JPH0615055A - Japanese pinball game @(3754/24)pachinko) machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To enable adaptation to a card-shaped recording medium such as magnetic card as well as cash and, moreover facilitate the feeding of a card in a pachinko machine. CONSTITUTION:A card processor 20 which receives and reads a card-shaped recording medium and a currency processor 30 which receives and identifies currency are built at the bottom of a pachinko machine and an inlet/outlet 21 for the card-shaped recording medium to the card processor 20 and currency feeding ports 31 and 32 for currency to the currency processor 30 are formed at the front bottom part thereof. Moreover, a control section is provided to allow the playing of game within a range of a money value data of the card- shaped recording medium or the value of the currency fed of the card-shaped recording medium fed into the outlet/inlet 21 or the feeding ports 31 and 32 and read or identified with the card processor 20 or the currency processor 30.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a pachinko machine capable of inserting a magnetic card or the like in which amount data is registered in place of money and playing a game within a range corresponding to the amount data of the card. It relates to a pachinko machine that enables the use of money.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of pachinko machine, one described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-73080 is known. This pachinko machine has a card reader for magnetic cards and is capable of playing games within the range corresponding to the amount of magnetic cards inserted instead of currency. In a board that covers the upper side of the pachinko machine, the control unit is provided separately from the pachinko machine. Moreover, it is possible to only insert a magnetic card, and there is no structure for inserting money to play a game.

[0003]

Therefore, there is a problem that a customer who wants to play a game with cash feels uncomfortable and loses interest, and the control unit including the card reader is separately arranged above the pachinko machine. However, there are problems that the mounting is complicated and the arrangement space is large, and that it is difficult to insert the card because it is necessary to reach to insert the card.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to the problems of the prior art as described above, and can be applied to a card-shaped recording medium such as a magnetic card or cash, and can be easily installed and has a small installation space. It is intended to provide a small pachinko machine that is easy to insert a card.

[0005]

To achieve the above object, the gist of the present invention is: 1. A game board surface (10) is formed on the front upper part, and a card-shaped recording medium is received and read on the lower part. The card processing device (20) for carrying out the above and the currency processing device (30) for receiving and identifying money are built in, and a card-shaped recording medium loading / unloading port for the card processing device (20) at the lower front portion ( 21) and a coin slot (31, 32) into the currency handling device (30) are formed.

2 At the lower part, an inclined part (3
4) is formed, the card processing device (20) and the money handling device (30) are built in the inclined portions (3, 4), and the inlet / outlet port (21) and the input port (3).
1, 32) is formed on the inclined surface in front of the inclined portion (3, 4). 3 On both sides of the lower part, inclined parts (3, 4) that are inclined toward the front of the front are formed, the card processing device (20) is built into one of these inclined parts, and the money handling device (30) is included in the other of the inclined parts. And the inlet / outlet port (21) is formed on the inclined surface in front of the one inclined portion, and the input port (31, 32) is formed on the inclined surface in front of the other inclined portion. The pachinko machine according to item 1 is characterized.

[0007]

[Operation] Card processing device (20) and money processing device (3
0) is built in, the player can play the game by selectively using a card or cash arbitrarily. Further, if the pachinko machine is attached, the whole attachment is completed and the attaching work is facilitated, and the frame portion is shared and the size is reduced as a whole.

Further, since the card slot (21) and the coin slot (31, 32) are provided below the board surface (10) in front of the pachinko machine, the player can sit for a while. It is possible to easily insert these by simply reaching out.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, a pachinko machine 1 has a board surface 10 formed on the front surface of an upper vertical portion 2, and inclined portions 3 and 4 projecting toward the front side on both lower portions of the front surface. The card processing device 20 is built in the right inclined part 3 of the coins 3, 4, and the money handling device 30 is installed in the left inclined part 4.
Built in. On the right slope, as shown in FIG.
A magnetic card loading / unloading slot 21 for the card processing device 20,
An operation display lamp 22, an abnormality display lamp 23, and a card use display lamp 24 are provided. On the left slope, as shown in Figure 3. Inserting coins 31, 32 into the money handling device 30, ball holding indicator 33, status indicator 3
4, a balance indicator 35 is provided, and a call switch 36, a stop lamp 37, and a stop lamp 37 are provided on a horizontal plane below the inclined surface on the left side.
A clearing switch 38 and ball lending switches 39 and 40 are provided. Further, a handle 45 for launching is provided on the horizontal plane 6 which constitutes the bottom surface of the recess 5 between the inclined portions 3 and 4. Each element of the card processing device 20 and the like is operated under the control of a control unit 50 incorporated in the inclined portion 4 or on the back side of the vertical portion 2 as shown in FIG.

