JPH0490783A - Game machine of card type - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a game player from leaving in a state that a card for enabling a game to be played is retained in an internal section by arranging a game-playable signal generating circuit, a game player detecting circuit, and an alerting signal generating circuit for generating alerting signal only when game player-absent signal is generated. CONSTITUTION:In a game-playable signal generating circuit 16, the input side is jointed to a read/write section 7, and the output side is jointed to an alerting signal generating circuit 17. A game player detecting circuit 18 is formed with a touch switch detecting circuit 14, having two kinds of functions. From the game player detecting circuit 18, namely, the touch switch detecting circuit 14, game player-absent signal is generated only when a handle 15 is not operated or held by a game player, and the input of the game player-absent signal to the alerting signal generating circuit 17 is provided. By the alerting signal generating circuit 17, from the game-playable signal generating circuit 16, game- playable signal is generated, and alerting signal is generated only when the game player-absent signal is generated from the game player detecting circuit 18, and the input of the alerting signal to an MPU 10 is provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to improvements in card-type gaming machines that use cards as transaction media between players and gaming parlors.

(Prior Art) In recent years, with the spread of microcomputers, it has become easier to automate gaming machines and their peripheral equipment. In addition, coins and game balls are used in gaming halls equipped with gaming machines and transaction media between players, but it has been proposed that game cards be used as the transaction media. There is. Gaming machines that use cards for gaming as transaction media include pachinko gaming machines and slot machines (
These machines include spindle-type gaming machines), arranged ball gaming machines, and mahjong ball gaming machines. The above card contains game information consisting of the number of games allowed, the maximum number of times the card can be used, and an ID code (ID code) to prevent fraud by confirming the authenticity of the card.
D -1ndidentification) and other data are written. When this card is installed in a gaming machine, the microcomputer built in the gaming machine and its peripheral equipment reads the above-mentioned data, and if there are no inconveniences, the desired gaming machine becomes ready for playing.

When starting a game, the number of games to be played is selected based on the above game information. This number of games corresponds to the number of coins in a slot machine and a mahjong ball game machine, and corresponds to the number of game balls in a pachinko game machine.

Selection of the number of games mentioned above is equivalent to inserting coins or game balls into a gaming machine in advance. After this, the microcomputer of the gaming machine temporarily stores the selected number of games in the memory of the gaming machine, and at the same time subtracts the number of games from the current gaming information written on the installed card, and uses the difference as new gaming information on the card. This allows the player to play the game at least as many times as the selected number of games, and if a prize is obtained during the game, the number of games, that is, the game information increases in accordance with the number of prizes. On the other hand, if a prize is not obtained during a game, the game information will be reduced by one game.

The change in the number of games played according to the progress state of the game is written into the memory by the microcomputer,
The game ends when the number of games reaches "0". If the game information written on the card is not available, the game can be continued if desired, or the game can be continued until the game information on the card becomes "0". It is assumed that the game information is never negative, and if the game information written on the card is playable, such a card will be referred to as a valuable card.

Furthermore, when the player wants to interrupt the current game, he or she can temporarily stop the game operation, and the installed card will remain in the game machine, and the operation of the game machine will be temporarily stopped. This suspended state of the game can be canceled by performing the game operation again, and anyone can restart the game. In addition, the gaming machine does not notify the interruption state of the game due to the temporary stop of the game operation as described above, and the number of games selected during the game becomes rOJ, and the game information on the card allows the game to be played. Even if there is a problem, the gaming machine will not notify you of this fact.

(Problem I1 to be solved by the invention) As a result, when the number of games selected during a game or the progress of the game becomes "0", even though the card is installed in the gaming machine or is a valuable card, A player may mistakenly set the game information on a card as "0", that is, it is not a valuable card, and leave the game machine with the valuable card still in the game machine. Furthermore, if the gaming machine is in a suspended state, anyone can restart the game by performing a gaming operation. In such a case, not only can a player other than the true player play the game without owning the card, but by ending the current game, the card held in the gaming machine can be lost to the true owner. This leads to the problem that other players may have to take out the player.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine that prevents a player from leaving the machine while holding a playable card inside the machine.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a game in which game information written on an attached card 1 is read out and a playable signal is generated when the game information is playable. a player detection circuit 18 that detects the presence or absence of a player located on the front side and generates a player absence signal when no player is detected; The configuration includes a notification signal generation circuit 17 that generates a notification signal only when a notification signal is generated.

(Function) Since the present invention is configured as described above, the notification signal generation circuit 17 receives the game enable signal generated from the game enable signal generation circuit 16 and the player absence signal generated from the player detection circuit 18. A notification signal is generated based on the occurrence of . By generating this notification signal, it is detected that a card with playable game information written thereon is held in the game machine 2 from which the player is about to leave.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings for a pachinko game. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a card-type pachinko game machine, and the card indicated by 1 is used in the pachinko game of pachinko game machine 2 instead of a game ball as a transaction medium between the game parlor and the player. . The pachinko game machine 2 is communicably connected to its management device 3.

