JPH0630676B2 - Central control device for ball game machines - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a management system for a ball game machine represented by a pachinko game machine, a coin game machine, and the like, and more specifically, hitting a ball in a game area. The present invention relates to a centralized control device for a ball game machine for centrally managing data generated from a plurality of ball game machines in which a game is played.

[Prior Art] In a centralized control device for a ball game machine of this type, one generally known in the art is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-56-
There are those described in Japanese Patent Application No. 91778 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 53-91834. In this conventional central control device for ball game machines, the difference number that is the difference between profit information that is profitable for the player in each ball game machine and disadvantage information that is disadvantageous for the player is calculated. It was configured to calculate and display the difference number for each ball game machine. Then, at the amusement hall, looking at the difference number of each of the displayed ball game machines, the difference number is searched for a ball game machine having a reference value or more or less than the reference value, and the nail adjustment is performed to adjust the difference number. Was adjusted to the desired value.

In other words, if the amount of disadvantage information is too small for the profit information, it means that the player has been provided with a large service, but at the same time, the game hall is in the red. On the contrary, if the disadvantage information is too large with respect to the profit information, it leads to the profit of the game hall, but the service to the player is deteriorated and it is difficult for the player to gather in the game hall.

Therefore, in the game arcade, when there is a predetermined relationship with a certain reference value, such as when the difference number between the profit information and the disadvantage information is too large or too small, the ball game machine In order to adjust the difference to the desired value by adjusting the nails, etc., in this way, at the game hall, both the player's profit and the game hall's profit are weighed and weighed. Need to do.

However, in this type of conventional centralized control device for ball game machines, since the difference numbers for all ball game machines are listed, there are the listed difference numbers when performing nail adjustment and the like. There is a drawback in that the complicated work of finding only the ball game machine having a certain relationship with the reference value must be performed.

Moreover, the services provided to players through the game are
In some cases, it is not possible to estimate based on the difference number alone. That is, in the case of a new type of ball game machine in which a specific game state is generated and a specific game value is added, the player aims at the occurrence of the specific game state and plays the game in a fun way. In many cases, the occurrence of the specific game state allows the player to enjoy great excitement and enjoyment of the game and to be satisfied.

As described above, providing service in the form of satisfaction with the occurrence of a specific game state is an important factor for game hall management.

Therefore, as a device that responds to the needs that arise when performing such amusement hall management, there is a device generally known from the past, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 57-1838.
There is one described in Japanese Patent Publication No. 83. This conventional one is configured to count the number of occurrences of a specific game state in which a specific game value can be given, and display and print the count value. In other words, in this conventional management device for a ball game machine, data relating to the addition of a specific game value that is given along with the occurrence of a specific game state is totaled, and the totalized result is output for nail adjustment and the like. It was configured for effective use.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, this conventional device collects and outputs data relating to addition of a specific game value, but collects data generated from a plurality of ball game machines. It does not centrally manage the ball game machine, and because it is configured to output data related to specific game value addition regardless of the size of the difference number, nail adjustment etc. are performed. When trying to adjust the difference number to a desired value, check the data output from each management device one by one, and adjust the nail with a certain relationship to a certain reference value. There was a disadvantage that it was necessary to perform the complicated work of finding only the ball game machine that needed to perform the above.

The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances,
The purpose is to adjust the difference by adjusting the nails, etc.
To reduce the labor required for the game hall side to search for and select the ball game machine that needs adjustment, and to manage the advanced game hall in consideration of providing the game service accompanying the occurrence of the specific game state. An object is to provide a centralized control device for a ball game machine that can provide necessary information.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention is a centralized management device for a ball game machine that centrally manages data generated from a plurality of ball game machines that hit a ball in a game area to play a game. In connection with each of the ball game machines, profit information detecting means for detecting profit information that is profitable for the player, and disadvantage information detecting means for detecting disadvantage information that is disadvantageous for the player, Based on a specific game state detecting means for detecting that a predetermined specific game state has occurred, and based on the detection output of the specific game state detecting means, a specific game in which a ball hit in the game area is likely to win a prize. A game state control means for causing a game state in which a value can be added to appear is provided, and the centralized management device controls the specific game value of each ball game machine based on the detection output of the specific game state detection means. Regarding grant Information processing means for collecting data according to the above, and counting the difference between the profit information and the disadvantage information for each ball game machine based on the detection output of the profit information detecting means and the disadvantage information detecting means, Select only the ball game machine that has a predetermined relationship with a certain reference value that has been calculated by the information processing means,
And an output means for outputting data relating to the specific game value addition relating to the selected ball game machine.

[Operation] According to the present invention, when a specific game state occurs in a ball game machine, a game state in which a specific game value can be added is formed, and each ball game machine is accompanied by the occurrence of the specific game state. Data relating to the addition of a specific game value is aggregated, and the profit for each ball game machine is based on the detection output of the profit information detecting means and the disadvantage information detecting means provided in association with each ball game machine. The number of differences between the information and the disadvantage information is totaled. The data regarding the specific game value additions that have been totalized regarding the ball game machine in which the totaled difference number has a predetermined relationship with a certain reference value is output. Thereby, the difference between the profit information and the disadvantage information has a predetermined relationship with respect to a certain reference value, and a ball game machine selected as a target for nail adjustment or the like is selected from a plurality of ball game machines from the game hall side. It is possible to reduce the labor to find out, and to perform high-level amusement hall management by considering the services associated with the occurrence of a specific game state, which cannot be estimated only by the difference number, by reflecting it in the nail adjustment and the like.

