JP4903679B2 - Pachinko machine and pachinko card - Google Patents

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko game management system, a pachinko game machine, and a pachinko card in which the number of balls and ball recognition information are recorded on a portable recording medium such as a card to manage the balls. .

  Conventionally, instead of purchasing a pachinko ball for play from a lending machine, you purchase a prepaid card called a packy card and insert it into a card read / write device next to the pachinko game machine, to play pachinko balls There was a pachinko game machine and a pachinko card that tried to get.

FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a conventional pachinko game machine and pachinko card.
When the pachinko card 1 is inserted into the card read / write device 2, the control unit 3 recognizes the number of purchased balls recorded on the pachinko card 1, and when the number of purchased balls is zero, the card read / write device 2 removes the pachinko card 1. Discharge. When the ball lending switch 4 is pressed when the number of balls to be purchased is not zero, a predetermined number, for example, 500 yen of pachinko balls are supplied to the upper plate 6 via the ball-out portion 5 and recorded on the pachinko card 1 Subtract the amount supplied from the number of purchased balls. If the number of purchased balls does not reach the predetermined number, only a certain amount is supplied to the upper plate 6. Pachinko balls overflowing from the upper plate 6 and pachinko balls that have flowed out of the upper plate 6 by pulling a not-shown ball removal lever are stored in the tray 7.

When the automatic switch 8 is pressed, the automatic supply mode is entered. When the upper plate sensor 9 recognizes that the number of pachinko balls on the upper plate 6 has decreased, the control unit 3 raises a predetermined number, for example, 200 yen of pachinko balls. Supply to dish 6. Also in this case, if the number of purchased balls recorded on the pachinko card 1 does not reach a predetermined number, only a certain amount is supplied to the upper plate 6.
The control unit 3 also gives an instruction to the balling unit 5 according to the result information of the pachinko game sent from the winning ball counter 10, and the balling unit 5 supplies the pachinko ball to the upper plate 6.
When the return switch 11 is pressed, the control unit 3 issues an instruction to the card read / write device 2, and the card read / write device 2 ejects the pachinko card 1.
JP-A-11-207019

A player (not shown) moves the pachinko balls stored in the tray 7 to a box (not shown) and places the box at his feet to continue the game, but the box has been a hindrance for other customers moving in the pachinko parlor. .
In addition, pachinko balls placed in the box were not used for play while being put in the box, but to put them in a state of playing. Pachinko parlors had to prepare a large number of pachinko balls in advance in view of the number of pachinko balls that would be playing, and the purchase and management costs were a heavy burden.
The present invention has been made to eliminate these drawbacks.

  The invention according to claim 1, which has been made in order to eliminate the above-mentioned drawbacks, has a card read / write device, and when the leaving switch is pressed, card recognition information is written on a pachinko card inserted in the card read / write device. Then, when the pachinko card is ejected and the pachinko card is reinserted into the card read / write device, the card recognition information written in the pachinko card is read, and the written card recognition information and In the pachinko game machine, the re-inserted pachinko card is determined to be valid when the read card recognition information matches.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the pachinko game machine according to claim 1, further comprising a display means for displaying that the pachinko game machine is not empty when the leave switch is pressed. .

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, when the pachinko card is not reinserted within a predetermined time after the pachinko card is ejected from the card read / write device, the indication that the seat is not empty is erased. The pachinko game machine according to claim 2, wherein:

The pachinko store can be used to improve the safety of traffic for other customers moving in the pachinko store by eliminating or drastically reducing boxes for customers to put pachinko balls. The number of pachinko balls can be reduced, and the purchase and management costs of pachinko balls borne by pachinko parlors can be greatly reduced.
Further, it becomes possible for the player to temporarily leave the play table without giving up the play table currently being played.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the pachinko game machine according to the present invention. In the figure, thin arrow lines indicate the flow of signals and data, and thick arrow lines indicate the flow of pachinko balls.
The card read / write device 21 is provided with a card slot, and exchanges information between the pachinko card 100 inserted in the card slot, for example, formed of an IC card, a memory card, and other recording media, and the control unit 22. It is. The control unit 22 controls the pachinko game machine 99 and exchanges information with a centralized management system described later.
When the pachinko card 100 is inserted into the card read / write device 21, the control unit 22 reads store identification information such as a store code recorded on the pachinko card 100 via the card read / write device 21, and the store recognition information is invalid. The pachinko card 100 is discharged from the card read / write device 21. When the read store identification information is valid, the number of purchased balls, the number of possessed balls, the entry date and time, and the in-use flag recorded in the pachinko card 100, which will be described later, are read out and stored in the memory 23. To be recorded.
When the ball lending switch 25 is pressed when the read number of purchased balls is not zero, the control unit 22 issues a command to the balling unit 26, and a pachinko ball for a predetermined number, for example, 500 yen is sent from the balling unit 26 to the upper plate unit. 27. At this time, the number of purchased balls recorded on the pachinko card 100 inserted in the card read / write device 21 is rewritten to a new value obtained by subtracting the predetermined number described above.

The holding ball counting unit 24 records the number of pachinko balls acquired by the player, and the contents can be rewritten as needed according to the progress of the game. The number of possessed balls read from the pachinko card 100 is first recorded in the retained ball counting unit 24.
The ball projecting unit 26 supplies pachinko balls to the upper plate unit 27 in accordance with instructions from the control unit 22. Further, when the upper plate 27 is filled with pachinko balls, the pachinko balls are not supplied to the upper plate 27, but a pseudo sound as if the pachinko balls are supplied is emitted from the speaker 32. .
The sensor 2 (28) is for determining the presence or absence of a pachinko ball upstream of the upper plate part 27. For example, a reflective sensor may be used. The sensor 1 (33) is for determining the presence or absence of a pachinko ball downstream of the upper plate part 27, and the same sensor as the sensor 2 (28) may be used.

