JPS6066775A - Stop control system of high speed pinball machine - 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 relates to a stopping control method for a pachinko machine, and in particular, for a high-speed pachinko machine, the number of differential balls is preset in a state other than a pre-stopping state. Even if the specified number of stops is exceeded, it is assumed to be in the pre-stop state, and if a forced stop command is not issued in the pre-stop state, a certain number (less than the normal number of replenishments) is This invention relates to a stop control system for a high-speed pachinko machine that makes it possible to perform a forced stop based on the operator's judgment based on the operator's situation while fully replenishing the balls.

[Conventional technology and problems]

For example, in a pachinko machine, the game is stopped when the number of balls exceeds a preset number of stops. The difference in the number of balls is the difference between the number of balls released to a customer, the so-called number of balls put out, and the number of balls hit by a customer, or the number of balls requested by a customer. When a preset high speed condition is satisfied, in a high speed pachinko machine, for example, the tulip remains open for a certain period of time, the number of balls released to the customer increases rapidly, and as a result, the difference in the number of balls increases rapidly. . Even in such fast-paced pachinko machines, the game is generally stopped when the difference in the number of balls is a preset number of gold away from the game, just like other pachinko machines. Therefore, in the case of high-speed pachinko machines, it is necessary to completely suspend suspension until the high-speed condition is lifted, but in the conventional method described above, the suspension is unconditionally suspended before the high-speed condition is lifted. Therefore, there is a high possibility that a termination process such as stopping the supply of pachinko balls will be executed. In this case, not only will the customer feel dissatisfied, but after the cancellation process, the operator will have to completely cancel the cancellation and return to the normal state, and will also have to perform unnecessary post-processing such as adding special pachinko balls. It has to be done. In other words, in the case of high-speed pachinko machines, the conventional technology has the drawback that an error occurs between the logical stop timing based on calculation and the actual stop time.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention is based on the above consideration, and allows the operator to intervene in judgment according to the situation, thereby eliminating the error between the logical termination timing and the actual termination timing of a high-speed pachinko machine. The purpose of this invention is to provide a high-speed pachinko machine stop control method that is highly accurate and provides detailed consideration to customers.

[Structure of the invention]

For this purpose, the stop control method of the high-speed pachinko machine of the present invention is as follows:
Output ball detection means for detecting the balls that are released; incoming ball detection means for detecting all the balls that are driven into the ball; For a high-speed pachinko machine equipped with a contact detection means and a ball replenishment means for replenishing pachinko balls into the upper tray, the difference between the number of balls put out and the number of balls received exceeds the preset number of balls to be stopped. According to the stopping control method of a high-speed pachinko machine that performs stopping control when A differential pressure detection means for calculating the difference in the number of balls, and on the condition that the empty contact detection means detects that the upper tray is empty, whether the difference in the number of balls exceeds a preset number of stops. A stoppage determination means for determining whether or not the stoppage determination means is activated on the condition that the number of balls difference exceeds the number of balls stopped, and the number of balls difference is within the effective range of balls stopped. a stop validity determining means for checking whether the upper tray is empty and sending out a stop valid signal on the condition that it is within the stop effective range; ball replenishment command means for sending a ball replenishment signal to the ball replenishment means on the condition that the ball replenishment means is turned off;
and discontinuation signal sending means for transmitting a forced discontinuation signal on the condition that a discontinuation valid signal is sent from the discontinuation validity determination means when a command for forced discontinuation is issued, The validity determining means checks whether or not the difference number of balls does not fall below a predetermined effective stopping constant than the number of balls stopped, and sends a stopping valid signal on the condition that it does not fall below. The device is characterized in that it is configured to stop sending out a termination valid signal when a condition is satisfied, and to stop the operation until it is activated again.

[Embodiments of the invention]

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

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration to which the present invention is applied, and Fig. 3 is an example of how the difference in the number of balls changes over time. FIG. In the figure, 1.2 and 26 are keyboards, 3 is a pachinko ball replenishing device, 4 is a ball detector, 5 is an empty/liquid point detector, 6 is a ball detector, 7 is a total ball counter, and 8 is a ball controller. buffer, 9
is a total ball counter, 10 is a ball buffer, 11 and 12 are subtractors, 13 is a differential pressure detector, 14 is a stop number register, 1
5 is a stop effective constant register, 16 is a stop judgment circuit, 17
18 to 21 are AND gates; 23 is a memory; 24 is a CPU (central processing unit); 25
is an I10 controller, 27 is a display, 28 is a printer, 29 to 34 are interfaces, 35 to 37 are scanners, 38-1 to 38-6 are game consoles,
39-1 to 39-m are ball lending machines, 40-1 to 40-n are prize machines, and 41 is an interval timer.

