JPH0632686B2 - Information display device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention 【Technical field】

The present invention relates to an information display device for a pachinko gaming machine, and more specifically, a new information display device for a pachinko gaming machine that allows a manager to intuitively and visually recognize the flow of pachinko balls on the game board surface. Regarding

[Prior art]

As is well known, in a pachinko game shop, after closing, the gauge is adjusted based on the operating status of each pachinko gaming machine on the day, so that the desired operating status can be obtained the next day.
Therefore, conventionally, a total winning ball detector that detects all the pachinko balls that have won a prize in all safe holes and an out ball detector that detects out balls are provided for each pachinko game machine, and calculated by the output of both detectors. The operating status of the day was analyzed based on a kind of profit and loss calculation.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]

However, since it is not possible to ascertain which winning part on the game board surface and what kind of path were won based only on such profit and loss data, it is inevitable that the adjustment will ultimately depend on the intuition of the administrator. ， It was extremely difficult to make accurate gauge adjustments. In particular, in the case of a pachinko gaming machine with a large inherent slump, such as a pachinko gaming machine with an electric accessory that has become popular in recent years, the flow of pachinko balls on the gaming board surface can hardly be grasped only by the final profit and loss data. The current situation. In addition, each safe hole provided in each place of the pachinko gaming machine and each passing area has an individual sensor for detecting winning or passing of the pachinko ball, and the detection output of each sensor can be counted and displayed. A game machine has also been proposed. However, there are various types of pachinko gaming machines lined up in a game store, and regarding these various types of pachinko gaming machines, the pachinko balls are placed in any kind of winning area or passing area provided at any position on the gaming board surface. There is no one that allows the manager to visually and intuitively see whether he has won or passed.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention has been made in view of such a current situation,
How many pachinko balls pass by what kind of route on the game board surface,
In addition, a pachinko game machine that allows the manager to intuitively and visually recognize how many kinds of prize areas are placed on the game board surface It is an object of the present invention to provide the information display device. In summary, in the information display device for a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, the game board surface is sectioned in a matrix, and a sensor means for detecting passage or inflow of a pachinko ball is arranged in an arbitrary section and the sensor means is provided. A pachinko gaming machine each provided with cumulative storage means for cumulatively storing detection signals for each: Information having a display screen addressed in a matrix corresponding to the matrix-shaped division of the gaming board surface of the pachinko gaming machine A collecting device; a transmission line connecting the pachinko gaming machine and the information collecting device; and the pachinko gaming machine, wherein the integrated count value of each of the cumulative storage means is stored in the corresponding sensor means. Data to be transmitted to the information collecting device together with position information indicating positions divided into a matrix on the game board surface and type information indicating the type of the corresponding sensor means Providing output means: the information collecting device specifies a display screen address based on the position information transmitted from the data transmission means, and a sensor corresponding to the integrated count value at a specified position on the display screen. The above-mentioned object is achieved by providing display control means for displaying the type of means and each of them.

[Action]

That is, according to the present invention, the display screen of the information collecting device is addressed in a matrix in correspondence with the game board surface, and the section on the display screen corresponding to the location of the sensor means is from the pachinko game machine side. Since the type of the sensor means and the integrated count value detected by the sensor means are displayed at the designated position on the display screen, which is designated by the transmitted position information, the pachinko machine can be used for any path on the game board surface. It is possible to let the manager intuitively and visually recognize how many balls have passed and what kind of winning area placed on the game board surface how many pachinko balls have won. Becomes

【Example】

An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board surface of a pachinko gaming machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof. On the game board surface 100 surrounded by the guide rails 101 of the pachinko gaming machine shown in the drawing, various winning portions 1-9 and out holes 10 for collecting non-winning pachinko balls are provided. Inside each winning portion 1-9 The winning ball sensors S1 to S9 for detecting that a pachinko ball has won are arranged. The winning ball sensors S1 to S9 may have any structure as long as they can surely detect the winning of the winning part in charge thereof, but normally, a micro switch or an electromagnetic switch whose contacts are opened or closed by the passage of a pachinko ball, or It may be composed of a photoelectric switch or the like. In the case of the pachinko game machine shown in the figure, a roulette game 11 is provided as an example of a game device. For example, when the prize chucker 5 is a trigger of the roulette game 11, the winning part 7 to the prize winning portion 7 to 7 is obtained depending on the game result of the roulette game 11.
