JPH06190127A - Electronic managing device of game hall - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To average the ball holding quantity by providing a ball holding quantity monitoring means for deriving the ball holding quantity of every island, comparing each quantity, and outputting a stop signal to a premium counter of the island whose ball holding quantity is larger, when a difference between the ball holding quantities of every island reaches the prescribed quantity or above. CONSTITUTION:In the game hall, plural sets of game machines 1 and ball lending machine 3 are provided alternately at every island, and also, plural or single premium ball counters and ball holding quantity detecting means are provided. The game machine 1 and the ball lending machine 3 are controlled by one set of terminal managing device 5 at every plural sets, and plural terminal managing devices 5 are subjected to centralized control by an integrated managing device 6. This integrated managing device 6 is provided with a ball holding quantity monitoring means 64, and the ball holding quantities of every island calculated from the number of going-in-and-out balls, the number of lending balls, an the number of balls of the premium ball counter, etc., are compared. In such a state, when a difference between the ball holding quantities of every island reaches the prescribed quantity or above, a stop signal is outputted to the premium ball counter whose ball holding quantity is larger, and when the difference reaches the prescribed quantity or below, a release signal is outputted.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is applied to a pachinko machine using small balls as a medium for games, an arrangement ball machine using coins and medals, a medal game machine such as a sparrow ball pachinko machine, and other pachinko machines of this type. The present invention relates to an electronic management device for a game arcade, and more particularly to an electronic management device for distributed management of these pachinko machines.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional electronic management device of this type,
For example, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 62-24110.

That is, when the amount of pachinko balls held on a pachinko island reaches a predetermined amount or more, the return of the prize balls to the island is stopped, and when the amount of pachinko balls reaches the predetermined amount or less, the prize balls are returned to the island. Has averaged the amount of pachinko balls held.

[0004]

However, since the prize balls are returned and stopped for each island, the amount of balls held on one island is extremely small and the amount of balls held on other islands is extremely small. If is averaged, there is no island where the return of prize balls is stopped.

Therefore, it is difficult to return the balls to an island with few balls, and there is a problem that the island may have a situation in which the operation of the gaming machine must be stopped due to a shortage of balls. .

The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and it is possible to average the amount of balls held by each island in the entire game arcade, and only the amount of balls held on a certain island is extremely high. It is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic management device for a game arcade that can prevent the number of devices from becoming too small.

[0007]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a plurality of gaming machines (1) and a plurality of ball lending machines (3) for each island (2). ) And a plurality or a single prize ball counter are arranged, the gaming machine (1)
In addition to the gaming machine detector that detects its operating status, the ball lending machine (3) is equipped with a lending machine detector (11) that detects the ball lending status, and the prize ball counter counts the number of balls. , And the prize ball counter has means for closing the prize ball intake by the stop signal and opening the prize ball intake by the release signal, and the gaming machine (1) plural machines and the ball lending machine (3) plural machines. An electronic management device in which one terminal management device (5) is attached to each device, and a plurality of terminal management devices (5) are centrally managed by an integrated management device (6). Receiving a detection signal from the gaming machine detector for each of the plurality of gaming machines (1), the number of balls entered, the number of balls played, and the number of balls difference between the number of balls played and the number of balls played, of each gaming machine (1) Of these, the number of balls, or the number of balls for any two or all three, is calculated and stored. And (51), a ball lending machine (3) of a plurality each receives a detection signal from the lending machine detector (11),
It has a terminal ball lending number monitoring means (52) for storing the number of ball lending of each ball lending machine (3), and the integrated management device (6) through the terminal management device (5) to each island (2). ) Amusement machine for each (1)
A ball lending machine for each island (2) through a ball number comprehensive monitoring means (61) for storing the number of balls or any two or all three balls, and a terminal management device (5). 3) Comprehensive ball lending number monitoring means (62) for storing the number of ball lending, and a premium ball counter monitoring means (62) for receiving the count signal and storing the number of balls of the prize ball counter for each island (2) ( 63) and the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls stored in the total number of balls monitoring means (61) for each island (2), or the number of difference balls and the total number of rental balls monitoring means (62). The number of balls lent stored and the number of balls of the premium ball counter stored in the premium ball counter monitoring means (63) are calculated to obtain the ball possession amount for each island (2), When the difference in the amount of balls held by each island (2) reaches or exceeds a predetermined amount, a stop signal is output to the prize ball counter of the island (2) with the larger amount of balls held. When the difference in the amount of balls held by each island (2) reaches a predetermined amount or less, a release signal is output to the prize ball counter of the island (2) with the larger amount of balls held, and the terminal management device (5) processing and storage of the calculation result data sent from (5), creation and display of display data of the state of the game arcade, notification of abnormality, creation and printing of print data,
Accepts and issues various control commands to the game machine (1), manages various constants, controls communication ports, etc., and centrally manages multiple islands (2) installed in the game arcade. The electronic management device for a game hall is characterized by having a ball possession amount monitoring means (64) for averaging the ball possession amount for each of the islands (2).

