JPH0417677B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a card system type pachinko machine.

(Prior art) A variety of pachinko machines have been developed that use cards such as magnetic cards, and one problem with these types of pachinko machines is that it is difficult to grasp the ball output status of each machine. Become.

This is because with regular pachinko machines, you can get a good idea of the ball output status of the machine by looking at the balls stored in the tray or box on the machine, but with card system machines, there are no balls outside the machine. Instead of putting out balls, the number of balls held is displayed numerically on a display on the front of the machine, and the display is constantly changing, making it difficult to tell at a glance. Therefore,
In other words, the total number of prize balls scheduled to be paid out is difficult to grasp for each machine.

(Object of the Invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to provide a pachinko machine that can grasp the ball output status with respect to the total number of prize balls scheduled to be paid out, which is predetermined for each pachinko machine. The aim is to provide the opportunity.

(Structure of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an apparatus that displays the number of prize balls to be paid out from a pachinko machine in stages in comparison with the total scheduled number of prize balls to be paid out individually determined in advance. The pachinko machine is characterized in that a ball status display device is provided on the pachinko machine.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of a pachinko machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

First, a ticket issuing machine as a card issuing machine will be explained. In FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a ticket issuing machine, and this ticket issuing machine 1 is
One surface is a magnetic recording surface 2a as shown in FIG. 3A.
A magnetic ticket 2 is issued, which is a paper magnetic card whose other side is a print surface 2b printed by a thermal printer, which will be described later. On the front of this ticket issuing machine 1,
Sales indicator lamp 3 and ticket end indicator lamp 4
Coin input number display unit 5 consisting of LED and liquid crystal, coin input slot 6, ticket vending switch 7, coin return switch 8, coin return slot 9, and ticket extraction port 10
This ticket issuing machine 1 is equipped with a
Tickets can be sold while the sales display lamp 3 is lit, and when there are no tickets, the ticket end display lamp 4 is lit and the sales display lamp 3 is turned off. Further, the magnetic ticket 2 is taken out from the ticket outlet 10 by operating the ticket vending switch 7 after the customer inserts a desired number of coins.

Inside the ticket issuing machine 1, there is a coin selector 1.
1 is provided, and the coins inserted from the coin input slot 6 are passed to the coin selector 11, where it is determined whether or not a genuine coin has been inserted, and either the coin is returned to the return slot 9 or the coin is sent to the coin selector 11. It is designed to be stored in a storage section 12. The coin selector 11 is designed to return the inserted coin when its power is turned off, and has a coin detection switch (not shown). It is now stored in memory. Although the ticket issuing machine 1 in this embodiment is described only for the case where the magnetic ticket 2 is issued based on the insertion of coins, the present invention is not limited to this, and the ticket issuing machine 1 is not limited to this. The magnetic ticket 2 may be issued based on the combined use.

13 is a ticket issuing machine body, and this ticket issuing machine body 13 is provided with a ticket swallowing motor 14 as shown in FIG. Before being issued, the magnetic ticket 2 is wound in a continuous band on a reel 16 as shown by the reference numeral 15, and when the ticket vending switch 7 is turned on, the ticket swallowing motor 14 is activated. rotates, and the continuous ticket band 15 is swallowed into the ticket issuing machine main body 13.

A conveyance path (not shown) is formed in the ticket issuing machine main body 13 from the inlet 10', which is the intake port, to the ticket outlet 10, and the conveyance path has an upper and a lower pair for holding and conveying the magnetic ticket 2. A roller (not shown) is provided. Further, a cutter 17, a write head 18 serving as a recording means, and a read head 19 serving as a reading means are disposed in this conveyance path in this order from the entrance to the exit.

20 is a solenoid for driving the cutter, 21 is a cut position detection sensor, and when it is confirmed by the cut position detection sensor 21 that the continuous ticket band 15 has reached the cut position, the ticket swallowing motor 14 is stopped. The solenoid 20 is driven, and the continuous ticket band 15 is cut by the cutter 17 into the shape shown in FIG. 3A. Reference numeral 22 denotes a ticket conveyance motor, and this ticket conveyance motor 22 is a motor capable of forward and reverse rotation, and the magnetic ticket 2 after being cut is conveyed along a ticket conveyance path by this ticket conveyance motor 22. There is.

23 is a writing position detection sensor, 24 is a reading position detection sensor, and 25 is a take-out position detection sensor. When the magnetic ticket 2 is first detected by the writing position detection sensor 23, it is transported by the ticket transport motor 22. At the same time, the write head 18 magnetically records on the magnetic recording surface 2a data such as the number of coins inserted, that is, the number of coins corresponding to the amount of money inserted, and fraud prevention code data such as the date. Then, a magnetic ticket 2 with data recorded on it
When the magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the read position detection sensor 24, the read head 19 reads the data in the magnetic ticket 2 into a data storage memory (described later), and checks whether the read data matches the written data. Whether or not this is the case is determined by the MPU, which will be described later. Here, if they match, the ticket conveyance motor 22 rotates in the sending direction toward the take-out port 10, that is, in the issuing direction, and the magnetic ticket 2 is taken out to the ticket take-out port 10 and is held there for the customer to pull out. It has come to be considered as a standby state. On the other hand, if they do not match, the magnetic ticket 2 is determined to be a defective ticket, and the ticket conveyance motor 22 is moved in the opposite direction to the issuing direction.
That is, the ticket is rotated in the non-issuance direction and dropped into a defective ticket storage box (not shown). This is confirmed by a defective ticket detection sensor not shown in FIG.

The control circuit system for the above components is as shown in FIG. In the figure, the ticket issuing machine 1 includes a microprocessor 28 having a program storage memory 26 and a data storage memory 27.
(hereinafter referred to as MPU), 29,3
0 is its data bus. Detection sensor 21, 2
3, 24, 25 and defective ticket detection sensor 31
is connected to data bus 30 via interface 32.
The coin return solenoid 33 of the coin selector 11, the ticket vending switch 7, and the ticket end detection switch 34 which detects the end of the ticket continuous band 15 are connected to the data bus 30 via the interface 35 along with the sales display lamp 3. It is connected.