The entire surface of the card 1 is coated with a magnetic material (not shown), and the surface of this magnetic material is further coated with a non-magnetic material. For example, the card 1 is provided with a writing section 4 at a specific location as shown by the imaginary line in FIG. In addition, the loan amount, ID code, etc. are written. Each of these data is written in the writing section 4 in advance by the card issuing machine 5 shown in FIG. This card issuing machine Ia5 corresponds to a lending machine for game balls, and the card issuing machine 5 and the management device 3 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other. Also, a card payment machine for exchanging prize balls for prizes is not shown.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a mounting section, into which the card 1 is mounted from the front side of the pachinko game machine 2 (see FIG. 3). The mounting section 6 is provided with a read/write section 7 consisting of a read/write head, and the read/write section 7 reads various data from the writing section 4 of the card 1 mounted on the mounting section 6, and also reads out various data of the writing section 4 of the card 1 mounted on the mounting section 6. The writing section 4 is provided with a function of writing at least game information in accordance with the progress status. The read/write section 7 inputs various data of the card 1 mounted on the mounting section 6 to the gaming circuit 8 shown in FIG. The gaming circuit 8 enables gaming operations by controlling each part of the pachinko gaming machine 2 based on various data inputted from the read/write section 7. As for the mounting section 6, the explanation of the mechanism related to feeding the card 1 will be omitted.

Further, 9 is a well-known ball hitting device, and 10 is a microcomputer that controls the ball hitting device N9 and also controls the game circuit 8.
(hereinafter referred to as MPU...Micro-process
ar [Jnit). The ball hitting device 9 is comprised of a linear solenoid that is driven when a predetermined operation is performed, which will be described later, and it puts the pachinko game machine 2 into a gaming operating state by hitting game balls one by one onto the game board 11 (see FIG. 3). Make it.

A predetermined number of game balls are placed in the pachinko game Iaz,
A circulation guiding device, which will be described later, makes all the game balls stand by at a position where they can be hit by the ball hitting device 9. For this purpose, the circulation guiding device is constructed of the safe hole 12 and the out hole 1 shown in FIG.
It is connected to 3. The circulation of foul balls will be discussed later. Further, the electrical systems of the pachinko game machine 2 such as the ball hitting device 9 are connected to the pass lines of the MPU 10 via interfaces (not shown), and the pass lines are connected to the management device 3 via an interface (not shown). ing.

Reference numeral 14 in FIG. 1 is a touch switch detection circuit, and the output side of the touch switch detection circuit 14 is connected to the game circuit 8, and the input side is connected to a touch switch (not shown) built in the handle 15 shown in FIG. Connected. The touch switch detection circuit 14 inputs a touch signal indicating that when the player operates or grasps the handle I5 to the MPU10, and thereby the MPU10 detects whether or not the player is grasping the handle 15. can be detected. When MPU10 detects that the handle 15 is being held, MPU10 determines that the player is playing pachinko, and inputs an operation signal for operating the ball hitting device 9 to the game circuit 8.

On the other hand, when it is detected that the handle 15 is not gripped, the MPU 10 determines that the player is not playing pachinko, and inputs a stop signal to the game circuit 8 to stop the operation of the ball hitting device 9. As a result, the game circuit 8
If the operation signal is input from Ul0, the ball is mounted!
While operating the ball hitting device 9, if a stop signal is input from the MPU 10, the ball hitting device 9 is stopped. Note that the MPU 10 has a built-in memory consisting of a ROM and a RAM, and the control program and control data for the pachinko gaming machine 2 are stored in advance in the ROM of this built-in memory.

Reference numeral I6 denotes a game-enabled signal generation circuit, and the game-enabled signal generation circuit 15 has an input side connected to a read/write unit 7 and an output side connected to a notification signal generation circuit 17, which will be described later. Then, the read/write section 7 reads out the gaming information written in the writing section 4 of the card L, and when this gaming information is playable, that is, the number of game balls is not "0", a signal indicating that is sent to the read/write section. 7 to the notification signal generation circuit 17, at this time the notification signal generation circuit 17 generates a game enable signal, and inputs this game enable signal to the notification signal generation circuit 17.

Reference numeral 18 denotes a player detection circuit. In this embodiment, the player detection circuit 18 consists of a touch switch detection circuit 14, and the touch switch detection circuit 14 has two types of functions. The player detection circuit 18, that is, the touch switch detection circuit 14 generates a player absence signal only when the player is not operating or holding the handle 15, and inputs the player absence signal to the notification signal generation circuit 17. .

The notification signal generation circuit 17 generates a notification signal only when the game-enabled signal generation circuit (i.e., touch switch detection circuit) 16 generates a game-enabled signal and the player detection circuit 18 generates a player absence signal. This notification signal is input to the MPU 10. And MPU
Reference numeral 10 inputs a notification device drive signal for driving the notification device shown at 21 when a notification signal is input. The notification device 21 is equipped with a speaker and a lamp (not shown), and when a notification device drive signal is input from the MPU 10, the lamp is turned on while generating a predetermined sound effect from the speaker.

When the notification device 21 is driven by the notification signal in this way, it will be hereinafter referred to as "the card forgotten alarm is turned on" (Fig. 4, s18, Fig. 7, 5138-51).
48).

22 is an end switch, 23 is an interrupt switch, and both the end switch 22 and the interrupt switch 23 are MPU
10, and is arranged at the front of the pachinko game machine 2 as shown in FIG. End switch 2
2 is for operating when ending the current pachinko game, and the interrupt switch 23 is for operating when interrupting the pachinko game for a predetermined period of time. The operations of the end switch 22 and the interrupt switch 23 and the write operation of the read/write section 7 are linked to each other. write to. When writing game information based on the end of the game or the interruption of the pachinko game, after rewriting the ID code as necessary and writing the type of end or interruption of the pachinko game in the writing section 4, the card l is inserted into the mounting section. Returned to the player from insertion 0 of 6 (see Figure 3!, >24).