  When the number of held balls recorded in the holding ball counting unit 24 is not zero and the sensor 2 (28) is off, that is, there is still a place for supplying the pachinko balls to the upper plate unit 27, the control unit 22 A command is issued to the unit 26, and the ball projecting unit 26 supplies pachinko balls to the upper plate unit 27. When the sensor 2 (28) is turned on, the control unit 22 determines that the pachinko balls are supplied to the upper plate portion 27 and stops the supply of the pachinko balls. When there are not enough balls recorded in the ball counting unit 24, the supply is stopped even before the sensor 2 (28) is turned on, and the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of balls currently in the upper plate 27 To supply.

The dish ball counting unit 29 counts the number of pachinko balls overflowing from the upper dish part 27 and the number of pachinko balls that have flowed out of the upper dish part 27 by pulling a not-shown ball removal lever provided on the upper dish part 27. The information is sent to the holding ball counting unit 24. The pachinko balls counted by the plate ball counting unit 29 are sent to a ball collecting unit (not shown).
The ball counting unit 24 adds the number of balls sent as information from the plate ball counting unit 29 to the number of balls, and the new ball number after the addition is recorded in the ball counting unit 24.
The winning ball counter 30 sends information on the number of winning balls at that time to the control unit 22 based on winning information sent from various chuckers provided on a play board surface (not shown). The control unit 22 calculates the number of winning balls based on the types of winning prizes sent as information from the winning ball counter 30 and the number of each of those winning balls, and adds the acquired number of balls to the number of possessed balls. The new number of possessed balls after the addition is recorded in the retained ball counting unit 24. Here, the number of winning prizes is not limited to one, and there may be a plurality of winning balls such as five outgoing balls, ten outgoing balls, and 15 outgoing balls. The number of winning balls is the number of pachinko balls that have entered each chucker.

The clock 34 sends time information to the control unit 22.
The display unit 35 displays an appropriate display based on information indicating the state of the play stand sent from the control unit 22 or based on unlimited game information sent from the game control unit 31.

The automatic switch 36 is for causing the control unit 22 to recognize the automatic mode when it is pressed. In the automatic mode, when the number of held balls recorded in the ball counting unit 24 is zero and the sensor 2 is not turned on, the control unit 22 issues a command to the ball projecting unit 26 and raises a predetermined number of pachinko balls. While supplying to the plate part 27, it issues a command to the card read / write device 21 and subtracts the predetermined number from the number of purchased balls written on the pachinko card 100.
The return switch 37 is for causing the control unit 22 to recognize the return mode when it is pressed. In the return mode, the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 21 after performing the processing described later.
The meal (seating) switch 38 is for causing the control unit 22 to recognize the leaving mode when pressed. In the away mode, the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 21 after performing the processing described below.
The embodiment of the pachinko game machine according to the present invention is configured as described above.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the pachinko card of the present invention.
The pachinko card 100 is used by being inserted into the card read / write device 101, and includes a store code recording unit 102, a purchased ball number recording unit 103, a memory block 1 (104) to a memory block M (105), an interface unit 106, and the like. And each bus connecting them. Each memory block includes an amusement stand number recording unit 107, a busy flag 108, a possession number recording unit 109, and an entry date and time recording unit 110.

The store code recording unit 102 stores store identification information for recognizing a pachinko store where the pachinko card 100 is used, for example, a store code. The store code is read by the card read / write device 101 via the interface unit 106. The store code is preferably recorded in the store code recording unit 102 in a pachinko store in a non-rewritable form.
The purchased ball number recording unit 103 records, for example, the number of pachinko balls purchased by a customer (player) for 1000 yen and 3000 yen. It is also possible to prepare several types of pachinko cards 100 in which a predetermined number of purchased balls is recorded and sell them depending on the player's selection. Further, the purchased ball number recording unit 103 may record information such as the amount of money instead of the number of balls. The information recorded in the purchased ball number recording unit 103 is rewritten from time to time as information subtracted by the amount that the player has used for pachinko games.

The memory block 1 (104) to the memory block M (105) are allocated to each play table that the player plays, and the player can play with up to M play tables.
The play table number recording unit 107 provided in each memory block includes information for recognizing the play table when the pachinko card 100 is inserted into the card read / write device 101 corresponding to the play table selected by the player. For example, a play table number is written. There is no memory block in which the play table number recording unit 107 is not filled in, and the memory having the play table number recording unit 107 in which the play table number of the pachinko play table corresponding to the card read / write device 101 in which the pachinko card 100 is inserted is written. If no block exists, the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 101. Even if the corresponding game machine number is entered in the game machine number recording unit 107, if there is information indicating that rewriting is prohibited in the in-use flag described below, the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 101. Is done.
The in-use flag 108 is a bit set when the memory block cannot be rewritten, for example, 1. For example, if a player's play table is scheduled to end and the player is prohibited from playing further on the play table, the in-use flag 108 is set to a bit and the memory block is rewritten. Is prohibited. For example, when the same player tries to play again on the play table that has been scheduled to end, the information entered in the in-use flag 108 is prohibited from being reused in the same memory block in the authentication mode described later. Used to be.

The number-of-balls recording unit 109 is written with the number-of-balls information recorded in the ball counting unit 24 of the pachinko game table 99 as described above or when the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 101. It is. The number information of balls recorded in the number-of-balls recording unit 109 is read when the pachinko card 100 is re-inserted into the card read / write device 101 and the conditions of the play table number and the in-use flag are satisfied. Is. Further, it is read out by a centralized management system described later.
The entry date and time recording unit 110 corresponds to a possession ball recognition information recording unit, and records the date and time when the possession number information is recorded in the possession number recording unit 109. In this entry date and time recording unit 110, information that can recognize the number of possessed balls, such as an ID code, may be recorded instead of the date and time.

Next, the operation of the pachinko game machine and the pachinko card of the present invention will be described.
FIG. 4 shows an operation sequence in the standby mode when the pachinko game machine of the present invention is in a standby state.
After “Start” 200 and “Standby” 201, “Card inserted?” 202 is reached. At this stage, it is determined whether or not the pachinko card 100 is inserted in the card read / write device 21. If it is inserted, the process proceeds to “authentication mode” 210. If it is not inserted, it is determined again whether the pachinko card 100 is inserted in the card read / write device 21 by “card inserted?” 202 again. This sequence is repeated until the pachinko card 100 is inserted.

