JP2008029608A - Game player identifying devic - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique of alleviating the processing burden of a management device for identifying a game player. <P>SOLUTION: A game machine terminal device 30 transmits one of game player identification information detected by a game player identification information detecting device 33, game player's finger vein information detected by a finger vein information detecting device 36 and game player's face image information detected by a face image information detecting device 37 to a managing device 10 as game player identification information. A game player information data base 20a comprises game player identification information and game history information stored therein corresponding to each game player. The game player identification means 10b of the managing device 10 sets search conditions for the game history information with priority orders, and retrieves game player identification information corresponding to game history information satisfying the search conditions from the game player identification information stored in the game player information data base 20a, and executes the process of comparing the retrieved game player identification information with the game player identification information received from the game machine terminal device 30 according to the priority orders of the search conditions. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a player specifying device for specifying a player who plays a game in a game store or the like.

In game stores and the like, player information of each player is managed in order to provide various services to each player and to grasp the game history and the like of each player. Here, in order to manage the player information of each player, it is necessary to specify each player. Therefore, a player specifying device is used. In the player specifying device, each player is specified using player specifying information unique to each player. The player identification information includes player identification information (player ID) stored in a player identification information storage device (for example, a player card) that can be carried by the player, and biological information of the player (for example, a player). The user's fingerprint information, finger vein information, face image information) and the like.
Conventionally, a player specifying device exchanges a management device, a storage device, a terminal device (for example, a gaming machine terminal device corresponding to a gaming machine, a counting terminal device for counting gaming media, and a gaming media with a prize. A prize exchange terminal device). The storage device stores player specifying information (player ID, biometric information, etc.) of each player. Also, the terminal device includes a player identification information detection device for detecting player identification information (a player ID detection device for detecting a player ID, biological information such as a player's fingerprint information, finger vein information, face image information, etc. A biological information detection device) is provided. Then, the management device sequentially compares the player specifying information detected by the player specifying information detecting device provided in the terminal device with the player specifying information of each player stored in the storage device, and stores the information. The player is identified by the player identification information being matched with the detected player identification information. When managing player information, after identifying a player who performs an operation on the terminal device, the player information stored in association with the player is used to control the player (for example, a player Update based on gaming operation on the machine, counting operation on the counting terminal, prize exchange operation on the prize exchange terminal). (See Patent Document 1)
JP 2004-41366 A

In the conventional castle player specifying device, the management device sequentially reads the player specifying information of each player stored in the storage device, and compares the read player specifying information with the detected player specifying information. Yes. For this reason, the processing burden of the management apparatus for specifying a player is large. For example, when the player identification information read last from the storage device matches the detected player identification information, all the player identification information stored in the storage device is read and compared with the detected player identification information. Processing needs to be executed.
In recent years, biometric information (fingerprint information, finger vein information, face image information) and encrypted player identification information (player ID) are used as player specifying information in order to prevent fraud against player information. The demand for is growing. Since such biometric information and encrypted player identification information have a large amount of information, the processing load on the management device for reading and comparison is large.
In addition, the management device for the player specifying device may be used as another device, for example, a management device for the player information management device. In this case, it is necessary to execute processing as the management device of the player information management device, and the processing load on the management device is further increased.
The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and an object of the present invention is to provide a technique for reducing the processing burden of a management device for identifying a player.

Each invention of this application is not limited to the player who plays a game with a pachinko machine, but can be used as a player specifying device for specifying a player who plays a game with various gaming machines.
A first invention of the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a player specifying device as described in claim 1.
The present invention includes a terminal device, a management device, and a storage device.
The storage device only needs to be accessible by the management device, and the arrangement position can be appropriately selected. In the storage device, player specifying information for specifying a player and game history information of the player are stored in association with each player. As the player identification information, the player's biological information (for example, the player's fingerprint information, finger vein information, face image information, etc.), the player stored in the player identification information storage device portable to the player One of identification information (for example, player ID stored in a player card) or a plurality of combinations (for example, combination of finger vein information and face image information, combination of fingerprint information and player identification information, etc.) ) Can be used. In this specification, player identification information (player ID) is used to mean identification information configured by combining a plurality of characters and numbers. The game history information includes, for example, game time information indicating the time at which the player played the game (for example, it can be represented by game start time information or game end time information), and the gaming machine information on which the player has played a game. Model information indicating the model, game machine information indicating the gaming machine on which the player has played, and the like are used.
The terminal device has a terminal processing device and a player specifying information detecting device capable of detecting player specifying information. As the terminal device, for example, a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to a gaming machine, a deposit / clearing terminal device for depositing a deposit or a deposit clearing operation, a game medium (for example, a pachinko ball or coin) ) And a prize exchange terminal apparatus for exchanging game media for prizes. The gaming machine terminal device is normally configured to execute processing for transmitting gaming machine information of a corresponding gaming machine to the management device. As a player specific information detection device, for example, a biological information detection device (for example, a fingerprint information detection device, a finger vein information detection device, a face image information detection device) that detects a player's biological information, and a player can carry it. A player identification information detection device or the like that detects player identification information stored in the player identification information storage device is used. Various known contact-type or non-contact-type detection devices can be used as the biological information detection device and the player identification information detection device.
The terminal processing device is constituted by a processing device such as a CPU, and transmits the player specifying information detected by the player specifying information detecting device to the management device.
The management device is composed of a processing device such as a CPU, and compares the player identification information stored in the storage device with the player identification information received from the terminal device (terminal processing device), and is stored in the storage device. The player is specified (authenticated) when the player specifying information matches the player specifying information received from the terminal device. When the player is specified, the player specifying completion information is transmitted to the terminal device (terminal processing device) that transmitted the player specifying information, and the player is specified on the display device of the terminal device. When the message is displayed and the player cannot be identified, the player identification incomplete information is transmitted to the terminal device (terminal processing device) that transmitted the player identification information, and the display device of the terminal device, etc. It is preferable to display a message indicating that the player could not be identified.
In general, when a player operates a terminal device, it is often related to the player's game history information. For example, a game machine of the same model, a game machine of the same game machine, a game machine game machine arranged on the same island, a game machine of the same type (for example, a pachinko machine, a slot machine, etc.) In many cases, the game is performed at the same time zone, the game is continued within a certain time from the game end time, the game media is counted, or the game media is exchanged for a prize. Therefore, a search condition for the game history information is set, and the comparison between the player identification information stored in the storage device and the player identification information received from the terminal device is given priority from the game history information satisfying the search condition. By performing the above, it is possible to detect the player specifying information that matches the player specifying information received from the terminal device at an early stage. In this case, the processing burden on the management apparatus is reduced compared to the conventional example.
In the present invention, the management device sets the search conditions for the game history information with priority, and sets the search conditions set for the game history information from the player identification information stored in the storage device. The process of searching for the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the condition and comparing the searched player specifying information with the player specifying information received from the terminal device is performed in the order of the priority of the search conditions. It is configured. As a search condition for game history information, a search condition that can be used in common by a plurality of terminal devices, or a search condition that can be used by individual terminal devices can be set. For example, as a search condition for the gaming machine terminal device and the counting terminal device, the player included in the game history information based on the time when the management device receives the player specifying information from the terminal device (terminal processing device). The search condition set for the game time information indicating the time at which the game is played can be used. The search conditions for the gaming machine terminal device are included in the gaming history information based on gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device or model identification information indicating a gaming machine model. The search condition set for the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine where the player played the game or the search condition set for the model information indicating the model of the gaming machine where the player played the game can be used. .
It should be noted that the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the search condition can be extracted from the player specifying information and grouped to form a database for each search condition. In this case, the player specifying information stored in the database corresponding to the search condition is sequentially read (searched), and the read player specifying information and the player specifying information received (detected) from the terminal device are The comparison is performed in the order of priority of the search conditions of each database. Such an aspect is also included in the configuration of the present invention.
In the present invention, the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the search conditions set for the game history information is selected from the player specifying information stored in the storage device in the order of priority of the search conditions. Since the process of searching and comparing with the player specifying information received from the terminal device (terminal processing device) is executed, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the management device for specifying the player.

A second invention of the present invention is a player specifying device as defined in claim 2.
In the present invention, the game history information includes game time information indicating the time at which the player played a game. As the game time information, game start time information indicating the time when the player starts the game and game end time information indicating the game end time when the player ends the game are typically used. As the game start time information, for example, when the player is specified using the detected player specifying information, the time when the player is specified or the time when the player specifying information is received is used. As the game end time information, the time when the end button is operated or the time when the absence of the player is determined (for example, the time when it is determined that the game has not been performed for a certain period of time) or the like is used.
Based on the time when the player specifying information is received from the terminal device (terminal processing device), the management device sets the search period for the game time information included in the game history information with priority. Then, the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information including the game time information overlapping with the search period is searched from the player specifying information stored in the storage device, and the searched player specifying information is received. The process of comparing the player specifying information is performed in the order of priority of the search period with respect to the game time information.
The period between the time when the player specifying information detecting device of the terminal device detects the player specifying information and the time when the management device receives the player specifying information from the terminal device (terminal processing device) is as follows. It is very short compared to the period of playing games. Accordingly, the search period for the game time information is prioritized based on the time when the player identification information detection device detects the player identification information or the time when the player identification information is transmitted from the terminal device (terminal processing device) to the management device. The mode of setting with a priority is included in the configuration of the present invention, in which the search period for the game time information is set with a priority based on the time when the management device receives the player specifying information.
As a mode in which the search period for the game time information is set with priority based on the time when the player specifying information is received, for example, a first period before or after the time when the player specifying information is received Alternatively, the first search period in which the period including the first period before and after the time when the player specifying information is received has the first priority, and the second priority in the other periods. A mode in which the second search period is set can be used. Note that the number of search periods set for the game time information can be set as appropriate.
“Game time information overlapping with the search period” means game time information in which an arbitrary time within the game period indicated by the game time information is included in the search period.
In the present invention, the search period for the game time information included in the game history information is set with priority, and the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information including the game time information overlapping with the search period Are searched in the order of priority of the search period. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus, a player can be specified in one hour. The present invention is suitable for specifying a player who plays a game in the same time zone.

