JPH01141684A - Pinball apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To play a pachinko game without touching pachinko balls by inputting game information printed on a card issued from a printer of an operation processing part of game data and necessary information from start of game to finish thereof, into the input part of the pachinko set stand. CONSTITUTION: When a charge for the number of balls to play a game is payed, the number of balls and an exclusive identification number are set in the input part 15 of a data processing part GD by the shop. The set data of the input part 15 are stored in a memory 16 and printed on a card C by a printer 17. This card is delivered to the game player. The game player carries the card C and selects an arbitrary pachinko set M. The number of balls and the exclusive data printed in the card are set in the input part 13. The preset signal gB1 of the number of balls for a game is supplied to the operation processing part 19 and the number of balls for a game is subtracted from the number of balls of the initial data MD to calculate the present figure and give the open siganal to the shutter 6a. The opened state of the shutter 6a is retained until the counted signal from a counter 6a coincides with the signal of the numer of balls gB1 in the operation processing part 19.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine in which a pachinko player does not have to pick up and handle pachinko balls as a game medium at all.

[Conventional technology]

Recently, a pachinko machine has been proposed that allows players to play a batinf game without touching the pachinko ball as a game medium (Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 238267/1983).

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The proposed pachinko machine that allows games to be played without touching pachinko balls uses an information carrier such as a magnetic card in place of the game medium, so the ball lending side is required to provide information on the magnetic cards, etc. writing information,
A reading device is indispensable, and each pachinko machine must also have an individual device for writing and reading information on the magnetic card, etc., resulting in a considerable increase in cost.

In addition, pachinko parlors are frequently visited by many people, and the length of 1 m
Since there are many floating objects, please write the above information,
There is a problem in that the reading means is likely to malfunction due to this dust.

[Means for solving problems]

Therefore, in the present invention, an information carrier such as a magnetic card is not used, and therefore information cannot be written into the carrier.
The purpose of this device is to provide a pachinko machine that does not require a means to read the written information and can play a pachinko game without touching the pachinko balls. Pachinko balls are enclosed inside the Pachinko machine, and balls used for the game are supplied to a bullet firing part from among the enclosed balls,
In addition, the prize balls are supplied to a tray that cannot be taken out from the outside, and the game use area and the number of winning balls are
In addition, a pachinko machine having an arithmetic processing unit that calculates and outputs the addition/subtraction value, and an input unit formed by a numeric keypad or the like for setting the pachinko machine to a usage state, and a pachinko machine with the above six-chinko machine an input section using a numeric keypad or the like for inputting game information; a storage section that readably stores the game information input from the input section; and a printer section that prints out necessary items in the stored game information; A game data processing section comprising a game data processing section for processing information supplied from the input section and the game processing section of the pachinko machine and information from the storage section, and a game data processing section having a game data display section; The game is played by inputting the game information written on the card issued from the printer part of the data calculation processing part and the information necessary from the start to the end of the game into the input part of the pachinko machine. It is something to do.

[For production]

A person who wants to play pachinko pays the price for the number of balls he/she wants to use at the game data processing section, and the game data processing section prints out a card with a unique code and the number of balls that can be used. The data is stored in the game sphere calculation section.

The person who receives the card enters the above unique code and the number of balls used in the game as initial setting data into the input section attached to the pachinko machine, and then this data and the game ball calculation section of the game data processing section are stored. When the data is compared and matches, the pachinko machine is set to be usable.

When the person playing the game sets the number of balls to be used in the pachinko game, the set number of balls enclosed in the pachinko machine will be supplied to the tray as game balls, so operate the handle of the 5-ball launcher. and play a pachinko game.

If one ball enters the winning hole during a pachinko game.

The winning ball is paid out to the lower saucer. In this case, the balls in either saucer cannot be directly handled from the outside).

In the game data processing section, the balls fired from the launcher and flowing down the board are counted as the game usage area and subtracted from the set number of balls to be used, regardless of whether or not they win a prize. Note that the set number of pitches to be used is also subtracted from the initial set number of pitches.

The paid-out winning balls can also be added to the initial set number of balls obtained by subtracting the usage setting line.

The number of balls used in the game can be set any number of times within the range of the current value of the initial setting balls.

The game ends when the current value of the initial set pitch count becomes zero. When this current value exists, if the input unit is set to end the game, the current value is displayed and printed out, and the game ends.

〔Example〕

Next, an embodiment of the pachinko machine of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic structure of a pachinko machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an example of the pachinko machine of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a block diagram of another example of the pachinko machine of the present invention.

In Figure 1, 1 is firing! ! ! 2 is a traveling guide for the ball fired, 3 is a winning hole, 3a is a winning detector provided for each winning hole, 4 is an out hole, and these members 1 to 4 are:
Similar to known pachinko machines, it is provided on the front side of the pachinko machine main body. Incidentally, 3b and 4a are the downflow ducts of the balls that fit into each equation 3 and 4.

Reference numeral 5 denotes an upper hopper installed at the top of the back of the pachinko machine, and the bottom of this hopper 5 is provided with two ball flow lower ducts 6 and 7, of which the duct 6 is connected to the launcher 2. The other duct 7 communicates with the upper tray 8, and the other duct 7 communicates with the lower tray 9.
are connected to each other. In addition, the duct 7 is connected to the upper tray 8.
It may be communicated with the lower tray 9 via.

Here, both the saucers 8 and 9 are sealed so that the balls inside the saucers cannot be accessed from the outside, and
So that the internal status can be visually checked.

The entire front side of the saucer is made of transparent material.

Further, shutters 6a and 7 are provided at the upper end of the duct 6.7.
a and a counter sensor or counter 6b.

7b is provided to control the flow of balls and their number.

Reference numeral 10 denotes an internal receiving tray that receives all the balls that have entered the winning hole 3 or the out hole 4 via the respective ducts 3b and 4a.

The lower tray 9 and the inner tray 10 are communicated with the hopper 5 via ducts and conveyors 11,12. Here, lla is a shutter provided on the starting end side of the conveyor 11, llb is a sensor or counter of a counter provided adjacent to this shutter, and 12a is a sensor or counter of a counter provided on the starting end side of the conveyor 12.

The balls flowing down into the internal saucer 10 are counted by the counter 12a and returned to the hopper 5 by the conveyor 12, but the winning balls supplied to the lower saucer 9 are counted by the counter 12a.
If a is not opened, the water will not flow back to the hopper 5.

Reference numeral 13 denotes an input unit attached to the front of the pachinko machine for setting conditions for operating the pachinko machine, which is formed by an input means such as a numeric keypad, and is connected to each of the counters 6b, 8b, etc. and the shutter 6a, In the game data processing unit GD, which will be described later together with control signals such as 7a,
The pachinko machine is operated by processing the signal set in the input section 13.

The game data processing unit GD includes an input unit 15 such as a keyboard for setting the number of pitches corresponding to the paid consideration and a unique password, and the above-mentioned information set in the input unit 15. a storage unit 16 that stores the information, and a printer 17 that prints out the information supplied from the storage unit 16.
The above information is compared with the information supplied from the input unit 13 of the pachinko machine M, and when the two match, the control unit sends an operation set signal MS to set the shutter and counter in the pachinko machine to an operable state. 18a and also supplies the data in the storage unit 16 to the next calculation unit 19; the game data supplied from the storage unit 16; and the game data supplied from the input unit 13 of the pachinko machine. and.

It is composed of an arithmetic processing section 19 that performs arithmetic processing on data supplied from each counter and outputs a control output for the shutter or a control output for the display drive section 20.

The above constitutes an example of the pachinko machine of the present invention, so 1.
Next, an example of its operation will be explained.

When a person who wants to play a pachinko game pays for the number of balls used in the game, the store will input a number indicating the number of balls and a unique password to the input section 15 of the data processing section GD. Set. The setting data of the input section 15 is stored in the storage section 16, and is printed on a card C by the printer 17, and this card is handed to the person playing the game.

A person playing the game selects an arbitrary pachinko machine M by holding this card C, and sets the ball count data and unique data printed on the card in the input section 13 thereof. This setting is supplied to the determination unit 18 as the initial data ID together with the code signal attached to the selected pachinko machine.

The determining unit 18 compares the code of the pachinko machine and the initial data ID in the input unit 13 with the stored data MD of the storage unit 16, and when the two match, the code signal of the pachinko machine is used as an address signal and the data in the storage unit 16 is determined. In addition to supplying MD to the arithmetic processing unit 19, each shutter and counter 6
A, 6b, 7a, 7b, lla, llb, 12a control unit 18a is supplied with the signal MS, and each of these shutters,
Make the counter ready for operation.

In this state, the person playing the game sets the number of balls to be used in the game on the input section 13 of the pachinko machine, within the range of the initial data. This game ball count setting signal gB1 is supplied to the arithmetic processing section 19. Receiving this signal gB1, the arithmetic processing unit 19 subtracts the number of game balls from the number of balls in the initial data MD to calculate the current value, and at the same time, the shutter 6
A signal is given to a during that time. The open state of the shutter 6a is maintained until the count signal from the counter 6b matches the pitch count signal gB1 in the arithmetic processing section 19, and at the same time, the shutter 6a is closed.

- By opening and closing the shutter, game balls flow through the downstream duct 6 and are set in the upper tray 8, so the player operates the launcher 2 as usual to play the pachinko game.

Each ball fired onto the board enters the winning hole 3 or the out hole 4, but all of these balls are collected in the content saucer], O,
The water is returned to the hopper 5 by the conveyor 12 while being counted by the counter 12a.

As a result, the arithmetic processing unit 19 displays the number of balls used in the game and the number of game balls remaining in the upper saucer on the display unit 14 not only visually but also by sound.

When a ball enters the winning hole 3, it is individually detected by the winning detector 3a and counted as the number of winnings, while the shutter 7a of the downstream duct 7 is opened by the signal from the detector 3a, and the winning ball is paid out to the lower tray. be done.

This payout number is counted by the counter 7b and supplied to the arithmetic processing section 19. In the arithmetic processing unit 19, the data on the number of winning balls is added to the current value of the initial data, or a deso is formed in which only the number of winning balls is accumulated. These data are also displayed one by one on the display section 14.

This is how the pachinko game progresses.

The game can proceed until the number of pitches from the initial data reaches zero, and ends when it reaches zero.

Further, even if the number of game balls gB1 becomes zero, if there are balls remaining in the initial data, additional game balls gB2 can be set in the input section 13. The settings for this additional game ball gB2 can be added any number of times until the initial data ID becomes zero. The additional game in this case proceeds in the same manner as in the previous embodiment.

On the other hand, even if the initial data ID becomes zero,
When a winning ball is present in the lower tray 9, this winning ball can be used as a game ball.

In this case, the additional game balls gB3 can be set arbitrarily within the cumulative number of winning balls accumulated in the lower saucer 9.

When the setting of the second additional game 9gB5 is performed within the above conditions, the winning balls in the set area are conveyed to the hopper 5 by the conveyor 1 with the shutter lla opened, and from the hopper 5 to the downstream duct 6. The shutter 6a is opened by the corresponding value to supply additional game balls to the upper tray 8,
Additional games will be available. In addition, in this additional game, the data gB of the additional game ball is used instead of the initial data ID.
3 is used. This additional game proceeds in the same manner as the previous game.

After playing the game as described above, initial data I
Once you have used up both D and winning balls, the game with this pachinko machine is complete.

On the other hand, if you want to end the game when there is initial data ID and/or winning ball data, press the end key E on the input section 13 of the pachinko machine M, and a signal to that effect will be processed. The operation section 19 adds up the initial data and the current value of the winning ball data, and drives the printer 17 to output this summed data AD onto a card C, and displays it on the display section 14. At this time, unique data such as a password for the initial data ID is also printed onto the card as is.

The person who played the above game and received the card C moves to another pachinko machine and plays the game again, or exchanges the total data AD for a corresponding prize.

Examples of the above pachinko machines are: ]7 pachinko machines M
and one game data processing section GD has been described, however, the present invention apparatus, as shown in FIG. By connecting the game data processing unit GD, which has a calculation unit, etc., with a data bus DB, it is possible to set up a pachinko game hall that does not require any pachinko ball processing facilities for collecting, transporting, and distributing the pachinko balls themselves. Become.

〔Effect of the invention〕

The present invention is as described above, and since it is possible to play a pachinko game without touching the balls used as a game medium at all, it eliminates the troubles associated with handling pachinko balls by those playing the pachinko game. It can be resolved.

Also, even if you don't touch the pachinko ball at all, the pachinko game itself is exactly the same as in a conventional pachinko machine.
Since the game balls are set, the balls are fired, and the winning balls are paid out, the interest of the pachinko game does not decrease.

Furthermore, since there is no mechanism for supplying and discharging balls as a game medium to the pachinko machine, the pachinko parlor facility can be greatly simplified, which greatly contributes to reducing equipment costs and maintenance costs.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a schematic structure of the pachinko machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an example of the pachinko machine of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a separate block diagram of the pachinko machine of the present invention. 1... Running guide, 2... Launcher, 3... Winning hole, 3a... Winning detector, 4... Out hole, 5...
Upper hopper, 6, 7... Downstream duct, 6a, 7a...
・Shutter, 6b, 7b...Counter, 8...Upper saucer, 9...Lower saucer, 10...Inner saucer, LL,
12...Conveyor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A receptacle in which a required number of pachinko balls are enclosed inside a pachinko machine, balls used for the game are supplied to a bullet firing part from among the enclosed balls, and prize payout balls cannot be taken out from the outside. In order to set the Pachinko machine in a working state in a Pachinko machine that has an arithmetic processing unit that calculates and outputs the number of balls used in the game and the number of winning and paid out balls, as well as their addition and subtraction values. a pachinko machine having an input section formed by a numeric keypad or the like; an input section using a numeric keypad or the like for inputting game information about the pachinko machine; a storage section for readably storing the game information input from the input section; and the memory. a printer unit that prints out necessary items in the game information to be displayed; a game data calculation unit that processes information supplied from the input unit and game processing unit of the pachinko machine and information from the storage unit; It consists of a game data calculation processing section that has a game data display section, and the game information written on the card issued from the printer section of the game data calculation processing section as well as the information necessary from the start to the end of the game are displayed on the pachinko machine. A pachinko machine characterized in that a game is played by inputting information to an input section.