JPH05253347A - Apparatus for playing - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To reduce troubles extremely between players and a playing hall over value of a valuable object fed. CONSTITUTION:A value judging means is provided to judge the value possessed by a coin as valuable object which is fed into a first coin feed port and a second coil feed port to be received and fed coin type display LEDs 59 and 60 are provided to display the value of the coin received last based on the results of judgment of the value judging means pertaining to the coin received last among those fed and received from the first and second coin feed ports.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine including a gaming machine such as a pachinko gaming machine or a coin gaming machine, and more specifically, it has a value object receiving section for receiving a value object having a predetermined value. However, the present invention relates to a gaming device capable of playing a game by using the valuable value of the value object received from the value object receiving section.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of gaming machine, for example, a player inserts a predetermined value object such as a coin into a value object accepting section, which has been generally inserted into a conventionally known one. There has been a game that can be played by using the valuable value of a value object. On the other hand, in the conventional gaming device, it is configured to accept and accept value objects having different value values, and play a game according to the value value of the received value object. It was configured to continue.

[0003]

However, in the conventional gaming apparatus of this type, it cannot be said that the game cannot be continued for the amount of valuable value of the value object that the player has put in. May make an argument. In such a case, it is presumed that the player has mistakenly introduced a value object having a relatively large valuable value even though the player has actually inserted a value object having a relatively small valuable value. In some cases, and in other cases, even if the player actually puts in a value object having a relatively large value, it is equivalent to the value that was put in due to a machine failure or the like. It is possible that the game just played is not continued.

As described above, in the conventional gaming machine, it is easy for a trouble to occur between the player and the gaming hall, which is related to the magnitude of the valuable value of the inserted value object.
In addition, when such a trouble occurs, it is difficult to determine which of the terms is correct.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to determine the value of a valuable object held by a value object received by a player and received by a value object receiving section. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine capable of reducing the occurrence of troubles between a player and a game hall as much as possible.

[0006]

The present invention has a value object receiving section for receiving a value object having a predetermined valuable value,
A gaming device capable of playing a game using the valuable value of the value object received from the value object receiving unit, wherein the valuable value for judging the valuable value of the value object received in the value object receiving unit Based on the judgment result of the judgment means and the valuable value judgment means concerning the last accepted value object of the value objects received from the value object acceptance section, the valuable value of the last accepted value object is displayed. And a valuable value display means.

[0007]

According to the present invention, the valuable value of the value object received by the value object receiving section is judged by the operation of the valuable value judging means, and the value object received from the value object receiving section is finally received. The valuable value of the last accepted value object is displayed by the valuable value display means on the basis of the judgment result of the valuable value judgment means concerning the received value object.

[0008]

1 is an external front view of an embodiment of the present invention. The ball game machine of this embodiment is a so-called circulating ball game machine in which pachinko balls are enclosed so as to circulate, and a game is performed by circulating the enclosed pachinko balls. Also, this ball game machine is configured so that, like a conventional pachinko game machine, the start of the game and the payout of the won prizes are made not by the game pachinko ball itself but by another value object called a coin. There is.

Next, the configuration of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. The gaming machine 1 is a gaming machine body 2
And a coin box 3 provided on the left side of the gaming machine body 2 in the figure. The coin box 3 is a predetermined value object (1 mark coin or 5 mark coins in this embodiment) for starting the game of the ball game machine 1.
It is intended for the input of a device, and related devices are built in.

That is, the coin box 3 is provided with a first coin slot 4 and a second coin slot 5. The first coin insertion slot 4 and the second coin insertion slot 5 constitute a value object receiving section that receives a value object having a predetermined valuable value. Further, in connection with the first coin slot 4, the first coin return button 6
, A first coin return opening 7, and a display lamp 8 indicating that the first coin has been inserted in association with the first coin insertion opening 4. The display lamp 8 is composed of, for example, an LED.

A second coin return button 9, a second coin return opening 10, and a display lamp 11 indicating the second coin insertion are provided in association with the second coin insertion opening 5.

In this embodiment, as described above, the first coin slot 4 is configured to receive 1 mark coin, and the second coin slot 5 is arranged to receive 5 mark coins. It is configured. The player is usually the first
The game can be started by inserting one mark coin from the coin insertion slot 4. When 5 mark coins are inserted from the second coin insertion slot 5, it is possible to play 5 times as much as when 1 mark coin is inserted, and when the player wants to play for a long time, the second coin Use the inlet 5.

In this embodiment, the coin return buttons 6 and 9, the coin return ports 7 and 10, and the coin-insertion display lamps 8 and 11 are respectively provided in two pieces, but one of them is shared. Good.

The number of coin insertion ports 4 and 5 is not limited to two, and may be one or three or more.

The coin box 3 is further provided with a settlement button 12 and a start button 13. The settlement button 12 is a button for the player to instruct the end of the game, and when the button 12 is pressed, the ball game machine 1 stops its operation and a coin corresponding to the score earned by the player. Pay out. The start button 13 is a button for instructing the start of a game. That is, after a predetermined coin is inserted into the first coin insertion slot 4 or the second coin insertion slot 5, the start button 13 is pressed to put the ball-playing machine 1 into a playable state. It should be noted that the start button 13 is not necessarily required to be provided, and the start button 13 is eliminated and in response to insertion of a coin into the coin insertion slot 4 or 5,
The ball game machine 1 may be placed in a playable state.