Embodiments of the Invention Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiments, a pachinko game machine will be described as an example of a ball game machine, but the present invention may be a coin game machine or the like, and is not limited to a pachinko game machine. .

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an entire centralized control device for a ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 1B and 1B are pachinko machines as an example of a ball game machine to which the present invention is applied. FIG. In particular, FIG. 1B shows its front view and FIG. 1C shows its rear view.

In FIG. 1A, in a pachinko game hall, an island B is formed by arranging a plurality of pachinko machines 10 on an island stand A in parallel.
A plurality of such islands B are provided. An island number is set for each island B. For each pachinko machine 10, consecutive machine numbers within the same island B are set. On one side of each island B, an information collecting device 70, which is an example of information processing means shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C described later, is provided. Each information collection device 7
0 is connected to the output device 80, which is an example of output means, via the data transmission line LN. Each of these information collecting devices 70
The output device 80 and the output device 80 form a centralized management device that centrally manages the data generated from each of the plurality of ball game machines.

In FIG. 1B, in a pachinko machine 10, a front frame 1 is openably and closably mounted, and a glass frame 2 is openably and closably mounted on the front frame 1. A game board 3 is detachably attached to the front frame 1. Specific areas 4a to 4c, safe holes 5a to 5c, and a plurality of yakmono (commonly called tulips) 6a and 6b are arranged on the game board 3. Further, a variable display member 20 which is an example of a game state changing means is attached to substantially the center of the game board 3. The variable display member 20 includes a segment display 20a for electrically variably displaying identification information, and a rotary drum mechanism (detailed in FIG. 2 described later) for mechanically variably displaying identification information. . Furthermore, at a position slightly above the out-ball entrance 7 of the game board 3, there is provided a winning ball device 30 (details are shown in FIG. 3 described later) which is an example of maximum value giving means.

The specific areas 4a to 4c are winning holes that are set so that the variable display member 20 can be driven for display or variably displayed when there is a winning ball. The variable display member 20 has a specific area 4
The display state is changed based on the winning balls a to 4c, and the maximum value is given based on the display state. Therefore, in the specific areas 4a to 4c, there is a winning condition, and a condition is set as a trigger for giving the maximum value.

Note that the specific area is not limited to the winning hole, and may be an area through which balls formed on the game board 3 can pass.

If necessary, a part of the front frame 1 can be started.
A switch 8a and a stop switch 8b are provided. The start switch 8a is used as a start condition for the variable display of the variable display member 20 if there is a winning ball in the specific areas 4a to 4c and a player's start command is operated. The stop switch 8b is used for the variable display member 2
It is used to stop the change of the display state of 0 by a manual operation.

In FIG. 1C, a plurality of paths 1 are provided on the back surface of the game board 3.
11 to 117 are provided. The paths 111 and 112 guide the balls won in the specific areas 4a and 4b or the safe holes 5a to 5c to the upper positions on the back surface of the yakmono 6a or 6b,
The balls are used to open the yakmono 6a and 6b. The path 113 guides the balls that have won the specific area 4c to the detection switch 12c. The path 114 is a safe hole, a winning hole, or an inclined path for guiding various winning balls that have won the winning ball device 30, and leads to the winning ball processor 16. The winning balls processed by the winning ball processing device 16 are the path 11
5 to the confluence path 117. A path 116 is provided between the out ball inlet 7 and the confluence path 117.

Detection switches 12a to 12c, which are an example of passing ball detection means, are provided on the back surfaces of the specific areas 4a to 4c in order to detect the balls that have won the corresponding specific areas. Prize winning device 3
On the back surface of 0, a detection switch 13 for detecting a ball that has won the winning ball device 30 is provided. Prize winning ball device 30
Is for opening the plate when the maximum value is imparted, and is a predetermined winning area (32 shown in FIG. 3 among the winning areas that can be passed by opening the plate.
A detection switch 1 is provided for detecting a ball that has won a). A hitting ball detection switch 15 which is an example of a disadvantage information detection unit is provided in association with the confluence path 117.

Further, on the back surface of the game board 3, a game control circuit 40 shown in FIG. 4 and an operating state detecting device 5 shown in FIG. 5A, which will be described later.
A box 17 storing 0 is attached. Although not shown, a prize ball storage tank is provided on the upper rear surface of the pachinko machine 10. In this prize ball storage tank,
It is supplied from a gift ball from a conventionally known reduction device. A supply ball detection switch (18 shown in FIG. 5) is provided in association with the supply path for the prize balls. This supply ball detection switch 18
Is for detecting a replenishment ball as an example of a ball that is beneficial to the player. The hit ball detection switch 15 is used to detect an hit ball which is an example of a ball that is disadvantageous to the player.

FIG. 2 shows a rotary drum mechanism 20B included in the variable display member.
FIG. In the figure, the rotary drum mechanism 20A
Includes a plurality of rotating drums 21a to 21c. Identification information (pictures, symbols, numbers, alphabets, etc.) is drawn on the outer circumference of each of the rotary drums 21a to 21c. Ratchet gears 22a to 22c having a number of teeth corresponding to the number of pieces of identification information are provided on the side surfaces of the rotary drums 21a to 21c.
(Only 22c is shown in the figure) is fixed. The rotary drums 21a to 21c are loosely fitted by the drum shaft 23 and individually rotatably supported by the frictional force. Both ends of the drum shaft 23 are supported by the side surfaces of the box 24. At one end of the drum shaft 23, the rotary drive mechanism 25
Is provided. The rotary drive mechanism 25 includes a motor 251. The motor 251 is a geared motor, and the gear 2
The rotational force is transmitted to the gear 253 via 52. The gear 253 is fixed to one end of the drum shaft 23.

