JP3015256B2 - Prepaid card sales / sales quantity calculator - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a sales amount of a prepaid card vending machine used in a pachinko hall,
The present invention relates to an apparatus for calculating the number of sales and the number of premium balls.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, prepaid card vending machines (hereinafter referred to as card vending machines) have been installed in pachinko halls. In the above card vending machine, usually, 1
Prepaid cards (hereinafter referred to as cards) of various denominations of 1000 yen, 5000 yen, etc. are sold at one card vending machine, and the user puts money into the card vending machine and presses down a button to make a request Buy a card to do. The sales signal from the card vending machine is sent to a hall computer that controls a game machine, a rental machine, a premium machine (not shown), and the like, and is counted.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a connection relationship between a conventional card vending machine and a hall computer.
01 is a card vending machine, 102 is a hall computer, 1
03 is a card vending machine 101 and a hall computer 102
Box that controls signal transmission between
Data controller) and the DDC box 103
Synchronizes a signal asynchronously input from the card vending machine 101 and transmits the signal to the hall computer 102 in response to a request from the hall computer.

A single signal transmission line 104 is connected between the card vending machine 101 and the hall computer 102 via a DDC box 103, and a pulse signal indicating sales information is sent from the card vending machine 101 to the hall computer 10.
2 is transmitted. Although only one card vending machine is shown in FIG. 1, usually, a plurality of card vending machines are installed for one hall computer.

In FIG. 1, a hall computer 102
In order to compile the sales amount, the unit price per pulse is set in advance in the hall computer 102 for each card vending machine. The user is a card vending machine 101
When the user puts money into the card and depresses the button, a number of pulse signals are transmitted from the card vending machine 101 to the hall computer 102 via the signal transmission line 104 in accordance with the denomination of the card (kind of the amount of the card). You. For example, 1
If the pulse is set at 1000 yen, 500
If you buy a 0 yen card, 5 pulses will be transmitted.

When the pulse signal is transmitted, the hall computer 102 calculates the sales amount by calculating the product of the transmitted pulse number and the set unit price, and calculates the sales amount for each card vending machine, the total sales amount, and the like. And output from a printer or the like.

[0007]

As described above, in the conventional apparatus, the hall computer and each card vending machine are connected by one signal line, and in the hall computer, each card vending machine has one pulse per pulse. Unit prices were set, and the sales amount at each card vending machine was calculated from the number of transmitted pulses.

For this reason, the sales amount of each card vending machine can be totaled, but the number of cards sold cannot be grasped, and it cannot be determined whether or not it is necessary to replenish the card vending machine with cards. Was. Also, how many cards of each denomination were sold at each card vending machine,
Alternatively, it was not possible to count which card was sold the best, etc., and it was not possible to obtain information in order to determine which denomination cards should be used more.

Furthermore, some card vending machines have a function in which, when a card is purchased, a pachinko ball (or medal) comes out as a premium (a bonus) from an exit other than the card exit. . For example, if you buy a 1000 yen card, you will get 10 pachinko balls and 100
For example, you can get 100 pachinko balls when you buy a 00 yen card.

The conventional hall computer does not have a function of counting the number of premium balls from a card vending machine having the above-mentioned premium function, and cannot grasp the number of premium balls. The present invention has been made in order to improve the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, and a first object of the present invention is to calculate and count the sales amount / number of cards and the number of premium balls of each card vending machine , car
You can calculate the number of cards sold by denomination for each vending machine
To prevent the card from being sold out and
Information to determine if you should place many seed cards
Operating and managing pachinko halls efficiently
Prepaid Card Sales / Sales
It is to provide a device for calculating the number.

A second object of the present invention is to calculate the number of premium balls issued from a card vending machine having a premium function, to manage the number of premium balls, and to provide a customer who plays pachinko. An object of the present invention is to provide a prepaid card sales / sales quantity calculation device capable of accurately grasping how many balls are possessed.

