JPS6058184A - Premium number counter of game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a counting device for counting the number of winnings in a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine having connected prize ball holes.

Background of the Invention In recent years, with the development of electronic components such as multiplayer machines and memory, and the development of sensor technology such as detection switches that can detect metal balls, it has become possible to record the number of winning balls in game machines such as pachinko machines and use it as management material for the game hall. It is possible to adjust the difficulty of ball release.

By the way, some game machines are used that include connected prize holes in which a prize in one prize hole simultaneously becomes a prize in another prize hole. However, the lower sensor cannot detect whether the ball has entered the higher winning hole or not, and the lower winning number data will include the number of winning balls for third place. Therefore, in such cases, there is a problem in that correct winning number data cannot be obtained by simply counting the number of balls that hit the winning holes.

Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made in view of the problems of the M exciter, and provides a device for correctly counting the number of winnings to each winning hole of the N exciting machine including the connected winning holes. This is what we provide.

Structure and Effects of the Invention The present invention is a winning number counting device for a Yu A winning detector provided in each winning hole, a counting means for counting the number of winnings in each winning hole based on the output of each winning detector, and a ranking of each connected winning hole. A storage means for storing whether the winning hole is a winning hole or a single winning hole, and the number of winnings in the higher ranking winning hole of the single winning hole and the connected winning hole is used as the winning number data, and the lower ranking winning hole of the connected winning hole is stored as the winning number data.・＼
The present invention is characterized by comprising a calculation means for subtracting the number of winnings from the number of winnings in the winning hole above the connecting hole to obtain the number of winnings.

According to the present invention having such features, it is possible to correctly count the number of winnings for each winning rL even in a gaming machine having connected winning holes. Therefore, it becomes possible to appropriately adjust the difficulty of winning a prize in each prize hole based on it, and it is possible to use it as management data.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the back side of a pachinko machine that uses a winning number counting device according to the present invention. In this figure, a supply tank 1 holding a large number of balls to be released is provided at the top of a pachinko machine 1, and the balls communicated with the bottom of the supply tank 1 to be lined up and guided to a prize ball release device 3. A gutter 2 is provided. Also, on the back of the pachinko machine, each winning ball hole 4a ~
Winning ball detection sensor 5a, such as a proximity switch, which has a hole corresponding to 4 and detects the ball that has entered each winning ball hole.
~5f is provided. Here, as shown in FIG. 1, the winning ball holes 4a and 4e are connected prize holes with the winning ball hole 4a as the higher rank, and the winning ball holes 4C and 4f are connected prize holes with the winning ball hole 4c as the higher rank. It is a ball hole.

The detected winning balls are directed to the winning ball collection 7 via the winning volumes 6a, 6b, 6c or directly, and are discharged through the discharge trough 8 through the discharge ti 9.

The outputs of the winning ball detection sensors 5a to 5f are given to the control section 10. The control unit 10 drives the prize ball discharge device 3 in response to these signals to discharge the prize ball. It is released into the dish 13.

Also, the last 1-ball that did not win a prize passes through the out ball exit 14 and appears on the back side of the pachinko machine shown in Figure 1, and similarly
The money is released from the drain. Further, a ball firing section 15 for firing balls by the M player is provided at the bottom of the pachinko machine.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram that does not show the electrical configuration of the control section 10. As shown in FIG. In this figure, the signals given from the winning ball detection sensors 5a to 5r are first given to the received bag buffer 20, where the signals are waveform-shaped and temporarily held. Here, the winning ball detection sensors 5a and 5e of the connected prize ball holes 4a and 40, and the connected prize ball hole 4c.

The winning ball detection sensors 5C and 5r of 4f are arranged at adjacent positions as shown in the figure. Then, the OR circuits 22a and 22C are connected only to the output ends of the input huffer 20 of the winning ball detection sensors 5a and 5C of the -F winning ball hole, and the output of the entering cover sofa 20 is They are arranged in the order of the output of the winning ball detection sensor and are connected to a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CP 1).
．． Input signals 11 to 6 are applied to the input terminals of J.))21. The CPU 21 has a read-only memory (hereinafter referred to as ROM) 23 which stores the system program of this winning ball counting device as storage means, and a random access memory (hereinafter referred to as RAM) 24 which holds temporary data such as the number of winning balls. connected via. The CPU 21 detects the number of winning balls according to a predetermined arithmetic processing procedure of the ROM 23, and controls the winning ball ejecting device 3 to be driven via the transistor 25 to eject the winning balls. A transmission line 27 is connected to the CPU 2 via a communication buffer 26, so that data can be transmitted to an external control device (not shown). Note that 28 is a power supply circuit for supplying power to each part.

