JPH067541A - Japanese pinball game @(3754/24)pachinko) machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a pachinko game machine benefitable for a player by a method wherein the number of pinballs the player now has is displayed so that he can see it easily, he can move freely only carrying a recording medium, and at the time of start of a game and a supplement of balls in the course of playing, real pachinko balls are used. CONSTITUTION:This pachinko game machine is provided with recording and displaying means 22 and 50 which count the number of a player's balls overflowing a ball tray 13 of the pachinko game machine or discharged by an operation of the player, record and display the counted value as a recorded ball number, modifying means 51, 52 and 53 which discharge balls within the recorded number of balls into the ball tray 13 and reduce them from the recorded number of balls, a ball tray counting means which counts the pachinko balls in the tray 13 when a game is finished, and a remountable writing and reading means 24 which rewrites information about the recorded number of balls modified and displayed onto a recording medium which can be carried anywhere, reads the information recorded in the recording medium and writes the total number of the balls together with the value counted by the ball tray counting means into the recording medium.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to an improved means for managing a player's ball.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When playing a game using a pachinko game machine, the prize ball given to the player is a holding ball plate (upper plate) on two plates provided on the lower front of the pachinko game machine.
Is discharged to. When the game is successful and the number of prize balls is increased, the pachinko balls will soon overflow into the upper plate, and the balls will be dropped and stored in a lower holding ball plate (lower plate) provided under the upper plate. Then, at the end of the game, a system is generally used in which all the pachinko balls in the upper and lower holding bowls are moved to a portable bowl and transported to a prize exchange.

On the other hand, various management means for pachinko game machines have been proposed due to the recent spread of computer technology. For example, as disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 61-238268, the number of pachinko balls lent to a player is recorded on a card, and a computer manages the progress of the game through this card. Receives a card with the number of loans written in cash before the game starts, inserts this card into the specified insertion slot of the pachinko game machine to start the game, and after the game ends, records the number of loans at the end There is a thing to receive the returned card.

[0004]

However, in such a conventional pachinko game machine, in the former case, since the number of balls held in the lower plate during the game is not known accurately, the player can concentrate on the game. It is very troublesome for the player to distribute the power and to move to another pachinko game machine during the game, or to move all the balls of the upper plate and the lower plate to another ball box at the end of the game. Met.

In the latter case, in the card-type computer-controlled pachinko game machine, the purpose of these functional equipments is mainly placed in the management of the game hall, and is intended for the convenience of the player. However, for example, when all the pachinko balls that have been rented out have been consumed, the player has to go to the issuance of cards one by one, which is rather unnatural and troublesome, and there is a problem that it hinders the interest of the game. there were.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional problem, and all balls other than the real balls in the upper plate are displayed in numbers so that the player can accurately understand them, and the pachinko game machine is provided. When moving the game or ending the game, it is possible to move freely with one simple recording medium, and you can continue pausing the ball without pausing during the game. An object of the present invention is to provide a player-oriented pachinko game machine.

[0007]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to count the number of holding balls discharged from a holding ball plate of a pachinko game machine or by a player's operation. , Record display means for recording / displaying as registered holding balls, and discharging game balls within the registered holding balls into the holding plate of the pachinko game machine automatically or by operation of the player. Correcting means for subtracting from the registered holding balls, holding ball plate counting means for counting the pachinko balls in the holding plate at the end of the game, and record of the corrected and displayed held ball information at any time Transferable to a medium, reading the information in this recording medium at any time, and writing the whole holding ball to the recording medium together with the count value by the holding ball plate counting means. And writing reading means, it consists in pachinko game machine characterized by comprising a.

[0008]

[Operation] At the start of the game, the player first pays an appropriate price to obtain a recording medium in which the number of the game medium is recorded, or
Received a direct pachinko ball rental.

The game is started by inserting this recording medium into the insertion port of the writing / reading means or by inserting the rented pachinko ball into the ball tray. If you borrowed a ball from a thin automatic ball lending machine without depending on the recording medium, put the ball in a ball dish, start the game, and press the operation button at the last settlement to bring out the recording medium. It will be.

