JPH07275448A - Method and device for automatically adjusting nail for game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To collect the data of a track for a pin ball to move at a Japanese pin ball game (pachinko) machine during a game, and to automatically adjust a nail with controller fitted onto the panel surface of the pachinko machine based on those track data. CONSTITUTION:This device is composed of the nails with controllers fitting the nails of a pachinko machine 2 to a driving device 4, sensor 30 for detecting the position of the pin ball moving on the panel surface of the pachinko machine 1 during the game, terminal control part 20 for controlling the sensor and processing a signal from this sensor, and managing device provided with a central processing unit part 11 for processing and calculating a signal from the terminal control part, memory part 12, storage part 13 and input/output control part 14. Therefore, since the prize winning rate of each game machine can be exactly controlled at a desired value, it is extremely effective for exactly managing the business of a hall.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial application] Detecting the position of a nail with an adjuster in which a nail of a game machine (for example, a pachinko game machine) is attached to a drive device, and the position of a game medium (for example, a pachinko ball) that moves on the board surface of the game machine during the game. Sensor, a terminal control unit that controls the sensor and processes signals from the sensor, a central processing unit that processes and calculates signals from the terminal control unit, a memory unit, a storage unit, and an input / output unit The present invention relates to an automatic nail adjusting device including a management device having a controller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an automatic nail adjusting device of this type is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 53-91834.

That is, in order to calculate the winning rate by counting the number of game media used in the gaming machine and the number of winning balls entering each winning section, and to change the winning rate as appropriate, for example, the winning section with a too high winning rate. Adjust the so-called life nail that directly guards with the electric control device to reduce the winning rate of the winning part, or
The prize-winning department, which has a too low winning rate, adjusted its life nail to increase the winning rate.

[0004]

However, even if the same prize-winning section, there is not a single trajectory of the game medium leading to it, so that the day-to-day sales of each prize-winning section are the same as in the conventional automatic nail adjusting device. If the life nail is corrected by using only the winning rate in the above, there is a problem that the winning rate may not be adjusted as intended.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional problem, and collects the data of the position of the game medium moving on the board surface of the game machine by a so-called matrix sensor, and calculates the trajectory from the position data. The purpose is to provide an automatic nail adjusting device that enables precise nail adjustment in the entire game machine by obtaining information and adjusting nails such as life nails in key points of the game machine based on the information. .

[0006]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The gist of achieving the above object is as follows: 1 A method of automatically adjusting a nail with a regulator (2) of a gaming machine (1), the gaming machine (1) The board surface (6a) by the sensor (30) mounted so as to be parallel to the board surface (6a) of
The game medium (P) moving above is detected, a detection signal is transmitted to the management device, the management device calculates the locus of the game medium (P) from the detection signal, and stores it. To determine the adjustment amount of the nail with adjuster (2) from the data of the locus, and drive the driving device (4) of the nail with adjuster (2) to adjust the nail with adjuster (2). A method for automatically adjusting nails with a regulator.

2. A nail (2) with a regulator in which the nail (3) of the game machine (1) is attached to the drive device (4), and a sensor (30) for detecting the trajectory of the game medium (P), An automatic nail adjusting device comprising a management device for performing signal processing and calculation from the sensor (30), wherein the nail with adjusting device (2) is capable of changing the state of the nail (3). A nail (3) penetrating the game board (6) is connected to a drive part of the drive device (4) attached to the back surface of the game board (6), and the sensor (30) has a large number of parts. A planar sensor (30) having a detection unit, which is provided in parallel with the game board (6) of the gaming machine (1), and the management device is mounted on the gaming machine (1). Based on the data of the locus of the game medium (P) from the sensor (30), the game machine (1) The present invention resides in an automatic nail adjusting device, which is a device configured to adjust each of the nails (2) with an adjuster.

