JPS6060870A - Close machine information control system by pinball machine controller - 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] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention provides that when a pachinko machine management device calculates information from a pachinko machine and a pachinko machine management device reaches a no-play state, the pachinko machine management device automatically stops the game. This invention relates to a pachinko machine management device that controls pachinko machine notifications to display pachinko machines in-store at the same time as broadcasting the occurrence of the game in the parlor.

[Conventional technology and problems]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a conventional pachinko machine management system. In FIG. 1, 1-1 to 1-n are pachinko machines, 2 is a pachinko machine management system t (RPC), and 31
d console (display/keyboard), 4 is a speaker, 5 is a public address system, and 6 is a microphone.

Conventionally, in the pachinko machine management device 2 at the bottom of the system as shown in FIG.
Calculations are performed based on information such as balls entered and balls put out, and if it is determined that a stoppage has occurred, the console 3
The stop is displayed at the bottom of the display. When the person in charge reads this and broadcasts the number of the pachinko machine where the stoppage has occurred in the store through the micro% loudspeaker 51 and the speaker 4, the clerk listens to it and the corresponding pachinko machine 1-1 or 1-
I went to check n and am doing a termination process.

However, inside one store, there was music and the sound of pachinko balls popping.
In-store announcements are difficult to hear due to other noise. ``In addition, when a pachinko machine shop clerk handles multiple pachinko machines, he forgets the number of the next pachinko machine that is broadcast in the store while processing the same pachinko machine. In this way, if you miss or mishear the stop-stop number, or if you forget the stop-stop number, the stop-stop number may be stored in the unprocessed table. The problem is that it remains as it is.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention is based on the above consideration.

This prevents unprocessed J-stop machines from being missed or misheard due to noise in the store, or from forgetting the stop-start machine numbers. The purpose of this invention is to provide a pachinko machine notification control method using a pachinko machine management device.

[Structure of the invention]

For this reason, the stop-stop notification control method by the pachinko machine management device of the present invention can be used with a plurality of pachinko machines.

a pachinko machine management device that manages the plurality of pachinko machines;
In a pachinko machine management system comprising a console, a sound generating device plays a theme sound or theme music of a pachinko machine generation from a speaker in response to a pachinko machine generation instruction from the pachinko machine management device.

It has a stop table display board for displaying the stop table number and a memory for storing the stop table number, and controls to display the stored stop table number on the stop table display board. The pachinko machine management device includes a stop-stop display control device, and the pachinko machine management device determines whether a stop-stop state has occurred by performing calculations based on ball entry information and unearthing information from the plurality of pachinko machines. , under the condition that a stop state has occurred,
At the same time as instructing the sound generating device to generate a stop table, the stop table display control device stores the stop table number in the memory of the stop table display control device, and on condition that the stop table state is released, the stop table display controller The present invention is characterized in that it is configured to perform a process of clearing the corresponding stoppage occurrence machine number in the memory of the control device.

[Embodiments of the invention]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Fig. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a layout in a store to which the present invention is applied, and Fig. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a stop display board to which the present invention is applied. A diagram showing a display example,
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of one embodiment of the stop table display control device to which the present invention is applied.
1 to 1-112 and 31d correspond to Fig. J, 7 is a sound generator, 8.8-1 and 8-2 are speakers,
Reference numeral 9 indicates a stop-stop display control device, a 10-mark stop-stop display board, and 11-1 to 11-4 are islands of pachinko machines.

12-1 to 12-4 are automatic ball lending machines, 13 is an automatic ball counting machine, 14 is a ball lending machine, 15 is a calculator, 21 and 22 are registers, 91 is a memory, 92 is a decoding circuit, 93 is a blinking circuit, Reference numeral 94 indicates an inverting circuit, and 95 indicates a timer.

In FIG. 2, the pachinko machine management device 2 broadcasts an in-store broadcast from the speaker 8 through the sound generator 7 when a stoppage occurs in the pachinko machines 1-1 to 1-n.
Inform the store staff around the island that there is a pachinko machine that has stopped playing.

Stop table display panel 1 through stop table display control device 9
The voice generating device 7 and the stop-stop display control device 9 are controlled so that the stop-stop generation stand number is displayed at 0. The sound generating device 7 causes the speaker 8 to play a theme sound or theme music of the occurrence of a stoppage in response to a signal sent from the pachinko machine management device 2 when a stoppage occurs. The stop-stop display control device 9 performs control to display on the stop-stop display board 10 the stop-stop occurrence machine number notified from the pachinko machine management device 2 when a stop-stop state occurs. Even in a store with 500 pachinko machines, only 5 or 6 pachinko machines will be in the pachinko machine state at the same time, so the pachinko machine display board 1
0 is sufficient as long as it can display the numbers of 8 stoppages, and it is installed in a place in the store where it can be easily seen by store staff.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a layout in which the stop display board 10 is installed in a store.

