JPH09727A - Pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To suppress the irregular game of a pachinko machine. CONSTITUTION: The number of pachinko balls whose arrival to a game panel 10 is detected by a shooting number detecting means (36, 40 and 42) in a reference period is compared with the reference number of shooting balls allowed to be continuously shot from a shooting device, and when a comparison value is out of the range of criterion, the shooting device is stopped for a prescribed time, or an alarm is displayed and an alarm signal is outputted, thereby the irregular game is suppressed from being intentionally executed.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko machine capable of suppressing a variable speed game in which a pachinko ball is launched only when it meets a required timing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a pachinko machine drives an electric launching device to continuously drive a pachinko ball into a game board at regular intervals and put the pachinko ball into a starting opening to win a big hit of an electric accessory or to win a winning prize. It is usual that a game is played by repeating operations such as winning a prize ball or collecting when a prize ball enters the out mouth.

Further, in recent pachinko machines, the symbol of the symbol display device is rotated by winning a prize in the starting opening, and when the symbol stops at a specific symbol, it becomes a big hit and the large winning hole is opened, and a large number of pachinko balls are placed here. Has won, and many prize balls have been paid out. For this reason, the player efficiently aims at the big hit.

In the conventional pachinko machine, when a pachinko ball wins the starting opening, it is determined whether or not it is a big hit, using a random number using a counter. That is,
A counter that counts a number between a predetermined upper limit value and a lower limit value is operated endlessly. Then, the value of the counter is read at the timing when the pachinko ball enters the starting opening, and if this value matches the predetermined jackpot value, it is determined to be a hit, otherwise it is determined to be out. It was When the counter is used in this way, the timing at which the pachinko ball wins the starting opening is random, so the count value of the counter functions as a random number. However, since the counter is used, the jackpot winning timing appears periodically.

Therefore, among the players, there have appeared players who aim at the big hit efficiently by firing a pachinko ball at the timing when the counter is counting the number of big hits. This player uses a so-called sensation machine that generates a signal at the same cycle as the counter. As a result, when the big hit occurs, the starting point of the signal generation cycle of the sensation machine is aligned with the time when the pachinko sphere enters the starting opening, and one or a few pachinko spheres are emitted in response to the signal of the sensation machine. It is an irregular game such as a so-called single shot that is launched from the game board.

[0006]

When an irregular game is played on a pachinko machine as described above, a pachinko ball is fired only near the time when a big hit is likely to occur.
Since a pachinko ball is not fired at a time when a big hit is relatively unlikely to occur, it is possible to efficiently generate a big hit and obtain a prize ball with a small number of shot balls. In other words, compared to the case of playing a regular game that continuously shoots pachinko balls to generate a big hit, a player who plays an irregular game of shooting pachinko balls only when there is a possibility of a big hit. But the number of balls (the ratio of the number of balls finally acquired by the player to the number of balls purchased by the player) has risen extremely, and by playing irregular games, a large number of excessive prize balls have been won. To be done.

Therefore, when an irregular game is played,
There is a risk that the player's euphoria will be agitated by the people, and they will fall outside the scope of sound games. Also, the operating time during which the pachinko balls are launched on the game board is reduced, the balance between the pachinko balls collected during the game and the prize balls to be paid out is lost, and the game cannot be established. In view of the above facts, the present invention has an object to newly provide a pachinko machine capable of suppressing an irregular game such as a so-called single shot game from being executed as intended.

[0008]

In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 is a launching device for launching a pachinko ball onto a game board and stopping the launching of the pachinko ball in response to the launching and stopping operations. Board surface arrival detection means for detecting whether or not the pachinko ball fired by the launching device has actually arrived on the game board, and the pachinko ball does not reach the game board by the board surface arrival detection means. And a control device for controlling the firing operation of the firing device so as to stop or warn for a predetermined time when the period detected to have exceeded the predetermined period of the determination standard is included.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the invention of the first aspect further comprises a launcher operating state detecting means for detecting whether or not the launching device is performing a launch operation, and the control device is provided. When the launcher operating state detection means detects that it is operating, and the board surface arrival detection means detects that the pachinko ball has not reached the game board exceeds a predetermined period of a determination reference, The launching operation of the launching device is controlled to be stopped or warned for a predetermined time.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a launching device for launching a pachinko ball onto the game board and stopping the launch according to a launching and stopping operation, and a launch ball supply for detecting the pachinko ball supplied to the launching device. A detecting means, a foul ball detecting means for detecting that the pachinko ball fired by the launching device has become a foul ball that does not reach the game board, and a first predetermined number of judgment criteria by the firing ball supply detecting means. While the supply of pachinko balls is detected, if the number of foul balls is equal to or more than the second predetermined number of the determination criteria set based on the first predetermined number during normal operation by the foul ball counting means, And a control device for controlling the firing operation of the firing device to stop or warn for a predetermined time.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, a launching device for launching and stopping the pachinko ball on the game board in response to the launching and stopping operations, and a launch ball supply for detecting the pachinko ball supplied to the launching device. Within the reference period during which the detection means and the first predetermined number of determination reference firing operations are possible, the second predetermined number of determination criteria set by the firing ball supply detection means to the first predetermined number based on normal operation. When the supply of the pachinko ball is not detected, the control device controls the firing operation of the firing device to stop or warn for a predetermined time.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the invention of the fourth aspect further includes a launcher operating state detecting means for detecting whether or not the launching device is performing a launch operation, and the control device includes: During the reference period when the launching device operating state detecting means detects that the launching device is in operation, and the launching operation of the first predetermined number of judgment criteria is possible, the launch ball supply detecting means sets the first predetermined number to the normal operation time. When the supply of the pachinko balls of the second predetermined number or more based on the determination criteria set based on the above is not detected, the firing operation of the launch device is controlled to stop or warn for a predetermined time.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a launching device configured to be capable of launching a pachinko ball onto a game board, and the pachinko ball launched by the launching device onto the game board within a reference period of a determination standard. The number-of-fires detecting means for detecting the number of arrivals, the number of fires detected by the number-of-fires detecting means within the reference period, and the number of reference fires of the determination reference capable of being fired by the launching device within the reference period. In comparison, if the comparison value is detected to be an abnormal state by the abnormal state detecting means for detecting whether or not this comparative value is an abnormal state outside the range of a predetermined judgment criterion, And a control device for controlling the firing operation of the firing device to stop or warn for a predetermined time.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the sixth aspect of the invention, an off operation counter for counting the number of times of stop by the off operation for stopping the firing of the pachinko ball, and the off operation counted for each of the reference periods. The ball clogging abnormality counter that counts the number of times that the number of stoppages due to is less than or equal to a first reference value set as a determination reference, and the number of stoppages due to the off operation that is counted for each of the reference periods
At least one of the abnormal operation counters for counting the number of times when the abnormal state is larger than the reference value, the control means detects that the abnormal state is in the abnormal state. If the count value of the ball clogging abnormality counter is equal to or greater than the second reference value set as the determination reference, or if the count value of the abnormal operation counter is equal to or greater than the third reference value set as the determination reference. If it is, the launching operation of the launching device is controlled to stop or warn for a predetermined time.

According to the invention of claim 8, in the invention of claim 7, the number of shots detected by the number-of-shots detecting means within the reference period is 0.
In the case of, the non-operation counter that counts the number of times the number of stops by the off operation counted for each of the reference periods is equal to or greater than the fourth reference value set as the determination reference, and the count value of the no-operation counter is And a clearing means for clearing the non-operation counter and the ball clogging abnormal operation counter or the count value of the abnormal operation counter when the value is equal to or more than a fifth reference value set as a determination reference. It was done.

The invention of claim 9 relates to claims 1 to 8.
The control device according to any one of the items 1 to 5 further includes a selection device that selects whether to perform a control for stopping a firing operation of the firing device for a predetermined time or a warning.

The invention of claim 10 is characterized in that, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 9, the value set as the criterion is changed based on an input signal. .

The invention of claim 11 is characterized in that, in the invention of any one of claims 1 to 9, the value set as the criterion is randomly changed within a predetermined range.

[0019]

In the invention of claim 1 of the present invention, when the period during which the board surface arrival detecting means detects that the pachinko ball has not reached the game board continues for a predetermined period of the determination standard, an irregular game is played. The control device controls the launching operation of the launching device to be stopped or warn for a predetermined time, assuming that the launching device has been released.
As for the warning, the warning may be issued by lighting a lamp, displaying a sound or the like, or a warning signal may be output to the hall computer.

Further, the firing stop control or the warning of the invention of claim 1 may be performed only while the firing apparatus is in operation.

Therefore, in the invention of claim 2, at the same time when the launcher operating state detecting means detects that the pachinko ball launching device is operating to launch the pachinko ball,
If the period when the board arrival detection means detects that the pachinko ball has not arrived on the game board continues for the predetermined period of the judgment criteria, it is considered that an irregular game is being played and the control device launches the launching device. The operation is controlled to stop or warn for a predetermined time.

According to the third aspect of the invention, when it is detected by the launch ball supply detecting means that the first predetermined number of pachinko balls have been supplied to the launching device, the foul ball detecting means detects a foul ball for a normal launch ball. When the number of foul balls that exceeds the second predetermined number of determination criteria equal to or higher than the rate of occurrence is detected as an irregular game, the control device controls to stop or warn for a predetermined time for the firing operation of the launch device.

