JPH03268775A - Managing device of pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To constitute the device so that the management of a playground can be executed concentrically, surely and easily by a small number of persons in charge by providing an illegality generation detecting means for detecting an electrical abnormal state generated in a pinball game machine as generation of an illegal game. CONSTITUTION:On the reverse side of a game board 22b attached to a board surface door 22 of each pinball game machine 20, a magnetic detecting switch 25 being an illegality generation detecting means is provided. In such a state, based on the detection of generation of illegality, a synthesized sound signal is outputted from a voice control means. In such a way, even if the number of persons in charge placed in the playground is small, the management of the playground such as a measure against generation of an illegal game, etc., is executed concentrically, surely and easily.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a management device for a pachinko game machine.

[Problems to be solved by conventional techniques and inventions] In recent years,
Pachinko gaming parlors are becoming larger, and the number of pachinko gaming machines installed therein is also increasing considerably.

However, the current situation is that only a minimum number of staff members can be assigned to provide services to players within the gaming parlor due to a shortage of personnel.

Additionally, in the unlikely event that illegal gaming occurs, it must be discovered as soon as possible and dealt with, but as mentioned above, it is difficult to have a sufficient number of staff on hand. There was a problem in that the measures had to be mechanized.

This invention was made in view of the above problems,
The purpose of this is to provide extremely high responsiveness to the discovery of illegal gaming based on electrical factors, to be able to prevent such illegal gaming by amplifying the occurrence of illegal gaming, and to be highly durable. , it is possible to prevent the occurrence of mechanical failures, and the overall size of the equipment can be reduced, and even with a small number of staff, it is possible to centrally manage the gaming hall, such as taking measures against the occurrence of illegal games, reliably and easily. An object of the present invention is to provide a management device for a pachinko game machine that can perform the following operations.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided with a fraud occurrence detection means that is provided in each pachinko game machine and detects an electrical abnormality that occurs in the pachinko game machine as the occurrence of a fraudulent game, and a fraud detection means that is connected to a ROM and a RAM. and a voice control means for outputting a voice synthesis signal for notifying the occurrence of a fraudulent game by voice when the fraud occurrence detecting means detects the occurrence of a fraudulent game; Its gist is that it is equipped with speakers that amplify the occurrence of games at appropriate locations within the gaming hall.

[Effect]

According to the management device for a pachinko game machine of the present invention configured as described above, when the pachinko game machine is in an electrical abnormal state (for example,
When a magnetic field (e.g., magnetism is generated near the glass door) occurs, it is automatically detected as an occurrence of an illegal game, and an audio signal for audibly announcing the occurrence of an illegal game is synthesized along with the detection. Then, based on the synthesized voice signal, the fact that the illegal game has occurred is audibly announced from the speakers in the gaming hall.

〔Example〕

An embodiment embodying the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an electrical block circuit diagram of the management device of the pachinko gaming machine 20, and the control circuit 1 as the voice control means is a sub-board 30 (see FIG. 7) incorporating various circuits described later.
and a main board 40 (see FIGS. 8 to 11).

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a pachinko game hall 10 that employs the management device according to the present invention. In this pachinko game hall IO, as shown in FIG. 3, a large number of pachinko game machines 20 are arranged in a straight line to form one island 11, and a plurality of islands 11 are arranged in parallel. It is. Each layer 11 and each pachinko machine 20 are managed by a management room 12.
It is now being carried out intensively.

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, each layer 11 has a pair of island lamps 13 and an appropriate number of speakers 14 on its front and rear sides (for example, on the management room 12 side and on the opposite side).
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, each pachinko game machine 20 is provided with a stand lamp 21 on the upper front surface thereof.

