JPH0328229B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a control device for a gaming machine that plays a game using a ball.

[Conventional technology]

In game machines such as pachinko machines and flipper game machines that use balls such as balls during games, switches such as relays are arranged on the game board surface on which the balls roll. The signals obtained from these switches are input to a sequence control circuit, and this sequence control circuit operates various operating devices, such as the ball repulsion device of a flipper game machine and the winning device of a pachinko machine. I try to control it.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, in conventional gaming machines that use sequence control circuits to control actuating devices as described above, the content of the game is specified by the control circuit consisting of the switch and the sequence control circuit. Not only when making major changes to the game content, but even when making slight improvements to the game content by adding switches or actuators, for example, it is necessary to completely change the sequence control circuit,
Most of the gaming machines had to be redesigned and lacked versatility.

The present invention has been made in view of such conventional technology, and an object of the present invention is to provide a control device for a game machine using balls, which has excellent versatility and can be extremely simplified in structure. shall be.

[Means for solving problems]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a plurality of switches arranged on the game board surface, each connected in a matrix, and opened and closed by a ball passing through the game board surface, and according to the opening and closing of each switch. an information input device section that generates various information, an input/output control device section that controls input and output of information, a storage section that stores information, and operations and logical judgments on information read from the storage section. A central processing unit section for controlling the operations of the information input device section, input/output control device section and storage device section, and an actuation device section connected to the input/output control device section are provided. The actuating device is controlled in accordance with a program stored in the storage device based on information generated from the information input device through the switch that is opened and closed by the switch. .

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a control device of the present invention, and in FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 indicates an information input device section. This information input device section 1 is
It consists of a counter 2, a count decoder 3, a switch matrix 4, and an encoder 5. The operation of the counter 2 is controlled by a central processing unit 6, which will be described later, and a count decoder 3.
The output lines B0 to B9 are sequentially energized. The switch matrix 4 is
Multiple switches 4 arranged in a matrix
a, 4b..., and these switches 4a, 4
b... is arranged at a predetermined position of the game machine, for example, on the game board surface where the ball rolls or near the coin slot.

The information signal from the information input device section 1 is input to the input/output control device section 7. The input/output control device section 7 stores signals inputted from the information input device section 1 into the storage device section 8 and
Alternatively, the information is sent to the central processing unit 6, or information from the central processing unit 6 is transferred to the decoder 9. Note that the input/output control device section 7 may be configured to be separated into an input control device section and an output device section.

The storage unit 8 stores information such as commands and data, and the address of the storage unit 8 is designated by a signal obtained by closing any one of the switches 4a, 4b, etc. and the information stored at that address is read out.

The central processing unit 6 is composed of a control device and a logical operation unit, and is adapted to operate on information read from the storage unit 8. The central processing unit 6 also reads instructions stored in the storage unit 8 and sends control signals to the counter 2, input/output control unit 7, and storage unit 8 to control their operations. I'm starting to do that.
Note that the central processing unit 6 may be configured to be separated into a control unit and a logic operation unit.

The decoder 9 distributes the information output from the input/output control device section 7 and operates the actuation device section 10 such as the score display device 10a.

Next, an embodiment in which the control device of the present invention configured as described above is used in a flipper game machine will be described with reference to FIG. In this embodiment, the switch 4a is arranged in the passage of the 50 yen coin slot 11, and the switch 4b is arranged in the passage of the 100 yen coin slot. A start button 13 is provided on the front of the main body, and the switch 4c is opened and closed by this button 13. Other switches 4d constituting the switch matrix 4 are arranged above the game board surface 14. Further, a plurality of repulsion devices 15 are arranged in the center of the game board surface 14, and a switch 4e is attached to the repulsion devices 15. The repulsion device 15
The magnet coil 10b that drives the decoder 9
It is connected to the. A plurality of targets 16 are arranged facing each other on the left and right sides of the game board surface 14, and when a ball 17 collides with the targets 16, a switch 4f is closed.

A pair of flip-up levers 19 that are opened and closed by push buttons 18 are provided below the game board surface 14. Solenoid 2 is located at the position where ball 17 stops.
0 is provided for feeding the ball 17 through the passage 21 into the firing passage 22. A solenoid 10c constituting this solenoid 20 is connected to the decoder 9. Also, ball 1
A switch 4g for calculating the number of times the game has been played is provided at the stop position 7. Said launch passage 2
2 is provided with a firing lever 23 for firing the ball 17 into the game board surface 14.

On the display surface 24, there is a coin insertion number display device 10d positioned below the score display device 10a.
A ball lower display device 10e is provided to display the number of balls played in the game. The inserted coin number display device 10d is configured to display "1" in the case of a 50 yen coin, and to display "2" in the case of a 100 yen coin.