In a fourth aspect of the present invention, within the reference period in which the first predetermined number of launch operations is possible, the launch ball supply detecting means sets the launch device to the first predetermined number based on the normal operation. When the supply of pachinko balls of a predetermined number or more is not detected, it is regarded as an irregular game, and the control device controls the launching operation of the launching device to stop or warn for a predetermined time. The second predetermined number is set to, for example, a number equal to or less than the number estimated to be the normal number of shots obtained by subtracting the probability of hitting a normal pachinko ball from the first predetermined number.

Further, the firing stop control and the warning of the invention of claim 4 may be performed only while the firing apparatus is in operation.

Therefore, in the invention of claim 5, it is detected by the launcher operating state detecting means that the launching device is in operation, and
Within the reference period in which a predetermined number of launch operations are possible, when the launch ball supply detection unit does not detect the supply of the second predetermined number or more of the pachinko balls set to the first predetermined number with reference to the normal operation time. Is regarded as an irregular game, and the control device controls the launching operation of the launching device to stop or warn for a predetermined time.

In the invention of claim 6, the abnormal state detecting means detects the number of the pachinko balls that the pachinko ball launching device has reached the game board by the number-of-launches detecting means within the reference period of the determination standard. And, the launch device compares the maximum number of shots that can be launched within this reference period, and if this comparison value is out of the range of the judgment standard, it is regarded as an abnormal state that is likely to be an irregular game. To detect. When an abnormal state is detected, the control device controls the firing operation of the firing device to stop or warn for a predetermined time. As the reference period, a predetermined reference time or a predetermined reference number of shots can be adopted.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the number of shots of a pachinko ball is compared with the reference number of shots that the launcher can fire to the maximum within this reference period, and when this comparison value is out of the range of the judgment standard, Detect as an abnormal condition. Then, in the case where this abnormal state is detected, the following operation is executed in order to more accurately detect whether or not the irregular game is being performed. That is, the off-operation counter counts the number of stops due to the off operation for each reference period. Next, the ball clogging abnormality counter counts the number of times the number of stoppages due to the off operation counted for each reference period by the off operation counter becomes equal to or less than the first reference value set as the determination reference. Alternatively, the abnormal operation counter counts the number of times the number of stops due to the off operation counted for each reference period becomes larger than the first reference value. Then, when the abnormal state is detected, the control device determines whether the count value of the ball clogging abnormality counter is equal to or more than the second reference value set as the determination reference, or the count value of the abnormal operation counter is the determination reference. When it is equal to or more than the set third reference value, the firing operation of the firing device is controlled to stop or warn for a predetermined time.

According to the present invention, when the number of shots detected by the shot number detection means within the reference period by the no-operation counter is 0, the number of stoppages due to the off operation counted for each reference period is used as the criterion. The number of times that is not less than the set fourth reference value is counted. Then, when the count value of the no-operation counter is equal to or larger than the fifth reference value set as the determination reference, the clearing means sets the count value of the no-operation counter and the ball clogging abnormal operation counter or the abnormal operation counter. clear.

According to a ninth aspect of the invention, in the inventions of the first to eighth aspects, whether or not the control device of each of the above inventions executes control or warning for stopping the firing operation of the firing device for a predetermined time by the selection device. Can be selected.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the first to ninth aspects of the invention, the value set as the determination reference is changed based on the input signal.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the first to ninth aspects of the invention, the value set as the criterion is randomly changed within a predetermined range.

[0032]

【Example】

(First Embodiment) An embodiment of the pachinko machine of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The pachinko machine of the first embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, shows the entire structure of the game board 1 in the front frame of the game machine main body.
0 is arranged. A symbol display device 12 is arranged in the upper center of the game board 10, a starting opening 14 is arranged below it, and a special winning opening 16 is arranged below it. Also, on the game board 10, a normal winning hole 18, a windmill 20
And the outlet 22 and the like are arranged.

Further, as shown in the drawing, the game board 10 is provided with an inner band 24 and an outer band 26 which surround the game board 10 in a circular shape and which constitutes a passage for a pachinko ball fired by a shooting device. There is. A return ball prevention member 28 is provided at the outlet end of the inner band 24.

A ball waiting gutter 30 is arranged below the game board 10 of the main body of the pachinko machine, and below that, a prize ball receiving tray 32 and a ball hitting handle 34 of the pachinko ball launching device are arranged.

In the pachinko machine of the first embodiment, as the detecting means for control, the return ball prevention member 28 portion of the game board 10 is composed of a photo interrupter for detecting passage of the pachinko ball. A board arrival detection device 36, which is one board arrival detection means, is arranged. Also, the inner band 24 and the outer band 2 of the game board in the launch path of the pachinko ball launching device provided in the main body of the pachinko machine.
6 is provided with a downward facing foul ball passage portion 38, and the foul ball passage portion 38 is a foul detecting means constituted by a foul detecting means including a photo interrupter. The detection device 40 is attached.

From the ball striking standby gutter 30 of the pachinko machine to the ball feeder for supplying the pachinko ball to the pachinko ball launching device, a launch ball composed of a photo interrupter adapted to detect the pachinko ball fed. A launch ball supply detecting device 42, which is a supply detecting means, is installed.

Further, in the hitting ball handle 34 portion, a touch input detecting device 4 for detecting whether or not a person is touching the hitting ball handle 34 as a launcher operating state detecting means.
4 and a stop input detecting device 46 for detecting whether or not the stop button is being pressed. As this means, a means for detecting a signal such as a magnetic signal or a sound generated during the operation of a conventionally used launching device may be substituted.

The board surface detection device 36, the foul detection device 40, the launch ball supply detection device 42, the touch input detection device 44, and the stop input detection device 46 described above are not limited to the above-described configurations, but are optical. Needless to say, various sensors using electrical or physical properties can be used.

Further, as the board arrival detection device 36, as shown in FIG.
Alternatively, a leaf switch 48 as illustrated in FIG. 3 may be used. The leaf switch 48 is arranged adjacent to the return ball prevention member 28 of the game board 10. Then, when the pachinko ball that has passed through the passage between the inner band 24 and the outer band 26 of the game board 10 spreads the return ball prevention member 28 and jumps out on the game board, the spread return ball prevention member is spread. 28, the leaf switch 48 is bent in a closed state as shown in FIG. 3 and is energized, and the pachinko ball is moved to the game board 10.
After jumping up, it returns to the open state shown in FIG. 2 by its own elastic force. Therefore, the generation of a signal when the leaf switch 48 is energized in the closed state detects that the pachinko ball has been launched onto the game board 10.

Next, the configuration of the main part of the control device in the pachinko machine of the first embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The microcomputer (CPU, R) of this control device
A touch switch 62 for detecting that a human body touches the hitting ball handle 34 is connected as a touch input detecting means 44 to the touch switch 62 and the microcomputer 60. Of the switch 62, and the microcomputer 60 side of the switch 62 is pulled up to a power source via a resistor 64.

Further, a stop switch 66 for detecting a firing stop operation of a firing stop button is connected to the microcomputer 60 as a stop input detection device 46,
The stop switch 66 and the microcomputer 60
Are electrically connected, and the stop switch 66 on the side of the microcomputer 60 is pulled up to a power source via a resistor 64. Note that each of the touch switch 62 and the stop switch 66 is configured so that the terminal input state is H (high) when the switches are in the open state, but it may be configured to have an inverse logic.

The microcomputer 60 is connected with a board surface arrival detection device 36 as a board surface arrival detection means which is a number of shots detection means, a launch ball supply detection device 42, and a foul ball detection device 40, which are described above. As described above, for example, it is composed of a photo interrupter.

That is, each photo interrupter is composed of a photo transistor 68 and a light emitting diode 70, and the collector of the photo transistor 68 is connected to the microcomputer 60. The collector of the phototransistor 68 and the microcomputer 60 are electrically connected, and the collector is pulled up to the power source via the resistor 64. Then, in a normal state in which the light from the light emitting diode 70 forming the photo interrupter hits the phototransistor 68, a signal L is input to the microcomputer 60, and a pachinko ball passes between the photointerrupters to cause the phototransistor 68. When the light hitting 68 is blocked, the H signal is input to the microcomputer 60.

Further, the microcomputer 60 is connected with a transistor 80 for turning on and off the pachinko ball launching device, and the launching solenoid 8 is connected to this transistor 80.
2 is connected to the firing solenoid 82, and a solenoid power supply circuit 84 is connected to the firing solenoid 82. When an H-level firing signal from the microcomputer 60 is input to the base of the transistor 80, the transistor 80 is turned on and the firing solenoid 82 is excited by being supplied with power from the solenoid power supply circuit 84 to fire a pachinko ball. To execute. At this time, the solenoid power supply circuit 84 supplies the amount of electric power corresponding to the firing intensity setting adjusted by the player by operating the hit ball handle 34 to the firing solenoid 82, and launches the pachinko ball at the adjusted corresponding firing speed.

