JP3664509B2 - Card type game machine system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a card type gaming machine system.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a ball lending machine provided with a card reader is arranged on the side of a gaming machine (pachinko machine), a card on which magnetic data is recorded is inserted into the ball lending machine, and an operation unit provided in the gaming machine is used. The card-type gaming machine (ordinarily used to convert the data recorded on the card into the number data of the game ball by the signal of the game and supply the game ball directly to the upper plate of the gaming machine from the discharge device provided in the gaming machine Card type gaming machine).
[0003]
When playing with such a card type gaming machine, by pushing a ball lending button provided in the operation unit, a predetermined unit (for example, 500 yen) of data is withdrawn from the card, and the gaming ball is removed from the gaming machine. The game is started by supplying it to the upper plate, and the player plays the game while pressing the ball lending button again as necessary while watching the amount of balls in the upper plate.
[0004]
In this case, since it is troublesome for the player to look at the amount of balls on the upper plate and perform a ball lending operation each time, a sensor for detecting the amount of balls is provided at a predetermined position on the upper plate, and there is no ball from the sensor. An apparatus that lends balls automatically according to a signal is considered (see Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-11352).
[0005]
There is also a complete card type game machine that converts the record data of the card into game medium data, plays a game with the enclosed ball in the game machine based on the game medium data, and re-records the game result information on the card after the game ends. It is considered.
[0006]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the conventional automatic ball lending device, when a ball clogging (or ball stoppage) occurs in front of the sensor that detects the amount of balls (on the discharge device side), there are still enough balls on the upper plate. Therefore, the sensor detects the absence of balls, and there is a problem that extra balls are lent.
[0007]
Although it is conceivable to provide a plurality of sensors as a countermeasure against this clogging (or ball stopping), the number of sensors increases, which is disadvantageous in terms of cost and installation space.
[0010]
An object of the present invention is to solve the problems associated with such automatic ball lending.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The first invention is a card type in which a discharge device performs a ball lending by discharging a game ball to a top plate of a gaming machine based on card data , and a game is performed by firing the discharged game ball by a launching device. In the gaming machine system, when the ball is in an automatic ball lending state, a game ball detecting means for detecting the amount of game balls on the upper plate, an automatic ball lending switch for setting the ball lending state to an automatic ball lending state, The ball lending control having an automatic ball lending function for discharging the game ball by the discharge device based on the data of the card when the game ball detecting means detects that the amount of the game ball is equal to or less than a certain amount Until the predetermined number of game balls discharged by the discharge device by the automatic ball lending function of the ball lending control means are fired by the launch device, the amount of game balls is detected by the game ball detection means. one Be detected that is amounts less, provided the ball lending invalid setting means for the automatic ball lending function disabled state, the.
[0012]
According to a second aspect of the present invention, the ball lending invalid setting means is a ball lending for disabling the automatic ball lending function according to the amount of game balls discharged by the discharging device by the automatic ball lending function of the ball lending control means. Set the invalid period.
[0017]
[Action]
In the first aspect of the invention, the automatic ball lent Ru performed until a predetermined number of out of the discharged game ball is fired by the firing device, by the following ball lending is disabled, enough is ball Extra ball lending is prevented when there is.
[0018]
In the second aspect of the invention, Ri by the fact that the invalid period in accordance with the rental ball weight is set, ball lending is prevented from behind when the ball is low.
[0023]
【Example】
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 1, a game board (not shown) is disposed on the front frame 2 of the gaming machine (pachinko machine) 1, and the front surface of the gaming board is covered with a cover glass 3.
[0025]
Pilot lamps 4 such as jackpots, speakers 5 and the like are arranged on the upper part of the glass frame of the cover glass 3, and a supply tray (upper plate) 6 of game balls (pachinko balls) is provided on the lower part of the glass frame of the cover glass 3, An operation unit 8 of a hitting ball launching device that launches game balls from the receiving tray 7 and the supply tray 6 one by one is provided.
[0026]
A ball lending machine 10 is attached to one side of the gaming machine 1. The ball lending machine 10 includes a card reader and a ball lending control device, and has a card insertion unit 11 for the card reader on the front surface and a remaining capacity indicator for displaying the remaining level of the card inserted into the card insertion unit 11. 12 and an effective display LED 13 indicating that the ball lending machine 10 is in an operating state.
