JPH0310351B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a pachinko gaming machine.

In recent years, pachinko gaming machines have rapidly become computerized, and in addition to managing information such as balls entered and played at each pachinko machine, control of prize ball devices, stop control,
Various displays have been proposed in which various displays are performed using electronic control devices.

However, in these pachinko gaming machines, players switch places and play at the same pachinko machine, so when performing stop-stop control, it is not possible to recognize the change of players for the game machines, so stop-stops are set for subsequent players. The number of pachinko balls is either greater or less than the number of balls.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko game machine that can improve the above-mentioned drawbacks and allow each player to more accurately stop the game.

The present invention will be described below by way of examples with reference to the drawings.

In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the pachinko game machine 20 has a safe hole 1.
- 14 and an out hole 15 are arranged at predetermined positions, and the safe holes 1 - 14 and the out hole 15 are provided with detection devices 54 ₁ - 54 ₁₅ (third (see figure) are provided, and the output signals of these detection devices 54 ₁ to 54 ₁₅ are input to the controller 21. A saucer 22 for storing pachinko balls and a firing handle 23 are provided at the bottom of the pachinko game machine 20. By rotating the handle 23, a motor 24 is activated and the pachinko balls roll from the saucer 22. The balls are played one by one with a handle 23 and driven along a guide rail 25. saucer 2
A shutter 26 is provided in the ball passage between the trigger device 2 and the triggering device including the motor 24, and the shutter 26
is activated when the ball is stopped and blocks the ball passage. A prize ball discharging device 27 is provided on the back side of the pachinko game machine 20, and pachinko balls are supplied to the prize ball discharging device 27 from a ball distribution channel (not shown) through an introduction pipe 28. A stopper 72 is provided near the exit of the introduction pipe 28 for closing the exit of the introduction pipe 28 when the pachinko game machine 20 is opened or under the control of the controller 21. The prize ball ejecting device 27 is the detection device 54 ₁
~54 ₁₄ is driven via the controller 21 by outputting a ball detection signal, and the prize ball is placed in the receiving tray 22.
discharge to. When the saucer 22 is full of pachinko balls, the pachinko balls overflowing from the saucer inlet 71 are guided to the guide gutter 29 and collected in the lower saucer 30 through the opening 31.

The pachinko balls that have passed through the safe holes 1 to 14 and the out hole 15 are collectively discharged to the outside through a discharge pipe 32. A data display section 33 is provided on the front side of the pachinko game machine 20, and this data display section 33 displays data such as ball input and ball output from the controller 21 in numbers. When a pachinko ball enters the safe hole, the controller 21 not only discharges the prize ball from the prize ball ejecting device 27 but also drives an electric accessory. At the top of the pachinko game machine 20, a prize ball display device 34 and a stoppage display device 35, which also serve as an abnormality display device, are provided.

Next, the control system of this embodiment will be explained. As shown in FIG. 3, the controller 21 includes a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU) 4 including input/output ports.
0, RAM 42, and ROM 43, counters 41 ₁ to 41 ₁₅ , prize ball device drive circuit 44, prize ball counter 38, operation recognition device 46, prize ball comparison circuit 47, and difference ball total counter. a counting means 48 consisting of a difference ball/stop set number comparison circuit 49, and a confirmation circuit that detects the operation of the pachinko machine 20 by checking the presence or absence of pachinko balls in the saucer 22 and the presence or absence of a handle operation. It is constituted by an operation detection means 50 consisting of the following, and an attached game machine operation determination device 51. counter 41 ₁
41 ₁₅ counts the ball detection signals from the detection devices 54 ₁ to 54 ₁₅ , respectively, and the CPU 40 counts the ball detection signals from the detection devices 54 1 to 54 15, respectively, and the CPU 40 counts the ball detection signals from the detection devices 54 ₁ to 54 15, respectively.
1. Capture and memorize each of the ₁₅ counts in order. The ball detection switch 53 is, for example, a switch that detects the presence or absence of pachinko balls in the tray 22, and is attached to the tray 22. The confirmation circuit 50 is the ball detection switch 5
A detection signal is input from 3 or counter 41
The operation of the pachinko game machine 20 is detected by confirming that any one of ₁ to 41 ₁₅ is performing a counting operation, that is, there are pachinko balls in the saucer 22 or that the handle 23 is being operated. CPU40 is
Processing of input signals and outputting of output signals are performed using the RAM 42 according to the program in the ROM 43, and the operation recognition device 46 is activated by a signal from the confirmation circuit 50. Further, the CPU 40 determines from the count values of the counters 41 ₁ to 41 ₁₄ that the pachinko balls have entered the safe holes 1 to 14 and operates the prize ball device drive circuit 44 .
drives the prize ball ejecting device 27 to eject the prize ball, simultaneously drives the light emitting acoustic display device 34A to display the ejection of the prize ball, and further operates the accessory drive device 61 to drive the electric accessory 62. let Electric accessories 6
Reference numeral 2 denotes a ticket or an accessory game machine, and the accessory game machine operation determination device 51 determines whether the operation conditions of the accessory game machine are satisfied or not, and sends a signal to the CPU 40 to set the value of the prize ball counter 38. Have them perform processing such as making changes. The CPU 40 sets the set number of prize balls in the prize ball counter 38, and the number of pachinko balls ejected from the prize ball ejecting device 27 is counted by the prize ball ejected ball counter 63, and the counted value is calculated by the prize ball comparison circuit 47. It is compared with the set value of the prize ball counter 38. When the count value of the prize ball discharged ball counter 63 becomes greater than the value of the prize ball counter 38, an output signal of the prize ball comparison circuit 47 causes an abnormality display device 34B to be displayed.
At the same time as the light emitting/acoustic display device 65 is activated, the shutter 26 is activated, making pachinko play impossible.

