JPH0450069Y2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Field of industrial application] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine control device, and particularly to a pachinko machine control device that can easily detect abnormalities in the counting of incoming balls and so-called out balls in a pachinko machine. be.

[Conventional technology and problems]

A pachinko machine control device is used that collectively manages and controls a plurality of pachinko machines using, for example, microprogramming. Each pachinko machine is equipped with an incoming ball sensor and a ball out sensor, which are made up of, for example, mechanical contacts, and the pachinko machine control device controls additional balls and stops playing based on signals from these sensors. It collects statistical data such as control and operation rates. For example, if the difference between the number of balls put out and the number of balls entered, that is, the number of balls acquired by a customer, exceeds a predetermined stopping constant, the pachinko machine control device may display a display indicating that the pachinko machine is the ending playing machine. control such as prohibiting further addition of balls.

Therefore, if, for example, some kind of failure occurs in the counting mechanism for the number of entered balls and the number of entered balls cannot be counted normally, the pachinko machine control device will not be able to correctly control the pachinko machine. Therefore, it is desirable to detect abnormalities in the counting of balls at an early stage, but it is not possible to simply detect abnormalities in the counting of balls.
It is not possible to conclude that the ball count is abnormal. This is because if a customer moves to another pachinko machine and the pachinko machine is in a dormant state, the number of balls entered will not be counted even if the pachinko machine is normal.

As a method for detecting this abnormality in the counting of balls, for example, in Japanese Patent Application No. 58-206557, the applicant of the present invention has proposed a method for detecting an abnormality in connection with the stop control of a pachinko machine. However, even for pachinko machines that do not stop playing, it is desirable to detect abnormality in the counting of balls at an early stage.

[Means for solving the problem] The present invention aims to solve the above problem, and when there are no balls added within a predetermined time, it is possible to easily add balls depending on whether or not the number of additional balls has increased within that time. A pachinko machine control device that detects a ball counting failure is provided. That is, the pachinko machine control device of the present invention is a pachinko machine control device that controls a plurality of pachinko machines, and includes an incoming ball counting unit that counts the number of incoming balls based on incoming ball signals from sensors provided in each pachinko machine; There is an additional ball counting unit that counts the number of additional balls supplied to each pachinko machine, and if there are no balls received within a predetermined time, it is checked whether the count value by the additional ball counting unit has increased within that time. The present invention is characterized by comprising a ball landing abnormality detection unit that notifies a ball landing abnormality when detecting that the number of additional balls is increasing. below,
An embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the outline of control according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1. Show time chart.

In the figure, 1 and 1' are pachinko machines, 2 and 2' are incoming ball sensors that detect out balls hit by customers, 3 is a pachinko machine control device, 4 is an incoming ball counter that calculates incoming balls, and 5 is a pause. A suspension determination timer that notifies the determination time; 6 is a suspension determination unit that determines whether the pachinko machine is in an operating state or a suspension state; 7 is an additional ball counter that counts additional balls supplied to the pachinko machine;
8 detects a defective counting of balls and sends an alarm signal
A ball entry abnormality detection unit generates an ALARM, 9 is a check counter for checking an increase in the number of additional balls, and 10 is a comparator.

First, the outline of the control for detecting a failure in counting balls by the pachinko machine control device 3 according to the present invention will be briefly explained with reference to FIG.

If there is an incoming ball signal from the incoming ball sensor 2, it is assumed that incoming ball counting is being performed normally. If there is no incoming ball signal, the process moves to the next determination.

Check whether the set time for suspension determination has elapsed. This pause determination setting time is, for example, 5 minutes.
This is a time, such as 10 minutes, that is set in advance to determine that a pachinko machine is in a dormant state if no balls are entered within that time. If it is within the suspension determination set time, it is assumed that it is operating normally. If no balls are received for more than the pause determination set time, the process moves to the next determination.

If there are no balls received for more than the time set for suspension judgment,
It is conceivable that either the customer has left the pachinko machine and the pachinko machine is in a dormant state, or that an abnormality has occurred in the ball counting mechanism. In order to determine this, it is determined whether or not the number of additional balls has increased within the pause determination set time.
If there are no additional balls, it is assumed that the system is operating normally. If there is a change in the number of additional balls, it is assumed that there is an abnormality in the ball count, and the following process is executed.