FIG. 5 shows an operation sequence in an authentication mode for determining whether or not the pachinko card is valid when the pachinko card is inserted into the pachinko game machine of the present invention.
In this operation sequence, first, the store code is read from the store code recording unit 102 of the pachinko card 100 inserted in the card read / write device 21 at the stage of “read store code of card information” 211 through the “authentication mode” 210. .
At the stage of “store code OK?” 212, it is determined whether or not the store code as the read store identification information is valid. If the store code is not valid, the process proceeds to the “card ejection” 213 stage, the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 21, and then the operation sequence returns to the “standby” 201 stage. If the store code is valid, the flow proceeds to the stage of “reading game table number of each block of card information” 214 and the game machine number of each memory block of the pachinko card 100 is read.

At the stage of “There is a memory block with a matching game machine number?” 215, the pachinko card in the game machine number of each memory block read at the stage of “Reading the game machine number of each block of card information” 214. If there is a match with the play number of the pachinko play table 99 corresponding to the card reading / writing device 21 in which 100 is inserted, it is determined that the pachinko card 100 is once used in the pachinko play table 99. Then, the process proceeds to the stage of “read in-use flag of the memory block” 216.
At the stage of “reading in-use flag of the memory block” 216, the information recorded in the in-use flag 108 indicating the state of play when this pachinko card 100 was previously used in this pachinko play table 99 is read out. .
In the stage of “Can the block be used?” 217, if the read busy flag is zero, that is, the bit is not set, the memory block can be used again. The process proceeds to the stage “218”, and further proceeds to the stage “play mode” 230. Here, the memory block can be used again means that a pachinko ball acquired at the time of the previous play at this pachinko game machine, that is, a pachinko ball recorded only in the possession ball number recording unit 109 of the memory block. It can be used for play again.

“There is a memory block with a matching play unit number?” When there is no memory block with a matching play unit number at step 215 and “when the block can be used?” When the block is not usable at step 217 Advances to the stage of “Read the number of purchased card information balls” 219. At this stage, the number of purchased balls recorded in the purchased ball number recording unit 103 of the pachinko card 100 is read.
If the number of purchased balls is 0 at the stage of “Purchasing balls = 0?” 220, it means that there are no pachinko balls available for play in this pachinko card 100, and the process proceeds to the stage of “card discharge” 213. The pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 21 and the process returns to the “standby” 201 stage.

If the number of purchased balls is not zero at the stage of “number of purchased balls = 0?” 220, the process proceeds to the stage of “determining the used block in the card” 221 and among the memory blocks in the pachinko card 100. The play table number recording unit 107 searches for an unfilled one, and determines, for example, the first memory block found as a use block. In this case, an unillustrated unillustrated flag for indicating whether or not the play table number recording unit 107 is not filled in is preferably provided in the play table number recording unit 107 and referred to.
Next, the process proceeds to the step “Enter the unit number in the block to be used” 222, and the pachinko game table corresponding to the card read / write device in which the pachinko card 100 is inserted in the game block number recording part of the memory block determined as the block to be used. Enter the play table number. At the same time, information indicating that the game machine number has been entered in the game machine number recording unit 107 is entered in the unfilled flag. Then, the process proceeds to the “play mode” 230 stage.

FIG. 6 shows an operation sequence of a play mode which is the next stage when the pachinko card of the present invention is authenticated by the pachinko game machine of the present invention.
First, after the stage of “play mode” 230, it is determined whether or not the ball rental SW 25 of the pachinko game stand 99 has been pressed (by the player) in the stage of “Is the ball rental SW ON?” 231. If it is pressed, the process proceeds to the stage “Purchased ball = 0?” 232, confirms the number of purchased balls recorded in the purchased ball number recording unit 103 of the pachinko card 100, and the number of purchased balls is not zero. If so, the process proceeds to step 233 “subtract a predetermined number A from the number of purchased balls in the card information”. In the stage of “subtracting a predetermined number of balls A from the number of purchased balls of card information” 233, for example, a predetermined number of balls A for 500 yen is subtracted from the number of purchased balls, and the new number of purchased balls after subtraction Is recorded in the number-of-purchases recording section. Then, the process proceeds to the step 234 of “Supplying balls with a predetermined number A of balls from the ball projecting portion” to the upper plate portion 27 from the ball projecting portion 26 of the pachinko game stand 99 with the predetermined number A of pachinko balls. .
If the number of purchased balls is zero at the stage of “Purchase number = 0?” 232, the process proceeds to the stage of “Prize winning counter> 0?” 235.
Even if the ball lending SW is ON? 231 and the ball lending SW 25 of the pachinko game machine 99 is not pressed, the operation proceeds to the stage of “winning ball counter> 0?” 235.

At the stage of “winning ball counter> 0?” 235, whether or not there has been a winning is determined by information such as the type of winning sent from the winning ball counter 30 of the pachinko game stand 99 to the control unit 22 and the number of winning balls of each win. Judging. If there is a win, that is, if the value of the winning ball counter 30 is greater than zero, the number of balls recorded in the ball counting unit 24 is rewritten, or the pachinko balls are actually transferred from the ball projecting unit 26 to the upper plate unit 27. It is necessary to judge whether to supply. Therefore, the process proceeds to the stage of “Sensor 2 ON?” 236.
If the value of the winning ball counter is zero at the stage of “winning ball counter> 0?” 235, the process proceeds to the stage of “sensor 2 ON?” 242.

At the stage of “Sensor 2 ON?” 236, the sensor 2 (28) of the pachinko machine 99 is on, that is, there is a pachinko ball up to the upstream of the upper plate 27, or the sensor 2 (28) is off, ie, It is determined whether there is a pachinko ball upstream of the dish portion 27.
When the sensor 2 (28) is on, go to the stage of “Reading the value of the winning ball counter (the counter is reset)” 239, and “In the holding ball counting part (the number of each winning ball) * (for each predetermined output) Add the number of balls B) ”to 240. If the sensor 2 (28) is on, the control unit 22 determines that it is not necessary to supply a new pachinko ball to the upper plate unit 27, and the type of winning recorded in the winning ball counter 30 at that time or Information such as the number of winning balls for each winning is read, and the total number of balls obtained by multiplying the number of each winning ball and the corresponding number of winning balls assigned to each winning, that is, the number of acquired balls is added to the holding ball counting unit 24 To do. For example, if there are 3 balls in the chucker of the outgoing ball 5 and 6 balls in the chucker of the outgoing ball 10, 3 * 5 + 6 * 10 = 75 is added to the held ball counting unit 24. It is assumed that the winning ball counter 30 that has been read is reset.
At the stage of “speaking a pseudo sound with a speaker (chinjala)” 241, a sound as if a pachinko ball was actually supplied from the ball-out unit 26 is uttered by the speaker 32.

