, the rotation stop position is actually set at each finer angle. Further, the position of the firing lever 10 does not change due to the click stop mechanism 34 even when the player releases the hand.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, a firing lever 1 as shown in FIG. 7 is provided inside the handle support portion 12.
Operation direction detecting means for detecting the rotation operation direction of 0 and operation amount detecting means provided on the rotation shaft 13 of the firing lever 10 are provided, which will be described later.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a ball striking shaft 17 is provided in the center of the base plate 14, and a lower part of a striking rod 18 is rotatably supported on the ball striking shaft 17. . Hitting rod 1
8, a driven lever portion 19 extending laterally is integrally formed on one side of the shaft supporting portion, and a cam follower 20 is axially attached to the tip of the driven lever portion 19 so that Also, a hooking portion 21 is provided on the upper part, and one end of an elastic spring 22 for giving a hitting force is hooked on the hooking portion 21. Further, the stopper 23 is fixed to the base plate 14 so as to face the one edge of the lower end of the hitting rod 18. Therefore, the ball striking rod 18 is constantly urged to rotate clockwise around the ball striking shaft 17 by the urging force of the elastic spring 22, and the clockwise rotation posture is changed to the stopper 23.
The one end of the lower end of the ball striking rod 18 comes into contact with the ball striking rod 18 to be restricted to the tilt stop position.

A hitting ball firing motor M1 for reciprocating the hitting rod 18 is arranged in front of the base plate 14 in FIG. A motor base 26 is disposed on the front surface of the left side portion of the base plate 14, and a hitting ball firing motor M1 is disposed on the motor base 26 with its motor shaft 24 facing the base plate 14. A plate cam 25 is fixed to the front end of the motor shaft 24, and the plate cam 25 is driven by the driven lever portion 1 of the ball striking rod 18.
It is possible to collide with the cam follower 20 provided in 9.

The clockwise rotation of the plate cam 25 causes the plate cam 25 to push down the driven lever portion 19 through the cam follower 20 against the urging force of the elastic spring 22 to rotate the ball striking rod 18 counterclockwise. When the plate cam 25 and the cam follower 20 move away from each other, the elastic spring 2
With the urging force of 2, the striking rod 18 rotates clockwise,
The ball striking rod 18 is configured to reciprocally rotate and elastically move (see FIGS. 5, 4 and 3).

As shown in FIG. 2, the hitting force adjusting mechanism is arranged on the right side of the base plate 14. A motor base 27 is arranged on the front surface of the right side portion of the base plate 14, and a hitting force adjusting motor M2 is arranged on the motor base 27 with its motor shaft (not shown) facing the base plate 14.
The hitting force adjusting motor M2 is composed of a stepping motor. A ball striking force adjusting dial 28 is fixed to the motor shaft of the ball striking force adjusting motor M2, and the other end of the elastic spring 22 is hooked on a hooking portion 29 formed on the side of the ball striking force adjusting dial 28. ing. Ball striking force adjustment dial 2 by actuation (normal rotation) of ball striking force adjustment motor M2
When 8 is rotated in the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2, the elastic spring 22 is stretched, and the urging force to the ball striking rod 18, that is, the ball striking force is increased. In addition, the hitting force adjusting motor M2
When the ball striking force adjusting dial 28 is rotated in the direction opposite to the direction of the arrow in FIG. 2 by the operation (reverse rotation), the amount of expansion of the elastic spring 22 is reduced and the urging force to the ball striking rod 18, that is, the ball striking ball. The power decreases.

In the above embodiment, since the hitting force adjusting dial 28 is fixed to the motor shaft of the hitting force adjusting motor M2, the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is returned by pulling the elastic spring 22. In order not to fire the ball, the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is continuously excited to maintain the rotational position of the hitting force adjusting dial 28 while the firing instruction is given. Instead of fixing the hitting force adjusting dial 28 to the motor shaft of the hitting force adjusting motor M2, a gear is provided on the motor shaft of the hitting force adjusting motor M2 and a gear is provided on the rotating shaft of the hitting force adjusting dial 28. A ball striking force adjusting dial 28 is driven through a gear train in which a gear provided on the motor shaft is meshed with a gear provided on the rotating shaft, and the ball striking force adjusting motor is pulled by pulling the elastic spring 22. M2 may not be returned.

The hitting ball launching motor M1, the hitting ball force adjusting motor M2, the touch terminals, the operation direction detecting means and the operation amount detecting means are connected to the launcher control board 30 by wiring. Further, in FIG. 3, reference numeral 31 is a ball feeding wire fixed to an intermediate portion of the ball striking rod 18, reference numeral 32 is a ball feeding interlocking lever for operating a ball feeding member (not shown), Although a ball feeding mechanism for the pachinko ball to the rail 33 is configured, the ball feeding mechanism will not be described because it is not related to the gist of the present invention.

FIG. 7 shows the rotary encoder 37 constituting the operation direction detecting means for detecting the rotating operation direction of the firing lever 10 and the operation amount detecting means provided on the rotation shaft 13 of the firing lever 10 as shown in FIG. 14 is a front view seen from the side of FIG. The rotary encoder 37 has a disc shape,
The rotary shaft 13 is fixed to the center of the rotary encoder 34, and a plurality of (10 in the present embodiment) slits 38 are provided at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction near the outer peripheral edge of the rotary encoder 34.
The radial intermediate portion is provided with the same number of slits 39 as the slits 38 at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction corresponding to the clockwise edges of the plurality of slits 38 provided near the outer peripheral edge. .

An optical position detection sensor 40 (made up of a photo sensor) is provided so as to face a position where a plurality of slits 38 provided near the outer peripheral edge of the rotary encoder 37 pass.
Is provided, and the optical position detection is performed by facing the position where the plurality of slits 39 provided in the intermediate portion of the rotary encoder 37 pass on the radial center side with respect to the position where the position detection sensor 40 is provided. A sensor 41 (a photo sensor) is provided (in FIG. 6, the position detection sensor 40 and the position detection sensor 41 are provided at the 12 o'clock position of the timepiece).

FIG. 8 is a time chart showing the relationship between the rotation direction of the firing lever and the detection signals of the position detection sensors 40 and 41. The detection of the rotation operation direction of the firing lever 10 will be described. The click stop mechanism 3 shown in FIG.
4, the firing lever 10 takes the rotation stop position only at a predetermined angle. Further, since the rotary encoder 37 shown in FIG. 7 is also fixed to the rotary shaft 13, the rotary encoder 37 takes a rotation stop position only every predetermined angle in synchronization with the firing lever 10. As shown in FIG. 7, when the firing lever 10 is positioned at the rotation stop position for each predetermined angle, both the position detection sensor 40 and the position detection sensor 41 are in a state of not detecting the slit, and the position detection sensor 40 And the detection signals of the position detection sensor 41 are both off.

