JPS61220677A - Pinball game system - 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 pachinko game system that allows pachinko games to be played without carrying or receiving pachinko balls.

(Technical aspects of the invention and its problems) Pachinko games are widely played as an easy leisure activity, and the general outline of a conventional pachinko game system is as follows. In other words, the player inserts banknotes or coins into the pachinko ball lending machine and has the desired number of pachinko balls lent to him, or inserts coins into the simple kj'cL machine installed next to the pachinko f1. Insert the pachinko balls into the pachinko machine, then ask them to lend you the pachinko balls 1 and - that were dropped and stored, place the borrowed pachinko balls in the -1- tray of the pachinko machine, and turn the handle to play the pachinko machine. He is playing a game by hitting L. Further, the pachinko Iζ obtained in the pachinko game is put in a box or the like, transported to a 3-J item exchange place, the number of balls is counted to 111, and the pachinko ball is exchanged for prizes according to the counted pachinko number. In this way, Pachinkotos are exchanged between the ball rental machine and the Pachinko machine, and between the Pachinko machine and the prize exchange place, and the customer is responsible for transporting the Pachinko L, which can be troublesome. , there is a problem that special equipment must be prepared for this purpose. In addition, if a large number of pachinko balls (I) are released from the pachinko machine, it is necessary to quickly call an employee t4 or the like to take the box, etc., and there is also the problem that if the balls spill, they may be lost.

On the other hand, on the ball lending machine side, pachinko balls must be released according to the bills and coins inserted, so pachinko l,
(You must always replenish the number of pachinko balls so that you do not add up.Similarly, at a pachinko machine, you must release the number of pachinko 1. corresponding to the winning I knee to the music of the machine F, so the total number of pachinko t It is necessary to provide a support system 4i11 that automatically supplies pachinko to >.
Since customers transport the pachinko 11j- or touch the pachinko 1ζ stored in the 1111 with the L, the pachinko 1 becomes dirty or corroded. For this reason, it is necessary for pachinko parlors to regularly clean and manage pachinko IJs, and the -L interval and the setting of the pachinko IJs have become a problem.

(l'l I'white of the invention) This invention is as described in 1-! The purpose of this invention is to record pachinko numbers on a magnetic cart and to record pachinko numbers on a magnetic cart. M
We would like to provide a pachinko game system that has a smoother technology system.

(Summary of the invention) This invention is based on 1 banknote or 111! A pachinko ball rental machine that lends out pachinko balls in response to the input of I coins, a pachinko machine that allows you to play with the number of pachinko balls you have, and prizes that can be exchanged for prizes according to the number of pachinko balls you have won with this pachinko machine. This relates to a pachinko gaming system consisting of an exchange office, in which a magnetic card with rental numbers I and 2 recorded is issued from the above-mentioned Guchinoko ball lending machine, and this issued magnetic card is inserted into the above-mentioned pachinko machine. The number of pachinko machines won is recorded on the magnetic card and returned, and the recorded contents of the returned magnetic card are read at the sea item exchange place to exchange prizes. Pachinko machines are exchanged between the pachinko machine and the pachinko machine, and between the pachinko machine and the prize exchange place.

'(5e: Akira's Embodiment) Figure 1 shows an example of the system of this invention. ::The lending machine 100 has an f-th coin slot 101 for the technician to insert coins into, and a bill slot 1-'+1 for inserting banknotes.
02, Rent, (key for specifying number or both +
03, change 11104 for discharging change, card ejection rNO5 for issuing and sliding out the magnetic card l used in this invention, and lamp +06 for lighting up and displaying alarms, power on/off, etc. . Ball rental machine 10
The internal configuration of 0 is shown in Figure 2, and the GPU
The IIO is in charge of overall control, and the CPI
IIlO is the RO old 11. which stores the program cap.
A RAM 1]2 for recording data necessary for information processing, and a magnetic card writer 113 for recording necessary data on the magnetic card to be issued are connected. CPollo also includes a buzzer 114 that sounds an alarm, and a coin/banknote sensor 11 that detects the authenticity and denomination of inserted banknotes and coins.
5. A change mechanism 116 for discharging change □ to change r+104, and a card transport mechanism 1 for discharging the magnetic card l from card ejector 11+105 [7] and issuing it are connected. Further, the CPU 110 includes an ink face 118 that exchanges information with a setter computer (not shown) of a pachinko parlor, and a counterfeit card change sensor (described later) 10 for preventing the issuance of counterfeit carts. are connected, and each device rX''9 of 1- is connected to the phase θ- through a pass line 119.

