JPH0623096A - Pachinko game machine - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] Raise the level of counting management for pachinko game machines and easily detect the number of pachinko balls that have entered the safe or out holes. [Structure] Safe balls and out balls can be detected on the front side of the pachinko game machine 10, and the labor for mounting the sensor can be significantly reduced.
It is possible to obtain data such as the track of the pachinko ball on 1 and the rate of ball entry into the safe hole, etc., and it is possible to raise the level of counting control of the pachinko game machine 10. When the switch enters, the switch of the switch matrix 20 near the safe hole or the out hole is not conducted, and the continuity is lost, so that the number of pachinko balls entering the safe hole or the out hole can be detected.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a pachinko game machine, and more particularly to a machine provided with means for tracking out a pachinko ball, tracking a safe ball, and capturing a position.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional pachinko game machine, it is necessary to accurately grasp, for each machine, what is called a ball played by a player and what is a prize for a ball that has entered a safe hole. It is the most important information for customer management.

Conventionally, for the above-mentioned purpose, the number of balls supplied to the upper plate of a pachinko game machine is counted and inputted to a computer as a coin, and a coin is awarded to a safe ball for proceeding the game later. There was something to put out as.

There has also been a method in which a safe ball sensor is attached to a gaff ball discharge port on the back of a pachinko game machine to detect a payout.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional pachinko game machine, if the number of balls supplied to the upper plate of the pachinko game machine is counted and input to the computer, it is necessary to enter the number of balls. Since the payout is input, it is not a correct payout, but a predicted value of the payout, and the accuracy of management such as stopping is lacking.

Further, in the case where a safe ball is detected and a ball is output, it is possible to accurately manage the ball input and the ball output. In this case, a sensor for detecting a safe ball is used. However, if the position or size of the pachinko game machine varies depending on the type, it is necessary to deal with it, and it takes a lot of time to mount the sensor, which requires a lot of labor and is complicated.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional problem, and the safe balls and the out balls are detected on the front glass of the pachinko game machine without requiring complicated installation and adjustment. It is an object to provide a pachinko game machine equipped with a pachinko ball detector.

[0008]

The gist of the present invention for achieving the above object is to provide a first fine wire group composed of conductors arranged in one direction and a cross with the first fine wire group. Forming a switch matrix whose intersections form a switch with a second group of fine wires composed of conductors arranged in the same direction, and the first group of fine wires of the switch matrix is provided outside the glass body covering the board surface of the pachinko game machine. An external connection terminal is provided at the end of each thin wire on the surface, while the second group of thin wires is arranged close to the outer surface of the glass body and externally connected to the end of each thin wire. When a pachinko ball is approached by arranging the terminals for magnetism, one of the switches of the switch matrix is electrically connected to the second thin wire group or a specific position of the thin wire group so that the switch is conducted at the close position of the pachinko ball. To have A pachinko game machine characterized by using a switch matrix switch near the hole hole or the out hole as a ball number detection sensor that uses the property of no conduction when the pachinko ball enters the safe hole or the out hole. .

[0009]

In order to attach the switch matrix to the pachinko game machine, the glass frame of the pachinko game machine is fitted with two pieces of glass in the same manner as before, and the glass frame is opened to provide the first thin line group from the top. A transparent thin film set switch matrix plate having a second thin wire group and a protective glass may be dropped outside the inner glass, and the connection terminals of the switch matrix plate are further connected.

The pachinko ball played by the player flies on the board surface and the glass surface side of the switch matrix plate and enters the safe hole or the out hole.

In the case of declining the second thin wire group,
With the flight of the pachinko ball, the second group of fine wires is attracted to the pachinko ball, conducts a signal at each intersection corresponding to the track of the pachinko ball, and emits a signal. By eliminating the continuity, the number of pachinko balls that have entered the safe hole or the out hole can be detected.

In the case where the magnet is provided on the transparent thin film provided with the second thin wire group, when the magnet is provided at the position where the magnet is provided, for example, immediately before the safe hole or the out hole, the pachinko ball is the safe hole. At the moment of entering etc., it conducts and emits a signal.

Not only the counting control of the incoming and outgoing balls, but also the entry rate of each safe hole, the track of the pachinko ball can be grasped, and it is possible to adjust the nail and the ejection spring. Is
Records can be useful.

[0014]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a first embodiment of the present invention. A pachinko game machine 10 according to the present invention comprises a glass plate facing a board surface 11 on which a large number of nails 12 for hitting a pachinko ball B are mounted, and a switch matrix 20 composed of a thin film attached in proximity to the glass plate. Is.

The switch matrix 20 is a board 1
Of the two sheets of glass that cover 1 of the above, a plurality of fine wire groups 22 made of a conductive material provided on the surface of the first glass 21 on the inner side (board surface side), and the front surface of the first fine wire group 22 The first thin line group 22 and the second thin line group 24 arranged in the cross direction are provided inside the transparent elastic thin film body 23.

