JP4362274B2 - Error down control device for medal lending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a medal lending machine that lends medals as game media, and more particularly, to an error down control device in a medal lending machine that can reduce the number of medals replenished in a medal hopper of the medal lending machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a medal lending machine for lending medals is generally installed in an island of a game store where a gaming machine such as a slot machine (pachislot machine) that uses medals as a game medium is installed. This medal lending machine is generally installed, for example, between two pachislot machines or next to one pachislot machine.
[0003]
In such medal lending machines and pachislot machines, when a player inserts a banknote into the banknote slot 200 (FIG. 2) of the medal lending machine, a predetermined number of medals (usually, 50 yen for 1000 yen) are medal lending machines. The medal takeout port 260 (FIG. 2) is thrown out, and by using this medal, it is possible to play a game using a pachislot machine. As a lending medal provided in the medal lending machine, either a 25 cm diameter (Ф25) medal or an Okinawa specification 30 cm diameter (Ф30) is used.
[0004]
Here, a medal hopper for storing medals thrown out by lending is provided inside the medal lending machine, and at the amusement store, medals for lending are packed in the medal hopper before opening in the morning. I am doing so. Normally, medals in the medal hopper run short as a game is played by a player. At that time, a clerk in the game store replenishes medals.
[0005]
Further, this medal lending machine is provided with a near empty detection plate for preventing the medal stored in the medal hopper from being completely lost and causing an empty error. Here, with reference to FIGS. 10A and 10B, the operation of the near empty detection by the near empty detection plate will be described. That is, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), when a predetermined amount of medals are stored in the medal hopper 340, the medal and the near empty detection plate 341 are in contact with each other. Thus, it can be determined that a prescribed amount of medals are stored in the medal hopper 340.
[0006]
On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), when the amount of stored medal decreases as the medal is thrown out, contact (conduction) between the near empty detection plate 341 and the medal disappears at a certain point. At this timing, near-empty detection is performed immediately before the medal in the medal hopper 340 disappears (below the specified amount).
[0007]
Specifically, when near-empty detection is activated, the near-empty display for notifying the detection of near-empty is lit on the display unit of the medal lending machine. Yes. Naturally, when no medals are replenished at the time of near empty detection, the medal lending machine becomes an empty error down (hereinafter simply referred to as “error down”) and the medal throwing stops.
[0008]
In this error down, the player inserts banknotes (1,000 yen), and medals in the medal hopper 340 are insufficient (less than 50) while medals are being thrown out from the medal lending machine. There is an error down during medal throwing, and an error down after medal throwing which becomes a mechanical down after throwing medals in a 50-sheet cycle.
[0009]
Conventionally, error-down control is performed in consideration of throwing out a predetermined number of medals. That is, when the near empty detection is activated, if the medal lending machine is immediately stopped (error down), many medals remain in the medal hopper 340. Control is performed to reduce the error after throwing out a predetermined number of medals (hereinafter referred to as “specified number C”) from the time of detecting the empty state. The designated number C is a fixed value calculated from the standard deviation σ based on an experimental normal distribution.
[0010]
In this way, the designated number C is set in advance, and control is performed so that the error is not reduced until the designated number C of medals are thrown out when near empty is detected, whereby the remaining amount of medals remaining in the medal hopper 340 after the error is reduced. The number of medals supplied by the store clerk can be reduced.
[0011]
In many game stores, when a medal lending machine is introduced (installed), the medal lending machine is set so that no error is reduced during medal throwing (during medal dispensing). Error down rate of 0%). This is because, in addition to consideration for the player, the operating rate of the pachislot machine decreases if an error occurs during medal throwing.
[0012]
Here, setting the error down rate (setting value A) during throwing out medals to 0% indicates a control in which no error down occurs during throwing out medals. Normally, as described above, the setting of the amusement store is a setting in which the error down rate is 0%.
[0013]
In addition, setting the error down rate during medal throwing to 100% indicates control that error down occurs during medal throwing. In the case where the error down rate is set to 100%, it is possible to throw out until all the medals in the medal hopper are exhausted, so that the number of medals replenishment can be extremely reduced.
[0014]
Setting the error down rate during medal throwing to 50% indicates control that makes the error down rate during medal throwing and the error down rate after medal throwing almost the same. As a conventional example relating to such remaining detection of medals, there is a technique for detecting a shortage state of game medals supplied by game medals supply means (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
[0015]
[Patent Document 1]
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-191754
[0016]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, the conventional medal lending machine described above has the following problems. In other words, as described above, conventionally, control is performed to reduce the error after throwing out the designated number C of medals after the near empty detection is activated, but the medals in the medal hopper Since there are many cases where medals are stored with a gap between them, if the designated number C is simply set to a fixed value, a considerable amount of medals still remains in the medal hopper when the error is reduced. Become.
