JPH11216249A - Game machine and computer for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine computer which is inexpensively produced and by which stored program data is easily recognized. SOLUTION: The game computer is provided with a processing (S9) for outputting ROM data as program data stored in mask ROM on condition that a prescribed output request signal is inputted through the use of mask ROM in addition to a normal processing (S11). Since whole program data including the normal processing (S11) is outputted by a transmission processing (S9) on condition that the prescribed signal is inputted, the contents of program data is easily recognized. Besides, mask ROM is used so that inexpensive production is attained.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a computer used for a game machine represented by a pachinko game machine, a coin game machine, and the like, and more particularly, to a computer used for a prize ball payout device and a variable display device in a pachinko game machine. ,
The present invention relates to a game machine computer for game control.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In this type of gaming machine computer, a computer generally known in the art includes, for example, C
PU (Central Processing Uni)
t), RAM (Random Access Memory)
ry), ROM (Read-Only Memory)
In some cases, a game machine, a prize ball payout device, or the like is configured based on a control program stored in a ROM in one or several chips including a large-scale integrated circuit (LSI). Many ROMs use a programmable ROM that can change program data to be stored according to the type of game.

[0003]

As a ROM used in a gaming machine computer, the above-mentioned programmable RO is used.
Instead of M, it is also conceivable to use a so-called mask ROM that stores data at the manufacturing stage of a factory. Mask RO
Since the manufacturing cost of M is low, a computer for a gaming machine using the same can be manufactured at low cost. However, mask RO
Since the stored contents of M are generally difficult to read, there is a disadvantage that the stored program data cannot be easily checked.

The present invention has been conceived in view of the above circumstances, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine computer which can be manufactured at a lower cost and can easily check stored program data.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a computer for a game machine used for a game machine, comprising: a program storage means for storing control program data; and a program data stored in the program storage means. And a program output means for outputting program data stored in the program storage means based on input of a read command signal for reading the data.

[0006]

According to the present invention, the program output means outputs the program data stored in the program storage means based on the input of the read command signal from the outside. Using the output data, the contents of the program data stored in the program storage means can be confirmed.

[0007]

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the present embodiment, a prize ball dispensing device control computer will be described as an example of a gaming machine computer. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, the computer may be a game control computer.

FIG. 1 shows a pachinko gaming machine 6 in which an example of a gaming machine computer according to the present invention is used in a prize ball payout apparatus.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing a card processor and a card processor.

A card processor 62 is provided on one side (left side in the drawing) of the pachinko gaming machine 60 in the left-right direction.
0 is provided in a separable state. 130 in the figure
Is a processor usable indicator for lighting up and displaying that the card processor 62 is operating and usable. In addition, various error states, which will be described later, are displayed on the processor usable indicator 130. Card processing machine 62
Is provided with a card reader / writer control unit 134 provided with a card reader / writer. When a card is inserted from the card insertion / ejection port 133, the record information recorded on the card is read by the card reader / writer. . The card balance at the time of insertion, which is included in the read card information, is displayed by a balance display (card balance display) 50. The card processor 62 includes a CPU, R
Card processing machine control unit 135 incorporating OM, RAM, etc.
Is provided, and the card processor 62 is entirely controlled by the card processor controller 135.

If the player inserts a card into the card insertion / ejection slot 133 and the inserted card is appropriate and the remaining amount of the card remains, and a ball lending operation is possible, the card processor controller 135 , A control signal for turning on the ball lending LED is output to the pachinko gaming machine 60, and the ball lending LED (ball lending display) 48d provided on the ball storage plate 59 as an example of the ball hitting standby unit is turned on. You. The ball lending LED (ball lending display) 48d lights up and displays that a ball lending operation is possible. When the player confirms that the ball lending LED (ball lending indicator) 48d is lit, the ball lending button 4
4c is pressed. Then, a ball payout command signal is output from the card processing machine 62 to the payout control microcomputer 350 of the pachinko gaming machine 60, and a ball lending amount setting switch 13 such as a rotary switch, which will be described later, is used.
7 (see FIG. 2), game balls (pachinko balls) corresponding to the amount of the ball to be paid out by one ball lending operation preset in advance (hereinafter simply referred to as the ball lending amount) are paid out in the hit ball supply plate 59. Is done. The ball lending LED (ball lending display) 48d is turned off until the payout of the ball lending amount is completed. When the payout of the pachinko balls for the ball lending is completed, the remaining card amount of the card inserted into the card processing machine 62 is updated to be reduced by the ball lending.

In the figure, reference numeral 42c denotes a return button, and a lendable ball L
The operation is effective while the ED (ball lending indicator) 48d is on. When the return button 42c is pressed by the player, the card inserted in the card processor 62 is returned to the player from the card insertion / ejection port 133. This card insertion / ejection port 13
3 is provided with a ridge on the outer periphery of the groove portion into which the card is inserted and ejected. The inconvenience of a player who wishes to play a game with a pachinko gaming machine (not shown) installed on the left side of the card processing machine 62 by mistake inserts a card into the card insertion / ejection port 133 of the card processing machine 62. We try to prevent it as much as possible. In the figure, reference numeral 132 denotes a card insertion lamp, which is lit when a card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 133 and held at a predetermined position.

The remaining amount of the card when the card is inserted and the remaining amount of the card after the ball lending is performed and the amount is updated are reduced by a remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 provided on the hitting ball supply plate 59. Is displayed. In a state where the pachinko ball has been paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 59, the player operates the hitting ball operation handle 12
If one is operated, the pachinko balls are played one by one in the game area 120.
Driven in. In the game area 120, the starting winning opening 12
5a, 125b, and 125c are provided, and the variable display device 123 is variably started when a pachinko ball wins in the start winning ports 125a to 125c. Then, if the display result at the time of stop is a combination of specific identification information (777), a big hit occurs and the variable winning prize ball device 124 is opened, so that the pachinko ball is in the first state in which it is easy to win. When a pachinko ball wins in the start winning opening 125a, it is n per winning.
The prize balls (for example, seven) are paid out to the hit ball supply tray 59. When a pachinko ball wins in the start winning openings 125b and 125c, m (for example, 10) prize balls are paid out into the hitting ball supply plate 59 for each winning. Further, when a pachinko ball wins in a normal winning opening provided in the game area 120 or in the variable winning ball device 124, k (for example, 15) prize balls are hit for each winning, and the hit ball supply plate 59.
Paid out within. The payout lamp 126 is lit or blinked during the payout of these premium balls.

The prize balls to be dispensed into the hitting ball supply tray 59 are stored in a ball tank 151 (see FIG. 2) which will be described later. If the stored balls in the ball tank 151 are exhausted, the tank ball sensor 150 Stops detecting the ball, and at that time, the broken-out indicator 127 is lit or blinks to indicate that the stored ball has run out. The surplus balls that have been filled with prize balls and cannot be stored anymore are discharged into the surplus ball storage plate 122. When the surplus ball storage tray 122 is also full, when a prize ball to be paid out thereafter is generated, a credit score indicator for storing and displaying the number of the prize ball or the amount corresponding to the prize ball, and the like. May be provided on the hit ball supply tray 59. That is, in the present embodiment, as will be described later, after the payout control of the prize ball based on one winning prize ball is completed, the process of paying out the prize ball based on the next prize ball is further performed. After the surplus ball storage tray 122 becomes full, if there is a prize ball to be paid out based on the winning prize ball, the number of prize balls to be paid out based on the prize ball or the prize ball The corresponding amount or the like may be added and stored, and after the addition and storage is completed, the addition and storage based on the next winning ball may be performed, and the stored value thus stored may be displayed on the credit score display. In that case, the ball storage dish 59
After the number of pachinko balls in the surplus ball storage tray 122 has decreased, the prize balls corresponding to the points displayed on the credit point display are paid out. Although the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 is constituted by a 7-segment indicator, a plurality of light emitting diodes may be provided in correspondence with the lending amount or the unit of 100 yen instead. Further, the lending amount may be displayed by the remaining amount display (card balance display) 50,
Further, another display may be provided to display the ball lending amount or to attach a sticker on which the ball lending amount is printed. In the figure, reference numeral 15 denotes a speaker, which emits a sound effect or the like at the time of a big hit.

On the front side of the card processor 62, a fraction display switch 136 is provided. The fraction display switch 136 is used to display a digit when the remaining amount of the inserted card displayed by the remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 has a fraction less than a predetermined unit number (for example, 100 yen). Is switched to display a fraction less than the predetermined number of units (for example, 100 yen). That is, a predetermined number of units (for example, 100 yen) due to a change in the monetary equivalent value of a pachinko ball to be lent out due to a change in the ball lending rate.
When the fraction display switch 136 is switched when the remaining amount of the card is less than 1, first, if there is a remaining amount of 10,000 yen unit, the fraction is truncated and the remaining amount display (card balance display)
The display is blinked by 50, and when the remaining amount of 10,000 yen is exhausted, the display is automatically switched to light up to a fraction of less than 100 yen. The remaining amount display (card balance display) 50 may be provided on a curtain plate or the like.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a partial internal structure of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine.

Card processor control unit 1 of card processor 62
35 is connected by a connector 139 to a relay terminal board 138 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 60, and the card processor control unit 135 and the relay terminal board 138 are connected by the wiring cable 733. Information can be exchanged with each other. The relay terminal board 138 includes the payout control board 7 housed in the payout control board box 145.
30, game control board housed in game control board box 148, terminal box 14 for gaming machine
9. The ball payout board 70 is connected to the connectors 141 and 14 respectively.
4, 143, 142. Further, the above-described various indicators and switches of various operation buttons provided on the hit ball supply tray 59 are connected to the relay terminal board 138 via the connector 140. Note that the card processing machine control unit 135 and the switches of various indicators and various operation buttons provided on the hit ball supply tray 59 and the payout central control board 730 in the payout control board box 145 are not connected via the relay terminal board 138. Directly connected by wiring, the payout control board 730 and the ball payout board 70 are connected to the relay terminal board 1
38 may be connected. Further, the card processor control unit 135 and the payout control board 730 may be directly connected by a connector.

On the back side of the card processor 62, a lending amount setting switch 137 for previously inputting and setting a lending amount to be paid out by one lending operation is provided. 100 yen, 200 yen, 300 yen, 400 yen,
Five kinds of amounts of 500 yen can be input and set. For example, if the ball-playing amount is set to 300 yen by a staff at the amusement arcade as shown in the figure, the 300-yen is set as the ball-playing amount in the microcomputer 30 of the card processor control unit 135.
0 (see FIG. 5). Then, the player inserts the card into the card insertion / ejection slot 133, and the ball lending button 44
By pressing c, the lending amount (30
A pachinko ball worth 0 yen) is paid out into the hitting ball supply tray 59 and is reduced from the remaining card amount. In the figure, reference numeral 134 denotes a card reader / writer control unit including a card reader / writer and its control circuit.