Further, a management room lamp 12a is provided in the management room 12.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, each pachinko game machine 20 includes a board door 22 that is pivoted to a frame 22a fixed to the island 11 side, and a front surface of the board door 22 that is covered. The glass door 23 can be opened by operating a key 23a. As shown in FIG. 6, a pair of open detection switches 24 are provided at appropriate positions on the panel door 22.
is opened when the glass door 23 is securely closed with respect to the panel door 22, and is energized when the glass door 23 is opened even slightly. That is, each open detection switch 24 has its actuator 24
A is provided to be pressed by the glass door 23, and is energized when the glass door 23 is separated from the panel door 22 in either the left or right direction.

Further, on the back side of the game board 22b attached to the board door 22 of each pachinko game machine 20, a magnetic detection switch 25 is provided as a fraud detecting means (see FIG. 4). The magnetic detection switch 25 is made of a magnetic sensing element such as a Hall element, and is turned on when magnetism is generated near the glass door 23.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, each pachinko game machine 2
A call switch 26 that is operated by a player or the like is provided at the upper front of the player 0.
6 is surrounded by a platform lamp 21.

By the way, the sub-board 30 is attached to each pachinko game machine 20 in this embodiment, while each layer 1
A main board 40 is disposed at an appropriate position of each of the main boards 1 and 1.

The sub-board 30 has the following configuration. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the input from the terminal 31 to which each open detection switch 24 is connected is connected to the door unauthorized opening input circuit 3.
2, it can be output to the output terminal S1. Further, the door unauthorized opening input circuit 32 has an output terminal that is outputted to each platform lamp 2 via a timer 33 that sets the lighting time of the platform lamp 21, etc., a latch memory circuit 34 that sets the blinking interval, and a clock circuit 35. It is also connected to S2. Note that the reference numeral 36 indicates a rectifier circuit provided to the control power source of the sub-board 30.

Further, a ball hitting motor 27 activated by the operation of the game handle 15 of the pachinko game machine 20 is connected in series with the pair of open detection switches 24 via a connection terminal 37, and at least one of the open detection switches 24 is When one of them is cut off, the AC drive power is cut off and the system immediately stops. Then, when the open detection switch 24 is closed again, driving power is supplied to the ball hitting motor 27, and the ball hitting motor 27 starts driving.

Note that reference numeral 38 is a reset switch circuit including a machine reset switch 66 provided within the pachinko gaming machine 20.

According to the sub-board 30, when the glass door 23 of the pachinko game machine 20 is illegally opened, the opening detection switch 24 is activated, and this becomes an output from the output terminal Sl to the main board 40, which will be described later.

At the same time, a timer 33 that sets the lighting time
, the stand lamp 2 of the pachinko game machine 20 via the latch memory circuit 34 and clock circuit 35 that set the blinking interval.
1 blinks or lights up continuously at predetermined intervals. moreover,
Further, the operation of the open detection switch 24 cuts off the power supply to the ball hitting motor 27 of the pachinko game machine 20.

On the other hand, the main board 40 shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 has the following configuration. That is, the central processing unit 41 is provided with a group of input terminals 41a in parallel to which the open detection switch 24 and the magnetic detection switch 25 are connected.

The central processing unit 41 then operates the input terminal group 41a.
The musical tone synthesis circuit 43 performs processing according to the program stored in the ROM according to the type of signal input through the ROM.
and/or speech synthesis circuit 44. A predetermined control signal is output to. Further, this central processing section 41 is connected to an interrupt circuit 45, a clock circuit 46, and a basic clock circuit 47.

By the way, the musical tone synthesis circuit 43 synthesizes the control signal from the central processing section 41 into a chime or melody tone signal, while the voice synthesis circuit 44 synthesizes the control signal from the central processing section 41 based on the control signal outputted from the central processing section 41. various audio signals (e.g., "door is open,""magnet is in use,""pleasewait," etc.)
It synthesizes. These musical tone synthesis circuits 4
3 and/or the speech synthesis circuit 44 is sent to the terminal S.
5, the signal is outputted to the speaker 14 or, if necessary, to a speaker (not shown) in the control room 12 through an amplification circuit 51, which will be described later. Note that the terminal S shown in the input terminal group 41a
4 is connected to an island reset switch 67 and a management location reset switch 68 (see FIG. 1).

