JPS60199486A - Control apparatus of pinball hole - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] Ru.

First, a conventional management device will be explained.

FIG. 1 is a partial perspective view schematically showing a general pachinko hall. (10) is a pachinko machine, and as shown in Fig. 3, it consists of a pachinko machine main body (11), a lower tank (l2) provided on the back side of the machine, and a lower tank (13) located at the bottom. It's shellfishing. On the front side of the main body (11), there is a playing surface with a safe hole and an out hole.When a customer plays a game and the ball hits the safe hole, the upper tank (l
From 2), a predetermined number of betin': 1 ball is supplied to the customer as shown by the arrow (8), and the out balls that did not enter the safe hole are placed in the 1F tank (13) as shown by the arrow (H). 61 Ni tank (which is now accepted as a hitting ball)
When there are no more pachinko balls in the lower tank (13), a certain number of pachinko balls are replenished from the replenishment gutter (14) via the replenishment counter (15) by the operation of a tray switch etc. When the ball flows down the gutter (16),
It is counted by a counter (17).

The pachinko machines (10) as described above are arranged in several rows as shown in FIG. 1, and one row (20) is called an island.

Also, (30) is a counter for exchanging prizes, etc., and behind it is a control room. II machine (31) (
(see Figure 2).

A computer is mainly used for the management machine (31),
It receives signals from the supply ball counter (15) and the shot ball counter (17) of each pachinko machine (10), stores and calculates these signals, and centrally manages the operation of the pachinko machine. There is. In other words, when the difference between the number of supplied balls (A) and the number of balls struck ([3)] reaches a preset stop value, a stop signal is issued to the pachinko machine and the pachinko machine's operation ff1l+ is stopped. Its main role is to display and print the operating status of the pachinko machine, such as the number of balls to be supplied and the number of balls to be played. This is done intensively for all pachinko machines.

However, in the conventional pachinko pole management device as shown in Fig. 2, each pachinko machine (10) is managed from inside the island (20) through the ceiling etc. using separate wiring (33). ta (31), and each wiring (33) is connected to at least three wires: one for the supply ball counter (15), one for the ball IT counter (17), and one for the stop signal. For example, if a pachinko machine is installed at a pachinko machine with 200 machines, a total of 600 wires are required, and the wiring work is difficult, and the The disadvantage was that the wiring and ceiling wiring were complicated. This also caused the division to take a long time when a new hall was established.

An object of the present invention is to eliminate the following drawbacks of conventional management devices and to simplify the wiring between each pachinko machine and the management device.

In order to achieve this objective, the pachinko/one-hole management device of the present invention is installed in each pachinko machine, and records various data such as the number of balls supplied and the number of balls played in the pachinko machine. a single pachinko machine controller having a memory for controlling the pachinko machine based on the data, a control unit that controls the pachinko machine based on the data, and a communication unit that is controlled by the control unit; A pachinko hall management device is constructed that has a communication section that receives various data, and is a data management machine that manages the pachinko machines of the entire hall based on the data.

Since the pachinko hall management device of the present invention has the above-described configuration, the pachinko machine controller can store and control the table data, and the table data can be transmitted to the data management machine by the communication section as necessary. Therefore, the function equivalent to the entire wiring for each unit, which was conventionally required, can be shared by one line or a small number of lines, and therefore the wiring work is significantly simplified compared to the conventional method.

The illustrated embodiment will be described below.

FIG. 4 is a schematic block diagram showing a first embodiment of the pachinko hall management device of the present invention, in which (10) is a pachinko machine, (40) is a pachinko machine controller provided in each pachinko machine (10), (50) is a data management machine. Although only four pachinko machines (10) and their controllers (40) are shown in the figure, there are actually as many pachinko machines as there are installed in the hall, and the data management machine (50) controls all of them.
- line (40) and - line (100).

The line (100) may be divided into two lines, one for transmission and one for reception.

As shown in Fig. 5, the pachinko machine controller (40) includes CPt1 (41), memory (42), input interface (43), and output interface <44).
, a communication section (47), and has various functions in addition to transmitting data to the management device (50), so these will also be explained below.

The input interface (43) is a pachinko machine (10)
Various data (D
), and the input data is stored in the memory (42) via the CPU (41).

