JP4951730B2 - Game machine testing device, ball lending machine control device, test method, and control method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for testing a pachinko gaming machine.

Before a pachinko gaming machine (hereinafter referred to simply as “gaming machine” in the present specification) is used in a general store, it is necessary to test what characteristics it has. There are cases.
The purpose of this test is to obtain various data such as sales per hour, the number of balls held per hour, and the number of missed balls per hour when a user uses a certain gaming machine.
Such data is useful for checking the unit price of a gaming machine developed by a manufacturer that manufactures gaming machines and other operating data, and general stores such as pachinko halls that purchase gaming machines are available. The present invention can be applied to the determination of the purchase of a gaming machine, the quality control of a gaming machine, or the determination of a business guideline. Such data can be used as a reference when a manufacturer develops a gaming machine. Therefore, the above-described data is very useful for various purposes.

Such a test naturally requires high data accuracy.
Therefore, it is not preferable that the gaming machine to be tested has a different specification from that used in general stores. In fact, game machines placed in general stores are strictly restricted from being modified as required by law, so the gaming machines to be tested should remain as they are in general stores. The request is even stronger.

For these reasons, in the gaming machine test, a gaming machine that is actually placed in a general store is arranged so that it can be placed in a general store, and a lot of people who are regarded as general users can play games with those gaming machines. This method is implemented by collecting data as described above.
However, in this method, since it is a human that plays a game, there is a possibility that an error occurs in data. In addition, since a certain amount of time is required for testing the gaming machine, the labor cost generated by restraining many people tends to increase.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for performing an unmanned test of a pachinko gaming machine in a state where the modification to the pachinko gaming machine is minimized.

  The inventor of the present application proposes the following first and second inventions in order to solve the above-described problems.

The first invention receives a supply of balls from a predetermined ball lending machine to an upper plate, and automatically fires a ball led from the upper plate through a predetermined guide path to a launching device to execute a pachinko game A ball lending machine control device for controlling the ball lending machine, which is used in combination with a pachinko gaming machine adapted to do so.
The ball lending machine control device is configured such that a ball to be guided to the launching device is monitored by a monitoring sensor that monitors how much the ball to be guided to the launching device is present in the upper plate and the guide path. Based on the ball information received by the receiving means, the receiving means for receiving the ball information about how much is present on the plate and the guide path, the guide is introduced to the launching device existing on the upper plate and the guide path. It is determined whether or not the number of balls to be cast is less than a predetermined reference number, and the number of balls to be guided to the launching device existing in the upper plate and the guide path is less than the reference number. If it is determined that the ball lending machine has received the ball lending control means for generating a balling signal that is a signal for supplying balls to the pachinko gaming machine, the ball lending signal is sent to the ball lending machine. Sending means , And a.
When testing a gaming machine, the majority of the work performed by the person operating the gaming machine is that the launching device provided in the gaming machine is in a state of firing a ball (usually operating the launching device) This is the operation of turning the handle for this purpose) and the operation of supplying balls from the ball lending machine to the upper plate of the gaming machine when there are no more balls fired by the launching device.
The ball lending machine control device of the present invention reproduces the latter of these operations. If the ball lending machine control device allows the ball lending machine to supply an unlimited number of balls to the upper plate of the gaming machine, the balls overflow from the upper plate and reach the lower plate, It becomes impossible to reproduce the state of this, and it becomes impossible to accurately test the gaming machine. Therefore, the ball lending machine control device of the present application uses the signal from the monitoring sensor as described above to guide the launching device that exists in the guide path that is a route for guiding the upper plate and the ball connecting the upper plate and the launching device. Only when the number of balls to be deducted falls below a predetermined reference number, the ball lending machine generates a balling signal, which is a signal for causing the gaming machine to supply balls, and lends it. Is going to be sent to the machine. If such a ball lending machine control device of the present application is used, the operation of supplying balls from the ball lending machine to the upper plate of the gaming machine can be reproduced in an unattended, error-free and natural state.
Note that the ball lending machine control device itself of the present invention does not reproduce the former work among the work performed by a person operating the gaming machine when testing the gaming machine. This work is reproduced by making a modification to the gaming machine so that the launching device keeps a state in which the launcher automatically fires the ball. This modification can be realized, for example, by fixing the handle in a rotated state, and fixing the handle in a rotated state is not different from normal handle operation. It cannot be a problem in the reliability of data obtained using a simple gaming machine.

The monitoring sensor that sends the ball information to the ball lending machine control device is not limited in its configuration as long as it monitors the amount of balls to be guided to the launching device in the upper plate and the guide path. Also, the installation location is not questioned. For example, the monitoring sensor may be one that can detect that a ball has approached the monitoring sensor, or one that can detect the presence of a ball in the upper plate by image processing.
The monitoring sensor may be provided at a predetermined position of the upper plate or the guide path. In this case, the monitoring sensor may be configured to detect the presence of the ball at a position close to the monitoring sensor. The ball information in this case indicates that the ball exists at a position close to the monitoring sensor. The beading control means for receiving such ball information is present in the upper plate and the guide path when the receiving means has not received the ball information for a time longer than a predetermined reference time. It may be determined that the number of balls to be guided to the launching device has fallen below the reference number.
This shows an example of the configuration of the monitoring sensor, ball information, and ball ejection control means. Since the configuration in which the ball is guided from the upper plate through the guide path to the launching device is common to almost all gaming machines, the above-described configuration is highly valuable because it can be used for testing almost all gaming machines.

The same effect as the ball lending machine control device according to the first invention can be obtained, for example, by the following method.
The method receives a supply of balls from a predetermined ball lending machine to an upper plate, and executes a pachinko game by automatically firing the ball guided from the upper plate through a predetermined guide path to a launching device. A ball lending machine control method that is used in combination with a pachinko gaming machine configured as described above and that is executed by a ball lending machine control device that controls the ball lending machine.
In this method, a ball that is to be guided to the launching device is monitored by a monitoring sensor that monitors how much the ball to be guided to the launching device is present in the upper plate and the guide path. In the process of receiving the ball information about how much is present on the road, based on the received ball information, the number of balls to be guided to the launching device existing in the upper plate and the guide path is determined in advance. When it is determined whether the number of balls scheduled to be guided to the launcher existing in the upper plate and the guide path is less than the reference number, The ball lending machine received includes a step of generating a balling signal which is a signal for supplying balls to the pachinko gaming machine, and a step of sending the balling signal to the ball lending machine.

