JPH07116327A - Device for game - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the disadvantage that although the valuable value which belongs to a game player specified by a recording medium used in a game still remains, the game player forgets the remaining valuable value. CONSTITUTION:If designated time elapses in the condition where the card remainder is in a card held in a card reader/writer a game player is informed of the fact that the card is left as it is (SA9a, SA9b).

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, a slot machine or the like. The present invention relates to a game device capable of playing a game.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of gaming machine, information that can identify a valuable value such as a balance owned by a player is recorded on a recording medium such as a common card in a conventionally known apparatus. There are some that are configured so that a game can be played using the recording medium. And
By inserting the recording medium into the game device, the recording information of the recording medium is read by the recording medium reading means, and the game can be played by using the valuable value owned by the player.

[0003]

On the other hand, in this conventional game apparatus, the valuable value owned by the player, which is specified by the recording medium used for the game when the game is finished, still remains. In this case, in the normal case, the player pulls out the recording medium whose value remains and uses it again for the next day. However, in some cases, when the game is over, the player forgets to pull out the recording medium that is still valuable and carry it away.

The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances, and an object of the invention is for a player to obtain the valuable value specified by a recording medium used for a game, although the valuable value still remains. It is to prevent the inconvenience of losing the valuable value.

[0005]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a gaming device capable of playing a game using a recording medium capable of specifying a valuable value owned by a player, and information recorded in the recording medium. A recording medium reading means for reading the recording medium, and a valuable value owned by the player identified by the recorded information of the recording medium held in the recording medium reading means remains, and
Condition detecting means for detecting that a predetermined condition is satisfied, and valuable value forgetting preventing means for performing an operation for preventing the player from forgetting the remaining valuable value based on the detection output of the condition detecting means. It is characterized by including.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the information recorded on the recording medium is read by the recording medium reading means. Then, by the function of the condition detecting means, the valuable value owned by the player specified by the information recorded in the recording medium held in the recording medium reading means still remains and the predetermined condition is satisfied. To be detected. Then, based on the detected output, the valuable value forgetting prevention means performs an operation for the player not to forget the remaining valuable value.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a ball payout device provided in a pachinko gaming machine, which is an example of a gaming machine, is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a slot machine in which a game is played using balls instead of coins is used. It may be a ball payout device provided, or may be one provided in a ball lending machine installed in a game hall, as long as it is a ball payout device for paying out balls used for a game Be the target.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing a pachinko gaming machine 60 and a card processing machine 62 provided with a ball payout device according to the present invention.

A card processing machine 62 is provided on one side (left side in the drawing) of the pachinko gaming machine 60 in the left-right direction.
It is provided so as to be separable from 0. 130 in the figure
Is a processor usable indicator, and is for illuminating and indicating that the card processor 62 is in operation and usable. The card processing unit 62 is provided with a card reader / writer control unit 134 provided with a card reader / writer as an example of a recording medium reading unit, and a card insertion / ejection port 133.
When a card is inserted into the card, the record information recorded on the card is read by the card reader / writer. The remaining card amount at the time of insertion, which is included in the read card information, is displayed by the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50. The card processor 62 includes a CPU, a ROM,
A card processing machine control unit 135 having a built-in RAM and the like is provided, and the card processing machine control unit 135 controls the entire card processing machine 62. Also, the card processing machine 6
2, the connection direction indicators 131a and 131b are provided, and the display of the preset connection direction on the card processing machine 62 side is lit and displayed. You can judge whether it is possible.

When a player wants to play a game with the pachinko gaming machine 60, a card as an example of a recording medium in which the valuable value owned by the player such as the remaining card amount is recorded is inserted into the card insertion / ejection slot 133. . When the inserted card is proper and the card balance is left and the ball lending operation is possible, a control signal for lighting the ball lending LED is sent from the card processor control unit 135 to the pachinko gaming machine 60 side. The ball lending allowance LED (ball lending allowance indicator) 48d provided on the hitting ball supply tray 59, which is an example of the hitting ball waiting section, is turned on. The ball lendable LED (ball lendable indicator) 48d is a lighted display indicating that the ball lending operation can be performed. The player confirms that the ball lending allowance LED (ball lending allowance display) 48d is lit and presses the ball lending button 44c. Then, a ball payout command signal is output from the card processing machine 62 side to the payout control microcomputer on the pachinko gaming machine 60 side, and preset by the ball rental amount setting switch 137 (see FIG. 2), which will be described later, for example, a rotary switch or the like. A game ball (pachinko ball) corresponding to the ball rental amount (hereinafter, simply referred to as the ball rental amount) paid out by one ball lending operation is paid out into the hitting ball supply plate 59. The ball lending LED (ball lending indicator) 48d is turned off and the lending indicator 46d is displayed in blinking until the payout of the ball lending amount is completed.
Then, when the payout of the pachinko balls corresponding to the ball rental amount is completed, the card remaining amount of the card inserted in the card processor 62 is updated by reducing the ball rental amount. With the card processor 62,
A recording medium processing device is configured to read recorded information of a recording medium on which information that can identify a valuable value owned by a player is recorded.

In the figure, 42c is a return button, and ball lending is possible.
The operation is valid while the ED (ball lending indicator) 48d is lit. When the player presses the return button 42c, the card inserted in the card processor 62 is returned to the player from the card insertion / eject port 133. This card insert / eject port 13
No. 3, a ridge is provided on the outer periphery of the groove portion into which the card is inserted and ejected, and the ridge 133b on the left side is configured to have a larger protrusion amount than the ridge 133a on the right side in the drawing. The inconvenience that a player who tries to play a game with a pachinko gaming machine (not shown) installed on the left side of the processing machine 62 mistakenly inserts a card into the card insertion / ejection port 133 of the card processing machine 62 I am trying to prevent it. Reference numeral 132 in the drawing denotes a card insertion lamp, which is lit while being held at a predetermined position where the card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 133. Further, a mode switching button 550 is provided on the hitting ball supply plate 59, and the ball lending is automatically performed when the ball lending operation is performed in the normal mode and when the balls in the ball hitting tray 59 are insufficient. It is configured so that it can be switched to the automatic ball lending mode. 551 is an LED that lights up in the automatic ball lending mode.

The remaining amount of the card when the card is inserted and the remaining amount of the card after the ball lending and the renewal are displayed by the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 provided in the hitting ball supply tray 59. To be done. When the pachinko balls are paid out in the hitting ball supply tray 59, the player operates the hitting ball operation handle 12
If you operate 1, the game area 120 one by one pachinko balls
It is driven in. In the game area 120, a variable display device 14 capable of variably displaying a plurality of types of identification information is provided. In the game area 120, the start winning holes 1a, 1
b, 1c are provided, and the start winning holes 1a, 1
The winning balls that win in b and 1c are started.
detected by a, 2b, and 2c. The variable display device 14 starts variably based on the detection signals of the start winning prize ball detection switches 2a, 2b, 2c, and the respective variable display portions 14 are started.
The symbols of a plurality of types of identification information are variably displayed by a, 14b, and 14c, and then stop control is performed. If a ball hits any of the starting winning openings 1a to 1c again during variable display on the variable display device 14, the starting winning award is stored and the winning award memory value is displayed on the starting award winning memory display 10. To be done. This start winning award memory is configured to store, for example, a maximum of four starting awards, and when the number of starting awards is up to four, "1" is added and stored, and the variable display device 14 is variable. Each time it is started, it is subtracted and updated by "1". In addition, this variable display device 1
Reference numeral 4 denotes a rotary drum type variable display device in the present embodiment, but the present invention is not limited to this, and uses a display device such as a 7-segment, liquid crystal, fluorescent display tube, LED, electroluminescence or the like. Or a variable display device of the dot matrix type. Further, it may be a variable display at the normal time, and in that case, it is desirable to change the brightness or the speed of the variable display by the start winning to recognize that the variable display is performed again.

In this variable display device 14, a total of three hit lines (combination effective columns) are defined in a central horizontal row and on diagonal diagonal lines, and 3 when the variable display device 14 is stopped.
When a certain combination of identification information (for example, 777) is arranged on a certain winning row of the book, it is a big hit,
The solenoid 5 of the variable winning ball device 3 is excited to open and close the opening / closing plate 4.
Is opened, and the first state is advantageous for the player who easily wins the ball. When a pachinko ball hit in the game area 120 when the open / close plate 4 is opened wins in the variable winning ball device 3, the winning ball is detected by the 10-count detection switch 8. In the first state of the variable winning ball device 3, a predetermined number (eg, 10) of hit balls is won, or a predetermined time (eg, 30 seconds) elapses after reaching the first state, whichever comes first. The second condition ends when the other condition is satisfied, and the opening / closing plate 4 is closed, resulting in a second state that is disadvantageous to a player who does not win a ball. If a pachinko ball that has won a prize in the variable winning ball device 3 wins the specific winning opening (V pocket) 6, the specific winning ball is detected by the specific winning ball detection switch 7, and the variable winning is based on the detection output. After the first state of the ball device 3 is completed, the opening / closing plate 4 is opened again, and the repeated continuation control of the first state is performed. The upper limit number of times of this repeat continuation control is set to 10 times, for example. The number of times of this repeated continuation control is displayed by a 7-segment display 11 as a lucky number / number of times display LED. The second state of the variable winning ball device 3 may be a state in which it is possible to win a ball but not to win the ball, but it is difficult to win the ball. Further, when a hit ball is won at the starting winning opening 1a, 1b, 1c, for example, 5 prize balls are paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 59 for each one starting winning prize. On the other hand, when a hit ball is won in a winning hole other than the starting winning holes 1a to 1c or in a variable winning ball device, 15 prize balls are paid out to the hitting ball supply tray 59 for each winning. The payout lamp 126 lights up or blinks during the payout of the prize balls. The ball supply tray 59 is provided with ball deficiency detectors A (555) and B (556) as an example of ball deficiency detection means for detecting that the stored pachinko balls are deficient.

The prize balls paid out into the hit ball supply tray 59 are stored in a ball tank 151 (see FIG. 2) which will be described later. , 150b no longer detects a ball, at which point a ball break indicator (ball break lamp) 12
7 is lit to indicate that there are no accumulated balls.
The hit ball supply tray 59 is filled with prize balls and surplus balls that cannot be stored any more are dispensed into the surplus ball storage tray 122. A credit score indicator for storing and displaying the number of prize balls or the amount of money equivalent to the prize ball when the surplus ball storage tray 122 is also full May be provided in the hit ball supply tray 59. In that case, the hit ball supply tray 59 and the surplus ball storage tray 12
After the number of pachinko balls in 2 decreases, the prize balls for the points displayed on the credit score indicator are paid out. The balance display device (card balance display device) 50 is composed of a 7-segment display device, but instead, a plurality of light emitting diodes may be provided in correspondence with the ball rental amount or the unit of 100 yen. In addition, the balance display (card balance display)
It is possible to display the amount of rental balls by 50, and further display another device to display the amount of rental balls lent by one ball lending operation, or stick a sticker with the amount of rental balls printed on it. You may. Reference numeral 15 in the figure denotes a speaker, which produces a sound effect when a big hit occurs. Also, 576 'is a front frame, 57
Reference numeral 7 is a glass door frame, and 564 is a front plate, both of which can be opened and closed. Reference numeral 565 denotes a punching lever for discharging balls in the hitting ball supply tray 59 into the surplus ball receiving tray 112. The operation of the ball punching lever 565 is not shown in FIG. (See Figure 8)
Detected by.

A fraction display switch 136 is provided on the front side of the card processor 62. The fraction display switch 136 is a display digit when the remaining amount of the insertion card displayed by the remaining amount display (card balance display) 50 has a fraction less than a predetermined unit number (for example, 100 yen). Is displayed to display a fraction less than the predetermined unit number (for example, 100 yen). That is, the predetermined number of units (for example, 100 yen) due to a change in the monetary equivalent value of a pachinko ball to be lent out with the ball rental rate changed.
When the fraction display switch 136 is switched when a card balance of less than 1 is generated, first, if there is a balance of 10,000 yen, the fraction is rounded down and the balance display (card balance display) 50 blinks to display 1 When the remaining amount of 10,000 yen is exhausted, the display is automatically switched and the number of fractions less than 100 yen is lit up and displayed. The balance display (card balance display) 50 may be provided on the curtain plate or the like. In the figure, 18 is a game effect lamp, 19 is a rail decoration lamp, 20 is a windmill lamp, 21 is a shoulder lamp, 22 is a side lamp, 23 is an attacker lamp, 24 is a sleeve lamp, 17 is a drum decoration lamp, and 26 is a decoration LED. (A) and 27 are decorative LEDs
(B) and 28 are V winning indicator LEDs. In addition, for the pachinko gaming machine 60, using the balance of the card, the ball enclosed inside is shot and fired, the points are added according to the winning, and the score is recorded on the card or the receipt at the end of the game. It may be given to the player. Further, a game may be possible by inserting a card or inserting a pachinko ball, a score is added by winning, and a pachinko game machine corresponding to the score may be paid out at the end of the game.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the hit ball supply tray 59. The hitting ball supply tray 59 is configured by attaching a storage flow lower portion 552, a bottom surface cover body 558, an upper side surface cover body 559, and a lower side surface cover body 561 to a main constituent frame body 557.

The storage lower stream portion 552 is for guiding the pachinko balls to the ball striking position while aligning the pachinko balls in one row, and a ball deficiency is provided on the lower rear surface side of the storage lower portion 552. A detector A (555) is provided. Further, a ball deficiency detector B (556) is provided on the lower side of the storage flow lower portion 552 on the lower side of the ball flow side. These ball depletion detectors A (555) and B (556) are configured by so-called proximity sensors that detect the presence of balls by a change in magnetism, and when there is a pachinko ball on the storage flow lower part 552. , ON signal is output, the number of pachinko balls in the storage flow lower part 552 is reduced, and the ball deficiency detector A (555)
If the above pachinko balls are gone, ball depletion detector A (55
5) is turned off. Furthermore, if the number of pachinko balls is reduced and there is no pachinko ball at the position of the ball deficiency detector B (556), the ball deficiency detector B (556) is also turned off.

