JPH0767503B2 - Control device for card-type pachinko machine - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a launcher control that enables a pachinko ball enclosed in a machine to be launched based on inserting a card-shaped storage medium such as an electronic card or a magnetic card into a card mounting device. The present invention relates to a controller for a card-type pachinko machine provided with a unit, and more particularly to conversion control of valuable data related to the card-shaped storage medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a so-called card-type pachinko machine , which enables a game to be played by using a card-shaped storage medium such as a magnetic card in which the player's ball information is stored, has been disclosed by the applicant of the present invention. It is proposed by Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 52-139529, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 54-123334, and the like .

[0003]

However, in the conventional card-type pachinko machine , a magnetic card in which only the player's purchased ball information as the value information is stored is inserted into the card mounting device. Since all of the purchased ball information of this magnetic card is sometimes converted into the possessed ball information of the player, the player tends to buy a magnetic card in which a relatively small amount of value information is stored. there were. Therefore, the ball information often becomes zero during the game, and every time the ball information becomes zero during the game, the card vending machine often has to go to the purchase of a magnetic card or purchases it. The magnetic cards had to be inserted one after another, and the annoyance was a factor that made the game less interesting. Further, as a result of issuing a large number of low-priced cards, there has been a problem that the card issuing cost increases as a gaming shop, and socially increases the amount of non-burnable garbage and wastes oil resources. Also, the conventional card-type snap
In the case of Ko machines, the total amount of investment money of the player is converted into so-called ball number information.
To be issued as a converted magnetic card, the player
When actually playing a game, for example, today's game fee
How much do you decide to play, or the players
How much will you invest in the gaming machine of your choice?
In addition, there is a guideline for each player's intentions and game strategies.
A card-type pachinko machine that is difficult to reach and satisfying players
It wasn't configured.

[0004]

The present invention has been made in view of such a situation as described above, and the valuable data of the player is substantially equivalent to the amount of money and the second valuable data is used by using a card as a medium. classifying stored in the first and valuable data number ball has a convertible substantially equivalent to the second valuable data with the respective data this classification storage amount information and lifting
Visually displayed as valuable information on each valuable data display means, and
By operating the purchase operation means during the game
Make it possible to convert money information to ball information,
Also effective utilization point of resources, in terms of Rusa-bis that against the gaming customers, reasonable and have a card-shaped storage medium such as a magnetic card
It is an object of the present invention to provide a control device for a card-type pachinko machine that can be effectively handled.

A controller of a card-type pachinko machine of the present invention is a card-type game machine in which a pachinko ball enclosed in the machine is ejected to play a game based on insertion of a card-shaped storage medium into a card mounting device. Given the control unit of the pachinko machine: the first with the gaming customer is the amount of money information held
First valuable data storage means for storing first valuable data that can be converted into second valuable data; and second valuable data storage means for storing second valuable data which is ball information held by the player. And: first valuable data display means for displaying the storage data of the first valuable data storage means as money amount information; and: displaying the storage data of the second valuable data storage means as possession ball information. Second valuable data display means: Purchasing operation means for generating a purchase command signal based on an operation by a player for purchasing a ball; and: A unit purchase amount according to the purchase command signal of the purchasing operation means. and purchase data setting storage means for setting beforehand storing unit purchases ball data corresponding to the data and the unit purchase amount data: when the purchase instruction signal is supplied, stored in the first valuable data storage means A data calculating means for adding the unit purchase ball data to the second valuable data stored in the second valuable data storage means as well as subtracting the unit purchase price data from the first valuable data: the by having a It achieves the purpose.

[0006]

That is, according to the controller of the card-type pachinko machine of the present invention, valuable data for each player can be converted into an amount of money.
In addition to the above, the first valuable data which can be converted into the second valuable data and the second valuable data which is the ball information are classified and stored. That is, at the time of card issuance, not the valuable data that the player can directly play, such as the number of possessed balls, but the first valuable data that can be converted into the valuable data that the player can directly play, such as the number of possessed balls The pachinko game is performed by converting the first valuable data in the preceding stage into the second valuable data that can be directly played in the machine. The first of these
And the second valuable data are classified and stored in the first and second valuable data storage means, respectively. Also, these first and second
Of the valuable data are displayed on the first and second valuable data display means, respectively. When the player operates the purchase operation means, the first valuable data is converted into the second valuable data based on the purchase command signal generated by the purchase operation means, and the conversion rate at this time is the purchase data setting storage means. Is set in advance. In this way, the pachinko game is performed by converting the data into the second valuable data within the range of the first valuable data, so that the game player can purchase a relatively high price, and thereby the gaming machine. You can do the operation to convert to the second valuable data in small portions without leaving from, and you no longer have to leave the gaming machine to purchase a new card every time the number of balls you own becomes zero, as in the past. . Further, since the first and second valuable data are displayed on the corresponding display means, the player recognizes each valuable data that he / she currently holds and then determines the end time of the game and the time of exchanging the prize. It is possible to do things, and to be able to calculate the daily consumption amount in peace. Further, as an amusement store, it is possible to suppress an increase in card issuance cost associated with issuance of a large number of small amount cards, and also to prevent socially from increasing non-burnable garbage and wasting petroleum utilization resources.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the entire system of the present embodiment, which includes a card issuing machine 1 which is an example of a storage medium issuing device, a central management device 2, and a card adjusting machine 3 which is an example of a storage medium adjusting device. Each pachinko game machine 4 as a card-type pachinko machine is connected by a transmission line 5,
The transmission method itself may be a known one. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of the file 2a included in the central management unit 2, in which the first valuable data, which is substantially equivalent to the amount of money, is stored in the address associated with the identification code of the magnetic card described later. A valuable data area, a second valuable data area for storing second valuable data substantially equivalent to the number of balls owned, and an auxiliary area for storing a unit number, a date, data at the time of interruption, and the like are provided.

