JPH052346B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention provides that when a pachinko machine management device calculates information from a pachinko machine and a pachinko machine management device reaches a no-play state, the pachinko machine management device automatically stops the game. The present invention relates to a pachinko machine management system that broadcasts the occurrence of an occurrence in the pachinko parlor and at the same time displays the pachinko parlor in the parlor.

[Conventional technology and problems]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a conventional pachinko machine management system. In Fig. 1, 1-1 to 1-n are pachinko machines, 2 is a pachinko machine management device (EPC), 3 is a console (display/keyboard), 4 is a speaker, 5 is a public address system, and 6
indicates a microphone.

Conventionally, in a pachinko machine management device 2 having a system configuration as shown in FIG.
Calculations are performed based on information such as the ball entered and the ball put out from 1 to 1-n, and when it is determined that a no-stop state has occurred, a no-stop state is displayed on the lower part of the display of the console 3. When the person in charge reads this and broadcasts the number of the pachinko machine where the stoppage occurred in the store through the microphone 6, the public address system 5, and the speaker 4, the clerk listens to it and goes to the corresponding pachinko machine 1-1 to 1-n. Aborting processing is in progress.

However, inside the store, the in-store broadcasts are difficult to hear due to music, the sound of pachinko balls popping, and other noises. In addition, when a pachinko machine clerk handles multiple pachinko machines, he or she may forget the number of the next pachinko machine that is broadcast in the store while processing a certain machine. Sometimes I get tired. In this way, if you miss or mishear the stop-starting unit number, or if you forget the stop-starting unit number, the problem is that the stop-stopping unit will remain unprocessed. There is.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention is based on the above considerations, and includes:
A pachinko machine that can prevent a pachinko machine from becoming unprocessed due to overhearing or mishearing the machine number at which a machine stop has occurred due to noise in the store, or from forgetting the machine number at which a machine machine has stopped at a machine. The purpose is to provide a machine management system.

[Structure of the invention]

To this end, the pachinko machine management system of the present invention includes a plurality of pachinko machines, a pachinko machine management device that manages the plurality of pachinko machines, and a console, wherein the pachinko machine management system comprises: a plurality of pachinko machines; A sound generator that plays the theme sound or theme music of the stop table generation from a speaker in response to a stop table generation instruction, a stop table display board that can display multiple stop table generation numbers, and a plurality of stop table generation table numbers. and a stop table display control device for controlling the display of the stop table occurrence table number stored in the memory on the stop table display board; The pachinko machine management device is installed in a place where it can be seen by the pachinko machine attendants who are on the route around the island, and the pachinko machine management device is based on ball entry information and ball out information from the plurality of pachinko machines. It performs the calculation to determine whether or not a stoppage has occurred, and on condition that a stoppage state has occurred, it instructs the sound generating device to generate a stoppage, and at the same time, the memory of the stoppage display control device is The present invention is characterized in that it is configured to perform processing for storing a stop-stop occurrence table number in the stop-stop table and displaying it on a stop-stop table display panel.

[Embodiments of the invention]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
Figure 4 shows an example of a store layout to which the present invention is applied, Figure 4 shows an example of a stop display board to which the present invention is applied, and Figure 5 shows an example of a stop display board to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment of a pedestal display control device. In the figure, 1-1 to 1-
n, 2 and 3 correspond to those shown in FIG. 1, 7 is a sound generator, 8, 8-1 and 8-2 are speakers,
9 is a stop table display control device, 10 is a stop table display board, 11-1 to 11-4 are islands of pachinko machines, 12-1 to 12-4 are automatic ball lending machines, 13
14 is an automatic ball counting machine, 14 is a ball lending machine, 15 is a calculator,
21 and 22 are registers, 91 is a memory, 92 is a decoding circuit, 93 is a blinking circuit, 94 is an inverting circuit,
95 indicates a timer.

In FIG. 2, the pachinko machine management device 2 outputs a sound from a speaker 8 through a sound generating device 7 when a stoppage occurs in a pachinko machine 1-1 to 1-n.
An in-store broadcast is made from the machine to inform staff around the island of the presence of a pachinko machine in which a pachinko machine has stopped playing, and also displays the machine number where a playing machine has stopped playing on the playing machine display board 10 through the playing machine display control device 9. , controls the sound generator 7 and the stop table display controller 9. The sound generating device 7 is configured to play a theme sound or theme music of the occurrence of a stoppage from the speaker 8 in response to a signal sent from the pachinko machine management device 2 when a stoppage occurs. The stop-stop display control device 9 controls the pachinko machine management device 2 when a stop-stop state occurs.
Control is performed to display on the stop-stop display panel 10 the stop-stop occurrence table number notified from the stop-stop table. Even in a store with 500 pachinko machines, only about 5 or 6 pachinko machines will be in a pachinko machine state at the same time, so the pachinko machine display board 10 should be able to display the machine numbers for 8 pachinko machines. If so, it is sufficient, and it will be installed in a place where it can be easily seen by the store clerks who walk around the store. FIG. 3 shows an example of a layout in which the stop display board 10 is installed in a store.