Data from the pachinko machine (10) includes, in addition to the number of balls to be supplied and the number of balls played, counting data such as the number of safe balls, the number of out balls, the number of rental balls, and the number of prize balls. There are signals, magnet detection signals, push button switch signals, customer presence detection and borrowing, etc. Specifically, the number of balls to be replenished is obtained as a pulse pulse generated from the old supply counter (15) shown in FIG.
) is obtained as a pulse signal emitted from -○, and the number of safe balls and the number of out balls are obtained as a pulse signal from a 61 number machine installed in each path.

The number of rentals per pachinko machine is the number of pachinko machines rented by a thin ball rental machine installed between pachinko machines, and a coin detector inserted into the ball rental machine (for example, inside the ball rental machine or on the island) It is input as a pulse signal from a microswitch installed on the 71-inch non-hair. The number of prize balls is the number of balls that is incremented by one when the customer exchanges pachinko balls. Generally, these prize balls are divided by a jet counter (high-speed ball counter) installed in the counter (30) (Fig. 1) of the prize exchange base, but some holes have islands (2
Since the jet counter may also be visible at the end of 0), the number of man-hours incremented by 81 by the jet counter is also input into the pachinko machine controller located at that end.

Next, to explain the discrimination data, the medium ball signal is input by a blood switch that is activated when there are no more pachinko balls in the -L tray (12> (Fig. 3)) of the pachinko machine.

A magnet detection signal is generated by a magnetic sensor provided on the gaming surface of a pachinko machine when a player commits a fraudulent act using a magnet. The push button switch is
This is emitted when a player presses a push button (22) (FIG. 1) (or (75) to be described later) provided at the top of a pachinko machine when a trouble occurs. A detection signal indicating the presence or absence of a customer is emitted by an infrared sensor or the like installed at an appropriate location on the front side of the Bachi2F I machine (10) when a player is in front of the Pachinko machine. This signal can also be obtained depending on whether the automatic ball hitting device of the pachinko machine is operating or not, or it can also be obtained depending on whether the out ball signal is being issued continuously.

As described above, various data are sent from the input ink face (43) to the memory (4) via the CPU (41).
2). The memory (42) also stores initial data transmitted from the data management machine (50) in addition to the data from the Papachico machine described in -■-. Initial data includes stop setting (^, absorption setting value, supply ball number setting value, automatic release value, pachinko machine controller (4)
0) is installed, the machine type, the ratio of each number of stitches data described above, etc.

The "stop setting value" is a numerical value for stopping the pachinko machine when the difference between the number of supplied balls and the number of balls hit reaches the stop setting value.

The "absorption setting value" means that when (number of balls driven) - (number of balls replenished) exceeds this absorption setting value while the pachinko machine is in operation, the number of man-hours for driving in excess of that amount is considered to be 0. This is a figure to secure that amount as profit for the hall. That is, according to the above-mentioned hitting stop setting value, (number of balls hit) - (Jil
If you decide to stop the pachinko machine when the i number of balls fed) = the set stop value, no matter how many E hits during the game, all the tJ dirt will be thrown out at the time of stopping. . This means that all the 411 profits of the ball will be thrown out and will not light up. Therefore, during the game, balls that are hit in excess of the absorption set value are treated as zero to ensure the hole's profit.

The "supply ball number setting value" is -1-plate (12) of the pachinko machine.
This is the number of man-hours required to replenish pachinko balls in one go when the pachinko balls run out.

The "automatic release number" is (number of balls played) - (number of balls supplied) when a player inserts more pachinko balls into the pachinko machine, regardless of whether the pachinko machine has been temporarily discontinued. ) is below a certain value.

This is a numerical value to automatically cancel the stopped state and allow more games to be played when this is reached.

"The machine number of the Ruhachinko machine to which the pachinko machine controller is installed" indicates what number of pachinko machine the controller is in charge of.For example, the machine number 0 of the pachinko machine is R256J. If so, it will be "No. 256". Also, ``1 type'' is used to represent the type of pachinko machine since there are various types.

