JP2001000726A - Device for use in game - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a player to recognize the amount of a monetary value which enables the player to actually play a game again. SOLUTION: In the device for use in a game which includes a recording medium having therein information which can specify the amount of stored monetary value, a stored monetary value processing means which calculates a new stored monetary value by adding an obtained monetary value or subtracting a stored monetary value reused in a game, a recording medium processing means 4 which can read information recorded in the recording medium, and a stored monetary value reusing means which enables the use of the stored monetary value in a game, and in which the obtained monetary value obtained by a player can be used again in the game, a stored monetary value conversion means 25 which converts the stored monetary value to a reusable monetary value containing a fee which can be actually reused in a game, and a reusable monetary value display means 6 which successively displays the converted reusable monetary value so as to be viewed by the player are provided.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game apparatus installed in a game arcade, and more particularly to a game medium such as a pachinko ball or a coin obtained by a game, and a value of a game such as a holding point. The present invention relates to a gaming device that can record a value and play a game again based on the stored value.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a recent amusement arcade, various services using a recording medium such as a membership card,
For example, a savings service has been implemented in which earned values such as earned game media and points owned once by a game can be used not only for exchange with conventional prizes but also for games again.

[0003]

However, in the case where the above-mentioned saving (replay) service is performed in a game arcade, when the saving value based on the obtained value is used again for the game, a predetermined value is usually required. Since the commission is collected, the player cannot use all of the savings value based on the obtained value again in the game, and in these conventional re-playable gaming devices, When the savings value is used again in a game, a value indicating the magnitude of the savings value before the fee is collected, or a payout (return) of a predetermined number of game media when the fee is collected ) Is displayed, how many times is possible, but it is difficult for the player to understand the value of the number of game media that can be replayed. Not only is it easy to give a sense of anxiety to the technician, but if the magnitude of the savings value before the fee is collected is displayed as described above, the value corresponding to the number of game media lent in the replay is displayed. Since the value deducted from the value does not match, there is a problem that the player is given unnecessary suspicion.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the background and problems described above, and enables the player to confirm the value of the game media, such as the number of game media that can be actually replayed. It is another object of the present invention to provide a gaming device that does not give a player an uneasy feeling or unnecessary suspicion.

[0005]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, in the gaming machine according to the present invention, information capable of specifying at least the magnitude of the value of savings that can be used again in a game is recorded. The recording medium and the value of the value obtained by the game are added to the value of the existing value of the savings, or the value of the value of the value of the savings used in the game again from the value of the value of the value A savings value processing means for calculating a new value of savings value by subtracting a predetermined fee, a recording medium processing means capable of reading at least the recording information of the recording medium, and specified by the recording information. A savings value reuse means for making the magnitude of the savings value usable for the game, wherein the player can use the acquired value obtained in the game again for the game. In the device, the value of the savings value is specified from the record information of the recording medium, and the value of the value of the savings value is changed to a reusable value of a size including the fee and of a size that can be actually reused in a game. , And reusable value display means for sequentially displaying the converted value of the reusable value so as to be visible to the player. According to this feature, the reusable value that the player can actually use for the game again is calculated from the saved value by the saving value conversion unit and displayed on the reusable value display unit. As a result, the player can confirm the size of reusable value, such as the number of game media that can be actually replayed, thereby giving the player anxiety and unnecessary suspicion Can be prevented.

[0006] It is preferable that the gaming apparatus of the present invention includes a stored value management means for collecting and managing the value of the stored value for each recording medium. In this way, since the savings value of each recording medium is updated and registered in the savings value management means, it is possible to make it difficult to falsify the falsification of the savings value or to detect such injustice. And the security of the device can be improved.

[0007] In the gaming machine of the present invention, the savings value reuse means and the savings value conversion means are formed in the same device, and the fee is transferred to the savings value conversion means by the savings value management means. It is preferable to output as appropriate.
With this configuration, it is possible to reduce the communication capacity between the device in which the savings value reuse unit and the savings value conversion unit are formed, and the savings value management unit, and reduce the communication load of the entire device. be able to.