A front frame 14 is mounted on the gaming machine body 2 so as to be openable and closable. A game board 15 is detachably attached to the front frame 14. On the game board 15, a predetermined number of nails, which are omitted in the drawing, are arranged, and the winning area 101a,
101b, 101c, 102a, 102b, 102c,
103a, 103b, 104 and an out area 105 are provided. In each of the above-mentioned winning areas, the safety holes 101a, 10a whose points are increased by winning a pachinko ball
1b, 101c, start winning holes 102a, 102b, 102c, which are winning regions in which the variable display device 16 including the slot drum 16a and the digital display unit 16b can be variably displayed by winning a pachinko ball. A winning area 103a composed of a lip)
There are various different winning regions, such as the variable winning ball device 103b and the variable winning device 104 whose winning state changes according to the display contents of the variable display device 16.

As described above, the points are added when the winning areas are changed and the pachinko ball wins in each winning area, and the other winning areas change easily, or the points are added for each winning area. By defining differently, the player can enjoy the contents of the game more.

The out area 105 is arranged at the lowermost portion of the game board 15. Therefore, the pachinko balls that have fallen along the board surface of the game board 15 and have not won the prize areas are put out to the out area 105.

Further, around the game area of the game board 15,
A rail 17 for guiding a pachinko ball is provided.

A digital display device 20 is provided on the left half of the front plate 18 attached to the lower portion of the game board 15. The digital display device 20 includes a game stop display section 21 and a coin number display section 2 in order from the left in the figure.
2. A sphere number display unit 23 is provided. The game stop display section 21 displays that the game cannot be continued because there are no more coins for the game. The coin number display unit 22 is for displaying the number of coins (for example, 1 mark coin) that can be used in the game. The number-of-balls display unit 23 displays the number of pachinko balls that can be shot. In this embodiment, 30 pachinko balls can be hit for each mark coin, and when the number of balls display section 23 is "30" or more, the number of balls display section "30" is displayed. Is converted into the display "1" on the coin count display unit 22 and displayed, and the display on the sphere count display unit is set to "0". By doing this, when the number of pachinko balls that can be hit by the player increases, for example, when the number becomes large, such as 1000 or 2000, it is not displayed as it is but converted to a small number of coins. Since it is displayed, the display can be easily read, and the number of coins paid out as a prize can be accurately grasped.

A ball hitting handle 31 is provided on the lower right side of the front plate 18. By rotating this operation handle 31 to the right, a sphere launching device 30, which will be described later, operates and launches one pachinko ball to the game board 15 one by one.

Further, a coin payout opening 41 is provided on the left side of the operation handle 31. At the end of the game,
From this coin payout opening 41, one mark coin is paid out. A coin tray 42 is provided surrounding the coin payout opening 41 on the front side so that coins paid out from the coin payout opening 41 do not fall downward.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the back surface structure of the embodiment shown in FIG. In the figure, 43 is a coin shoe for guiding one mark coin inserted from the first coin insertion slot 4. 44 is a coin payout opening 41
It is a coin payout device for paying out coins from (FIG. 1). This device includes a coin tank 45 for storing 1 mark coin and a full tank detection switch 46 for detecting the amount of 1 mark coin stored in the coin tank 45.
And a depletion detection switch 47 are provided. Also, 4
Reference numeral 8 is a motor for driving the coin payout device 44. Further, 49 is a 5 mark coin storage unit. That is, one mark coin inserted from the first coin insertion slot 4 is guided to the coin tank 45 via the coin shoe 43,
Although the coins are reused as coins for payout, the 5 mark coins inserted from the second coin insertion slot 5 are stored in the coin storage unit 49. Thus, in this embodiment, all coins are paid out with one mark coin.

Reference numeral 30 denotes a ball launching device, which is connected to the hitting ball operation handle 31 (FIG. 1) provided on the front side.

Further, this embodiment is provided with a data input device 50 which is one of the characteristic structures.

3A and 3B are views showing the data input device 50. FIG. 3A is a perspective view thereof, and FIG. 3B is a front view thereof.

In the figure, a key switch 51 is a switch that can be switched with the special key 52 inserted. By switching the key switch 51, the control mode of the ball game machine 1 can be set to a normal mode (game control mode) totaling mode or a reset mode. Here, the totaling mode is a mode in which totaling data such as the number of hit balls, the number of payout balls, and the payout rate stored in the storage means described later can be output. The reset mode is a mode in which the above-mentioned various data stored in the storage means can be reset.

The set stop number variable switch 53 is a switch that gives data for instructing to change the set stop number by being rotated. Here, the set stop number is the maximum number (maximum score) that can be paid out by the ball game machine 1 in conversion to the number of 1 mark coin. The stop setting number variable switch 53 is a switch capable of changing the stop setting number from 100 to 1000 sheets in units of 100 sheets.

The digital probability variable switch 54 is a switch for instructing to change the probability of displaying "7" in the display of the digital display section 16b (FIG. 1). By stopping the rotation of the digital probability variable switch 54 to an arbitrary position, the probability of "7" is reduced to 1/10.
It is possible to instruct the change to any one of ten to tenths.