[0012]

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating the principle of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a card vending machine for selling pre-built cards, reference numeral 2 denotes a hole computer, reference numeral 3 denotes a transmission line connecting between a selection button of the card vending machine and the hole computer, and transmission line 3 is provided for each selection button of the card vending machine 1. Card sales information via the transmission path 3,
Also, premium information indicating the number of premium balls is transmitted. Reference numeral 4 denotes an output device such as a printer or a display.

[0013] In order to solve the above problems, the invention of claim 1 of the present invention is, as shown in FIG. 1, a card vending machine 1 for selling prepaid cards, a card vending machine 1 and a transmission line 3.
And a hall computer 2 connected to the card vending machine 1 for calculating the sales / amount of sales of the prepaid card in the card vending machine 1. The card vending machine 1 for selling the prepaid card, the card vending machine 1 and the transmission line 3
And a hall computer 2 connected via an apparatus for calculating the sales proceeds / sales number of prepaid cards in card vending machines 1, provided in the card vending machine 1
Select button to select the denomination of the prepaid card
A transmission line 3 connecting the computer and the hall computer 2.
In the hall computer 2, each card vending machine 1 selection
For each selection button, the card unit price and the unit price per pulse
Means for setting each card via the transmission path 3
Selling from vending machine 1 to hall computer 2 by card money type
The number of pulse signals corresponding to the amount of money
In PC2, set card unit price, 1 pulse
Per unit price and the number of transmitted pulses
Card sales by card type at each card vending machine 1
Calculated the number of sales and the amount of sales
is there.

As shown in FIG. 1, a card vending machine 1 for selling prepaid cards having a function of providing premium balls, and a card vending machine 1
And a hall computer 2 connected through a transmission line, up provided by the sales proceeds / revenue number and card vending machine 1 of prepaid cards in the card vending machine 1
An apparatus for calculating the number of premium balls, the provided transmission line 3 connecting the the hall computer 2 each selection button for selecting the denomination of prepaid card provided in the card vending machines 1, the hall computer 2, the card Vending machine
Premium ball per pulse for each card type of 1
Means for setting the number of each car,
From vending machine 1 according to the number of premium balls by card type
Transmits a number of pulse signals and sends it to the hall computer 2
And set the number of balls per pulse, and
Based on the number of pulses sent, each card vending machine 1
The number of provided premium balls is calculated .

[0015]

In FIG. 1, when the user presses down the selection button of the card vending machine 1 corresponding to the card to be purchased, sales information (pulses of a number corresponding to the sales amount) corresponding to the amount of the card is displayed for each selection button. The data is transmitted to the computer 2. The hall computer 2 calculates the sales amount of the card vending machine, the sales amount, the sales amount of the card for each denomination, and the sales amount based on the transmitted sales information for each selection button, the unit price per pulse, and the unit price for one card. The calculation is performed, and the calculation result is output from an output device 4 such as a printer / display.

Also, in the card vending machine 1 having the premium function, when a customer purchases a card with a premium, premium information corresponding to the number of premium balls (for each provided premium ball) is provided for each card denomination. A corresponding number of pulses) are transmitted to the hall computer 2. The hall computer 2 transmits the transmitted premium information and 1
Based on the number of balls per pulse, the number of premium balls for each card vending machine, the number of premium balls for the entire store, the number of premium balls for each card denomination, and the like are calculated and output from the output device 4 such as a printer / display.

As described above, the sales information of the card denomination is transmitted from the card vending machine 1 to the hall computer 2, and based on the transmitted sales information of the card denomination,
In the hall computer 2, by calculating the number of sales and the sales amount of the denomination card for each card vending machine, the sales amount and the number of sales can be obtained for each card vending machine and for each card denomination. For this reason, it is possible to prevent the cards from being sold out in each card vending machine, and it is possible to determine which denomination card should be placed more.

Also, premium information for each card denomination is transmitted from the card vending machine 1 to the hall computer 2, and the hall computer 2 calculates the number of premium balls for each card vending machine based on the transmitted premium information. The number of premium balls can be obtained for each card vending machine and each card denomination. For this reason, while being able to manage the number of premium balls, it is possible to accurately grasp the number of balls held by a customer playing pachinko.