Solenoids 26a to 26c are fixed to the back surface of the box 24. Plunger 2 for solenoids 26a-26c
One end of the locking levers 27a to 27c is connected to 61. The locking levers 27a to 27c are pivotally supported by a lever shaft 28 at substantially the center. Locking levers 27a to 27c
A claw-shaped portion 271 is formed at the tip (the other end) of the. The claw-shaped portions 271 of the respective locking levers 27a to 27c engage with the corresponding ratchet gears 22a to 22c to hold the respective rotary drums 21a to 21c in the selectively locked state.

The above-described rotary drum mechanism 20B includes the rotary drums 21a to 21a.
21c so that part of it can be seen from the front of the game board 3,
It is attached to the back of the game board 3.

In this embodiment, when the identification information displayed on each of the rotary drums 21a to 21c included in the rotary drum mechanism 20B is a predetermined combination and the display state of the segment display 20A is in a predetermined state, the maximum value is given. It is a condition that can be given. Next, the details of the winning ball device will be described as an example of means for giving the maximum value.

FIG. 3 is a detailed perspective view of the winning device 30. The winning ball device 30 of this embodiment has an opening / closing plate (plate) described later as a first state that is advantageous (or profitable) for the player.
As an example of the second state in which 33 is opened forward to receive the ball and which is disadvantageous (or disadvantageous) to the player, the opening / closing plate is closed to prevent the ball from being received.

More specifically, the winning ball device 30 includes a decorative frame 31.
including. In the center of the decorative frame 31, there is formed a through hole which becomes a winning area 32 in which a ball can be won. In front of the through hole,
An opening / closing plate (or plate) 33 is provided on the front side so as to be openable and closable. A lower portion of the opening / closing plate 33 is pivotally supported by a shaft 331, and a U-shaped protrusion 332 is formed on the back surface of one side (the right side in the drawing) of the opening / closing plate 33. A through hole is formed in the protrusion 332. A pin 341 fixed to the tip of the lever 34 is inserted into the through hole. The other end of the lever 34 has a fulcrum 34
Supported by 2. An opening / closing mechanism 35 is provided at the upper position of the lever 34. The opening / closing mechanism 35 selectively opens and closes the opening / closing plate 33 and includes a solenoid 351. One end of a rod 353 is connected to the plunger 352 of the solenoid 351. The other end of the rod 353 is connected to the lever 34.

The winning area 32 includes a plurality of winning areas 32a,
It is divided into 32b and 32c. Winning areas 32b, 32c
The balls that have won are led directly to the back surface of the game board 3 and reach the detection switch 13. The winning area 32a is a special area defined so that the opening / closing plate 33 can be repeatedly opened again after the opening / closing plate 33 is closed according to the passage of a ball. A detection switch 14 (see FIG. 1C) is provided at a position where a ball in the back of the winning area 32a passes.

Safe holes 3 are provided on both sides of the decorative frame 31 across the winning area 32.
6a and 36b are formed. Safe holes 36a, 36b
Despite the closing of the opening / closing plate 33, the driven-in ball is guided to the back surface as a winning ball.

FIG. 4 is a game control circuit diagram of the pachinko machine 10. Next, with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 4, the operation will be described together with the configuration of the game control circuit 40.

When the hitting ball wins the safe holes 5a to 5c or the yakmono 6a and 6b, 1 is performed in the same manner as the conventional pachinko machine.
A certain number of prize balls are released for each prize ball. on the other hand,
When the hit ball wins any of the specific areas 4a to 4c,
Any of the detection switches 12a to 12c corresponding thereto detects a winning ball and derives a start signal. This start signal is given to the mechanical display drive circuit 41 and the display information generation circuit 42 included in the electrical display drive circuit 42.
given to a. In response, the mechanical display drive circuit 41
The solenoids 26a to 26c are energized and the motor 251 is energized. Accordingly, the locking levers 27a to 27c
And the ratchet gears 22a to 22c are disengaged, the rotary drums 21a to 21c are connected to the motor 251.
It is driven to rotate by the rotational force of. Therefore, the rotary drum mechanism 20A is mechanically driven according to the rotation of the rotary drum to change the identification information. Almost at the same time, the display information generating circuit 42a generates information (for example, numerical information) to be displayed on the segment display 20A and supplies it to the driver 42b and the maximum value added state detecting circuit 46. Such a display information generating circuit 42a includes, for example, a clock oscillator, a counter that counts clock pulses, and a decoder that decodes the count value of the counter, and sequentially changes in synchronization with the clock generation cycle. The displayed information is derived. The driver 42b drives the segment display 20A for display based on the display information.
As a result, the segment display 20A is electrically variably displayed.