The dispensing control board box 145 is provided with an error cause display 146, which can display the type of the cause of the abnormality when the dispensing of the pachinko balls by the ball dispenser 63 occurs. ing. Then, when the staff in the game arcade repairs the abnormality that has occurred, the reset button 147 is operated to reset the ball payout control program. Instead of providing the error cause indicator 146 in the payout control board box 145, the error cause is indicated by a remaining amount indicator (card balance indicator) 50 provided in the ball storage tray 59, or on the front side of the gaming machine. A separate error cause indicator may be provided, or the payout lamp 126 may be provided depending on the cause.
May be made to correspond by changing the blinking mode of, or may be displayed by a hall management computer. The ball payout device 63 and the payout control board in the payout control board box 145 constitute a ball payout device. The ball dispenser 63 is detachably attached to a mechanism plate 751 of the pachinko gaming machine 60 with a screw or the like. The mounting method is not limited to the screw fixing, but may be any mounting method as long as it is detachable, such as locking by a locking metal or elastic holding using an elastic holding member.

When a pachinko ball hit into the game area 120 wins a winning prize opening 125a, 125b, 125c (see FIG. 1), the winning prize is detected by the starting prize ball detecting switches 128a, 128b, 128c. The game control board in the game control board box 148 performs variable control of the variable display device 123 (see FIG. 1) based on the detection signal. This start winning ball detection switch 128a
Is input to the payout control microcomputer 350 (see FIG. 5) of the payout centralized control board 730 through the game control microcomputer 370 (see FIG. 5) of the game control board, and is used for control described later. These start winning ball detection switches 125a, 125b, 125c
The winning ball detected from the above is guided to the winning ball processing device 400 and processed one by one. The central starting winning opening 12 shown in FIG.
If a pachinko ball wins in 5a, it is n per winning ball
If seven (for example, seven) prize balls are paid out and a pachinko ball wins one of the starting winning prize ports 125b and 125c provided on the left and right, m (for example, ten) prizes are obtained for each of the winning balls. A ball is paid out. On the other hand, if a pachinko ball wins in a normal winning opening other than the starting winning opening 125a, 125b, 125c or in the variable winning ball device 124, k (for example, 15) prize balls are hit for each winning prize ball. It is paid to 59. The number (n, m, k) of prize balls to be paid out per winning prize ball is set as fixed information in the payout number setting section 71 of the ball payout substrate 70. And
When the power is turned on, the number data of the prize balls is transmitted to the payout central control board 730 and stored.

The surplus balls that have been discharged from the ball dispenser 63 and the ball supply tray 59 is full and cannot be stored any more are discharged into the surplus ball tray 122, and the surplus ball tray 122 is also full. Becomes full, the full tank detection switch 162 detects that the tank is full,
The payout of the ball is controlled to be stopped.

The pachinko balls dispensed by the ball dispenser 63 are stored in a ball tank 151. A tank ball sensor 150 is provided in the middle of the tank rail for guiding the stored balls in the ball tank 151 to the ball dispenser 63, and the tank ball sensor 150 detects that the stored balls in the ball tank 151 have run out, The detection signal is input to the payout control board 730 in the payout control board box 145 via the gaming machine terminal box 149 and the relay terminal board 138. When the tank ball sensor 150 no longer detects a ball, the ball-out indicator 127 is lit and displayed, and only the operation of paying out pachinko balls by lending a ball is deactivated.

Pachinko balls are supplied to the ball tank 151 from a supply gutter 152 provided on the island via a supply device 153 including a supply ball detector. The supply ball supplied to the ball tank 151 is detected by the supply ball detector of the supply device 153. One pulse is detected by detecting that a predetermined number a (for example, 10) of pachinko balls have been supplied. A signal is output from the replenishment ball detector. The output signal is transmitted to connector 154. Instead of paying out the pachinko balls in the ball tank 151 to the ball supply tray 59 in response to the ball lending request signal from the card processor 62, the player lends the ball lending purchased from the ball lender into the ball supply tray 59. In the case of pachinko gaming machines that have been used in general,
The connector 154 is connected to the connector 155 connected to the hall management computer, and a detection signal from the supply ball detector is transmitted to the hall management computer. The number of disadvantageous balls that would be disadvantageous for the game arcade. However, in the pachinko gaming machine of the type in which a part of the stored balls in the ball tank 151 is paid out into the hit ball supply tray 59 based on the ball lending request signal from the card processor 62 as in the present embodiment, The supply trough 152 of the lending ball which does not become a disadvantageous ball number for the game hall to the ball tank 151
The supplied ball lending is detected by the replenishment ball detector and is input to the hall management computer as the disadvantage ball count information. There is a problem that the number of balls cannot be counted. Therefore, in the pachinko game machine of the present embodiment, the connector 155 connected to the hall management computer is disconnected from the connector 154 connected to the replenishing ball detector of the replenishing device 153 and connected to the terminal box 149 for the gaming machine. Connected to the connected connector 156. Every time the number of prize balls to be paid out based on the winning of pachinko balls reaches a predetermined number a (for example, 10), a predetermined pulse signal is output from the payout central control board 730, and the predetermined pulse signal is output to the gaming machine terminal. It is configured to be transmitted to the hall management computer via the box 149, the connector 156, and the connector 155. With this configuration, no pulse signal as information on the number of disadvantaged balls is output to the hall management computer when renting pachinko balls, and the pulse signal is used only for paying out prize balls accompanying a prize. The information is transmitted to the management computer, and the hall management computer can collect accurate information on the number of disadvantageous balls.

The winning ball driven into the game area 120 and winning in the winning opening and the out ball collected in the out opening merge and drop into the driving ball tank 159, and the driven ball is detected by the driven ball detector. After being detected by the (hit ball counter) 160, the ball falls onto a ball collecting gutter 161 provided on the island. In the drawing, reference numeral 180 denotes a ball-drawing solenoid. When the ball-drawing solenoid is excited by a control signal from the payout control board 730, a predetermined on-off valve (not shown) is opened and stored in the ball tank 151. The pachinko balls are discharged out of the machine through the ball discharge gutter 420. The on-off valve is configured to be openable by manual operation. In the present embodiment, the output of the driven ball detector 160 is configured to be directly input to the hall management computer as in the related art, but the output of the driven ball detector 160 is temporarily 730, and may be configured to be input from the payout control board 730 to the hall management computer on condition that the ball removal processing based on the payout abnormality is not performed. In this way, accurate profit ball count information can be totaled. Alternatively, it may be configured so that the slingshot pachinko balls do not fall into the driving ball tank. 1 in the figure
58 and 157 are connectors for connecting the gaming machine terminal box 149 and the hall management computer,
The unit sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the connectors 158 and 157.

In the figure, reference numeral 830 denotes a unit box, which has both a function of a power supply for a card processing machine and a function of transmitting a unit sales signal. This unit box 830 contains AC
An outlet 831 for 100 V is provided, and a voltage of 100 V AC is supplied to the unit box 830 via the outlet 831,
The voltage converted to a predetermined voltage at 30 is connected to the connection cable 8.
The data is supplied to the card processor control unit 135 via 37.
Further, unit price sales data and the like are transmitted from the card processor control unit 135 to the unit box 830 via the connection cable 837. In the unit box 830, the transmitted unit price sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the wiring 834 and the wiring 83
8 to the card processor terminal box. Thus, the unit sales signal is transmitted to the pachinko machine 6
0 and from the card processor 62 are transmitted to the hall management computer. As a result, if either one breaks down or malfunctions and one unit price sales signal goes wrong, it can be immediately judged that an abnormality has occurred because it conflicts with the other unit price sales signal,
Accurate management of sales becomes possible. The unit box 830 includes an energizing indicator 8 for displaying the energized state.
36, and a reset switch 832 for manually restarting the power supply when an abnormality occurs in the card processor 62 or the like.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of the card processor control unit.

A card processor control microcomputer 300 is incorporated in the card processor controller 135 (see FIG. 2). The card processor controlling microcomputer 300 has a function of controlling the operation of various devices as described below. For this reason, the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 is composed of, for example, an LSI of several chips, and stores therein a CPU 301 capable of executing a control operation in a predetermined procedure and operation program data of the CPU. A ROM 302 and a RAM 303 which can write and read necessary data are included.

Further, the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 receives an input signal and provides input data to the CPU 301, and receives an output data from the CPU 301 and outputs it to the outside. A power-on reset circuit 305 for giving a reset pulse, a clock generation circuit 306 for giving a clock signal to the CPU 301, and a clock signal from the clock generation circuit 306 is frequency-divided to give a reset pulse to the CPU 301 periodically (for example, every 2 msec). A pulse dividing circuit (periodic reset circuit) 307;
And an address decoding circuit 308 for decoding address data from the PU 301.

The address decode circuit 308 is a CPU 30
1 is decoded and the ROM 302,
A chip select signal is given to the RAM 303 and the input / output circuit 304, respectively.

In this embodiment, the ROM 302
A programmable ROM is used so that its contents can be rewritten, that is, if necessary, the program data for the CPU 301 stored therein can be changed. The CPU 301 provides control signals to various devices in accordance with the program data stored in the ROM 302 and in response to the output of each control signal described below.

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

The staff at the game hall sets the ball lending setting switch 137
By operating (see FIG. 2) to set the ball lending amount,
The setting signal is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 via the detection circuit 309. When the fraction display switch 136 (see FIG. 1) is operated, the switch operation signal is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 via the detection circuit 309. When the player presses the ball lending button 44c (see FIG. 1), the pressing operation is detected by the ball lending operation detector 44d, and the detection signal is sent to the card processing mechanism via the relay terminal board 138 and the detection circuit 309. The data is input to the control microcomputer 300. Player returns button 42c
When a pressing operation is performed (see FIG. 1), the pressing operation is detected by the return operation detector 42d, and the detection signal is input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 via the relay terminal board 138 and the detection circuit 309. . A card acceptance signal, a card abnormal signal, and a card processing completion signal are input from the card reader / writer control unit 134 (see FIGS. 1 and 2).

From the payout control microcomputer 350 via the relay terminal board 138 and the information input circuit 312,
A payable signal, a ball lending preparation signal, a ball lending completion signal,
A ball lending possible signal is input. The information input circuit 312 has a built-in photocoupler, and various signals described above from the payout control microcomputer 350 are transmitted to the card processing machine control microcomputer 3 via the photocoupler.
00 is input. Since the signal is input via the photocoupler in this manner, the adverse effect of the failure generated in the payout control microcomputer 350 does not reach the card processing machine control microcomputer 300. Therefore, due to the failure of the payout control microcomputer 350, the card processing machine control microcomputer 3
The inconvenience of failure up to 00 can be prevented as much as possible.

Next, the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 outputs a control signal to the following circuits and devices.