The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention has the above structure.
In the hall computer 2, each card vending machine 1
For each selection button, the card unit price and unit price per pulse
Is provided, and each card vending machine 1 sends
According to the amount of money sold to the computer 2
Transmits a number of pulse signals and sends it to the hall computer 2
And the set card unit price and unit price per pulse,
Based on the number of transmitted pulses and
Calculate sales volume and sales amount
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the connection is made.
Even if the card vending machine and the denomination of the card to be sold change
It can be easily handled.

In the invention of claim 2 of the present invention,
In the configuration, each card is sold to the hall computer 2
Premium per pulse for each card denomination of machine 1
A means for setting the number of balls is provided, and each card vending machine 1
Number of pulses according to the number of premium balls to computer 2
The signal is transmitted and set in the hall computer 2.
The number of balls per one pulse and the transmitted
Provided in each card vending machine 1 based on the number of
Premium ball count is calculated.
According to the invention of claim 2, a connected card vending machine, sales
Card denominations to be used and the number of premium balls for each card denomination
Can be easily coped with.

[0021]

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, 11 is a card vending machine,
Reference numeral 12 denotes a hall computer. The hall computer 12 controls / manages the card vending machine 11, the game machine 15, the lending machine 16 for renting pachinko balls, the prize machine 17 for exchanging prizes, the safe 18 for storing sales proceeds, and the like.

Reference numeral 13 denotes a DDC box. The DDC box 13 is provided between the hall computer 12 and the card vending machine as described above, and controls signal transmission between the two. Reference numeral 14 denotes a management computer connected to the hall computer 12. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the hall computer 12 in the embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, reference numerals 11-1 to 11-n denote card vending machines, and the card vending machine 11-1 has cards of different denominations (for example, 1000 yen, 50 yen) as shown in FIG.
The user can purchase a card of a desired denomination by selecting and pressing down the selection buttons A, B, and C. Similarly, other card vending machines are provided with a plurality of selection buttons as needed, and can select a denomination of a card to be purchased. Then, when the user presses down the selection button, the number of pulse signals corresponding to the amount of money of the card of the selected button is output via a transmission path provided for each selection button.

For example, when the unit price of one pulse is set to 1,000 yen, one pulse is depressed when the selection button A is depressed, and five pulses when the selection button B is depressed.
A pulse is output. In a card vending machine having a premium function, premium information according to the number of premium balls is transmitted via the transmission path. For example, 1
If the number of balls per pulse is set to 10, 10
When a 000 yen card is purchased and 100 premium balls are issued, 10 pulses are output via a transmission line provided for each selection button.

Reference numeral 12 denotes a hall computer, and 12a denotes an application program stored in the hall computer 12. As shown in FIG. 1, the application program includes, for example, a screen control program for controlling display contents such as a display. A print control program for controlling printing by the printer, a line control program for controlling transmission of signals between the hall computer 12 and other devices, and the like are stored.

Reference numeral 12b denotes a monitor.
Signal transmission by S232C, control of the DDC box, and the like are performed. Reference numeral 12c denotes an interface between the hall computer 12 and various devices. Reference numeral 13 denotes the above-mentioned DDC box, and the selection buttons A, B, C,... Of each of the card vending machines 11-1 to 11-n pass through the DDC box 13 and pass through a transmission line for each selection button. It is connected to a computer 12.

Also, 14 is a management computer, 15 is a game machine, 16 is a rental machine, 17 is a prize machine, 21 is a storage device connected to the hall computer, 22 is a display,
Reference numeral 23 denotes a keyboard, 24 denotes an IC card storing programs, data, and the like, and 25 denotes a printer. FIGS. 4 and 5 are flowcharts showing the processing of the embodiment of the present invention. Next, referring to the flowcharts of FIGS. 3, 4 and 5, the sales amount of the prepaid card and the sales quantity of the prepaid card in the embodiment of the present invention will be described. The calculation and the calculation of the number of premium balls will be described.

