JP2000116933A - Game machine for business - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent troubles between a hotel side and a game machine operat ing agent side on game charge recovery work, gift refilling work, etc., from occurring. SOLUTION: This is a business use game machine with a money receiving device 5, a gift discharging device 6, a game device 8, a controller which allows the game device 8 to be operated under the condition prescribed game charges are received by the money receiving device and does not allow the operation of the game device 8 when the game charge is paid off. The game machine is also equipped with an RF signal outer output terminal 13 connected to a common TV cable, a received money information generating means, a discharged gift information generating means, an information transmitting means which modulate the received money information and the discharged gift information generated to RF signals to transmit those signals to the RF signal outer output terminal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an improvement of an arcade game machine suitable for installation in, for example, a guest room of a leisure hotel, and more particularly to information on received money (number of received bills, number of received coins, etc.) and payout. It is possible to know the status of game machine operation at each hotel room at the hotel front, etc. by making it possible to notify the prize information (number of point cards, etc.) to the hotel front, etc. online using the existing facilities (television cable) as it is. The present invention relates to a business-use game machine which facilitates simplicity and also prevents troubles between a hotel side and a game machine company concerning collection of money or prize replenishment work.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, guest rooms of leisure hotels represented by love hotels, etc., can be played on condition that a game fee is paid, and prizes (point cards, etc.) corresponding to the points at which the game is completed are paid out. Various arcade game machines are installed. The general configuration of such a game machine for a game includes a cash collection device, a prize payout device, a game device, and the game device provided that a predetermined game fee is collected by the money collection device. And allowing the prize payout device to pay out a prize in an amount corresponding to the game score each time the game is completed on the game device, and disabling the operation of the game device with the exhaustion of the game fee. It has a control device etc.

[0003] As a game device, a device capable of selecting one of a plurality of types of games is employed. Generally, one game fee varies depending on the type of game. For example, some games cost 100 yen per play,
Some games cost $ 100. These game charges are deducted from the amount inserted by the customer, and if the remaining money is exhausted or becomes equal to or less than the minimum game charge, the operation of the game machine is prohibited. The points obtained by the game are displayed on the screen, and a number of point cards corresponding to the points are paid out. The thus obtained point card is used as a commodity exchange medium, and is exchanged with various kinds of brand goods and the like by sending it to a predetermined commodity exchange company by mail or the like.

A general form of business using this type of arcade game machine is that a game machine company that owns the game machine has:
While a business is conducted by placing a game machine in a guest room or the like of a leisure hotel, a leisure hotel providing an installation location obtains a certain percentage of the sales as an installation location provision fee. At that time, the collection of game fees and the replenishment of prizes are all usually carried out directly by the game machine company or by the agency, and the leisure hotel has the advantage that it can entrust the profit distribution without effort. Have.

[0005]

However, in such a conventional arcade game machine, as described below, the communication between the hotel side and the game machine operator or between the hotel side and the customer side is described below. There was a possibility that various wrongdoings could be tolerated, which could damage trust.

[0006] For example, as one of such misconduct, when collecting a game fee, a part of the game fee is paid to report a small amount of sales, or a point card is paid and the number of cards paid out is reduced. It is conceivable to make more declarations.

[0007] Even if such fraudulent acts are carried out, there is no unambiguous relationship between the game fee and the number of cards paid out. You can't spot such misconduct just by looking at the numbers. If such a situation is neglected, the trust relationship between the hotel and the game machine operator and the trust relationship between the game machine operator and the commodity exchange company may be impaired.

[0008] Another example of fraud is as follows. The game does not run despite the game fee being charged, or the point card is not paid out or the number of paid out cards is insufficient even though the game has run and a predetermined amount of points has been obtained. ,
Such a complaint may be filed by the customer at the hotel reception. In such a case, even if you know the total amount of money input and the total number of cards paid out at that time,
Since there is no unambiguous relationship between these numbers, it is not possible to determine the authenticity of the customer's claim. If the customer's claim is true, mutual trust may be lost, depending on how the hotel responds.

