JPH0653185B2 - Pachinko game machine and pachinko ball detection device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a pachinko ball detection device and a pachinko game machine, and more particularly, to a pachinko ball detection device for detecting whether a pachinko ball has entered or released.

"Prior art" In a pachinko game machine, it is necessary to accurately grasp the so-called ball-in from the player and the ball-out as a prize for the ball in the safe hole. It is the most important information for customer management.

Therefore, as a conventional technique for detecting the passage of a pachinko ball on the passage of the pachinko game machine, there is one disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. Sho 64-3506.

That is, the publication discloses that an upper sheet and a lower sheet having a contact point pair are provided, and when the pachinko ball is placed on the upper sheet, the pachinko ball is detected by conducting the contact pair by the weight of the pachinko ball. Has been done.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, in the above-mentioned conventional technique, since the pachinko balls can be detected only in the flow path of the pachinko game machine, the pachinko game machine has a safe hole and a pachinko machine on the out hole. There was a problem that it was not possible to detect how the balls entered, it was not possible to know the progress of the game, and there was a lack of functions for accurate management of the pachinko game machine.

The present invention has been made by paying attention to such a conventional problem, and the detection of safe balls and out balls is performed on the surface of the pachinko game machine, and pachinko ball detection means that does not require complicated installation or adjustment is provided. An object of the present invention is to provide a pachinko game machine and a pachinko ball detection device provided with the game machine.

"Means for Solving the Problem" The gist of the present invention for achieving such an object is that a transmission coil row group is formed by arranging transmission coil rows in which one transmission unit is continuous at a predetermined pitch in one direction. And a reception coil array group in which reception coil arrays in which reception units electromagnetically coupled to the transmission unit are continuous at a predetermined pitch are aligned in the cross direction with the transmission coil row group, and the transmission unit and the reception unit are arranged. Each part where is superimposed constitutes a detection matrix that forms a detection unit that detects a pachinko ball by a change in electromagnetic characteristics,
The detection matrix is provided in parallel with the board surface, and the transmission coil row group side is connected to the transmission coil driver that sequentially inputs signals to the transmission coil at a predetermined cycle, and the transmission coil driver is connected to the transmission coil driver. A converter that controls the transmission coil driver to operate sequentially, and a converter that is connected to the reception coil array group on the reception coil array group side and receives the electromagnetic characteristic value of each reception coil array and converts it into a handleable signal. And connect to the converter,
A pachinko ball detection device comprising a multiplexer that sequentially outputs signals from each receiving coil array.

2. A pachinko ball detection device according to claim 1, further comprising a logic sequencer which operates according to the control signal and synchronizes the decoder on the transmitting side and the multiplexer on the receiving side.

3 It operates according to a control signal and synchronizes a decoder on the transmitting side and a multiplexer on the receiving side, and detects one receiving coil row in the receiving coil row group per scanning of the transmitting coil row group. The pachinko ball detection device according to any one of items 1 and 2, wherein a logic sequencer is provided.

4 It operates according to a control signal and synchronizes a decoder on the transmitting side and a multiplexer on the receiving side, and for one transmission of one transmitting coil in the transmitting coil row group,
3. A pachinko ball detection device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a logic sequencer that scans and detects the receiving coil group once.

5 The plane through which the pachinko balls pass is the board surface, and the items 1 and 2
The present invention resides in a pachinko game machine equipped with the pachinko ball detection device according to the items 3, 3 and 4.

"Operation" A decoder operating based on a control signal from a main controller such as a central computer controls the transmission coil drivers to sequentially operate, whereby the transmission coil drivers sequentially input signals to the transmission coil rows at a predetermined cycle. .

On the side of the receiving coil group, the converter that receives the electromagnetic characteristic value of each receiving coil group of the receiving coil group converts the electromagnetic characteristic value into a handleable signal. The multiplexer receiving the converted signal from each signal coil row sequentially outputs the signal from each receiving coil row at a predetermined cycle.

The decoder on the transmitting side and the multiplexer on the receiving side operate in synchronization with each other by a control signal by a logic sequencer operating based on the control signal.

