JPH069628B2 - Central control device for ball game machines - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a centralized control device 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 management device for a ball game machine that centrally manages data relating to a plurality of ball game machines that perform a game in a complicated manner.

[Prior Art] Among the ball game machines conventionally known, there is, for example, one described in JP-A-57-175379. Hereinafter, this type of conventional ball game machine will be described.

In the conventional ball game machine, a starting winning area is provided in the gaming area, and a ball hit into the gaming area wins in the starting winning area, so that a variable display device as an example of the gaming device variably displays. To start and then stop. The specific game state occurs when the display result when the variable display of the variable display device is stopped becomes a predetermined specific display state (for example, 777). Therefore, the specific game state is a game state that occurs with a certain probability according to the result of the operation of the game device that starts the operation for the game by winning the start winning area of the ball. When the specific game state occurs, the variable winning ball device is driven to open so as to be in the first state advantageous to the player, and the player is provided with a profit.

As a device for centrally managing data relating to such a ball game machine, there has been one generally known in the past, for example, one described in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 183883/1982. In the conventional management device of this kind, the game device starts the operation for the game by the hitting ball hit in the game area of the ball game machine winning the start winning area, and the game state is In a ball game machine in which a ball hit in the game area is likely to win a prize when a specific game state occurs with a certain probability as a result of the operation of the gaming device, the number of occurrences of the specific game state is set. It is configured to aggregate and print and display the count value. In other words, the conventional management device for a ball game machine is configured to collect and output data relating to the profit given to the player by the occurrence of the specific game state.

If the profit given to the player due to this specific game state is too large, it means that the player has been provided with a large service, but the game place is in the red. On the other hand, conversely, if the profit given to the player due to the occurrence of this specific game state is too small, it will be profit for the game hall, but the service to the player will be deteriorated and the player will be gathered in the game hall. The inconvenience of not occurring occurs.

As described above, in the game hall, it is necessary to manage the game hall in consideration of the service to the player and the profit of the game hall, and in the conventional management apparatus of the ball game machine, the game hall is managed. The data related to the profit given to the player due to the occurrence of the specific game state necessary for the management of is aggregated and output.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, the data related to the profit given to the player due to the occurrence of the specific game state happens to be lucky on that day, even though the number of starting winnings of the driving ball is not so large. There are rare cases where a large number of specific game states occur by chance, and vice versa. However, if the nail adjustment or the like is performed only based on the output data related to the profit given to the player due to the occurrence of the specific game state provided by the conventional management device for the ball game machine, the above-mentioned coincidence occurs. There is a drawback that even a ball game machine that does not need to perform nail adjustment only when the value of output data is large or small is poorly adjusted.

On the other hand, the service provided to the player in association with the game may be, in addition to the profit provided to the player due to the occurrence of the particular game state, for example, the particular game state may be produced in association with the start winning of a hit ball. There is also a mental service that accompanies the starting prize of the ball hitting, which provides the player with a sense of anticipation that there will be no excitement. However, in the conventional management device for a ball game machine, no data is provided as a material for determining the mental service provided along with such a ball hitting start prize, so that There is a drawback in that only insufficient information can be provided when performing amusement hall management in which the service and the profit of the amusement hall must be weighed.

On the other hand, in the game hall, it is prevented as much as possible that the game value is given to only some players, so-called Pachi-Pro, and the game value is given to a wide range of ordinary players equally.
While striving to prevent the inconvenience that the superiority and inferiority of the game technology is extremely reflected in the game result, a plurality of ball game machines in which the performance related to the addition of the game value of the ball game machine is installed in the game hall In the case of all the same, if it is a player, it will be the same no matter which ball game machine is played, the game will be flattened and the player will be bored, and eventually the management of the game hall will be difficult. The problem arises. Therefore,
At the amusement hall, each of the plurality of ball game machines installed has a variation in the above-mentioned performance, and the player who came to the amusement hall plays a game with a ball game machine and temporarily gives much game value. Even if it is not done, let the player hold the expectation that if you change the table and play with another ball game machine or if a great game value will be added,
We are striving to increase the effect of attracting customers. As a result, in the amusement arcade, data relating to the player's profit associated with the occurrence of a particular game state that exerts a particularly large amount of customer attraction and the number of starting winning awards of the batting ball that triggers the data are obtained for each ball game machine. There was a strong need to understand how much variation there was in. However, the above-described conventional ball game machine management device collects and outputs data for one ball game machine, and it has not been possible to compare and examine data among a plurality of ball game machines. . Therefore, there is a drawback that the above-mentioned strong needs of the amusement hall cannot be met, and it is difficult to centrally manage data in the central area.