When a lot of prize balls are discharged and the holding ball plate overflows, the overflow balls are automatically counted in the pachinko game machine and displayed as registered holding balls. When the number of actual balls in the holding bowl becomes low, the holding bowl receives the actual balls within the indicated number by operating the operation button or the like. The amount of the discharged real balls is corrected and displayed by subtracting from the displayed number.

When the player moves to another pachinko game machine or finishes a game, the actual balls remaining in the holding bowl are operated by operating the operation buttons appropriately marked such as clearing and ending. It is taken into the inside, counted, added to the displayed number, and simultaneously written in the recording medium.
If this recording medium is inserted into the recording medium insertion slot of another pachinko game machine, the player's own ball is immediately registered and displayed. When you have a real ball necessary for a game and discharge it to a ball dish, the number of corrections is displayed.

If the recording medium is submitted to a prize exchange, the number of exchanges is read by a reading device provided and a prize is provided.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention.

The pachinko game machine P consists of a plurality of safe holes 11 provided on a vertical board surface 10, one out hole 12 and a large number of nails. A dish 13 and a firing knob 14 for firing a pachinko ball are provided.

Below the upper plate 13, a card insertion slot 21 for inserting a recording medium (hereinafter referred to as a card) C into a holding ball, a display section 22 for displaying a registered holding ball, various operation buttons 23,
Operation panel 2 including a switch unit 25 having 23a ...
0 is provided.

Behind the board surface 10 of the pachinko machine P, as shown in FIG. 2, the pulse transmitter 3 is provided in the middle of the ball delivery pipe 32 which receives the distribution port 30 of the pachinko ball upward and reaches the holding bowl plate 13.
3a and a starter / stopper 34 for starting and stopping according to a signal, and a ball-sending pump 35 for sending a predetermined number of pachinko balls according to a command from the controller 50.

On the other hand, an outlet pipe 36 communicating with the back of the pachinko machine P is provided below the holding ball tray 13, and a reflux groove 37 communicating with a pachinko ball central processing unit (not shown).
It is open to. A ball discharge pump 38 having a pulse transmitter 33b is provided in the middle of the outflow pipe 36.

The holding ball plate 13 is provided with an open pipe 41 having an overflow pipe 39 and an opening / closing valve 40 which opens and closes according to an operation command of the operation button 23, and joins with an inflow pipe to a ball discharging pump 38. The ball discharge pump 38 is a holding ball plate counting means for counting the pachinko balls in the holding ball plate 13 at the end of the game. Manual open / close valve 4 is provided on the ball holder 13.
A discharge pipe 43 that opens and closes by 2 to discharge the pachinko balls into a portable ball container such as a ball box is provided.

A display unit 22 for displaying registered holding balls is provided on the operation panel 20 provided below the holding ball plate 13.
A plurality of operation buttons 23 for the player to instruct various operations
And a card insertion slot 21 for inserting the card C, and a reading / writing section 24 for reading various information from the card C inserted from the card insertion slot 21 and writing information from the controller 50 inside. A switch unit corresponding to the operation button is provided.

A controller 50, which receives information from the pulse transmitters 33a and 33b, the sensors 15 and the operation panel 20, displays on the display unit 22 and issues various operation commands, is provided behind the operation panel 20. I / O unit 52, storage unit 5
3 and a control unit 51 for processing information and issuing commands.

Next, the operation will be described.

When a player who has rented a pachinko ball from a ball lending machine holds the pachinko ball in the ball plate 13, the game can be started.