In addition, if the interrupt switch 23 is operated, the other card 1
In other words, the game is prohibited for a predetermined period of time by players other than the player who is interrupting the pachinko game. The interruption time of this gaming operation is measured by an interruption timer (not shown) provided in the MPU 10, and at the same time as the interruption timer times out, it becomes possible to play a pachinko game by installing all the cards 1. When the pachinko game is interrupted by operating the interruption switch 23 in this way, the real player and other players are distinguished by the ID code written in the writing section 4 of the card l.

Further, when the pachinko game is interrupted or ended, the card l is returned to the player through the insertion slot 24 shown in FIG. 3, or various data cannot be checked visually because they are recorded magnetically. Therefore, when the card l is returned to the player, at the same time, a piece of paper (not shown) on which various data are printed by a printer (not shown) may be sent out from the delivery port 25. Reference numeral 25 indicates a display section.1 Display section 26 displays changes in game information during a pachinko game, and various data at the time of interruption and termination of a pachinko game.

The pachinko game machine 2 has a front frame 28 attached to an outer frame 27 with a hinge 29.
The glass frame 30 is rotatably supported by the front frame 28.
It is pivoted (not shown) so that it can be opened and closed. A pachinko game machine 2 is provided with a guide hunt 31 in a game board 11, and the guide hand 31 guides a game ball fired by a ball hitting device 9 to the game board 11. A pulse signal corresponding to the operation of the handle 15 is inputted to the ball hitting device 9 from the game circuit 8 (see FIG. 1), allowing the player to adjust the desired ball hitting force.

32 is a standby gutter, 33 is a batted ball circulation passage, and 34 is a foul ball passage.The standby gutter 32, the batted ball circulation passage 33, and the foul ball passage 34 constitute the circulation guiding device. Further, a safe ball passage and an out ball passage, both shown or omitted, are provided on the back side of the game board 11, and the safe ball passage communicates with the circulation guiding devices 32, 33, 34 and the safe hole 12M1, while the out ball passage is Circulation induction device 32.33.
34 and the out hole 13 are communicated with each other.

35 indicated by a broken line is a shooting hunt, and the upper end of this shooting hunt 35 and the lower end of the guiding hunt 3I form a foul ball escape section 36.
A foul ball passage 34 is connected to the ball. As a result, all the game balls hit by the ball hitting device 9, in other words, safe balls, out balls, and foul balls, gather in the waiting gutter 32 and flow down to the lower end. The standby gutter 32 has a lower end near the lower end of the firing hunt 35, and has a lower end near the lower end of the ball feeding rod 43.
It faces one end of the As a result, the circulation induction device 32
．． 33 and 34 can make the game ball wait at a position where the ball hitting device 9 can hit the ball. In addition, circulation induction device 32.33
．． The game balls waiting at 34 are sent out to the ball hitting device 9 one by one at a predetermined timing by a ball feeding device 37 located above the ball hitting device 9.

A foul ball sensor (switch) is installed in the foul ball passage 34.
38, each safe hole 12 has a safe ball sensor 39, each out hole 13 has an out ball sensor 40, and a firing hunt 35
A shot ball sensor 41 is provided near the ball hitting device 9, and a standby method sensor 42 is provided in the standby gutter 32. Each ball sensor 38) 9, 40, 41, 42 is composed of a light emitting element and a light receiving element, and is arranged to face each other on both sides of the path through which the game ball passes. As a result, each ball sensor 38,
39, 40, 41, and 42 can detect that a game ball has passed when the light exchanged between them is blocked, and when a game ball is detected in this way, each detection signal or M P Input to U10.

The standby method sensor 42 is for detecting whether or not all the game balls enclosed in the pachinko game machine 2 are waiting in the standby gutter 32, and is arranged about a game ball diameter above the bottom of the standby gutter 32. It is.

In this embodiment, the game information enclosed in the pachinko game machine 2 is set to 12 balls, and when the pachinko game is stopped, one game ball or one game ball is on standby on the one-shot hand 35. The law sensor 42 is provided so that it can be shielded from light by the 11th ball from the lower end of the standby gutter 32, in other words, the game ball located upstream. In other words, the game ball diameter (
D) or 11 mm, the standby method sensor 42 is the standby gutter 32
Approximately 115 mIa CD s = D x from the lower end of
10.5 = 115.5) approximately on the upstream side. And when the MPU 10 is between the standby method sensor 42 or is shielded from light, the 11 game balls or the standby gutter 32
It is judged that it is waiting for
It is determined that one game ball is not waiting in the standby gutter 32, and a standby signal indicating this fact is input to the drive unit 30.

Furthermore, the MPU 10 has a built-in confirmation timer. This confirmation timer is used to confirm the operation of the end switch 22, and is set to the time required to confirm whether or not the operation of the MPU10 or both switches 18 and 19 is valid. The confirmation timer operates when the end switch 22 or the interrupt switch 23 is operated (see s55 to s94 in FIG. 5). 43 is a set switch.

Reference numeral 44 denotes a reset switch 71, and the set switch 43 and the reset switch 44 are arranged vertically on the right side of the insertion slot 24, and the mounting portion 6 is arranged vertically. A conversion switch 45 is also provided on the left side of the insertion slot z4, and as will be described later, conversion between game information and amount data is performed based on the operation of the conversion switch 45.

The set switch 43 is for enabling the function of either the end switch 22 or the interrupt switch 23. Further, the reset switch 44 is used to clear the operation (function) of either the end switch 22 or the interrupt switch 23. The conversion switch 45 is for converting the gaming information written in the writing section 4 of the card 1 or the built-in RAM of the MPU 10 into monetary data or vice versa at a predetermined conversion rate.

