JPS588273B2 - Pachinko game machine play deterrent device - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a play inhibiting device for a pachinko game machine.

In order to prevent pachinko parlors from incurring excessive losses, a system has been in place to prevent the replenishment of pachinko balls when the relationship between pachinko machines and players becomes more disadvantageous to the pachinko parlor than in a predetermined setting. Measures were taken to discourage play, such as stopping the supply of prize balls.

Conventionally, there are two ways to set this predetermined setting state. There are several methods, one of which is a method that counts the number of prize balls supplied from a pachinko machine to a player, and when the counted value reaches a predetermined set value, for example 600, playing with that machine is inhibited. Then, the other thing is to count the number A of pachinko balls collected from the pachinko machine to the parlor via the collection gutter and the number B of pachinko balls supplied from the parlor to the pachinko machine via the distribution gutter, and calculate the difference between them. When A-B is positive, it is a profit for the pachinko parlor, and when it is negative, it is a loss, and when the difference between them reaches a predetermined value, playing at the machine is inhibited.

However, in any of the above methods, the status is determined for each pachinko machine, so for example, a customer who has started playing on a pachinko machine that is about to be inhibited may suddenly be stopped even though he has only been playing for a short time. This had the disadvantage of discouraging play and making customers uncomfortable.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and each time a player changes, the status related to the income and expenditure account, such as the counted value of prize balls, the difference between the number of ejected balls and the number of supplied balls, etc. The object of the present invention is to provide a device that performs balance accounting and inhibits play when the balance reaches a predetermined value.

The means for detecting interruption of play in the present invention includes, for example,
This is achieved by installing a pachinko ball detection device in the reducer that circulates the pachinko balls from the discharge tank of the pachinko machine back to the supplementary ball tank or ball catching gutter, and detecting when the pachinko balls being conveyed by the reducer have stopped for a while. can do.

Alternatively, for example, a sensing device may be provided in advance on the chair on which the player sits, and this can be realized by detecting that the seat has been vacant for a while.

Further, it can be realized by detecting a game ball, detecting the operation of a triggering lever, etc.

The means for inhibiting play according to the present invention includes, for example, a method of cutting off power to the electric motor in an electric triggering device, a method of blocking a ball loading port on the front of a pachinko machine, and a method of supplying pachinko balls from a supplementary ball tank to a prize ball tank. In addition to methods for immediately disabling the continuation of the game, such as methods for immediately disabling the continuation of the game, such as methods for cutting off the engagement between the triggering lever operated by the player in a manual triggering device and the batting rod inside the machine, This can also be carried out by means of allowing the game to continue for a while, such as by cutting off the supply of pachinko machines to the supplementary ball tank.

Examples of the present invention will be described below.

FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram combining a rear view and an electric circuit block diagram of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A distribution gutter 2 for replenishing pachinko balls for each pachinko machine is provided above the pachinko machine 1, and a collection gutter 3 for collecting balls from each pachinko machine is provided below the pachinko machine 1.

A branch gutter 4 for supplying pachinko balls to each pachinko machine branches from the distribution gutter 2, and the branch gutter communicates with a supply gutter 5, and the lower end of the supply gutter 5 opens above a supply tank 6.

The outlet of the supply tank 6 communicates with a prize ball tank 8 via a switching device 7, and the outlet of the switching device 7 communicates with a remaining ball discharge gutter 9.

On the other hand, among the balls fired by the players, safe balls are guided to a safe ball collecting gutter 10, and out balls are guided to an out ball passing gutter 11.

The lower ends of the remaining ball discharge gutter 9, the safe ball collection gutter 10, and the out ball passage gutter 11 are all open above the discharge ball tank 12.

The return machine 13 is a device that constantly returns the balls from the discharge ball tank 12 to the supply tank 6, and usually has a structure in which an endless chain or belt is continuously provided with claws for placing pachinko balls one by one. .

Further, an overflow ball discharge gutter 14 for discharging overflowing balls from the discharge ball tank 12 and a discharge port of the switching device 15 both communicate with a discharge gutter 16, and the lower end of the discharge gutter 16 opens above the collection gutter 3.

In addition, in order to calculate the status regarding the transfer of pachinko balls between the pachinko game parlor and the players, the supplementary ball gutter 5 and the discharge gutter 1 are used.
6 are provided with pachinko ball detection devices 31 and 32, respectively, and are introduced into the input buffer section 21 of the central management device 200.

A pachinko ball detection device 17 is provided at an appropriate position on the belt of the reducing machine 13 or in an outflow gutter at the upper end of the reducing machine.

This pachinko ball detection device 17 detects the falling movement of pachinko balls, which has been widely used in the past. In addition to the contact type, which opens and closes contacts using a rotating drive wheel, for example,
Optical detection device using a combination of a light emitter and a photoelectric conversion element,
Devices based on various principles can be used, such as an electromagnetic detection device that detects changes in inductance when a pachinko ball passes through a coil.