Next, each component of these systems will be described in order. First, the card issuing machine 1 uses the magnetic card 6
Is for issuing. Generally speaking, the card issuing machine 1 records at least an identification code for indicating the magnetic card 6 and other date codes, a collation code for fraud prevention if desired, and issues the magnetic card 6. The first valuable data is transmitted from the machine 1 to the central management unit 2, and the central management unit 2 manages this for each identification code of the magnetic card 6.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the card issuing machine 1. On the front side of the card issuing machine 1, there are a bill insertion slot 7, a bill return slot 8, a card issuing slot 9, and an amount indicator 10 for displaying the inserted amount. Purchase selection switches 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e for selecting the amount of money to purchase, an issuing lamp 12, and an issuance cancellation lamp 13 are appropriately arranged. The purchase selection switch 11a is 1000 yen, and the purchase selection switch 11
b is 2000 yen, purchase selection switch 11c is 3000
The purchase selection switch 11d is set to 4000 yen and the purchase selection switch is set to 4000 yen.
The selection switches 11e correspond to 5000 yen each.
Also, 14 is a terminal for connecting to the transmission line 5, 1
5 is a card tank for stocking magnetic cards, 16 is a card remaining amount sensor that operates when the number of remaining cards in the card tank 15 is below a certain amount, 17 is a card issuing device, and 18 is a change bill. Bill tank, 1
9 is a bill remaining amount sensor that operates when the amount of bills remaining in the bill tank 18 is below a certain amount, 20 is a known change ejecting device, 21 is a bill tank for stocking inserted bills,
Reference numeral 22 denotes a bill pool sensor that operates when the bill tank 21 is full, and 23 denotes a known bill validator.
Further, the purchase selectable lamps 24a to 24e are arranged in the purchase selection switches 11a to 11e, and the purchaseable lamps 24a to 24e are for displaying the amount of money that can be purchased within the range of the inserted amount of money. belongs to.

Next, FIG. 4 is a block diagram of the card issuing machine 1, and the elements shown in FIG. 3 are assigned the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 3 and duplicate explanations are omitted. In FIG. 4, 25 is a pilot lamp that lights up when the power is turned on,
26 is a banknote non-indicator that lights up when the banknote pool sensor 22 operates, 27 is a no-card indicator that lights up when the card remaining amount sensor 16 operates, and 28 indicates no banknote that lights up when the banknote remaining amount sensor 19 operates A display unit 29 is a digital switch type address setting switch for setting the address of the card issuing machine 1 and these are arranged on the back surface of the card issuing machine 1 so that an administrator can operate them.

Reference numeral 30 denotes an issuing machine control device composed of a microcomputer. The outputs of the switches and sensors described above are connected to the issuing machine control device 30 via a filter circuit 31, and the lamps described above are also provided. The display devices are driven by the driver 32, and the amount display 1
0 is driven via the driver 33. Further, the card issuing device 17 is a take-out device 17a for taking out the cards stocked in the card tank 15 one by one, and a card sensor 17 for detecting that the cards have reached the recording position.
b, a recording head 17c for writing data in the card, a reproducing head 17d for reading the data recorded in the card for confirmation, a printer 17e for printing the date and face value on the surface of the card, a card from the card issuing port 9 It has a carrying motor 17f for discharging, and these are controlled by a card writer control device 17g configured by a microcomputer. Further, the issuing machine control device 30 and the transmission line 5
A known transmission control device 34 and a modem 35 are provided between the two, and when the card is issued, the first valuable data is transmitted to the central management device 2 together with the identification code of the card. The magnetic card 6 issued in this embodiment has three magnetic media 6a, 6b and 6c as shown in FIG. 5, and the same data is recorded on each magnetic media.

Next, FIG. 6 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine 4 according to this embodiment and a card mounting device 4a formed separately from the main body of the pachinko gaming machine 4, and FIG. 7 is a card mounting device 4a. FIG. In the case of a card-type pachinko gaming machine, pachinko balls are enclosed in the pachinko gaming machine, and because there is no circulation with the island equipment, the space above the pachinko gaming machine 4 becomes large, so this implementation is carried out there. In the example, the card mounting device 4a is arranged in this upper space. When the pachinko gaming machine of this embodiment sets the magnetic card 6, it reads the identification code of the card and receives the first valuable data and the second valuable data from the central management unit 2 based on this identification code, 1 valuable data is converted into 2nd valuable data arbitrarily, and pachinko game is performed within the range of this 2nd valuable data. At the end of the game, the 1st valuable data and the 2nd valuable data along with the identification code of the card concerned. Valuable data is transmitted to the central management device 2.

A card insertion slot 4 is provided on the front of the card loading device.
0, the first valuable data display means for displaying the first valuable data, the amount display 41, the second valuable data display means for displaying the second valuable data, and the number-of-balls indicator 42 An analog display 43 for displaying the stop display and the number of balls display in the lighting state of the lamp, a safe lamp 44 that lights up when winning a prize, a speaker 45 for generating a sound effect, and a call switch 46 are arranged. In addition, on the front of the main body of the pachinko gaming machine 4, a purchase switch 47, which is a purchase operation means that is operated when converting the first valuable data into the second valuable data, a settlement switch 48 that is operated at the end of the game, and an operation when the game is interrupted. In addition to the interruption switch 49, the purchaseable indicator 50 that lights up when the first valuable data remains and can be converted into the second valuable data, in addition to the operation unit for repulsion similar to a normal pachinko game machine. An example of a touch sensor 51a, a start switch 51b, a single-shot switch 51c, etc. is provided, and an electric circuit of the pachinko gaming machine main body is connected to the card mounting device 4a via a connector 52. In this type of pachinko gaming machine, the pachinko balls are enclosed in the table, and the second valuable data fluctuates according to the elastic movement and the passage path of the pachinko balls.