Since 9 is opened, the winning rate as a whole is controlled so that the winning rate to the winning chucker 5 largely changes. Therefore, the windmills 12 and 13 and obstacle nails are arranged to regulate the winning rate to the winning chucker 5.
The degree of establishment of the pachinko ball that hits 13 will flow in the direction of the prize checker 5 is an important issue in setting the gauge of the gaming machine. Therefore, in this embodiment, passing ball sensors PS (PSa to PSd) are provided at points a, b, c, and d on the game board surface to detect a pachinko ball that has passed this point. FIG. 3 shows an example of the configuration of the passing ball sensor PS. In the example shown in FIG. 3, a minute through hole 14 formed in the game board surface 100.
A light receiving section 15 for converting the illumination in the game shop into electric energy is provided on the back side of the, and the output of the light receiving section 15 is added to the amplifier 16. Therefore, when the pachinko balls 17 sorted by the windmills 12 and 13 pass the front surface of the through hole 14, the light receiving portion 15 is cut off, so that the passing of the pachinko balls 17 can be detected. Reference numeral 18 is a neutral density filter for eliminating the influence of the bright line spectrum generated by fluorescent lights and illuminations in the store, and the feel characteristics of the light receiving section 15 must be matched with the transmission characteristics of the neutral density filter 18. Needless to say. Further, in this embodiment, an external connection terminal 19 for outputting data is provided on the game board surface 100. This external connection terminal 1
A connection sensor JS is provided inside 9 to detect that the checker pin is connected. Further, in this embodiment, the pachinko balls that have won any of the prize winning parts are collected after being collected in the prize winning ball collecting gutter 20, or
The pachinko ball that has flowed into the out hole 10 is an out ball release gutter 2
In addition to the above-mentioned sensors, a total winning ball sensor TS is provided at the exit of the winning ball collecting gutter 20 to detect the total amount of winning balls, and the entrance of the out-ball releasing gutter 22 as well. Alternatively, an out-ball sensor OS is provided at the exit to detect the number of out-balls, and the specific location of the out-ball sensor OS is not particularly shown, but when a player conducts so-called cheating with a magnet or an electronic lighter, these A magnet sensor MS and an electronic lighter sensor LS that detect fraudulent activity are provided. Then, the signals detected by these various sensors are applied to the control device 50. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of the control device 50. The control device 50 includes a CPU 51, a ROM 52, and a RAM 5.
3. Address bus AB, data bus DB, input buffer 54 for sending detection signals applied from the above various sensors to the data bus DB, output latch 55 for temporarily holding control data generated by the CPU 51, driver 56, CPU
The data collected by 51 is a checker 8 which is an information collecting device.
It is provided with a receiver 58 with a built-in shift register and a backup power supply 59 for sending information and commands added from a transmitter 57 and a checker 80, which constitute a data sending means with a built-in shift register for outputting to 0. Further, FIG. 5 is a map of the RAM 53, in which a register area corresponding to each sensor is prepared in addition to a working area for storing various states when the program is executed, and a sensor corresponding to each register area is generated. The integrated value of the detected signal is stored. Further, preferably, in this embodiment, the controller 50 is the P-RO.