  If the sensor 2 (28) is OFF at the stage of “Sensor 2 ON?” 236, go to the stage of “Read the value of the winning ball counter (the counter is reset)” 237 and “(Number of winning balls each ) * (Provides balls of each predetermined number of balls B to the upper plate portion) 238. Here, the pachinko balls corresponding to the sum of the number of balls obtained by multiplying the number of each winning ball and the corresponding number of balls allocated to each winning (the number of balls acquired) from the ball-out portion 26 to the upper plate portion. 27 is actually supplied. It is assumed that the winning ball counter 30 that has been read is reset. Then, the process proceeds to the stage of “Sensor 2 ON?” 242.

At the stage of “Sensor 2 ON?” 242, a determination is made based on the premise that the value of the winning ball counter is zero, that is, there is no payout obtained by winning the chucker at that time.
If the sensor 2 (28) is on at this stage, it is not necessary to supply a new pachinko ball to the upper plate 27, and the process proceeds to the next stage.
If the sensor 2 (28) is off, it is necessary to supply pachinko balls to the upper plate portion 27. For this purpose, the number of balls that are recorded in the ball counting unit 24 is checked. 0? ”Proceed to step 243.

  If the number of possession balls is not zero at the stage of “number of possession = 0?” 243, a pachinko ball is taken out from the number of possession balls. That is, the process proceeds to the stage of “subtract a predetermined number of balls C from the holding ball counting unit” 244 and to the stage of “supply a ball having a predetermined number of balls C from the ball projecting unit to the upper plate part” 245. A predetermined number of balls C, for example, 50 balls, is subtracted from the number of balls recorded in the ball counting unit 24, and a new ball number after the subtraction is obtained. To record. Then, the pachinko balls having the predetermined number of balls C are supplied from the ball projecting portion 26 to the upper plate portion 27. Here, if the number of balls held is less than the predetermined number of balls C, the actual number of balls is supplied to the upper plate 27 as an actual pachinko ball, and at the same time the number of balls recorded in the ball counting unit 24 is set to zero. do it.

If the number of possessed balls is zero at the stage of “number of possession = 0?” 243, the process proceeds to the stage of “automatic mode?” 246. Here, the automatic mode means that the automatic switch 36 provided on the pachinko game machine 99 is pressed, and the automatic ball number is automatically calculated from the number of purchased balls recorded in the purchased ball number recording unit 103 of the pachinko card 100. It is a mode that can be taken out.
In the case of the automatic mode, the process proceeds to the stage of “Number of purchased balls = 0?” 247. If the number of purchased balls is not zero, that is, the number of purchased balls still remains, the process proceeds to step 248 “subtract a predetermined number of balls D from the number of purchased balls in the card information”. At this stage, for example, a predetermined number of balls D for 100 yen and 200 yen is subtracted from the number of purchased balls, and the new purchased number of balls after the subtraction is recorded in the purchased ball number recording unit 103. Then, the process proceeds to the stage of “supplying balls with a predetermined number D of balls from the ball projecting part to the upper plate part” 249, and the pachinko balls with the predetermined number D are transferred from the ball projecting part 26 of the pachinko play stand 99 to the upper plate part 27. Actually supply. When the number of purchased balls is less than the predetermined number of balls D, only a certain amount in the number of purchased balls is subtracted to zero, and the pachinko balls corresponding to the certain amount are supplied to the upper plate part 27. <BR>

When “speaking a pseudo sound through the speaker (Tinjala)” 241, when “sensor 2 is ON?” 242 and sensor 2 (28) is ON, “ Next stage of “Supply to the upper plate part” 249 when “Automatic mode?” 246 and “Automatic mode?” 246 are not in the automatic mode. In either case, the process proceeds to the “return SW ON?” 250 stage.
In the “Return SW ON?” 250 stage, it is determined whether or not the return switch 37 provided in the pachinko game machine 99 has been pressed. If it has been pressed, the process proceeds to “Return Mode” 350. The return mode will be described later. If it is not pressed, the process proceeds to the stage of “leave SW ON?” 251.
At the stage of “seating SW ON?” 251, it is determined whether or not the seizing switch 38 provided on the pachinko game machine 99 has been pressed, and if it has been pressed, the process proceeds to “seating mode” 300. The away mode will be described later. If it is not pressed, the process returns to the stage of “Is the ball rental SW ON?” 231.

FIG. 7 shows an operation sequence in the away mode. Here, leaving the seat mode means that the player leaves the play table temporarily without giving up the play table currently being played, such as taking a break.
When the leaving SW 38 is pressed, first, at the stage of “handle is operating?” 301, it is determined whether or not a play handle (not shown) is in operation, and if it is in operation, the process returns to the play mode 230. If the game handle is not in operation, the process proceeds to the stage of “Digital rotation?” 302.
At the stage of “Digitally rotating?” 302, it is determined whether or not a digital screen (not shown) is rotating, that is, whether or not a big win lottery is being performed. This is to prevent the player from hitting the jackpot while he is away. If the digital rotation is not in progress, the process proceeds to the stage of “winning ball counter = 0?” 303.
At the stage of “winning ball counter = 0?” 303, all the balls recorded as information such as the type of winning and the number of winning balls of each winning are stored in the winning ball counter 30 before the player leaves. It is determined whether or not the winning ball counter 30 is zero based on whether the actual pachinko balls are supplied to the upper plate 27 or are recorded in the ball counting unit 24 as the ball count information. If the winning ball counter 30 is not zero, the process returns to the “play mode” 230 stage. If it is zero, the process proceeds to “Record the number of balls and date of entry on the card” 304.

