JPH06343751A - Data collecting device of pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To simplifies the wiring in the ceiling and wall of a hall, to accurately collect fine data, and to display various numerical values that indicate the pachinko game machine condition on a computer unit in real time. CONSTITUTION:This device consists of a buffer memory which temporarily stores operating information, a receiving block which outputs a coincidence signal when a generated address matches with the receiving block address, and a transfer block which transmits the operating information in the buffer memory and the receiving block address to a communication cable 40 according to the coincidence signal. Between the communication cable 40 and the central processing unit, a memory unit is disposed in which a control side transfer block which transfers a calling address to the communication cable 40, a address decoder which decodes the address transferred in the communication cable 40 and stores the operating information in a memory area with the corresponding address, and a control side receiving block whose memory area is a dual port memory are equipped, and one communication cable 40 is connected among the multiple buffer units and among each buffer unit and the memory unit.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine data collection device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 6 shows the overall arrangement of various devices in a pachinko parlor. The pachinko parlor starts from a large hall H where customers can play games, and an area B where employees mainly work by controlling each pachinko parlor. It is configured. A large number of pachinko machines P1, P2, ... Pn are arranged in the hall H, and a computer main body 41 and a signal switch 20 are provided in the area B. Computer body 41 and signal switch 20
Are connected by a multi-axis cable 26, and a large number of long communication cables 21 are bundled from the signal switch 20 and extend to the hole H. One separated from the bundle of communication cables 21
The communication cable 21 of the book further extends along the ceiling or the wall to the side of each of the pachinko machines P1, P2, ... Pn. The signals of the respective pachinko machines P1, P2, ... Pn are connected to the communication cable 21, respectively. Therefore, as many cables 21 as the number of signals are prepared.

FIG. 7 shows each of the pachinko machines P1, P2, ... Pn.
The outline of P1 representing the above is shown. On the board surface 1 side, there is a winning hole 2 for winning balls into which balls are inserted from above, a pair of windmills 3 for flipping the balls,
4 are provided. In addition, under the winning prize hole 2, a special symbol display window 15, gates 6 and 7 into which balls enter, right and left sleeve prize holes 8 and 9, large prize hole 5, exit 10 for out-of-range balls, and receipt of balls. An upper tray 11 for supplying balls to the firing unit, a handle 12 for firing balls, and a lower tray 13 are provided. The lid 14 is normally closed at the special winning opening 5, but when it is opened, the ball passable area becomes several times the ball diameter. In addition, a large number of nails (not shown) are struck at predetermined positions on the board surface 1, three display windows 15 are provided on the left, middle and right sides, and numbers 0 to 9 and symbols are independently displayed. Now the ball is the saucer 11
Then, when the handle 12 is turned, a ball is fired by a predetermined device.

Whether the balls that go around the board 1 enter the winning entrance 2 etc.
Take exit 10. When a player enters a winning hole such as the sky entrance port 2 or enters a specific area, a speaker generates a notification sound "ball has entered". Or, if a ball enters the hole,
At this time, the alarm sound is generated from the speaker as "disconnected", and the ball goes out through the exit 10.

FIG. 8 shows each internal circuit as an example of a pachinko machine P1. A switch group 22 is composed of a plurality of proximity sensors SW. These proximity sensors SW are the winning entrance 2 and the exit 10 of the structure of FIG. These are sensors provided near the.
When the switch group 22 detects a pachinko ball of a moving object or a predetermined signal, the switch group 22 generates a detection signal and data including an identification signal of each person. The computer main body 41 drives the signal switching device 20 to sequentially select one of the bundled communication cables 21, sequentially reads data, and stores the data in a hard disk or the like. The prior art includes Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 62-379,
There are JP-A-1-300975 and JP-A-4-208177, and the technical contents of these are generally the above-mentioned configurations.