First, FIG. 8 is a rear view of the enclosed ball gutter 54, the end of the enclosed ball gutter 54 reaches the hitting position, and the Pachicon ball in the enclosed ball gutter 54 is swung by the ball feeding solenoid 55. A ball feeding lever 56 feeds a single ball immediately before the punch and hits it along a guide rail 57.
The pachinko balls that have been launched flow into the game board surface along the guide rails 57 after being detected by the firing ball sensor 58. Also, a pachinko ball that has been launched but has flowed backward along the guide rail 57 without flowing into the game board surface is detected by the foul ball sensor 59. Further, the standby ball sensor 60 detects that the pachinko ball is supplied to the hitting position. Also, the pachinko balls that have flown into the game board surface eventually flow into any of the winning areas or out holes.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine 4,
Reference numeral 61 is a prize ball collecting gutter that collects the pachinko balls that have won any of the prize areas, and a safe ball sensor 62 for detecting the prize balls is provided at the exit of the prize ball collecting gutter 61. Further, 63 is an out ball collection gutter for collecting the pachinko balls flowing into the out hole, and an out ball sensor 64 for detecting the out ball is provided at the exit of the out ball collection gutter 63. Then, the pachinko balls that have flowed into the winning ball collection gutter 61 and the pachinko balls that have flowed into the out ball collection gutter 63 are finally collected in the enclosed ball gutter 64 from the ball collection port 65 shown in FIG.

Next, FIG. 10 is a block diagram of the pachinko gaming machine 4, and the elements shown in FIGS. 6 to 9 are designated by the same reference numerals as those in FIGS. . In FIG. 10, reference numeral 70 denotes a connector, and electric parts arranged at various places on the main body side of the pachinko gaming machine 4 are connected to the connector 52 shown in FIG. 6 via a connector 70 and a cable 71, and further a driver / filter 72 Is connected to the gaming machine control device 73 constituted by a microcomputer. Further, 74 is a launch flag, and 75 is a launcher control section, and when the launch flag 74 is set, the launcher control section operates the operation part for projectile. Specifically, the outputs of the touch sensor 51a and the start switch 51b, which form the operation unit for firing, are added to the launch device control unit 75, and the launch device control unit 75 causes the ball feed by adding the outputs of both. Solenoid 55
Is operated to swing the ball supply lever 56, and the enclosed ball gutter 5
Send the pachinko balls in 4 to the hitting position. Then, when the standby ball sensor 60 detects that the pachinko ball is present at the ball striking position, the firing motor 51d is driven to perform the bullet firing operation. When the one-shot switch 51c is pressed, the firing motor 51d does not operate.
By turning 1c on and off, a single shot operation is performed instead of a continuous shot operation.

In addition, the gaming machine control device 73 basically reads the magnetic card 6, commands to send and receive the first and second valuable data to and from the central management device 2, and from the first valuable data to the second valuable data. For converting to valuable data, calculating the fluctuation of the second valuable data in the game process, and stopping or interrupting. Then, the driver 80 for driving the amount display 41 for displaying the first valuable data and the ball number display 42 for displaying the second valuable data, and the stopped state and the second valuable data in the lit state are displayed. Analog display 43 and safe lamp 4 that lights up when safe balls occur
4 and lamp 81 during transportation that lights up when the card is inserted and ejected
The driver 82 for driving the game machine is controlled by the gaming machine control device 73. Similarly, since the address setting switch 83 and the calling switch 46 for setting the machine number of each pachinko gaming machine are provided on the card mounting device 4a side, these outputs are connected to the gaming machine control device 73 via the filter 84. . A magnetic card reader 85 is provided on the back side of the card insertion slot 40 (see FIG. 6 and FIG. 7). The magnetic card reader 85 records in the card sensor 85a for detecting the arrival of the card at the reading position. It has a reproducing head 85b for reading the recorded data, a conveying motor 85c for conveying the magnetic card 6, and a marking device 85d for marking a dot point which is a standard of the remaining first valuable data, and these are constituted by a microcomputer. It is controlled by the card reader controller 85e. Further, a known transmission control device 86 and a modem 87 are provided between the gaming machine control device 73 and the transmission line 5, and at the start of the game, the first valuable data and the second valuable data registered for the card. Data is transmitted from the central control unit 2,
At the end of the game, the first and second valuable data remaining for the card are transmitted to the central management unit 2.
Further, 88 is a voice synthesizer for generating sound effects, 89 is an amplifier, and 200 is a known electric accessory control circuit.

