JPH0763542B2 - Electronic management device for amusement park - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a pachinko machine using small balls as a game medium, an arrangement ball machine using coins and medals, a medal game machine such as a sparrow ball pachinko machine, and the like. The present invention relates to an electronic management device for a game hall that can be applied to this type of pachinko machine, and more particularly to an electronic management device that manages these pachinko machines in a distributed manner.

[Prior Art] As a conventional electronic management device of this type, for example, Japanese Patent Publication No.
There is one disclosed in Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No.-24110.

In other words, when the amount of pachinko balls held on a pachinko island reaches a certain amount or more, the return of free gift balls to the island is stopped, and when the amount of pachinko balls reaches a certain amount or less, the free gift balls are returned to the island. The amount of possession is averaged.

[Problems to be solved by the invention] However, since the reward balls are returned and stopped for each island, the amount of balls held on one island is extremely small, and the amount of balls held on other islands is extremely small. If is averaged, there is no island where the return of prize balls is stopped.

Therefore, it is difficult to return the balls to the island with few balls, and there is a problem that the island may cause a situation in which the operation of the gaming machine must be stopped due to a shortage of balls.

The present invention has been made to solve such problems.
Provided is an electronic management device for a game hall, which can average the number of balls held by each island in the entire game hall and can prevent an extremely small amount of balls held on a certain island. To aim.

[Means for Solving the Problem] The gist of the present invention for solving such an object is to provide a plurality of gaming machines, a plurality of ball lending machines, and a plurality of or a single prize ball counting for each island. An electronic management device for a game arcade in which a container and a ball possession amount detection means are arranged, wherein the prize ball counter has means for closing the prize ball intake by a stop signal and opening the prize intake by a release signal. , The ball possession amount detection means detects the ball possession amount on the island,
Output the ball possession detection signal, store the ball possession detection signal, obtain the ball possession amount for each island, compare the mutual amounts, corresponding to the ball possession amount for each island,
A ball possession amount monitoring means for outputting a stop signal and a release signal to the prize ball counter of each island, and the ball possession amount monitoring means is provided when the ball possession amount of any island reaches a predetermined minimum ball possession amount. When the stop signal is output to the prize ball counter on an island with a large amount of balls, the ball-holding amount monitoring means detects that the ball-holding amount on one of the islands reaches a predetermined maximum ball-holding amount. In the electronic management device of a game hall, the stop signal is output to the prize ball counter of the island.

[Operation] The ball possession amount monitoring means obtains the ball possession amount for each island, compares the respective amounts, and when the difference in the ball possession amount for each island reaches a predetermined amount or more, the ball possession amount is large. The stop signal is output to the prize ball counter on one island, and when the difference in the ball possession amount for each island reaches a predetermined amount or less, a release signal is output to the prize ball counter on that island.

The prize ball counter closes the prize ball intake port with a stop signal from the ball possession amount monitoring means, and opens the prize ball intake port with a release signal.

For this reason, the return of balls to an island in which the ball possession amount exceeds the possession amount of other islands by a predetermined amount or more is not performed unless the difference from the ball possession amount of the other islands is equal to or less than the predetermined amount.

Therefore, even if the amount of balls held on one island is extremely small and the amount of balls held on another island is averaged, if the difference in the amount of balls held on one island becomes large, the amount of balls held will increase. The redemption of gift balls to a large number of islands is stopped, and until the difference becomes less than a predetermined amount, the amount of red balls will be returned to the island with a large number of balls, unless the amount of balls held on that island increases. Absent.

In this way, the amount of balls held can be averaged over the entire game hall.

The number of balls held is calculated by the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls stored in the total number of balls monitoring means, or the number of difference balls, the number of balls lent out stored in the total number of balls lent monitoring means, and the prize ball. This can be done by calculating the number of balls in the prize ball counter stored in the counter monitoring means.

[Example] An example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko machine will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 7 shows a perspective view of the game arcade.

A plurality of islands 2 are arranged in the game arcade.

As shown in FIG. 6, each island 2 is provided with a plurality of gaming machines 1, a ball lending machine 3, and a prize ball counting machine 4.

As shown in FIG. 1, one terminal management device 5 is attached to each of the four gaming machines 1 and the four ball lending machines 3.

The terminal management device 5 of each island 2 is centrally managed by the integrated management device 6.

The gaming machine 1 has a gaming machine detector 13 that detects its operating status.
Is provided.

Further, the ball lending machine 3 is provided with a lending machine detector 11 for detecting the ball lending status.

Referring to FIG. 6, the prize ball counter 4 has a prize ball inlet 21 for the player to take in the balls obtained from the gaming machine 1, and the prize ball counter 4 takes the balls taken in. It counts and outputs a count signal of the counted number of balls.

