JPH0318390A - Holding ball display device in electronic control type pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain the effect being equal to a secondary effect of a ball pan in a regular pinball machine by providing an analog indicator varied in accordance with the number of holding balls of a player on the front part of the pinball machine, so that other game customer and shopman understand intuitively and sensibly a ball outflow state of the pinball machine. CONSTITUTION:An analog indicator 46 is provided on the front part of a pinball machine. In the analog indicator 46, lamps 46a-46d are provided in parallel and symmetrically from the center line of the pinball machine, and ranges in which they are turned on are set in proportion to the number of holding balls, respectively. For instance, the lamps 46a, 46a, the lamps 46b, 46b, the lamps 46c, 46c, and the lamps 46d, 46d are set so as to be turned on, when the number of holding balls is >=1 piece, when the number of holding balls is >=500 pieces, when the number of holding balls is >=1000 pieces, and when the number of holding balls is >=3000 pieces, respectively. Accordingly, as the number of holding balls increases, the number of lamps which are turned on also increases continuously extending from the outside of the pinball machine to the center, and it displays the numbers of holding balls by a bar graph-like analog type. The lamps 46a-46d of the analog indicator 46 are controlled by a computer 44.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an electronically controlled pachinko machine that circulates game balls and digitally displays the current number of balls held by the player.

[Conventional technology] Conventionally, a predetermined number of game balls are sealed inside a pachinko machine and used for circulation, and data on the number of balls held is read from a magnetic car or the like and stored in the storage device of the pachinko machine. Shoot the game ball to one ball based on the ball count data, and add the number of shot balls, the number of prize balls, the number of foul balls, etc. to the number of balls held.
An electronically controlled pachinko machine that digitally displays the player's current number of balls by subtraction is, for example,
No. 27829 is disclosed.

[Problem to be solved by the invention] In a normal pachinko machine that releases pachinko balls into a ball tray in front of the machine, players can intuit the activity of the entire game parlor by looking at the pachinko balls stored in the ball tray. This stimulates the desire to play and promotes pachinko play.Furthermore, the store staff who patrol the store can intuitively understand the ball launch status of each pachinko machine, which improves the management aspect of the game parlor. However, useful side effects were observed.

However, electronically controlled pachinko machines such as those described above record the number of balls held by the player on a magnetic card, etc., and the game balls circulate within the pachinko machine itself, and the player cannot touch the pachinko balls. Because it is characterized by being unnecessary,
Naturally, it does not have a ball tray like a normal pachinko machine. Players only know the number of balls they own using a digital display, but although this digital display has the advantage of allowing players to accurately and sequentially recognize the number of balls they own, it is not intuitive or sensual. It has the disadvantage of lacking expressive power.

Therefore, players cannot intuitively and sensually grasp the activity of the entire game parlor, and cannot expect a stimulating effect on their desire to play.

Additionally, there were concerns that the management of the game parlor would be negatively affected as the store staff would not be able to fully grasp the ball output status of each pachinko machine.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention reads data on the number of balls held from a magnetic card, etc., stores it in a storage device of a pachinko machine, and stores the data on the number of balls held on the basis of this data on the number of balls held. An electronically controlled pachinko machine that fires a single ball, adds and subtracts the number of balls fired, the number of prize balls, the number of free balls, etc. to the number of balls held by the player, and digitally displays the number of balls currently held by the player. On the machine,
An analog display is provided on the front part of the pachinko machine or the curtain plate part of the installation island corresponding to the upper part of the pachinko machine, which changes according to the number of balls held by the player and allows the player to visually recognize the number of balls held by the player. The present invention provides a ball holding display device for an electronically controlled pachinko machine.

[Function] By installing an analog display on the front of the pachinko machine that changes according to the number of balls held by the player, other players and staff can intuitively and sensually monitor the ball launch status of the pachinko machine. It can be grasped easily, and the effect is equivalent to the secondary effect of the ball tray in a normal pachinko machine.

[Example 1] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the overall structure of an electronically controlled pachinko machine (hereinafter simply referred to as a pachinko machine) suitable for applying the present invention will be explained. The action will be explained, and in the latter part:; Characteristic parts of the present invention will be explained.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a pachinko machine, and FIG. 2 is a front view.