[0008]

The ball possession amount monitoring means (64) obtains the ball possession amount for each island (2), compares the amounts with each other, and the difference in the ball possession amount for each island (2) becomes a predetermined amount or more. When it reaches, the stop signal is output to the prize ball counter on the island (2), which has the larger number of balls,
When the difference in the amount of balls held for each island (2) reaches a predetermined amount or less, a release signal is output to the prize ball counter of the island (2).

The prize ball counter is a ball possession amount monitoring means (6
The stop signal from 4) closes the prize ball intake, and the release signal opens the prize ball intake.

For this reason, the return of balls to the island (2) in which the amount of balls held exceeds the amount held by other islands (2) by a predetermined amount or more,
It will not be performed unless the difference with the ball possession amount on the other island (2) is less than the predetermined amount.

Therefore, even when the amount of balls held on one island (2) is extremely small and the amount of balls held on another island (2) is averaged, the balls held by a certain island (2) are held. If the difference in quantity becomes large, the return of the prize balls to the island (2) with a large quantity of balls will be stopped, and the island (2) will be kept until the difference becomes less than the predetermined quantity.
Unless there is an increase in the number of balls, the prize balls will not be returned to the island (2) with a large number of balls.

In this way, the amount of balls held can be averaged over the entire game hall.

The ball possession amount is calculated by total number of balls monitoring means (6
1) the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls, or the number of difference balls, and the total number of loaned balls stored in the total number of loaned balls monitoring means (62), and the prize ball counter monitoring means (63) It can be performed by calculating the number of balls of the prize ball counter stored in.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the game arcade.

A plurality of islands 2 are arranged in the game arcade.

As shown in FIG. 6, each island 2 is provided with a plurality of gaming machines 1, a ball lending machine 3 and a prize ball counting machine 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, one terminal management device 5 is attached to each of the four game machines 1 and the four ball lending machines 3.

The terminal management device 5 of each island 2 is centrally managed by the integrated management device 6.

The gaming machine 1 is provided with a gaming machine detector 13 for detecting its operating condition.

The ball lending machine 3 is provided with a lending machine detector 11 for detecting the ball lending status.

Referring to FIG. 6, the prize ball counter 4 has a prize ball intake 21 for the player to take in the balls obtained from the gaming machine 1, and the prize ball counter 4 takes in the balls. It counts and outputs a count signal of the counted number of balls.

The prize ball counter 4 closes the prize ball intake 21 by a stop signal, and the prize ball intake 2 by a release signal.
1 has means for opening.

The prize ball counter 4 has a printer 26 for printing the number of prize balls on the paper 25. When the print button 27 is pressed after the prize balls are inserted, the number of prize balls is printed on the paper 25. It is supposed to be done. The number of prize balls may be printed on paper or recorded on a magnetic card.

Referring to FIG. 5, the balls taken into the island 2 from the discharge pipe 15 of the prize ball counter 4 are collected in the relay tank 17 by the collecting gutter 16.

The balls collected in the relay tank 17 are polished and lifted by the grinding machine 18, and sent to the ball lending machine 3 via the supply gutter 19 and to the gaming machine 1 by the supply counter 12. To be The balls flowing through the collection gutter 16 are directly ground and lifted by the polishing machine 18, a part of them is stored in the tank provided at the upper part, and the remaining balls overflow from the tank at the upper part and are relayed. It may be introduced into the tank 17.

The terminal management device 5 has a ball number terminal monitoring means 51.
And a terminal ball lending number monitoring means 52. The ball number terminal monitoring means 51 is the gaming machine detector 1 of the four gaming machines 1.
It is a means for receiving and detecting the detection signal from 3 and calculating and storing the number of entered balls and the number of delivered balls of each gaming machine and the number of differences between the number of entered balls and the number of delivered balls.

The terminal ball lending number monitoring means 52 receives the detection signals from the lending machine detectors 11 of the four ball lending machines 3,
This is a means for storing the number of balls lent out by each ball lending machine.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the terminal management device 5 includes a signal input unit 151, a control unit 152, a memory 153, a signal output unit 154, and a network control unit 155, and the above Constitutes a means.

