JP2639701B2 - Centralized control device for pachinko machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial Application Field] The present invention can easily manage the posture of each pachinko gaming machine, for example, the state of the mounting angle, in a pachinko parlor where a plurality of pachinko gaming machines are installed. The present invention relates to a central control device for pachinko gaming machines.

[Conventional technology]

When fixing a pachinko gaming machine in a pachinko parlor, it is necessary to adjust the mounting angle appropriately, and the present applicant has developed a pachinko machine equipped with an angle adjusting mechanism capable of easily adjusting the mounting angle. A gaming machine has already been proposed.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, since many pachinko machines are installed in pachinko parlors, it is necessary to inspect each pachinko game machine individually to determine whether it is installed at an appropriate mounting angle. It was difficult to keep track of the state of attachment of pachinko machines.

An object of the present invention is to provide a centralized management of pachinko gaming machines that can easily grasp the postures of a plurality of pachinko gaming machines and can easily correct the posture states when the posture states are not appropriate. With the goal.

[Means for solving the problem]

According to the present invention, a plurality of pachinko gaming machines are provided so as to be capable of changing their postures, and each of the pachinko gaming machines is provided with a unique number, and each of the pachinko gaming machines is provided with each of the pachinko gaming machines to detect a posture state of the pachinko gaming machine. A plurality of detecting means for specifying the number of the pachinko gaming machine, a display means for displaying the number of the pachinko gaming machine and a posture state detected by the detecting means, respectively, and specifying by the specifying means And a management device for displaying the number and attitude of the pachinko gaming machine.

Here, the plurality of pachinko gaming machines may include driving means for changing the attitude of the pachinko gaming machine, and the management device may output an operation signal to the driving means to change the attitude.

The management device may include a ball management unit that performs centralized management of incoming and outgoing balls of the pachinko gaming machine, and may be configured to mutually exchange information with the ball managing unit.

[Action and effect of the invention]

In the present invention, when the number of the pachinko gaming machine is designated by the designation means of the management apparatus, the number of the designated pachinko gaming machine is displayed on the display means, and the posture state detected by the detection means is displayed. When a different number from the above is specified by the specifying means, the posture state of the pachinko gaming machine of that number is similarly displayed on the display means. Therefore, the posture state of each pachinko gaming machine can be easily grasped.

Further, when the driving means is operated, the posture of the pachinko gaming machine, for example, the angle changes in the front-back direction. Therefore, when the posture state is not appropriate, the pachinko gaming machine can be brought into an appropriate posture state based on the posture state displayed on the display means.

In addition, each pachinko gaming machine can be corrected to an appropriate posture state based on information on incoming and outgoing balls of each pachinko gaming game.

〔Example〕

Next, a centralized management device for managing the posture of a pachinko gaming machine, for example, the angle in the front-rear direction, of the present invention will be described based on embodiments.

This device, as shown in FIG.
Group, terminal 20 group provided for each pachinko gaming machine 10,
Central management device 30 and driver 40 provided for each terminal 20
And a cable 70 for connecting the central management device 30 and the driver 40 group.

On the island 1 in the pachinko parlor, a mounting base 2 is provided as shown in FIG.
a, 3b and upper mounting members 4a, 4b are integrally fixed by a support post 5. Lower mounting material 3a, 3b and upper mounting material
A group of a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 10 with their backs facing each other is provided between 4a and 4b. These pachinko machines 10
Each of the groups has its lower end fixed to the lower mounting members 3a and 3b, and the upper end detects the relative position with the upper mounting members 4a and 4b as shown in FIG. A group of terminals 20 provided for changing are fixed respectively.

A terminal 20 has a potentiometer 22 attached to a substrate 21 fixed to the frame upper portion 11 of the pachinko gaming machine 10 with four screws 12.
Has been fixed. The potentiometer 22 is provided for detecting a relative position between the pachinko gaming machine 10 and the upper mounting member 4a, and is connected to a driver 40 by a wiring (not shown) to transmit a detection signal.