The present invention has been conceived in view of such circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to manage a game arcade by weighing both the provision of a service to a player and the profit of the game arcade. In addition to providing reliable information that will not be misled by accident, the information necessary to perform advanced amusement hall management in consideration of the gaming service that accompanies the start winning of the ball. In addition, it is possible to grasp the variation state of the data regarding the player's profit associated with the occurrence of a specific game state that particularly exerts the ability to attract customers and the number of starting winning prizes of the ball hitting that triggers the situation, among multiple ball game machines. It is to meet the needs of the amusement halls that you want to play.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

The present invention is a centralized management device for a ball game machine, which centrally manages data relating to a plurality of ball game machines that hit a ball in a game area and play a game, wherein each of the ball game machines is the game Based on the start winning area provided in the area, the starting winning ball detecting means for detecting the starting winning balls won in the starting winning area, and the detection output of the starting winning ball detecting means, the operation is started for the game. When the gaming device and the gaming state become a specific gaming state that occurs with a certain probability as a result of the operation of the gaming device, it is possible to give a specific gaming value in which the ball hit in the gaming area is easy to win. And a game state control means for controlling to a different game state, the centralized management device collects data on the starting winning number of ball hits for each of the ball game machines, and to the player due to the occurrence of the specific game state. Related to the profits granted Information collecting means for collecting data, and each piece of collected information of the plurality of ball game machines collected by the information collecting means together with information that can be specified by the ball game machine for a plurality of ball game machines at once And an output unit capable of outputting.

[Action]

According to the present invention, data relating to the starting winning number of hitting balls for each ball game machine is collected, and the specification which occurs with a certain probability as a result of the operation of the gaming device operated by the detection output of the starting winning ball detecting means The data related to the profit given to the player for each ball game machine when the game state is entered is collected, and both of the above-mentioned collected data that are stochastically related are collected by the ball game machine. Along with the identifiable information, multiple ball game machines can be output at one time.

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

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an entire management system including a centralized management device for a ball game machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 and FIG. 1C are external views of a pachinko machine which is an example of a ball game machine to which the present invention is applied. 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 are set within the same island B. On one side of each island B, an information collecting device 70, which is an example of information collecting means shown in FIGS. 7A to 7C described later, is provided. Each information collecting means 70 is connected to an output device 80, which is an example of an output means, via a data transmission line LN. Each information collecting device 70
The output device 80 and the output device 80 form a centralized management device 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 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. A game board 3 that forms a game area by its front surface
Specific areas 4a to 4c, which are an example of the start winning area, safe holes 5a to 5c, and a plurality of yakmono (commonly called tulips) 6a and 6b are arranged on the upper side. In addition, in a substantially central portion of the game board 3, a variable display member 2 which is an example of a game device.
0 is installed. 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. . Further, a winning ball device 30 (details are shown in FIG. 3 described later) is provided at a position slightly above the out ball entrance 7 of the game board 3.

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. When the display result after change becomes a specific display state that is predetermined with a certain probability, a specific game state occurs, and an example of giving a specific game value in which a ball hit in the game area is easy to win. It becomes a game state in which the maximum value can be given.

The specific area is not limited to the winning hole, but is an area through which balls formed on the game board 3 can pass, that is, a passing area where balls dropped from above pass and are challenged again from below to the game area. May be As described above, "winning" is a broad concept including "passing".

If necessary, insert a part of the front frame 1 (start).
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. Out ball entrance 7
A path 116 is provided between the confluence path 117 and the confluence path 117.