When the firing lever 10 is rotated counterclockwise in FIG. 7, the rotary encoder 37 is used.
Also rotates counterclockwise integrally with the rotation shaft 13. Therefore,
First, the slit 38 provided near the outer peripheral edge of the rotary encoder 37 is detected by the position detection sensor 40, and when this slit 38 passes through the detection position of the position detection sensor 40, next, in the radial intermediate portion of the rotary encoder 37. When the slit 39 provided is detected by the position detection sensor 41 and the slit 39 passes the detection position of the position detection sensor 41, the rotary encoder 37 becomes the position corresponding to the next rotation stop position of the firing lever 10.

As a result, when the detection signal of the position detection sensor 40 first turns from OFF to ON, and when the detection signal of the position detection sensor 40 changes from ON to OFF, the detection signal of the position detection sensor 41 changes from OFF to ON and the position detection When the detection signal of the sensor 41 changes from on to off, both the detection signals of the position detection sensor 40 and the position detection sensor 41 are turned off and correspond to the next rotation stop position of the firing lever 10.

When the firing lever 10 is rotated clockwise in FIG. 7, the rotary encoder 37 also rotates clockwise together with the rotary shaft 13. Therefore, first, the slit 39 provided in the radial intermediate portion of the rotary encoder 37 is detected by the position detection sensor 41, and when this slit 39 passes the detection position of the position detection sensor 41, then the outer peripheral edge of the rotary encoder 37 is detected. When the slit 38 provided in the vicinity is detected by the position detection sensor 40 and the slit 38 passes the detection position of the position detection sensor 40, the rotary encoder 37 becomes the position corresponding to the next rotation stop position of the firing lever 10. .

As a result, the detection signal of the position detection sensor 41 first turns from OFF to ON, and when the detection signal of the position detection sensor 41 changes from ON to OFF, the detection signal of the position detection sensor 40 changes from OFF to ON to detect the position. When the detection signal of the sensor 40 changes from on to off, both the detection signals of the position detection sensor 40 and the position detection sensor 41 are turned off and correspond to the next rotation stop position of the firing lever 10.

As is clear from the above description, whether the detection signal of the position detection sensor 40 is turned on first from the OFF state by the forward / reverse rotation of the firing lever 10 (difference between counterclockwise rotation and clockwise rotation). The rotation operation direction of the firing lever 10 can be specified by (position detection sensor 41 is off) or whether the detection signal of the position detection sensor 41 is turned on first from off (position detection sensor 40 is off).

Regarding the amount of rotation of the firing lever 10, the rotation position is 1 in the rotation direction of the firing lever 10.
Each time it changes, one slit 38 and one slit 39 provided in the rotary encoder 37 are detected. Therefore, the rotation operation is performed by counting how many times one of the slit 38 and the slit 39 is detected. The amount can be specified. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, one rotation (360 degrees) is performed when ten slits are detected.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a main part of a launch control system provided in the pachinko gaming machine of the embodiment. The firing control unit 42 drives and stops the driving of the hit ball firing motor M1.
CPU 43 for controlling the driving of the hitting force adjusting motor M2
And a ROM 44 in which a control program to be executed by the CPU is stored, and a RAM 45 that can be read and written at any time. The hitting force adjustment control means and the re-hit ball control means described in claim 1 are part of the control program stored in the ROM 44. An input / output port 46 for inputting a detection signal and outputting a control signal is connected to the CPU 43.

The sensor detection circuit 4 is connected to the input / output port 46.
7 through the position detection sensor 40 and the position detection sensor 41
Is connected, the touch terminal (launch lever 10) is connected through the touch detection circuit 48, and each detection signal is individually C
It is configured to be input to the PU 43. Further, the input / output port 46 is connected to a hitting ball launching motor M1 via a motor driver 49, is connected to a hitting force adjusting motor M2 via a motor driver 50, and outputs these by a drive control signal from the CPU 43. The driving motor is driven and controlled. Furthermore, the CPU 43
Is connected to a payout control device 52 that is communicatively connected to the main control device 51, and the payout control device 52 issues an instruction to stop / release the operation of the ball striking motor M1. Therefore, the explanation is omitted.

When the player turns the firing lever 10 clockwise from the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1, the hitting force is increased, and when it is turned counterclockwise, the hitting ball is hit. It is designed to reduce power. However, in the following description, since the rotary encoder 37 of FIG. 7 shown from the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1 (that is, from the side of the base plate 14 of FIG. 2) is used, the firing lever 10 and The rotation direction of the rotary encoder 37 is reversed, and the rotary encoder 3 rotates counterclockwise in FIG.
When 7 rotates, the hitting force increases, and when the rotary encoder 37 rotates clockwise, the hitting force decreases.

The hitting force adjustment processing by the CPU of the firing control unit 42 will be described below with reference to the flowcharts showing the outline of the control programs stored in the ROMs shown in FIGS. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the main routine of the processing executed by the CPU in the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 10, the CPU performs an initialization process when the power is turned on, and initializes each flag, counter, storage area, and the like necessary for the following processes (step S0).
1).

In the initialization process, a hitting force adjusting counter C1 is increased / decreased in accordance with the turning operation amount of the firing lever 10 with respect to the hitting force adjusting motor M2 driven to increase / decrease the hitting force. , Ball striking force adjustment motor M2
Each value of the current counter X corresponding to the hitting force according to the current rotational position of is set to zero.

The range of values that the current counter X can take is a value "0" corresponding to the minimum ball hitting force to the upper limit value that corresponds to the maximum ball hitting force, and similarly, the range of values that the ball hitting force adjusting counter C1 can take. Is a value “0” corresponding to the minimum hitting force to an upper limit value corresponding to the maximum hitting force. Immediately after the power is turned on, both the current counter X and the hitting force adjusting counter C1 are set to the value "0" corresponding to the minimum hitting force.

When the CPU completes the initialization process, it performs a sensor input process, and the position detection sensor 40 (hereinafter, referred to as sensor A).
That is, each state of the position detection sensor 41 (hereinafter referred to as sensor B) and the touch detection (contact of the player with the firing lever 10) is read and stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 45 (step S02).

