JPH0241989B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention detects out of balls in a pachinko machine and outputs a ball replenishment signal, and then detects whether or not there is an additional pulse within a predetermined time and the state of the empty signal of the upper tray. monitor and
The present invention relates to a ball replenishment defect detection method in a pachinko machine management system that detects abnormalities in various detection mechanisms of a pachinko machine, ball jamming abnormalities, and the like.

[Prior art and problems]

Each pachinko machine has a ball replenishing device that replenishes pachinko balls, an empty upper tray detector that detects when the upper tray that is replenished with pachinko balls is empty, and an additional ball detector that detects replenished pachinko balls. A device, an incoming ball detection device for detecting incoming balls, and the like are provided. Then, when the upper tray becomes empty, an empty signal is sent from the upper tray empty detection section, when pachinko balls are replenished, an additional ball pulse is sent from the additional ball detection device, and when a pachinko ball is hit by a player, an incoming ball is detected. Each incoming ball pulse is sent from the device to the pachinko machine management department. Based on these signals, the pachinko machine management section sends a replenishment signal to the ball replenishing device for the pachinko machine, determines whether to stop playing, and performs a stopping process.

Conventionally, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine management system, when the pachinko machine management unit receives an empty signal from the upper plate empty detection unit, it determines whether or not the pachinko machine has been replenished with pachinko balls, and if not, the cause of the replenishment. It was difficult to confirm whether this was due to the stop, the chute's ball getting jammed, or the ball breaking. If the cause of ball replenishment failure is unclear, there are problems such as a heavy burden on staff during inspection and repair, and a large amount of time.

[Purpose of the invention]

The present invention is based on the above considerations, and includes:
An object of the present invention is to provide a ball replenishment failure detection method in a pachinko machine management system that detects whether pachinko balls have been reliably replenished to a pachinko machine and also detects abnormalities in various detection mechanisms of the pachinko machine. It is.

[Structure of the invention]

To this end, the ball replenishment defect detection method in the pachinko machine management system of the present invention includes an upper tray empty detection section that detects when the upper tray is empty and sends out an empty signal, and an additional ball detection section that detects additional balls and sends out an additional ball pulse. A pachinko machine having a detection device, an incoming ball detection device that detects incoming balls and sends out an incoming ball pulse, and a ball replenishing device that receives a replenishment signal and replenishes balls, A pachinko machine management unit that receives ball pulses, counts them, determines whether to stop, and sends a replenishment signal on the condition that the upper tray is not in a stop state when an empty signal indicating that the upper tray is empty is received. In the machine management system, the pachinko machine management section (a) checks whether an additional ball pulse has been transmitted during the period from when the replenishment signal is transmitted until the first predetermined time has elapsed, and based on the result. (b) The empty signal is turned off during the elapse of a second predetermined time period (second predetermined time>first predetermined time) after sending the replenishment signal. (c) If the empty signal is off and the above flag indicates that there is an additional ball pulse, it is determined that ball replenishment is normal, and if the empty signal is off and the above flag indicates that there is no additional ball pulse. If so, it is determined that the additional ball detection device is abnormal, and if the empty signal is on and the flag indicates that there is an additional ball pulse, it is determined that the upper tray empty detector is abnormal, and the empty signal is turned on. If the flag indicates that there is no additional ball pulse, it is determined that the ball is jammed or the ball replenishing device is abnormal.

[Embodiments of the invention]

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

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the flow of processing by a processing device of a pachinko machine management section to which the present invention is applied. In Figure 1, 1 is the pachinko machine management department, 2
3 is a pachinko machine, 3 is an empty upper plate detection unit, 4 is a ball supply device, 5 is an additional ball detection device, 6 is an entry ball detection device, 7
8 is an empty contact detection mechanism, 8 is an additional ball counting device, 9 is an incoming ball counting device, 10 is a difference ball detection circuit, 11 is a stopping control circuit, 12 is a stopping number setting unit, 13 is a processing device,
14 is a ball replenishment control circuit, 15 is a display circuit, and 16 is a display section.

The empty contact detection mechanism 7 detects an empty signal from the upper plate empty detection unit 3 of the pachinko machine 2, and the additional ball counting device 8
Counts the additional ball pulses from the additional ball detection device 5 of the pachinko machine 2, and the incoming ball counting device 9 counts the incoming ball pulses from the incoming ball detection device 6 of the pachinko machine 2. The difference ball detection circuit 10 detects the difference (difference number of balls) between the additional ball count value of the additional ball counting device 8 and the incoming ball count value of the incoming ball counting device 9, and the stop control circuit 11, When the difference in the number of balls reaches the set value of the stop number setting section 12, stop control is performed. The processing device 13 is, for example, a CPU (central processing unit).
It is composed of a memory such as ROM, and determines whether or not stop control has been performed by the stop control circuit 11 based on signals from the empty contact detection mechanism 7 and the additional ball counting device 8.
When a replenishment signal is sent to the pachinko machine 2 through a ball replenishment control circuit 14, it is checked whether balls have been reliably replenished, and if there is an abnormality, the contents are displayed on a display part 16 through a display circuit 15.