[0027]
As shown in FIG. 3, an operation panel 14 is formed on the supply tray 6 of the gaming machine 1, and a remaining degree display for displaying the remaining degree of the card inserted into the card insertion portion 11 of the ball lending machine 10 on the operation panel 14. A container 15, a manual ball lending switch 16, an automatic ball lending switch 17, a card return switch 18 for instructing the return of the card, and a ball lending indication LED 20 for displaying that the ball lending is possible. An automatic ball lending status display LED 21 is arranged to display that automatic ball lending is possible.
[0028]
In addition, a ball detection sensor 22 for detecting the presence or absence of a game ball is installed on the side wall at a predetermined position at the lower end of the supply tray 6 (the hitting ball launch side). The ball detection sensor 22 is a flat type proximity sensor, and the amount of game balls in the supply tray 6 is detected depending on whether or not there is a game ball at a predetermined position at the lower end of the flow.
[0029]
A discharge port 23 guides the balls discharged from the discharge device on the back of the gaming machine 1 to the supply tray 6.
[0030]
As shown in FIG. 2, on the back side of the gaming machine 1, each of a ball storage tank 24, a guide rod 26 for guiding the balls of the ball storage tank 24 to the discharge device 25, a discharge control device 27 for controlling the discharge device 25, and the game board A prize control device, an accessory control device 28 for controlling the display device, a shot control device 30 for a ball striking device, a signal processing device 31 for ball lending, an interface circuit 32 with the ball lending control device for the ball lending machine 10, and the like are arranged. The
[0031]
When a winning ball is sent from the game board to a winning ball discharging unit (not shown), the discharging control device 27 drives the discharging device 25, and a predetermined number of balls based on the winning ball from the discharging device 25 are used as prize balls. 6 is discharged. When there is a ball lending request from the ball lending machine 10, the discharge control device 27 drives the discharge device 25, and a predetermined number (preset) of balls based on the request from the discharge device 25 is used as a loan ball as the supply tray. 6 is discharged.
[0032]
FIG. 4 shows a block configuration of the control system of the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 10. In the ball lending machine 10, the card reader 33 and the ball lending control device 34 exchange card data, and the ball lending machine 10 and the gaming machine 1 perform ball lending control as shown in FIG. 5 via the interface circuit 32. Each signal is exchanged between the device 34, the discharge control device 27, and the signal processing device 31.
[0033]
The ball lending request signal B is sent from the ball lending control device 34 to the discharge control device 27 via the interface circuit 32 when the ball lending request signal B is in a state where ball lending is possible. , And the connection confirmation signal D of the control devices 34 and 27 is sent.
[0034]
A power supply A is performed from the discharge control device 27 to the ball lending control device 34 via the interface circuit 32. When the ball lending is completed, a ball lending completion signal E and a stand setting confirmation signal F of the gaming machine 1 are received. Sent.
[0035]
The ball lending control device 34 and the signal processing device 31 via the interface circuit 32 receive a ball lending possible display signal H and a segment display signal I indicating the remaining card capacity when the ball lending is possible. .
[0036]
From the signal processing device 31 to the ball lending control device 34 via the interface circuit 32, a ball lending switch signal G is sent when a ball lending command is issued, and a card return switch signal J is sent when a card return command is issued.
[0037]
Each signal from the manual ball lending switch 16, the automatic ball lending switch 17, the card return switch 18, and the ball detection sensor 22 of the supply tray 6 on the operation panel 14 of the gaming machine 1 is input to the signal processing device 31. The signal processing device 31 displays the lendable display LED 20, the automatic ball lending status display LED 21, and the remaining indicator 15.
[0038]
When a predetermined card is inserted into the card insertion unit 11 of the ball lending machine 10, the remaining card capacity is displayed on the remaining capacity indicator 12 of the ball lending machine 10, and the ball lending control device 34 sends the ball to the discharge control device 27. While a lendable signal is sent, a ball lendable display signal and a segment display signal are sent from the ball lending control device 34 to the signal processing device 31, the ball lendable display LED 20 on the operation panel 14 is displayed, and the remaining indicator 15 Displays the remaining card capacity.
[0039]
At this time, when a ball lending switch signal is sent from the signal processing device 31 to the ball lending control device 34, a unit (for example, 500 yen) preset by the ball lending machine 10 from the ball lending control device 34 to the discharge control device 27 is sent. ) Is sent, the discharge control device 27 drives the discharge device 25, and a predetermined number of balls based on the request are discharged from the discharge device 25 to the supply tray 6 of the gaming machine 1 as loan balls.