When the sensor input processing is completed, the CPU first determines whether or not touch detection has been performed (step S03).
That is, it is determined whether or not the player is in contact with the firing lever 10. Immediately after the power is turned on, it is considered that the player is not playing the game.
Is not in contact with. The CPU determines that there is no touch detection, sets a stop flag of the hitting ball firing motor M1 (step S010), and hits force adjusting motor M2.
The stop flag is set (step S11), and the process proceeds to ball hitting force adjusting motor processing (step S08).

FIG. 13 is a flow chart showing a subroutine of a ball striking force adjusting motor process executed by the CPU in the first embodiment. When starting the ball hitting force adjusting motor process, the CPU first determines whether or not the stop flag is set (step D01). Immediately after the power is turned on, as a result of the stop flag being set, the CPU determines that step D01 is true, and the hitting force adjusting motor M2
Is stopped (step D02), and the value of the current counter X is set in the striking force adjustment counter C1 (step D0).
3), the value of the current counter X is cleared to 0 (step D0
4) After finishing the ball hitting force adjusting motor process, the process returns to the main routine. Immediately after the power is turned on, the value "0" corresponding to the minimum hitting force is set in both the current counter X and the hitting force adjusting counter C1.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the CPU
Next, the motor processing for firing a ball is performed (step S
09), as a result of the stop flag for the ball-striking motor M1 being set, the ball-striking motor M1 is stopped, the ball-striking motor processing is terminated, and the process returns to the sensor input processing in step S02. Hereinafter, the CPU, until the touch detection by the player touching the firing lever 10,
The processing loop formed in step S02, step S03, step S10, step S11, step S08, and step S09 is repeated.

Now, the player uses the firing lever 1 for the purpose of playing the game.
When 0 is touched, there is a touch input, and the CPU determines that step S03 is true, clears the stop flag of the hitting ball firing motor M1 (step S04), and clears the stop flag of the hitting ball force adjusting motor M2 (step S05),
The rotational direction detection process of step S06, the ball hitting force adjustment process of step S07, the ball hitting force adjustment motor process of step S08, and the ball hitting motor process of step S09 are sequentially performed, and the process returns to step S02. Hereinafter, the CPU repeatedly performs the processing loop formed in step S02, step S03, step S04, step S05, step S06, step S07, step S08, and step S09 while there is a touch input.

FIG. 11 is a flow chart showing a subroutine of the rotation direction detection processing executed by the CPU. CPU
When the rotation direction detection process is started, first, the position detection sensor 40 (sensor A) provided in the rotary encoder 37.
It is determined whether or not is on (step A01). Immediately after the player contacts the firing lever 10, it is considered that the firing lever 10 has not been rotated. Therefore,
As shown in FIG. 8, the firing lever is in the stop position and both sensor A and sensor B are off.

As a result of the sensor A being off, the CPU determines that step A01 is false, and then the position detection sensor 41
It is determined whether or not (sensor B) is on (step A02). As a result of the sensor B being off, the CPU determines that step A02 is false, clears the sensor A detected flag (step A03), clears the sensor B detected flag (step A04), and sets the pulse detected flag. Clear (step A05), set the rotation direction identification flag to the value "0" representing rotation stop (step A06),
After the rotation direction detection process is completed, the process returns to the main routine.

When the CPU completes the rotation direction detection processing,
Performs ball hitting force adjustment processing. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a ball hitting force adjusting process performed by the CPU.
When the hitting force adjustment processing is started, the CPU determines whether or not the value of the rotation direction identification flag is the value "1" representing the counterclockwise rotation in FIG. 7 (step B01). Immediately after the player has contacted the firing lever 10 by the rotation direction detection processing in step S06, the value "0" representing the rotation stop is set in the rotation direction identification flag, and as a result, the CPU executes step B01. It is determined to be false, and then it is determined whether or not the value of the rotation direction identification flag is the value "2" representing the clockwise rotation in FIG. 7 (step B0).
2). As a result of the value "0" representing the rotation stop being set in the rotation direction identification flag, the CPU determines that step B02 is false, finishes the ball hitting force adjustment process, returns to the main routine, and returns the ball hitting force adjusting motor process. Move to.

CPU which has shifted to motor processing for ball hitting force adjustment
Indicates that the stop flag has been cleared, resulting in step D0.
It is determined that 1 is false, the current counter X is subtracted from the hitting force adjusting counter C1, and it is determined whether or not the difference is greater than 0 (step D05). Immediately after the player first contacts the launch lever 10 after turning on the power, the value "0" corresponding to the minimum hitting force is set in both the current counter X and the hitting force adjusting counter C1. , CPU
Determines that step D05 is false, and then subtracts the current counter X from the ball striking force adjustment counter C1 to determine whether or not the difference is 0 (step D06). CP
U determines that the step D06 is true, excites the coil of each layer of the hitting force adjusting motor M2 to maintain the current rotational position of the hitting force adjusting motor M2 (that is, the hitting force adjusting dial 28 The rotational position is maintained at the position that gives the minimum hitting force (step D07), and the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 is set in the current counter X (step D0).
8) Then, the ball hitting force adjusting motor process is terminated and the process returns to the main routine.

As a result of the processing in step D07, when the player first contacts the firing lever 10 after the power is turned on,
The minimum striking force corresponding to the value "0" currently set in the counter X is set.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the CPU
Next, the motor processing for firing a ball is performed (step S
09), as a result of the stop flag of the ball striking motor M1 being cleared, the ball striking motor M1 is rotationally driven, and the ball striking operation is performed by the tilting reciprocating motion of the ball striking rod 18. C
The PU completes the motor processing for firing a ball, and proceeds to step S02.
Return to the sensor input processing of.

Next, the case where the player turns the firing lever 10 in the direction to increase the hitting force (when the player turns the firing lever 10 clockwise from the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 1) will be described. To do. In addition, in FIG. 7, since the rotary encoder 37 is shown from the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1, the process when the rotary encoder 37 rotates counterclockwise will be described.

As shown in FIG. 8, the rotary encoder 3
When 7 rotates counterclockwise, the detection signal of the sensor A first turns from OFF to ON, and when the detection signal of the sensor A changes from ON to OFF, the detection signal of the sensor B changes from OFF to ON and the sensor B When the detection signal of is switched from on to off, both the detection signals of the sensor A and the sensor B are turned off.

In the rotation direction detecting process, the CPU
When the detection signal of the sensor A first turns from off to on, step A01 is determined to be true, the sensor A detected flag is set (step A07), and then the sensor B is detected.
It is determined whether or not the detection flag is set (step A08). As a result of the sensor B detection flag being cleared, step A08 is determined to be false, the rotation direction detection process is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine.