In this state, the stop signal generation circuit 43 generates a stop signal after a predetermined time from the player's desired timing or start signal. This stop signal is given to the mechanical display drive circuit 41 and the display information generation circuit 42a.
Given to. The mechanical display drive circuit 41 deactivates the solenoids 26a to 26c and deactivates the motor 251 to stop the rotary drums 21a to 21c.
The identification information displayed on each of the rotary drums 21a to 21c is detected by the mechanical display state detection unit 44 and given to the combination display state determination circuit 45. The combination display state determination circuit 45 determines the combination of the identification information displayed on each of the rotary drums 21a to 21c, and gives the result to the maximum value added state detection circuit 46. The maximum value added state detection circuit 46 includes a segment display 20A
The display information displayed by is supplied from the display information generating circuit 42a. The maximum value imparting state detection circuit 46 determines whether or not the combination of the display states of the rotary drums 21a to 21c and the display information of the segment display 20A can impart the predetermined maximum value. If it is detected that the maximum value added state is reached, the detection output is given to the value added control circuit 47 and the interface 52 shown in FIG. 5A described later. The value imparting control circuit 47 energizes the solenoid 351 for a relatively long time (or intermittently energizes it) to open the opening / closing plate 33, thereby making it easier to win a hit ball with a relatively high probability.

Note that, as another example of the maximum value giving state, for example, it may be performed based on only mechanical variable display or only electrical variable display. Further, as another example of the maximum value, once the maximum value is imparted, the opening / closing plate 33 is closed after a certain time based on the fact that the hitting ball has won the winning area 32a while the opening / closing plate 33 is being opened. You may make it open and repeat again to open it. In that case, a repetitive opening condition detection circuit 48 is provided. The repetitive opening condition detection circuit 48 acts on the value giving control circuit 47 based on the output of the detection switch 14, for example, to repeatedly actuate the solenoid 351. The maximum value imparting state detection circuit 46 constitutes a specific game state detecting means for detecting that a predetermined specific game state has occurred. Further, the game control circuit 40 constitutes a game state control means for causing a game state in which a specific game value can be added, to appear based on the detection output of the specific game state detection means.

Next, an operation for detecting and temporarily storing various kinds of data during operation of the pachinko machine 10 as described above, particularly data relating to the addition of the maximum value will be described.

5A to 5C are diagrams for explaining the details of the operating state detecting device included in each pachinko machine, in particular, FIG. 5A shows a block diagram of the operating state detecting device 50, and FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram schematically showing a storage area of a memory (RAM) 54 included in the management device, and FIG. 5C is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the CPU 51.

In FIG. 5A, the operating state detection device 50 includes a central processing unit (hereinafter CPU) 51, an interface 52, a program storage memory (hereinafter ROM) 53 and a data storage memory (hereinafter RAM) 54. CPU51
The data is written in the RAM 54 or the data previously written in the RAM 54 is read out, and serves as a reading means. The interface 52 includes a detection switch 12
a to 15 and the detection switch 18 are connected, and the output of the maximum value added state detection circuit 46 is given. A transmission control circuit 55, which is an example of data transmission means, is connected to the interface 52.

The operation of the CPU 51 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 5C.

Details of the storage area of the RAM 54 will be described with reference to FIG. 5B. The RAM 54 includes a plurality of storage areas (or storage areas) 54a to 54h. Here, the storage area 54
a is used to store the number of balls won in the specific area 4a (that is, the number A of left-start winning balls). Storage area 54
a is used to store the number of balls won in the specific area 4b (that is, the number B of right-start winning balls). Storage area 54
c is used to store the number of balls won in the specific area 4c (that is, the central start winning ball number C). Storage area 5
4d is used to store the maximum value grant count (D). The storage area 54e is used to store the number (E) of balls won in the winning area 32 of the winning ball apparatus 30.
The memory area 54f is the number of balls won in the winning area 32a,
That is, it is used to store the number of times (F) the opening / closing plate 33 is continuously opened. The storage area 54g is used to store the number of outputs of the detection switch 15, that is, the number of hit balls (G). The storage area 54h is used to store the number of outputs of the detection switch 18, that is, the number of supplementary balls (H). The detection switch 18 constitutes profit information detection means for detecting profit information that is profitable to the player.

Instead of the storage areas 54a to 54h, a counter for counting the number or the number of balls may be used.

Next, the operation of the operating state detection device 50 will be described with reference to FIGS. 5A to 5C.

The CPU 51 determines in step 1 the information collecting device 70.
It is determined whether or not the polling is data for designating its own platform number, and if it is determined that its own platform number is not designated, the process proceeds to step 2.

Then, in steps 2 to 13, an operation of writing various kinds of data related to the addition of the maximum value into the RAM 54 is performed. Specifically, in step 2, it is determined whether or not the detection switch 12a is turned on, that is, whether or not the hit ball has won the specific area 4a. If it is determined that the detection switch 12a is on, in step 3, 1 is added to the number of left-start winning prizes (A) stored in the storage area 54a so far. After that, or when it is determined in step 2 that the detection switch 12a is off, the process proceeds to step 4. In step 4, it is determined whether or not the detection switch 12b is turned on, that is, whether or not the hit ball has won the specific area 4b. When it is determined that the detection switch 12b is turned on, 1 is added to the number (B) of right start winning prizes stored in the storage area 54b in step 5. After that, or when it is determined in step 4 that the detection switch 12b is off, the process proceeds to step 6. In step 6, it is determined whether or not the detection switch 12c is turned on, that is, whether or not the hit ball has won the specific area 4c. If it is determined that the detection switch 12c is turned on, 1 is added to the central starting prize coin number (C) stored in the storage area 54c in step 7.
Then, or in step 6, the detection switch 12c
If it is determined that the off state of No. 1 proceeds to step 8.