3 A nail (2) with an adjuster, in which the nail (3) of the gaming machine (1) is attached to the drive device (4), and the board surface (6a) of the gaming machine (1) are moved during the game. A sensor (30) for detecting the position of the game medium (P), a terminal control unit (2) for controlling the sensor (30) and processing signals from the sensor (30).
0), a central processing unit (11) that processes and calculates signals from the terminal control unit (20), and a memory unit (1)
2), an automatic nail adjusting device comprising a management device (10) having a storage part (13) and an input / output control part (14), wherein the nail with adjuster (2) is A nail (3) penetrating the game board (6) so as to be able to change the state is connected to a drive part of the drive device (4) attached to the back surface of the game board (6), The sensor (30) is a matrix sensor (30) having a large number of detection units and is provided on the glass lid (7) of each of the gaming machines (1), and the terminal control section (20) is provided for each of the games. In response to a signal from the matrix sensor (30) of the machine (1), the position of the game medium (P) is specified and the information is sent to the management device (10), and at the same time, the management device (1).
0) sends each adjustment signal for each nail with adjuster (2) to the driving device (4) of the nail with adjuster (2), and the management device (10) includes the terminal control unit. The information of the position of the game medium (P) is received from (20), the locus of the game medium (P) is obtained, stored in the storage unit (13) as data, the data is read, and the memory unit (1) is read.
Each gaming machine (1) according to the program stored in 2)
The adjustment amount of each adjuster nail (2) is calculated and sent to the terminal control unit (20) as the adjustment signal, and the driving device of each adjuster nail is calculated according to the adjustment signal. An automatic nail adjusting device is characterized in that it is a device configured to drive (4) to adjust the nail (3).

4. The management device (10) has, as data, the amount of change in the nail (3) caused by the game medium (P) hitting the nail (3) in the memory section (12). Item 3 characterized in that it is a device configured to add the change amount data of (3) to the adjustment amount determination data of the nail (3) and adjust each of the nails (2) with an adjuster. It exists in the automatic nail adjusting device described.

Also, 5 the management device (10) has the input / output control unit (14).
Read the new operating percentage for the entire hall that was input via, determine the divisor for each gaming machine (1) according to the divisor, and adjust the adjustment amount of each nail (3) to realize that divisor. The automatic nail adjusting device according to claim 3 or 4, which is a device configured to determine and adjust each adjusting nail (2) of each gaming machine (1).

6. The automatic nail adjusting device according to item 2, 3, 4 or 5, wherein the nail with adjusting device (2) is a nail (3) having a curved portion.

7. The automatic nail adjusting device according to item 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein the driving device (4) is a stepping motor.

8. The adjusting nail (2) is characterized in that the nail (3) is eccentric from the center of the rotating shaft (5) of the stepping motor and is connected to the rotating shaft (5). It exists in the automatic nail adjusting device described in 7.

[0014]

The nail (2) with the adjuster of the gaming machine (1) has one end of the nail (3) connected to the driving device (4), so that the nail of the nail (3) can be operated by operating the driving device (4). You can change the position and other conditions.

During the game, the game medium (P) is the game machine (1).
When the board surface (6a) is moved, a planar sensor or matrix sensor (30) having a large number of detectors provided in parallel with the board surface (6a) detects its position and detects the terminal control unit (2).
0).

The end control unit (20) has the sensor (30).
In addition, the signal from the sensor (30) is processed to specify the position of the detection unit that issued the signal, that is, the position of the game medium. Further, it receives the adjustment signal of each adjusting nail (2) from the management device (10) and sends it to the driving device of each adjusting nail (2).

The signal from the terminal control unit (20) is processed by the central processing unit (11), where the locus data of each game medium (P) is obtained and sequentially stored in the storage unit (13). It

When a new operating percentage for the entire pachinko hall is input and set via the input / output control unit 14, the central processing unit (11) indicates the locus of the game medium (P) stored in the storage unit (13). The amount of adjustment of each nail with adjuster (2) for each gaming machine (1) is calculated according to a program stored in the memory unit (12) while reading the data.