At the stage of “record the number of balls and date of entry on the card” 304, the number of balls in the pachinko game stand 99 is counted in the ball block recording unit 109 of the memory block used for the current pachinko game of the pachinko card 100. The number of possessed balls recorded in the unit 24 is recorded, and the date and time when the number of possessed balls is recorded in the possessed number recording unit 109 is recorded in the entry date recording unit 110.
At the stage of “send play table number, number of possessions and entry date / time information to the centralized management system” 305, the play stand number of the pachinko play table 99 that was playing, “the number of possessions and the entry date / time on the card. The information of the number of possessions and the entry date / time recorded in the pachinko card 100 at the stage of “record” 304 is sent to a centralized management system described later.
At the stage of “set the in-use flag of the currently in-use block of the card to 1 (in use)” 306, the bit of the in-use flag 108 of the memory block used for the current pachinko game of the pachinko card 100 is set. The pachinko card 100 is marked to indicate that the memory block is in use and can be used again for play on the same pachinko game machine.
The pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 21 at the stage of “discharge card” 307, and “break” is displayed on the display unit 35 provided on the pachinko play table 99 at the stage of “output“ in rest ”” 308. Display “medium” or “meal”.
In the “timer set” 309 stage, a timer (not shown) is set to measure a predetermined break time of about 30 minutes or 40 minutes.

In the “predetermined time?” 310 stage, it is determined whether or not the time set in the “timer set” 309 stage has elapsed, and if it has elapsed, “deleting card information in the play table memory” 315. The card information recorded in the memory 23 of the pachinko game machine 99, that is, the use recorded in the memory block in which the corresponding game machine number of the pachinko card 100 possessed by the player who is taking a break is recorded. Delete the information equivalent to the medium flag, the number of possessions and the entry date and time.
At the stage of “Turn off“ resting ”” 316, the display of “breaking” and the like displayed on the display unit 35 is turned off, and the process proceeds to the stage of “waiting” 201 where the next new player can play. .

  If the time set in the “timer set” 309 stage has not elapsed in the “predetermined time?” 310 stage, the process proceeds to the “card reinsertion?” 311 stage and the card read / write device 21 is pachinko. It is determined whether the card 100 is reinserted. If it has not been reinserted, the process returns to the “predetermined time?” 310 stage, and this is repeated until the pachinko card 100 is reinserted into the card read / write device 21. If the pachinko card 100 has been reinserted into the card read / write device 21 at the stage of “Is the card reinserted?” 311, the process proceeds to the stage of “Is the card inserted immediately before?” 312.

In the stage of “Is the card inserted immediately before?” 312, it is determined whether the re-inserted pachinko card 100 is the card inserted immediately before, that is, the player's pachinko card returned from the break, or a new card. to decide. In this case, each piece of card information recorded in the memory block in which the game machine number corresponding to the reinserted pachinko card is recorded, that is, the number of possessions, the date and time of entry, and the memory 23 of the pachinko game machine are recorded. The card information may be compared, and if they match, it may be determined that the card has been inserted immediately before. If there is no memory block in which the game machine number corresponding to the reinserted pachinko card is recorded, it may be determined that the card has not been inserted immediately before.
If it is not the card that was inserted immediately before, the process proceeds to the step of “ejecting the card” 313, and the inserted pachinko card is ejected from the card read / write device 21. Then, the process returns to the “predetermined time?” 310 stage.
If it is the card that was inserted immediately before, it is assumed that the player has returned from the break, and the process proceeds to the stage of “Turn off the display of“ During break ”” 314, and “During Meal” that was displayed on the display unit 35. And the display proceeds to “play mode” 230.

FIG. 8 shows an operation sequence in the return mode. Here, the return in the return mode means that the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 21 when the player finishes playing.
When the return SW 37 is pressed, first, at the stage of “handle operating?” 351, it is determined whether or not a play handle (not shown) is operating. If the game handle is not in operation, the process proceeds to the stage of “Digital rotation?” 352.
At the stage of “Digital Rotating?” 352, it is determined whether the digital screen (not shown) is rotating, that is, whether the jackpot lottery is being performed. If the digital rotation is in progress, the process returns to the “Play Mode” 230 stage. If the digital rotation is not in progress, the process proceeds to the stage of “winning ball counter = 0?” 353.
At the stage of “winning ball counter = 0?” 353, all the balls that are recorded in the winning ball counter 30 as information such as the type of winning ball and the number of winning balls of each winning ball are actually pachinko balls in the upper plate 27. It is determined whether the winning ball counter 30 is zero based on whether the winning ball counter 30 is recorded in the holding ball counting section 24 as holding ball number information. If the winning ball counter 30 is not zero, the process returns to the “play mode” 230 stage. If it is zero, the process proceeds to the stage of “output“ reconfirmation ”display” 354.
A message such as “Reconfirm”, “Are you sure you want to exit?” Or “Please press the return SW again for confirmation” is displayed on the display unit 35 at the stage of “Display“ Reconfirm ”” 354 , “SW other than return SW is ON?” 355 is entered.

In the stage of “SW other than return SW is ON?” 355, it is determined whether a switch other than the return SW 37, for example, the away SW 38 is pressed, and if it is pressed, “turns off the“ reconfirmation ”display”. In step 356, the display such as “reconfirmation” displayed on the display unit 35 is erased, and the process returns to the “play mode” 230.
If the SW other than the return SW 37 is not pressed at the stage of “SW other than the return SW?” 355, the process proceeds to the stage of “timer set” 357 and then to the stage of “predetermined time?” 358. If a predetermined time, for example, 10 seconds elapses in the stage of “predetermined time?” 358 has elapsed, for example, “reconfirmation” is displayed, but the return SW 37 is not pressed again. The player decides that he / she does not want to finish the game and proceeds to the stage of “Turn off the display of“ reconfirmation ”” 356, and further proceeds to the stage of “play mode” 230.
If the predetermined time has not elapsed in the stage of “predetermined time?” 358, the process proceeds to the stage of “return SW ON?” 359, and it is determined whether the return SW 37 has been pressed again. If it is not pressed, the process returns to the stage of 355 “SW other than return SW is ON?”. That is, in the stage of “Return SW ON?” 359 from the stage of “SW other than return SW ON” 355 to the stage of “Return SW ON?” 359, the player is reconfirmed after waiting for a predetermined time whether or not the game is actually finished. is there. When the return SW 37 is pressed at the stage of “Return SW ON?” 359, the process proceeds to the stage of “Turn off“ reconfirmation ”display” 360.