[0017]
According to specific verification, when a near empty is detected in a medal lending machine using a medal with a diameter of 25 cm (Ф25), a maximum of about 500 medals remain on the medal hopper and an average of about 400 medals remain. It has been confirmed that
[0018]
This indicates that there is an error down even though there are enough medals in the medal hopper. Thus, even in the case of error-down control that takes into account the designated number C (200) that has been previously compensated for the standard deviation σ as in the prior art, 200 to 300 medals still remain in the medal hopper when the error is reduced. Therefore, there is a problem that the number of medals replenishment increases.
[0019]
As described above, when control is performed to reduce the remaining amount of medals in the medal hopper, the number of error down rates during medal throwing increases. On the other hand, when performing control to reduce the number of error down during medal throwing, the remaining medal remaining in the medal hopper increases, so the conflicting problem that the number of medals replenished by the store clerk becomes frequent There is a point.
[0020]
Also, depending on the amusement store, even if there are many error-downs while throwing out medals (error-down rate, 100%), there are stores that want a sales form that requires only a few medals to be replenished. When an error down occurs, the player may forget to take out the remaining medals thrown out later when returning to the error down state.
[0021]
The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems caused by the prior art, and can reduce the error down rate during medal throwing and reduce the remaining amount of medals remaining in the medal hopper at the time of error down. An object of the present invention is to provide an error down control device in a medal lending machine that can reduce the number of medals replenishment.
[0022]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
  Main departureTomorrowA medal hopper in which a medal for throwing out which is a game medium is held, a near empty detecting means for detecting a number immediately before the medal amount in the medal hopper falls below a predetermined number, and a remaining number of medals in the medal hopper In a medal lending machine equipped with an error down detection means for detecting that there is no longer any error, a function for setting the number of medals that can be thrown from near empty detection to error down based on error down detection as a designated number, An error-down control device having a function of setting an error-down rate that causes an error-down during outgoing as an initial setting value and a function of automatically adjusting the initial setting value within a predetermined range by updating the specified number of sheets It is characterized by that.
[0023]
  BookThe invention includes a medal hopper that holds a throwing medal as a game medium, a near empty detection means for detecting the number of medals immediately before the medal amount in the medal hopper is equal to or less than a prescribed number, and a medal in the medal hopper In a medal lending machine equipped with an error down detection means for detecting that there is no remaining number of sheets, a function for setting the number of medals that can be thrown out from near empty detection to error down based on error down detection as a specified number of sheets, Error medal throwing error down control for error down during medal throwing, medal throwing error down control for error down after medal throwing, and medal throwing error reduction control during medal throwing The error down rate that occurs during the The function of setting the ratio of the number of downs and the number of error downs after throwing medals by the error down control after throwing out medals as an actual error down rate, and comparing the actual error down rate and the initial set value, An error down control device having a function of performing an update process for the specified number of sheets when the difference is greater than or equal to a specified value is provided.
[0024]
  BookInvention, DThe error-down control device includes error-down detection means for detecting an error-down that occurs when a player uses a medal lending machine, and whether the error-down detected by the error-down detection means is an error-down during medal-throwing or a medal-throwing Error down determination means for determining whether the error has been reduced later, actual error down ratio calculation means for calculating the error down rate during medal throwing, and initial setting value and actual error down rate calculation that are preset error down rates And a designated number setting means for newly setting an increase / decrease value of the designated number by comparing with the actual error down rate calculated by the means.
[0025]
  BookInvention, DThe error-down control device further includes an actual verification value management table that stores an error-down state determined by the error-down determination unit, and a specified number management table that stores the update of the specified number as a converted number. .
[0026]
  BookInvention,in frontThe initial set value is set when the medal lending machine is installed, and the difference is set to 3 times.
[0027]
  BookInvention,in frontThe actual error down rate is a ratio when the number of logs, which is the number of data extractions, is verified 10 times when the error down occurs.
[0028]
  BookInvention,in frontWhen the difference is less than the specified number, the error-down verification based on the number of recorded logs is obtained by sequentially obtaining the difference from the number of logs to 20 to 100 times, and when the number exceeds the specified number, the specified number of updates is performed, and the number of logs is 100 times. Also in this case, when the difference is less than the specified value, the designated number is not updated.
[0029]
  BookInvention,in frontThe error-down control device further includes a control for alternately performing the error-down control during the medal throwing and the error-down control after the medal-throwing.