The first invention can also be applied to the following pachinko gaming machine testing devices for testing gaming machines.
The test device receives a supply of balls from a predetermined ball lending machine to the upper plate, and executes a pachinko game by automatically firing the ball guided from the upper plate through a predetermined guide path to the launching device. In addition, the ball that is generated as a result of the game is returned to the return basket, and the ball including the ball that overflows from the upper plate and reaches the lower plate is dropped as it is. This is a test device for a pachinko gaming machine that conducts a test for obtaining data including data on sales of the pachinko gaming machine.
The test apparatus is configured such that a ball to be guided to the launching device is sent from the monitoring sensor for monitoring how much the ball to be guided to the launching device is present in the upper plate and the guide path. Based on the ball information received by the first receiving means and the ball information received by the first receiving means on the ball information about how much is present on the guide path, the launching device existing on the upper plate and the guide path It is determined whether the number of balls to be guided is less than a predetermined reference number, and the number of balls to be guided to the launching device existing in the upper plate and the guide path is less than the reference number. If it is determined that the ball lending machine has fallen below, the ball lending machine that has received the ball lending control means for generating a balling signal that is a signal for supplying balls to the pachinko gaming machine, and the ball lending machine Sending means to send to , And a.

The same effect as the ball lending machine control device according to the first invention can be obtained, for example, by the following method.
The method receives a supply of balls from a predetermined ball lending machine to an upper plate, and executes a pachinko game by automatically firing the ball guided from the upper plate through a predetermined guide path to a launching device. In addition, the loose ball generated as a result of the game is returned to the return basket, and the ball including the ball that overflows from the upper plate and reaches the lower plate is dropped as it is. This is a testing method for a gaming machine that is executed by a testing device for a pachinko gaming machine that performs a test for obtaining data including data on sales of the pachinko gaming machine.
In this method, a ball that is to be guided to the launching device is monitored by a monitoring sensor that monitors how much the ball to be guided to the launching device is present in the upper plate and the guide path. In the process of receiving the ball information about how much is present on the road, based on the received ball information, the number of balls to be guided to the launching device existing in the upper plate and the guide path is determined in advance. When it is determined whether the number of balls scheduled to be guided to the launcher existing in the upper plate and the guide path is less than the reference number, The ball lending machine received includes a step of generating a balling signal which is a signal for supplying balls to the pachinko gaming machine, and a step of sending the balling signal to the ball lending machine.

Next, the second invention according to the present application will be described.
The second invention receives a supply of balls from a predetermined ball lending machine to the upper plate, and executes a pachinko game by automatically firing the ball guided from the upper plate through a predetermined guide path to the launching device In addition, the ball that is generated as a result of the game is returned to the return basket, and the ball including the ball that overflows from the upper plate and reaches the lower plate is dropped as it is. This is a test device for a pachinko gaming machine that conducts a test for obtaining data including data on sales of the pachinko gaming machine.
The test apparatus includes a balling control means for generating a balling signal that is a signal for supplying a predetermined number of balls to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the test device, and the ball lending signal is the ball lending A transmission means for sending to the machine, a second receiving means for receiving a signal from a ball number sensor for detecting the number of held balls discharged from the lower plate, and a ball number sensor received by the second receiving means. The ball counting means for counting the number of balls in the pachinko gaming machine and recording it in the number-of-balls recording means, and the ball lending machine that has received the balling signal transmitted by the transmitting means When the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine exceeds the number of balls counted by the possession ball counting means, the ball supply performed by the ball lending machine based on the ball throwing signal Sales of the relevant ball lending And which it was at, when the retention ball counting means does not exceed the number have balls counted is provided with the revenue was not the ball lending machines, and sales management means for determining, a.
A test apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention comprises a balling control means for generating a balling signal that is a signal for supplying a predetermined number of balls to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the ballasting machine, And transmitting means for sending to the ball lending machine, thereby reproducing the latter of the above-described work performed by a person operating the gaming machine when testing the gaming machine.
This test apparatus also counts the number of possessed balls by counting the number of possessed balls in the pachinko machine based on the signal received from the possessed ball number sensor that detects the number of possessed balls discharged from the lower plate. It is possible to reproduce the number of possessed balls that can be regarded as possessed by a virtual player who is regarded as playing a game on the gaming machine.
The test apparatus also includes sales management means for managing sales by the ball lending machine by a predetermined process. That is, this test apparatus can take data on sales in ball lending machines.
Here, in order to perform an unmanned testing of the gaming machine, it is necessary to supply balls to the upper plate of the gaming machine at a predetermined timing as described above. By the way, in fact, a person who plays a game machine in a general store does not always supply a ball lending machine with balls when the upper plate is short of balls. If there is a certain amount of balls in the game machine, for example, if the player has a certain amount of balls, put the balls in the case and hold the ball at his feet and return it to the upper plate to supply the balls to the upper plate. . This test apparatus needs to reproduce it. However, as long as the test is performed unattended, a predetermined apparatus that reproduces such a physical operation is basically required. However, such devices tend to be expensive. Therefore, the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received a balling signal exceeds the number of balls that the ball counting unit has counted. If the ball lending machine performs sales based on the ball signal, the ball lending machine does not exceed the number of balls counted by the ball counting means. In this case, the above-mentioned problem is solved by determining that the sales are not the ball lending machine.
Such a test apparatus is based on the premise that the ball lending machine always supplies balls to the upper plate when there is a shortage of upper plate and guideway balls. On the other hand, this test apparatus grasps the number of balls by the ball counting means as described above, and when the number of balls supplied to the gaming machine by the ball lending machine does not exceed the number of balls. Even if a ball lending machine supplies balls to a gaming machine, the ball lending machine handles that there is no sales for supplying the balls. Of course, if you hold the ball that was in your case and put it back in the upper plate, the ball lending machine will not generate sales. Therefore, by performing the processing as described above, the test apparatus of the second invention can obtain accurate data on sales generated by the ball lending machine.
In the test apparatus of the second invention, when the number of balls supplied to the gaming machine by the ball lending machine exceeds the number of balls, the sales by the ball lending machine supplying balls to the gaming machine Treated as occurring on a ball lending machine. This corresponds to a case where a player who uses a gaming machine at a general store receives a ball supply from a ball lending machine using cash or using pseudo money such as a prepaid card.
Here, in the test apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, the possession ball counting means has the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the beading signal counted by the possession ball counting means. When the number of balls is not exceeded, the number of balls supplied to the pachinko machine by the ball lending machine is subtracted from the number of balls held so far, and recorded in the ball number recording means. It may be. When the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the balling signal transmitted by the transmission means does not exceed the number of balls counted by the possession counting means, In this example, this corresponds to the case where the balls are returned to the upper plate. For example, if you put it in a case and grab the ball that was at your feet and return it to the upper plate, the ball will decrease. The possession counting means in the test apparatus of the second invention, the possession counting means counts the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the beading signal transmitted by the transmission means. If the ball lending machine subtracts the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine when it exceeds the number of possessed balls and records it in the possession number recording means, It is possible to increase the accuracy of the data regarding the number of balls when the situation of returning the balls to the upper plate occurs.