FIG. 3 shows a part of the memory map of the RAM 24. In this figure, the RAM 24 is the winning ball detection sensor 5a.
, 5e, 5c, 5f, 5b, 5d, respectively -r
A ranking memo 'J M l representing the upper and lower rankings of the winning ball holes corresponding to numbers 1 to 16, a cumulative number representing the number of winning balls detected,
Pitch count data area M2. It has a winning ball number data area M3 indicating the true number of winning balls and an auxiliary memory M4 used for counting the true number of winning balls, and further has a memory for storing and storing the number of winning balls to be released. Prize ball release data MOO
have.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. 4 (al, fbl) U-char 1 and FIG. 5 (al, fbl) showing the memory contents. Initial processing is performed at 30.
The output signal 03 from the 5 CPU 21 is sent to the OR circuit 22a, 22
CpU again as input signal II, +3
21. This data is data flJ in RAM24.
The i-area Ml-, that is, Mll, is held in M13 as shown in FIG. 5(a) (step 31).
Proceed to step 2 and set 0 to the first pin I/M41 of auxiliary memory M4.
Write down 1. #do. Then, in step 33, Mli
Check whether is 1, and if this is ], then M
4(i+1>), and if Mli is O, write 0 to auxiliary memory M4(i+1) (step 34.35
). If this is executed from i-1 to i-6, as shown in FIG.

The auxiliary memory M4i holds data indicating holes below the continuous winning ball holes. Then, the process proceeds to step 36 to check whether the prize ball release data MOO is 1 or more, and if it is 0, it is checked in step 37 to see if there is a data transmission request from the external transmission line 27. If the program fails, other processing is performed in routine 38, and then the process returns to step 31 to repeat the same loop.

Here, an interrupt process shown in FIG. 4 (bl) is performed at predetermined intervals to check whether a winning ball signal is given from the winning ball detection sensors 5a to 5f.

First, when the interrupt starts, it is checked in step 50 whether there is any winning ball signal If, and ry
I will If there is no signal, the process ends immediately, but if there is a signal, the prize ball is shown in FIG. 5(a) as shown in step 51.
As shown in , this is data showing the lower prize balls of the normal prize hole and the connected prize hole, and here the winning hole where the bit is set, namely the winning hole 4e, 4f, 4I), 4d. When a ball enters the ball, it is necessary to release the prize ball. Therefore, the product of this data and the actual winning ball signal 11 is added to the MOO area as data for releasing winning balls. Then, in step 52, the cumulative prize ball number data M2i corresponding to the winning ball hole is incremented by the winning ball signal 11. For example, the fifth
Assuming that the winning ball signal IL 12.15 is given as shown in Figure (a), 2 is added to the winning ball release data MOO from the product with the ranking memory Ml, and the cumulative winning ball number data M2L
M22. The M2S is incremented by 1, respectively, and the interrupt processing ends.

Now, after such regular interrupt processing, the prize ball release data MO
Since O is 1 or more, once the check in step 36 is performed, the process proceeds to step 39, where the prize ball discharge device 3 is driven to discharge the prize ball into the body bone tray 12 and 13. Then, the prize ball release data MOO is decremented and the process proceeds to step 37.

By repeating such processing, each time a prize is won, the prize ball is released from the prize ball discharging device 3 into the tray 12 for the upper tray or the tray 13 for the lower tray.
will be released, and the cumulative winning ball data will increase.

FIG. 5(b) shows the data stored in the RAM 24 at a certain moment, and shows cumulative award pitch count data areas M21 to M26.
253, 421, 37, 22L2 as shown in the figure, respectively.
The number 6°283 is memorized. However, the cumulative award ball count data M22 and M24 corresponding to the lower award ball holes 4e and 4F of the connected award ball holes are the higher award ball holes 4a, respectively.

It also includes the number of prize balls awarded after passing 4c. Therefore, in order to measure the true number of winning balls that entered the matching hole, it is necessary to subtract the number of winning balls above that number to obtain correct data.