[0009] Further, due to the closed rooms of a leisure hotel, which means that it is not necessary to meet with the front desk staff from entry to exit, the game machine can be turned upside down to steal the game price and point cards, or the display screen. Many fraudulent acts such as removing the glass plate covering the screen and trying to mischief the screen. In response to this, attempts have conventionally been made to provide various types of security sensors and to generate an alarm sound in a cabin where the sensors have been activated. However, due to the closed room, such an alarm sound often does not reach the front desk, and as a result, it has not been possible to effectively prevent such illegal acts.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems in the conventional arcade game machine, and the object thereof is to determine the state of payment of game fees, the state of payout of prizes, etc. at the hotel. The facility can be used to notify the reception, etc., sequentially, thereby preventing troubles between the hotel and the game machine operator regarding the game fee collection work and prize replenishment work, and the hotel and the game machine operator It is an object of the present invention to provide an arcade game machine that establishes a trust relationship between the game machine and the hotel, and at the same time, the operating state of the game machine can be sequentially grasped and the proper operation thereof can be achieved.

Another object of the present invention is as follows.
To provide arcade game machines capable of appropriately responding to customer complaints that the game does not run despite the game fee being charged, or that the prize is not paid out despite the points being obtained. It is in.

Still another object of the present invention is to perform an illegal act of trying to steal a game fee or a point card by turning a game machine upside down, or removing a top plate and adding a mischief to a display device. It is an object of the present invention to provide an arcade game machine capable of sequentially monitoring fraud and the like on a front side.

[0013]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a cash collection device, a prize payout device, a game device, and a predetermined game fee collected by the cash collection device. On the condition that the operation of the game device is permitted, and each time the game is completed on the game device, the prize payout device pays out a prize of an amount corresponding to the game score, and the game is used up and the game is exhausted. An arcade game machine having a control device for disabling operation of the device, comprising: an RF signal external output terminal to be connected to a television consensus cable; and receiving money information each time a game fee is received. Means for generating receipt money information to be generated, means for generating payout prize information each time a prize is paid out, and conversion of the generated receipt money information and payout prize information to an RF signal. To in arcade game machines, characterized by comprising an information transmitting means for transmitting to said RF signal external output terminal.

According to such a configuration, simply by connecting the RF signal external output terminal to the television consensus cable, every time a game fee is received or every time a prize is paid out, the received monetary information or the payout can be obtained. Since the prize information is notified to the hotel reception etc. through the TV consensus cable,
On the front side of the hotel, the operating status of the game machine in each room can be easily grasped, for example, by storing the notified information in chronological order, or by adding them together to obtain a total. Therefore, if the numerical value claimed by the game machine operator differs from the numerical value stored on the front side at the time of collecting the game fee or replenishing prizes, the error can be corrected based on the difference. or,
Appropriate to customers based on the memory of the front side for complaints that the game does not work despite the game fee being invested or the prize is not paid out even though the game has been scored Response can be achieved.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a security sensor group for detecting an unauthorized operation on a game machine, and security abnormality information generating means for generating security abnormality information based on a signal from the security sensor group. Wherein the information transmitting means modulates the security anomaly information into an RF signal in addition to the received monetary information and the payout prize information, and transmits the RF abnormal signal to the RF signal external output terminal. An arcade game machine according to claim 1.

According to such a configuration, in addition to the received money information and the paid-out prize information, security anomaly information is also notified to the front desk or the like. Can respond immediately.

The invention according to claim 3 of this application is characterized in that the received money information includes the number of received bills and / or the number of received coins. It is in the arcade game machine described.

According to such a configuration, the received money information includes the number of received bills and / or the number of received coins. , It becomes possible to scrutinize this.

The invention according to claim 4 of the present application is the arcade game machine according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the payout prize information includes the number of payout point cards. It is in.

According to such a configuration, since the payout prize information includes the number of payout point cards, fraudulent acts relating to payout prizes can be more closely examined.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a recording apparatus in which a control program for realizing each functional means constituting the arcade game machine according to any one of the first to fourth aspects is stored. In the medium. Here, the recording medium includes a system program stored in a semiconductor ROM of a microcomputer.

[0022]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of the arcade game machine according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an example of a layout when the arcade game machine according to the present invention is applied to a leisure hotel.
Is schematically shown in FIG. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a game machine installed in each guest room of a hotel, 2 denotes a management device installed in the front of the hotel, 3 denotes a television consensus cable, and 4 denotes a television receiver installed in each guest room of the hotel. is there. In this manner, the game machine 1 installed in each guest room of the hotel is connected to the management device 2 at the hotel front through the TV consensus cable 3 for transmitting a video signal to the TV receiver 4 of each guest room. Is done. The television consensus cable 3 is generally composed of a coaxial cable that passes an RF-modulated television video signal.