In addition, there is no restriction | limiting in particular in the timing which the ball-out control means in the test apparatus by 2nd invention transmits a ball-out signal to a ball lending machine. However, by performing the same control as in the case of the first invention, it is possible to reproduce the work of supplying balls from the ball lending machine to the upper plate of the gaming machine in a natural state.
For example, the test apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention may be configured such that a ball to be guided to the launching device is detected from a monitoring sensor that monitors how much balls to be guided to the launching device are present in the upper plate and the guide path. The ball receiving control means includes first receiving means for receiving ball information about how much the upper plate and the guide path are present, and the ball dispensing control means is based on the ball information received by the first receiving means. Then, it is determined whether the number of balls to be guided to the launching device existing in the upper plate and the guide path is less than a predetermined reference number, and exists in the upper plate and the guide path. When it is determined that the number of balls to be guided to the launching device has fallen below the reference number, such control can be performed when the ball-out signal is generated.

The test apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention may comprise third receiving means for receiving a signal from an out-of-ball number sensor that detects the number of out-of-balls returned to the return rod. In that case, the test apparatus according to the second invention is based on the signal from the missed ball number sensor and counts the number of missed balls generated in the pachinko machine and records the missed ball counting means in the missed ball number recording means. May be provided.
With such a test apparatus, data on the number of missed balls can be obtained.

The test apparatus according to the second invention records the number of balls supplied by the ball lending machine to the pachinko gaming machine when it is determined that the sales were the ball lending machine based on the ball signal. A ball number recording means may be provided.
With such a test apparatus, the data on the number of balls supplied by the ball lending machine to the gaming machine can be accurately obtained.
The test apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention may comprise sales recording means for recording the sales when it is determined that the sales were the ball lending machine based on the beading signal.
With such a test apparatus, sales data generated by the ball lending machine can be accurately obtained.

The test apparatus according to the second invention may comprise setting means for setting the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the balling signal, or has received the balling signal. The ball lending machine may include setting means for setting a sales amount corresponding to the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine.
Ball lending machines are generally capable of supplying multiple balls at a time. By providing any of the setting means as described above, it becomes possible to reproduce it when testing the gaming machine, so that more accurate data can be obtained.
When the test apparatus according to the second aspect of the present invention includes setting means for setting the number of balls to be supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the beading signal, the sales management means includes the setting means. In accordance with the number of balls set in step 1, the amount of sales generated by the ball supply performed by the ball lending machine may be determined based on the ball output signal. When the test apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention comprises setting means for setting the amount of sales corresponding to the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the balling signal, The sales management means may determine the amount of sales generated by the ball supply performed by the ball lending machine based on the ball delivery signal according to the amount set by the setting means.

The same effects as those of the gaming machine testing apparatus according to the second invention can be obtained, for example, by the following method.
The method receives a supply of balls from a predetermined ball lending machine to an upper plate, and executes a pachinko game by automatically firing the ball guided from the upper plate through a predetermined guide path to a launching device. In addition, the loose ball generated as a result of the game is returned to the return basket, and the ball including the ball that overflows from the upper plate and reaches the lower plate is dropped as it is. This is a testing method for a gaming machine that is executed by a testing device for a pachinko gaming machine that performs a test for obtaining data including data on sales of the pachinko gaming machine.
In this method, the ball lending machine that receives the ball lending machine generates a balling signal that is a signal for supplying a predetermined number of balls to the pachinko gaming machine, and sends the ball throwing signal to the ball lending machine. The process, the process of receiving a signal from the ball number sensor for detecting the number of possessed balls discharged from the lower plate, and the received ball signal in the pachinko machine based on the received signal from the ball number sensor In the process of counting the number, when the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the ball signal exceeds the counted number of balls, the ball signal If the ball lending machine performs sales based on the ball lending machine, the ball lending machine does not exceed the counted number of possessed balls, and the sales are not the ball lending machine. The process of judging .

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a best embodiment for carrying out the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows a configuration of a pachinko gaming machine 200 to be tested and a ball lending machine 300 to which the test apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is attached.

  First, the configuration of the gaming machine 200 will be described. The gaming machine 200 in this embodiment has a part different from a normal gaming machine in order to perform a test to be described later.

  The gaming machine 200 has a gaming board 210. The game board 210 is a part where a pachinko game is executed, and has a glass plate and a board surface on which a large number of nails are placed behind.