[0030]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Exemplary embodiments of an error-down control device in a medal lending machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a game medium lending system to which an error down control device in a medal lending machine of the present invention is applied.
[0031]
In other words, the game medium lending system includes a plurality of pachislot machines 100 and medal lending machines 110 arranged for each group called “islands”, and a plurality (2 in FIG. 1) arranged for each “island”. ) Island controllers 120. The island controller 120 has a control function and a management function for the pachislot machine 100 and the medal lending machine 110 in each island. These island controllers 120 are collectively managed by the terminal controller 140.
[0032]
The pachislot machine 100 is a gaming machine that plays a game by an operation of aligning rotating patterns using medals. The medal lending machine 110 is a device that, when a bill is inserted into the medal lending machine 110, throws out a predetermined amount (50 pieces of 1,000 yen) of medals and performs a gaming medal lending process.
[0033]
This medal lending machine 110 is prepared so as to be paired with each of the plurality of pachislot machines 100 installed in the amusement store, and is installed so as to be sandwiched between the pachislot machines 100.
[0034]
Next, the configuration of the medal lending machine 110 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 is a front view showing the appearance of the medal lending machine 110 applied in the present embodiment, FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing the inside of the medal lending machine 110, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration. Show. Hereinafter, the details of the medal lending machine 110 will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0035]
That is, the medal lending machine 110 is configured as a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped, and the main body of the medal lending machine 110 has a banknote insertion slot 200 for inserting banknotes from the upper front, a medal number / error display section 210, a medal replenishment door. 240 and a hopper door 250 are provided. Reference numeral 260 denotes a medal outlet for taking out medals thrown out from the medal lending machine 110.
[0036]
Inside the medal lending machine 110, a banknote identification device 300 for identifying whether a banknote inserted from the banknote slot 200 is a normal banknote, a lending control section 310, a power supply section 320, an auxiliary tank 330, a predetermined amount of medals A medal hopper 340 for storing the medal and a medal throwing device 350 for throwing out the medal stored in the medal hopper 340 are provided.
[0037]
The banknote insertion slot 200 is an opening for accepting cash (banknote) and taking it into the banknote recognition apparatus 300. A 1000-yen bill can be inserted into the bill insertion slot 200.
[0038]
The medal number / error display unit 210 has a function of displaying the number of medals thrown out from the medal lending machine 110 when a bill is inserted. Further, the medal number / error display unit 210 has a function of displaying “near empty display” and “empty error down display” for informing the store clerk of the supply of medals and error information regarding the medal lending machine 110. have.
[0039]
The medal replenishment door 240 is a door for replenishing medals configured to be openable and closable, and a clerk replenishes medals when a near empty is detected. Normally, it is closed by a key 245 and opened when a store clerk replenishes medals.
[0040]
The banknote identification device 300 has a function of identifying whether a banknote inserted from the banknote insertion slot 200 is normal, and stores a banknote determined to be normal inside. On the other hand, banknotes that cannot be identified by the banknote identification device 300 are returned from the banknote slot 200.
[0041]
The lending control unit 310 has an overall control function for collectively controlling each processing unit of the medal lending machine 110. The lending control unit 310 can notify (send) a medal throwing request to the medal throwing device 350 based on the timing when the bill is inserted.
[0042]
The memory 370 is a storage unit that temporarily stores bill amount information, medal throwing information, and the like. The communication I / F unit 380 functions as an interface for transmitting / receiving data to / from the island controller 120. Reference numeral 320 denotes a power supply unit for supplying power.
[0043]
Here, the feature of the present invention is that an error down during medal throwing is prevented (error down rate 0%), and this error down rate is made as close to the set value A set as the first as much as possible. Is to minimize the remaining amount of medals. For this reason, the medal lending machine 110 according to the present invention is provided with an error down control device 400.
[0044]
As shown in FIG. 5, the error down control device 400 includes an error down detection unit 410, an error down determination unit 420, an actual error down rate calculation unit 430, a designated number setting unit 440, an actual verification data management table 450, a designated number management. Table 460.
[0045]
The error down detection means 410 has a function of detecting an error down that occurs when the medal lending machine 110 is used by a player. The error-down in this case represents a state in which medals disappear from the medal hopper 340 of the medal lending machine 110 after the medals are being thrown out or after a predetermined number of medals have been thrown out, so that it becomes impossible to throw out (50 or less).
[0046]
The error down determination unit 420 has a function of determining whether an error down that occurred when the player uses the medal lending machine 110 is an error down during the medal throwing or an error down after the medal is thrown out. The error-down state determined by the error-down determination unit 420 is stored as actual verification data in the actual verification data management table 450 (FIG. 8).