36 is a digital analog level converter;
This digital-to-analog level converter 36 is connected to the data bus 30 via an interface 37, converts the digital signal of data sent from the MPU 28 into a magnetically recordable analog signal, and outputs it to the write head 18. It also has the function of converting the analog signal from the read head 19 into a digital signal level and sending it to the MPU 28.

The ticket swallowing motor 14, the ticket transport motor 22, and the solenoid 20 of the cutter 17 are connected to the data bus 30 via an interface 38, and the interface 38 has a rotation direction switch for switching the rotation direction of the ticket transport motor 22. device 39 is connected. A timing signal generator 40 is also connected to the ticket transport motor 22, and this timing signal generator 40 generates a timing signal for synchronizing the movement of the magnetic ticket 2 with the writing and reading timings of the write head 18 and read head 19. It has a function of inputting a signal to the digital-to-analog level converter 36.

41 is a ball number setting device, and this ball number setting device 41
has a function of storing ball number data corresponding to the number of inserted coins in the data storage memory 27, and connects the data bus 2 via the interface 42.
9 is connected. Reference numeral 43 denotes a fraud prevention code reader, and this fraud prevention code reader 43 reads a fraud prevention code sent from a ticket collection reader described later, and stores the code data in the data storage memory 27 through the data bus 29. It is connected to the data bus 29 via an interface 44. Reference numeral 45 denotes a transmission drive circuit, which is connected to the data bus 29 via an interface 46, and is connected to external equipment such as transmitting a signal containing information on the number of coins inserted as sales data to a sales totalizer. A device that has the function of transferring data to and has the ability to separate data according to type, such as a relay, is used.

The configuration of the ticket issuing machine 1 has been described above, and its operation will be described later.The configuration of a pachinko machine in which games are played using the magnetic tickets 2 issued by the ticket issuing machine 1 will now be described.

In FIGS. 6 and 7, 47 is a pachinko machine, and each figure shows a front view and a rear view of the machine. 48 is a frame, 49 is a game board, and the game board 49 has a plurality of safe holes 50 and out holes 51. Also, this game board 4
9 is provided with a guide rail 52 that guides pachinko balls fired by a hitting mallet, which will be described later, into the game board 49.

As shown in FIG. 7, a safe ball case 53 and an out ball case 54 are formed on the back side of the game board 49, and the exits of all safe holes 50 face into the safe ball case 53, and the out holes The exit 51 faces the inside of the out ball case 54. 55 is a safe ball passage led out from the safe ball case 53;
6 is an out ball passage led out from the out ball case 54, and safe balls and out balls always pass through each passage 55 and 56 separately.

In FIGS. 8 and 9, 57 is a firing rail, and the upper end of this firing rail 57 and the lower end of the guide rail 52 form a foul ball release part 58. A foul ball passage 59 for the fallen foul balls is connected to a foul ball escape section 58. 60 is a waiting ball gutter, 61 is a hitting ball circulation passage, the exits of the safe ball passage 55, the out ball passage 56, and the foul ball passage 59 are all connected to the hitting ball circulation passage 61; The lower end portion is connected to the upper end portion which is the entrance of the waiting ball gutter 60. As a result, all the pachinko balls, including safe balls, out balls, and foul balls, are configured to concentrate in the waiting ball gutter 60, and a certain amount of pachinko balls are circulated within the machine for use.

The lower end of the waiting ball gutter 60, which is the outlet, faces the vicinity of the lower end of the firing rail 57, and the ball feeding portion 63a of the ball feeding lever 63, which is rotatably driven around the shaft 62, is attached to this lower end. It's coming. This ball feeding lever 63 sequentially feeds the pachinko balls in the waiting ball trough 60 one by one to the firing rail 57, and its movement is synchronized with the movement of a hitting mallet, which will be described later. 64
is a ball mallet, and the tip of this ball mallet 64 faces into the lower end firing section of the firing rail 57. With this configuration, pachinko balls sequentially sent from the waiting ball gutter 60 are hit by the ball hammer 64 and passed through the launch rail 57 and the guide rail 52 to the game board 49.
It is starting to be flown into the country. 65 is an entrance from the waiting ball gutter 14 to the launch rail 11.

66 is a ball removing device, and 67, 67' are ball removing operation levers thereof. These ball removal operation levers 6
7 and 67' are for extracting the pachinko balls in the standby ball gutter 60 to the outside, and are provided on the back side of the machine to prevent unauthorized removal of balls as they cannot be operated from the outside. . Of these two ball extraction operation levers 67, 67', the ball extraction operation lever 67 is used to take out one pachinko ball at a time, and the other ball extraction operation lever 67' is used to take out one pachinko ball at a time.
It is said that multiple pachinko balls are taken out in succession by one operation. The ball removal operation lever 67 is
It extends toward and near the boundary between the pachinko balls in the waiting ball gutter 60, and has a tapered tip. In addition, an abutment operation section 67 is provided at the longitudinally intermediate portion of this ball removal operation lever 66.
A is provided protrudingly. The ball removal operation lever 67' is
It extends slightly below the contact operation part 67a of the ball removal operation lever 67, and its tip abuts on a lever part 68a of a crank member 68, which will be described later. 6
8 is a crank member, 69 is a slide bar,
The crank member 68 has a substantially doglegged shape and has two lever portions 68a and 68b, and is rotatably driven around the shaft 23. A tight coil spring 70 is stretched between the lever portion 68b of the crank member 68 and the machine frame, so that the crank member 68 is biased to rotate clockwise, and the lever portion 68a is rotated clockwise. operating lever 67,
67' is being pushed up. The slide bar 69 is provided so as to be slidable in the lateral direction with respect to the machine frame, and is used to open and close a small extraction hole, which will be described later.The slide bar 69 is configured to be operated by a lever portion 68b of the crank member 68. . In this configuration, when the ball removal operation lever 67 is pressed and operated from the back side of the table, the lever portion 68a of the crank member 68 is pushed by the contact operation portion 67a, and the crank member 68 is pulled against the force of the coil spring 70. The lever portion 68 is rotated counterclockwise.
By a, the slide bar 69 is slid to the right in the figure, a small ejection hole is opened, and the pachinko balls are ejected. At this time, the tip of the ball removal operation lever 67 enters the boundary between the first ball and the second ball,
Balls after the second ball are prevented from flowing out. In addition, if the ball removal operation lever 67' is pushed in, the tip of the lever 67' can be used to control the crank member 68.
When the lever portion 68a of the crank member 68 is pushed, the crank member 68
is rotated, and the slide bar 69 moves to the lever portion 68b.
Pachinko balls are supposed to flow out continuously by sliding operation.