A pachinko machine 1 has a front frame 3 attached to the front side of a side frame 2. A glass frame 4 fitted with a glass plate is attached to the upper front surface of the front frame 3. A decorative panel portion 5 is formed at the lower front of the front frame 3, and the firing strength of the game ball is displayed on the decorative panel portion 5! A rotating handle 6 for playing PJ, a card insertion slot 7 for a magnetic card that records the number of balls held by magnetic recording, a digital display section 8 for displaying the number of balls held, a rental ball purchase selection button 9, A payment button 10 etc. are provided. A game board l1 is attached to the rear surface of the glass frame 4, and a game ball launching device 12 is provided on the upper side of the game board 11. In addition, the game section 11a surrounded by the guide rail l3 on the surface of the game board 11 has a plurality of winning ball sockets ] 4 and Outro 1.
5 and a foul ball outlet 29 are provided.

FIG. 3 is a back view of the pachinko machine of the present invention, and shows the game board H.
A game ball collecting portion 16 is formed on the back side of the ball.

The game ball gathering portion 16 is made of synthetic resin such as plastic-4
- A partition wall 16b is provided on the inside of the plate-like part 16a, which is made of a cover-like material and faces the back surface of the game board 11, and the winning ball collecting path 17 is arranged in the upper part, and the winning ball collecting route 17 is arranged in the lower part.
8 are formed into sections. The entry prize ball collection route 17 and the out ball collection route 18 are the lead-out route 1 established in the partition wall 16b.
9, and a winning ball detection sensor 20 that is activated each time a winning ball passes is provided in the lead-out path 9.

Further, a guide passage 30 is provided to guide the foul balls flowing out from the foul ball discharge port 29 to the game ball collecting portion l6, and the guide passage 30 is provided with a foul ball detection sensor 43 that is activated when a foul ball flows down. In addition, on the back side of the game board 11, on one side of the side frame 2, there is an outlet 16 for the winning ball collecting section 16.
A return machine 2 for transporting game balls flowing out from b upward;
A spiral tank rail 22 for accommodating game balls lifted by a return machine 2 in a spiral arrangement in a single line, and a firing device 12 for storing game balls lined up on the spiral tank rail 22 one by one.
A game ball supply device 23 is provided for supplying game balls.

As shown in FIGS. 4, 6, and 8, the launch device 12 includes a launch position 121 of the game ball, a launch ball detection sensor 127 that detects the game ball supplied to the launch position 121, and a launch position 121 that detects the launch position 121 of the game ball. It is roughly composed of a ball batting rod 122 that shoots W121 game balls into the game section 11a, and a motor 123 for motivating the ball batting rod. The firing position 12 is formed by bending the end of the guide rail 13 into a substantially L-shape, and a through hole 121a through which the ball hitting portion 122a of the ball hitting rod 122 faces is bored in its horizontal lower surface. The batting rod 122 is connected to the device plate 12 by a shaft 124.
The ball hitting portion 122a faces the through hole 121a at the firing position 121 from below. Also batting stick 1
An engagement pin 122b is provided protruding from the side surface of 22. A cam 126 is fixed to the output shaft 123a of the motor 123, and the cam 12 rotates with the movement of the motor 123.
6 engages with or disengages from the engagement pin 122b, and the ball hitting rod 1
22 is rotated repeatedly, and the game ball at the firing position 121 is fired into the game part l1a during the return movement shown by the solid line in FIG. Further, one end of a tension spring 25 is locked to the ball hitting rod 122 via a wire 24, and the other end of the tension spring 25 is connected to a winding coil fixed to the till 6a of the rotating handle 6 via a wire 26. It is fixed to a pulley 27. Therefore, by rotating the rotating handle 6, the wire 26 is wound around the take-up pulley 27, and the tension spring 25 is expanded. The rebound force of the game ball can be adjusted freely.

Further, a switch 28 is provided on the circumferential surface of the take-up pulley 27 to open the motor 123 when it is turned on when the rotary handle 6 is rotated.