In the ball hitting force adjusting process to be performed next,
As a result of the value "0" representing the rotation stop being set in the rotation direction identification flag, the CPU determines that step B01 is false and step B02 is false, finishes the hitting force adjustment process, and returns to the main routine. The process returns and shifts to ball hitting force adjusting motor processing. Further, in the ball striking force adjusting motor processing, the stop flag is cleared, and the value "0" corresponding to the minimum ball striking force is set in both the current counter X and the ball striking force adjusting counter C1. The present rotational position of the adjusting motor M2 is maintained, the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 is set in the present counter X, the hitting force adjusting motor process is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine.

Next, at the time when the detection signal of the sensor A changes from on to off and at the same time the detection signal of the sensor B changes from off to on, in the rotational direction detection processing, the CPU
As a result of the detection signal of the sensor A being off, step A01
Is determined to be false and the detection signal of the sensor B is on,
Step A02 is determined to be true, the sensor B detected flag is set (step A12), and as a result of the sensor A detected flag being set, step A13 is determined to be true and the pulse detected flag is cleared. As a result, step A14 is determined to be true, the pulse detection completion flag is set (step A15), and the rotation direction identification flag is set to the value "1" representing the counterclockwise rotation (step A1).
6) Then, the rotation direction detection process is completed and the process returns to the main routine.

In the hitting force adjustment processing, the CPU determines that step B01 is true as a result of the value "1" representing the counterclockwise rotation being set in the rotation direction identification flag,
The rotation direction identification flag is set to 0 (step B0
3) It is determined whether or not the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 has reached the upper limit value (step B04). CPU is
When the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 has not reached the upper limit value, the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 is incremented by 1 (step B05), the hitting force adjusting process is ended, and the process returns to the main routine to hit the hitting ball. Move to force adjustment motor processing. On the other hand, when the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 reaches the upper limit value, the CPU ends the hitting force adjusting process as it is, returns to the main routine, and shifts to hitting force adjusting motor process.

In the ball striking force adjusting motor process, if the stop flag is cleared and the value of the ball striking force adjusting counter C1 is increased by 1 in the ball striking force adjusting process, the ball striking force adjusting value is higher than the current counter X value. Since the value of the counter C1 has been incremented by one, the CPU determines step D01 as false and step D05 as true, and subtracts the value of the current counter X from the value of the hitting force adjustment counter C1. To calculate the increase amount N, and the hitting force adjusting motor M2
Is normally rotated in accordance with the increment N to increase the hitting force (step D09). That is, the ball striking force adjusting dial 28 of FIG. 2 rotates in the direction of the arrow by an amount corresponding to the increment N, the elastic spring 22 is stretched, and the urging force to the ball striking rod 18, that is, the ball striking force increases. The CPU sets the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 to the current counter X (step D08), finishes the hitting force adjusting motor process, and returns to the main routine.

In the rotation direction detection process of the next cycle, the state in which the sensor A is off and the sensor B is on is continuously detected, and as a result, the CPU determines that step A01 is false and step A02 is true. Determine, step A12
Process, step A13 is determined to be true, and the pulse detection completion flag is set. As a result, step A14 is determined to be true. Therefore, the rotation direction detection process is terminated and the process returns to the main routine to shift to the hitting force adjustment process. To do. Therefore,
The value of the rotation direction identification flag set in step B03 of the hitting force adjustment processing in the previous cycle remains "0" and does not change.

In the hitting force adjustment processing, the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 does not change as a result of the value of the rotation direction identification flag being "0". In the ball hitting force adjusting motor process, the value of the ball hitting force adjusting counter C1 does not change and is equal to the value of the current counter X. As a result, the current rotational position of the ball hitting force adjusting motor M2 is maintained, that is, The rotational position of the ball striking force adjustment dial 28 is maintained at a position where the ball striking force adjusted in the previous process is applied.

After that, when the detection signal of the sensor B is turned off from on, both the detection signals of the sensor A and the sensor B are turned off. In the rotation direction detection processing, as a result of performing Step A03 to Step A06, the sensor A
The detected flag is cleared, the sensor B detected flag is cleared, the pulse detected flag is cleared, and the rotation direction identification flag is set to a value "0" indicating rotation stop.

As is clear from the above description, when the firing lever 10 is rotated in the direction of increasing the hitting force, that is, when the rotary encoder 37 rotates counterclockwise in FIG. 7, the sensor A and the sensor are detected. Launch lever 10 by B
Each time the rotation stop position of is detected, that is, each time the firing lever 10 rotates counterclockwise by one step, the value of the striking force adjustment counter C1 is incremented by 1, and the value of the striking force adjustment counter C1 is increased. The ball striking force adjusting motor M2 rotates in the direction of increasing the ball striking force in response to the increase of 1. Further, when the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 reaches the upper limit value, the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 remains at the upper limit value even if the firing lever 10 is rotated in the direction of increasing the hitting force. It is maintained as it is, and the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is maintained in the rotational position where the maximum hitting force is given. That is, the rotational position of the ball striking force adjusting dial 28 is maintained at the position where the highest ball striking force is applied.

Next, when the player turns the firing lever 10 in a direction to reduce the hitting force (when the player turns the firing lever 10 counterclockwise from the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 1) explain. In addition, in FIG. 7, since the rotary encoder 37 is shown from the back side of the pachinko gaming machine 1, the process when the rotary encoder 37 rotates clockwise will be described.

As shown in FIG. 8, the rotary encoder 3
When 7 rotates clockwise, the detection signal of the sensor B first turns from OFF to ON, and when the detection signal of the sensor B changes from ON to OFF, the detection signal of sensor A changes from OFF to ON and the detection signal of the sensor A changes. When the detection signal changes from on to off,
Both the detection signals of the sensor A and the sensor B are turned off.

In the rotation direction detection process, the CPU
Step A01 is determined to be false, and step A02 is determined to be true when the detection signal of the sensor B first turns from off to on. The CPU sets the sensor B detected flag (step A12), and then determines whether the sensor A detected flag is set (step A1).
3) As a result of the sensor A detection flag being cleared, step A13 is determined to be false, the rotation direction detection process is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine.

In the ball hitting force adjustment processing to be performed next,
As a result of the value "0" representing the rotation stop being set in the rotation direction identification flag, the CPU determines that step B01 is false and step B02 is false, finishes the hitting force adjustment process, and returns to the main routine. The process returns and shifts to ball hitting force adjusting motor processing. Further, in the ball striking force adjusting motor processing, the stop flag is cleared, and the value "0" corresponding to the minimum ball striking force is set in both the current counter X and the ball striking force adjusting counter C1. The present rotational position of the adjusting motor M2 is maintained, the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 is set in the present counter X, the hitting force adjusting motor process is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine.