In the safe ball passage 55 and foul ball passage 59,
A safe ball detection sensor 71 and a foul ball detection sensor 72 are provided to detect pachinko balls passing through the passages 55 and 59, and also at the lower end of the waiting ball gutter 60 to detect balls to be fired. A shot ball detection sensor 73 is provided for this purpose. The detection signals of these detection sensors 71, 72, 73 are as described below.
This is counted by the MPU, which will be explained in detail later.

Returning to FIGS. 5 and 6, 74 is a stop lamp;
Reference numeral 75 denotes a ball output status display lamp serving as a ball output status display device, and both the stop lamp 74 and the ball output status display lamp 75 are provided above the frame 48. The stop lamp 74 lights up when the number of balls put out by the pachinko machine 47 reaches the number of balls to stop, indicating that the game has stopped. The ball dispensing status display lamp 75 is provided on the pachinko machine 47 and indicates the ball dispensing status, in other words, the number of prize balls to be paid out from the pachinko machine 47, which is individually determined for each pachinko machine 47 in advance. Total planned payout number (hereinafter,
The display is made up of three lamps 75a, 75b, and 75c, and is configured to display in three stages. For example, assume that the number of balls hit by pachinko machine 1 is 4000. In this case, the number of balls released is
Lamp 75 as it becomes 1000, 2000, 3000 shots
A, 75b, and 75c are made to light up sequentially. According to this ball dispensing status display lamp 75, it is possible to easily grasp how many balls each machine is dispensing, similar to a general pachinko machine in which pachinko balls are displayed on the table.

In other words, the ball output status display lamp 75 can gradually display the increase or decrease in the number of balls held as the game progresses in comparison with the number of balls that have been played, which is individually determined for each pachinko machine 47. The number of prize balls that will be paid out before the ball is stopped can be visually recognized. As a result, it is possible to easily grasp the number of prize balls paid out until the target number of balls to be hit is reached, and the timing at which the ball is to be stopped can be perceived. On the other hand, there is a pachinko machine 47 that is not in operation before playing.
When selecting a desired one from among them, not only can the number of prize balls that have already been paid out or the number of prize balls that can be paid out be recognized based on the ball output status display lamp 75, but also the number of prize balls that can be paid out can be recognized based on the pachinko machine 47. This will be the material for determining whether or not the nail adjustment is easy to win.

Further, the ball output status display device is not limited to an optical display such as the above-mentioned ball output status display lamp 75. For example, it is also effective to use a buzzer or the like to generate a sound depending on the number of balls put out. The optical display may also be made to blink rather than simply turn on, and if a buzzer or the like is sounded in synchronization with this blinking, the effect of stimulating the player's desire to play can be obtained.

Reference numeral 76 denotes a winning display lamp, and this winning display lamp 76 lights up every time a pachinko ball flies into the safe hole 50 and wins a prize to display this winning. 77 is a speaker, and this speaker 7
7 is for generating an onomatopoeic sound when a pachinko ball wins. Reference numeral 78 denotes a ball number display 78, which numerically displays the number of balls held at the current time, and is provided below the game board 49. A window 79 is provided on the right side of the ball number display 78, and the pachinko balls lined up in the waiting ball gutter 60 can be visually observed through the window 79. Further, on the right side of the window 78, there is provided a small hole 80 for taking out the ball, which constitutes a part of the ball removing device 66 mentioned above. The small hole 80 for taking out serves as an outlet for taking out the pachinko from the standby ball gutter 60 as described above.

Furthermore, the frame 48 of the pachinko machine 47
An ashtray 81 and an electric handle 8 are provided at the bottom of the
Further, a stop solenoid 83 is provided on the back side, and a ticket processing device 84 is also provided.

As shown in FIG. 10, the ticket processing device 84 includes a read head 85 as a reading means for reading data recorded on the magnetic ticket 2, and a recording means as a recording means for magnetically recording data on the number of balls at the end of the game on the magnetic ticket 2. It has a write head 86 and a thermal printer 87 as a printing means for numerically printing the same data as the ball number data written by the write head 86 on the printing surface 2b. These read head 85, write head 86, and thermal printer 87 are arranged in sequence along a ticket conveyance path formed inside the ticket processing device 84. Upper and lower feed rollers 88a to 88g and lower feed rollers 89a to 89g are arranged in upper and lower pairs along the ticket conveyance path. Reference numeral 90 indicates a ticket conveyance motor that can be forward-reversed, and reference numeral 91 indicates its output roller, and this output roller 91 and lower feed rollers 89b to 89g
A conveyor belt 92 is stretched between the two. Then, the lower feed roller 89a and the lower feed roller 89
A conveyor belt 93 is stretched over b.
94 is a tape inlet/outlet; with this configuration,
The magnetic ticket 2 inserted through the tape entrance/exit 94 is sent to the upper and lower feed rollers 88a to 88g and 89a.
The ticket is conveyed through the ticket conveyance path while being held between the two.