In step 8, it is determined whether or not the state is the maximum value added state. This determination is made based on whether or not the maximum value added state detection circuit 46 has detected the maximum value added state. If it is determined that it is in the maximum value giving state, 1 is added to the maximum value giving number (D) stored in the storage area 54d in step 9. After that, or when it is determined in step 8 that the state is not the maximum value added state, the process proceeds to step 10. Step 1
At 0, it is determined whether or not the detection switch 13 is turned on, that is, whether or not there is a winning ball in the winning area 32 of the winning ball device 30. When it is determined that the detection switch 13 is in the ON state, 1 is added to the number of winning balls (E) stored in the storage area 54e in step 11. After that, or when it is determined in step 10 that the detection switch 13 is in the off state, the process proceeds to step 12. In step 12, the detection switch 14
Is turned on, that is, whether or not a winning ball has been generated in the winning area 32a in which the condition that the opening / closing plate 33 can be continuously opened is determined. Detection switch 1
If it is determined that No. 4 has turned on, the number of continuations (F) stored in the storage area 54f in step 13
Is incremented by 1.

Then, in steps 14 to 17, the pachinko machine 10
The difference number data is detected and collected based on the operating state of the. That is, in step 14, it is determined whether or not the detection switch 15 is turned on, that is, whether or not there is a hit ball. If it is determined that the detection switch 15 is turned on, 1 is added to the number of hit balls (G) stored in the storage area 54g in step 15. After that, or when it is determined in step 14 that the detection switch 15 is off, the process proceeds to step 16. In step 16, it is judged whether or not the detection switch 18 is turned on, that is, whether or not there is a replenishment ball. When it is determined that the detection switch 18 is turned on,
In step 18, 1 is added to the number of supplementary balls (H) stored in the storage area 54h. After that, or when it is determined in step 16 that the detection switch 18 is off, the process returns to step 1.

In this way, the operation of detecting and temporarily storing various data based on the operating state of each pachinko machine 10 is repeated.

As described above, the RAM 54 included in each pachinko machine 10
The various data collected in (1) are collected by the information collecting device 70 on an island-by-island basis and displayed or printed by the output device 80 and output in a visually recognizable manner. This will be described later with reference to FIG.

By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the game control circuit of the pachinko machine 10 is configured by the hardware circuit and the operating state detection device 50 is configured by using the microprocessor is shown.
U51 may be provided with the function of the game control circuit 40 and controlled by software processing. In this case, a program for performing the same operation or function as that in FIG. 4 can be easily made by those skilled in the art according to the technical idea shown in FIG. 4, and therefore detailed description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the variable display member is provided has been described as an example of the pachinko machine capable of giving the maximum value. However, the technical idea of the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various other pachinko machines that can give the maximum value based on the change of the game state. Therefore,
Another pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied will be described below.

FIG. 6A is a front view of another embodiment of the pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied, and FIG. 6B is a perspective view showing the details of the winning ball device 65 applied to the pachinko machine.

In FIG. 6A, in the pachinko machine 60 of this embodiment, specific areas 61 a to 61 c are formed in an area below the game board 3. Each of the specific areas 61a to 61c is an area through which a ball can pass, and a winning ball device 6 described later according to the passing of a driven ball.
5 is a starting region defined so that the operating state of No. 5 can be changed. The detection switch 6 is provided in each of the specific areas 61a to 61c.
2a to 62c are provided in association with each other. In addition, a winning ball device 65, which is another example of the game state changing means, is attached to substantially the center of the game board 3.

See FIG. 6B. The details of the winning ball device 65 will be described. In the lower part of the mounting board 651, a special prize area 652 is formed which is determined to be in a maximum value-added state according to the passing of a hit ball. On both sides of the special prize area 652, there are formed prize areas (corresponding to 32b and 32c in FIG. 3) for ejecting a predetermined number of prize balls according to the prize winning.
Ball receiving members (or opening / closing wing pieces) 654 and 655 are openably and closably supported above the special prize region 652 and the prize winning region 653. The ball receiving members 654 and 655 are mounted on the mounting substrate 6
Opening and closing is driven by an opening and closing drive mechanism 656 attached to the back surface of the device 51. The open / close drive mechanism 656 includes a solenoid 65.
7 and link mechanism 658.

The operation of the pachinko machine 60 of this embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIGS. 6A and 6B. When the hit ball passes any of the specific areas 61a to 61c, the detection switches 62a to 62c detect it. In response to this, the solenoid 657 is energized and the opening / closing drive mechanism 656 opens the ball receiving members 654, 655 for a relatively short time (1 to 2 seconds), or the opening / closing operation for a fraction of a second. Repeat once or twice. During the opening operation of the ball receiving members 654, 655,
If the hit ball does not enter the special prize area 652 and wins only in the prize area 653, a predetermined number of prize balls are released for each prize in the same manner as conventionally known.

On the other hand, when the hit ball hits the special prize area 652, the solenoid 657 is intermittently urged a fixed number of times (for example, 18 times) in a cycle of a relatively short time (for example, 0.4 seconds) to receive the ball. The members 654 and 655 are intermittently driven to open and close. In this state, if the hit ball hits the special prize area 652, the ball receiving members 654 and 655 are intermittently opened and closed a certain number of times, and the operation is continued. During a certain number of intermittent opening / closing operations, even one driven ball is in the special prize area 6
If the player does not win 52, the operation ends after a certain number of intermittent opening / closing operations. That is, in this embodiment, the maximum value-added state is detected by detecting the first hit ball that has entered the special prize area 652, and the number of continuations is counted by the subsequent detection of the prize ball, and only a certain number of times is counted. Will be continued.