[0008] It is preferable that the gaming machine of the present invention is provided with a re-use fee setting means capable of appropriately setting the fee. In this way, various operations can be performed by appropriately changing the size of the commission according to the operation status of the game hall such as an annual event such as a day of the week or the year-end and New Year holidays, or an event.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, it is preferable that the re-use fee setting means is formed in the same apparatus as the savings value management means and the savings value conversion means. In this way, various data required in each process can be transmitted and received by the respective units in the same device, so that the processing efficiency in the device can be improved.

[0010] In the gaming machine of the present invention, it is preferable that the recording medium processing means records the savings value on the recording medium and the recording value conversion means on the recording medium. With this configuration, the reusable value is calculated based on the value of the value on the recording medium on which the value of the value is stored,
Not only can the processing load of the savings value conversion means in these devices be reduced by dispersion, but when the savings value management means is used, the savings value is stored in both the recording medium and the savings value management means. Since the stored value can be recorded, the falsification of the stored value of the recording medium can be reliably detected, and even if one of the stored value data is damaged, the data can be compensated. Security can also be improved.

It is preferable that the gaming machine of the present invention has the reusable value display means on the recording medium. In this way, the player can increase the reusable value such as the number of game media that can be actually replayed on the recording medium without causing the recording medium to be read by the recording medium processing means. You can see that.

[0012] In the gaming machine of the present invention, the storage value converting means confirms whether or not the fee has changed when the information on the recording medium is read out by the recording medium processing means, and the change is made. In some cases, it is preferable to update the fee. With this configuration, even if the fees are appropriately changed, the fees are changed to the fees changed at the time when the recording medium is used, so that it is possible to cope with the changes in the fees. .

[0013] The gaming machine according to the present invention records a fee when the savings value is used on the recording medium,
It is preferable to update. In this way, even if fraudulent fee data is recorded due to tampering, the regular fee is recorded and updated each time by the recording medium processing means managed at the game hall when using the recording medium. As a result, fraudulent use of savings value due to falsification of these fees can be prevented.

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, it is preferable that the reusable value which can be used at one time by the stored value reusing means is a reusable unit of a predetermined size. By doing so, the reuse value that can be used at a time becomes a predetermined reuse unit, so that return control in replay can be simplified.

[0015] It is preferable that the gaming machine of the present invention further comprises a reusable unit selecting means for enabling a player to select the size of the reusable unit. This makes it possible to perform replay based on the reuse unit desired by the player, thereby improving the serviceability to the player.

In the gaming machine of the present invention, it is preferable that, in the conversion of the stored value conversion means, a fraction less than the reuse unit is not regarded as a reusable value. In this way, the fraction that cannot be replayed is not displayed on the reusable value display means as reusable value, and unnecessary confusion to the player can be prevented. .

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the conversion of the savings value conversion means, if there is a fraction less than the reuse unit, the fraction can be reused as a new size of the reuse unit. It is preferable that the value is valuable. In this way, even when the fraction exists,
The player can use the fraction for the game again.

In the gaming machine according to the present invention, in the conversion of the savings value converting means, if there is a fraction less than the reusable unit, the size of the fraction can be reused without including the fee. It is preferable that the value is valuable. In this way, the commission is not collected for the fraction, so that the serviceability to the player can be improved.

[0019]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

In the following description of each embodiment, an example of using a pachinko gaming machine using a pachinko ball as a game medium or an enclosed pachinko machine in which a pachinko ball is sealed so as not to be touched as an example of a gaming machine. Although, the gaming machine according to the present invention is not limited to these pachinko gaming machines, a pachinko machine that does not use the pachinko ball by forming the pachinko ball by an image or the like, or uses a coin as a game medium The present invention can be applied to a coin gaming machine and a slot machine, and further to a slot machine and the like capable of performing a game without using these coins. (Example 1)

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a game island 1 provided with a game device according to the first embodiment, and FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a space between game machines and card units arranged side by side on the game island. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the gaming machine according to the first embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, a gaming machine and a card unit which constitute a gaming machine according to the first embodiment are provided with a pachinko machine 3 as a gaming machine and a card on a gaming island 1 installed in a gaming arcade. The pre-paid card 2 is provided at one end of the gaming island 1 and used by being inserted into the card unit 4. Is an issuing device for issuing a code.