A third aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the third aspect.
In the player specifying device of the present invention, the game history information includes previous game time information indicating the time when the player played the previous game. As the previous game time information, typically, the previous game start time information indicating the start time of the game played last time by the player and the previous game end time information indicating the time when the player ends the game are used. .
Based on the time when the player specifying information is received from the terminal device (terminal processing device), the management device sets the search period for the previous game time information included in the game history information with priority. Then, the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information including the previous game time information that overlaps the search period is searched from the player specifying information stored in the storage device, and the searched player specifying information and reception The process of comparing the player specifying information is performed in the order of priority of the search period with respect to the previous game time information.
Note that the search period for the game time information is prioritized based on the time when the player identification information detection device detects the player identification information or the time when the player identification information is transmitted from the terminal device (terminal processing device) to the management device. The aspect of setting with a priority is included in the configuration of setting the search period for the previous game time information with a priority based on the time when the management device receives the player specifying information.
As a mode in which the search period for the previous game time information is set with priority based on the time when the player specifying information is received, for example, a first time before or after the time when the player specifying information is received is set. The first search period in which the period or the period including the first period before and after the time when the player specifying information is received has the first priority, and the other period has the second priority. A mode in which the second search period is set can be used. Note that the number of search periods can be set as appropriate.
The “previous game time information overlapping with the search period” means the previous game time information in which an arbitrary time within the game period in which the previous game was performed indicated by the previous game time information is included in the search period.
In the present invention, the search period for the previous game time information included in the game history information is set with priority, and the player corresponds to the game history information including the previous game time information that overlaps the search period. The specific information is searched in the order of priority of the search period. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus more, a player can be specified more in one hour. The present invention specifies a player who performs a game on another gaming machine, a player who performs a counting operation, a player who performs a prize exchange operation, and a player who performs a deposit operation or a settlement operation after the game has been performed It is suitable for.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the fourth aspect.
In the present invention, the terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The terminal device of the present invention typically corresponds to a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The gaming machine terminal device may be provided for one gaming machine or may be provided for a plurality of gaming machines.
The storage device stores group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device belongs, and game history information including group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine in which the player has played a game belongs. It is remembered. The group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine belongs includes, for example, model identification information indicating a group of the same model, island identification information indicating a group arranged on the same island in the game store, and the same type of gaming machine (for example, , Pachinko machines, slot machines, and the like) gaming machine type identification information or the like can be used.
Based on the correspondence relationship between each gaming machine stored in the storage device and the group identification information, the management device determines the group identification information of the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification information belongs. Based on the determined group identification information, search conditions for the group identification information included in the game history information are set with priority. Then, the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information including the group identification information satisfying the search condition is searched from the player specifying information stored in the storage device, and the searched player specifying information And the received player identification information are compared in the order of priority of search conditions for group identification information.
Based on the group identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information, as an aspect of setting the search condition for the group identification information included in the game history information with priority, for example, , Game history information including group model information that matches the group identification information indicating the group of gaming machines corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information (the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information belongs to A group indicating a group of gaming machines corresponding to a terminal device that has transmitted a first search condition and a player specifying information to a player who has played a game with a gaming machine of the group having a first priority. Game history information that does not include group identification information that matches the identification information (in the gaming machine of the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player specifying information You can be used aspects of setting without player) that conducted the work as a second search condition which gave second priority. Note that the number of search conditions can be set as appropriate.
In the present invention, the player identification information corresponding to the game history information including the group identification information that sets the search conditions for the group identification information included in the game history information with priority and satisfies the search conditions. Are searched in the order of priority of the search conditions. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus, a player can be specified in one hour. The present invention is suitable for specifying a player who plays a game on a gaming machine belonging to the same group.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the fifth aspect.
In the present invention, the terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The terminal device of the present invention typically corresponds to a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine.
The storage device stores game history information including previous group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine in which a player played a previous game belongs. As the previous group identification information, for example, the aforementioned model identification information, island identification information, gaming machine type identification information, or the like can be used.
Based on the correspondence relationship between each gaming machine stored in the storage device and the group identification information, the management device determines the group identification information of the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification information belongs. Based on the determined group identification information, search conditions for the previous group identification information included in the game history information are set with priority. Then, the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information including the previous group identification information satisfying the search condition is searched from the player specifying information stored in the storage device, and the searched player specifying information and reception The processing for comparing the specified player specifying information is performed in the order of priority of the search condition with respect to the previous group identification information.
Based on the group identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information, as a mode of setting the search condition for the previous group identification information included in the game history information with priority, For example, game history information including the previous group identification information that matches the group identification information indicating the group of gaming machines corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information (the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information A group indicating a group of gaming machines corresponding to a first search condition in which a player who has played a previous game with a gaming machine belonging to the first group has a first priority, and a terminal device that has transmitted the player identification information Game history information that does not include the previous group identification information that matches the identification information (belongs to the group of gaming machines corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information) It can be used aspects set as the second search condition which gave second priority to a player) not subjected to previous game in technique machine. Note that the number of search conditions can be set as appropriate.
In the present invention, a search condition for the previous group identification information included in the game history information is set with priority, and a player corresponding to the game history information including the previous group identification information satisfying the search condition The specific information is searched in the order of priority of the search conditions. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus more, a player can be specified more in one hour. The present invention is suitable for identifying a player who continues to play a game with a gaming machine belonging to the same group.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the sixth aspect.
In the present invention, the terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The terminal device of the present invention typically corresponds to a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine.
The storage device stores the castle machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device, and the game history information including the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine where the player has played a game. Yes. As the gaming machine identification information, typically, a “table number” indicating the location of the gaming machine in the gaming store is used. Of course, identification information unique to the gaming machine, identification information unique to the gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine, and the like can also be used.
The management device determines the gaming machine identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification information based on the correspondence relationship between each gaming machine and gaming machine identification information stored in the storage device To do. Then, based on the determined gaming machine identification information, search conditions for the gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information are set with priority. Then, the player identification information corresponding to the game history information including the gaming machine identification information satisfying the search condition is retrieved from the player identification information stored in the storage device, and the retrieved player identification information and reception The process of comparing the player specifying information is performed in the order of the priority of the search condition with respect to the gaming machine identification information.
Based on the gaming machine identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information, as a mode of setting the search conditions for the gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information with priority. For example, gaming history information including gaming machine identification information that matches gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information (game machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information Match the first search condition that gives the first priority to the player who has played a game) and the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player specifying information. A game history information that does not include gaming machine identification information (a player who has never played a game on a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information) has a second priority. Set as search criteria It can be used that manner. Note that the number of search conditions can be set as appropriate.
In the present invention, a search condition for the gaming machine identification information included in the game history information is set, and the player identification information corresponding to the game history information including the gaming machine identification information that satisfies the search condition is set as priority of the search condition. Search in order of rank. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus, a player can be specified in one hour. The present invention is suitable for specifying a player who plays a game on the same gaming machine.

A seventh aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the seventh aspect.
In the present invention, the terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The terminal device of the present invention typically corresponds to a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine.
The storage device stores game history information including previous game machine identification information indicating the game machine in which the player played the previous game. As the previous gaming machine identification information, for example, the aforementioned machine number or the like can be used.
Based on the correspondence relationship between each gaming machine and gaming machine identification information stored in the storage device, the management device stores gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification information. Based on the determined gaming machine identification information, a search condition for the previous gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information is set with priority. Then, the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information including the previous gaming machine identification information that satisfies the search condition is searched from the player specifying information stored in the storage device, and the searched player specifying information and The process of comparing the received player identification information is performed in the order of priority of the search conditions for the previous gaming machine identification information.
Based on the gaming machine identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information, as a mode for setting the search conditions for the previous gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information with priority. For example, the game history information including the previous gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information (corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification information). The first search condition that gave the first priority to the player who played the previous game on the gaming machine, and the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player specifying information Game history information that does not include the previous gaming machine identification information (a player who has not played a previous game with a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player specifying information) has the second priority. Search criteria and Can be used aspects set Te. Note that the number of search conditions can be set as appropriate.
In the present invention, the search conditions for the previous gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information are set with priority, and the gaming history information includes the previous gaming machine identification information that satisfies the searching conditions. The player specifying information is searched in the order of priority of the search conditions. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus more, a player can be specified more in one hour. The present invention is suitable for specifying a player who continues to play a game on the same gaming machine.

An eighth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the eighth aspect.
The present invention includes a terminal device, a management device, and a management device storage device.
The management device storage device only needs to be accessible by the management device, and the arrangement position can be selected as appropriate. In the management device storage device, player specifying information for specifying a player and game history information of the player are stored in association with each player. As the player specifying information, any one of a player's biometric information (for example, a player's fingerprint information, finger vein information, face image information), player identification information, or a combination of a plurality of them can be used.
As the terminal device, for example, a gaming machine terminal device, a deposit / clearing terminal device, a counting terminal device, a prize exchange terminal device, or the like is used. The terminal device includes a terminal processing device, a terminal device storage device, and a player specifying information detection device.
The storage device for the terminal device is only required to be accessible by the terminal processing device, and the arrangement position can be selected as appropriate. In the terminal device storage device, the player specifying information received from the management device is stored in association with the player.
The player specifying information detecting device can detect the player specifying information. As the player specifying information detecting device, a player specifying information detecting device corresponding to the player specifying information is used.
The terminal processing device is configured by a processing device such as a CPU. The terminal processing device stores the player specifying information received from the management device in the terminal device storage device. The terminal processing device sequentially compares the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storage device with the player specifying information detected by the player specifying information detecting device. Then, the player is specified by matching the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storage device with the detected player specifying information. On the other hand, in the case where there is no player identification information that matches the player identification information detected by the player identification information detection device in the player identification information stored in the terminal device storage device, The player specifying request information including the player specifying information detected by the player specifying information detecting device is transmitted to the management device. When the player is specified, it is preferable to display a message indicating that the player has been specified on the display device of the terminal device.
The management device is configured by a CPU or the like. The management device searches the game history information stored in the management device storage device for game history information satisfying the terminal device search condition for each terminal device, and searches for the terminal device for each searched terminal device. The player specifying information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the conditions is transmitted to each terminal device (terminal processing device). The timing for transmitting the player specifying information from the management device to each terminal device (terminal processing device) can be selected as appropriate. For example, an aspect in which transmission is performed at regular intervals, an aspect in which transmission is performed at a predetermined time, or the like can be used.
An appropriate search condition can be set as the search condition for the terminal device. For example, as a terminal device search condition for a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to a gaming machine, gaming history information including group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine corresponding to each gaming machine terminal device belongs, each gaming machine The game history information including the gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device can be used.
Further, when the management device receives the player identification request information from the terminal device (terminal processing device), it is included in the player identification information stored in the management device storage device and the received player identification request information. The player specific information is sequentially compared. Then, the player is specified by matching the player specifying information stored in the management device storage device with the player specifying information included in the received player specifying request information. If the player is specified, the player specification completion information is transmitted to the terminal device (terminal processing device) that transmitted the player specification request information, and the player is specified on the display device of the terminal device. Is displayed, and if the player cannot be identified, the player identification incomplete information is transmitted to the terminal device (terminal processing device) that has transmitted the player identification request information. It is preferable to display a message indicating that the player could not be identified on the display device or the like.
Here, in a game store or the like, when a member is specified, a service for the member may be provided. For example, a service for displaying a member display screen for displaying member game history information, member premium information, and the like on the display device of the terminal device is provided. In the present invention, since a player can be specified on the terminal device side, when a member is specified on the terminal device side, a process for providing a service to the member is performed on the terminal device side. Can do. For example, if the terminal processing device specifies a player (member) using the player specifying information stored in the storage device for terminal device, the terminal processing device creates display screen information for the member and uses it for the member on the display device. Display the display screen. In addition, when the management device identifies a player (member) using the player identification information stored in the management device storage device in response to the transmission of the player identification request information from the terminal device. The member display screen information is created and transmitted to the terminal device, and the member display screen is displayed on the display device of the terminal device. Of course, the management apparatus can also be configured to create member display screen information. In this case, when the terminal processing device specifies the player (member) using the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storage device, the player includes player identification information indicating the detected player. The specific completion information is transmitted to the management apparatus, and the member display screen information is received from the management apparatus.
In the present invention, the player identification information corresponding to the game history information that satisfies the terminal device search conditions set for the game history information is transmitted from the management device to the terminal device and stored in the terminal device storage device, The player specifying information detected by the player specifying information detecting device is first compared with the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storage device on the terminal device side. When the player specifying information that matches the detected player specifying information does not exist in the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storing device, the managing device stores Compare with the player identification information stored in the device. Thereby, the processing burden of the management apparatus for specifying a player can be reduced.

A ninth aspect of the present invention is the player specifying device as described in the ninth aspect.
In the present invention, the terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The terminal device of the present invention typically corresponds to a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine.
The management device storage device stores group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device belongs, and includes a group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine in which the player has played a game belongs. History information is stored. As the group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine belongs, for example, the above-described model identification information, island identification information, gaming machine type identification information, or the like can be used.
The management device determines the group identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device based on the correspondence relationship between each gaming machine and the group identification information stored in the management device storage device. Based on the group identification information corresponding to each determined terminal device, the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device from among the group identification information included in the game history information stored in the management device storage device It searches for group identification information that matches the group identification information that indicates the group to which the game belongs, and corresponds to game history information that includes group identification information that matches the group identification information that indicates the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to each searched terminal device belongs The player specifying information is transmitted to each terminal device (terminal processing device).
In the present invention, game history information including group identification information that matches group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device belongs is used as the terminal device search condition of each terminal device. In this case, the same terminal device search condition is used as the terminal device search condition of the terminal device corresponding to the gaming machines belonging to the same group.
In the present invention, when the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detecting device of the terminal device, first, the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device stored in the terminal device storage device of the terminal device is Player identification information corresponding to game history information including group identification information that matches group identification information indicating a group to which the player belongs (a player who has played a game on a gaming machine belonging to the group of gaming machines corresponding to the terminal device) Is compared with the detected player specifying information. If there is no player identification information that matches the detected player identification information in the player identification information stored in the terminal device storage device, it is stored in the management device storage device. The player specifying information is compared with the detected player specifying information. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus, a player can be specified in one hour. The present invention is suitable for specifying a player who plays a game on a gaming machine belonging to the same group.

A tenth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the tenth aspect.
In the present invention, the terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The terminal device of the present invention typically corresponds to a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine.
The management device storage device stores group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device belongs, and previous group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine in which a player played a previous game belongs. Including game history information is stored. As the previous group identification information, for example, the aforementioned model identification information, island identification information, gaming machine type identification information, or the like can be used.
The management device determines the group identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device based on the correspondence relationship between each gaming machine and the group identification information stored in the management device storage device. Based on the group identification information corresponding to each determined terminal device, the game corresponding to each terminal device is selected from the previous group identification information included in the game history information stored in the management device storage device. Retrieving the previous group identification information that matches the group identification information indicating the group to which the machine belongs, and game history information including the previous group identification information that matches the group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to each searched terminal device belongs Is transmitted to each terminal device (terminal processing device).
In the present invention, when the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detecting device of the terminal device, first, the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device stored in the terminal device storage device of the terminal device is Player identification information corresponding to the game history information including the previous group identification information that matches the group identification information indicating the group to which the group belongs (the player who played the previous game with the gaming machine belonging to the gaming machine group corresponding to the terminal device) The corresponding player specifying information) is compared with the detected player specifying information. If there is no player identification information that matches the detected player identification information in the player identification information stored in the terminal device storage device, it is stored in the management device storage device. The player specifying information is compared with the detected player specifying information. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus more, a player can be specified more in one hour. The present invention is suitable for identifying a player who continues to play a game with a gaming machine belonging to the same group.

An eleventh aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the eleventh aspect.
In the present invention, the terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The terminal device of the present invention typically corresponds to a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine.
The management device storage device stores gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device, and also stores gaming history information including gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine in which the player has played a game. Has been. As the gaming machine identification information, for example, the machine number described above can be used.
The management device determines gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device based on a correspondence relationship between each gaming machine and gaming machine identification information stored in the management device storage device. Then, out of the gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information stored in the management device storage device, the gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device. Searching and transmitting the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information including the gaming machine identification information matching the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each searched terminal device to each terminal device (terminal processing equipment). .
In the present invention, gaming history information including gaming machine identification information that matches gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device is used as the terminal device search condition for each terminal device.
In the present invention, when the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detecting device of the terminal device, first, a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device stored in the terminal device storage device of the terminal device is stored. Player identification information corresponding to gaming history information including gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information shown (player identification information corresponding to a player who has played a game on the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device) ) And the detected player identification information. If there is no player identification information that matches the detected player identification information in the player identification information stored in the terminal device storage device, it is stored in the management device storage device. The player specifying information is compared with the detected player specifying information. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus, a player can be specified in one hour. The present invention is suitable for specifying a player who plays a game on the same gaming machine.