Next, the structure of the game machine 1 will be schematically described. The game machine 1 has an appearance like a relatively low table provided with a top plate 1a. The top plate 1a is made of a glass plate, and is designed so that one of the security sensor groups is activated when the top plate 1a is forcibly removed.

In a central portion 1b located below the top plate 1a, a CRT display is built with its screen facing upward. The CRT display device displays a video of the game along with the operation of the game device. Although not shown, a money receiving device and a premium payout device are built in the right side of the central portion 1b.

In this example, the money receiving apparatus is composed of a 1,000-yen bill discriminator and a hundred-yen coin discriminator, and a banknote safe and a cash vault for storing a 1,000-yen bill and a hundred-yen coin passing through these discriminators. ing. In the drawing, only the one hundred yen note insertion port 1c located at the entrance of the one thousand yen note identification machine and the one hundred yen coin insertion port 1d located at the entrance of the one hundred yen coin identification machine are shown.

The prize payout device is a card payout device capable of paying out point cards one by one that functions as a commodity exchange medium. In the figure, only the card issuing port 1e located at the exit of the card payout device is shown.

FIG. 2 shows an example of an electrical hardware configuration of the arcade game machine according to one embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, the electric circuit of this arcade game machine is constituted mainly by the cash collection device 5, the point card payout device 6, the security sensor group 7, and the game device 8, as described above. These components are collectively controlled by the microcomputer 12. The game device 8 is composed of a circuit board on which various game type programs and a microprocessor are mounted. In response to an input from an operation unit 8a composed of various key input devices, a corresponding video is displayed on a CRT display 8b. Is configured to be displayed.

The reset button 9 is used, for example, when the collection of the game fee is completed or when the point cards are replenished, to notify the front desk that the game has been completed.

As will be described in detail later, the transmission circuit 10 receives various information generated by the microcomputer 12, converts the information into a pulse train according to a predetermined digital modulation format, and outputs the pulse train. The RF modulation circuit 11 subjects the pulse train coming from the transmission circuit 10 to RF modulation corresponding to, for example, a vacant channel of a television, and sends this to the RF signal external output terminal 12. And this RF signal external output terminal 12
It is connected to a TV consensus cable wired to each hotel room.

The control program according to the present invention stored in the semiconductor ROM constituting the microcomputer 12 is schematically shown in a general flowchart of FIG. This control program is different from the previous configuration in that the receipt money front notification process (step 307), the security abnormality front notification process (step 312), and the payout point card number front notification process (step 309).
Is added. In order to execute these processes, seven working areas (registers) are provided in the working area of the semiconductor RAM constituting the microcomputer 12, as shown in FIG. That is, the storage area includes a 1,000-yen bill receipt number area (A) storing the latest 1,000-yen bill receipt number, and a hundred-yen coin receipt number area (B) storing the latest hundred-yen bill receipt number.
And a 1,000-yen bill total number area (TA) for storing the total number of 1000-yen bills received so far, and a 100-yen coin total number for storing the total number of 100-yen coins stored so far. Area (TB), payout card number area (C) for storing the latest point card payout number, and payout card total number area (TC) for storing the total number of point cards paid up to then. And abnormality type flag areas (S1 to Sn) for storing flags corresponding to various security abnormalities.

Next, the operation of the arcade game machine of the present invention will be systematically described with reference to the general flowchart of FIG. 3 and the detail flowcharts of FIGS.

In FIG. 3, when the process is started, various flags and registers are initialized by an initialization process (Step 301), and then a loop of Step 302 → Step 303 → Step 304 → Step 305 → Step 302 is executed. While repeatedly executing, the game is in a state of waiting for the input of the game fee.

In this state, when a predetermined amount of game fee is entered (NO in steps 302 and 303).
The operation of the game device is permitted (step 306), and the customer can play one of the favorite games (step 306). Thereafter, a receipt front notification process (step 307), which is a main part of the present invention, is executed.