A firing prohibition operation selection switch 85 is connected to the microcomputer 60. This selection switch 85 turns on the selection switch 85 when the pachinko machine administrator wants to prohibit firing when an irregular game is played. If it is desired not to prohibit the firing in consideration of the occurrence of trouble with the player or the like, the selection switch 85 is turned off.

Further, transistors 86, 90 are provided at the output end of the microcomputer 60 for performing the firing prohibition display output.
Are connected in parallel, a warning display light emitting diode 88 is connected to one transistor 86, and a relay switch 92 connected to a hall computer of a pachinko hall is connected to the other transistor 90. When one of the transistors 86 is turned on by the output of the microcomputer 60, the light emitting diode 88 is energized to display light, and at the same time, the other transistor 90 is turned on.
When is turned on, the relay switch 92 is closed and a warning signal is input to the hall computer. When this irregular game is executed, by the warning display selection switch 87,
It is possible to select whether or not to display a warning and to select whether or not to input the warning signal to the hall computer by the warning signal selection switch. The warning display selection switch 87 and the warning signal selection switch 89 may be combined into one switch so that the warning display and the presence / absence of the warning signal input can be simultaneously performed by opening / closing this switch.

In this way, if the hall computer that is connected to all the pachinko machines of the pachinko hall and manages the operating state of each pachinko machine also inputs the warning signal of the irregular game, the actual condition of the irregular game is centrally managed. Moreover, since it is possible to selectively execute whether or not the firing prohibition process is performed by the ON / OFF operation of the selection switch 85, it is possible to take a countermeasure according to the business policy of each pachinko parlor.

Further, two switches 96 and 98 are connected to the microcomputer 60 as an input device 94 which is a judgment information input means, and these switches 96 and 98 and the microcomputer 60 are electrically connected. Also, a resistor 64 is provided on the microcomputer 60 side.
Is pulled up to the power source through the switch, and the terminal input state is H when each switch is open. In addition, you may comprise by reverse logic.

In the first embodiment, these two switches 9
6 and 98 are used to input four kinds of combination signals, and numerical values of four kinds of judgment criteria are specified as shown in Table 1 below by using these four kinds of combination signals.

[0051]

[Table 1] That is, the numerical value of the judgment number M ₁ as the judgment reference is stored in advance in the ROM of the microcomputer, and for example, the signal of the first switch 96 (setting input 1) being H and the second switch 98 being L is Computer 6
When 0 is input, the microcomputer 60 reads the value of the corresponding determination number M ₁ five times from the ROM. Further, in the state of the input device 94 shown in FIG.
Since both the switches 96 and 98 are open and the H signal is input to the CPU, the determination number 8 in Table 1 is stored in the RAM of the CPU.

In Table 1, the setting input 1 is the signal input by the switch 96, and the setting input 2 is the signal input by the switch 98. In addition, in this specification, the term “determination criterion” refers to all values relating to determination such as the number of determinations, the number of determinations, and the determination ratio. Alternatively, for example, instead of the determination number, the determination ratio (%) of the determination number with respect to the reference number may be stored in the ROM, and the determination number may be calculated after the determination ratio is read. In any case, the expression of the judgment reference value stored in the ROM can be arbitrarily changed.

In the case of specifically determining such a judgment standard, for example, when a normal game is played on a pachinko machine, a foul occurs, or the storage memory of the accessory becomes memory full and hits a stop. The decision is made in consideration of the probability that the pachinko ball does not reach the game board surface due to playing etc.

Next, the control operation of the pachinko machine of the first embodiment constructed as described above will be explained.

The flowchart of FIG. 5 is an interrupt routine corresponding to the main routine for controlling the game operation of the pachinko machine of the first embodiment, and is for repeatedly performing the processing operation at a constant cycle. This interrupt routine is
Each process is started in a time-division manner by being activated by a periodically generated interrupt signal (which may be one that uses a timer or the like that is generally mounted on a one-chip CPU or one that is created by an external device). .

In this interrupt routine, first, at step 100, it is judged whether or not the power is turned on by checking whether or not specific data is written in a specific area of the RAM. When it is determined that it is the time of insertion, the process proceeds to step 101, where after initialization processing is executed, it waits until the start of the next interrupt processing. If it is determined in step 100 that the power is not being turned on, the process proceeds to step 102 and the timer random number updating process is performed. That is, each time interrupt processing is executed,
The count value of the counter that automatically counts the number is checked, and when the count value exceeds a predetermined upper limit value, the count value of the counter is updated to 0. This causes the counter to repeatedly count a number from 0 to a predetermined upper limit value.

Next, in step 103, the process of the firing related timer set related to the pachinko ball launching device is executed, and the process proceeds to step 104. At step 104, abnormal firing detection processing is performed to determine whether or not the player is playing an illegal game such as a single shot, and the process proceeds to step 106.
In step 106, when abnormal firing is detected, control such as firing prohibition at the time of firing start operation is executed, and the process stands by until the start of the next interrupt process. Note that the interrupt cycle time is set to be sufficiently longer than the processing time from the start of this interrupt processing to the completion of the firing control processing of step 106, and the next interrupt processing is started during execution of this interrupt processing. I am trying not to

Next, the details of the process of setting the firing-related timer in step 102 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 108,
Whether or not the player is touching the ball hitting handle 34 of the pachinko machine is detected by the touch input detecting means 44, and when it is determined that the player is touching the ball hitting handle 34, the process proceeds to step 110, otherwise. In that case, the process proceeds to step 114.

In step 110, the stop input detecting means 46 detects whether or not the player has operated the stop button provided near the hitting ball handle 34 to stop the pachinko ball firing, and the firing is stopped. If it is determined that the firing is stopped, the process proceeds to step 112. If it is determined that the firing is stopped, the process proceeds to step 114.

At step 112, the handle ON timer is added and the handle OFF timer is cleared.
To return.

In step 114, conversely, the handle ON timer is cleared, the handle OFF timer is added, and the process returns.

Next, the flowchart of FIG. 7 showing the abnormal emission detection processing in step 104 described above will be explained. In the flowchart of FIG. 7, first, step 1
At 28, it is determined whether the firing base timer is 0 or not. The launch base timer is for determining the periodic timing at which the launch device launches a pachinko ball, and is composed of, for example, a counter that counts from 0 to a predetermined upper limit value. Therefore, if the value of the firing base timer is 0,
It means that the counter has made a sequence, and that it is not 0 means that the counter is counting a number other than 0.

If it is determined that the firing base timer has reached 0, the routine proceeds to step 130, where the no-fire counter is incremented by 1, and the routine proceeds to step 131. If it is determined in step 128 that the firing base timer is not 0, the process immediately proceeds to step 131.

At step 131, the number of judgments M ₁ which is the judgment reference of the no-fire counter is set, and the routine proceeds to the next step 132. This determination count M ₁ is, as described above,
The four combinations of signals from the two switches 96 and 98 are set as in the example of Table 1 above.

In step 132, it is determined whether the arrival input is ON. That is, when it is detected that the pachinko ball has passed through the board surface arrival detection means 36 provided on the game board 10, the arrival input is turned ON. When the arrival input is determined to be ON in step 132, the process proceeds to step 136, and when there is no arrival input, the process proceeds to step 134.

In step 134, it is determined whether the steering wheel OFF timer is equal to or greater than a certain value or less than the certain value. If the handle OFF timer is above a certain value, the pachinko ball firing is stopped for a long time, the game is interrupted, or the pachinko machine is not in use, that is, the launch device is inactive. Since it is determined that step 136
Proceed to. If the handle-OFF timer is less than the fixed value, it is possible that an irregular game such as a single shot is being played, so the process proceeds to step 138.

At step 136, a pachinko ball is hit in the game board surface, or the game is not being played, and it is not considered that the game is irregular. Therefore, the process of clearing the no-fire counter is executed, and step 138 is executed. Proceed to.

In step 138, it is judged whether or not the no-fire counter is the judgment number M ₁ (for example, 5 times), and if it is not the judgment number M ₁ , the process returns. The judgment number M ₁ may be set for each model, or the judgment criterion may be changed within a predetermined range every time (for example, 4).
~ 8 times). If the number of judgments is M ₁ , the non-fired state continues for a certain period of time, so it is considered that an irregular game such as a single shot is being performed, so the routine proceeds to step 142.

In step 142, the firing prohibition timer is set to a predetermined time and the process returns. The set time of the firing prohibition timer may be a predetermined fixed time or a random time set each time. At this time, step 102 is performed to set the random time.
Appropriately process the timer random number generated by
2500 + timer random number (0 to 255) × 40) and timer value (timer value × interruption cycle = timer time).

When the firing prohibition timer is set for a fixed time or a random time, the firing prohibition control shown in the flowchart of FIG. 11 is performed as described later. And when the firing prohibition timer is set for a certain time,
Pachinko balls are not fired for a certain period of time after the player operates the firing device. Further, when the firing prohibition timer is set at random time, the pachinko ball is not fired at random time each time after the player performs the firing operation of the firing device. If the random time firing prohibition is performed in this way, it becomes difficult for the player to perform the firing operation of the launching device as early as the firing prohibition time, and it is difficult to fire at the timing when the hit is likely to occur. You can suppress the game.