In FIG. 3, there are pachinko machine islands 11-1 to 11, each consisting of a group of multiple pachinko machines.
-4 is installed in the center, and automatic ball lending machines 12-1 to 12-4 are installed near the surrounding walls. Further, there is a clerk at the counter, an automatic counting machine 13 and a ball lending machine 14 are installed, and a computer 15 and a console 3 are installed in the management room. The computer 15 constitutes the pachinko machine management device 2, the pachinko machine display control device 9, and the sound generation device 7. The stop display board 10 is installed in a place where it can be easily seen by the staff around the pachinko machine from the route around the islands 11-1 to 11-4, and the speakers 8-1 and 8-2 are
They will be installed as appropriate so that the sound can be heard inside the store or outside near the entrance.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the display on the stop table display panel. In Figure 4, 023, 310, 177, 086, 253,
356 and 182 indicate the machine numbers where the stoppage occurred. In such a display, the stoppage occurrence unit number may be displayed blinking for a certain period of time from the time of occurrence so that the old stoppage occurrence unit number and the recent stoppage occurrence unit number can be distinguished. In addition, as shown in Figure 4, in addition to being able to display multiple stop-start machine numbers at once, it is also possible to display a single stop-start machine number and change that number at regular intervals. Therefore, a plurality of stop-stop occurrence machine numbers may be displayed at different times.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of one embodiment of the stop table display control device 9. As shown in FIG. In FIG. 5, registers 21 and 22 are provided in the pachinko machine management device 2, and when a stoppage state occurs, the stoppage occurrence machine number and the address (X, Y) of the memory 91 are set in the register 21. be done. When canceling the stoppage state, the address (X, Y) of the memory 91 where the stoppage occurrence machine number is stored and a release command are set in the register 22. The stop table display control device 9 shows an example in which up to eight devices can be controlled, and the memory 91 includes a register 21.
The stop occurrence machine number set in 1 is stored by the trigger T according to the specified address (X, Y). Regarding the forced stop table, a forced stop flag is set in the register 21, and when this forced stop flag is set, the memory 91 also stores the forced stop flag at the same time. Then, the release command and address (X,
When Y) is set, the address (X, Y)
The contents of the memory 91 are cleared. The decoding circuit 92 decodes the machine number at which the stoppage occurred and converts it into a signal in a display format, and also discriminates whether or not it is a forced stoppage.
The stopping table number is displayed on the stopping table display panel 10 by a display format signal outputted from the decoding circuit 92 through the decoding circuit 92. The blinking circuit 93 operates for the set time (20 seconds) of the timer 95 which is started at the same time when the stopping number is stored in the memory 91 by the bird, and the inverting circuit 94 is operated for the set time (20 seconds) by the decoding circuit 92. It operates when it is determined that the stop is stopped. The example of the stopping table display board 10 shown in FIG. 5 can display eight stopping table numbers at the same time, but as mentioned earlier,
When using a stop table display board that can only display one stop table number, for example, the shift
A register may be provided and the outputs of the decoding circuit may be sequentially sent one by one to the stop table display panel at a constant cycle.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, an in-store broadcast notifies shop staff around the island that a stoppage has occurred, and a stoppage occurrence machine number is displayed on a stoppage display board installed in the store. Since the number is displayed, the shop staff around the island can check the stoppage number by looking at the stoppage display board and perform the stoppage process. Therefore,
It is possible to prevent a stop-stop machine from being left unprocessed due to overhearing, mishearing, or forgetting the stop-stop machine number due to noise in the store.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a conventional pachinko machine management system, Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the layout of a store to which the present invention is applied. , FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a stop table display panel to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a stop table display control device to which the present invention is applied.
It is a figure showing an example composition. 1-1 to 1-n...Pachinko machine, 2...Pachinko machine management device (EPC), 3...Console,
4, 8, 8-1 and 8-2... Speaker, 5... Public address system, 6... Microphone, 7... Sound generator, 9
... Stopping table display control device, 10 ... Stopping table display panel, 11-1 to 11-4 ... Pachinko machine island, 12-1 to 12-4 ... Automatic ball lending machine, 13 ... Automatic Ball counting machine, 14...Ball rental machine, 1
5...Calculator, 21 and 22...Register, 91...
...memory, 92...decoding circuit, 93...blinking circuit, 94...inverting circuit, 95...timer.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. In a pachinko machine management system comprising a plurality of pachinko machines, a pachinko machine management device that manages the plurality of pachinko machines, and a console, an instruction to generate a stop machine from the pachinko machine management device is provided. A sound generating device that plays the theme sound or theme music of the stop-stop occurrence from a speaker, a stop-stop display board that can display multiple stop-stop generation stand numbers, and a memory that can store multiple stop-stop generation stand numbers. and a pachinko machine display control device that performs control to display the pachinko machine number stored in the memory on the pachinko machine display board, and the pachinko machine display board is a pachinko machine. The pachinko machine management device is installed in a place where it can be seen by the clerks who are on the route around the island, and the pachinko machine management device performs calculations based on ball entry information and ball output information from the plurality of pachinko machines. Determine whether or not a stoppage has occurred, and on the condition that a stoppage state has occurred, instruct the voice generator to generate a stoppage, and at the same time write the stoppage occurrence in the memory of the stoppage display control device. A pachinko machine management system characterized by being configured to perform processing for storing a machine number and displaying it on a stop machine display board.