Next, the operation of the flipper game machine configured as described above will be explained. When one 50 yen coin is inserted into the coin slot 11, the switch 4a is closed, and a signal obtained by "0000" indicating the B0 line of the count decoder 3 and "0111" indicating the A0 line of the encoder 5 is output. 00000111” is input to the input/output control unit 7. Since the information "1" is written in advance in the address specified by this signal "00000111", the information "1" is read from the storage unit 8 and input to the central processing unit 6. . This information is distributed by the decoder 9 from the central processing unit 6 via the input/output control unit 7, and "1" is displayed on the inserted coin number display section 10d.

Furthermore, when a 100 yen coin is inserted into the coin slot 12, switch b is opened and closed, and the signal "00001011" is output.
is input to the input/output control unit 7. Since information "2" is written in advance in the address of the storage unit 8 specified by the signal "00001011", this information "2" is read out and input to the central processing unit 6. This information "2" is added to the information "1" in the central processing unit 6, passes through the input/output control unit 7 and the decoder 9, and then "3" is displayed on the coil input number display device 10d. It's summery.

When the start button 13 is pressed, the switch 4c is closed and the signal "00001101" is sent to the storage unit 8. The command "actuate the solenoid coil 10c" written in the storage unit 8 is read out by the central processing unit 6, and this information is sent from the input/output control unit 7 to the decoder 9. This actuates the solenoid 20 and flips the ball 17 into the firing path 22.

When the ball 17 is fired by operating the firing lever 23, it is fired into the game board surface 14 through the passage 22. When this ball 17 presses the switch 4d,
A signal “00001110” is input to the storage unit 8.
This signal “00001110” is input to the central processing unit 6. The resulting score signal of "100" is distributed by the decoder 9, and the score display device 10a
The score "100" is displayed. Further, when the ball 17 contacts the repulsion device 15, the switch 4e opens and closes, and the signal "00010111" is sent to the storage device section 8.
The information written at the address of this signal "00010111" is read out. The magnet coil 10b is momentarily excited by this information, and the ball 17
to repel. At the same time, the score stored in the storage unit 8, for example "500", is read out and added to the score "100" by the central processing unit 6, and "600" is displayed on the score display device 10a. be done.

When the ball 17 stops at the stop position, the switch 4g is closed. As a result, the signal "00011101" is sent to the storage unit 8, and the information "1" is sent to the storage unit 8.
is read out, and "1" is displayed on the ball number display device 10e.
Display. At the same time, the information "1" in the storage unit 8 is read out to the central processing unit 6, and is subtracted from the "3" displayed on the coin input number display device 10d, and displayed on the coin display device 10d. Display "2". Furthermore, at the same time, the solenoid 20 is activated and the game is restarted.

When the game is played as described above and the coin input number display device 10d becomes "0", the solenoid 1
Since no command is sent to 0c, the game ends.

In addition, although the case where the present invention is used in a flipper game machine has been described, the control device of the present invention
By rewriting the information stored in the storage unit 8, the present invention can be easily used in other gaming machines, such as pachinko machines, which use balls and have switches that are opened and closed by the balls.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, according to the control device of the present invention, the content of the game can be changed or expanded by changing the information and data stored in the storage unit. It can be widely used as a control device for gaming machines that use balls. Furthermore, since a plurality of switches that are opened and closed by the ball passing through the game board are connected in a matrix, the number of wires is smaller than in conventional game machines. Furthermore, by configuring the main parts of the control device with IC circuits, etc., there is the advantage that the device can be made smaller and simpler, compared to the control devices conventionally used in game machines that use balls. Therefore, its usefulness is extremely high.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of a control device using the present invention. FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a flipper game machine using the control device of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Information input device section, 4... Switch matrix, 6... Central processing unit section, 7... Storage device section, 9... Decoder, 10... Actuation device section.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Information input that is arranged on the game board surface and includes a plurality of switches that are connected in a matrix and are opened and closed by the ball passing through the game board surface, and generates various information according to the opening and closing of each switch. a device section, an input/output control device section that controls input and output of information, a storage device section that stores information, and an information input device section that performs calculations and logical judgments on information read from the storage device section; , a central processing unit that controls the operations of the input/output control unit and the storage unit, and an actuation unit connected to the input/output control unit, and the control unit that controls the operation of the input/output control unit and the storage unit through the switch that is opened and closed by a ball. A control device for a gaming machine using balls, characterized in that the actuation device section is controlled according to a program stored in the storage device section based on information generated from an information input device section. .