The gaming machine 200 also has an upper plate 220 and a lower plate 230.
The upper plate 220 has a recess 221. The concave portion 221 has a taper that becomes narrower toward the right side as shown in the plan view of FIG. 2, and has a downward slope from the left to the right in FIG. 1. The width of the recess 221 near the right end is substantially the same as the diameter of the ball.
A ball outlet 222 is provided at the left end of the recess 221 so as to face the recess 221. The ball exit 222 is an opening that guides the ball generated as a result of the game to the upper plate 220. The ball is discharged from the inside of the gaming machine 200 to the upper plate 220 through the ball outlet 222. A hole 223 is provided at the right end of the concave portion 221 of the upper plate 220 in FIGS. The hole 223 is continuous with the guide path 224. The guide path 224 is a vertical hole having a diameter of approximately one ball.
With such a configuration of the upper plate 220, the balls discharged into the concave portion 221 of the upper plate 220 through the ball outlet 222 move the interior of the concave portion 221 from the left side to the right side in FIGS. It rolls, aligns in a line at the narrowed portion near the right end of the recess 221, and falls into the guide path 224 in order from the hole 223.
The guide path 224 is connected to a launching device 225 built in the gaming machine 200 at the lower end thereof. The launching device 225 is a device that launches a ball onto the game board 210. Note that the launching device 225 of the gaming machine 200 can generally launch 100 balls per minute. The launching device 225 performs an ON state in which the ball guided to the launching device 225 through the guide path 224 is fired by the operation of the handle 226 provided in the lower right portion of the front surface of the gaming machine 200, and the ball is fired. No OFF state can be switched. However, in this embodiment, the handle 226 is fixed so that the launching device 225 is always in an ON state so that the gaming machine 200 can be tested unattended, and thus is guided to the launching device 225. The ball is automatically shot on the game board 210.
The lower plate 230 is formed in a box shape, and the upper side is an opening. The lower plate 230 is connected to the upper plate 220 described above by a communication path 231. The communication passage 231 is connected to the ball outlet 222 inside the gaming machine 200, and there are a large number of balls in the concave portion 221 of the upper plate 220, so that the ball is completely discharged from the ball outlet 222 to the concave portion 221 of the upper plate 220. The missing balls are guided to the lower plate 230 through the communication path 231. A discharge port 232 is provided below the lower plate 230. The discharge port 232 is openable and closable. When the gaming machine 200 is placed in a general store, the player opens the discharge port 232 by opening the discharge port 232 so that the game balls accumulated in the lower plate 230 are appropriately dropped into the box. 232 is used. However, as will be described later, in this embodiment, the discharge port 232 is fixed in an open state.

The gaming machine 200 is connected to a supply basket 400 via a gaming machine supply pipe 241. The supply basket 400 is a basket that is generated as a result of the game performed in the gaming machine 200 and supplies balls supplied from the ball outlet 222 to the upper plate 220. The supply rod 400 is given a slight inclination from the upstream side to the downstream side, and the balls move in the inside along the inclination. The balls that have passed through the supply basket 400 are supplied to the gaming machine 200 through the gaming machine supply pipe 241. Note that the gaming machine supply pipe 241 is connected to the ball outlet 222 so that balls can be supplied from the ball outlet 222 to the upper plate 220.
The gaming machine 200 is also connected to the return pipe 251 and is connected to the outbox 252 through it. The return pipe 251 is a pipe that guides, to the out box 252, a missed ball that has not been won among the balls fired on the game board 210 by the launching device 225. The out box 252 temporarily pools out balls. The out box 252 is connected to the first discharge pipe 253. The first discharge pipe 253 is connected to the return rod 500 at the end opposite to that connected to the out box 252. As a result, the loose balls pooled in the out box 252 are discharged to the return rod 500 through the first discharge pipe 253. The return cage 500 is a cage for collecting the loose balls generated in the gaming machine 200, and is provided with a slight inclination from the upstream side to the downstream side in the same manner as the supply cage 400. The balls collected at the downstream end by the return rod 500 are returned to the upstream end of the supply rod 400 after undergoing a predetermined process such as polishing.
In this embodiment, not only the out box 252 but also the discharge port 232 of the lower plate 230 fixed in the open state is connected to the return rod 500 via the second discharge pipe 233. Note that the second discharge pipe 233 does not exist in the normal gaming machine 200. The second discharge pipe 233 is attached so that the game machine 200 can be tested unattended.

Next, the ball lending machine 300 will be described.
The ball lending machine 300 supplies balls to the upper plate 220 of the gaming machine 200.
The ball lending machine 300 includes a main body portion 310 and a hollow supply arm 320 having a base end connected to the main body portion 310. The supply arm 320 has a distal end bent downward so that the distal end is positioned on the recess 221 of the upper plate 220.
The main body 310 is connected to the supply basket 400 described above via a ball lending supply pipe 330.
The ball lending machine 300 supplies the balls supplied from the supply basket 400 to the main body 310 to the recess 221 of the upper plate 220 via the supply arm 320.
The ball lending machine 300 is provided with an insertion slot for inserting a currency as a ball lending fee when supplying a ball, a prepaid card recording data relating to a ball lending fee when supplying a ball, and the like. In addition, a switch for selecting how much (or how many) balls to supply is provided. For example, the ball lending machine 300 of this embodiment is configured to supply the upper plate 220 with 25 balls for 100 yen, 50 balls for 200 yen, 125 balls for 500 yen, and 250 balls for 1000 yen.
However, the ball lending machine 300 of this embodiment is connected to the test apparatus 100 via the connection line 300A. When the balls are supplied, how many (or how many) balls are supplied. This is controlled by the test apparatus 100. Therefore, the function of the above-mentioned slot and the switch which the ball lending machine 300 has has been killed. A method of controlling the ball lending machine 300 by the test apparatus 100 will be described later.