In addition, two support bases 21a integrally formed in the front-rear direction of the pachinko gaming machine 10 are provided on the substrate 21 so as to protrude upward, respectively. A drive shaft 23 having a screw portion is provided between the two support bases 21a. It is rotatably provided on the support 21a. The drive shaft 23 is provided with a reduction gear and rotates integrally with a reduction output shaft of the stepping motor 24 controlled by the central management device 30 via a driver 40.A shuttle block 25 is provided on a screw portion of the drive shaft 23. The reference numeral 25 moves in the front-rear direction according to the rotation of the drive shaft 23. The shuttle block 25 is provided with a protrusion 25a, and the protrusion 25a is a hole in the support plate 26 fixed to the upper mounting member 4a as shown in FIG.
It is fitted to 27. Accordingly, when the stepping motor 24 rotates, the shuttle block 25 moves in the front-rear direction by the rotation transmitted to the drive shaft 23 via the speed reduction device. Then, while the relative position of the shuttle block 25 does not change due to the support plate 26 of the upper mounting member 4a, the relative position between the drive shaft 23 and the shuttle block 25 changes, so that the support base 21a that supports the drive shaft 23 The upper portion 11 of the frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 moves in the front-rear direction by the substrate 21 formed integrally with the pachinko gaming machine 10.

On the other hand, a bracket 28 is fixed to the shuttle block 25, and the movable portion 22a of the potentiometer 22 is fixed to the bracket 28.
Has been fixed. The potentiometer 22 detects the amount of displacement of the shuttle block 25 indicating the relative position between the pachinko gaming machine 10 and the upper attachment 4a, and detects the amount of displacement of the shuttle block 25.
Shown as 10 relative positions.

The central management device 30 shown in FIG. 5 includes a unit number setting unit 31, a position setting unit 32, a current position display unit 33, and an operation command unit 34, all of which are connected to each bus formed by the cable 70. Have been.

The machine number setting unit 31 is a part for setting a unique number of each pachinko gaming machine 10. In the present embodiment, a digital switch having a rotating cylindrical display unit as a machine number display unit 31a, and a digital switch corresponding to the set number is provided. Signal the address bus of cable 70
Send to 71. The position setting unit 32 is a digital switch having a rotating cylindrical display unit, like the unit number setting unit 31, and the display unit of the digital switch is a set position display unit 32a. The position setting unit 32 sends a signal for displacing each pachinko gaming machine 10 to the set position displayed on the set position display unit 32a to the data bus 72 of the cable 70. Current position display
Numeral 33 indicates the inclination of each pachinko gaming machine 10 in the front-rear direction.In the present embodiment, the number of displacements of the upper frame of the pachinko gaming machine 10 that is displaceably provided is provided in the pachinko gaming machine 10. It is displayed based on the detection result of the potentiometer 22. The operation instructing unit 34 sends out signals from the unit number setting unit 31 and the position setting unit 32.When the operation is performed after each setting is completed, each signal from the unit number setting unit 31 and the position setting unit 32 is transmitted. It is transmitted and the operation command section 34
Is sent to the control bus 73 of the cable 70.

The driver 40 simplifies wiring when connecting the central management device 30 and a large number of terminals 20, and includes a control circuit 50 and connectors 41 and 42 as shown in FIG. The 41 and the connector 42 are connected by a bus 43 provided in the driver 40.

The connector 41 is provided to connect to the cable 70 from the central management device 30 side, is connected to the internal bus 43, and is further provided with the connector 42 to connect to the adjacent driver 40. As a result, the cable 70 is also provided in the driver 40.
Is provided, so that in any store, only the length between the central management device 30 and the first driver 40 needs to be changed. driver
The 40 can be easily connected to the driver 40 next to it.

As shown in FIG. 6, the control circuit 50 includes an address decoder 51, an A / D converter 52 for converting a signal of the potentiometer 22 into a digital signal, a motor drive circuit 53 for driving the stepping motor 24, and two three-state gates. 54, 55,
It is composed of two AND circuits 56 and 57.