The amount data or game information converted by operating the conversion switch 45 is displayed on the display section 26 shown in FIG. 541. The display section 26 displays various processing contents of the management device 3 and the pachinko game Ia2, announcements from the game parlor, etc., and is tilted so that the displayed contents can be easily viewed by the player. The display element of the display unit 26 is an LED, L
It consists of a CD, etc., and when an LCD is used, it has a built-in backlight and a single vine structure.

In FIG. 3, an ashtray 46 is provided on the left side of the mounting portion 6, and a stop lamp 47 is provided on the upper left side for displaying a stop stop. On the right side, there is an interruption lamp 48 for displaying the interruption of the pachinko game, and on the right side above the game board 11 there is a prize ball lamp 4.
9 are provided respectively. The prize ball lamp 49 is for displaying whether a game ball has been hit, winning a prize, or paying out a prize ball. A lamp driver circuit (not shown) is provided between each lamp 47, 48, 49 and MPU10.

Further, 50 is a well-known call switch.

Next, the operation of the pachinko game machine 2 configured as described above will be explained below with reference to FIGS. 4 to 7. First, when the card l issued by the card issuing machine 5 is inserted into the insertion slot 24 of the pachinko game machine 2 (sl), the M P U
10 transports the card l to a readable/writable position by driving the mounting section 6 (s2). Next, the read/write section 7 reads the unique data written in the writing section 4 of the card 1 (s3), and the read data is M.
Input to PU1.0. At this time, M P U 10
inputs the ID code into the above RAM, then s4 and M
P U 10 checks the authenticity of card l.

If the card 1 is determined to be fair, the MPU 10 temporarily stores the usage count data of the card 1 in the RAM, and then transmits the data from the card issuing machine 5 via the management device 3. The limit number of uses data inputted from the card I is compared with the number of uses data of the card I written in the writing section 4 (s5). And MPU
10 determines that the card I is unusable when the usage count data of the card I has reached the usage limit, and displays this on the display unit 26. At the same time, the mounting part 6 is
Driven by P U 10, the card l is inserted into the insertion slot 2.
4 and returned to the player (s6). On the other hand, the card 1
If the number of uses data does not reach the limit number of uses, it is determined whether the device can be used, and the MPU 10 adds rlJ to the number of uses data (s7).

In this way, the usage count data H calculated in 57 is input to the management device 3 (s8), and in s9, the MPU1
0 compares the unique data written in the card 1 and the unique data of the card 1 stored in the management device 3. When both unique data do not match, slO and sll are executed, while when both match, the MPU 10 holds the card I at a predetermined position in the mounting section 6 (sl2).

In the above slO, MPUl0 is the above-mentioned s4 or s
9, an alarm will be sent to indicate that the card is fraudulent.
A lamp will be displayed to notify you. Such fraudulent card 1
The notification may be displayed on the display unit 26 or by sound or light. Thereafter, the MPU 10 inputs a signal indicating that the card 1 is invalid to the management device 3, and when the alarm state is canceled due to an operation on the gaming parlor side, the mounting unit 6 is activated by the MPU 10. and returns the card l to the player from the insertion slot 24 (s
ll).

Next, in s13, it is determined whether the game information of the card 1 is "0" or not, in other words, whether or not it is the valuable card 1, and when there is no valuable card 1, the game enable signal generation circuit 16 activates the game information. While the process jumps to 5129 shown in FIG. 6 with the generation of the playable signal stopped (described later), when the value card is 1, the playable signal generation circuit 16 generates the playable signal and s14 is executed. be done. Next s1
4, the MPU 10 determines whether the touch switch built in the handle 5 is turned on (or the handle 15 is operated). If the touch switch is not turned on, MPU 10 is s1
5, the operation of the ball hitting device 9 is stopped by inputting an operation stop signal to the game circuit 8, and then the process jumps to 5135 shown in FIG. 7 (described later).

On the other hand, if the above touch switch is turned on,
In s16, it is determined whether either the reset mote or the call mode is set, and if it is determined that either mote is set, each mote is cleared (s17), and then s18 is executed. be done. Also, if it is determined in s16 that neither the reset mode nor the call mode is set, s
Jump to 18.

In s18, it is determined whether or not the above-mentioned card forgetting alarm has been sent. If it is determined that it has been set, in s19, the sent card forgotten alarm is cleared, and then s20 is executed. Ru. Further, if it is determined in s18 that the card forgetting alarm is not set, the process jumps to s20. At s20, the MPU 10 determines whether any of "0 mote", "interrupt mote", "end mote", and "stop mote" are set, and determines that any one of them is set. If it is set, the process jumps to s22, while if it is determined that none of them are set, an operation signal is input to the game circuit 8 to operate the ball hitting device 9, and the management device 3 is instructed to perform the game operation. A signal indicating that the ball has been started is input, and the ball hitting device M9 is made ready for ball hitting (s2]). This enables the pachinko gaming machine 2 to perform gaming operations.

Thereafter, the MPU 10 determines in s22 whether or not a game ball hit by the shot ball sensor 41 or the ball hitting device 9 has been detected. When a game ball is detected, the MPU 10 increments the current game information by "-1" in s23, writes this calculation result into the RAM as new game information, and at the same time sends this new game information to the management device. 3 (S24). Then, in s25, it is determined whether MPU10 is game information or not, and if there is no valuable card, it is determined in s26 whether or not "0 mote" is set.

If it is determined in s26 that the ball is in "0 mode" or not set, the MPU 10 stops the operation of the ball hitting device 9 by inputting a stop signal to the game circuit 8 (s27). At the same time, the display section 26 displays that the game information of the card I is "0". After that, MPU10 sets 0 mote j in s28 and then jumps to 5106 shown in FIG.