The logic sequencer causes the converter and the multiplexer on the receiving side to detect the information of one receiving coil row of the receiving coil row group for each scanning of the transmitting coil row group, or vice versa. For each transmission of one transmission coil row, the reception coil column group scans once for detection.

When a pachinko ball is applied to the detection unit in which the transmission unit and the reception unit are superposed, the electromagnetic characteristics change, and this change appears in the receiving coil row at that position, and the transmitting coil row at that position and the corresponding receiving coil row. Can be detected by the above-mentioned scanning.

The detection matrix is attached along the plane where the pachinko balls line up, and scanning is performed continuously.
The position of the pachinko ball can always be known from the coordinates.

If the detection matrix is attached along the board surface of the pachinko game machine, the movement of the pachinko ball can be tracked as a change in coordinates, and the detection unit can be associated with important points such as safe holes and out holes on the board surface. It monitors the progress of the game, knows the status of incoming and outgoing balls, manages stopping, checks for abnormalities due to fraud, and uses it as data for nail adjustment.

[Embodiment] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, a pachinko game machine 1
A detection matrix 20 is attached along the board surface 0 of 0.

On the board surface 11 of the pachinko game machine 10, the inner side of the guide rail 12 forms a game area, and a large number of nails 13, 13 ... for flipping a pachinko ball are driven into this game area, and safe holes 14a, 14a ... Are opened in various places. The out hole 15 is opened at the lower end of the game area. Further, detection points a and b for counting the number of entered balls are set.

The glass lid covering the board surface 11 has a double structure of a surface glass body 16 and an inner glass body 17.

On the front surface of the pachinko game machine 10, a launching handle 18 for launching a pachinko ball and a bowl 19 for receiving a ball are provided.

The detection matrix 20 is provided on the inner glass body 17, which is the inner side of the two glass bodies that cover the board surface 11 and is the board surface side.

The inner glass body 17 has a triple-layered structure including an inner protective glass 17a, a glass base substrate 17b, and an outer glass 17c. The inner protective glass 17a and the glass base substrate 17b.
A group of transmitting coil rows 21 is mounted between and, and a group of receiving coil rows 25 is mounted between the glass base substrate 17b and the outer glass 17c.

A transparent conductive film 28 for shielding is attached to the surface of the outer glass 17c on the front side of the receiving coil group 25.

As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, the transmission coil row group 21 is
Transmission units 22a, 2 that are bent and have a rectangular shape and an open ring shape
.. are formed by arranging transmission coil rows 22, 22 ..

The reception coil array group 25 is formed by bending two conductors as a set, and the transmission units 22a, 22 of the transmission coil rows 22, 22 ...
are inductively coupled to the transmission unit 22a, and the reception coil arrays 26, 26 ... In which rectangular and open ring-shaped reception units 26a, 26a.

The receiving coil rows 26, 26 ... Are the transmitting coil rows 22, 22 ...
And the transmission units 22a, 2 are arranged side by side in the cross direction.
.. and reception units 26a, 26a .. overlap with each other to form detection units 20a, 20a .. for detecting a pachinko ball by impedance change which is an electromagnetic characteristic value.

External connection terminals 23 and 27 are provided at the ends of the transmission coil row group 21 and the reception coil column group 25, respectively, and as shown in FIG. 6, some of the detection units 20a, 20a ... 14a, 14a ...

The pattern shape of the transmission unit 22a and the reception unit 26a may be delicate in consideration of the size of the pachinko ball. If it is too large, the resolution will be poor, and if it is too small, a plurality of detection units will be used for one pachinko ball. It reacts and it becomes difficult to grasp the positional relationship. The thickness of the conductor has a big effect,
If it is thin, the impedance is too high, and if it is thick, the inner diameter of the pattern becomes small, resulting in poor sensitivity.

Further, the transmission unit 22a and the reception unit 26 of the detection unit 20a
The distance to a is closely related to the thickness of the conductor,
Good results are shown in the range of 2.5 to 3.5 mm.