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, output terminals LA and LB of an output port 52 connected to the notification selection switch 42 shown in FIG. 8 are connected to the lamp output circuit 53. The output from this lamp output circuit 53 is input to the island lamp 13 from terminals 55 and 56. Note that the reference numeral 54 indicates a clock circuit. Further, the circuit 57 shown in FIG. 11 is a call input circuit, and a signal is input to this call input circuit 57 when a player or the like presses the call switch 26 of each pachinko game machine 20, and the converted signal is input to the call input circuit 57. is output from each terminal S3.

According to this main board 40, the input terminal group 4
The following processing is performed depending on the type of signal input to 1a. That is, when a signal from the open detection switch 24 is input, an audio signal corresponding to this case is appropriately selected on the main board 40, and the audio, chime, or melody corresponding to the audio signal is output from the speaker 14 and/or
It is output within the management room 12. Of course, management room 1
If you want to output audio etc. even inside the control room 12, connect a speaker installed in the control room 12 to the main board 4 in parallel with the speaker 14.
Just connect it to 0. In addition, at the same time as this audio output, etc., the island lamp 13 and/or the lamp 12a in the control room 12
lights up or flashes.

The above also applies when the magnetic detection switch 25 and the call switch 26 are activated.

The volume of the speaker 14 can be adjusted using the volume adjustment switch 62 of the volume adjustment circuit 61, and selection of voice, melody, or chime, or both voice and melody can be made using the notification selection switch 42. 13 and the control room lamp 12a are turned on or blinking, respectively, by means of a display selection switch 63. Further, the blinking time of each lamp 21, 13, 12a is selected by a display time selection switch 64, and the number of repetitions of audio etc. is selected by a notification number selection switch 65. On the other hand, the management device can be returned to its normal state by operating any one of the individual unit reset switch 66, the island reset switch 67, or the management location reset switch 68.

Now, the operation of the management device configured as described above will be explained separately for each case.

(b) When the door is opened When the glass door 23 is opened, the pachinko game machine 20
Each open detection switch 24 is activated, thereby lighting up the stand lamp 21 of the pachinko game machine 20, and at the same time, the island lamp 1 of the island II to which the pachinko game machine 20 belongs is turned on.
3 lights up. Then, an appropriate signal is selected on the main board 40, and a voice corresponding to this case, such as "The door is open", is output from the speaker 14. This voice etc. allows the staff in the management room 12 or the venue to respond immediately.

Further, in the pachinko game machine 20 with the glass door 23 opened, the power to the ball hitting motor 27 is turned off on the sub-board 30, making it impossible to play a game in the pachinko game machine 20.

This state will return to normal if the staff resets the device. In addition, the lighting time of the base lamp 21 is set appropriately in the timer 33 and clock circuit 35 of the sub-board 30, so that the base lamp 21 remains lit (or remains blinking) unless the device is reset. I can do it.

(b) When a magnetic force is generated near the glass door 23 When a magnetic force is generated near the glass door 23, the magnetic detection switch 25 of the pachinko game machine 20 is activated, and this causes the stand lamp 21 of the pachinko game machine 20 to operate. At the same time, the island lamp 13 of the island 1.1 to which the pachinko game machine 20 belongs is lit. Then, an appropriate signal is selected on the main board 40, and a voice corresponding to this case, such as "A magnet is being used", is output from the speaker 14.

This voice etc. allows the staff in the management room 12 or the venue to respond immediately.

Note that the reset of the device and the like are the same as in the case (a) above.

(c) When the call switch 26 is pressed by a player, etc. In this case, the platform lamp 2I of the pachinko game machine 20
At the same time, the island lamp 13 of the island 11 to which the pachinko game machine 20 belongs is lit.