Since the player's intention to finish the game has been confirmed, the display of “reconfirmation” and the like is turned off at the stage of “turn off display of“ reconfirmation ”” 360, and the process proceeds to the stage of “counting dishes” 361. At this stage, by pulling a ball removal lever (not shown) using a drive device (not shown), the pachinko balls in the upper plate portion 27 are sent to the plate ball counting unit 29 and counted, and the counted value is counted by the ball counting unit 24. Add to The sensor 1 (33) may be used to see whether or not the pachinko balls remain on the upper plate part 27.
At the stage of “Enter the number of balls and date of entry on the card” 362, the number of balls recorded in the ball counting unit 24 in the pachinko card 100 and one of the ball recognition information at that time Enter the date and time. In this case, it is desirable to fill in every second or every 0.1 second.
At the stage of “send play table number, number of balls and entry date / time to centralized management system” 363, the same information as the pachinko card 100 has, the play table number, number of balls and entry date / time are stored in the pachinko parlor. Send to central management system. Such information is used, for example, at a pachinko parlor counter or the like when verifying a pachinko card in a centralized management system described later.
At the stage of “set the currently used block of the card's currently used block to 1 (used)” 364, the used flag of the memory block m used in this pachinko game machine is set to 1, and this memory block m is free. Enter information indicating that it is not a block.
The pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card reader / writer 21 at the stage of “card ejection” 365, and the process proceeds to the stage of “timer set” 366.

In the “timer set” 366 stage, a predetermined time for waiting for whether or not the pachinko card 100 once ejected is inserted again is set in the timer, for example, 10 seconds.
At the stage of “predetermined time?” 367, it is determined whether or not the predetermined time set at the stage of “timer set” 366 has elapsed. Go to step 369. Then, the process returns to the “standby” 201 stage.
If the predetermined time has not elapsed at the stage of “predetermined time?” 367, the process proceeds to the stage of “Is the card reinserted?” 368. If the card has not been reinserted, the process returns to the “predetermined time ??” step 367, and if it has been reinserted, the process proceeds to the “compare card information and card information in play table memory” 370 step.

At the stage of “Compare card information and card information of playground memory” 370, information recorded in the pachinko card 100, for example, a ball that is written in the memory block where the number of the playground is written The number information and entry date / time information are compared with the number of possession balls information and entry date / time information recorded in the memory of the play stand, respectively, and the process proceeds to the stage of “Is the card inserted immediately before?” 371.
In the stage of “Is the card inserted immediately before?” 371, if the result of the comparison in the stage of “Compare card information and card information in the play block memory” 370 is a match, go to “Play mode” 230. Returning, if they do not match, the process proceeds to the stage of “discharge card” 372, and the pachinko card 100 is discharged from the card read / write device 21. Then, the process proceeds to the “erasing card information in the play table memory” 369, and then returns to the “standby” 201 stage.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the centralized management system in the pachinko game management system of the present invention. In the figure, thin arrow lines mainly indicate the flow of control signals, and thick arrow lines indicate the flow of information input from the play base or pachinko card, such as the play base number and the number of balls.
In the centralized management system, the information recorded on the pachinko card brought by the player is read, it is determined whether the information is valid, and if it is valid, the amount of prizes that the player should receive, etc. Is calculated.

  The centralized management system 400 is filled in an interface unit 401 for receiving information sent from each play stand, a system memory 402 for recording information received via the interface unit 401, and a pachinko card 100 brought by a player. Card read / write device 403 for reading out information written in the pachinko card 100, register 1 (404) for writing information read by the card read / write device 403, register m, register M (409), system memory The information recorded in 402 is compared with the information written in register 1 (404)... Register M (409), and whether the information written in register 1 (404). In other words, the information entered on the pachinko card 100 is valid. The collator 405 for determining whether or not, the totalizer 406 for totalizing the number of possessed balls written in the register 1 (404)... A display 407 for displaying the result is included.

The system memory 402 has a memory area corresponding to each play table, that is, a play table 1 recording unit, a play table n recording unit, a play table N recording unit, and a play table 1 recording unit ... a play table N recording unit. And a predetermined number of small memory areas in which at least the in-use flag, the number of possessed balls recording section, and the entry date recording section are set. The predetermined number may be set to a value exceeding the number of players per day on one play stand, for example.
Information sent from each game machine is recorded in the corresponding game machine n recording unit, and is sent to the collator 405 as appropriate according to a command from the system controller 408.

In the register 1 (404)... Register M (409), information recorded on the card brought by the player is entered. Each register m has an amusement machine number recording part, a used flag, a possession number recording part, and an entry date and time recording part, and information on the result of each pachinko game machine played by the player is entered. For example, if information on the result of a game at a certain pachinko game machine is entered in the register 1 together with the game machine number, information on the game result of the pachinko game machine played next is entered in the register 2. When the player is playing again on the original pachinko game table, information on the result of the game is entered in the register 3. In other words, information recorded in one block m of the pachinko card 100 may be recorded in one register m.
When the system controller 408 recognizes that the regular pachinko card 100 has been inserted into the card read / write device 403, the game machine number recorded in the pachinko card 100, the number of possessions that are the possession number information, A command is issued to the card read / write device 403 and the register 1 (404)... Register M (409) so that the entry date and time as the recognition information and the in-use flag information are entered in the register 1 (404)... Register M (409). .