"The count data ratio J is a ratio that is set corresponding to each count data input from the pachinko machine described above. In other words, all count data from the pachinko machine is input as a pulse signal, The value of one pulse is different.For example, the supply counter (15), the hitting counter (]7), and the out ball counter are worth 1 pulse for 10 pachinko balls.
A pulse is emitted, and the safe ball counter is 1 with 311 snaps.
emit a pulse. Further, the number of balls to be borrowed is emitted as one pulse for one coin, and one coin corresponds to 25 pachinko balls. In this way, since the value of 1 pulse is different, in order to convert this into a pachinko ball, a ratio is set according to each data, and when calculating, this ratio is multiplied by 1 pulse and multiplied.

CPt1 (41) performs various calculations and comparisons based on the above initial data stored in the memory (42) and various data from the pachinko machine, and outputs various signals as a result to the pachinko machine via the interface (44). (1
0), and the pachinko machine (10) performs various operations in response to the signal.

As a result, each pachinko machine is controlled individually, while the CPU (instruction) communicates via a communication section (47) consisting of a communication controller (45) and a transceiver (46).
As explained earlier, the line (100) is connected to the data management tJM (50) that manages the pachinko machines in all halls, and the necessary output signals are sent to the data management 83.
1 (50). Conversely, commands from the data management machine (50) can also be received, and certain commands can be received from the data management machine (50).
It is also possible to give instructions directly to the pachinko machine (10). In this case, the pachinko machine controller (
Communication between the pachinko machine controller (40) and the data management machine (40) and the data management machine is carried out at a predetermined timing by the communication units (47) and (60') of each pachinko machine controller (40) and the data management machine (50), thereby sharing the line. are doing.

The following will be sequentially explained based on the signals output from the output interface (44).

Output signals include a replenishment instruction signal, a replenishment stop signal, a stop instruction signal, a replenishment failure signal, an illegal replenishment signal, a component tank remaining amount signal, a table operating time signal, a data output signal to a push button, and the like.

For convenience, the "replenishment instruction signal", "replenishment stop signal", and "replenishment failure signal" will be explained by referring to the flowchart of replenishment control shown in Fig. 6, and for the "stop instruction signal", refer to the flowchart in Fig. 7. I will explain as I go along.

The replenishment control is to control the replenishment of so-called additional balls, and first, it is determined whether or not the upper tray (12) is a medium ball based on the presence or absence of a medium ball signal (130). If it is not a medium ball, no action is taken. In the case of a medium ball, a replenishment instruction signal (131) is issued, and if the replenishment device is normal, replenishment of additional balls and the number of stitches thereof (132') are started. Next, after a certain period of time (for example, 5 seconds) has elapsed based on the delay timer 3 2 (133), it is determined whether the replenishment count value is 0 (134).

As a result, if the count value is O, it means that no replenishment has been made even though the certain period of time has elapsed.
Replenishment failure and therefore replenishment failure signal (135a)
emits. If the counted value is not O, the counted value is compared with the set value (X) for the number of balls to be supplied (136). If the counted value does not reach the set value for the number of balls to be replenished, it is determined whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the replenishment instruction (137). Predetermined time α
cents (e.g. 60 seconds) is the delay timer (133 seconds).
) with a different timer. If the predetermined time α has not been reached, the replenishment instruction (131) is returned and the same operation is repeated. When the counted value reaches the replenishment number set value, a replenishment stop signal (139) is issued, and then it is determined whether the counted value and the replenishment number set value are equal or not (138). If the two are equal, the replenishment work has been carried out properly, and the replenishment work is thus completed. If the two values are not equal, it means that the replenishment exceeds the set value, and since this is a replenishment failure, a replenishment failure signal (135b) is generated. Also, the above judgment (136)
Regardless of whether the count value has not reached the set value, the above judgment (
137), if the predetermined time α has elapsed, it means that the predetermined replenishment operation was not completed within the predetermined time, and this is also a replenishment failure, so a replenishment failure signal (135c) is sent.
) is emitted. Then, a replenishment failure signal (13
When 5a to C) are fired/υ°, the upper push button device (70
)'s inspection lamp (71) lights up. At the same time, the supply failure signal (135a-c, ) is sent to the data management machine (50).
A message (140) is also sent to the employee. In this case, even when there is a replenishment failure, replenishment is not performed at all or is performed after a predetermined time delay (for example, 5 seconds or more) (135a), or when the number of balls to be replenished exceeds the set value (135b) ( (for example, overflow due to failure of the on-off valve operated by the solenoid of the replenishment device), and when replenishment is not completed within a predetermined time (for example, 60 seconds), resulting in the number of replenishments being less than the set value (135c). The status can also be displayed.