The thermal printer 87 is provided so as to be able to advance and retreat with respect to the magnetic ticket 2 existing in the ticket conveyance path, and a solenoid 95 is provided below it, and 95a is its plunger, and this plunger 95a and the thermal printer 87 are connected together. are connected by a coil spring 96. Additionally, a conveyance assisting roller 97 is provided between the thermal printer 87 and the solenoid 95. In this configuration, when the magnetic ticket 2 is printed on its printing surface 2b, the solenoid 95 is activated and the plunger 95a is retracted, and the thermal printer 8
7 is brought into contact with the printing surface 2b of the magnetic ticket 2 to perform printing.

The ticket processing device 84 is also provided with a ticket entry/exit detection sensor 98, a reading position detection sensor 99, a writing position detection sensor 100, and a ticket stop position detection sensor 101. The ticket entry/exit detection sensor 98 is provided near the ticket entrance/exit 94 and detects insertion/removal of the magnetic ticket 2 at the ticket entrance/exit 94.
The read position detection sensor 99 and the write position detection sensor 100 are dedicated to the read head 85 and write head 86, respectively.
The data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2 is read by the read head 85 at the position detected by the write position detection sensor 100. Data is written on the magnetic recording surface 2a. The ticket stop position detection sensor 101 is provided at the farthest end of the ticket conveyance path, and when the magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the ticket stop position detection sensor 101, it is stopped and a payment button, which will be described later, is turned on. They are now expected to wait in that position until the next day.

There is a payment button 1 on the front of the ticket processing device 84.
02 is provided, and this payment button 102
is for the customer to operate when finishing the game, and when this settlement button 102 is turned on, the waiting magnetic ticket 2 is conveyed,
Data is magnetically recorded and printed for delivery to the ticket doorway 94.

The control circuit system of the components included in the pachinko machine 47 having the above configuration is shown in the block diagram of FIG. In the figure, a pachinko machine 47 is provided with a microprocessor 105 having a program storage memory 103 in which system software is stored and a data storage memory 104 for storing data such as ball number data and fraud prevention code data. There is. 106,
107 is the data bus, and the safe ball detection sensor 71, the foul ball detection sensor 72, and the fired ball detection sensor 73 are connected to the data bus 107 via an interface 108.

In addition, there is a safe ball pulser 109 that generates a pulse based on the signal from the safe ball detection sensor 71, a shot ball pulser 110 that generates a pulse based on the signal from the shot ball sensor 73, and a shot ball pulser 110 that generates a pulse based on the signal from the shot ball sensor 73. In other words, the host computer uses the pulses from the stop generation pulser 111, which generates a pulse to notify the customer when stoppage occurs, and the safe ball pulser 109 and the shot ball pulser 110, to control the host computer for each customer. Here, a stop detector 112 that receives a signal emitted when the number of balls put out of the pachinko machine 47 itself reaches the number of balls stopped and detects a stop is connected to a stop solenoid 83, a stop display lamp 4, and a payment switch. 102 and is connected to a data bus 107 via an interface 113. A ticket entry/exit detection sensor 98 and a reading position detection sensor 9 in the ticket reading device 84
9. The writing position detection sensor 100, the ticket stop position detection sensor 101, and the discarded ticket detection sensor 114 (not shown in FIG. 10) are connected to the data bus 107 via the interface 115.
It is connected to the. This discarded ticket detection sensor 114 is necessary when the magnetic ticket 2 whose number of balls has become zero is discarded, and when it is disposed of when the magnetic ticket 2 is returned to the ticket entrance 94, it is necessary. do not have.

The read head 85 and write head 86 are connected to a digital to analog level converter 116.
This digital-to-analog level converter 116 connects to the data bus 107 via an interface 117.
It is connected to the. Then, the ticket conveyance motor 90, the thermal printer 87, and the solenoid 95
A printing machine 118 as a printing means including
is connected to data bus 1 via interface 119.
It is connected to 07. Reference numeral 120 denotes a rotation direction switch which switches the rotation direction of the motor 90. Its input side is connected to the interface 119, and its output side is connected to the ticket conveyance motor 90. The input side of a timing signal generator 121 is connected to this ticket conveyance motor 90.
The output side is a digital analog level converter 116
This timing signal generator 1 is connected to
21 has the same function as the timing signal generator 40 of the ticket issuing machine 1.

Ball number display 78 is connected to data bus 106 via interface 122.

Reference numeral 123 denotes a ball number setting device, which is connected to the data bus 106 via an interface 124, and this ball number setting device 123 sets the maximum permissible number of balls played by the customer who inserted the magnetic ticket 2 and the winning balls. This is to set the ball output value for one ball. 125
is an anti-fraud code reader, which is connected to the data bus 106 via an interface 126, and this anti-fraud code reader 125 reads the anti-fraud code sent from the ticket collection reader for payment described later. It functions as a preset means for reading data and presetting it internally.

Although the structure of the pachinko machine 47 has been described above, its operation will be explained in detail later, and the ticket collection reader for making payment using the magnetic ticket 3 after the game is finished will be explained.

FIG. 12 shows a circuit of the ticket collection reader. In the same figure, the ticket collection reader includes a microprocessor 130 having a memory 128 for storing programs and a memory 129 for storing data such as ball number data. is provided. 13
1,132 is its data bus.

133 is a fraud prevention code setting switch, which connects the data bus 131 via an interface 134.
It is connected to the. This fraud prevention code setting switch 133 is for setting a fraud prevention code such as a date, and a code sending circuit 135 is connected to this fraud prevention code setting switch 133. This code sending circuit 135 has a function of sending out the fraud prevention code data set by the fraud prevention code setting switch 133 to the ticket issuing machine 1 and the pachinko machine 47 described above.