Next, the details of the firing control process in step 106 of FIG. 5 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. First, in step 184, the firing base timer is incremented by 1, and the process proceeds to step 185 to determine whether or not the firing base timer is equal to or greater than a predetermined value (this value will be described below as 302, for example). Then, the process proceeds to step 186 to clear the firing base timer, and if it is less than 302, the process immediately proceeds to step 187. By these steps 184, 185, and 186, the firing base timer is repeatedly added in a cycle of 0 to 301, so that an operation cycle in which the firing apparatus repeats the operation of firing a pachinko ball is set. In the next step 187, it is determined whether or not the firing prohibition timer is 0. If it is not 0, the process proceeds to step 188, and if it is 0, step 19
Proceed to 2. If the firing prohibition timer is not 0, it means that the firing prohibition is being performed. Therefore, the firing prohibition timer is decremented by 1 in step 188 in order to count the firing prohibition time. Then, the firing prohibition display output is turned on to display that the firing is forcibly stopped, the non-firing counter is cleared, and the process proceeds to the next step 198.

If the firing prohibition timer is 0 in step 187, it means that the firing prohibition process has not been performed. Therefore, the process proceeds to step 192 and the firing prohibition display output is turned off.
Then, the process proceeds to the next step 194.

In step 194, it is determined whether or not the handle ON timer is 0. If it is 0, it means that the ball hitting handle 34 has not been operated for firing or there is a stop input. When the handle ON timer is not 0, it is determined that the pachinko ball should be fired, and the process proceeds to step 196.

In step 196, it is judged whether or not the value of the firing base timer is less than a predetermined value (for example, 10). If it is 10 or more, it is not the firing timing, so the process proceeds to step 198 and the firing device is fired. A process for turning off the firing output for causing the execution is executed and the process returns. Also,
If the firing base timer is less than 10, it is the timing when the pachinko ball can be fired between 0 and 301 of the firing base timer, so the process proceeds to step 199 and the output for turning on the firing output from the microcomputer 60 to the firing device. And then return.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The second embodiment is intended to detect an irregular game by the count value of the foul ball detected until the launch ball input count supplied to the launch device reaches a predetermined number.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 8, first, in step 143, the number M ₂ of shot ball input counts and the number M ₃ of foul ball input counts, which are the determination criteria in the second embodiment, are set. Then, the process proceeds to the next step 144. The number of these judgments is set as shown in the following Table 2 by the four kinds of combination signals of the two switches 96 and 98 as in the first embodiment.

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[Table 2] In step 144, it is determined whether the foul input has changed from OFF to ON. That is, the foul detecting means 40
It is detected whether or not the pachinko ball has passed through. If it is determined that the foul input is detected, the routine proceeds to step 146, where the foul input count is incremented by 1, and the routine proceeds to step 148. With this, the number of foul balls is detected. If there is no foul input in step 144, the process proceeds to step 148.

At step 148, the launch ball input is turned off.
To determine if it has been turned on. That is, it is detected that the pachinko ball has passed through the launch ball supply detecting means 42. If it is determined that the launch ball supply is detected, it means that the pachinko ball is being launched from the launch device, so the process proceeds to step 150, the launch ball input count value is incremented by 1, and step 152 is performed. Proceed to. If it is determined in step 148 that there is no input of a launch ball, the process proceeds to step 152.

In step 152, it is judged whether or not the launch ball input count value is equal to the judgment number M _2, and if it is judged that it is not equal to M ₂ , it returns, and if it is judged that it is equal. , Go to step 154.

At step 154, it is judged whether the foul input count value is equal to or larger than the judgment number M ₃ or smaller than M ₃ , and M ₃ is judged.
In the above case, the process proceeds to step 156, and when it is less than M ₃ , the process proceeds to step 158. That is, step 152
By the combination of the judgment of step 154 and the step 154, depending on the ratio of the number of foul balls generated to the number of balls that fired the pachinko ball, the pachinko ball is driven onto the game board surface only when the probability of occurrence of hit is high, When there is no possibility, it is determined whether or not an irregular game in which the shot pachinko ball is collected so that it becomes a foul. For example, while hitting a pachinko ball M ₂ = 30,
If there are M ₃ = 15 or more foul balls, it is determined that an irregular game is being played.

Therefore, as described above, step 154
When it is determined that the foul input count value is equal to or larger than the determination number M ₃ , it is considered that the game is in an irregular game state, so in step 156, the firing prohibition timer is set to a predetermined time. The set time of the firing prohibition timer may be a predetermined fixed time or a random time set each time.

If it is determined in step 154 that the foul input count value is less than the determination number M ₃ , it is considered to be a normal game state. Therefore, in step 158, the foul input count value is cleared and the firing ball is further launched. Clear the input count value and return.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the irregular game in which the pachinko ball is fired only at the timing at which a hit is likely to occur by reducing the pachinko ball launching force of the launcher to generate fouls. Can be detected. The configuration, operation, and effect of the second embodiment other than those described above are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

(Third Embodiment) Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The third embodiment is intended to detect an abnormal launch when the input count of the pachinko balls supplied to the launcher within the reference period is less than or equal to the determined number. The reference period includes the reference time and the reference number of times.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 9, in step 160, it is judged whether or not the firing prohibit timer is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to the next step 161, and if it is not 0, the process returns. That is, only when the firing prohibit timer is not set, the abnormal firing detection process is executed to prevent the timer from being set again.

In step 161, it is determined whether the firing base timer is 0 or not. The launch base timer is for determining the periodic timing at which the launcher launches a pachinko ball, and for example 0 to a predetermined upper limit value (eg 301).
Are repeatedly counted (step 184 to be described later).
Step 186) Consists of a counter.

If it is determined that the firing base timer has reached 0, the routine proceeds to step 162, the firing counter is incremented by 1, and the routine proceeds to step 163. If it is determined in step 161 that the firing base timer is not 0, the process immediately proceeds to step 163.

In step 163, the reference number setting device 9
In step 4, the preset number of times (which may be the reference time) M ₄ and the determination number M ₅ are read from the RAM and the determination reference is set, and the process proceeds to step 164. The reference number and the number of judgments are set as shown in Table 3 below by the four kinds of combination signals of the two switches 96 and 98 as in the above-described embodiments.

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[Table 3] From Table 3, for example, when a signal in which the first switch 96 (setting input 1) is H and the second switch 98 is L is input to the microcomputer 60, the microcomputer 60 outputs the corresponding reference number M from the ROM. The values of 20 times ₄ and 15 times of the determination number M ₅ are read out. When the reference number is converted into the reference time (second), for example, if the reference number is 50 times, the determination time is 50 times × 604.
msec≈30 seconds, the number of judgments becomes 40, and these numerical values are read from the ROM and stored in the RAM.
It is read out in the later judgment process and used as a judgment material.

At the next step 164, the handle is turned off.
It is determined whether the timer has exceeded a predetermined value T. When the handle OFF timer exceeds the predetermined value T, the time during which the pachinko ball firing is stopped is sufficiently long, the game is interrupted, or the pachinko machine is not in use,
That is, since it is determined that the launch device is inactive,
Proceed to step 165 to clear the firing counter and proceed to step 166. If the handle OFF timer is equal to or less than the predetermined value T, irregular game such as single shot may be played, and therefore the process proceeds to step 166.

At step 166, the launch ball supply input is O.
It is determined whether FF has changed to ON. That is, it is determined whether or not the pachinko ball has passed through the launch ball supply detection device 42. When it is determined in step 166 that the launch ball supply input has changed from OFF to ON, the process proceeds to step 167, and the launch ball input count is incremented by 1,
Go to step 168.

If it is determined in step 166 that the launch ball supply input has not changed from OFF to ON, the process immediately proceeds to step 168.

In step 168, it is judged whether or not the count value of the firing counter has reached the reference number (= M ₄ ) set in step 163, and if it has not reached the reference number M ₄ , return is made. If so, step 1
Go to 69.

In step 169, it is determined whether or not the launch ball input count value exceeds the determination number (= M ₅ ) set in step 163. If the determination number is less than or equal to M ₅ , go to step 170. The value of the advance prohibition timer is set and the process proceeds to step 171. The value of the firing prohibition timer may be a constant value or a random value. In addition, when the launch ball input count value exceeds the determination number in step 169, the process immediately proceeds to step 171.

That is, by the combination of the judgments of step 168 and step 169 described above, the number of times the pachinko ball is fired is the number of times the pachinko ball is fired, which is the number of times the firing device has performed the operation of firing the pachinko ball. Depending on the ratio of the ball input count value, the player waits for a pachinko ball only when there is a high probability of hitting.
When there is no possibility of hitting, it is judged whether or not there is an irregular game in which the launcher is left blank. is there. Therefore, if the number of shots of the pachinko ball supplied to the launcher is equal to or less than the determination number M ₅ even though the launcher has performed the reference number of times M ₄ times, the irregular game is being played. Because it is thought that it is step 1
If not, it proceeds to step 171 because it is considered that a normal game is being played.