On the other hand, if it is determined that "0 mote" is set in s26, the process jumps to 5106.

Also, in s25, MPU 10 inputs game information or “0”.
If it is determined that there is no
It is determined whether or not the safe ball sensor 39 is turned on, and if it is determined that the safe ball sensor 39 is turned on, r+NJ (for example, 13 balls) is added to the current game information as the number of prize balls in s30. Then, this calculation result is written into the RAM as new game information, and at the same time, this new game information is input into the management device M3 (s31).On the other hand, when it is determined in s29 that the safe ball sensor 39 is not turned on, jumps to s35. In s32, the MPU 10 determines whether "0 mote" is set, and if it is determined that "0 mote" is set, in s33, the MPU 10 determines whether "0 mote" is set. O
After clearing the "mode", the ball hitting device 9 is brought into a state ready for ball hitting (s34).

If it is determined in s32 that the "O mode" is not set, the MPU 10 determines in s42 whether or not this pachinko gaming machine 2 has been discontinued.

And when it is determined that it is a stop, s43 and M
The P U 10 determines whether or not the "stopping mote" is set, and if it is determined that the "stopping mote j" is not set, then in s44 the M P U 10 sets the ball hitting device 9.
If it is determined that the "stopping mode" is set while making the ball unhittable, the process jumps to s46.

On the other hand, if it is determined in s42 that the current pachinko gaming machine 2 is not discontinued, the process jumps to s35.

After this, in s45, the "stop mode" is set, and in s46, the MPU 10 sets the standby method sensor 42.
Based on the standby signal, it is determined whether the light is blocked or not. If it is determined that the standby method sensor 42 is shielded from light, it is determined that 11 game balls are waiting in the standby gutter 32, and s47 is executed. When the 11 game balls are waiting in the standby gutter 32 in this way, each game ball is connected from the game board 11 to the safe hole 12, the out hole 13, or the foul ball release part 38, forming a circulation guiding device. After passing through each of the machines 35, 36, 39, 40, and 41, the ball is again guided in the direction of the ball hitting device 9, and the determination of the type of pitch is completed for all 12 balls.

Therefore, there is no need to provide a separate timer (remaining pitch timer) for determining the type of pitch, and the number of prize pitches does not increase or decrease from the current point.

On the other hand, if it is determined in s45 that the standby method sensor 42 is not shielded from light, the sensor 42 may be caught on an obstacle nail, etc.

It is assumed that the pitch determination for all 12 pitches has not yet been completed, and the game jumps to s14. For this reason, no termination processing is performed.

After that, in s47, the MPU 10 writes into the writing unit 4 various data (at least game information) related to the pachinko game currently stored in the RAM and the ID code. And MPU io is sent to writing section 4 s47
It is determined whether or not all the data written in the RAM match the data in the RAM (s48). Here, if both data match, it is assumed that there is no inconvenience, and the various data and ID code written in the writing section 4 are inputted to the management device 3 in s47 (s49). s4 if the data does not match
7 will be executed again. After that, M P U at s50
After 10 has been subjected to a stopping process, the mounting portion 6 is MPU
10, the card l is returned to the player from the insertion slot 24 (s51).

In addition, when jumping from s29 and s42 to s35 described above, MPU10 turns on the foul ball sensor 38.
b. If it is determined that the foul ball sensor 38 is ONL, the MPU 10 performs s3.
6, add the foul pitch amount to the current game information by r+IJ, write this calculation result to the RAM as new game information, and input this new game information to the management device 3 (s
37).

Therefore, in s38, MPU 10 is "0 mote"
It is determined whether "0 mote" is set and it is determined that "0 mote" is set.

At s39, the MPU 10 clears the "0 mote" and then puts the ball hitting device 9 into a ball hitting ready state (s40).

If it is determined in s3B that "0 mote" is not set, the process jumps to s41. Next, in s41, it is determined whether or not the "stop mode" is set. If it is determined that the "stop mode" is not set, the process jumps to s52 shown in FIG. If it is determined that the "stop mode" is set, the process jumps to s46.

At s52 shown in FIG. 5, MPU10 determines whether "interrupt mode" is set. An interrupt mode indicates that an interrupt signal is being generated. s5
If it is determined in step 2 that the "interruption mode" is not set, the MPU 10 performs "confirmation mode AJ (confirmation regarding whether or not the interruption switch 23 is operated)" in s53.
If it is determined that the "interrupt mode" is set, the process jumps to s69. If it is determined in step s53 that the "confirmation mode A" is not set, the MPU 10 determines whether the "confirmation mode BJ (confirmation regarding whether or not the end switch 22 is operated) is set and whether the confirmation mode A or distortion force" is determined. (s54
). On the other hand, if it is determined in s53 that "confirmation mote A" is set, the process jumps to s59.

Next, if it is determined in s54 that the "confirmation mode B" is not set, the MPU 10 performs s55.
It is determined whether the interrupt switch 23 is operated or not, and if it is determined that "confirmation mode B" is set, the process jumps to s90. If it is determined in s55 that the interrupt switch 23 has been operated, MPUl0 sets "confirmation mode A" in s56, starts a confirmation timer (s57), and sets an alarm (light, sound and display part) in s58. 26) is set. Also, if it is determined in s55 that the interrupt switch 23 has not been operated, s8
Jump to 5.