Note that the pachinko ball detection device 17 related to the return machine does not need to accurately count the number of passing pachinko balls, but only needs to be able to determine the presence or absence of passing balls.

The output signal of the pachinko ball detection device 17 is input to a timer 18.

This timer is an OFF delay type timer, and outputs an output signal when the next input signal does not arrive within a certain period of time, for example, one minute after an input signal is received.

Normally, when a pachinko machine is playing, safe balls or out balls are constantly thrown in and returned to the replenishment tank 6 by the return machine 13, so an input signal to the timer 18 is intermittently received. However, when the game is interrupted, the discharge ball tank 12 becomes empty and the input signal to the timer 18 is interrupted, so that the interruption of the game can be detected.

In this embodiment, the pachinko ball detection device 17 and timer 18 related to the above-mentioned return machine are replaced by a play interruption detection device 19.
It consists of

As shown in FIG. 2, the central control device 20 that centrally manages all the machines in the pachinko parlor calculates and processes the status regarding the exchange of pachinko balls between the pachinko parlor and the players for each pachinko machine. As original data, a microprocessor processes the input signals transmitted from each pachinko machine, that is, the output signal of the ball detection device 31 related to the supplementary ball gutter and the output signal of the ball detection device 32 related to the discharge gutter in the embodiment. input buffer section 21 that converts the signal into a
For each pachinko machine, a digital memory 22 is provided with a cumulative area that stores the cumulative value until it is cleared by the administrator, and a temporary storage area whose contents are cleared each time a play interruption detection signal is issued, and a centrally managed digital memory 22 A microprocessor 23 that controls the entire device and controls information processing such as four arithmetic operations, memory input/output, output of operation results, and interrupts from the operation unit according to a predetermined program; an interrupt instruction is input to this microprocessor. an operating section 24 equipped with a keyboard and setting switches, etc., a display section 25 equipped with a numeric display for displaying the results of arithmetic processing by a microprocessor and the contents of the memory, and recording daily cumulative values, etc. for each pachinko machine. It consists of a printer 26 that prints on paper.

Further, on the display panel, there is disposed a suppression mode indicator 27 consisting of a group of switches for setting whether or not to suppress play for each player on a machine-by-machine basis and a group of light emitting diodes for displaying the setting status. There is.

FIG. 3 shows the format of the memory 22.

Each pachinko machine No. Area 22A for storing the cumulative value nA of the number of supplied balls, area 22B for storing the cumulative value nB of the number of discharged balls, area 22C for storing the number nc of supplied balls after the game is interrupted, and the number of discharged balls after the game is suspended. It has an area 22D for storing np, and when the pachinko ball detection device 31 related to the supply gutter 5 detects a supply ball, nA+1→nA, nc+
When the pachinko ball detection device 32 associated with the ejection gutter 14 detects an ejected ball, the addition of nB+1→nB, nD+1→nD is performed and the memory content is rewritten. , when the play interruption detection signal is output, O-+nc, 0→nD is executed and the contents are returned to 0.

Also, the above addition nc+1→n(+, or nD+1→nD
is executed, and if the difference (nc nD) obtained by subtracting the number of balls discharged nD from the number nc of balls supplied after the game is interrupted (nc nD) exceeds a preset value, that is, if the loss on the pachinko parlor side exceeds the set limit. , a play inhibiting command for the pachinko machine is output from the microprocessor 23, and the play inhibiting means 29 of the pachinko machine is activated via the demultiplexer 28.

Further, in the inhibition mode indicator 27, the light emitting diode associated with the switch emits light according to the switch setting, and the selected state of the switch is input to the microprocessor 23 to switch the control mode.

According to the present invention, the balance status of pachinko balls is determined for each player by detecting that the game is interrupted and clearing the contents of the temporary storage area in the memory, and when the balance status exceeds a predetermined value. Since the continuation of the game is inhibited, the player can enjoy the game regardless of the past history of the machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a rear view of a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing the electrical part of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the format of the memory shown in FIG. 2. 18... Timer, 19... Play interruption detection device, 21... Input buffer section, 22...
... Memory, 23 ... Microprocessor, 24 ... Operation section, 25 ... Display section,
26...Printer, 27...Inhibition mode indicator, 33...Play suppression means.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A memory that stores the status regarding the exchange of pachinko balls between a pachinko game parlor and a player in a digital format for each pachinko machine, a device that detects when a game is interrupted and issues a game interruption signal, and A play inhibiting device for a pachinko game machine, comprising circuit means for clearing the stored contents of the memory related to the pachinko machine in response to an interruption signal, and inhibiting means for suppressing the game when the stored contents of the memory reach a predetermined value.