The prize ball counter 4 is provided with a prize signal intake port 21 by the stop signal.
And a means for opening the prize ball intake port 21 in response to a release signal.

The prize ball counter 4 has a printer 26 for printing the number of prize balls on the paper 25. When the print button 27 is pressed after the prize balls are inserted, the number of prize balls is printed on the paper 25. It has become. The number of prize balls may be printed on paper or recorded on a magnetic card.

Referring to FIG. 5, the balls taken into the island 2 from the discharge pipe 15 of the prize ball counter 4 are collected in the relay tank 17 by the collection gutter 16.

The balls collected in the relay tank 17 are ground and lifted by the grinding machine 18, and sent to the ball lending machine 3 via the supply gutter 19 and to the gaming machine 1 by the supply counter 12. The balls flowing from the collection gutter 16 are directly ground and ground by the polishing machine 18, and a part of them is stored in the tank provided at the top, and the remaining balls overflow from the tank at the top and are relayed. It may be introduced into the tank 17.

The terminal management device 5 has a ball number terminal monitoring means 51 and a terminal ball lending number monitoring means 52. Ball number terminal monitoring means 51,
Receiving the detection signal from the gaming machine detector 13 of the four gaming machines 1, calculating and storing the number of entered balls and the number of delivered balls of each gaming machine, and the difference between the number of entered balls and the number of delivered balls. It is a means for calculating and storing numbers.

The terminal ball lending number monitoring means 52 is a means for receiving a detection signal from the lending machine detector 11 of the four ball lending machines 3 and storing the number of ball lending of each ball lending machine.

The terminal management device 5, specifically, as shown in FIG.
The signal input unit 151, the control unit 152, the memory 153, the signal output unit 154, and the network control unit 155 constitute the above means.

The signal input unit 151 inputs a detection signal from the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 3, and sends a signal to the control unit 152.

The control unit 152 causes the signal input unit 151 to input data to the memory 153 according to the signal. After that, the control unit 152
Obtain the stored data from the memory 153, perform arithmetic processing,
It is stored in the memory 153.

Then, the signal output unit 154 outputs the data obtained from the memory 153 as an output signal in response to the signal from the control unit 152.

Further, the network control unit 155 obtains data from the memory 153 according to the signal from the control unit 152.

The network control unit 155 communicates with the island controller unit 163 of the integrated management device 6.

In this way, the terminal management device 5 performs various signal detection and data processing, state management and control of gaming machines and the like, signal output to various external interfaces, output of supply signals, data transmission through the island network, and the like.

On the other hand, the integrated management device 6 includes a total ball number monitoring means 61, a total ball lending number monitoring means 62, a prize ball counter monitoring means 63,
It has a ball possession amount monitoring means 64.

The total number of balls monitoring means 61 stores the number of balls input and the number of balls output from the gaming machine 1 for each island 2 via the terminal management device 5, and also calculates the difference between the number of balls input and the number of balls output. It is a means of storing.

The total ball lending number monitoring means 62, via the terminal management device 5,
This is a means for storing the number of balls lent out by the ball lending machine 3 for each island 2.

The prize ball counter monitoring means 63 receives the count signal and receives the count signals from each island 2.
It is a means for storing the number of balls of each prize ball counter 4.

The ball holding amount monitoring means 64 is a ball number terminal monitoring means for each island 2.
The number of difference balls stored in 51, the number of ball rentals stored in the total ball lending number monitoring means 62, and the number of balls of the premium ball counter 4 stored in the premium ball counter monitoring means 63 are calculated. Then, the ball possession amount for each island 2 is calculated, the amounts are compared with each other, and when the difference in the ball possession amount for each island 2 reaches or exceeds a predetermined amount, the prize of the island with the larger ball possession amount A stop signal is output to the ball counter 4 and each island 2
It is a means for outputting a cancellation signal to the prize ball counter 4 of the island having the larger ball holding amount when the difference in the ball holding amount for each reaches a predetermined amount or less.

The integrated management device 6 is, as shown in FIG.
A control unit 161, a memory 162, an island controller unit 163,
The control panel 164 and the communication port unit 165 constitute the above means.

Then, processing, storage of data sent from the terminal management device 5, creation of display data on the control panel, creation of print data, acceptance and issuance of various control commands to the gaming machine 1, management of various constants, communication It controls ports and so on.

The control board 164, as shown in FIG.
Input unit 172, display unit 173, printing unit 174, display setting unit 1
75 and.

Then, a control request to each gaming machine, a status display of each gaming machine, a game hall, printing of aggregated data, notification of abnormality, and the like are performed.