Thus, changing the probability that the digital display section 16b displays "7" has the following significance. As described above, when the display of the variable display device 16 is a predetermined combination, for example, when the displays of the digital display portion 16b and the slot drum 16a are all "7",
The variable winning ball device 104 is opened, and the probability that a pachinko ball wins is increased, which is advantageous for the player. In other words, how much the ball game machine 1 is set to be on the base of the payout rate in business can be adjusted by changing the probability that the display of the variable display device 16 becomes a predetermined combination. is there. In the conventional ball-ball game machine, such adjustment of the ball output rate is generally performed by adjusting the nail. However, the nail adjustment must be done by a skilled nail master and the adjustment is difficult. In this embodiment, such a point is solved by the switch 54 and the control accompanying switching of the switch.

In this embodiment, both the set stop number variable switch 53 and the digital probability variable switch 54 are
The switches 53 and 54 cannot be switched unless the special key 52 is inserted into the key switch 51 and the key switch 51 is set to the total mode. That is, the key is set so that the number of set stops and the digital probability are not changed by a very simple operation such as the operation of the set stop number variable switch 53 or the digital probability variable switch 54 alone.
If switch 51 is not in the aggregation mode, both switches 51
And 52 are configured to be non-rotatable or idle. Therefore, each variable switch 53 or 5
It is possible to prevent erroneous operation, unauthorized operation, etc. of 4.

The data input device 50 is further provided with the following switches. The manual payout button 55 is a button for manually paying out one mark coin stored in the coin storage unit 45 (FIG. 2). When the manual payout button 55 is pressed, one mark coin is paid out to the coin tray 42 (FIG. 1) one by one, and the number of paid out coins is stored in the storage means.

The stop release button 56 is a switch for releasing the stop of the ball game machine 1 in which the game has been immobilized and the game has been immobilized and the game skill is activated again.
Whether it is in the stopped state or not is determined by whether or not the stop display LED 57 provided above the switch 56 is lit.
The stop release button 56 is used for the digital display device 20.
The display on each of the display units 22 and 23 in FIG. 1 is "0".
The hit release signal can be input only when the hit ball detection switch, which will be described later, is off and the key switch 51 is in the total mode. This is to prevent accidental cancellation of cancellation.

The volume switch 58 is a sound emitted when a pachinko ball hits a ball, a winning sound when the pachinko ball wins a predetermined area, and when the game board 15 (FIG. 1) enters a specific game state. It is a switch for adjusting at least one volume of sound effects and the like.

Further, the inserted coin type display LED 59,
Reference numeral 60 denotes a lamp for displaying the type of the most recently inserted coin (coin inserted from the coin insertion slot 4 or 5), which is selectively displayed based on the determinations in S3 and S6 of FIG. 8 described later. .. This lamp is for preventing troubles with the player by clarifying the latest coin type inserted by the player. By the inserted coin type display LEDs 59 and 60, the last received value object based on the determination result of the valuable value determination means described later regarding the last value object received among the value objects received from the value object receiving section. Valuable value display means for displaying the valuable value of is configured.

FIG. 4 is an illustrative view showing the sphere launching device 30. The number of hit balls is detected by the signal given from the ball launching device 30. Next, the operation of detecting the number of hit balls will be described together with the operation of the ball launching device 30.

The pachinko ball that has dropped from the game board 15
The ball is aligned with the hit ball alignment gutter 302 through the communication port 301.
The hitting ball alignment gutter 302 is a gutter having a gentle slope, and an operating member 303 capable of mounting, for example, two pachinko balls, is provided in the downstream part thereof. The actuating member 303 is a member that is rotatable around a fulcrum 304. When a pachinko ball is placed on it, the actuating member 303 pivots downward as shown in the drawing, and the actuator 306 of the microswitch 305 is moved. Press. The pachinko balls on the actuating member 303 are struck one by one by the swinging member 307.
Sent to 308.

The motor 309 is turned on by the rotation of the hit ball operating handle 31, and rotates at a constant rotation. Motor 3
A drive blade 310 is attached to the rotating shaft of 09.
The drive blade 310 has three blades and rotates in the direction of arrow A shown in the figure. When one blade of the drive blade 310 is engaged with the engagement protrusion 311 and the drive blade 310 further rotates, the engagement protrusion 311 is rotated about the fulcrum 313 in the direction of arrow B in the drawing. Along with this, the striking rod 312 whose positional relationship is fixed with respect to the engaging projection 311 also rotates in the direction of arrow C about the fulcrum 313.

Then, the drive blade 310 is engaged with the engaging projection 311.
When it comes off, the striking rod 12 and the engaging projection 311 are
The tension of the spring 314 causes a sudden movement in the direction opposite to the arrow C. Then, the pachinko ball of the launch rail 308 is hit by the hitting portion 315 provided at the tip of the hitting rod 312.

A series of these operations are repeated a fixed number of times per unit time. This is because the rotation speed of the motor 309 is constant and the drive blade 31 connected to the rotation shaft
0 also rotates at a constant speed. Therefore, within a certain time, the batting rod 31
This is because 2 also hits a pachinko ball a certain number of times, and a certain number of pachinko balls are hit.