As shown in FIGS. 5 and 8, the reduction machine 21 includes a helical rotary body 32 that stands up vertically and has a groove 31 spirally provided on its circumferential surface into which a game ball can fit, and the helical rotary body 32. A guide plate 33 provided in the axial direction of 32 and parallel to the side surface thereof.
and has. The helical rotating body 32 is rotatably supported at its upper and lower ends by a U-shaped support plate 34 fixed to the side frame 2, and a motor 35 for rotating the helical rotating body 32 is provided at its lower end. On the other hand, the guide plate 33 is formed in the shape of a gutter with a U-shaped cross section, and is detachably attached to the support plate 34 via a frame member 36. Then, a suitable ball polishing surface 37 is formed by pasting an abrasive cloth on the inner surface facing the side surface of the spiral rotor 32, and l pieces of game 8 balls are formed by this ball polishing surface 37 and the groove 3I of the spiral rotor 32. A transport path 38 is formed for transporting the material upward one by one. The lower end of the lifting path 38 communicates with the outlet 16c of the game ball collecting section 16 via the introduction path 39, and the upper end communicates with the spiral tank rail 22 via the lead-out path 40.

The spiral tank rail 22 has a spiral ball flow path 22a in which game balls are lined up in a row from the top to the bottom. All of the game balls (approximately 50) are selected so that they line up.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 7, the game ball supply device M23 is rotatably supported by a shaft 41 on the side of the firing position 121, and is always supported by a coil spring 42 as shown by the solid line in FIG.
The helical tank rail 22 is rotated counterclockwise by the bias of
A supply lever 232 that integrally has a ball receiving part 231 that receives and holds the first game ball lined up in the ball flow path 22a.
and a solenoid 233, and when the solenoid 233 is energized, the plunger 234 that protrudes downward as shown by the chain line in FIG. Individual firing position 1
21.

On the other hand, inside the decorative panel section 5, there is a card reader 45 that can read recorded information on a magnetic card inserted into the card slot 7, and a storage device that stores data on the number of balls held and the like recorded on the magnetic card. , winning ball detection sensor 20
A computer 44 is provided, which includes a calculation device, etc., which adds the signal from the foul ball detection sensor 43 as a (+) input, and adds the signal from the launched ball detection sensor 127 as a (-) input to perform addition/subtraction calculations.

Next, the operation of a pachinko machine will be explained. When a player inserts a magnetic card with a predetermined number of balls recorded into the card insertion slot 7, the card is taken into a card reader 45, and the ball number data recorded on the card is checked. The data on the number of balls held is sent to the storage device of the computer 44 and stored therein, and the digital display section 8
is sent to and displayed. Further, the game stopping state of the firing device J2 and the game ball supply device W23 is released to enable firing of game balls, and the motor 35 for the return machine is driven.

Therefore, when the player rotates the rotary handle 6, the switch 28 is turned on, the motor 123 for disengaging the batting rod is operated, and the solenoid 233 is energized. The game balls lined up are detected one by one by a firing ball detection sensor 127 and supplied to a firing position 121. Then, the game ball supplied to the firing position 121 is moved by the ball hitting rod 1 due to the rotation of the motor 123.
22 is fired into the game section 11a of the game board 11. The ejection signal from the ejected ball detection sensor 127 is sent as a (-) signal to the arithmetic unit of the computer 44, where 1 is subtracted and stored from the number of memories in the storage device, and 1 is also subtracted from the digital display section 8. The numbers will be displayed.

On the other hand, the game balls fired into the game section 11a are placed in the winning ball socket 1.
4, when winning a prize, the winning ball is guided to the winning ball collecting path 17 of the winning ball collecting section 16 on the back side of the game board 11, and passes through the winning ball detecting sensor 20 while passing through the out ball collecting path l.
It will be gathered at 8. The out balls are collected from the outro 5 into the out ball collection path 18 of the winning ball collecting section 16, and are introduced into the transport path 38 of the return machine 21 through the introduction path 39 from the exit 16c along with the winning balls.

Then, the signal from the winning ball detection sensor 20 is a number converted into the number of prize balls for one winning ball, for example ( +
13) It is sent as a signal to the arithmetic unit of the computer 44, and 13 is added for each winning ball to the number stored in the storage device, and the added number is displayed on the digital display section 8.