Next, FIG. 11 is a front view of the card settlement machine 3. On the front of the card settlement machine 3, a card insertion slot 90, a bill return slot 91, a coin return slot 92, and a receipt issuing slot 9
3, Amount display 9 for displaying the remaining first valuable data
4, ball number display 9 for displaying the remaining second valuable data
5, a settlement-in-progress lamp 96 and a settlement-stop lamp 97 are appropriately arranged. Further, 98 is a terminal for connecting to the transmission line 5, 99 is a card reading device for reading the recovered magnetic card, 100 is a card tank for storing the recovered magnetic card, 101 is a card tank 100 when the card tank 100 is full. The activated card pool sensor, 102 is a bill tank for stocking the returned bills, and 103 is the remaining first
Banknote return device for returning banknotes corresponding to the valuable data of
Reference numeral 104 is a bill remaining amount sensor that operates when the bill remaining amount in the bill tank 102 becomes less than a certain amount, 105 is a coin tank for stocking the returned coins, and 106 is a fractional portion of the remaining first valuable data. (The part for 100 yen)
A coin returning device for returning coins corresponding to the above, 107 is a coin remaining amount sensor that operates when the remaining amount of coins in the coin tank 105 is below a certain amount, and 108 is a prize exchange corresponding to the remaining second valuable data. A printer for issuing a receipt for 109 indicates a paper remaining amount sensor that operates when the remaining amount of paper in the printer 108 is below a certain amount.

Next, FIG. 12 is a block diagram of the card settlement machine 3, and the elements shown in FIG. 11 are assigned the same reference numerals as those in FIG. 11 and duplicate explanations are omitted. In FIG. 12, 110 is a pilot lamp that lights up when the power is turned on, 111 is a card over indicator that lights up when the card pool sensor 101 operates, 112 is a no-paper indicator that lights up when the remaining paper amount sensor 109 operates, 11
3 is a bill-less indicator that lights up when the bill remaining sensor 104 is activated, 114 is a coin-less indicator that is illuminated when the coin remaining amount sensor 107 is activated, and 115 is a digital switch for setting the address of the card settlement machine 3. The address setting switches 116 and 116 are coin withdrawal switches for withdrawing coins from the coin tank 105, and these are arranged on the back surface of the card settlement machine 3 so that the administrator can operate them. Reference numeral 120 denotes a settlement machine control device composed of a microcomputer. The outputs of the switches and sensors described above are connected to the settlement machine control device 120 via a filter 121. Further, the lamp indicators described above are It is driven through the driver 122, and the amount display 9
4 and the number-of-balls indicator 95 are driven via the driver 123. Further, reference numeral 124 is a watch for displaying the date.

The card reading device 99 has a card insertion slot 9
0, a card sensor 99a for detecting that the magnetic card 6 is inserted, a reproducing head 99b for reading a record in the magnetic card 6, a processed magnetic card 6 for the card tank 100.
It has a carrying motor 99c for carrying to and from these, and these are controlled by a card reader controller 99d constituted by a microcomputer. Further, the settlement machine control device 12
A publicly known transmission control device 125 and a modem 126 are provided between 0 and the transmission line 5, and the first and second valuable data registered for the magnetic card currently being processed from the central management unit 2 at the time of card settlement. Is transmitted.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the above items and the flow charts of FIGS. still,
The system components, that is, the card issuing machine 1, the card settlement machine 3, and the respective pachinko gaming machines 4 are given addresses by their address setting switches when the system is constructed.

First, FIG. 13 is a flow chart of the card issuing machine 1, and in order to start a game, the player borrows the magnetic card 6 by the card issuing machine 1 arranged anywhere in the counter or in the store. . Card issuing machine 1
When the card issuance operation is possible (specifically, the issuance operation is possible when the card remaining amount sensor 16, the banknote remaining amount sensor 19 and the banknote pool sensor 22 are operating, or other trouble does not occur. The issuing lamp 12 is lit. When a player inserts a bill into the bill insertion slot 7,
The bill validator 23 determines the amount of money, and the issuing machine controller 3
0 drives the driver 33 to display the inserted amount on the amount display 10 and turns on the purchasable lamps 24a to 24b according to the inserted amount. Now, assuming that the amount of money that the player has entered is 3000 yen, it is possible to issue magnetic cards of 1000 yen, 2000 yen, and 3000 yen within that amount, so the purchaseable lamps 24a, 24b, and 24c light up. Then, the player selects and pushes any one of the purchase selection switches 11a, 11b, 11c corresponding to the lit purchaseable lamps 24a, 24b, 24c. If the purchase selection switch 11c is pressed, the issuing machine control device 30 transmits 3000 yen worth of data to the central management device 2 via the transmission control device 34-modem 35-transmission line 5. The central management unit 2 stores the first valuable data area corresponding to 3000 yen in the first valuable data area in the address which is not currently used in the file 2a (this address will be described hereinafter as [0000]). Register valuable data.

Subsequently, the card issuing machine 1 is connected to the central management unit 2
To the card issuing machine 1 which made the text request, using the code for designating [address 0000] of the file 2a as an identification code. . Upon receiving the identification code, the card issuing machine 1 gives this identification code to the card writer control device 17g and activates the card writer 17.

In the card writer 17, first, the take-out device 17a takes out the magnetic card 6 stocked in the card tank 15 and places it at the recording position.
The card sensor 17b operates, and the card writer control device 1
7g records the above identification code on the magnetic media 6a, 6b, 6c of the magnetic card 6 using the recording head 17c.
At this time, if desired, a recitation code or a date code for preventing counterfeit cards may be recorded together. Magnetic medium 6a ・ 6b ・
When the recording to 6c is completed, the card writer control device 17
g is a magnetic medium 6a, 6b.
The data recorded in 6c is read out, and when the recorded data and the reproduced data match with all the magnetic media, it is judged that the accurate recording is completed, and if there is even one magnetic media that does not match, the recording is performed again. When the correct data is recorded, the printing device 17e is used to print the face value, date, etc. on the surface of the magnetic card 6 and then the transport motor 1
The magnetic card 6 is issued from the card issuing slot 9 by rotating 7f. If change is required at this time, the change discharging device 20 is operated to return the bills prepared in the bill tank 18 as change from the bill return port 8. After that, the money amount display 10 is cleared to return to the initial state.