A twelfth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the twelfth aspect.
In the present invention, the terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine. The terminal device of the present invention typically corresponds to a gaming machine terminal device provided corresponding to the gaming machine.
The management device storage device stores gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device, and includes game history information including previous gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine in which the player played the previous game. Is remembered. As the previous gaming machine identification information, for example, the machine number described above can be used.
The management device determines gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device based on a correspondence relationship between each gaming machine and gaming machine identification information stored in the management device storage device. The previous gaming machine identification that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device from the previous gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information stored in the management device storage device Each terminal device (terminal processing device) retrieves information, and specifies the player identification information corresponding to the game history information including the previous gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each retrieved terminal device. Send to.
In the present invention, the game history information including the previous gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device is used as the terminal device search condition of each terminal device.
In the present invention, when the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detecting device of the terminal device, first, a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device stored in the terminal device storage device of the terminal device is stored. Player identification information corresponding to the game history information including the previous gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information shown (player identification information corresponding to the player who played the previous game on the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device) And the detected player identification information. If there is no player identification information that matches the detected player identification information in the player identification information stored in the terminal device storage device, it is stored in the management device storage device. The player specifying information is compared with the detected player specifying information. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus more, a player can be specified more in one hour. The present invention is suitable for specifying a player who continues to play a game on the same gaming machine.

A thirteenth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the thirteenth aspect.
In the present invention, the management device storage device stores game history information including game time information indicating the time when the player played a game. The terminal device storage device also stores player identification information and game time information indicating the time at which the player played a game in association with the player.
The terminal processing device stores the player identification information and the game time information received from the management device in the terminal device storage device. Further, the terminal processing device sets a search period for the game time information with a priority order based on the time when the player specification information is detected by the player specification information detection device. Then, the player specifying information corresponding to the game time information overlapping with the search period is searched from the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storage device, and the searched player specifying information and player specifying information are searched. Processing for sequentially comparing the player specifying information detected by the detecting device is performed in the order of priority of the search period with respect to the game time information.
For example, the above-described aspect can be used as an aspect in which the search period for the game time information is set with priority based on the time when the player specifying information is received.
The management device transmits the player identification information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the terminal device search condition for each terminal device, together with the game time information corresponding to the player identification information, to each terminal device (terminal processing device). To do. The timing for transmitting the player specifying information and the game time information from the management device to the terminal device can be set as appropriate.
In the present invention, when the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detecting device of the terminal device, first, the terminal device search condition for the terminal device stored in the terminal device storage device of the terminal device is detected. The player identification information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the above is compared with the detected player identification information. At this time, it overlaps with the search period for the game time information set based on the time when the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detection device from the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storage device. The process of searching for the player identification information corresponding to the game time information to be performed and sequentially comparing the searched player identification information with the player identification information detected by the player identification information detection device is performed in the search period for the game time information. Do in order of priority. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a terminal processing apparatus, a player can be specified in one hour. The present invention is effective for specifying a player who plays a game in the same time zone. The present invention specifies a player who performs a game on another gaming machine, a player who performs a counting operation, a player who performs a prize exchange operation, and a player who performs a deposit operation or a settlement operation after the game has been performed It is suitable for.

A fourteenth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device according to the fourteenth aspect.
In the present invention, the management device storage device stores game history information including previous game time information indicating the time when the player played the previous game. The terminal device storage device also stores player identification information and previous game time information indicating the time at which the player played the previous game in association with the player.
The terminal processing device stores the player specifying information and the previous game time information received from the management device in the terminal device storage device. Further, the terminal processing device sets a search period for the previous game time information with a priority order based on the time when the player specification information is detected by the player specification information detection device. Then, the player specifying information corresponding to the previous game time information overlapping with the search period is searched from the player specifying information stored in the storage device for terminal device, and the searched player specifying information and player specifying information are searched. Processing for sequentially comparing the player specifying information detected by the information detecting device is performed in the order of priority of the search period with respect to the previous game time information.
For example, the above-described mode can be used as a mode in which the search period for the previous game time information is given priority based on the time when the player specifying information is received.
The management device sends the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the terminal device search condition for each terminal device to each terminal device (terminal processing device) together with the previous game time information corresponding to the player specifying information. Send. The timing for transmitting the player specifying information and the previous game time information from the management device to the terminal device can be set as appropriate.
In the present invention, when the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detecting device of the terminal device, first, the terminal device search condition for the terminal device stored in the terminal device storage device of the terminal device is detected. The player identification information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the above is compared with the detected player identification information. At this time, a search period for the previous game time information set based on the time when the player identification information is detected by the player identification information detection device from the player identification information stored in the storage device for the terminal device, and The process of searching for player identification information corresponding to the previous previous game time information and sequentially comparing the searched player identification information with the player identification information detected by the player identification information detection device is performed with respect to the previous game time information. Perform in order of priority of search period. Thereby, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a terminal processing apparatus more, a player can be specified more in one hour.

A fifteenth aspect of the present invention is a player specifying device as set forth in the fifteenth aspect.
In the present invention, when receiving the player identification request information from the terminal device, the management device receives the player identification information excluding the player identification information transmitted to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification request information, and the received game The player specifying information included in the player specifying request information is compared.
In the present invention, the management device uses the terminal processing device to detect the player identification information excluding the player identification information compared with the player identification information detected by the player identification information detection device. Therefore, the processing burden on the management device is further reduced.

  If the player specific apparatus of Claims 1-15 is used, while being able to reduce the processing burden of a management apparatus, a player can be specified in one hour.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
A schematic configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG. The present embodiment is a case where it is configured as a player specifying device (also referred to as a player authentication device) for specifying (sometimes referred to as authentication) a player who plays a game in a pachinko parlor.
Note that as player identification information for identifying a player (sometimes referred to as player authentication information), player identification information stored in a player identification information storage device (player card) that can be carried by the player Techniques using (player ID) and player biometric information (fingerprint information, finger vein information, back vein information, voiceprint information, iris information, retina information, face image information, etc.) have been developed. In the present embodiment, any one of player identification information, finger vein information, and face image information can be used as the player specifying information. In this specification, player identification information (player ID) is used to mean identification information configured by combining a plurality of characters and numbers.

The player specifying device of the present embodiment includes a management device 10, a storage device 20, a gaming machine terminal device 30, a gaming machine 40, a deposit / clearing terminal device 50, a counting terminal device 60, a prize exchange terminal device 70, and the like. ing.
The management device 10 is composed of a processing device such as a CPU, and includes a management means 10a and a player specifying means 10b.
The management means 10a manages the player information database 20a and the gaming machine information database 20b in the storage device 20. That is, registration of player information in the player information database 20a, update of player information stored in the player information database 20a, registration of gaming machine information in the gaming machine information database 20b, and in the gaming machine information database 20b. The stored gaming machine information is updated. In addition, the management means 10a receives the player identification information and the player identification request information transmitted from each terminal device, the player identification completion information indicating that the player identification means 10b has identified the player, A process of transmitting player identification incompletion information indicating that the player could not be identified to the terminal device is executed.
The player specifying means 10b includes player specifying information detected by a player specifying information detecting device (player identifying information detecting device, finger vein information detecting device, face image information detecting device) provided in each terminal device. The player specifying information stored in the player information database 20a is compared, and the player is specified based on the comparison result. As a method for specifying the player, for example, the player specifying information whose matching rate with the detected player specifying information is equal to or higher than a set value is selected from the player specifying information stored in the player information database 20a. An extraction method is used. In addition, when one player specifying information whose matching rate with the detected player specifying information is equal to or more than a set value is extracted (when a player is specified), the player indicating that the player has been specified The identification completion information (player identification OK information) is not extracted when the player identification information whose matching rate with the detected player identification information is greater than or equal to a set value, or a plurality of match rates that are greater than or equal to a set value When the player specifying information is extracted (when the player cannot be specified), the player specifying incomplete information (player specifying NG information) indicating that the player cannot be specified. Is transmitted to the terminal device. In each terminal device, when the player identification completion information is received, for example, a message indicating that the player has been identified is displayed on the display device, and when the player identification incomplete information is received, for example, the player is displayed on the display device. Displays a message indicating that it could not be identified.

The storage device 20 is provided so that the management device 10 can access it, and has a player information database 20a and a gaming machine information database 20b.
An example of the player information database 20a is shown in FIG. In the player information database 20a shown in FIG. 2, player information of the player is stored in association with the player. As player information, game history information and player identification information are used. In FIG. 2, the player history information includes deposit amount information, loaned ball number information, stored ball number information, premium ball number information, and gaming machine identification information (typically, “ Machine number "), G1, G2 to Gk, model identification information S1, S2 to Sf indicating the model of the gaming machine, game start time information indicating the game start time, and game end time information indicating the game end time are used. ing. Further, player IDs (player identification information) P1, P2 to Pn, finger vein information, and face image information are used as the player specifying information.
Note that the model identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine is group identification information indicating a group of models to which the gaming machine belongs. The group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine belongs is not limited to the model identification information indicating the model to which the gaming machine belongs, but the island identification information indicating the island in the gaming store where the gaming machine is installed, Group identification information indicating various groups such as gaming machine type identification information indicating the type (for example, pachinko machine, slot machine, etc.) can be used.
Deposit amount information indicates the balance of the amount deposited by the player. The player can deposit the deposit using, for example, a gaming machine terminal device 30 or a deposit / clearing terminal device 50 capable of deposit operations. In addition, the player can use the gaming machine terminal device 30 or a ball lending machine (not shown) capable of a ball lending operation to receive a game ball lending within the deposit amount indicated by the deposit amount information. . When the game balls are lent out using the deposit, the amount information indicating the deposit corresponding to the number of game balls lent out is subtracted (updated) from the deposit amount information. In addition, the player information database 20a stores rental ball number information (the number of game balls lent out).
The number of stored balls indicates the number of stored balls held by the player. The stored ball is a game ball that can be used for storing (replaying) a game ball that has been acquired by the player and then withdrawing. Usually, when replaying using a stored ball (replaying a stored ball), a predetermined fee is required.
The number of free gift balls indicates the number of free gift balls held by the player. The prize ball is a game ball acquired by the player and exchangeable for a prize.
The game start time information and the game end time information constitute game time information indicating the game time at which the player played the game. The period between the game start time indicated by the game start time information and the game end time indicated by the game end time information represents the game time at which the player played the game.
In addition to this, out-of-ball information and safe-ball information can be used as game history information. The number of out balls information indicates the number of game balls (number of out balls) fired on the gaming machine. The safe ball number information indicates the number of game balls (the number of safe balls) to be paid out when a game ball fired on a gaming machine wins a winning opening. The number of game balls acquired by the player by the game can be calculated by, for example, [number of safe balls−number of out balls]. Further, the game balls (held balls) possessed by the player can be calculated by, for example, [number of lent balls + (number of safe balls−number of out balls)].
As a method of updating the game history information in the player database 10a, a method of updating when the game history information changes (for example, when renting a game ball using a deposit, updating the number of lent balls and pulling out a stored ball Sometimes you update the number of stored balls information, update the number of prize balls when you exchange prizes for prizes), or a method that updates at regular intervals (for example, out ball information or safe balls every minute during a game) Update information). Further, when updating the player information, it is preferable to store update time information indicating a time when the player information is updated.

In general, when a player operates a terminal device, it is often related to the player's game history information. For example, playing games on the same group of gaming machines (for example, gaming machines of the same model, gaming machines arranged on the same island, gaming machines of the same type), playing games on the same gaming machine, at the same time zone There are many cases in which a game is played, a game is played continuously within a certain time from the game end time, a game medium is counted, or a game medium is exchanged for a prize. Therefore, a search condition is set for the game history information, and the comparison between the player specifying information stored in the storage device and the player specifying information received from the terminal device is made into the game history information satisfying the search condition. By preferentially performing the corresponding player specifying information, the player specifying information that matches the player specifying information received from the terminal device can be extracted early. In this case, since the number of comparison processes of the player identification information that is performed until the player identification information that matches the player identification information received from the terminal device is reduced, the processing burden on the management apparatus is reduced. The
In the present embodiment, game history information is used as a search condition for searching for player identification information stored in a storage device. That is, the management device sets the search conditions for the game history information with priority, and satisfies the search conditions set for the game history information from the player identification information stored in the storage device. A process for searching for player specifying information corresponding to the game history information and comparing the searched player specifying information with the player specifying information received from the terminal device is performed in the order of priority of the search conditions. As the plurality of search conditions for the game history information, the same search condition can be set for a plurality of terminal devices, or the search conditions corresponding to the terminal devices can be set. For example, as a search condition for the gaming machine terminal device and the counting terminal device, the game time information included in the game history information (the player is playing a game based on the time when the management device receives the player specifying information from the terminal device ) And previous game time information (time when the player played the previous game) can be set with priority. As a search condition for the gaming machine terminal device, gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device or group identification information indicating a group to which the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device belongs (for example, a gaming machine) Based on the group identification information (for example, model identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine on which the player played a game) included in the game history information (for example, the model identification information indicating the model of the game). The search condition (game machine search condition) for the game machine identification information (indicating the game machine where the player played the game) included in the game history information is set with priority. Can do.

