JPH06126040A - Qualified balls delivery managing apparatus for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To manage the replenishing of balls and the setting of the suspension of shooting balls individually at each pachinko machine. CONSTITUTION:A computer control unit 6 is provided for each pachinko machine. A success signal 16, a fault signal 17 and a jackpot signal 18 from the pachinko machine is brought into the computer control unit and the signals brought in are processed based on a specified algorithm to allow the managing of states of delivery of qualified balls, jackpot and the like of the pachinko machine individually. This also allows the altering of setting in suspension of sooting balls optionally by inputting an external setting signal.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a payout management device for pachinko machines, and more particularly to a device for providing a computer control unit for each pachinko machine and managing the payout for each machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art At present, a pachinko machine installed in a pachinko parlor is used for counting the number of pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as "payout ball") ejected from one pachinko machine and when the number of these pachinko balls reaches a prescribed number. In general, the so-called stoppage of stopping the supply of balls to the pachinko machine and the confirmation of the occurrence of a big hit in a model called a digital pachi machine are centrally managed by a central control unit called a hall computer.

The above-mentioned stopping detects a safe signal generated when a ball wins a plurality of winning openings provided in the pachinko machine inside the pachinko machine and a ball not winning any of the winning machines. The determination is made by fetching the out-ball signal generated thereby into the central control unit via the communication line and processing it by a predetermined algorithm. Therefore, it is possible to manage only one central control unit for each pachinko machine that is usually installed in multiple pachinko parlors.
It is possible to grasp the status of the ball output of the entire store in one place.

[0004]

Although the centralized control by the central control unit has an advantage as described above, the investment cost for introducing the system is high and the system is large in scale, so that the maintenance is difficult. There are some disadvantages from the viewpoint. Further, if the central control unit goes down the system, there is a risk that it will be temporarily impossible to manage the replenishment of balls on all pachinko machines and stop settings, so there has been a demand for decentralization of the system.

In view of the problems of the prior art as described above, a main object of the present invention is to provide a payout management device for a pachinko machine capable of individually setting automatic stop of the pachinko machine for each pachinko machine. Especially.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the above-mentioned object is a device for detecting the supply of balls to a pachinko machine and a jackpot and managing the setting of stop, and a computer control unit for each pachinko machine. And a ball supply management device for a pachinko machine, which manages the supply of balls and the setting of stopping for each machine. Further, it is more preferable that the computer control unit is connected via a communication line to a replenishing machine for replenishing balls to each unit or a central control unit for totally controlling each unit.

[0007]

By doing so, since it is possible to manage the setting of ball supply and stop for each pachinko machine, it is possible to decentralize the system.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a payout management device to which the present invention is applied and a computer control unit housed therein, which is installed above a pachinko machine (not shown). Acrylic covers 2 colored in a predetermined color are detachably provided on the front surfaces of both ends of the management device body 1, and a plurality of lamps 3 are housed inside the covers. Further, a push button 4 as a staff calling button is provided in the center of the main body 1. A display means 5 composed of a plurality of light emitting elements is provided above the button 4.

A computer control unit 6 is removably attached to the back surface of the main body 1, and an input board 9 having a plurality of DIP switches 7 and input terminals 8 is provided on the substrate thereof. The lamp 3, the push button 4, and the display unit 5 are electrically connected to the control unit 6 via the cable 10, and various signals from a pachinko machine (not shown) are input to the input terminal 8 as described later. It is designed to be taken in through.

The computer control unit 6 receives various kinds of information from the pachinko machine 11 and outputs signals to the display unit 5 to exchange various kinds of data, as shown in the block diagram of the internal structure of FIG. A storage unit 13 including an input / output unit 12 and a ROM 13a and a RAM 13b in which programs and information about a pachinko machine are stored.
And a bus 15 for electrically connecting the arithmetic processing unit 14 and the arithmetic processing unit 14 for performing various arithmetic processing.

Here, the safe signal 16 output from the pachinko machine 11 changes its signal state in the control circuit inside the pachinko machine when balls enter the winning openings provided on the board surface of the pachinko machine. (In this case, the signal level changes from low to high). Further, the out signal 17 is a signal whose state changes in the same manner as the safe signal when the balls which have not entered the above-mentioned winning openings enter the ineffective openings provided in the lower part of the board. In addition, the jackpot signal 18 is on a pachinko machine called a digital pachi,
For example, it is a signal whose state changes in the same manner as each of the signals when a special prize called a jackpot is generated when all three digital numbers are arranged in the same number. The state changes of these signals are recognized as being in the ON state when the level becomes high, and conversely being recognized as the OFF state when the level is low, and are stored in the ROM 13a as described below. The data is input to the computer control unit 6 as data to be processed by the arithmetic processing unit 14 according to the algorithm described in detail. The input / output unit 12 outputs a stop signal 20 to a replenishing machine or a central control unit (not shown) and a display signal 21 to the display unit 5 through a communication line 19, and an external setting signal from the DIP switch 7. 22, a stop release signal 23 from the central control unit or a reset button (not shown), and a push button signal 24 from the push button 4 are input.