It is equipped with M60, and the read address of this P-ROM 60 is R
There is a one-to-one correspondence with the addresses of the various register areas of the AM 53. Then, in each address of the P-ROM 60, position information indicating the address on the game board surface 100 of the sensor which the corresponding register area of the RAM 53 is in charge of and type information indicating the area are registered in advance. More specifically, as shown by the alternate long and short dash line in FIG. 1, the game board surface of this embodiment is conceptually divided into 81 blocks of 9 × 9 vertically and horizontally, and each address is assigned to each address of the P-ROM 60. The position information registered in indicates the position on the game board surface 100. Also, as is well known, different types of prizes and accessories are arranged on the game board surface 100, and the P-ROM 6 is used.
The type information registered in 0 indicates what is provided at the location designated by the positional information on the game board surface 100 (for example, whether it is a prize winning chucker, a tulip, or a trigger). Incidentally, the correspondence relationship between the read address of the P-ROM 60 and the address of the register area of the RAM 53 is, for example, when either the RAM 53 or the P-ROM 60 is selected with the upper bit of the address bus AD as the chip select address. The lower bits may be made common to specify the area within the chip. Next, the operation of this embodiment described above will be described. First, when the all clear switch AC provided at an arbitrary position inside each pachinko gaming machine is pressed before the store is opened, the detection signal is added to the CPU 51 via the input buffer 54 and the data bus DB, and the CPU 51 registers the RAM 53 in the register area. To clear. The all clear switch AC may not be provided for each pachinko gaming machine, but may be operated by a command from the central control unit when the store is opened. After that, when the game starts, the pachinko balls that have been launched along the guide rails 101 flow down along the game board surface 100, and enter one of the winning portions 1 to 9 or be collected in the out hole 10. In the process, if there are pachinko balls,
It passes through any of the points b, c, d. Also, when the game is continued in this way, the state of the pachinko gaming machine changes variously in the process. Changes in these states and the occurrence of certain types of states are detected by various sensors, and the detection signals generated by these sensors are applied to the CPU 51 via the input buffer 54 and the data DB, and the CPU 51 performs various control operations accordingly. Perform an action. In this embodiment, the CPU responds to the detection signal of each sensor.
The control operations performed by 51 are (a) operation control of each part of the gaming machine, (b) transmission of collected information to the central control device, (c)
It can be classified into three types: storage of collected information and output from the external connection terminal. First, the operation control example of each part of the gaming machine of (a) will be described. First, when a pachinko ball wins any of the winning portions 1 to 9 and the total winning ball sensor TS generates a detection signal, the CPU 51 drives the prize ball releasing solenoid 21 via the output latch 55 / driver 56 to win the winning ball. The prize balls are refunded to the player and the prize ball discharge lamp 22 is driven to inform the player of the prize ball refund. The prize ball discharge solenoid 21 opens and closes the outlet of the prize ball discharge device 23 (see FIG. 2), and when the prize ball discharge solenoid 21 is turned on, a predetermined number stored in the prize ball discharge device 23 ( 15 prize balls are released to the player. Although this point will be described in detail later, the detection signal generated by the total winning ball sensor TS is also stored in a predetermined register area in the RAM 53. In this manner, when the prize balls are withdrawn each time the total winning ball sensor TS generates the detection signal, the upper tank 24 is eventually released.
The number of prize balls stored in is insufficient, and the supply-off switch ES provided at the bottom of the upper tank 24 generates a detection signal. Upon receiving this, the CPU 51 drives the replenishment lamp 25 and sends a replenishment request to the central control unit via the transmission line 90, and the central control unit controls the replenishment unit (not shown) to control the upper tank 24 to, for example, 400 pachinko machines. Supply the ball. When the replenishment to the upper tank 24 is completed in this way, the full switch FS provided on the upper portion of the upper tank 24 generates a detection signal, and in response, the CPU 51 turns on the full lamp 26. On the other hand, the out-ball detection signal generated by the out-ball sensor OS is also stored in a predetermined register area in the RAM 53 by the CPU 51. And the CPU 51 is the total winning ball sensor T.