The address decoder 51 is provided to operate only the driver 40 provided in the punching machine 10 of the designated number according to the operation command signal from the central management device 30, and the number of each pachinko gaming machine 10 Only the signal corresponding to is selected. The signal to be selected is arbitrarily set by a dip switch (not shown), so that even if the number of pachinko game machines 10 installed in each pachinko store is different, there is no need to change the design of the equipment, and for repair in case of failure If the control circuit 50 is prepared, the processing can be easily performed, so that the response can be performed quickly and there is no significant influence on the operation of the pachinko parlor. Address decoder 51 issues an operation signal to AND circuits 56 and 57 only when receiving a digital signal indicating the number of the pachinko gaming machine 10 from address bus 71.

The A / D converter 52 converts an analog signal indicating the relative position of the potentiometer 22 into a digital signal. The converted digital signal is input to the three-state gate 54. The 3-state gate 54 inputs the signal from the address decoder 51 due to the designation of the machine number and the command signal for displaying the current position of the operation command section 34 from the control bus 73 to the AND circuit 56. And A / D
The digital signal from the converter 52 is transmitted to the data bus 72.

On the other hand, the motor drive circuit 53 is a circuit for driving the stepping motor 24. The signal from the address decoder 51 due to the designation of the machine number and the signal for operating the stepping motor 24 from the control bus 73 are both ANDed. When input to the circuit 57, a digital signal indicating the set position from the data bus 72 is transmitted to the motor drive circuit 53.

The cable 70 is a wiring member for connecting the central management device 30 to each terminal device 20, and as described above, the address bus
71, a data bus 72, and a control bus 73, and a power supply cable (not shown) for supplying power to the control circuit 50 of the driver 40 is provided.

Address bus 71, data bus 72, control bus 73
Are connected to the central management device 30,
Data is exchanged only with the driver 40 specified by the central management device 30 because it is connected to all the drivers 40 via the connectors 41 and 42 of each driver 40.

As described above, since the selection for operating each driver 40 is performed on the driver 40 side, each terminal 20 and the central management device 30 do not need to be directly connected individually, and the adjacent drivers 40 are connected one after another. Driver 40
There is no specific number of installations, and the central management unit 30
Any number can be installed within the range of the output capacity from.

 Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

By operating a digital switch of the machine number setting unit 31 of the central management device 30, a desired pachinko gaming machine number is selected, the number is displayed on the machine number display unit 31a, and the operation command unit 34 is displayed.
When the display command is transmitted, the digital signal indicating the number selected by the unit number setting unit 31 and the display command signal from the operation command unit 34 are transmitted to all the drivers 40 via the address bus 71 and the control bus 73, respectively. Can be Then, only the address decoder 51 of the driver 40 provided in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of that number outputs signals to the two AND circuits 56 and 57.
And a display command signal is input to the AND circuit 56. Then, in the driver 40, the three-state gate 54 transmits the digital signal from the A / D converter 52 to the data bus 72 by the signal from the AND circuit 56, and the pachinko gaming machine 10 and the upper mounting material already detected by the potentiometer 22. The signal indicating the position relative to 4a is sent to the current position display section 33 of the central management device 30 via the data bus 72, and the position at this time is displayed.

Further, thereafter, in order to properly mount the pachinko gaming machine 10, the user operates the position setting unit 32, selects a digital switch while watching the set position display unit 32a, and transmits the position command signal of the operation command unit 34. Then, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the designated number, the AND circuit 57 is operated by the signal from the address decoder 51 and the position command signal from the control bus 73, and the 3-state gate 55 is operated by the signal, The signal from the data bus 72 is transmitted to the motor drive circuit 53. As a result, the stepping motor 24 is driven to displace the upper frame 11 of the pachinko gaming machine 10 to the set position.