First, the operator sets a button number, a vending machine number, a card unit price, and a pulse unit price from the keyboard 23 of the hall computer 12. If a card vending machine having a premium function is installed, a premium number, a vending machine number, and a premium signal ratio are set. That is, when the operator instructs the above setting from the keyboard 23, the application program (screen control program) of the hall computer 12 displays the setting items on the screen of the display 22, and the operator views the keyboard 23 while watching the display screen. Set the required data from.

Each setting is performed as follows. First, the operator sets the button number of each card vending machine. That is, as shown in step S1 of FIG. 4, button numbers such as n, n + 1, n + 2 are set to the respective selection buttons of the card vending machine. For example, the button number 1 is assigned to the selection button A, the button number 2 is assigned to the selection button B, the button number 3 is assigned to the selection button C,
A number is assigned to the selection button of each vending machine, such as.

Next, as shown in step S2 of FIG.
Button numbers n, n + 1, n + 2 are card vending machines m, n +
3, n + 4 sets the connection card vending machine corresponding to the button number, such as card vending machine m + 1,. For example, when the card vending machine 11-1 is the vending machine number 1,
The card vending machine number 1 is set in correspondence with the button numbers 1, 2, and 3.

Then, as shown in step S3 of FIG. 4, the unit price Xn (yen) of the card sold when the selection button of the button number n is selected, and the card is sold when the selection button of the button number n + 1 is selected. Card unit price Xn +
1 (yen), the unit price Xn + 2 (yen),... Of the card sold when the selection button of the button number n + 2 is selected. For example, for the card vending machine 11-1, the card unit price of the button numbers 1 to 3 is 1000 yen, respectively.
5000 yen and 10000 yen are set.

Further, as shown in step S4 of FIG. 4, the pulse unit price Yn of the button number n and the button number n + 1
, A pulse unit price Yn + 2,... Of the button number n + 2. Next, for the card vending machine having the premium function, a premium number is set to a selection button with a premium as shown in step S5 of FIG. For example, in the card vending machine 11-1, if the selection buttons B and C have a premium, the selection button B has a premium number 1 and a selection button B
Is set to premium number 2.

At step S6, premium numbers N and N + are set for the card vending machine having the pummium function.
1, N + 2 is a card vending machine m, N + 3, N + 4 are card vending machines m + 1,... For example, when the card vending machine 11-1 has the vending machine number 1, the card vending machine number 1 is set in correspondence with the premium numbers 1 and 2.

In step S7, a premium signal ratio is set. That is, 1 for premium number N
The number of balls per pulse is set such as Xn balls per pulse and Xn + 1 balls per pulse for premium number N + 1. For example, a card vending machine 11-1
When the selection button B is pressed, ten premium balls are output. If one pulse is sent from the card vending machine at that time, 10 is set for the premium number 1.

The data set as described above is stored in an area of the storage device 21 for storing setting information. On the other hand, the pulse signal indicating the unit sales price and the pulse signal indicating the number of premium balls transmitted from each card vending machine 11-1 to 11-n are counted by the hall computer 12,
The pulse data is stored in the area for storing the pulse data of the storage device 21 for each button number.

When the operator wants to output the sales amount of the card, the number of sales, and the number of premium balls, the operator inputs a print instruction from the keyhole of the hall computer 12. Thereby, the application program (print control) of the hall computer 12 is changed to the card vending machines 11-1 to 11-1.
Based on the pulse signal transmitted from 1-n, the sales amount and the number of cards sold are calculated as shown in step S8 in FIG.

That is, assuming that the number of pulses of one button is Z, the sales amount an of the button number n is calculated from the product of Zn (number of pulses) and Yn (pulse unit price), and the sales amount an is converted to the card unit price of the button number n. Divide by Xn to calculate the number of sales for the button number n. Then, the sales amount and the number of sales units obtained as described above are totaled to obtain the sales amount Am, the sales unit number Bm, the store sales amount, the store sales amount, and the like for each card vending machine.