Outputs an alarm signal for abnormal ball counting and displays failure information on the console display, etc.

The above control is realized, for example, as follows.
In FIG. 1, when a pachinko ball is hit into a pachinko machine 1, an incoming ball sensor 2 detects an out ball, and an incoming ball signal is input to a pachinko machine control device 3. The pachinko machine control device 3 counts the number of ball entry signals using a ball entry counter 4 provided for each pachinko machine.

The additional ball counter 7 is a counter that counts the number of additional balls supplied to the upper tray of the pachinko machine 1, for example, in units of 400, according to the number of balls won by the customer. In response to the incoming ball signal from the incoming ball sensor 2, the contents of the additional ball counter 7 are set in the check counter 9 via the AND gate A1. In addition,
This process may be considered to correspond to initialization of the additional ball count value.

The pause judgment timer 5 receives the following signals according to each ball entry signal.
A predetermined pause determination setting time value such as 5 minutes or 10 minutes is initially set. If no incoming ball signal arrives within this time and the set period of suspension determination time has elapsed, the suspension determination unit 6 is activated by the suspension determination timer 5. Suspension determination unit 6
The pachinko machine 1 determines whether the pachinko machine 1 is in an operating state or a resting state, depending on whether or not the count value of the ball entry counter 4 changes within the resting judgment set time. The determination result is notified to, for example, an operation rate calculation unit (not shown) or the like. Further, when the pause determination section 6 recognizes the pause state, a detection activation signal is sent to the ball landing abnormality detection section 8.

In response to this detection activation signal, the ball landing abnormality detection unit 8 operates AND gate A2 and AND gate A.
3, the contents of the check counter 9 and the additional ball counter 7 are fed to a comparator 10, respectively. Then, the comparator 10 checks whether the value of the additional ball counter 7 and the value of the check counter 9 match. If these values match, it is determined that the ball count is normal. If these values do not match, it means that an additional ball was received within the set pause determination time, and it is considered that Pachinko Machine 1 is actually in operation, so it is determined that there is an error in the number of balls entered. , outputs the alarm signal ALARM.

FIG. 3 shows a time chart related to the detection of an abnormality in the counting of balls. The value of the additional ball counter 7, for example 1200, is transferred to the check counter 9 by the incoming ball signal S1. Similarly, the value 1600 of the additional ball counter 7 is transferred to the check counter 9 in response to the incoming ball signal S2. If there is no incoming ball signal, the contents of the check counter 9 do not change.
For example, after the 10-minute pause determination set time has passed, the value of the additional ball counter 7 and the value of the check counter 9 are automatically compared, and in this example, only the additional ball counter 7 is counted up. Since they do not match, an alarm signal ALARM indicating an abnormality in the incoming ball count is output.

In order to ensure this detection, as shown in FIG. 3, it is checked whether there is any change in the contents of the additional ball counter 7 for a predetermined period of time (N minutes) after the timeout time T1. , it may be determined that there is an abnormality in the ball count on the condition that there is a change in the number of additional balls.

[Effect of idea]

As explained above, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to detect failures in ball counting at an early stage. In particular, since an abnormality can be detected using, for example, a conventional suspension determination and operation rate calculation mechanism, it can be realized relatively easily without major modification.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the outline of control according to the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the embodiment illustrated in FIG. 1. Show time chart. In the figure, 1 and 1' are pachinko machines, 2 and 2' are ball entry sensors, 3 is a pachinko machine control device, 4 is a ball entry counter, 5 is a pause determination timer, 6 is a pause determination unit, and 7 is an additional ball counter , 8 represents a ball landing abnormality detection section, 9 represents a check counter, and 10 represents a comparator.

Claims (1)

[Scope of utility model registration request] In a pachinko machine control device that controls multiple pachinko machines, there is a ball counting unit that counts the number of balls entered based on the ball entry signal from a sensor installed at each pachinko machine, and a ball counting unit that counts the number of additional balls supplied to each pachinko machine. Check the additional ball counting section for counting, and if there are no balls entered within a predetermined time, check whether the count value by the additional ball counting section has increased within that time and check that the number of additional balls has increased. A pachinko machine control device comprising: a ball entry abnormality detection unit that notifies an abnormality in ball entry counting when detected.