The collator 405 is sent with the number of balls and the date and time of entry written in the register m, and the corresponding play table n recording part of the system memory 402, that is, the play table number entered in the register m and Information on the results of the game (information on the entry date and the number of possessions) in a set recorded in the play unit n recording part of the same number is sent, and both are compared and verified. If the two match, information on the number of possessed balls is sent to the totalizer 406.
The same comparison and collation is repeated for the register 1 (404)... Register M (409), and information on the number of possessed balls whose collation results match is successively sent to the aggregator 406 and accumulated by the aggregator 406. .

When the comparison and collation for each register register 1 (404)... Register M (409) and the accumulation of the number of possessions are completed, the total result, that is, the total number of prizes acquired by the player is sent from the totalizer 406 to the display 407. Displayed on the display 407.
Then, the information entered in the register 1 (404)... Register M (409) is erased, and the play table 1 recording unit of the system memory 402. Of these, the set provided for the comparison and collation is deleted.
At this time, the information entered in each memory block 1 (104)... Memory block M (105) of the pachinko card 100 may be erased and initialized.
Note that these controls are handled by the system controller 408.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation example of the centralized management system in the pachinko game management system of the present invention.
After “Start” 450, first, at the stage of “There is input from play table n?” 451, the play table number information, possession number information, possession recognition information, etc. are obtained from any pachinko play table in the pachinko store. It is determined whether or not it has been sent, and if it has been sent, the process proceeds to the stage of “write the number of balls and date / time to the corresponding play unit n recording part of the system memory” 452, and the corresponding game of the system memory The number of possessions that are the number of possessions and the entry date and time that is the possession recognition information are written in the table n recording section. Then, the process returns to the stage of “Is there an input from play table n?”
If the above information is not sent from the play table n at the stage of “Is there an input from the play table n?” 451, the process proceeds to the stage of “Is there a card inserted?” 453.

It is determined whether the pachinko card 100 is inserted in the card read / write device 403 at the stage of “card inserted?” 453, and if not inserted, the process returns to the stage of “input from play table n?” 451. .
If it has been inserted, the process proceeds to the stage of “read store code of card information” 454, and further, in the stage of “store code OK?” 455, it is determined whether or not the read store code is genuine, that is, illegal. Determine if it is not a pachinko card.
If the read store code is not valid at the stage of “Store code OK?” 455, the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 403 at the stage of “Card ejection” 456.

If the read store code is valid at the stage of “Store code OK?” 455, the process proceeds to the stage of “Record data of each memory block m in the card in the corresponding system register” 457.
At this stage, each block of memory in the pachinko card 100, that is, the memory block 1... Memory block M information recorded in the play block number recording section, the in-use flag information, the number-of-hands recording section information, the entry The information of the date and time recording unit is recorded in the corresponding register m, that is, register 1 (404)... Register M (409). The game result information recorded on the pachinko card 100 is copied to the register 1 (404)... Register M (409).

Next, the game result information copied to the register 1 (404)... Register M (409) is compared with the game result information written in the system memory.
At the stage of “m = 1” 458, first, a variable m = 1 is set.
At the stage of "Send data entered in register m and data recorded in corresponding play table n recording unit in system memory to collator" 459, m = 1 is first recorded in register 1. Game table number, possession number information, and entry date / time information are sent to the collator 405, and the play table n record having the same play table number (here, n) as the play table number recorded in the register 1 Each set of the number-of-balls information and entry date / time information of the game result information recorded in the section (in the system memory 402) is sent to the collator 405.

Proceed to step 460 “compare the data from the register with the data from the system memory by the collator”, and register the register among the set of data sent from the system memory in the step “461”. Search for data that has the same date and time as the data sent from 1.
If there is no match, the process proceeds to the stage of “m = M?”, And it is determined whether m = M, that is, whether the comparison and collation for all of the registers 1 to M have been completed. If it has been completed, the flow proceeds to the stage of “Display total number of balls on display” 468. If not, the process proceeds to the stage of “m = m + 1” 463, and after incrementing the variable m, “the data recorded in the register m and the data recorded in the corresponding play unit n recording unit in the system memory are collated. Go to step 459.
If there is a match in the entry date and time at the stage of “Matched entry date and time?” 461, the process proceeds to the stage of “Matched number of coins?” 464.

At the stage of “matched ball count?” 464, the data sent from the register 1 and the data sent from the system memory that have the same entry date and time are further checked whether the number of held balls also matches. to decide. If they match, the process proceeds to the stage of “adding the number of possessed balls to the totalizer” 456, and this information on the number of possessed balls is sent to the totalizer 406 and integrated there.
If the number of possessed balls does not match at the stage of “number of possessed balls?” 464, the process proceeds to the stage of “m = M?” 466, and whether m = M, that is, all the registers 1 to M are registered. It is determined whether or not the comparison / verification has been completed. If it has been completed, the flow proceeds to the stage of “Display total number of balls on display” 468. If not, the process proceeds to the stage of “m = m + 1” 467, and after incrementing the variable m, “the data recorded in the register m and the data recorded in the corresponding play unit n recording unit in the system memory are collated. Go to step 459.

  When such processing is completed for all of the registers 1 to M, the display unit 406 displays the total number of possessions acquired by the player. For example, when the store clerk of the pachinko parlor finishes confirming the total number of balls, the process proceeds to the “card discharge” 469 stage, the pachinko card 100 is ejected from the card read / write device 403, and the process is “input from play table n? Return to stage 451.

FIG. 11 and FIG. 12 show display examples on the display unit 35.
FIG. 11 shows an example of display in a state where the game can be continued on the play table that is being played unless so-called “unlimited”, that is, the pachinko ball currently possessed by the player disappears. In this case, along with the notation of “unlimited”, the number of balls possessed by the player is displayed by a picture of the box. The box 501 indicates that the player has, for example, 2200 pachinko balls, and the uppermost box 501 may display the number of boxes the player has. If it is 3 boxes, it indicates that the player has 6600 pachinko balls.
A box 502 indicates the number of possessed balls that the player further has, and this indicates the number of possessed balls that is less than one box. In the example of FIG. 11, five tenths of a box, that is, approximately 1100 possession balls are shown. The notation of the number of balls in the box 502 may be changed from time to time at predetermined time intervals as the game progresses.
In the example of FIG. 11, the player eventually has about 7700 balls currently.