Next, in order to test the gaming machine 200, a description will be given of sensors attached to the gaming machine 200 or its periphery.
Three sensors, a monitoring sensor 601, a possession ball number sensor 602, and a detached ball number sensor 603, are attached to the gaming machine 200 or its periphery.
The monitoring sensor 601 is a sensor provided for the purpose of monitoring how many balls are present on the upper plate 200 and the guide path 224. The monitoring sensor 601 is connected to the test apparatus 100 by a connection line 601A. In this embodiment, the monitoring sensor 601 is provided on the upper plate 220 so as to face the starting point of the concave portion 221 of the upper plate 220 that is substantially the same width as the diameter of the ball near the right end in FIG. ing. The monitoring sensor 601 is not necessarily required to do so, but is a proximity sensor in this embodiment, and can detect the presence of a ball when the ball approaches the vicinity. The monitoring sensor 601 in this embodiment detects the presence of a ball every time the ball passes through the starting point of a portion that is substantially the same width as the diameter of the ball in the recess 221. Each time the monitoring sensor 601 detects the presence of a ball, it sends a signal indicating that to the test apparatus 100 via the connection line 601A. This signal is sent to the test apparatus 100 in real time. When more than a certain number of balls remain closer to the ball outlet 222 than the monitoring sensor 601 in the recess 221 of the upper plate 220, this signal is sent to the test apparatus 100 at a short interval of about 0.5 seconds, for example. . On the other hand, this signal is interrupted when no ball remains closer to the ball exit 222 than the monitoring sensor 601 in the recess 221. That is, this signal indicates the number of balls to be guided to the launching device 225 existing on the upper plate 220 and the guide path 224. More specifically, when the balls pass in front of the monitoring sensor 601 with a substantially constant rhythm, a row that exists from the guide path 224 to a portion that is substantially the same width as the diameter of the ball of the recess 221. More balls than the fixed number of balls (the number of balls in this case corresponds to the reference number in the present invention) are present in the recess 221 and the guide path 224, and are shot by the launching device 225. It can be said that it is waiting for the start. Conversely, when the balls no longer pass in front of the monitoring sensor 601, it can be said that the number of balls present in the recess 221 and the guide path 224 is less than the reference number.
As the monitoring sensor 601 of this embodiment, for example, a proximity sensor (product number: E2S-W23) manufactured by OMRON Corporation can be used.
The possession ball number sensor 602 is a sensor provided for the purpose of monitoring the number of possession balls that have flowed from the discharge port 232 of the lower plate 230 through the second discharge pipe 233 to the return rod 500. This ball is equivalent to a ball that a player holds in a box in a normal case, and is basically a ball. However, as is the case with general gaming machines, in the gaming machine 200 of this embodiment, balls that have failed to reach the gaming board 210 due to the launching device 225 being broken are also guided to the lower plate 230. . Therefore, the balls in this embodiment include balls that are missed. The possession ball number sensor 602 is connected to the test apparatus 100 by a connection line 602A. In this embodiment, the possession ball number sensor 602 is attached in the middle of the second discharge pipe 233. The possession ball number sensor 602 counts the number of balls that have passed through the second discharge pipe 233 and sends a signal about the number to the test apparatus 100 at a predetermined timing. The possession ball number sensor 602 may comprise a plurality of sensors.
Note that, for example, a passing sensor (product number: TL-PP153) manufactured by OMRON Corporation can be used as the possession ball number sensor 602 of this embodiment.
The detached ball number sensor 603 is a sensor provided for the purpose of monitoring the number of detached balls returned from the gaming machine 200 through the return pipe 251, the out box 252, and the first discharge pipe 253 to the return rod 500. The detached ball number sensor 603 is connected to the test apparatus 100 by a connection line 603A. The detached ball number sensor 603 is attached in the middle of the return pipe 251 in this embodiment. The missed ball number sensor 603 counts the number of balls that have passed through the return pipe 251 and sends a signal about the number to the test apparatus 100 at a predetermined timing. The detached ball number sensor 603 may comprise a plurality of sensors.
For example, a passing sensor (product number: TL-PP153) manufactured by OMRON Corporation can be used as the out-of-ball number sensor 603 of this embodiment.

Next, the structure of the test apparatus 100 will be described.
As shown in FIG. 1, the test apparatus 100 includes a main body 110 and an operation panel 120 that is fixed to the upper surface of the gaming machine 200, but is not limited thereto. The operation panel 120 is connected to the main body 110 via a connection line 120A. The operation panel 120 may be integrated with the test apparatus 100.

First, the operation panel 120 will be described. The operation panel 120 is for operating the test apparatus 100.
FIG. 3 shows the appearance of the operation panel 120. The operation panel 120 has a configuration in which a display unit 122 and various switches 123 are attached to a panel 121 that is formed in a thin plate shape.
The display unit 122 displays the operation state of the test apparatus 100 using the operation panel 120. Although not restricted to this, the display part 122 in this embodiment is comprised with the liquid crystal display.
The switch 123 performs various inputs for operating the test apparatus 100. By operating an appropriate switch 123, the power supply of the test apparatus 100 can be switched ON / OFF, the measurement can be started, the counter can be reset, and the ball lending machine 300 that receives a balling signal (to be described later) You can set the number. The switch 123 replaces the setting of the number of balls to be supplied at one time by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal, or at the same time, the ball rental machine 300 that has received the balling signal supplies the ball once. It may be possible to set the amount of sales generated by this. Each of these processes will be described later. A signal indicating the content of the input from the switch 123 is sent to the test apparatus 100 via the connection line 120A.

Next, the configuration of the main body 110 will be described.
FIG. 4 shows a hardware configuration of the main body 110. In this embodiment, the main body 110 includes a central processing unit (CPU) 131, a read only memory (ROM) 132, a hard disk drive (HDD) 133, a random access memory (RAM) 134, an interface 135, and a bus 136. It is said that. The CPU 131, ROM 132, HDD 133, RAM 134, and interface 135 can exchange data via the bus 136.
A predetermined program and predetermined data are recorded in the ROM 132 or the HDD 133. The HDD 133 also records test data to be described later. The CPU 131 controls the entire test apparatus 100, and executes processing to be described later based on programs and data stored in the ROM 132 or the HDD 133. The RAM 134 is used as a working storage area when the CPU 131 performs processing.
The interface 135 serves as a window for realizing data exchange between the main body 110 of the test apparatus 100 and an external apparatus. The connection line 601A, the connection line 602A, the connection line 603A, and the connection line 120A are connected. The monitoring sensor 601 connected to the connection line 601A, the possession number sensor 602 connected to the connection line 602A, and the connection line 603A A ball number signal, a signal indicating the number of balls held, and a signal indicating the number of balls lost are received from each of the connected ball number sensors 603, and the operation panel 120 connected with the connection line 120A. It is possible to exchange signals as will be described later. The interface 135 is also connected to a connection line 300 </ b> A extending from the ball lending machine 300, and sends a balling signal to the ball lending machine 300.

As the above-described program is executed by the CPU 131, a functional block as shown in FIG.
As illustrated in FIG. 5, the main body 110 includes a reception unit 141, a control unit 142, and a transmission unit 143.

The receiving unit 141 receives signals from the monitoring sensor 601, the possession ball number sensor 602, and the detached ball number sensor 603. The receiving unit 141 also receives a signal generated by operating the switch 123 of the operation panel 120. Any signal received by the receiving unit 141 is sent to the control unit 142.
The transmission unit 143 transmits a later-described signal received from the control unit 142 to the ball lending machine 300 via the connection line 300A or to the operation panel 120 via the connection line 120A.