The ball deficiency detector A (555) is attached to the lower side surface cover body 561 with a screw via an attachment member 560. An LED board 562 is provided on the front surface side of the lower side surface cover body 561, and the front surface side of the LED board 562 is covered with a lens cover 563. Then, through the lens cover 563, the lighting display state of the LEDs provided on the LED substrate 562 can be visually recognized.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing various parts provided on the front plate 564. A decorative frame main body 569 is provided on the front surface side of a front plate 564 that is pivotally attached to one side with respect to the front frame 576 'so as to be openable and closable, and the decorative covers 570 and 571 are provided on the front side of the decorative frame main body 569. Is provided. Also, the return button 42 is attached to the decorative frame subject 569.
c, a ball lending button 44c, and a mode switching button 550 are provided. Further, between the decorative covers 570 and 571, a ball pulling lever 565 is provided so as to be able to slide laterally. This ball punching lever 565 is pushed rightward in the drawing by a spring 566, and the player slides the ball punching lever 565 leftward against the extension force of the spring 566, whereby the ball hitting tray 59 The pachinko balls stored in are released into the surplus ball tray 122. The sliding operation of the punching lever 565 is detected by the punching lever operation detector 576 and input to the card processing machine controlling microcomputer 300.

An LED / switch substrate 568 and a piezoelectric buzzer 567 are provided on the rear surface side of the front plate 564 so that the lighting display of the LED can be visually recognized, and when an abnormality in ball payout occurs. The piezoelectric buzzer 56
The alarm sound is generated from 7.

The speaker 15 and the wiring board 575 are further attached to the back surface side of the front plate 564 via the attachment board 573. The speaker 15 is a storage box 574.
It is mounted on the mounting substrate 573 while being housed inside and being pressed down by the holding plate 572 toward the housing box 574.

FIG. 4 is a rear view showing a partial internal structure of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine.

Card processor control unit 1 of card processor 62
35 and the interface board 138 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 60 are electrically connected to each other, and the card processor control unit 135 and the interface board 138 are configured to be capable of transmitting and receiving information to and from each other. In addition, the interface board 138 and the payout control board box 1
The centralized payout control board 146 housed in 45 is electrically connected. Further, the interface board 13
8 and the relay terminal board 139 are electrically connected,
This relay terminal board 139 and the game control board box 1
The game control board 148 ′, the gaming machine terminal box 149, and the payout motor 223 of the ball payout device 63, which are accommodated in the 48, are electrically connected to each other. Further, the above-mentioned various indicators and switches of various operation buttons provided on the hitting ball supply tray 59 are connected to the interface board 138. The card processor control unit 1
35 and switches of various indicators and various operation buttons provided on the ball hitting tray 59 and the centralized payout control board 146 in the payout control board box 145 are directly wired without interposing the interface board 138 or the relay terminal board 139. The payout central control board 146 and the payout motor 223 may be connected to each other via the relay terminal board 139. Further, the card processor control unit 135 and the payout concentration control board 146 may be directly connected by a connector.

On the back side of the card processor 62, there is provided a ball rental amount setting switch 137 for inputting and setting the ball rental amount to be paid out by one ball lending operation in advance, as shown in the figure. 100 yen, 200 yen, 300 yen, 400
You can enter and set five types of money, yen and 500 yen. For example, if the game hall staff sets the ball rental amount to 300 yen as shown in the figure, the 300 yen is stored in the microcomputer (not shown) of the card processor controller 135 as the ball rental amount. Then, the player inserts the card into the card insertion / ejection slot 133, and the ball lending button 44c
This ball lending amount (300
Pachinko balls equivalent to (yen) are paid out into the hitting ball supply plate 59, and the card remaining amount is reduced. Reference numeral 134 in the figure denotes a card reader / writer control unit including a card reader / writer and its control circuit.

The ball payout device 63 is provided with a payout motor 223, and the pachinko balls supplied from the ball guide rail 67 are laterally fed by the rotational force of the payout motor 223, and the laterally fed pachinko balls are fed. The balls drop one by one and are discharged into the hit ball supply tray 59. This ball dispenser 63
Are attached to a metal plate 54 provided on the mechanism plate 40. Below the ball dispenser 63, a metal cover plate 55 for removing static electricity charged in the balls dispensed from the ball dispenser 63 is provided, and a ground wire 56 is provided on the metal cover plate 55. Installed.

The ball guide rail 67 is provided in the ball tank 151.
The stored balls inside are made to flow down while being arranged in two rows, and the tank ball break switches 150a and 150b and the rail ball break switches 68a and
68b is provided, and it is detected that there are no accumulated balls in the ball tank 151 and that there are no falling balls on the ball guide rail 67, and the detection signals are the terminal box 149 for game machines and the relay terminal board. The payout central control board 1 in the payout control board box 145 via 139
46 is input. This tank break switch 150
When the a and 150b no longer detect a ball, the ball break indicator (ball break lamp) 127 is lit and displayed, and
As will be described later, the ball payout speed is reduced.

The tank breakage detection switch 150a,
If a ball jam occurs on the lower side of 150b and on the upper side of the rail ball breakage detection switches 68a, 68b, the tank ball breakage detection switches 150a, 150
Despite the fact that the burnout condition is not detected from b, the burnout condition is detected from the rail breakage detection switches 68a and 68b. In such a case, the burnout lamp 127 blinks. It is configured so that it is possible to easily recognize that a jam has occurred. A ball flow-down path is constituted by the ball guiding rail 67, and the tank ball breakage detection switch 150 is provided.
The a and 150b constitute a first detecting means provided at a predetermined position of the ball falling path and capable of detecting the presence or absence of a falling ball. In addition, the rail ball breakage detection switch 68
By a and 68b, a second detecting means is provided on the ball falling path on the lower side of the first detecting means and capable of detecting the presence or absence of a falling ball. Further, the ball breakage lamp 127 constitutes a falling ball state informing means for informing the presence / absence of a falling ball on the ball falling path.

The ball tank 151 is supplied with pachinko balls from a supply gutter 152 provided on the island through a supply device 153 including a supply ball detector. The replenishing balls supplied to the ball tank 151 are detected by the replenishing ball detector of the replenishing device 153, and it is detected that a predetermined number a (for example, 10) of pachinko balls have been supplied and one pulse is detected. A signal is output from this replenishing ball detector. This output signal is transmitted to the connector 154. In response to the ball lending request signal from the card processing machine 62, instead of paying out the pachinko balls in the tank 151 to the ball hitting supply plate 59, the player enters the ball lending balls purchased from the ball lending machine into the ball hitting supply plate 59. In the case of a conventional general pachinko game machine that plays a game, the connector 154 is connected to the connector 155 connected to the hall management computer, and the detection signal from the replenishing ball detector is sent to the hall management computer. The information is transmitted, and the hall management computer counts the number of disadvantageous balls that is disadvantageous to the game arcade, based on the transmitted detection signals. However, in the pachinko gaming machine of the type that dispenses a part of the stored balls in the ball tank 151 into the hitting ball supply tray 59 based on the ball lending request signal from the card processor 62 as in this embodiment, Balls that are not a disadvantageous ball number for the amusement arcade will be supplied from the supply gutter 152 to the ball tank 151, and the supplied balls will be detected by the supply ball detector, which is a disadvantage ball number. Since the information is input to the hall management computer, the hall management computer cannot accurately count the number of disadvantageous balls. Therefore, in the pachinko gaming machine of the present embodiment, the connector 15 connected to the hall management computer
5 is removed from the connector 154 for connecting to the replenishing ball detector of the replenishing device 153, and the gaming machine terminal box 149 is connected.
Is connected to the connector 156 which is connected to. And
Each time the number of prize balls to be paid out based on the winning of a pachinko ball reaches a predetermined number a (for example, 10), a predetermined pulse signal is output from the payout central control board 146, and the predetermined pulse signal is the terminal box for gaming machines. It is configured to be transmitted to the hall management computer via 149, the connector 156, and the connector 155. With this configuration, when renting pachinko balls, no pulse signal is output to the hall management computer as information about the number of unfavorable spheres, and the pulse signal is used only for payout of prize balls associated with a prize. The information is sent to the management computer, and the hole management computer can accurately collect information about the number of disadvantageous balls.

The winning balls that have been hit in the game area 120 and have won the winning opening and the out balls that have been collected in the out opening merge and drop into the driving ball tank 159, where the driving ball is detected. It falls on a ball collecting trough 161 provided on the rear island, which is detected by a vessel (driving ball counter) 160. 15 in the figure
Reference numerals 8 and 157 denote connectors for connecting the gaming machine terminal box 149 and the hall management computer, and a unit price sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the connectors 158 and 157. The unit amount sales signal is one unit sales amount when the ball lending is performed by using the card remaining amount recorded in the card inserted in the card processing machine 62, and one unit sales amount. This unit price sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer every time the card balance (for example, 100 yen) corresponding to the amount is used, and the hall management computer can total the sales amount by ball lending.

Reference numeral 830 in the figure denotes a unit box, which has both a function of a power source for a card processing machine and a function of transmitting a unit price sales signal. This unit box 830 has an AC
An outlet 831 for 100V is provided, and a voltage of AC100V is supplied to the unit box 830 through the outlet 831, and the voltage transformed into a predetermined voltage in the unit box 830 is supplied through a connection cable 837. It is supplied to the card processor control unit 135. In addition, unit price sales data and the like are transmitted from the card processor control unit 135 to the unit box 830 through the connection cable 837. In the unit box 830, the transmitted unit price sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the wiring 834 and to the card processor terminal box via the wiring 838. In this way, the unit price sales signal is transmitted from both the pachinko gaming machine 60 and the card processing machine 62 to the hall management computer. As a result, when one of the unit price sales signals goes wrong due to failure or malfunction of one of them, it is possible to immediately determine that an abnormality has occurred because it is inconsistent with the other unit price sales signal. , It becomes possible to manage sales accurately. The unit box 830 is provided with an energizing indicator 833 for displaying the energized state and a reset switch 832 for reactivating the power source by a manual operation when an abnormality occurs in the card processor 62. Has been. When transmitting the unit price sales signal to the hall management computer,
It is desirable to send the ID data such as the card processing machine number to the hall management computer in order to specify which card processing machine the sales are made. When the ID data is transmitted from the unit box 830 to the hall management computer, the card processor 62 is set to the pachinko gaming machine 6
Each time it is connected to 0 or whenever the power is turned on, the ID data stored in the card processing machine control unit 135 is transmitted to the pachinko gaming machine 60 side, and the payout centralized control board 146 and the game control board 148 'are sent. The transmitted ID data is stored, and the stored ID data is transmitted from the unit box 830 to the hall management computer.

The game control board 148 'is connected by wiring to a relay terminal board (not shown) of the drum unit of the variable display device 14 and a relay terminal board 81 to which various lamps, LEDs, sensors, etc. are connected. There is.
A key switch 75 is provided on the right side of the back surface of the game control board box 148. This key switch 75
Is for variably setting the probability that the display result when the variable display device 14 is variably stopped is a combination of specific identification information (for example, 777).
The switching operation can be performed at three positions of the confirmation position. The probability can be changed and set by inserting a predetermined key into the key switch 75 and performing a switching operation, and a different probability can be set according to the number of times of this switching operation. In addition,
Instead of the key switch 75, for example, a slide switch, a push button switch, a snap switch, a push pull switch, a rotary switch, a digital switch or the like may be used. Further, in the game control board box 148, setting probability indicators 76a, 76b, 76c for displaying the probability set by operating the key switch 75 are provided. In the figure, reference numeral 88 denotes a hitting ball launching device, which is provided with a hitting ball motor 612. In addition, 41 in the figure is a mechanism plate 40.
The opening is formed in the opening 41, and the projecting portion of the variable display device 14 toward the back surface of the game board is configured to be contained in the opening 41. In the figure, reference numeral 53 is a power switch, which can be turned off and on again by operating the power switch.
The game control microcomputer 65 can be reset and can be easily operated in the probability setting operation described later.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view for explaining the structure and operation of the winning ball processing mechanism 445. Winning ball sensor A
Oscillators 29a and 29b that are swung by the payout solenoids A (171a) and B (171b) are provided beside each of (170a) and B (170b). The oscillating bodies 29a and 29b are rotatably attached by supporting shafts 31a and 31b, and the weights 33a and 3b are attached to the swinging bodies 29a and 29b, respectively.
3b is provided. And the payout solenoid B (17
In the state where 1b) is deenergized as shown,
The oscillating body 29b is rotated clockwise in the drawing by the weight of the weight 33b. In this state, the actuator 25b of the payout solenoid B (171b) has entered the first winning ball collecting gutter 45, and the entered actuator 25b causes the winning ball sensor B (17).
0b) is stopped. When the payout solenoid B (171b) is excited, the actuator 25a is operated like the payout solenoid A (171a) on the left side of the drawing.
Is attracted to the second prize ball collecting gutter 47, and the swinging body 29a moves toward the actuator 25.
It is pushed up by a and rotated clockwise in the drawing to enter the first winning ball collecting gutter 47 from its upper end. Then, the winning balls supported by the actuator 25a fall downward, and the winning balls positioned above the winning balls are supported and held by the upper end of the rocking body 29a. As described above, every time the payout solenoid is excited once, one winning ball is discharged into the ball drop path 420 and discharged outside the machine.

Then, when the prize balls guided to the first prize ball collecting gutter 47 are detected by the prize ball sensor A (170a), a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out, and when the payout is completed, the payout solenoid It is released by exciting A (171a) once. Then, the next prize ball is the first prize ball set gutter 47.
If it exists, the prize ball sensor A (170a) detects it again, and a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out as described above. The prize balls guided to the second prize ball collecting gutter 45 are detected by the prize ball sensor B (170b), and a predetermined number k (for example, 15) of prize balls are paid out, and the payout solenoid B (170b). Is excited, and if there is a next prize ball, a predetermined number k of prize balls are again paid out. As described above, even if the winning balls are continuously generated, the swinging body 2
By 9a and 29b, only the prize balls for which the prize balls have been paid out are flowed down, and the prize balls for which the prize balls have not yet been paid out are prevented from flowing down, and the first and second prize ball gathering gutters 47, 45. Since it is stored as evidence balls in the inside, there is an advantage that it is possible to prevent troubles concerning the number of paid out prize balls. Instead of storing the evidence balls, the winning number and the like may be stored by a microcomputer or the like, and the payout control may be performed based on the stored value. In that case, it is desirable to use a backup power supply so that the stored value is not erased due to a power failure or the like.

The payout solenoids A (171a), B
If (171b) fails and becomes unexcitable, the actuator 25a or 25b causes the first winning ball collecting gutter 47.
And the second prize ball collecting gutter 45 remains in the state, so that the pachinko ball is the prize ball sensor A (170a) or the prize ball sensor B (even though the discharge solenoid excitation command signal is derived. 170b) is stopped and the winning ball detection signal is continuously derived.
The continuous ON state of the winning ball sensor is detected to determine that the payout solenoid A (171a) or B (171b) has failed, and to notify the abnormal state. In addition, winning ball sensors A (170a), B
(170b) is composed of a so-called proximity switch whose output signal changes from a predetermined voltage as a pachinko ball passes, and this winning ball detection sensor A (17)
0a) and B (170b) are disconnected, the voltage of the output signal is 0V. Therefore, it is detected that the voltage is 0V, and the prize winning ball sensors A (170a) and B (170b) are disconnected. It is also possible to make a determination and notify. Further, if the winning ball sensors A (170a) and B (170b) are short-circuited, the output voltage becomes an abnormal voltage exceeding the normal voltage. It is also possible to make a determination and notify that effect.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view for explaining the ball dispenser 63 and its peripheral equipment. The ball dispenser 63 is provided on the metal plate 54 provided on the mechanism plate 40 side, and the pachinko balls sent from the ball guide rail 67 aligned in two lines are delivered from the ball passages 64a and 64b. 63
Will be supplied inside. The ball payout device 63 includes a payout motor 223, a ball feed member 800 rotated by the payout motor 223, and a projector 802a provided in a notch 813 formed at the left end of the ball feed member 800 in the drawing.
A half-rotation detecting sensor 802b is provided which receives light emitted from the light projector 802a every time the ball feeding member 800 makes a half rotation. Further, the projector 102a and the half rotation detection sensor 8
02b, each wiring 81 connected to the dispensing motor 223
0 is connected to the payout central control board 730 through the wiring hole 808 and the relay terminal board 139.

A ball punching member 881 is swingably provided at the bent portion of the ball guiding rail 67. The ball-punching member 881 is normally in a posture of closing the bent portion of the ball guiding rail 67 as shown by the solid line in the figure. Then, a staff member of the game hall operates an operation rod (not shown) from the front of the front frame.
When the operation of opening the punching member 881 is performed by the operation of, the punching member 881 swings in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing and assumes the posture shown by the broken line in the drawing. Then, ball guide rail 67
The bent portion of the ball is opened and the pachinko balls in the ball tank 151 (see FIG. 4) are discharged to the outside of the machine through the ball guide rail 67 and the discharge path 1. When a staff member in the game arcade again operates the operation rod, the ball-punching member 881 rotates clockwise to be in the closed posture shown in the illustrated embodiment, and is locked in the closed posture.

Ball sensing members 920a and 920b are rotatably provided in the ball passages 64a and 64b, respectively. When the pachinko balls are not supplied from the ball guiding rail 67, the ball sensing members 920a and 920b rotate clockwise in the drawing to the posture shown by the broken line, and the rotation of the ball sensing members 920a and 920b is detected. The rail ball break switches 68a and 68b are turned off. On the other hand, if a pachinko ball is supplied from the ball guiding rail 67, the ball sensing member 920a, due to the own weight of the supplied pachinko ball,
The 920b rotates counterclockwise to the posture shown in the illustrated embodiment. Then the rail break switch 68a, 68
b is turned on.

A metal cover plate 55 is provided below the ball dispenser 63.
Is provided. The metal cover plate is provided with standing wall portions 55a and 55b for guiding the flow of balls, and the pachinko balls paid out by the ball dispenser 63 are guided to the standing wall portions 55a and 55b and smoothly. It is configured to drop downward. A ground wire 56 is attached to the metal car plate 55, and when the ball dispensed by the ball dispenser 63 is charged, the ball comes into contact with the cover plate 55 to be grounded and discharged. It
In the figure, 419a and 419b are outlets, and 805a and 805.
b is a ball feed passage, 880a and 880b are ball passage members, 4
Reference numeral 1 is an opening, and 806 is a ball pressure receiving member.

FIG. 7 is a vertical sectional view seen from a direction orthogonal to the rotation axis of the ball feeding member 800. The ball passage members 880a, 880b for supplying the pachinko balls to the ball inlets 884a, 884b of the ball dispenser 63 are the ball inlets 884a, 884.
It is shaped according to the height position of b. Ball dispenser 63
A ball pressure relief member 885 is provided at a portion slightly below the ball inlets 884a, 884b of the ball passages 64a, 64.
The ball pressure of the pachinko ball supplied through b is applied to the shape portion of the ball pressure relaxing member 885, and the ball feeding passage 80
The ball pressure of the pachinko balls applied to 5a and 805b is relaxed. A space 886 is formed in the ball pressure relaxation member 885, and the light projector 802a and the half rotation detection sensor 80 are formed.
The wiring 2b is configured to be drawn out through the space 886. A pair of protrusions 887 and a notch are provided at the end of the ball feeding member 800, and a notch 813 is formed between the pair of protrusions 887. The projector 802a is provided so as to be located between the pair of convex portions 887, and in the state shown in FIG.
The light emitted from 2a is blocked by the convex portion 887 and is not detected by the half-rotation detecting sensor 802b. Then, the ball feeding member 800 moves from the state shown in FIG.
The light projected from the projector 802a by rotating 5 degrees passes between the pair of convex portions 887, and the half rotation detection sensor 8
02b is reached, and eventually the ball feeding member 800
Every half a half turn, the half rotation detection sensor 802b is in a state of receiving the light projected from the light projector 802a. 915 in the figure
Is a cover, 54 is a metal plate, 55 is a metal cover plate, 4
Reference numeral 0 is a mechanical plate.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the control circuit of the card processor controller.

A card processing machine controlling microcomputer 300 is incorporated in the card processing machine control section 135 (see FIG. 4). The card processing machine control microcomputer 300 has a function of controlling the operation of various devices as described below. Therefore, the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 is composed of, for example, an LSI of several chips, and stores therein a CPU 301 capable of executing a control operation in a predetermined procedure and operation program data of the CPU. A ROM 302 and a RAM 303 capable of writing and reading necessary data are included.

Further, the card processor micro-computer 300 receives the input signal and gives the input data to the CPU 301, and also receives the output data from the CPU 301 and outputs it to the outside, and the CPU 301 to the CPU 301 when the power is turned on. A power-on reset circuit 305 that gives a reset pulse, a clock generation circuit 306 that gives a clock signal to the CPU 301, a clock signal from the clock generation circuit 306 is frequency-divided, and a reset pulse is given to the CPU 301 periodically (for example, every 2 msec). Pulse frequency divider circuit (periodic reset circuit) 307 and C
An address decoding circuit 308 for decoding address data from the PU 301 is included.

The address decoding circuit 308 is the CPU 30.
The address data from 1 is decoded, and the ROM 302,
A chip select signal is given to each of the RAM 303 and the input / output circuit 304.

In this embodiment, the ROM 302 is a programmable ROM so that the contents of the ROM 302 can be rewritten, that is, the program data for the CPU 301 stored therein can be changed if necessary. Is used. Then, the CPU 301 gives control signals to various devices according to the program data stored in the ROM 302 and in response to the output of each control signal described below.

The following signals are given as input signals to the microcomputer 300 for controlling the card processor.

When the player operates the ball-punching lever 565, a ball-punching operation detection signal is input from the ball-punching lever operation detector 576 to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 via the interface board 138 and the detection circuit 309. . When a person in charge at the game arcade opens the front frame 576 ', the glass door frame 577 and the front plate 564 (see FIG. 1), a front frame or other detector 553 receives an open detection signal. When the player presses the ball lending button 44c (see FIG. 1), the pressing operation is detected by the ball lending operation detector 44d, and the detection signal is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300. When the player presses the mode switching button 550 (see FIG. 1), the pressing operation is detected by the mode switching switch 550a, and the detection signal is the microcomputer 300 for controlling the card processor.
Entered in. When the pachinko gaming machine 60 enters the specific gaming state (big hit state), the detection signal from the specific gaming state detector 554 causes the card processing machine control microcomputer 3 to operate.
00 is input. When the number of pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray 59 (see FIG. 1) becomes small and the number of pachinko balls at the position of the ball deficiency detector A (555) disappears, the ball deficiency detector A
(555) is turned OFF, and the OFF signal is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300.
When the number of pachinko balls in the hitting ball supply tray 59 is further reduced and there is no pachinko ball to the position of the ball deficiency detector B (556), the ball deficiency detector B (556) is turned off and the OFF signal is output. It is input to the microcomputer 300 for controlling the card processor. Player returns button 4
When 2c (see FIG. 1) is pressed, the pressing operation is detected by the return operation detector 42d, and the detection signal is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300.

The staff at the amusement arcade sets the ball rental amount setting switch 137.
(See Fig. 4) By setting the ball rental amount,
The setting signal is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 via the detection circuit 309. When the fraction display switch 136 (see FIG. 1) is operated, the switch operation signal is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 via the detection circuit 309.

From the payout control microcomputer 350, via the interface board 138 and the information input circuit 312, a payout enable signal, a ball lending preparation signal, a ball lending completion signal, and a ball lending enable signal, which will be described later, are input. The information input circuit 312 has a built-in photocoupler, and the above-mentioned various signals from the payout control microcomputer 350 are input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 via the photocoupler. Since the signal is input through the photocoupler in this way, the adverse effect of the failure that has occurred in the payout control microcomputer 350 does not reach the card processing machine control microcomputer 300. It is possible to prevent the inconvenience that even the microcomputer 300 for controlling the card processor is damaged due to the failure.

Next, the card processor micro-computer 300 outputs a control signal to the following circuits and devices.

Display control signals are output to the ball lending indicator 48d and the card balance indicator 50 (see FIG. 1) through the LED drive circuit 310 and the interface board 138, respectively. Through the lamp drive circuit 311, display control signals are given to the card insertion display 132 and the processor usable display 130, respectively. Card reader / writer control unit 134
In FIG. 1 and FIG. 4, the current balance data, card write discharge command signal, balance zero data, and card recovery command signal, which will be described later, are output. A ball lending request signal, which will be described later, is output to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the information output circuit 313 and the interface board 138. A unit price sales signal, which will be described later, is output to the ball lending card central management computer via the unit box 830 and the card processor terminal box 320. This ball lending card centralized management computer is a centralized management computer installed in a company that issues ball lending cards, and is a terminal box for a card processing machine in contrast to a card processing machine 62 installed in each amusement arcade in Japan. The communication line is connected via 320. A unit price sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the unit box 830, and a predetermined power is supplied to the card processing machine 62.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing various control circuits and various control devices connected to the payout control microcomputer.

Discharge control microcomputer 350
Has a configuration similar to that of the microcomputer 300 for controlling a card processor shown in FIG. 8, and therefore, description thereof will not be repeated here. The payout control microcomputer 350 is configured by a one-chip microcomputer and is masked. The payout sensor 802b is connected to the sensor circuit 352 via the relay terminal board 139, and the detection signal of the payout sensor 802b is input from the sensor circuit 352 to the payout control microcomputer 350. The winning ball switches (winning ball sensors) 170a, 170b are connected to the switch circuit 351 via the relay terminal board 139, and the winning ball switches (winning ball sensors) 170a, 170a,
The detection signal of 170b is input from the switch circuit 350 to the payout control microcomputer 350. The tank break switches 150a and 150b are connected to the relay terminal board 139.
It is connected to the switch circuit 351 via, and the tank drop detection signal is input to the payout control microcomputer 350 from the switch circuit 351. The full tank switch 162 receives the switch circuit 3 via the relay terminal board 139.
51, and a full-tank detection signal is input from the switch circuit 351 to the payout control microcomputer 350. The rail ball breakage switches 68a and 68b are connected to the switch circuit 351 via the relay terminal board 139, and the rail ball breakage detection signal is input from the switch circuit 351 to the payout control microcomputer 350.

The card processor control microcomputer 300 is connected to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the interface board 138.
It is configured such that data can be transmitted and received between the card processing device controlling microcomputer 300 and the payout controlling microcomputer 350. Game control microcomputer 65 (game control board 14
8 ') is the payout control microcomputer 3 through the prize ball number information input circuit 361 and the prize information output circuit 362.
50, and the prize ball number information from the game control microcomputer 65 (game control board 148 ′) is input to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the prize ball number information input circuit 361 to control the payout. The prize information is output from the game microcomputer 350 to the game control microcomputer 65 (game control board 148 ') via the prize information output circuit 362. The reset switch 147 is connected to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the reset circuit 353,
Based on the operation of the reset switch 147 (see FIG. 4), a reset signal is input to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the reset circuit 353.

Further, the payout control microcomputer 350 outputs a motor drive control signal to the payout motor 223 via the motor circuit 354 and the relay terminal board 139.
The payout control microcomputer 350 includes the relay circuit 3
55, a motor power supply control signal is output to the handle motor (hit ball motor) 612 via the relay terminal board 139. The payout control microcomputer 350 outputs a solenoid drive control signal to the payout solenoids 171a and 171b via the solenoid circuit 356 and the relay terminal board 139, respectively. Discharge control microcomputer 3
Reference numeral 50 is replenishment information indicating that a predetermined number a (for example, 10 pieces) of the above-mentioned prize balls have been paid out through the information output circuit 357 and the relay terminal board 139, and a predetermined amount (for example, 100 yen). The ball lending information, which is information indicating that the ball lending has been performed, is output to the hall management computer. The payout control microcomputer 350 includes a buzzer circuit 35.
8. A buzzer control signal is output to the buzzer 359 via the relay terminal board 139. The payout control microcomputer 350 outputs a lamp control signal to each of the payout lamp 126 and the beading lamp 127 via the lamp circuit 360 and the relay terminal board 139.

A predetermined DC voltage is supplied from the power supply circuit 363 to these control circuits and various devices. In addition, 1 in the figure
Reference numeral 46 denotes a payout concentration control board, and various circuits and various electronic devices shown within a range surrounded by a dashed line of the payout concentration control board 146 are mounted on the payout concentration control board 146.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a control circuit used in a pachinko gaming machine.

A part of the control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine is provided on the game control board 148 ', and has a basic circuit 65 including a microcomputer which operates according to programs for controlling various devices. The basic circuit 65 includes a CPU 91, a RAM 92, a ROM 9
3, an I / O port 90, a sound generator 94, and a clock generation circuit 95 are included. Further, in the control circuit of the pachinko gaming machine, an initial reset circuit 97 for giving a reset pulse to the basic circuit 65 when the power is turned on, and a clock signal given from the basic circuit 65 are frequency-divided periodically (for example, every 2 msec). A periodic reset circuit 98 composed of a pulse frequency dividing circuit for applying a reset pulse to the basic circuit 65, and the address data from the basic circuit 65 are decoded to RAM 92, ROM 93, I / I in the basic circuit 65.
It includes an O-port 90 and an address decoding circuit 96 for supplying a chip select signal to the sound generator 94. The following signals are given to the basic circuit 65 as input signals. A ball is awarded and a prize ball processor 400
The winning ball is processed by (see FIG. 4) and the winning ball sensor 1
If detected by 70a and 170b (see FIG. 5), the winning information is input to the basic circuit 65 via the payout concentration control board 146, the relay terminal board 139, and the winning information input circuit 853. When a ball is hit in the variable winning ball device 3 and detected by the 10-count detection switch 8, the detection signal is transmitted via the switch / sensor input circuit 109 to the basic circuit 6
Input to 5. When a pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball device 3 enters the specific winning opening (V pocket) and is detected by the specific winning ball detection switch 7, the detection signal is the basic circuit via the switch / sensor input circuit 109. 65 is input. Pachinko balls start winning holes 1a, 1b, 1c
When the winning prize is won, the starting winning ball is detected by the starting winning ball detection switches 2a, 2b, 2c, and the detection signal is input to the basic circuit 65 via the switch / sensor input circuit 109. If the stepping motors 35a to 35c rotate to rotate the rotating drums of the variable display device 14 and the non-reflective portions (not shown) formed on the rotating drums are detected by the drum sensors 51a to 51c, The detection signal is input to the basic circuit 65 via the switch / sensor input circuit 109. The game control board 148 'has an EEPROM (Electrically Era)
save Programmable Read-O
nly Memory) 99, a data input circuit 100 and a data output circuit 101 are provided, and when the power of the pachinko gaming machine 60 is turned on, the probability data for jackpot occurrence stored in the EEPROM 99 is passed through the data input circuit 100. Is input to the basic circuit 65. The inputted probability data is loaded into the RAM 92 via the I / O port 90 and the CPU 91. There are three types of probability data, first probability data that is slightly higher (setting 1), second probability data that is medium (setting 2), and third probability data that is slightly lower (setting 3). Any one probability data is stored in the EEPROM 99.

Assuming that the probability data loaded in the RAM 92 is the first probability data (setting 1), the operation when the key switch 75 is operated in that state will be described. The key switch 75 can be switched between three positions of a normal position, a setting position, and a confirmation position. If the power is turned on at the confirmation position, the key switch 75 changes from the normal mode to the setting mode. When operated once, the first probability data (setting 1) loaded in the RAM 92 is updated to the second probability data (setting 2). In that state, if the key switch 75 is operated again from the normal mode to the setting mode, the RAM
The second probability data (setting 2) loaded in 92 is updated to the third probability data (setting 3). When the key switch 75 is operated again from the normal mode to the setting mode in that state, the third probability data (setting 3) loaded in the RAM 92 is updated to the first probability data (setting 1). .. Then, the probability data stored in the EEPROM 99 is updated every time the probability data is updated, and the probability data is confirmed when a predetermined time (for example, 5 seconds) elapses with the key switch in the normal mode. The probability data currently stored in the EEPROM 99 is loaded into the RAM 92, and the variable display device 14 is controlled using the loaded probability data. If the key switch 75 is in the normal mode when the power is turned on, the key switch 75
Probability data cannot be rewritten by the operation. Since the probability data is stored and held by the EEPROM 99 as in this embodiment, it is possible to flexibly deal with the increase and decrease of the set value of the probability as compared with the mechanical storage and to store the probability data particularly in the RAM or the like. Compared with, there is an advantage that a backup power supply is not required, and it is advantageous when the storage and holding period becomes long. In addition,
The probability setting operation means including the key switch 75 and the like may be configured by, for example, a keyboard connected to a hall management computer instead of being provided in each pachinko gaming machine, and each pachinko gaming in a management room or the like of a game hall. The machine may be designated to perform the probability setting operation.

Next, the basic circuit 65 outputs control signals to various circuits and devices described below.

A control signal for sound generation is output to the speaker 15 via the sound circuit 66. Prize ball number information output circuit 10
4, payout centralized control board 14 via relay terminal board 138
The prize ball number information, which is information for designating the number of prize balls to be paid out, is output to 6. Through the segment / LED circuit 105, a 7-segment display 11, a start winning memory display 10, a winning number display 16, a set probability display 7
6a to 76c, decorative LEDs 27 and 26, V display LED2
A control signal for display is output to each of 8. Control signals for lighting the respective lamps are output to the drum lamps 25a to 25g via the drum lamp circuit 106. A solenoid excitation control signal is output to the solenoid 5 via the lamp / solenoid jackpot information circuit 107, and a drum decoration lamp 17, a game effect lamp 18, a rail decoration lamp 19, a windmill lamp 20, a shoulder lamp 21, a side lamp 22, Center lamp (attacker lamp) 23,
A lamp lighting (blinking) control signal is output to each sleeve lamp 24. A control signal for driving each of the stepping motors 35a to 35c is output via the motor drive circuit 108. Reference numeral 71 in the figure is an output line for outputting the big hit occurrence information to a hall management computer or the like.

A predetermined DC voltage is supplied from the power supply circuit 102 to these control circuits and various devices.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a circuit for transmitting and receiving data on the number of paid-out prize balls and the like between the payout concentration control board and the game control board.

The interface board 138 of the pachinko gaming machine 60 and the card processor controller 135 of the card processor 62.
At the stage when and are connected, VL (+1
A voltage of 8 V) is applied, and a signal is input to the basic circuit 65 (see FIG. 10) via the card processor connection information input circuit 854 provided on the game control board 148 '. Only when a signal is input to the basic circuit 65 via the card processor connection information input circuit 854, the pachinko gaming machine 60 can play. This point will be described later in detail. The basic circuit 65 of the game control board 148 'stores the number of prize balls to be paid out according to the winning mode of the pachinko balls. That is, the ball is the starting winning hole 1
If you win a, 1b, 1c (see Fig. 1), n (5
The number of payouts is stored such that m (15 pieces) is paid out when a winning is made in a winning opening or a winning ball device other than the starting winning openings 1a to 1c. And the starting winning opening 1a-1c
The winning balls that have been won are guided to the winning ball processor 400 and detected by the winning ball sensor 170a, and the detection signal is input to the winning information input circuit 853 via the winning ball sensor circuit 351 and the photo coupler 859a. Information is input to the basic circuit 65. The winning balls other than the starting winning holes 1a to 1c and the winning balls won in the winning ball device are the winning ball processing device 4.
00 is detected by the prize ball sensor 170b,
The detection signal is input to the winning information input circuit 853 via the winning ball sensor circuit 351 and the photo coupler 859b,
The input information is input to the basic circuit 65. Basic circuit 6
5, D0, D based on the input winning information
The prize ball number signal is output to the prize ball number information input circuit 361 of the payout control board by using four output ports 1, D2, D3. That is, since the 4-bit prize ball number signal (prize ball payout number signal) can be output from the four output ports D0 to D3, 15 kinds of prize ball number signals of 1 to 15 are output. It is possible. Output port D
The signal output from 0 is once converted into an optical signal by the photo coupler 855 of the prize ball number information input circuit 361, then converted into an electric signal again, and input to the input circuit 350. Similarly, the prize ball number signals output from the output ports D1, D2, and D3 are photocouplers 856, 857, and 858, respectively.
Is converted into an optical signal and then converted into an electric signal again, and the electric signal is input to the input circuit 351. Based on the prize ball number data input to the input circuit 351, the payout concentration control board 146 controls the ball payout device 63 so that a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out. A coupler power supply Vp supplied from the game control board 148 'is applied to each of the photo couplers 855 to 858, and signals from the output ports D0 to D3 correspond to the photo coupler 855.
The signals from the photocouplers thus input are input to the input circuit 351 of the payout concentration control board 146. In this way, since data is transmitted and received between the payout central control board 146 and the game control board 148 'via the photocoupler, the boards are electrically insulated from each other, and It is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the failure of the substrate adversely affects the other substrate.

Next, when the card processor control unit 135 and the interface board 138 are in a non-connection state (state in which information cannot be transmitted), the signal from the photocoupler 852 is not input, so that the payout concentration is performed. In the control board, it is determined that a connection error with the card processing machine has occurred, and based on the determination result, the relay 355 is operated to cut off the supply of current to the ball striking motor 612 and the ball is not shot. The game is disabled.

FIG. 12 shows the information output circuit 3 shown in FIG.
It is a circuit diagram which shows the specific structure of 57.

The information output circuit 357 is mainly composed of a photo coupler section 380 and bridge diodes 381A and 381.
It consists of B and. Each bridge diode 381
Data lines 384, 38 connected to A, 381B
5, 386, 387 and the hall management computer are connected, and a detection signal for detecting whether or not there is replenishment information is sent from the hall management computer via either the data line 384 or 385. It is output to the bridge diode 381A. The detection signal output from the hall management computer is inserted in one direction of the connection between the hall management computer side connector and the connector connected to the data lines 384 and 385, or in the opposite direction. It is input to the data line 384 or the data line 385 depending on whether it is connected to the data line 384. Similarly, a detection signal for detecting whether or not there is ball lending information is input to either one of the data lines 386 and 387 from the hall management computer. Whether the detection signal is input to the data line 386 or 387 depends on the direction of the plug connection between the connector on the side of the hall management computer and the connector connected to the data lines 386 and 387, as described above. It depends on the situation. In any case, even if the detection signal is input to either the data line 384 or 385, the transistors 382A and 3 are connected via the bridge diode 381A.
The voltage of the detection signal is applied to 83A. Similarly, even if the detection signal is input to either the data line 386 or 387, the bridge diode 381B
The voltage of the detection signal is applied to the transistors 382B and 383B via the.

Microcomputer 350 for payout control
Outputs a 1-pulse signal to the photocoupler 380A side when a predetermined number a (for example, 10) of prize balls are paid out as described above. In the photo coupler 380A, based on the 1 pulse signal, the transistor 382A
Becomes conductive, the voltage of the detection signal applied to the transistor 382A is applied to the base of the transistor 383A, the transistor 383A becomes conductive, and the detection signal passes through the transistor 383A and the bridge diode 381A. Data line 384
Alternatively, the detection signal is input to the hall management computer through the data line of 385 which is not input.

On the other hand, the payout control microcomputer 3
As mentioned above, 50 is a predetermined amount (for example, 100 yen)
1 pulse signal is output to the photocoupler 380B when the ball lending is performed.
In B, based on the output pulse signal, the transistor 3
82B becomes conductive. Then, the transistor 382
The voltage of the input signal applied to B is applied to the transistor 3
Since it is applied to the base of 83B, the transistor 383B becomes conductive. When the transistor 383B becomes conductive, the detection signal passes through the transistor 383B, the bridge diode 381B, and the data line 3
The input signal is input to the hall management computer through the data line of 86 or 387 which is not input.

As described above, the photocouplers 380A and 380 transmit the replenishment information and the ball lending information from the payout control microcomputer 350 to the hall management computer.
Since it is converted into an optical signal by B and then converted into an electric signal again, the discharge control microcomputer 350 and the hall management computer are electrically insulated from each other, and the discharge control microcomputer 350 is provided. Alternatively, there is an advantage that a failure of one of the hall management computers can be prevented from adversely affecting the other. As another method of achieving such an advantage, it is possible to use a relay instead of the photocouplers 380A and 380B. However, when using a relay,
Since the relay has a contact, the contact of the relay is repeatedly turned on and off every time a signal is output from the dispensing control microcomputer 350 to the relay, and the contact of the relay is worn early and durability is improved. The disadvantage is that it is inferior. In this embodiment, since the photo coupler is used, the durability problem of such a relay can be solved. However, in the case of a photocoupler, the transistor 382A,
Since 382B has positive and negative polarities, when the photo coupler and the hall management computer are directly connected without the bridge diodes 381A and 381B, the hall management computer side connector and the photo coupler are connected. Depending on the direction in which the connector is inserted, replenishment information and ball lending information output from the photocoupler may be input to the output port side of the input signal of the hall management computer. However, according to this embodiment, the bridge diode 3 is provided between the photocouplers 380A and 380B and the hall management computer.
Since the connectors 81A and 381B are used as mediators, the above-described inconvenience does not occur regardless of which direction the connector on the side of the hall management computer is inserted with the connector connected to the data lines 384, 385 or 386, 387. .

13 to 16 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

In step (hereinafter simply referred to as S) A1, the setting of the rental coin amount is read. The “reading the ball rental amount setting” is a process of reading the ball rental amount set by the ball rental amount setting switch 137 shown in FIG. 4 into the card processing machine control microcomputer 300.

Next, the processing proceeds to SA2 and the processor usable indicator 13 is displayed.
0 (see FIG. 1) is lit to indicate that it is available. Next, in SA3, it is judged whether or not there is a card reception signal from the card reader / writer control unit,
If not, the process proceeds to SA4, and it is judged from the card reader / writer control unit whether or not there is a card abnormality signal. If not, the process returns to SA3 again. If the card reader / writer accepts a valid card during the loop,
The card reader / writer control unit determines that there is a card acceptance signal, and proceeds to SA7. On the other hand, if there is a card abnormal signal output from the card reader / writer control unit,
A determination of YES is made by SA4, and the routine proceeds to SA5, where control is performed to display the cause of card abnormality on the card balance display 50 (see FIG. 1) by a code. Specifically, the card balance display 50 displays a code indicating the type of abnormal cause such as unreadableness of the inserted card and security error. Then, the process proceeds to SA6 and the processor usable display 1
Blink 30 (see FIG. 1). The control at the time of this abnormality will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart of the self-diagnosis processing described later. If the recorded data on the card is abnormal, a command signal for collecting the abnormal card is output to the card reader / writer control unit 134. On the other hand, in SA7, the card insertion display 132 and the ball lendability display 48d are turned on, and the card balance display 50 displays the current card balance.

Next, at SA8, it is judged whether or not there is a ball lending operation. If not, it proceeds to SA8a. If it is not a big hit, it proceeds to SA8c. , It is determined whether or not in the automatic ball lending mode, and if it is not in the automatic ball lending mode, SA9
Then, it is determined whether or not there is a return operation, and if there is no return operation, the process proceeds to SA9a. At SA9a, it is judged whether or not the non-operation time check timer has expired, and if not, the routine returns to SA8. The non-operation time check timer is for measuring the non-operation time during which the ball lending operation is not performed and the return operation is not performed for the card with the remaining card balance, which will be described later in SA33a.
Set by. Then, when the non-operation time check timer expires, the process proceeds to SA9b to notify that the card is left unattended, and it is possible to prevent the player from forgetting the card with the remaining balance.

SA8d when in automatic ball lending mode
Then, it is judged whether or not the upper plate no flag is set, and if it is not set, the process goes to SA9. This upper plate no-ball flag is set when the number of balls in the hit ball supply plate 59 is insufficient. On the other hand, when the pachinko gaming machine 60 is in a big hit, the determination of YES is made by SA8a and the process proceeds to SA9. This SA8a
If YES is determined in step SA9, the process in SA8b is performed to clear the current mode, and then in step SA9.
You may proceed to. As a result of this SA8b processing,
If it is in the automatic ball lending mode, it is cleared, and even if the number of balls in the hitting ball supply tray 59 is insufficient, the ball lending operation is not automatically performed and the normal mode is restored.

If the player presses the ball lending button 44c while the loop of SA8 to SA9b is being circulated, SA
A determination of YES is made by 8, and the process proceeds to SA8e, and it is determined whether or not the payout condition is in good order.
As shown in FIG. 25, this payout condition is satisfied when the front frame, the glass door frame, and the front plate are not opened, and the specific game state or the winning is not generated. If the condition to be paid out is adjusted, the process proceeds to SA11 and shifts to the subsequent ball lending command control. If the conditions for paying out are not satisfied, the process returns to SA8. Before returning to SA8, the reason why the condition to be paid out is not satisfied (the front frame is opened, etc.) may be displayed on the card balance display 50 or the like. On the other hand, when the automatic ball lending mode is in progress, the ball deficiency detector A (55
5), B (556), and the like, the control proceeds to SA8e even when the upper plate no-ball flag is set as described later. In addition, the player returns the button 42c
If is pressed, the determination of YES is made by SA9, the process proceeds to SA10, the ball lending indicator 48d is turned off, and SA is turned on.
Control proceeds to step 26 to return the inserted card thereafter. At SA11, it is determined whether the current balance of the inserted card, that is, the balance displayed on the card balance display 50 (see FIG. 1) is equal to or more than the set amount set by the ball rental amount setting switch 137 (see FIG. 4). Judgment is made. If the current balance is equal to or more than the set amount, the process of setting the set amount to the ball rental amount is performed by SA12, and the process proceeds to SA14. On the other hand, when the current balance is less than the set amount, SA13 sets the current balance to the ball rental amount, and then proceeds to SA14. In other words, if the current balance of the insertion card is less than the set amount, it is not possible to set the set amount to the ball rental amount and pay out the pachinko balls for the set amount, so it is possible to pay with the insertion card. The maximum amount of money, that is, the current balance of the insertion card is set to the ball rental amount.

Next, in SA14, the ball lending indicator 48d
Processing for turning off (see FIG. 1) is performed. Since the next ball lending operation is not accepted until the ball lending operation is once performed and the ball lending operation based on it is completed, the ball lending is possible until the ball lending indicator is turned on by SA33 described later. The display 48d is turned off to display that the ball lending operation cannot be performed. Next, the processing proceeds to SA15, where control is performed to start outputting the ball lending request signal to the payout control microcomputer. Next, in SA16, the ball lending preparation confirmation timer is set, and then in SA17, it is judged whether or not a ball lending preparation signal is input from the payout control microcomputer. In the payout control microcomputer, SA1
When the ball lending request signal from 5 is received and the ball lending is ready, the ball lending preparation signal is output to the card processing machine control microcomputer by the SA 77 after the preparation control for the ball lending is performed. . If the card processing machine control microcomputer receives this ball lending preparation signal before the ball lending preparation confirmation timer set by SA16 expires, YES is determined by SA17 and SA
After outputting the ball lending command signal to the payout control microcomputer 20, a process of waiting for the transmission of a signal indicating that the ball lending of the payout control microcomputer has been completed is performed. On the other hand, when the ball lending preparation signal is not input from the payout control microcomputer until the ball lending preparation confirmation timer expires, the processing proceeds to SA19, where the output of the ball lending request signal is stopped and the ball lending amount is cleared. Is done and it proceeds to SA8.

When the pachinko gaming machine 60 has already paid out balls for rental, or when paying out prize balls associated with a prize, SA100, SA101, SA7 to be described later.
6. Since the processing of SA77 is not performed, the ball lending preparation signal is not output from the payout control microcomputer until the ball lending preparation confirmation timer expires. In that case, the processing of SA19 is performed. There is no. The ball lending preparation confirmation timer is, for example, 10 m.
The time is not less than 10 sec and not more than 10 sec.

On the other hand, after the ball lending command signal is output by SA20, the processing of subtracting the unit amount from the current balance and the unit amount from the ball rental amount is performed by SA21. SA
When the ball lending command signal from 20 is given to the payout control microcomputer, the pachinko ball equivalent to a unit amount (for example, 100 yen) is ball-rented on the pachinko gaming machine side, as described later. The unit amount, which is the amount equivalent to the pachinko balls to be lent out, is subtracted from the current balance of the insertion card, and the unit amount is subtracted from the ball rental amount set in SA12 and SA13. Next, the processing proceeds to SA22, in which the unit amount sales signal is output to the card processing terminal box through the unit box. The unit price sales signal transmitted to the card processing machine terminal box is output to the ball lending card central management computer, and the ball lending card central management computer totals the usage data of the ball lending card. The sales signal output from the card processor terminal box to the ball lending card centralized management computer may be performed in real time, or may be collectively performed at regular time intervals or daily intervals. Further, the SA 23 performs a process of outputting a unit price sales signal to the hall management computer. As a result, the hall management computer can obtain sales information from both the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine, and also compare the sales information by collecting information from both sides, and if there is no match, determine an abnormality By doing so, it is possible to quickly find a failure or the like.

Next, at SA27, the ball lending confirmation timer is set. This ball lending confirmation timer is, for example, 10 seconds in consideration of the time required for paying out balls on the pachinko gaming machine side.
It is set to about ec. If a ball lending completion signal is input from the payout control microcomputer before the ball lending confirmation timer expires, the process proceeds to SA31. However, even if the ball lending confirmation timer expires, the ball lending completion signal is input. If not, the process proceeds to SA30, the processor availability indicator 130 (see FIG. 1) is turned off, and the process proceeds to SA24. Then, return control of the inserted card after SA24 is performed. In other words, even if the ball lending preparation signal is input from the payout control microcomputer and the ball lending control is supposed to be performed by the payout control microcomputer, the ball lending is completed even if the ball lending confirmation timer expires. If the signal is not sent from the payout control microcomputer, it is possible that something is wrong with the ball payout device on the pachinko machine side. In that case, the insertion card is returned to the player. Of.

On the other hand, if a ball lending completion signal is input from the payout control microcomputer before the ball lending confirmation timer expires, the flow proceeds to SA31, where it is determined whether or not the ball rental amount = 0. If there are unpaid unpaid coins among the pachinko balls corresponding to the ball rental amount set by SA12 and SA13, the ball rental amount is not "0", and therefore, the determination of NO is made by SA31. Then, the process proceeds to SA15, and the ball lending request signal is again output to the payout control microcomputer. On the other hand, when all the pachinko balls corresponding to the ball rental amount have been paid out, the ball rental amount is 0, and therefore the process proceeds to SA32, and it is determined whether or not the current balance = 0. When the current balance of the inserted card still remains, the operation proceeds to SA33, the ball lending indicator 48d is turned on, and the operation proceeds to SA8 where the operation of accepting the ball lending operation and the return operation is performed again. On the other hand, SA32
When it is determined that the current balance = 0, the process proceeds to SA34, and a process of outputting a balance 0 and a card writing ejection command signal to the card reader / writer control unit is performed. Thereby, the card reader / writer control unit returns the inserted card to the player side after updating the card balance of the inserted card to "0".

Next, the card insertion indicator is made to blink by SA35, and the processing confirmation timer is set by SA36. This processing confirmation timer is set in consideration of a time sufficient for the card reader / writer to return the inserted card after updating the balance of the inserted card to “0”. If the card processing completion signal is not received from the card reader / writer control unit before the processing is finished, the process proceeds to SA39, and the processing of displaying the card processing machine abnormality by the code on the card balance display 50 is performed and the processing machine can be used. The display 130 is controlled to blink. Specifically, for example, an error or the like when the balance “0” cannot be written in the insertion card, the reading of the written data is confirmed, or the like is displayed by a code.

On the other hand, if a card processing completion signal is input from the card reader / writer control unit before the processing confirmation timer expires, the process proceeds to SA40, where a card is inserted to display that a card has been inserted. Display 1
32 (see FIG. 1) is turned off, and it is judged by SA41 whether or not there is a ball lending abnormality.
Proceed to step 3 to control the acceptance of insertion of a new card into the card reader / writer, and if there is a ball lending error, SA
Proceeding to 42, acceptance control of the payable signal is performed from the payout control microcomputer.

As described above, every time a pachinko gaming machine side lends a pachinko ball (for example, 25 coins) corresponding to a unit amount (for example, 100 yen), the payout control microcomputer changes to a card processor control microcomputer. Since the ball lending completion signal is output, every time the output signal is input, the card processor control microcomputer determines whether or not all the pachinko balls for the ball lending amount (see SA12 and SA13) have been lent out. If there is an unloaned portion that has not been lent yet, the unit amount (for example, 100
The pachinko balls (yen) are lent out repeatedly.

FIGS. 15 and 16 show, for example, 4 mse.
16 is a flowchart showing an interrupt program executed once for each c, FIG. 15 is a flow chart of an upper marble non-discrimination process, and FIG. 16 is a flowchart of automatic ball lending mode control.

Next, referring to FIG. 15, the determination process for the absence of the upper bowl will be described. Ball deficiency detector A by SA70
It is judged whether or not (555) is turned off, and if not, the SA74 clears the upper bowl no flag. When the ball deficiency detector A is OFF, the routine proceeds to SA72, where it is judged whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed, and when the predetermined time has not elapsed, the interrupt program ends as it is. If the ball depletion detector A continues to be in the OFF state until this predetermined time has elapsed, the determination of YES is made by SA72 and SA73 is made.
Proceed to and the flag for upper plate no ball is set. In addition, SA
After the determination of YES is made by 70, a step of determining whether or not the ball depletion detector B (556) is turned off may be inserted by SA71. Then, when the ball depletion detector B is ON, the process proceeds to SA74 and is turned OFF.
In this case, the control may proceed to SA72.

Next, the automatic ball lending mode control will be described with reference to FIG. It is judged by SA75 whether or not there is an automatic ball lending operation, and when there is no automatic ball lending operation, the interrupt program is finished as it is. On the other hand, the player selects the mode switch button 5
If you operate 50 (see Fig. 1), SA75 returns YES.
If the automatic ball lending mode is already set, it is judged whether or not the automatic ball lending mode is already set. If it is not set, the automatic ball lending mode is set by SA77. On the other hand, if the automatic ball lending mode is already set, the process proceeds to SA78, the automatic ball lending mode is cleared, and the normal mode is restored.

The ball deficiency detectors A (555) and B (55)
In 6), the mounting location may be changed to an appropriate location, and only one of the ball deficiency detectors may be provided. Further, which one of the ball depletion detectors A (555) and B (556) to be used may be selected by a switch operation or the like in the game arcade. Furthermore, the ball depletion detector A (555) or the ball depletion detector B (5
56) may be switched (for example, 100).
The ball deficiency detector A is used for yen and 200 yen,
The ball depletion detector B is used for yen, 400 yen, and 500 yen). Regarding the set amount of ball rental, during automatic ball lending (automatic ball lending mode), payout may be made uniformly for each minimum unit (every 100 yen) regardless of the set ball rental amount.

17 to 22 are flowcharts for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

FIG. 17 shows the main routine.
For example, it is executed once every 2 msec. First, a stack set process is performed in S1, and RA is performed in S2.
A determination is made as to whether there was an M error. This judgment is made by reading the contents of a predetermined address of the RAM 92 in the basic circuit 65 shown in FIG. 8 and checking whether or not the value is equal to the predetermined value. Since the data stored in the RAM 92 is indefinite immediately after the program goes out of control or immediately after the power is turned on, the answer to the decision is NO and the process proceeds to control S3. In S3, initial data is written in the RAM. At this time, the identification information of the variable display device 14 is displayed with the probability that the set value, which is the probability data of the occurrence of the big hit stored in the EEPROM 99, is read and loaded into the RAM, and then determined according to the read value. Controlled as. Thereafter, the control proceeds to S10. Since the initial data is written in S3, when the main routine is executed thereafter, the answer to the decision in S2 is YES, and the control advances to S4.

In S4, data output processing from the I / O port is performed, and control signals are output to the various circuits and equipment shown in FIG. Then proceed to S5, 1
A determination is made whether there is a 0 count error and whether there is a drum error. This 10 count error is the case where the specific winning ball detection switch 7 or the winning number detection switch 8 is short-circuited or disconnected, and specifically, the output signal of the specific winning ball detection switch 7 or the 10 count detection switch 8 is Predetermined time (for example, 2.9 seconds)
If the game is out of the range, or 1 of the variable winning ball device 3
1 if no winning balls are detected during the opening
It is determined that there is a 0 count error. The drum error is a case where a rotary drum (not shown) of the variable display device 14 is stopped during rotation or is in a state where rotation control cannot be performed. If there is no 10 count error and no drum error, the process proceeds to S6, and after the process processing is performed, the process proceeds to S7. However, if there is a 10 count error or the drum error, the process proceeds directly to S7 and the winning information is input. Then, the process proceeds to S8, the switch input process is performed, and the process proceeds to S9.

At S9, the processing for inputting the probability setting switch is performed. The input of the probability setting switch is a process of inputting the setting state of the probability of the big hit occurrence based on the operation of the key switch 75 (see FIG. 4). After S9, the control proceeds to S10. In S10, the random 1 counter, the random 2 counter, and the random 4 counter are updated. The random 1 counter is a counter for the primary lottery regarding whether or not a big hit is generated. The random 2 counter is a counter for secondary lottery and hit symbol determination regarding whether to generate a big hit. Whether or not to generate a big hit must be determined first as a result of the primary lottery based on the random 1 counter, and further as a result of the secondary lottery based on the random 2 counter. The random 4 counter is a counter for selecting a winning line for determining which of the three winning lines the winning symbol combination is to be established when it is decided to generate a big hit. is there.
This winning symbol is determined based on the count value of the random 2 counter. Then, after operating the key switch 75, the upper limit of the count value of the random 1 counter changes. That is, in the case of setting 1, the random 1 counter counts within the range of 0 to 41. In the case of setting 2, counting is performed within the range of 0 to 44. In the case of setting 3, counting is performed within the range of 0-49. On the other hand, random 2
The counter counts within the range of 0-49. The random 4 counter counts within the range of 0 to 2, and when the picked-up count value is 0, the middle hit line is selected and determined, and when it is 1, the diagonally upward right hit line is selected and determined. Occasionally, a right-down and diagonal hit line is selected and determined.

Next, in S11, it is judged whether the number of resets is 0, 4 or 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. The number of resets means the number of times the basic circuit 64 is reset by a reset signal input from the regular reset circuit 98 (see FIG. 10) to the basic circuit 65, and is reset from "0" to "1" at each reset. Each of them is added up to "7", and in that state, "1" is further added to become "0", and the count is incremented again from "0". If the number of resets is 0, the process proceeds to S12, the sound data is output, and the speaker 1
A predetermined sound is emitted from 5. On the other hand, the number of resets is 4
In this case, the process proceeds to S13, the output data table is selected and the drum lamp data set is processed. Then, the process proceeds to S15, the set data is output and the drum lamp is controlled to be lit. On the other hand, the number of resets is 1, 2,
In the case of 3, 5, 6 and 7, the process proceeds to S14, the decoration LED and lamp data are set, the set data is output by S15, and the decoration LEDs 27 and 26 and various lamps 18 and 24 are controlled to be turned on or blinking. It
Next, the process proceeds to S16 to perform a winning storage area storage process, and the process proceeds to S17 to update the random 1 counter, random 2 counter, random 3 counter and random 5 counter. The processing in S17 is performed by the basic circuit 65 based on the reset signal from the regular reset circuit 98.
The periodical reset waiting time until the resetting is performed is repeatedly performed to update the count value.
The random 3 counter is a counter for determining which out-of-symbol stop control is performed when it is determined not to generate a big hit, and is counted up within a range of 0 to 5831. The random 5 counter is a counter for determining which out-of-symbol stop control is performed when it is determined not to generate a big hit, and is 0 to 58.
It is counted up within the range of 31. The random 5 counter is a counter for determining the lucky number symbol, and is counted up within the range of 0 to 99.
The lucky number is a number that is predetermined in order to provide a player with a predetermined service in a game hall. For example, when a big hit occurs, the number displayed on the pachinko machine where the big hit occurs is predetermined. If the lucky number is matched, the privilege that the prize ball obtained based on the occurrence of the big hit can be used again for the game without exchanging the prize is given.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart showing a subroutine program of the winning information input processing shown in S7.

The prize information input process is a process for determining a prize when a pachinko ball is won. First S
Port input is performed by 18. Then, in S19, it is determined whether or not the prize ball data output flag is set. This prize ball data output flag is set in S23 and S29, which will be described later, and is cleared in S32. This is a flag necessary for outputting certain prize ball data to the payout centralized control board side. If the prize ball data flag is not set, the process proceeds to S20, it is determined whether or not the information corresponding to the sensor A is input from the payout control board, and the winning ball sensor 170a (see FIG. 5) is won. When the information signal is input from the photocoupler 859a, the process proceeds to S21, the sensor A input counter is incremented by "1", and then it is determined in S22 whether the input determination value (for example, "3") is reached. Be done. When the count value of the sensor A input counter has not reached the input determination value, NO is determined in S22. When it is determined in S20 again that the sensor A information is input at the next execution of this subroutine program, the sensor A input counter is further set to "1" in S21.
Since the stepping is performed, the processes of S20 and S21 are repeated until the count value of the sensor A input counter reaches the input determination value. When the count value of the sensor A input counter reaches the input determination value, the process proceeds to S23,
The award ball data output flag is set, the award ball data is set to "5", and the award ball data output counter is cleared. On the other hand, a noise signal resulting from noise in the amusement hall or the like is output from the prize ball sensor A to the prize information input circuit
Although it may be input from the line up to 53, since the noise signal is a signal that occurs for a moment with a pulse width close to 0, for example, YES is determined in S20 due to the noise signal. However, since the noise signal disappears at the next execution of this subroutine program, the determination of NO will be made from S22, and the count value of the sensor A input counter is determined to be the winning determination due to the noise signal. It is possible to prevent the inconvenience that the value is not reached and the process of S52 is erroneously performed based on the noise signal. This noise countermeasure is similarly applied to the sensor B. That is, if there is no sensor A information input, the sensor A input counter is cleared from S24, and then it is determined whether or not there is sensor B information input from S25. The sensor B input counter is incremented by "1" in S27, and it is determined in S28 whether or not the count value of the sensor B input counter has reached the winning determination value. Only when the count value is reached, the process of S29 is performed. It is. If there is no sensor B information input, S26
This clears the sensor B input counter.

When the prize sphere data output flag is set in S23 or S29, the determination of YES is made in S19 in the next execution of this subroutine program, the process proceeds to S30, and the prize sphere data (S23 is "5",
In the case of S29, "15") is output from the game control board to the payout concentration control board side. Further, in S30, the output counter is incremented by "1", and in S31, it is determined whether or not the count value of the output counter has reached the maximum value (for example, 8). When the subroutine program is executed next time, S3 is executed again.
When 0, the prize ball data output process and the process of incrementing the output counter by "1" are performed. The process of S30 is repeated until the count value of the output counter reaches the maximum value, and when the count value reaches the maximum value, the process proceeds to S32 and the prize ball data output flag is cleared. In this way, when the prize ball data output flag is set, the prize ball data is continuously output from the game control board to the payout concentration control board until the output counter reaches the maximum value. The payout control of the number of detected balls corresponding to the prize ball data is performed based on the prize ball data continuously input for a predetermined time until the output counter reaches the maximum value. Instead of ending the output of the prize ball data depending on the value of the output counter, the output of the prize ball data may be ended when the payout central control board does not input the prize ball information.

19 to 22 are flowcharts showing the ball payout control operation by the control circuit shown in FIG.
Whether or not there is a card processor connection signal is determined in S201, and if not, the process proceeds to S202 and relay 3
55 (see FIG. 11) is turned on to disable the ball hitting motor 612 so that the game cannot be played. Next, in S203, control for displaying the error code 12 is performed.
Specifically, the control for displaying this error code is such that an alarm sound is generated from the buzzer 359 and the payout lamp 1
The contents of the error are displayed by the combination of the blinking states of the No. 26 and the burnout lamp 127 (see FIG. 1). This S
The error code display by 203 indicates that the card processing machine 62 side and the pachinko gaming machine 60 side are not connected. Also in the display of error codes of other processes described later, the buzzer 359 emits an alarm sound, and the content of the error is displayed by a combination of blinking states of the payout lamp 126 and the out-of-ball lamp 127.

Next, when it is determined that there is a card processor connection signal, the process proceeds to S204, and it is determined whether or not there is a rail ball breakage detection. If not, the process proceeds to S208, but the rail ball breakage detection switch 68a. , 68b (see FIG. 4), when the rail ball breakage detection signal is input, S
The routine proceeds to 205, where it is judged whether or not the tank ball out has been detected. Tank break detection switch 150a, 15
If there is no out-of-ball detection signal from 0b (see FIG. 4), the flow advances to S206, and the out-of-ball lamp 127 is controlled to blink. On the other hand, if the tank out-of-ball detection signal is input, the process proceeds to S207, and the out-of-ball lamp 127 is controlled to be turned on. That is, the tank breakage detection switches 150a, 15
There is a ball break detection signal from 0b, and the ball break detection signal is input from the rail ball break detection switches 68a and 68b (see FIG. 4), which means that the pachinko balls inside the ball tank 151 and the tank rail 67 are In this case, the ball-out lamp 127 is controlled to light up, and a message indicating that a ball-out has occurred is displayed. On the other hand, the fact that the ball breakage detection signals are input from the rail ball breakage detection switches 68a and 68b even though the ball breakage detection signals are not input from the tank ball breakage detection switches 150a and 150b means that the tank ball breakage detection switches 150a and
It is assumed that there is a ball jam in the flow path between 150b and the rail ball breakage detection switches 68a and 68b, and the balls do not flow down, or that the tank ball breakage detection switches 150a and 150b have a failure. In that case, the out-of-lamp lamp 127 is displayed in a blinking manner, and a message to that effect is displayed. After S207, the process proceeds to S207a, the interval data is incremented by 1, and the continuous prize ball number counter is cleared. The interval data is data that determines the interval time from the end of the present prize ball operation to the start of the next prize ball operation, as shown in FIG.
It is stored in the form of a table as shown in. The continuous prize ball counter counts the number of consecutive occurrences of prize balls generated at a time interval shorter than 0.5 seconds after the completion of the prize ball payout operation accompanying the generation of prize balls. It is a thing.

Next, after the control of S206 or S207a is performed or there is no rail ball break detection and S20.
If a full tank detection based on the full tank switch 126 by 8 is performed, it is determined whether or not the ball is being paid out, and if the ball is not being paid out, the procedure returns to S201, but the ball is paid out. If it is in the middle, the process proceeds to S210, the payout motor 223 is decelerated, and then the stop control is performed. That is, when there is no pachinko ball in the ball tank 151 and the tank rail 67, or when a ball jam occurs in the middle of the tank rail 67, the paid prize balls are full and cannot be paid any more. If so, the payout of the balls is stopped in S210. Next, in S211, it is determined whether or not the number of unpaid payouts is "0". This “unpaid amount” means the number of pachinko balls that have not yet been paid out of the pachinko balls to be paid out, and is set to each value in S216 and S238, and subtracted by “1” in S251. S
Cleared by 220.

If the unpaid amount is "0", S
At 212, it is determined whether or not there is a ball lending request signal from the microcomputer for controlling the card processor. The determination in S212 is repeated until the ball lending priority timer expires, and if there is no ball lending request signal from the card processor micro-computer before the ball lending priority timer expires, the process proceeds to S222. This ball lending priority timer is provided to give priority to the reception of the ball lending request over the reception of the winning ball for a certain period, and is set in S275 described later. On the other hand, when the ball lending request signal is sent from the card processing machine control microcomputer to the payout control microcomputer before the ball lending priority timer expires, the process proceeds to S213, where the tank ball break switch detects a ball. Whether or not it is determined. When there is no pachinko ball in the ball tank 151, the ball payout control cannot be performed based on the ball lending request signal, so the flow advances to S214 to turn on the ball exhaustion lamp and then to S215. When it is detected that there are pachinko balls in the ball tank 151 by the switches 150a and 150b (see FIG. 4), the process proceeds to S216, where the number of unpaid balls is set and the payout mode is set to “ball lending”. ", And control for ball lending operation is performed. Until this ball lending priority timer expires, control for ball lending operation has priority,
Since the payout control of the prize ball based on the winning ball after S222 is performed only after the ball lending priority timer expires,
When the amount of balls to be lent out is 200 yen or more, the control for the ball lending operation has priority over the payout control of the prize balls. The “number of balls to lend” in S216 is the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the ball lending unit amount (for example, 100 yen), and is set to 25, for example. Next, the process proceeds to S217, and after the ball lending command timer is set, the process proceeds to S218. Then, until the ball lending command timer expires, S21
The determination as to whether or not there is a ball lending command signal by 8 is repeated, and when it is determined in S218 that the ball lending command signal has been transmitted, the process proceeds to S221 to display the lending indicator. Control to start blinking is performed,
The process proceeds to S240, but if not transmitted, S22
After the unpaid amount is cleared by 0, the process returns to S201.

Next, in S240, it is judged whether or not the unpaid amount is "4" or less, and if not, it is S2.
After setting the payout motor 223 to the starting pattern by 41, the process proceeds to S243. Since the payout motor 223 uses a stepping motor and the payout motor 223 in the stopped state needs to be smoothly and smoothly accelerated, a start-up pattern including a control pattern of the stepping motor that can be smoothly and smoothly accelerated is provided. S2
It is set by 21. On the other hand, when the unpaid number is "4" or less, the process proceeds to S242 and the payout motor 22
After the processing of setting the motor speed of No. 3 to the deceleration pattern is performed, the process proceeds to S243. When the payout motor 223 is rotationally controlled in accordance with a series of acceleration constant speed deceleration patterns in which the payout motor 223 is activated and accelerated, then rotated at a constant speed, and then decelerated and stopped, the series of control is essential. If the number of balls less than the number of balls to be paid out by the series of control is paid out, the motor speed is suddenly set to the deceleration pattern and the speed is reduced by S242. After the pattern is completed, the stop control is performed so that the pachinko balls less than “5” are paid out.

In S222, it is judged whether or not the winning ball sensor A170a detects the presence of a ball. If the presence of a ball is not detected, the process proceeds to S223A, and the winning ball sensor B17.
If 0b detects the presence of a ball, the process proceeds to S228, and if not detected, the process proceeds to S223B. It is determined whether the payout of the ball is detected by the payout sensor 802b. If not detected, the process returns to S201. When the payout is detected, the process proceeds to S223C, the error code 1 is displayed, and the process proceeds to S295. In other words, if the prize balls are not detected by the prize-ball sensor A and the prize-ball sensor B, and the payout of the prize is detected, the prize is not paid out, but the ball is paid out. Therefore, S223C causes an error display to that effect. On the other hand, the prize ball sensor A (1
If the presence of a ball is detected by 70a), the process proceeds to S224, and it is determined whether or not the payout mode is A. If the payout mode is not A, the process proceeds to S226 and the payout mode is A. And set to S227
Thus, the process of outputting the sensor A winning information to the game control microcomputer side is performed, and the process proceeds to S230.
On the other hand, if it is determined in S220 that the payout mode is already A, the process proceeds to S225, in which the winning ball sensor B
It is determined whether or not the presence of a ball is detected, and if the determination is NO, the process proceeds to S226, but if the determination is YES, the process proceeds to S228, and after the process of setting the payout mode to B is performed. The process of outputting the sensor B winning information to the game control microcomputer side is performed in S229, and the process proceeds to S232. Further, even when the prize-ball sensor B does not detect the presence of the ball and the prize-ball sensor B detects the presence of the ball, the process proceeds to S228 and the process of setting the payout mode to B is performed. By performing this process, the process of winning balls is alternately performed with the winning ball sensor A and the winning ball sensor B, so that it is possible to prevent the inconvenience that unprocessed winning balls are accumulated in one winning ball processing passage.

Next, in S230, it is determined whether or not there is a prize ball data input. When no prize ball data (prize ball number data) is input from the game control microcomputer to the payout control microcomputer side (when the input number is 0), the process proceeds to S231, and control is performed to display the error code 11. After that, the process proceeds to S295. In other words, when the winning of the hit ball is detected and the prize ball data based on it is supposed to be input from the game control microcomputer to the payout control microcomputer side, when the prize ball data is not input, The error code to that effect is displayed in S231. On the other hand, if prize ball data has been input, the process proceeds to S232, the input data is read, and in S233, it is determined whether the content of the data has changed during the reading. If the read data has no change, the process proceeds to S235,
It is judged whether or not the reading is completed, and the data being read is confirmed until the reading is completed. The reading of the data in S232 and the determination as to whether or not the contents of the read data have been changed are repeated, for example, eight times, and if the contents of the read data have changed during this repetition, S2 is executed.
Go to step 34, and after displaying error code 9, S
Proceed to 295. On the other hand, if all the read data have not changed as a result of checking eight times, the process proceeds to S236, and it is determined whether or not the prize ball data has been restored. This S2
When it is determined by 35 that the reading is completed, the input of the prize ball data from the game control microcomputer to the payout control microcomputer side should be stopped. At this stage, the prize ball data is not input. If not stopped (when the input number is not 0), an error display to that effect is performed in S237, and then the process proceeds to S295. On the other hand, if the return of the prize ball data is normally performed, the ball payout condition is satisfied and the process proceeds to S238, in which the unpaid amount is set to the input number input from the game control microcomputer, Control for starting blinking of the payout lamp is performed in S239, and the process proceeds to S240.

In S243 of FIG. 20, control is performed to rotate the payout motor, and in S244, it is determined whether or not the one-payout motor has rotated. Advances to S245, and it is determined whether or not the payout of balls has been detected. When the ball is paid out even though the motor is not rotated for one payout, even though the motor is configured to pay out one ball for one payout. Since it is abnormal, an error code indicating that is displayed in S246, and then the process proceeds to S295. On the other hand, NO in S245.
If the determination is made, the process proceeds to S266, and it is determined whether or not the tank-ball-out detection switches 150a and 150b (see FIG. 4) have detected the tank-ball-out, and the ball-out detection is not performed. If it is in the normal state, the process proceeds to S268, and it is determined whether or not it is immediately after the return of the ball out. Return to S201. That is, since the pachinko balls are stored in the ball tank 151 in a normal state, the prize ball payout control based on the prize balls is performed as usual. Therefore, the prize ball processing mode is changed to the normal mode in S269. , The payout solenoids 171a and 171b (see FIG. 5) are demagnetized, and the interval time is controlled to a short time of, for example, about 0.5 seconds so that the payout control of the prize ball can be performed at a relatively high speed. To be done. On the other hand, S26
If the tank ball breakage detection is performed in step 6, S26
7, the display indicating that there are no more balls in the ball tank 151 is displayed by turning on the out-of-ball lamp 127, then the process proceeds to S270, and after the winning ball processing mode is set to the mode at the time of out-of-balls. Return to S201. This S27
The interval period in which the payout solenoids 170a and 170b are demagnetized by 0 becomes a long period of, for example, about 0.9 seconds, and accordingly, the number of payouts of the prize ball per unit time based on the detection of the prize ball is relatively small. Controlled as. The payout solenoids 170a and 170b
The excitation period of is always about 0.1 second, regardless of the ball-breaking mode and the normal mode.
If it is determined in S268 that the ball has just returned from the out-of-ball condition, the process in S270 is performed for a predetermined period because sufficient balls are not yet stored in the ball tank 150.

Next, in S244, when it is determined that one payout has been rotated, the process proceeds to S247, and it is determined whether or not the payout of a ball is detected. If not, the process proceeds to S248. The motor is controlled to rotate in the reverse direction by a predetermined angle and then to rotate in the normal direction by the same angle. Then, in S249, it is determined whether or not the payout of the balls is detected.
In other words, when the payout of the ball is not detected even though the payout motor for one payout has rotated, it is possible that the ball is caught in the middle and does not fall. Therefore, the payout motor is reversed by a predetermined angle in S248. Since the catch of the ball may be eliminated by normal rotation again and the ball may fall normally to detect the payout, such reverse rotation and normal rotation control of the payout motor is performed only once. The payout is detected again. Then, as a result of the detection again, if the payout is detected, the process proceeds to S251, but if the payout is still not detected, the process proceeds to S2.
The process proceeds to step 50, and the code indicating that an abnormality has occurred is displayed. On the other hand, in S251, the process of subtracting "1" from the unpaid number is performed because one ball has been paid out, and S2
Proceeding to 52, it is determined whether or not the payout motor is a ball lending. If the payout mode is ball lending, S257
If the payout mode is not the ball lending, it means that the prize balls are paid out, so the process proceeds to S253, and the prize ball payout number is "1".
Then, the process proceeds to S254, and it is determined whether or not the number of paid-out prize balls reaches "a". If not, S2
Proceed to 57. This “a” is the same value as the output unit number of the replenishing ball detector of the replenishing device 153. When the number of paid-out prize balls reaches “a”, the process proceeds to S255, and the supply information is supplied to the gaming machine terminal box 149, the connector 156, and the like.
Processing for outputting to the hall management computer via 155 is performed. The hall management computer detects the number of disadvantageous balls, which is disadvantageous to the game arcade, based on the prize ball payout signal. As described above, every time a predetermined number of prize balls are paid out, the prize ball payout signal is output to the hall management computer by one pulse, and the prize required for outputting the one pulse of the prize ball payout signal. The payout number of balls is “a” and is set to, for example, 10. When the prize ball payout signal is output, the prize ball payout number is cleared in S256, and the flow proceeds to S257.

In S257, it is determined whether or not the payout motor speed is set in the starting pattern, and if it is set, the process proceeds to S258, in which the payout motor speed is updated to the acceleration pattern, and the process proceeds to S266. move on. As a result, the payout motor speed shifts from the speed at startup to the speed at acceleration, and the payout motor 223 is smoothly and smoothly controlled for acceleration. On the other hand, if the motor speed has already been set to the acceleration pattern, then in step S259 YE
The determination of S is made, the process proceeds to S260, the process of updating the payout motor speed to the constant speed pattern is performed, and the process proceeds to S266. That is, when the payout motor speed has already been set in the acceleration pattern and smooth acceleration can be performed, the payout motor is rotationally controlled at a constant speed after the next acceleration. Next, when the motor speed has already been set to the constant speed pattern, a YES determination is made in S261 and the process proceeds to S262, in which it is determined whether or not the unpaid number is "2", and the unpaid number is Is not “2”, the payout motor speed is maintained as a constant speed pattern and S266
However, if the number of unpaid amounts becomes "2", S263
The payout motor speed is updated to the deceleration pattern, and the control shifts to the control for smoothly decelerating the rotation speed of the payout motor as the number of unpaid motors decreases. On the other hand, if the payout motor speed is already set to the deceleration pattern, the process proceeds to S264, and it is determined whether or not the number of unpaid motors reaches "0". If not, the motor speed is decelerated. If so, the process proceeds to S266.
In 265, the payout motor speed is set to the stop pattern to stop the rotation of the payout motor, and then the process proceeds to S271.

In S271 of FIG. 21, it is determined whether or not the payout mode is "lens lending". Output processing is done, S2
73, turn off the lending indicator, proceed to S274,
Gaming terminal box 149, connector 158, 1
Processing for outputting ball lending information to the hall management computer via 57 is performed. The ball lending information means a pachinko ball sales signal for a unit amount due to a unit amount (for example, 100 yen) of pachinko balls being lent out using a card, and a hall management computer that has received this signal. However, the sales amount by card is totaled. Then S275
Thus, the ball lending priority timer is set and the process returns to S201.

On the other hand, if the payout mode is not "ball lending",
That is, in the case of payout of a prize ball, the process proceeds to S276, and it is determined whether or not the payout mode is A, that is, the payout of the ball based on the winning ball detection signal of the winning ball sensor A 170a (see FIG. 5), and it is determined as YES. If it is, the process proceeds to S277, and it is determined whether or not the winning ball sensor A detects the presence of a ball. If the winning ball sensor A does not detect a ball in the payout mode based on the winning ball sensor A, it is assumed that an abnormality such as a failure of the winning ball sensor A has occurred. Abnormality is displayed with error code 6. On the other hand, when the winning ball sensor A detects the presence of a ball, the process proceeds to S279 and the discharge solenoid A (171
When a) is turned on, the actuator 25a, which is located at the detecting portion of the prize ball sensor A (170a) and which prevents the pachinko balls from falling, is retracted so that the prize ball can fall. Next, in S280, it is judged whether or not the excitation time for exciting the discharge solenoid A (for example, 0.1 seconds) has ended, and the discharge solenoid A is excited until it ends.
Then, when the process is completed, the process proceeds to S281, the excitation of the discharge solenoid A is released, and the process proceeds to S282.
It is judged whether or not (170a) detects the presence of a ball. If the discharge solenoid A (171a) is excited and the winning balls should have been discharged downward, but the winning ball sensor A still detects the presence of a ball, an abnormality such as a failure has occurred. Therefore, the cause of the abnormality is displayed by the code 4 in S283. On the other hand, in a normal state where the winning ball sensor A does not detect the presence of a ball, the process proceeds to S291.

When NO is determined in S276, the process proceeds to S284, it is determined whether or not the balls are paid out based on the detection signal of the winning ball sensor B (170a), and the ball is paid out based on the winning ball sensor A. If neither is the payout of the balls based on the winning ball sensor B, an abnormality has occurred, so the cause of the abnormality is displayed by the code 7 in S285. On the other hand, in the case of payout of balls based on the winning ball sensor B, the process proceeds to S286 and the above-described S279 to S283.
In the same manner as the control of 1., the discharge solenoid B (171b) controls the discharge of the winning balls.

Next, in S291, it is determined whether or not the winning ball processing mode is the normal mode. The normal time is set as the winning ball processing mode in S269. In the normal time, the process proceeds to S291a and the interval time is set in the interval timer. This interval time is one time data among a plurality of time data stored in the interval time data table (see FIG. 22 (b)).
This interval time data is 760 msec stored in the subscript "2" when the power is turned on,
Each time the step of S207a is executed, the subscript is added and updated by "1", and the subscript is updated by subtraction of "1" every time the step of S291k described later is executed, and the time data corresponding to the current subscript is It is set by S291a.

On the other hand, if the processing mode is not normal time and the ball is out (see S270), the process proceeds to S291b, and the interval time is set in the interval timer. The time at which the ball breaks is, for example, about 0.9 seconds (900 msec).

Next, in S291c, it is determined whether or not the set interval timer has expired. If not, the process proceeds to S291d, in which it is determined whether or not the ball presence detection flag is set. Done. The ball presence detection flag is set when the winning ball sensor A (170a) or the winning ball sensor B (170b) (see FIG. 5) detects the presence of a winning ball. When the ball presence detection flag is not set, S291
It advances to e, it is judged whether or not the winning ball sensor A or B detects the presence of a ball, and if the presence of a ball is not detected, the process returns to S291c. On the other hand, if it is detected that there is a ball, the flow advances to S291f to set the ball detection flag. That is, the prize balls detected by the prize ball sensor A (170a) or the prize ball sensor B (170b) are dropped downward by exciting the solenoid when the prize ball payout operation based on the generation of the prize balls is finished. If a subsequent winning ball has already occurred at the stage, or S291
If a subsequent winning ball occurs before it is determined that the interval timer by c has expired, S291e
Thus, a YES determination is made, and the ball presence detection flag is set in S291f. Next, the process proceeds to S291g, and it is determined whether or not it is within 0.5 seconds after the last prize ball operation is completed (after the interval timer is set). If it is within 0.5 seconds, the process proceeds to S291i. Go ahead,
The consecutive prize ball number counter is incremented by "1", and it is determined in S291j whether or not the value of the consecutive prize ball number counter has reached 16. If not, S291
Return to c. When the number reaches 16, the process proceeds to S291k, the interval data is updated by subtracting "1", the continuous prize ball number counter is cleared, and the process returns to S291c. That is, if the winning balls are continuously generated for a short period of time, and the time interval of the generation is shorter than the time 0.5 seconds after the last prize ball operation is finished, the short time The number of winning prize balls generated at intervals is counted by the continuous prize ball number counter, and the process of S291k is performed when the count reaches 16. As a result, the subscript of the interval time data table is updated by subtracting "1" and the interval time is shortened. Next, when it is determined in S291c that the interval timer has expired, the flow proceeds to S291m, the ball presence detection flag is cleared, and the flow returns to S201. After that, when there is no ball lending request signal and a winning ball has occurred, the next prize ball operation based on the detection of the winning ball after S222 is executed.

As described above, the winning balls are generated 16 times in succession at a time interval shorter than the time from the occurrence of the winning balls to the lapse of 0.5 seconds after the prize ball operation associated with the winning balls is completed. In this case, the interval data will be decremented and updated, and a short time will be set in the interval timer. The interval time until the ball motion is executed is shortened, the prize ball motion is executed at a high tempo, and the number of balls paid out per unit time increases. On the other hand, when the balls in the ball tank are exhausted and the rail out-of-ball condition is detected, the interval data is updated by 1 in S207a and the interval time is updated for a long time. The interval time from the end of the prize ball operation to the execution of the prize ball operation based on the next prize ball becomes longer,
Because the prize ball movement will be executed at a slow tempo,
Since the number of balls paid out per unit time will be small, even if it is installed in a game hall where the replenishment ability to the ball tank is not so high, it is possible that the ball tank or rail will frequently run out of balls. Can be prevented.

S291a, 291c to S291k,
S291m constitutes a payout speed adjusting means for variably adjusting the number of payouts per unit time by the ball payout means in accordance with the fulfillment status of the ball payout condition. In addition, S204, S205, S207a, S291a, S29
1c and S291m constitute a payout speed adjusting means for variably adjusting the number of payouts per unit time by the ball payout means according to the detection status of the ball deficiency detection means.

Next, in S295 of FIG. 22A, it is judged whether or not there is a reset operation, and if not, the lamp and buzzer are selected according to the error code type (Code 1 to Code 12) in S296. Is performed, and when the reset button 147 (see FIG. 4) is pressed, the process proceeds to S297, where the error code is cleared and the state where the error occurred is restored.
In the present embodiment, the lighting mode and the flashing mode are used to change the notification mode of the falling ball state, but if the difference in the mode can be recognized, for example, the flashing speed can be changed or the lamp can be separately provided. It is also possible to provide other notification modes such as a display for exclusive use of a piece of a ball and a piece of a piece of ball which are provided in the. Further, a buzzer, a speaker, or the like may be used to change the notification mode by switching the sound between when the ball is out and when it is clogged.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing a timing chart for explaining operation timings of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine.

