JPH04138183A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the pattern fluctuation by an artificial act and sufficiently exhibit amusingness by providing a vibrating treatment means for driving a vibrating device when a game ball enters in a vibration operating hole, and a hit judging means for judging a hit by a pattern indicated on a specified surface side of a polyhedron. CONSTITUTION:Polyhedrons 15 having patterns on respective surfaces are placed on a pan 17 provided on a board surface 1 in such a manner as to be capable of rolling, and a vibrating device 19 vibrates the pan to roll the polyhedrons 15. A pattern reading means 33 can read a pattern 16 indicated on a specified surface side of the polyhedron 15 by a pattern reading device 27 and a TV camera 23. When a game ball enters in a vibration operating hole 7, a command signal is outputted to a solenoid driving circuit 41, and a vibrating solenoid 19 is driven for 5 minutes to vibrate the pan 17. When '7, 7, 7', for example, are indicated on the upper surfaces of three polyhedrons 15, for example, by the output signal S of the pattern reading device 27, a hit judging means 47 judges a hit and outputs a release signal to a release driving means 42, and a play operating hole 10 is operated so as to repeat the closed state and the opened state a determined times every fixed time.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to an arrangement ball game machine, a pachinko game machine, a mahjong ball machine, and other pinball game machines.

(Prior art) A conventional technique in which a game ball is launched and dropped from the top of the board, and when the game ball enters a ball entrance provided in the middle of the board, a predetermined number of game balls are paid out to the player. This pachinko game machine is equipped with a symbol display section that variably displays a plurality of symbols (numbers 1 to 9, pictures of animals, etc.), and a symbol actuation opening for receiving a game ball is provided in the middle of the board. When a game ball enters the hole, the display on the symbol display section is variably driven, and when the plurality of symbols displayed on the symbol display section are arranged in a specific sequence, it is determined that the game ball has hit and the game ball is placed in the entry hole. There is a pachinko game that is open for a certain period of time to make it easier to play, thereby making the pachinko game more interesting.

In addition, a large number of ball entry ports are arranged in horizontal rows at the bottom of the board, and a certain number of game balls are launched and dropped into the ball entry ports from the top of the board, and the ball is entered by the combination of the ball entry ports through which the game balls have fallen. None of the arranged ball game machines and the mahjong ball machines that use game balls to play mahjong games are equipped with the above-mentioned symbol display section.

(Problem B to be solved by the invention) However, in conventional pachinko gaming machines, the symbol display section is variably driven so that the symbol display section is variably driven so that it happens to be in a specific sequence and the player wins. Since it can be operated freely by electronic processing, it is easy to suspect that whether or not a particular line is formed is influenced by human intervention, which reduces the excitement and tension of the game and makes it less interesting. There were some aspects that were lacking.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pinball game machine that is free from variations in symbols due to human intervention and can provide sufficient fun.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The technical means of the present invention for solving this technical problem is a pinball game machine in which a game ball is launched and dropped from the top of the board 1, and a pattern is displayed on each side. A tray 17 for rolling the polyhedron 15 is provided on the board 1, and a vibration device 19 for vibrating the tray 17 for rolling the polyhedron 15 is provided. A symbol reading means 33 for reading symbols displayed on a specific side such as the upper surface or the lower surface is provided, and a vibration-operated lower part for receiving a game ball is provided in the middle of the board surface 1, and the game ball enters the vibration-operated lower part. At this time, a vibration processing means 46 for driving the vibration device 19 is provided, and a hit determining means 47 for determining a hit based on the pattern displayed on the specific surface side of the polyhedron 15 is provided.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained according to an illustrated example. The drawings show an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko game machine,
In FIGS. 2 and 3, reference numeral 1 denotes a board surface whose front surface is covered with glass 2, on which a large number of obstacle nails 3 are planted to prevent the game balls from falling irregularly. Reference numeral 4 denotes a firing handle, and by rotating it to the right, the game balls in the upper tray 5 are launched one by one onto the top of the board surface 1. This launched game ball falls from the top of the board 1.

Reference numeral 6 designates ball entry ports, which are provided in the middle of the board 1, and when game balls enter the slot, a plurality of ball entry ports (
For example, 13 game balls are put out onto the upper tray 5 or the lower tray 8.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a vibration operation opening, and 10 denotes an accessory operation opening, which are provided in the middle of the board surface 1 and adapted to receive game balls. Three vibration operating lowers are provided on the board surface 1, and one accessory operating opening 10 is provided.