  The control unit 142 includes a main control unit 1421, a ball lending machine control unit 1422, a sales data recording unit 1423, a possessed ball number managing unit 1424, a possessed ball number recording unit 1425, a detached ball number managing unit 1426, and a detached ball number recording unit. 1427 and an operation panel control unit 1428 are included.

  The main control unit 1421 manages the ball lending machine control unit 1422, the number of possessed balls management unit 1424, the number of detached balls management unit 1426, and the operation panel control unit 1428. The signal received by the receiving unit 141 may be distributed to any of the ball lending machine control unit 1422, the number of possessed balls management unit 1424, the number of removed balls management unit 1426, and the operation panel control unit 1428. The main control unit 1421 also performs distribution management.

First, the number management unit 1424 will be described.
The possession number management unit 1424 manages the number of possessions that a virtual player who is supposed to play a game on the gaming machine 200 to be tested should have. The possession number management unit 1424 sequentially records the number of possessions indicated by the signal about the possession received from the possession number sensor 602 via the connection line 602A and the reception unit 141 in the possession number recording unit 1425. To do. This recording is performed by adding the number of possessed balls indicated by the signal about the possessed balls received from the possessed ball number sensor 602 to the number of retained balls that have been recorded in the retained ball number recording unit 1425 so far. Is called.
In addition, when the number of possessed balls management unit 1424 receives a signal from a ball lending machine control unit 1422 as will be described later, a predetermined number is determined from the number of balls that have been recorded in the number of possessed balls recording unit 1425 until then. It is designed to reduce the process. This process will be described later.

The ball lending machine control unit 1422 has a function of managing the ball lending machine 300.
Specifically, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 generates a balling signal such that the ball lending machine 300 that receives the ball lending machine 300 supplies a predetermined number of balls to the upper plate 220 of the gaming machine 200, The real time is sent to the ball lending machine 300 via the transmission unit 143.
The beading signal includes information about the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the signal. The information on the number of balls is generated by operating the switch 123 of the operation panel 120, and the ball lending machine control unit 1422 that has received this via the connection line 120A and the receiving unit 141 includes the received information. Generate based on. That is, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 determines the number of balls to be supplied at one time by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal based on the operation of the switch 123 of the operation panel 120, and the number of balls. Is included in the ball signal. As described above, the ball lending machine 300 in this embodiment can select the number of balls that can be put out at one time from 25 shots, 50 shots, 125 shots, and 250 shots. Therefore, the information on the number of balls supplied at one time by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal included in the balling signal is any one of 25 shots, 50 shots, 125 shots, and 250 shots.
It should be noted that the information input by the switch 123 is not information on the number of balls supplied by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the ball signal, but the ball rental machine 300 that has received the ball signal once. If it is information about the amount of sales generated by supplying, a signal about the information is transmitted to the ball lending machine control unit 1422. The ball lending machine control unit 1422 that has received this determines the number of balls corresponding to the amount of money based on the information of the amount included in the received signal, and displays information about the number of balls as the ball. Include in outgoing signal. For example, when the input information about the amount of sales generated by supplying the ball once by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal input by operating the switch 123 is 100 yen, When the information is 500 yen, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 includes the information of 125 shots as information on the number of balls that the ball lending machine 300 supplies at one time in the ball signal.
The ball lending machine control unit 1422 generates a ball signal at the timing described below.
As described above, the monitoring sensor 601 detects the presence of a ball every time the ball passes through the starting point of the portion that is substantially the same as the diameter of the ball of the recess 221 of the upper plate 220, Each time such detection is performed, a signal indicating that is sent to the test apparatus 100 via the connection line 601A. This signal is received by the receiving unit 141 and sent to the ball lending machine control unit 1422 according to the control of the main control unit 1421. As described above, this signal continuously enters at a short interval when more than a certain number of balls remain closer to the ball outlet 222 than the monitoring sensor 601 of the recess 221 of the upper plate 220, If there is no ball remaining closer to the ball exit 222 than the monitoring sensor 601, it will be interrupted. The ball lending machine control unit 1422 monitors the interval at which this signal is input, and generates a ball signal when the signal is interrupted for a predetermined time or more, for example, 3 seconds or more. This is because the ball lending machine control unit 1422 determines that the number of balls existing on the upper plate 220 and the guide path 224 is less than the reference number when the interval between signals from the monitoring sensor 601 is more than a predetermined time. This means that when such a determination is made, a ball signal is generated.
Each time the ball lending machine control unit 1422 transmits a balling signal to the ball lending machine 300, the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal included in each balling signal is added to the upper plate 220. Information about the number of balls to be supplied is recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423 as sales data. The information on the number of balls is information on the number of balls that the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal sent from the operation panel 120 by operating the switch 123 supplies at one time, or a balling signal. It is determined by the information about the amount of sales generated when the received ball lending machine 300 supplies the balls once.
However, in this embodiment, all of the information regarding the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the ball signal is included in each ball signal. Is not recorded. In this embodiment, when the ball lending signal is generated, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 uses the number-of-balls management unit 1424 to record the number of possessed balls recorded in the number-of-balls recording unit 1425. Is compared with the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the ball signal, which is included in the ball signal. As a result, when the former is smaller than the latter, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 uses, as sales data, information on the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal. Recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423. Conversely, when the former is the same as or larger than the latter, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 provides information on the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal. Is not recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423 as sales data.
The ball lending machine control unit 1422 uses the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal instead of the information on the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal. Information about sales that occur when supplying to the upper plate 220 may be recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423 as sales data. For example, the ball lending machine 300 used in this embodiment supplies 25 balls for 100 yen, 50 for 200 yen, 125 for 500 yen, and 250 for 1000 yen. If the information on the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal included in the balling signal indicates 25 shots, it indicates 100 yen or 50 shots. If it is 200 yen and 125 shots, 500 yen may be recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423 as sales data.
Note that the ball lending machine control unit 1422 does not record information on the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal as sales data in the sales data recording unit 1423. The ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal sends the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 to the ball number management unit 1424. Upon receiving this, the possession number management unit 1424 performs a process of subtracting a predetermined number from the number of possessions previously recorded in the possession number recording unit 1425.