A player receives the magnetic card 1 issued by such a ball rental machine 100 and inserts it into the cart insertion slot 20 of the pachinko machine 200.
1 and play a pachinko game. The pachinko h200 has a pachinko part 200^ that is played by shooting out pachinko balls one by one by rotating the handle 240, and a card unit part 200 that processes the magnetic card 1.
It is divided into B and B, and the pachinko part 20OA is the same nail as before.

Panel 23 with tulips, wind weights, holes, etc.
0, and a handle 240 for launching pachinko balls is provided at the do part. In this invention, there is no need for a player to take out or put in a pachinko ball between the machine and the pachinko machine, so there is no place for storing pachinko balls, such as a plate or a lower plate. In other words, the pachinko machine 200 of the present invention has a fixed number of built-in machines (for example, 2°).
Pachinko! , is used to circulate the balls, and both the winning balls and the missing balls are collected in the same place (1
). For this reason, a sensor +iQ is installed in each hole to individually detect the hit [J] and the miss L-. In addition, the card unit section 200B has a coin input r120 for continuous pachinko.
2, a display 203 for increasing or decreasing the current number of balls to be paid;
A lamp 204 indicating that the number of balls to be rented has reached O, and an eject key 205 to be operated when playing a pachinko game, etc. are provided.

The internal configurations of the pachinko part 200A and the card unit part 200B are shown in FIG.
In the hit hole of 0A, there are sensors Al, A2. . . An is provided, and a sensor 206 for detecting the passage of the work is also provided in the hole that collects the missing part 1.
A is a motor 20 for launching pachinko balls one by one.
7 is provided.

Mo)) 207 は Jy-do, :L, Neen) part 20O
It is controlled by the GPU 210 in B. CP[I210 in the card unit section 200B has ROM211. The RAM 212 is connected to the magnetic card 11201, and a magnetic card 11201 is inserted into the magnetic card 11201 to read data from the magnetic card and input data thereto.
Reader/writer 2+3 is connected. Also, GPU2
10: Card reading OK, reading bad, number of rental balls °“
A buzzer 214 that notifies an alarm such as 0'' at 1°? is connected, and a coin sensor 215 that detects the authenticity of the coin inserted into the coin input t+ 202, gold m, etc. is also connected, and the center computer and ( 7) A:/Tough Ace 216 that exchanges information with flil is connected.Furthermore, the 02 slot 210 is equipped with a counterfeit cart check sensor (described later) 20 for checking whether the inserted magnetic card is counterfeit. Each of the devices listed above is connected to phase f via a path line 2.

By the way, in this invention, a pachinko game can be played using the data recorded on the magnetic card l without ejecting the pachinko L from the pachinko machine 200 or replenishing the tray with pachinko I, -. Therefore, in this invention, the configuration shown in FIG.・We are trying to realize this through clothing.

That is, the loan-1,-number recorded on the inserted magnetic card 1 is read by the magnetic card reader/writer 213 and presented to the preset type amplifier town counter 220. And the sensor of the hit hole ^! The detection signal AS from ~An is input to the OR-1 222, and its output is input to the r+]5J circuit 221, for example.

Therefore, any one of the sensors Al to An is connected to the pachinko machine 1.
(When detecting, 1-3 on the detection is r+15 J 5
The received bonus value is input to the up terminal U of the counter 220. In addition, the detection signal I from the sensor 206 of the out-of-hole
Since Is is input to the town end fD of the counter 220, if a pachinko machine enters the winning hole, the counter 220 will input r.
+15 JL, each time one row 1, ° that does not enter the winning hole is detected, it is decremented by 11.The count of the counter 220 is 1 Gv, when playing a game, Ishek l, $ -
When you press 205, the reader 213 records the information in the magnetic cart. When recording, security data for forgery prevention 11-, which will be described later, is magnetically recorded. Incidentally, the bonus value for the winning ball is not limited to r+I5J, and can be set arbitrarily.