An example of the gaming machine information database 20b is shown in FIG. In the gaming machine information database 20b shown in FIG. 3, gaming machine information is stored in association with each gaming machine. In FIG. 3, the gaming machine information includes gaming machine identification information (gaming machine ID) (typically “unit number”) G1, G2 to Gk, and player identification information (player) of the player who played the game. ID) P1 to Pn, game time information (for example, game start time information and game start time information) indicating the game time at which the player played a game, out ball number information, safe ball number information when playing a game, The jackpot occurrence time information is used.
As a method of updating the gaming machine information in the gaming machine information database 20b, a method of updating when the gaming machine information changes or a method of updating at regular intervals can be used. At this time, it is preferable to store update time information indicating the time when the gaming machine information is updated.
The gaming machine information database 20b can be created using the player information stored in the player information database 20a. Therefore, the gaming machine information database 20b can be omitted. In this case, the gaming machine information is calculated using the player information stored in the player information database 20a when necessary.

The gaming machine terminal device 30 is provided corresponding to the gaming machine 40. The gaming machine terminal device 30 may be provided corresponding to one gaming machine 40, or may be provided corresponding to a plurality of (for example, four) gaming machines 40. The player can deposit cash (deposit) by performing a deposit operation at the gaming machine terminal device 30, and a game ball using the deposit by performing a ball lending operation (for example, operation of a ball lending button). Can be rented out, and a stored ball can be pulled out by performing a replay operation (for example, a replay button operation). Further, in the case where the gaming machine terminal device 30 is provided with a counting device, it is possible to deposit game balls as stored balls by performing a storage ball operation, and to exchange game balls for prizes by performing a prize ball operation. Can do.
The gaming machine terminal device 30 includes a gaming machine terminal processing device (terminal processing device) 31, a player identification information detection device (player specific information detection device) 33, a human detection device 34, a lighting device 35, a finger vein information detection device ( A player identification information detection device) 36, a face image information detection device (player identification information detection device) 37, a display device 38, a deposit detection device 39, and the like.
The player identification information detection device 33 is a player identification information (player card) stored in a player identification information storage device (player card) that is inserted into the player identification information storage device insertion port 33a and can be carried by the player. Player ID) is detected. A castle player identification information storage device and a player identification information detection device 33 that can detect player identification information without contact can also be used.
The human detection device 34 detects the presence of a person (player) in the vicinity of the gaming machine terminal device 30 (for example, a person sitting on a chair of the gaming machine 40 corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30). A person detection signal (player detection signal) is output. As the human detection device 34, various known detection devices such as an optical type and a magnetic type can be used.
The lighting device 35 instructs (notifies) the position of the finger vein information detection unit 36a so that the player can easily insert a finger into the finger vein information detection unit 36a. The lighting device 35 is, for example, provided that a person (player) is detected by the human detection device 34, or that the deposit detection device 39 detects the amount of the deposit inserted into the deposit input port 39a. To work. Various operation modes can be used as the operation mode of the lighting device 35. For example, a mode in which the lighting state is set and a mode in which the lighting state is set can be used. Moreover, the aspect which sets a lighting color to a predetermined color can also be used.
The finger vein information detection device 36 detects finger vein information of a finger inserted in the finger vein information detection unit (finger vein information detection position) 36a. As the finger vein information detection device 36, for example, an infrared CCD camera that outputs finger vein pattern image information, and a feature portion of the finger vein pattern is extracted from the finger vein pattern image information output from the infrared CCD camera. A known finger vein information detection device configured by a processing device that outputs finger vein information can be used.
The face image information detection device 37 includes a CCD camera that outputs face pattern image information, and a processing device that extracts face feature information from the face pattern image information output from the CCD camera and outputs face image information. A known face image information detecting device can be used.
Various information such as deposit amount information is displayed on the display device 38.
The deposit detection device 39 detects the amount of deposit (cash) inserted into the deposit input port 39a and outputs deposit amount information.
The gaming machine terminal processing device 31 is connected to each device. Further, the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 includes player identification information (player ID) detected by the player identification information detection device 33, finger vein information detected by the finger vein information detection device 36, and face image information detection device. 37, processing for transmitting the face image information detected by 37, deposit amount information detected by the deposit detection apparatus 39, etc. to the management apparatus 10, player identification completion information, player identification incomplete information transmitted from the management apparatus 10 The process etc. which receive etc. are performed.
The management device 10 can also perform processing for extracting a feature portion of a finger vein pattern from finger vein pattern image information and processing for extracting a feature portion of a face from face pattern image information. In this case, the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 transmits a finger vein pattern image and a face pattern image to the management device 10. Both cases are included in the concept of transmitting finger vein information and face image information from the gaming machine terminal device 30 (game machine terminal processing device 31) to the management device 10.
Note that the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 transmits the gaming machine information of the corresponding gaming machine 30 to the management device 10.

The deposit / clearing terminal device 50 is used when a player deposits a deposit or clears the deposit.
The depositing / clearing terminal device 50 includes a depositing / clearing terminal processing device (terminal processing device) 51, a player identification information detecting device 53, a person detecting device 54, a lighting device 55, a finger vein information detecting device 56, and a face image information detecting device. 57, a display device 58, a deposit detection device 59, and the like. The deposit / clearing terminal processing device 51 is connected to each device. Further, the depositing / clearing terminal processing device 51 detects player identification information (player ID) detected by the player identification information detection device 53, finger vein information detected by the finger vein information detection device 56, and face image information detection. Processing for transmitting player identification information such as face image information detected by the device 37, deposit amount information detected by the deposit detection device 59, etc. to the management device 10, player identification completion information transmitted from the management device 10 Then, a process of receiving player identification incomplete information or the like is executed. The display device 58 displays various information such as deposit amount information, information on the number of stored balls, and information on the number of premium items. The operation of other devices of the deposit / clearing terminal device 50 is the same as that of the gaming machine terminal device 30.
The counting terminal device 60 is used when counting game balls acquired by the player. The player can use the game balls counted by the counting terminal device 60 as storage balls or prize balls.
The counting terminal device 60 includes a counting terminal processing device (terminal processing device) 61, a player identification information detection device 63, a human detection device 64, a lighting device 65, a finger vein information detection device 66, a face image information detection device 67, and a display device. 68, a counting device 69 and the like. The counting device 69 counts the number of game balls thrown into the game ball slot 69a. The counting terminal processing device 61 is connected to each device. In addition, the counting terminal processing device 61 includes player identification information (player ID) detected by the player identification information detection device 63, finger vein information detected by the finger vein information detection device 66, and face image information detection device 67. The player identification information such as the face image information detected in the above, the processing for transmitting the counting information counted by the counting device 69 to the management device 10, the player identification completion information transmitted from the management device 10, the player identification not yet performed A process of receiving completion information or the like is executed. Various information such as counting information is displayed on the display device 68. The operation of other devices of the counting device 60 is the same as that of the gaming machine terminal device 30.
The prize exchange terminal device 70 is used when a player exchanges prize balls for prizes.
The prize exchange terminal device 70 includes a prize exchange terminal processing device 71, a player identification information detection device 73, a person detection device 74, a lighting device 75, a finger vein information detection device 76, a face image information detection device 77, a display device 78, a prize. It has a discharge port 79 and the like. A prize or a voucher exchanged for a prize is discharged from the prize discharge port 79. The gift exchange terminal processing device 71 is connected to each device. Also, the prize exchange terminal processing device 71 includes player identification information (player ID) detected by the player identification information detection device 73, finger vein information detected by the finger vein information detection device 76, and face image information detection device. The process of transmitting the player identification information such as face image information detected in 77, the prize exchange ball number information corresponding to the prize selected by the player to the management apparatus 10, and the player identification completed from the management apparatus 10 Processing for receiving information, player identification incomplete information, etc. is executed. The display device 78 displays various kinds of information such as information on the number of prizes and prize information. The operation of other devices of the prize exchange terminal device 70 is the same as that of the gaming machine terminal device 30.

  In the present embodiment, the management device 10 corresponds to the “management device” of the present invention, the storage device 20 corresponds to the “storage device” of the present invention, the gaming machine terminal device 30, the depositing / clearing terminal device 50, the counting The terminal device 60, the gift exchange terminal device 70, and the like correspond to the “terminal device” of the present invention, and the gaming machine terminal processing device 31, the deposit / clearing terminal processing device 51, the counting terminal processing device 61, the gift exchange terminal processing device 71, etc. Corresponds to the “terminal processing device” of the present invention, and the player identification information detection devices 33, 53, 63, 73, finger vein information detection devices 36, 56, 66, 76, face image information detection devices 37, 57, 67 , 77, etc. correspond to the “player identification information detecting device” of the present invention.

Next, the player specifying process of the first embodiment will be described using the flowchart shown in FIG. Hereinafter, a case will be described in which finger vein information is used as the player identification information, and the finger vein information of the player is detected by the finger vein information detection device 36 of the gaming machine terminal device 30. Further, as a search condition for searching for predetermined finger vein information from finger vein information stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20, priority is given to a search period for game time information included in the game history information. A case of setting with ranking will be described.
The player specifying process shown in FIG. 4 is executed by the management device 10 (player specifying means 10b of the management device 10). Further, the process shown in FIG. 4 starts at an appropriate time.
Normally, the finger vein information is not transmitted from the gaming machine terminal device 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing device 31), so the determination in step A1 in FIG. 4 is “NO”.
When a player sits on the chair of the gaming machine 40, the person detection device 34 of the gaming machine terminal device 30 detects that a person (player) has sat on the chair of the gaming machine 40 and detects a person detection signal (player detection signal). ) Is output. When the human detection signal is output from the human detection device 34, the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 operates the illumination device 35 to illuminate the finger vein information detection unit 36a.
When the player inserts a finger (a finger registered in advance) into the finger vein information detection unit 36a, the finger vein information detection device 36 detects the finger vein information of the finger inserted into the finger vein pulse information detection unit 36a. To do. When the finger vein information of the player is detected by the finger vein information detection device 36, the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 includes the detected finger vein information of the player (for example, the detected finger vein information of the player). The player specifying request information) is transmitted to the management device 10 (player specifying means 10b of the management device 10). For example, the player specifying request information including the finger vein information of the player is transmitted.
Thereby, the management device 10 (the player specifying means 10b of the management device 10) transmits the finger vein information of the player (for example, the finger vein of the player) transmitted from the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 of the gaming machine terminal device 30. Player-specific request information including information) is received. Then, the determination at step A in FIG. 4 is “YES”, and the process proceeds to step A2.

In step A2, the search condition for the game history information is set with priority, and the search condition with the first priority is selected. In the present embodiment, the player specifying unit 10b is configured to store the storage device 20 (player) based on the time when the player specifying unit 10b receives finger vein information from the gaming machine terminal device 30 (game machine terminal processing device 31). A search period for the game time information included in the game history information stored in the information database 20a) is set with priority.
For example, the first period before the time when the player specifying means 10b receives the finger vein information is set as the first search period with the first priority, and the second period before the first period is set. Is set as the second search period with the second priority, and the third search except the first period and the second period is set as the third search with the third priority. Set as period. For example, when the time when the player specifying means 10b receives the finger vein information is [15:40], the period [14:40 to 15:40] one hour before the time when the finger vein information is received is 1 is set as a search period, a period [13:40 to 14:40] one hour before the first search period is set as a second search period, and the first search period and the second search period are set. The excluded period [10:00 (business start time) to 13:40, 15:40 to 22:00 (business end time)] is set as the third search period. In this case, the first search period [14:40 to 15:40] having the first priority is selected.
Based on the time when the player specifying means 10b (management device 10) receives the finger vein information (player specifying information), the search period for the game time information included in the game history information is set with priority. The method to do is not limited to this. For example, the period including the first period before and after the time when the player specifying means 10b receives the finger vein information is set as the first search period with the first priority, and before the first period. The second period is set as the second search period with the second priority, and the third period after the first period is set as the third search period with the third priority. Can be used. The number of search periods can be selected as appropriate.

In step A3, a game including game time information overlapping with the selected search period, in this case, the first search period [14: 40-15: 40] having the first priority selected in step A2. The player's biometric information corresponding to the history information, in this case, finger vein information is searched. The game time information overlapping with the search period means game time information in which an arbitrary time within the gaming machines indicated by the game time information is included in the search period. In step A3, finger vein information (player identification information) of a player who has played a game within the selected search period (for example, the first search period [14: 40-15: 40]) is searched. .
In step A4, it is determined whether or not the finger vein information retrieved in step A3 matches the finger vein information received in step A1. If the retrieved finger vein information matches the received finger vein information, the process proceeds to step A5, and if not, the process proceeds to step A7.
In step A5, player identification completion information indicating that the player has been identified is transmitted to the terminal processing device that transmitted the finger vein information received in step A1, in this case, the gaming machine terminal processing device 31. When the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 receives the player identification completion information from the management device 10, for example, the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 displays a message indicating that the player has been identified on the display device 38.
Next, in step A <b> 6, the identified player recognizes that he / she will play a game on the gaming machine 40 corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30, and stores the game history information in the storage device 20. For example, game start time information is stored in the player information database 20a in association with the player ID indicating the specified player. As the game start time information, time information indicating the time when finger vein information (player specifying request information including finger vein information) is received in step A1 or the time when the player is specified in step A4 is used. Then, the player specifying process ends.