136 is a signal sending pulser, which is connected to the data bus 131 via an interface 137. This signal sending pulser 136
is to output pulses corresponding to ball number data for the number of collected balls to the host computer.

138 is a digital to analog level converter, which is connected to the data bus 132 via an interface 139'. A read head 139 for reading data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2 is connected to the input side of the digital-to-analog level converter 138, and the data read by this read head 139 is converted into a digital-to-analog Level converter 1
38 and converted into data storage memory 12
9 is temporarily stored.

140 is a ticket transport motor, 141 is an optical reader, 142 is a keystroke switch, and 143 is a ticket punch device, all of which are connected to the data bus 132 via an interface 144.

By the way, the mechanical structure of the ticket collection/reading machine 127 is roughly similar to the ticket processing device 84 of the pachinko machine 47, and in this ticket collection/reading machine 127, the magnetic ticket 2 is also transferred to the ticket conveyance motor 140 which can be forward-reversed. It is designed to be transported in a twisted manner. This ticket conveyance motor 14
A timing signal generator 145 is connected to the terminal 0, and this timing signal generator 145 has approximately the same function as the timing signal generators 40 and 121 of the ticket issuing machine 1 and the pachinko machine 47 described above.

The optical reader 141 reads the numerical value printed on the printed surface 2b of the magnetic ticket 2 as shown in FIG.
Reference numeral 42 is for entering the numerical value printed on the printed surface 2b of the magnetic ticket 2 by obtaining it. The numerical data read by the optical reader 141 or the numerical data input by the input key switch 142 is temporarily stored in the data storage memory 129 and held until data comparison, which will be described later. It should be noted that both of the optical reader 141 and the keystroke switch 142 are not necessary, and it is sufficient to have either one of them, but having both is advantageous in the event that one of them breaks down. .

The ticket punch device 143 is for punching a hole as a mark of unusability when discarding the magnetic ticket 2 for which the prize exchange has already been completed, thereby preventing fraud.

146 is an error lamp, 147 is a match indicator lamp, 148 is a ball number indicator, 149 is a code indicator,
150 is a discard switch, which is connected to the data bus 132 via an interface 151. The aforementioned MPU 105 reads the ball number data stored in the data storage memory 129 by the optical reader 141 or the input key switch 142, the ball number data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2, and the fraud prevention code setting. It has a function of comparing the fraud prevention code data recorded in the data storage memory 129 by the switch 133 with the fraud prevention code data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2 to determine whether they match or not. As a result of this determination, if they do not match, an error lamp 146 is lit, and if they match, a match display lamp 147 is lit.

The ball number display 148 numerically displays the ball number data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2. The code display 149 is for displaying the fraud prevention code data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2. The discard switch 150 is operated to discard the magnetic ticket 2 after the transaction has been completed, and the ticket punch device 143 is activated by operating the discard switch 150.

152 is a ticket insertion detection sensor, 153 is a reading position detection sensor, 154 is a disposal position detection sensor, 155 is a ticket disposal detection sensor,
These are all connected to data bus 132 via interface 156.

As described above, the pachinko machine of the present invention includes the ticket issuing machine 1, the pachinko machine 47, and the ticket collection/reading machine 12.
7 are configured, and each of these includes microprocessors 28, 105, and 130 as described above.
are provided, and these microprocessors 28, 10
5, 130, and its operation will be comprehensively explained next.

When the power is turned on, each MPU of the ticket issuing machine 1, pachinko machine 47, and ticket collection/reading machine 127
28, 105, and 130 read system software including various instructions from the respective program storage memories 26, 103, and 128, and sequentially start processing.

First, the MPU 28 of the ticket issuing machine 1
The power to the coin return solenoid 33 of the coin selector 11 is turned off, and the sales display lamp 3 is turned off. next,
A signal from a ticket end detection switch 34 is read, and if a continuous ticket band 15 has ended, a ticket end display lamp 4 is turned on and the device waits in this state until a new continuous ticket band 15 is stored. Then, if the continuous ticket band 15 is stored or if the continuous ticket band 15 exists, the coin return solenoid 33 is turned on, the sales display lamp 3 is turned on, and the machine is in a state of waiting for coin insertion. becomes.

Here, when the customer inserts a coin, a coin detection switch (not shown) of the hardening selector 11 is turned on, and a coin insertion detection signal is transmitted through the data bus.
Send to MPU28. When the MPU 28 reads this signal, it stores it in the address of the data storage memory 27 for storing the data on the number of inserted coins. When a customer inserts a plurality of coins, each time a customer inserts a plurality of coins, the number is added to the number stored in the data storage memory 27 and stored.

When the customer finishes inserting the number of coins corresponding to the desired number of coins and turns on the ticket takeout switch 7, the MPU 28 reads that signal and turns off the power to the coin return solenoid 33 of the coin selector 11. Inserting new coins is prohibited. Next, the MPU
28 rotationally drives the ticket swallowing motor 14 to draw the continuous ticket band 15 into the inside from its end. When this is detected by the cut position detection sensor 21, the MPU 28 reads the signal, turns off the power to the ticket swallowing motor 14, stops its rotation, and stops the movement of the drawn-in portion of the continuous ticket band 15. . And Katsuta 1
7 solenoid 20 is activated to generate ticket continuous zone 1.
Cut the predetermined position of the pulled-in part of 5 with the cutter 17.
At the same time, a signal is sent to the rotation direction switch 39 to change the rotation direction of the ticket transport motor 22 to the ticket outlet 1.
0, set the magnetic ticket 2 in the conveying direction, that is, on the issuing side.