1-Those who have acquired pachinko balls as a result of playing games on the pachinko machine 200 as described above bring their magnetic cards l to the prize exchange office 300 and exchange them there for desired prizes. The prize exchange office 300 has a personal computer 3.
01 is installed, and this personal computer 301 includes a pachinko 1: settlement card unit section 302 for reading data from and writing data on the magnetic card 1, and
A barcode reader 303 is connected to read a barcode indicating the number of man-hours or a prize code attached to the prize. At this prize exchange place, prizes can be exchanged within the man-hours read by the pachinko ball settlement card unit 302, and the man-hours remaining after prize exchange are recorded on the magnetic card 1 by the built-in card reader/writer. and will be returned immediately. The internal configuration of the card unit section 302 is as shown in FIG.
It has 0. And the CPU 310 has a ROM 31
1 and RAM 312 are connected, and the magnetic card l
A magnetic card reader/writer 313 that reads data from and writes data to a counterfeit card, a buzzer 314 and a lamp 304 that output an alarm, a card transport mechanism 318 that takes in and returns a magnetic card, and a counterfeit card. A counterfeit card check sensor 30 that performs a check is connected to an interface 31Ei for a personal computer 301.

The mechanism for reading/writing the magnetic card l and the counterfeit card checking mechanism are all common to FIGS. 2, 3, and 5.

Here, the counterfeit prevention 11-card and counterfeit card checking mechanism will be explained. Figures 6 (A) and (B) show the shape of the magnetic cart used in this invention;
) shows the front side, and (B) shows the back side.

In FIG. 6, ■ is a magnetic card, and a magnetic recording section 2 is provided along the longitudinal direction in the central part of the front side, and a timing mark 3 and the card are provided in the central lower part of the back side along the longitudinal direction. One of the non-Iif optically distinguishable recording portions consisting of marks 4 of i, +il presence data is blanked out.

In FIG.
Although they are placed on opposite sides of the cards, they may also be placed on the same side. The magnetic recording section 2 is a magnetic stripe or an entire surface magnetic in a general magnetic card, and records variable data such as amount of money and security data. The invisible light identification recording section consists of two types of marks, namely a timing mark 3 and a card-specific data mark 4, and these data are recorded by printing using invisible light absorbing ink.

Figure 7 shows the spectral characteristics of the invisible light absorbing ink, where 5 indicates the invisible light region, that is, the wavelength 700 p, ts.
This ink is prepared by mixing an ink having absorbency in the infrared region of J-, such as IR-750, 770, 840 manufactured by Kuchiki Kayaku ■ into a vehicle. A mark 3 and a card-specific data mark 4 are printed and recorded at a predetermined position on the card surface at the timing shown in FIG. 3(B). This illustrated ink 5 has some light absorption even in the visible region, so the mark 3.41 can be seen, so the visible light absorbing ink 6 is used to hide the mark 3.41.
Perform cover printing. This visible light absorbing ink 6 needs to have low absorbency in the infrared region. This is because in the infrared region, the mark 3.4 cannot be read unless there is a clearly distinguishable difference in the characteristic -F between inks 5 and 6.

FIG. 8 shows how to print the timing mark 3 and card-specific data mark 4 of No. 6r and J(B). 4 and print that”-
In order to hide the mark, the ink 6 is printed with low absorption (high reflectance) in the invisible light region. Printing for concealment can be done by printing on the entire surface, but if an irregular arbitrary pattern is printed, the effect of concealing the mark is even more severe. This results in a non-nr visual light absorbing effect of 5.
Data mark 4 and timing mark 3 are not viewed as [1], so the existence of these marks is not clearly recognized.

Then, the marks can be read by irradiating infrared light onto the mark recording surface of the magnetic card l using a light projector and detecting the infrared light from the cart surface using a light receiver.

FIG. 9 shows the spectral characteristics of the light projector and light receiver, where A is that of the light receiver and a to C are those of the light projector. The characteristics of the receiver are approximately 800 #Lm, peaking at 800 m, and the emitter is 700 #Lm, 900 pm.
And three types with peaks at 1000p and 1000m are shown, but in practice! 100 gts seems to be the best.