[0047]
The actual error down rate calculating means 430 has a function of calculating an error down rate during medal throwing. Specifically, based on the actual verification data stored in the actual verification data management table 450, the actual verification value B, which is the actual error down rate, is the actual verification value B = the number of error downs being thrown / (throwing) Error down count + error down count after throwing).
[0048]
The designated number setting means 440 compares the set value A, which is a preset error down rate, with the actual error down rate (actual verification value B) calculated by the actual error down rate calculating means 430, and newly specifies the designated number C. Has a function to set. Specifically, the set value A and the actual verification value B are compared, and the specified number of sheets is updated (added or subtracted) based on the comparison result.
[0049]
The designated number management table 460 calculates an updated number of the designated number as a converted value by associating an error down rate based on a preset number of logs (10 to 100) with a normal distribution, and the calculated converted value Is a management table stored corresponding to the number of logs.
[0050]
Returning to FIG. 4, the pachislot machine 100, which is a gaming machine, has a game screen section 470 on which a picture printed on a rotating drum is displayed, a start button 471 for starting a game, and a plurality (usually three) of stopping a picture. It has an operation button 472 and a medal receiving part 473 into which medals acquired through games are thrown out.
[0051]
Here, when the pachislot machine 100 is a CR machine, medals purchased by the medal lending machine 110 are thrown out to the medal receiving unit 473 not via the medal takeout port 260 of the lending machine 110 but via the inside of the pachislot machine 100. It is.
[0052]
The medal throwing operation in the medal lending machine 110 configured as described above will be described below. That is, when a player inserts a bill (1000 yen) into the bill insertion slot 200, the bill is conveyed into the bill recognition device 300. It is discriminated whether or not the bill inserted by the bill validator 300 is normal during the conveyance. Here, banknotes that are not identified as normal are returned from the banknote slot 200. On the other hand, the banknote identified as normal by the banknote identification apparatus 300 is stored inside.
[0053]
At this time, a bill detection signal is sent from the bill recognition device 300 to the lending control unit 310, and the lending control unit 310 receives a medal throwing instruction that instructs to throw out a predetermined number of medals. An output signal is output to the medal throwing device 350. Based on the medal throwing signal output from the lending control unit 310, the medal throwing device 350 drives a medal throwing motor (not shown) to carry out the medal stored in the medal hopper 340. .
[0054]
The medals carried out from the medal throwing device 350 are thrown out to the medal outlet 260. Here, since the number of medals thrown out is counted by a counting unit (not shown), when a predetermined number of medals are thrown (usually 50 yen for 1,000 yen), the medal throwing motor is finished. Is stopped and the throwing is completed.
[0055]
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining a basic control process by the error down control device in the medal lending machine of the present invention. That is, the processing steps in the present invention are broadly divided into (1) error down detection step (step S610), (2) error down determination step (step S620), (3) actual error down rate calculation step (step S630), ( 4) Consists of four processing steps of a designated number setting step (step S640). First, each processing step (1) to (4) will be described.
[0056]
(1) Error down detection process
The error down detection step is a step of detecting an empty error down that occurs when a medal lending machine is used by a player. This error-down represents a state in which medals cannot be thrown out from the medal lending machine 110 while the medals are being thrown out or after a predetermined number of medals have been thrown out.
[0057]
(2) Error down judgment process
The error down determination step is a processing step of determining whether the error down that occurred when the player uses the medal lending machine 110 is an error down during the medal throwing or an error down after the medal is thrown out. Data at the time of error reduction determined by this error down determination step is stored as actual verification data in the actual verification data management table 450 (FIG. 8).
[0058]
(3) Actual error down rate calculation process
The actual error down rate calculation step is a processing step of calculating the actual error down rate during the medal throwing. Specifically, the actual error down rate (actual verification value B) can be calculated based on the actual verification data stored in the actual verification data management table 450.
[0059]
(4) Specified number setting process
The designated number setting step is a step of setting a new designated number C by comparing the set value A, which is a preset error down rate, with the actual verification value B calculated in the error down calculating step. Specifically, the set value A is compared with the actual verification value B, and the designated number is updated based on the comparison result.
[0060]
Below, the outline | summary of the whole control processing procedure of the error down control apparatus in a medal lending machine is demonstrated with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, in the flowchart of FIG. 7 shown below, a control method when the set value A of the error down rate initially set as a precondition is set to 50% will be described.
