JPH052343B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed description of the invention]

The present invention relates to a game machine management device, and more particularly, to a game machine management device that performs data management and termination control of a payback pachinko machine. (Background of the Invention) As a conventional reduction type pachinko machine, one having the configuration shown in FIG. 5 is known. In the same figure, a shows a schematic structural diagram of a pachinko machine, and b and c show examples of electric circuits of this pachinko machine, respectively. Referring to FIG. switch 13 is activated, and then the reducing machine 13 is operated until the number of balls in the lower tray 12 falls below a certain number and the limit switch 15 is activated, and the out balls in the lower tray 12 are transferred to the upper tray 11.
It was designed to reduce the Furthermore, this pachinko machine is equipped with an empty detection contact 16 that operates to generate an empty detection signal when the number of remaining balls in the upper tray 11 further decreases than the predetermined number at the time of return and becomes below a predetermined amount. , In response to the input of this empty detection signal, a stop transistor (not shown) is turned on and the replenisher 17 is turned on.
energizes a solenoid (not shown) inside the replenisher 17.
I'm starting to receive more balls. In this case, balls are replenished only while the solenoid is energized, and when a predetermined replenishment schedule is reached, the stop transistor is turned off, the solenoid is deenergized, and the ball is restored. When the solenoid in the quantitative replenisher 17 is activated by turning on the stop transistor, the mechanical lock is released and the replenishment is completed at a fixed amount (the new reduction type has the electrical circuit shown in Figure b). There is a type that automatically replenishes the scheduled amount of balls (a new fixed-quantity reduction type, which has the electric circuit shown in Figure c). In addition, 18 is 1 for every 10 balls replenished from the replenisher 17 and returned by the return machine 14.
19 is an out spilled ball sensor that generates one pulse for every 10 out balls that overflow from the lower tray, 20 is a stop indicator lamp, and signal S1 is the output for driving the stop transistor. , signal S2 is the stop output. By the way, recently, for example, multiple game machines such as pachinko machines are connected to one management device, and the number of out balls and safe balls on the machine is counted to perform data management and stop control. I came. However, the above-mentioned payback type pachinko machines are usually not equipped with out-ball sensors, so when connecting this pachinko machine to a conventional gaming machine management device, it is necessary to add an out-ball sensor or counter to the pachinko machine. When such pachinko machines and management devices are installed in pachinko parlors, each pachinko machine must be modified, which is inconvenient and requires time and cost. (Object of the Invention) In view of the above-mentioned problems in the conventional type, the present invention provides a game machine management device for managing game machines such as pachinko machines, in which safe balls normally provided in game machines such as payback type pachinko machines are used. The purpose is to make it possible to calculate the number of out balls using the output of the sensor, out ball spill sensor, and empty detection contact, and to make it possible to apply it to game machines that do not have conventional out ball sensors without adding sensors. shall be. (Summary and Structure of the Invention) The number of out balls (moment by moment) can be determined by the calculation: Number of out balls = Number of returned balls + Number of spilled out balls, ignoring the time delay, but this number of returned balls cannot be obtained directly. do not have. In the present invention, this calculation is shown as a specific example: the number of safe balls (M1), the number of out spilled balls (M2), the supplying flag (F1), the number of out balls memory (M3), and the cumulative supply number memory (M4). ) is used to achieve this as follows. Immediately after replenishment is completed, calculate M1−M3+M2,
Store the results in memory M4. M1+M2- except during replenishment and immediately after replenishment
Calculate M4 and store the result in memory M3. During replenishment, the contents of M3 and M4 remain unchanged. That is, the present invention includes an upper tray for safe balls, a lower tray for storing out balls, and a return machine that returns out balls in the lower tray to the upper tray when the number of balls in the upper tray falls below a predetermined amount. , an empty sensor that detects when the number of disposable balls inside has fallen below a certain amount and generates an empty detection signal to replenish balls from the outside to the upper tray; Equipped with a safe ball sensor that detects balls being supplied and a spilled ball sensor that detects balls that overflow from the lower tray, data management and stop control are performed by counting the out balls and safe balls of each of multiple gaming machines. A gaming machine management device that performs the following: a means for counting the number of safe balls supplied to the upper tray from the output of the save ball sensor; a means for counting the number of spilled balls from the output of the spilled ball sensor; means for storing the number of balls, means for storing cumulative replenishment amount, means for storing scheduled replenishment amount for each time, and after the empty sensor generates the empty detection signal, the safe ball counting means further performs the replenishment. It is determined that the replenishment operation is in progress until the scheduled amount is counted, and immediately after the completion of this replenishment