First, the power is turned on (power on), and at the time of A, the ball lending preparation signal line is turned on and the payout enable signal on the pachinko gaming machine side is output. Next, at the time B when the card is accepted, the card insertion indicator 132 and the ball lending indicator 4
8d and are turned on. Next, the ball lending operation detector 44d is O
When it becomes N, the player's ball lending operation is detected, and at C, it is detected that there is a ball lending operation. At this time, the ball lending indicator 48d is turned off and turned off, the ball lending enable signal line is turned on, and the card processor 62 is in the ball lending enabled state. At a time point D when a predetermined delay time a (for example, 20 msec) has elapsed from the time point C, the ball lending request signal line is turned ON and the ball lending request signal is output from the card processing machine 62 to the pachinko gaming machine 60 side. . The reason for providing the predetermined delay time a is to prevent a malfunction due to noise by providing a sufficient time for the pachinko gaming machine side to determine that the ball lending enable signal line is turned on.

From the time point D, the payout state signal line is turned ON at a time point E when the ball lending preparation signal confirmation time b (b ≦ T1) measured by the ball lending preparation confirmation timer T1 shown in SA18 has elapsed. The ball lending preparation signal is output from the pachinko gaming machine 60 side to the card processing machine 62 side. At time F when the ball lending command signal confirmation time c has elapsed from this time point, the ball lending request signal line is turned off, whereby the ball lending command signal is output from the card processor 62 side to the pachinko gaming machine 60 side. It is supposed to have been done. From this point, the ball lending completion signal confirmation time d measured by the ball lending confirmation timer T3 shown in SA29.
At the time of G when (d ≦ T3) has elapsed, the payout state signal line is turned off, and accordingly, the ball lending completion signal is output from the pachinko gaming machine 60 side to the card processing machine 62 side. . Further, from this time point, when the next ball lending request signal confirmation time e elapses, the ball lending request signal line is turned on and the next ball lending request signal is output from the card processing machine 62 side to the pachinko gaming machine 60 side. Similarly to the above, the output of the ball lending preparation signal, the output of the ball lending command signal, and the output of the ball lending completion signal are repeated. Then, in FIG. 23, the output of the ball lending request signal, the output of the ball lending preparation signal, the output of the ball lending command signal, and the output of the ball lending completion signal are repeated three times in total, and the last ball lending completion signal is output. From the next ball lending request signal confirmation time e, when the ball lending request signal is not output, the ball lending possible signal line is turned off.
Switch to. Next, the return operation detector 42d turns ON and H
At that time, the player's return operation is detected, and at that time, the card insertion display 132 blinks and the ball lending display 48d turns off and goes out. Then, at time I, the card is returned to the player.

FIG. 24 is a functional block diagram for explaining the operation of the card processor 62. As shown in FIG. 24A, when the common card inserted in the card processor 62 has a balance, the inserted common card is held in the card reader / writer. In this state, if the player presses the ball lending button 44c, it is determined whether the balance of the inserted common card is equal to or less than the ball lending setting, that is, the ball lending amount. Then, in the following cases, as many balls as the remaining amount of the inserted common card are paid out as described above.

On the other hand, when the predetermined time has passed and the predetermined condition is satisfied while the common card is held in the card reader / writer (see SA9a in FIG. 13), a message indicating that there is a card balance is displayed. This message is displayed by the card balance display 50, for example. Then, the inserted card is ejected and the fact that the card is ejected is notified. By SA33a and SA9a,
Condition detecting means for detecting that the valuable value owned by the player specified by the record information of the recording medium held in the recording medium reading means remains and a predetermined condition is satisfied is configured. There is. Then, by displaying the message indicating that the card balance is present or ejecting or notifying the inserted card, based on the detection output of the condition detecting means, the player loses the remaining valuable value by performing the operation for not forgetting the valuable value. Preventing means are configured. The condition detecting means may detect that the ball hitting operation has been stopped or that there is a detection output from the ball drop lever operation detector 552. Further, the valuable value forgetting prevention means may be a means for paying out pachinko balls corresponding to the balance of the insertion card.

FIG. 24B shows a case where the balance of the common card inserted in the card processor 62 becomes zero. When the card balance becomes 0, the card is ejected to the extent that a part of the common card is exposed from the card insertion / ejection slot 133, and the player can pull out the card. Make a first notification. When a part of the common card is exposed to the outside, the common card that has become 0 is held, and if a predetermined time elapses in that state, the second notification is performed. The first notification prompts the player to pull out the 0 card, and if the player never pulls out the 0 card, the second notification informs the attendant of the game hall that the 0 card will be removed. Notify that the card is left abandoned so that the attendant at the playground can pull out the abandoned 0 card.

FIG. 25 is a functional block diagram for explaining the operation of the card processor 62. As shown in FIG. 25 (a), the front frame 576 ', the glass door frame 577, and the front plate 5 are
When 64 is opened, the detection signal of the front frame detector 553 is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300, and it is detected that the front frame, the glass door frame, or the front plate is opened, and the ball rental is being dispensed. In that case, the ball lending operation is stopped with the minimum unit payout, and the subsequent ball lending is prohibited,
The ball lending possible lamp 48 is turned off. In addition, pachinko game machine 6
When a specific game state (big hit state) occurs in 0,
A signal to that effect is input from the specific game state detector 554 to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300, and after a predetermined time has passed, if the ball rental is being dispensed as in the case described above, it is stopped at the minimum unit dispensing, and thereafter The ball lending lamp 48d is turned off by prohibiting ball lending. Further, when a prize is generated in the pachinko gaming machine 60, the payout control of the prize balls is performed, and if the ball rental is being dispensed, the payout of the minimum unit is stopped and the subsequent ball lending is prohibited. Yes Turn off the lamp. In this way, when a specific game state occurs or when a hitting ball is won, the prize balls are paid out into the hitting ball supply plate 59, so that it is not necessary to pay out balls for lending. In that case, the payout of the minimum unit of balls is stopped, and subsequent ball lending is prohibited. In the present embodiment, this minimum unit payout of balls is the payout of balls worth 100 yen as described above.

FIG. 25 (b) shows a case where the ball lending operation is interrupted during the ball lending operation. First, when the player presses the ball lending button 44c and the ball is paid out accordingly, when the player presses the return button 42c, or when the ball lending button 44c is pressed again. Alternatively, when the hitting operation of the hitting ball operation handle 121 is stopped, the payout of the minimum unit (for 100 yen) is dispensed to stop. In addition, at least one or more of the stop function of the payout by the operation of the return button, the stop of the payout by the operation of the ball lending button, and the stop of the payout by stopping the handle may be provided. 25 and 26.
The operation other than the characteristic part of the operation shown in FIG.
Is the same as.

FIG. 26 is an operation explanatory view for explaining the display operation of the card balance indicator 50 (see FIG. 1). As shown in FIG. 26A, the card balance display 50 is
It is composed of a 7-segment display made of ED or liquid crystal. Then, when the power is turned on, as shown in (b), the repeater setting address is first displayed, then the lending amount setting is displayed, and finally the sales pulse width setting value is displayed. This repeater setting address is used when the sales data associated with renting pachinko balls using the card processor 62 is transmitted to the hall management computer that is the host computer of the game hall, and the sender is the hall management computer. This data is for the computer to identify, and is different data for each card processor 62. The lending amount setting is data relating to the amount of lending balls paid out in accordance with one pachinko ball lending operation, and is preset data. With the sales pulse width setting value, a plurality of types of output pulse widths when transmitting sales data associated with pachinko ball lending using the card processing machine 62 to the hall management computer are defined. This is data indicating which pulse width is set from the inside.

As shown in (c), when a common card is inserted into the card processor 62, the card balance indicator 5
A value of 0 displays the balance recorded in the inserted card. Then, as shown in (d), when the ball lending button 44d (see FIG. 1) is pressed, the card balance display 50 first displays the card balance,
Next, the card balance subtraction deduction display is performed, then the card balance deduction deduction display is performed again, and finally the card balance after lending is displayed. In this embodiment, the ball lending for 300 yen is set to be performed by one lending operation, and the ball lending operation is performed three times for each 100 yen. From the stage where the balance is displayed, 100 yen is subtracted from the card balance subtraction display, 100 yen is subtracted from the card balance subtraction display, and the final 100 yen is subtracted. The balance of the card after being rented will be displayed.

Next, as shown in (e), when an error occurs, the card balance display 50 displays the card balance and an error code for indicating the type and cause of the error that has occurred. The display is switched alternately. Then (f)
As shown in, when the fraction display switch 136 (see FIG. 1) is pressed once, the display of "F1" is 0.5.
Seconds, the fractional value of the card balance of the next inserted card is displayed for 1.5 seconds, then "F2" is displayed for 0.5 seconds, and the card balance of the next inserted common card Is displayed for 1.5 seconds, and then "F3" is displayed for 0.
It is performed for 5 seconds, then the card balance of the common card at the time of insertion is displayed for 1.5 seconds, and then "F4" is displayed for 0.5 seconds.
Second, the card balance before renting is displayed for 1.5 seconds. The pre-lending card balance is the card balance after the penultimate lending operation is performed when the lending operation is performed a plurality of times. Also, F1 to F
Reference numeral 4 is a code display of the type of information to be displayed next. For example, "F1" means that a fractional value will be displayed, and "F2" will display a card balance. It means to the effect. In addition, "F
The display order of the various display contents shown in "2" may be changed. Further, in (f), the fraction display switch 136 is set to 1
Although the display is automatically switched when the pressing operation is performed twice, the display may be switched each time the fraction display switch 136 is pressed.

As shown in (g), the fraction display switch 1
If you press 36 twice, first "F5" is displayed,
Next, the error code content is displayed. The display of the error code content is for displaying the error history, and the content of the error that occurred last time is displayed. Next, "F6" is displayed, then the ID number setting value is displayed,
Next, “F7” is displayed, then the sales pulse width setting display is made, then “F8” is displayed, and then the loan amount setting display is made. F5 to F8 are for indicating the type of display data to be displayed next, and are displayed for 0.5 seconds each. The actual data display such as the error code content display is displayed for 1.5 seconds. It should be noted that the ID number setting value means that when the sales data corresponding to the rental balls lent using the card processor 62 is transmitted to the hall management computer, the sender can be identified by the hall management computer. This is the data for

FIG. 27 is an operation explanatory view showing another example of the data display on the card balance display 50. In this other embodiment, the card balance display 50 is composed of a liquid crystal display so that characters and the like can be displayed. FIG. 26 shows that the card balance display displays specific data, and at the same time, characters or the like representing the content of the displayed data are displayed on the screen.
Is different from.

As shown in FIG. 27A, when the power is turned on, the repeater address, the loan amount, and the sales pulse width are switched and displayed every time a predetermined time such as 2 seconds elapses. As shown in (b), when the lending switch is pressed, the card balance before lending is first displayed, and then the card balance reduced by 100 yen is displayed. When an error occurs, as shown in (c), the card balance and the code indicating the type (cause) of the error code that has occurred are alternately switched and displayed. As shown in (e), when an error occurs, the characters "error code" and the error code data indicating the type of error that occurred are displayed on the screen at the same time, and then the character that indicates the cause of the error occurs. May be displayed, and then a sentence indicating a procedure for repairing an error that has occurred may be displayed. When the amount of information is large, the error-causing character and the error processing character may be scroll-displayed. Further, by pressing the fraction display switch 136 from the error code display, the display of the error cause and the error treatment may be switched and displayed.

As shown in (d), by pressing the fraction display switch once, the fraction, the card balance, the pre-insertion balance, and the pre-lending balance are switched and displayed. As shown in (f), by pressing the fraction display switch twice, the error code, ID number, sales pulse width, and loan amount are switched and displayed.

In the embodiment described above, the payout speed adjusting means for variably adjusting the ball payout speed according to the condition of the ball payout condition and the ball payout means according to the deficiency of the balls to be paid out by the ball payout means. Although a combination of two kinds of adjusting means, that is, a payout speed adjusting means for changing and adjusting the payout speed by the above is shown, only one of the two kinds of payout speed adjusting means may be provided. . Further, the subtraction update of the interval data may be performed in consideration of not only the payout status of the prize balls but also the payout status of the rental balls. Also,
The common card may be any type such as an IC card, a card using an optical disk memory, a bar code, etc., in addition to a magnetic card.

[0131]

According to the present invention, when the valuable value owned by the player specified by the information recorded on the recording medium held in the recording medium reading means remains and the predetermined condition is satisfied. In order to prevent the player from forgetting the remaining valuable value, the valuable value forgetting prevention means causes the player to forget the remaining valuable value and suffer damage. Inconvenience can be prevented as much as possible.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall front view showing a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine.

FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of a hit ball supply tray.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing various devices provided on a front plate.

FIG. 4 is an overall rear view showing a partial internal structure of a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing the structure and operation of the winning ball processing device.

FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional view showing the structure of the ball dispenser.

FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of the ball dispenser.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a circuit for controlling a card processor.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a circuit for payout control.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a circuit for controlling a game.

FIG. 11 is a circuit diagram showing a circuit for transmitting and receiving signals between a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine.

FIG. 12 is a circuit diagram showing a circuit for transmitting a signal between a payout control microcomputer and a hall management computer.

13 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

14 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

15 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

16 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

17 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

18 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

19 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

20 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG.

22 (a) is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 9, and FIG. 22 (b) is a diagram showing an interval time data table.

FIG. 23 is a timing chart showing operation timings of a card processing machine and a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 24 is a functional block diagram for explaining the operation of the card processing machine.

FIG. 25 is a functional block diagram for explaining the operation of the card processing machine.

FIG. 26 is an operation explanatory view showing the display operation of the card balance display.

FIG. 27 is an operation explanatory diagram showing a display operation in another example of the card balance indicator.

[Explanation of symbols]

60 is a pachinko game machine, 62 is a card processing machine, 63 is a ball payout device, 146 is a payout centralized control board, 148 'is a game control board, 350 is a payout control microcomputer, 223 is a payout motor, and 48d is a ball lending machine. Displayable, 50
Is a card balance indicator, 150a and 150b are tank ball break switches, 68a and 68b are rail ball break switches,
170a is a prize ball sensor A, 170b is a prize ball sensor B, 565 is a punching lever, 553 is a detector such as a front frame,
44c is a ball lending operation button, 550 is a mode switching button,
555 is a ball deficiency detector A, 556 is a ball deficiency detector B, 4
2c is a return operation button, 136 is a fraction display switch, 1
27 is a ball-out lamp, 126 is a payout lamp, 67 is a ball guide rail, and 151 is a ball tank.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A game device capable of playing a game using a recording medium capable of specifying a valuable value owned by a player, and a recording medium reading means for reading information recorded in the recording medium, Condition detecting means for detecting that the valuable value owned by the player specified by the record information of the recording medium held in the recording medium reading means remains and a predetermined condition is satisfied, and the condition A gaming apparatus comprising: a valuable value forgetting prevention unit that performs an operation for preventing the player from forgetting the remaining valuable value based on the detection output of the detecting unit.