As described above, according to the third embodiment, it is possible to detect an irregular game in which a pachinko ball is supplied to the launching device through the hitting ball standby gutter at a timing at which a hit is likely to occur and the launching device is launched. The configuration of the third embodiment other than that described above,
The operation and effect are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

(Fourth Embodiment) Next, a fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the third embodiment, the abnormal launch is detected based on the comparison between the launch ball input count of the pachinko balls supplied to the launch device and the determined number. However, the pachinko ball supplied to the launch device does not always reach the game board 10. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, the abnormal launch is detected based on the comparison between the number of pachinko balls that have actually reached the game board 10 and the determined number.

As shown in the flowchart of FIG. 10, in step 172, it is judged whether or not the firing prohibit timer is 0,
If it is, the process proceeds to the next step 173, and if it is not 0, the process returns. That is, only when the firing prohibit timer is not set, the abnormal firing detection process is executed to prevent the timer from being set again.

At step 173, it is determined whether the firing base timer is 0 or not. The launch base timer is for determining the periodic timing at which the launcher launches a pachinko ball, and for example 0 to a predetermined upper limit value (eg 301).
Are repeatedly counted (step 184 to be described later).
Step 186) Consists of a counter.

If it is determined that the firing base timer has reached 0, the routine proceeds to step 174, the firing counter is incremented by 1, and the routine proceeds to step 175. When it is determined in step 173 that the firing base timer is not 0, the process immediately proceeds to step 175.

At step 175, the reference number setting device 9
In step 4, the preset number of times (which may be the reference time) M ₆ and the determination number M ₇ are read from the RAM and the determination standard is set, and the process proceeds to step 176. The reference number and the number of judgments are set as shown in Table 4 below by the four kinds of combination signals of the two switches 96 and 98 as in the above-described embodiments.

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[Table 4] In the next step 176, it is determined whether the handle OFF timer has exceeded a predetermined value T. If the handle OFF timer exceeds the predetermined value T, it is determined that the pachinko ball firing has been stopped for a long time, the game is interrupted, or the pachinko machine is not in use. Therefore, the process proceeds to step 177, the firing counter is cleared, and the process proceeds to step 178. If the handle OFF timer is equal to or less than the predetermined value T, it is possible that an irregular game such as a single shot is being played, so the process proceeds to step 178.

In step 178, it is determined whether the arrival input has changed from OFF to ON. That is, it is determined whether or not the pachinko ball has passed through the board arrival detection device 36.
Then, in step 178, the arrival input is changed from OFF to ON.
When it is determined that the input input count has changed to 1, the process proceeds to step 179, and the arrival input count is incremented by 1, and step 180
Proceed to.

At step 178, the arrival input is turned off.
If it is determined that there is no change from ON to ON, the process immediately proceeds to step 180.

At step 180, it is judged whether or not the count value of the firing counter has reached the reference number of times (= M ₆ ) set at step 175, and if it has not reached the reference number of times M ₆ , the process returns. If so, step 1
Proceed to 81.

In step 181, it is judged whether or not the reached input count value exceeds the judgment number (M ₇ ) set in step 175. If the judgment input number value is less than M ₇ , the process proceeds to step 182 to fire. The value of the prohibit timer is set and the process proceeds to step 183. The value of the firing prohibition timer is
It may be a constant value or a random value. Step 18
If the reached input count value exceeds 1 in the determination in 1, the process immediately proceeds to step 183.

That is, the above-described step 180 and step 181 are a combination of two steps to detect abnormal firing. For example, the reference number M ₆ is 100 times and the determination number M ₇ is 80 times. Then step 1
In 80, it is determined that the launching device has launched the pachinko ball 100 times the reference number of times, and if the number of the pachinko balls actually hit on the game board is 85, the determination number in step 181 is 80. Since it is determined that the number of pachinko balls has been exceeded, it is determined that abnormal firing has not been performed, and if the number of pachinko balls actually hit on the game board is, for example, 30, the number is below 80. Therefore, it is determined that the abnormal firing is being performed.

At step 183, the firing counter is cleared, the arrival input count is cleared, and the routine returns. In this step 183, one test is settled, and the next standard number of tests is performed.

In the abnormal emission detection process described above, the board surface arrival detection device 3 as the number-of-launch detection means for determining the number of pachinko balls actually hit on the game board 10.
6 was used, but instead of this means, the conventionally-detected starting opening 14, large winning opening 16, and normal winning opening 18 of the game board 10 are used.
Alternatively, the number of balls entering the outlet 22 may be integrated and used. In this case, taking into account the average arrival time from when the pachinko ball starts counting from the firing counter to when it enters each winning port etc., the level of the number of judgments stored in ROM in advance is lowered to accurately and abnormally fire. It should be adjusted so that can be detected.

Further, as the firing number detecting means instead of the board arrival detecting device 36, the number of foul balls detected by the foul ball detecting device 40 is subtracted from the supply number detected by the firing ball supply detecting device 42, and the actual number is calculated. It is also possible to determine the number of shots on the game board 10.

As described above, according to the fourth embodiment, it is possible to detect the irregular game in which the pachinko ball is supplied to the launching device through the hitting ball standby gutter at a timing at which a hit is likely to occur and the launching device is launched. The configuration of the fourth embodiment other than that described above,
The operation and effect are the same as those of the first embodiment described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

In the above embodiment, an example in which each of the four kinds of abnormality occurrence detection routines shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 9 and 10 is executed independently has been described. , And the third embodiment of FIG. 9 may be combined. In the case where the second and third embodiments are combined in this way, the pachinko ball launching force of the launching device is lowered to generate fouls, so that the pachinko ball is fired at a timing at which hitting is likely to occur. It is possible to detect a game and an irregular game in which a pachinko ball is supplied to a launching device through a ball striking standby gutter at a timing at which a hit is likely to occur, and an irregular game to be launched can be detected. Can be demonstrated. Of course, the first, second, third, and fourth embodiments shown in FIGS. 7, 8, 9, and 10 may be combined and implemented as a more complete abnormal emission detection means. Is.

(Fifth Embodiment) In each of the above-mentioned embodiments, the firing is prohibited immediately when the firing abnormality is detected.
By checking the operation at the time of this abnormal launch and taking measures, it is possible to determine with higher accuracy whether or not the irregular game was aimed. This will be disclosed below as a pachinko machine according to the fifth embodiment.

The configuration of the main part of the control device in the pachinko machine of the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to the block diagram of FIG. The same components as those in each of the above-described embodiments are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

Microcomputer 60 of this control device
Is a safe ball supply detection circuit 43 for detecting a pachinko ball (hereinafter referred to as a “safe ball”) input to the normal winning opening 18 or the special winning opening 16 and a pachinko ball input to an outside opening 22 (hereinafter referred to as an “out ball”). ) Is connected to the out-ball detecting circuit 41. These circuits are composed of, for example, photo interrupters as described in the case of the other circuits of the first embodiment.

That is, each photo interrupter is composed of a photo transistor 68 and a light emitting diode 70, and the collector of the photo transistor 68 is connected to the microcomputer 60. The collector of the phototransistor 68 and the microcomputer 60 are electrically connected, and the collector is pulled up to the power source via the resistor 64. Then, in a normal state in which the light from the light emitting diode 70 forming the photo interrupter hits the phototransistor 68, a signal L is input to the microcomputer 60, and a pachinko ball passes between the photointerrupters to cause the phototransistor 68. When the light hitting 68 is blocked, the H signal is input to the microcomputer 60.

Further, the microcomputer 60 is connected with a firing intensity determination circuit 81 for determining the intensity of the firing intensity. The firing intensity determination circuit 81 is composed of a comparator 83. A solenoid power supply circuit 84 and a stabilizing power supply are respectively connected to an input end of the comparator 83 via resistors, and a microcomputer is provided at an output end thereof. 60 is connected.

Further, as will be described later, the microcomputer 60 outputs an output end for outputting an abnormal operation output signal when an abnormal operation is detected and an abnormal ball clogging output signal when an abnormal ball clogging operation is detected. And the output end is provided.

Transistors 71 and 73 are connected in parallel to the output terminal of the abnormal operation output signal of the microcomputer 60, one transistor 73 is connected to the abnormal operation display light emitting diode 91, and the other transistor 71 is connected to the other transistor 71.
Is connected to the transistor 80 via a switch 95.

Transistors 72 and 74 are connected in parallel to the output terminal of the ball clogging abnormality output signal of the microcomputer 60, one of the transistors 74 is connected to the ball clogging abnormality display light emitting diode 93, and the other transistor 72 is connected. To the transistor 80 via switch 97.
Is connected.

Next, the processing of the pachinko machine according to the fifth embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 13 to 17.
The main routine for controlling the game operation of the pachinko machine of the fifth embodiment is the same as the flowchart of FIG.

In step 200 of FIG. 13, it is determined whether the firing base timer is 0 or not. When it is determined that the firing base timer has become 0, the process proceeds to step 202, the firing counter is incremented by 1, and the process proceeds to step 204. on the other hand,
If it is determined in step 200 that the firing base timer is not 0, the process proceeds to step 210.

In step 204, it is determined whether or not the steering wheel OFF timer is 0. If 0, that is, if the steering wheel is not OFF, the routine proceeds to step 206, where 0
If not, that is, if the handle is OFF, step 2
Go to 08.

