JPH0632684B2 - Pachinko machine management equipment - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko game hall management device provided with equipment for a game hall such as a pachinko machine and a ball supply device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, an arrangement pattern of a pachinko machine is displayed on an image display device such as a CRT, and data indicating the operating status of the specified pachinko machine is displayed by touching a touch panel mechanism arranged corresponding to a key input device or a display screen. There is known a pachinko game hall management device configured to do so (for example, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-2292, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 58-11768).
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[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, in the conventional pachinko game machine management device,
It is only for centralized management of pachinko machines, so that comprehensive management including equipment such as ball refueling equipment consisting of ball lifts and ball grinders attached to the pachinko machine installation island can be performed. I've never had one.
Therefore, in the conventional pachinko game hall management device, even if a trouble occurs in equipment such as a ball replenishing device, it is difficult to detect it at an early stage. .

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention is intended to solve the above-described problems, and connects a facility for amusement facilities such as a pachinko machine and a ball replenishing device to a computer, and displays a graphic representing the facility equipment for the amusement facility on the display of the computer. In addition, the trouble of the ball replenishing device and the replenishment status of the pachinko machine are displayed in association with the figure.

Further, the figure includes at least a layout drawing of each island stand in the game arcade and a layout drawing of the pachinko machines on each island stand in one screen, and further, it is transparent on the entire surface of the screen of the display. A touch panel switch is provided, and the graphic on one screen displayed on the display is disassembled into arbitrary blocks, and the upper surface of the graphic of the display is touched by the operator. The operation status of each part is displayed and displayed on the figure of the detailed diagram in more detail than the previous screen.

[Action]

A graphic representing facility equipment for a game arcade is displayed on the computer's display, and the status of the pachinko machine, ball replenishing device, etc. is displayed in association with the graphic. This makes it possible to intuitively understand abnormal operation of the facility equipment for the game arcade.

Then, as the display screen of the display, at least one layout diagram of each island stand in the amusement park and the layout diagram of the pachinko machines on each island stand are included in one screen, so this one screen is used to display the entire amusement park. Easy to grasp.

In addition, a transparent touch panel switch is provided on the entire surface of the display, and the graphic displayed on the display is divided into arbitrary blocks. When the operator touches the top of the graphic on the screen, details of the block The figure is displayed as the next screen, and the detailed operation status of each part is sequentially displayed on the figure. Therefore, the operation is easy without knowledge of the computer, and the information intended by the operator can be obtained accurately.

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

As is well known, the pachinko game hall is configured by arranging a plurality of island stands 1 each having a large number of pachinko machines P arranged in parallel. On the island stand 1, pachinko balls collected as out balls are used.
Ball lifting lift 2 that lifts to the upper part of the ball, ball polishing machine 3 that polishes pachinko balls, and pachinko skis that are lifted by ball lifting lift 2 are provided for each pachinko machine P or between ball pachinko machines P A ball supply device 6 including a ball supply gutter 5 and the like to be distributed to the machine 4 is provided.

On the other hand, the pachinko machine P is provided with respective sensors 7 and 8 for detecting the number of safe balls and out balls, and an out-of-ball detection switch 9 for detecting a shortage of the pachinko balls in the prize ball tank. .

The computer 10 used in the present invention is usually called a "hall computer" and is installed inside a counter C in a game arcade. The sensors 7, 8 and the detection switch 9 of the pachinko machine P are connected to the computer 10 as in the conventional case. Further, in the present invention, the motors M and the like of the ball replenishing device 6 are also connected to the computer 10, and information on their operation is sequentially input to the computer 10.

FIG. 2 shows the whole of the computer 10 and the day spray 11. The transparent touch panel switch 12 is provided on the entire surface of the screen of the day spray 11. The transparent touch panel switch 12 is of a well-known pressure-sensitive type, which instantly detects a touched portion on the screen and outputs it to the computer 10 to function as an input device of the computer 10 which is replaced with a normal keyboard. .

Next, the figure displayed on the display 11 will be described.

FIG. 3 (a) is an initial display screen, which is a two-dimensional representation of the entire pachinko game arcade. It shows the island layout according to the actual layout of the island stands 1 and the pachinko inside each island stand 1. It is a layout diagram of the machine P and the ball lending machine 4.

FIG. 3 (B) is a detailed view of the island stand 1 which is a block obtained by dividing the figure on the initial display screen into one block with one island stand 1 as one block. A motor diagram MF, MF, MF representing each motor M, a pachinko diagram PF that displays the pachinko machine P by embodying the initial display screen, and a ball lending machine diagram 4F are drawn. In the pachinko figure PF, the signal section 12 showing the status of the supply system is shown at the top.
Also, a display unit 13 for indicating the machine number of the pachinko machine P, the number of times the pachinko game is completed, etc., or a status display area 16 for indicating that the glass door 14 or the front frame 15 of the pachinko machine P is open are provided. There is.

