JPS60114283A - Pinball game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] This invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and more specifically, various data indicating the operating status of the day are accumulated and stored for each type of data, and transmitted to a portable data collection device after closing. This invention relates to a new pachinko game machine that allows players to play pachinko.

As is well known, in pachinko game parlors, gauges are adjusted after each pachinko game machine closes based on the operating status of each pachinko gaming machine on that day, so that the desired operating status can be obtained the next day.

Therefore, in the past, each pachinko machine was equipped with a total winning ball detector that detected all the pachinko balls that entered the safe hole at once and an out ball detector that detected the balls that entered the safe hole. The operating status of the day was analyzed based on a type of profit and loss calculation calculated by .

However, based only on such profit and loss data, it is not possible to know which winning part of the game Ω) was won and in what route, so the final adjustment has to rely on the intuition of the administrator. It was extremely difficult to make accurate gauge adjustments without causing problems. In particular, in the case of pachinko machines that have a large inherent slump, such as those with electric accessories that have become popular in recent years, it is almost impossible to grasp the flow of pachinko balls on the game board from the final profit and loss data. is the current situation.

Furthermore, it is well known that in recent years many gaming parlors have introduced centralized management systems and transmit various data online to a central control device. As pointed out above, in order to know (which of the 11 winning sections, how often did the player win a prize, and (2) what path did the pachinko ball take on the game board surface, etc.? In this case, sensors may be installed at various locations in the pachinko game machine to aggregate and store the flow of pachinko balls, and the data thus aggregated and stored may be transmitted to the central control unit via a transmission line. When sensors are disposed in various places in a pachinko game machine in this way, the types of data are extremely large, and the number of lines routed to the back mechanism becomes enormous, creating the risk of incorrect wiring.

The present invention was made in view of the current situation, and
The first purpose is to provide a pachinko game machine that can accurately grasp the number of winning balls in each winning section and the flow of pachinko balls on the game board. To provide a pachinko game machine that can aggregate and process these data without adding numbers.

To summarize, the pachinko game machine of the present invention is provided with sensors for detecting the passage of pachinko balls for each winning section and for each important passage path of pachinko balls on the game board surface, and detects the detection signal of each sensor in the pachinko game. In addition to memorizing the totals onboard the aircraft, when the connection pin is inserted into the external connection terminal and data transfer preparations are completed, the various data stored in the totals can be transferred to the portable information collection device connected to the external connection terminal. It is.

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a front view of the game board surface of a pachinko game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a back view thereof. A game board surface 100 surrounded by guide rails 101 of the illustrated pachinko game machine is provided with various winning parts 1 to 9 and a hole 10 for collecting pachinko balls that do not win. Winning ball sensors S1 to S9 are arranged inside for detecting that a pachinko ball has won. These winning ball sensors S1 to s9 may have any structure as long as they can reliably detect winnings in their respective winning sections, but they are usually microswitches or electromagnetic switches whose contacts are opened and closed by the passage of pachinko balls. Alternatively, it may be constituted by a photoelectric switch or the like.

In addition, in the case of the illustrated pachinko game machine, it is equipped with a roulette game 11 as an example of a game device, and for example, if winning chatka 5 is used as a trigger for the roulette game, the overall winning rate will be significantly increased depending on the winning rate of winning chatka 5. is controlled to fluctuate. Therefore, wind ZI2/13 and obstacle nails are installed to regulate the rate of winning in the winning chatka 5, but what is the probability that the pachinko balls that hit the windmills 12 and 13 will flow in the direction of the winning chatuka 5? Whether this is the case is an important issue when setting the gauges of gaming machines.

Therefore, in this embodiment, passing ball sensors PS (PSa-PSd) are provided at each point a...bc-d on the game board surface, and pachinko balls that hit these points 3JTI are detected. Third
The figure shows an example of the configuration of this passing ball sensor PS, and in the example shown in FIG. A section 15 is provided, and the output of this light receiving section 15 is applied to the amplifier 1G. Therefore, when the pachinko balls 17 sorted by the windmills 12 and 13 pass through the front surface of the through hole 14, the light receiving section 15 is canted off, so that the passage of the pachinko ball I7 can be detected. In addition, 1B is a neutral density filter for removing the influence of the bright line spectrum generated by fluorescent lights and illuminations in the store, and the light receiving part 15
It goes without saying that the sensitivity characteristics of the neutral density filter must match the transmission characteristics of the neutral density filter [8].