[0061]
That is, first, at the time of medal lending processing in which the player uses the medal lending machine 110 (step S700), it is determined whether or not there is an error down (step S710). (Yes at step S710), it is determined whether the error down occurred when using the medal lending machine is an error down during medal throwing or an error down after medal throwing out, and the corresponding log number is added (step S720).
[0062]
Among these, the error down during medal throwing becomes the actual verification value B which is the actual error down rate. As described above, the actual verification value B is calculated by the formula of “Expression 1” based on the ratio of the number of error downs during the medal throwing and the number of error downs after the medal throwing.
[0063]
Here, as the first processing of this example, the number of data extraction (log) is the latest 10 cases, and one reading (data extraction) by the log is counted as one log when an error down occurs Is done.
[0064]
FIG. 8 shows an actual verification data management table 450 storing actual verification data (error down state) for 10 logs. According to this actual verification data management table 450, it can be seen that, out of the occurrences of error reduction for 10 cases, there are 8 error downs during medal throwing and 2 error downs after throwing medals (4, 7). Occurs at the second time).
[0065]
That is, in the example shown in FIG. 8, the error down rate is 80% (0.8 = 8 ÷ (2 + 8)), and it can be seen that the error down occurs almost during the medal throwing. The actual verification value B in this case is an actual error-down rate calculated by extracting data for 10 logs. Naturally, the actual verification value of 80% calculated as the actual error-down rate is a value that is far from 50% set as the setting value A, so the following processing sets the actual verification value B to 80%. The processing is closer to 50% of A.
[0066]
Specifically, the actual error down rate (actual verification value B) calculated by the actual verification data management table 450 is compared with the set value A. In this example, the difference in error down rate is 30% or more. A determination is made as to whether or not, and if the error down rate difference is 30% or more, control is performed to update the value of the designated number of sheets C.
[0067]
That is, as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 7, it is determined whether or not the number of logs has reached 10 in step S730, and under the condition that the number of logs is 10 (Yes in step S730), the following steps S740 to S740 are performed. Processing up to step S780 is performed.
[0068]
Specifically, it is determined in step S740 whether or not the number of medals being thrown out is three or more than the set value A (step S740). In the case of this example, 50% of the setting value A for the number of logs of 10 is 5, and the difference of 30% for the number of logs of 10 is equivalent to 3.
[0069]
Here, as calculated from the actual verification data management table 450 in FIG. 8, there are 8 error downs during the medal throwing, so the difference between 8 actual verification values B and 5 setting values A Is a condition of 3 or more (8-5 = 3) (Yes in step S740), and therefore, the designated number is updated (C = C-α) (step S750). This update process is a process of subtracting the converted number from the designated number C. Here, α is a converted number specified by the number of logs.
[0070]
Here, the update process of the designated number C in step S740 is performed based on the designated number management table 460. As shown in FIG. 9, the designated number management table 460 calculates the updated number of the designated number as a converted value by associating the actual error-down rate based on the number of logs (10 to 100) in advance with a normal distribution. And a management table storing the calculated conversion values.
[0071]
Here, in the designated number management table 460 shown in FIG. 9, “lower limit of error down rate (%)”, “upper limit of error down rate (%)”, “converted value (α) corresponding to the number of logs (cases). ) ”And“ difference (sheets) ”fields are provided, but in reality, all the differences are fixed to 3 in order to save memory on the program. Two fields consisting of “number of logs” and “converted value (α)” are used.
[0072]
Here, the lower limit value of the actual error down rate of the condition for updating the designated number C is
Lower limit = 50%-(30% ÷ (number of logs ÷ 10))
The upper limit of the condition for updating the designated number C is
Upper limit value = 50% + (30% ÷ (number of logs ÷ 10))
[0073]
The conversion value α is an increase / decrease value for update converted corresponding to the number of logs calculated from a predetermined calculation formula. The actual verification value B can be brought close to the set value A by updating the designated number C based on the converted value α.
[0074]
Returning to the flowchart of FIG. 7, in the case of this example, in the case of 10 logs according to the designated number management table 460 (FIG. 9), the conversion value α is set to 31 pieces, so the designated number C is updated (C = C -Α), the designated number C is set to 319 (319 = 350-31), and the following control is performed (step S750).
[0075]
Specifically, the medal lending process by the medal lending machine 110 is continuously performed for an arbitrary time based on the designated number (319) set in step S750. Here, since the “converted value (α)” is a discrete value, the value “350” of the designated number of sheets C used as a reference is set to a value that can be obtained by increasing or decreasing the “converted value (α)” from the lower limit value. ing.