In addition, in the figure, a switch for inputting a control command to the computer 10 by the operator through the transparent touch panel switch 12 is also displayed at the same time.

The information transmitted from the pachinko machine P, the ball replenishing device 6 and the like to the computer 10 is superimposed on the figures of FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) and displayed simultaneously.

Next, a specific mode of use will be described.

Immediately after the power is turned on, the initial display screen of FIG. 3 (a) is displayed. At this point, the switch at the bottom left of the screen is touched in the "all operations" in Fig. 17, and all the equipment and devices start operating via the computer 10.

On the initial display screen, the operating status of the pachinko machine P is displayed in different colors. For example, a pachinko machine P that is supplying pachinko balls
Is displayed in pink, blue is displayed when the glass door 14 is opened, and red is displayed when trouble occurs. Thus, on the initial display screen, it is possible to intuitively grasp the entire pachinko game hall, which is suitable for comprehensive management.

Next, when an abnormality is found in a certain island stand 1 on the initial display screen, the operator determines that the island stand 1 in the figure
Touch on the figure. As described above, the initial display screen is defined so that one island stand 1 is divided as one block, and by touching and selecting a specific island stand 1, that block, that is, one island stand. A detailed view of is displayed as the next screen (Fig. 3 (b)). In the pachinko diagram PF and the ball lending device diagram 4F on this screen, the unit numbers are initially displayed. Then, since the states of the pachinko machine P and the ball lending machine 4 are displayed in different colors, for example, if the signal section 12 of the pachinko machine P of the unit number 5 is displayed in red, it is understood that the supply system is in failure. Also, regarding the abnormality of the ball replenishing device 6, it is easy to find the abnormal portion by the color of the motor diagram MF.

The figure of FIG. 3 (b) is further defined by dividing each pachinko machine P of the island stand 1 into one block,
When the operator touches the desired pachinko diagram PF, the data of the pachinko machine P corresponding to the pachinko diagram PF is displayed numerically as shown in FIG. As a result, it is extremely easy to grasp the business status of the odd pachinko machine P.

If you select "Island tabulation", the operating data for the entire island stand will be displayed according to the switch in the lower right of the screen in the detailed view of the island stand shown in Fig. 17, and select "End" to return to the initial display screen. .

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the management system of the pachinko game hall of the present invention, the operation status such as the trouble of the facility equipment for the game hall is displayed in association with the graphic displayed on the computer's display. It is possible to grasp intuitively, and the smooth and reliable comprehensive management of the pachinko game hall becomes possible.

Further, according to the present invention, the layout of each island stand in the game hall and the layout of the pachinko machines on each island stand are included in one screen, which makes it extremely easy to manage the entire pachinko game hall.

In addition, a transparent touch panel switch is provided on the entire surface of the display, and the graphic in one screen displayed on the display is divided into arbitrary blocks. The figure is not displayed as the next screen, and the detailed operation status of each part is sequentially displayed on the graphic of the detailed view, so the operation is easy even if you do not have knowledge about the computer. Moreover, there is an effect that the information intended by the operator can be accurately obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a front view showing a part of a pachinko game hall, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the whole computer, and FIGS. It is a front view which shows the display screen of a display. 1 ... Shimadai, 2 ... Ball lifting lift, 3 ... Ball polishing machine, 4 ...
… Ball lender, 6 …… Ball supply device, 10 …… Computer,
11 …… Day spray, 12 …… Transparent touch panel switch, P …… Pachinko machine.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of pachinko machines are arranged side by side, and the out balls discharged from the respective pachinko machines are lifted upward by a ball lifting lift, and are again fed to each pachinko machine or ball lending machine by a ball replenishing device. A management device for a pachinko game hall in which a plurality of island stands for pachinko machines are arranged to be replenished, and the equipment and equipment for the game hall such as each pachinko machine and ball replenishing device are connected to a computer, A graphic representing the facility equipment for the amusement arcade is displayed on the computer's display, and the trouble of the ball replenishing device and the replenishment status of the pachinko machine are displayed in association with the graphic. Includes at least the layout of each island stand in the game arcade and the layout of the pachinko machines on each island stand, and further, a transparent touch panel switch is provided on the entire surface of the screen of the display. Together, the figure in one screen displayed on the display is divided into arbitrary blocks, the upper surface of the figure of the display is touched by the operator to display a detailed drawing of the block specified by the operator on the next screen, and A management device for a pachinko game hall characterized in that the operation status of each part, which is more detailed than the previous screen, is sequentially displayed on the figure of this detailed view.