As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3, the configuration of the gaming machine according to the first embodiment is such that each gaming island 1 is connected and installed in a one-to-one correspondence as described above. Pachinko machine 3 and card unit 4 as recording medium processing means
And a counter 22 for counting the pachinko balls output from each of the pachinko machines 3, and a communication cable 21 for data communication with the card units 4 and the counter 22. It is mainly composed of a connected management computer 25.

The pachinko machine 3 used in the first embodiment is a conventional pachinko machine as shown in FIG. 2, and the front of the upper plate of the pachinko machine 3 has a prepaid card remaining. A frequency display section 12 for displaying frequencies, a lending button 11 that is pressed when lending from the remaining frequency, and a return button 13 that is pressed when returning the prepaid card are provided. As mentioned above, the pachinko machine 3
The remaining number of prepaid cards to be inserted into the card unit 4 connected and provided in a one-to-one correspondence is output and displayed on the frequency display unit 12 and the lending button 11 is displayed. Is operated, a predetermined number of balls are paid out by the ball-cutting / dispensing unit 14 (see FIG. 3) provided inside the pachinko machine 3, and the balls are lent out. The frequency corresponding to the ball is subtracted from the remaining frequency of the frequency display unit 12, and the display is updated.

The card unit 4 used in the first embodiment has an external appearance as shown in FIG. 2, and the operation of the card unit 4 is notified by lighting on the front surface thereof. An operation lamp 5; a reusable ball number display section 6 as reusable value display means for displaying the number of reusable balls based on the number of saved balls specified by a member card as a recording medium. A replay button 7 to be pressed when replaying using the number of reusable balls, and a prepaid card insertion slot into which a prepaid card issued by the issuing device 2 is inserted. 8, a member card insertion slot 10 into which a member card possessed by a member who is allowed to save balls so that the above-mentioned replay can be performed, and an operation performed when returning the member card. A member card return button 9 is provided.

The internal structure of the card unit 4 is as shown in FIG. 3. In addition to the operation lamp 5, the replay button 7, the member card return button 9, the reusable A display driver 15 for controlling the display operation of the number-of-balls display unit 6; a prepaid card which is read out from the prepaid card inserted and connected to the prepaid card insertion port 8; A magnetic card reader / writer 16 for writing remaining data to the card, and a member card made of a magnetic card, which is a recording medium inserted and connected to the member card slot 10. Member identification code (I
D) a magnetic card reader 16 for reading data, and a micro-processing unit (MPU) 2 as a control unit to be described later.
Control programs describing the control contents of the
A non-volatile memory 18 for storing unit number data and the like individually assigned to the storage unit 4, a communication unit 19 for performing data communication with a management computer 25 via a communication cable 21, and control of these units. A microprocessing unit (MPU) as a control unit for performing subtraction of the residual frequency, output of the residual frequency data to the pachinko machine 3, and the like.
20. These components are connected as shown in FIG.

Next, the counter 2 used in the first embodiment is used.
2 has a configuration as shown in FIG. 5, and includes a counting unit 38 for counting pachinko balls and a member identification code (member code) from the member card as in the magnetic card reader 17 of the card unit 4. And a issuing device 40 for issuing a receipt in which the number of balls counted in a normal counting process other than the ball storage is printed together with a barcode.
A display unit 36 on which the number of balls counted by the counting unit 38 is displayed, an issue button 37, and an identification code (ID) read by the counting data or the magnetic card reader 39. And a communication unit 34 for performing data communication with the management computer 25 via the communication cable 21. And a control unit 35 that controls and determines these units based on a predetermined program. The counter 22 is installed at a predetermined end of the game island 1.