The present invention provides a method for controlling pachinko machines by comparing the number of differential balls with a preset number of stops, and the present invention provides a method for controlling the stopping of a pachinko machine by comparing the number of differential balls with a preset number of stops, and the present invention provides a method for controlling the stopping of a pachinko machine by comparing the number of differential balls with a preset number of stops. When the number of pachinko machines exceeds the limit, the pachinko machine temporarily suspends the stopping process and returns to the state before stopping, whereas other pachinko machines perform the stopping process.
Each time the empty contact is turned on, a fixed number of pachinko balls (less than the normal supply number of balls) are added, and the operator makes a forced stop based on the operator's judgment depending on the situation. ,
When the number exceeds a fixed number, the pre-stop state is automatically canceled.

In Fig. 1, a ball output detector 4, an empty/liquid point detector 5, and a ball entry detector 6 are installed in a high-speed pachinko machine, and are turned on to release pressure to the customer and to turn on when there are no replenishment balls on the upper tray, respectively. It detects all empty contacts and balls hit by customers.

The total balls counter 7 and the total balls entered counter 9 count all balls put out and balls put in from the start of business based on the signals from the ball put out detector 4 and the ball put in detector 6. The contents of each are
When the stop is canceled by operating the keyboard 1, the ball is transferred to the unearthed buffer 8 and the incoming ball buffer 10. The subtracter 11 is used to calculate the difference between the contents of the total output pressure counter 7 and the contents of the ball output buffer 8, and the difference is determined by the difference between the contents of the total output pressure counter 7 and the contents of the ball output buffer 8.
If the ball has not been hit even once, the number of balls issued since the start of business is shown. Similarly, the subtracter 12 calculates the difference between the contents of the total ball counter 9 and the contents of the incoming ball buffer 10. Shows the number of balls received since the start of business. The differential pressure detector 13 detects the difference in the number of balls from the number of balls out, determined by the subtractor 11, and the number of balls entered, determined by the subtractor 12.

Difference number of balls = Number of balls entered after stop cancellation 1 Number of balls output after stop cancellation and the contents of the discontinuation number register 14 set in advance (the discontinuation setting number),
If the difference in the number of balls exceeds the total number of stopping points, stopping is valid determination circuit 1.
Sends a start signal to 7. Although not shown, the discontinuation validity determination circuit 17 has a pre-discontinuation state indication FF (flip-flop), and when an activation signal is sent from the discontinuation determination circuit 16, this pre-discontinuation state indication FF is set. be done.

Note that the discontinuation determination circuit 16 sends out all activation signals to the discontinuation validity determination circuit 17 when the pre-discontinuation state indication FF is reset rL,'L. The termination validity determination circuit 17 is
When the empty contact is turned on while the pre-stopping state indication FF is set, the following subtraction is performed: Number of set stops - Difference number of balls = Stopping attenuation number (number), and its contents are compared with the contents of the abort effective constant register 15 (abort effective constant), which is a fixed value. As a result, if the stop attenuation number is not determined by the stop validity judgment circuit, the pre-stop state indication FFff
1 Leave it in that state, and then keep the abort valid signal sound on until the empty contact is turned on again. This state is a case where the difference in the number of balls is in the stopperable region shown by diagonal lines in FIG. On the other hand, is the stop attenuation number the stop effective constant? If the limit is exceeded, the pre-stop state indication FF meeting reset and the stop enable signal are turned off. In this state, the difference in the number of balls exceeds the fixed number of balls and the third ball is reached.
This is a case where, after entering the stopperable area indicated by diagonal lines in the figure, the attenuation decreases to an area smaller than the stopperable area. Therefore, in Fig. 3, there is a dotted line indicating the number of stop settings and a point M below it.
A constant value between the lines indicates the effective stop constant, and the stop attenuation number (
The number of hits reached) indicates how many balls the difference in number of balls has decreased from the number of hits indicated by the dotted line.

If a forced stop command is issued by external operation from the keyboard 2 while the stop valid signal is on, the forced stop signal output from the 1-AND gate 21 is turned on and ball replenishment is prohibited. The pachinko ball replenishing device 3 replenishes the upper tray of the high-speed pachinko machine with a predetermined number of pachinko balls (less than or equal to the normal replenishment number) in response to a replenishment signal output from the AND gate 18.

This turns off the bumping contact.

As described above, in the stopping control method of the present invention, a specified number of pachinko balls are supplied to a high-speed pachinko machine while waiting for forced stopping by an external operation, and at the same time, the difference in the number of balls is monitored and a forced stopping command is issued. If so, ball replenishment is prohibited by a forced stop signal.