[0040]
When the discharge of the lending balls is completed, a ball lending completion signal is sent from the discharge control device 27 to the ball lending control device 34, and the remaining frequency from which the predetermined frequency is subtracted is displayed on the remaining time display 12, while The segment signal sent from the lending control device 34 to the signal processing device 31 is switched, and the remaining frequency is similarly displayed on the remaining level display 15 of the operation panel 14.
[0041]
When there is no remaining card, the ball lending is disabled, the ball lending control device 34 does not output a ball lending possible signal and a ball lending possible display signal, and the ball lending possible display LED 20 is turned off.
[0042]
FIG. 6 shows a block configuration of the signal processing device 31. The signal processing device 31 has an automatic ball lending control function, and includes an automatic ball lending control unit 35, an invalid period monitoring unit 36, an invalid period setting unit 37, a timer 38, a ball lending signal prohibiting unit 40, a ball lending signal output unit 41, It consists of automatic ball lending state leaving monitoring means 42, timer 43, signal relay means 44 and the like.
[0043]
The automatic ball lending control means 35 (the ball lending signal output means 41 and the ball lending control means constitute the ball lending control means) when the automatic ball lending switch 17 of the operation panel 14 is pushed and an on signal is sent from the ball lending switch 17. The automatic ball lending state is set, and the automatic ball lending state display LED 21 on the operation panel 14 is displayed. When the automatic ball lending switch 17 is pressed again and an on signal is sent from the ball lending switch 17, a non-automatic ball lending state (the automatic ball lending state is released) is entered, and the automatic ball lending state display LED 21 is turned off. When a ball absence signal is input from the ball detection sensor 22 of the supply tray 6 for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second) in the automatic ball lending state, an automatic ball lending signal is sent to the invalid period monitoring means 36 and the ball lending signal output means 41. Output.
[0044]
When the automatic ball lending signal is input from the automatic ball lending control unit 35 and started, the invalid period monitoring unit 36 (which constitutes a ball lending invalid setting unit) outputs a ball lending prohibiting signal to the ball lending signal inhibiting unit 40 and is invalid. The set time of the period setting means 37 and the timer 38 are monitored, and when the set time is counted up, the output of the ball lending prohibition signal is stopped. During this monitoring, the automatic ball lending signal from the automatic ball lending control means 35 is not accepted.
[0045]
The invalid period setting means 37 can set time data by operating the setting unit 45 on the back side of the gaming machine 1 as shown in FIG. In this case, time data required for a game for the number of balls obtained by subtracting a predetermined amount (for example, 200 yen) from a set amount for ball lending (for example, 500 yen), that is, the number of balls is fired from the ball hitting device. Set the time data required for.
[0046]
Further, the invalid period setting means 37 may set the number of balls data. In this case, while setting the ball number data for a predetermined amount (for example, 200 yen) subtracted from the set amount for the ball lending (for example, 500 yen), the invalid period monitoring means 36 is used for the firing control device 30. The number of balls fired is monitored by a signal from, and when the set number of balls is counted up, the output of the ball lending prohibition signal is stopped.
[0047]
When a ball lending prohibiting signal is input from the invalid period monitoring unit 36, the ball lending signal prohibiting unit 40 instructs the ball lending signal output unit 41 to prohibit signal output while the ball lending prohibiting signal is input.
[0048]
The ball lending signal output means 41, when there is no prohibition command from the ball lending signal prohibition means 40, the automatic ball lending signal from the automatic ball lending control means 35 and the manual lending switch 16 of the operation panel 14 are pressed. The ON signal at that time is directly output to the interface circuit 32 as a ball lending switch signal. However, if there is a prohibition command from the ball lending signal prohibiting means 40, the output is stopped.
[0049]
The automatic ball lending state leaving monitoring means 42 is in an automatic ball lending state based on the ball lending possible display signal sent from the interface circuit 32 to the ball lending possible display LED 20 via the signal relay means 44 and the signal of the automatic ball lending switch 17. When the ball lending is not possible, the timer 43 is monitored, and when a predetermined long time has passed in the automatic ball lending state, it is determined to be left unattended and the automatic ball lending control means 35 is returned to the non-automatic ball lending state. Command.
[0050]
The invalid period setting means 37 is configured to set time data or the number of balls data as the invalid period by the operation of the setting unit 45. This is automatically set according to the set amount of the ball lending. You may do it.
[0051]
Further, as an example of canceling the automatic ball lending state, when the gaming machine 1 is provided with a selection button that can select the set amount of the ball lending, it may be canceled by operating the button.
