JPH0698221B2 - Pachinko machine management device - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine management device.

[Problems to be Solved by Prior Art and Invention]

In recent years, pachinko game arcades have become large in size, and the number of pachinko game machines installed therein has also increased considerably.

However, the staff in charge of servicing the player in the game hall is currently limited to the minimum number of staff due to lack of manpower.

Also, in the unlikely event that an illegal game is played, it is necessary to detect this quickly and deal with it, but it is quite difficult to allocate a sufficient number of staff as described above, so that There was a problem that measures had to be dealt with by mechanization.

This invention has been made in view of the above problems,
Its purpose is to be extremely responsive to the detection of abnormal games, and to clearly identify what kind of abnormal game has been played, and to drive the pachinko machine with the occurrence of the abnormal game. It is possible to announce the occurrence of the abnormal game while controlling the stop, and prioritize the response to the abnormal game that requires quick processing when multiple types of abnormal games are played within a short time. In addition, it is durable and can prevent mechanical failure, and it can present detailed audio information while downsizing the entire device, allowing even a small number of staff to play abnormal games. An object of the present invention is to provide a management device for a pachinko gaming machine, which can centrally and surely and easily perform management of a game hall such as measures against the occurrence of the above.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is provided in each pachinko gaming machine, each different abnormality occurrence detecting means for detecting the occurrence of a plurality of types of abnormal games to the same pachinko gaming machine, each abnormal occurrence detection means, An abnormality discrimination control means which is connected to each abnormality occurrence detection means through an input terminal group, and which outputs different kinds of signals corresponding to various and different signals input from the input terminal group, In a pachinko gaming machine management device provided with a speaker for notifying the occurrence of an abnormal game specified on the basis of a signal from the abnormality identification control means at an appropriate place in the game hall, each abnormality occurrence detection means and input terminal group And a motor drive stop control means for stopping the drive of the ball striking motor of the pachinko gaming machine provided with the abnormality occurrence detection means by the abnormality occurrence detection means, The normal identification control means is provided with a microcomputer section, and a voice synthesizing circuit is connected to the microcomputer section, and the microcomputer section is given priority in inputting various / different input signals from the input terminal group. And a ROM for storing a control procedure program corresponding to each input signal in advance, a RAM for temporarily holding and storing data generated and processed according to the program control, an interrupt circuit and a clock circuit,
And the input signal and RAM according to the program stored in the ROM
Determination processing based on the data stored and stored in the central processing unit that controls the output side according to the determination result, and the determination processing result according to the priority order for each signal input of the microcomputer unit. Based on the above, it is configured to drive a voice synthesizing circuit, and the voice synthesizing circuit synthesizes a voice signal for notifying from a speaker by identifying the occurrence of an abnormal game by a voice that is a spoken word. There is.

[Action]

According to the pachinko gaming machine management device of the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, when an abnormal game is played in the pachinko gaming machine, the occurrence of the abnormality is automatically detected, and each detected abnormal game type is dealt with. Signals are programmably combined according to priority. Then, the abnormal game is specified based on the synthesized signal, and the fact that the abnormal game is generated is announced by the speaker in the game hall with a voice that is a spoken word. At the same time, the drive of the ball hitting drive motor of the pachinko gaming machine in which the abnormal game is detected is stopped and controlled.

〔Example〕

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

FIG. 1 shows an electric block circuit diagram of the management device of the pachinko gaming machine 20, and the control circuit 1 as an abnormality discrimination control means is a sub-board 30 incorporating various circuits described later (see FIG. 7).
And a main substrate 40 (see FIGS. 8 to 11).

FIG. 2 is a plan view of a pachinko game hall 10 which employs the management device according to the present invention. This pachinko game hall
In FIG. 10, as shown in FIG. 3, a large number of pachinko game machines 20 are arranged in a linear field to form one island 11, and a plurality of these islands 11 are arranged in parallel. The management of each island 11 and each pachinko gaming machine 20 is centralized in the management room 12.