In addition, if the rebound force of the game ball fired from the firing position 121 is weak and the game ball misses firing and is received by the foul ball outlet 29, the game ball is guided to the guide path 30 on the back side of the game board 11 as a foul ball, and becomes a foul ball. Out ball collecting path 18 of winning ball collecting part 16 while being detected by ball detection sensor 43
Winning balls and out balls are collected in the return machine 2]
is introduced into the lifting path 38 of the The signal from the foul ball detection sensor 43 is sent as a (+) signal to the arithmetic unit of the computer 44, where 1 is added to the number of memories in the storage device and stored, and l is added to the digital display section 8. The number is displayed. For this reason, although the foul ball is subtracted by 1 from the stored number by the signal from the shot ball detection sensor 127, it is added by 1 by the signal from the foul ball detection sensor 43, so there is no substantial subtraction.

The game balls thus fired into the gaming section 11a are either winning balls, out balls, or foul balls, and are all collected in the winning ball collecting section 16 and introduced into the transport path 38 of the return machine 21. The game balls introduced into the transport path 38 are
As the helical rotating body 320 rotates, it rises along the inner surface of the guide plate 33 while being held in place by the groove 31 on its circumferential surface and the guide plate 33. At this time, since the ball polishing cloth 37 is formed by pasting an abrasive cloth on the inner surface of the guide plate 33, the game balls are brought into frictional contact with the polishing surface 37, and the dirt on the surface is removed and thoroughly cleaned. While being polished, the balls rise one after another, are pumped from the upper outlet to the outlet passage 40, and are further led to the spiral tank rail 22 for circulation use.

During the game, if the number of balls held in the storage device becomes zero or the settlement button 10 is pressed, a stop signal is sent, making the game impossible, and the number of balls held on the magnetic card is reset by pressing the settlement button 10. If the card has been written, the card is ejected from the card insertion slot 7 and returned to the player.

The present invention is characterized in that an analog display 46 is provided on the front surface of the pachinko machine.

This analog display 46 has lamps 46a to 46d arranged side by side symmetrically from the center line of the pachinko machine, and each of the lamps 46a to 46d has a lighting range set in proportion to the number of balls held. For example, the lamps 46a and 46a are lit when the number of balls held is one or more, the lamps 46b and 46b are lit when the number of balls held is 500 or more, and the lamps 46c and 46c are lit when the number of balls held is 1000 or more, Lamps 46d, 46d
is set to light up when the number of balls in possession is 3000 or more. Therefore, as the number of balls held increases, the number of lamps lit also increases continuously from the outside of the pachinko machine toward the center, which results in the number of balls held being displayed in an analog bar graph format.

The lamps 46a to 46d of this analog display 46 are controlled by the computer 44.

In this embodiment, the analog display 46 is shown installed on the upper part of the front frame 3 of the pachinko machine, but the analog display 46 can also be installed on the curtain plate part of the installation island corresponding to the upper part of the pachinko machine. The effect is demonstrated.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, the number of balls held by a player is displayed in an analog manner, so that other players and store staff can easily see the playback of the pachinko machine even in a circulating pachinko machine with game balls enclosed. The situation of the balls can be grasped intuitively and sensually, which stimulates the players' desire to play and promotes the game.It also helps the store staff who patrol the store to understand the pachinko machines in use and the ball hitting status. can be easily determined from a distance, which has an extremely useful effect in terms of overall management of the game arcade.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show a practical example of the present invention, in which Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an electronically controlled pachinko machine, Fig. 2 is a front view of the same, Fig. 3 is a back view partially cut away, and Fig. 4 The figure is a perspective view of the firing device section, FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the return machine section, FIG. 6 is a front view of the firing device section, and FIG. 7 is a front view of the game ball supplying device section.
FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the state of supply of game balls to the firing device;
FIG. 9 is a plan view showing the state in which game balls are introduced into the redemption machine. Above: Pachinko machine, 46: Analog display.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] Data on the number of balls held is read from a magnetic card, etc., and stored in the storage device of the pachinko machine, and based on this data on the number of balls held, the game ball is fired to one ball, and the number of balls fired and the prize ball are calculated. In an electronically controlled pachinko machine that digitally displays the current number of balls held by a player by adding or subtracting the number of balls held by the player, the number of balls, etc. An electronically controlled pachinko machine, characterized in that an analog display is provided on the curtain plate portion of the installation island corresponding to the upper part, which changes according to the number of balls held by the player and allows the player to visually recognize the number of balls held. Ball holding display device on the machine.