The configuration of the management computer 25 used in the first embodiment is, as shown in FIG. 4, a data bus 32 for transmitting and receiving data inside the computer 25. An arithmetic processing unit (CPU) 33, a RAM 28, a display device 27, a clock device 30 capable of outputting date and time information, a printing device 31 as an external output, a storage device 29 composed of a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk, the card unit 4, Interface 2 for performing data communication with the device 22
6 is a normal computer connected to the storage device 29. The storage device 29 stores the usage status and the number of saved balls in association with the identification code (ID) of the membership card as shown in FIG. A registered member card database (DB), pachinko machines 3 and card units 4 as shown in FIG.
A setting status database (DB) in which information of each fee and a reuse unit is managed is stored. In the setting status database (DB), a fee and a fee for each pachinko machine 3 are stored. The reusable unit can be set. In this way, the savings value management means and the reusable fee setting means of the present invention are formed by the management computer 25, and the central processing unit (CPU ) 33 performs the processing based on the savings ball conversion processing routine shown in FIG. 8 to form savings value conversion means, and further performs the processing based on the reuse license processing routine shown in FIG. Value processing means and saving value reuse means are formed.

As described above, in the first embodiment, the management computer 25 as the savings value management means is configured such that the reusable fee setting means and the savings value conversion means are integrated with each other by the program. This not only makes it possible to simplify and reduce the cost of the system as compared with the case where these means are provided as individual devices, but also can reduce the traffic capacity of data communication between the devices, and Since various data required in the above can be shared by the respective units in the same management computer, it is preferable because the processing efficiency in each unit can be improved, but the present invention is not limited to this. The above-described units may be appropriately arranged as individual units.

In the first embodiment, as shown in FIG.
The commission and the reusable unit can be set on the display screen of the setting status DB of the management computer 25,
In this way, the setting of the fee and the reusable unit can be intensively changed by the management computer 25, so that these setting contents can be easily changed according to each situation such as an annual event such as a day of the week, a year-end and New Year holidays, and an event. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the setting method and contents of these fees or reusable units, such as fees or reusable units for each game island, are preferred. It is optional to set individual fees or re-use units for each game island.

Hereinafter, the processing operation of the gaming machine according to the present embodiment will be described in accordance with a gaming situation.

First, a description will be given of the processing status of the ball storage in the gaming machine according to the first embodiment.
It is made of a magnetic card issued to a member player registered in advance as a member, and an individual identification code (ID) for identifying each member card is given to the member card as shown in FIG. 6 and recorded. The identification code (ID) is registered in the membership card DB.

When saving coins on these membership cards,
First, it is necessary to obtain a ball to be saved in the game, and the player purchases a prepaid card in the issuing device 2 provided at the end of the game island 1 and plays the game.

The game using these prepaid cards is the same for members and non-members.
By inserting the purchased prepaid card into the prepaid card insertion slot 8, the purchase amount data recorded on the prepaid card at the time of issuance is transmitted to the magnetic card reader / writer 16 as described above. Is read out, is output to the pachinko machine 3 as predetermined frequency data, is displayed on the frequency display unit 12, and when the player operates the lending button 11 due to the presence of the remaining frequency, the predetermined number of balls is It is counted by the ball-cutting payout unit 14 and paid out to the upper plate of the pachinko machine 3 so that the player can play the game. In addition, the frequency corresponding to the number of paid-out balls is subtracted from the frequency of the display unit, and the display is updated.

In the case where a jackpot or the like occurs in these games and the player acquires the ball, the player brings the acquired ball to the counter 22 and the player who wants to save the membership card. By inserting the balls obtained after the insertion into the counter 22, the number of inserted balls is counted by the counting unit 38, and the counted value is displayed on the display unit 36.