  The off-ball number management unit 1426 manages the number of off-balls that are assumed to have arisen as a result of a virtual player playing a game on the gaming machine 200 to be tested. The out-of-ball number management unit 1426 receives a signal regarding the number of out-of-balls received from the out-of-ball number sensor 603 via the connection line 603A and the receiving unit 141, and sequentially records the signal in the out-of-ball number recording unit 1427. This recording is performed by adding the number of outliers indicated by the signal about the outliers received from the outlier sensor 603 to the number of outliers recorded in the outlier recording unit 1427 until then. Is called.

The operation panel control unit 1428 generates a signal for controlling the operation panel 120. This signal is sent to operation panel 120 via transmission unit 143.
For example, this signal is to display predetermined information on the display unit 122 of the operation panel 120.

Next, a test of the gaming machine 200 performed using the test apparatus 100 described above will be described.
First, any one of the switches 123 on the operation panel 120 is operated to turn on the power of the test apparatus 100. In this embodiment, the main control unit 1421 performs processing for turning on the power.
Next, one of the switches 123 on the operation panel 120 is operated to set the number of balls that the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal supplies to the upper plate 220 at a time. A signal generated by the operation of the switch 123 is sent to the ball lending machine control unit 1422. At this time, the display unit 122 of the operation panel 120 displays the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the set balling signal at a time. This display is controlled by a signal generated by operation panel control unit 1428.
Next, any one of the switches 123 on the operation panel 120 is operated to start the test. The main control unit 1421 also performs processing for starting this test.
In this state, the sales data recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423 indicates that the sales are zero. The data recorded in the possessed ball count recording unit 1425 and the detached ball count recording unit 1427 indicate that the possessed ball and the detached ball are 0, respectively.
However, the test may not be started anew, but may be started as a continuation of a previously performed test. When the test is started as a continuation of what has been performed before, the sales data recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423 indicates the sales at the end of the previous test, and the number of possession recording unit The data recorded in 1425 and the number of missed balls recording unit 1427 respectively represent the number of possessed balls and missed balls at the end of the previous test.

At the start of the test, there is usually no ball in the recess 221 of the upper plate 220. Therefore, no signal is input from the monitoring sensor 601 to the ball lending machine control unit 1422.
When a predetermined time elapses, in this embodiment, when 3 seconds elapse, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 generates a balling signal. This beading signal is sent to the ball lending machine 300 via the transmission unit 143.
The ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal supplies the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220 by the ball lending machine 300 that has received the balling signal included in the balling signal into the recess 221 of the upper plate 220. Supply the number of balls specified in the information about.
In this case, information about the number of balls is recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423. Since the number of possessed balls recorded in the possessed ball number recording unit 1425 is 0, this is the ball lending machine that has received the ball throwing signal included in the ball throwing signal sent to the ball lending machine 300 This is because 300 is smaller than the number of balls supplied to the upper plate 220.

The ball supplied to the upper plate 200 moves to the right in FIGS. 1 and 2 through the inside of the recess 221 and is guided from the guide path 224 to the launching device 225. At this time, the monitoring sensor 603 generates a signal every time the ball passes in front of it, and sends it to the ball lending machine control unit 1422.
The ball guided to the launching device 225 is automatically shot out to the game board 210 of the gaming machine 200, and the game is automatically started.
The possessed ball generated as a result of the game is returned to the return basket 500 from the lower plate 230 through the second discharge pipe 233. The number of possessed balls returned to the return basket 500 is counted by the possessed ball number sensor 602. Based on this, a signal regarding the number of balls generated by the number-of-balls sensor 602 is sent to the ball number management unit 1424 and recorded in the number-of-balls recording unit 1425.
The loose ball generated as a result of the game is returned to the return basket 500 through the out box 252. The number of missed balls is counted by a missed ball number sensor 603. Based on this, a signal regarding the number of out-of-balls generated by the out-of-ball number sensor 603 is sent to the out-of-ball number management unit 1426 and recorded in the out-of-ball number recording unit 1427.

When there are not enough balls on the upper plate 200 and there are no balls closer to the ball outlet 222 than the monitoring sensor 601, the signal sent from the monitoring sensor 601 to the ball lending machine control unit 1422 is interrupted.
When the interruption of this signal continues for 3 seconds or more, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 generates a balling signal and sends it to the ball lending machine 300 via the transmission unit 143. The ball lending machine 300 that has received this supplies the ball to the upper plate 220. Even when the signal is interrupted, the ball still remains in the portion of the concave portion 221 of the upper plate 220 having the same width as the diameter of the ball and in the guide path 224. In this embodiment, the balls are supplied from the ball lending machine 300 while the balls are still ejected by the launching device 225 and remain. Thereby, in this embodiment, the shooting of the ball by the launching device 225 is not interrupted.
On the other hand, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 compares the number of held balls recorded in the number of held balls recording unit 1425 with the number of balls supplied to the ball lending machine 300. When the former is equal to or greater than the latter, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 does not record the number of balls supplied to the ball lending machine 300 in the sales data recording unit 1423. When the former is smaller than the latter, the ball lending machine control unit 1422 records the number of balls supplied to the ball lending machine 300 in the sales data recording unit 1423.

The gaming machine 200 is tested by repeating the above processing.
If necessary, the test apparatus 100 can be reset by operating the switch 123 of the operation panel 120. When the reset is performed, the sales data recorded in the sales data recording unit 1423 returns to sales 0, and the data recorded in the possessed ball number recording unit 1425 and the detached ball number recording unit 1427 is also the Return to the state where the ball is 0.
The reset process is performed by the main control unit 1421 sending an instruction to each of the ball lending machine control unit 1422, the number of possessed balls management unit 1424, and the number of removed balls management unit 1426.