Next, at the time when the detection signal of the sensor B changes from on to off and at the same time the detection signal of the sensor A changes from off to on, in the rotational direction detection processing, the CPU
As a result of the detection signal of the sensor A being on, step A01
Is determined to be true, the sensor A detected flag is set (step A07), and the sensor B detected flag is set. As a result, step A08 is determined to be true, and the pulse detected flag is cleared. When step A09 is determined to be true, the pulse detection completion flag is set (step A10), the rotation direction identification flag is set to the value "2" representing clockwise rotation (step A11), and the rotation direction detection process is completed. Return to the main routine.

In the hitting force adjustment processing, the CPU determines that step B01 is false and step B02 is true as a result of the value "2" representing clockwise rotation being set in the rotation direction identification flag. , The rotation direction identification flag is set to 0 (step B06), and the hitting force adjustment counter C is set.
It is determined whether the value of 1 has reached 0 (or the lower limit value) (step B07). If the value of the ball striking force adjustment counter C1 has not reached 0, the CPU decrements the value of the ball striking force adjustment counter C1 by 1 (step B08), ends the ball striking force adjustment process, and returns to the main routine. The processing shifts to ball hitting force adjusting motor processing. On the other hand, when the value of the ball striking force adjustment counter C1 has reached 0, the CPU
The batting force adjustment processing is finished as it is, and the process returns to the main routine to shift to the batting force adjusting motor processing.

In the ball striking force adjusting motor process, if the stop flag is cleared and the value of the ball striking force adjusting counter C1 is decremented by 1 in the ball striking force adjusting process, the ball striking force adjustment is more than the current counter X value. Value of the counter C1 for use is 1
It means that it is getting smaller, and the CPU executes step D
01 is determined to be false, step D05 is determined to be false, step D06 is determined to be false, and the value N of the ball striking force adjustment counter C1 is subtracted from the value of the current counter X to calculate the decrement N, and the ball striking force adjustment is performed. The driving motor M2 is reversely rotated in correspondence with the decrement N to reduce the hitting force (step D10). That is, the striking force adjusting dial 28 of FIG. 2 rotates in the direction opposite to the arrow direction by the amount corresponding to the decrease amount N, the extension amount of the elastic spring 22 decreases, and the urging force against the striking rod 18, that is, , The hitting power is reduced. The CPU sets the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 to the current counter X (step D08), finishes the hitting force adjusting motor process, and returns to the main routine.

In the rotation direction detection processing of the next cycle, the state in which the sensor A is on and the sensor B is off is continuously detected, and as a result, the CPU determines that step A01 is true and the processing of step A07, Since step A08 is determined to be true and the pulse detection completion flag is set, step A09 is determined to be true, so the rotation direction detection processing is ended and the process returns to the main routine to shift to ball hitting force adjustment processing. Therefore, the value of the rotation direction identification flag set in step B06 of the hitting force adjustment processing of the previous cycle remains "0".

In the hitting force adjusting process, the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 does not change as a result of the value of the rotation direction identification flag being "0". In the ball hitting force adjusting motor process, the value of the ball hitting force adjusting counter C1 does not change and is equal to the value of the current counter X. As a result, the current rotational position of the ball hitting force adjusting motor M2 is maintained, that is, The rotational position of the ball striking force adjustment dial 28 is maintained at a position where the ball striking force adjusted in the previous process is applied.

After that, when the detection signal of the sensor A is turned off from on, both the detection signals of the sensor A and the sensor B are turned off. In the rotation direction detection processing, as a result of performing Step A03 to Step A06, the sensor A
The detected flag is cleared, the sensor B detected flag is cleared, the pulse detected flag is cleared, and the rotation direction identification flag is set to a value "0" indicating rotation stop.

As is clear from the above description, when the firing lever 10 is rotated in the direction to reduce the hitting force, that is, when the rotary encoder 37 rotates clockwise in FIG. 7, the sensor A and the sensor B are detected. Every time the rotation stop position of the firing lever 10 is detected by, that is, the firing lever 1
Each time 0 rotates clockwise by one step, the value of the striking force adjustment counter C1 is decreased by one, and the value of the striking force adjustment counter C1 is decreased by one. Rotates in a direction that reduces the hitting force. Also,
When the value of the striking force adjustment counter C1 reaches 0,
Even when the firing lever 10 is rotated in the direction of decreasing the hitting force, the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 is maintained at 0, and the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is maintained at the rotational position where the lowest hitting force is given. To be done. That is, the rotational position of the ball striking force adjustment dial 28 is maintained at the position that gives the lowest ball striking force.

When the player releases his hand from the firing lever 10,
There is no touch input. Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the CPU determines that step S03 is false and sets the stop flag of the hitting ball firing motor M1 (step S01).
0), the stop flag of the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is set (step S11), and the process proceeds to hitting force adjusting motor processing (step S08).

In the processing of the hitting force adjusting motor, CP
As for U, as a result of the stop flag being set, the CPU determines that step D01 is true, stops the hitting force adjusting motor M2 (step D02), and sets the value of the current counter X to the hitting force adjusting counter C1. (Step D03),
The value of the current counter X is cleared to 0 (step D04),
After the ball hitting force adjusting motor process is completed, the process returns to the main routine. By performing the process of step D03, the current value of the counter X is set and stored in the hitting force adjusting counter C1, so that the player can set the launch lever 10
The rotational position of the hitting force adjusting motor M2 that sets the hitting force when the hand is released from is stored. Further, when the ball striking force adjusting motor M2 is stopped, the maintaining force of the rotational position of the ball striking force adjusting motor M2 disappears, so that the ball striking force adjusting dial 2 is urged by the urging force of the elastic spring 22.
8 is returned to the position where the minimum hitting force is set.

Next, when the player touches the firing lever 10 again, there is touch input. Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the CPU determines that step S03 is true,
The stop flag of the hitting ball firing motor M1 is cleared (step S04), the stop flag of the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is cleared (step S05), and the process proceeds to the rotation direction detection process of step S06. As described above, immediately after the player contacts the firing lever 10, it is considered that the firing lever 10 has not been rotated. Therefore, in the rotation direction detection processing, the sensor A detected flag is cleared (step A03), the sensor B detected flag is cleared (step A04), the pulse detected flag is cleared (step A05), and the rotation direction identification is performed. A value "0" indicating rotation stop is set in the flag (step A06), the rotation direction detection process is completed, the process returns to the main routine, and the ball striking force adjustment process is performed. In the hitting force adjustment processing, the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 does not change as a result of the value of the rotation direction identification flag being "0".