At step 206, the firing intensity determination circuit 8
The strength of the launch intensity input detected by 1 is determined. The detection of this firing intensity input is performed as follows. When the solenoid power supply circuit 84 applies to the firing solenoid 82 a solenoid drive voltage corresponding to the firing intensity setting adjusted by the player operating the hit ball handle 34, the voltage is input to one input terminal (+) of the comparator 83. . On the other hand, the voltage from the stabilized power supply as the reference voltage is applied to the other input terminal (-) of the comparator. The comparator 83 outputs the H signal when the voltage supplied to the solenoid is higher than the reference voltage, and outputs the L signal when the voltage is low. The output signal is input to the microcomputer 60,
This makes it possible to determine the strength of the launch strength input.

When it is determined in step 206 that the emission intensity input is strong (H), the process proceeds to step 210,
If it is judged to be weak (L), it is regarded as the firing of a foul ball and step 20 is performed in the same manner as when the steering wheel is turned off.
Proceed to 8.

At step 208, the OFF operation count is added. This OFF operation count number is used for detecting an abnormal state described later.

At step 210, the reference number setting device 9
In step 4, the preset number of times (which may be the reference time) and the number of determinations are read from the RAM and the determination reference is set, and the process proceeds to step 212.

At step 212, it is determined whether the handle OFF timer has exceeded a predetermined value. Handle O
If the FF timer exceeds the predetermined value, it is determined that the pachinko ball firing has been stopped for a long time, the game is interrupted, or the pachinko machine is not in use. , Go to step 218.

At step 218, the firing count, out count, and OFF operation count are cleared (hereinafter referred to as "clear 1 subroutine"), and the routine proceeds to the next step 220. In step 220, the ball clogging abnormal count, the no-operation count, and the abnormal operation count are cleared (hereinafter referred to as "clear 2 subroutine").

On the other hand, if the handle OFF timer is less than the predetermined value in step 212, it is possible that an irregular game such as a single shot is being played, so the flow proceeds to the next step 214.

In step 214, it is determined whether or not the abnormal operation output timer is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to the next step 216, and if it is not 0, the process proceeds to step 218.

In step 216, it is determined whether or not the ball clogging abnormality output timer is 0. If it is 0, the process proceeds to the next step, and if it is not 0, the process proceeds to step 218. That is, only when either the abnormal operation output timer or the ball clogging abnormal output timer is set, the clear 1 subroutine and the clear 2 subroutine are executed to prevent the timer from being set again.

The next process is to check the operation in more detail after detecting an abnormality in the firing and set the ball clogging abnormal output timer and the abnormal operation output timer. There are several methods as shown in FIGS. That is, in FIG.
14 is connected to any one of FIGS. 14 to 16. Therefore, description will be made sequentially from FIG.

According to FIG. 14, first, a process of counting the number of pachinko balls that have reached the board surface (hereinafter referred to as "out count") is performed. In this counting process, every time the microcomputer 60 detects an out ball by the out ball detection circuit 41 (step 222), an out count is added (step 224), and each time the safe ball supply detection circuit 43 detects a safe ball. To (step 226)
This is a process of adding the out count (step 228). That is, the out count is the sum of the out ball and the safe ball, and this is treated as the number of balls that have reached the board. It should be noted that, as in the third embodiment, in order to improve the accuracy of the out count, the detection may be performed by the detection device 36 which is the board surface arrival detection means.

Next, at step 230, it is judged if the firing count has reached the reference number A (for example, 20). If the firing count has not reached the reference value A, the process returns, and if it has, the process proceeds to the next step 232. Note that this firing count is a count value that is added when the firing base timer has a specific value (for example, 0),
This is to set the reference time for checking the firing abnormality.

At step 232, the process branches to three processes according to the value of the out count. That is, when the out count is 0, the process proceeds to step 236, when it is larger than 0 and smaller than the abnormal firing determination number B (for example, 15), the process proceeds to step 234, and when it is B or more, the process proceeds to step 254.

In step 234, the value of the OFF operation count is compared with the OFF operation determination number C (for example, 7), and if the value of the OFF operation count is C or less, it is determined that the ball clogging is in an abnormal state. Go to 240,
If it is larger than C, it is determined that the operation is abnormal, and the routine proceeds to step 242. That is, when the number of pachinko balls actually fired is not zero but small, different operation states are estimated according to the magnitude of the OFF operation count number.

If it is determined that the ball clogging abnormal state is found, in step 240, the ball clogging abnormal count is added, and the abnormal operation count and the non-operation count are cleared. Here, the state determined to be the ball clogging abnormal state is O
Although the number of FF operations is small, the number of balls reaching the board is small. By this, this state,
You are trying to fire, but the ball has not reached the out-count sensor, that is, the launch ball is not being supplied normally (the ball is not being supplied to the launch part) or the launch part to the sensor part. It is judged that the ball is clogged in any of the routes and the normal out count is not performed.

In the next step 246, it is determined whether or not the ball clogging abnormal count number is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value N ₂ (for example, 1).

If the result of this determination is that the ball clogging abnormality count is N ₂ or more, the ball clogging abnormality output timer is set in step 250. When this abnormal output timer is set, the clear 2 subroutine is executed in step 254, and the clear 1 subroutine is executed in step 256 to return. That is, all the counts are cleared. If it is determined in step 246 that the ball clogging abnormality count is less than N ₂ , step 2
Proceeding to 56, only the clear 1 subroutine is executed.
That is, the counting of the ball clogging abnormal state and the counting of other abnormal operations are continued.

If it is determined that the operation is abnormal,
In step 242, the abnormal operation count is added, and
Clear the ball clogging abnormal count and the no-operation count.
The state determined as the abnormal operation state here is a case where the number of OFF operations is large and the out count is small. By this, abnormal operation state, suppress the firing of pachinko balls,
Judging that there is an intention to forcibly prohibit firing,
It is determined that the player is trying to hit a single shot. This includes a state in which a foul ball is intentionally generated to intermittently make a single shot.

In the next step 248, it is judged whether or not the abnormal operation count number is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold value N ₃ (for example, 2).

As a result of this judgment, the abnormal operation count number is N
If it is ₃ or more, the abnormal operation output timer is set in step 252. When the abnormal operation output timer is set, the clear 2 subroutine is executed in step 254, the clear 1 subroutine is executed in step 256, and the process returns. That is, all the counts are cleared. When it is determined in step 248 that the abnormal operation count number is smaller than N _{3, the} routine proceeds to step 256, and only the clear 1 subroutine is executed. That is, the counting of the ball clogging abnormal state and the counting of other abnormal operations are continued.

If it is determined in step 232 that the out count is 0, the process proceeds to step 236. When the OFF operation count number is smaller than the predetermined value D (for example, 19) in step 236, it is determined that the ball clogging is in an abnormal state, the process proceeds to step 240, and the same process is executed.

On the other hand, if the OFF operation count number is equal to or greater than the predetermined value D in step 236, it is determined that there is no operation and the process proceeds to step 238. In step 238, the no-operation count is added, and the ball clogging abnormality count and the abnormal operation count are cleared. Here, the state determined to be the non-operation state is a case where the number of balls that have reached the surface of the board is 0 and the number of times the steering wheel is turned off is equal to or more than a predetermined value. This allows
It is determined that the operator is not trying to shoot a pachinko ball.

In the next step 244, it is judged whether or not the non-operation count number is equal to or more than a predetermined threshold value N ₁ (for example, 3).

As a result of this determination, the no-operation count number is N ₁
In the above case, the routine proceeds to step 254, the clear 2 subroutine is executed, and further, the clear 1 subroutine is executed at step 256 to return. That is, all the counts are cleared. With this, for example, when the operator leaves the pachinko machine for a while,
There is no risk of misjudging an abnormal state.

If the non-operation count number is smaller than N _{1 in} the determination in step 244, the process proceeds to step step 256 to execute only the clear 1 subroutine. That is, the counting of the ball clogging abnormal state and the counting of other abnormal operations are continued.

When the out count is greater than or equal to B in step 232, step 254 and step 25
Go to 6 and clear all counts. That is, if the out count is B or more, it is determined that the operation is normal, and if the normal operation is performed even once, the ball clogging abnormal count, the abnormal operation count, etc. are cleared, and the operation is detected again from the beginning. I check it.

Next, the processing of FIG. 15 will be described. The same steps as those in FIG. 14 are designated by the same reference numerals, and the description thereof will be omitted. Only different steps will be described.

If it is determined in step 230 that the firing count has reached the reference number A, the next step 231
Then, the test count is added. In the process of FIG. 15, the test count is set, and it is assumed that one test is completed when the firing count reaches the reference count A, and the operation count is set within the time until the test count reaches a predetermined value. Abnormality is detected.

Next, based on the out count number and the OFF operation number, the operation branches into the non-operation state, the ball clogging abnormal count state and the abnormal operation state, respectively (step 23).
2, step 234, step 236), the next processing is different from that of FIG. That is, in the case of no operation state, the no operation count is added (step 237), in the case of ball clogging abnormal state, the ball clogging abnormal count is added (step 239), and in the case of abnormal operation state, the abnormal operation count is added. (Step 241). Therefore, only the corresponding counts are added in each state, and the counts in other states are not cleared. In the process of FIG. 17, when another type of state appears, it is cleared in steps 238, 240, and 242, so the count is not added unless the same type of state appears consecutively. However, since steps 237, 238, and 239 in FIG. 15 are only addition processing, counts are added even if the same state does not appear continuously.