The patterns of the transmission unit 22a and the reception unit 26a do not necessarily have to be square, but the dimensions (unit: mm) shown in FIG. 7 were practical. Further, the conductor forming the pattern is a transparent conductor film such as an indium oxide film or a tin oxide film.

A signal processing system for detecting a pachinko ball is as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2.

The system is under the control of the CPU unit 30, which is the main control unit. Around the CPU unit 30, a logic controller 31 that relays control signals from the CPU unit 30 and an output system from the detection matrix 20 to the CPU unit 30 are provided. Impedance matching driver 32, DC offset converter 33, hold unit 34, A
/ D converter 35 and timing generator 36
And a power supply unit 37.

The logic controller 31 and the output system are connected to an external connector 38.

On the pachinko game machine 10 side, an input system 40 for supplying power to the transmission coil row group 21 of the detection matrix 20 and an output system 50 from the reception coil row group 25 are provided.

The input system 40 is provided on the transmission coil row group 21 side,
The input system 40 is connected to the transmission coil driver 41 that sequentially inputs signals to the transmission coil rows 22, 22 ... At a predetermined cycle, and is connected to the transmission coil driver 41. And a decoder 42 for controlling 41 to operate sequentially.

Further, the logic sequencer 43, the timing generator 44, and the transmission coil row counter 45 are connected to the input system 4
It is set to 0.

The logic sequencer 43 operates according to a control signal from the CPU unit 30 to synchronize the decoder 42 on the transmitting side with the multiplexer 52 on the receiving side, which will be described later, and at the same time, the start and end of the scanning cycle of the sequential signal of the decoder 42. It controls the timing of.

The timing generator 44 is for determining the scanning cycle, and is for the board surface 11 of the pachinko game machine 10.
A minimum of 10 KHz is required to correspond to the movement of the pachinko ball above, and in the embodiment, it is set to 100 KHz. The transmission coil row counter 45 counts the transmission coil rows 22, 22 ... According to the scanning cycle.

The output system 50 is provided on the receiving coil group 25 side,
Connected to the receiving coil group 25, each receiving coil group 26, 2
A converter 51 that receives a current that is an electromagnetic characteristic value of 6 and converts it into a signal of a voltage that can be handled, and a converter 5
A multiplexer 52 that is connected to 1 and sequentially outputs signals from the respective receiving coil arrays 26, 26 ...

The multiplexer 52 is connected to the receiving coil column counter 53 provided next to the logic sequencer 43 of the input system 40. The input system 40 and the output system 50 are connected to the logic sequencer 43 by the transmission coil row counter 45 and the receiving coil. The column counter 53 is synchronized with the column counter 53. As a mode of synchronization, for example, the transmission coil row 22,
22 ... There is one that detects one receiving coil row of the transmitting coil row 26, 26 ... Group 25 per scanning of the group 21.

Contrary to the above-mentioned synchronization mode, the reception coil array 2 is transmitted for each transmission of one transmission coil row in the transmission coil row group 21.
6, 26 ... There is also a group 25 in which scanning is performed once for detection.

The output of the multiplexer 52 of the output system 50 is connected to the external connector 38 of the CPU unit 30 via the impedance converter 54.

Next, the operation will be described.

When the address signal and the control signal are output from the CPU unit 30 to the logic controller 31, these signals are transmitted to the pachinko game machine 10 via the external connector 38.

In the pachinko game machine 10, the logic sequencer 43 of the input system 40 generates a sequence signal based on the input signal, and outputs the signal to the decoder 42, the timing generator 44, the transmission coil row counter 45, and the reception coil column counter 53.

The timing generator 44 determines the scanning cycle of the transmission coil row group 21 of the detection matrix 20, and the transmission coil row counter 45 counts the transmission coil rows 22, 22 ... According to the scanning cycle to achieve synchronization.

The decoder 42 controls the transmission coil driver 41 to sequentially operate, whereby the transmission coil driver 41 sequentially inputs signals to the transmission coil rows 22, 22 ... At a predetermined cycle.