In step A7, it is determined whether or not all the finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information including the game time information overlapping with the selected search period has been searched. If not all have been searched, the process returns to step A3, and if all have been searched, the process proceeds to step A8.
In Step A8, it is determined whether or not all search periods (for example, [10: 0 to 22:00] which are business hours of amusement store) have been selected. If not all search periods have been selected, the process proceeds to step A9. If all search periods have been selected, the process proceeds to step A10.
In step A9, the search period of the next priority, in this case, the second search period [13:40 to 14:40] having the second priority is selected, and the process returns to step A3.
In step A10, the player identification incomplete information indicating that the player could not be identified is sent to the terminal processing device that transmitted the finger vein information received in step A1, in this case, the gaming machine terminal processing device 31. Send. When the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 receives the player identification incomplete information from the management device 10, for example, the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 displays a message indicating that the player has not been identified on the display device 38.

In the above, the finger corresponding to the game history information including the game time information overlapping with the set search period is selected from the finger vein information (player identification information) stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20. The vein information is searched in the order of priorities of a plurality of search periods set for the game time information. The finger vein information stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 is associated with the search periods. They can also be grouped.
For example, as shown in FIG. 5, game time information overlapping with the first search period having the first priority is included from the finger vein information stored in the player information database 20 a of the storage device 20. The finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information is extracted and grouped in the first search period. Similarly, the finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information including the game time information overlapping each of the second search period to the p-th search period having the second priority order to the p-th priority order is extracted. The group is a second search period to a p-th search period. When game time information corresponding to one game overlaps with a plurality of search periods, finger vein information corresponding to game history information including the game time information is extracted for the plurality of search periods. The
In this way, the finger vein information (biological information) stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 is grouped for each search period to create a player information player information database as shown in FIG. By doing so, it is possible to easily search the finger vein information (biological information) of the player corresponding to the game history information including the game time information that overlaps with a plurality of search periods. For example, it is only necessary to sequentially read the finger vein information of the groups in the first search period.
The finger vein information (biological information) can be grouped for each search period (search condition), and a database for each group can be configured. In this case, the player specifying means 10b sequentially reads (searches) finger vein information (biological information) stored in the database for each search period, and compares the finger vein information in which the read finger vein information is detected. The processing to be executed is executed in the order of priority of the search period.

In the embodiment described above, based on the time when the management device 10 receives the finger vein information from the gaming machine terminal 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing device 31), the search period for the gaming time information included in the gaming history information ( Set search conditions with priorities. Then, the finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information including the game time information overlapping with the search period is searched from the finger vein information stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20, and searched. The process of comparing the finger vein information thus received with the received finger vein information is performed in the order of priority of the search periods set for the game time information.
As described above, the method for setting the search period for the game time information included in the game history information with priority based on the time when the management device receives the player specifying information is based on the same time zone. This is suitable for identifying a player who performs the game.

Here, the player may play the game continuously at short time intervals. When such a player is specified, the player included in the game history information based on the time when the management device 10 received the player specifying information from the terminal processing device 30 and played the previous game. It is preferable to use a method of setting a plurality of search periods with priorities for the previous game time information indicating the time. The previous game time information corresponds to the game time information closest to the current time in the game time information corresponding to the player. The previous game time information is usually composed of the previous game start time information indicating the start time of the game played last time and the previous game hunting time information for ending the game.
Operation of the embodiment in which the search period for the previous game time information included in the game history information is set with priority based on the time when the management device 10 receives the player specifying information from the terminal processing device 30 Will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 for explaining the operation when finger vein information is transmitted from the gaming machine terminal device processing device 31 to the management device 20 described above.
In this case, in step A2 shown in FIG. 4, the player specifying unit 10b determines the player information database of the storage device 20 based on the time when the player specifying unit 10b receives the finger vein information from the gaming machine terminal processing device 31. The search period for the previous game time information included in the game history information stored in 20a is set with priority.
For example, the first period before the time when the player specifying means 10b receives the finger vein information from the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 is set as the first search period with the first priority, The second period prior to the second period is set as the second search period with the second priority, and the third period excluding the first period and the second period is set as the third priority. And set it as the third search period. For example, if the time when the player specifying means 10b receives the finger vein information from the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 is [15:40], the period [15:10] 30 minutes before the time when the finger vein information is received. To 15:40] is set as the first search period, a period [14:40 to 15:10] 30 minutes before the first search period is set as the second search period, and the first search period is set. And the period excluding the second search period [10:00 (business start time) to 14:40, 15:40 to 22:00 (business end time)] are set as the third search period.
Alternatively, a period including the first period before and after the time when the player specifying means 10b receives the finger vein information is set as the first search period with the first priority, and the period before the first period is set. The second period is set as the second search period with the second priority, and the third period after the first period is set as the second search period with the third priority. Can be used.
The method of setting the search period for the previous game time information with priority is not limited to this.

In step A3, the previous search time information overlapping with the selected search period, in this case, the first search period [15: 10-15: 40] having the first priority selected in step A2 is included. The finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information is searched. In step A3, finger vein information (player identification information) corresponding to the player who played the previous game within the search period (for example, the first search period [15:10 to 15:40]) is searched.
Hereinafter, the processing for searching finger vein information corresponding to the game history information including the previous game time information overlapping with the search period by steps A3 to A10 and comparing the searched finger vein information with the received finger vein information Are performed in the order of priority of the search period to identify the player.
As described above, based on the time when the management device 10 receives the finger vein information (player identification information) from the terminal device 30, a plurality of search periods are set for the previous game time information included in the game history information. This method is suitable for identifying a player who plays a game continuously at short time intervals.

In the above, based on the time when the management device 10 received the finger vein information from the gaming machine terminal device 30, a plurality of search periods are set for the game time information included in the game history information or the previous game time information. .
Here, the time when the finger vein information detection device 36 of the gaming machine terminal device 30 detects the finger vein information, and the time when the management device 10 receives the finger vein information from the gaming machine terminal device 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing device 31). The interval between is very short compared to the period during which the player plays games. Therefore, instead of the time when the management device 10 receives the finger vein information from the gaming machine terminal device 30, the time when the finger vein information detection device 36 provided in the gaming machine terminal device 30 detects the finger vein information or the game There is no particular problem even if the time at which finger vein information is transmitted from the machine terminal device 30 to the management device 10 is used.
Accordingly, a plurality of search periods are set for the game time information or the previous game time information based on the time when the finger vein information detection device 36 (player identification information detection device) detects the finger vein information (player identification information). A plurality of search periods are set for game time information or previous game time information based on the time when finger vein information (player identification information) is transmitted from the gaming machine terminal device 30 (terminal device) to the management device 10. There are a plurality of modes for the game time information or the previous game time information based on the time when the management device 10 receives the finger vein information (player identification information) from the gaming machine terminal device 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing device 31). It is included in the configuration for setting the search period.

In the first embodiment, the game time information included in the game history information is based on the time when the management device receives the player specifying information from the terminal device (terminal processing device) as the search condition for the game history information. Or although the search period set with respect to last game time information was used, search conditions are not limited to this.
For example, players often play games on the same group of gaming machines. For example, games are often played with the same type of gaming machine, gaming machines arranged on the same island in a gaming store, and the same type of gaming machines (for example, pachinko machines, slot machines, etc.). When such a player is specified, group identification information (for example, model identification information indicating a model of the gaming machine) included in the game history information and indicating a group to which the gaming machine on which the player has played belongs. It is preferable to set search conditions with priority for island identification information indicating islands in the game store, gaming machine type identification information indicating the type of gaming machine, and the like.
Hereinafter, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in which a search condition is set for group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine in which a player has played a game belongs, which is included in the game history information. .
The schematic configuration of the second embodiment is the same as that of FIG. 1, but the operation of the player specifying means 10b of the management device 10 is different.

The player specifying process of the player specifying means 10b of the management apparatus 10 when the model identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine is used as the group identification information will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The process shown in FIG. 6 is started at an appropriate time. In the present embodiment, the storage device 20 includes model identification information (game machine terminal) indicating the model of the gaming machine 40 corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing device 31 of the gaming machine terminal device 30). The correspondence relationship between the device 30 and the model identification information) is stored.
In step B1 of FIG. 6, the player specifying means 10b determines whether or not biometric information, in this case, finger vein information, has been received from the gaming machine terminal device 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing device 31). If finger vein information has not been received from the gaming machine terminal device 30, the determination in step B1 is “NO”, and the player specifying process is terminated.
When the management device 10 (player specifying means 10b) receives the finger vein information of the player (for example, the player specifying request information including the finger vein information of the player) from the gaming machine terminal device 30, the steps of FIG. The determination of B1 is “YES”, and the process proceeds to Step B2.

In step B2, search conditions for the game history information are set with priorities, and the first priority search conditions are selected. In the present embodiment, the player specifying means 10b sends the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b in step B1 to the terminal device, in this case, the gaming machine terminal device 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing device 31). The corresponding gaming machine model is determined based on the correspondence between the terminal device stored in the storage device 20 and the model identification information. Then, based on the determined model identification information corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information, the game history information stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 includes The search condition (model search condition) for the model identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine on which the castle played is set with priority.
For example, model identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that has transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b is given the first priority and the first search condition (first Model identification information indicating a model different from the model of the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that has been transmitted as the finger identification information received by the player specifying means 10b. And set as a second search condition (second model selection condition). For example, if the model identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b is [S1], the game that matches the “model identification information [S1]” “Game history information including model information [S1]” is set as a first search condition having the first priority, and includes “game machine model information [S2 to Sf] different from model identification information [S1]”. “Game history information” is set as a second search condition having the second priority. This first search condition represents searching for finger vein information (player specific information) of a player who has played a game with the game machine of the model indicated by the model identification information [S1].
The search condition (model search condition) for the model identification information is not limited to this. For example, “game history information including model identification information that matches the model identification information [S1] for the first number of times (for example, three times)” is set as the first search condition, and “model identification information [ “Game history information that includes game model information that matches S1] for the second number of times (for example, within two times”) is set as the second search condition, and “Game model that matches model identification information [S1]” “Game history information not including information [S1]” may be set as the third search condition. This first search condition represents searching for finger vein information (player specific information) of a player who has played a game three or more times with the game machine of the model indicated by the model identification information [S1]. ing.

In step B3, the player's biometric corresponding to the game history information including the model identification information that satisfies the selected search condition, in this case, the first search condition having the first priority selected in step B2. Search for information, in this case, finger vein information.
In step B4, it is determined whether or not the finger vein information retrieved in step B3 matches the finger vein information received from the gaming machine terminal device 30 in step B1. If the retrieved finger vein information matches the received finger vein information, the process proceeds to step B5. If not, the process proceeds to step B7.
In step B5, the player identification completion information indicating that the player has been identified is sent to the terminal device that has transmitted the finger vein information received in step B1, in this case, the gaming machine terminal device 30 (gaming machine terminal processing device 31). Send.
Next, in step B <b> 6, it is recognized that the identified player starts a game with the gaming machine 40 corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30, and the game history information is stored in the storage device 20. For example, in the player information database 20a, time information indicating the time at which finger vein information is received or the time at which the player is specified is stored as the game start time information in association with the player ID indicating the specified player.
Then, the player specifying process ends.

In step B7, it is determined whether or not all the finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information including the model identification information that satisfies the selected search condition has been searched. If not all have been searched, the process returns to step B3. If all have been searched, the process proceeds to step B8.
In step B8, it is determined whether or not model identification information of all models (for example, all models installed in the amusement store) has been selected. If model identification information for all models has not been selected, the process proceeds to step B9. If model identification information for all models has been selected, the process proceeds to step B10.
In step B9, the search condition of the next priority order, in this case, the second search condition having the second priority order is selected, and the process returns to step B3.
In step B10, player identification incomplete information indicating that the player could not be identified is transmitted to the terminal device that transmitted the finger vein information received in step B1, in this case, the gaming machine terminal device 30. .

Also in the second embodiment, the finger vein information (player identification information) stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 is grouped according to the search condition (model search condition) for the model identification information. Can be
For example, as shown in FIG. 7, from the finger vein information stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20, the first search condition “model identification information [P1 having a first priority” is assigned. ] Is extracted as the group of the first search model P1. Similarly, the finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information including the model identification information satisfying the second search condition having the second priority order to the g-th priority order to the g-th search condition is provided. Extraction is made into groups of the second search model P2 to the g-th search model Pg, respectively.
In this way, finger vein information (player specifying information) stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 is grouped for each search condition for the model identification information, and for player specifying as shown in FIG. By creating the player information database, it is possible to easily search for the finger vein information (player specific information) of the player corresponding to the game history information including the model identification information that satisfies the search condition for the model identification information. . For example, the finger vein information in the group of the first search model P1 corresponding to the first search condition need only be read in order.

In addition, when using the island identification information indicating the island in the game store, the gaming machine type identification information indicating the type of the gaming machine, or the like as the group identification information, the gaming machine terminal device 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing of the gaming machine terminal device 30) Island identification information indicating the island to which the gaming machine 40 corresponding to the device 31) belongs, or gaming machine type identification information indicating the type of gaming machine to which the gaming machine 40 belongs (the gaming machine terminal device 30 and island identification information or gaming machine type identification information). Is stored in the storage device 20. That is, the correspondence relationship between the terminal device and the group identification information is stored in the storage device 20.
Then, in the same manner as described above, search conditions for the group identification information (island search conditions, gaming machine type search conditions, etc.) are set with priorities, and player identification information (finger vein information) in the order of the search conditions The comparison process is performed.