Each time the detection signal of S and the detection signal of the out-ball sensor OS are added, the difference number is calculated, and when this reaches the planned number of hits, the acceptance of the detection signal of the supply cut-off switch ES is rejected thereafter. Therefore, even if the supply cut-off switch ES generates a detection signal thereafter, the pachinko ball is not supplied to the upper tank 24, and the pachinko gaming machine is stopped.
The difference number can be easily obtained by subtracting 1 from the predetermined number of prize balls and multiplying it by the total number of prize balls, and subtracting the number of out balls from the answer. Also, here, an example is shown in which the stop control is performed by the number of outs and the number of winning balls. However, the example of the stop control is one in which the number of hit balls and the number of winning balls are multiplied by a predetermined number of winning balls, Needless to say, the number of balls supplied is known. Next, the transmission of the collected information in (b) to the central controller via the transmission line 90 will be described. As described above, the integrated value of the total winning balls is stored in a predetermined register area in the RAM 53. Then, the integrated data of the total winning balls is transmitted to the central control unit via the transmission line 90, but in this embodiment, the CPU 51 is assigned to the total winning balls number in order to improve the efficiency of the occupied time of the transmission line 90. Every time the value of the registered register area becomes 10, the output latch 55
・ Transmission line 90 for 10: 1 signal through driver 56
Send to. It should be noted that 10: 1 signal compression can be easily obtained by using a counter that carries over at 10 counts. Similarly, the integrated value of the number of out balls stored in a predetermined register area in the RAM 53 is also compressed to 10: 1 and transmitted from the transmission line 90 to the central controller. Based on the information transmitted in this way, the central controller monitors the operating state of each pachinko gaming machine. Further, the detection signals of the electromagnet sensor MS and the electronic lighter sensor LS are given to the CPU 51 as interrupt signals. When the CPU 51 receives these detection signals, it gives priority to other processing and the generation of these signals is controlled by the central control unit. Then, the central control unit activates the alarm lamp and the alarm buzzer to notify the administrator of the detected fraud. Next, the storage of the collected information and the output from the external connection terminal, which is the most significant feature of this embodiment, will be described. As described above, in the present embodiment, the winning portion 1 with which a pachinko ball is any
~ 9 if you win the prize ball sensor S1 ~ S
9 generates a winning ball detection signal, and the pachinko ball passes through point a.
When passing through ~ d, the corresponding passing ball sensor PSa ~ PS
d generates a passing ball detection signal, and when the pachinko ball flows into the out hole 10, the out ball sensor OS generates an out ball detection signal. Then, these detection signals are applied to the CPU 51 via the input buffer 54 and the data bus DB, and the CPU 51 outputs these various detection signals to the RAM 53.
Are accumulated and stored in the corresponding register area of. And after closing the store, or desired (for example, detection of illegal games)
When the administrator opens the glass frame of the pachinko gaming machine at any time and inserts the connector pin 81 of the portable checker 80 into the external connection terminal 19, the connection sensor JS generates a connection detection signal and this detection signal is input buffer. 54-Transmitted to the CPU 51 via the data bus DB, resulting in C
The PU 51 suspends all processing and prepares to transfer the collected integrated data. The checker 80 is basically a data processing device with a built-in microcomputer, and structurally, as shown in FIG. 6, an arithmetic processing unit 82 such as a microcomputer, a storage unit 83 such as a semiconductor memory, a liquid crystal display 84 and a small size. The printer 85, the magnetic auxiliary storage device 86, and other output means, the transmission control unit 87 for transmitting and receiving to and from each pachinko gaming machine, and the operation unit 88 such as a keyboard are provided, and the storage unit 83 stores the data transferred from each pachinko gaming machine. After storing the data, the printer 85 prints out the data, displays the data on the display 84, saves the data in the auxiliary storage device 86, and the like. To explain the specific operation and processing, first, when the administrator connects the connector pin 81 to the external connection terminal 19 and then inputs a data transfer instruction from the keyboard 88, the arithmetic processing unit 82 sends a data transfer command to the transmission control unit 87. In addition, this data transfer command is converted into a serial bit string and applied to the receiver 58 via the connector pin 81 / external connection terminal 19, and the receiver 58 converts this into a parallel command and sends it to the data bus DB. The CPU 51, which has received the data transfer command via the data bus DB, executes the data transfer process for the checker 80 in response to the data transfer command. Explaining the specific operation, the CPU 51 first sets the transmitter 57 in an operable state and then sends the data accumulated and stored in the RAM 53 to the transmitter 57 via the data bus DB. In response to the transmitter 57
Converts this data into a serial bit string and passes the checker 80 via the external connection terminal 19 and connector pin 81.