On the side of the receiving coil group 25, the converter 51, which has received a current as an electromagnetic characteristic value appearing in each receiving coil group 26, 26 ... Of the receiving coil group 25, converts the electromagnetic characteristic value into a manageable voltage signal.

The multiplexer 52 which receives the converted signal from each of the receiving coil rows 22, 22 ...
Signals are sequentially output at a predetermined cycle.

The decoder 42 on the transmission side and the multiplexer 52 on the reception side operate in synchronization by the counts of the transmission coil row counter 45 and the reception coil column counter 53 that operate according to the control signal of the logic sequencer 43 that operates based on the control signal.

The logic sequencer 43 causes the receiving side converter 51 and the multiplexer 52 to detect the information of one receiving coil row 26 of the receiving coil row group 25 for one scanning of the transmitting coil row group 21, or conversely, transmits. For each transmission of one transmission coil row 22 of the coil row group 21, the reception coil row group 25 scans once and detects.

When a pachinko ball is applied to a detection unit in which a transmission unit and a reception unit are superposed, the impedance, which is an electromagnetic characteristic there, changes, and this change appears in the reception coil row 26, 26 ... At that position, and the reception coil row at that position. 22 and 22 and the corresponding receiving coil arrays 26, 26 ... Can be detected by scanning.

That is, when a constant signal such as a sine wave is transmitted to the transmission coil row group 21 of the detection matrix 20, the reception units 26a, 26a of the reception coil rows 26, 26 ... 26 and the transmission of the transmission coil rows 22, 22 ... 22 are transmitted. Unit 22a, 22a
Are inductively coupled to generate a predetermined impedance value in the transmission coil row group 21.

Transmission units 22a, 22a ... And reception units 26a, 26a ...
When the pachinko ball passes through the detection unit 20a in which and are superimposed, the impedance value of the transmission coil row group 21 changes,
The reception current of the corresponding reception coil array 26 also changes, and the change is from the converter 51 to the multiplexer 5 as described above.
Appears in 2.

The output of the multiplexer 52 is the impedance converter 54.
Performs impedance conversion with the external connector 38
To the impedance matching driver 32 on the CPU unit 30 side to perform impedance matching. The DC offset converter 33 next to the impedance matching driver 32 receives only the reaction wave of the output from the detection matrix 20 and outputs it to the hold unit 34.

In the hold unit 34, the data sent at high speed is transferred to the next A
It is temporarily held and stored until the A / D conversion in the / D converter 35 is completed.

The A / D converter 35 converts an analog signal from the detection matrix 20 into a digital signal in a predetermined bit unit such as 12 bits, and sends the digital data to the CPU unit 30 via a data bus. Hold unit 34,
The operation of the A / D converter 35 is performed by the logic controller 3
1 or the signal from the timing generator 36.

It is also possible to separately provide an output terminal for the A / D converter 35 and store the movements of all the pachinko balls on the detection matrix 20 for a long time.

The position of the pachinko ball can be grasped as the coordinates of the position where the rows intersect by detecting the transmitting coil row 22 in which the impedance value has changed and the receiving coil row 26 in which the transmitting current has changed.

Detection unit 20 corresponding to the safe holes 14a, 14a ...
The positions of a, 20a, ... Are also stored, and the position of the out hole 15 is also stored to monitor the incoming state of the pachinko balls as the game progresses. Depending on the situation, it is used as data for stopping management, checking for abnormalities due to fraud, and for nail adjustment.

Although the above embodiment shows a pachinko game machine, the use of the detection matrix is not limited to a pachinko game machine, and a detection device for counting and inspecting pachinko balls such as counting and checking of pachinko balls at a prize exchange place. Can be applied to. By making the characteristics of the detection unit sensitive, it is possible to detect fake balls and the like.

Also, if the density of the detection matrix is made appropriate, it is possible to follow the tracks of pachinko balls, and it is possible to monitor the game in detail. The detection matrix may be arranged on the back side of the board surface of the pachinko game machine.