The MPU10 then determines whether the set switch 43 has been operated in s59, and if it is determined that the set switch 43 has not been operated, it determines whether or not the reset switch 44 has been operated (s60). If it is determined that s
At step 65, it is determined whether "O-mote" is set. If it is determined in s60 that the reset switch 44 has not been operated, the MPU 10 determines whether the confirmation timer started in s57 has timed up (s61).

If it is determined that the confirmation timer has not timed up, the process jumps to s14, while if it is determined that the confirmation timer has timed up, s62 is executed. s62 clears the confirmation timer, and then s56
Clear the "confirmation mode A" set in (s63)
, s64 clears the alarm set in s58.

If it is determined in s65 that "0 mote" is not set, in s66 the MPU 10 disables the ball hitting device 9 and executes s67. on the other hand s65
If it is determined that "0 mode" is set in , jump to s67. In s67, an "interruption mode" is set, and the alarm set in s58 is cleared (s68). Thereafter, in s69, the MPU10 determines whether or not the standby ball sensor 42 is shielded from light based on the standby signal. If it is determined that the standby ball sensor 42 is shielded from light, it is assumed that the pitch type determination for all 12 balls has been completed, and s70 is executed.

When 11 game balls are waiting in the standby gutter 32 in this way, since the pitch type determination for all 12 balls has already been completed, a separate timer is provided for pitch type determination. There is no longer a need for it, and the number of prize balls will not increase or decrease from the current number.

On the other hand, if it is determined in s69 that the standby ball sensor 42 is not shielded from light, such as when the ball is caught on an obstacle nail, etc. 1
After detecting that one game ball is not waiting in the standby gutter 32, the process jumps to s14.

Therefore, no interruption processing is performed.

For s70, MPU 10 has read/write section 7.
By operating , various data related to the pachinko game and ID code currently stored in the RAM are written into the writing section 4. And MPU 10 is s7
All the data written to the writing section 4 with 0 and the above R
Determine whether the data in AM matches or not (
s71). Here, if both data match, it is assumed that there is no inconvenience, and the various data and ID code written in the writing section 4 in s70 are input into the management device 3.
(s 72). On the other hand, if the two data do not match in s71, s70 is executed again. Thereafter, the mounting unit 6 is driven by the MPU 10, and the card 1 is returned to the player from the insertion slot 24 (s7
3).

Next, in s74, the above-mentioned interruption timer is started,
The MPU 10 determines in s75 whether or not this interrupt timer has timed up. If it is determined that the above interruption timer has not timed up, the MPUI (
1 determines whether card 1 is attached to attachment section 6 (s76).

If it is determined in s75 that the above-mentioned interruption timer has timed up, the process jumps to s79. If the card 1 is not installed in the mounting section 6 in s76, it is determined whether the card (hereinafter referred to as an interruption card) 1 is installed in the mounting section 6 of another pachinko game machine 2 (s77). . On the other hand, if the card 1 is attached to the mounting section 6 in s76, the process jumps to sol.

Next, in s77, the interruption card 1 is played by another pachinko machine 2.
s7 if it is determined that the device is attached to the attachment section 6 of
9, and if not, execute s78. In s78, it is determined whether the suspended card l or the settlement method, that is, whether the game information and amount data have all been settled.
If it is determined that it is not the settlement method, the process jumps to s75, and if it is determined that it is the settlement method, s79 is executed. In s79, after the interruption timer started in s74 is cleared, the pachinko gaming machine 2 is returned to its initial state (s80).

In addition, in s81, the MPU 10 determines whether the card 1 installed in the mounting unit 6 is the interruption card 1, and if it is determined that the card is the interruption card 1, it clears the interruption timer in s82. After clearing the "suspension mode" (s83), jump to s12. On the other hand, if the MPU 10 determines in s81 that the card 1 installed in the mounting unit 6 is a card 1 different from the interrupted card l, the installation unit 6 is driven by the MPU 10. Therefore, the card L is returned to the player from the insertion slot 24 (s84), and the process jumps to s75.

Then, in s85, MPU 10 indicates the end of the current pachinko game. .

However, if the jump is not straight, it is determined in s86 whether or not the end switch 22 is operated. In s86, if it is determined that the end switch 22 is operated, M
The PU 10 sets "confirmation mode B" in s87, and otherwise jumps to s14. Note that "confirmation mode B" is for determining whether confirmation regarding whether or not the end switch 22 has been operated is set.

Next, the processing related to "interruption mode" in steps 557 to s6B is replaced with "end mode" and is performed in steps s88 to s99. That is, the MPU 10 starts a confirmation timer in s88, sets an alarm in s89, determines whether or not the set switch 43 is operated in s90, and if the set switch 43 is not operated, operates the reset switch 44. While determining the presence (s
91), when the set switch 43 is operated, M
PU10 determines whether "0 mode" is set in s96.

If the reset switch 44 is not operated in s91, the MPU 10 determines whether the confirmation timer has timed up (s92). If the confirmation timer has not timed up, jump to s14; if the confirmation timer has timed up, jump to s9.
Execute 3. In s93, after clearing the confirmation timer, the "confirmation mote B" is cleared (594), and the alarm set in s89 is cleared (s95).

Next, if it is determined in s96 that "0 mote" is not set, then in s97 the MPU 10
, and then executes s98. On the other hand, if it is determined in s96 that "0 mode" is set, the process jumps to s98. After setting the "end mode" in s98, the above s8 is set in s99.
Clear the alarm set at 9 and set M at 5100.
The P U 10 determines whether or not the standby ball sensor 42 is shielded from light based on the standby signal. When it is determined that the standby method sensor 42 is shielded from light, it is determined that 11 game balls are waiting in the standby gutter 32 and 51
Run old.