The accessory actuation port 10 is connected to the front-rear axis 11 shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.
The opening/closing wing section 11 and the left and right shafts 1 are rotatably supported around a.
The opening/closing plate 12 is rotatably supported around 2a, and the opening/closing wing part 11 and the opening/closing plate 12 are in a closed state as shown by a solid line, and the opening/closing wing part 11 and the opening/closing plate 12 are in a closed state as shown in a chain line by an opening driving means 42 (described later). The opening/closing plate 12 is configured to open and close to the open state as shown by the chain line so as to make it easier for game balls to enter.

13 is a pattern display window provided on the board 1, and 15 is a regular hexahedral polyhedron, three of which are provided, and a pattern 16 showing numbers 1 to 6 is displayed on each surface. Reference numeral 17 denotes a tray provided on the board 1 at the lower rear of the symbol display window 13, and the three polyhedrons 15 are placed on the tray 17 so as to be able to roll. The saucer 17 has a coil spring 18 as shown in FIG.
It is installed so that it can vibrate up and down, front and back, and left and right. The center of the bottom of the tray 17 is connected to the operating rod 20 of the vibration solenoid 19 via a locking member 21, and the vibration solenoid 192. The operation causes the tray 17 to vibrate, causing the polyhedron 15 on the tray 17 to roll.

Above the saucer 17, there is a polyhedron 15 as shown in FIG.
A lighting lamp 22 for illuminating the polyhedron 15 and a TV camera 23 for photographing the polyhedron 15 on the saucer 17 are provided.

FIG. 7 shows a block diagram of the control system, in which 2
7 is a symbol reading device, which includes an A/D converter 28 and a preprocessing section 29.
, a feature extraction section 30, an image processing processor 31, and a human output interface 32. The preprocessing unit 29 inputs the photographic signal from the TV camera 23 via the A/D converter 28, and after obtaining a sufficient contrast between the pattern and the background through gradation processing and binarization, converts the image into a binary image of the pattern. smooth. The feature extractor 3o measures feature parameters for each symbol binarized by the preprocessor 29. The image processing processor 31 compares each parameter measured by the feature extraction unit 30 with each parameter reference value of a data file for each symbol registered in advance by showing, finds a matching symbol, and takes it as a reading result. . The symbol reading device 27 and the TV camera 23 constitute a symbol reading means 33 for reading the symbol 16 displayed on the upper surface of the polyhedron 15.

Reference numeral 37 denotes a ball entry detection switch provided corresponding to the ball entry opening 6, which detects that a game ball enters the corresponding ball entry opening 6.

Reference numeral 38 denotes a ball entry detection switch provided corresponding to each vibration-operated lower, which detects that a game ball enters the corresponding vibration-operated lower. Reference numeral 39 denotes a ball entry detection switch provided corresponding to the accessory actuation opening 10, which detects that a game ball enters the corresponding accessory actuation opening 10.

41 is a solenoid drive circuit for driving the vibration solenoid 19. Reference numeral 42 denotes an opening drive means for opening the accessory actuation port 1o, which is equipped with a timer, a solenoid, etc. The accessory operating opening 10 is opened so as to repeat the closed state shown by the chain line and the open state shown by the chain line a predetermined number of times at regular time intervals. 43 is a ball dispensing device;
This is for dispensing game balls onto the upper tray 5 or the lower tray 8.

44 is a microcomputer, which outputs a payout signal to the ball payout device 43 each time a game ball enters the lower symbol actuator into the ball entrance 6 and the accessory actuator 10, and outputs a payout signal to the ball payout device 43 to send out a plurality of (for example, 13) game balls. is discharged onto the upper tray 5 or the lower tray 8. The microcomputer 44 also includes a vibration processing means 46, a hit determination means 47, a vibration processing number storage buffer 48, and a repeating means 49.

The vibration processing means 46, when a game ball enters the vibration operating lower,
A command signal is output to the solenoid drive circuit 41 to drive the vibration solenoid 19 for 5 seconds to vibrate the tray 17.

The hit determination means 47 determines whether the symbols 16 indicating eyes 1 to 6 displayed on the upper surface side of the three polyhedrons 15, which are indicated by the output signal S of the symbol reading device 27, are in a predetermined specific arrangement. The success is determined by whether or not the game is successful. For example, 3
3° 3.3J 1.7,
When 7J is displayed, it is determined that it is a hit, and an opening signal is output to the opening drive means 42, so that the accessory actuating port 10 switches between the closed state and the open state a predetermined number of times (as if repeating) at regular intervals. The object operation port 1o is opened.

The vibration processing number storage buffer 48 sequentially stores a value obtained by adding 1 each time a game ball enters the vibration operating lower from the initial value 0, and also adds 1 each time the vibration processing means 46 ends the operation of the vibration solenoid 19. The values obtained by subtracting are stored sequentially.