Next, the stop control will be explained with reference to FIG.

First, the calculation of (number of balls hit) - (number of balls supplied) is performed by the CPU (
41), and whether or not the value has reached the abort setting value is determined moment by moment (60). If the stop set value is not reached, no action is taken. When the stop set value is reached, a stop signal (60a) is issued and replenishment is stopped (61), and thereafter the operation of the replenishing device is stopped until the stop state is released. Next, it is determined whether the ball is a medium ball or not (62). If it is not a medium ball, no further action will be taken. In the case of a medium ball, the data management machine (50) will issue a notification to that effect, and if necessary, the specified display and printing (
63) is performed, the operation of the table is stopped (64) by turning off the power to the automatic ball hitting device, and the "stop lamp" (72) of the push button device (70) is turned on. Furthermore, a stop signal (60a
) is also transmitted to the data management machine (50), and a message (65) is sent to the employee. In addition, by performing the calculation of (number of balls hit) - (number of balls supplied) based on the number of safe balls and the number of out balls, more accurate stopping control can be performed.

The "unauthorized signal" is a signal that is sent to the pachinko machine and the data management machine (50
), which lights up the inspection lamp of the push button device and sends a message to the employee.

The "remaining amount signal of the upper I tank" is obtained as (number of balls replenished last time) - (safe balls x number of balls compensated after the end of the supply), and this is displayed on the display section (73) of the push button device. to be displayed.

"Machine operating time" is (number of balls hit) + (-
pieces/min), and this is also displayed on the push button device (70) by an appropriate means.

The ``remaining amount of the upper I tank'' and the ``operating time of the machine'' are provided for reference by the players, thereby improving the service to the players.

7 6 "Data output to the push button" is performed through the output terminal (74) of the push button device (70). Generally, in pachinko halls, after closing, the data of each pachinko machine, namely the number of balls replenished, the number of balls struck, and the difference between them (so-called machine balance)
Based on this, the nails of the board are adjusted. At this time, it would be convenient if the data could be output for each pachinko machine.

"Outputting data to a push button" answers this request. In other words, a separate display device for the data is prepared,
The display device is given to the person who adjusts the nails (the so-called nailer). When adjusting each pachinko machine, the nailer inserts the input plug of the display device into the output terminal (74) of the push button device and displays the data of the pachinko machine on the display device;
Based on this, the nails on that platform can be adjusted.

As described above, the pachinko machine controller (40) stores various data such as the number of balls to be supplied and the number of balls driven for the part to which it is attached, and independently controls the pachinko machine based on this data. 8 type data can be transmitted to the data management machine (50) as needed.

This pachinko machine controller (40) can be formed, for example, as a single box as shown in FIG. 8, and can be attached to a suitable position of the pachinko machine, for example, on the back side. It can also be incorporated into the pachinko machine itself without being made into a box. In the figure, (100) constitutes a line connected to the transceiver (46), and specifically, a coaxial cable, optical fiber, or the like is used. Also, connectors (101) and (102) are provided at the tips, and the connector (101') is connected to the :2 connector (102') of the adjacent controller, and the connector (<102) is connected to another adjacent connector (102'). 101") to form a line. This makes the wiring work even easier. Also, along with the line (100), it is used as a backup in case this line breaks. lines (10
3) and a power supply line (104).

(110) indicates an input line for various data connected to the input interface (43), and (120) indicates an output line from the output interface (44).

The input line (110) and the output line (120) are each connected to a corresponding part of the pachinko machine, such as a replenishment needle counter, a push button part, etc.

The controller (40) can also be integrated with a push button device (70), as shown in FIG.

In this way, the wiring for the push button device can be formed simultaneously during the mass production process at the factory, and the wiring can be further simplified.

In the figure, (75) indicates the push button, (76) its indicator lamp, and (77) the machine number.