In the present invention, the "gaming machine" is, for example, a pachinko machine, an arrangement ball machine, a medal game machine such as a sparrow ball pachinko machine, or a pachinko machine of this type, and the "ball" is, for example,
Small balls used in pachinko machines, coins and medals used in arrange ball machines, sparrow balls, and other game machines used in this type of pachinko machine.

Next, the operation will be described.

The ball possession amount monitoring means 64 obtains the ball possession amount for each island 2, compares the respective amounts, and when the difference in the ball possession amount for each island 2 reaches a predetermined amount or more, the ball possession amount is large. A stop signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of the other island 2, and when the difference in the ball possession amount for each island 2 reaches a predetermined amount or less, a release signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of that island 2. To do.

The prize ball counter 4 closes the prize ball intake port 21 with a stop signal from the ball possession amount monitoring means 64, and opens the prize ball intake port 21 with a release signal.

For this reason, the return of balls to an island whose ball holding amount exceeds the holding amount of the other island 2 by a predetermined amount or more is performed unless the difference from the ball holding amount of the other island 2 is not more than the predetermined amount. Absent.

Therefore, even if the amount of balls on one island 2 is extremely small and the amount of balls on another island 2 is averaged,
If the difference in the amount of balls held between the two is large, the return of the prize balls to the island 2 with a large amount of balls will be stopped, and the amount of balls held on that island 2 will increase until the difference falls below a predetermined amount. Unless there is no ball, the gift ball will not be returned to Island 2 which has a lot of balls.

In this way, the amount of balls held can be averaged over the entire game hall.

The calculation of the ball holding amount by the ball holding amount monitoring means 64 uses a computer or the like to calculate the number of difference balls stored in the ball number comprehensive monitoring means 61 and the ball lending stored in the total ball lending number monitoring means 62. This can be done by calculating the number and the number of balls stored in the prize ball counter monitoring means 63.

That is, the number of balls lent out from the ball lending machine 3 is A,
B is the number of balls awarded from the game machine 1 as a prize ball, C is the number of balls entered into the game machine 1, D is the number of balls returned from the prize ball counter 4, and is on the island 2 before the start of business. The number of balls present is K,
Assuming that the amount of balls currently held in the island 2 is M, the formula of M = C + D- (A + B) + K is established. When the number of difference balls is E, the number of difference balls is the number of balls obtained by subtracting the number of discharged balls from the number of inserted balls, so E = C−B and the formula of M = E + D−A + K is established.

M ₁ a ball holding amount of an island 2 obtained by this formula, Ball stockpile the M ₂ of other islands 2, when a predetermined amount of the reference to X, | M ₁ -M ₂ | of ≧ X conditions When the condition is satisfied, a stop signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of the island 2 having a larger ball possession amount, and the prize ball intake port 21 is closed.

When the condition of | M ₁ −M ₂ | <X is satisfied, a release signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of the island 2 having the larger ball possession amount, and the prize ball intake port 21 is opened.

In this way, the ball possession amount is monitored between the islands 2 by comparing the ball possession amount.

In addition to setting this predetermined amount X, the minimum ball holding amount Y for each island 2 is set, and the ball holding amount M of any one of the islands 2 is set.
When the predetermined minimum ball possession amount Y which has been set is reached, an emergency display is displayed outside the island 2, and at the same time, the prize possession counting means 64 is provided on the prize ball counter 4 of the island having a large amount of other ball possessions. A stop signal is output so that the prize ball intake port 21 is closed.
Further, the maximum possession amount Z is set, and when the possession amount of balls on any of the islands reaches a predetermined maximum possession amount Z, the prize possession counting means 64 causes the prize possession counter 4 of that island to give a stop signal. Is output, and the prize ball intake 21 is immediately closed.

It should be noted that the ball holding amount may be obtained by providing a ball holding amount detecting means in the relay tank 17 for each island 2, for example.

In this case, the ball possession amount detection means detects the ball possession amount in the island and outputs a ball possession amount detection signal.

Then, the ball possession amount monitoring means 64 may store the ball possession amount detection signal from the ball possession amount detection means and obtain the ball possession amount for each island 2 so as to compare the respective amounts. .

As the predetermined reference amount, an upper limit predetermined amount and a lower limit predetermined amount can be set.

Note that the number of gaming machines 1 and ball lending machines 3 managed by one terminal management device 5 is not limited to four, and is not limited to one.
There may be any number of units, two, three, five, six or more.

