JPS6136951B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a pachinko ball exchange management device, and its purpose is to automate prize exchange information processing to reduce the number of people at a game hall, and to accurately manage prize inventory. It is in.

In current pachinko game halls, the number of balls held by a player is simply counted using a counter at the prize exchange area, and a game hall employee hands out prizes corresponding to the number of balls at the player's request.

Therefore, the exchanging work is complicated and relies on the memory of the worker, making it impossible to accurately manage the inventory of prizes. Additionally, the ball counting area and the prize exchange area were the same, so it was often crowded.

The present invention has been made in view of the following points, and includes a ball slot into which a ball held by a player as a prize ball is inserted, a ball slot connected to the slot and which counts the number of balls held by a player, and A counting device comprising a ball counter that emits a signal, and a digital printer that receives the signal from the ball counter and prints the number of balls on a card;
A ball number input section with operation keys for inputting the number of balls printed on the card; an exchange data input section for reading the code number for each type of prize selected by the player and its number of balls; and the exchange data. an exchange calculation section that subtracts the number of prize balls inputted by the input section from the number of held balls inputted by the pitch number input section; and a prize that subtracts the type of prize inputted by the exchange data input section from the number of prizes in stock. This is a pachinko ball exchange management device consisting of an arithmetic control device equipped with an inventory change section and a correction operation key that allows the exchange calculation section and prize inventory change section to back-calculate the number of balls held and the number of prizes in stock, and is installed in a pachinko game hall. This allows the exchange of prize balls to be carried out in a reasonable manner and prevents crowding.

The embodiments shown in the drawings will be described below.

As described above, the present invention consists of a counting device and an arithmetic control device, and in the figure, A indicates the counting device and B indicates the arithmetic control device.

The counting device has the function of counting and displaying the number of balls held by the player when the player throws in the prize balls, and by pressing the key to confirm the end of counting, the number of balls held is printed on the card and the card is printed. publish. After the card is issued, a reset operation is performed and the next player's ball count can be counted.

In the figure, numerals 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively indicate a ball input slot, a ball counter, a ball number display, and a digital printer that prints the number of balls.

From the above, the counting device consists of a ball counter 2 connected to the ball input port 1 and a digital printer 4 that receives signals from the ball counter and prints out data.The operation panel (not shown) includes a start key, A counting completion confirmation key and a reset key are arranged.

The ball counting display 3 is not essential.

Next, the arithmetic and control unit has a start key on its operation panel,
It has a ball count input section 6 with operation keys for reading and memorizing the number of balls held by the player printed on the card, and a correction operation key and display panel (not shown),
In addition, as an internal mechanism, an exchange data input unit 7 reads and stores the prize type code number and the number of pitches displayed on each prize using a tag reader, and a subtraction unit that subtracts the number of exchanged balls for each prize from the number of balls held. It has an exchange calculating section 9 equipped with means, and a prize inventory changing section 8 that subtracts the prize of the type from the number of prizes in stock and adds it to the number of exchanges on the day. The correction operation keys are the exchange calculation section 9 and the prize inventory change section 8.
The number of balls held and the number of prizes in stock are calculated backwards.

Then, if necessary, press the correction operation key and add the prizes and the number of balls that have been read since then, return to the original state, and read the code number by type of another prize and the number of balls again with the tag reader. Continue the replacement work.

The arithmetic and control unit B described above is a type of register that performs exchange calculations and prize stock change calculations.

In the figure, 5 indicates the selected prize.

Now, when the player finishes the game and obtains the prize ball, he takes the prize ball to the prize exchange place and inserts it into the slot 1 of the counting device. Then, the ball counter 2 automatically counts the number of balls, the display 3 displays the number, and when the end confirmation key is pressed when the counting is completed, a printed card is issued from the digital printer 4. The player holds this card and selects the displayed prize 5 according to the number of balls held. After the prize selection is completed, the prize is taken to the arithmetic and control unit B and presented to the employee.

The employee looks at the presented card and inputs the number of balls held by the player using the input section 6 with operation keys, and also exchanges data using the tag reader for the type code number displayed on the prize and the number of balls. Input at input section 7. Then, the number of balls held is automatically subtracted by the exchange calculation unit 9, and the pre-stored number of prize stocks is also subtracted by the prize inventory change unit 8, and added to the number of exchanged balls on the day.

If necessary, press the correction operation key and perform the above operation in reverse to calculate the number of balls held and the number of prizes in stock to return to the original state, and perform subtraction again using the same operation as before to exchange prizes. It is something to do.

As explained above, in the present invention, the number of prize balls is once printed on the card, and based on this, the arithmetic and control device is operated to calculate the number of exchanged prizes on the day and the number of prizes in stock. In addition, since the counting device that can issue cards and the arithmetic control device are separate from each other, they can be placed according to the space of the play area, making it possible to separate them. By doing so, players can be dispersed and congestion can be prevented.

In addition, players can enjoy playing by knowing the number of pitches they have already acquired on the printed card, without immediately exchanging prizes from cards, and while still having the prizes they have already exchanged in hand. This not only has the effect of allowing players to exchange prizes with their cards at any time without having to play games, but also has the effect of further preventing crowding.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawing is an explanatory diagram of the device of the present invention.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball slot into which the player's ball, which is a prize ball, is thrown in; a ball counter connected to this slot that counts the number of balls held by the player and emits a signal; and a ball counter that receives signals from the ball counter. a counting device that includes a digital printer that prints the number of pitches received on a card; a pitch count input section that includes operation keys that input the number of pitches printed based on the card; and a prize selected by the player. an exchange data input section that reads the code number by type and the number of pitches; an exchange calculation section that subtracts the number of prize balls input by the exchange data input section from the number of balls input by the number input section; A prize inventory changing unit that subtracts the type of prize input by the exchange data input unit from the number of prizes in stock, and a correction operation key that causes the exchange calculation unit and the prize inventory changing unit to back-calculate the number of balls held and the number of prizes in stock. A pachinko ball exchange management device consisting of an arithmetic and control device.