JP3663610B2 - Pachinko ball counting system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pachinko ball counting system that counts the number of pachinko players who play.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventional ball counters are installed on one side of an island consisting of multiple pachinko game machines and around the counter where the manager is located. Pachinko balls (hereinafter referred to as customers) acquired by pachinko players (hereinafter referred to as customers) After counting the number of balls (simply called balls), these balls are discharged from the outlet into a temporary storage tank on the island.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the above-mentioned conventional ball counter is operating independently regardless of the operation state of other ball counters arranged on each island, etc. However, there was a problem in that it was impossible to inform the customer of an alternative machine to replace this, causing trouble for the customer.
[0004]
In addition, there is a difference in the number of balls for each island depending on the type of pachinko machine installed on each island, so there is a large variation in the number of balls flowed to the ball counter installed on each island. For this reason, the ball counter having a large number of balls to be flowed has a problem that a counting load is excessively applied and many failures occur.
[0005]
The present invention has been made in view of the problems as described above, when the case can not be used occurs by failure, preventing an alternative machine with Ru can inform the customer to replace this, the occurrence of a failure in the uniform counting load An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko ball counting system .
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is a pachinko ball counting system comprising a plurality of pachinko ball counters connected to each other via a communication line, and each pachinko ball counter has a predetermined period. Storage means for storing the total number of balls counted in step 1, display means for displaying alternative machines that can be counted among other pachinko ball counters that have not failed in case of failure, and failure when returning from failure Collecting means for collecting the total number of balls counted by another non-pachinko ball counter, and one of the other non-failing pachinko ball counters based on the total number of balls collected by the collecting means The calculation means for calculating the average number of balls per hit and the pachinko ball counter having the largest total number of balls among the other non-failed pachinko ball counters, and the specified pachinko ball counter An operation stop instructing means for outputting an instruction to stop the operation to the kodama counter and a pachinko ball counter that has been recovered from the failure with respect to the pachinko ball counter that has been stopped by the operation stop instructing means And an operation resumption instruction means for outputting an instruction for resuming the operation of the pachinko ball counter stopped .
[0007]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the display means is, as the substitute , the other pachinko ball count that is not faulty and is installed at a location closest to the faulty pachinko ball counter. The machine name is displayed.
[0008]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the collecting means outputs failure return information to all other non-failed pachinko ball counters and receives the failure return information. The total number of balls is taken out from the storage means of the pachinko ball counter through the communication line.
[0010]
According to the present invention, when a failure occurs, other ball counters that normally operate via the communication line are checked, and an alternative machine that replaces the ball counter is displayed, so that the service to the customer is improved.
[0011]
In particular, since the device name to operate correctly installed in the closest position as an alternative machine to be displayed is displayed, it is possible to minimize the movement for the ball count processing for customers.
[0012]
Furthermore, when returning from a failure, the operation of a predetermined ball counter is stopped up to the calculated average ball count based on the ball counts from other ball counters collected via the communication line.
[0013]
In particular, since the ball counting machine to be stopped has the largest number of balls, the counting load can be made uniform.
[0014]
Hereinafter, embodiments of a pachinko ball counting system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0015]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a line connection mode of a ball counter according to an embodiment of the ball counter according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the ball counter according to the embodiment of the present invention.
[0016]
The ball counter 1 of this embodiment counts the number of balls that a player has acquired, and is installed on each pachinko island, etc., as shown in FIG. Has been.
[0017]
As shown in FIG. 2, the ball counter 1 of this embodiment includes a control unit 10, a communication driver 11, a counting unit 12, a display unit 13, operation settings of the device itself, a power ON / OFF switch, and the like. The operation switch 14 and a printer 15 that prints out a deposit book of balls are configured.
[0018]
The control unit 10 includes a CPU 101 that controls the device itself according to the processing program, a processing program memory 102 that stores a processing program that defines the content processed by the CPU 101, and a memory that stores the total number of balls counted in a predetermined period, for example, one day. 103, a counting IF 104 that interfaces between the CPU 101 and the counting unit 12, an input / output I / F 105 that interfaces between the CPU 101 and the display unit 13, the operation switch 14 and the printer 15, and a communication I / F 106 that interfaces between the CPU 101 and the communication driver 11. It is composed of
[0019]
The communication driver 11 is configured to transmit / receive information such as failure occurrence information and failure recovery information to a ball counter installed on another island or the like.
[0020]
The counting unit 12 is configured to add and count balls each time a ball detection signal from a ball detection sensor (not shown) is received.
[0021]
The display unit 13 is, for example, a liquid crystal display panel, and is configured to display the name of a normally operating device installed at the nearest location as an alternative device in place of a failure.
[0022]
Next, the operation of the ball counter of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0023]
When the ball counter 1 of #i is clogged and can no longer count balls (step 110), the communication driver 11 of this ball counter 1 is installed on the island or the like via the line 2. Information indicating that a failure has occurred (failure occurrence information) is output to the other ball counter 1 that has been set (step 120).
[0024]
After that, when the CPU 101 receives information indicating that it is in a countable state from the # i-1 and # i + 1 ball counters 1 that have received the failure occurrence information, the CPU 101 receives the input / output I / F 105. For example, a message is displayed on the display unit 13 via "Use the # i-1 or # i + 1 ball counter 1 for failure now" (step 130).
[0025]
After the message is displayed on the display unit 13 and the clogging is eliminated and the CPU 101 can count the balls, the CPU 101 receives another ball installed on the island or the like via the communication driver 11 and the line 2. Information indicating that the machine has recovered from the failure (failure recovery information) is output to the counter 1, and the “i. The message “Use it” is deleted (step 140).
[0026]
After outputting the failure recovery information, the CPU 101 counts from each of the other ball counters 1 to #n except the machine #i for a predetermined period, for example, during the period from the morning opening to the present time. When the total number of balls is collected via the line 2 and the communication driver 11 (step 150), the ball counter 1 that has counted the number of balls is identified from the total number of balls of each collected ball counter 1, and The average per unit is calculated (step 160).
[0027]
The operation of the other ball counter 1 when receiving the failure return information from the #i ball counter will be described. When the other ball counter 1 receives the failure return information via the communication driver 11, The CPU 101 reads the total number of balls stored in the memory 103 and outputs the total number of balls to the ball counter 1 that has output the failure recovery information via the communication driver 11 and the line 2.
[0028]
When the CPU 101 of the #i ball counter 1 calculates the average of the total number of balls per unit, the CPU 101 outputs an instruction to stop the operation to the ball counter 1 that has counted the number of balls specified earlier ( Step 170).
[0029]
Thereafter, the CPU 101 counts the balls by the ball counter 1 that has returned from the failure, and determines whether or not the total number of balls has reached the average ball count calculated per unit (step 180).
[0030]
When the total number of balls is not the average number of balls per unit (step 180; N), the CPU 101 repeats the same determination until the total number of balls reaches the average number of balls per unit. When the total number of balls reaches the average ball count per unit (step 180; Y), the ball counter 1 that has been previously stopped is instructed to resume operation. Is resumed (step 190), and the process is terminated.
[0031]
According to this embodiment, when a failure occurs, the display unit 13 displays the name of the device installed closest to the machine that is operating normally. it can be minimized.
[0032]
Further, when returning from a failure, the CPU 101 calculates the average number of balls per unit based on the total number of balls collected from each of the other ball counters 1, and until the calculated average number of balls is counted, Since the operation of the ball counter 1 having a large total number is stopped, the counting load can be made uniform.
[0033]
Incidentally, the ball counting machine 1 of this embodiment, are we one the number of stopping the operation, if the count load simply to equalize, Bayoi is to stop operation of the plurality of simultaneously rather This is to reduce the service to customers.
[0034]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a failure occurs, the ball counter that normally operates via the communication line is checked, and an alternative machine that replaces the failed machine is displayed. Can improve the service.
[0035]
In particular, by displaying the name of a normally operating device installed at the nearest location as an alternative machine to be displayed, it is possible to minimize the moving distance of the customer in the ball counting process.
[0036]
Furthermore, when returning from a failure, the counting load is stopped by stopping the operation of a predetermined ball counter up to the calculated average ball count based on the total ball count from other ball counters collected via the communication line. Therefore, the occurrence of a failure can be prevented.
[0037]
In particular, the counting load can be made even more uniform by making the ball counting machine to be stopped have the largest number of balls.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a line connection mode of a ball counter according to an embodiment of a ball counter according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a ball counter according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ball counter according to this embodiment.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Ball counter 2 Communication line 10 Control part 11 Communication driver 12 Count part 13 Display part 14 Operation switch 15 Printer 101 CPU
102 Treatment program memory 103 Memory 104 Count I / F
105 I / O I / F
106 Communication I / F