At this time, the position command signal is sent to all the drivers 40. However, in the pachinko gaming machine 10 other than the designated number, the data bus is not operated because the three-state gate 55 does not operate.
The signal from 72 is not transmitted to the motor drive circuit 53, and the stepping motor 24 is not driven.

Even when the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the designated number is displaced by the stepping motor 24, the signal from the potentiometer 22 is transmitted via the data bus 72 to the central control device 30.
Is displayed, the position of the pachinko gaming machine 10 to be displaced is displayed on the current position display section 33 in accordance with the displacement. Accordingly, since the result of the displacement by the stepping motor 24 can be immediately known, it can be easily grasped whether or not the pachinko gaming machine 10 is properly mounted.

Next, a second embodiment of the centralized control device for the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

In the second embodiment, a central computer 60 using a microcomputer is provided in place of the central management device 30, so that data from a plurality of drivers 40 can be quickly grasped. The central computer 60 is provided with a keyboard 61 as a designation means, a CRT display 62 as a display means, and a printer 64 as a printing means, and has an address bus 71, a data bus 72, and a control bus 73 as in the central management unit 30. Signals are transmitted to the respective drivers 40 via the respective terminals.

The central computer 60 of this embodiment has many functions as described below.

As a first function, when displaying the current displacement position of each pachinko gaming machine 10, a plurality of pachinko gaming machines are used.
About 10 can be displayed simultaneously on the CRT display 62. This allows a plurality of numbers attached to the pachinko gaming machine 10 to be input, and the entire input is displayed as it is, for example, when an arbitrary number from number a to number b is input, together with the input number This position is displayed. In this input, besides inputting an arbitrary number individually, it can also be displayed for each island 1 and also for all the pachinko gaming machines 10 in the pachinko parlor. be able to. And the pachinko gaming machine 10 displayed in this manner can change the attachment state arbitrarily. The changed attachment state is displayed according to the amount of change.

As a second function, the position of each pachinko gaming machine 10 can be set for a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 10. This means that when the position is set one by one, the set value must be entered for each pachinko gaming machine 10, but when a plurality of pachinko machines are set to the same setting position, the pachinko gaming machine desired to be set is set. If you enter the number of 10, all the numbers of the entered pachinko machines 10 will be displayed, then if you enter the position you want to set, the pachinko gaming machine of the entered number
10 are all displaced to the same set position.
In this case, similarly to the case of the display, in addition to individually inputting the number of an arbitrary pachinko gaming machine 10, the position setting can also be performed for each pachinko gaming machine 10 for each island 1 and all pachinko gaming machines. it can.

As a third function, as a method of setting the position of each pachinko gaming machine 10, there is a setting method of how much to displace from this state based on the current position. this is,
While all of the above settings read the current position and input a new set value based on the current position, a new set position can be determined without reading the current position, for example, before the current position. How much is displaced. Then, this function can be set simultaneously for a plurality of pachinko gaming machines 10, and in this setting, the position can be set for each pachinko gaming machine 10 for each island 1 or for all pachinko gaming machines,
The pachinko gaming machines 10 in different mounting states can be displaced forward or backward as a whole.
Then, the positions after the displacement are all displayed.

As a fourth function, the display contents of the current installation position of the pachinko gaming machine 10 can be printed out, and the installation state of the pachinko gaming machine 10 in the pachinko parlor can be grasped at a glance, and as a later material Can be stored.

The fifth function is a function of mutually exchanging data information with a sales management computer as a management means for centrally managing incoming and outgoing balls. This may be achieved by not only transmitting the information on the position of each pachinko gaming machine 10 from the central computer 60, but also correcting the mounting state based on the information on the incoming and outgoing balls. Alternatively, the management computer may have the functions of the central computer 60 and be manufactured integrally with the management computer. Further, information may be exchanged with a computer that manages sales at pachinko parlors. This makes it possible to grasp how much the sales will be affected if the mounting state is not proper, and conversely, it is possible to control the mounting state to be appropriate based on the relationship between the sales state and the mounting state. it can.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to easily grasp whether or not the posture state of each pachinko gaming machine is proper, and if not, it is possible to easily change the posture.