[0076]
Next, in step S760, it is determined whether the number of medals being thrown out is three or more less than the set value A (step S760). Specifically, when the difference between the calculated actual verification value B and the set value A is less than 3 (No in step S760), the actual error that is the actual error-down rate setting is traced back in step S780. A down rate calculation step is performed (step S780).
[0077]
Here, the number of logs is 100, which is the maximum number of data extraction. Hereinafter, for example, the number of logs that were 10 in the previous time (step S730) is increased to 30 (step S780), and the difference between the set value A and the actual verification value B is converted into the number of logs when the 30 logs are logged. In the case of three cases, update processing for the designated number C is further performed.
[0078]
That is, based on the designated number management table 460, the designated number C is calculated from the converted value α (9 pieces) corresponding to the number of logs (30 cases) (319-9 = 310), and the designated number C is set to 310 pieces. After setting, perform error down control. After the processing in step S780, the processing from step S740 is repeated. The actual verification value B can be brought closer to the set value A by the processing in steps S700 to S780 described above.
[0079]
On the other hand, when the comparison value between the set value A and the actual verification value B in step S760 shows that the actual verification value B is three or more less than the set value A (No in step S760), the medal hopper has a certain amount. The designated number C is updated (C = C + α) to indicate that an error has occurred despite the presence of medals (step S770).
[0080]
Specifically, for example, if there are two error downs during medal throwing, two actual verification values B match the condition of three or fewer than the five setting values A. An update process for adding the number C is performed.
[0081]
Here, when the number of logs based on the designated number management table 460 is 30, the conversion value α is set to 9, so that the error reduction control is performed so that the designated number is 328 (328 = 319 + 9). As described above, as shown in the designated number management table 460 (FIG. 9), the lower limit of the error down rate is 47% and the error down rate is finally reduced in the case of 100 log items by sequentially adding the number of log items. The upper limit is 53%, which can approach 50% of the set value A.
[0082]
Here, when the ratio between the set value A and the actual verification value B is significantly different from the beginning, control is performed to update the designated number C as soon as possible. By executing the update process of the designated number C early, the designated number C is calculated from the number of logs in a short period of time, so that efficient error down control can be performed. Further, in this case, the update width of the designated number C tends to increase, but the actual verification value B can be brought closer to the set value A by updating the designated number C.
[0083]
On the other hand, when the ratio between the set value A and the actual verification value B is small from the beginning, the error reduction rate can be made closer to the set value by updating the designated number C by controlling to increase the number of logs. .
[0084]
Here, it is conceivable that by the 100th log number, the set value A and the actual verification value B are both less than the specified number of log numbers 3 and there is no difference in the ratio. In this case, control is performed not to update the designated number C.
[0085]
Further, in the above example, when the set value A is 0%, the actual verification value B will not be smaller than the set value A, so that it is not added to the designated number C. In addition, when the actual verification value B is larger than the set value A, it is possible that the medal ejection was resumed with the medal removed from the medal hopper due to the release of the jam or the like. C is preferably controlled so as not to be subtracted. Therefore, when the set value A is 0%, control may be performed so that the designated number C is not updated.
[0086]
On the other hand, even when the set value A is 0%, 0%, in which the actual verification value B is the same as the set value A by the 100th log count as control for reducing the remaining number of medals by automatic adjustment In this case, the process of adding the third sheet (converted value α) of the 100th log to the designated sheet number C based on the designated sheet number management table 460 shown in FIG.
[0087]
When the actual verification value B becomes larger than the set value A, control is performed to update (subtract) the designated number C by the above-described processing of FIG. 7 (step S750) (C = C−α).
[0088]
However, in this case, since the number of logs is fixed, another control method that does not fix the number of logs is random (random number) when both the set value A and the actual verification value B are within the specified range. Control may be performed in which the number of logs is selected and the conversion value α corresponding to the number of logs is added to the designated number of sheets C.
[0089]
Furthermore, in the above example, since the control is to fix the number of medals to be added, as a control method other than this fixing, when the set value A is within the specified range even if a certain number of logs have elapsed, Error down control may be performed in which the first subtracted medal conversion value α is added to the designated number C.
[0090]
Further, as the error down control in the present embodiment, it is possible to set the number of medals prepared when replenishing medals, and to compare the set value A with the actual verification value B based on the number of medals prepared. May be. In the case of this error-down control, the error-down occurs after all the set number of set medals are thrown out.
[0091]
As described above, according to the present embodiment, the function for setting the number of medals that can be thrown from near empty detection to error down as a specified number, and the error down rate during medal throwing as an initial set value. Since it has an error-down control device that has a function to set and a function to automatically adjust the initial setting value within a predetermined range by updating the specified number of sheets, it is possible to reduce the error-down rate during medal throwing and The remaining amount of medals remaining in the medal hopper at the time of down can be minimized. This also reduces the number of medals replenished by the store clerk.