Therefore, the number of hits also increases in proportion to the on time of the motor 309, that is, the time during which the motor 309 is rotating. Therefore, the rotation time of the motor 309 is detected and The number of balls to be driven can be calculated at and.

Furthermore, the pachinko ball that has been hit once becomes a fal ball, and does not reach the game board surface.
Return from foul opening 317 when realigned to
The sphere is detected by the detector 316. The detector 316 can be composed of, for example, a photoelectric sensor or a magnetic sensor. Then, the detector 316
Each time there is an output pulse of
If the ON time of the switch 309 is shortened, the number of hit balls can be detected based on that.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart for explaining the above-mentioned detection method of the number of hit balls. In the figure, A is the mode
Indicates the on time of the data. When A is at high level, the motor is on and rotating at a constant speed. B is the detector 3
This is a pulse corresponding to 16 output pulses. C is obtained by subtracting B from A, and the number of hit balls can be calculated by dividing this high level time by a predetermined constant. This is done by the CPU 61 (FIG. 6) described later. The number of hit balls can be detected by the following method in addition to the method of obtaining the on-time of the motor 309 as described above. That is, a shield plate 318 is provided corresponding to the end of the hitting rod 312, and the shield plate 318 blocks the photo sensor 319 every time there is a ball hit, and the number of times the photo sensor 319 is blocked is detected. , The number of hit balls can be detected. The inserted coin type display LED 5 shown in FIG.
9, 60 may be provided on the front side of the gaming machine 1 or may be one that digitally displays the valuable value of the inserted coin (value object).

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of the control device of this embodiment. Signals from the hit ball detection sensor 30 'provided in association with the data input device 50 and the ball launch device 30 described above are given to the CPU 61. CPU
Reference numeral 61 is the center of arithmetic control. The ROM 62 connected to the CPU 61 is a read-only memory and stores the operation program of the CPU 61. The RAM 63 is a memory in which data can be written and read, and stores the number of set stops and the digital probability set by the data input device. The RAM 63 further includes a hit ball detection sensor 3
The number of hit balls and the like calculated by the CPU 61 based on the signal given from 0 ′ are also stored.

Further, a winning ball detecting sensor 65 is arranged in association with each of the winning areas 101a to 104. Then, the output of the sensor 65 is given to the CPU 61 together with the output for detecting the number of hit balls.

The CPU 61 calculates whether or not the ball game machine 1 has reached the set number of hits, based on the data thus provided and the set number of hits. The method of this calculation will be described in detail later.

As a result of the calculation of the CPU 61, when the number of thrown balls reaches the set number of hits, that is, when the ball game machine is hit, the CPU 61 derives the immobilization output. This output is given to the motor of the gaming machine 1, for example,
Drive is prohibited. As a result, the game of the ball game machine 1 is disabled.

The output of the CPU 61 is further given to the data output means 64. The output means 64 corresponds to the digital display device 20 in this embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a memory map schematically showing the types of specific storage areas of the RAM 63. RAM63
From the game data input from the data input device 50 (see (a) and (b) of FIG. 3) and the data input device for game control setting (see FIG. 13) described later. A game data storage area 631 for storing input data,
1 mark counter 632 counting the total number of 1 mark inserted from the first coin slot 4 (see FIG. 1), counting the total number of 5 mark coins inserted from the second coin slot (see FIG. 1) 5 mark counter 633, a score storage area 634 for storing the score (for example, the number of 1 mark coin when converted to 1 mark coin) that the player has acquired during the game, the game performed by the ball game machine A game number counter 635 for counting the total number of pachinko balls (a fixed number of pachinko balls, for example, one game is supplied 10), and a ball number storage area 63 for storing the number of pachinko balls that can be supplied.
6, a production button counter 637 that counts the number of times the settlement button 12 (see FIG. 1) is pressed, a timer area 638 that constitutes a soft timer, and the like are included. Furthermore, the first
Coins, that is, a 1 mark coin payout total counter 639 for counting the total payout amount of 1 mark coin, a manual coin payout total counter 640 for counting the total payout amount of 1 mark coin manually paid out, and the like. Note that a specific example of the value object is not limited to a coin, and may be a recording medium on which information capable of specifying a predetermined valuable value is recorded.

8 and 9 are flowcharts showing the control operation of the CPU 61 during the game. The control contents shown in this flowchart are stored in the ROM 62.

The control operation of the CPU 61 will be described in accordance with the flow of FIGS. 8 and 9 and mainly with reference to FIGS. 1, 6 and 7.

When the power of the ball game machine 1 is turned on,
Data input device 50 (see (a) and (b) of FIG. 3), the set stop number variable switch 53, the digital probability variable switch 5
The game data such as the set number of hits and the digital probability set by 4 etc. is read and stored in the game data storage area 631 (step S1). And CP
U61 waits for a coin to be inserted (step S
2) When a coin is inserted, it is determined whether the coin is 1 mark coin or 5 mark coin (steps S3, S).
6). If the coin is not one of the coins, an error process is performed (step S9). By S3 and S6, a judging means for judging the valuable value of the value object received by the value object receiving section is constituted.