Next, the MPU 28 controls the ticket conveyance motor 22.
The magnetic ticket 2 is started to be conveyed by turning on the power and driving the magnetic ticket 2 to rotate. When the magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the writing position detection sensor 23,
The MPU 28 reads the signal and immediately reads from the memories 26 and 27 data on the number of coins for one hardened coin set by the number of coins setting device 41 or the program, and data on the number of coins inserted by the customer. They are multiplied together to calculate the number of balls corresponding to the amount of money, and are sent to the analog-to-digital level converter 36 through the data bus 30 while being sequentially converted into a data format specified by the program. The analog-digital level converter 36 is
The level of the digital signal sent from the MPU 28 is converted into an analog signal that can be written magnetically, and the converted signal is sent to the write head 18. As a result, the light head 18
First, ball count data is written on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2. Next, the MPU 28 reads the fraud prevention code data preset by the program or the fraud prevention code data sent from the ticket collection reader 127 to the fraud prevention code reader 43, and converts it into an analog-to-digital level via the data bus 30. The data is transmitted to the device 36 and magnetically recorded in the write head 18 in the same way as the ball number data.

When the magnetic ticket 2, which is magnetically recorded while moving, is detected by the read position detection sensor 24, the MPU 28 stops magnetic writing by the write head 18 and shifts the processing to data reading by the read head 19. Note that even if the magnetic write operation is completed, the data storage memory 27
Data such as the number of coins inserted and the number of balls stored in the memory are held without being cleared.

The MPU 28 reads data from the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2 that has been read by the read head 19 and converted into a digital signal through the digital-to-analog level converter 36, and sequentially temporarily stores it in the data storage memory 27. After reading all the data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2, the MPU 2
8 reads the read data and the data at the time of writing from the data storage memory 27, and compares the two.

Here, if the read data and the written data match, the moving magnetic ticket 2 is sent out as it is to the ticket outlet 10 and waits until it is pulled out by a customer. on the other hand,
If the read data and the written data do not match, the ticket transport motor 2
After turning off the power to the magnetic ticket 2 and stopping the movement of the magnetic ticket 2, the rotation direction switch 39 changes the rotation direction of the ticket transport motor 22 to the direction in which the magnetic ticket 2 moves away from the ticket outlet 10, that is, to the non-issuance side. The ticket transport motor 22 is turned on and rotated. The magnetic ticket 2 is then moved to the back of the aisle and stored as a defective ticket in a defective ticket storage box (not shown) or the like. At this time, when the discarded magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the defective ticket detection sensor 31, the MPU 28 reads the signal and confirms that there are no longer any defective tickets in the aisle. Later, the ticket conveyance motor 22
The rotation of the magnetic ticket 2 is stopped, the ticket swallowing motor 14 is driven to rotate, and the operation moves on to create a new magnetic ticket 2 from the ticket continuous band 15. Here, when the data does not match, the magnetic ticket 2 is immediately discarded as a defective ticket, but the data may be recorded again.

By the way, when a customer pulls out the magnetic ticket 2 from the ticket takeout port 10, the takeout position detection sensor 2
5 detects this, and the signal is sent to the MPU 28.
sent to. Then, the MPU 28 stops the ticket transport motor 22, and transmits the input coin number data stored in the data storage memory 27 as a pulse signal from the transmission drive circuit 45 to a sales aggregation machine etc. The data regarding the magnetic ticket 2 that has been stored is stored in the data storage memory 2.
All items are deleted from 7 and the state waits for a new coin to be inserted.

In this embodiment, heads for writing and reading are respectively prepared, but one head may be used for both writing and reading operations. In this case, after writing is completed, stop the ticket transport motor, change the direction of rotation to read the data while moving the magnetic ticket in the opposite direction, and once this is completed, stop the ticket transport motor again. The magnetic ticket may be moved toward the ticket outlet by changing the direction of rotation.

A customer who receives a magnetic ticket 2 from a ticket issuing machine 1 goes to a desired pachinko machine 47 and inserts the magnetic ticket 2 through a ticket entrance 94 based on whether a ball output status display lamp 75 is lit or not. Then, the magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the ticket entry/exit detection sensor 98, and the detection signal is sent to the MPU 105.

The MPU 105 is a ticket entry/exit detection sensor 98
When the detection signal from
20 sets the rotational direction of the ticket conveyance motor 90 in the direction in which the magnetic ticket 2 moves away from the ticket entrance/exit 94, that is, on the reading side. Then, the power to the ticket transport motor 90 is turned on to start transporting the magnetic ticket 2.

When the magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the reading position detection sensor 99, the MPU 105 reads the detection signal and waits for the data recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2. The data signal read by the read head 85 is converted into a digital signal by an analog-to-digital level converter 116 and sent to the MPU 105 via a data bus 107.
is loaded into. The MPU 105 sequentially stores the read signals in the data storage memory 104, and when all data has been stored, the MPU 105 classifies the temporarily stored data into ball number data, fraud prevention code data, etc., and addresses each data to be stored. Store each in Then, when the moving magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the stop position detection sensor 101,
The MPU 105 reads the detection signal and stops the drive motor 90 to stop the movement of the magnetic ticket 2.

Next, the MPU 105 reads the fraud prevention code preset by the program or the fraud prevention code read from the fraud prevention code reader 125 and the fraud prevention code from the magnetic ticket 2 stored in the data storage memory 104. compare. If the results match, the MPU 105 determines that there is no fraud, and then determines that the number of balls according to the number of balls data from the magnetic ticket 2 stored in the data storage memory 104 is the maximum number of balls that the customer can have. A comparison is made to determine whether the value is between zero or not. If the result is OK, the data storage memory 104
The ball number data in the box is sent to the ball number display 78, and the number of balls held by the customer is displayed on the ball number display 78. This allows the customer to know the number of balls he or she owns.

Next, the MPU 105 turns on the stop solenoid 83 to enable balls to be fed into the launch rail 57, and the pachinko machine 47 becomes ready for play.

