JPH0232911B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] The present invention provides a stopping control method for a pachinko machine, in particular, a method that allows setting the return rate to customers for the profit balls of the parlor when the number of balls exceeds a preset value. This invention relates to a pachinko machine stopping control system that performs highly accurate and flexible stopping control.

Generally, in a pachinko machine, when the number of balls released (the number of balls released to the customer) minus the number of balls entered (the number of balls hit by the customer) exceeds a preset number of balls, the game is called a stop. This prevents one player from acquiring an unlimited number of pachinko balls.

By the way, it is desirable that the number of balls finally acquired by a customer when the game is stopped is as equal as possible for all players. However, according to the conventional method, when a pachinko machine is in a state where the number of balls entered by the customer is greater than the number of balls put out when the customer starts playing, when the pachinko machine reaches the end of play, the customer actually The number of balls to be obtained is determined by adding the difference between the number of balls in at the start and the number of balls out at the start to the number of balls set to stop, depending on the state of the number of balls in and out at the start of the game. This will result in an error that greatly exceeds the set number of stops.

In other words, for example, in a pachinko machine where the number of balls set to hit is 3,000, if one customer uses one pachinko machine continuously from the beginning and reaches the end of the game, the number of balls acquired by that person is However, for example, if another customer uses a pachinko machine in which the previous customer has already hit 2,000 balls and reaches the end of the game, the customer who hit the end of the game will receive 5,000 balls. .

Such a situation is not desirable because the set number of withdrawals originally attempts to equalize the maximum number that one player can obtain.

The present invention determines whether or not a pachinko machine should stop using the actual number of balls released to the player, instead of determining the apparent difference in the number of balls between the number of balls put out and the number of balls entered as in the past. This is done by monitoring, and by adjusting the percentage of the return based on the number of balls hit by the customer.
The purpose is to provide a stop control method that is highly accurate and gives careful consideration to customers. Therefore, the pachinko machine stopping control method of the present invention includes means for counting the number of balls played and the number of balls entered for each pachinko machine, a subtraction means for calculating the difference between the numbers of balls, and a subtraction means for calculating the difference between the numbers of balls. In a pachinko machine stop control method that includes a means for stopping the pachinko machine by comparing the output result, the number of differential balls, with a preset stop number, an arbitrary value can be set. and means for holding a reset adjustment rate that can be set to an arbitrary value. and a main stage that adjusts the subsequent increase in the number of differential balls when the ball constant is exceeded by the value obtained by multiplying the actual increase in the number of differential balls by the set adjustment rate, and the final stage in the number of balls stopped. The value obtained by adjusting the number of balls acquired by the pachinko machine operator by the above-mentioned stop setting number, the above-mentioned ball difference constant, and the increase in excess of the ball difference constant by the adjustment means. The feature is that the total value is within the range of . This will be explained below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In the diagram,
1 is a pachinko machine, 2 is a ball output detector, 3 is an incoming ball detector, 4 is a total ball counter, 5 is a ball output buffer, 6
is the total ball counter, 7 is the ball buffer, 8 is the operation console, 9 is the first subtractor, 10 is the second subtractor, 11 is the difference ball detector, 12 is the stop set number register, 13 is the difference ball Constant register, 14 is a stop judgment circuit, 15 is a reset judgment circuit, 16 is an increase detection circuit, 17
is a reset adjustment rate register, 18 is a multiplier, 19
represents an adder.

The pachinko machine 1 connected to the control device is equipped with a ball detector 2 and an incoming ball detector 3. The outgoing ball detector 2 detects balls released to a customer, and the incoming ball detector 3 detects balls released to a customer. The balls hit are detected and signals are sent to the total ball counter 4 and total ball counter 6 of the control device, respectively. The total ball counter 4 and the total ball input counter 6 are configured to count all the balls played and input from the start of business, and the ball detector 2 and the input ball are counted regardless of the status of the pachinko machine 1 and the control device. Counting of signals from the ball detector 3 is not stopped.

At the start of business, the total ball counter 4
The value of the total ball counter 6 is set to zero, and the contents of the ball output buffer 5 and the ball input buffer 7 are also set to zero. However, when a pachinko machine that has previously stopped and is in a stopped state is released from the stopped state by an external operation in response to a stop cancellation instruction from the console 8, for example, The contents of the total ball counter 4 and the total ball input counter 6 are transferred to the ball output buffer 5 and the input ball buffer 7, respectively.