In the case of 1 mark coin, 1 in the RAM 63
The mark counter 632 is incremented by +1 and the score is incremented by 1 in the score area 634 (steps S4, S
5). In the case of 5 mark coins, 5 mark counter 63
3 is incremented by +1 and +5 is written in the score area (steps S7 and S8). Then, the score information stored in the score storage area 634, that is, the number of 1 mark coin as a score is read out, and the coin number display unit 2 is displayed.
2 (FIG. 1) (step S10). The display control will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. 12 and its description.

Then, 1 pachinko ball for one game, for example, 10 balls is supplied to the ball striking line gutter 302 (see FIG. 4) (step S11), and the game number counter 635 (FIG. 7).
Is incremented by +1 (step S12). Then, the points are reduced from the score storage area 634 by the amount of the pachinko balls supplied. That is, the score represented by the number of 1 mark coin stored in the score storage area 634 is decremented by 1,
Write +20 in the sphere storage area 636. I mean,
In this embodiment, 3 marks per 1 mark, that is, 30 pachinko balls can be hit to play the game. Therefore, if the score is -1 from the score area and 10 pachinko balls are supplied, 20 Since the pachinko ball of is left, it is written in the ball number storage area 636. Then, it is determined whether or not the number of balls stored in the number-of-balls storage area 636 is larger than 30 (step S15), and if larger, −30 is subtracted from the number-of-balls storage area 636 to obtain the score storage area 6
34 is incremented by +1 (step S16).
Then, the score storage area 634 and the number of balls storage area 6
The CPU 61 reads the contents stored in 36 and displays them on the coin count display section 22 and the sphere count display section 23 (step S17).

In this way, the storage and display of the score and the number of spheres are always converted into one mark coin number and displayed, and the surplus sphere number that cannot be converted is stored and displayed as the number of pachinko spheres. The number of bits can be reduced, and the number of digits displayed on the display device can be reduced. In addition, since the player does not display the number of pachinko balls as a large number itself but the number of 1 mark coin paid out as a prize, there is an advantage that the winning score can be easily grasped.

Next, the CPU 61 determines whether or not there is a winning ball (step S18). This is the winning area 10
Winning ball detection sensor 6 provided in association with 1a to 104
It is determined by whether or not there is an output of 5. When there is a winning ball, the number of balls stored in the ball storage area 636 is incremented by 10 for each winning ball (step S19). In this embodiment, no matter which winning area the pachinko ball wins, the number of spheres is uniformly +10 as a score, but the increasing score may be changed depending on each winning area.
In this case, the CPU 61 may determine the output of the winning ball detection sensor 65 and change the score to be added, that is, the number of balls to be added, according to the output.

After the number of balls in the number-of-balls storage area 636 is incremented by 10, it is determined whether or not the number of balls stored therein is more than 30 (step S20).
The number in the number of balls storage area 636 is incremented by -30, and the number in the score storage area 634 is incremented by 1 (step S21). Then, each score storage area 634 and the number of balls storage area 6
The stored contents of 36 are read out and displayed on the coin count display section 22 and the sphere count display section 23 (step S22).

Next, the CPU 61 determines whether or not it is in the fiber state (step S23). The fiber state means that a pachinko ball is won in the starting winning holes 102a, 102b, 102c, the variable display device 16 including the slot drum 16a and the digital display portion 16b can be variably displayed, and the display of the variable display device 16 is performed. This is a state in which the winning state of the variable winning ball device 104 can be changed according to the content. When this happens, the CPU 61
Controls the variable display device 16 and the variable winning ball device 104 based on the data input from the data input device 13 for game control setting (step S24).

Next, the CPU 61 causes the sphere detection sensor 30 '.
Based on the output of, the CPU determines whether there is a pachinko ball to be hit (step S25). If there are no pachinko balls, the number of balls storage area 636 and the score storage area 63
It is determined whether or not both the number of balls and the score stored in 4 are 0 (step S26), and if both are not 0, the amount of pachinko balls to be supplied is subtracted from the number-of-balls storage area 636 or the score storage area 634. That is, when “10” or “20” is stored in the number-of-balls storage area 636, the value is decremented by −10 to supply the pachinko ball. If the number of balls stored in the number-of-balls storage area 636 is “0”, the value stored in the score storage area 634 is decremented by one, +20 is stored in the number-of-balls storage area 636, and a pachinko ball is stored. 10 are supplied.

Then, the result is displayed on the coin count display section 22 and the sphere count display section 23 to supply the pachinko balls (steps S28 and S29).

When the values stored in the sphere number storage area 636 and the score storage area 634 are both "0" (step S26), since the player's score (score) is 0, the CPU 61 cannot play the game. The mobilization output is derived, and the game of the ball game machine 1 is disabled (step S22).
Then, in this case, the game operation of the ball game machine 1 ends.

If the value in the number-of-balls storage area 636 or the score storage area 634 is not "0", the pachinko ball is supplied as described above, and the CPU 61 further determines whether or not to stop (step S30). This determination is made according to the stopping setting method set as follows. That is, the hit ball setting method is as follows: (first coin (1 mark coin) payout total + display coin count (1 mark coin display count))-(first coin insertion total + second coin (5 mark coin ) Total input ×
N) The difference number of the number of coins is calculated based on the calculation formula of N = 5, and when the difference number reaches a predetermined positive value (a set number of stops), it is judged that the coin is stopped. Try to determine. In addition,
This set stop number is set by the stop set number variable switch 53 (FIG. 3B) as described above. Then, according to the determination signal, the complementary ball is stopped, the stop lamp is turned on, a stop sound is emitted, and each winning is prohibited.