Detection switches 12a to 12c, which are an example of start winning a prize ball detecting means, are provided on the back surfaces of the specific areas 4a to 4c in order to detect balls that have won the corresponding specific areas. On the back surface of the winning ball device 30, a detection switch 13 for detecting a ball that has won the winning ball device 30 is provided. When the specific game state occurs, the winning ball device 30 opens the plate as a maximum value giving state as an example of giving a specific game value, and in advance, among the winning areas that can be passed by opening the plate. Defined prize area (3 shown in FIG. 5
2a) detection switch 14 for detecting the winning ball
Is provided. A hit ball detection switch 15 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,
A gift ball is replenished 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 locking levers 27a to 27c engage with the corresponding ratchet gears 22a to 22c to selectively hold the rotary drums 21a to 21c in the locked state.

The 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 a predetermined state, the maximum value is given. It is a condition that can be done. 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 ball device 30. In the winning ball device 30 of this embodiment, an opening / closing plate (plate) 33, which will be described later, is opened forward to receive balls as a first state that is advantageous (or profitable) for the player, which is disadvantageous (or disadvantageous) for the player. As an example of the second state, the opening / closing plate is closed to prevent the reception of balls.

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 winning 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 prize frame 32 of the decorative frame 31.
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 which is an example of the game state control means.

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 motor 2 is energized while energizing the solenoids 26a to 26c.
Energize 51. Accordingly, the engagement states of the locking levers 27a to 27c and the ratchet gears 22a to 22c are released, so that the rotary drums 21a to 21c are rotationally driven by the rotational force of the motor 251. 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 generation 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 detection 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 rotating 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-adding 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. In the maximum value imparting state detection circuit 46, a specific game state determining means for determining whether or not a specific game state originally occurring with a certain probability has occurred due to the detection output being derived by the starting winning prize detecting means. It is configured. In addition, the game control circuit 40 constitutes a game state control means for causing a game state in which a specific game value can be given to appear, based on the determination result of the specific game state determination means that the specific game state has occurred. There is.

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

FIGS. 5A to 5C are views for explaining the details of the operating state detection device included in each pachinko machine, particularly 5A.
The figure shows a block diagram of the operating state detection device 50,
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 is R
The data is written in the AM 54 or the data previously written in the RAM 54 is read out, and serves as a reading means. The interface switch 52 includes detection switches 12a to 12a.
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).

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 the detection switch 12c is turned on, that is, whether 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. After that, or when it is determined in step 6 that the detection switch 12c is off, the process 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 14
When it is determined that the switch has been turned on, in step 13, 1 is added to the number of continuations (F) stored in the storage area 54f.

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, the memory 54 is stored in step 15.
1 is added to the number of hit balls (G) stored in g. 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, 1 is added to the number of supplementary balls (H) stored in the storage area 54h in step 18. 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.

Note that the information processing device 70 may be configured to collect data regarding the variable display count of the variable display member 20. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the case where the game control circuit hardware circuit of the pachinko machine 10 is configured and the operating state detection device 50 is configured 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. 6 can be easily made by those skilled in the art according to the technical idea shown in FIG. 6, 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.
It is a starting winning area defined so that the operation state of No. 5 can be changed. Detection switches 62a to 62c are associated with the specific areas 61a to 61c. In addition, in approximately the center of the game board 3, a winning ball device 6 of another example of the game device.
5 is attached.

The details of the winning ball device 65 will be described with reference to FIG. 6B. 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 1 or 2 times. During the opening operation of the ball receiving members 654 and 655, if the hitting balls do not win the special prize area 652 and only the prize winning area 653 wins, a predetermined number per winning ball will be obtained in the same manner as conventionally known. The prize ball is released. In addition, a first starting prize area (for example, 61a, 62c) for opening and closing the variable winning ball device 65 once and a second starting prize area (for example, 61) for opening and closing twice.
b), the total number of winning balls in the first starting winning area is detected and counted, and the winning balls in the second starting winning area is detected and counted. You may make it collect and output by the collection device 70. Moreover, you may make it collect | recover and output the data regarding the number of times of the operation | movement of the one-time opening and the two-time opening of the variable winning ball apparatus 65 mentioned above.