The signal input section 151 inputs detection signals from the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 3 and sends signals to the control section 152.

The control unit 152 causes the signal input unit 151 to input data to the memory 153 according to the signal.
After that, the control unit 152 obtains the stored data from the memory 153, performs arithmetic processing, and stores the data in the memory 153.

The signal output section 154 is connected to the control section 15
The data obtained from the memory 153 is output as an output signal in response to the signal from 2.

Further, the network control unit 155 obtains data from the memory 153 according to the signal from the control unit 152.

The network controller 155 communicates with the island controller 163 of the integrated management device 6.

In this way, the terminal management device 5 performs various signal detection and data processing, state management and control of gaming machines and the like, signal output to various external interfaces, output of replenishment signals, and data transmission through the island network.

On the other hand, the integrated management device 6 has a total ball number monitoring means 61, a total ball lending number monitoring means 62, a prize ball counter monitoring means 63, and a ball possession amount monitoring means 64. .

The total number of balls monitoring means 61 is the terminal management device 5.
It is a means for storing the number of balls input and the number of balls output of the gaming machine 1 for each island 2 via the, and the number of balls difference between the number of balls input and the number of balls output.

The total ball lending number monitoring means 62 is a means for storing the ball lending number of the ball lending machine 3 for each island 2 via the terminal management device 5.

The prize ball counter monitoring means 63 is means for receiving the count signal and storing the number of balls of the prize ball counter 4 for each island 2.

The ball possession amount monitoring means 64, for each island 2, the number of difference balls stored in the ball number terminal monitoring means 51, the number of ball rentals stored in the total ball loan number monitoring means 62, and a prize. The number of balls of the prize ball counter 4 stored in the ball counter monitoring means 63 is calculated to obtain the amount of balls possessed by each island 2, and the amount of each is compared, and the amount of balls possessed by each island 2 is compared. When the difference in amount reaches a predetermined amount or more, a stop signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of the island having the larger amount of balls, and the difference in the amount of balls held for each island 2 reaches the predetermined amount or less. At this time, it is a means for outputting a cancellation signal to the prize ball counter 4 of the island having the larger ball possession amount.

Specifically, the integrated management device 6 is, as shown in FIG. 3, a control section 161, a memory 162, an island controller section 163, a control panel 164, and a communication port section 16.
And 5 constitute the above means.

Then, processing, storage of data sent from the terminal management device 5, creation of display data on the control panel, creation of print data, acceptance and issuance of various control commands to the gaming machine 1, and various constants. It manages and controls communication ports.

As shown in FIG. 4, the control panel 164 has a line control unit 171, an input unit 172, a display unit 173, a printing unit 174, and a display setting unit 175.

Then, the control request to each gaming machine, the status display of each gaming machine, the game hall, the printing of the total data, the notification of the abnormality, etc. are performed.

In the present invention, the "gaming machine" is, for example, a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine, a medal game machine such as a sparrow ball pachinko machine, or a pachinko machine of this type, and the "ball" is, for example, Small balls used in pachinko machines, coins and medals used in arrange ball machines, sparrow balls, etc.
In addition, it refers to the game medium used in this type of pachinko machine.

Next, the operation will be described.

The ball possession amount monitoring means 64 obtains the ball possession amount for each island 2, compares the respective amounts, and when the difference in the ball possession amount for each island 2 reaches or exceeds a predetermined amount, the ball possession amount is held. Larger island 2
The stop signal is output to the free gift ball counter 4 and the release signal is output to the free gift ball counter 4 of the island 2 when the difference in the ball holding amount for each island 2 reaches a predetermined amount or less.

The prize ball counter 4 has a ball holding amount monitoring means 64.
The stop signal from stops the prize ball intake 21, and the release signal opens the prize ball intake 21.

For this reason, the return of balls to an island in which the ball possession amount is larger than the possession amount of the other island 2 by a predetermined amount or more, unless the difference with the ball possession amount of the other island 2 is equal to or less than the predetermined amount. , Not done.

Therefore, even if the amount of balls held on one island 2 is extremely small and the amount of balls held on another island 2 is averaged, the difference in the amount of balls held on a certain island 2 becomes large. For example, the return of premium balls to the island 2 with a large amount of balls will be stopped, and unless the amount of balls on that island 2 increases until the difference falls below a certain amount, the island with a large amount of balls 2 No gift balls will be returned to.

In this way, the amount of balls held can be averaged over the entire game hall.

