JP2002191775A - Nail setting device for pachinko machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nail setting device for a pachinko machine by which nails can be set by a simple input operation. SOLUTION: The nail setting device is provided with a storing means in which data concerning a game board of the pachinko machine is stored, a calling up means which calls up necessary data from the storing mean, an input means in which commands and data are inputted, a computing means which computes the data called up from the storing means and the data inputted from the input means and indicates it on a display means and the display means which performs display according to the display data. When a nail preparing command is inputted from the input means, the device calls up data concerning nails from the storing means. Nail display data is prepared or renewed by the computing means according to the called up data concerning the nails and coordinate data associated with the nail preparing command. The display concerning the nails is produced in such a way that it can be switched on the display means according to the prepared or renewed nail display data.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a nail setting device for a pachinko machine, and more particularly to a nail setting device for a pachinko machine for designing and verifying an arrangement of nails provided on a game board of the pachinko machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As is well known, a plurality of nails, for example, about 250 to 300 nails are driven into a game board of a pachinko machine. And the arrangement of these nails greatly affects the game and the design of the board surface, and each nail plays an important role.

[0003]

In order to set the arrangement of nails on a game board, CAD (Computer Aide) has been used today.
d Design) Equipment is used. The setting of nail placement by this CAD apparatus is performed according to the procedure shown in the flowchart of FIG. That is, first, in step (hereinafter abbreviated as S) 1, the center coordinates of the circle are input so as to draw a circle of φ4.3 mm indicating the umbrella of the nail,
Next, the diameter of the circle is input in S2, the line type for displaying the circle is input in S3, the line width for displaying the circle is input in S4,
In S5, the color of the line for displaying the circle is input, and in S6, the layer number for displaying the nail is input. With this, one nail is finally drawn. By repeatedly inputting the above steps for all nails, necessary nails are drawn on the game board on the monitor screen. For this reason, setting a nail with a conventional CAD device was extremely time-consuming. Further, in the conventional CAD apparatus, since there is only one layer for displaying nails, it is difficult to examine nail placement. That is, the diameter of the umbrella portion of the nail, 4.3 mm, is used to indicate the position of the nail.
The actual spacing between the nails is difficult to understand because the circles are displayed.
The reason is that the 11 mm diameter pachinko ball actually collides with the nail shaft, and the diameter of this shaft is
1.85 mm. Therefore, a gap occurs between the interval seen on the monitor screen of the CAD device and the actual interval. Even if the ball appears to be unable to pass on the screen, it actually passes with a margin, There were a number of problems, such as the fact that they seemed appropriate on the screen, but were actually too wide. The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a nail setting device of a pachinko machine capable of setting a nail with a simple input operation.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 is a nail setting device for a pachinko machine for designing and verifying an arrangement of nails provided on a game board of a pachinko machine, Storage means for storing data relating to the game board of the pachinko machine, calling means for calling necessary data from the storage means, input means for inputting commands and data, and data called from the storage means and data input from the input means. A calculating means for calculating the display data to be displayed on the display means; and a display means for performing a display based on the display data. The data is called, and the nail display data is calculated by the calculating means based on the data on the called nail and the coordinate data accompanying the nail creation command. Adult updated, based on nail display data created update a nail setting device in pachinko machine so as to enable the display switching an indication as to the nail on the display unit. According to the invention of claim 2, in addition to the configuration of claim 1, the display related to the nail to be switched and displayed is a nail umbrella,
This is a nail setting device in a pachinko machine which is one of a nail axis, a nail coordinate value, or a combination thereof. According to a third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first or second aspect, there is provided a nail setting device for a pachinko machine that is capable of converting updated nail display data into NC data used for a nailing machine.

[0005]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a game board 1 of a pachinko machine, wherein a game ball P is surrounded by guide rails 11 on the board. A nail 2 as shown in FIG.
About 250 to 300 balls are driven, and the nails 2 randomly change the flowing direction of the game ball P or guide the ball in a specific direction.

The nail 2 is made of, for example, brass and has an umbrella having a shaft diameter of 1.85 mm, a length of 33.5 mm, and a head diameter of 4.3 mm. In addition, the portion driven into the veneer forming the game board 1 is 15.5 mm,
A spiral groove 23 is formed at the tip end to prevent slipping.

The nail 2 as described above is accurately driven into a predetermined position. Determining the predetermined position is a serious task. That is, depending on the position of the nail 2,
The ball drifts unevenly, it becomes difficult to win the winning opening,
Conversely, there is a risk that the game may become boring due to winning a prize, and the arrangement of the nails 2 determines the gaming ability.

In order to determine the arrangement of the nails 2, a CAD device has conventionally been used. However, as described above, many input operations are required. In addition, conventional CA
The D device displays a game board 1 as shown in FIG.
, A symbol display device 31, a winning device 32,
Along with the windmill 33 and the like, a circle of φ4.3 mm, which is the diameter of the umbrella 21 of the nail 2, is displayed at the position of the nail 2.