LED drive circuit 310, relay terminal board 13
8, ball lending display 48d, card balance display 5
0 (see FIG. 1) to output a display control signal.
Through the lamp drive circuit 311, the card insertion indicator 13
2. A display control signal is given to the processor usable indicator 130, respectively. Card reader / writer control unit 134 (FIG. 1,
2), a current balance data, a card write / discharge command signal, zero balance data, and a card collection command signal, which will be described later, are output. A ball lending request signal, which will be described later, is output to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the information output circuit 313 and the relay terminal board 138. Unit box 83
0, A unit sales signal is output to the ball lending card central management computer via the card processor terminal box 320. This ball lending card centralized management computer is a centralized management computer installed in a ball lending card issuing company or the like. It is connected by a communication line via 320. A unit sales signal is transmitted to the hall management computer via the unit box 830, and the card processing machine 6
2 is supplied with a predetermined power.

FIG. 4 is a schematic circuit diagram showing a circuit for transmitting and receiving signals between the pachinko gaming machine side and the card processing machine side.

Power supply 7 provided on the pachinko machine side
24 is supplied to the power supply circuit 70 on the card processor side.
1 is input. The power supply circuit 701 is a general power supply circuit including a rectifier, and is for converting an alternating current into a direct current VC (+12 V) and applying it to various circuits and electronic devices. Each of the LED indicators 50a, 5 constituting the aforementioned card balance indicator 50 provided on the pachinko gaming machine side
A common electrode drive circuit 310a for applying a voltage to each of the common electrodes 0b and 50c is provided on the card processor side. The common electrode drive circuit 310a is for applying a voltage to the common electrode of each of the LED displays 50a to 50c based on a control signal from the microcomputer for controlling the card processor. The common electrode drive circuit 31
0a is a switch circuit 702a, 7 including a photocoupler.
02b and 702c, so that the control signal from the microcomputer for controlling the card processor is once converted into light and then converted again into an electric signal.

A segment corresponding electrode drive circuit 310b for applying a voltage to the electrodes corresponding to the seven display segments of each of the LED displays 50a to 50c is provided on the card processor side. The segment-corresponding electrode drive circuit 310b selects a desired segment-corresponding electrode based on a display control signal from the microcomputer for controlling the card processor and applies a voltage thereto.
Then, on condition that a voltage is applied to the common electrode, the segment corresponding to the applied segment corresponding electrode is switched to the display state. The segment corresponding electrode drive circuit 310b also has switch circuits 703a to 703g each composed of a photocoupler. The display control signal from the microcomputer for controlling the card processor is once converted into light and then converted into an electric signal again. And the segments are applied to the corresponding electrodes. Even if the switch circuits 702a to 702c and 703a to 703g cause an abnormal state such as an abnormally high voltage of the display control signal from the microcomputer for controlling the card processor, the LED displays 50a to 50c are not affected. Failure can be prevented as much as possible.

The ball lending operation detector 44d and return operation detector 42d provided on the pachinko gaming machine side are input to the card processor controlling microcomputer via the detection circuit 309 described above. This detection circuit 309
Includes a switch circuit composed of a photocoupler corresponding to each of the detectors 44d, 42d.
The detection signal from 42d is once converted into light and then converted into an electric signal again and input to the card processor controlling microcomputer 300. Thereby, each detector 42
Even if the detection signals from d and 44d become abnormal signals having abnormally high voltages, it is possible to prevent the circuit and the electronic device on the card processing machine side from being damaged due to the influence as much as possible.

Ball lending L provided on the card processing machine side
The ED drive circuit 310c includes a switch circuit 705 composed of a photocoupler. The display control signal from the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 is once converted into light, then converted again into an electric signal, and the ball is lent by the electric signal. The display of the display 46d is controlled. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the ball lending display 46d from being damaged by the influence of the abnormality of the display control signal from the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 as much as possible.

A ball lending request signal, which will be described later, is sent from the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 to a switch circuit 706 composed of a photocoupler provided on the card processing machine side and a switch circuit 707 composed of a photocoupler provided on the pachinko gaming machine side. It is input to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the CPU. Also, the card is a card processing machine 6
2, a control signal is input from the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 to the switch circuit 708 comprising a photocoupler, and the control signal is once converted into light and then converted again into an electric signal, and then converted into a pachinko machine. The signal is input to a switch circuit 709 including a photocoupler provided on the gaming machine, converted into light once, converted into an electric signal again, and input to the payout control microcomputer 350. These switch circuits 707, 7
06 is a power supply circuit 70 provided on the card processor side.
1 is connected in series with the switch circuit 709,
708 is also connected to the power supply circuit 701 in series.
Then, the switch circuits 706 and 708 on the card processing machine side
The switch circuits 707 and 70 on the pachinko machine side
9 is switched on and off, and when switched on, the photocoupler is operated by the DC voltage VC from the power supply circuit 701 on the card processor side. Switch circuit 70 on pachinko machine side
7 and 709 are operated by the DC voltage VC of the power supply circuit 701 on the card processing machine side because the voltage applied to the switch circuits 707 and 709 on the pachinko gaming machine side is changed by the switch circuit on the card processing machine side thereafter. 706,7
08, the switch circuits 707 and 70
If 9 is configured to be operated by a DC voltage from the power circuit of the pachinko gaming machine, a part of the voltage from the power circuit of the pachinko gaming machine enters the card processing machine, As a result, an abnormally high voltage may partially enter the card processing machine due to a failure of the power supply circuit of the pachinko gaming machine or the like, and the card processing may be affected by the failure of the power supply circuit or the like of the pachinko gaming machine. The inconvenience that the circuit and the electronic device on the machine side break down occurs, and this is to eliminate such inconvenience. In addition, switch circuits 706, 707, 70 comprising photocouplers
According to 8,709, similarly to the above, it is possible to prevent the voltage abnormality of one device from adversely affecting the other device on the pachinko gaming machine side and the card processing machine side. In the present embodiment, the card insertion signal is always output from the card processor to the pachinko gaming machine while the card is being inserted, but, for example, a ball lending request signal is sent to the pachinko gaming machine. The card insertion signal may be output only when output is performed.

A ball lending preparation signal and a ball lending completion signal, which will be described later, are input from a payout control microcomputer 350 to a switch circuit 710 composed of a photocoupler, and once converted into light and then converted again into an electric signal. The signal is input to a switch circuit 711 composed of a photocoupler on the side, is once converted into light, is again converted into an electric signal, and is input to the microcomputer 300 for controlling a card processor.
Also, a payout enable signal from the payout control microcomputer 350 is input to a switch circuit 712 composed of a photocoupler, which is once converted into light and then converted again into an electric signal, which is then switched into a switch circuit 713 composed of a photocoupler on the card processor side. The signal is once converted into light, then converted into an electric signal again, and input to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300. Since the switch circuits 710, 711, 712, and 713 composed of photocouplers are provided, it is possible to prevent the abnormal voltage of one device from adversely affecting the other device, as described above. The common electrode drive circuit 310a, the segment corresponding electrode drive circuit 310b, the detection circuit 309, the ball lending LED drive circuit 31
0c, switch circuits 706, 708, 711, 713
Are applied to the DC electrode VC of the power supply circuit 701, respectively. FIG. 4 shows, for example, the relay board 1 shown in FIG.
38 is omitted in the drawing. 730a to 730g in the figure
Are the display units 50a, 50b, 50c of the balance display 50.
Is a resistor incorporated in order to make the magnitude of the voltage applied to a desired value. That is, each of the indicators 50a, 50
The voltages applied to b and 50c are voltages generated in the power supply circuit 701 of the card processor 62, and the balance indicator 50 of the pachinko gaming machine 60 connected to the card processor 62.
May not always be appropriate. In that case, the resistors 730a to 730 having a predetermined resistance value
g is incorporated so that a desired voltage is applied to the balance indicator 50. Resistors 731, 73 for the same reason
2 are provided, and the voltages applied to the switch circuits 707 and 709 can be set to desired values by the resistors 731 and 732. In the present embodiment, the card processing signal is always output from the card processing machine to the pachinko gaming machine during the period in which the card is inserted, or a ball lending request signal is sent to the pachinko gaming machine, for example. The card insertion signal may be output only when output is performed.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a payout control circuit of the payout centralized control board 730 stored in the payout control board box 145 (see FIG. 2).

The payout control circuit is provided with a payout control microcomputer 350. The payout control microcomputer 350 has a CPU 351 and a CPU 351 similarly to the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 in FIG.
ROM 352, RAM 353, power-on reset circuit 355, clock generation circuit 356, pulse dividing circuit 35
7, an address decode circuit 358, and an input / output circuit 354, and the description is not repeated here. In addition,
The payout control microcomputer 350 includes a one-chip microcomputer 350A in which a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input / output circuit, and an address decode circuit are integrated into one chip among the various circuits described above. However, unlike the ROM 302 of FIG. 3, a so-called mask ROM in which data is written during manufacturing is used as the ROM 352. Then, the CPU 351 responds to the output of each control signal described below in accordance with the program data stored in the ROM 352,
Control signals are given to various devices. Further, as described above, since the program data generally stored in the mask ROM is difficult to read, the ROM 352 used for the payout control microcomputer 350 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes In addition to the program data, a data loader program for sequentially outputting all stored data on the condition that a predetermined signal is input is also stored. When reading data, the payout control board 730 is connected not to the relay terminal board 138 but to a ROM writer for reading via an interface board for data reading. This will be described later with reference to FIG.

The following signals are given to the payout control microcomputer 350 as input signals.

When a staff at the game hall presses the reset button 147 (see FIG. 2), the reset switch 147 is pressed.
Is turned on, and a reset operation detection signal is input from the detection circuit 359 to the payout control microcomputer 350. When the surplus ball tray 122 (see FIG. 1) is full and the full tank switch 162 (see FIG. 2) is turned on, the ON signal is given to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the detection circuit 360. The number-of-payouts setting section 71 is for setting and storing various numbers of payout balls in the microcomputer 350 for payout control, and when a payout number request signal is sent from the microcomputer 350 for payout control. , The number of lending balls p, the number of payouts of each prize ball k, m, n
Is a payout control microcomputer 35.
Sent to 0. When a pachinko ball is present in a first ball passage (not shown) in the ball dispenser 63, the light emitted from the light emitter (light emitting element) 67a is blocked and is not received by the ball confirmation sensor A (63a). , The ball is present, and the confirmation signal is transmitted to the relay terminal board 13.
8. It is input to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the detection circuit 360. Similarly, the presence of a pachinko ball in the second ball passage opening in the ball dispenser 63 is detected by the ball confirmation sensor B (68b), and the detection signal is dispensed via the relay terminal board 138 and the detection circuit 360. The data is input to the control microcomputer 350. On the other hand, when the pachinko ball in the first ball passage is paid out, the light from the light projector (light emitting element) 67c is blocked by the paid out pachinko ball, and the light is not received by the ball counting sensor A (68c). It is detected that the ball has been paid out, and the detection signal is given to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the relay terminal board 138 and the detection circuit 360.
Similarly, if the pachinko ball in the second ball passage is paid out downward, the paid-out pachinko ball is used as the ball counting sensor B.
(68d), and the detection signal is supplied to the payout control microcomputer 350 via the relay terminal board 138 and the detection circuit 360. The detection circuit 36
At 0, the detection signals of the ball confirmation sensor A (68a) and the ball confirmation sensor B (68b) may be input to the payout control microcomputer 350 via an AND gate. By doing so, the ball confirmation sensor A (68
The pachinko ball is present only when both the signal for confirming the presence of the pachinko ball according to a) and the signal for confirming the presence of the pachinko ball by the ball confirmation sensor B (68b) are input to the detection circuit 360. A confirmation signal to the effect is given to the payout control microcomputer 350.