[0006]

In a conventional pachinko machine data collection device, a signal switching device 20 cyclically selects one from a bundle of communication cables 21 and connects it to a computer main body 41. CP of computer body 41
Since U collects the data directly, it slows down the data collection. Therefore, there is a functional margin for handling the fine data of the pachinko machine, the fine data is omitted, and the data becomes coarse. In order to secure a margin for data transfer in case the number of pachinko in the hall increases, the number of counting pulses of the number of balls is 1/10
I was counting. In addition, it has been impossible to perform parallel processing of counting the number of pulses generated on the pachinko machine and calculating various numerical values of various data indicating the status of the pachinko machine, and displaying the various numerical values on the display unit of the computer main body 41 in real time. Further, conventionally, since the same number of communication cables 21 as signals corresponding to the number of pachinko machines are wired on the ceiling or wall of the hall, a space for that is required.
The place where 1 was bundled was unsightly and spoiled the view of the hall.
The larger the number of communication cables 21, the more time and labor is required for installation and maintenance, the higher the cost, and the greater the number of breakdowns. The present invention simplifies the wiring of the ceiling and walls of a hall, accurately captures even fine data, processes numerical values of various data indicating the status of a pachinko machine in parallel, and calculates the numerical values in real time in the computer main body 41. It is an object of the present invention to provide a data collection device for a pachinko game machine, which can be displayed on the display section of.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a central information processing device having a display device for managing a pachinko machine and a plurality of pachinko machines provided in a hall.
In the data collection device of the pachinko machine that sequentially collects the operation information of each pachinko machine to the central information processing device via the communication cable and displays the processed operation information data on the display device, a buffer memory that temporarily stores the operation information. Hall side receiver that outputs a match signal when the address signal appearing on the communication cable matches its own address, and hall side transmitter that sends the operation information in the buffer memory and its own address to the communication cable based on this match signal And a control side transmitter that transmits a calling address signal to the communication cable between the communication cable and the central information processing device, and the address sent to the communication cable is decoded to store the corresponding address in the storage area. A memory unit including an address decoder for recording operation information in a memory and a control side receiving unit whose storage area is a dual port memory. The Tsu bets provided, connecting a plurality of buffer units and between the memory unit in one communication cable.

[0008]

The transmitting unit on the control side transmits the address signal, and the buffer unit of the corresponding address transfers the operation information to the dual port memory of the memory unit via one communication cable. At the same time, the operation information already recorded in the dual port memory in the memory unit is read to the central information processing device, processed in parallel, and displayed on the display device.

[0009]

The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Figure 1
Shows the overall arrangement of various devices in the pachinko parlor. The pachinko parlor is composed of a large hall H where customers can play games and an area B where employees mainly work by centrally managing each pachinko parlor. Many pachinko machines P1 in hall H
, P2 ... Pn are arranged, and in area B, a computer main body 41 and a histogram memory unit 42 are provided. The computer main body 41 and the histogram memory unit 42 are connected by a coaxial cable 46, and one long communication cable 40 extends from the histogram memory unit 42 to every corner of the hole H along the wall. Each pachinko machine has a counter / network unit C1,
C2 ... Cn are provided respectively, and each pachinko machine P1
, P2 ... Pn are connected to the respective counter network units C1, C2 ... Cn so that data can be exchanged.

Each counter network unit C1,
C2 ... Cn are connected to one communication cable 40 at the positions closest to each other. Computer body 4
Reference numeral 1 is composed of a CPU main body 43, a printer 44 and a display unit 45, and the CPU main body 43 has a hard disk and the like (not shown) built therein. Each pachinko machine P1, P2
.. Pn is composed of game boards G1, G2, ... Gn and counter / network units C1, C2 ,. In FIG. 2, the histogram memory unit 42 includes an address decoder 50, a memory unit 51, a control side transmission unit 52, a pointer 53, and a scanning unit 54 of the control side reception unit. The memory section 51 is composed of an address section 56 and a plurality of data sections 57, and also has a read-only port 58 separately to form a dual port memory configuration.

The address decoder 50 of the receiving section records the signals from the respective pachinko machines in the memory section 51 by selecting them for each address. The pointer 53 indicates an address for specifying a pachinko machine when requesting a data report from the histogram memory unit 42 to each pachinko machine. The scanning unit 54 periodically changes the instruction value of the pointer 53, and the control side transmitting unit 52 transmits the address to the communication cable 40. Further, the address section 56 of the memory section 51 is provided with addresses 1, 2, 3, ... N, and the respective data section 57 is assigned to each address.
Corresponding to the storage area. Data for each record is recorded in each storage area of the data section 57 corresponding to each address 1, 2, 3, ... N, and each pachinko machine P1, P2 ,.
n outputs the record unit data indicating the game progress state. The memory unit 51 stores the data (1
It is a dual port memory that stores data in file units made up of a pachinko machine of a table) and has a read-only port 58 separately. Therefore, the addresses 1, 2, 3, ... N of the memory unit 51 correspond to the respective pachinko machines and represent the addresses of the respective record data.