In the computer control unit 6 configured as described above, balls ejected from the pachinko machine 11 are accumulated and stored as safe balls when the safe signal 16 is input, and thrown into this table when the out signal 17 is input. The accumulated balls are accumulated and stored as out-balls, and the accumulated out-balls are subtracted from the accumulated safe balls to calculate the coin-out from the pachinko machine 11. Further, a dip switch 7 is provided to enable setting change from the outside, and various stopping conditions are set by this switch.

Next, the operating procedure of this apparatus will be described with reference to the flow charts of FIGS.

First, when a power source (not shown) is turned on, it is initialized in step 1, the stop setting condition is read from the dip switch 7 in step 2, and the process proceeds to step 3. If the out signal 17 is on in step 3, the process proceeds to step 4, the number of out balls is accumulated, the process proceeds to step 5, and if the out signal 17 is off, the process proceeds to step 5.

Next, in step 5, if the safe signal 16 is off, the process proceeds to step 11 shown in FIG. 4, and if it is on, the number of safe balls is accumulated, and the process proceeds to step 6. In step 6, if the stop due to the payout is not set, the process proceeds to step 11. If the stop due to the payout is set, the process proceeds to step 7 and it is determined whether or not the number of the payout reaches the specified number. If the specified number is not reached in step 7, the process proceeds to step 11, and if the specified number is reached, the process proceeds to step 9 and it is determined whether or not the jackpot signal 18 is being hit. If it is a big hit in step 9, the process proceeds to step 11. If it is not a big hit, the process proceeds to step 10 to turn on the stop signal, and the process proceeds to step 16.

If the jackpot is not over in step 11, the process returns to step 3, and if the jackpot is over,
The number of jackpots is accumulated in step 12, and step 13
Proceed to. If the stop by the number of jackpots is not set in step 13, the process returns to step 3, and if it is set, the process proceeds to step 14. If the number of jackpots does not reach the specified number in step 14, the process returns to step 3, and if it reaches the process, the process proceeds to step 15 to turn on the stop signal 20, and the process proceeds to step 16.

If the stop release signal is off in step 16, this step is repeated, and if the release signal is on, the process proceeds to step 17 to turn off the stop signal, and in step 18, the safe ball, out ball, and The cumulative value of the jackpot is set to 0 and the process returns to step 3.

In this way, by taking in each of the signals 16 to 18 from the pachinko machine 11, the state of the pachinko machine can be grasped and the stop setting can be arbitrarily changed by the dip switch 7. Therefore, it is possible to manage the setting of ball replenishment and stop for each table.

In this embodiment, balls are replenished to the pachinko machine from a replenishing machine (not shown). However, since the balls of the present invention can be used to control the balls, the pachinko machine can be used. If you try to pool balls for each table,
It is also possible to self-sufficiency of the ball for each table.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, it is possible to realize a small-scale system by managing the supply of balls and the setting of stopping, which have been centrally managed so far, for each machine. The equipment can be introduced with a small investment. In addition, the decentralized management enables partial maintenance without stopping the entire system, and can manage each unit without being affected by the system down of the central control unit. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a payout management device to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a computer control unit.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operating procedure of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operating procedure of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Ball Discharge Management Device 2 Cover 3 Lamp 4 Push Button 5 Display Section 6 Computer Control Unit 7 Dip Switch 8 Input Terminal 9 Input Board 10 Cable 11 Pachinko Machine 12 Input / Output Section 13 Memory Section 14 Processing Section 15 Bus 16 Safe Signal 17 Out signal 18 Big hit signal 19 Communication line 20 Stop signal 21 Display signal 22 External setting signal 23 Stop release signal 24 Push button signal

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A device for managing ball replenishment and jackpot detection on a pachinko machine and managing stop settings, wherein each pachinko machine is provided with a computer control unit, and the ball supply and stop of each machine is controlled. A pay-out management device for pachinko machines, which manages settings. 2. The computer control unit is connected to a replenishing device for replenishing balls to each unit via a communication line or a central control unit for comprehensively controlling each unit. The payout management device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1.