Claims (3)

A pachinko ball counting system comprising a plurality of pachinko ball counters connected to each other via a communication line,
Each pachinko ball counter above is
Storage means for storing the total number of balls counted in a predetermined period;
  Display means for displaying an alternative machine capable of counting among other pachinko ball counters that are not in failure,
  When recovering from a failure,
  A collecting means for collecting the total number of balls counted by other pachinko ball counting machines not malfunctioning;
  Based on the total number of balls collected by this collecting means, calculating means for calculating an average ball count per one of the other non-failing pachinko ball counters;
  The pachinko ball counter having the largest total number of balls among other non-failing pachinko ball counters is specified, and the operation stop is output to output an instruction to stop the operation to the specified pachinko ball counter Instruction means;
  To the pachinko ball counter stopped by this operation stop instruction means, an instruction to resume the operation of the pachinko ball counter stopped when the pachinko ball counter restored from the failure counts the average ball count is output. Operation resumption instruction means to perform,
  A pachinko ball counting system comprising: The display means is
The pachinko ball counting system according to claim 1 , wherein as the substitute machine , the name of another non-failed pachinko ball counter installed at a location closest to the failed pachinko ball counter is displayed . The collecting means is
It outputs fault return information to all other pachinko ball counters that have not failed, and takes out the total number of balls from the storage means of the pachinko ball counter that has received this fault return information via the communication line. The pachinko ball counting system according to claim 1, wherein

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