In each of the islands 11, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a pair of island lamps 13 and an appropriate number of speakers 14 are provided before and after the islands 11 (for example, the control room 12 side and the opposite side). Also, as shown in FIG. 3, stand lamps 21 are provided on the upper front surface of each pachinko gaming machine 20, respectively. A management room lamp 12a is provided in the management room 12.

As shown in FIG. 4 to FIG. 6, each pachinko gaming machine 20 covers a board surface door 22 pivotally attached to a frame 22a fixed to the island 11 side and a front surface of the board surface door 22. A glass door 23 is provided, and the glass door 23 is opened by operating a key 23a. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, an open detection switch 24 as a pair of abnormality occurrence detection means is provided at an appropriate position of the panel door 22.
24 is opened when the glass door 23 is surely closed with respect to the panel door 22, and is energized when the glass door 23 is opened even slightly. That is,
Each opening detection switch 24 is provided so that its actuator 24a is pressed by the glass door 23, and is energized when the glass door 23 is separated from the panel door 22 in either the left or right direction. .

Also, the gaming board 22 attached to the board surface door 22 of each pachinko gaming machine 20.
On the back side of b, a magnetic detection switch 25 is provided as another abnormality occurrence detection means (see FIG. 4). The magnetic detection switch 25 is composed of a magnetic sensing element such as a Hall element, and is turned on when magnetism is generated near the glass door 23.

Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 3, each pachinko gaming machine 20
A call switch 26 operated by a player or the like is provided on the upper front part of the table, and a table lamp 21 is provided around the call switch 26.

By the way, the sub-board 30 is attached to each pachinko gaming machine 20 in this embodiment, while the main board 40 is provided at an appropriate position on each island 11.

The sub-board 30 has the following structure. That is, as shown in FIG. 7, the input from the terminal 31 to which each opening detection switch 24 is connected can be output to the output terminal S1 via the door illegal opening input circuit 23. Further, the illegal door opening input circuit 32 is a timer 33 for setting the lighting time of the base lamp 21 and the like, and a latch storage circuit 34 for setting a blinking interval.
Also, it is connected to the output terminal S2 which is output to each lamp 21 via the clock circuit 35. Note that reference numeral 36 indicates a rectifying circuit used as a control power supply for the sub-board 30.

Further, the hitting motor 27 started by the operation of the gaming handle 15 of the pachinko gaming machine 20 is connected in series with the pair of opening detection switches 24 via a connection terminal 37 as a motor drive control means, and each opening is performed. When at least one of the detection switches 24 is turned off, the AC drive power supply is cut off and immediately stopped. Then, when the opening detection switch 24 is closed again, the driving power is supplied to the ball hitting motor 27, and the ball hitting motor 27 starts driving. Reference numeral 38 is a reset circuit including a platform reset switch 66 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 20.

Then, according to the sub-board 30, the pachinko gaming machine 20
Opening detection switch 24 when the glass door 23 of the
Is activated, and this is output from the output terminal S1 to the main board 40 described later. At the same time, the platform lamp 21 of the pachinko gaming machine 20 blinks or continuously lights at a predetermined interval via the timer 33 that sets the lighting time, the latch storage circuit 34 that sets the blinking interval, and the clock circuit 35. . Furthermore, the actuation of the opening detection switch 24 shuts off the energization of the ball hitting motor 27. In this embodiment, drive control can be performed by operating the open detection switch 24.

On the other hand, the main board 40 shown in FIGS. 8 to 9 has the following structure.

That is, the central processing unit 41 is provided with an input terminal group 41a connected in parallel to the open detection switch 24 and the magnetic detection switch 25. Then, the central processing unit 41
Perform processing according to the program stored in the ROM according to the type of signal input through the input terminal group 41a,
A predetermined control signal is output to the tone synthesis circuit 43 and the speech synthesis circuit 44 connected to the output side of the central processing unit 41 via the notification selection switch 43. The program stored in the ROM includes an open detection switch 24 and a magnetic detection switch.
For each input signal from 25 and a call switch 26 described later, the priority order of the input is preset.
Further, the central processing unit 41 is connected to an interrupt circuit 45, a clock circuit 45 and a basic clock circuit 47.