Further, in this embodiment, an external connection terminal 19 for outputting data is provided on the game board surface 100, and this external connection terminal 1
A connection sensor JS that detects that the checker bin is connected is provided inside the checker bin 9.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the pachinko balls that have won in any of the winning sections are collected in the winning ball collection gutter 20 and then recovered, and the pachinko balls that have flowed into the out hole 10 are collected in the out ball release J.
In addition to the sensors mentioned above, a total winning ball sensor TS is installed at the exit of the winning ball collection gutter 20 to detect the total number of winning balls.
An out ball sensor O8 is installed at the entrance or exit of the ball to detect the number of out balls. In addition, although the specific installation locations are not shown in the drawings, magnetic sensors MS, electronic lighter sensors LS, etc. are installed to detect fraudulent acts when a player commits a so-called fraudulent act using a magnet, electronic lighter, etc. It will be done.

Signals detected by these various sensors are then applied to the control device 50.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of this control device 50, and the control device 50 includes a CPU 51-ROM 52/RA
M53・Address bus AB・Data bus DB・Input cover couch 54 that sends detection signals applied from the various sensors mentioned above to data bus DB, Output laser chip 55 that temporarily holds control data generated by the CPU 51, Driver 56, C
A transmitter 57 with a built-in shift register outputs the data compiled by the PU 51 to the checker 80, a receiver 58 with a built-in shift register that sends information and commands added from the checker 80 to the data bus DB, and a backup power supply IIPi 59.

Figure 5 is a map of the RAM 53. In addition to the working area that stores various states during program execution, register areas corresponding to each sensor are prepared, and each register area has a corresponding sensor. The integrated value of the generated detection signals is stored.

Furthermore, preferably in this embodiment, the control device 50
The read address of this P-ROM 60 has a one-to-one relationship with the addresses of the above-mentioned various register areas of the RAM 53.
is associated with. And this f) -ROM 6
At each address 0, position information indicating the address on the game board 100 of the sensor assigned to the corresponding register area of the RAM 53 and type information indicating the type thereof are registered in advance. Specifically, as shown by the one-dot chain line in FIG. 1, the game board surface of this embodiment is conceptually divided into 81 blocks of 9 x 9 in length and width, and addresses are assigned to each block. The position information registered in indicates the position on the game board surface 100. In addition, as is well known, different types of prize winning tools and accessories are arranged on the game board surface 100, and the above-mentioned P.
-If the type information is registered in the ROM 60, the game board surface 10
The position information of 0 indicates what is installed at the location specified (for example, whether the winning chatka is a tulip or a trigger).

Specifically, the correspondence between the read address of the P-ROM 60 and the address of the register area of the RAM 53 is determined by, for example, selecting either the RAM 53 or the P-ROM 60 by using the upper bits of the address bus AD as a chip select address. It is sufficient to designate a chip-like area by sharing the node with the lower level.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained.

First, when the all-clear switch AC provided at any location inside each pachinko game machine is pressed before opening, the detection signal is applied to the CPU 51 via the input cover sofa 54 and the data bus DB, and the CPU 51 then writes the register area of the RAM 53. Clear. Incidentally, this all clear switch AC may not be provided for each pachinko game machine, but may be activated by a command from the central control device when the pachinko game machine is opened.

Thereafter, when the game starts, the pachinko balls shot out along the guide rail 101 flow down along the game board surface 100 and either win in any of the winning sections 1 to 9 or are collected in the out hole 10. Also, in the process, those with pachinko balls are a
Pass through point, point b, point C, or point d. Furthermore, as the game continues in this manner, the state of the pachinko game machine changes variously during the process. Changes in these states or the occurrence of certain states are detected by various sensors, and the detection signals generated by these sensors are applied to the CPU 51 via the input sofa 54 and the data bus DB.
1 executes various control operations.

In this embodiment, the CPU
The control operations executed by FAT 51 can be classified into three types: control of the operation of each part of the FAT game machine, (B+ transmission of collected information to the central control unit), and (C1 storage of collected information and output from external connection terminals). .

First, an example of the operation control of each part of the gaming machine (al) will be explained.

First, when a pachinko ball wins in any of the winning sections 1 to 9 and the total winning ball sensor TS generates a detection signal, the CPU 51
drives the prize ball release solenoid 21 via the output laser switch 55 and driver 56 to pay out the prize balls for the winning balls, and also drives the prize ball release lamp 22 to inform the player of the payout of the prize balls. In addition, prize ball release solenoid 21
is for opening and closing the outlet of the prize ball ejecting device 23 (see Figure 2), and when this prize ball ejecting solenoid 21 is turned on, a predetermined number (for example, 15+1) stored in the prize ball ejecting device 23 is released.
The prize ball 1i1) is released to the player. Further, although this point will be detailed later, the detection signals generated by the total winnings 1' and 1z sensor TS are also stored in a predetermined register area in the RAM 53.