Reference position sensor A of winning ball processing device 400
If (403a) and B (403b) detect the reference position detecting piece provided on the ball feeding member (not shown) of the winning ball processing device, the detection signal is input via the detection circuit 360. The winning ball sensor A (401) of the winning ball processing device 400
If a) and B (401b) detect a winning ball, the detection output is input via the detection circuit 360. The presence or absence of a ball in the ball tank 151 is detected by the tank ball sensor 150 (see FIG. 2), and the detection output is input via the terminal box 149 for the gaming machine and the detection circuit 360. A game control microcomputer 370 provided on a game control board housed in a game control board box 148 (see FIG. 2) receives a pachinko ball winning signal from a game control microcomputer 370 via a relay terminal board 138 and an information input circuit 365. Is input to the payout control microcomputer 350. From the card processor controlling microcomputer 300 via the relay terminal board 138 and the information input circuit 365,
A ball lending request signal is input. The information input circuit 365 is provided with a photocoupler, and the aforementioned signals input from the game control microcomputer 370 and the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 are supplied to the payout control microcomputer 3 via the photocoupler.
50 is input. As a result, it is possible to prevent the adverse effects of the failures occurring in the game control microcomputer 370 and the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 from reaching the payout control microcomputer 350,
The inconvenience that the payout control microcomputer 350 also breaks down due to a fault occurring in the game control microcomputer 370 or the card processing machine control microcomputer 300 can be prevented as much as possible.

Next, the payout control microcomputer 3
50 outputs the following control signals to the following circuits and devices.

The floodlight 6 is transmitted through the LED drive circuit 361.
7a to 67d, and outputs a projector control signal and a lending display control signal to the lending display 46d, respectively. LED
The error cause display 146 (FIG. 2)
Control signal for error cause display. A solenoid excitation control signal is output to the payout solenoid 223 via the solenoid drive circuit 362. Ball confirmation sensors and ball counting sensors 68a to 68d, and light projectors 67a to 67d
The payout solenoid 223 is provided in the ball payout device 63.

A motor drive control signal is output to each of the discharge motors A (402a) and B (402b) via the motor drive circuit 367. Each reference position sensor 403a, 4
03b, winning ball sensors 401a and 401b, and discharging motors 402a and 402b are provided in the winning ball processing device 400. That is, the winning ball sensors 401a and 40a
When any of 1b detects a winning ball, the payout solenoid provided in the ball payout unit 63 pays out a predetermined number (any of m, n, and k) while detecting and confirming one prize ball, and the payout is completed. In this case, the discharge motor A (402
a) or B (402b) is rotated by a predetermined angle, and one of the prize balls detected by the prize ball sensors 401a and 401b, for which the corresponding number of prize balls have been paid out, is one. And then waits until a winning ball is detected by one of the winning sensors 401a and 401b.

A control signal for solenoid excitation is applied to a ball-pulling solenoid 180 (see FIG. 2) via a solenoid driving circuit 362. A payout lamp lighting control signal is given to the payout lamp 126 (see FIG. 1) via the lamp drive circuit 363 and the gaming machine control terminal box 149. Information output circuit 364, gaming machine control terminal box 149
A unit sales signal and a prize ball dispensing signal, which will be described later, are output to the hall management computer via. Information output circuit 3
66, a ball lending preparation signal, a ball lending completion signal, a payout possible signal, and a ball lending enable signal are output to the microcomputer 304 for controlling the card processor via the interruption terminal board 138. The information output circuit 364 is provided with a relay switch, and the above-described various signals output to the gaming machine control terminal box 149 are output via the relay switch. As a result, the adverse effect of the failure occurring in the payout control system is prevented from reaching the hall management computer, and the inconvenience of causing the failure of the hall management computer due to the failure occurring in the payout control system can be prevented as much as possible. .

FIG. 6 is a timing chart for explaining the operation timing of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine.

First, the power is turned on (power on), and at the time point A, the ball lending preparation signal line is turned on, and a payout enable signal on the pachinko gaming machine side is output. Next, at the time point B when the card is accepted, the card insertion indicator 132 and the ball lending indicator 4
8d is turned ON. Next, the ball lending operation detector 44d
It becomes N, and the ball lending operation of the player is detected, and at the time of C, the detection of the ball lending operation is performed. At this point, the ball lending indicator 48d is turned off and turned off, the ball lending signal line is turned on, and the card processor 62 enters the ball lending enabled state. At a time point D at which a predetermined delay time a (for example, 20 msec) has elapsed from the time point C, the ball lending request signal line is turned on, and the ball lending request signal is output from the card processor 62 to the pachinko gaming machine 60 side. . The reason why the predetermined delay time a is provided is to provide a sufficient time for the pachinko gaming machine to determine that the ball lending possible signal line has been turned on, thereby preventing a malfunction due to noise.

From the time point D, a predetermined ball lending preparation signal confirmation time b (for example, 10 ms) for confirming whether or not the payout control microcomputer is ready to pay out.
(ec ≦ b ≦ 10 sec) at the point of E, the payout state signal line is turned on, and the ball lending preparation signal is sent to the pachinko gaming machine 6.
0 is output to the card processor 62 side. From this point, a predetermined ball lending command signal confirmation time c for confirming the presence or absence of a ball lending command signal from the card processor 62 has passed F
At this point, the ball lending request signal line is turned off, whereby the ball lending command signal is output from the card processor 62 to the pachinko gaming machine 60. At the time point G at which the predetermined ball lending completion signal confirmation time d in consideration of the time required for the payout at the pachinko gaming machine 60 has elapsed from this point, the payout state signal line is turned off, and accordingly, the ball lending completion signal Is output from the pachinko gaming machine 60 side to the card processing machine 62 side. Further, from this point on, the ball lending request signal line is turned on at the point D at which the next ball lending request signal confirmation time e for giving priority to the reception of the ball lending request over the reception of the winning ball is passed.
The next ball lending request signal is output from the card processing machine 62 to the pachinko gaming machine 60, and the ball lending preparation signal, the ball lending command signal output, and the ball lending completion signal output are output as described above. Repeated. In FIG. 6, the output of the ball lending request signal, the output of the ball lending preparation signal, the output of the ball lending command signal, and the output of the ball lending completion signal are repeated three times in total, and the time when the last ball lending completion signal is output When the ball lending request signal is not output during the next ball lending request signal confirmation time e, the ball lending enable signal line is switched to OFF. Next, the return operation detector 42d is turned on.
At time H, it is detected that the player has performed a return operation. At that time, the card insertion display 132 blinks and the ball lending display 48d is turned off and turned off. Then, at the time of I, the card is returned to the player.

FIG. 7 shows a one-chip microcomputer 3 for payout control.
This shows a normal connection of the payout control board 730 including 50A and a connection at the time of reading data stored in the mask ROM. Normally, as shown in FIG. 7A, the payout control board 730 is connected to the relay terminal board 138 by the connector 73.
1, a cable 732, and a connector 141. The relay terminal board 138 is connected to the card processor control unit 135 by a connector 139, a cable 733, and a connector 734. The connection at this time is as described with reference to FIG.

When reading out program data from the mask ROM 352 (see FIG. 5) included in the one-chip microcomputer 350A, the payout control board 730 is connected as shown in FIG. 7B. Referring to FIG. 7B, at the time of reading, payout control board 730 is connected to interface board 760 for reading via connector 731, cable 732, and connector 141. The interface board 760 is connected to a ROM writer 770 for reading data via a connector 735, a cable 737, and a connector 736.

FIG. 8 shows a connection of a portion necessary for ROM data reading out of the connection between the payout control board 730 and the interface board 760. 8, the same components as those in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals and names, and description thereof will be omitted. As shown in FIG. 8, among four signal lines (ball lending request signal line, ball lending available signal line, payout state signal line, ball lending preparation signal line) used in a normal game, ball lending is performed. The possible signal line, the payout state signal line, and the ball lending preparation signal line are used when outputting ROM data. The ball lending possible signal line is used as a ROM data output request signal input line given to the payout control board, the payout state signal line is used as a ROM data output line from the payout control board to the interface board, and the ball lending preparation signal line is It is used for setting conditions for confirming whether or not the signal input to the ball lending possible signal line is a ROM data output request signal.

FIGS. 9 to 11 are flowcharts of the game machine control program and the data loader program stored in the ROM 352, which are executed by the CPU 351 of FIG. Fig. 9 shows power-on (power-on reset)
10 is a program executed in response to an initial reset pulse at the time. FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a case where C is set based on an interrupt signal given from a pulse divider circuit 357 shown in FIG.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart of an interrupt program executed by the PU 351. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a ROM data transmission process performed in step S (hereinafter simply referred to as S) 9 in FIG.

Referring to FIG. 9, when a power-on reset is performed, first, a work area such as RAM 353 (see FIG. 5) is cleared, and a predetermined value, for example, 1 second (or 1 second) is supplied to the data loader timer in S1. 2 sec)
Is set. The data loader timer is for measuring the predetermined time so that the ROM data transmission process is performed only when an output request signal is input during a predetermined time after the power-on reset. Subsequently, in S2, the ball lending preparation signal line shown in FIG. 8 is turned off. The ball rental preparation signal line is turned off for the following reason. In a normal gaming state, the card processing machine control unit 135 does not supply a ball lending enable signal to the payout control board unless a ball lending preparation signal line is received from the payout control board. That is, if the ball lending preparation signal line is turned off in the normal game state, the ball lending possible signal line must be always turned off. Therefore, when the ball lending possible signal line is turned on even though the ball lending preparation signal line is off, the connection is not established with the interface board 760 (see FIG. 7) instead of the normal game state. Has been done,
It is determined that an output request signal for requesting ROM data transmission has been input through the ball lending possible signal line.
By doing so, the ROM data transmission processing can be performed only by changing the connection of the connector 141 from the relay terminal board 138 to the interface board 760, using the signal line used in the normal game as it is. After the process in S2, the one-chip microcomputer 350A waits for a timer interrupt from the pulse dividing circuit 357 (see FIG. 5).