When the player has already obtained his own ball with another pachinko game machine P and has recorded it in the card C, if this card C is inserted into the insertion slot 21, it is displayed on the display section 22 as a registered ball. It When an appropriate one of the operation buttons 23, 23a ... Of the switch unit 25 is pressed, the pachinko balls are supplied to the holding ball plate 13, and the number corresponding to the number supplied is corrected and displayed by subtracting from the number on the display board. It

When the game is successful and a large number of prize balls are supplied, the holding ball plate 13 becomes full, and the overflowing balls pass through the overflow pipe 39, the drainage pump 38, the outflow pipe 36, and are discharged into the recirculation groove 37. To be done. The balls that have passed through the ball discharge pump 38 are counted by the pulse generator 33b and are counted by the controller 5
It is transmitted to 0, registered, and simultaneously displayed on the display unit.

When the real balls become scarce in the holding ball plate 13, the appropriate one of the operation buttons 23, 23a of the switch section 25 is pressed to receive the supply of the real balls. Needless to say, the actual ball supplied at this time does not exceed the registered owned ball displayed on the display unit 22. The pachinko balls supplied at this time are counted as they exit the supply tank 31 and pass through the supply pump 35.
It is transmitted to 0, subtracted from the original registration number, and displayed again.
The starter / stopper 34 starts and stops the supply pump 35 in response to a command from the controller 50.

The supply of pachinko balls by the supply pump 35 can be used for paying out prize balls by safe balls other than the case where the player demands them. At this time, the safe balls can be detected by providing a sensor 15 for each safe hole 11 and using an information command from the sensor 15, or collecting balls entering the safe holes at one location and detecting them one by one. The control unit 51 distinguishes between the two.

At the end of the game, the open / close valve 40 is opened by the operation button 23 to open the real ball in the holding ball plate 13
The number is dropped to 1, counted by the ball discharge pump 38, which is the counting means for holding balls, and added to the display registered number to display all held balls for confirmation. During this time, information on the ball being held is written on the card C. The open / close valve 40 may be of a manual type. If the card C is taken out from the operation panel 20 and presented to the prize exchange place, the card is read and the prize is provided.

When the player wants to continue playing with another pachinko game machine P, the card C is used for another pachinko game machine P.
The insertion operation button 23 is pushed into the card insertion slot 21 and the appropriate number of real balls are received to restart the game.

In addition to the above, the controller 50 also performs other information processing relating to the pachinko game machine at the same time.
It goes without saying that it can be used for profit management.

[0031]

According to the pachinko game machine according to the present invention, the player can always accurately grasp all the balls held in the ball plate other than the real balls, and the player can play the game without any annoyance during the game. You can immerse yourself. Also, when playing a game or moving a pachinko game machine, it is very convenient that you can carry all your own balls with one card. Then, when starting a game or during a game, you can directly borrow a pachinko ball and start or continue the game without relying on a recording medium, so you can touch the pachinko ball directly and handle it. This is a pachinko game machine that is extremely entertaining because it does not require complicated media issuance and can widely meet the needs of players.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a control relationship of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 P ... Pachinko game machine 13 ... Ball holding plate 20 ... Operation panel 21 ... Card insertion slot 22 ... Display unit 23 ... Operation button 24 ... Read / write unit 33 ... Pulse transmitter 35 ... Ball sending pump 38 ... Ball discharging pump (ball holding plate) Counting means) 39 ... Overflow pipe 40 ... Open / close valve 42 ... Manual open / close valve 43 ... Discharge pipe 50 ... Controller 51 ... Control unit 52 ... Input / output unit 53 ... Storage unit

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A record display means for counting the number of balls held by a player's ball tray of a pachinko game machine or ejected by a player's operation, and recording / displaying the balls as registered balls, and within the registered balls. Correcting means for automatically discharging the game ball to the holding ball plate or by operating the player into the holding ball plate of the pachinko game machine and subtracting it from the registered holding ball, and in the holding ball plate at the end of the game. Holding ball counting means for counting pachinko balls, and the information of the registered holding balls that has been corrected and displayed is transferred to a recording medium that can be carried at any time, and at the same time, the information in the recording medium is read, A pachinko game machine comprising: a rewritable read / write means for writing all the balls held on the recording medium together with the count value by the ball holding plate counting means.