10(A) and (B) show the magnetic recording section 2 of the magnetic cart 1.
This conceptually shows the flow of data regarding writing data to and reading data from the magnetic card l. Ball rental machine 100. An example of magnetic writing on a magnetic card in the card section 71/200 and the payment card unit section 302 is shown in Fig. 10 (A). Then, the card-specific data read from the mark 3.4 printed and recorded in the mark recording section of card L and the variable data newly recorded in the magnetic recording section, such as rental f:.

The number 50 is converted into security data according to a predetermined algorithm, and the security data recording section of the magnetic recording section 2 is filled with 1, and the variable data is written as is into the magnetic recording section 2. Data is read from the magnetic car 11 according to a predetermined algorithm as shown in FIG. It is converted into security data and compared with the security gater read from the magnetic card. This determines whether the read magnetic car 1 passes or fails.

FIG. 11 shows the configuration of a magnetic card reader/writer for writing data to and reading data from the magnetic cards shown in FIGS. 1O (A) and (B). In the figure, IO is a magnetic read/write section that writes data to and reads data from the magnetic recording section 2 of the magnetic card l;
1. It has a magnetic reading circuit 12, a magnetic data At inclusion circuit 13, and a magnetic data reading circuit 14. Further, 20 is a unique data reading section, which includes a light emitter 21, a light receiver 22, and a unique data reading circuit 23. Furthermore, 30 is an MPU unit constituted by, for example, a microprocessor;
40 is an external device.

Card unit 200B and ball settlement card unit l-
In writing to the magnetic card in this magnetic card reader/writer in step 302, the unique data of the card is first read by the unique data reading section 20. Furthermore, the variable data and the number of pachinko balls recorded on the magnetic card 1 are read from the magnetic recording section 2 by the magnetic reading head 12 of the magnetic read/write section 1O, hole sensors (A1 to An), and coin sensor 215°. Get signal from PC 301 and MPUP4O1
0 process, create the variable data to be written, and write the MP from the card-specific data read earlier and the variable data.
Create UP4O10 security data. Then, the variable data and security data to be newly inputted into the 4I are written into the magnetic recording section 2 of the card using the magnetic writing device 11.

When a magnetic card with data written in this way is placed on a magnetic card reader/writer, the cart is sent in the scanning direction by a scanning mechanism (not shown), and variable data and security data are read by the magnetic reader 12 of the magnetic read/write unit IO. Both data are read and the magnetic data reading circuit 14
MPUP4O10 can be accessed via MPUP4O10. - On the other hand, in the unique data reading unit 20, the surface of the magnetic card is irradiated by the light projector 21, the reflected light is detected by the light receiver 22, and is sent to the MPUP 4O10 via the unique data reading circuit 23. HPuP4O10 converts the variable data and unique data read from the magnetic card into security data according to the MPUP4O1 prescribed algorithm, and also converts the security data read from the magnetic card into MPUP4
O10- can be obtained. The MPU 71130 compares the security data obtained by the conversion with the read security data, and outputs a pass or fail depending on whether the two match.

In the configuration as shown in -1-, the person playing pachinko lends the ball R100, the banknote father inserts a coin, and the place q! The number of pachinko U is specified by selecting the key 103. In this case, the authenticity of the bill or coin is determined by the coin/bill sensor 115, and the necessary change is released from the change mechanism 11G to the change eye 104. Then, the number of rental balls, etc. is determined by the magnetic card writer 113, and one of the magnetic cards stored in advance.
If it is recorded on the fake Hiro card prevention 11-
Predetermined data is recorded in the system, and the magnetic card 1 is ejected via the card transport mechanism 1 through ejection [1105]. In this case, it is also possible to issue magnetic cards in different types, such as those that can be used on all machines at a pachinko parlor, those that can only be used on a designated island, those that can only be used on the same day, and those that can be used for a certain period of time. .