If it is determined in step 232 that the out count is B or more, the process proceeds to step 254, but in the next step 255, the test count is cleared. That is, if the normal state is even once, the test is redone. This prevents erroneous determination of abnormal operation.

If it is determined in step 244, step 246 and step 248 that the respective counts are smaller than the respective threshold values N ₁ , N ₂ and N ₃ , the process proceeds to step 258 and the test count is preset. It is determined whether or not the number of times of completion is reached. If the test count has not reached the end count, the process proceeds to step 256 similarly to the process of FIG. 17, and only the clear 1 subroutine is executed. However, when the test count reaches the end count, all the counts are cleared in steps 254, 255 and 256.

Next, the processing of FIG. 16 will be described. FIG.
The process of 6 is almost the same as the process of FIG. 15, but in the case of a normal operation in which the out count is determined to be B or more in step 232, the process does not proceed to step 254 as in FIG. Go to. As a result, the no-operation count, the ball clogging abnormal count, and the abnormal operation count are not cleared even if the normal operation is sandwiched therebetween, and the counts of the respective abnormal states within the test period are stored.

In the above flow of abnormal emission detection and abnormal state detection, processing is performed according to the degree of continuity of each abnormal state, but as described above, N ₁ = 3, N ₂ = 1 and N ₃ = 2. Since the threshold of the number of consecutive times can be set, it is possible to weight the abnormality detection according to the appearance frequency and the like. If the threshold values N ₁ , N ₂ and N ₃ are set to 1, it is possible to take action against an abnormal state each time each state occurs.

The above threshold values A, B, C and D are
The settings are made as shown in Table 5 below by the switches 96 and 98 of the input device 94.

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[Table 5] The thresholds N ₁ , N ₂ and N ₃ may be set by the input device 94.

Next, the firing control will be described with reference to FIG. According to FIG. 17, first, in step 270, the firing base timer is added, and in the next step 272, it is determined whether or not the firing base timer exceeds a predetermined value (eg, 301). If it is determined that the firing base timer exceeds 301, the firing base timer is cleared in step 274 and then the process proceeds to step 276. If it is not exceeded, the process directly proceeds to step 276.

In step 276, it is determined whether or not the set value of the ball clogging abnormality output timer is zero. When the set value of this output timer is 0, the routine proceeds to step 278, where the ball clogging abnormal output is turned off. On the other hand, if the set value of the ball clogging abnormal output timer is not 0, the process proceeds to step 280, the timer is subtracted, and the ball clogging abnormal output is turned on.

Next, the routine proceeds to step 282, where it is determined whether or not the set value of the abnormal operation output timer is 0. If the set value of this output timer is 0, step 28
Proceed to step 4 and turn off the abnormal operation output. On the other hand, if the set value of the abnormal operation output timer is not 0, step 2
In step 86, the timer is decremented and the abnormal operation output is turned on.

At the next step 288, it is determined whether or not the set value of the handle ON timer is 0. When the set value of this timer is 0, the process proceeds to step 292 to turn off the firing output, and when it is not 0, the process proceeds to step 290.

In step 290, it is determined whether the firing base timer is smaller than a predetermined value T ₂ (for example, 10) as in the first embodiment. If the firing base timer is smaller than T ₂ , the firing output is output in step 294. When it is turned on, and when it is T ₂ or more, the firing output is turned off at step 292. Thus, between the firing base timer 0 to T ₂ -1,
The firing solenoid 82 is excited to fire a pachinko ball.

When the ball clogging abnormal output timer and the abnormal operation output timer are set in this way, the microcomputer 60 turns on the ball clogging abnormal output and the abnormal operation output, respectively.

When the ball clogging abnormal output is turned ON, the H signal is input to the transistor 72 and this transistor is energized. As a result, when the switch 97 is closed, the firing pulse will flow to the ground even with the H signal. The L signal is input to. As a result, when the ball clogging abnormal output timer is counting, firing of a pachinko ball is prohibited. By opening the switch 97, it is possible to stop the firing prohibition even when the ball clogging abnormality output is ON. Further, when the ball clogging abnormality output is ON, the H signal is also input to the transistor 74 and this transistor is energized. Therefore, the ball clogging abnormality display light emitting diode 9
An electric current flows through 3 to emit light. As a result, it becomes possible to give a warning when the ball is clogged abnormally. It should be noted that a switch may be provided for switching whether or not to give this warning in the abnormal state of ball clogging.

Similarly, when the abnormal operation output is turned ON,
When the switch 95 is closed, the firing of a pachinko ball is prohibited, and the abnormal operation display light emitting diode 91 emits a light to warn. A switch may be provided for switching whether or not to give this warning in the abnormal operation state.

Further, if the set values of the ball clogging abnormal output timer and the abnormal operation output timer are changed to random values for each set, it becomes difficult for the operator to predict and it is more effective to prevent single shots. Can be

As described above, even if the flow of the game balls is abnormal, the abnormal value is detected in more detail based on the number of OFF operations, instead of immediately performing the processing as in the third embodiment. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a so-called single-shot aim, and it is possible to avoid the possibility of accidentally determining the single-shot aim even when the operator leaves the pachinko machine for mere erroneous operation or small use.

The pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described above, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the example of firing a pachinko ball with a solenoid has been described, but a motor may be used.

Further, in the fifth embodiment, two abnormal states, the ball clogging abnormal state and the abnormal operation state, are detected, but only one of them may be detected.

Further, the value of the reference number of times (reference time) may be variable, and in this case, the detection setting suitable for each model of the pachinko machine can be made.
Further, if the reference number of times (reference time) is randomly changed every time, it is possible to prevent the player from trying to pass through the abnormality detection by operating a specific pattern. For example, in the first embodiment, instead of step 131, step 101 (at power-on) and step 136
At the timing of step 14 in the second embodiment.
3 instead of step 101 and step 158, in the third embodiment step 163 instead of step 101 and step 171, and in the fourth embodiment step 175 instead of step 175. At the timing of 101 and step 183, in the fifth embodiment, instead of step 210, at the timings of step 101 and step 256, random determination criteria M _{1 to} M ₇ , A to D, respectively.
And N _{1 to} N ₃ may be set. This makes it possible to prevent the irregular game in the specific pattern with higher accuracy because the criterion is not fixed every time.

As a method of setting this random judgment criterion, for example, in the calculation of M ₁ , step 10
The timer random number (for example, 0 to 255) generated in 2 may be used to obtain the following equation.

M ₁ (random) = 4 + (timer random number + 1) / 64 (4 ≦ M ₁ <9) (1) Further, with respect to the value of the timer random number, for example, as shown in Table 6 below, M The appearance ratio of the value of ₁ may be weighted.

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[Table 6] Similarly, M _{2 to} M _{7 and the} like can be obtained based on the equation (1) or the weighting table as shown in Table 6. Note that, here, the timer random number is used for explanation,
Of course, each dedicated random number may be provided.

Furthermore, in the pachinko machine of each of the above embodiments,
A human body detection sensor such as a distance measuring sensor or a pyroelectric sensor for confirming the presence or absence of a player is attached, and when the player is not detected by the sensor, even if an abnormal firing state is detected, a shooting is performed. It is also possible to perform control so as not to perform stop control or warning, or control so as not to detect the abnormal firing state itself. For example,
In the abnormal emission detection process of FIG. 7, instead of confirming the handle OFF timer in step 134, the detection result of the human body detection sensor is determined. If the player is not detected, the process proceeds to step 136, and if it is detected, Processing proceeds to step 138 immediately. By controlling in this way, it is possible to reliably prevent erroneous detection of abnormal firing when the player stands up.

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As described above, in the invention of claim 1 of the present invention, when the period when the board surface arrival detecting means detects that the pachinko ball has not reached the game board continues for a predetermined period. Since the control device stops or warns the firing operation of the launching device for a predetermined time, the player should hit the foul ball when the probability of hit is low, or the ball is not supplied to the launching device and hits. When I tried to shoot a pachinko ball at a timing when there is a high probability of
There is an effect that the firing stop control or the warning is performed to prevent the irregular game from being executed as intended.

Further, in the invention of claim 2, at the same time when the launcher operating state detecting means detects that the pachinko ball launching device is firing the pachinko ball, the pachinko ball is placed on the game board. When the period in which the board arrival detection means detects that the ball has not arrived has continued for a predetermined period, the control device stops or warns the firing operation of the launch device for a predetermined time, so the launch device operates. Even when not performed, it is possible to prevent the stop control and the warning, and to prevent the irregular game from being executed as intended, like the invention of claim 1.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, while the first predetermined number of launch balls are detected by the launch ball supply detecting means for detecting the supply of the pachinko balls to the launching device, the foul ball detecting means is operated. When the second predetermined number or more of foul balls are detected, it is determined that the irregular game intentionally fouling is performed, and the control device stops or warns the firing operation of the launching device for a predetermined time. Since it is controlled, when the player has a low probability of hitting, it becomes a foul ball, and when trying to shoot a pachinko ball on the game board at a timing when the probability of hitting is high There is an effect that the irregular game is prevented from being executed as intended.