By the way, the tone synthesis circuit 43 synthesizes the control signal from the central processing unit 41 into a chime or melody tone signal, while the voice synthesis circuit 44 also operates based on the control signal output from the central processing unit 41. Various voice signals (for example, voice signals such as "door is open", "magnet is used", "please wait", etc.) are synthesized. The signals from the tone synthesis circuit 43 and the voice synthesis circuit 44 are output from the terminal S5 to the amplification circuit 51 described later.
Through the speaker 14 or the speaker in the management room 12 as necessary. An island reset switch 67 and a management place reset switch 68 are connected to the terminal S4 shown in the input terminal group 41a. (See FIG. 1).

Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the lamp output circuit 53 has an output port 52 connected to the notification selection switch 42 shown in FIG.
Output terminals LA and LB of are connected. The output from the lamp output circuit 53 is input to the island lamp 13 from the terminals 55 and 56. Reference numeral 54 indicates a clock circuit. Also,
A circuit 57 shown in FIG. 11 is a call input circuit. A signal is input to the call input circuit 57 when a player or the like presses the call switch 26 of each pachinko gaming machine 20, and the converted signal is output to each terminal. It is output from S3.

Thus, according to the main board 40, the input terminal group 41a
The following processing is performed according to the type of signal input to. That is, when a signal from the open detection switch 24 is input, an audio signal or the like corresponding to this case is sent to the main board 40.
Selected according to the voice signal, etc.,
The chime and melody are output from the speaker 14. Of course, if it is desired to output sound or the like even in the management room 12, the speaker provided in the management room 12 may be connected to the main board 40 in parallel with the speaker 14. Also, at the same time as the output of this sound, the island lamp 13 and / or the lamp in the control room 12
12a lights up or blinks. The above is the same when the magnetic detection switch 25 and the call switch 26 are operated.

On the other hand, in the pachinko game hall 10, if the illegal opening of the glass door 23, the illegal use of magnets, etc., and the calling operation by the player are simultaneously performed within a short time, the
The signals from the switches 24, 25 and 26 are input to the central processing unit 41 in accordance with the priority order preset in the program stored in the ROM. Then, in accordance with the order of priority, audio signals and the like corresponding to the signals from the switches 24, 25, 26 are sequentially selected, and audio, chime, and melody corresponding to the audio signals and the like are sequentially output to the speaker 14. It is something.

The volume setting of the speaker 14 is made by the volume adjusting switch 62 of the volume adjusting circuit 61, and the selection of voice, melody or both voice and melody is made by the notification selecting switch 42, and the stand lamp 2
The display selection switch 63 is used to select whether the island lamp 13 and the control room lamp 12a are turned on or blinking. Further, the blinking time of each of the lamps 21, 13, 12a is selected by the display time selection switch 64, and the number of repetitions of voice and the like is selected by the notification number selection switch 65. On the other hand, the management device can be returned to the state by operating any one of the reset switch 66 for each unit, the island reset switch 67 and the management place reset switch 68.

Now, the operation of the management apparatus configured as described above will be described separately for each case.

(A) When the door is opened When the glass door 23 is opened, each opening detection switch 24 of the pachinko gaming machine 20 is actuated, whereby the base lamp 21 of the pachinko gaming machine 20 is turned on and at the same time, The island lamp 13 of the island 11 to which the pachinko gaming machine 20 belongs lights up. Then, an appropriate signal is selected on the main board 40, and a voice, "the door is open", etc. corresponding to this case is played from the speaker 14. With this voice or the like, a staff member in the management room 12 or in the hall can immediately respond to this.

Furthermore, the pachinko machine 20 with this glass door 23 opened
In the sub-board 30, the ball hitting motor 27 is powered off, and the pachinko gaming machine 20 cannot play. It should be noted that this state is returned to the normal state when the person in charge resets the device. Also, the timer 33 of the sub-board 30
And, in the clock circuit 35, the platform lamp 21 remains lit (or remains blinking) unless the device is reset by appropriately setting the lighting time of the platform lamp 21.
Can be

(B) When a magnetic force is generated in the vicinity of the glass door 23 When a magnetic force is generated in the vicinity of the glass door 23, the magnetic detection switch 25 of the pachinko gaming machine 20 is activated, which causes the base lamp 21 of the pachinko gaming machine 20. When lights up,
The island lamp 13 of the island 11 to which the pachinko gaming machine 20 belongs lights up. Then, an appropriate signal is selected on the main board 40, and a voice, "a magnet is used", etc. corresponding to this case is output from the speaker 14 or the like. This voice or the like allows an employee in the control room 12 or the place to immediately respond to this.