In this way, 1] When a game ball is waiting in the standby gutter 32, the pitch type determination for all 12 balls has already been completed, so the timer for determining one pitch type is set separately. There is no longer a need to provide one, and the number of prize balls will not increase or decrease from the current point.

On the other hand, if it is determined that the standby method sensor 42 is not shielded from light at 5lOD, the pitch type determination for all 12 pitches has not yet been completed, such as when the ball is caught on an obstacle nail.
Jump to s14. Therefore, no termination processing is performed.

Then, with 5101, MPU 10 has read/write section 7.
is operated to write various data and ID codes currently in the RAM to the writing section 4. And M P U 1
0 determines whether or not all the data written in the writing unit 4 in 5101 matches the data in the RAM (slO2). If both data match, the various data and ID code written in the writing unit 4 are input to the management device 3 in step 5101 (slO:l); if not, step 5101 is executed again. Ru. After that, MPUl0 returns card 1 to the player through the insertion slot 24 (s1.04). Thus, in step 5105, the pachinko gaming machine 2 is returned to its initial state.

Next, when jumping from s26 or s28 shown in FIG. 4 to 5106 shown in FIG. If it is, 5107 is executed, while if it is not "0", it jumps to 5129. 510
7, the MPU 10 enables the additional insertion of a new card 1. In 5108, it is determined whether or not a new card 1 has been additionally inserted. If it is determined that a new card 1 has not been additionally inserted, in 5109 MPU
10 determines whether or not the standby method sensor 42 is shielded from light based on the standby signal. When it is determined that the standby method sensor 42 is shielded from light, it is determined that 11 game balls are waiting in the standby gutter 32, and the game jumps after 510 seconds.

In this way, when 11 game balls are waiting in the standby gutter 32, the pitch type determination for all 12 balls has already been completed, so a separate timer is provided for determining the pitch type. This is no longer necessary, and the number of prize balls will not increase or decrease from the current point.

In addition, if it is determined in 5109 that the waiting method sensor 42 is not shielded from light, it is determined that the 11 game balls are not waiting in the waiting gutter 32, such as when they are caught on an obstacle nail, as shown in Figure 1N4. Jump to s29. In this case, the zero card 1 is held in the mounting section 6, and the zero card 1 is not taken in.

In addition, in 5llO, after inputting game information to the management device 3, the mounting unit 6 is driven by the MPUl0, and the card 1 is
That is, the zero card 1 is conveyed in the direction of a discard card case (not shown). As a result, the zero card 1 falls into the discard card case and is collected (sill), and the pachinko game machine 2 is returned to its initial state at s]12. On the other hand, if it is determined in 5108 that a new card l has been additionally inserted, the mounting unit 6 is driven by the MPU 10 in step 5113, so that the newly inserted new card l can be read/written. After transporting it to , execute 5114. At this time, zero card l
is held inside the mounting section 6.

After reading various data of the new card 1 at 5114, the MPU 10 determines whether or not the card 1 is fair at 5115, and if it is determined to be fair, it sends 5l16. Execute it, and jump to 5121 if it is not aligned. 5116 M P U 10
compares the number of uses data written in the writing section 4 of the card L with the maximum number of uses, and if the maximum number of uses has been reached, a message to that effect is displayed on the display section 26 in 5117, and at the same time the mounting section 6 Since it is driven by the MPU 10, the card l is returned to the player through the insertion slot 24. On the other hand, if the usage count data of the card l has not reached the usage limit, it is determined whether the card can be used, and the MPU 10 adds rlJ to the usage count data (sl18).

Then input this added value into the management device 3.
19), MPUl0 then compares the unique data written in the card l with the unique data of the card 1 stored in the management device 3 (5120), and if the two do not match, jumps to step 5121, while both If they match, 5123 is executed. At step 5121, the MPU 10 notifies the user that there is a problem with the card l using an alarm, a lamp, etc., and then returns the newly inserted new card l when the alarm state is canceled by an operation on the gaming parlor side.s 1.22), s2
Jump to 9. In addition, in 5123, M P U
10 adds the data of the previous card 1 to the data of the new card 1, updates the data of the new card 1, and inputs the updated data to the management device 3 (5124), L/after M P U 10 drives the mounting section 6 to convey the new card l further in the back direction, and takes the previous card l into the discard card case (s125).

Then, in 5126, if the MPU 10 does not have a valuable card, it jumps to 5129; otherwise, in 5127, the MPU 10 clears "0 mote" and then sets the ball hitting device 9 to a state where it can hit a ball. , the pachinko game continues (s128), and after this, s29
Jump to.

In addition, in the case of 5129, one MPU port has a conversion switch 45.
After activating the conversion switch 45 at 5130,
It is determined whether or not the switch has been turned on. If it is determined that the switch has been turned on, step 5131 is executed, whereas if not, the process jumps to s29. 5131 is MPU 1
0 converts the amount data into gaming information based on the rate set in advance in the amount and number of pitches setter 78, and inputs the gaming information into the management device 3 (s132). After this M
After PU10 clears “0 mode” (s133)
, 5134 to put the ball hitting device 9 into a ball hitting ready state, and s29
Jump to.

Next, 5135 is executed from s15 in FIG.
In step 6, it is determined whether the game information or the amount data is "0", that is, whether or not it is a valuable card 1. When the valuable card 1 is not present, the game enable signal generation circuit 16 generates a game enable signal. While the process jumps to 5108 in FIG. 6 in the stopped state, the game enable signal generation circuit 16 generates the play enable signal when the value card is l.
Jump to 5137. 5137 M P U 10
determines whether any of "end mode", "suspension mode", "confirmation mode AJr confirmation mode BJr call mote", "reset mode", and "stop mode" are set, and determines whether any one of them is set. If it is determined that this is the case, the process jumps to s22 in FIG.