In this way, when the prize balls are paid out every time the total prize ball sensor TS generates a detection signal, the upper tank 2
The number of prize balls stored in the tank becomes insufficient, and the replenishment cutoff switch ES provided at the bottom of the upper tank 24 generates a detection signal. When this is turned on, the CPU 51 will turn on the replenishment lamp 25.
At the same time, a replenishment request is sent to the central controller via the transmission line 90, and the central controller controls a replenishing device (not shown) to replenish the upper kunk 24 with, for example, 400 pachinko balls.

When replenishment to the upper tank 24 is completed in this way, the full switch FS provided at the upper part of the upper tank 24 generates a detection signal, and in response, the CPU 51 turns on the full lamp 26.

On the other hand, the out-of-ball detection signal generated by the out-of-ball sensor O8 is also stored in a predetermined register area in the RAM 53 by the CPLI 51. Then, the CPU 51 calculates the difference every time the detection signal of the total winning ball sensor TS and the detection signal of the out ball sensor O8 are added, and when this reaches the scheduled number of stops, from then on, the detection signal of the supply cut-off switch BS is calculated. Refuse reception. Therefore, even if the replenishment cutoff switch BS generates a detection signal thereafter, the upper tank 24 will not be replenished with pachinko balls, and the pachinko game machine will be in a stopped state.

The difference can be easily calculated by subtracting 1 from the predetermined prize pitch rate, multiplying it by the total number of winning pitches, and subtracting the number of out pitches from the answer. Also, here we have shown an example of controlling the stoppage based on the number of outs and the number of winning pitches, but there are other examples of stopping control based on the number of batted pitches and the number of out pitches, etc. Needless to say, it is known that the number of pitches fed during the iris is known.

Next, the transmission of the collected information to the central control unit via the transmission line 90 in (b) will be explained.

As mentioned above, the integrated value of the total number of winning balls is stored in a predetermined register area within the RAM 53. The cumulative data of the total number of winning balls is transmitted to the central control unit via the transmission line 90, but in this embodiment, in order to efficiently occupy the time of the transmission line 90, the CPU 51 allocates the data to the total number of winning balls. Every time the value in the registered register area becomes 10, the output
・10:1 signal transmission line 90 via Dreich 5G
Send to. Note that signal compression of 10:1 can be easily achieved by using a counter that carries over with IO counts.

Similarly, the integrated value of the number of out pitches stored in a predetermined register area in the RAM 53 is also compressed to a ratio of 10 to 1 and transmitted to the central control unit via the transmission line 90. Based on the information transmitted in this manner, the central control device monitors the operating status of each pachinko game machine.

Furthermore, the detection signals of the electromagnet sensor MS and the electronic lighter sensor LS are given to the CPU 51 as interrupt signals, and when the CPU 51 receives these detection signals, it gives priority to other processing and controls the generation of these signals from the central control unit. The central control unit then activates a warning lamp or alarm buzzer to notify the administrator of the discovery of fraud.

Next, the storage of the collected information and the output from the external connection terminal (C), which is the most significant feature of the present invention, will be explained.

As described above, in this embodiment, when a pachinko ball wins any of the winning sections 1 to 9, the corresponding winning ball sensor S1 to
$9 generates a winning ball detection signal, and when the pachinko ball passes through the passing points a-d, the corresponding passing ball sensor PSa-
PSd generates a passing ball detection signal, and when a pachinko ball flows into the out hole 10, the out ball sensor O8 generates an out ball detection signal. These detection signals are then applied to the CPU 51 via the input cover sofa 54 and the data bus DB, and the CPU 51 stores these various detection signals in the RAM.
53 and is stored in the corresponding register area.

Then, after the store closes, or at any time as desired, the manager opens the glass frame of the pachinko machine and checks the portable checker 80.
When inserting the connector pin 81 into the external connection terminal 19,
The connection sensor JS generates a connection detection signal, and this detection signal is sent to the CPU 5 via the input cover sofa 54 and data bus DB.
1, and as a result, the CPU 51 interrupts all processing and prepares to transfer the collected integrated data.