On the other hand, in FIG. 2, each counter / network unit Ci, etc. has a self-identification address 1, 2, ...
Is added to the hall-side receiver Ki and the hall-side transmitter Hi.
Respectively (here, i is used as a representative, but i = 1, 2, ... N). Addresses 1 and 2 of each counter / network unit C1, C2 ... Cn
... n correspond to respective addresses 1, 2, ... N of the address portion 56 of the histogram memory unit 42. The hall side reception unit Ki is a kind of address decoder, which receives a call read request signal from the communication cable 40 and reacts only when the designated address is its own. The hall-side transmitter Hi is a circuit that sends out a signal from the internal electronic device of the pachinko machine to the communication cable 40.

The internal electronic circuit of the pachinko machine and the counter network unit Ci will be described with reference to FIG.
Since each of the pachinko machines P1, P2, P3, ... Pn has an internal electronic circuit configuration, the pachinko machine Pi will be described as a representative. The switch group 50 is composed of a plurality of proximity sensors SW1 to SWm.
SWm is sensors provided in the vicinity of the winning entrance 2 and the exit 10 of the structure shown in FIG. When the switch group 50 detects a pachinko ball of a moving object or various movements on the game board Gi, it generates detection signals and data including identification signals (displayed by the same SW1 to SWm for easy understanding) at various places. To do.

The buffer register 30 of the counter / network unit Ci is composed of an address decoder 31 and a plurality of memory units 32. Further, each memory unit 32 is assigned addresses 1, 2, 3, ... Each proximity sensor SW1 to SWm corresponds to the address. Data in word units is recorded at each address 1, 2, 3, ... M of the memory unit 32, and each proximity sensor SW
i outputs data in word units. The buffer register 30 stores one record of data (1
(Operation information of the pachinko machine). Therefore, the addresses 1, 2, 3, ... M of the memory section 32 represent addresses of word data.

Now, the proximity sensor SW of the pachinko machine P1
1 detects a ball entering the sky winning port 2, and the winning detection signal is given to the standard circuit a1. From this, the return signal k1 and the standard signal m1 adapted to the buffer register 30 of the counter network unit Ci are output. The return signal k1 is given to, for example, the driving unit of the discharging mechanism for discharging the winning balls and the random number generator, and the next proximity sensor SW2 detects that the driving unit has operated. Proximity sensor SW
The operation detection signal of 2 is given to the standard circuit a2, from which the return signal k2 and the standard signal m2 suitable for the buffer register 30 are output. This return signal k2 is given to the drive unit of the circuit that lights the red lamp or the like when winning the prize on the pachinko machine.

The next proximity sensor SW3 is provided at a position through which the winning balls pass at the time of discharging, and sequentially counts the winning balls, and the counted value is output to the buffer register 30. In the following operation, the proximity signal S
The number 1 such as W1 is used as an address and is sent to the buffer register 30 together with this address. Further, the return signal k1 resulting from the winning detection signal drives a random number generator or the like to rotate the three electronic reels of the special symbol display window 15. The proximity sensor SW4 detects the misalignment of the display of the pattern display window 15 and the reach of two sets, and the reach detection signal and the like are given to the standard circuit a4, from which the return signal k4 and the buffer register 30 are adapted. The standard signal m4 is output. The return signal k4 is given to the voice circuit inside the pachinko machine, and a voice such as "I'm sorry" is generated.

The proximity sensor SW5 detects a big hit in which three symbols are displayed in the symbol display window 15, and the big hit detection signal and the like are given to the standard circuit a5, from which the return signal k5 and the standard conforming to the buffer register 30 are detected. Signal m5
And are output. In addition, this return signal k5 is given to the accessory driving device and the audio circuit in the pachinko machine, so that "big hit"
The voice is generated and the accessory drive device operates to open the accessory. The next proximity sensor SW6 detects the opening of the accessory driving device, and the opening detection signal is given to the standard circuit a6, from which the return signal k6 and the standard signal m6 suitable for the buffer register 30 are output. The standard signal m6 is sent to the buffer register 30 together with the address, counted and stored. Further, the return signal k6 is given to a circuit for lighting a large red lamp on the pachinko machine at the time of a big hit.