[0092]
【The invention's effect】
  As explained above,BookAccording to the invention, a medal hopper that holds a medal for throwing out as a game medium, a near empty detecting means for detecting a number immediately before the medal amount in the medal hopper becomes equal to or less than a prescribed number, and the medal hopper A function to set the number of medals that can be thrown out from near empty detection to error down based on error down detection as a specified number in a medal lending machine equipped with an error down detection means for detecting that there is no remaining medal remaining And an error down function that sets an error down rate that causes an error down during medal throwing as an initial setting value, and a function that automatically adjusts the initial setting value within a predetermined range by updating the specified number of sheets. Since it is equipped with a control device, the error down rate during medal throwing can be arbitrarily set within a predetermined range (0% to 100%) It is possible, there is an effect that it is possible to realize a game rental system corresponding to the demands and operating mode of the plurality of gaming facility.
[0093]
In addition, the error down rate can be reduced, the remaining amount of medals remaining in the medal hopper at the time of error down can be reduced, and the number of medals replenished by the store clerk can be reduced.
[0094]
  BookAccording to the invention, a medal hopper that holds a medal for throwing out as a game medium, a near empty detecting means for detecting a number immediately before the medal amount in the medal hopper becomes equal to or less than a predetermined number, and the medal hopper Function to set the number of medals that can be thrown out from near empty detection to error down based on error down detection as a specified number in a medal lending machine equipped with an error down detection means for detecting that the remaining number of medals remains A medal throwing error down control for error down during medal throwing, medal throwing error down control for error down after medal throwing, and medal throwing error down control. A function that sets the error-down rate that occurs during throwing as the default value and the medal thrown out extracted from the log By comparing the actual error down rate with the initial set value, the function of setting the ratio between the error down number and the error down number after medal throwing by the error down control after medal throwing out as the actual error down rate, If the difference is greater than or equal to the specified value, an error down control device having a function of performing the update process for the specified number of sheets is provided, so that the remaining amount of medals at the time of error down can be reduced regardless of variations in the remaining amount of medals. It is possible to reduce the number of medals replenished by the store clerk. In addition, there is an effect that the error down rate during the throwing out can be close to the set error down rate.
[0095]
  BookAccording to the invention, DThe error-down control device includes error-down detection means for detecting an error-down that occurs when a player uses a medal lending machine, and whether the error-down detected by the error-down detection means is an error-down during medal-throwing or a medal-throwing Error down determination means for determining whether the error has been reduced later, actual error down ratio calculation means for calculating the error down rate during medal throwing, and initial setting value and actual error down rate calculation that are preset error down rates And a specified number setting means for newly setting an increase / decrease value of the specified number by comparing with the actual error down rate calculated by the means. It is possible to reduce the number of medals and the number of medals replenished by the store clerk. In addition, there is an effect that the error down rate during the throwing out can be close to the set error down rate.
[0096]
  BookAccording to the invention, DThe error-down control device further includes an actual verification value management table that stores the error-down state determined by the error-down determination unit, and a specified number management table that stores the update of the specified number as the converted number. There is an effect that the designated number can be set efficiently based on the data stored in the management table and the designated number management table.
[0097]
  BookAccording to the invention,in frontThe initial setting value is set when the medal lending machine is installed, and the difference is set to 3 times, so that the remaining medal amount at the time of error down can be reduced regardless of the variation in the remaining medal amount. It is possible to reduce the number of medals replenished by the store clerk. In addition, there is an effect that the error down rate during throwing can be close to the set error down rate..
[0098]
  BookAccording to the invention,in frontSince the actual error down rate is the ratio when the number of logs, which is the number of data extractions, is verified 10 times when the error down occurs, it is possible to accurately determine the error down state due to variations in the remaining amount of medals. It is possible to reduce the remaining amount of medals at the time of down, and to reduce the number of medals replenished by the store clerk.
[0099]
  BookAccording to the invention,in frontWhen the difference is less than the specified number, the error down verification based on the number of recorded logs is obtained by sequentially obtaining the difference from the number of logs to 20 to 100 times, and when the number exceeds the specified number, the specified number of updates is performed, and the number of logs is 100 times. Even if the difference is less than the specified value, the specified number is not updated. Therefore, the remaining amount of medals at the time of error reduction can be reduced regardless of variations in the remaining amount of medals. The effect that it can also be reduced is produced.