According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when the supply of the second predetermined number or more of the pachinko balls is not detected in the reference period during which the first predetermined number of firing operations are possible, that is, the firing device. When the player is in the firing operation state, the pachinko ball is supplied to the launching device in anticipation of the timing when the player has a high probability of hitting, and the launching action of the launching device is performed when the irregular game in which the player is launched is performed. Since the stop or the warning is given only for a predetermined time, there is an effect that the irregular game is prevented from being executed as intended.

In a fifth aspect of the present invention, within a reference period during which the launching device operating state detecting means detects that the launching device is in operation and a first predetermined number of launching operations are possible, a second predetermined number of shot ball supply detecting means is used. When the above supply of pachinko balls is not detected, the firing operation of the launching device is stopped or warns for a predetermined time, so it is possible to prevent the stop control and warning even when the launching device is not operating. At the same time, there is an effect that the irregular game is prevented from being executed as intended similarly to the invention of claim 4.

In the invention of claim 6, the number of shots of the pachinko ball which is detected that the pachinko ball launching device has reached the game board by the launch number detecting means within the reference period, and the launching device within this reference period. Is compared to the maximum number of firings that can be fired to the maximum, and if this comparison value is out of the range of the judgment criteria, it is judged as an abnormal state in which an irregular game is being performed, and the control device starts the firing operation of the firing device for a predetermined time. Since it is controlled to stop or warn, if the player has a low probability of hitting, try to hit the foul ball, or do not supply the ball to the launcher and watch the timing with a high probability of hitting. There is an effect that it is possible to prevent the irregular game from being executed as intended when trying to shoot a pachinko ball.

According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, when an abnormal state in which the comparison value between the number of shots and the reference number of shots is out of the range of the determination standard is detected, the ball clogging abnormality or abnormality is further determined based on the off operation count value. Since the operation state is determined and the firing is stopped or a warning is issued based on the number of times of these abnormal states, it is possible to stop the firing in a situation where it is not clearly aimed at a single shot such as an erroneous operation or an off operation during a break. This has the effect of avoiding issuing a warning.

In the eighth aspect of the present invention, when the number of shots is 0, it is distinguished from the operation at the time of a single shot as the non-operation state under the predetermined condition, and the non-operation counter and the ball clogging abnormality counter or the abnormal operation counter are distinguished. Since and are cleared, there is an effect that it is possible to avoid the firing stop or the warning when the operator is away from the pachinko machine for small use.

In the invention of claim 9, when the irregular game is performed, it is possible to use the selection input device to switch whether or not to perform the control or the warning for stopping the firing operation of the pachinko ball. On the other hand, the effect is that the administrator can respond flexibly.

According to the tenth aspect of the present invention, the value set as the judgment standard is changed based on the input signal. Therefore, it is possible to match the model of the pachinko machine, the characteristics of each pachinko machine, and the situation of use. , It is possible to properly determine the presence or absence of the irregular game.

According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the value set as the judgment criterion is randomly changed within a predetermined range, so that the irregular game of the specific pattern can be prevented with higher accuracy.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration explanatory diagram illustrating a board arrival detection means of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration explanatory diagram showing a state in which a pachinko ball passes through the board surface detection means of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a main part of the control device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a control operation of the above embodiment.

6 is a flowchart showing a firing-related timer setting process in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a first means of the abnormal emission detection process in the flowchart of FIG.

8 is a flowchart showing a second means (second embodiment) of the abnormal emission detection process in the flowchart of FIG.

9 is a flowchart showing a third means (third embodiment) of the abnormal emission detection processing in the flowchart of FIG.

10 is a flowchart showing a fourth means (fourth embodiment) of the abnormal emission detection process in the flowchart of FIG.

11 is a flowchart showing a firing control process in the flowchart of FIG.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control device according to a fifth embodiment.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an abnormal emission detection process of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a first example of abnormal state detection processing of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a second example of abnormal state detection processing of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a third example of the abnormal state detection process of the fifth embodiment.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing firing control of the fifth embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 Gaming Board 34 Hit Ball Handle 36 Board Arrival Detection Device (Launch Count Detection Means) 40 Foul Detection Device (Launch Count Detection Means) 42 Launch Ball Supply Detection Device (Launch Count Detection Means) 44 Touch Input Detection Means (Launcher Operating State Detection) Means) 46 stop input detecting means (launching device operating state detecting means) 94 information input device for determination (input device)

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A launching device for launching and stopping a pachinko ball onto a game board in response to a launching and stopping operation, and the pachinko ball launched by the launching device actually reaches the game board. When the board surface arrival detection means for detecting whether or not the pachinko ball detected by the board surface arrival detection means has not arrived on the game board exceeds a predetermined period of a determination reference, the launch device A pachinko machine including: a control device that controls the firing operation to stop or warn for a predetermined time. 2. A launching device operating state detecting means for detecting whether or not the launching device is in a firing operation, wherein the control device is detected to be operating by the launching device operating state detecting means, and When the period when it is detected that the pachinko ball has not arrived on the game board by the board arrival detection means exceeds the predetermined period of the determination standard, the launching operation of the launching device is stopped or warned for a predetermined period of time. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein 3. A launching device for launching a pachinko ball onto a game board and stopping the launch in response to a launching and stopping operation, a launch ball supply detecting means for detecting the pachinko ball supplied to the launching device, A foul ball detecting means for detecting that the pachinko ball fired by the launching device has become a foul ball that does not reach the game board, and a supply of the first predetermined number of pachinko balls which is a judgment criterion by the launch ball supply detecting means. When the foul ball counting means detects the second predetermined number or more foul balls of the determination standard set based on the first predetermined number during normal operation, the firing operation of the launching device. A pachinko machine including a control device for controlling so as to stop or warn for a predetermined time. 4. A launching device for launching a pachinko ball onto a game board and stopping the launch in response to a launching and stopping operation, and a launch ball supply detecting means for detecting the pachinko ball supplied to the launching device. Within the reference period in which the first predetermined number of reference firing operations are possible, the number of the pachinko balls of the second reference number or more, which is the determination reference set by the firing ball supply detecting means to the first predetermined number based on normal operation. A pachinko machine, the control device controls the firing operation of the launching device to stop or warn for a predetermined time when the supply of the power is not detected. 5. A launching device operating state detecting means for detecting whether the launching device is in a firing operation, the control device being detected as being operating by the launching device operating state detecting means, and Within the reference period in which the first predetermined number of the judgment criteria can be launched, the number of the pachinko that is the second predetermined number or more of the judgment criteria set by the firing ball supply detecting means to the first predetermined number based on the normal operation time. The pachinko machine according to claim 4, wherein when the supply of the sphere is not detected, the launching operation of the launching device is controlled to stop or warn for a predetermined time. 6. A launching device configured to launch a pachinko ball onto a game board, and detecting the number of pachinko balls launched by the launching device onto the game board within a reference period of a determination standard. The number of shots to be detected, the number of shots detected by the number of shots detecting means within the reference period, and the reference number of shots of the determination standard that the launch device can fire within the reference period, and the comparison is made. An abnormal state detecting means for detecting whether or not the value is in an abnormal state outside the range of a predetermined judgment criterion; and when the abnormal state detecting means detects the abnormal state, the launching operation of the launching device. A pachinko machine including: a control device that controls to stop or warn for a predetermined time. 7. An off-operation counter for counting the number of stops by off-operation for stopping the firing of a pachinko ball, and a number of times the number of stops by off-operation counted for each of the reference periods is set as a criterion. A ball clogging abnormality counter that counts the number of times when the number becomes less than or equal to a reference value of 1 and an abnormal operation counter that counts the number of times the number of stops due to an off operation counted in each of the reference periods becomes greater than the first reference value. The control means further includes at least one counter, and the control means sets the count value of the ball clogging abnormality counter as a determination criterion when the abnormal state detection means detects an abnormal state. If the count value of the abnormal operation counter is greater than or equal to the second reference value 7. The pachinko machine according to claim 6, wherein the pachinko machine is controlled so as to stop or warn the firing operation of the firing device for a predetermined time when it is equal to or larger than the reference value of 3. 8. When the number of shots detected by the number-of-fires detecting means within a reference period is 0, a fourth criterion in which the number of stoppages due to an off operation counted for each of the reference periods is set as a determination criterion. A no-operation counter that counts the number of times that is greater than or equal to a value, and the no-operation counter and the abnormal ball clogging operation when the count value of the no-operation counter is greater than or equal to a fifth reference value set as a determination reference. The pachinko machine according to claim 7, further comprising: a clearing unit that clears a count value of a counter or the abnormal operation counter. 9. The control device further comprises a selection device for selecting whether to execute a control for stopping the firing operation of the firing device for a predetermined time or a warning. A pachinko machine according to any one of item 8. 10. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein a value set as the determination standard is changed based on an input signal. 11. The value set as the criterion is
The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the pachinko machine is randomly changed within a predetermined range.