operation, the number of out balls is subtracted from the sum of the number of safe balls and the number of out spilled balls to calculate the cumulative replenishment amount, and the above replenishment operation is performed. The present invention is characterized by comprising a calculation means for calculating the number of out balls by subtracting the cumulative supply amount from the sum of the number of safe balls and the number of out spilled balls when the ball is not in the ball. (Effects of the Invention) According to the present invention configured as described above, the safe balls and out balls are calculated by inputting only the existing number of safe balls, number of out spilled balls, and empty sensor output from the gaming machine. Therefore, when connecting a game machine that is not equipped with an out-ball sensor, such as a return-type pachinko machine, there is no need for modification such as adding a sensor or a counter, and installation is simple and easy. (Embodiments of the invention) Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a pachinko machine management device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The device in the figure consists of a microprocessor, etc., and a central processing unit (CPU) 21 that controls the operation of the entire device, a keyboard interface 23 for connecting a keyboard 22 for inputting data and commands, and a data printing device. printer interface 25 for connecting a printer 24 for each pachinko machine 26 (26
-1, 26-2, ..., 26-n) Pachinko machine counter 27 that counts out spilled balls and safe balls, ROM 28 that stores the control program for the CPU 21, and occurs when the CPU 21 executes the control program. Various data are temporarily stored
It is equipped with a RAM 29, a CRT interface 31 for connecting a CRT 30 for displaying input/output data, a power supply 32, and the like. Note that the RAM 29 is backed up by a battery 33, and retains its stored contents even in the event of a power outage or power interruption. FIG. 2 shows a more detailed block configuration of the main parts of the gaming machine management device and pachinko machine 26 shown in FIG. In the figure, the pachinko machine 26 is the same as shown in FIG. The pachinko machine counter 27 is a safe ball counter 3 that is assigned to each pachinko machine 26 and counts the pulses sent from the safe ball sensor 18 (FIG. 5).
6, and out spilled ball sensor 19 (Fig. 5)
It is equipped with an out spilled ball counter 37 that counts the pulses sent from the ball. In addition, in the ROM 29, the number of safe balls M1, the number of spilled out balls M2, the number of out balls M3, and the cumulative number of supplied balls are prepared in a number corresponding to at least each pachinko machine 26.
Areas M1 to M5 that store M4 and scheduled replenishment amount M5, replenishment flag F1 that indicates that the pachinko machine 26 is in replenishment operation, and immediately before the replenishment operation starts when the empty detection contact 16 generates an empty detection signal. An auxiliary area M6 and the like for storing the number of safe balls M1 is provided. Next, the operation of the apparatus shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 will be explained with reference to the flowchart in FIG. 3, the graph in FIG. 4, and Table 1. When this device is powered on, the CPU 21 first controls each counter 36,
After performing initial processing such as initializing each memory area M1 to M6 in 37 and ROM 29 and the replenishing flag F1, etc., the routine proceeds to normal processing such as data management and various input searches. In this initialization process, in the example of FIG. 4 and Table 1, the safe ball counter 3
6 and set the areas of the supply number M5 and the cumulative reinforcement number M5 of the RAM 29 to the initial supply amount of 100 (pieces), and set the out spilled ball counter 37 and
Clear the out ball number M3 area of RAM29 and the supply flag F1. During normal processing, etc., the empty detection contact 16 (Fig. 5) of one of the pachinko machines 26 is turned on (closed).
Then, the CPU 21 detects this and executes the process shown in Fig. 3b.
performs empty detection interrupt processing, sends a replenishment start signal to the replenisher 17 (Fig. 5) of the corresponding pachinko machine 26, sets the replenishment flag F1, and fills the RAM 29 area with the safe number of balls immediately before replenishment starts. After transferring the contents of M1 to the auxiliary area M6, the process returns to the process before the empty detection interrupt. In addition, this device is equipped with an interrupt timer (not shown), and reads the counters 36 and 37 and the cumulative supply number for some or all pachinko machines by the timer interrupt processing described below at regular intervals.
Calculate and update M4 or the number of out balls M3. That is, when a timer interrupt occurs, first, in the counter reading process, the number of pachinko machines 26 to be processed and the first machine number are specified, and then the count values of the counters 36 and 37 corresponding to this machine number are read. These are read and stored in the safe ball number area M1 and out spilled ball number area M2 in the RAM 29, respectively. Next, it is determined whether the processing for the specified number of machines has been completed, and if it is not completed, the next machine number is specified and the above process is repeated, and if it is completed, the following number of out balls is calculated and replenished. Move to stop processing. In the calculation of the number of out balls and the supply stop processing, the number of pachinko machines to be processed is specified in the same way as in the counter interrupt processing above, and then the number (machine number) of the pachinko machine to be processed is specified, and then the number of pachinko machines to be processed is specified. The following processing is performed for each pachinko machine.