The ball game machine to which the present invention is applied is shown in FIG.
Not limited to those shown in FIG. 3 or FIGS. 6A and 6B,
It can be applied to other types of pachinko machines and coin game machines that can add various maximum values.

7A, 7B and 7C are detailed views of the information collecting device provided in each island. Particularly, FIG. 7A is a block diagram of the information collecting device 70, FIG. 7B is a diagram schematically showing a storage area of the RAM 74, and FIG. 7C is a CPU.
71 shows a flow chart of 71.

In FIG. 7A, an information collecting device 70 includes a central processing unit (hereinafter, CPU) 71, a transmission control circuit 72, a program storage memory (hereinafter, ROM) 73, and a data storage memory (hereinafter, RAM) 74 which is an example of storage means. Including. CPU
Reference numeral 71 includes a counter CT and controls writing of data in the RAM 74 or reading of data previously written in the RAM 74. Here, the counter CT specifies the machine number of the pachinko machine 10 for which data related to the addition of the maximum value is to be collected, and the RAM 74 corresponding to the machine number.
Used to specify the address of. Transmission control circuit 7
An operating state detection device 50 included in each pachinko machine 10 on the same island is connected to the device 2. Further, the transmission control circuit 72 is connected to the output device 80 via the data transmission line LN. The operation of the CPU 71 will be described in detail with reference to FIG. 7C.

Details of the storage area of the RAM 74 will be described with reference to FIG. 7B. The RAM 74 includes a plurality of storage areas (or storage areas) 74a to 74h. And each storage area 7
4a to 74h include addresses for storing various data of each pachinko machine by the number corresponding to the machine number of the pachinko machine 10 installed on one island. Each storage area 74a-7
The types of data stored in 4h are the same as the storage areas 54a to 54h shown in FIG. 5B.

Next, referring to FIGS. 7A to 7C, the information collecting device 7
The operation of 0 will be described.

In step 21, the CPU 21 determines each pachinko machine 1
It is determined whether or not it is time to collect the data detected by the operating state detection device 50 of 0. This determination is performed for a certain period of time (for example, 30
An interrupt timer (not shown) is provided for generating an interrupt signal every minute or hour), and the determination is made based on whether or not the interrupt signal from the interrupt timer is given.

Assuming now that it is determined that it is not the collection timing, the output device 80 sends the RAM to the RAM in step 22.
It is determined whether or not the stored data in 74 is read.
In the case of outputting data based on the operating state of one pachinko machine 10, the data read command from the output device 80 indicates that the machine number of the pachinko machine 10 and the island number to which the pachinko machine 10 belongs. Is transmitted. If there is no data read command, the process returns to step 21 and step 2
The operations of 1 and 22 are repeated.

Then, when it is determined in step 21 that it is the collection timing, the process proceeds to step 23. Step two
At 3, the counter CT is initialized. Specifically, a plurality of pachinko machines 1 included in the information collecting device 70.
An operation of setting the smallest unit number of 0 in the counter CT is performed. Then, in step 24, the unit number designated by the count value of the counter CT is bowled. In this operation, when the count value of the counter CT is given to the transmission control circuit 72, the transmission control circuit 72 causes the counter CT to
This is performed by transmitting a data transmission command signal to the operating state detecting device 50 having the unit number corresponding to the count value of.

In response to this, the CPU 51 determines in step 1 shown in FIG. 5C that polling for designating its own machine number is performed, and proceeds to step 18. In step 18, the CPU 51 reads the data in each storage area of the RAM 54 and transmits it to the information collecting device 70 of the island to which the pachinko machine 10 belongs.

On the other hand, the transmission control circuit 72 receives the transmission data from the pachinko machine 10 in step 25. CPU71
In step 26, the address of the machine number corresponding to the count value of the counter CT is designated, and the corresponding data is written in the respective storage areas 74a to 74h of the RAM 74 corresponding to the machine number. In step 27,
It is determined whether the count value of the counter CT is the largest unit number of one preset island. In other words, it is determined whether data has been collected from all the pachinko machines 10 belonging to one island. If it is determined that the data of all the pachinko machines 10 are not collected, the process proceeds to step 28. In step 28, the counter C
The count value of T is incremented by 1.

After that, returning to step 24, the operations of steps 24-28 are performed for all the pachinko machines 10 on the same island. When the data collection operation of all the pachinko machines 10 is completed, it is determined in step 27 that the value of the counter CT has reached a preset value (the highest unit number of the island), and the data collection operation is performed. finish. As a result, the data detected by the operating state detecting means 50 included in each pachinko machine 10 is written in each area of the corresponding address of the RAM 74 included in the information collecting device 70.

Next, the operation of reading the data of each pachinko machine 10 on the same island stored in the RAM 74 will be described. In the case of data reading, together with the read command data from the output device 80, the unit number to read the data and the island number to which the pachinko machine 10 of the unit number belongs is given to the transmission control circuit 72 via the data transmission line LN. At this time, CP
After determining in step 21 that it is not the data collection timing, the U 71 determines in step 22 that there is a data read command, and proceeds to step 29. In step 29, it is determined whether or not the island number specifies itself. If the island number specifies itself, go to step 30. In step 30, the designated machine number is set in the counter CT, and the areas 74a to 74h of the RAM 74 corresponding to the machine number are set.
Data is sequentially read and transmitted to the output device 80.