[0100]
  BookAccording to the invention,in frontThe error down control apparatus further includes a control for alternately performing the error down control during the medal throwing and the error down control after the medal throwing, so that the error down rate is arbitrarily set between 0% and 100%. In addition, it is possible to reduce the remaining amount of medals in the medal hopper at the time of error down.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall schematic configuration diagram showing a game medium lending system to which an error down control device in a medal lending machine of the present invention is applied.
FIG. 2 is a front view showing an appearance of a medal lending machine applied in the present embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an internal configuration of the medal lending machine.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the medal lending machine.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of an error down control device.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating basic control processing steps of the error-down control device.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating an overall control processing procedure of the error down control device.
FIG. 8 is a chart showing a configuration of an actual verification data management table.
FIG. 9 is a chart showing a configuration of a designated number management table.
10A is an explanatory diagram showing a state before near empty detection, and FIG. 10B is an explanatory diagram showing a state at the time of near empty detection.
[Explanation of symbols]
100 pachislot machine
110 Medals lending machine
120 island controller
200 bill slot
210 Number of medals / error display
240 Medals supply door
245 key
250 hopper door
260 medal outlet
300 banknote recognition device
310 Lending control unit
320 Power supply
330 Auxiliary tank
340 Medal Hopper
341 Near empty detection board
350 Medal throwing device
380 Communication I / F part
400 Error-down control device
410 Error down detection means
420 Error down determination means
430 Actual error down rate calculation means
440 Specified number setting means
450 Actual verification data management table
460 Specified number management table
470 game screen
471 Start button
472 Operation buttons
473 Medal receiving part

Claims (7)

A medal hopper that holds a medal for throwing out, which is a game medium, a near empty detection means for detecting the number of medals immediately before the medal amount in the medal hopper falls below a prescribed number, and the remaining number of medals in the medal hopper In a medal lending machine equipped with an error-down detection means for detecting the loss,
A function for setting the number of medals that can be thrown from near-empty detection to error-down based on error-down detection as a specified number,
A function to set an error down rate that causes an error down during medal throwing as an initial setting value,
A function of automatically adjusting the initial set value within a predetermined range by updating the designated number of sheets;
An error down control device in a medal lending machine, comprising: A medal hopper that holds a medal for throwing out, which is a game medium, a near empty detection means for detecting the number of medals immediately before the medal amount in the medal hopper falls below a prescribed number, and the remaining number of medals in the medal hopper In a medal lending machine equipped with an error-down detection means for detecting the loss,
A function for setting the number of medals that can be thrown from near-empty detection to error-down based on error-down detection as a specified number,
A function to perform error down control during medal throwing to make error down during medal throwing,
A function for performing error down control after throwing a medal, which is an error down after throwing a medal,
A function of setting an error down rate that occurs during throwing out medals as an initial set value by the medal throwing out error down control;
A function of setting, as an actual error down rate, a ratio between the number of error downs during the medal throwing extracted by the log and the number of error downs after the medal throwing by the error down control after the medal throwing;
When the difference between the actual error down rate and the initial setting value is greater than or equal to a specified value, a function of performing the update process of the specified number of sheets,
An error down control device in a medal lending machine, comprising:   The error-down control device includes an error-down detection unit that detects an error-down that occurs when a player uses a medal lending machine, and the error-down detected by the error-down detection unit is an error-down during medal-throwing, or a medal-throwing-out device. Error down determination means for determining whether or not the error is reduced after being issued, actual error down rate calculation means for calculating the error down rate during medal throwing, an initial set value and an actual error down rate that are preset error down rates 3. The error down in the medal lending machine according to claim 2, further comprising: designated number setting means for newly setting an increase / decrease value of the designated number by comparing with the actual error down rate calculated by the calculating means. Control device.   The error down control device further includes an actual verification value management table that stores the error down state determined by the error down determination means, and a specified number management table that stores the update of the specified number as a converted number. The error down control device in the medal lending machine according to claim 3. The initial setting value is set when a medal lending machine is installed, and the value obtained by converting the difference into the number of cases per 10 cases of the log is set to 3 cases . The error down control apparatus in the medal lending machine according to 3 or 4. The said actual error down rate is a ratio at the time of performing the data extraction process for every one case from the said log at the time of the occurrence of the said error down, The ratio as described in any one of Claims 2-5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Error down control device in the medal lending machine. Function for updating of the designated number when the difference is less than the predetermined performs update processing of the designated number when the above prescribed seeking sequentially the difference up to 20 to 100 reviews log number, log number when the difference even when the items 100 is less than the specified error down controller in medal lending machine of any one of claims 2-6, wherein not performed the update of the designated number.

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