In the above-described embodiment, the game history information is included based on the group identification information indicating the group of gaming machines corresponding to the gaming machine terminal 30 that has transmitted the finger vein information (player identifying information) received by the management device 10. The search condition for the group identification information is set with priority. The game corresponding to the game history information including the group identification information satisfying the search condition for the group identification information from the finger vein information (player identification information) stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20. The finger vein information (player identification information) of the person is searched, and the processing of comparing the searched finger vein information with the detected finger vein information is performed in the order of priority of the search conditions for the group identification information.
Thus, based on the group identification information indicating the group of gaming machines corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the finger vein information (player identification information) received by the management device 10, the group identification included in the game history information A method of setting search conditions for information with priority is suitable for identifying a player who plays a game on gaming machines belonging to the same group.
Here, the player may continue to play a game with gaming machines belonging to the same group at short time intervals. When such a player is specified, it is preferable to use a method in which search conditions for the previous group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine in which the player played the previous game belong are given priority. The previous group identification information corresponds to the group identification information closest to the current time among the group identification information included in the game history information.

Corresponding to the operation when the model identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine is used as the group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine belongs, that is, the terminal device (terminal processing device) that transmitted the player specifying information received by the management device Based on the device identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine to be played, the operation of setting the search condition (model search condition) for the previous model identification information included in the game history information with priority is set as described above. The operation when transmitting finger vein information from the terminal device 30 to the management device 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
In this case, in step B2 shown in FIG. 6, the player specifying means 10b is a game machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 (game machine terminal processing device 31) that has transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b. The search condition (model search condition) for the previous model identification information included in the game history information stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 has priority based on the model identification information indicating the model of Set.
For example, the “game history information including the previous model identification information that matches the model identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b” Is set as the first search condition, and the previous model identification information that matches the model of the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b. "Game history information not including" is set as the second search condition with the second priority. For example, if the model identification information indicating the model of the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b is [S1], “model identification information [S1] The “game history information including the previous model identification information that matches” is set as the first search condition, and “game history information that does not include the previous model identification information that matches the model identification information [S1]” or “model identification information [ "Game history information including previous model identification information that matches any of S2] to [Sf]" is set as the second search condition. This first search condition indicates that finger vein information corresponding to a player who played a previous game with a game machine of the same model as the game machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 is searched.

In step B3, the game history information including the previous model identification information that matches the selected search condition, in this case, the first search condition “model identification information [S1] having the first priority selected in step B2. The finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information satisfying “” is searched.
Hereinafter, the finger vein information (player specific information) corresponding to the game history information satisfying the search condition for the previous model identification information is searched by steps B3 to B10 described above, and the searched finger vein information and the received finger vein A process of comparing information is performed in the order of priority of search conditions with respect to the previous model identification information to identify a player.
Such group identification information (for example, model identification information) indicating a group to which the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 (terminal device) that transmitted the finger vein information (player identification information) received by the management device 10 belongs. Search conditions for previous group identification information (for example, previous model identification information, previous island identification information, previous gaming machine type identification information) included in the game history information based on (island identification information, gaming machine type identification information) In order to set the priority, the game is continuously performed on gaming machines belonging to the same group (for example, gaming machines of the same model, gaming machines arranged on the same island, gaming machines of the same type, etc.). It is suitable for specifying a player to perform.

In the second embodiment, based on the group identification information to which the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the player specifying information received by the management device belongs, the group identification information included in the game history information or the previous group A method is used in which search conditions for identification information are set with priorities.
By the way, a player may play a game with the same gaming machine. When such a player is specified, it is preferable to use a method of setting a search condition (game machine search condition) for the game machine identification information indicating the game machine corresponding to the terminal device with priority.
A game indicating a gaming machine in which the player has played a game, which is included in the gaming history information based on the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that has transmitted the player specifying information received by the management device The operation for setting the search condition (game machine search condition) for the machine identification information with priority will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The player specifying process shown in FIG. 8 is executed by the management device 10 (player specifying means 10a of the management device 10). The process shown in FIG. 8 is started at an appropriate time.
In the present embodiment, gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 (gaming machine terminal processing device 31) (corresponding relationship between the gaming machine terminal device 30 and gaming machine identification information) is stored. It is stored in the device 20. As the gaming machine identification information, a “unit number” indicating the location of the gaming machine in the gaming store is usually used.

In step C1 of FIG. 8, the management device 10 (player specifying means 10b) determines whether or not finger vein information has been received from the terminal device, in this case, the gaming machine terminal device 30. If the player specifying means 10b has not received finger vein information, the determination in step C1 is “NO”, and the player specifying process is terminated.
The player specifying means 10b of the management device 10 receives the player's finger vein information (for example, player specifying request information including the player's finger vein information) from the gaming machine terminal device 30 (the gaming machine terminal processing device 31). Then, the determination in step C1 is “YES”, and the process proceeds to step C2.

In step C2, search conditions for the game history information are set with priorities, and the search conditions with the first priority are selected. In the present embodiment, the player specifying means 10b is a terminal device that has transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b, in this case, gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 ( For example, “unit number”) is determined. Based on the determined gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that has transmitted the finger vein information (player identifying information), the information is stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20. The search condition (game machine search condition) for the game machine identification information (for example, “unit number”) indicating the game machine where the player has played a game is included with priority in the game history information. To do.
For example, the “game history information including the gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b” is set to the first. A priority is set as the first search condition, and “a game that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that has transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b. "Game history information not including machine identification information" is set as a second search condition with a second priority. For example, if the model identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b is [G1], “match with gaming machine identification information [G1]” "Game history information including gaming machine identification information to be played" is set as a first machine search condition, and "gaming history information not including gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information [G1]" or "gaming machine identification""Game history information including gaming machine identification information that matches any of the information [G2] to [Gk]" is set as the second machine search condition. This first search condition represents searching for finger vein information (player specific information) of a player who has played a game with the gaming machine indicated by the gaming machine identification information [G1].
In addition to this, for example, “game history information including gaming machine identification information matching the gaming machine identification information [G1] for the first number of times (for example, three times) or more” is set as the first machine search condition. Then, “gaming history information including gaming machine identification information matching the gaming machine identification information [G1] for the second number of times (for example, within two times)” is set as the second machine search condition, “Game history information that does not include gaming machine identification information that matches the identification information [G1]” can also be set as the third search condition. This first search condition represents searching for finger vein information (player specific information) of a player who has played a game three or more times with the gaming machine indicated by the gaming machine identification information [G1]. Yes.
Alternatively, “game history information including gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information [G1]” is set as the first machine search condition, and “near the gaming machine indicated by the gaming machine identification information [G1] “Game history information including gaming machine identification information that matches gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine” is set as a second search condition, and “gaming machine remote from the gaming machine indicated by gaming machine identification information [G1]” It is also possible to set “game history information including gaming machine identification information that matches gaming machine identification information” as the third machine search condition.

In step C3, the player's corresponding to the game history information including the game machine identification information that satisfies the selected search condition, in this case, the first search condition having the first priority selected in step C2. Retrieve finger vein information.
In step C4, it is determined whether or not the finger vein information retrieved in step C3 matches the finger vein information received in step C1. If the retrieved finger vein information matches the received finger vein information, the process proceeds to step C5, and if not, the process proceeds to step C7.
In step C5, player identification completion information indicating that the player has been identified is transmitted to the terminal device that transmitted the received finger vein information, in this case, the gaming machine terminal device 30.
Next, in step C <b> 6, it is recognized that the identified player has started a game with the gaming machine 40 corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30, and the game history information is stored in the storage device 20. For example, the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 uses the time information indicating the time at which the finger vein information is received or the time at which the player is specified as the game start time information corresponding to the player ID indicating the specified player. To remember.
Then, the player specifying process ends.

In Step C7, it is determined whether or not all the finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information including the gaming machine identification information that satisfies the selected search condition has been searched. If not all have been searched, the process returns to step C3, and if all have been searched, the process proceeds to step C8.
In Step C8, it is determined whether or not the gaming machine identification information of all gaming machines (for example, gaming machines arranged in the gaming store) has been selected. If the gaming machine identification information of all gaming machines has not been selected, the process proceeds to step C9. If the gaming machine identification information of all gaming machines has been selected, the process proceeds to step C10.
In step C9, the machine search condition of the next priority order, in this case, the second search condition having the second priority order is selected, and the process returns to step C3.
In step C10, player identification incomplete information indicating that the player could not be identified is transmitted to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information received in step C1.

In the above-described embodiment, the management device 10 includes the finger vein information (player identification information) included in the game history information based on the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that has transmitted it. The search condition for the gaming machine identification information is set with priority. Then, the finger vein of the player corresponding to the game history information including the gaming machine identification information that satisfies the search condition for the gaming machine identification information from the finger vein information stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 The process of searching for information and comparing the searched finger vein information with the received finger vein information is performed in the order of priority of the search conditions for the gaming machine identification information included in the game history information.
As described above, the search condition for the gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information is prioritized based on the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that has transmitted the player specifying information received by the management apparatus. The method of setting with ranking is suitable for specifying a player who plays a game on the same gaming machine.
Here, the player may play a game with the same gaming machine at short time intervals. When such a player is specified, a priority is given to a search condition (game machine search condition) for the previous gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine in which the player played the previous game, which is included in the gaming history information. It is preferable to use a method of setting with the. The previous gaming machine information corresponds to the gaming machine identification information closest to the current time in the gaming machine information included in the gaming history information.

Based on the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that has transmitted the player identification information received by the management device, the search condition for the previous gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information has priority. The operation to be set will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 8 for explaining the operation when finger vein information is transmitted from the gaming machine terminal device 30 to the management device 10 described above.
In this case, in step C2 shown in FIG. 8, the player specifying means 10b is based on the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that has transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b. Thus, the search condition for the previous gaming machine identification information included in the game history information stored in the player information database 20a of the storage device 20 is set with priority.
For example, the “game history information including the previous gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that has transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b” is the first. Is set as the first search condition, and “matches the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b. The “game history information that does not include the previous gaming machine identification information” is set as the second search condition with the second priority. For example, when the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 30 that has transmitted the finger vein information received by the player specifying means 10b is [G1], “gaming machine identification information [G1] and “Game history information including the previous gaming machine identification information that matches” is set as the first search condition, and “Game history information that does not include the previous gaming machine identification information that matches the gaming machine identification information [G1]” or “Gaming history information including the gaming machine identification information that matches any of the gaming machine identification information [G2] to [Gk]” is set as the second search condition. This first search condition represents searching for finger vein information of a player who has played a previous game with the gaming machine indicated by the gaming machine identification information [G1].

In Step C3, the finger vein information (player specifying information) of the player corresponding to the game history information including the gaming machine identification information that satisfies the selected search condition is searched.
Hereinafter, finger vein information (player identification information) corresponding to the game history information satisfying the search condition set for the previous gaming machine identification information is searched by steps C3 to C10 described above, and the searched finger vein information And the received finger vein information are compared in the order of the priority of the search conditions set for the previous gaming machine identification information to identify the player.
Based on the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that has transmitted the player specifying information received by the management device, the search condition for the previous gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information is set. The method of setting with priority is suitable for specifying a player who continues to play a game on the same gaming machine.

In the above embodiment, the management apparatus 10 (player specifying means 10a) performs the process of specifying a player. Here, the processing of the management device 10 (player identification means 10a) is distributed by distributing a part of the processing of the management device 10 (player identification means 10a) to other devices, for example, terminal devices (terminal processing devices). The burden can be further reduced.
A fourth embodiment in which the player specifying process is distributed to the management device (player specifying means on the management device side) and the terminal device (player determining means on the terminal device side) will be described below.
A schematic configuration of the present embodiment is shown in FIG.
The player specifying device of the present embodiment includes a management device 110, a management device storage device 120, a gaming machine terminal device 130, and the like. Although FIG. 9 shows only the gaming machine terminal device 130 as the terminal device, various terminal devices shown in FIG. 1 can be used. Each terminal device is the same as the gaming machine terminal device 120 in the process of specifying the player.

The management device 110 includes a processing device such as a CPU, and includes management device management means 110a and management device player identification means 110b. The management device storage device 120 includes a management device player information database 120a and a management device gaming machine information database 120b. The management apparatus player information database 120a and the management apparatus gaming machine information database 120b can be configured in the same manner as the player information database 20a and gaming machine information database 20b shown in FIG.
The management device management unit 110a manages the management device player information database 120a and the management device gaming machine information database 120b of the management device storage device 120. In addition, the management device management unit 110a receives the player identification information and the player identification request information transmitted from each terminal device, the player identification information stored in the terminal device storage device of each terminal device, and the game The process which transmits player specific completion information and player specific incomplete information to each terminal device is performed.
The management device player specifying means 110b is configured to store player specification information (eg, player identification information, finger vein information, face image information, etc.) stored in the management device player information database 120a of the management device storage device 120. And the player specifying information received from the terminal device (terminal processing device) are compared, and the player specifying information is matched with the received player specifying information to specify the player.
When the management device management unit 110a receives player identification completion information indicating that a player has been identified from each terminal device, the identified player plays a game on a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device. The player identification information indicating the specified player and the game start time information are stored in the management device player information database 120a of the management device storage device 120. At this time, as a method for the management device to discriminate the player specified by the terminal device, for example, the player identification completion including the player identification information (player ID) indicating the specified player is completed from each terminal device. A method of transmitting information to the management apparatus 110 can be used. The management device can determine the player specified by the terminal device based on the player identification information included in the player specification completion information received from the terminal device.
Further, when the player specifying means 110b for management device receives player specifying request information including player specifying information indicating that the player cannot be specified from each terminal device, the received player The player specifying process is executed using the player specifying information included in the specifying request information. As described above, in the present embodiment, first, when the player identification processing is executed on the terminal device side (the player identification means on the terminal device side) and the player cannot be identified on the terminal device side. In addition, since the process of specifying the player is executed on the management device side (player specifying means on the management device side), the processing load on the management device can be greatly reduced.