[0052]
The automatic ball lending control by the signal processing device 31 will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. However, the automatic ball lending period is set according to the time.
[0053]
In steps 1 and 2, when the automatic ball lending switch 17 is turned on, the automatic ball lending state display LED 21 is turned off when the ball is in operation (in the automatic ball lending state), the automatic ball lending state display LED 21 is turned off, and is being released ( If it is not in the automatic ball lending state, the automatic ball lending state is set, and the automatic ball lending state display LED 21 is turned on.
[0054]
In step 3, it is determined whether or not the automatic ball lending is in an invalid time.
[0055]
In steps 4 and 5, when the manual ball lending switch 16 is turned on, a ball lending switch signal is output to the ball lending control device 34 of the ball lending machine 10 via the interface circuit 32.
[0056]
In steps 6 and 7, it is determined whether or not the ball is in an automatic ball lending state. When the ball is in an automatic ball lending state, the ball detection sensor 22 of the supply tray 6 of the gaming machine 1 has no balls for a predetermined time (a certain amount or less is, for example, 1 second) It is determined whether it has been detected.
[0057]
In step 8, when the ball detection sensor 22 of the supply tray 6 detects that there is no ball for a predetermined time, a ball lending switch signal is output to the ball lending control device 34 of the ball lending machine 10 via the interface circuit 32.
[0058]
In Steps 9 and 10, the automatic ball lending invalid time timer is activated to start the automatic ball lending invalid state (output of the ball lending switch signal is prohibited). As will be described later, automatic ball lending may be disabled by invalidating an input signal from the ball detection sensor 22 of the supply tray 6.
[0059]
Next, in steps 11 and 12, the invalid time timer is updated to determine whether the time has expired.
[0060]
In step 13, when the invalid time timer expires, the invalid state of the automatic ball lending is canceled.
[0061]
With this configuration, when in the automatic ball lending state, when the ball detection sensor 22 of the supply tray 6 detects the absence of balls for a predetermined time, a ball lending switch signal is output as shown in FIG. A predetermined number of lending balls are discharged to the supply tray 6, but automatic ball lending is invalidated for a predetermined period from the discharge.
[0062]
During this invalid period, even if the ball detection sensor 22 detects no balls for a predetermined time, the ball lending switch signal is not output, and the lending balls are not discharged from the discharging device 25.
[0063]
For this reason, even when there are enough balls in the supply tray 6, when a ball clogging (or ball stoppage) occurs in front of the ball detection sensor 22 (on the discharge device 25 side), an extra ball lending is used. Ball lending is prevented.
[0064]
Also, the invalid period according to the amount of balls lent, that is, the time required to fire from the ball hitting device for the number of balls obtained by subtracting the predetermined amount from the set amount of ball lending corresponds to the number of shots for that number of balls. Since the invalid period is set, the invalid period is not too short, or the invalid period is too long and the balls in the supply tray 6 are not too few. Ball lending is performed in an appropriate state.
[0065]
In addition, during the invalid period, the ball lending by the manual ball lending switch 16 is also canceled, so when the player has pushed the ball lending switch 16 in spite of having enough balls on the supply tray 6. In addition, extra ball lending is prevented.
[0066]
Further, in order to prevent excessive ball lending, it is not necessary to provide a sensor for detecting clogging or the like, and the cost can be reduced.
[0067]
If the invalid period is automatically set according to the set amount of the ball lending, no data setting operation is required for changing the set amount.
[0068]
Further, although this embodiment has been described for the case where it is applied to a normal card type gaming machine, the card data is converted into gaming medium data, and a game is played with the enclosed ball in the gaming machine based on the gaming medium data. The present invention can also be applied to a card-type game machine. In this case, detection of the amount of balls in the supply tray, that is, the number of balls that can be fired and ball lending are performed by data.
[0069]
FIG. 9 shows another example of the signal processing apparatus 50. This allows the ball lending by the manual ball lending switch 16 to be performed during the invalid period of automatic ball lending. However, the same parts as those in FIG.
[0070]
When the automatic ball lending control means 51 is in the automatic ball lending state, if a ball absence signal is input from the ball detection sensor 22 of the supply tray 6 for a predetermined time (for example, 1 second), the invalid period monitoring means 36 and the ball lending signal output An automatic ball lending signal is output to the means 41.
[0071]
When an automatic ball lending signal is input from the automatic ball lending control unit 51 and started, the invalid period monitoring unit 36 outputs a ball lending invalid signal to the automatic ball lending invalid unit 52 during the invalid period.