To transmit. FIG. 7 shows an example of the format of the transmission data at this time.
A transfer start code and a transfer end code of bit all 1 are added. The data transmitted at this time will be described. The transmitted data is divided into a code part and a data part as shown in FIG. First, the code part is for identifying the data to be transferred, and is added to the head of the corresponding data part. This code section may be fixed in terms of hardware such as sequential output of a counter. Further, the data section includes position information and type information in addition to the integrated value of the detection signal generated by the corresponding sensor stored in each register area of the RAM 53. The position information and the type information are stored in the P-ROM 60 as described above.
Since the lower bits of the read address of the P-ROM 60 have a one-to-one correspondence with the lower bits of the address of the corresponding register area of the RAM 53,
First, the CPU 51 gives a read address to the P-ROM 60, reads the position information and the type information, and then changes only the upper bits used for chip select in the read address and accesses the RAM 53 to obtain the position information and the type information. Subsequently, the corresponding integrated data is read from the RAM 53. In this way, while sequentially updating the code part, the code part data part regarding the out hole 10, each winning part 1 to winning part 9
A code part data part relating to each of the passing points a to d is sequentially added to the transmitter 57, and the transmitter 57 converts this into a serial bit string and passes the checker 80 via the external connection terminal 19 / connector pin 81. To transmit. On the other hand, on the checker 80 side, these information transmitted as serial bits are converted into parallel by the transmission control unit 87 and then added to the arithmetic control unit 82. The arithmetic control unit 82 stores the information in the storage unit 83 and then the display 84. Output processing to the printer 85, the auxiliary storage device 86, etc. FIG. 8 shows an example of the display display on the checker 80. In this example, the screen of the display 84 corresponds to the division of the game board surface 100, and the vertical and horizontal 9 × 9 8
It is divided into one block, and a screen address is given to each block. Then, in the information transmitted from the pachinko gaming machine, (1) position information is used to specify the screen address,
(2) The type information indicates the type of prize winning part or character placed at that location, and (3) the prize data placed at that position is awarded based on the accumulated data, or the passing point is passed, or The number of pachinko balls collected in the out hole arranged at that position is displayed. At this time, preferably, as shown in FIG. 8, the prize winning chucker, tulip, trigger, passage gate, out hole, etc. are displayed in a dot pattern symbolized based on the transferred type information, and in the same block. If the integrated data is displayed numerically on, the visual recognition of the administrator will be quicker. In order to perform a symbolized display with this dot pattern, the type information registered in the P-ROM 60 of each pachinko gaming machine may be prepared in advance as a dot pattern, or the type information itself is coded and transmitted. At the same time, the dot pattern may be registered in the storage unit 83 on the checker 80 side in advance, and the dot pattern may be read from the storage unit 83 according to the type information transmitted as the coded information. As described above, in this embodiment, not only the number of winning balls for each winning portion, but also position information indicating the arrangement position on the game board surface 100, type information indicating the type of winning portion, etc. are transmitted at the same time. These are displayed visually so that the manager can see how many kinds of winning positions the pachinko ball has in what position on that pachinko machine, or how many passing points on the game board surface. It is possible to understand at a glance how many pachinko balls have passed, or how many pachinko balls have flowed into the out holes. In the above, the case where the integrated data collected from the sensors arranged in various places of the gaming machine is transmitted to the portable information collecting device from the external connection terminal is explained. However, the number of pachinko balls flowing into each winning part is integrated. One basic idea of the present invention is not only to memorize, but also to memorize and accumulate the integrated value of pachinko balls that have passed through important passage points on the game board surface, and totalize this after closing the store. It can be