"Effects of the Invention" According to the pachinko game machine and the pachinko ball detection device of the present invention, data such as the number of pachinko balls on the board, the number of pachinko balls hit by a player, and the rate of entering a safe hole Can be obtained easily and quickly and the details of the game can be known remotely, so that the level of counting control of the pachinko game machine can be raised.

In addition, the pachinko ball detection device can accurately detect a pachinko ball and can extract a false ball.

[Brief description of drawings]

Each drawing shows an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a pachinko game machine side of a signal processing system, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the same main controller side, and FIG. 3 is a pachinko machine. FIG. 4 is a partial longitudinal cross-sectional view of the game machine, FIG. 4 is a perspective view conceptually disassembling the pachinko game machine and the detection matrix, FIG. 5 is a partial perspective view of the detection matrix, and FIG. FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of a transmission unit or a reception unit. B ... Pachinko ball, 10 ... Pachinko game machine 11 ... Board surface, 13 ... Nail 14a, 14a ... Safe hole, 15 ... Out hole 20 ... Detection matrix, 20a ... Detection unit 21 ... Transmission coil Row group, 22 ... Transmission coil row 22a ... Transmission unit, 25 ... Reception coil row group 26 ... Reception coil row, 26a ... Reception unit 30 ... CPU unit 31 ... Logic controller 32 ... Impedance matching driver 33 ... DC offset converter 34 ... Hold unit, 35 ... A / D converter 40 ... Input system, 41 ... Transmission coil driver 42 ... Decoder, 43 ... Logic sequencer 44 ... Timing generator 45 ... Transmission coil row counter 50 ... Output system 51 ... Converter 52 ... Multiplexer 53 ... Reception Le column counter 54 ...... impedance converter

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A 64-58286 (JP, A) JP-A 1-104283 (JP, A) JP-A 60-114283 (JP, A) JP-A 61- 179181 (JP, A) JP 52-15351 (JP, A) JP 50-60345 (JP, A) JP 63-282884 (JP, A) JP 61-181480 (JP, A) JP-A-51-19379 (JP, A) JP-B-64-3506 (JP, B2)

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A transmission coil row group in which transmission coil rows in which transmission units are continuous at a predetermined pitch are arranged in one direction and arranged in order.
A reception coil array group in which a reception coil array in which reception units electromagnetically coupled to the transmission unit are continuously arranged at a predetermined pitch is aligned with the transmission coil row group in the cross direction and the reception coil array group is superposed on the transmission unit and the reception unit. Each part constitutes a detection matrix that forms a detection unit for detecting a pachinko ball by a change in electromagnetic characteristics, and the detection matrix is provided in parallel with the board surface, and the transmission coil row group side has a predetermined transmission coil. A transmitter coil driver that sequentially inputs signals at a cycle and a decoder that is connected to the transmitter coil driver and controls the transmitter coil drivers to sequentially operate according to a control signal are provided. A converter that is connected to the group and receives the electromagnetic characteristic value of each receiving coil array and converts it into a handleable signal;
A pachinko ball detection device comprising a multiplexer that sequentially outputs signals from each receiving coil array. 2. A pachinko ball detecting device according to claim 1, further comprising a logic sequencer which operates according to the control signal and synchronizes the decoder on the transmitting side and the multiplexer on the receiving side. 3. A receiving coil, which operates in accordance with a control signal and synchronizes a decoder on the transmitting side and a multiplexer on the receiving side, wherein one receiving coil is included in one receiving coil column group for one scanning of the transmitting coil row group. 3. A logic sequencer for detecting a column is provided.
Pachinko ball detection device described. 4. A receiver coil array group which operates in accordance with a control signal to synchronize a decoder on the transmitter side and a multiplexer on the receiver side, wherein one transmitter coil among the transmitter coil row groups is transmitted once. 2. A pachinko ball detection device according to claim 1, further comprising a logic sequencer for scanning and detecting once. 5. A pachinko game machine provided with the pachinko ball detection device according to claim 1, wherein the plane through which the pachinko balls pass is a board surface.