[0072]
When the ball lending invalid signal is input from the invalid period monitoring unit 36, the automatic ball lending invalidating unit 52 invalidates the no ball signal input from the ball detection sensor 22 to the automatic ball lending control unit 51 while the ball lending invalid signal is input. To do.
[0073]
The ball lending signal output means 41 receives the automatic ball lending signal from the automatic ball lending control means 51 and the on-signal when the manual ball lending switch 16 of the operation panel 14 is pressed to the interface circuit 32 as it is. Output as.
[0074]
Thus, during the automatic ball lending invalid period, only the automatic ball lending is stopped, and the ball lending by the manual ball lending switch 16 is enabled.
[0075]
When this control flowchart is shown in FIG. 10, when the manual ball lending switch 16 is turned on in steps 23 and 24, a ball lending switch signal is output. When the automatic ball lending is disabled, the input signal from the ball detection sensor 22 is disabled in step 30.
[0076]
In this way, it is possible to deal with a case where a large number of balls are borrowed and a game is played.
[0077]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the first invention, the discharge device lends the game ball by discharging the game ball to the upper plate of the gaming machine based on the card data , and the discharged game ball is launched by the launch device. In a card type gaming machine system for playing a game, a game ball detecting means for detecting the amount of game balls on the upper plate, an automatic ball lending switch for setting the ball lending state to an automatic ball lending state, and an automatic ball Automatic ball lending that causes the discharge device to discharge the game ball based on the data of the card when the game ball detecting means detects that the amount of the game ball is equal to or less than a certain amount when in the lending state. A ball lending control means having a function, and until a predetermined number of game balls discharged by the discharge device by the automatic ball lending function of the ball lending control means are fired by the launching device, the game ball detecting means In Ri also the amount of game balls is detected to be below a certain amount, the ball lending invalid setting means for disabling condition automatic ball lending function, since the provided, even if a ball clogging, satisfactory is the ball It is possible to prevent excessive ball lending when it is in
[0078]
According to the second invention, by setting the invalid period according to the amount of balls to be lent, it is possible to prevent the ball lending from being delayed when the number of balls is reduced , and it is possible to appropriately perform automatic ball lending.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a front side of a gaming machine system.
FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a supply tray portion.
FIG. 4 is a block configuration diagram of a control system.
FIG. 5 is a control signal diagram.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a signal processing apparatus.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the control content.
FIG. 8 is a timing chart thereof.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram of another embodiment.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart thereof.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Game machine 6 Supply tray 10 Ball lending machine 11 Card insertion part 12 Remaining indicator 13 Effective indication LED
14 Operation panel 15 Remaining indicator 16 Manual ball lending switch 17 Automatic ball lending switch 18 Card return switch 20 Ball lending enable LED
21 Automatic ball lending status display LED
22 ball detection sensor 23 discharge port 25 discharge device 27 discharge control device 28 accessory control device 30 firing control device 31 signal processing device 32 interface circuit 33 card reader 34 ball lending control device 35 automatic ball lending control means 36 invalid period monitoring means 37 Invalid period setting means 38 Timer 40 Ball lending signal prohibiting means 41 Ball lending signal output means 42 Automatic ball lending state leaving monitoring means 43 Timer 44 Signal relay means 45 Setting unit 50 Signal processing device 51 Automatic ball lending control means 52 Automatic ball lending invalidity means

Claims (2)

In the card- type gaming machine system in which the discharge device lends the ball by discharging the game ball to the upper plate of the gaming machine based on the data of the card, and the discharged game ball is launched by the launching device to play a game .
Game ball detecting means for detecting the amount of game balls on the upper plate;
An automatic ball lending switch for setting the ball lending state to an automatic ball lending state;
When the game ball detecting means detects that the amount of the game ball is equal to or less than a certain amount when in the automatic ball lending state, the game ball is automatically discharged by the discharge device based on the data of the card. Ball lending control means having a ball lending function;
Until the predetermined number of game balls discharged by the discharge device by the automatic ball lending function of the ball lending control means are fired by the launch device, the amount of game balls is not more than a certain amount by the game ball detection means. Even if it is detected, the ball lending invalid setting means for disabling the automatic ball lending function,
A card type gaming machine system characterized by having The ball lending invalid setting means sets a ball lending invalid period for disabling the automatic ball lending function according to the amount of game balls discharged by the discharging device by the automatic ball lending function of the ball lending control means. The card type gaming machine system according to claim 1.

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