In the present embodiment, the management device 110 (the management device player specifying means 110b) performs management device player information in the management device storage device 120 in order to execute the player specification processing on the terminal device side. A process of transmitting player identification information, game history information, etc. stored in the database 120a to each terminal device (terminal processing device) is executed. The player identification information, game history information, and the like transmitted from the management device 110 to each terminal device are the game history information of each player stored in the management device player information database 120a of the management device storage device 120. Is determined based on the terminal device search condition of each terminal device set. The terminal device search condition may be set for each terminal device, or may be set in common for a plurality of terminal devices.
As a terminal device search condition for the terminal device, for example, a group that matches group identification information (eg, model identification information, island identification information, gaming machine type identification information, etc.) indicating a group to which the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device belongs. Game history information including identification information or previous group identification information can be used. In this case, a game was played with a gaming machine belonging to a group of gaming machines corresponding to the terminal device (for example, gaming machines of the same model, gaming machines arranged on the same island, gaming machines of the same type, etc.) Player identification information and game history information corresponding to a player who may have played or who played the previous game are transmitted to the terminal device.
Further, gaming history information including gaming machine identification information matching the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device or previous gaming machine identification information can be used as the terminal device search condition for the terminal device. In this case, player identification information corresponding to a player who has played a game with a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device or a player who has played a previous game with a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device is stored in each terminal. Sent to the device.
Further, the terminal device search condition corresponding to the terminal device is included in the game history information based on an arbitrary time (for example, the time when the player specifying information is transmitted from the management device 110 to each terminal device). It is possible to use a set period (search condition) set for existing game time information or previous game time information. In this case, the player corresponding to the game history information including the game time information that overlaps the set period (player who has played a game within the set period), or the previous game time information that overlaps the set period The player specifying information corresponding to the player corresponding to the game history information including (the player who played the previous game within the set period) is transmitted to each terminal device.
Note that only the player specifying information corresponding to the player may be transmitted from the management device 110 to the terminal device, or the player's game history information (particularly, game time information) together with the player specifying information corresponding to the player. Or last game time information) may be transmitted.
In addition, the timing for transmitting the player identification information and the game history information from the management device 110 to the terminal device can be set as appropriate. For example, a method of transmitting at regular intervals, a method of transmitting when the game history information of the player changes, a method of transmitting when the transmission request information is received from the terminal device, and the like can be used.

The gaming machine terminal device 130 includes a gaming machine terminal processing device (terminal processing device) 131, a gaming machine terminal device storage device 132, a player identification information detection device 133, a human detection device 134, a lighting device 135, and a finger vein information detection device. 136, a face image information detection device 137, a display device 138, a deposit detection device 139, and the like. The player identification information detection device 133, the person detection device 134, the illumination device 135, the finger vein information detection device 136, the face image information detection device 137, the display device 138, and the deposit detection device 139 are the player identification shown in FIG. The configuration is the same as the information detection device 33, the human detection device 34, the illumination device 35, the finger vein information detection device 36, the face image information detection device 37, the display device 38, and the deposit detection device 39.
The gaming machine terminal device storage device 132 has a gaming machine terminal device player information database 132a. The player information database 132a for the gaming machine terminal device stores player identification information and game history information (for example, game time information and previous game time information) received from the management device 110.
The gaming machine terminal processing device 131 is constituted by a processing device such as a CPU, and includes a gaming machine terminal device management means 131a and a gaming machine terminal device player specifying means 131b.
The gaming machine terminal device management means 131a executes processing for storing the player identification information and the game history information received from the management device 110 in the gaming machine terminal device player information database 132a of the gaming machine terminal device storage device 132. To do. Further, when the player is specified, a process of transmitting player specifying completion information including the player identification information of the specified player indicating that the player has been specified to the management device 110 is executed. Further, when the player cannot be specified, the player specifying request information including the detected player specifying information indicating that the player has not been specified is transmitted to the management device 110. Execute the process. Further, processing for receiving player identification completion information and player identification incomplete information from the management device 110 is executed.

  In the present embodiment, the management device 110 corresponds to the “management device” of the present invention, the management device storage device 120 corresponds to the “management device storage device” of the present invention, and the gaming machine terminal device 130 corresponds to the present invention. The gaming machine terminal processing device 131 corresponds to the “terminal processing device” of the present invention, and the gaming machine terminal device storage device 132 corresponds to the “terminal device storage device” of the present invention. The player identification information detection device 133, the finger vein information detection device 136, the face image information detection device 137, and the like correspond to the “player specific information detection device” of the present invention.

Next, a player specifying process according to the fourth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining a player specifying process executed by the gaming machine terminal processing device (terminal processing device) 131 of the gaming machine terminal device (terminal device) 130. FIG. 11 is a flowchart for explaining a player specifying process executed by the management apparatus 110.
Hereinafter, a case will be described in which finger vein information is used as the player specifying information and the finger vein information of the player is detected by the finger vein information detection device 136 of the gaming machine terminal device 130. In addition, the gaming machine terminal device player information database 132a of the gaming machine terminal device storage device 132 of the gaming machine terminal device 130 satisfies the terminal device search conditions set for the gaming history information of each player. It is assumed that the finger vein information (player specific information) of the player corresponding to the game history information to be played and the game time information (including the previous game time information) of the player are received from the management device 120 and stored. . As the terminal device search condition for determining the player specifying information to be transmitted to the game terminal device 130, for example, the search condition described above can be used.
The player specifying process shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 starts at an appropriate time.

When the finger vein information detection device 136 of the gaming machine terminal device 130 detects the finger vein information of the finger inserted into the finger vein information detection unit 136a, the determination in step D1 of FIG. 10 becomes “YES”, and the gaming machine terminal processing The game machine terminal device player specifying means 131b of the device 131 starts a process of specifying a player using the finger vein information of the player detected by the finger vein information detecting device 136.
In step D2, a search condition for the game history information of each player stored in the player information database 132a for gaming machine terminal devices in the storage device 132 for gaming machine terminal devices is set with priority, and the first Select the search condition with the priority of.
In the present embodiment, the player information database 132a for gaming machine terminal devices manages game history information including finger vein information of each player and game time information indicating the time at which each player played a game. It is received from the device 110 and stored. The gaming machine terminal device player specifying means 131b is stored in the gaming machine terminal device player information database 132a based on the time when the finger vein information detecting device 136 detects the finger vein information of the player. A search period (search information) for game time information included in the game history information of each player is set with priority.
For example, the first period before the time when the finger vein information detection device 136 detects the finger vein information is set as the first search period with the first priority, and the first period before the first period is set. The second period is set as the second search period with the second priority, and the third period excluding the first period and the second period is set as the third priority with the third priority. Set as search period. For example, when the time when the finger vein information is detected by the finger vein information detection device 136 is [15:40], the period [14:40 to 15:40] one hour before the time when the finger vein information is detected. The first search period is set, and the period [13: 40-14: 40] one hour before the first search period is set as the second search period, and the first search period and the second search period are set. The period [10:00 (business start time) to 13:40, 15:40 to 22:00 (business end time)] excluding ”is set as the third search period.
In this case, the first search period [14:40 to 15:40] having the first priority is selected.
The search period (search condition) for the game time information is not limited to this.

In step D3, the search period selected from the finger vein information of each player stored in the player information database 132a for gaming machine terminal devices, in this case, the first priority selected in step D2 is set. The finger vein information of the player corresponding to the castle history information including the game time information that overlaps the first search period [14:40 to 15:40] that has been provided is searched. In step D3, finger vein information (player specific information) of a player who has played a game within the selected search period (for example, the first search period [14: 40-15: 40]) is searched. .
In step D4, it is determined whether the finger vein information searched in step D3 matches the finger vein information detected in step D1. If the retrieved finger vein information matches the detected finger vein information, the process proceeds to step D5, and if not, the process proceeds to step D7.
In step D5, player identification completion information indicating that the player has been identified is transmitted to the management apparatus 110. Here, it is preferable to transmit player identification completion information that can identify the player identified on the gaming machine terminal device 130 side on the management device side. In this embodiment, player identification information indicating the identified player is transmitted. The player identification completion information including (player ID) is transmitted to the management device 110. In addition, a message indicating that the player has been specified is displayed on the display device 138.

In Step D6, it is determined whether or not all the finger vein information of the player corresponding to the game history information including the game time information overlapping with the selected search period has been searched. If not all have been searched, the process returns to step D3, and if all have been searched, the process proceeds to step D7.
In step D7, it is determined whether or not all the search periods (for example, [10: 0 to 22:00] which are business hours of amusement store) have been selected. If all search periods have not been selected, the process proceeds to step D8, and if all search periods have been selected, the process proceeds to step D9.
In step D8, the search period of the next priority, in this case, the second search period [13:40 to 14:40] having the second priority is selected, and the process returns to step D3.
In step D9, since the player could not be specified on the gaming machine terminal device 130 side, the player specifying request information including the finger vein information detected in step D1 is transmitted to the management device 110. And after transmitting player specific request information to the management apparatus 110, reception of the response information from the management apparatus 110 is waited.

Next, a player specifying process by the management device 110 (management device player specifying means 110b) will be described.
In step E1, it is determined whether or not player identification completion information is received from the gaming machine terminal device (terminal device) 130. If the player identification completion information has been received, the process proceeds to step E2, and if the player identification completion information has not been received, the process proceeds to step E3.
In step E2, it is recognized that the player identified by the gaming machine terminal device 130 that transmitted the player identification completion information has started an operation (for example, a game is started by a gaming machine corresponding to the gaming machine terminal device 130), The game history information is stored in the storage device 120. In response to the player identification information included in the player identification completion information in the management device player information database 120a of the storage device 120, the game start time information (for example, the time at which the player identification process completion information is received) Alternatively, time information indicating the time when the player specifying information is detected by the terminal device is stored. When storing time information indicating the time when the player specifying information is detected by the terminal device, the time information indicating the time when the detected player specifying information and the player specifying information are detected from the gaming machine terminal processing device 131. The player identification completion information is transmitted. There is no problem even if any time information is used.
In addition, when a player is specified by the player specifying means 120b for gaming machine terminal device, it is preferable that the game history information is also stored in the player information database 132a for gaming machine terminal device. For example, time information indicating the time at which the player specifying information is detected or the time at which the player is specified is stored as the game start time information in correspondence with the player identification information indicating the specified player.
In step E3, it is determined whether or not player identification request information has been received from the gaming machine terminal device (terminal device) 130. If the player specifying request information has been received, the process proceeds to step E4. If the player specifying request information has not been received, the player specifying process is terminated.
In step E4, finger vein information (player specifying information) included in the player specifying request information is determined. Then, the finger vein information of each player stored in the management device player information database 120a of the management device storage device 120 is searched (read). At this time, in order to reduce the processing burden on the management device 110, the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification request information, in this case, the finger vein information excluding the finger vein information transmitted to the gaming machine terminal device 130 is searched. (Reading out) is preferable.

In step E5, it is determined whether or not the finger vein information searched in step E4 matches the finger vein information included in the player identification request information received in step E3. If the retrieved finger vein information matches the received finger vein information, the process proceeds to step E6. If not, the process proceeds to step E8.
In step E6, player identification completion information indicating that the player has been identified is transmitted to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification request information received in step E3, in this case, the gaming machine terminal device 130. At this time, the player specifying means 131b for the gaming machine terminal device in the gaming machine terminal device 130, which is in a standby state after transmitting the player specifying request information to the management device 110 in step D9 of FIG. The transmitted player identification completion information is received. Thereby, for example, after displaying a message indicating that the player has been specified on the display device 138 of the gaming machine terminal device 130, the player specifying process is terminated.
Next, in step E7, the game history information is stored in the storage device 120. For example, the player information for the management device in the storage device for management device 120 is used as the game start time information corresponding to the player identification information indicating the specified player, and the time information indicating the time when the player specification request information is received. Store in database 120a.
Then, the player specifying process ends.

In step E8, it is determined whether or not all finger vein information to be searched (read) stored in the management device player information database 120a of the management device storage device 120 has been searched (read). If not all have been searched (not read), the process returns to step E3. If all have been searched (read), the process proceeds to step E9.
In step E9, the player identification incomplete information indicating that the player could not be identified is sent to the terminal device that transmitted the player identification request information received in step E3, in this case, the gaming machine terminal device 130. Send. At this time, the player specifying means 131b for the gaming machine terminal device of the gaming machine terminal device 130 in the standby state after transmitting the player specifying request information to the management device 110 in step D9 of FIG. The transmitted player identification incomplete information is received. Thereby, for example, after displaying a message indicating that the player could not be specified on the display device 138 of the gaming machine terminal device 130, the player specifying process is terminated.
Then, the player specifying process ends.