The first fine wire group 22 is attached to the outer surface of the first glass 21 by vapor deposition, printing, or sticking of an ultrafine conductive wire, and is made of a magnetizable material. The thin wire group 24 may be prepared by mixing a magnetizable material in advance in the elastic thin film body 23 and magnetizing this material after mounting.

The fine line group 24 intersects with the fine line group 22 in the direction, and the intervals are arranged in the same manner as the fine line group 22.

Further, the first and second thin wire groups 22, 2
As shown in FIG. 2, the external connection terminals 2
It is equipped with 6,27.

A second glass 25 is provided on the outer side of the transparent elastic thin film body 23, and the outer edges of the first glass 21 and the second glass 25 are surrounded by a window frame (not shown). It is integrated and is the board surface 11 of the pachinko game machine 10.
It is attached to the front part of the so that it can be detached or opened and closed.

Next, the operation will be described. In the figure, an external connection terminal 2627 is connected to an external wiring in front of the board surface 11 of the pachinko game machine 10 through a window composed of the first glass 21 and the second glass 25 holding the switch matrix 20.

The pachinko ball B played by the player is
It flies while colliding with each nail 12 on the board surface 11 and enters the safe hole or falls into the out hole.

As shown in FIG. 1, the thin wire group 24 on the transparent elastic thin film body 23 corresponding to the pachinko ball B is attracted to the thin wire group 22 by the magnetic force, and each wire of the thin wire groups 22 and 24 is separated at each site. Since the wire numbers are attached, the position of the conduction point is recognized as the position on the board surface 11, and the entire track to the safe hole or the out hole can be recorded.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In the present embodiment, the fine wire group 24 provided on the transparent elastic thin film body 23 may be a non-magnetic conductor.

Then, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the small magnets 3 are provided at specific locations of the switch matrix 20, for example, locations corresponding to the safe holes and the out holes.
0 is installed.

The small magnet 30 is a transparent elastic thin film body 2.
3 is adhered to the outer surface, that is, the surface opposite to the surface on which the fine wire group 24 is provided.

The operation of the second embodiment will be described. When the pachinko ball B flies over the board surface 11 of the pachinko game machine 10 and enters any of the safe holes or the out holes, it is at the positions corresponding to these holes. The small magnet 30 is attracted to the pachinko ball B, and the switch matrix 20 conducts at this position. Since each safe hole, out hole and the like are registered as positions of the switch matrix 20, it is possible to immediately know which hole the pachinko ball enters.

In the present embodiment, the number of small magnets 30 is relatively small and the track record of the pachinko balls B cannot be recorded, but it is necessary for the counting management of each pachinko game machine 10 when the pachinko balls B come in and out. You can get enough information.

[0029]

According to the pachinko game machine of the present invention, safe balls and out balls can be detected on the front side of the pachinko game machine, and the labor for mounting the sensor can be significantly reduced. In addition, it is possible to obtain data such as the track of pachinko balls on the board and the rate of entering balls into safe holes, etc., and it is possible to raise the level of counting management of pachinko game machines. When a pachinko ball enters, the switches in the switch matrix in the vicinity of the safe hole or the out hole are not conducted, and the conduction is lost, so that the number of pachinko balls in the safe hole or the out hole can be easily detected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partial vertical cross-sectional view of a pachinko game machine showing a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an exploded view of a switch matrix showing the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 shows the second embodiment of the present invention, and is a configuration explanatory view of a switch matrix to which a magnet is attached.

[Explanation of symbols]

 B ... Pachinko ball 10 ... Pachinko game machine 11 ... Board surface 12 ... Nail 20 ... Switch matrix 21 ... First glass 22 ... Fine wire group 23 ... Elastic thin film body 24 ... Fine wire group 25 ... Second glass 26, 27 ... External connection terminal 30 ... Magnet

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A first thin line group made of conductors arranged in one direction and a second thin line group made of conductors arranged in the cross direction and a cross point of a switch. Forming a switch matrix, the first thin wire group of the switch matrix is provided on the outer surface of the glass body covering the board surface of the pachinko game machine,
An external connection terminal is arranged at the end of each thin wire, while the second thin wire group is arranged close to the outer surface of the glass body, and an external connection terminal is arranged at the end of each thin wire. , When the pachinko balls approach each other, the second thin wire group or a specific portion of the thin wire group is magnetized so that one of the switches of the switch matrix conducts at the close position of the pachinko ball, and A pachinko game machine characterized in that a switch matrix switch in the vicinity of the hole or the out hole is a ball number detection sensor that utilizes the property that the pachinko ball loses conduction when entering the safe hole or the out hole.