The board surface 10 is a normal one whose surface is covered with protective glass, and rails, safe holes, out holes, nails, tulips, and other accessory objects are attached to appropriate positions on the gauge plate at the back of the protective glass. A ball launching device 15 (only shown in FIG. 4) provided inside the lower portion of the machine 1 is used to drive a pachinko ball. It should be noted that the balls to be shot on the board surface 12 may be replenished from a ball transfer line disposed behind the pachinko machine 1 as in the conventional case, but by enclosing the balls inside and using them cyclically, A configuration that does not require a ball transport line may be adopted. That is, a ball collection case is attached so as to cover the back surface of the gauge plate, balls that enter the safe hole or out hole are collected by this ball collection case, and the balls are supplied again to the ball launching unit of the ball launching device 15. May be.

In this case, the card processing device 20 is a magnetic card drive device (having a read / write function).
It operates by exchanging data or signals with the control unit 50 as appropriate by reading the amount data of the magnetic card inserted from the inlet / outlet port 21, and at the time of liquidation, the data such as the balance or the number of acquired balls is stored in this card. After writing, the card is paid out. The card processing device 20 has a magnetic card storage unit and a payout mechanism from the storage unit inside, and when the game is started only by cash without inserting the magnetic card, the storage unit is stored. It also has the function of paying out by writing data such as the balance and the number of balls acquired on the magnetic card.

As the card processing device 20,
Not only one type of magnetic card is used as an input / output medium, for example, a magnetic card is used only as a card-shaped recording medium for inputting amount data, and data is used as a card-shaped recording medium for outputting prize ball data. A receipt or the like for printing may be used. Further, a card-shaped recording medium that uses a recycled card (proposed by the applicant in Japanese Patent Application No. 3-260879) capable of displaying or erasing characters on the surface due to temperature change as the card-shaped recording medium But it's okay.

The operation display lamp 22 is a lamp which is controlled by the control unit 50 and lights up when the pachinko machine 1 is in operation (power-on state). The abnormality display lamp 23 is lit by the card processing device 20 for self-diagnosis when an abnormality such as a card jam occurs. The card use display lamp 24 is a lamp which is turned on when the card processing device 20 detects the insertion of a card at the start of the game.

The money handling apparatus 30 has an input port 31 or 32.
It has an identification device for identifying the type of coins thrown in from, and the controller 50 calculates a deposit amount by sending a signal according to the type to the controller 50 each time the coins are thrown. It provides the necessary data. In this case, the input port 31 is a coin input port, the input port 32 is a banknote input port, and the identification devices are respectively provided. The inserted bills may be stored in the inside, but as in the conventional case, they are automatically collected by a stacker at the end of the pachinko island, a money changer, etc. by a conveyance line for bills or the like arranged behind the pachinko machine 1. You may do it.

The ball holding indicator 33, the status indicator 34, and the balance indicator 35 are, for example, liquid crystal displays.
The ball holding indicator 33 is controlled by the control unit 50 to display the current ball holding number (earned ball number). Status indicator 34
Displays the amount of money inserted and the progress of the game, and displays, for example, "10000 yen inserted", "in fever", "stopped", and the like. The balance indicator 35 is
The remaining amount of the input amount is displayed.

The call switch 36 is a switch for calling a clerk. When this switch is operated, the control unit 50 sends a call signal to a hall computer (a computer that manages the entire amusement park) and the like, and at the top of Pachinko Island. A calling process such as turning on a calling lamp (not shown) provided in the. The stop lamp 37 is turned on when a stop is given, and is turned on by the control unit 50 when a stop instruction is issued from the hall computer or the like. The clearing switch 38 is operated by the player at the end of the game, and when the clearing switch 38 is operated, the control unit 50 performs a clearing process described later.

The ball lending switches 39 and 40 are for designating the amount of money to be used for the game out of the amount of money inserted by cash or a magnetic card. In this case, the switch 39 is for 500 yen and the switch 40 is for 1000 yen. It is for. The handle 45 commands the launch of a ball by the ball launching device 15 and adjusts the launch speed (strength). That is, the ball launching device 15 operates according to the control signal (pulse signal) output from the control unit 50 according to the operation amount of the handle 45, and periodically with a strength (speed) according to the operation amount of the launching handle 45. It is to hit a ball.

The control unit 50 includes a CPU 51, a ROM 52,
RAM 53, interface (not shown), etc.
This is a so-called microcomputer, which operates in accordance with the above-described instruction of the hall computer or the like and the program written in the ROM 52 to perform the processing described later.