On the other hand, if it is determined that neither mode is set, a card forgetting alarm is set at 5138. As a result, the MPU 10 operates the notification device 21, so that the player can perceive that the valuable card 1 is held in the pachinko gaming machine 2. Next, in 5139, it is determined whether or not the interruption switch 23 is ON. If it is ON, the card forgetting alarm is cleared in 5140, and then the process jumps to s56 in FIG.

On the other hand, when the interruption switch 23 is not ONL/in 5139, step 5141 is executed.

At step 5141, it is determined whether or not the end switch 22 is turned on. If it is turned on, the card forgetting alarm is cleared at step 5142, and then the process jumps to s87 in FIG. On the other hand, in the above 5141, the termination switch 22 is set to ONL/
If not, execute 5143. At 5143, it is determined whether or not the reset switch 44 is ONL/ON. If ONL/ is ON, the reset mode is set at 5144, and after the card forgetting alarm is cleared at 5145, the process jumps to s22 in FIG.

On the other hand, if the reset switch 44 is ONL in step 5143, step 5146 is executed. In 5146, it is determined whether the call switch 50 is ON or not, and ONL
, the call mode is set to 5147,
After the card forgetting alarm is cleared in step 5148, step 5149 is executed. Thereafter, steps s22 and subsequent steps in FIG. 4 are executed.

In this way, the present embodiment has been described in which the player detection circuit 18 or the touch switch detection circuit 14 is used. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the player detection circuit 1
8 may be provided separately from the touch switch detection circuit 14. Next, a case where the circuit is provided separately from the player detection circuit 18 or the touch switch detection circuit 14 and specifically for player detection will be described below. In this embodiment, as shown in the MS8 diagram, an absence detection switch 19 and an absence detection circuit 20 are used.
It consists of

In this embodiment, the absence detection switch 19 is an infrared sensor, and is provided on the front side of the pachinko game 4112 or on the installation stand (not shown).

The absence detection switch 19 detects a player located on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 2 based on the infrared rays emitted by the player or the distribution of the infrared rays, and sends a signal indicating this to the absence detection circuit 20. Enter. Based on the signal inputted from the absence detection switch 19, the absence detection circuit 20 generates a player absence signal only when it is determined that there is no player on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 2. The signal is input to the notification signal generation circuit 17.

Note that the absence detection switch 19 may be any means that can detect that the pachinko gaming machine 2 is occupied by a player, as described above. For example, in the case where a chair (not shown) is installed in front of each pachinko game machine 2, by providing a pressure sensor or a temperature sensor on the chair, the former can detect the player's weight, while the former can detect the weight of the player. The latter can detect whether a player is occupying the pachinko game machine 2 by detecting the player's body temperature.

Next, the operation of the apparatus according to this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 9, but since FIG. 4 sl to FIG. 7 5137 are the operations and rotations of the above-mentioned embodiment, their explanation will be omitted. First, at 5149 in FIG. 9, the absence detection switch 19 detects whether or not there is a player on the front side of the pachinko game 41!2,
When it is determined that there is no player, the absence detection circuit 20, ie, the player detection circuit 18, generates a player absence signal 5150. Also, as mentioned above, s13.51
35 or 5136, the game enable signal generation circuit 16
generates a game-enabled signal, so the notification signal generation circuit 17 generates a notification signal, and sends this notification signal to M P
Enter in U10. As a result, the MPU 10 operates the notification device 21 and the card forgetting alarm is turned on, allowing the player to perceive that the valuable card 1 is held in the pachinko gaming machine 2.

On the other hand, if it is determined in 5149 that the player is present on the front side of the pachinko gaming machine 2, the player detection circuit 18 stops the player absence signal generated in 5150 in 5151. As a result, the game-enabled signal generation circuit 16 is generating the game-enabled signal, but since it has stopped generating the player absence signal, the notification signal generation circuit 17 stops generating the notification signal, so the MPU
10 clears (turns off) the card forgotten alarm by stopping the operation of the notification device 21. and the fourth
Steps s22 and subsequent steps in the figure are executed.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the present invention can notify a player that he or she is about to leave the gaming machine while a valuable card is still held in the gaming machine. This prevents the valuable cards from being left in the gaming machine, thereby preventing the valuable cards from being taken out by another player who is not the real player.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of the card shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a plan view of the card shown in Fig. 1.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing part of the procedure for controlling the gaming machine shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing parts different from FIG. 4, and FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the different parts from FIG. 6; FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the gaming machine showing the configuration of an embodiment different from FIG. 1; FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the different parts from FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing a part of the procedure for controlling the gaming machine of FIG. 8. 1...Card 2...Gaming machine 16...Game enable signal generation circuit 17...Notification signal generation circuit 18...Player detection circuit Patent applicant stock FIG.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) A card that is activated only when a gaming card is installed and the gaming information written on the card indicates that it is possible to play, and rewrites the gaming information written on the installed card according to the progress of the game. The game machine includes: a game enable signal generation circuit that reads game information written on the inserted card and generates a game enable signal when the game information is playable; a player detection circuit that detects a player and generates a player absence signal when no player is detected; and a notification signal generation circuit that generates a notification signal only when the game enable signal and the player absence signal are generated. A card-type gaming machine characterized by being provided with.