FIG. 12 shows a detailed example of the operation of the lending desk 100, in which coins are inserted into the coin input I+lO1 or banknotes are inserted into the bill insertion slot 102 (Step 5100), after pressing the key 103 for specifying the number of loans to be made. (Ste, Tubu 5101), F
Check the number, amount, etc. (step 5I02). L
If the above check is OK, one of the magnetic cards is taken out from the storage section and transported (Step 5103), and the counterfeit prevention +1 system described above reads the card data and creates security data (Step 51).
04. S1'05), the magnetic card is transported to a predetermined position via the transport mechanism (step 510f()). Data such as the IJ number and security data are written to the magnetic card by the magnetic card writer 113 (step 310?).
), determine whether change is required for the input amount (step S'+08); if not, eject the magnetic card by the conveyance mechanism 1 (step SIO!). '
)), if change is required, the change is released from the change mechanism 118 and then the card is ejected (step 5110.5).
109).

The magnetic card l issued in this way is used in a pachinko game, and its operation is explained in flowchart 1 of FIG.
・Explain with reference to.

The person playing pachinko inserts the magnetic car 11 into the card r+2
When inserted into the card (step 5200), it is detected and taken into a predetermined position inside via the transport mechanism 21B (step 5201), and magnetic data such as the number of balls and security data is read by the aforementioned counterfeit card checking system. At the same time, card-specific data is read (steps 5202 and 5203). Then, create security data from the card-specific data and the number of balls (step 5204), compare it with the security data read from the card (step 5205),
If they do not match, it is a counterfeit card, so an alarm is generated by sounding the buzzer 214 or lighting the lamp 204.The magnetic card l is taken in by the transport mechanism 218 and ejected to the internal stacker (Tub 520B). Steps 5207, 520B).

If the security data of the four people match in step 5205, it is not a forgery, so it is determined whether the number of man-hours is not O (step 5210). If it is not O, the game is played by driving the motor 207 and rotating the handle 240 to shoot out pachinko balls one by one (
Steps 5212 and 5213), and the pachinko game continues until the number of balls in hand becomes 0 or the eject key 205 is pressed (steps 5214 and S21+), thereby allowing the player to enjoy the same pachinko game as before. In this case, in this (7) 511JI, sensors A1 to An are provided at each winning hole of the pachinko panel 230, and these are added together with the bonus number using the h method described above, and subtracted by the sensor 206 of the missing hole. Since I am doing this, display 2
03 always displays the current number of balls. Since a sensor is provided for each hole, it is also possible to manage the ball output rate etc. of each hole and use it for convenient nail adjustment.
The GPU 210 constantly monitors whether the number of balls in hand has become 0 or not (step S2+4), and when it has become 0, it drives the motor 207 and turns the handle 24.
In addition to making it impossible to hit the ball even if 0 is 1n1,
Alarm 1 is output by blinking or lighting the lamp 204 or by sounding the buzzer 214 (step 5215). As a result, the M drawer knows that it is no longer possible to continue the pachinko game, and if he wants to continue, he inserts a coin from [+202] and repeats the same operation as described in 1- (step 521JS2). If you do not insert coins, the game will continue, and the game will continue for a specified period of time (for example, 30 minutes).
After a few seconds have passed, insert the magnetic card into the
5218), is ejected to the internal stacker and finished (
step 5219).

As a result of a pachinko game, if you win a large number of pachinko balls, or if you want to quit the game midway through, press the eject key 205, etc. to become IL during the game (
Step 5211), after creating security data by the above-mentioned anti-counterfeit IL system (step 52
20) The magnetic card 1 is transported to a predetermined position by the transport mechanism 218 (step S22]), and the number of man-hours, security data, etc. are stored in the magnetic card 1 and ejected (returned) (steps 5222, 5223).

The player takes the returned magnetic card l to the prize exchange office 300 and exchanges it for a desired prize. The operation will be explained with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 14.