The contents of the total ball counter 4 and the ball buffer 5 are sent to the first subtractor 9. First subtractor 9
is the ball output balance 5 from the contents of the total ball counter 4.
By subtracting the contents of , calculate the number of balls released since the previous cancellation (if there has never been a cancellation, at the start of business). That is, the output of the first subtractor 9 is
It will look like this:

(Total ball counter) - (ball buffer) = Number of balls released between stops The contents of the total ball counter 6 and the ball buffer 7 are sent to the second subtractor 10 . 2nd subtractor 1
0 is calculated by subtracting the contents of the ball incoming buffer 7 from the contents of the total ball incoming counter 6 and calculating the number of balls in since the previous stop was canceled (if there was no stop, at the start of business). Calculate. That is, the output of the second subtractor 10 is as follows.

(Total balls received counter) - (Balls received buffer) = Number of balls received between stops The results obtained by the first subtractor 9 and the second subtractor 10 are sent to the difference ball detector 11 to detect the difference balls. The device 11 performs the following subtraction to detect the difference in the number of balls.

(Number of balls entering between stops) - (Number of balls coming out between stops) = Number of difference balls This difference number of balls is input to the stoppage judgment circuit 14, and the stoppage judgment circuit 14 determines based on the value of the difference number of balls. The following termination determination process is performed. First, it is determined whether the difference in the number of balls is positive or negative. Then, when the difference number of balls is a negative value, its contents are compared with the contents of the stop setting number register 12. The discontinuation setting number register 12 stores and holds an arbitrary discontinuation setting number in advance, for example, by setting from the outside. As a result of the comparison, if the difference in the number of balls exceeds the set stop number, a stop signal is output to the pachinko machine 1, and the game is stopped. If the difference in the number of balls is within the set number of balls to stop, the stop signal is not output.

The reset determination circuit 14 first determines whether or not the difference number of balls detected by the difference ball detector 11 is a positive value, that is, whether the number of balls entered between stops is greater than the number of balls output between stops. judge. Then, when the number of difference balls is a positive value, the contents are stored in the difference ball constant register 13.
If the difference in number of balls is large, a difference ball reset signal is output. In the difference ball constant register 13, an arbitrary difference ball constant such as "300" or "500" is set in advance, for example. This difference ball constant may be set arbitrarily at the time of design, or it may be set or changed to an arbitrary value by an external operation such as the operation console 8 after entering the actual service. Good too.

The increase detection circuit 16 calculates the amount of variation in the number of difference balls, which is the output of the difference ball detector 11, and outputs the value only when it increases, and sends it to the multiplier 18. On the other hand, in the reset adjustment rate register 17,
For example, an arbitrary reset adjustment rate is stored in advance by external setting, and this reset adjustment rate is input to the multiplier 18.

The multiplier 18 multiplies the output of the increase detection circuit 16 by the reset adjustment rate to calculate the reset difference number of balls. This reset difference number of balls is sent to the adder 19, where it is added to the contents of the incoming ball buffer 7. The result of this addition is applied to the incoming ball buffer 7 when the reset determination circuit 15 outputs the difference ball reset signal.
is stored in

In this way, when the positive difference number of balls exceeds a predetermined value indicated by the difference ball constant, the reset difference number is fed back to the incoming ball buffer 7, so that when the difference ball number exceeds the difference ball constant, It becomes possible to adjust the increase rate of the number of positive difference balls. For example, if the reset adjustment rate is zero, the reset difference number of balls is always zero, so even if the positive difference ball number exceeds the difference ball constant, it is not reset and becomes the same value as the actual difference ball number. Further, if the reset adjustment rate is "1", all the increase exceeding the difference ball constant becomes the reset difference ball number, so the positive difference ball number does not exceed the difference ball constant value. In other words, the reset adjustment rate is the store's acquisition rate for the increase over the difference ball constant value, and conversely, 1 minus the reset adjustment rate is the ball return rate to the customer. , the reset adjustment rate can also be seen as a type of return rate.

The above results will be explained in comparison with the conventional method as follows. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of termination according to the conventional method, and FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of an example of termination according to the present invention.