On the other hand, as an example of the specific game state, when the hit ball wins the special prize area 652 with a certain probability, as an example of giving a specific game value, the solenoid 657 has a relatively short cycle (for example, 0.4 seconds). A certain number of times (eg 18
Ball bearing members 654, 655
Is opened and closed intermittently. In this state, if the hit ball enters the special prize area 652, the ball receiving members 654, 65
The intermittent opening / closing operation of 5 is repeatedly performed and the operation is continued. If no single ball hits into the special prize area 652 during the intermittent opening / closing operation for a certain number of times, the operation ends after the intermittent opening / closing operation for a certain number of times. That is,
In this embodiment, it is detected by the detection of the first hit ball that enters the special prize area 652 that the maximum value-adding state is detected, and the number of continuations is counted by the detection of the prize ball after that, and the continuation is continued for a certain number of times. Will be.

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. In particular, FIG. 7A shows a block diagram of the information collecting device 70, and FIG. 7B shows a RAM 74.
FIG. 7C is a diagram schematically showing the storage area of
The flowchart of U71 is shown.

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 as an example of a storage unit. 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 polled. 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 has been 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 movable state detecting device 50 is provided for each pachinko machine 10 and the information collecting device 70 is provided corresponding to 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. The program may be changed so that the CPU 71 executes the flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5C and 7C.

Next, the details of the output device 80 will be described.

FIG. 8 is an external view of an embodiment of the output device.

The output device 80, which is an example of the output means of the present invention, includes a housing 81. The housing 81 has a built-in display device (for example, a CRT display) 82 as an example of visual output means and a printer (not shown). An operation panel 83 is provided on the housing 82. Operation panel 8
A numeric keypad 84 for designating a machine number and other function keys 85 are attached to the unit 3.

By the way, the CRT display 82 displays the board surface configuration of the game board in which the positions of the left, right, and center start winning areas and the like are known, and along with the board surface configuration, as data based on the operating state, Machine number, number of winning prizes on left start, number of winning prizes on right start, number of winning prizes on center start, number of maximum value grants,
The number of balls driven in (the number of balls entered from the game arcade), the number of supply balls (the number of balls ejected from the game arcade), and the difference are displayed. Each data except the difference number is data read from the RAM 74. The difference number data is obtained by subtracting the number of supplementary balls from the number of driven balls.

By viewing the data displayed on the CRT display 82, the manager of the game arcade can easily know the number of times of maximum value addition and the number of prize balls in a specific area that triggers the maximum value addition. In addition, the data showing the profit of the amusement hall can also be known together, and there is an advantage that materials useful for nail adjustment or business management can be obtained.
Further, the output device 80 may be a device that outputs in words by voice instead of the display by the CRT display 82. Furthermore, although the unit number is output in the figure,
It is not always necessary to output the information such as the platform number that can identify the ball game machine.

The output device 80 not only displays various data,
These data can also be printed. In Figure 9,
The print format of various data for each machine number is shown. By printing various data in this way, there is an advantage that data related to profits can be saved as management data and can be reviewed later.

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 transfer line LN (that is, online) has been described, but the technical idea of the present invention is offline. 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 management system including a centralized management device for a pachinko machine 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 transfer line LN. Details of the information collecting apparatus in this case are shown in FIGS. 11 and 12.

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. The 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, CP
All the data for each unit number recorded in the U71 and the RAM 64 are read and written 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.

FIG. 12 is an external view of another embodiment of the information collecting device.
The information collecting apparatus 70B of this embodiment includes a printer (not shown). A print command key 756 is attached to the panel 752. Then, when the print command key 756 is operated, the CPU 71 sequentially reads the data for each unit number of the RAM 74, gives it to the printer, and prints and records it. Therefore, the information collecting device 70B of this embodiment is also used as the output device.

In each of the above embodiments, the information collecting device 70 (or 70A or 70B) and the output device 80 (or 80A).
Although the case where the management device is configured by is shown, if the amount of data to be collected is small, the output device 80 having the same function as the information collection device is provided without providing the information collection device for each island.
May be held on the side.