In the second embodiment, the gaming machine terminal device player specifying means 131b is based on the time when finger vein information (player specifying information) is detected by the finger vein information detecting device 136 (player specifying information detecting device). The search period (search condition) for the game time information included in the game history information is set with priority, but is included in the game history information based on the time when the finger vein information is detected. The search period (search condition) for the previous game time information can be set with priority.
Further, it is stored in the gaming machine terminal device player information database (terminal device player information database) 132a of the gaming machine terminal device storage device (terminal device storage device) 132 of the gaming machine terminal device (terminal device) 130. The finger vein information (player identification information) can be grouped for each search period with respect to game time information or previous game time information. With this configuration, it is possible to easily search for the finger vein information (player specifying information) of the player corresponding to the game history information including the game time information overlapping with the search period or the previous game time information.
Further, it is stored in the gaming machine terminal device player information database (terminal device player information database) 132a of the gaming machine terminal device storage device (terminal device storage device) 132 of the gaming machine terminal device (terminal device) 130. The finger vein information (player specific information) is searched in the order of the priority of the search conditions using the search conditions for the game history information, but using the method of searching (reading) in order without using the search conditions. Also good.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the player specifying process is first executed by the terminal processing device, and if the player cannot be specified by the terminal processing device, the player specifying process is executed by the management device. It is configured to do. Thereby, the processing burden with respect to the player specific process of a management apparatus can be reduced.
Further, each terminal processing device compares the detected player specifying information with the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the terminal device search conditions corresponding to each terminal device. Thereby, a player can be specified in a short time.
Further, the terminal processing device searches for the player specifying information satisfying the search condition for the game history information from the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the terminal device search condition corresponding to the terminal device. The processing of the terminal processing device can be reduced by configuring the processing for comparing the searched player specifying information and the detected player specifying information in the order of priority of the search conditions for the game history information. And can identify the player in a shorter time.

By the way, a game store or the like provides various services to a player who becomes a member. For example, when a member starts an operation on a terminal device, a service may be provided in which a member display screen that displays member game history information, member premium information, and the like is displayed on the display device of the terminal device. In order to provide services to members, it is necessary to identify the members.
Here, in the present embodiment, a player identification processing is executed by the gaming machine terminal processing device 131 (processing device). For this reason, in this Embodiment, it can comprise so that the service with respect to a member may be provided by the game machine terminal processing apparatus 131. FIG. For example, when the gaming machine terminal processing device 131 specifies a player who is a member by the gaming machine terminal device player specifying means 131b, the gaming machine terminal processing device 131 creates member display screen information and displays the member display screen on the display device 138. Is displayed. On the other hand, if the player specifying means 131b for the gaming machine terminal device cannot identify the player who is a member, but if the player specifying the player is specified by the player specifying means 110b for the management device, Member display screen information is created by the device 110 and transmitted to the gaming machine terminal device 130, and the member display screen is displayed on the display device 138 of the gaming machine terminal device 130.
When configured in this way, the processing burden on the management apparatus 110 can be further reduced.
Of course, the management apparatus 110 may be configured to execute all services provided to the members.

The present invention is not limited to the configuration described in each embodiment, and various changes, additions, and deletions are possible.
For example, various information such as player identification information and biological information can be used as the player specifying information. Moreover, one player specific information may be used and several player specific information may be used. When a plurality of player specifying information is used, a method of specifying a player by matching each of the plurality of player specifying information, or a case where a player cannot be specified by the first player specifying information A method of identifying a player by the second player identification information can be used.
Various search conditions are set using various history information as search conditions for game history information and terminal device search conditions.
The configuration of the player specifying device is not limited to the configuration of the embodiment.
The individual techniques disclosed in this specification can be used alone, or a plurality of techniques can be selected and used in combination.
Although the case where a player who plays a game with a pachinko machine is specified (authenticated) has been described, the technique disclosed in this specification specifies (authenticates) a player who plays a game with various game machines other than the pachinko machine. It can be used when

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a schematic block diagram of 1st Embodiment comprised as a player specific apparatus which specifies the player who plays a game in a pachinko parlor. It is a figure which shows an example of the player information database used by 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the game machine information database used by 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the player specific process of 1st Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the player information database for player specification used in 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the player specific process of 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the player information database for player specification used by 2nd Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the player specific process of 3rd Embodiment. It is a schematic block diagram of the principal part of 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the player specific process of the terminal processing apparatus of 4th Embodiment. It is a flowchart explaining the player specific process of the management apparatus of 4th Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

10, 110 management device 10a, 110a management means 10b, 110b player identification means 20, 120 storage device 20a, 120a player information database 20b, 120b gaming machine information database 30, 130 gaming machine terminal device 31 gaming machine terminal processing device ( Terminal processing device)
33, 53, 63, 73133 Player identification information detection device 33a, 53a, 63a, 73a, 133a Player identification information storage device insertion port 34, 54, 64, 74, 134 Person detection device 35, 55, 65, 75, 135 Illumination devices 36, 56, 66, 76, 136 Finger vein information detection device (biological information detection device)
36a, 56a, 66a, 76a, 136a Finger vein information detection unit (biological information detection unit)
37, 57, 67, 77, 137 Face image detection device 38, 58, 68, 78, 138 Display device 39, 59, 139 Deposit detection device 39a, 59a, 139a Deposit deposit port 40 Game machine 50 Deposit / clearing terminal Device 51 Deposit / Clearing Terminal Processing Device (Terminal Processing Device)
60 counting terminal device 61 counting terminal processing device (terminal processing device)
69 gaming medium counting device 69a gaming medium input port 70 prize exchange terminal device 71 prize exchange terminal processing device 131 gaming machine terminal processing device 131a management means 131b player specifying means 132 gaming machine terminal device storage device 132a player information database

Claims (15)

A terminal device, a management device, and a storage device;
In the storage device, player identification information for identifying a player and game history information of the player are stored in association with each player,
The terminal device has a terminal processing device and a player specifying information detection device,
The player identification information detecting device can detect the player identification information,
The terminal processing device transmits the player identification information detected by the player identification information detection device to the management device,
The management device sets the search conditions for the game history information with priority, and the player specifying information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the search conditions from the player specifying information stored in the storage device A game in which the searched player specifying information is compared with the player specifying information received from the terminal processing device in the order of priority of the search conditions, and the searched player specifying information is received from the terminal processing device. Identify the player by matching the player identification information,
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 1,
The game history information includes game time information indicating the time when the player played the game,
The management device sets a search period for the game time information included in the game history information with priority based on the time when the player specifying information is received from the terminal processing device, and is stored in the storage device. The player identification information corresponding to the game history information including the game time information that overlaps the search period is retrieved from the player identification information that is present, and the retrieved player identification information and the player identification information received from the terminal processing device Are performed in the order of priority of the search period with respect to the game time information,
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 1,
The game history information includes the previous game time information indicating the time when the player played the previous game,
The management device sets a search period for the previous game time information included in the game history information with priority based on the time at which the player specifying information is received from the terminal processing device, and is stored in the storage device. The player identification information corresponding to the game history information including the previous game time information that overlaps with the search period is retrieved from the player identification information that is stored, and the retrieved player identification information and the player received from the terminal processing device The process of comparing the specific information is performed in the order of priority of the search period with respect to the previous game time information.
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 1,
The terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
The storage device stores group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device belongs, and game history information including group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine in which the player has played a game belongs. Is remembered,
The management device determines the group identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification information, and searches for the group identification information included in the game history information based on the determined group identification information The player specifying information corresponding to the game history information including the group identification information satisfying the search condition from the player specifying information stored in the storage device is set with priority. The process of searching and comparing the searched player specifying information with the player specifying information received from the terminal processing device is performed in the order of priority of the search conditions for the group identification information.
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 1,
The terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
The storage device stores group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device belongs, and a game including previous group identification information indicating a group to which a gaming machine in which a player played a previous game belongs. History information is stored,
The management device determines the group identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification information, and based on the determined group identification information with respect to the previous group identification information included in the game history information Specifying the search conditions with priorities and specifying the player corresponding to the game history information including the previous group identification information satisfying the search conditions from the player specifying information stored in the storage device Searching for information, comparing the searched player identification information with the player identification information received from the terminal processing device, in the order of priority of the search conditions for the previous group identification information,
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 1,
The terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
The storage device stores gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device, and also stores gaming history information including gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine in which the player has played a game. And
The management device determines the gaming machine identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification information, and based on the determined gaming machine identification information, the gaming machine identification included in the gaming history information A search condition for information is set with priority, and a game corresponding to game history information including game machine identification information satisfying the search condition from the player specifying information stored in the storage device Searching for the player identification information, and comparing the searched player identification information with the player identification information received from the terminal processing device in the order of priority of the search conditions for the gaming machine identification information,
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 1,
The terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
The storage device stores gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device, and stores game history information including previous gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine in which the player played the previous game. Has been
The management device determines the gaming machine identification information of the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device that transmitted the received player identification information, and based on the determined gaming machine identification information, the previous gaming machine included in the gaming history information Set search conditions for identification information with priorities, and correspond to game history information that includes previous game machine identification information that satisfies the search conditions from the player identification information stored in the storage device Searching for player specifying information to be performed, and performing processing for comparing the searched player specifying information and the player specifying information received from the terminal processing device in the order of priority of the search conditions for the previous gaming machine identification information,
A player specifying device characterized by that. A terminal device, a management device, and a management device storage device;
The terminal device has a terminal processing device, a storage device for a terminal device, and a player specifying information detection device,
In the management device storage device, player identification information for identifying a player and game history information of the player are stored in association with each player,
In the terminal device storage device, player identification information is stored in association with the player,
The player identification information detecting device can detect the player identification information,
The terminal processing device
Store the player identification information received from the management device in the storage device for the terminal device,
Further, the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storage device is sequentially compared with the player specifying information stored in the terminal device storage device and the player specifying information detected by the player specifying information detection device. Is identified with the player identification information detected, and the player identification information detected by the player identification information detection device is stored in the player identification information stored in the storage device for the terminal device. If there is no player identification information that matches the information, the player identification request information including the player identification information detected by the player identification information detection device is transmitted to the management device,
The management device
The game history information satisfying the terminal device search conditions for each terminal device is searched from the game history information stored in the management device storage device, and the terminal device search conditions for each searched terminal device are satisfied. The player identification information corresponding to the game history information is transmitted to each terminal device,
When the player identification request information is received from the terminal device, the player identification information stored in the management device storage device and the player identification information included in the received player identification request information are sequentially compared and managed. Identifying the player by matching the player identification information stored in the device storage device with the player identification information included in the received player identification request information;
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 8,
The terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
The management device storage device stores group identification information indicating a group to which the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device belongs, and also includes group identification information indicating a group to which the gaming machine in which the player played a game belongs. Game history information is stored,
The management device has the same group identification information as the group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device belongs, out of the group identification information included in the gaming history information stored in the management device storage device And the player identification information corresponding to the same group identification information as the group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to each searched terminal device belongs is transmitted to each terminal device.
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 8,
The terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
In the management device storage device, group identification information indicating a group to which the gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device belongs is stored, and the previous group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine in which the player played the previous game belongs. Game history information including
The management device is the same as the previous group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device belongs from the previous group identification information included in the gaming history information stored in the management device storage device. The identification information is searched, and the player identification information corresponding to the same group identification information as the group identification information indicating the group to which the gaming machine corresponding to each searched terminal device belongs is transmitted to each terminal device.
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 8,
The terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
In the management device storage device, gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device is stored, and gaming history information including gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine in which the player has played a game is stored. Remembered,
The management device has the same gaming machine identification information as the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device from the gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information stored in the management device storage device. And the player identification information corresponding to the same gaming machine identification information as the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each searched terminal device is transmitted to each terminal device.
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to claim 8,
The terminal device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
The management device storage device stores gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine corresponding to the terminal device, and includes a game history including previous gaming machine identification information indicating a gaming machine in which the player played the previous game. Information is remembered,
The management device is the same as the previous gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each terminal device from the previous gaming machine identification information included in the gaming history information stored in the management device storage device. The identification information is searched, and the player identification information corresponding to the same previous gaming machine identification information as the gaming machine identification information indicating the gaming machine corresponding to each searched terminal device is transmitted to each terminal device.
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to any one of claims 8 to 12,
In the management device storage device, game history information including game time information indicating the time at which the player played a game is stored in association with the player,
The terminal device storage device stores player identification information and game time information indicating the time at which the player played a game in association with the player.
The terminal processing device
Store the player identification information and game time information received from the management device in the terminal device storage device,
Further, based on the time at which the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detecting device, the search period for the game time information is set with priority, and the player specifying stored in the terminal device storage device is set. Processing for searching for player identification information corresponding to game time information overlapping with the search period from information, and sequentially comparing the searched player identification information with the player identification information detected by the player identification information detection device In order of priority of the search period for the game time information,
The management device transmits the player identification information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the terminal device search conditions for each terminal device together with the game time information corresponding to the player identification information to each terminal device.
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to any one of claims 8 to 12,
In the management device storage device, game history information including the previous game time information indicating the time when the player played the previous game is stored in association with the player,
In the storage device for terminal device, player specific information and previous game time information indicating the time when the player played the previous game are stored in association with the player,
The terminal processing device
Store the player identification information and previous game time information received from the management device in the terminal device storage device,
Further, based on the time when the player specifying information is detected by the player specifying information detecting device, the search period for the previous game time information is set with priority, and the player is stored in the terminal device storage device. The player specifying information corresponding to the previous game time information that overlaps the search period is searched from the specified information, and the searched player specifying information and the player specifying information detected by the player specifying information detecting device are sequentially compared. Process in the order of the priority of the search period for the previous game time information,
The management device transmits the player identification information corresponding to the game history information satisfying the terminal device search conditions for each terminal device, together with the previous game time information corresponding to the player identification information, to each terminal device.
A player specifying device characterized by that. The player specifying device according to any one of claims 8 to 14,
The management device compares the player specifying information excluding the player specifying information transmitted to the terminal device that transmitted the received player specifying request information with the player specifying information included in the received player specifying request information. ,
A player specifying device characterized by that.

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