In FIG. 2, it is assumed that the set number of balls to be stopped α is 3000 balls. According to the conventional method, for example, if the previous customer continues to lose and the total difference in number of balls becomes b (for example, 5000 balls), and the pachinko parlor is in a positive position, a new customer takes over, and the new customer wins from then on. If this continues, the new customer will end up getting 8,000 balls, which will significantly exceed the set number of pitches.

According to the method using the present invention, in a case similar to that shown in FIG. 2, as shown in FIG. 3, the actual number of balls released at the stop is adjusted by the difference ball constant and the reset adjustment rate. The Rukoto. That is, for example, assuming that the set number of balls to hit α is 3000 balls, the difference ball constant c is 500 balls, and the reset adjustment rate is preset as 0.8, for example, as in the case where the previous customer is shown in Figure 2,
Let's say you keep losing 5,000 pitches in total. However, when the difference in number of balls exceeds the difference ball constant c of 500 balls, feedback will be given by the value obtained by multiplying the excess ball by the reset adjustment rate, so if the customer receives b (5000 balls)
The difference in number of balls d at the lost point is d = b - (b - c) x (reset adjustment rate) = 5000 - (5000 - 500) x 0.8 = 1400. For example, if the customer changes at this point and the new customer continues to win, the number of balls released until the negative number of balls reaches the set number of balls to stop α of 3000 balls is d + a = 1400 + 3000 = 4400. (ball), and is skillfully adjusted by the difference ball constant and reset adjustment rate arbitrarily set in advance.

In the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, the reset difference number of balls is input to the adder 19 and fed back to the input buffer 7, but it is not necessarily limited to this.
9, a subtracter may be provided on the ball output buffer 5 side to subtract the reset difference number of balls from the content of the ball output buffer 5. Alternatively, for example, a subtracter may be provided on the ball output buffer 5 side to subtract the reset difference number of balls from the difference ball detector 11. Needless to say, it is also possible to provide feedback.

As explained above, according to the present invention, it is possible to adjust the error between the set number of balls to be played and the actual number of balls released to the customer at the time of the ball to be within a desired range, and also to It is possible to provide a stopping control system that allows a certain percentage of the number of balls to be returned to the customer at the time of stopping when the number of balls entered, which is the number of balls struck, increases to a predetermined value or more. This improves the actual stopping accuracy and allows the limited number of balls released in the entire store to be distributed without being biased towards a certain number of pachinko machines.
Not only can balls be ejected equally to more tables, but also more balls can be prepared for a table where a large number of balls have been hit, increasing customer satisfaction.

Incidentally, the increase detection circuit 16 is composed of, for example, one buffer, a subtraction circuit, a positive/negative judgment circuit, etc., and the contents of the buffer are set to "0" at the time of initial setting and at the time of cancellation.

The difference number of balls, which is the input data of this circuit, and the content of the buffer are always compared by the subtraction circuit, and if the input data is "larger", the difference between the two data is output as the output data of this circuit. . At the same time, when either a positive or negative difference is detected by the subtraction circuit, the contents of the buffer are immediately replaced with input data, thereby always outputting only the increasing variation.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of an example of termination according to the conventional method, and FIG. 3 is an illustration of an example of termination according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko machine, 2 is a ball detector, 3 is a ball detector, 4 is a total ball counter, 5 is a ball buffer, 6 is a total ball counter, 7 is a ball buffer,
8 is an operation console, 9 is a first subtractor, 10 is a second subtractor, 11 is a difference ball detector, 12 is a stop setting number register, 13 is a difference ball constant register, 14 is a stop decision circuit, 15 is a 16 is an increment detection circuit, 17 is a reset adjustment rate register, 18 is a multiplier, and 19 is an adder.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. For each pachinko machine, a means for counting the number of balls put out and the number of balls entered, a subtraction means for calculating the difference between the above numbers of balls, and a difference number of balls which is the output result of the subtraction means is set in advance. In a pachinko machine stopping control method, the pachinko machine has a means for stopping the pachinko machine by comparing it with a set stopping number, and a means for holding a difference ball constant that can be set to an arbitrary value; means for maintaining a reset adjustment rate that can be set to a value of A means is provided to adjust the increase by the value obtained by multiplying the actual increase in the number of differential balls by the above-mentioned reset adjustment rate, so that the number of balls finally acquired by the pachinko machine operator at the time of stopping is substantially reduced. The set number of stops is within the range of the sum of the ball difference constant and the resultant value adjusted by the adjustment means for the increase exceeding the ball difference constant. Pachinko machine stop control system.