The ball possession amount monitoring means 64 calculates the ball possession amount by using a computer or the like and the total number of balls possessing monitoring means 6 is calculated.
Number of difference balls stored in 1 and total ball lending number monitoring means 6
This can be done by calculating the number of balls lent out stored in No. 2 and the number of balls stored in the prize ball counter monitoring means 63.

That is, the number of balls lent out from the ball lending machine 3 is A, the number of balls won from the game machine 1 as a prize ball is B, the number of balls entered into the game machine 1 is C, and the prize ball counter. If the number of balls returned from 4 is D, the number of balls in the island 2 before the start of business is K, and the number of balls currently in the island 2 is M, then M = C + D- (A + B) + K The formula holds. When the number of difference balls is E, the number of difference balls is the number of balls obtained by subtracting the number of discharged balls from the number of inserted balls, so E = C−B and the formula of M = E + D−A + K is established.

Letting M1 be the amount of balls held on one island 2 and M2 be the amount of balls held on another island 2 obtained by this calculation formula, and X be a predetermined reference amount, the condition | M1-M2 | ≧ X is satisfied. When satisfying, a stop signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of the island 2 having a larger ball possession amount, and the prize ball intake 21 is closed.

When the condition of | M1-M2 | <X is satisfied, a release signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of the island 2 having a larger ball possession amount, and the prize ball intake 21 is opened.

In this way, the ball possession amount is monitored by comparing the ball possession amount between the islands 2.

In addition to setting this predetermined amount X, the minimum ball possession amount Y for each island 2 is set in advance and the
When the ball holding amount M reaches a predetermined minimum ball holding amount Y that has been set, an emergency display is displayed outside the island 2, and at the same time, the ball holding amount on the prize ball counter 4 of the island with a large ball holding amount. It is also possible that the quantity monitoring means 64 outputs a stop signal to close the prize ball intake 21.

Further, the maximum possession amount Z is set, and when the possession amount of balls on any of the islands reaches a predetermined maximum possession amount Z, the prize possession amount monitoring means 64 is provided in the prize ball counter 4 of that island. May output a stop signal and immediately block the prize ball intake 21.

For each island 2, for example, the relay tank 1
The ball possession amount may be obtained by providing a ball possession amount detection means in 7.

In this case, the ball holding amount detecting means detects the ball holding amount on the island and outputs a ball holding amount detection signal.

The ball possession amount monitoring means 64 stores the ball possession amount detection signal from the ball possession amount detection means and obtains the ball possession amount for each island 2 so as to compare the respective amounts. May be.

As the reference predetermined amount, an upper limit predetermined amount and a lower limit predetermined amount can be set.

The number of gaming machines 1 and ball lending machines 3 managed by one terminal management device 5 is not limited to four, but one, two, three, five, six. It may be any number of units or more.

Further, the number-of-balls terminal monitoring means 51 is a means for storing all three number of balls including the number of incoming balls, the number of outgoing balls and the number of difference balls of each gaming machine, and a plurality of, for example, Receiving the detection signal from the gaming machine detector 13 of each of the four gaming machines 1,
It may be a means for calculating and storing any two numbers of the number of entered balls, the number of delivered balls, and the number of balls difference between the number of delivered balls and the number of delivered balls of each gaming machine. Here, in the case of storing any two number of balls, when the incoming ball and the outgoing ball are stored and the differential ball is not stored, when the incoming ball and the differential ball are stored and the outgoing ball is not stored,
There are three cases in which the payout and the difference are memorized, and the entrance is not memorized.

Further, as described above, the ball number terminal monitoring means 51
If the player stores two numbers of balls, the total number of balls monitoring means 6
1 is a ball number terminal monitoring means 51 via the terminal management device 5.
It is a means for storing the number of any two balls of the gaming machine 1 for each island 2 stored in. Further, only the number of difference balls may be stored in the number-of-balls terminal monitoring means 51. At this time, the total ball number monitoring means 61 naturally stores only the number of difference balls, but even in the method of storing the incoming / outgoing balls in the ball number terminal monitoring means 51, calculation is performed at the stage of transmitting to the total ball number monitoring means 61. Only the number of difference balls may be stored by processing. Also, when transmitting from the terminal management device 5 to the integrated management device 6, the ball number terminal monitoring means 5
1. There is a system in which the data of the terminal ball lending number monitoring means 52 is calculated, calculations other than the prize balls are completed, and only the number of prize balls is added in the terminal management device 5 to obtain the ball possession amount.