Next, the flow of processing by the processing device 13 will be explained with reference to FIG.

When the empty contact signal from the empty contact detection mechanism 7 is turned on, subsequent processing is performed.

It is checked whether the signal from the stop control circuit 11 is in the stop state.

If Yes, perform the process, and if No, perform the process.

Performs termination processing (processing such as stopping sending of replenishment signals).

Sends a replenishment signal. Perform the following processing.

Start timers T1 and T2. Perform the following processing. Note that the time over time of timers T1 and T2 is T1<T2.

The next process is performed by waiting until the timer T1 times out.

Check whether the additional ball pulse was received or not.

If Yes, perform the process, and if No, perform the process.

Set flag F1 to 1. Perform the following processing.

The next process is performed by waiting until the timer T2 times out.

Check whether the empty contact has turned off.

If Yes, perform the process, and if No, perform the process.

Check whether flag F1 is 1 or not.

If Yes, it is considered abnormal A, and if No, it is considered normal. Abnormality A in this case means an abnormality in the additional ball detection device because no additional ball pulse has been detected even though the empty signal is off, that is, balls have been replenished.

Check whether flag F1 is 1 or not.

If Yes, the error is C, and if No, the error B is the error. In this case, abnormality B means that the empty signal remains off even though the additional ball pulse is detected, so it means an abnormality in the upper tray empty detection section 3, and abnormality C means the additional ball pulse is not detected and the empty signal remains off, indicating either a ball jam or an abnormality in the solenoid of the ball replenishing device.

As explained above, the present invention starts the timer in accordance with the ball replenishment operation when it is not in the stopped state, and checks whether an additional pulse is received within a predetermined time or the empty signal is turned off. It determines whether it is normal or abnormal by looking at whether it is normal or not, and if it is abnormal, it is displayed on a buzzer, lamp, or display to prompt inspection.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As is clear from the above explanation, according to the present invention, the cause of ball replenishment failure at a pachinko machine can be clarified, the burden on staff during inspection and repair can be reduced, and ball replenishment failure can be notified. Therefore, the equipment is not left in an abnormal state, inspection and repair can be done in a short time, and the service to the players can be improved.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the system configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the flow of processing by a processing device of a pachinko machine management section to which the present invention is applied. 1... Pachinko machine management department, 2... Pachinko machine,
3... Upper tray empty detection unit, 4... Ball supply device, 5...
Additional ball detection device, 6...Incoming ball detection device, 7...Empty contact detection mechanism, 8...Additional ball counting device, 9...Incoming ball counting device, 10...Difference ball detection circuit, 11...Stopping Control circuit, 12... Stop number setting unit, 13... Processing device, 14... Ball replenishment control circuit, 15... Display circuit, 16... Display unit.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An empty upper tray detection unit that detects an empty upper tray and sends out an empty signal, an additional ball detection device that detects additional balls and sends out an additional ball pulse, and an additional ball detection device that detects an incoming ball and sends out an additional ball pulse. A pachinko machine has an incoming ball detection device that sends out ball pulses, a ball replenishing device that receives a replenishment signal and replenishes balls, and receives, counts, and plays additional ball pulses and incoming ball pulses from the pachinko machine. In a pachinko machine management system comprising: a pachinko machine management unit that sends out a replenishment signal on the condition that the pachinko machine is not in a stop state when it receives an empty signal indicating that the upper tray is empty; (a) Check whether or not an additional ball pulse has been sent during the elapse of the first predetermined time after sending the replenishment signal, and set a value according to the result to the flag, ( b) Check whether the empty signal has been turned off during the elapse of a second predetermined time (second predetermined time > first predetermined time) after sending the replenishment signal, and (c) check whether the empty signal has been turned off. If the signal is off and the flag indicates that there is an additional ball pulse, it is determined that the ball supply is normal, and if the empty signal is off and the flag indicates that there is no additional ball pulse, the additional ball is detected. If it is determined that the device is abnormal, and the empty signal is on and the flag indicates that there is an additional ball pulse, it is determined that the upper plate empty detector is abnormal, and the empty signal is on and the flag indicates that there is no additional ball pulse. A ball replenishment failure detection method in a pachinko machine management system, characterized in that the ball replenishment failure detection method in a pachinko machine management system is configured to determine that the ball is jammed or the ball replenishment device is abnormal if the ball replenishment device is shown as shown in FIG.