Therefore, at least the identification code of the card is recorded on the magnetic card 6 thus issued, and the date code and the recitation code are recorded if desired.
Valuable data such as the number of possessed balls, the amount of money, or the number of games played is not stored, and the first valuable data substantially equivalent to the amount of money is stored in the file 2a [0000] of the central management unit 2. Address] in the first valuable data area. At the time of issuing this card, there is no 0 in the second valuable data area of [address 0000] of the file 2a.
Is recorded.

Now, the player who receives the magnetic card 6 in this manner selects an arbitrary pachinko gaming machine 4 and inserts the magnetic card 6 into the card insertion slot 40. 14 and 15
16 and 16 are flowcharts for the basic processing of the pachinko gaming machine, and FIG. 16 in this figure corresponds to the portion of the zero-reset processing. Although the flowcharts of FIGS. 14 to 16 should originally be shown as a single sheet, they are divided into figures due to the restriction of the drawing size, and should be understood by connecting the respective connection points. When the card is inserted, the pachinko gaming machine 4 is in the stopped state, and when the stopping flag is set in the memory MM in the gaming machine control device 73, the carrier motor 85c is reversed, so the card is accepted. Without being ejected from the card insertion port 40.

On the other hand, if the card sensor 85a is turned on by inserting the magnetic card 6 in the non-stopped state,
The card reader control device 85e rotates the carrying motor 85c in the forward direction to carry the magnetic card 6 to the position of the reproducing head 85b, reads the magnetic media 6a, 6b, 6c of the magnetic card 6, and the magnetic card 6 is read by a code. Determine if it is a fraudulent card. At this time, the magnetic medium 6a
If all the contents of 6b and 6c match, the card may be judged to be valid, or the magnetic media 6a and 6b.
When any one of 6c stores data different from the other two for some reason, the data may be read by a majority vote.

If the card is an illegal card, the carrier motor 85c is rotated in the reverse direction so that the card is inserted into the card insertion slot 4
Eject from 0. If the card is not an illegal card, it is checked whether or not the magnetic card 6 or the gaming machine 4 has been interrupted, and if the interrupt processing has been performed, interruption verification is performed. Although the interruption process will be described later, when a satisfactory result is not obtained by the interruption verification, the conveyance motor 85c is reversed to eject the card from the card insertion slot 40.

When a satisfactory result is obtained by such a card matching process, the gaming machine control device 73 calls the central management device 2 based on the identification code read from the magnetic card 6, and the magnetic card concerned. Receive valuable data for 6. More specifically, in the present operation example, the identification code read from the magnetic card 6 indicates [address 0000] of the file 2a of the central management unit 2, and 3000 yen is stored in the first valuable data area of the address. , And the second valuable data corresponding to the number of balls held is stored in the second valuable data area. Then, when there is a data request specifying [address 0000] from the pachinko gaming machine 4, the central management device 2 transmits the stored contents of [address] 0000 of the file 2a to the pachinko gaming machine 4, and the pachinko gaming machine 4 Four
On the side, this is stored in the memory MM of the gaming machine control device 73 for each type of data. Therefore, in the present embodiment, the area allocated for storing the first valuable data and the area allocated for storing the second valuable data in the memory MM are respectively the first valuable data storage means and It will function as a second valuable data storage means.
After that, the gaming machine control device 73 sets the in-game flag in the memory MM, and also sets the launch flag 74. Then, by setting the launch flag 74, the launcher controller 75 starts operating.

Now, by setting the in-game flag, the gaming machine control device 73 finishes the card receiving process, monitors the progress of the pachinko game, and more specifically, determines the zero return-turns on the settlement switch 48-forces the termination command. Receiving-Reaching the number of stops-
The state of the interruption switch 49 being turned on is monitored. When the card issuing machine 1 issues a pachinko game, the first valuable data of the magnetic card 6 has not been converted into the second valuable data, so the second value in the memory MM is not changed. The valuable data indicates that the number of balls held is 0, which means that the value is virtually zero. Therefore, when the gaming machine control device 73 sets the in-game flag,
The zeroing process shown in is executed.

First, reset the launch flag 74,
After the ball hitting device control unit 75 is stopped, the built-in timer is set to 10 seconds, and it is monitored whether the second valuable data equivalent to the number of balls held becomes 0 or more within the set time. The increase / decrease in the number of balls owned will be described later in detail, but since the number of balls owned may not increase or decrease before the start of the game, the required time passes with the number of balls owned being 0. Then, in the current operation example, the first valuable data equivalent to the amount of money indicates 3000 yen, so the purchase enable indicator 50 is blinked and the purchase switch 4
Prompt to press 7. The present embodiment assumes an example in which the pachinko ball 50 equivalent rights as 200 yen worth of have ball number to become a unit purchase ball data as a unit purchase price data has been made as given to each press of the purchase switch 47 once The
In response to the turn-on of the purchase switch 47, the gaming machine control device 73 converts the first valuable data corresponding to the amount of money into the second valuable data corresponding to the number of balls owned. If the purchase switch 47
When is pressed three times consecutively, 600 yen (3 x 200 yen) is subtracted from the first valuable data equivalent to the amount, and 24
It becomes 00 yen, and the second valuable data equivalent to the number of balls owned is 1
It shows 50 pieces. In this sense, the gaming machine control device 73 is a purchase data setting storage means for presetting unit purchase ball data corresponding to the unit purchase amount data,
Also, it acts as a data calculating means for subtracting the unit purchase amount data and adding the unit purchase ball data.