FIG. 2 shows a system configuration to which the present invention is applied. In FIG. 2, a computer consisting of a memory 23 and a CPU (central processing unit) 24 has a keyboard 1.2, a pachinko ball replenishing device 3, and a ball detector 4 among the components shown in FIG.
The keyboard 26 corresponds to the keyboards 1 and 2 shown in FIG. Each of the game machines 38-1 to 38-L is equipped with an out-of-ball detector 4, a contact point detector 5, an in-ball detector 6, etc. shown in FIG. and a pachinko ball replenishing device 3, an interval timer 41; t, an I10 controller 25;
is operated at a constant cycle, and sends commands from the keyboard 26, various information f such as ball input and ball output from the game machine 38-1 or 38-1, to the CPU 25, and various commands and output data from the CPU 25. Game machines 38-1 to 38-
The process of sending the data to the I10 controller 25, the display 27, and the printer 28 is periodically performed. The scanners 35 to 37 scan all game machines 38-1 to 38-l, ball lending machines 39-1 to 39-m, prize machines 4o-1 to 4°-, and connect them to the interfaces 32 to 34 and the serial number. This is to send and receive signals based on data. Among the game machines 38-1 to 38-6, there are high-speed pachinko machines and normal pachinko machines. When the idle contact signal is on, the convenience store determines whether it is a high-speed pachinko machine or a normal pachinko machine. As a result, if it is a high-speed pachinko machine, check whether the difference in the number of balls exceeds the set number of balls to stop, and if Yes, check the state of the pre-stop state indication FF described above. Set state. Next, when the idle contact signal from the same high-speed pachinko machine turns on, it will tell you whether or not the stopping attenuation number exceeds the stopping effective constant. If Yes, the pre-stopping state instruction FFe is reset and the ball replenish,
If NO, check whether a forced termination order has been issued or not.
-1l weight. If the result of the check is YES, the machine is forced to stop and balls are prohibited from being supplied to the high-speed pachinko machine, but if the result is NO, all balls are supplied.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, it is possible to set the actual stop time of a high-speed pachinko machine based on the operator's judgment, and therefore dissatisfy customers due to an error in the stop time. This eliminates the user's discomfort and saves unnecessary effort on the part of the operator. Furthermore, according to the operator's judgment, detailed stopping control can be performed depending on the situation of each high-speed pachinko machine.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing a system configuration to which the present invention is applied, and Fig. 3 is an example of how the difference in the number of balls changes over time. FIG. 1.2 and 26...Keyboard, 3...Pachinko ball supply device, 4...Ball output detector, 5...Jumping point detector,
6... Ball entry detector %7... Total ball counter, 8...
・Ball output buffer, 9...Total ball counter, 10...
Incoming ball buffer, 11 and 12...Subtractor, 13...Differential pressure detector, 14°...Stop number register 115...Stop effective constant register, 16-...Stop determination circuit, 17... - Termination validity determination circuit, 1B to 21... AND gate, 23... Memory, 24... CPU (central processing unit), 25... Process 10 controller, 27... Display, 28... ...Printer, 29 to 34...
Interface, 35 to 37...Scanner, 3s
1 yf to 38-t...game machine, 39-1 to 39-m...ball lending machine, 40-1 to 40-n.
...Prize machine, 41...Interval timer.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A ball-out detection means detects the sound of balls being ejected, an in-ball detection means detects balls being driven in, and an empty contact that detects the state of an empty contact that turns on when the upper tray into which pachinko balls are replenished is empty. For a high-speed pachinko machine equipped with a detection means and a ball replenishment means for replenishing pachinko balls into the upper tray, the difference between the number of balls put out and the number of balls received exceeds a preset number of balls to be stopped. A stopping control method for high-speed pachinko machines that sometimes performs stopping control, in which the number of balls put out and the number of balls entered are calculated based on the detection signals of the above-mentioned ball output detection means and the above-mentioned ball entry detection means. A difference ball detection means for determining the number of balls, and on the condition that the empty contact detection means detects that the upper tray is empty, whether or not the difference number of balls exceeds a preset number of stops. A stop determination means for determining whether the difference number of balls is within the effective range Vc6, which is activated on condition that the difference ball number is determined to be equal to the total number of balls stopped. A stop validity determining means sends out a stop valid signal on the condition that the full search is within the stop valid range, and the empty contact detection means detects that the upper tray is empty and the forced stop signal is turned off. a ball replenishment command means that sends out a full ball replenishment signal to the ball replenishment means on the condition that the ball replenishment means is in the ball replenishment state, and a stop valid signal is sent from the stop validity determination means when a forced stop command is issued. The stop signal sending means sends out a forced stop signal under the condition that the stop validity determining means determines whether or not the difference in the number of balls is less than the number of stops by a predetermined effective stop constant. The device is characterized in that it is configured to check the current level, send out all stop valid signals on the condition that it does not fall below, stop sending out the stop valid signal on the condition that it falls below, and stop the operation until it is activated again. Stop control method for high-speed pachinko machines.