Note that the device resetting and the like are the same as in the case (a) above.

(C) When the call switch 26 is pressed by the player In this case, the base lamp 21 of the pachinko gaming machine 20 lights up, and at the same time, the island lamp 13 of the island 11 to which the pachinko gaming machine 20 belongs lights up. Then, an appropriate signal is selected on the main board 40, and a voice corresponding to this case, "please wait for a while" or the like is played from the speaker 14 or the like. Instead of the voice or in addition to the voice, a pleasant chime or melody may be played.

Therefore, the player can wait for the attendant without being irritated by the voice, the chime, etc.

Note that the resetting of the device and the like are the same as in the cases (a) and (b) above.

Furthermore, when the above (a), (b), and (c) are concentrated simultaneously within a short period of time, as described above, according to the priority order preset in the program of the ROM, the sound corresponding to each signal, etc. Are sequentially notified. In addition, (a)
In the case of (b), powering off of the ball hitting motor 27 is performed at the same time as the abnormality detection for the machine in which each abnormal game is detected, regardless of the priority processing. Further, in this embodiment, since the central processing unit 41 performs the processing operation based on the program stored in the ROM, it is possible to perform the software programmable processing instead of the hardware processing by the circuit logic combining the gate circuits and the like. Therefore, it is possible to perform multiplex processing by swiftly coping with various / different abnormal occurrence events that occur simultaneously.

Further, in this embodiment, in particular, as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, two series of output ports for the island lamp 13 are provided, but each island 11 has a front side and a back side. , To distinguish the front and back of this island 11.

In addition, in this embodiment, the control circuit 1 shown in FIG.
Is composed of a sub-board 30 and a main board 40, each sub-board 30 is attached to each pachinko gaming machine 20, and the main board 40
I explained the example of arranging one island 11 in an appropriate place on the island 11 to manage it, but the main board for each island 11
The sub-board 30 and the main board 40 may be integrally provided in the management room 12, or the sub-board 30 and the main board 40 may be integrally formed.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, each pachinko gaming machine is provided with the abnormality occurrence detecting means, and the signal subjected to the judgment processing by the microcomputer section based on the abnormality occurrence detection is outputted from the abnormality identifying control means. In addition to being able to respond swiftly to the occurrence of games, we have provided abnormality occurrence detection means for each abnormality type and synthesized different signals corresponding to various and different signals. It is possible to clearly identify what was done on the platform. Further, the abnormality identification control means is provided with a central processing unit for performing a determination process of the data held in the RAM based on the program stored in the ROM according to various / different signal inputs from the input terminal group, and the determination is made. Since the output side of the voice synthesizing circuit is controlled to be controlled according to the processing result, it is possible to program the processing procedure and the like associated with each signal input in a software manner and output the voice synthesizing signal in a programmable manner. Further, the central processing unit is provided with an interrupt circuit that enables interrupt processing, while the program stored in the ROM is preset with a priority order in signal input from each abnormality occurrence detecting means. Therefore, even if a variety of abnormal games etc. are simultaneously and frequently occurring in the pachinko game hall and various and different signals are concentrated and input within a short time, it is determined according to the predetermined priority order. You can handle it and deal with it quickly. In other words, since there is a difference in the actual damage that the pachinko game hall receives depending on the type of abnormal game, by setting a priority order according to the magnitude of the expected damage, damage such as opening the glass door will occur. With respect to an abnormal game with a high probability of occurrence, priority is given to a handling process by a game hall staff member to reduce a disadvantage to the game hall. Moreover, the ball striking motor of the pachinko gaming machine in which the abnormality occurrence is detected is different from the notification loudspeaker according to the above-mentioned priority order, because the drive of the motor is stopped and controlled at the same time when the abnormality occurrence is detected. It is possible to reliably prevent continuation of abnormal gaming activities. Furthermore, instead of a mechanical structure such as turning on a tape in which sound is blown in advance, ROM and RAM are provided via the central processing unit.
Since the voice synthesis circuit connected to synthesizes various and different voice signals and notifies them from the speaker based on those signals, it is possible to prevent mechanical failure and to prevent mechanical fatigue, so durability This is advantageous in that it is possible to present the audio information of detailed contents while reducing the size of the entire device.