Next, as shown in step S9, the number of premium balls is calculated. That is, when the pulse number of the premium number N is ZN, the premium ball number CN is calculated from the product of the pulse number ZN and the ball number XN per pulse,
The total number of premium balls CN for each premium number in the card vending machine having the premium function is calculated to calculate the premium ball number Dm for each card vending machine. Further, the total number Dm of the premium balls of the card vending machine having the premium function obtained as described above is totaled to calculate the premium ball number of the store.

Since the denomination of the card with the premium can be known from the premium number, the number of premium balls can also be calculated for each card type. The calculation result is output to a form by the printer 25. The information is displayed on the display 22 as needed.

[0040]

As described above, in the present invention, the sales information of each card vending machine and the premium information are transmitted to the hall computer, and the transmitted sales information of each card vending machine is transmitted. The amount of sales, the number of units sold, the total value, and the number of premium balls at each card vending machine are calculated based on the premium information and the premium information. It is possible to determine whether to put many kinds of cards.

Further, since the number of premium balls can be grasped, the number of balls possessed by the pachinko player can be accurately grasped, which can contribute to the management strategy. Further, the hall computer, for each selection button for each vending machine, the card bid and price per one pulse, and is provided with the means for setting the premium ratio and (Premium balls per one pulse), is connected to the hall computer Can be set according to the card vending machine to be used, and even if the connected card vending machine, the denomination of the card to be sold, and the number of premium balls change, it can be easily handled.

Even if the unit price of the pulse transmitted from the card vending machine is different, the sales amount and the number of sales can be calculated. For example, in a card vending machine, 100
1 pulse per circle, 1000 for other card vending machines
Even if the unit price of the pulse transmitted from the card vending machine is different, such as one pulse for each yen, and one pulse for each card in other card vending machines, the sales amount,
The number of units sold can be calculated.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an overall configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a system configuration of a hall computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a processing procedure according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a conventional example.

[Explanation of symbols]

1,11 11-1 to 11-n card vending machine 2,12 hole computer 3 transmission line 4 output device 12a application
Program 12b Monitor 13 DDC box 14 Management computer 15 Game machine 16 Rental machine 17 Premium machine 18 Safe 21 Storage device 22 Display 23 Keyboard 24 IC card 25 Printer

Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-64-34390 (JP, A) JP-A-2-174886 (JP, A) JP-A-3-30791 (JP, A) JP-A-6-134133 (JP) , A) (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 7/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] A card vending machine for selling a prepaid card, a hall computer connected to the card vending machine via a transmission line, and an apparatus for calculating the sales / number of prepaid cards in the card vending machine. Denomination of the prepaid card provided in the card vending machine
Connect each select button to be selected to the hall computer.
A transmission line is provided, and each selection button of each card vending machine is provided on the hall computer.
Separately, set the card unit price and the unit price per pulse
Means, and from each card vending machine through the above-mentioned transmission path, a hall computer.
Number of pulses according to sales amount for each card denomination
The signal is transmitted, and in the hall computer, the set card unit price,
Unit price per pulse, and the transmitted pulse
An apparatus for calculating a sales amount / a sales amount of a prepaid card, wherein the sales amount and the sales amount of each type of card in each card vending machine are calculated based on the number. 2. A card vending machine for selling a prepaid card having a function of providing a premium ball, and a hall computer connected to the card vending machine via a transmission line.・ Card sales / number of cards sold and the number of cards provided by the card vending machine
In the device for calculating the number of miam balls, a transmission line is provided for connecting each selection button for selecting a denomination of a prepaid card provided in the card vending machine to a hall computer, and each card of each card vending machine is provided in the hall computer. Denomination
Separate means to set the number of premium balls per pulse
From the card vending machine via the above-mentioned transmission line.
Number of premium balls for each card denomination
Transmits a pulse signal, and in the hall computer, hits a set pulse.
Based on the number of balls and the number of transmitted pulses.
The number of premium balls provided by each card vending machine
Sales of prepaid cards characterized by issuing
A device for calculating the number of units sold.