In this way, after the first valuable data and the second valuable data that have newly changed are stored in the memory MM, the firing flag 74 is set and the zero-reset process is completed, and the number of balls is equal to the number of balls to be held. It becomes possible to play a pachinko game within the range of the second valuable data. By the way, in the pachinko game, in response to the operation of the touch sensor 51a and the start switch 51b, the launching device controller 75 activates the launching motor 51d, and the standby ball sensor 60 activates the ball feed solenoid 55 every time. However, with the start of this pachinko game, the second valuable data equivalent to the number of balls owned changes.

In the present embodiment, the fluctuation of the second valuable data is made by the interrupt processing shown in FIG. That is, an interval request (not shown) is periodically issued to the gaming machine control device 73, and the gaming machine control device 73
Shifts to the processing of FIG. 17 in response to this interrupt request. First of all, when the bullet is fired, the firing ball sensor 58 operates,
Since the number of balls held is reduced by 1 due to the bullet action, the second valuable data equivalent to the number of balls held in the memory MM is decremented by 1 by the operation of the firing ball sensor 58. At this time, a total firing number counter may be provided in the memory MM and the total firing number counter may be incremented by 1 by the operation of the firing ball sensor 59 in order to improve the accuracy of the zero return determination. Also, when the released pachinko ball wins any prize area, the safe ball sensor 62 operates in the process of finally collecting this ball in the enclosed ball gutter 54, and the number of balls held is determined by the prize. Since the number of balls increases, the safe ball sensor 62 operates to add the second valuable data equivalent to the number of balls in the memory MM by the number of prize balls. Further, at this time, the planned number of hits approaches the number of prize balls, so the number of prize balls is added to the hit calculation register prepared in the memory MM.

Further, in order to improve the precision of the zero return determination, a total safe number counter may be provided in the memory MM and the total safe number counter may be incremented by 1 by the operation of the safe ball sensor 62. Moreover, when the released pachinko balls flow into any of the out holes, the out ball sensor 64 operates in the process of finally collecting the balls in the enclosed ball gutter 54, and the ball is scheduled to be stopped by the occurrence of the out ball. Since it is going away from the number, set the stop calculation register prepared in the memory MM to 1
Subtract. If a total out number counter is provided in the memory MM in order to improve the accuracy of the zero return determination, the total out number counter may be incremented by 1 by the operation of the out ball sensor 64.

Further, when the released pachinko balls do not flow into the game board surface and are finally collected as foul balls, the foul ball sensor 59 is activated, and the number of balls held is incremented by 1 due to the generation of foul balls. Therefore, when the foul ball sensor 59 is activated, the second valuable data equivalent to the number of balls held in the memory MM is incremented by one. Further, when a total foul number counter is provided in the memory MM to improve the precision of the zero return determination, the total foul number counter may be incremented by 1 by the operation of the foul ball sensor 59.

By performing the above processing for each interrupt request, the second valuable data which is substantially equivalent to the number of balls held is updated every time the cause of the number of balls held changes in the game process.
The updated second valuable data is stored in the memory MM. Then, the above-mentioned operation of updating the second valuable data is performed every time an interval request (not shown) issues an interrupt request until the game end condition occurs, and the updated second valuable data is stored in the memory MM. Memorized in. Specifically, the game ending condition includes states such as zeroing, turning on the settlement switch 48, receiving a forced ending command, stopping, and turning on the interruption switch 49. First of all, in the game process
When the second valuable data corresponding to the number of possessed balls becomes 0, the gaming machine control device 73 performs the processing of FIG. 16 described above, clears the launch flag 74 to stop the ball hitting operation, and then sets 10 in the timer. Set the time in seconds. If the last released pachinko ball wins any of the winning areas or becomes a foul ball within the above 10 seconds, and the second valuable data corresponding to the number of balls held increases, The launch flag 74 is set again to restart the hitting motion. still,
At this time, the total number of shots may match the sum of the total number of safes, the total number of outs, and the total number of fouls as a condition for the zero-rejection determination. If no safe ball or foul has occurred within the above 10 seconds, the first valuable data in the memory MM is checked. Then, when the first valuable data indicates 0 yen, the game cannot be continued any more, so for example, the analog display 43 is blinked to indicate that the card is finished, and the carry motor 85c is reversed. The magnetic card 6 is ejected. At this time, the transmission controller 8
The transmission flag is set for 6 and the first valuable data and the second valuable data are set together with the identification code of the magnetic card 6 as an example of the transmission data.
The transmission processing associated with the setting of this transmission flag will be collectively described later.

In the current operation example, since the first valuable data for 2400 yen still remains in the memory MM, the gaming machine control device 73 blinks the purchasable indicator 50 to make additional purchase. Notifying you that you can do it, purchase switch 47
-Wait for either the settlement switch 48 or the interruption switch 49 to be pressed. Then, when the purchase switch 47 is pressed, as described above, the first valuable data corresponding to the amount of money is converted into the second valuable data corresponding to the number of balls owned,
You can continue playing. Further, when the settlement switch 48 is pressed in the game process, the launch flag 74 is reset, and the remaining first and second valuable data and the identification code of the magnetic card 6 are retained after the blasting operation is stopped. Is set in the transmission control device 86 together with the transmission flag, and then the transport motor 85c is reversed to eject the magnetic card 6. When the interruption switch 49 is pressed in the game process, the interruption processing is executed prior to the same operation as the above-mentioned settlement operation.