In the above embodiment, the substrate 21 of the driving means is fixed to the upper frame 11 of the pachinko gaming machine 10, but this is fixed to the upper mounting member 4a.
To the pachinko machine with the shuttle block 25
The driving means 10 may be driven, or this driving means may be provided below the pachinko gaming machine 10.

Although the direct acting potentiometer is used in the above embodiment, a rotating type potentiometer may be used.

In the above embodiment, the display of the digital switch is used as the display means of the central management device 30, but the display may be digital by segment.

In the above-described embodiment, the central control device 30 uses an address decoder, an AND circuit, and a three-state gate for the control circuit 50.
However, a dedicated device that receives only a specific signal may be used.

8 and 9 show a third embodiment. In order to simplify the description, the same functions as those shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

In the above embodiment, the stepping motor is used as the driving means. However, in this embodiment, the DC motor 29 is used as the driving means instead of the stepping motor, and the control circuit 50 of the driver 40 for driving the DC motor 29 is further used. The configuration with the central management device 30 is as follows in order to reduce the number of cables 70 constituting each bus.

As in the first embodiment, the function of the central management device 30 is to specify the number of the pachinko gaming machine 10 to be managed, to display the position of the designated pachinko gaming machine 10, and to correct the position. A drive signal is generated.

In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 8, the setting of the machine number is performed by a digital switch (not shown) of the machine number setting unit 31 similarly to the first embodiment, and the set digital signal as the machine number signal is The data is sequentially read out bit by bit and sent out to the address bus 71 as unit number data.

On the other hand, a position signal of the potentiometer 22 indicating only the position of the pachinko gaming machine 10 of the designated machine number is transferred from the driver 40 to the data bus 72, but this position signal is transferred as an analog signal. You. The designated position of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is displayed on the current position display section 33 based on the position signal from the potentiometer 22. Further, the position signal is collated by the position collating unit 35 with the position command signal by the position setting unit 32. The position collating unit 35 is composed of a comparator, and compares the position signal and the position command signal as analog signals. The operation signal section 36 is a section for energizing the DC motor 29 for normal rotation or reverse rotation, and closes the forward rotation switch or the reverse rotation switch according to the output of the comparator of the position collation section 35, and each of the DC motors 29 The signal is a normal rotation signal and a reverse rotation signal.

The output signal of the operation signal unit 36 is sent from the control bus 73 of the cable 70 to the designated pachinko gaming machine 10.

The control circuit 50 of the driver 40 has the following configuration corresponding to the configuration of the central management device 30 as shown in FIG.

The unit number setting unit 80 receives an address bus from the central management unit 30.
A machine number signal determined for each pachinko gaming machine 10 out of the machine number data transmitted via 71 is set. This unit number signal is generated by a digital signal by a dip switch (not shown), and the setting result is compared with the unit number data from the central management unit 30 by the unit number matching unit 81. At this time, the machine number data transferred via the address bus 71 is sequentially transferred for each bit. Therefore, the machine number collating section 81 is provided with a shift register, and the machine number stored in the shift register is provided. Data and
The unit number is compared with the unit number signal set by the unit number setting unit 80. The unit number collating unit 81 closes the respective contacts of the relay circuit 82 and the relay circuit 83 only when the collation results match.

The relay circuit 82 transfers the position signal of the potentiometer 22 to the data bus 72 as it is by closing its contact, and the relay circuit 83 closes its contact to send a forward rotation signal and a reverse rotation signal from the control bus 73. Is transferred to the motor drive circuit 53.

The third embodiment of the present invention having the above configuration operates as follows.

When the machine number of the pachinko gaming machine 10 is designated by the machine number setting unit 31, the setting signal by the digital signal is sequentially read out for each bit, and is read as the machine number data on the address bus.
The data is transferred from 71 to the control circuit 50 of the driver 40 provided in each pachinko gaming machine 10.