In FIG. 3, in the store, a group of pachinko machines, islands 11-1 to 11-4, are installed in the center, and automatic ball machines 12-1 to 12-4 are placed near the surrounding walls. will be installed in Further, there is a clerk at the counter, an automatic counting machine 13 and a ball lending machine 14 are installed, and a computer 15 and a console 3 are installed in the management room. The computer 15 constitutes the pachinko machine tube mounting R2, the stopping machine display control device 91, and the sound generating device 7. The stop display board 10 is installed in a place where the staff can easily see it from the path that goes around the pachinko machine's islands 1 knee 1 to 11-4, and the speakers 8-1 and 8-2 are installed inside the store or inside the pachinko machine. Appropriate installations will be made so that the sound can be heard outside near the entrance.

FIG. 4 shows an example of the display on the stop table display panel.

In Figure 4, 023.310,177°086.253
, 356 and 182 indicate the stop-stop occurrence machine numbers. In such a display, in order to distinguish between an old stoppage occurrence number and a recent stoppage occurrence number, the stoppage occurrence number may be displayed blinking for a certain period of time from the time of occurrence.

As shown in Figure 4, it is possible not only to display multiple stop-start machine numbers at once, but also to display a single stop-start machine number and change that number at regular intervals to display multiple stop-start machine numbers. It may also be possible to display the stoppage occurrence machine numbers at different times.

FIG. 5 shows the configuration of one embodiment of the stop table display control device 9. As shown in FIG. In Figure 5, register 2 and 2
2 is prepared in the pachinko machine management device 2, and when a stoppage state occurs, the stoppage occurrence machine number and the address (x, y) of the memory 91 are set in the register 21. In addition, when canceling the stoppage state, the address (x, y) of the memory 91 where the stoppage occurrence machine number is stored and an equal division command are set in the register 22. The stop-stop display control device 9 shows an example in which it can control up to eight machines, and the memory 91 triggers the stop-start machine number set in the register 21 according to the specified address (X, Y). It is stored in T. Regarding the forced stop table, a forced stop flag is set in the register 21, and when this forced stop flag is set, the memory 91 also stores one forced stop flag at the same time. Then, the release command and address (X) are stored in the register 22.

When Y) is set, the contents of the memory 91 at that address (x, y) are cleared. The decoding circuit 92 decodes the stoppage occurrence number to convert it into a signal in display format, and also discriminates whether or not it is a forced stoppage, and is output from the decode circuit 92 through a blinking circuit 93 and an inversion circuit 94. The stopping table number is displayed on the stopping table display board 10 according to the signal in the display format. The blinking circuit 93 operates for the set time (20 seconds) of the timer 95 which is activated at the same time when the stop generation unit number is stored in the memory 91 by a trigger. It operates when it is determined that it exists. In addition,
The example of the stopping table display board 10 shown in FIG. 5 is capable of displaying eight stopping table numbers at the same time, as described above.

When using a stop table display board that can only display the stop number for one stop, for example, prepare a shift register' and stop the output of the decoding circuit one by one at a constant cycle. The information may be configured to be sent to a display panel.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, an in-store broadcast notifies the shop staff that a stoppage has occurred and displays the stoppage number on a stoppage display board installed in the store. Therefore, the shop staff around the island can look at the stop-stop display board, confirm the stop-stop occurrence number, and carry out the stop-stop processing. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a stop machine from being left unprocessed due to overhearing, mishearing, or forgetting the stop machine number due to noise in the store.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of a conventional pachinko machine management system, Fig. 2 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of the layout of a store to which the present invention is applied. ,
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a stop table display panel to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a stop table display control device to which the present invention is applied. 1-1 to l-n...Pachinko machine, 12...Pachinko machine management it (RPC), 3...Console, 4°8.8-1 and 8-2...Speaker, 5...・Public address equipment. 6...Microphone, 7...Audio generator, 9...Stop table display control device, 10...Stop table display board, 1
1-1 to 11-4...Pachinko machine island, 12-1
or 12-4... Automatic ball lending machine, 13... Automatic ball counting machine, 14... Ball lending machine, 15... Calculator, 21 and 2
2...Register, 91...Memory, 92...Decoding circuit, 93...Blinking circuit, 94...Inverting circuit,
95...Timer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a pachinko machine management system that includes a plurality of pachinko machines, a pachinko machine management device that manages the plurality of pachinko machines, and a console, the theme of generation of a stop machine based on an instruction to generate a stop machine from the pachinko machine management device is provided. It has a sound generating device that plays sound or theme music from a speaker, a stop table display board that displays the stop stop occurrence machine number, and a memory that stores the stop stop occurrence machine number. The pachinko machine management device includes a pachinko machine display control device that controls the number of balls displayed on the pachinko machine display board, and the pachinko machine management device performs calculations based on ball entry information and unearthed ball information from the plurality of pachinko machines. It is determined whether or not a stoppage state has occurred, and on the condition that a stoppage state has occurred, an instruction to generate a stoppage table is given to the voice generating device, and at the same time, a stoppage is stored in the memory of the stoppage table display control device. It is characterized by being configured to memorize the stop-starting unit number and, on the condition that the stop-starting state is released, perform a process of clearing the corresponding stop-starting stand number in the memory of the stop-stop display control device. A pachinko machine notification control method using a pachinko machine management device.