[Effects of the Invention] In the present invention, since data relating to the starting winning number of hitting balls, which is a prerequisite for the occurrence of the specific gaming state, is output, the data relating to the starting winning number and the occurrence of the specific gaming state will cause the player to By comparing with the data related to the profits given, it is possible to judge whether the data related to the profits given to the player happens to be such a value, and at the game hall. Can find only the ball-and-ball game machine that really needs nail adjustment etc. without being accidentally misled. In addition, in order to collect and output the data on the number of starting prizes for hitting balls, information for more advanced amusement hall management that also considers the mental game service accompanying the starting prize for hitting balls is provided. It is possible to provide a centralized control device for a ball game machine which can be provided and which is more preferable for a game field where the game field management must be performed by weighing both the provision of the service to the player and the profit of the game field. It was Moreover, because the aggregated data that is output can be output at the same time for multiple ball game machines together with the information that allows the target ball game machines to be specified, the output corresponding to which ball game machine It can be easily judged whether it is data, and it is possible to compare and examine the output data, and in a plurality of ball game machines, the data regarding the starting winning number and the occurrence of a specific game state are provided to the player. By grasping whether the data related to the profits provided have a moderate variability, and whether there is too much or too little prominent state, it is possible to make a prominent variability while prominent. It is possible to find out only the ball game machine that exists and adjust the nails, etc., and it is easy to perform centralized management with the entire view in the center.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an entire management system including a centralized control device for a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 1 and FIG. 1C are schematic views of 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 detecting device, FIG. 5B is a diagram schematically showing a storage area of the RAM, and FIG. 5C is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the operating state detecting device. . 6A and 6B are schematic views showing the details of another pachinko machine to which the present invention is applied. 7A, 7B and 7
FIG. C is a detailed view of the information collecting device. FIG. 8 is a detailed view of the output device. FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically showing an example of the print format. FIG. 10 is an illustrative view of a management system including a centralized management device for a pachinko machine according to another embodiment of the present invention. 11 and 12 are schematic views 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 (9)

[Claims] 1. A central control device for a ball game machine, which centrally manages data relating to a plurality of ball game machines for playing a game by hitting a ball in a game area, wherein each ball game machine comprises: Based on the start winning area provided in the game area, the starting winning ball detecting means for detecting the starting winning balls won in the starting winning area, and the detection output of the starting winning ball detecting means, the operation starts for the game When the gaming state and the gaming state become a specific gaming state that occurs with a certain probability as a result of the operation of the gaming device, a specific game value in which a ball hit in the game area is easy to win is given. And a game state control means for controlling to a possible game state, wherein the centralized management device collects data on the number of starting winnings of hitting balls for each of the ball game machines, and when the specific game state occurs, the player The profits given to Information collecting means for collecting continuous data, and each piece of collected information of the plurality of ball game machines collected by the information collecting means together with information that can be specified by the ball game machine, once for a plurality of ball game machines A centralized control device for a ball game machine, comprising: 2. A 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. However, the information collecting means is provided for each of the islands, and collects the data of each ball game machine on the same island by unit number, The ball game machine according to claim 1, wherein Central control device. 3. The information collecting means collects respective data of a plurality of ball game machines provided on a plurality of islands formed in a game hall for each machine number corresponding to each of the ball game machines. Centralized control device for a ball game machine according to claim 1, characterized in that it includes means. 4. The information collecting means accumulates the first totaling means for cumulatively totaling the number of times of profits given to the player due to the occurrence of the specific game state, and the number of times related to the start winning of a ball. Centralized control device for a ball game machine according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that it has a second totaling means for totalizing. 5. The starting winning area includes a first starting winning area and a second starting winning area, and the starting winning ball detecting means detects a winning ball that has won in the first winning area. A first starting prize-winning ball detecting means, and a second means for detecting a winning prize-winning ball in the second starting prize-winning area.
And the second totaling means includes means for cumulatively totaling the number of times related to the starting winning prize for each of the first and second starting winning prize areas. A centralized control device for a ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 4. 6. The bullet according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the output means is provided in common to each of the islands and at a location away from the island. Central control device for ball game machines. 7. The centralized control device includes a designation means for designating a desired ball game machine, and the output means includes a designated data output means for outputting data of the designated ball game machine. A centralized control device for a ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that. 8. The information collecting means includes magnetic recording means for writing the data collected for each ball game machine onto a magnetic recording medium, and the output means outputs the data in a visually recognizable manner. A visual output means, and means for reading the data recorded on the magnetic recording medium and giving it to the visual output means.
A centralized control device for a ball game machine according to any one of claims 1 to 7. 9. The bullet according to claim 1, wherein the output means includes a printing means for printing the data collected by the information collecting means. Central control device for ball game machines.