Among the pachinko gaming machines 10, in the control circuit 50 in which the machine number set in the machine number setting unit 31 is set by the machine number setting unit 80, the machine number signal and the machine number are compared as a result of the matching in the machine number matching unit 81. Since the data matches, the relay circuit 82 and the relay circuit 83 close their respective contacts. As a result, the position signal of the potentiometer 22 is transferred to the central control device 30 via the data bus 72, and the control bus 73 and the motor drive circuit 53 are connected to each other. Signals can be transferred to the motor drive circuit 53.

The position set by the position setting unit 32 of the central management device 30 and the position signal from the potentiometer 22 are compared with the position matching unit 35.
As a result of the collation, if they are different, a forward rotation signal or a reverse rotation signal is transmitted from the operation signal unit 36 according to the difference, the DC motor 29 operates according to the signal, and the pachinko gaming machine 10 Move to the position set by the position setting unit 32.

As described above, in the third embodiment, the unit number data from the unit number setting unit 31 is sequentially read out for each bit, and the position signal from the potentiometer 22 is transferred as an analog signal. The number of wires of the formed cable 70 can be reduced, and the cable 70 can be hardly affected by external noise. Also, the control circuit 50 of the driver 40
Since there is no need to provide an A / D converter, costs can be reduced.

 Next, a fourth embodiment will be described.

In the fourth embodiment, the configuration as a central management device is a central computer 60, a keyboard 61, a CRT display 62 and a printer 64, similarly to the second embodiment shown in FIG.
The terminal is configured such that the DC motor 29 and the driver 40 in the third embodiment shown in FIG. 9 are provided in each pachinko gaming machine 10. The central computer 60 includes an A / D converter that converts an analog signal as a position signal from the potentiometer 22 into a digital signal.
Therefore, similarly to the third embodiment, the number of lines of the cable 70 can be reduced, the influence of external noise can be reduced, and the cost can be reduced.

Further, in the fourth embodiment, even if the reference position of each pachinko gaming machine 10 is different due to a difference in accuracy in the mounting operation when the pachinko gaming machine 10 is replaced,
In order to properly manage the mounting angle of each pachinko gaming machine 10, a reference value to be compared with the potentiometer 22 can be newly changed and set as a floating origin indicating a reference position. In this case, for example, when the current attachment state is printed, how much deviation from the newly set origin is shown. As a result, if the reference position is set as a new origin based on the actual mounting angle, in the subsequent management, it can be surely managed by the same operation as when the floating origin is not changed. Therefore, in the mounting operation, even if the mounting accuracy cannot be sufficiently controlled and an error occurs in the mounting state, it can be managed without any problem.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a centralized control device for a pachinko gaming machine of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an installed state of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIGS. FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing a first embodiment of the central management device of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a configuration diagram showing a driver of the first embodiment, and FIG. 8 and 9 show a third embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 8 shows a configuration of a central management device, and FIG. 9 shows a configuration of a driver. FIG. In the figure, 10 ... Pachinko machine, 22 ... Potentiometer, 24 ... Stepping motor, 30 ... Central control unit.

Claims (3)

(57) [Claims] 1. A plurality of pachinko gaming machines which are installed so that their postures can be changed and each of which is assigned a unique number, and each of which detects a posture state of each of the pachinko gaming machines provided for each of the pachinko gaming machines. A plurality of detecting means for specifying the number of the pachinko gaming machine, a display means for displaying the number of the pachinko gaming machine and a posture state detected by the detecting means, respectively. A centralized management device for the pachinko gaming machine, comprising: a management device for displaying the designated number and posture of the pachinko gaming machine. 2. The plurality of pachinko gaming machines include driving means for changing a posture of the pachinko gaming machine, and the management device outputs an operation signal to the driving means to change the posture. A centralized control device for the described pachinko gaming machine. 3. The management device according to claim 1, further comprising: ball management means for centrally managing incoming and outgoing balls of the pachinko gaming machine, and configured to mutually exchange information with the ball managing means. A centralized control device for the described pachinko gaming machine.