Then, as will be described below, the settlement process is automatically performed when a fixed time has elapsed after the stop or immediately after the stop. At this time, the number of coins displayed on the coin number display unit 22 is displayed in a blinking manner without subtraction. If this is done, it will be clear that it is a settlement by stopping and not a general settlement. In this case, the number of spheres in the sphere number display section is cleared to zero.

In addition to the above stop setting method, the following setting method may be used. That is, in the calculation formula of the set number of hits, (total number of first coin insertions + total number of second coin insertions × N)
= Β, a predetermined number α is set in advance in addition to the value β. Then, in the above-mentioned arithmetic expression for determining the set number of stopping, when β ≦ α, the value of β is directly entered in the above arithmetic expression, and when β> α, α is substituted for β in the above arithmetic expression.
Is substituted. In this way, when the total number of coins inserted by the player is larger than the predetermined number α, the number of stop settings is reduced by the larger number, which can be secured as a profit on the side of the ball game machine 1 and more efficient sales can be performed. Has the advantage.

Returning to FIG. 9, if not stopping, CP
U61 further determines whether or not the payment is made (step S
31). If it is not the settlement, it is determined whether or not a new coin has been inserted (S34). If a new coin has been inserted, the flow goes to (B), and if no further coin has been inserted. , The flow returns to the location (C), and the control is repeated.

In the case of settlement (step S31), settlement processing is performed (step S32), and the game is disabled (step S33). Then, the control operation of the game state of the ball game machine is ended.

FIG. 11 is a detailed flowchart of the settlement process in step S32 described above. The control operation of the settlement process will be described with reference to FIG.

In the settlement process, the supply of pachinko balls is first stopped (step S71), and it is determined whether or not the score stored in the score storage area 634 is "0". If the score storage area 634 is not "0", the score is decremented by 1 (step S73), and one mark coin is paid out,
The 1-mark coin payout total counter 639 is incremented by +1 (step S74). Then, it is determined whether or not the settlement has been canceled (step S75). Whether or not the settlement is stopped is determined by, for example, whether or not the settlement button 12 (see FIG. 1) is pressed again. If the settlement is not canceled, the operations of steps S72 to S75 are repeated. When the settlement is stopped, it is further determined whether or not the stop is made (step S76), and the process proceeds to D in FIG. The determination as to whether or not this stop is made again is to prevent re-playing after the stop when the checkout is started after the stop and the stoppage of the checkout is determined by pressing the checkout button 12. belongs to.

When the score in the score storage area 637 becomes "0", the settlement process ends. FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining the control operation of the CPU 61 in the totaling mode.
It is a figure. The aggregation mode is, as already explained, the RA
A mode that can output aggregate data such as the total number of input 1 marks, the total number of 5 marks, and the total number of games stored in M63.
It is In this mode, as described above, the special key 52 is inserted into the key switch 51 of the data input device 50 (see (a) and (b) of FIG. 3), and the key switch 51 is aggregated. -It is done by doing. In this mode, when the settlement button 12 (see FIG. 1) is pressed, the CPU
61 determines that (step S51), sets the timer accordingly (step S52), and increments the adjustment button counter 637 (see FIG. 7) by +1 (step S53). The timer is set to determine whether or not the settlement button 12 is continuously pressed within a predetermined time, for example, 1 second. The payment button counter is for counting the number of times the payment button is pressed continuously. When the settlement button 12 is pressed, in response to the pressing, the totaling type is displayed on the display unit 23 (see FIGS. 1 and 13) of the digital display device 20 (step S54). For example, when the settlement button 12 is pressed once, this counting type is “0
The display is "1" and the display is "02" when pressed twice. This display shows the type of data to be tabulated. Then, when it is determined that the settlement button 12 has been pressed for more than 1 second (step S55), the total type determined by the number of times the settlement button has been pressed up to that time, that is, displayed on the display unit 23. The totaling type represented by the numeral is determined (step S56), and the determined totaling type is displayed on the display unit 2 of the digital display device 20.
2 is displayed and the control operation ends.

Next, the digital display device 20 at this time
The display contents and the display control operation of the CPU 61 at that time will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. 12 is a flow chart showing the control operation of the CPU 61, and FIG. 13 is a diagram schematically showing the contents displayed on the digital display device 20.

As described above, the special key (see FIG. 3 (a))
When the settlement button 12 (see FIG. 1) is pressed in the total mode with, the display unit 23 controlled by the CPU 61 according to this input, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), The displayed numerical value changes sequentially. This control is as described in FIG.