In the ball striking force adjusting motor processing, the value of the ball striking force adjusting counter C1 is set to the value for setting the ball striking force at the time when the player releases his or her hand from the firing lever 10 stored in the process of step D03. Has become. Further, the value of the current counter X is 0 due to the process of step D04. As a result, the CPU determines that step D05 is true, subtracts the value “0” of the current counter X from the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1, calculates the increment N, and increases the hitting force adjusting motor M2. The ball is normally rotated in accordance with N to increase the hitting force (step D09). That is, the ball striking force adjusting dial 28 of FIG. 2 rotates in the direction of the arrow by an amount corresponding to the increment N, the elastic spring 22 is stretched, and the urging force to the ball striking rod 18, that is, the ball striking force increases. The CPU sets the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 to the current counter X (step D08), finishes the hitting force adjusting motor process, and returns to the main routine.

As a result, the player again releases the firing lever 10
When the player hits the ball, the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is rotated to a position where the hitting force at the time when the player releases the shooting lever 10 before, and the player releases the shooting lever 10 from the position. The ball can be hit again with the ball hitting power at the time.

Next, a second embodiment of the ball game machine according to claim 3 will be described. That is, in the second embodiment, when the player touches the firing lever 10 again, before that, the hitting force adjusting motor M2 reaches a position where the hitting force is set when the player releases his or her hand from the firing lever 10.
Is to rotate and set the hitting force at the time when the player releases his or her hand from the firing lever 10, and to maintain the hitting force set regardless of the turning operation of the firing lever 10. In addition, if a player operates the release switch by providing a release switch (for example, push-button type) that releases the state of maintaining the ball hitting force in case of releasing the state of maintaining the ball hitting force and changing and adjusting the ball hitting force. In addition, the hitting force is increased or decreased according to the turning operation of the firing lever 10.

As shown by the chain line in FIG. 9, the release switch 56 is connected to the input / output port 46 through the switch detection circuit 57. Further, the disposition position of the release switch 56 may be a position that can be operated by the player while the firing lever 10 is being operated, and may be provided on the hitting ball handle 9 shown in FIG. 1, for example. Alternatively, the upper tray 7 may be provided.

FIG. 14 is a flow chart showing the main routine of the processing executed by the CPU in the second embodiment. Further, FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of a hitting force adjusting motor process executed by the CPU in the second embodiment. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that steps S20 to S23 are performed between step S05 and step S06 in the first embodiment.
Is different from the hitting force adjusting motor processing in step S08. The rotation direction detection process of step S06 and step S0 in the second embodiment.
The hitting force adjustment processing of No. 7 is the same as that of the first embodiment.

The differences between the processing of the second embodiment and the processing of the first embodiment will be described below. Figure 1
Although not shown in the flowchart of FIG. 4, like the first embodiment, when the CPU completes the initialization process at power-on (step S01), the CPU performs the sensor input process of step S02, and no touch detection is performed. As a result, step S03 is determined to be false, and steps S10 and S1 are performed.
Each process of No. 1 is performed, and the process proceeds to the hitting force adjusting motor process of step S08 (see FIG. 10).

In the flowchart of the hitting force adjusting motor processing shown in FIG. 15, the CPU determines that step D01 is true and stops the hitting force adjusting motor M2 (step D0
2) It is determined whether or not the touch detected flag is set (step D20). As a result of the touch detection completion flag being cleared by the initialization processing of step S01, the CPU determines that step D20 is false, finishes the ball hitting force adjusting motor processing, and returns to the main routine.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 14, the CPU
Next, the motor processing for firing a ball is performed (step S
09), as a result of the stop flag for the ball-striking motor M1 being set, the ball-striking motor M1 is stopped, the ball-striking motor processing is terminated, and the process returns to the sensor input processing in step S02. Hereinafter, the CPU, until the touch detection by the player touching the firing lever 10,
The processing loop formed in step S02, step S03, step S10, step S11, step S08, and step S09 is repeated.

When the player touches the firing lever 10 for the purpose of playing a game, there is a touch input. As a result of the touch input, the CPU determines that step S03 is true, and clears the stop flag of the hitting ball launching motor M1 (step S3).
04), the stop flag of the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is cleared (step S05), the touch detected flag is set in response to the presence of touch input (step S20), and then it is determined whether or not the memory flag is set. It is determined (step S21). At the time when the player first contacts the firing lever 10 after the power is turned on, the memory flag is cleared by the initialization processing in step S01.
U determines that step S21 is false. The CPU that has determined in step S21 as false determines the rotation direction in step S06, the hitting force adjustment process in step S07, and the step S0.
The ball hitting force adjusting motor process of 8 and the ball hitting motor process of step S09 are performed, and the process returns to the sensor input process of step S02.

In the hitting force adjusting motor processing of FIG. 15, C
As a result of the clearing of the stop flag, the PU determines that step D01 is false, and the initialization process immediately after power-on causes both the current counter X and the ball striking force adjustment counter C1 to correspond to the minimum ball striking force. As a result of setting "0", the CPU determines step D05 as false and step D06 as true, and excites the coil of each layer of the ball striking force adjusting motor M2 to excite the ball striking force adjusting motor M2. The present rotational position is maintained (step D07), the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 is set to the current counter X (step D08), the hitting force adjusting motor process is terminated, and the process returns to the main routine. Thus, at the time when the player first contacts the firing lever 10 after turning on the power, the minimum hitting force corresponding to the value "0" currently set in the counter X is set.

Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 14, the CPU
Next, the motor processing for firing a ball is performed (step S
09), as a result of the stop flag of the ball striking motor M1 being cleared, the ball striking motor M1 is rotationally driven, and the ball striking operation is performed by the tilting reciprocating motion of the ball striking rod 18.

Hereinafter, the CPU, as long as there is a touch input, performs steps S02, S03 and S0.
4, step S05, step S20, step S2
1, step S06, step S07, step S08
And the processing loop formed in step S09 is repeated. As described above, since the hitting force is not stored at the time when the player first contacts the firing lever 10 after the power is turned on, the rotation direction detection process of step S06 and the hitting force adjustment process of step S07 are performed. , The hitting force is increased or decreased according to the turning operation of the firing lever 10 by the player.