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of a program executed by one-chip microcomputer 350A that has waited for a timer interrupt after the processing shown in FIG. 9 based on a pulse supplied from pulse dividing circuit 357. . In a normal game, this program starts to be executed from the beginning each time a pulse is supplied from the pulse dividing circuit 357, and after a certain processing, waits for the next timer interrupt. First, in S3, it is determined whether the data loader timer set in S1 of FIG. 9 has expired. If the timer has expired, it means that the output request signal has not been input within the predetermined time, so the process proceeds to S10, the interrupt prohibition is released, and the normal processing for game control as described above is performed in S11. , The next timer interrupt waiting process.

If the timer has expired in S3, S4
Then, the value of the data loader timer is decremented by 1, and in S5, it is determined whether or not the ball lending enable signal line (output request signal input line) is on. If it is not turned on, the process waits for a timer interrupt. If it is turned on, the process proceeds to S6, where 1 is added to the contents of the previously prepared and initialized ON counter. Then, in S7, it is determined whether or not the result of the addition in S6 indicates that the ON counter has a predetermined maximum value (for example, a value corresponding to 1 sec set in S1). If it is not the maximum, it will wait for the timer interrupt, but if it is determined that it is the maximum, it means that the ball lending enable signal line has been continuously turned on within the time of the data loader timer, It is determined that the input has been made, and RO after S8
Processing for transmitting M data is performed.

First, in S8, an interrupt prohibition process for the one-chip microcomputer 350A is performed. This interrupt prohibition process is to prevent interruption of the process by prohibiting an interrupt during a ROM data transmission process described later. Subsequently, a ROM data transmission process is performed in S9. This processing will be described later in detail with reference to FIG. After S9, in this embodiment, this program ends without waiting for a timer interrupt. FIG. 7 shows the ROM data output process.
This is because it is not necessary to start a normal game state because the connection is performed in a different connection from the normal state as shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a subroutine of the ROM data sending process. First, in S12, R
In the OM 352, a storage area for storing the address of the page being processed and a storage area for storing the address of the frame being processed are cleared.
One page indicates a storage area of 256 bytes. ROM
352 has a total storage capacity of 32 pages, that is, 8K.
It has a storage capacity of bytes. Each page is composed of 16 frames. That is, each frame includes 16 bytes of data.

In S13, the page being processed (256
The frame data being processed (byte data) is extracted. In the case of the present embodiment, one frame, that is, 16 bytes of ROM data is taken out in one process, converted into ASCII, and processed into data of 32 bytes. Then, conversion of the data from the payout control board 730 to the interface board 760 into a data format for serial transfer is performed. In the case of the present embodiment, a format conversion process called Intel HEX conversion, which is popular for serial transfer, is performed. Other formats used are DG binary format, DEC binary format, ASCIIHEX
There are many things, such as formats.

Subsequently, in S14, one byte of the HEX-converted data is transmitted. Then, in S15, it is determined whether or not data transmission for one frame has been completed.
If it has not been completed yet, the process of transmitting the next one byte of data is performed again in S14. If it is determined in S15 that the transmission of one frame is completed, the process proceeds to S16, and the current frame address being processed is incremented by one. And S17
Then, by examining the current frame address added in S16, it is determined whether or not data transmission for one page has been completed. If the processing has not been completed yet, the process returns to S13, and the transmission processing of the frame data next to S13 to S15 is performed.

If it is determined in step S17 that the transmission of one page has been completed, the flow advances to step S18 to determine whether transmission of 32 pages has been completed. If not completed, the process proceeds to S19, where 1 is added to the current page address and S13
Then, the processes of S13 to S17 are performed for the page of the next address. If it is determined in S18 that the transmission of data for 32 pages has been completed, this subroutine ends.

According to the programs shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, when an output request signal is input within a predetermined time after a power-on reset, ROM data transmission processing is performed, and then C
The processing by the PU is stopped, but when the output request signal is not input for a predetermined time, normal processing for game control is performed. Once the normal processing is started, the ROM data transmission processing cannot be performed unless the power is once turned off.

FIG. 12 is a timing chart showing the states of the signals on the ball lending possible signal line, the payout state signal line, and the ball lending preparation signal line shown in FIG. This timing chart is based on the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 9 to 11. In the flowchart shown in FIGS. RO when input to line
The state of M data output is shown. First, the ball lending preparation signal line is turned off by the processing in S2 of FIG. As described above, in the normal gaming state, if the ball lending preparation signal line is off, the ball lending possible signal line does not turn on. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12, if the ball lending possible signal line is turned on even though the ball lending preparation signal line is off, there is a possibility that the ROM data output processing is requested. In this case, FIG.
When it is detected that the ball lending possible signal line is ON by S5 of 0, a predetermined time until the ON counter reaches the maximum value by the processing of S6 and S7 (1 in the above example).
It is repeatedly determined whether or not the ball possible signal line is ON for (seconds). If the ON counter is ON until the ON counter reaches the maximum value, it is determined that the output request signal has been input, The output of the ROM data is started from the payout control board toward the interface board using the payout state signal line (ROM data output line). First, after it is determined that the ON counter has reached the maximum value, the output of the ROM data output line is turned on for one bit, and eight bits of data bits D0 to D7 are transmitted following the start bit. In this case, the data bits are output in the order of lower bit D0 to upper bit D7. The time allocated to each bit is about 833 μscc. When the transmission of one byte (= 8 bits) of data is completed, a one-bit stop bit is added, and a transmission waiting time of about 1 msec is provided following the stop bit. In addition,
This transmission waiting time may not be required. After the elapse of the transmission wait time, the next one-byte data is transmitted. Also in this case, a start bit and a stop bit are added before and after one byte of data. Thus, R
All the data of OM is serially transferred to the interface board side on the ROM data output line (discharge state signal line). This signal is read via the interface board 760 by the ROM writer 770 shown in FIG.
All of the program data and the data loader program stored in (see FIG. 5) can be confirmed.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, the gaming computer according to the present invention is used for payout control, but it may be used for controlling a variable display device, for example. Generally, the control computer for the variable display device is often mounted on the same board as the game control computer.
Therefore, in this case, the vacant pins of the variable display
Although it is used for OM data output, since it cannot be directly connected to the above-mentioned interface board 760 using a connector, an interface board for data conversion is provided, and this data conversion interface board is connected to the variable display device. In addition, the R output from the variable display device
The OM data is converted into a data format used in the above-described interface board 760. The interface board for data conversion and the interface board 760 are connected by a connector, and the interface board 76 is further connected.
0 may be connected to the ROM writer 770. That is, in this case, two types of interface boards are used. By doing so, it is possible to output ROM data using the same interface board 760 and ROM writer 770 even for different types of gaming computers.

Next, a ROM data output process in the gaming computer according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The method of transmitting ROM data of the gaming computer according to the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that unused input / output pins of the one-chip microcomputer 350A are used as output request signal input lines. There are features. For example, when a gaming computer using such a mask ROM is used for controlling a variable display device, the computer for controlling the variable display device and the computer for controlling the game are mounted on the same board. Are not connected to each other by the connector as in the above, but are connected on the substrate. Therefore, it is impossible to disconnect the connector from the normal connection and replace it with the data reading interface board. The gaming computer according to the second embodiment is configured so that data can be easily read even in such a case.

In FIG. 13, the left side is the input / output terminal of the card processor control unit described in the first embodiment.
The right side is the input / output terminal of the payout control board of the pachinko gaming machine. Of the input / output pins of the card processor, pins 2, 12, 13, and 24 are used for reading ROM data. Pin 8 is for grounding. Of these pins, 2
The pins 24 and 24 are for sending an output request signal input line to the payout control board. Pin 12 is a pin for receiving ROM data from the payout control board. Pin 13 is a pin for receiving a clock signal that determines the timing for latching data serially transmitted to pin 12 from the payout control board.

Of the input / output terminals on the payout control board side, D
The out terminal, the DATA terminal, and the CLK terminal are connected to the RO terminal.
Used for M data transmission processing. D The out terminal is connected to pins 2 and 24 of the card processor control unit via a photocoupler as shown in FIG. 13, and the output request signal generated on the card processor controller side is once converted into an optical signal. After being converted, it is again converted into an electric signal and input. The DATA terminal is connected to pin 12 of the card processor control unit. CLK terminal is 1 of the card processor control unit.
Connected to pin 3. The ROM data reading method of the gaming computer according to this embodiment is different from that of the first embodiment in that a synchronous type is adopted as a serial transmission method and data is surely transmitted using a clock. Has that characteristic.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of a program executed by the one-chip microcomputer 350A on the payout control board 730, in which a program for performing the ROM data sending process according to the method shown in FIG. 13 is incorporated. First, in S20, D Processing for detecting the out signal is performed. As a result of the processing, it is determined in S21 whether or not the ROM data should be transmitted.
If it is determined that the data is not being sent, the process proceeds to S40, where another normal process different from the ROM data sending process is performed. After normal processing, the program waits for a timer interrupt. If there is a timer interrupt, this program will be executed again from the beginning.

If it is determined in step S21 that the process for transmitting the ROM data is being performed, the process proceeds to step S22, and a determination is made as to whether the process is in a data transmission end state. This determination is made, for example, by checking the value of a process flag prepared in advance. This data transmission end state is set in S39 described later. If the result of determination in S22 is that data transmission has ended, this program waits for a timer interrupt. That is, once the data transmission is completed, this program does not perform any processing thereafter. If it is determined in S22 that the data transmission has not ended, the process proceeds to S23, and it is determined whether the process is before the start of data transmission. If the determination is made before the start of data transmission, the process proceeds to S24, where processing before start of data transmission is performed. Here, a predetermined procedure for exchanging data with the card processor control unit is performed. This procedure includes, for example, RO
There are processes such as securing the M data transfer preparation time and starting transmission of the clock CLK. After S24, the process proceeds to S25, where the ROM data transmission state is set as the process state.
After S25, this program waits for a timer interrupt.

On the other hand, when it is determined in S23 that the process is not before the start of data transmission, the process proceeds to S26, and it is determined whether or not the process is transmitting ROM data. R
If it is determined that the OM data is being sent, the process proceeds to S27, where the ROM data sending process is performed. Each time the process of S27 is executed once, the data of the corresponding address in the ROM is output to the card processor control unit via the DATA signal line by one bit. At this time, calculation of a checksum for confirming on the card processor control unit side whether or not the data has been correctly transmitted is also performed. Two checksums are provided, one using a 2-byte storage area for checking the transmission state of 256-byte data, and the other for checking the contents of all the transmission data. Similarly, a 2-byte storage area is used. Then, each time the ROM data is transmitted one bit at a time, the value is added. The checksum for 256-byte data is cleared once after the transmission of 256-byte data is completed, as described later. Such clearing is not performed in the area for checking at the time of transmitting all data.