In this case, the ball possession amount monitoring means 64
Is the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls stored in the total number of balls monitoring means 51 for each island 2, or the number of difference balls, and the number of ball rentals stored in the total number of ball rental monitoring means 62. , The number of balls of the prize ball counter 4 stored in the prize ball counter monitoring means 63 is calculated to obtain the ball possession amount for each island 2, the mutual amounts are compared, and each island 2 is compared. When the difference in the ball holding amount reaches a predetermined amount or more, a stop signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of the island having the larger ball holding amount, and the difference in the ball holding amount for each island 2 becomes equal to or less than the predetermined amount. When it reaches, it is a means for outputting a cancellation signal to the prize ball counter 4 of the island having the larger ball possession amount.

As a result, the calculation of the amount of possessed balls is stored in the total number of coins lent and the number of coins dispensed or the number of difference balls stored in the total number of balls monitor 61 and the total number of balls lent out monitor 62. This can be done by calculating the number of balls lent out and the number of balls of the premium ball counter 4 stored in the premium ball counter monitoring means 63.

Although the terminal management device and the integrated management device are separated from each other in this ball possession amount monitoring means, they may be integrated. In this case, the connection relationship between the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 3 is the entire hole.

[0069]

According to the electronic management device for a game arcade of the present invention, it is possible to average the amount of balls held by each island in the entire game arcade, and only the amount of balls held on a certain island is extremely high. It is possible to prevent the decrease.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an electronic management device of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functions of a terminal management device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functions of an integrated management device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing functions of a control panel of the integrated management device.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing an outline of an island.

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an island.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a game arcade.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 gaming machine 2 island 3 ball lending machine 4 premium ball counting machine 5 terminal management device 6 integrated management device 11 lending machine detector 12 replenishing device 15 discharge pipe 16 recovery gutter 17 relay tank 51 ball number terminal monitoring means 52 terminal ball lending number Monitoring means 61 Total number of balls monitoring means 62 Total number of ball lending monitoring means 63 Premium ball counter monitoring means 64 Ball possession amount monitoring means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of gaming machines, a plurality of ball lending machines, and a plurality of or a single free gift ball counter are arranged for each island of the game arcade, and the game machine detects the operating status thereof. With a machine detector, the ball lending machine is provided with a lending machine detector for detecting the ball lending status, the prize ball counter outputs a counting signal of the counted number of balls, and the prize ball counter is A terminal control device for each of the islands having a plurality of gaming machines and a plurality of ball lending machines, having means for closing the prize ball intake by the stop signal and opening the prize ball intake by the release signal Attaching the plurality of islands installed in the amusement park to the integrated management device via the predetermined terminal management device, and centrally managing the amusement park in which the multiple islands are installed by the integrated management device An electronic management device for The management device receives the detection signal from the gaming machine detector for each of the plurality of gaming machines, and determines the number of incoming balls, the number of outgoing balls, and the difference between the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls of each gaming machine. Among them, a ball number terminal monitoring means for calculating and storing the number of balls difference or any two or all three balls, and a detection signal from the lending machine detector for each of the plurality of ball lending machines And a terminal ball lending number monitoring means for storing the ball lending number of each ball lending machine, the integrated management device, through the terminal management device, the number of balls difference of the gaming machine for each island or the A total number of balls monitoring means for storing any two or all three balls, and a total number of balls rental monitoring means for storing the number of balls lent by a ball lending machine for each island via the terminal management device. A prize ball counter monitoring means for receiving the counting signal and storing the number of balls of the prize ball counter for each island; , The number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls stored in the total number of balls monitoring means, or the number of difference balls, the number of ball rental stored in the total number of ball rental monitoring means, the prize The number of balls in the prize ball counter stored in the ball counter monitoring means is calculated to obtain the ball possession amount for each island, the mutual amounts are compared, and the difference in the ball possession amount for each island is calculated. When the number of balls exceeds a predetermined amount, the stop signal is output to the prize ball counter on the island with the larger number of balls, and when the difference in the amount of balls held for each island reaches the predetermined amount or less, the balls The release signal is output to the prize ball counter on the island with the larger amount of possession, and further processing and storage of the data of the calculation result sent from the terminal management device, creation of display data of the state of the game hall, and display,
Notification of anomalies, creation and printing of print data, acceptance and issuance of various control commands to the gaming machine, management of various constants, control of communication ports, etc. are executed, and the plurality of islands installed in the game arcade are executed. An electronic management device for a game hall, comprising: centralized management collectively and ball possession amount monitoring means for averaging the possession amount of balls for each island.