Further, the number-of-balls terminal monitoring means 51 is a means for storing all three numbers of the number of incoming balls, the number of outgoing balls, and the number of difference balls of each gaming machine, and a plurality of, for example, every four In response to a detection signal from the gaming machine detector 13 of the gaming machine 1, the number of incoming balls, the number of outgoing balls, and the difference between the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls of each gaming machine It may be a means for calculating and storing the number of balls. Here, when the number of any two balls is stored, when the incoming ball and the outgoing ball are stored and the differential ball is not stored, when the incoming ball and the differential ball are stored and the outgoing ball is not stored, the outgoing ball is output. There are three cases in which the difference and the difference ball are memorized and the incoming ball is not memorized.

Further, when the ball number terminal monitoring means 51 stores two ball numbers in this way, the ball number comprehensive monitoring means 61 is stored in the ball number terminal monitoring means 51 via the terminal management device 5. Each island 2
It is a means for storing any two balls of each gaming machine 1. Further, only the number of difference balls may be stored in the number-of-balls terminal monitoring means 51. At this time, the total ball number monitoring means 61 naturally stores only the number of difference balls, but even if the method of storing the incoming / outgoing balls in the ball number terminal monitoring means 51 is calculated at the stage of transmitting to the total ball number monitoring means 61. Only the number of difference balls may be stored by processing. Further, when transmitting from the terminal management device 5 to the integrated management device 6, the ball number terminal monitoring means 51 and the terminal ball lending number monitoring means 52.
The data of is calculated and the calculation other than the prize ball is completed,
In the terminal management device 5, there is a system in which only the number of prize balls is added to obtain the ball possession amount.

Further, in this case, the ball possession amount monitoring means 64 is
The number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls stored in the total ball number monitoring means 51, or the number of difference balls, the number of ball rentals stored in the total ball lending monitoring means 62, and the prize ball count monitoring means 63 The number of balls held by the prize ball counter 4 is calculated to obtain the amount of balls held for each island 2, and the amounts are compared with each other, and the difference in the amount of balls held for each island 2 exceeds a predetermined amount. When it reaches, the stop signal is output to the prize ball counter 4 of the island with the larger ball holding amount, and when the difference in the ball holding amount for each island 2 reaches the predetermined amount or less, the one with the larger ball holding amount It is a means for outputting a cancellation signal to the prize ball counter 4 of the island.

Thereby, the ball possession amount is calculated by the number of incoming balls and the number of outgoing balls stored in the total number of balls monitoring means 61, or the number of difference balls, and the ball lending stored in the total number of ball rental monitoring means 62. This can be done by calculating the number and the number of balls of the prize ball counter 4 stored in the prize ball counter monitoring means 63.

In addition, although the terminal management device and the integrated management device are separated from each other in this ball possession amount monitoring means, they may be integrated.
In this case, the connection relationship between the gaming machine 1 and the ball lending machine 3 is the entire hole.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the electronic management device for a game arcade according to the present invention, it is possible to average the amount of balls held for each island in the entire game arcade, and only the amount of balls held for a certain island is extremely high. It is possible to prevent the decrease.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an electronic management device of the present invention,
2 is a block diagram showing the functions of the terminal management device, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the functions of the integrated management device, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the functions of the control panel of the integrated management device, and FIG. 5 is an island. 6 is a perspective view of an island, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a game arcade. 1 …… gaming machine, 2 …… island 3 …… ball lending machine, 4 …… free gift ball counter 5 …… terminal management device, 6 …… integrated management device 11 …… rental device detector, 12 …… replenishing device 15 …… Discharge pipe, 16 …… Collection trough 17 …… Relay tank 51 …… Ball number terminal monitoring means 52 …… Terminal ball lending number monitoring means 61 …… Ball number comprehensive monitoring means 62 …… Comprehensive ball lending number monitoring means 63 …… Premium ball counter monitoring means 64 …… Ball possession amount monitoring means

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An electronic management device for a game hall, wherein a plurality of game machines, a plurality of ball lending machines, a plurality of or a single prize ball counter and a ball possession amount detecting means are arranged for each island. The prize ball counter has a means for closing the prize ball intake port by a stop signal and opening the prize ball intake port by a release signal, and the ball possession amount detection means detects the ball possession amount in the island,
Output the ball possession detection signal, store the ball possession detection signal, obtain the ball possession amount for each island, compare the mutual amounts, corresponding to the ball possession amount for each island,
A ball possession amount monitoring means for outputting a stop signal and a release signal to the prize ball counter of each island, and the ball possession amount monitoring means is provided when the ball possession amount of any island reaches a predetermined minimum ball possession amount. When the stop signal is output to the prize ball counter on an island with a large amount of balls, the ball-holding amount monitoring means detects that the ball-holding amount on one of the islands reaches a predetermined maximum ball-holding amount. An electronic management device for a game hall, wherein the stop signal is output to the prize ball counter of the island.