Therefore, even if the number of staff arranged in the game hall is small, the management of the game hall such as measures against the occurrence of illegal games can be centrally and surely and easily performed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an electric block circuit diagram of a management device for a pachinko gaming machine showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic plan view of a pachinko gaming facility, and FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a part of an island. 4 is a front view of the pachinko gaming machine, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the pachinko gaming machine with the board door opened, and FIG. 6 is IV of FIG.
FIG. 4 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a main part as viewed along the line IV. Also, the seventh
FIG. 11 to FIG. 11 are electric circuit diagrams, FIG. 7 is a circuit diagram of the sub-board, FIG. 8 is a partial circuit diagram of the main substrate centering on the central processing unit, and FIG. 9 is a circuit diagram of FIG. FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram completed by connecting circuit diagrams, FIG. 10 is a circuit diagram connected after the circuit shown in FIG. 9, and FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram connected to a call switch. 1 ... Control circuit as abnormality discrimination control means, 11 ... Island,
14 …… Speaker, 20 …… Pachinko machine, 24 …… Open detection switch as abnormality occurrence detection means, 25 …… Magnetic detection switch as abnormality occurrence detection means, 27 …… Striking ball motor, 37 …… Motor drive Connection terminal as stop control means,
41 ... Central processing unit, 41a ... Input terminal group, 44 ... Voice synthesis circuit, 45 ... Interrupt circuit, 46, 47 ... Clock circuit.

Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-58-41584 (JP, A) JP-A-58-83976 (JP, A) JP-A-57-35900 (JP, A) JP-A-53-143104 (JP , A) JP 56-48379 (JP, A) JP 56-117298 (JP, A) Actual development 52-82483 (JP, U) Actual development 58-92988 (JP, U)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko gaming machine (20), which is provided in each pachinko gaming machine (20), for detecting the occurrence of a plurality of types of abnormal games for the pachinko gaming machine (20) for each abnormal type, and for each abnormal state occurrence detecting means (2).
4,25), the abnormality occurrence detection means (24,25) and the input terminal group (41a)
An abnormality discrimination control means (1) which outputs signals of different types corresponding to various signals input from the same input terminal group (41a), and the abnormality discrimination control. A pachinko gaming machine management device comprising: a speaker (14) for notifying the occurrence of an abnormal game specified on the basis of a signal from the means (1) at an appropriate place in the game hall (10); Occurrence detection means (24,25) and input terminal group (41a)
Between the and the abnormality occurrence detection means (24,25) when the abnormality occurrence is detected by the means (24,25) is provided the pachinko gaming machine (20) hitting motor (27) drive control to stop Motor drive stop control means (37) is provided, the abnormality identification control means (1) is provided with a microcomputer section, and a voice synthesis circuit (44) is connected to the microcomputer section. , The input terminal group (41
The ROM that stores the control procedure program corresponding to each input signal and presets the priority order for the input of various and different input signals from a), and the data that is processed and generated by the program control is temporarily RAM to hold and store
And an interrupt circuit (45) and a clock circuit (46, 47), and performs a determination process based on the input signal and the data held and stored in the RAM according to the program stored in the ROM, and the determination result A central processing unit (41) that controls and controls the output side, and is configured to drive the voice synthesis circuit (44) based on the determination processing result according to the priority order for each signal input of the microcomputer unit. However, the voice synthesis circuit (44) identifies the occurrence of an abnormal game by a voice that is a spoken language and synthesizes a voice signal for notifying from a speaker (14), which is characterized by management of a pachinko gaming machine. apparatus.