  FIG. 12 is a display example showing that the player is away from the table due to a meal or the like. In this case, it is displayed that the remaining time that the player can leave is 10 minutes. When the remaining time of 10 minutes has passed, as described above, this pachinko game machine is ready for use by other customers.

It is a block diagram which shows the conventional pachinko game machine and a pachinko card. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the pachinko game machine of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows embodiment of the pachinko card of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement sequence example of the standby mode of the pachinko game machine of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of an operation | movement sequence in the authentication mode of the pachinko game machine of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of an operation | movement sequence in the play mode of the pachinko game machine of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement sequence example of the away mode of the pachinko game machine of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the example of an operation | movement sequence in the return mode of the pachinko game machine of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the centralized management system in the pachinko game appearance management system of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the operation | movement sequence example of the centralized management system in the pachinko game appearance management system of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in the display part of the pachinko game machine of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a display in the display part of the pachinko game machine of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Pachinko card
2 Card read / write device
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 3 Control part 21 Card read / write device 22 Control part 23 Memory 24 Holding ball counting part 25 Ball lending switch 26 Balling part 27 Top plate part 28 Sensor 2
29 Plate Ball Counting Unit 30 Prize Ball Counter 33 Sensor 1
35 Display unit 36 Automatic switch 37 Return switch 38 Leaving switch 99 Pachinko game table 100 Pachinko card 102 Store code recording unit 103 Purchased ball number recording unit 104 Memory block 1
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 106 Interface part 107 Play stand number recording part 108 In-use flag 109 Number-of-balls recording part 110 Date and time recording part 400 Centralized management system 401 Interface part 402 System memory 403 Card read / write device 404 Register 1
405 Verification unit 406 Totalizer 407 Display unit 408 System controller

Claims (4)

A pachinko game machine having a card reading and writing device,
A memory block having a game table number recording unit for recording a number of game tables played by a player and a possession number recording unit for recording information on the number of possessed balls indicating the number of possessed balls acquired by the player in the game table; When a plurality of pachinko cards are inserted into the card read / write device,
The pachinko card performs a check operation to determine whether there is a memory block in which the game machine number of the pachinko game machine is recorded in the game machine number recording part of the plurality of memory blocks, and as a result of the check operation, the pachinko machine When there is no memory block in which the gaming machine number of the gaming machine is recorded, among the plurality of memory blocks, the pachinko machine is recorded in the gaming machine number recording part of one memory block whose gaming machine number recording part is not filled in. A game block number is recorded as a memory block to be used for the game, and as a result of the subsequent game in the pachinko game machine, the number of possessions acquired by the player in the pachinko game machine is stored in the memory block. Record it in the number of possession balls,
If there is a memory block in which the game machine number of the pachinko game machine is recorded as a result of the confirmation operation, that memory block is used as a memory block for use in the game, and is then recorded in the possession number recording part of the memory block. As a result of playing a game in the pachinko machine using the number of balls that have been held, the number of balls acquired by the player of the pachinko machine is recorded in the ball number recording part of the memory block To do
A pachinko machine that features A pachinko game machine having a card reading and writing device,
A memory block having a game table number recording unit for recording a number of game tables played by a player and a possession number recording unit for recording information on the number of possessed balls indicating the number of possessed balls acquired by the player in the game table; A pachinko card having a plurality of in-use flags in which information on whether or not each memory block is write-protected is recorded in each of the plurality of memory blocks.
Is inserted into the card read / write device,
The pachinko card performs a check operation to determine whether there is a memory block in which the game machine number of the pachinko game machine is recorded in the game machine number recording part of the plurality of memory blocks, and as a result of the check operation, the pachinko machine When there is no memory block in which the gaming machine number of the gaming machine is recorded, among the plurality of memory blocks, the pachinko machine is recorded in the gaming machine number recording part of one memory block whose gaming machine number recording part is not filled in. A game block number is recorded as a memory block to be used for the game, and as a result of the subsequent game in the pachinko game machine, the number of possessions acquired by the player in the pachinko game machine is stored in the memory block. When recording in the number-of-hands-recording unit and the player of the pachinko machine is prohibited from playing again on the pachinko machine Information indicating that the the memory block in use flag of the memory block is a rewriting prohibited to record,
As a result of the checking operation, if there is a memory block in which the gaming machine number of the pachinko gaming machine is recorded, the information on the in-use flag of the memory block is read to check whether or not the memory block is rewritable If the result of the confirmation is rewritable, the memory block is used as a memory block for use in the game, and the ball with the number of balls recorded in the ball number recording section of the memory block is used thereafter. As a result of the game in the pachinko machine, the number of possessions acquired by the player of the pachinko game machine is recorded in the possession number recording part of the memory block, and the player of the pachinko game machine When replaying in the pachinko machine is prohibited, the memory block is written to the in-use flag of the memory block. Records information indicating that the recombinant prohibited,
If the result of the confirmation operation is that it is not rewritable, among the plurality of memory blocks, the game machine number of the pachinko game machine is recorded in the game machine number record part of one memory block whose game machine number record part is not filled in. Is used as a memory block to be used for the game, and as a result of the subsequent play in the pachinko game machine, the number of possessions acquired by the player of the pachinko game machine is stored in the possession number recording part of the memory block. When the player of the pachinko machine is prohibited from playing again on the pachinko machine, information indicating that the memory block is prohibited to be rewritten is recorded in the in-use flag of the memory block.
A pachinko machine that features A pachinko card that is used by being inserted into a card read / write device of the pachinko game machine according to claim 1,
A memory block having a game table number recording unit for recording a number of game tables played by a player and a possession number recording unit for recording information on the number of possessed balls indicating the number of possessed balls acquired by the player in the game table; Have multiple
Pachinko card featuring A pachinko card used by being inserted into a card read / write device of the pachinko game machine according to claim 2,
A memory block having a game table number recording unit for recording a number of game tables played by a player and a possession number recording unit for recording information on the number of possessed balls indicating the number of possessed balls acquired by the player in the game table; There are a plurality of memory blocks, and each of the plurality of memory blocks has an in-use flag in which information indicating whether the memory block is non-rewritable is recorded.
Pachinko card featuring

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