By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the operating state detecting device 50 is provided for each pachinko machine 10 and the information collecting device 70 is provided for one island has been described, but the function of the operating state detecting device 50 is described. The information collecting device 70 is provided so that each pachinko machine 10 belonging to the same island is common to the information collecting device 70.
Data may be collected at. In that case, each pachinko machine 1
The outputs of the detection switches 12a to 15 and 18 included in 0 and the output of the maximum value added state detection circuit 46 (that is, each input connected to the interface 52) are directly input to the information collecting device 70, FIG. 8A to FIG. 8C are programs for explaining the details of one embodiment of the output device so that the CPU 71 executes the flowcharts shown in FIG. 5C and FIG. 7C. In particular, FIG. 8A shows an external view of the output device, FIG. 8B shows a detailed view of the keyboard,
FIG. 8C schematically shows an example of keyboard operation, and FIG.
The figure shows a flow chart for explaining the operation of the output device.

A specific embodiment of the output device 80, which is a feature of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A to 8C.

In FIG. 8A, the output device 80 includes a housing 81. In the housing 81, a display device (for example, a CRT display) 82 which is an example of visual output means is incorporated, and a printer (not shown) which is another example of the visual output means is incorporated. Further, the case 81 has a microprocessor (not shown) built therein. This microprocessor is configured similarly to the information collecting device 70 shown in FIG. 7A, for example. That is, the microprocessor is a CPU and a ROM.
And RAM. This ROM stores a program for executing the operation of the flowchart shown in FIG. 8C. The RAM includes a storage area similar to the storage area of the RAM shown in FIG. 7B, and the addresses having the respective storage areas are included by the number corresponding to the number of pachinko machines in the entire game arcade.

An operation unit 83 is provided on the housing 81. A keyboard 84 shown in FIG. 8B is attached to the operation section 83. The keyboard 84 includes a numeric key 84N, a sort key 840, a + key 841, a − key 842, and a maximum value giving number key 84.
3, above key 844, below key 845, display key 84
6, print key 847, continuous key 848, unit number key 84
9 and a total key 84t. Also, the keyboard 84
Includes various keys 84a to 84k for outputting data in a certain period. Regarding the function of each of these keys, the key operation example shown in FIG.
This will be described in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the output device 80, which is a feature of the present invention, will be described with reference to FIGS. 8A to 8D.

First, when outputting (for example, displaying) various data for each machine number of the pachinko machine 10 in which the number of profitable balls and the number of unfavorable balls is a positive (or negative) or higher (or lower) desired number (or less) State. In this case, as shown in FIG. 8C (1), the clerk at the game arcade operates the sort key 840 and the + key 841 sequentially, and then operates the numerical key 84N to output the desired difference ball. After inputting the number, the key 844 and the display key 846 are further operated.
At this time, a CPU (not shown) included in the output device 80
Is determined in steps 31 to 35 in the order shown in FIG. 8C (1). Then step 36
At, various kinds of data representing the operating state are read from a RAM (not shown) for each machine number of the pachinko machine having a specified number of difference balls or more, and are given and displayed on the display device 82. Various data in this case include the number of unfavorable balls (the number of balls entered for the amusement arcade), the number of profitable balls (the number of coins ejected for the amusement arcade), the number of difference balls, the maximum number of times of value addition, the number of left prize balls, the right The number of prize-winning balls and the number of central prize-winning balls. The display state of the display device 82 in this case is shown in FIG. 9A.

In addition, when printing the data with the difference number equal to or more than the negative desired value, the-key 842 is operated in place of the + key 841, and the print key 847 is operated in place of the display key 846. The operation state in this case is steps 31, 37-
At 40. Subsequently, in step 41, various data for each machine number of each pachinko machine having a difference ball number of a negative specified value or more is read from the RAM and given to a printer (not shown), as shown in FIG. 9B. Is printed.

Next, the operation in the case of printing various data for each machine number of the pachinko machine for which the maximum number of times of giving the maximum value is the desired number of times or more is described. As shown in FIG. 8C (2), the clerk operates the sort key 840 and the maximum value-giving number key 843, then operates the numerical keys 84N to input a desired designated number of times, and further the key 844 and the printing. The key 847 is operated. This operation state is judged in steps 31, 42 to 45. Subsequently, in step 46, various data of each pachinko machine having the maximum number of times of giving the maximum value or more is read from the RAM, given to the printer, and printed.

Next, the operation when outputting (printing) various data of all pachinko machines in a certain period will be described. The key operation procedure in this case is performed in the order shown in FIG. 8C (3). This operating state is steps 31, 47 and 4
Judgment in 8. Then, in step 49, various data of all the machine numbers (or desired machine numbers) within the designated period are read from the RAM and printed by the printer. An example of the print format in this case is shown in FIG. 9C.

Next, the operation for printing various data of a certain unit number (in FIG. 9D, the number of continuations and the number of winning balls in that period) will be described. As shown in FIG. 8C (4), the clerk operates the machine number key 849, then operates the numerical keys 84N to input a desired machine number, and subsequently operates the print key 847. The operation state in this case is determined in steps 31, 50 to 52. Then, in step 53, various data of the designated machine number is read from the RAM and given to the printer. In response, the printer prints as shown in FIG. 9D.

When it is determined in step 31 that a key other than the sort key 840 has been operated and in step 50 that a key other than the unit number key 849 has been operated, other processing is performed in step 54.

By the way, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the case where the information collecting device 70 and the output device 80 are connected by the data transmission line LN (that is, online case) has been described, but the technical idea of the present invention is offline case. Can also be applied. Next, a pachinko machine management system according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

FIG. 10 is an illustrative view of a pachinko machine management system according to another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the information collecting device 70A and the output device 80A are not connected by the data transmission line LN. The details of the information collection device in this case are the first
It is shown in FIG.