At S28, a determination is made as to whether transmission of all data has been completed. If it is determined that transmission of all data has not been completed, the process proceeds to S29, and it is determined whether transmission of one page, that is, data of 256 bytes has been completed. If the data transmission has not been completed, the program waits for a timer interrupt. If the data transmission has been completed, the program proceeds to S30, where the process is terminated.
A process for setting a 56-byte checksum transmission state is performed. Here, when the 256-byte checksum transmission state is set in the process, the answer to the determination in the next S26 is NO, and the process proceeds to S32.

At S32, a determination is made as to whether the process is in the state of transmitting a 256-byte checksum. If the 256-byte checksum is being transmitted, the process proceeds to S33, where the 256-byte checksum indicating the result of adding all the 256-byte data is DATA.
The processing of sending out through the signal line is performed. The card processor controller adds the 256-byte checksum and all checksums based on the ROM data input via the DATA signal line in the same manner as the processing performed in S27, and stores the 256-byte checksum. When the reception of this data is completed, the 256-byte checksum sent from the dispensing control board is compared with the 256-byte checksum calculated by itself. If the collation results match, it is considered that the data output was performed normally. However, if they did not match, it was determined that there was some abnormality in the communication, and the transfer of the 256-byte data was repeated again. Become.

After S33, the process proceeds to S34, where it is determined whether the transmission process of the 256-byte checksum is completed. If the processing has not been completed, the process waits for a timer interrupt.
A process for setting the OM data transmission state is performed. S
After 35, the program waits for a timer interrupt. S3
As a result of the process of No. 5, the answer to the next determination in S22 and S23 is N
O, the answer to the determination in S26 is YES, and the ROM data transmission processing of S27 and subsequent steps is performed.

On the other hand, if it is determined in S32 that the process is not in the state of transmitting a 256-byte checksum, the process proceeds to S36, and it is determined whether the process is in the state of transmitting all checksums. If the answer is no, the program waits for a timer interrupt. On the other hand, S
If it is determined that the transmission of all data is completed as a result of the determination in 28, the state of transmission of all checksums is set as a process in S31. In this case, the answer to the determination in S36 is YES, and the process proceeds to S37. Try S37, S
At 27, a process of transmitting all the checksum data calculated for all the data via the DATA signal line is performed. In S38, it is determined whether or not transmission of all checksum data has been completed. If not completed, the process waits for a timer interrupt, and if completed, sets the process to a data transmission end state. Is performed. S3
After 9, the program waits for a timer interrupt.

As described above, according to the program shown in FIG. 14, while this program is repeatedly executed by the timer interruption, the ROM data and the 256-byte ROM are read.
The 256-byte checksum prepared for the data and all checksum data calculated for all data are sent to the interface board 760. The interface board 760 collates the input ROM data, the 256-byte checksum, and the entire checksum data, and determines whether or not the ROM data has been correctly received.

FIG. 15 uses the connection shown in FIG.
Each of the signal lines CLK, DATA, and D when the ROM data transmission process is performed according to the program shown in FIG.
6 is a timing chart of out. First, when the output request signal is D The signal is input to an out terminal. That is, the terminal D
The signal at the out terminal changes from off to on. Based on the detection of the output request signal, the output request signal (ROM
A time T1 for confirming that a data transfer signal (data transfer signal) is being input (for example, about 50 msec) is started. D again in T1 When the out terminal is turned off, no ROM data is output. D for T1
If the signal at the out terminal is on, it is determined that the output request signal has been input, and the output of the CLK terminal is turned on. The output of the CLK terminal is turned on for a predetermined time (about 50 msec) T2 as the ROM data transfer preparation time, and the transmission of the clock signal is started as the time T2 elapses. ROM data is sequentially output to the DATA terminal at a timing defined by the falling edge of the clock signal, one byte at a time, in the order of the most significant bit to the least significant bit. The card processor controller latches the signal input to the DATA terminal at the timing of the rising edge of the clock signal. As a result, the serial transmission of the ROM data from the payout control computer to the card processor control unit is performed. When all data transfer is completed, CLK
The signal at the terminal is for a predetermined time (eg, about 100 msec)
Turns on during When detecting that the clock signal is on for about 100 msec, the card processor control unit determines that the data transfer is completed, out
Turn off the output of the terminal.

The lower part of FIG. 15 shows the output order of data output from the DATA terminal in byte units. As shown in FIG. 15, after 256 bytes are sequentially output from the DATA terminal from the first byte of the ROM data, the checksum (2 bytes) data calculated for the transferred 256 bytes of data is output. The upper byte and the lower byte are sent out in that order. Then, the next 256 bytes of data are transferred, and the data is transferred 256 bytes at a time. After the transfer of all data is completed, the last 256
A signal of the upper 1 byte and lower 1 byte of the checksum obtained for the data of bytes is transmitted, and finally the upper 1 byte and lower 1 byte of the checksum calculated for all the data are continuously transmitted. When the checksum is calculated for all data, overflow occurs in the 2-byte storage area.
However, similarly, by performing the calculation using only two bytes, the data can be checked with a certain degree of reliability even when only the two-byte data is used.

As described above, if the gaming machine computer according to the second embodiment is used, the data stored in the mask ROM can be transmitted from the gaming computer directly connected to the circuit board without using a connector. Can be read. In this case, since the data is serially transmitted using the synchronous procedure using the clock signal, the possibility that the data to be read contains errors is reduced, the data can be read reliably, and the contents of the program data can be read. Check reliability is improved. Also, ROM
Since the data is converted into a format for serial transmission and then output, those who know the procedure can read the data reliably and easily and do not know the processing procedure. Has an effect for security protection that reading cannot be performed easily.

In the embodiment described above, the card balance is directly recorded on the card. Instead, information (for example, card number) capable of specifying the card balance is recorded on the card. The management computer for the hall installed in the game hall stores the card balance corresponding to the card number, and the management computer for the hall uses the card number of the inserted card as a clue to the card balance corresponding to the inserted card. The game may be configured so as to be indexed and to be played using the determined card balance.

In the above embodiment, the payout control computer stores the number of payout prize balls according to each payout condition, and the payout control computer executes the payout control computer based on the input of the prize ball detection signal from the game control computer. The payout was performed, and the communication was not performed from the payout control computer to the game control computer. The award ball payout control may be performed by two-way communication.

The embodiments disclosed this time are to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

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Specific Example of Means for Solving the Problems A computer for a gaming machine used for a gaming machine is constituted by the payout control microcomputer 350 shown in FIG. The ROM 352 shown in FIG. 5 constitutes a program storage means for storing control program data. A read command signal (R) for reading program data stored in the program storage means is provided by the CPU 351 and the switch circuit 710 shown in FIG.
Program output means for outputting program data stored in the program storage means based on the input of the OM data output request signal).

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According to the present invention, the control program stored in the program storage means based on the input of the read command signal to the program output means by the function of the program output means. Data is read and output. Therefore, the contents of the stored program data can be easily confirmed even in the case of a program storage means such as a mask ROM which is inexpensive but difficult to read data.

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FIG. 1 is an overall front view of a pachinko game machine and a card processing machine used in the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a rear view showing a partial internal structure of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a control circuit of the card processing machine.

FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram showing a circuit for transmitting and receiving signals between a pachinko gaming machine and a card processing machine.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control circuit of a payout control board and a ball payout board.

FIG. 6 is a timing chart for explaining operation timings of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram showing a connection state of a payout control board in a normal state and in reading ROM data.

FIG. 8 is a circuit diagram showing connection lines and circuits used for ROM data output.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the control circuit shown in FIG. 5;

FIG. 12 is a timing chart for explaining operation timings of the card processing machine and the pachinko gaming machine when outputting ROM data.

FIG. 13 shows a ROM according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram of a circuit used for data transmission.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a payout control computer according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 15 is a timing chart for explaining ROM data output processing by the payout control computer according to the second embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

63 is a ball dispenser, 350 is a microcomputer for dispensing control, 350A is a one-chip microcomputer, 7
0 is a ball payout board, 62 is a card processing machine, 60 is a pachinko gaming machine, 730 is a payout control board, 400 is a winning ball processing device, 352 is a ROM, 300 is a microcomputer for controlling a card processing machine, 760 is an interface board, 77
0 is a ROM writer.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming machine represented by a pachinko gaming machine, a coin gaming machine, and the like, and to such a gaming machine.
Computers used in gaming machines, especially gaming machines
Control computer for controlling the
The present invention relates to a gaming machine whose operation is controlled by a computer, a computer used for a prize ball payout device and a variable display device in a pachinko gaming machine, and a gaming machine computer for controlling a game.

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2. Description of the Related Art Computers for game machines provided in this type of game machine include, for example, a CPU (Central Processes), which is generally known.
sing Unit), RAM (Random Acc)
ess Memory), ROM (Read-Only)
In some cases, the device is configured by a one-chip or several-chip LSI (large-scale integrated circuit) including a memory, etc., and controls a gaming machine, a prize ball dispensing device, and the like based on a control program stored in a ROM in advance .

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[SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION] However, the contents stored in the R OM is a disadvantage that if reading is difficult there because, in the ease of program data stored may not be checked <br/> Was.

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[0004] The present invention has been devised in view of such circumstances, and its object is to provide a gaming machine and a gaming machine computer that can easily check the program data that is stored.

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According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a control computer for controlling a game machine.
The operation control is performed by the control computer.
A game machine, wherein the control computer is a game machine.
Program storage unit for storing control program data
And a program stored in the program storage means.
Control for executing the control of the gaming machine based on the game data.
Execution means, based on the satisfaction of a predetermined output condition
The program stored in the program storage means.
A program for outputting program data to the outside of the control computer.
Program output means . Claim 2
The present invention described in (1), in addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 1,
And at least the program storage means and the control execution
The means is integrated into one chip . Contract
The present invention described in claim 3 provides the invention according to claim 1 or 2.
In addition to the configuration described above,
Program data for game control
Data, and the control execution means stores the program
To the game control program data stored in the means
The game control is performed on the basis of the game control . Claim
The present invention described in claim 4 is directed to any one of claims 1 to 3.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described above, the program output unit includes:
By serial transmission according to a predetermined procedure,
Output to the outside of the control computer.
It is characterized by that . The present invention described in claim 5 is a
Item 4. In addition to the configuration of the invention described in Item 4, the program output
Means for transmitting the program data by the serial transmission;
When performing the output of the above, in synchronization with a predetermined synchronization signal
Export program data to the outside of the control computer
It is characterized by force . The present invention according to claim 6 provides:
In addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
And the program output means turns on the power of the gaming machine.
Later, within a predetermined period before the control of the gaming machine is executed
Based on the satisfaction of the output conditions, the program data
Output to the outside of the control computer
You . The present invention described in claim 7 provides any one of claims 1 to 6
In addition to the configuration of the present invention, the program output
Means for outputting the program data;
To check if the gram data was output correctly
It is necessary to further output the output confirmation data used for
Features . The present invention described in claim 8 is based on claim 1
7 in addition to the configuration of the invention according to any one of
The program output means outputs the program data to the control
When outputting to outside the computer, the output program
Output start specifying data that can specify the start of RAM data output
And the end of output of output program data can be specified
And further output specific output end specific data.
I do . The present invention described in claim 9 provides the present invention according to claims 1 to 8.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in any of the above, the program output
The output condition in the force means is provided in the gaming machine.
Outside the control computer using the existing signal lines
Is established based on the output condition judgment signal input from the
It is characterized by the following . The present invention described in claim 10 is
Item 9 In addition to the configuration of the invention described in Item 9, the output condition determination
Signal is distinguished from other signals input to the existing signal line
It is a signal of a possible input mode . Claim
The present invention described in Item 11 relates to a game machine core used in a game machine.
A computer that stores control program data
Program storage means for storing
Based on the stored program data, the game
Control execution means for controlling the machine, and a predetermined output
Based on the establishment of the force condition, the program
Program output to output stored program data
Power means, at least said program storage means;
It is characterized in that the control execution means is integrated into one chip.
Sign. The present invention according to claim 12 provides the present invention according to claim 11.
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in the above, the program storage means
The stored program data is used by the game control
And the control execution means is the program data.
Game control program stored in ram storage means
Executing game control based on the data.
You . The present invention according to claim 13 provides the invention according to claim 11 or 1
In addition to the configuration of the invention described in 2, the program output means
The stages are preceded by a serial transmission according to a predetermined procedure.
And outputting the program data . Claim
The present invention described in claim 14 is the structure of the invention described in claim 13.
In addition to the above, the program output means may include the serial
When outputting the program data by transmission
The program data is synchronized with a predetermined synchronization signal.
It is characterized by outputting . The invention according to claim 15
Is a configuration of the invention according to any one of claims 11 to 14.
In addition to the above, the program output means includes a
After turning on the computer and before controlling the gaming machine
Based on the establishment of the output condition within a predetermined period of
And outputting the program data . Claim
The present invention described in claim 16 is directed to any one of claims 11 to 15.
Or the program output means
When the program data is output, the step
To check if the ram data was output correctly
It is featured that the output confirmation data to be used is further output.
Sign . The present invention described in claim 17 is based on claim 11.
16 in addition to the configuration of the invention described in any one of
Program output means for outputting the program data
The start of output of the program data to be output
Possible output start specific data and output program data
Output end specifying data that can specify the end of data output.
And output them . A book according to claim 18
The invention is directed to any one of claims 11 to 17.
In addition to the configuration, the output in the program output means is
The force condition is the same as the existing one provided in the gaming machine computer.
Based on the output condition judgment signal input using the
Is established . The book according to claim 19
The invention further includes, in addition to the configuration of the invention described in claim 18,
The output condition determination signal is input to the existing signal line.
It is a signal with an input mode that can be distinguished from other signals
And

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According to the present invention as defined in claim 1 , the predetermined
The program output means outputs the program data stored in the program storage means to the outside of the gaming machine computer based on the establishment of the output condition thus set. Using the output data, the contents of the program data stored in the program storage means of the gaming machine can be confirmed. According to the invention as set forth in claim 2, according to claim 1
In addition to the operation of the invention of the present invention, it operates as follows. At least
The program storage means and the control execution means are integrated into one chip
Have been. Thus, the program storage means and the control
Since the line means is integrated into one chip, program
Since the storage means cannot be easily removed from the chip,
Makes it difficult to read program data illegally.
The program becomes more difficult to read
Ensures the confidentiality of technology and know-how for control of technical equipment
Programs that have been tampered with
Program storage means that stores
Making it difficult to commit wrongdoing in exchange for means
Becomes possible. And of such program data
Even when reading is difficult, the program output means
Program data stored in program storage means
Output, the game machine
Program data stored in the program storage means
Data can be easily checked. Claim 3
According to the invention described in claim 1, the invention according to claim 1 or 2 is provided.
In addition to the action of Ming, it works as follows. Program note
Game control program data stored in storage means
, The control execution means executes the game control. this
Control program data from program output means
Game control by outputting to the outside of the computer
Program data can be easily checked.
You. According to the present invention described in claim 4, claims 1 to 3 are provided.
In addition to the effects of the invention described in
To use. Predetermined by the program output means
Program data is controlled by serial transmission according to the procedure
Output to the external computer. In this way,
Computer data for gaming machines
Output to the outside of the
A game machine program day
Data can be read. Conversely, the transmission procedure
Data cannot be easily read by those who do not know
It becomes. Therefore, program data security
Can be improved. The invention according to claim 5
According to the description, in addition to the function of the invention of claim 4,
Acts like Serial by program output means
When program data is output by transmission
The program data is output in synchronization with a predetermined synchronization signal.
Is done. In this way, the game machine program data is
Output in synchronization with the synchronization signal of
Data is less likely to contain errors.
Output of actual program data can be performed.
It is possible to improve the reliability of data
You. According to the invention described in claim 6, claims 1 to 5 are provided.
In addition to the effects of the invention described in
To use. After turning on the gaming machine, execute the control of the gaming machine
Based on the fulfillment of the output condition within the previous predetermined period,
To the outside of the gaming machine computer by the program output means
Is output. in this way,
The output condition for outputting the program data of the gaming machine is
After turning on the power of the gaming machine, before the control of the gaming machine is executed
Since it was established within the fixed period, the normal
Check program data easily without affecting control
It becomes possible. According to the present invention as set forth in claim 7,
In addition to the function of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
And acts as follows. Program output means
When outputting program data, the program data
Output used to check whether the output was correct
Confirmation data is further output from the program output means.
You. Therefore, based on the output confirmation data,
Program data was output correctly to confirm the contents
It is possible to confirm whether or not. Claim 8
According to the present invention, a light emitting device according to any one of claims 1 to 7 is provided.
In addition to the action of Ming, it works as follows. Program exit
Output when program data is output by
Output that can specify the start of output of input program data
Output of start specific data and output program data
Output end specifying data that can specify the end is further output.
It is. Therefore, the output start specific data and the output end
Check the contents of the game machine program data
It is possible to grasp the output period for
You. According to the present invention as set forth in claim 9, claims 1 to 8 are provided.
In addition to the effects of the invention described in
To use. The output condition in the program output means is
Control computer using existing signal lines
Based on the output condition judgment signal input from outside the
To establish. For this reason, it is used for normal control of gaming machines
Of the gaming machine to check the contents using the
It becomes possible to output program data. So
As a result, the game machine program data was
Suppress the increase in the number of components required for output.
And suppress the increase in the production cost of gaming machines
It becomes possible. According to the invention of claim 10
For example, in addition to the function of the invention described in claim 9,
Works. Output signal judgment signal to existing signal line
The input signal is distinguishable from other input signals.
Can be For this reason, it is used for inputting other signals in gaming machines.
Input signal for output condition judgment using existing signal line used
Input of the output condition judgment signal
It is possible to reliably determine whether or not they have been performed. Contract
According to the invention as set forth in claim 11, the predetermined output
Based on the satisfaction of the condition, the program output means
Outputs program data stored in RAM storage
I do. This output data is used to write to the program storage
You can check the contents of stored program data
it can. Further, at least a program storage means and a program
Program data stored in the program storage means
Control execution means for executing control of the gaming machine based on the
It is chipped. Thus, the program storage means
And the control execution means are integrated into one chip.
Since the gram storage means cannot be easily removed from the chip,
Unauthorized reading of program data becomes difficult,
Gaming machine control with unauthorized decoding of rams becoming more difficult
Technology and know-how can be kept confidential.
In addition, a program storage that stores the program that has been tampered with
Fraudulent exchange of means with legitimate program storage means
This can make it difficult to do. And this
It is difficult to read program data like
Even if the program output means is stored in the program storage means
By outputting the program data
Stored in the program storage means using the output data of
Content of program data for controlling
Can be recognized. The invention according to claim 12
According to this, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 11, the following
Act like so. Stored in the program storage means
Based on the game control program data,
The stage performs game control. Therefore, the program output
By outputting program data from the stage,
Easy confirmation of control program data
become. According to the invention of claim 13, claim 1
In addition to the effects of the invention described in 1 or 12, the following
Works. Predetermined by the program output means
Program data is output by serial transmission according to the
Is forced. Thus, the program can be programmed by serial transmission.
Those who know the transmission procedure because the data is output
Read the program data reliably and easily
It is possible to do. Conversely, if you do not know the transmission procedure
This makes it difficult to read data. I
Therefore, the security of program data is improved.
It becomes possible. According to the invention of claim 14
For example, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 13,
Act on. Serial transmission by program output means
Output of program data by
The gram data is output in synchronization with a predetermined synchronization signal.
Thus, the program data is synchronized with the predetermined synchronization signal.
Output, the output program data
Data is less likely to be included
Data output and check the contents of program data.
It is possible to improve reliability. Claim 15
According to the present invention described in any one of claims 11 to 14,
In addition to the operation of the described invention, it operates as follows. Play
After turning on the computer for the machine, execute the control of the gaming machine.
Based on the establishment of the output condition within a predetermined period before
Program data output by program output means
Be done. Thus, for the output of program data
After the power of the gaming machine computer is turned on,
Those established within a predetermined period before the control of the technical equipment is executed
Without affecting the normal control of the gaming machine.
Gram data can be easily confirmed. Claim
According to the present invention as set forth in claim 16, claims 11 to 15 are provided.
In addition to the functions of the invention described in any of the above, the following functions are provided.
I do. Program output means outputs program data
If the program data is output correctly,
Output confirmation data used to confirm
Further output from the gram output means. Therefore, the output
Program data is confirmed based on confirmation data
Can be checked whether the output was correct for
become. According to the present invention as set forth in claim 17, claim 1 is provided.
In addition to the effects of the invention described in any one of 1 to 16, the following
Acts like Program output means
Program data to be output when
Output start specifying data that can specify the output start of data
Output that can specify the end of the output of the input program data
The end specifying data is further output. Therefore, the output
Program by start specific data and output end specific data
Identify the period during which the
It becomes possible to grasp. The invention according to claim 18
According to the invention according to any one of claims 11 to 17,
In addition to the action, it acts as follows. Program output hand
The output conditions at the stage are set in the gaming machine computer.
Output condition judgment signal input using the existing signal line
It is established based on the number. For this reason, normal control of gaming machines
The content was checked using the signal lines used for
Output of program data for
You. As a result, program data was output to confirm the contents.
Suppress the increase in the number of parts required to
Is possible and the increase in manufacturing cost can be suppressed.
become. According to the invention of claim 19, claim 1
In addition to the effects of the invention described in Item 8, the following operations are performed.
Input to existing signal line as output condition judgment signal
A signal having an input mode that can be distinguished from other signals is used. This
Use existing signal lines used for input of other signals
Output condition judgment signal
Check whether the force condition judgment signal is input or not.
Can be turned off.

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Next, with reference to FIGS. 13 to 15, illustrating the ROM data output process according in the gaming computer to the second embodiment of the present invention. The method of transmitting ROM data of the gaming computer according to the second embodiment differs from the first embodiment in that unused input / output pins of the one-chip microcomputer 350A are used as output request signal input lines. There are features. For example, when a gaming computer using such a mask ROM is used for controlling a variable display device, the computer for controlling the variable display device and the computer for controlling the game are mounted on the same board. Are not connected to each other by the connector as in the above, but are connected on the substrate. Therefore, it is impossible to disconnect the connector from the normal connection and replace it with the data reading interface board. The gaming computer according to the second embodiment is configured so that data can be easily read even in such a case.

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A specific example of the means for solving the problems is shown in FIG .
The pachinko gaming machine 60 constitutes a gaming machine.
You. Discharge control microcomputer 3 shown in FIG.
50, a control computer for controlling the gaming machine.
Data (computers for gaming machines used in gaming machines)
Has been established. The ROM 352 shown in FIG.
Program data for control of technical equipment (control program data)
Data storage means for storing data
You. The CPU 351 shown in FIG.
Based on the program data stored in the
And a control execution means for executing the control of the gaming machine.
Have been. The CPU 351 and the switch shown in FIG.
The predetermined output condition is satisfied by the switch circuit 710 or the like.
(For example, input of a ROM data output request signal)
The program stored in the program storage means.
A program for outputting program data to the outside of the control computer.
A program output means is configured. As shown in Figure 5
Thus, at least the program storage means and the control
The line means is integrated into one chip. The present invention is a game system
As mentioned above, it may be your computer,
The program data stored in the program storage means
Is program data for game control,
Control means is stored in the program storage means.
Game control based on game control program data
(Game control) is executed. As shown in FIG.
In addition, the program output means performs a predetermined procedure.
Outputs the program data by serial transmission according to
(Output to the outside of the control computer). FIG.
5 and the like, the program output means
The program data is output by serial transmission.
In the event that the
To output the program data (the control computer
Output to the outside of the Shown in FIGS. 9 and 10
As described above, the program output means includes a power supply for the gaming machine.
After power-on (power-on of the gaming machine computer
After the on-reset) and before the control of the gaming machine is executed
Based on the establishment of the output condition during the period,
Output gram data (outside the control computer)
Output). As shown in FIG.
When the program output means outputs the program data
Check whether the program data was output correctly
Output confirmation data (checksum
Is output further. As shown in FIG.
The program output means may include the program data
Of program data to be output when
Output start specification data (start bit
And output end of the output program data
Output possible output end specific data (stop bit)
Output to As shown in FIG.
The output condition in the output means is determined by the game machine (the play
Existing signal lines (ball rental)
Input using the control computer
Based on the output condition judgment signal input from outside
To establish. As shown in FIG.
Signal for use is distinguished from other signals input to the existing signal line.
It is a signal of a different input mode.

[Procedure amendment 11]

[Document name to be amended] Statement

[Correction target item name] 0087

[Correction method] Change

[Correction contents]

[0087]

[Effect of the embodiment of means for solving the problems] claim 1
With regard to, the following effects can be obtained. In advance
Program storage based on established output conditions
The program data for controlling the gaming machine stored in the means is
It is read out and output outside the control computer. I
Therefore, it is difficult to read data with program storage means.
Even if there is, the contents of the stored program data can be easily confirmed.
A gaming machine that can be recognized can be provided. Claim 2
Therefore, in addition to the effect of claim 1, the following effect
Fruit can be obtained. Program storage means and control execution
Since the means is integrated into one chip, program storage
Since the means cannot be easily removed from the chip,
And it becomes difficult to read the program data illegally,
Gaming machines become more difficult to illegally decrypt programs
Ensure that the confidentiality of technology and know-how
It is possible to write programs that have been tampered with.
The stored program storage means is replaced with the regular program storage means.
Can make it harder to commit wrongdoing in exchange for
Wear. And reading of such program data is
Even in difficult cases, the program output means
Output the program data stored in the
By using the output data, the game machine
Contents of program data stored in the RAM storage means
Can be easily confirmed. Regarding claim 3,
In addition to the effects of claim 1 or 2, the following effects
Fruit can be obtained. Stored in the program storage means
Control based on the game control program data
Execution means executes game control. Because of this, the program
Outputs program data from the output
By outputting to the outside, the program data for game control
Data can be easily confirmed. Regarding claim 4
Is in addition to the effect of any one of claims 1 to 3,
The following effects can be obtained. By serial transmission
Program data is output to the outside of the control computer
Therefore, if you are aware of the transmission procedure,
It is possible to read program data of gaming machines
I can. Conversely, if you do not know the transmission procedure,
In other words, data cannot be easily read. Accordingly
To improve the security of program data
Can be. Regarding claim 5, the effect of claim 4
In addition to the above, the following effects can be obtained. Gaming machine
Program data is output in synchronization with a predetermined synchronization signal.
Output program data contains errors.
Output of reliable program data
To improve the reliability of checking the contents of program data.
Can be up. Regarding claim 6, claim 1
In addition to the effects related to any of
Fruit can be obtained. Output of game machine program data
The output condition for the power is
It is established within a predetermined period before the control is executed
Program without affecting the normal control of gaming machines
Data can be easily confirmed. Regarding claim 7
In addition to the effects of any of claims 1 to 6,
Thus, the following effects can be obtained. Program exit
If the output means outputs program data,
To check if the ram data was output correctly
Output confirmation data to be used is output from program output means.
Further output. Therefore, based on the output confirmation data,
Machine program data is correct to confirm the contents.
It can be checked whether or not the output was correct. Claim
Regarding item 8, the effect according to any one of claims 1 to 7
In addition to the above, the following effects can be obtained. Blog
When program data is output by the ram output means
Can specify the start of program data output
Output specific data and output program data
Output end specifying data that can specify the output end of
Is output. Therefore, output start specific data and output
The game data of the gaming machine is described by the end specific data.
You can grasp the period that is output for confirmation
You. Regarding claim 9, any one of claims 1 to 8
In addition to the effects related to
You. The output condition of the program output means is
Of the control computer using the existing signal lines
Established based on output condition judgment signal input from outside
I do. For this reason, it is used for normal control of gaming machines
Game machine professionals use the signal lines as they are to check the contents.
Output of gram data can be performed. as a result,
Output the game machine program data to check the contents
Increase in the number of parts required for
Increase the production cost of gaming machines
You. Regarding claim 10, in addition to the effect of claim 9,
In addition, the following effects can be obtained. Output condition
As a disconnection signal, it can be connected to other signals input to the existing signal line.
A signal having a distinguishable input mode is used. For this reason,
Existing signal lines used for input of other signals in the machine
When inputting an output condition determination signal using
Also checks whether the output condition judgment signal is input.
You can really judge. Regarding claim 11, the following
The following effects can be obtained. Predetermined output
Based on the fulfillment of the condition, it is stored in the program storage means.
The read control program data is read and output.
Therefore, it is difficult to read data from the program storage means.
Even if the content of the stored program data is easily
We can provide computers for gaming machines that can be checked
You. Further, at least a program storage means and a program
Based on the program data stored in the
Control execution means for executing control of the gaming machine
Has been made. Thus, the program storage means and control
Since the execution means is integrated into one chip,
Memory means cannot be easily removed from the chip,
It becomes difficult to read the program data illegally,
Unauthorized decryption becomes even more difficult,
While ensuring the confidentiality of technology and know-how,
Program storage means for storing illegally modified programs
Misconduct to exchange
Can be difficult. And like this
Even when reading program data is difficult,
Program output means is stored in the program storage means.
By outputting the program data
Games stored in the program storage means using data
Check the contents of the program data for machine control easily.
Can be. Claim 12 relates to claim 11
In addition to the above effects, the following effects can be obtained.
The game control professional stored in the program storage means.
The control execution means executes the game control based on the gram data.
Run. Therefore, the program output means
By outputting data, a program for controlling
Data can be easily confirmed. Claim 13
In addition to the effects of claim 11 or 12,
Thus, the following effects can be obtained. Serial transmission
Output the program data.
Reliable and easy programming for those who know
Data can be read. Conversely, transmission
Data reading is easy for those who do not know the procedure.
I can't stop. Therefore, the security of program data
Quality can be improved. Regarding claim 14
Is the following effect in addition to the effect according to claim 13.
Can be obtained. Serial by program output means
When program data is output by file transmission
The program data is output in synchronization with a predetermined synchronization signal.
Is done. In this way, the program data is
Output in synchronization with the
Data is less likely to contain errors and
Output of program data and contents of program data
The reliability of the confirmation can be improved. Claim 15
As for the effect of any one of claims 11 to 14,
In addition to the fruits, the following effects can be obtained. Play
After turning on the computer for the machine, execute the control of the gaming machine.
Based on the establishment of the output condition within a predetermined period before
Program data output by program output means
Be done. Thus, for the output of program data
After the power of the gaming machine computer is turned on,
Those established within a predetermined period before the control of the technical equipment is executed
Without affecting the normal control of the gaming machine.
Gram data can be easily confirmed. Claim 1
Regarding 6, regarding any one of claims 11 to 15
In addition to the effects, the following effects can be obtained. Step
When the program output means outputs program data
Checks whether the program data was output correctly
Output confirmation data used for
Further output from the force means. For this reason, output confirmation data
Program data based on the data
It is possible to confirm whether or not the output is correct. Claim
Claim 17 relates to any one of claims 11 to 16.
The following effects can be obtained in addition to the effects
You. Program data output by program output means
Output of the program data to be output when
Output specification data that can specify the
Output end specifying data that can specify the output end of RAM data
Are further output. Therefore, output start specific data
The program data is stored by the
It is possible to grasp the output period for
Wear. Regarding claim 18, claim 11 to claim 17
In addition to the effects related to misalignment, the following effects can be obtained.
Can be. The output condition in the program output means is
Using existing signal lines provided in gaming machine computers
This is established based on the output condition determination signal that is input.
For this reason, signal lines used for normal control of gaming machines
Of the program data to confirm the contents
Output can be performed. As a result, to confirm the contents
Required to output program data to the
Increase in production costs.
Can be controlled. Regarding claim 19, claim 1
In addition to the effects described in 8 above, the following effects can be obtained.
it can. Input to existing signal lines as output condition judgment signals.
Input signal that can be distinguished from other input signals
It is. Because of this, existing signals used to input other signals
Input signal for output condition judgment using
Whether or not the output condition judgment signal is input
Judgment can be made reliably.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A computer for a gaming machine used in a gaming machine, comprising: a program storage means for storing control program data; and a read command signal for reading the program data stored in the program storage means. And a program output means for outputting program data stored in the program storage means on the basis of the input of a game machine.