The calculated adjustment amount is sent as an adjustment signal to the terminal control unit (20), and from there is sent to the drive unit (4) of each adjusting nail (2) of each gaming machine. The adjuster nail (2) is adjusted by a desired adjustment amount.

In this way, each nail can be accurately adjusted according to the desired adjustment amount.

Further, in the memory section (12),
For example, the data of the amount of change of the nail (3) caused by the game medium (P) hitting the nail (3) is stored, and the data is taken into consideration when determining the amount of adjustment of each regulator-equipped nail. Allows for more precise adjustment.

[0022]

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

1 to 7 show an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2A and 2B and FIG. 3 show an adjuster nail 2 used in the practice of the present invention. A stepping motor, a servo motor, or the like can be used as the driving device 4 that moves the nail 3, but in the present embodiment, a stepping motor will be described. The stepping motor rotates its rotating shaft 5 by a fixed angle at a commanded angle in response to a command from a management device 10 described later.

In order to attach the nail 2 with the adjuster to the game board 6 of the game machine (a pachinko game machine is representative and hereinafter referred to as a pachinko game machine) 1, as shown in FIG. 5 is fixed to the back surface of the game board 6 so that the game board 6 faces the game board 6, and the nail 3 can be rotated.
Through, and the end of the game board 6 on the back side is connected to the rotary shaft 5 of the stepping motor.

The nail with adjuster 2 shown in FIG. 3 is of the type shown in FIG. 2A, and has a rotary shaft 5 of a stepping motor.
Although the nail 3 is attached to the center of the, the tip of the nail 3 is curved from the middle thereof. Therefore, by rotating the rotating shaft 5, the state of the nail 3 can be changed as shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2B, the attachment of the nail 3 is shifted from the center of the rotary shaft 5 of the stepping motor. In this case, the state change when the nail 3 is adjusted follows the circle with the radius of the coupling position of the nail 3 centered on the rotary shaft 5 and eccentric from the center of the rotary shaft 5 of the stepping motor. To change.

Among the nails 3 on the board surface 6a of the game board 6, the nails 2 with such an adjuster may be used for any of the nails shown in FIG. 4, but each prize of the pachinko game machine 1 is won. Part 8
Sufficient management is possible even if it is used for important nails such as the life nail 3a directly above, the so-called nail 3b, and the nail at the top of the so-called dead nail 3c that is diagonally lower left of the left nail at the left end. is there.

A stepping motor for rotating the nail 3 has been described as a representative of the drive unit 4 for the nail 2 with the adjuster, but the adjustment of the nail 3 is performed by moving the position of the nail 3 along the board surface 6a of the game machine 1. May be moved linearly or curvedly. In that case, a linear or curved rack (tooth bar) is attached to the end of the nail 3 protruding from the back surface of the board surface 6a, while
A pinion that meshes with the rack is attached to the drive shaft of the drive, whereby movement of the drive allows the nail to move linearly or curvedly (not shown). A stepping motor may be used as the driving device, but a normal motor may also be used.

Next, the matrix sensor 30 used in this embodiment will be described.

As shown in FIG. 6, the matrix sensor 3
0 is under the control of the CPU memory control board 21 in the terminal control unit 20 shown in FIG. 1 via the transmission / reception board 31.

As shown in FIG. 7, the matrix sensor 30 has a substrate and a plurality of transmission lines 32 and reception lines 33 arranged on the substrate so as to intersect each other. Each intersection 34 of the plurality of transmission lines 32 and the plurality of reception lines 33 is a detection unit for detecting a metal body. Such a detection unit is arranged in a plane on an insulating substrate. The substrate is made of, for example, insulating glass, ceramics, synthetic resin, or the like. Since this embodiment will be described as an implementation in a pachinko game machine, the arrangement position of the matrix sensor 30 is the glass lid 7 of the game machine 1 as described later. That is, the substrate is glass.