The details of the cash receipt front notification process are shown in the detail flowchart of FIG. As shown in the figure, in the receipt money front notification process, first, the latest 1000 stored in the 1,000-yen bill receipt number area (A) and the hundred-yen coin receipt number area (B) shown in FIG. By updating the number of yen bills received and the latest number of hundred-yen coins received, information on the money received by the customer is generated (steps 401 and 402).

Subsequently, the 1000 yen bill total number area (TA) and the 100 yen coin total number area (T) shown in FIG.
By updating the total number of 1000-yen bills and 100-yen coins stored in B), information on the total number of 1000-yen bills and 100-yen coins stored in the safe is generated (steps 403 and 404). ).

Lastly, the latest 1,000-yen bill receipt information (A), the latest 100-yen bill receipt information (B), the 1,000-yen bill total quantity information (TA), and the hundred-yen coin total quantity information (TB) is the ID of the guest room in the process of step 405.
Notified to front desk with code.

Thereafter, in the game apparatus 8, the operation is permitted in step 306, and the selected game program is executed. On the other hand, the microcomputer 12 executes step 302 → step 304 →
While repeatedly executing the loop from step 305 to step 302, a state of waiting for one game (one play) to end is set.

In this state, when the end of one game (one play) in the selected type of game is detected (step 305 YES), the point card payout device 6
Is activated, and a number of point cards corresponding to the game score are paid out (step 308). For example, one point card is paid out every 3000 points of the game score. Thereafter, a payout point card number front notification process (step 309), which is a main part of the present invention, is executed.

Details of the payout point card number front notification process (step 309) are shown in the detail flowchart of FIG. In the payout point card number front notification process, first, the latest payout card number update process (step 501) stored in the payout card number area (C) shown in FIG. 6 is executed to generate payout premium information. After that, the total payout number of point cards stored in the payout card total number area (TC) of FIG. 6 is further updated (step 502), and thereafter, the latest payout card number (C) generated as described above and For the total payout number (TC) of the point card, I
A D code is added, and this is notified to the front desk by the processing of step 503.

Thereafter, every time one game is over (YES in step 305), point card payout processing (step 308) and payout point card number front notification processing (step 309) of the number corresponding to the score are repeatedly executed. In this way, the fee for each game according to the game type is subtracted from the inserted game fee,
When the remaining balance becomes zero or becomes less than one game fee (YES at step 310), the operation of the game device is again disapproved for exhausting the game fee (step 31).
1).

On the other hand, while the game apparatus 8 is operating or not operating, the customer intentionally turns the game machine 1 upside down to forcibly steal the inserted money, or
If the user attempts to mischief the CRT display by opening a, the security sensor group 7 detects this and determines that there is a security sensor abnormality (step 30).
4) In response, security abnormal front notification processing (step 312) is executed. In the security abnormality front notification process (step 312), although not shown, a process of notifying the front side of the contents of the abnormality type flag areas S1 to Sn in FIG. 6 is executed.

As described above, in the control program shown in the general flowchart of FIG. 3, in response to the receipt of the game fee (step 303), the receipt money front notification process (step 307) is executed, and one game (1
Play) (step 305 YES),
The front notification processing of the number of payout point cards is executed (step 309), and in response to the security sensor abnormality (step 304 YES), the security abnormality front notification processing is executed (step 312).

Returning to FIG. 2, when these front notification processes are executed (steps 307, 309, 312),
The received money information (A,
B, TA, TB), payout prize information (C, TC), and data corresponding to security abnormality information (S1 to Sn) are output to the transmission circuit 10. In the transmission circuit 10,
Digital modulation processing is performed on these data in accordance with a predetermined digital modulation format, and a serial pulse train is sent to the RF modulation circuit 11. In the RF modulation circuit 11, the pulse train sent from the transmission circuit 10
By applying F modulation, the obtained RF signal is converted to RF
The signal is sent to the external output terminal 12. Since the RF signal external output terminal 12 is connected to the television consensus cable 3 of the guest room, the received money information, payout prize information, and security abnormality information are transmitted to the hotel via the television consensus cable 3. Is sent to the management device 2 installed at the front of the vehicle.