Now, when the player releases his / her hand from the firing lever 10, there is no touch input. The CPU proceeds to step S0
3 is determined to be false, the stop flag of the hitting ball firing motor M1 is set (step S010), and the hitting ball force adjusting motor M is set.
The stop flag of No. 2 is set (step S11), and the processing proceeds to ball hitting force adjusting motor processing (step S08) (FIG. 1).
0).

In the hitting force adjusting motor processing shown in FIG. 15, the CPU sets C as a result of the stop flag being set.
The PU determines that step D01 is true, stops the hitting force adjusting motor M2 (step D02), and the touch detected flag is set, and as a result, determines that step D20 is true and clears the touch detected flag. (Step D2
1), the value of the current counter X is set to the hitting force adjustment counter C1
Is set (step D03), the value of the current counter X is cleared to 0 (step D04), the storage flag is set according to the memory of the hitting force (step D22), the hitting force adjusting motor processing is ended, and the main routine is ended. Return to.

By performing the processing of step D03, the value of the current counter X is set to the hitting force adjusting counter C1.
It is set and stored in the
The rotational position of the hitting force adjusting motor M2 that sets the hitting force when the hand is released from 0 is stored.

Next, when the player touches the firing lever 10 again, there is touch input. Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 10, the CPU determines that step S03 is true,
The stop flag of the hitting ball firing motor M1 is cleared (step S04), the stop flag of the hitting ball force adjusting motor M2 is cleared (step S05), the touch detected flag is set (step S20), and the storage flag is set. As a result, step S21 is determined to be true, and it is determined whether or not there is an operation input of the release switch (step S2).
2). If there is no operation input of the release switch 56 by the player, the CPU determines that the step S22 is false, and shifts to the hitting force adjusting motor process of the step S08.

In the hitting force adjusting motor processing of FIG. 15, C
As a result of the stop flag being cleared, the PU determines that step D01 is false. The value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 is a value which is stored by the processing of step D03 and which sets the hitting force when the player releases his or her hand from the firing lever 10. Further, the value of the current counter X is 0 due to the process of step D04. As a result, C
The PU determines that step D05 is true, subtracts the value “0” of the current counter X from the value of the hitting force adjustment counter C1, calculates the increment N, and sets the hitting force adjusting motor M2 to the increment N. Then, the ball is normally rotated to increase the hitting force (step D09). That is, the ball striking force adjusting dial 28 of FIG. 2 rotates in the direction of the arrow by an amount corresponding to the increment N, the elastic spring 22 is stretched, and the urging force to the ball striking rod 18, that is, the ball striking force increases. The CPU sets the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1 to the current counter X (step D08), finishes the hitting force adjusting motor process, and returns to the main routine.

As a result, the player again releases the firing lever 10
When the player hits the ball, the hitting force adjusting motor M2 is rotated to a position where the hitting force at the time when the player releases the shooting lever 10 before, and the player releases the shooting lever 10 from the position. It is possible to hit the ball again with the memorized ball hitting power.

Thereafter, the CPU sets the storage flag while there is no operation input of the release switch and there is a touch input. As a result, step S02, step S03,
The processing loop formed in step S04, step S05, step S20, step S21, step S22, step S08 and step S09 is repeated.

Further, as a result of the processing of step D08 of the hitting force adjusting motor processing being performed, the hitting force adjusting counter C1 corresponding to the hitting force stored at the time when the player releases his hand from the firing lever 10 in advance. The value is set in the current counter X, and the value of the hitting force adjusting counter C1
As a result, the hitting force adjusting motor processing of step S08 performs the processing of step D07 to maintain the rotational position of the hitting force setting motor M2, and thus the stored hitting force is maintained. . Further, in the case of a re-hit ball performed with the stored ball hitting force, the rotation direction detection process of step S06 and the ball hitting force adjustment process of step S07 are not executed, so that even when the player turns the firing lever 10. The memorized hitting force is maintained regardless of the turning operation of the firing lever 10.

Further, when the player wants to change and adjust the maintained hitting force, he or she operates the release switch 56 for canceling the maintained hitting force in a state where the hitting lever 10 is in contact. In the flowchart of FIG. 15, when the player operates the release switch, the CPU determines that step S22 is true, clears the storage flag (step S23), the rotation direction detection process of step S06, and the hitting force of step S07. The adjustment process, the hitting force adjusting motor process in step S08, and the hitting ball launching motor process in step S09 are performed, and the process returns to the sensor input process in step S02.

Hereinafter, as a result of the memory flag being cleared while the touch input is being made, the CPU proceeds to step S0.
2, step S03, step S04, step S0
5, step S20, step S21, step S0
6, step S07, step S08 and step S0
The processing loop formed in 9 is repeated. In this way, when the player is hitting again, the release switch 5
When 6 is operated and input, the memory of the hitting force is cleared (the memory flag is cleared), so the rotation direction detecting process of step S06 and the hitting force adjusting process of step S07 are performed, and the player's launch lever 10 The hitting force is increased or decreased according to the turning operation of.

In the above-described second embodiment, when the stored state of the hitting force is released, the increase / decrease adjustment is made from the hitting force at the time of releasing, but at the time of releasing,
The hitting force adjustment counter C1 may be cleared to 0 and the increase / decrease adjustment may be performed from the lowest hitting force.

In the above-described embodiment, the firing lever 10 operated by the player is described as a rotary type, but it is not limited to the rotary type, and for example,
The firing lever may be a slide type that moves up and down or left and right. In this case, for example, a rack is provided on the firing lever, a pinion that meshes with the rack is provided on the shaft of the rotary encoder, and the rotary encoder integrated with the pinion is rotated by the movement of the rack. Detect and.

In the embodiment described above, the firing lever 1
The rotary encoder 37, which constitutes the operation direction detection means for detecting the rotation operation direction of 0 and the operation amount detection means provided on the rotation shaft 13 of the firing lever 10, is constituted by a photo sensor, but is not limited to the optical type. Instead, it may be magnetic. That is, as shown in FIG. 16, magnets 54 are arranged at predetermined intervals around a magnetic drum 53 provided integrally with the rotary shaft 13 of the firing lever 10, and the magnetic sensor 55 causes the magnet 5 to move.
4 may be detected.