The transmission line 32 is formed by arranging one conducting wire so that the forward line and the backward line make one reciprocation in parallel with the folded portion 35 in the lateral direction on the substrate.
The two outgoing lines (or the returning lines) and the returning line (or the outgoing line) of the adjacent transmission line 32 are arranged so that the distance between them is equal to the distance between the outgoing line and the returning line of one transmission line 32. That is, several transmission lines 32 are arranged so that all of them are equidistant. Similarly, the reception line 33 is formed by disposing a plurality of conducting wires in the vertical direction on the substrate, that is, so as to intersect the transmission line 32. The ends of these transmission lines 32 and reception lines 33 serve as signal input / output ends.

In the above description, the transmission line 32 is arranged in the horizontal direction on the substrate, and the reception line 33 is arranged in the vertical direction.
The arrangement directions of the transmission line 32 and the reception line 33 are arbitrary.

As shown in FIG. 5, the matrix sensor 30 used in the pachinko game machine 1 is provided on the glass lid 7 of the game machine 1. The glass lid 7 provided with the matrix sensor 30 has, for example, a configuration shown in FIG.
That is, the outer glass body 38 facing the player side and the inner glass body 39 on the board surface 6a side. The inner glass body 39 is made of three pieces of glass, and a glass substrate 39a is sandwiched by surface glasses 39b and 39b from both sides.

The transmission line 32 is provided on one surface of the glass substrate 39a.
Are attached by a transparent adhesive, and the surface glass 39b is further attached from above. Similarly, the reception line 33 and the surface glass 39b are attached to the other surface of the glass substrate 39a.

As shown in FIG. 7, the input and output ends of the transmission line 32 are connected to the transmission terminal portion 32a through the lead wiring. The end portion of the reception line 33 is connected to the reception terminal portion 33a.

A connector mounting plate 36 is provided at the lower end of the glass substrate 39a, and a transmitting connector 32b and a receiving connector 33b are provided at positions corresponding to the transmitting terminal portion 32a and the receiving terminal portion 33a. The terminals of the transmission terminal portion 32a and the reception terminal portion 33a are connected to the transmission circuit and the reception circuit of the transmission / reception board 31 described below via these connectors.

The transmitter / receiver board 31 has a transmitter circuit and a receiver circuit. The transmitter circuit sequentially sends a transmission signal of a predetermined frequency to each transmitter line 32, while the receiver circuit synchronizes with the transmitter circuit. Received signals from 33 are sequentially fetched. The transmission / reception board 31 is controlled by the control board 21 of the terminal control unit 20 of the management device 10, such as designation of the order of signal transmission / reception.

The control board 21 has at least a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory for storing programs and data, and specifies to the transmission / reception board 31 the transmission line 32 and the reception line 33 to be scanned. When the received signal indicates the presence of the pachinko ball P, the transmission line 32 forming the detection unit is formed from the information of the transmission circuit in order to identify the position of the detection unit in which the signal is generated. Then, the reception line 33 forming the detection unit is specified from the information of the reception circuit. This makes it possible to detect the position of the detection unit in which the signal indicating the presence of the pachinko ball P is generated.

The information of the existing position of the pachinko ball P detected by the control board 21 is sent to the central processing unit 11 of the management device 10 and calculated as the information of the movement trajectory of each pachinko ball. The information on the movement trajectory of each pachinko ball P is sent to the storage unit 13 and accumulated.

The memory unit 12 of the management device 10 is composed of a read-only memory (ROM), in which the central processing unit unit 11 operates in accordance with the business ratio input from the operation unit via the input / output control unit 14. The winning rate of each game machine 1 is determined, and based on the movement trajectory data of the pachinko ball P accumulated in the storage unit 13, each pachinko game machine 1
A program for determining the adjustment amount of the nail with adjuster 2 to realize the winning rate determined for each is stored. The central processing unit 11 determines the adjustment amount of the nail with adjuster 2 according to the program.