Various configurations can be adopted as the configuration of the management device 2 side. For example, while storing receipt money information and payout prize information sent from each guest room in chronological order,
It is possible to adopt a configuration in which the integrated value for each day or month is obtained by calculation, and both are stored in a predetermined memory. In addition, it may be possible to adopt a configuration in which an alarm is immediately issued for the security abnormality information sent from each guest room, and this is reported to the front desk staff. It is also possible to employ a configuration in which the management device 2 on the front side periodically polls each guest room to detect that the power of the game machine has been cut off by mischief.

According to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the payment information of the game fee can be accurately and always confirmed on the front side up to each piece of money or banknote, and the payout of the prize point card can be performed. The situation can be confirmed exactly as well. Therefore, in the case of the game fee collection work or the point card replenishment work, if the numerical values do not match between the hotel side and the game machine operating company side, it is possible to correct the injustice or error on the basis thereof.

Also, on the front side, the prize return rate can be checked sequentially based on the relationship between the game fee and the prize payout amount. As a result, the game machine can be appropriately operated, for example, by changing the prize return rate.

Also, despite the game fee being charged,
Even for a false declaration that a predetermined number of point cards are not paid out despite the fact that the game device does not operate or the player has scored in the game, the time series history of the input money and the payout card up to that time is confirmed. By doing so, it is possible to appropriately respond to customer fraud.

In addition, the security sensor group can be used to prevent the player from turning the game machine upside down to deceive a point card or money, or to remove a point plate and mischief a CRT display. By transmitting the signal to the front side on-line, it is possible to improve the throwing property and the reliability.

[0050]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, only by connecting the RF signal external output terminal to the television consensus cable in the cabin, the receipt money information, payout prize information, and security can be obtained. Abnormality information can be notified online to a hotel reception or the like connected to the television consensus cable. Therefore, according to the arcade game machine of the present invention, while the operation of the game machine is entrusted to the game machine company side, the operation side can be accurately grasped on the hotel side. This kind of game machine can be properly operated while maintaining the reliability with the machine manufacturer, and the ability of the customer to be violently thrown against fraudulent acts can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a layout diagram showing a system configuration in a leisure hotel to which an arcade game machine according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an electrical hardware configuration of the game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a general flowchart showing the entire software configuration of the arcade game machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a detail flowchart showing details of a cash receipt front notification process which is a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a detail flowchart showing details of a payout point card number front notification process which is a main part of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a memory map showing an arrangement of registers on a memory necessary for executing a receipt money front notifying process, a security abnormal front notifying process, and a payout point card number front notifying process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Arcade game machine 1a Top plate 1b Central part 1c Thousand-yen bill insertion slot 1d Hundred-yen coin insertion slot 1e Point card issuance slot 2 Front-panel management device 3 Television cooperative cable 4 Television receiver in guest room Reference Signs List 5 Money receiving device 6 Point card dispensing device 7 Security sensor group 8 Game device 8a Operation unit of game device 8b CRT display which is output unit of game device 9 Reset push button switch 10 Transmission circuit 11 RF extension circuit 12 Microcomputer 13 RF signal external output terminal

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Claims (5)

[Claims] A cash collection device, a prize dispensing device, a game device, and an operation of the game device provided that a predetermined amount of a game fee is received by the money collection device. A commercial game comprising: a control device that causes a prize payout device to pay out a prize in an amount corresponding to a game score each time the device ends a game, and that runs out of a game fee and disallows operation of the game device. Machine, an RF signal external output terminal to be connected to the TV consensus cable, a receipt information generating means for generating receipt information each time a game fee is received, and a payout each time a prize is paid out Payout prize information generating means for generating prize information; and RF generating the received receipt information and payout prize information.
An information transmitting means for modulating a signal and transmitting the signal to the RF signal external output terminal. 2. A security sensor group for detecting an unauthorized operation on a game machine, and security abnormality information generation means for generating security abnormality information based on a signal from the security sensor group, wherein the information transmission means 2. The arcade game machine according to claim 1, wherein the security abnormality information is modulated into an RF signal and transmitted to the RF signal external output terminal in addition to the received money information and the payout prize information. . 3. The arcade game machine according to claim 1, wherein the received money information includes the number of received bills and / or the number of received coins. 4. The arcade game machine according to claim 1, wherein the payout prize information includes the number of payout point cards. 5. A recording medium storing a control program for realizing each functional means constituting the arcade game machine according to claim 1. Description: