JPH0241987B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a stop control method for a pachinko machine,
In particular, for high-speed pachinko machines, if the number of balls difference exceeds the preset number of hits in a state that is not in the pre-stop state, it is also considered to be in the pre-stop state, and the machine is forced to stop in the pre-stop state. A high-speed system that makes it possible to force a stop based on the operator's judgment based on the situation, while replenishing a fixed number of balls (less than the normal supply number) each time the empty contact turns on when no command is issued. This invention relates to a stop control method for pachinko machines.

[Conventional technology and problems]

For example, in a pachinko machine, the game is stopped when the number of balls exceeds a preset number of stops. The difference in the number of balls is the difference between the number of balls released to the customer, the so-called number of balls out, and the number of balls hit by the customer, the so-called number of balls in. When the preset high speed conditions are satisfied, a high speed pachinko machine will
For example, if the ball tip remains open for a certain period of time, the number of balls released to customers will increase rapidly, and as a result,
The number of difference balls increases rapidly. Even in such high-speed pachinko machines, the game is generally stopped when the difference in the number of balls exceeds a preset number of stops, as in other pachinko machines. Therefore, in the case of high-speed pachinko machines,
Although it is necessary to postpone stopping until the high-speed condition is lifted, in the conventional method described above, it is determined that the stop is unconditionally before the high-speed condition is lifted, and pachinko ball supply is stopped, etc. There is a high possibility that the termination process will be executed. In this case, not only will the customer feel dissatisfied, but after the cancellation process, the operator will have to cancel the cancellation and return to the normal state, and will also have to perform unnecessary post-processing such as special addition of pachinko balls. I have to do it. In other words, in the case of high-speed pachinko machines, the conventional technology has the drawback that an error occurs between the logical stop timing based on calculation and the actual stop time.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention is based on the above considerations, and includes:
By intervening judgment according to the operator's situation, there is no difference between the logical stopping time and the actual stopping time of the high-speed pachinko machine, and the high-speed pachinko machine is highly accurate and can give detailed consideration to customers. The purpose of this invention is to provide a stopping control method.

[Structure of the invention]

Therefore, the stopping control system of the high-speed pachinko machine of the present invention includes a ball detection means for detecting balls that are ejected, a ball detection means for detecting balls that are driven in, and an upper tray in which pachinko balls are replenished. For a high-speed pachinko machine equipped with an empty contact detection means that detects the state of an empty contact that is turned on when the tray is empty, and a ball replenishment means that replenishes pachinko balls into the upper tray, a ball dispensing machine and a ball insertion machine are provided. A stopping control method for a high-speed pachinko machine that performs stopping control when the difference in the number of balls exceeds a preset number of balls to be stopped, which detects signals from the ball output detection means and the ball entry detection means. The condition is that the upper tray is detected to be empty by the difference ball detection means which calculates the difference number of balls after calculating the number of balls put out and the number of balls entered based on the above, and the empty contact detection means. a stop determination means for determining whether or not the difference in the number of balls exceeds a preset number of hits; A stopping validity determining means is activated on the condition that it is determined that the number of balls differs from the number of balls is within the effective hitting range, and transmits a hitting valid signal on the condition that the difference in the number of balls is within the hitting effective range. , ball replenishment command means for sending a ball replenishment signal to the ball replenishment means on the condition that the empty contact detection means detects that the upper tray is empty and the forced stop signal is off; A manual input means for issuing a stop command, and a forced stop signal is sent on the condition that a stop valid signal is sent from the stop validity determination means when the forced stop command is issued. and stop signal sending means for sending out a stop signal, and the stop validity determining means determines in advance that the difference in the number of balls is greater than the number of stops when the empty contact detection means detects that the upper tray is empty. Checks whether or not it does not fall below the predetermined stop effective constant, sends a stop valid signal on the condition that it does not fall below, and stops sending the stop valid signal on the condition that it does, until it is activated again. It is characterized in that it is configured to stop its operation.

[Embodiments of the Invention] Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure shows a system configuration to which the present invention is applied;
Figure 3 shows how the difference in the number of balls changes over time.
It is a figure which shows an example. In the figure, 1, 2 and 26 are keyboards, 3 is a pachinko ball supply device, 4 is an out ball detector, 5 is an empty contact detector, 6 is an incoming ball detector, and 7
is the total ball counter, 8 is the ball output buffer, 9 is the total ball counter, 10 is the ball input buffer, 11 and 12 are the subtractors, 13 is the difference ball detector, 14 is the stop number register, and 15 is the ball stop valid. Constant register, 16 is a discontinuation judgment circuit, 17 is a discontinuation validity judgment circuit, 18 to 2
1 is AND gate, 23 is memory, 24 is
CPU (central processing unit), 25 is an I/O controller, 27 is a display, 28 is a printer, 29
34 to 34 are interfaces, 35 to 37 are skyana, 38-1 to 38-l are game consoles,
39-1 to 39-m are ball lending machines, 40-1 to 40-n are prize machines, and 41 is an interval timer.

The present invention provides a method for controlling the stopping of a pachinko machine by comparing the number of differential balls with a preset number of stops, and the present invention provides a method for controlling the stopping of a pachinko machine by comparing the number of differential balls with a preset number of stops. When the number of balls exceeds the number of balls, other pachinko machines perform the stopping process, but the stopping process is temporarily postponed and the state is set before stopping, and each time the empty contact is turned on, a fixed number of balls (normal number of balls supplied) While adding pachinko balls (below), wait for the operator to force a stop based on the operator's judgment, and when the difference in the number of balls that does not reach the number of balls to stop reaches a fixed number or more, the state before stopping is automatically changed. This is so that it can be released at any time.

In Fig. 1, a ball out detector 4, an empty contact detector 5, and an incoming ball detector 6 are installed in a high-speed pachinko machine and turn on when there are no balls to be released to the customer or no balls to be supplied on the upper tray, respectively. It detects contact points and balls hit by customers. The total balls counter 7 and the total balls counter 9 are
All balls put out and put in from the start of business are counted based on the signals from the ball put out detector 4 and the put in ball detector 6, and the contents of each can be stopped by operating the keyboard 1. When the release occurs, the number of balls issued is 8,
The ball is transferred to the receiving buffer 10. The subtractor 11 is
This is to find the difference between the contents of the total ball counter 7 and the contents of the ball output buffer 8, and the difference is the number of balls released since the last cancellation of the ball roll (or the start of business if there has been no ball roll). shows. Similarly, the subtracter 12 calculates the difference between the content of the total ball counter 9 and the content of the ball buffer 10. Shows the number of balls received since the start of business. The difference ball detector 13 is the subtractor 11
The difference in the number of balls is detected from the number of balls put out and the number of balls entered obtained by the subtractor 12.

Different number of balls = number of balls entered after release of stoppage - number of balls put out after release of stoppage The stoppage judgment circuit 16 determines the number of balls difference when the signal from the empty contact detector 5 indicates that the empty contact is on. It compares the content of the preset number of balls to be stopped (number of balls to be stopped) set in the register 14, and if the difference in the number of balls exceeds the set number of balls to be stopped, an activation signal is sent to the stopping validity determination circuit 17. Although not shown, the discontinuation validity determination circuit 17 has a pre-discontinuation state indication FF (flip-flop), and when an activation signal is sent from the discontinuation determination circuit 16, this pre-discontinuation state indication FF is set. be done.
Note that the discontinuation determination circuit 16 is similar to the discontinuation validity determination circuit 1.
When the pre-stop state indication FF for 7 has been reset, a start signal is sent. The stopping validity determination circuit 17 determines that when the empty contact is turned on in a state where the pre-stopping state instruction FF is set,
Perform the following subtraction: Number of set stops - Difference number of balls = Number of balls attenuated to obtain the number of stops attenuated (number of balls reached), and combine the contents of the attenuation number with the fixed value of the effective stop constant register 15 (number of balls reached). (stopping effective constant). the result,
If the stop attenuation number does not exceed the stop effective constant,
Leave the pre-stop state indication FF as it is, and then keep the stop enable signal on until the empty contact is turned on again. This state is a case where the difference in the number of balls is in the stopperable region shown by diagonal lines in FIG. On the other hand, if the stop attenuation number exceeds the stop effective constant,
Reset the pre-stop state indication FF and turn off the stop valid signal. This state occurs when the difference in the number of balls exceeds the set number of balls and enters the region where hitting is possible as shown by diagonal lines in FIG. 3, and then decreases to an area smaller than the region where hitting is possible. Therefore, in Fig. 3, the fixed value between the dotted line indicating the set number of shots and the dashed line below it indicates the effective stopping constant, and the number of shots attenuated (the number of balls reached) is the difference in the number of balls. The number of stops indicated by the dotted line shows the difference.

If a forced stop command is issued by external operation from the keyboard 2 while the stop valid signal is on,
The forced stop signal output from the AND gate 21 is turned on, and ball replenishment is prohibited. The pachinko ball replenishment device 3 receives a specified number of balls (less than the normal number of replenishments) according to the replenishment signal output from the AND gate 18.
replenish the upper tray of a high-speed pachinko machine with pachinko balls. This turns off the empty contact.

As described above, in the stopping control method of the present invention, a specified number of pachinko balls are supplied to a high-speed pachinko machine while waiting for forced stopping by an external operation, and at the same time, the difference in the number of balls is monitored and a forced stopping command is issued. If so, ball replenishment is prohibited by a forced stop signal.

FIG. 2 shows a system configuration to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 2, the memory 23 and
The first computer consists of 24 CPUs (central processing units).
Of the configurations shown in the figure, keyboards 1 and 2, pachinko ball supply device 3, ball output detector 4, empty contact detector 5,
The keyboard 26 corresponds to the keyboards 1 and 2 shown in FIG. Each of the game machines 38-1 to 38-l is provided with an out-of-ball detector 4, an empty contact detector 5, an in-ball detector 6, and a pachinko ball replenishing device 3 shown in FIG. The interval timer 41
The O controller 25 is operated at regular intervals to receive commands from the keyboard 26 and various information such as ball entry and exit from the game machines 38-1 to 38-l.
Sends various commands and output data from the CPU 25 to the game machine 38-1 to 38-l
Processing such as sending the data to the display 27 and printer 28 is periodically performed via the I/O controller 25. Sukyana 35
to 37 are game consoles 38-1 to 38-
l, Ball rental machine 39-1 to 39-m, Prize machine 40
-1 to 40-n, to exchange signals with the interfaces 32 to 34 by serial data. Among the game machines 38-1 to 38-l, there are high-speed pachinko machines and normal pachinko machines. When the idle contact signal is on, the computer determines whether it is a high-speed pachinko machine or a normal pachinko machine. As a result, if it is a high-speed pachinko machine, it is checked whether the difference in the number of balls exceeds the set number of balls to stop, and if Yes, the above-mentioned pre-stop state is indicated.
Check the state of FF and if it has been reset, set it to the set state. Next, when the idle contact signal from the same high-speed pachinko machine turns on, it is checked whether the stop attenuation number exceeds the stop effective constant, and if Yes, the pre-stop state indication FF is reset and the ball is turned on. Replenishment is carried out, and if the answer is No, it is checked whether a forced termination order has been issued. If the result of the check is Yes, the machine is forced to stop and balls are prohibited from being supplied to the high-speed pachinko machine, but if the result is No, balls are supplied.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, the time to stop the high-speed pachinko machine can be set as the actual time to stop based on the judgment of the operator.
It is possible to eliminate customer dissatisfaction due to an error in the stop timing, and to save unnecessary labor on the part of the operator. Furthermore, according to the operator's judgment, detailed stopping control can be performed depending on the situation of each high-speed pachinko machine.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure shows a system configuration to which the present invention is applied;
Figure 3 shows how the difference in the number of balls changes over time.
It is a figure which shows an example. 1, 2 and 26...Keyboard, 3...Pachinko ball supply device, 4...Ball output detector, 5...Empty contact detector, 6
...Incoming ball detector, 7...Total ball counter, 8...Ball out buffer, 9...Total ball counter, 10...Incoming ball buffer, 11 and 12...Subtractor, 13...Difference ball detector, 1
4... Abort number register, 15... Abort valid constant register, 16... Abort judgment circuit, 17... Abort valid judgment circuit, 18 to 21... AND gate, 23... Memory, 24... CPU (central processing unit) , 25...I/
O controller, 27...Display, 28...Printer, 29 to 34...Interface, 35
or 37...Sukiyana, 38-1 or 38-l
...Game machine, 39-1 or 39-m...Ball rental machine,
40-1 to 40-n...Prize machine, 41...Interval timer.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Output ball detection means for detecting released balls, incoming ball detection means for detecting incoming balls, and empty device that turns on when the upper tray into which pachinko balls are replenished is empty. For a high-speed pachinko machine equipped with an empty contact detection means for detecting the state of the contact and a ball replenishment means for replenishing the upper tray with pachinko balls, a difference in the number of balls between a ball dispensing machine and a ball receiving machine is set in advance. This is a stopping control method for high-speed pachinko machines that performs stopping control when the set number of balls to be played exceeds the set number of balls to be played. After determining the number of balls entered, a difference ball detection means for calculating the difference number of balls, and the difference number of balls is set in advance on the condition that the empty contact detection means detects that the upper tray is empty. a stoppage determining means for determining whether or not the number of balls stopped exceeds the number of balls stopped; and the condition that the number of balls difference is determined to be greater than the number of balls stopped by the stoppage determining means; a stop validity determining means which is activated and checks whether or not the difference number of balls is within the effective stop range and sends a stop valid signal on the condition that it is within the effective stop range; and a blank contact detection means. ball replenishment command means for sending a ball replenishment signal to the ball replenishment means on the condition that the upper tray is detected to be empty and the forced stop signal is off; a manual input means; and a stop signal sending means for sending a forced stop signal on the condition that a stop valid signal is sent from the stop validity determining means when a forced stop command is issued. Preparation: The stopping effectiveness determining means determines a stopping effective constant such that the difference in the number of balls is greater than the number of shots when the empty contact detection means detects that the upper tray is empty. It is configured to check whether the signal does not fall below the specified value, send a stop valid signal on the condition that it does not fall below, stop sending the stop valid signal on the condition that it falls below, and stop operation until it is activated again. A stop control method for high-speed pachinko machines characterized by the following.