In addition, when the number of balls held by the customer according to the number of balls data on the magnetic ticket 2 is equal to or greater than the maximum number of balls or is zero, and when the fraud prevention code does not match the preset fraud prevention code, the rotation direction is switched. The rotating direction of the drive motor 90 is set by the device 120 in the direction in which the magnetic ticket 2 approaches the ticket entrance/exit 94, that is, in the sending direction, and then the power to the ticket transport motor 90 is turned on to move the magnetic ticket 2 toward the ticket entrance/exit 94. Return to When the customer pulls out the magnetic ticket 2, it is detected by the ticket entry/exit detection sensor 98, and the MPU 105
The detection signal is read and the ticket transport motor 9
0 is stopped, its rotational direction is reset to the reading side, and a state is entered in which it waits for a new magnetic ticket 2 to be inserted.

The customer operates the electric handle 82 to shoot balls and start playing. During the game, the flowing pachinko balls are detected by a safe ball detection sensor 71, a foul ball detection sensor 72, and a fired ball detection sensor 73, and respective detection signals are output.

The MPU 105 subtracts one count from the ball number data in the data storage memory 104 each time it receives a detection signal from the fired ball detection sensor 73, and adds one count each time it receives a detection signal from the foul ball detection sensor 72. , each time a detection signal from the safe ball detection sensor 71 is received, the winning ball 1 is preset by the ball number setting device 123.
Number of prize balls for each piece (e.g. 11, 13, 15
) is added to the ball number data and sequentially stored in the data storage memory 104. At this time, the MPU 105
Ball number display 78 constantly displays changing ball number data.
The customer can always know the number of balls they have at the moment. Further, pulses are always generated from the firing ball pulser 110 and the safe ball pulser 109 to the host computer, and this host computer
The ball roll status of 7 is being monitored.

Unless the host computer detects that the pachinko machine 47 has stopped playing, the above operation continues while the number of balls held by the customer is one or more and less than the maximum number of balls.

Number of balls held by the customer, that is, data recording memory 104
If the ball number data in
The power is turned off to make it impossible to send balls to the launch rail 57. Also, only when the number of balls held by the customer matches the maximum number of balls, the MPU 105 will release the stop pulser 1.
11, the discontinuation pulser 111 outputs a pulse signal to the host computer to notify that discontinuation has occurred, and the discontinuation display lamp 74 is turned on. This allows customers to recognize the number of prize balls that will be paid out before the game is discontinued.
It is possible to easily grasp the number of prize balls to be paid out until the target total planned number of prize balls to be paid out is reached, and also to be able to perceive the timing of termination processing.

On the other hand, when the host computer or the like detects that the number of balls played by the pachinko machine 47 has reached the number of balls stopped and the detection signal is sent to the stoppage detector 112, the MPU 105 This is read through , and the same termination process as above is performed.

Next, when the customer turns on the payment switch 102, the rotation direction switch 120 turns on the drive motor 90.
The rotational direction of the magnetic ticket 2 is set in the direction in which the magnetic ticket 2 is sent out, and the drive motor 90 is powered on. Then, the magnetic ticket 2 is inserted into the ticket entrance 9.
Start moving towards 4. On the way, when detected by the write position detection sensor 100, the MPU 10
5 reads the detection signal, converts the ball count data and tamper prevention code data, etc. in the data storage memory 104 into the write format specified by the program, and writes the data to the write head 86 through the digital-to-analog level converter 116.
The data is sent to the magnetic recording surface 2 of the magnetic ticket 2.
a sequentially magnetically recorded.

Next, the magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the reading position detection sensor 99.
When detected by the MPU 105, the detection signal is read by the read head 85 and sent to the digital to analog level converter 11.
6 to read the data converted into a digital signal and store it in a data storage memory 104.

When all data has been read, the MPU
Step 105 temporarily stops the drive motor 90 and compares the data that was written with the data that has just been read. If the results do not match, the rotational direction of the ticket transport motor 90 is switched and driven, the magnetic ticket 2 is returned to the position detected by the ticket stop position detection sensor 101, and writing is started again. On the other hand, if they match, the ticket transport motor 90 is rotated to transfer the magnetic ticket 2.
is moved toward the ticket entrance/exit 94. During this process, at a predetermined timing, the printing machine 118 prints in the form shown in FIG. 3B, and sends the ticket to the ticket entrance/exit 94.

Incidentally, if the game is to be stopped during the game, the payment switch 102 is turned on. In this case, unlike the case of termination, when the payment switch 102 is turned on, the power of the termination solenoid 83 is first turned off, and then the above operation is started.

When the customer pulls out the magnetic ticket 2 that has come out from the ticket entrance/exit 94, the ticket entrance/exit detection sensor 98 is activated.
Detected by Then, the MPU 105 stops the ticket transport motor 90, changes its direction of rotation to the reading side, clears the data in the data recording memory 104, and waits for the next ticket. However, if the pachinko game is stopped by a detection signal from the host computer, the stop indicator lamp 74 will continue to be lit until the signal from the host computer is cut off, and the pachinko machine 47 will be in a non-playable state during this time.

If the number of balls held by the customer reaches zero, either perform the same operation as in the case of stopping the game, or set the rotation direction of the drive motor 90 to the reading side using the rotation direction switch 120. The power is turned on, the magnetic ticket 2 is moved further to the back, and is disposed of in an unused ticket storage box (not shown) or the like. When this is detected by the discarded ticket detection sensor 114, the MPU 105 reads the detection signal and
The drive motor 90 is stopped, the data used in the game is cleared in the data storage memory 104, and the game waits for the next ticket.

Further, when a customer uses the same magnetic ticket 2 to play a game by changing machines, the new machine will operate based on the data written by the machine on which the game was played last time. For example, when a customer changes the machine twice, the ball number data is recorded on the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2 and printed on the print surface 2b as shown in FIG. 3c each time. Ru.

This pachinko machine 47 also has separate heads dedicated to reading and writing, but as in the case of the ticket issuing machine 1, reading and writing can also be performed by a single head.