In the above description, the main body 110 of the test apparatus 100 is integrated, but the main body 110 of the test apparatus 100 can be divided into a plurality of parts. For example, the hardware of the main body 110 of the test apparatus 100 can be divided into a part having the same function as the above-described interface 135 and other parts, and each part can be configured by a separate computer. The computer which comprises other parts can be comprised by the data management apparatus (hall computer) which is often used in a general store, for example. In general, the hall computer manages not only the sales of gaming machines, the number of possessed balls, the number of missed balls, but also the number of rotations of the slot and the number of jackpots. Therefore, in the case of the test apparatus 100 configured using such a hall computer, not only the sales of the gaming machine, the number of possessed balls, the number of missed balls, but also the number of rotations of the slot and the number of jackpots are managed. It will be obvious that it can be done.
In the above description, the testing apparatus 100 tests one gaming machine 200, but it is of course possible to test a plurality of gaming machines 200 collectively. . In that case, the control unit 142 may be generated corresponding to each gaming machine 200.

The figure which shows schematically the state which attached the test device by this embodiment to the gaming machine. The top view of the upper plate of the gaming machine shown in FIG. The top view of the operation panel with which the test apparatus shown in FIG. 1 is provided. The figure which shows the hardware constitutions contained in the main body of the test apparatus shown in FIG. The block diagram which shows the functional block produced | generated inside the main body of the test apparatus shown in FIG.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Test apparatus 110 Main body 120 Operation panel 123 Switch 141 Receiving part 142 Control part 1421 Main control part 1422 Ball lending machine control part 1423 Sales data recording part 1424 Owned ball number management part 1425 Owned ball number recording part 1426 Outgoing ball number management part 1427 Outgoing ball number recording unit 1428 Operation panel control unit 143 Transmitting unit 200 Pachinko machine 210 Game board 220 Upper plate 221 Recessed portion 224 Guide path 225 Launching device 230 Lower plate 252 Out box 300 Ball lending machine 310 Main unit 320 Supply arm 330 Supply tube 400 Supply rod 500 Return rod 601 Monitoring sensor 602 Number of balls sensor 603 Number of balls off sensor

Claims (9)

A pachinko game is executed by receiving a ball supplied to a top plate from a predetermined ball lending machine and automatically firing a ball guided from the top plate through a predetermined guide path to a launching device. In addition, pachinko games in which the balls that have come off as a result of the game are returned to the return cage, and the balls that have overflowed from the upper plate to the lower plate are dropped down as they are A test device for a pachinko machine that conducts a test to obtain data including data on machine sales,
A balling control means for generating a balling signal which is a signal for supplying a predetermined number of balls to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine which has received it,
A transmission means for sending the beading signal to the ball lending machine;
Second receiving means for receiving a signal from a ball number sensor for detecting the number of balls discharged from the lower plate;
Based on the signal from the ball number sensor received by the second receiving means, the ball counting means for counting the number of balls in the pachinko gaming machine and recording it in the ball number recording means;
When the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the balling signal transmitted by the transmission means exceeds the number of balls recorded in the possession number recording means In the case where the sales of the ball supply performed by the ball lending machine based on the ball signal is the ball lending machine, and the number of held balls counted by the ball counting means is not exceeded. Sales management means for determining that the sales are not the ball lending machine,
Equipped with a,
The ball counting means is configured such that the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the balling signal does not exceed the number of balls recorded in the ball count recording means. In this case, the ball lending machine subtracts the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine from the number of balls held so far, and records it in the ball count recording means.
Game machine testing equipment. And a third receiving means for receiving a signal from a number of off-ball sensors for detecting the number of off-balls returned to the return rod,
Based on the signal from the above-mentioned number of off-ball sensors, it comprises out-of-ball counting means for counting the number of out-of-balls generated in the pachinko gaming machine and recording it on the off-ball number recording means.
The gaming machine testing device according to claim 1 . A ball lending number recording means is provided for recording the number of balls supplied by the ball lending machine to the pachinko gaming machine when the sales are determined to be the ball lending machine based on the ball signal. ,
The gaming machine testing device according to claim 1 . Comprising sales recording means for recording the sales when it is determined that the sales were the ball lending machine based on the balling signal;
The gaming machine testing device according to claim 1 . Game machine testing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the ball lending machine received the ball out signal is provided with a setting means for setting the number of balls to be supplied to the pachinko machine. The ball lending machine that has received the balling signal includes setting means for setting the amount of sales corresponding to the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine.
The gaming machine testing device according to claim 1 . From a monitoring sensor that monitors how much balls to be guided to the launching device are present in the upper plate and the guide path, how much balls to be guided to the launching device are in the upper plate and the guide path. It has first receiving means for receiving ball information about whether it exists,
Based on the ball information received by the first receiving unit, the ball control unit has a predetermined reference number of balls to be guided to the launching device existing in the upper plate and the guide path. The ball-out signal is generated when it is determined that the number of balls to be guided to the launching device existing in the upper plate and the guide path is lower than the reference number. It has become,
The gaming machine testing device according to claim 1 . The monitoring sensor is provided at a predetermined position of the upper plate or the guide path, and detects that the ball is present at a position close to the upper plate, or the ball information is transmitted to the monitoring sensor. It is assumed that the ball exists in a close position,
When the first receiving unit has not received the ball information for a time longer than a predetermined reference time, the ball feeding control unit is guided to the launching device existing in the upper plate and the guide path. Judging that the number of planned balls is less than the reference number,
The gaming machine testing device according to claim 7 . A pachinko game is executed by receiving a ball supplied to a top plate from a predetermined ball lending machine and automatically firing a ball guided from the top plate through a predetermined guide path to a launching device. In addition, pachinko games in which the balls that have come off as a result of the game are returned to the return cage, and the balls that have overflowed from the upper plate to the lower plate are dropped down as they are A method executed by a test apparatus for a pachinko machine that performs a test for taking data including data on sales of the machine,
A process in which the ball lending machine that has received it generates a balling signal that is a signal for supplying a predetermined number of balls to the pachinko gaming machine;
Sending the balling signal to the ball lending machine;
A process of receiving a signal from a ball number sensor for detecting the number of balls discharged from the lower plate;
A process of counting the number of balls in the pachinko machine based on the received signal from the ball number sensor,
When the number of balls supplied to the pachinko gaming machine by the ball lending machine that has received the balling signal exceeds the counted number of balls, the ball lending is performed based on the balling signal. It determines that the sales of the supply of the balls machine makes were the ball lending machines, if not exceed the number of the retention balls are counted, it is determined that the sales were not the ball lending machine with , The process of subtracting the number of balls that the ball lending machine supplies to the pachinko machine from the number of balls held so far ,
A test method comprising:

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