FIG. 11 is an external view of another embodiment of the information collecting device.
The information collecting apparatus 70A of this embodiment is equipped with a door 751 which can be opened and closed. A panel 752 exposed when the door 751 is opened is provided with a power switch 753, a write command switch 754, and an insertion hole 755. Insertion hole 755
A floppy disk 76, which is an example of a magnetic recording medium, is inserted in the disk. Inside the insertion hole 755, a magnetic recording device (not shown) for writing the data in the RAM 74 shown in FIG. 7A is incorporated.

When the write command switch 754 is operated after the floppy disk 76 is inserted into the insertion hole 755, C
The PU 71 reads all the data for each unit number stored in the RAM 64 and writes the data in the floppy disk 76. In this way, the floppy disk 76 in which the data based on the operating state of each pachinko machine is written is read by the magnetic reproducing device of the output device 80A and displayed on the CRT display 82.

In each of the above-described embodiments, the information collecting device 70 (or 70A or 70B) and the output device 80 (or 80
The case where the management device is configured by B) is shown, but if the amount of data to be collected is small, the output device 80 side can be provided with the same function as the information collection device without providing the information collection device for each island. Good.

[Effects of the Invention] The present invention provides a specific game value associated with the occurrence of a specific game state in the ball game machine, in which only the ball game machine having a predetermined relationship with a certain reference value is selected. Since the data related to the output, when the nail adjustment, etc. in the game hall, the game hall side purposely has a ball-ball game machine that requires a nail adjustment with a predetermined relationship with a certain reference value. Centralized management of ball game machines that reduces the labor to find and outputs the data necessary for advanced amusement park management that also considers the game service accompanying the occurrence of a specific game state that cannot be estimated only by the difference number A device can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an entire management system for a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 1B and 1C are illustrative views showing an example of a pachinko machine applied to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a detailed view of the rotary drum mechanism included in the variable display member. FIG. 3 is a detailed view of the winning ball device. FIG. 4 is a game control circuit diagram of the pachinko machine shown in FIG. 1B. FIG. 5A is a block diagram of the operating state detection device,
FIG. 5B is a diagram schematically showing the storage area of the RAM, and FIG. 5C is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the operating state detection device. 6A and 6B are schematic views showing the details of another pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied. 7A, 7B and 7C are detailed views of the information collecting device. 8 to 8D are views for explaining the details of the output device. Figures 9A through 9
FIG. D is a diagram schematically showing an example of a display or print output mode. FIG. 10 is an illustrative view of a pachinko machine management system according to another embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is an illustrative view of another embodiment of the information collecting apparatus. In the figure, 10, 60 are pachinko machines, 3 are game boards, 4
a-4c, 61a-61c are specific regions, 12a-12
c, 62a to 62c are detection switches (passing ball detection means), 20 is a variable display member (game state changing means), 20
A is a segment display, 20B is a rotary drum mechanism, 30
Is a winning ball device, 40 is a game control circuit, 41 and 42 are driving means, 46 is a maximum value-giving state detection circuit, 47 is a value-giving control circuit, 50 is an operating state detection device, and 70, 70.
Reference numerals A and 70B denote information collecting devices, and 80 and 80A denote output devices.

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A centralized control device for a ball game machine, which centrally manages data generated from a plurality of ball game machines that hit a ball in a game area to play a game. Relatedly, profit information detecting means for detecting profit information that is profitable to the player, disadvantage information detecting means for detecting disadvantage information that is disadvantageous to the player, and a predetermined specific game state occurs. Based on the specific game state detecting means for detecting that it has been played, and the detection output of the specific game state detecting means, a game state in which a particular game value in which a ball hit in the game area is easy to win can be given. And a game state control means to appear, the centralized management device collects data regarding the addition of the specific game value for each ball game machine based on the detection output of the specific game state detection means, Profit Information processing means for counting the number of differences between the profit information and the disadvantage information for each ball game machine based on the detection outputs of the information detecting means and the disadvantage information detecting means, and the information totalized by the information processing means Select only the ball game machine that has a predetermined relationship with a certain reference value,
A centralized management device for a ball game machine, comprising: an output unit that outputs data relating to the specific game value addition relating to the selected ball game machine. 2. The plurality of ball game machines, each having a different machine number, are grouped by a certain number, and those of the same group are juxtaposed on one island table to form an island. The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein the information processing means is provided for each of the islands, and processes data of each ball game machine of the same island by unit number. Central management device. 3. The information processing means is provided at a predetermined location in a game arcade, and data of a plurality of ball ambulance machines installed on a plurality of islands formed in the game arcade is classified by each ball game machine. A centralized control device for a ball game machine according to claim 1, characterized by processing. 4. The first information processing means according to claim 1, wherein the information processing means cumulatively totals the number of times of giving the specific game value based on the detection output of the specific game state detecting means. Centralized control device for a ball game machine according to any one of paragraphs 3. 5. The central control device further includes a designating unit for designating a specific ball-playing game machine from the plurality of ball-playing game machines, and the output unit includes the ball-ball designated by the designating unit. Centralized control device for a ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that it is configured to be able to output data relating to the game machine. 6. The output device according to claim 1, wherein the output means is configured to be capable of selectively outputting data of the ball game machine based on the number of times of giving the specific game value. Item 7. A centralized management device for a ball game machine according to any one of items 5 to 5.