Next, the data management 431 (50) will be explained.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an example thereof. The data management machine (50) is the pachinko machine controller (40).
) The pachinko machines in the entire hall are managed as a whole based on various data transmitted from the pachinko machine. The one shown is
CPt1 (51), memory (52), CRT display (53), printer (54), external memory (55), modem (56), keyboard 1” (5
7) It consists of a communication unit (60'') equipped with a communication controller (58), and a transceiver (59).

This data management machine (50) inputs the number of the pachinko machine controller (40) requesting data on the keyboard (57).
If an instruction is given, the data of the specified pachinko machine is input from the transceiver (59) through the communication controller and roller (58) through the line (100), and can be displayed on the CRT display (53). keyboard(
It is also possible to sequentially display the data of all the pachinko machines installed in the hall by operating 57). In this case, if necessary, the data is printed by a printer (54). If you wish to keep the data, you can store it in an external memory (55) such as a floppy disk. Additionally, a pachinko machine controller (
40), if a stop signal, unauthorized signal, etc. is input, that fact will be displayed on the CRT (53) together with the machine number, and the person operating the control machine (50) will announce it on the public address system, etc. O Notify the staff. Public broadcasts, etc. can also be made to be performed automatically. Further, by operating the keyboard 1', it is possible to issue a stop command, a replenishment command, a replenishment stop command, etc. to a specific pachinko machine.

The modem (56) is for communicating with other pachinko parlors, thereby allowing information exchange with other pachinko parlors.

Next, a second embodiment will be described.

FIG. 11 is a schematic diagram thereof. This embodiment differs from the previous first embodiment in that each container (20) has a repeater (80).
The point is that...

Junior high school 1 [(80) 4;! , Pachinko machine controller (4
0)... and the data management machine (50), and relays data between the two, for example, as shown in Fig. 12, there is a CPU (8), memory (82), input/output interface <86), communication. It consists of a controller (83), transceivers (84) and (85). The transceiver (84) is connected to each repeater and the data management machine (50) by a line (1,00a), and the transceiver (84)
5) is connected to each pachinko machine controller on the island through the line (], 0Ob).

This repeater (80) manages the entire pachinko machines installed on that island, so to speak, and manages data from each pachinko machine controller (40) on that island.
A transceiver (85
), and can be temporarily stored in the memory (82) via the data management machine (50), and the data from the pachinko machine can be stored temporarily by the communication controller (83) when the line (100a) to the data management machine (50) is available. transceiver data
(84) to the data management machine (50). Therefore, providing this repeater (80) is particularly meaningful in large halls that have a considerable number of pachinko machines. In addition, various commands from the data management [1 (50)] are input from the transceiver (84), are temporarily stored in the memory (82), and are sent to the communication controller (83).
The signal is emitted from the transceiver (85) to a specific pachinko machine controller (40) at a timing determined by .

Above is the first part. In the second embodiment, the pachinko machine controller (40) is not limited to the case where it is provided for each pachinko machine, but for example, one pachinko machine controller (40) is provided for every second or third machine, and the one pachinko machine controller (40) It is also possible to individually control two or three pachinko machines in charge. Even in this case, the above-mentioned effects of the device of the present invention are not impaired, and on the contrary, costs can be reduced.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic partial perspective view of a general pachinko hall. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a conventional device. FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of a general pachinko machine. FIG. 4 is a first embodiment of the device of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an example of a pachinko machine controller. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of replenishment control. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of stop control. 9 is a perspective view of another example of the same as the above; FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram showing an example of a data management machine; FIG. 11 is a second embodiment of the device of the present invention. Schematic block diagram illustrating an example FIG. 12 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a repeater. (10)...Pachinko machine (40)...Pachinko machine controller (50)...
...Data management machine (100) ...Line (D) ...Various data 5 4

Claims (1)

[Claims] A memory provided in a pachinko machine that stores various data such as the number of balls to be supplied and man-hours for driving the pachinko machine, a control unit that controls the pachinko machine based on the data, and a communication unit that is controlled by this control unit. and a communication unit that receives various data transmitted from the pachinko machine controller via the communication unit, and data management that manages the entire pachinko machine of the ball based on the data. A management device for pachinko halls equipped with machines.