The CPU 40 takes in the counts of the counters 41 ₁ to 41 ₁₅ and calculates the number of pachinko balls that have been ejected as prize balls, and the number of balls that have been received, that is, the number of pachinko balls that have been ejected as prize balls.
The difference between the number of pachinko balls hit to 0 and the number of pachinko balls hit is counted by a difference ball counting counter 48, and the counted value is compared with the set number of balls hit in a difference ball/stop setting number comparison circuit 49. When the counted value of the difference ball total counter 48 reaches the set stop number, the output signal of the difference ball/stop set number comparison circuit 49 is output as a stop signal, and the light emitting/acoustic display device 35 is activated, and at the same time the shutter 26 is activated. is activated, making it impossible to play pachinko. Therefore, the difference ball/stop setting number comparison circuit 49 and the CPU 4
0 constitutes a stopping means. The CPU 40 takes in the values of the counters ₄₁₁ to ₄₁₁₅ , calculates data such as ball entry and ball output, and displays these data on the display section 3.
3, and also clears the difference ball total counter 48 when the pachinko game machine 20 is not in operation according to a signal from the confirmation circuit 50. Therefore,
The CPU 40 constitutes a clearing means for clearing the difference ball total counter 48.

As shown in FIG. 4, the confirmation circuit 50 turns on the customer service signal when the plate switch 53 is on, and also triggers a timer every time one of the counters 41 ₁ to 41 ₁₅ performs a counting operation. Turn on the customer signal while the timer is operating, that is, counter 4.
It is turned on when 1 ₁ to 41 ₁₅ as a whole are performing counting operations at intervals within the timer time. CPU4
0 operates the operation recognition device 46 when the customer service signal is turned on, and clears the difference ball total counter 48 when the customer service signal is turned off.

Further, when the stop canceling switch 69 is turned on, the CPU 40 clears the difference ball total counter 48 based on the signal from this switch 69, and resets the stop canceling switch 7.
0 is turned on, a signal from this switch 70 outputs a stop signal to the shutter 26 to disable the pachinko game.

In other embodiments of the present invention, in the above embodiments,
When the customer signal is turned off as shown in FIG. 5, the CPU 40 takes in the values of the counters 41 ₁ to 41 ₁₅ and counts the difference balls in the difference ball total counter 48. If the difference ball is a positive value, it is immediately counted. Then clear the difference ball, and if the difference ball is a negative value, set a timer and clear the difference ball at that time up.

In still another embodiment of the present invention, in the above embodiment, when the customer service signal is turned off, the CPU 40 determines whether the difference ball is a positive value or a negative value after a certain period of time has elapsed, as shown in FIG. If the ball has a positive value, the difference ball is cleared immediately, and if the difference ball is a negative value, the difference ball is cleared after a certain period of time has passed.

In addition, if the pachinko machine stops operating and the customer signal is turned off, the difference ball may be cleared only when the difference ball is a positive value, and if the pachinko machine does not operate even after a certain period of time has elapsed. Even if the difference ball is a negative value, it may be cleared.

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided a pachinko machine having an out hole and a plurality of safe holes, a tray in which pachinko balls are stored, and a pachinko machine that plays the pachinko balls rolling from the tray one by one. A firing handle that is driven into the game machine, a counting means for counting the difference between the number of balls entered and the number of balls played at the pachinko machine, and a counting means for counting the difference between the number of balls entered and the number of balls put out of the pachinko machine, and detecting that the count value of this counting means has reached a set value, In a pachinko gaming machine, the pachinko game machine has a stopping means for setting the game machine in a stopping state,
operation detection means for detecting that the pachinko game machine is in operation by checking the presence or absence of pachinko balls in the saucer and the presence or absence of operation of the firing handle;
and clearing means for clearing the counting means when the pachinko machine is not in operation based on the operation detection signal from the operation detection means, so that cancellation can be more accurately and automatically performed for each player. becomes possible. In particular, it detects whether the pachinko machine is operating by checking whether there are pachinko balls in the saucer and whether the firing handle is being operated, so it can be used not only when a customer is operating the firing handle but also when taking a short break. It can be detected that the pachinko game machine is in operation even when the pachinko game machine is in operation, and the pachinko game machine can be accurately stopped without clearing the counting means when the customer is taking a short break.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a rear view showing the pachinko machine of the same embodiment, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the control system of the same embodiment, and FIG.
The figure is a flowchart showing the operation of the control system, part 5.
6 are flowcharts for explaining other embodiments of the present invention. 40...CPU, 48...Difference ball total counter,
50... Confirmation circuit, 53... Ball detection switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A pachinko game machine having an out hole and a plurality of safe holes, a saucer for storing pachinko balls, and a firing handle that flicks the pachinko balls rolling from the saucer one by one into the pachinko machine; A counting means for counting the difference between the number of balls entered and the number of balls put out of the pachinko machine, and detecting that the count value of the counting means has reached a set value and bringing the pachinko machine into a halt state. a pachinko game machine having a stopping means, an operation detecting means for detecting whether the pachinko game machine is in operation by checking the presence or absence of pachinko balls in the saucer and the presence or absence of operation of the firing handle; A pachinko game machine comprising: clearing means for clearing the counting means when the pachinko game machine is not in operation in response to an operation detection signal from an operation detection means.