The repeating means 49 repeats the operation of the vibration solenoid 19 by the vibration processing means 46 until the initial value stored in the vibration processing number storage bumper 48 reaches 0, thereby reducing the number of game balls that have entered the vibration operation lower. only the number of times corresponding to
Activate the vibration solenoid 19.

Explain the operation. When you put game balls in the upper tray 5 and turn the launch handle 4 to the right, the game balls will be launched one by one onto the top of the board 1, and the launched game balls will fall to the bottom of the board 1 and some of them will be released. enters the ball entry port 6, vibration operating lower or accessory operating port 10.

When a game ball enters the ball entrance 6, the vibration actuation lower or the accessory actuation port 10, a plurality of game balls are put out by the ball payout device 43 onto the upper tray 5 or the lower tray 8.

Next, the processing operation after the game ball enters the vibration-operated lower will be explained with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

When a game ball enters the vibration-operated lower, it is determined in step (2) whether or not a game ball enters the vibration-operated lower, and then the process proceeds to step (2).

In step (2), the vibration processing means 46 outputs a solenoid drive signal to the solenoid drive circuit 41 to operate the vibration solenoid 19, and the process proceeds to step (2). In step (2), it is determined whether 5 seconds have elapsed since the start of activation of one vibration solenoid. If 5 seconds have not elapsed, the process returns to step (2), and if it has elapsed, the process proceeds to step (2). As a result, the tray 17 is vibrated for 5 seconds, causing the three polyhedrons 15 on the tray 17 to roll.

Then, in step (2), after waiting for the vibration of the saucer 17 to stop, in step (2), the symbol 16 displayed on the upper surface side of the polyhedron 15 is changed to r7, 7,
A hit is determined based on whether or not a specific sequence such as 7J is achieved. If it is a miss, go back to step ■; if it is a hit, go to step ■, and in step ■ open drive means 29
As a result, the accessory operating opening 10 is repeatedly brought into the state shown by the solid line in FIGS. 4 and 5 and the open state shown by the chain line a predetermined number of times at regular time intervals. While the accessory actuation port 10 is in the open state,
The game ball can easily enter the coughing aid operating port 10.

In addition, when the game balls enter the vibration-operated lower continuously, the number of the entered game balls is stored in the fluctuation processing storage buffer 48, and the vibration processing means 46 is
The vibration treatment is repeated as many times as the number of game balls that have been treated.

In the above embodiment, the polyhedron 15 is a hexahedron, and a pattern 16 showing numbers 1 to 6 is displayed on each side.
Alternatively, the polyhedron 15 may be a tetrahedron, an octahedron, or any other polyhedron, and an animal or other pattern 16 may be shown on each face. Furthermore, the number of polyhedrons 15 placed on the tray 17 is not limited to three, and may be one, two, or four or more.

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the pattern 16 on the top surface of the polyhedron 15 is read, but instead of this, the pattern 16 on the bottom surface of the polyhedron weight 5, etc. may be read.

Furthermore, in the embodiment described above, the symbol reading means 33 is constituted by the TV camera 23 and the symbol reading device 27;
Instead of this, the symbol reading means 33 may be constituted by a bar code attached to each side of the polyhedron 15 and a reading device for reading the bar code.

Further, in the embodiment described above, the vibration device for vibrating the tray 17 is constituted by the vibration solenoid 19, but the vibration device may be constituted by a vibration motor or the like.

Further, in the above embodiments, the present invention is applied to a pachinko game machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, but can also be applied to an arrangement ball game machine, a mahjong ball game machine, and other pinball game machines. I can do it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the control system, Fig. 2 is an overall front view, Fig. 3 is an enlarged front view of the board, and Fig. 4 is an enlarged front view of the accessory operating port. 5 is a sectional view of the same side, FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the tray portion, and FIG. 7 is a flow chart. 1- Board surface, 7... Vibration operation port, 15- Polyhedron, 17-
- Receiver, 19-vibration solenoid, 46-vibration processing means, 47-hit determination means. Figure 5 Figure 7 Figure 5

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a pinball game machine in which a game ball is launched and dropped from above the board (1), a polyhedron (15) with a pattern displayed on each side is provided, and the board (1) is provided with a polyhedron (15). ) on which the polyhedron (15) can be rolled is provided, and a vibration device (19) is provided that vibrates the tray (17) in order to roll the polyhedron (15). A symbol reading means (33) is provided for reading the symbols displayed on a specific side of the board (1), and a vibration operating opening (33) for receiving a game ball is provided in the middle of the board (1).
7), and a vibration processing means (46) that drives the vibration device (19) when a game ball enters the vibration operation opening (7).
A pinball game machine characterized in that it is provided with a hit determining means (47) for determining a hit based on a pattern displayed on the specific side of the polyhedron (15).