After confirming the count value on the display section 36, the player presses the issue button 37 to
Magnetic card reader 3 from the membership card inserted above
9, the identification code (ID) read out and the count value data are output to the management computer 25 via the communication unit 34 and the communication cable 21, and the membership card D
B is added to the number of saved balls registered in association with the identification code (ID), updated, and registered, and the member card is returned based on the reception of the signal indicating that the registration is completed. When a normal player who does not have a membership card performs counting, based on the pressing operation of the issue button 37,
The receipt issuing device 40 issues a receipt on which the number of balls and a barcode are printed.

A description will now be given of the processing situation when these saved balls are used again for the game. The player can use the card unit 4 connected to the pachinko machine 3 where the player wants to play the game again.
The user inserts his or her membership card into the membership card insertion slot 10 described above.

Based on the insertion, the magnetic card reader 1
Reference numeral 7 denotes an identification code (ID) read from the member card as information capable of specifying the number of saved balls, and the identification code (ID) read together with a predetermined signal indicating that the member card has been inserted.
And the unit number are output by the MPU 20 to the management computer 25 via the communication unit 19 and the communication cable 21.

Based on the output, in the management computer, the savings ball conversion processing routine shown in FIG. 8 is executed by the CPU 33. First, the reception of the identification code (ID) and the machine number is executed (Sa1), and the received information is received. Identification code (ID)
Is registered in the member card DB (Sa2).

In the comparison, an unregistered identification code (ID)
In the case of, the management computer 25 returns an instruction to eject the membership card, the inserted card is ejected (Sa7), and if the verification is "OK", the fee corresponding to the machine number is returned. Data and reuse unit data are extracted from the setting status DB (Sa3).

Next, these extracted data are shown in FIG.
As shown in (1), the status item of the corresponding identification code (ID) is recorded in the member card DB and updated to "in use" (Sa4), and based on the commission data, the reusable unit data, and the saved ball count data, The number of replayable balls that is the number of balls that the player can actually replay is calculated (Sa5).

The method of calculating the number of replayable balls in the first embodiment is described by the identification code “MC99APL1-
0001 "will be described as an example. In this case, the player
03's pachinko machine and replayed.
The setting of the “03” series is based on the fact that the commission is “0.2” and the re-use unit is “125”.
6 ”is divided by“ 1 + commission (0.2) ”. Then, “3456” becomes “2880”, which is further divided by “reuse unit (125)”, rounded down to the decimal point to obtain “23”, and multiplied by “reuse unit (125)”. The number of replayable balls is the number of replayable balls = 2875. By doing so, in the first embodiment, the fraction of the number of saved balls equal to or less than the reusable unit of “125” balls cannot be used for the game again. I have. The calculation method of the first embodiment is expressed by the following equations.

(Equation 1)

By doing so, the fraction that cannot be replayed is not displayed on the reusable ball number display section 6 as the number of replayable balls, thereby causing unnecessary confusion to the player. It is preferable because it can be given, but the present invention is not limited to this.

The number of replayable balls calculated in this way is returned to the card unit 4 together with the license of the member card, and displayed on the reusable ball number display section 6 by the MPU 20 of the card unit 4. (Sa
6).

By doing so, the player can confirm the number of balls that can be replayed on the pachinko machine based on his or her saved ball number at the stage of inserting the membership card.

When the number of replayable balls is displayed, the player operates the replay button 7 so that a return request signal is sent from the card unit 4 to the management computer 25 together with the identification code and the machine number. The re-use permission processing routine shown in FIG. 9 is executed in the management computer 25.

First, the reception of the identification code, the machine number, and the return request signal is confirmed (Sb1), and it is checked whether the received identification code and the machine number are the same as those registered in the member card DB. (Sb2).