The proximity sensor SW7 has a winning opening 8, 9
A winning ball entering one of the two is detected, and this winning detection signal is given to the standard circuit a7, from which a return signal k7 and a standard signal m7 suitable for the buffer register 30 are output. The return signal k7 is given to the drive unit of the discharging mechanism for discharging the prize winning balls of the accessory to the pachinko machine.
Is given to the drive unit of the circuit that lights the red lamp etc. at the time of winning on the pachinko machine. Also in this case, the prize balls to be released are sequentially counted by the same proximity sensor SW3. On the other hand, the proximity sensor SWm sequentially detects the balls that are out and those that are out of the exit.
It is output to 0. The proximity sensor SW3 described above sequentially detects winning balls for winning characters. Since this proximity sensor SW3 counts all winning balls, the count value there represents the total number of balls won by the player.

Now, the winning detection signal or the like detected by the proximity sensor SWi or the like at the address i (i = 1 to m) and output as the standard signal mi or the like from the standard circuit ai or the like is stored in the buffer register together with the address of the number i. Sent to 30. The address decoder 31 of the buffer register 30 decodes the address i and counts and records the balls that have entered the winning opening in the storage area of the same address as the address of the memory unit 32. Therefore, each proximity sensor SW1 of the pachinko machine Pi
Each detection signal and a signal indicating the state of the pachinko machine are updated and recorded from SWm in the memory unit 32 of the counter network unit Ci for each address 1, 2, 3 ... M. There is.

Next, the counter / network unit C
The hall-side receiving unit Ki of i is composed of a register 33 and a comparator 34, and the address i of the counter / network unit Ci (a number for identifying the pachinko machine Pi) is recorded in the register 33 in advance. The comparator 34 compares the address j received from the communication cable 40 with this address i, and if they match, outputs a match signal to the hall side transmitter Hi. The transmitter Hi sends the record data in the buffer register 30 to the communication cable 40 only when receiving the coincidence signal.

The operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step S1, the pointer 5 on the control side is
The initial indication value of 3 is set to 1 (address). Step S
At 2, the control side transmission unit 52 transmits the initial 1 (address) of the pointer 53 to the communication cable 40 for inquiry. In step S3, the comparator 34 of each received counter network unit Ci on the hall side.
Checks whether the indicated value matches its own address in the register 33. If they match (the counter at address 1
The network unit C1) outputs a coincidence signal to the transmission unit Hi, and the process proceeds to step S4 where the transmission unit Hi sends all the data of one record in the memory unit 32 to the communication cable 40. On the other hand, in step S5, the histogram memory unit 42 takes in the operation information (record unit data) appearing on the communication cable 40, the address decoder 50 decodes the address, and the data section 57 of the corresponding address stores one record. Record the data. With this, the operation information of one pachinko machine is displayed in the histogram memory unit 42.
Has been transferred to.

In step S6, it is checked whether or not the number n of pachinko machines set in the hole H has been reached. If not, the process proceeds to step S7, and the scanning unit 54 increments the pointer 53 by one. Then, the process returns to step S2. Steps S2 to S
When the operation information is collected for the pachinko machines P2 ... Pn by repeating step S6, the number of the pachinko machines n set in the hall H becomes n in step S6, and all the pachinko machines P2. The first collection ends. Since the game on each pachinko machine P2 ... Pn continues while the store is open, it is necessary to repeatedly collect operation information. Therefore, when the set number in step S6 is reached, the process returns to step S1, the pointer 53 is set to the initial 1, and steps S1 to S7 are repeated 2
The operation information of each of the pachinko machines P1, P2, ... Pn for the second time is collected. Similarly, while the hall is open,
The flow loop is repeated to constantly collect the latest update data.

If the address received in step S3 is not the address of the player's own pachinko machine, the process directly proceeds to step S4. Since it always matches the other pachinko machines, the process directly proceeds to step S4 and returns to the above-described operation. The data of one record of the unit address is recorded in the memory section 51 of the histogram memory unit 42 in steps S1 to S7. When step S6 is established, the n records, that is, the data of the unit file are stored in the memory section 51 of the histogram memory unit 42. Recorded in.

The memory section 51 has a dual port configuration, and the read-only port 58 is provided with the coaxial cable 46.
The operation information is transferred via the hard disk in the CPU main body 43. The computer main body 41 records these file data with real time, and processes them with an appropriate relational database. That is, one communication cable 4
It is possible to easily grasp the status of all pachinko machines by using 0. Further, for example, it is possible to accurately grasp the operating condition of the pachinko machine installed near the entrance of the hall H, the sunrise ball, the number of hits, and the like.