Further, the memory unit 12 stores data of the amount of change of the nail 3 caused by the pachinko ball P in the game hitting the nail 3, and the state of the nail 3 is obtained based on the data. The adjustment amount of the adjuster-attached nail 2 can be determined so as to more accurately realize the winning rate determined by adding the state information of the nail 3.

The adjustment amount determined in this way is sent to the terminal control unit 20, and each drive unit 4 is moved by the predetermined adjustment amount determined for each adjusting nail 2 of each pachinko game machine 1.
Is driven to adjust the nail 3.

Next, the operation will be described.

When the game by the pachinko game machine 1 is started, the control board 21 of the terminal controller 20 sends a transmission signal to the transmission line 32 from the transmission circuit of the transmission / reception board 31. An induction current due to electromagnetic induction is generated in the reception line 33 that intersects the transmission line 32 to which a signal is transmitted. At this time, when the pachinko ball P approaches the detection unit of the matrix sensor 30, the magnetic flux generated in that part is affected. This is because the pachinko ball P is a metal.

By the approach of the pachinko ball P, the reception line 3
A change occurs in the magnitude of the induced current of No. 3. This change is received as a signal by the reception circuit of the transmission / reception board 31, and the transmission line 32 and the reception line 33 at that time are specified by the control board 21, and the detection unit, that is, the pachinko machine, at which the induced current has changed The position of the sphere P is specified.

Along with the movement of the pachinko ball P, the position where the induced current changes moves to the position of one of the above-specified upper, lower, left and right detection units, and the position is as described above. Specified.

The information on the moving positions of the individual pachinko balls P, which are obtained continuously in this way, is successively obtained from the management device 10.
Of the pachinko ball P, and is stored therein in the storage unit 13.

In this way, the information about the movement loci of the pachinko balls that are successively hit during the day's business is stored in the storage unit 13 for each pachinko game machine 1.

After the day's business in the pachinko hall is completed, the operating unit 15 inputs the business percent for the entire day via the input / output controller 14, and the central processing unit 11 of the management unit 10 stores the memory. The program stored in the section 12 is read, and the data of the movement trajectory of the pachinko ball for one day for each pachinko game machine 1 stored in the storage section 13 is read, and the divisor for each pachinko game machine 1 is read according to the program. Then, the adjustment amount of each adjusting nail 2 of each game machine 1 is determined in order to realize the winning rate according to the divisor.

The determined adjustment amount data is sent to the terminal controller 20.
Is sent to each nail 2 with an adjuster of each game machine 1 as an adjustment signal, and the drive device 4 is driven by a predetermined adjustment amount to perform the desired adjustment of the nail 3.

In this way, each nail 2 with adjuster can be accurately adjusted in accordance with the desired adjustment amount.

It should be noted that the nail portion 3 generated in the memory portion 12 by the collision of the pachinko ball P with the nail 3 during one day of business.
It is also possible to store data for calculating the change amount of the state. By adding the data to the data for determining the adjustment amount of the nail 3, more precise adjustment can be performed.

[0055]

According to the automatic nail adjusting device of the present invention, the nails are not simply adjusted based on the winning rate, but based on the movement locus data of the pachinko balls for each game machine for one day. Since the adjustment is made, the winning rate of each game machine can be accurately adjusted to a desired value, which is extremely effective for accurate business management of the hole.

Furthermore, even more precise adjustment can be performed by taking into consideration the change in the nail caused by the collision of the pachinko ball.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic nail adjusting device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a perspective view showing a nail with an adjuster used in one embodiment of the present invention, and B is a perspective view showing a modification of the one shown in A. FIG.

FIG. 3 is a schematic partial cross-sectional view showing a state where a nail with an adjuster according to an embodiment of the present invention is attached to a board surface of a pachinko game machine.

FIG. 4 is a front view of a pachinko game machine in which the present invention is implemented.

FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view showing a place for mounting a matrix sensor which constitutes an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a matrix sensor and a control board that controls the matrix sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a matrix sensor that constitutes an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a side view of a pachinko game machine in which the present invention is implemented.

[Explanation of symbols]

1… Pachinko game machine 2… Adjusting nail 3… Nail 4…
Drive device 5 ... Rotating shaft 6 ... Game board 6a ... Board surface 7 ... Glass lid 10 ... Management device 11 ... Central processing unit 12 ... Memory unit 13 ... Storage unit 14 ... Input / output control unit 30 ... Matrix sensor

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. A method for automatically adjusting a nail with an adjuster of a gaming machine, wherein a sensor mounted parallel to a board surface of the gaming machine detects a game medium moving on the board surface, and manages a detection signal. To the device, the management device calculates and stores the trajectory of the game medium from the detection signal, determines the adjustment amount of the nail with adjuster from the data of the trajectory of the game medium, A method of automatically adjusting a nail with an adjuster, comprising: driving a driving device to adjust the nail with an adjuster. 2. An automatic nail consisting of a nail with an adjuster in which a nail of a game machine is attached to a drive device, a sensor for detecting a locus of a game medium, and a management device for performing signal processing and calculation from the sensor. In the adjusting device, the nail with adjuster is one in which a nail penetrating a game board so as to change a state of the nail is connected to a driving part of the driving device attached to the back surface of the game board. , The sensor is a planar sensor having a large number of detection units, and is provided in parallel with the board surface of the gaming machine, the management device, of the game medium from the sensor attached to the gaming machine An automatic nail adjusting device, which is a device configured to adjust each of the adjusting nails of the gaming machine based on trajectory data. 3. A nail with a regulator in which a nail of a gaming machine is attached to a drive device, a sensor for detecting a position of a game medium moving on a board surface of the gaming machine during a game, control of the sensor and the sensor. Automatic nail adjustment including a terminal control unit for processing signal processing from the terminal, and a management device having a central processing unit unit for processing and calculating signals from the terminal control unit, a memory unit, a storage unit, and an input / output control unit In the device, the nail with adjuster is one in which a nail penetrating a game board so as to change the state of the nail is connected to a drive unit of the drive device attached to the back surface of the game board. The sensor is a matrix sensor having a large number of detection units and is provided on the glass lid of each gaming machine, and the terminal control unit receives a signal from the matrix sensor of each gaming machine to play a game medium. The position of Then, while sending the information to the management device, each adjustment signal for each nail with an adjuster from the management device is sent to a drive device for each nail with an adjuster, wherein the management device controls the terminal. Receiving information on the position of the game medium from the game unit, obtaining the trajectory of the game medium, storing the data in the storage unit, reading the data, and adjusting each game machine according to the program stored in the memory unit. Calculating an adjustment amount of a nail with a device and sending it as the adjustment signal to the terminal control unit, and driving the driving device of each of the adjuster nails according to the adjustment signal to adjust the nail. An automatic nail adjusting device characterized by being a configured device. 4. The management device has, as data, a change amount of a nail caused by a game medium hitting the nail in the memory section, and the data of the change amount of the nail is added to data for determining an adjustment amount of the nail. The automatic nail adjusting apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the automatic nail adjusting apparatus is an apparatus configured to adjust each nail with the adjuster. 5. The management device reads in a new operating bill for the entire hall, which is input via the input / output control unit, determines the divisor for each gaming machine according to the divisor, and realizes the divisor. The automatic nail adjusting device according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the adjusting amount of each nail is determined so as to adjust the adjusting nail of each gaming machine. 6. The automatic nail adjusting device according to claim 2, wherein the adjusting nail is a nail having a curved portion. 7. The automatic nail adjusting device according to claim 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6, wherein the driving device is a stepping motor. 8. The automatic nail adjusting device according to claim 7, wherein the nail with the adjuster has a configuration in which the nail is eccentric from the center of the rotating shaft of the stepping motor and is connected to the rotating shaft.