That is, the display of the nail 2 by the conventional CAD device is divided into layers, for example, a layer of the outer shape of the game board 1, a layer of the symbol display device 31, a layer of the winning device 32, a layer of the windmill 33, and the like. Similarly, as one layer,
There is a layer of nails 2 on which only a number of circles with a diameter of 4.3 mm are displayed.

The circle having a diameter of 4.3 mm indicates the portion of the umbrella 21. Therefore, the circle having a diameter of 1.85 mm between which the ball P actually passes or collides with the portion of the shaft 22 has a diameter of 4.3 mm.
A shift of 1.15 mm has occurred. For this reason, on the monitor screen of the CAD device, even if the sphere P appears to be unable to pass, it actually passes with some margin, or even if it appears at an appropriate interval on the screen, it is actually too wide. There were many problems, and fixing this required years of experience.

The present invention relates to a nail setting device 4 for a pachinko machine, which can simplify the input operation and diversify the display when designing the arrangement of the nails 2. For example, as shown in FIG. It is configured as one terminal device of a simple network. That is, the nail setting device 4 mainly includes the server machine 51, the database 52, the plotter 53, the printer 54, and the nailing NC.
A network is formed together with the data transfer machine 55 and other terminal devices (not shown).

Then, a nail setting device 4 which is one terminal device
Is a storage means for storing data relating to the game board 1 of a pachinko machine, a calling means for calling necessary data from the storage means, an input means for inputting commands and data, etc., and a data and input means called from the storage means. The display device includes a calculation unit that calculates input data to be display data to be displayed on the display unit, and a display unit that performs display based on the display data.

The storage means is, for example, a memory, and calls and stores data relating to the game board 1 from the database 52 based on a command from the CPU as a calling means.
The storage means may be an external storage device such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk device. Further, the database 52 may be included in the storage means.

As the input means, for example, a keyboard 41 for directly inputting the coordinates of the nail 2, a mouse 42 pointing on a monitor screen, or a tablet 43 can be used. These input means are also used for inputting and selecting a command.

On the other hand, the display means is, for example, a monitor device 44 such as a CRT device, and a printer 54 and a plotter 53.
And the like can be used as display means.

[0016] Then, the above-mentioned respective means are supervised, and for example, display data to be displayed on the display means is created based on the data called from the storage means and the input data,
The calculation means to be displayed on the display means is the CP of the device main body 45.
U make up.

In the nail setting device 4 as described above, the nail 2
The nail creation command performing the display of the following performs a series of processes as described below. First, the nail creation command is a file server,
In other words, the necessary nail design base paper is retrieved from the database 52 and displayed as the game board 1 on the monitor screen.

Next, coordinates for arranging the nail 2 are input by the keyboard 41, the mouse 42, or the tablet 43. Note that the coordinates may be absolute coordinates from the origin or relative coordinates to the existing nail 2. These coordinates are the center coordinates of the circle representing the nail 2.

On the other hand, in the base paper for nail design, data other than the nail 2, such as an accessory, a windmill, and a router shape, are present. Must be separated from other objects. However, it is not efficient to input the same data every time, such as the line color, the diameter, the location, and the like. Therefore, in the nail creation command, these are defined in advance. 2 can be displayed. Then, when the input of the data of all the nails 2 is completed, all the data is registered in the file server. Each time the coordinate input of one nail 2 is completed, the nail 2 can be displayed.

In the nail setting device 4, the nail 2
Can be selected. That is, when the display of the umbrella shape is selected, as shown in FIG. 6, the diameter is 4.3.
The position of the nail 2 is indicated by a circle of mm. In this case, the path of the game ball P is difficult to understand, but can be used as an external view of the game board 1. In this figure, the winning opening 34, the windmill 33 and the nails 2 in the vicinity are displayed, but the entire game board 1 may be displayed.

Next, when the display of the shaft shape is selected,
As shown in FIG. 7, the nail 2
Indicates the position of. In this case, the path through which the game ball P having a diameter of 11 mm passes can be visually recognized between the nails 2.
That is, it is possible to confirm and examine the ball path.

The nail setting device 4 can also display coordinate values. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the coordinates of the position of the nail 2 together with the center point can be directly represented by numerical values. This display is effective for creating NC data to be described later.

Further, by combining the layers to be displayed, it is possible to superimpose the umbrella-shaped display and the axis-shaped display as shown in FIG. In addition, the nail setting device 4 can switch and display a part or the whole of the game board 1.