On a pachinko machine, 100 balls are fired.
Since it is 60 pieces / 60 seconds, the maximum speed is 1.8 pieces / second, and the ball interval is about 1.8 seconds, which is 3 before the balls enter the winning entrance 2.
It takes more than a second, and the winning process takes more than 3 seconds. On the other hand, the histogram memory unit 42 may be a multi-channel analyzer (MCA) used for radiation measurement. The MCA operates at 60 MHz, and data transfer from each counter network unit Ci to the histogram memory unit 42 is 1 word (16 bits) × 100 (100 pieces of internal information per pachinko machine) = 1,6 Kbits. Even, it is executed instantly.
The MCA is capable of high-speed pulse measurement, and can measure separated pulses for a maximum of 8192 channels, which means that control can be performed even when 8192 pachinko machines are installed in the hall H.

FIG. 5 shows an apparatus in which a histogram memory unit 42 and a counter network unit Ci of the present application are incorporated in a hole H, which is a wiring of conventional equipment, in which a large number of communication cables 21 are bundled. Counter / network unit Ci group is set to histogram memory unit 42
It is placed in the same box 48 and placed in area B. The counter / network unit Ci and the pachinko machine Pi are connected to each other by using the conventional equipment wiring and a bundle of communication cables 21. In this embodiment, there is no effect of using one communication cable 40, but other effects are the same as those of the embodiment of FIG.

[0027]

As described above, according to the present invention, the wiring of the ceiling and walls of the hall is simplified, and even fine data is accurately captured, and the pulse for each ball is measured. It is possible to measure with 10 times higher accuracy than the conventional one. It becomes easy to process various numerical values of various data indicating the state of the pachinko machine in parallel and display the various numerical values on the display unit of the computer main body 41 in real time. Since one communication cable 40 is used, the interior work of the hall H is extremely simple, the space of the ceiling is expanded, and the inside of the store is clean. Since one communication cable 40 is used, the failure due to the wiring failure hardly occurs.
Since the buffer register 30 records the movement of each ball and the detailed movement of each character, the information on the pachinko machine can be grasped in more detail than ever before and fraud can be prevented. In the present application, the histogram memory unit 42
Measures the internal information of the pachinko machine, and the computer body 4
Since 1 is dedicated to analysis of collected internal information and data processing, the operating status of the pachinko machine can be displayed and grasped in real time. Histogram memory unit 42
If a large number of channels, that is, addresses, are prepared, data can be easily collected without adding equipment even if the number of pachinko machines in the hall is increased later.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a layout diagram showing an overall configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block circuit diagram showing a detailed configuration of the area side in the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram showing a detailed configuration on the pachinko side in the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a layout view showing a configuration of another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a layout diagram showing a conventional overall configuration.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a front surface of a general pachinko machine.

FIG. 8 is a block circuit diagram showing a configuration of a conventional pachinko machine side.

[Explanation of symbols]

B area C1, C2 ... Cn counter network unit H hole P1, P2 ... Pn Pachinko machine SW1 to SWm proximity sensor 40 communication cable 41 computer main body 42 histogram memory unit 43 CPU main body 44 printer 45 display unit 46 coaxial Cable 51 Memory section 52 Control side transmission section 53 Pointer 54 Scan section 55 Address decoder 56 Address section 57 Data section 58 Read-only port

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A central information processing device having a display device for managing a pachinko machine, a plurality of pachinko machines provided in a hall, a buffer unit for recording operation information of each pachinko machine, and each buffer unit. And a communication cable for connecting the central information processing device to the central information processing device, the operation information of each pachinko machine is sequentially collected in the central information processing device via the communication cable, and the processed operation information data is displayed on the display device. In the pachinko machine data collection device, the buffer unit for temporarily storing the operation information in the buffer unit, and the hall-side receiving unit for outputting a match signal when the address signal appearing on the communication cable matches the own address And a hall-side transmitter that transmits the operation information in the buffer memory and its own address to the communication cable based on a match signal. The communication side and the central information processing unit, the control side transmitting section for transmitting the address signal for calling to the communication cable and the address transmitted from the communication cable are decoded and applicable. A memory unit including an address decoder for recording the operation information in an address storage area and a control-side receiving section in which the storage area is a dual port memory is provided, and the plurality of buffer units and the memory unit are provided as a single unit. Connected by a communication cable, the operation information of the buffer unit is transferred to the memory unit via the one communication cable, and at the same time, the operation information already recorded in the memory unit is transferred to the central information processing device. A pachinko machine device characterized by being read out, processed in parallel, and displayed on the display device. Data collection device.