directly applied to a so-called centralized management system in which the device centrally manages information. Further, when the present invention is applied to the centralized management system as described above, since the data to be collected does not necessarily require real-time transmission due to its nature, it is particularly transmitted if the existing transmission line is used in time division after closing. There is no need to increase the number of lines. Further, in the above, an example of arranging a sensor for each winning portion, an out hole, or a passing point has been shown, but the location of the sensor may be selected according to the characteristics of the pachinko gaming machine. In the case of a pachinko game machine having different sphere rates, the winning portion may be divided into blocks according to the sphere rate to detect the number of spheres for each block. As described above, according to the present invention, the position information indicating the installation location of the sensor means and the type information indicating the type of the sensor means are transmitted to the information collecting device side together with the integrated count value of the plurality of sensor means. The display screen of the information collecting device is addressed in a matrix corresponding to the game board surface,
The type of the sensor means arranged at the location and the integrated count value reacted by the sensor means are displayed in the section designated by the above-mentioned position information on this display screen. To let the manager intuitively and visually recognize how many pachinko balls have passed and what kind of prize areas, etc., are placed on the game board surface. It becomes possible. Moreover, in the case of the present invention, as described above, since the position information and the type information are transmitted together with the integrated count value, it can be universally applied to various kinds of pachinko gaming machines arranged in a row in a game store. It becomes possible. Therefore, according to the present invention, not only the profit and loss data but also the passage path of the pachinko ball on the game board surface can be quantitatively grasped, and therefore the accurate flow of the pachinko ball on the game board surface can be grasped. It is possible to adjust the gauge, and it is possible to perform accurate gauge adjustment without guesswork.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a front view of a gaming board surface of a pachinko gaming machine which is an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a back mechanism of the pachinko gaming machine of FIG. 1, and FIG. Is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of a passing ball sensor, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a control device, FIG. 5 is a RAM mapping diagram, FIG. 6 is a checker block diagram, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of transfer data, Figure 8 shows the display screen 1
Explanatory drawing of an example. 100 ... Game board surface, 1-9 ... Winning part 10 ... Out hole, 19 ... External connection terminal S1-S9 ... Winning ball sensor OS ... Out ball sensor, a-d ... Passing point PSa-PSd ...... Passing ball sensor 51 …… CPU, 52 …… ROM 53 …… RAM, 57 …… Transmitter 59 …… Receiver, 60 …… P-ROM 80 …… Checker, 81 …… Connector pin

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game board surface is sectioned in a matrix, and a sensor means for detecting passage or inflow of a pachinko ball is arranged in an arbitrary section, and an accumulation storage means for accumulating and storing detection signals of each sensor means. A pachinko gaming machine each provided with, an information collecting device having a display screen addressed in a matrix corresponding to the matrix division of the gaming board surface of the pachinko gaming machine, the pachinko gaming machine and the information The pachinko gaming machine has a transmission line for connecting to a collecting device, and the pachinko gaming machine is provided with the positions where the cumulative count values of the cumulative storage means are divided into a matrix on the gaming board surface of the corresponding sensor means. Data sending means for transmitting to the information collecting device together with the position information shown and the type information showing the type of the corresponding sensor means are provided, and the information collecting device has , Designating the address of the display screen based on the position information transmitted from the data transmission means,
An information display device for a pachinko gaming machine, characterized in that display control means for displaying the integrated count value and the type of sensor means corresponding to the integrated count value are provided at designated locations on the display screen.