In the above-described embodiment, the launching device for actuating the ball striking rod 18 to launch the game ball is provided with the cam follower 20 on the ball striking rod 18, and the plate cam 25 is rotated by the rotation of the ball striking motor M1. The ball is rotated, and the hitting rod 18 is repulsed by the abutting operation of the plate cam 25 and the cam follower 20, and the rotating position of the hitting force adjusting dial 28 is changed by the hitting force adjusting motor M2 to change the rotating position of the hitting rod. Although the striking force is adjusted to be increased or decreased by increasing or decreasing the tensile force of the elastic spring 22 with respect to 18, the rotary solenoid is used as the drive source of the launching device, and the striking rod is sucked by the suction force of the rotary solenoid. Thus, the present invention can be embodied as a structure in which the ball striking rod 18 is caused to perform a resilient motion and the ball striking force is increased / decreased by the suction force of the rotary solenoid. . In this case, the amount of rotation operation of the firing lever 10 is detected, the resistance value of the variable resistor is changed according to the detected amount of rotation operation, and the voltage to the rotary solenoid is changed. By increasing / decreasing, for example, increasing the attraction force of the rotary solenoid, the momentum of the batting rod increases and the batting force increases.

[0095]

According to the ball game machine of the present invention, the hitting force adjustment control means determines the operation direction of the firing lever detected by the operation direction detecting means and the operation amount of the firing lever detected by the operation amount detecting means. While the ball striking force is adjusted to increase or decrease electrically, when the detection signal from the launch lever contact detecting means changes from the contact state to the non-contact state, the re-hit ball control means controls the ball striking force adjusted by the ball hitting force adjusting control means. After being stored, when the detection signal from the firing lever contact detection means changes from the non-contact state to the contact state, the re-hit ball control means adjusts the ball hitting force adjustment control means so that the ball can be hit with the memorized ball hitting force. Therefore, it is possible to hit the ball again with the hitting force memorized at the time of contact with the firing lever. Therefore, when the contact of the launch lever is released, the player can re-hit the ball with the desired ball flying strength adjusted by the player, so that the player does not need to re-adjust the ball hitting force to hit the ball again, and the waste ball is hit as much as possible. It can be reduced.

According to the structure of claim 3, the firing lever is
Regardless operations over, since hitting force Wei grip hand stage to maintain the hitting force stored set by the re-hitting the control unit, once the hitting force is stored, flipping force even firing lever is pivoted Since the ball striking force is maintained, the ball striking force does not change unexpectedly, and stable ball striking can be performed. The maintenance state of can be released.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko game machine which is an embodiment of a ball game machine.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a main part of a hitting ball launching device provided in the pachinko gaming machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a main part showing a hitting motion of a hitting ball launching device (a tilt stop position in the hitting motion).

FIG. 4 is a front view of a main part showing a hitting motion of a hitting ball launching device (a hitting position in a hitting motion).

FIG. 5 is a front view of an essential part showing a hitting motion of a hitting ball launching device (an intermediate position between a tilt stop position and a hitting position in the hitting motion).

FIG. 6 is a front view of a click-stop mechanism provided on the rotation axis of the firing lever.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a rotary encoder that constitutes operation direction detection means for detecting the rotation operation direction of the firing lever and operation amount detection means provided on the rotation axis of the firing lever.

FIG. 8 is a time chart showing the relationship between the rotation direction of the firing lever and the detection signal of the position detection sensor.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a main part of a launch control system provided in the pachinko gaming machine of the embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a main routine of a process executed by a CPU of a firing control unit in the first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of rotation direction detection processing performed by the CPU of the above.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of hitting force adjustment processing performed by the CPU of the above.

FIG. 13 is the same as C in the first embodiment according to the present invention.
Flowchart showing a subroutine of motor processing for ball hitting force adjustment performed by PU

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a main routine of a process executed by a CPU of a firing control unit in the second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a C of the above in the second embodiment according to the present invention.
Flowchart showing a subroutine of motor processing for ball hitting force adjustment performed by PU

FIG. 16 is a perspective view of a rotary encoder as another embodiment which constitutes an operation direction detecting means for detecting a rotating operation direction of a firing lever and an operation amount detecting means provided on a rotation shaft of the firing lever.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Pachinko machine 2 front frame 3 game board 4 gold frame 5 Mounting plate 6 ball outlet 7 Upper saucer 8 Lower saucer 9 ball hitting handle 10 Launch lever (touch terminal) 11 Ball launcher 12 Handle support 13 rotation axis 14 Base plate 15 handle base 16 tube 17 ball hitting axis 18 batting rods 19 Driven lever 20 Cam Follower 21 Hook 22 springs for firing 23 Stopper 24 motor shaft 25 plate cam 26 motor base 27 motor base 28 Ball striking power adjustment dial 29 Hook 30 Launcher control board 31 Ball feeding wire 32 interlocking lever 33 launch rails 34 Click stop mechanism 35 nail wheel 36 spring plate 37 rotary encoder 38 slits 39 slits 40 Position detection sensor 41 Position detection sensor 42 Fire control unit 43 CPU 44 ROM 45 RAM 46 I / O ports 47 sensor detection circuit 48 touch detection circuit 49 Motor driver 50 motor driver 51 Main controller 52 Dispensing control device 53 magnetic drum 54 magnet 55 Magnetic sensor 56 Release switch 57 Switch detection circuit M1 ball firing motor M2 ball striking force adjustment motor

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Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A launching device for launching a game ball by operating a batting rod by an electromagnetic drive source , a launching lever operated by a player, and a launching lever contact detecting means for detecting contact with the launching lever. Equipped with the firing lever contact
When the detection signal from the detection means indicates that there is contact,
While driving an electromagnetic drive source to launch a game ball,
No contact detected by the launch lever contact detection means
In the case of, in the ball game machine that stops the electromagnetic drive source
The operation direction detecting means for detecting the operation direction of the firing lever, the operation amount detecting means for detecting the operation amount of the firing lever, the operation direction detected by the operation direction detecting means and the operation amount detecting means. When the hitting force adjustment control unit that electrically adjusts the hitting force according to the detected operation amount and the detection signal from the firing lever contact detection unit changes from the contact state to the non-contact state, the hitting force adjustment control While memorizing the hitting force adjusted by the means,
A ball-hit game machine provided with re-hit ball control means for setting a hit ball force that has been stored when a detection signal from the launch lever contact detector changes from a no-contact state to a contact state. 2. The firing lever is rotatably provided,
The ball according to claim 1, wherein the operation direction detection means detects a rotation operation direction of the firing lever, and the operation amount detection means detects a rotation operation amount. Amusement machine. 3. Regardless of the operation of the firing lever, wherein the hitting force Wei grip hand stage to maintain the droplet sphere power which is set by the re-hitting the control means maintains the state of the ball forces the ball striking force maintaining means maintains 3. The ball game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a maintenance state canceling means for canceling.