The customer must insert the received magnetic card l into the pachinko ball payment card unit 302 [-1] step 53.
00), when this is detected, the card is taken into a predetermined position inside by the transport mechanism 318 (step 5301), and when the magnetic data is read, the card specific data is read (steps 5302 and 5303). Create security data from the unique data and the number (step 5304), then combine the security data read from the card and the security data created in LX (combined) to determine whether they match, and if they do not match, are steps 5206 to 5208 in FIG.
Process. In addition, if the verification matches, the number of balls read by the printer 313 is displayed on the display device (for example, the screen of the personal computer 301) (step 330B), and the parcode of the prize is read by the barcode reader 303 (step 5307). Sequentially subtract from the number of balls,
Remaining T:, Compare the number with the number of prizes (step 33
08). When the number of balls remaining [° can be exchanged for a prize within the range where the number of balls is larger, and the number of balls for the prize is greater than the number of balls remaining], or when the exchange key (not shown) is operated, the number of balls remaining and the card The unique data ' and security data are created (step 5309), the magnetic card l is transported to the predetermined position by the transport mechanism 318 (step 531O), and the remaining man-hours and 1g of security data are loaded into the magnetic cart 1 using the reader/writer 313 (step 5311). . Then, the magnetic car 11 is ejected by the transport mechanism 318 (step 5312), and exchanged for the designated prize (step 5313).

(Modified example) According to Jll's statement, ``The magnetic card 1 issued by the rental machine 100 is inserted into the pachinko machine 200, but it is now inserted directly into the pachinko ball payment card unit 302 to exchange prizes. It is also possible to do so.

(Effects of the Invention) As described in 1 below, according to the system of this invention, since a fixed number of balls are circulated and used in the pachinko machine, the pachinko I
In addition to being able to significantly reduce the number of times used for 11 in IIj, the number of times for cleaning V can also be greatly reduced as the number of times used is small, and the number of times L and is washed can be reduced by 1 because they do not come into contact with the customer's hair. In addition, since the automatic i1t W system 1\ for pachinko machines is no longer required, the installation process is no longer necessary, and there is no need to count pachinko machines using a machine tool or the like when exchanging prizes. .Furthermore, it becomes possible to manage each pachinko machine by item and by major category in real time, making it easy to repair nails based on the management data of each pachinko machine by major category.Furthermore.

Since the customer does not need to carry Pachinko 1 and 2, it is possible to prevent the pachinko from being lost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a diagram showing an example of the system of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the ball rental machine in this release 11JJ, and Fig. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of the internal configuration of the pachinko machine in this invention. , FIG. 4 is a diagram showing how pachinko balls are counted in the present invention, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of a card unit for paying pachinko balls at a prize exchange, and FIGS. 6 (A) and (B) ) are the front and back views of the magnetic card used in this invention, Figures 7 to 11 are diagrams for explaining the magnetic card counterfeit prevention system, and Figure 12 is
14 are flowcharts showing processing examples of the present invention. l... Magnetic card, 2... Magnetic recording section, 3... Timing mark, 100... Ball rental machine, 101, 20
2... Coin slot, 102... Bill slot, 200
...Pachinko machine, 201...Card insertion slot, 300
...Prize exchange office, 301...PC. Before procedural amendment (method) July 9, 1985 [1 1985 Patent Application No. 81553 2, Name of invention Pachinko gaming system 3, Person making amendment 111 1. Relationship with Patent Applicant (289) Dai [Ippon Printing Co., Ltd. 4, Agent 5, Table of Contents of Amendment Order June 1985 1011 (1) As per the engraving and attached sheet of the specification originally attached to the application ( (No change in content) Correct. (2) Amend the drawings originally attached to the application as shown in the attached sheet (no change in content).

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A pachinko ball lending machine that lends out pachinko balls for the insertion of banknotes or coins, a pachinko machine that allows you to play with the number of pachinko balls you have, and exchange for prizes according to the number of pachinko balls you have won with this pachinko machine. In a pachinko gaming system comprising a prize exchange place for playing a pachinko game, the pachinko ball rental machine issues a magnetic card recording the number of rental balls;
The issued magnetic card is inserted into the pachinko machine and played, the number of pachinko balls acquired is recorded on the magnetic card and returned, and the recorded contents of the returned magnetic card are read at the prize exchange office. A pachinko gaming system in which prizes are exchanged, and pachinko balls are not transferred between the pachinko ball rental machine and the pachinko machine, and between the pachinko machine and the prize exchange place. . (2) When coins are inserted into the ball lending machine of the pachinko machine, the game can be continued with the number of pachinko balls corresponding to the amount of money inserted. Pachinko gaming system.