When the customer finishes playing, he takes the magnetic ticket 2 he received from the pachinko machine 47 to the prize exchange place and hands it to the hall attendant. Then, first, the official said,
The ball number data printed on the printed surface 2b of the magnetic ticket 2 is driven in using the driving key switch 142. Then, this data is transferred to the data bus 132.
The MPU 130 reads the data through the data storage memory 129 and stores it at a specified address in the data storage memory 129. The staff member is
After completing the driving, the magnetic ticket 2 is inserted through the insertion slot. Then, it is detected by the ticket insertion detection sensor 152, and the MPU 130 reads the detection signal and rotationally drives the ticket transport motor 140 to start moving the magnetic ticket 2.
In addition, when reading the ball number data printed on the printed surface 2b of the magnetic ticket 2 using the optical reader 141, the ticket can be collected and read directly by the customer himself or by a staff member without the need for input operation using the input key switch 142. Just insert the magnetic ticket 2 into the container 127.

When the moving magnetic ticket 2 is detected by the reading position detection sensor 153, the MPU 130
The detection signal is read and data from the read head 139 is awaited. The final recorded data from the magnetic ticket 2 read by the read head 139 and converted into a digital signal through the digital-to-analog level converter 138 is read by the MPU 130 via the data bus 132.
The MPU 130 sequentially stores this data in the data storage memory 129, and once all the data has been read, the ticket transport motor 140 is temporarily stopped.

After that, the MPU 130 stores the data storage memory 1.
Magnetic recording surface 2a of magnetic ticket 2 stored in 29
The number of balls data from is displayed on the number of balls display 148, and the number of balls data is compared with the number of balls data stored in the memory by the driving key switch 142 or the optical reader 141. As a result, if they do not match, the error lamp 146 is turned on, the ball number data in the data storage memory 129 is displayed, and the staff is asked to judge whether or not it is fraudulent. On the other hand, if they match, the fraud prevention code setting switch 13
The fraud prevention code data preset in step 3 is compared with the fraud prevention code data read from the magnetic recording surface 2a of the magnetic ticket 2. If the result is a match, the match display lamp 147 is turned on to report to the staff that there is no fraud, and the customer exchanges the prize with the staff. On the other hand, if they do not match, the error display lamp 146 is turned on to display the fraud prevention code data in the data storage memory 129, and the staff is informed that the magnetic ticket 2 is from the previous day, or that a completely different type of code has been recorded. Check to see if there are any irregularities.

When the above processing is completed and the discard switch 150 is turned on by the staff member, the MPU 130 rotates the ticket transport motor 140 to move the magnetic ticket 2 further to the back. If detected by the waste processing position detection sensor 154 on the way, the MPU 130 reads the detection signal and
The ticket punching device 143 is operated to punch holes in the magnetic ticket 2 for disposal, and to store it in a collection ticket storage box (not shown) or the like.
When this is detected by the discarded ticket detection sensor 155, the MPU 130 reads the detection signal and
After stopping the ticket conveyance motor 140 and sending a pulse signal equivalent to the number of balls collected from the signal sending pulser 136 to the host computer, the data in the data storage memory 129 is cleared, and the ball number display 148 and code display The display on the device 149, etc. is reset and the system waits for the next ticket.

That is, according to the above embodiment, the ticket issuing machine 1, each pachinko machine 47, and the ticket collection/reading machine 12
7 with MPU28, 105, and 130 respectively,
These MPUs 28, 105, and 130 process the data, and the data is sent to the host computer after it has been processed by the MPUs 28, 105, and 130, so each device 1, 47, and 127 MPU28, 105, 13
Even if 0 stops operating due to a malfunction or the like, it will only affect the equipment corresponding to the one that stopped operating. For example, the MPU of one pachinko machine 47
Even if 105 stops its operation, only that one pachinko machine 47 becomes inoperable, and the other pachinko machines 47 are not affected. As for the data stored in the memory, only the data of one pachinko machine 47 is erased, and the memories of other pachinko machines 47 are not affected.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from what has been described above, according to the present invention, the increase or decrease in the number of balls held as the game progresses is indicated by the ball output status display device, and the prizes individually determined on the pachinko machine. The total number of balls scheduled to be paid out can be displayed in stages for each pachinko machine. Therefore, during the game, it is possible to improve the customer's desire to play by increasing the expectation of achieving the stop processing, while before the game, it is possible to increase the number of prize balls to be paid out or the prizes that can be paid out. Not only can you recognize the number of balls, but it can also be used to judge whether or not the pachinko machine has a nail adjustment that makes it easy to win, so it alleviates the disparity in judgment skills related to nail adjustment between beginners and experts. It is advantageous to cause the light to blink or to emit a sound in synchronization with the blinking, as this will stimulate the player's desire to play.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a front view of a ticket issuing machine which is a card issuing machine of the present invention, Fig. 2 is an internal side view showing a schematic internal configuration, Fig. 3 is a structural diagram of a magnetic ticket which is a magnetic card, and Fig. 4. Figure 5 is a block circuit diagram showing the electrical configuration of the ticket issuing machine, Figure 6 is a front view of the pachinko machine, Figure 7 is a rear view, and Figure 8 is a partially enlarged view. A front view, FIG. 9 is a partially enlarged plan view, FIG. 10 is a diagram showing the schematic configuration of the main parts, FIG. 11 is a block circuit diagram showing the electrical configuration, and FIG. 12 is the electrical configuration of the ticket collection reader. FIG. 47... Pachinko machine, 75... Ball output status display lamp, 78... Digital display, 84... Ticket processing device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A pachinko machine is provided with a reading means for reading data on a card, and a game is enabled by the data on the card read by the reading means, and the data on the card is read out according to the progress of the game. In a pachinko machine that numerically displays the written increase or decrease in the number of balls held on a digital display, the number of prize balls to be paid out from the pachinko machine is compared with the total number of prize balls to be paid out that is individually determined in advance. A pachinko machine characterized in that the pachinko machine is provided with a ball output status display device that displays the ball output status in stages.