The nail setting device 4 can not only create new nail design drawings but also update or modify existing nail design drawings. That is, when making a correction to the nail design drawing created and registered in the file server as described above, the corresponding nail design drawing is called. Then, the data of the nail 2 to be corrected, that is, the corresponding circle is selected by, for example, a cursor or the like, and if unnecessary, a delete command is executed. In the case of moving, after selecting the nail 2 to be moved, that is, the circle to be moved, a new coordinate value of the moving destination is input. In this case, the destination may be input in absolute coordinates, but input in relative coordinates is easier to understand. On the other hand, when a new nail 2 is to be added, the coordinates of the nail 2 to be added may be input as in the case of creating a new nail design drawing. Then, when the correction work is completed, the data is transmitted to the file server and updated.

The nail setting device 4 can create NC data for a nailing machine from the nail design drawing created as described above. For that purpose, first, only the data relating to the nail 2 is extracted. For example, an element that satisfies all the conditions such as “the element color is yellow and a 4.3φ perfect circle existing at the designated place” is extracted, and the center coordinates of the element are extracted for the number of nails 2. Next, the nail 2
Are rearranged according to a predetermined rule so that the coordinates of can be correctly hit with a nailing machine. That is, the order of nailing is determined. The data created in this way is converted into a format that can be recognized by the nailing machine. Then, the completed NC data is registered in the nailing NC data transfer machine 55.

According to the nail setting device 4 as described above, the nail 2
By inputting the coordinate values of, the nail 2 can be set on the board of the game board 1, and input of data required for setting the nail 2 can be significantly simplified. Further, the display method of the nail 2 can be selected and switched, and the umbrella shape of the nail 2, the axial shape of the nail 2, the center coordinate of the nail 2 can be displayed as necessary. Or a combination thereof. Therefore, it is possible to easily examine the design of the game board 1, examine the path of the ball by checking the interval between the nails 2, and create NC data necessary for the nailing machine.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the embodiment shown in the drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be appropriately implemented unless the configuration described in the claims is changed.

[0028]

In summary, the present invention relates to a nail setting device for a pachinko machine for designing and verifying the arrangement of nails provided on a game board of a pachinko machine, and a storage means for storing data relating to the game board of the pachinko machine. Calling means for calling necessary data from the storage means, input means for inputting commands and data, and display data for calculating the data called from the storage means and the data input from the input means and displaying the data on the display means Calculation means, and display means for performing display based on the display data. When a nail creation command is input from the input means, data on the nail is called from the storage means, and the data and the nail on the called nail are called. Based on the coordinate data associated with the creation command, the nail display data is created and updated by the calculating means, and the nail display data created and updated Since the display on the display means is displayed so as to be switchable, the input of the data required for setting the nail can be significantly simplified, and the display method of the nail can be selected and switched. it can. Therefore, it is possible to efficiently set and examine the arrangement of the nails on the game board of the pachinko machine. Moreover, the coordinate data of the nail can be converted into the NC data required for the nailing machine, so that the work efficiency relating to the design of the game board is remarkably improved, the design time is shortened, and the design change is easy.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing an example of a game board.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a nail.

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram of a nail setting device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a process in the nail setting device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a display method selection process.

FIG. 6 is a front view of a part of the game board in which nails are displayed in an umbrella shape.

FIG. 7 is a front view of a part of the game board in which nails are displayed in a shaft shape.

FIG. 8 is an enlarged front view of a part of the game board in which nails are displayed by a center point and coordinate values.

FIG. 9 is a front view of a part of the game board in which nails are displayed in an umbrella shape and a shaft shape.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart of nail making in a conventional CAD device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Gaming board 2 Nail 4 Nail setting device 12 Gaming part 21 Umbrella 22 Axis 31 Symbol display device 32 Winning device 33 Windmill 34 Winning port 41 Keyboard 42 Mouse 43 Tablet 44 Monitor device 45 Device body 51 Server machine 52 Database 53 Plotter 54 Printer 55 Data transfer machine P Game ball

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A nail setting device for a pachinko machine for designing and verifying an arrangement of nails provided on a game board of a pachinko machine, comprising: a storage unit for storing data relating to the game board of the pachinko machine; Calling means for calling the data
Input means for inputting commands and data, arithmetic means for calculating data called from the storage means and data input from the input means to produce display data for display on the display means, and display for performing display based on the display data Means,
When a nail creation command is input from the input means, the nail-related data is called from the storage means, and the nail display data is calculated by the calculating means based on the called nail-related data and the coordinate data accompanying the nail creation command. A nail setting device for a pachinko machine, wherein a display related to a nail on a display means is switchably displayed based on the generated and updated nail display data. 2. A display related to a nail to be switched and displayed is:
The nail setting device according to claim 1, wherein the nail setting device is one of a nail umbrella, a nail shaft, and a coordinate value of the nail, or a combination thereof. 3. The nail setting device for a pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the updated nail display data can be converted into NC data used for a nail driving machine.