This interruption processing is an operation for temporarily leaving the seat while securing the right to play a game on the pachinko gaming machine 4, and is processed as long as the correspondence between the magnetic card 6 and the pachinko gaming machine 4 is secured. The method itself is not limited. Specifically, for example, when the interruption switch 49 is pressed, the firing flag 74 is reset to stop the blasting operation, and then the unit number of the pachinko gaming machine 4 is set in the transmission control device 86 and the memory MM is also stored. The identification code of the magnetic card 6 is stored in. Then, after setting a timer (not shown) for 10 seconds and accepting the cause of the variation in the number of balls held until the time is up, the first and second valuable data and the magnetic data that remain as in the above settlement operation. The identification code of the card 6 is set in the transmission control device 86 together with the transmission flag, and then the carry motor 85c is rotated in the reverse direction to eject the magnetic card.

When the interruption process is performed in this way, the pachinko machine which is the object of interruption at the address ([0000] in this operation example) assigned to the card on the central management unit 2 side. Since the unit number of the gaming machine 4 is recorded and the identification code of the card that is the object of interruption is recorded in the pachinko gaming machine 4, the central management unit 2 performs the operation of collating the interrupted card when the next card is accepted. The machine number of the pachinko gaming machine 4 and the memory M of the pachinko gaming machine 4 received from
Only when the identification codes of the magnetic cards 6 stored in M match, the card can be accepted.
In addition, in the game process, when the integrated value of the stop calculation register in the memory MM reaches the planned stop number, the firing flag 74 is reset, and after the bullet operation is stopped, the strike in the memory MM is stopped. Set the stop flag. After that,
Remaining first and second valuable data and the magnetic card 6 concerned
Identification code is <br/> Se Tsu preparative transmission controller 86 together with the transmission flag, and reversing the conveying motor 85c thereafter discharges the magnetic card.

When the stop flag is set in this way, the conveyance motor 8 is operated until the stop release FC is transmitted from the central control unit 2 and the stop flag is cleared.
Since 5c continues the reverse rotation operation, the magnetic card 6 cannot be newly received. Furthermore, when it is difficult to continue the pachinko game for some reason during the game, the central control unit 2 ends the FC.
Will be sent. Then, even when this end FC is transmitted, the firing flag 74 is reset to stop the elastic action. Then, the timer is set to 10 seconds, and after waiting for the final fate of the pachinko balls flowing down on the game board surface to be determined after the stop of the ballistic action, the first and second valuable data remaining The identification code of the magnetic card 6 is set in the transmission control device 86 together with the transmission flag, and then the transport motor 85c is rotated in the reverse direction to eject the magnetic card.

Now, even when the game ends due to any of the above termination reasons, the transmission control device 86 has the first and second valuable data remaining in the memory MM at that time and the magnetic card 6 concerned. The identification code and other necessary data are set together with the transmission flag. When the transmission flag is set in this way, the transmission control device 86 sends the first and second valuable data set due to any one of the above termination causes and other necessary data to the magnetic card. The data is transmitted to the central management unit 2 together with the identification code of No. 6, and the central management unit 2 stores the transmitted data in the address designated by the identification code in the file 2a. For example, in the current operation example, when the first valuable data transmitted from the pachinko gaming machine indicates 2000 yen and the second valuable data indicates 980 balls, the central management device 2 sets the file 2a. No. [0000]
The first valuable data indicating 2000 yen is recorded in the first valuable data area of, and the second valuable data indicating 980 rounds is also recorded in the second valuable data area.

Then, the player may play a pachinko game with another pachinko gaming machine 4 by using the magnetic card 6 which has just been returned (provided that the pausing machine is not interrupted). The magnetic card 6 may be settled by the card settling machine 3. Since the same operation as described above is performed in the case of playing a game with another pachinko gaming machine 4, the operation in the case of performing the settlement operation by the card settlement machine 3 will be described below. The operation of the card settlement machine 3 is shown in FIG.
8 is shown in the flow chart.

First, when a player inserts the magnetic card 6 into the card insertion slot 90 and the card is set to the reproduction position, the card sensor 99a is activated. The card reader controller 99d uses the reproducing head 99b to reproduce the magnetic medium 6a.
6b and 6c are read, and first, the authenticity of the card is determined by the code. When the card is a counterfeit card or the like, the transport motor 99c is reversed to eject the card from the card insertion slot 90. If the card is a genuine card, the identification code of the card stored in the magnetic media 6a, 6b, 6c is transmitted to the central management unit 2, and transmission of the history data regarding the card is requested. . In response, the central management unit 2 transmits all the data stored in the address corresponding to the identification code in the file 2a to the card settlement machine 3.

In the present operation example, the identification code read from the magnetic card 6 is the file 2a of the central management unit 2.
No. 0000], the first valuable data area corresponding to 2000 yen is stored in the first valuable data area of the relevant address, and the second valuable data area of the relevant address is equivalent to 980 shots. The second valuable data is stored, and if desired, the auxiliary area of the address stores the machine number of the pachinko gaming machine during which the game was played. Then, the settlement machine control device 120 receives these data, displays an unused amount of 2000 yen on the amount display 94 corresponding to the first valuable data, and displays 980 corresponding to the second valuable data. The number of remaining balls emitted is displayed on the ball number display 95.
Then, using the printer 108, the history data including the second valuable data corresponding to the minimum number of remaining balls is printed on the receipt, and the receipt is issued from the receipt issuing port 93.