The changing display numerical values have the following meanings. That is, “01” is the total number of coins inserted into the first coin insertion slot 4, that is, 1 mark counter 632.
The count value stored in (see FIG. 7), “02” is the second
The total number of coins inserted into the coin insertion slot 5, ie, the total number of 5 mark counters stored in the 5 mark counter 633, “03” is stored in the first coin payout total, that is, the 1 mark coin payout total counter 639. Counting value, “04” is (first coin insertion total number + second coin insertion total number) −first coin payout total number, “0”
“5” is the total number of manual coin payouts, that is, the count value stored in the manual coin payout total counter 640, “0”.
6 ”represents the total number of games, that is, the count value stored in the game number counter 635. In this way, what kind of data is displayed is specified by the display on the display unit 23. It should be noted that (first coin inserted total + second coin inserted total) -first coin payout total becomes negative, that is, when the player wins a large amount of prizes (coins) and the machine loses. , This display is displayed as a minus sign such as "-4" to clarify it.

The CPU 61 controls the display unit 2 as described above.
After the display of No. 3 is made and it is made clear which kind of data is to be aggregated and displayed, the CPU 61 determines that the kind of data specified by the display unit 23 is selected from the data stored in the RAM 63. Is read and displayed on the display unit 22. The order of this control is as shown in FIG.
In a nutshell, the display section of the display unit 22 is divided into three, and the maximum number that can be displayed is 3 digits. Therefore, if the total data to be displayed is 4 digits or more, , Fig. 7
As shown in (c), the display data is sequentially moved from the right side of the display unit 22 so that a numerical value of 4 digits or more is displayed. This movement is performed at intervals of 0.5 seconds, for example. The display shown in FIG. 7C is an example of a case where the numerical value “4685” is displayed.

Next, the details of this control operation will be described with reference to FIG. The CPU 61 reads the display data from the RAM 63 (step S81). This display data is data corresponding to the numerical values shown on the display unit 23 as described above. After reading the display data, CPU6
1 determines whether the display data is 4 digits or more (step S82). If it is less than 4 digits, the display data is set in the display buffer (step S90) and displayed (step S91).

When the display data has four or more digits (step S82), a three-digit blank is added to the upper portion of the display data (step S83), and the upper three digits, that is, the three blank digits are displayed. Buffer (step S8)
4). Then, a timer is set (step S85),
The contents of the display buffer, that is, blanks are displayed on the display unit 22 (step S86). It is displayed until 0.5 seconds have passed after the display, and when the display has passed 0.5 seconds (step S87), it is judged whether or not the display content has completed one revolution (step S88), and if the display has not completed one revolution, The display data that has been shifted to the lower digit by one digit is set in the display buffer (step S89). That is, the highest-ranked contents shown in FIG. 13C are set in the display buffer and are displayed on the display unit 22 in the same manner. After that, step S85 to step S89 are sequentially repeated, and the display shown in FIG. 13C is sequentially changed from top to bottom. Then, when the displayed content makes one round, the control ends.

In this embodiment, the settlement button 12 is also used as the button in the totaling mode, but it goes without saying that a dedicated button for totaling may be provided separately. Further, since the ball game machine 1 has various control functions as described above, it is possible to easily count the number of coins by utilizing this. For example, when it is desired to count the total number of coins before the start of business, the coins are put in the coin tank 45. And the key switch 51
((A) and (b) of FIG. 3) is set to the totaling mode, and in that state, the settlement button 12 (FIG. 1) is pressed to display "05" on the display unit 23. As a result, the CPU 61 (FIG. 6) becomes the counting display mode of the total manual coin payout. Then, by continuously pressing the manual payout button 55,
The coins stored in the coin tank 45 are sequentially paid out to the coin tray 42, and the number of coins paid out is the CPU 61.
Is counted by. The count value is stored in the manual coin payout total counter 640 of the RAM 63 and is displayed on the display unit 22 so that the number can be known. By using such a method, a large number of coins can be accurately counted.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a data input device for game control setting, which is provided in addition to the data input device 50 shown in FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b). The game control setting data input device 80 is provided on the back side of the gaming machine main body 2 (see FIG. 2) in a sealed place so as not to be easily operated from the outside. The data for controlling the game by this game setting data input device 80 is C
It is given to the PU 61 (FIG. 6). In the figure, a 1-game ball hitting number variable switch 81 is a switch for setting the maximum number of hit balls that can be hit in 1 game. By switching this switch, the position of the ball cutting solenoid 65 shown in FIG. 14 moves to the left and right, and the number of pachinko balls supplied in one game can be changed to a predetermined number.

Reference numeral 82 is a game number changeover switch for changing the number of games possible with the first inserted coin (1 mark coin). By switching this switch 82, the CP
U61 switches the number of possible games with one mark coin, and outputs a signal to disable the ball game machine 1 at the end of the number of games.

Reference numerals 83 to 86 are switches for providing data for controlling the number of times the variable winning ball unit 104 is opened and closed and the opening time. 83 is for switching the number of times the attacker, that is, the variable winning ball device 104 is opened, at the time of the fiber, that is, when the display of the slot drum 16a and the digital display portion 16b of the variable display device 16 are all "7". Switch. 84 is at the fiber
This is a switch for switching the opening time for which the attacker 104 opens. 85 is an attacker 10 when one of the three drums of the slot drum 16a (see FIG. 1) is not "7".
4 is a switch for switching the opening time. 8
Reference numeral 6 denotes a switch for determining the opening time of the attacker 104 when the digital display 16b (see FIG. 1) is not "7" and the display of the slot drum 16a is "7". The signals from these changeover switches are sent to the CPU 6
1, the CPU 61 performs game control such as opening time of each device.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing another example of the data input device. The data input device 200 shown in FIG.
The data input device 50 shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B and the input device 80 shown in FIG. 13 are integrated. A feature of the data input device 200 is that the data to be input can be input using the numeric keypad 201. Therefore, like the changeover switch shown in FIG. 3 (b) and FIG. 14, not only can a predetermined numerical value be input, but also arbitrary numerical value data can be input, which is suitable for various purposes. can do.