That is, in the flowchart of FIG. 4, if there is a transmission request from the transmission line 27 in step 37, first step 4 is performed.
0 and check whether the auxiliary memory M 4 J is 1. If this is not 1, the winning ball hole is the data of a higher winning ball hole of the connected winning ball holes or a single winning ball hole, so the value of the cumulative winning ball number data M2f is used as is as the true winning ball number data M31. (Step 41).

However, if the data M 4 i of the Neichisuke memory M4 is 1, it is a lower award ball hole than the connected award ball holes, so the process proceeds to step 42 and from the cumulative award ball number data M2i, the higher M2 (i- The value obtained by subtracting the cumulative number of winning pitches in 1) is written into the 7CM3i area as the true number of winning pitches data. For example, winning ball hole 4
True number of winning pitches to C M32 = M22 - M2
1. (421-253), that is, 168 pieces. This is calculated for all i=1 to 6 to obtain correct winning pitch number data M3i (i=1 to 6) as shown in FIG.
7 (step 43).

In this way, the data communicated to the outside can always be the true number of winning balls.

In this embodiment, the connected prize ball holes are considered as two connected prize ball holes, but the same process can be performed for three or more connected prize ball holes. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a calculation method of the ranking memory M1 and the auxiliary memory M4 of R and AM24 and the true winning ball data for a game machine having three connected prize ball holes. In this case as well, similarly to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the two levels of connected prize holes, high, middle, and low, are arranged next to each other, and the ranking data is 1. Store O in the lower position. Then, as an auxiliary memory M4, data O1 is stored in the upper part and data of 1 is stored in the lower part. Then, the prize ball is released based on the lower prize ball data.

In this case as well, the data on the number of winning balls for the higher ranks is the true data as is, but the number of winning balls for the higher ranks is added to the middle and lower winning holes.

Therefore, to determine the true number of prize balls, as shown in Figure 6, for the middle rank, the value obtained by subtracting the number of prize balls for the top prize from the data for the number of prize balls, is M3 (++1) = M2 (++1) - Mi Then, the number of lower prize balls is the value obtained by subtracting the middle cumulative prize ball number data from the cumulative m prize ball number data, that is, M3 (++2) =
Let M2(++2) −M2ri+1) be the true value.

In this way, true winning ball data can be obtained in the same way even in the case of three connected winning balls.

In this embodiment, a case has been described in which the winning number counting device is applied to a pachinko machine, but the present invention can also be applied to a winning number counting device of a gaming machine having a plurality of winning holes including a connected winning hole. be.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a back view of a pachinko machine to which an 81 winning machine according to the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the control fffl1 part, and FIG. 3 shows a part of the memory area of the RAM 24. The memory map shown in FIG. 4 (al is a flow chart showing the overall operation of this winning number δ1 counting device,
Figure (bl is the flow 'r+-1-1 Figure 5 (al, (bH; l: RAM 24 (7) Me%
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of +J data and an example of the actual cumulative prize ball count data, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the stored contents of the memory in the case of three connections and the calculation for obtaining the true number of prize balls. 3----One prize ball release device 48~4 r-, -winning ball hole 5a~5f, --One prize ball detection sensor 1.0-1
=Control unit 20-----Large cover y 7 y 21-1
CPU 22a, 22cm---OR circuit 24---
--AM Patent Applicant Tateishi Electric Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney Yoshiki Okaji (1 person)

Claims (3)

[Claims] (1) In a game machine having multiple winning holes, including a connected winning hole in which a winning in a higher ranking winning hole simultaneously results in a winning in a lower winning hole, a winning detector installed in each winning hole. and a counting means for counting the number of winnings in each winning hole based on the output of each winning detector, and each winning hole is a winning hole in any rank of any of the connected winning holes or is a single winning hole. Here's what I said: 1. The entry f, α means, and the number of wins to the higher winning hole of the single winning hole and the connected winning hole are used as the winning number data, and the number of grand prizes to the lower winning hole of the connected winning hole is the winning number of the higher winning hole of the connected hole. 1. A winning number counting device for a game machine, comprising: a calculation means for subtracting the winning number from the winning number to obtain the winning number. (2) The input prize detectors are arranged adjacent to each other based on the ranking of prizes in each connected prize hole, and are inputted in parallel to the calculation means, and the calculation means receives adjacent parallel inputs. 8. The winning number 81 counting device for a gaming machine according to claim 1, wherein the winning number of the same connected winning hole is subtracted by . (3) The winning number counting device for a game machine according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game machine is a pachinko machine.