Next, the operation will be described. When a predetermined magnetic card is inserted into the entrance / exit 21, the card processor 35 sends the data of the remaining amount written in the card to the read controller 50. When the amount of money used for the game is designated by the ball lending switches 39, 40, the control unit 50 confirms that the amount of money used is within the range of the remaining amount written in the magnetic card. , It is possible to play a game for the number of balls corresponding to the amount of money used. That is, for example, on the condition that the handle 45 has been turned by a predetermined angle or more, the control signal is transmitted to the ball launching device 15 and the balls are shot periodically as long as there are held balls.

At this time, the control unit 50 deducts the used amount designated as the ball lending from the remaining amount, displays the new remaining amount on the remaining amount display unit 35, and displays it on the ball holding indicator 33. Displays the number of balls lent out as an initial value, and then reduces the displayed value of this dice display device 33 each time a ball is launched, and every time a ball is awarded, the dice display device 33 displays correspondingly. A process of increasing the display value is performed. In addition, the status display 34 appropriately displays necessary information. Further, the remaining amount of the magnetic card is rewritten with a new one (this rewriting may be performed at the time of liquidation after the game ends).

When the remaining amount of the inserted magnetic card is less than the amount designated by the ball lending switches 39 and 40, the control unit 50 assumes that all the remaining amount is designated for lending, and the same as above. When the number of acquired balls is registered in the inserted magnetic card, this is set as the initial value of the number of balls.

When the clearing switch 38 is pressed,
The control unit 50 operates the card processing device 20 and newly writes the remaining balance and the number of coins at that time to the magnetic card and pays them out. The player can bring the card to a prize exchange place in the game hall to exchange the prize, or can insert the card into another pachinko machine 1 again to play the game. Even if there are no balls left, if the ball lending switches 39 and 40 are operated again without pressing the clearing switch 38, the control unit 50 repeats the above operation, so that the same pachinko machine 1 will play the game as long as there is remaining money. You can also continue.

When cash is thrown into the cash slot 31, 32, the money handling apparatus 30 identifies the thrown coin and sends a signal to the control unit 50, which indicates the type and the amount of thrown coin. Then, the control unit 50 calculates the inserted amount from this signal, enables the game within the range of the inserted amount, and performs the same processing as in the case of the above card insertion. Then, at the time of settlement, the card processing device 20 is operated and the remaining amount and the number of balls held are recorded and paid out on the card stored inside.

As described above, with the pachinko machine 1,
A player can play a game by selectively using a card or cash arbitrarily. In addition, the above pachinko machine 1
Since the card processing device 20 and the money handling device 30 are built in, the whole mounting is completed by mounting only the pachinko machine 1 and the mounting work is easy. It becomes smaller. Furthermore, since the card slot 21 and the coin slots 31 and 32 are provided on the inclined surface below the board 10, the player can reach for a card in a natural state while sitting on the seat. It is possible to put them in very easily just by inserting them.

[0025]

Since the pachinko machine according to the present invention has a card processing device, a money processing device and the like built-in, it is possible to play a game with cash or with a card-shaped recording medium (card), and to a player's preference. Can be matched.
Further, since the entire installation is completed by installing only the pachinko machine, the installation work becomes easy. In addition, since the size of the frame is reduced as a whole by sharing the frame portion with the built-in card processing device and the like, it is possible to improve the installation efficiency in the game arcade. In addition, since the card slot and coin slot are provided below the board, it is possible for a player to easily insert these while sitting at their seats by just reaching out. Is improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a pachinko machine which is an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

3 is a partially enlarged view of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pachinko machine that is an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Pachinko machine 3, 4 ... Inclined part 10 ... Board surface 20 ... Card processing device 21 ... Entry / exit opening 30 ... Money handling device 31, 32 ... Inserting opening

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A game board surface is formed on an upper part of the front surface, and a card processing device for receiving and reading a card-shaped recording medium and a money processing device for receiving and identifying currency are built in the lower part, and a lower front surface. A pachinko machine, wherein a card-shaped recording medium loading / unloading port for the card processing device and a coin loading / unloading port for the currency processing device are formed. 2. An inclined portion which is inclined forward and to the front is formed in the lower portion, the card processing device and the money handling device are built in the inclined portion, and the inlet and outlet and the inlet are The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is formed on an inclined surface in front of the inclined portion. 3. An inclined portion which is inclined to the front of the front is formed on both sides of the lower portion, the card processing device is incorporated in one of the inclined portions, and the currency handling device is incorporated in the other of the inclined portions. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the inlet / outlet opening is formed on an inclined surface in front of the inclined portion, and the insertion opening is formed on an inclined surface in front of the other inclined portion.