First, check the supplying flag F1, and if the supplying flag F1 is 0, calculate the number of out balls by subtracting the cumulative supply number M4 from the sum of the number of safe balls M1 and the number of spilled balls M2. Find M3 and write this
It is stored in the out ball number area M3 of the RAM 29, and the processing for the current machine number is completed. On the other hand, if the replenishing flag F1 is set, the current number of supplied balls is calculated by subtracting the number of safe balls M6 immediately before the start of replenishment from the number of safe balls M1, and this is compared with the scheduled replenishment amount M5. If the current replenishment number M1-M6 is less than the scheduled replenishment amount M5, this means that the current replenishment has not yet been completed, and the processing of the current machine number is completed without performing any calculations. Furthermore, if the current number of resupplied M1-M6 is greater than or equal to the scheduled replenishment amount M5, replenishment of the scheduled replenishment amount M5 has been completed, so a replenishment stop signal is sent to the replenisher 17 (Fig. 5), and the replenishment flag F1 , then add the number of safe balls M1 and the number of balls spilled out M2, and subtract the number of out balls M3 from this added value to find the cumulative supply amount M4, and store this in the RAM29.
Store it in area M4 and complete the processing of the current machine number.
In this way, when the processing for one pachinko machine with the specified machine number is completed, it is then determined whether the processing has been completed for all the specified pachinko machines, and if it is not completed, the next machine number is is specified, the above process is repeated for the pachinko machine with that machine number, and if the process is completed, the timer interrupt is terminated and the process returns to the process before the interrupt. Table 1 shows numerical examples of each variable at the end of the first, second, third, ... timer interrupt processing (Phase, ...). Also, Figure 4 shows Phase,...
, . . . , the change in each variable value until the first, second, third, . . . th timer interrupt ends is schematically shown.

[Table] In the above embodiment, the number of safe balls M1 immediately before replenishment is stored in the auxiliary area M6, and the number of safe balls (past value) M6 immediately before replenishment is subtracted from the number of safe balls (current value) M1. By calculating the number of replenishments up to each point in time, it is determined whether replenishment is complete. However, focusing on the fact that calculation processing is not performed during replenishment and the number of outs M3, cumulative replenishment number M4, and number of spilled out balls M2 do not change, the above safe number of balls (past value) M6 is calculated by calculating M4 + M3 - M2. You can do it like this. In this case, the auxiliary area M6 for storing the number of safe balls (past value) M6 becomes unnecessary, and memory capacity can be saved. Further, in the above-described embodiment, if the scheduled replenishment amount of each pachinko machine is the same, it is sufficient to provide only one scheduled replenishment amount area, and the memory capacity can be saved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a gaming machine management device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the main parts of FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the device in FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a graph showing an example of changes in each data in the apparatus shown in FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a reduction type pachinko machine. 11... Upper saucer, 12... Lower saucer, 14...
... Return machine, 16 ... Empty detection contact, 17 ... Replenisher, 18 ... Safe ball sensor, 19 ... Out spilled ball sensor, 21 ... CPU, 26 ... Pachinko machine, 27 ... Pachinko machine counter , 29...
RAM, 36...Safe ball counter, 37...Out spilled ball counter.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An upper tray for safe balls, a lower tray for storing out balls, and a return machine that returns out balls in the lower tray to the upper tray when the number of balls in the upper tray falls below a predetermined amount. , an empty sensor that detects when the number of disposable balls inside has fallen below a certain level and generates an empty detection signal to replenish balls from the outside to the upper tray; Data management and hitting are performed by counting the out balls and safe balls of each of multiple gaming machines equipped with a safe ball sensor that detects balls supplied to the tray and an out spilled ball sensor that detects balls overflowing from the lower tray. A game machine management device that performs stop control, etc., comprising means for counting the number of safe balls supplied to the upper tray from the output of the safe ball sensor, and means for counting the number of spilled balls from the output of the spilled out ball sensor. , a means for storing the number of out balls, a means for storing a cumulative replenishment amount, a means for storing a replenishment reading amount each time, and a means for counting safe balls after the empty sensor generates the empty detection signal. The period until the above scheduled replenishment amount is counted is determined to be during replenishment operation,
Immediately after this replenishment operation is completed, the cumulative replenishment amount is calculated by subtracting the number of out balls from the sum of the number of safe balls and the number of out spilled balls, and when the replenishment operation is not in progress, the number of safe balls and the number of out spilled balls are calculated. A game machine management device characterized by comprising a calculation means for calculating the number of out balls by subtracting the cumulative supply amount from the sum. 2. The calculating means includes a safe ball number past value storage means for storing the safe ball number at the time of generation of the empty detection signal, and the difference between the current value of the safe ball number and the safe ball number past value is The game machine management device according to claim 1, which determines when the replenishment operation is completed when the scheduled replenishment amount is exceeded. 3. The calculation means determines when the replenishment operation is completed when the value obtained by subtracting the sum of the cumulative replenishment amount and the number of out balls from the sum of the number of safe balls and the number of spilled out balls becomes equal to or greater than the scheduled replenishment amount. The gaming machine management device according to claim 1, which is determined as follows.