Then, an appropriate signal is selected on the main board 40, and a voice corresponding to this case, such as "Please wait for a while", is output from the speaker 14. Note that a pleasant chime or melody may be played instead of or in addition to the audio.

The voice, chime, etc. allow the player to wait for the attendant to arrive without getting irritated.

Note that the reset of the device, etc. is the same as in cases (a) and (b) above.

In addition, in this example, in particular, FIG. 10 and FIG.
As shown in FIG. 1, two lines of output ports are provided for the island lamps 13. This is because each layer 11 has a front and a back, and the front and back of the island 11 are to be distinguished.

Further, in this embodiment, the control circuit 1 shown in FIG. Although an example has been described in which one island 11 is placed at an appropriate location for management, the main board 40 for each island 11 may be provided all together in the management room 12, or the main board 40 for each island 11 may be provided together with the sub board 30. It may be implemented by integrally forming the main board 40.

Furthermore, an open detection switch 24 and a magnetic detection switch 25
, the priority order of each signal input to the call switch 26 may be set in advance. in this case,
If signals from three sources are input within a short period of time, it is preferable to make audio notifications in order according to their order.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described in detail above, the present invention is provided with a fraud occurrence detection means that detects an electrical abnormal state that occurs in each pachinko game machine as the occurrence of fraudulent play, and based on the detection of the occurrence of fraud, a synthesized audio signal is used to perform voice control. Since the output is output from the means, it is possible to quickly respond to the discovery of fraudulent games based on electrical factors, and since the occurrence of fraudulent games is audibly announced within the venue by a speaker according to the voice synthesis signal, it is possible to quickly respond to the discovery of fraudulent games based on electrical factors. It is possible to prevent the occurrence of illegal games, and in addition, instead of using a mechanical structure such as rotating a tape with sounds recorded in advance, a voice synthesis circuit connected to ROM and RAM is used to synthesize audio signals corresponding to illegal games. Since the system is configured to notify from a speaker based on the signal, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of mechanical failures, and there is no mechanical fatigue, resulting in good durability and the ability to downsize the entire device. .

Therefore, even if there are only a small number of staff members placed in the game hall, the management of the game hall, such as measures against the occurrence of illegal games, can be centrally managed reliably and easily.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electrical block circuit diagram of a management device for a pachinko game machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a pachinko game parlor, and FIG. 3 is a partial perspective view showing a part of an island. Fig. 4 is a front view of the pachinko machine, Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the pachinko machine with the board door open, and Fig. 6 is the V of Fig. 4.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the main part taken along the line I-VI. 7 to 11 are electrical circuit diagrams, in which FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of the sub-board, FIG. 8 is a partial circuit diagram of the main board centered on the central processing section, and FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram of a sub-board. A circuit diagram completed by connecting the circuit diagram of FIG. 8, FIG. 1O is a circuit diagram connected after the circuit shown in FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram connected to a call switch. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Control circuit as audio control means, 10... Game parlor, 14... Speaker, 20... Pachinko game machine, 25... Magnetic detection switch as fraud detection means, 44...・Speech synthesis circuit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Fraud occurrence detection means (25) provided in each pachinko game machine (20) to detect an electrical abnormality that occurs in the pachinko game machine (20) as an occurrence of a fraudulent game; , a voice synthesis circuit (44) connected to a ROM and a RAM, and outputs a voice synthesis signal for audibly announcing the occurrence of a fraudulent game when the fraudulent game detection means (25) detects the occurrence of a fraudulent game. a voice control means (1);
Speakers (14) for amplifying announcements at appropriate locations within
), and a management device for a pachinko game machine. 2. The fraud detection means is a magnetic detection switch (25) that detects magnetism generated near the glass door (23), and is disposed on the back side of the game board (22b). A management device for a pachinko game machine according to scope 1. 3. The management device for a pachinko gaming machine according to claim 2, wherein the magnetic detection switch (25) is made of a magnetic sensing element such as a Hall element.