The player brings this receipt to the prize exchange counter and exchanges it for a desired prize. Since the receipt is for exchanging gifts, the minimum amount is enough if the second valuable data corresponding to the number of balls remaining finally is printed, but if necessary, the unused amount and The number of remaining balls, the amount of money used, the date, etc. may be printed for each pachinko gaming machine that has moved. After the receipt is issued, the transport motor 99
c is rotated in the normal direction to collect the card in the card tank 100, and using the banknote returning device 103, a banknote corresponding to an unused amount of 2000 yen is transferred to the banknote tank 1
It is discharged from 02 to the bill return port 91. Needless to say, at this time, if the unused amount has a fraction of 100 yen, the coin return device 106 is used to eject the coins stored in the coin tank 105 from the coin return port 92.

In the above description, the address of the file on the central management unit side is used as the identification code recorded on the magnetic card, and the file is accessed by the identification code. May be generated on the card issuer side, the identification code itself may be stored as data on the central management unit side, and the file may be searched by the identification code to read out data containing desired valuable data. Also, in the above, an example was shown in which the card mounting device was placed in the space above each pachinko gaming machine and was connected to the corresponding pachinko gaming machine using a connector. Due to the abolition, the space above the pachinko gaming machine will be greatly vacant, and if it is installed in the above space, the clerk's eyes will be visible even when the inside of the gaming shop is crowded, so it is easy to detect fraudulent activity on the card loading device. Therefore, it may be provided in the main body of the pachinko machine.
Further, in the above, an example has been shown in which the valuable medium issuing device included in the storage medium settlement device issues a receipt displaying the amount of money corresponding to the second valuable data, and exchanges the receipt for a prize at the prize exchange counter. The valuable medium issuing device may have a prize stocker and directly discharge the prizes prepared therein.

Further, in the above, an example is shown in which the payment amount of the player is all converted into the first valuable data when the magnetic card is issued, but the second unit, which is the minimum unit when the magnetic card is issued, is shown. Valuable data may be generated. For example, when the amount paid by the player is 3000 yen, in the above embodiment, 3000 yen is registered in the file as the first valuable data, and the number of balls owned is 0 as the second valuable data in the file. However, in this case, 2800 yen was registered as the first valuable data in the file as the first valuable data, and the number of balls owned by 50 was also registered as the second valuable data in the file. May be. Also, in the above, the card mounting device for each pachinko gaming machine has shown an example in which a medium such as a magnetic card is held between the start of the game and the end of the game. However, the card is immediately read after reading the identification code. May be discharged. Further, in the present embodiment, each valuable data is classified and stored on the side of the central management device 2, but it may be classified and stored on the side of the recording medium . Furthermore, although an example in which a magnetic card is used as the recording medium has been shown above, the shape of the storage medium is not particularly problematic for the storage method itself as long as the recorded content can be read using some means. However, various methods such as electronic card, bar code, magnetic ink, photoelectric mark, dot mark, conductive pattern, etc. are conceivable.

[0048]

As described above, according to the present invention, the amount of money is
First information that can be converted into second valuable data
Second valuable information and ball information held by the player
By classifying and storing the valuable data of
Data conversion to the second valuable data within the enclosure and pachinko play
The players are relatively expensive because they are designed to perform
Make sure you don't leave your pachinko machine
It is possible to perform the conversion operation to the second valuable data in small subdivisions.
Whenever the ball count data becomes zero as in the past, a new
Eliminate the hassle of leaving a pachinko machine to buy a card
Become. Also, the first and second valuable data are the corresponding tables.
As displayed on the display means, the player has
After recognizing valuable data, the end of the game and the exchange of prizes
It is possible to determine the time of conversion, so you can rest assured that
Arithmetic can be performed. In addition, it is a small amount as an amusement store
Suppress the increase in card issuance costs associated with the issuance of many cards
It becomes possible to increase the amount of non-burnable waste
It is possible to prevent waste of petroleum resources.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system block diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a file.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the card issuing machine.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a card issuing machine.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a magnetic card.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a pachinko gaming machine and a card mounting device.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a card mounting device.

FIG. 8 is a rear view of the enclosed ball gutter.

FIG. 9 is a rear view of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram of a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 11 is a front view of the card settlement machine.

FIG. 12 is a block diagram of a card settlement machine.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart of a card issuing machine.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart of the basic operation of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart of the basic operation of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart of a zeroing process of the pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of an interrupt process of a pachinko gaming machine.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart of the card settlement machine.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Card issuing machine 2 Central management device 2a file 3 Card settlement machine 4 Pachinko gaming machine 5 Transmission line 6 Magnetic card 17 Card issuing device 47 Purchase switch 103 Banknote returning device 106 Currency returning device 108 Printer

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Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A control device for a card-type pachinko machine, in which a player plays a game by ejecting a pachinko ball enclosed in the machine on the basis of inserting a card-shaped storage medium into a card mounting device, Information on the amount of money held and the second valuable data
A first valuable data storage means for storing first valuable data that can be converted into data, and a second valuable data storage means for storing second valuable data which is ball information held by the player. a first valuable data display means for displaying the stored data of the first valuable data storage means as the amount information, the second valuable data display to be displayed as having piece information data stored in the second valuable data storage means Means, a purchase operation means for generating a purchase command signal based on an operation for a player to purchase a ball, unit purchase amount data relating to the purchase instruction signal of the purchase operation means, and the unit purchase amount and purchase data setting storage means for setting beforehand storing unit purchases ball data corresponding to the data, when the purchase instruction signal is supplied, the first chromatic stored in the first valuable data storage means Card type, characterized in that it and a data calculating means for adding the unit purchase ball data to the second valuable data stored in the second valuable data storage means as well as subtracting the unit purchase price data from the data Control device for pachinko machines.