The data input device 200 can be operated by operating the key switch 51 with a special key (not shown). Also, as another method, press the setting key 202, and then press
By inputting the predetermined PIN with 201,
You may make it an input possible state. Alternatively,
The data input device 200 may be operable by inserting a magnetic card from the magnetic card insertion port 203. In this way, when the data input device 200 is operated, it is possible to prevent unauthorized use by giving some kind of signal or the like. Note that the above special key, PIN, and magnetic card may be used in combination in order to be more careful in preventing unauthorized use.

The data that has been put into the operable state as described above
A method of inputting data will be described by taking an operation procedure for inputting, for example, a set stop number by the data input device 200 as an example.

When inputting the set stop number, the stop setting key
The user presses 204, and inputs the desired number of stopping settings using the numeric keypad 201. For example, when the number is 263 (263 in 1 mark coin), it is input. The input numerical value is displayed on the digital display unit 204. After the number of input data is confirmed by the display, the entry key 206 is pressed, and thereby the set stop number is given to the CPU 61 (see FIG. 6).

In the case of storing aggregate data and the like for a long period of time, a floppy disk insertion port 207 is provided, a floppy is inserted from here, and the data stored in the RAM 63 (FIG. 6) is stored in the floppy disk. It may be changed to. By doing so, the aggregated data can be stored for a long time.

FIGS. 17A and 17B are schematic side views of an embodiment of the present invention. This schematic side view shows a state in which the ball game machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is housed in a predetermined case 111 and is placed in a business-ready state. By the way, since the ball game machine 1 of this embodiment is a device that can operate even one unit as described above, it is often arranged as a single unit. In such a case, when the horizontally arranged ball game machine 1 is tilted by an angle θ as shown in FIG. 17B and a game is played in that state, the game state changes.
Then, it becomes possible for the player to obtain an illegal prize or the like. In order to prevent this fraud, a horizontal detection device 112 is further provided in this embodiment. This detection device is a device in which, for example, mercury is contained, and an electrode needle is in contact with the surface of the mercury, and a voltage is applied between the mercury and the electrode needle. In the horizontal state, the electrode needle and mercury are in contact with each other and there is electrical conduction between them. However, when the electrode needle and the mercury are tilted at a predetermined angle or more, the electrode needle and mercury are opened and the voltage between both ends becomes 0 volt. It is such a sensor. The output of the tilt detection sensor 112 is sent to the CPU 61.
By giving (FIG. 6), it is possible to prevent the illegal use of inclining the ball game machine 1 to play a game.

In the above description of the embodiment, a so-called circulating ball game machine has been described as an example, but the same can be applied to other ball game machines.

[0087]

According to the present invention, since the valuable value possessed by the value object that the player has input and received last is displayed by the valuable value display means, the value value that the invested value object has can be determined. It is possible to minimize the occurrence of troubles between the traveling player and the game hall.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a data input device.

FIG. 4 is an illustrative view showing a sphere launching device.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart for explaining the operation of the number of hit balls to be detected.

FIG. 6 is a schematic block diagram of a control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a memory map schematically showing specific types of storage areas of a RAM 63.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart for explaining the control operation of the CPU 61 during a game.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the control operation of the CPU 61 during a game.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining the control operation of the CPU 61 in the totaling mode.

FIG. 11 is a detailed flowchart for explaining settlement processing control.
It is a figure.

FIG. 12 is a detailed flowchart for explaining display control.

FIG. 13 is a diagram for explaining the contents displayed on the variable device.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing an example of a game control setting data input device.

FIG. 15 is a schematic view of a launch ball supply mechanism.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing another example of the data input device.

FIG. 17 is a schematic side view of an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a game device, 2 is a game machine main body, 3 is a coin box, 12 is a settlement button, 16 is a variable display device, 16b is a digital display unit, 101a to 104 are winning areas, and 20 is a winning area.
Is a digital display device, 22 and 23 are display units, 30 is a sphere launching device, 50 is a data input device, 61 is a CPU, 6
2 is ROM, 63 is RAM, and 80 is game control setting data.
Data input device, 200 is a data input device, 4 is a first coin insertion slot, 5 is a second coin insertion slot, and 59 and 60 are inserted coin type display LEDs.

[Procedure amendment]

[Submission date] August 5, 1991

[Procedure Amendment 1]

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[Name of item to be corrected] Fig. 11

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A gaming device having a value object receiving section for receiving a value object having a predetermined valuable value, and capable of playing a game using the valuable value of the value object received from the value object receiving section. And a valuable value determining means for determining a valuable value of the value object received by the value object receiving section, and the valuable value relating to the last received value object of the value objects received from the value object receiving section. A gaming device comprising: a valuable value display means for displaying the valuable value of the last value object received based on the determination result of the value determining means.