The checker 80 is basically a data processing device with a built-in microcomputer, and as shown in FIG. It is equipped with an output means such as a small printer 85 and a magnetic auxiliary storage device 86, a transmission control unit 87 that performs transmission and reception with each pachinko game machine, and an operation unit 88 such as a keyboard, and stores data transferred from each pachinko game machine in the storage unit. After being stored in 83, these data are printed out by a printer 85, displayed on a display 84, stored in an auxiliary storage device 86, etc.

To explain the specific operations and processing, first, when the administrator connects the connector bin 81 to the external connection terminal 19 and inputs a data transfer instruction from the keyboard 88, the arithmetic processing unit 82 sends the data transfer instruction to the transmission control unit 87. In addition, this data transfer command is converted into a serial bit string and applied to the receiver 58 via the connector bin 81 and external connection terminal I9, and the receiver 58 converts this into a parallel command and sends it to the data bus DB. The CPU 51, which has received this data transfer instruction via the data bus DB, executes data transfer processing to the checker 80 in response to this data transfer instruction.

To explain the specific operation, the CPU 51 first enables the transmitter 57 and then sends the data accumulated and stored in the RAM 53 to the J.transmitter 57 via the data bus DB.

In response, the transmitter 57 converts this data into a serial bit string and transmits it to the checker 80 through the external connection terminal 19 and connector bin 81. FIG. 7 shows an example of the format of the transmitted data at this time. For example, a transfer start code and a transfer end code of 8 bits all 1 are added to the beginning and end of the transmitted data.

Regarding the data transmitted at this time, the transmitted data is divided into a code section and a data section as shown in FIG.

First, the code section is for identifying the data to be transferred, and is added to the beginning of each corresponding data section. This code section may be fixed in terms of hardware, such as the sequential output of a counter, for example.

Further, the data section includes position information and type information in addition to the integrated values of detection signals generated by the corresponding sensors stored in each register area of the RAM 53.

This location information and type information are stored in the P-ROM60 as described above.
Also, since the lower pin of the successive address of the P-ROM 60 corresponds one-to-one with the lower bit of the address of the corresponding register area of the RAM 53,
The CPU 51 first gives successive addresses to the P to ROM 60, reads out the position information and type information, changes only the upper bits used for chip selection in the successive addresses, and accesses the 7RAM 53 to read out the position information and type information. Subsequently, the corresponding integrated data is read from the RAM 53.

In this way, while updating the code part sequentially, the code part data part regarding the out hole 10, each winning part 1 to winning part 9 are updated.
The b code part data part concerning each passing point a% d is added to the transmitter 57 in sequence, and the 1-transmitter 57 converts this into a serial focus train and passes it through the external connection terminal 19 and connection pin 81. and transmit it to Che7ka80.

On the other hand, on the checker 80 side, the transmission control unit 87 converts these pieces of information transmitted as serial bits into parallel data and adds it to the arithmetic control unit 82.The arithmetic control unit 82 stores this information in the write if unit 83, and then displays it on the display. 84, printer 85, auxiliary storage device 86, etc.

FIG. 8 shows an example of the display future of the checker 80. In this example, the screen of the display 84 is divided into 8 sections of 9 x 9 vertically and horizontally corresponding to the division of the game board 100.
It is divided into one block, and a screen address is given to each block. Then, specify the screen address using the txt location information in the information transmitted from the pachinko machine, (2) display the type of winning part or accessory placed at that location using the type information, and (3) display the accumulated data. The number of pachinko balls that won a prize with the winning tool placed at that position, passed through the passing point, or was collected in the out hole placed at that position is displayed.

At this time, it is preferable to display winning chatkas, tulips, triggers, passing gates, out holes, etc. in dot patterns symbolizing them based on the transferred type information, as shown in Figure 8, and displaying them within the same block. If the integrated data is displayed numerically, the administrator's visual recognition will be quicker. In order to display the dot pattern as a symbol, the type information registered in the P-ROM 60 of each pachinko game machine may be prepared in advance as a dot pattern, or the type information itself may be encoded and transmitted. At the same time, the dot pattern may be registered in advance in the storage section 83 of the checker 80, and the dot pattern may be written and read from the a section 83 based on the type information transmitted as encoded information.

In this way, in this embodiment, not only the number of winning balls for each winning section is transmitted, but also positional information indicating the placement position on the game board 100, type information indicating the type of winning section, etc. Since these are displayed visually, the administrator can check how many pachinko balls have won in what kind of winning section at which position on the pachinko machine, or how many pachinko balls have passed through which points on the board surface. It is possible to understand at a glance how many pachinko balls have passed through or how many pachinko balls have flowed into the out hole.

In addition, above, we have explained the case where the accumulated data collected from the sensors placed in various parts of the gaming machine is transmitted from the external connection terminal to the portable information collecting device, but the number of pachinko balls flowing into each winning section is accumulated. One of the basic ideas of the present invention is to not only store, but also estimate and store the cumulative value of pachinko balls that have passed through important passing points on the game board, and then aggregate this after the game is closed. The present invention can also be directly applied to a so-called centralized management system in which a control device centrally manages information. Furthermore, when the present invention is applied to a centralized management system, real-time transmission is not necessarily required due to the nature of the data to be collected. There is no need to increase the number of lines.

In addition, although the above example shows an example in which a sensor is arranged for each winning part, out hole, or passing point, the location of the sensor may be selected depending on the nature of the pachinko game machine. For example,
In the case of a pachinko game machine in which the winning ball rate varies depending on the winning section, the winning section may be divided into blocks based on the winning ball rate, and the number of winning balls may be detected for each block.

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to display not only profit and loss data, but also the number of winning balls for each winning section, the number of balls passing through important passing points on the game board, the number of out balls, etc. Since the gauge can be adjusted after grasping the exact flow of pachinko balls on the board surface, it becomes possible to perform accurate gauge adjustment without relying on intuition.

Furthermore, in the present invention, the flow of pachinko balls on the game board surface is monitored and detected in detail, but since this integrated data is collected by a portable checker via an external connection terminal, a lot of transmission is required in the back mechanism of the game machine. Not only is there no need to run lines, but data can be collected at the locations where individual gaming machines are installed within the gaming parlor, making it possible to quickly adjust gauges on the spot.

Furthermore, in the present invention, not only numerical data but also position information and type information are displayed, and the arrangement of the game board surface is displayed in a schematic manner, so that the flow of pachinko balls on the game board surface can be clearly understood.

Furthermore, in the present invention, various types of data are stored in the RAM 53 in each pachinko game machine, and this RAM 53 is provided with a bank-up power supply 59, so that even in the event of an unresponsive power outage, the stored contents are preserved as is. Therefore, there is no risk of losing valuable data due to a power outage.

The above example shows the number of winning pitches for each winning section, the number of passing pitches for each passing point, and the number of out pitches being transmitted to the checker, but other than this, it is especially necessary to collect them in real time. If the data does not have a Many more effects can be expected, such as a reduction in the number of transmission lines and an improvement in the transmission refractive rate.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a surface view of the game board of a pachinko game machine that is an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the back mechanism of the pachinko game machine shown in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a passing ball sensor. 4 is a block diagram of the control device, and FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram showing an example of the configuration of the RA.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the checker, FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of transferred data, and FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of an example of a display screen. 100...Game board surface 1-9...Winning section 10...
Out hole 19... External connection terminal 31-S9... Winning ball sensor O3... Out ball sensor a - d... Passing point P
S a - P S d... Passing ball sensor 51...
CPU 52...ROM 53...RAM 57...Transmitter 59...
・Receiver 60...P -ROM2O...Checker 81...Connector pin patent applicant Takashi Kato
Michihito Hisayo Patent Attorney Koji Murakami Figure 1 Figure 3 ■ Figure 2

Claims (6)

[Claims] (1) a sensor disposed at various locations of the pachinko game machine to detect the passage of a pachinko ball; a storage unit provided in association with each of the sensors and that integrates and stores the detection output of each of the sensors; A pachinko game machine comprising: a transmission means for transmitting information stored in the storage section to an information collection device connected to an external connection terminal. (2) The pachinko gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the sensor includes a winning ball sensor that detects winnings in each winning section arranged at various locations of the pachinko gaming machine. (3) The pachinko game according to claim 1, wherein the sensor includes an in-block winning ball sensor that detects winnings in a plurality of winning blocks divided into blocks for each winning ball rate. Machine. (4) The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein the sensor includes a passing ball sensor that detects pachinko balls passing through a predetermined location on the game board surface. (5) The pachinko game machine according to claim 1, wherein each point on the game board surface of the pachinko game machine is assigned an address. (6) The storage unit stores, together with the integrated value of the detection output of each sensor, position information indicating the address of the game board corresponding to the sensor placement location, and type information indicating the type of information detected by each sensor. , and the transmission means transmits the position information and the type information together with the integrated value of the detection output of each of the sensors to the information collection device connected to the external connection terminal. The pachinko game machine according to item 5.