If the collation does not match, it is determined that there is some kind of fraud or communication error, and the management computer 25 returns a member card ejection instruction (Sb8). If the collation matches, a replayable ball is returned. The number is compared with the reusable unit (Sb3). If the number of replayable balls is smaller than the reusable unit in the comparison (that is, “0”), the member card ejection instruction is returned. (Sb8) If the number of replayable balls is larger than the reusable unit, the number of reusable units is subtracted from the number of replayable units to obtain a new replayable unit number and a new savings unit number. Is calculated (Sb5), a predetermined ball return permission signal and the calculated new number of replayable balls calculated above are returned to the card unit 4 (Sb6), and the MPU of the card unit 4 is returned. 0 outputs a payout of the number of balls corresponding to the re-use unit previously set in the nonvolatile memory 18 to the pachinko machine based on the reception of the ball return permission signal and completes the return to the management computer 25. Reply signal.

Based on the reply, the management computer 25
Then, the replayable ball count and the saved ball count in the member card DB are updated to the new replayable ball count and the new saved ball count (Sb7), and the process returns to the normal processing routine.

(Example 2)

As shown in FIG. 10, a predetermined number of pachinko machines 102 and card units 103 constituting the gaming machine according to the second embodiment are used in parallel on a game island 101 installed in a game arcade. Pachinko machine 1 of the second embodiment
Numeral 02 is composed of an enclosed pachinko machine 102 in which a pachinko ball, which is a game medium, is enclosed in a non-touchable manner, and a card unit 103 arranged one by one for each pachinko machine 102.

The configuration of the gaming machine of the second embodiment is as follows.
As shown in FIG. 14, the pachinko machine 102 and the card unit 103 connected one-to-one are arranged side by side on the gaming island 101, and each card unit 103 is connected via the communication cable 148. Payment device 2 connected to the management computer 149 and performing the payment of the acquired score recorded on a normal prepaid card.
10 is similarly connected to a management computer 149 by a communication cable 148.

First, the management computer 149 used in the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the computer used in the first embodiment. The storage unit inside the computer stores the identification code (ID) of the member card. The membership card database (DB) in which the saving points are registered correspondingly, and the setting status of the commission and the reuse unit of each pachinko machine 102 are collected and managed as in the first embodiment, and these settings are made. Is stored in a setting status database (DB) in which can be changed.

The enclosed pachinko machine 102 used in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12.
A predetermined number of pachinko balls are sealed in the pachinko machine 102 in advance so as not to be touched by fingers, and an operation unit 132 is provided on the front surface thereof so as to protrude from the pachinko machine 102.

On the upper surface of the operation unit 132, as shown in FIG. 13, the remaining amount based on the balance data read from a prepaid card inserted into a prepaid card insertion slot 109 described later provided in the card unit 103. A display unit 203 for displaying a reusable point based on the saving point read from the IC card 137 which is a member card inserted into the member card insertion slot 111, and the player possesses at that time. A total score display section 204 on which a total score is displayed, and a lending and return of a score of a predetermined size when a frequency or a reusable point remains on the display section 203 by being pressed. By pressing the button 201 and the player pressing when ending the game, a predetermined ending process of saving or settlement is performed, and A return button 202 for prepaid cards and / or membership card 137 is inserted into Doyunitto 103 is returned, it is provided with, these substrates each section is provided inside the operation portion 132 20
0.

The pachinko balls enclosed in the pachinko machine 102 are operated one by one by the hammer 128 by operating the hitting operation handle 115.
Driven in. The hit pachinko balls are detected one by one by the firing ball detector 126, and each time there is a detection, the score of the total score display unit 204 is subtracted and updated by one.

In addition, the firing momentum is too weak and the game area 117
Pachinko balls that have not reached
7 and detected by a foul ball detector 138 (see FIG. 12) provided on the back surface of the game board. Every time these foul balls are detected, the score of the total score display section 204 is added and updated one by one. As a result, the player can effectively use the score that has been subtracted and updated again without having the opportunity for the ball to reach the game area 117.

When a ball hit into the game area 117 wins the starting opening 119, the normal winning opening 120, or the variable winning ball device 116, a predetermined number of points are scored according to the winning and the point control microcomputer 155. (See FIG. 14). The score given to the player is:
The total score is displayed on the total score display section 204. Pachinko balls that did not win any of the winning ports are collected from the out port 125.

The prize ball that has entered the normal prize port 120, the starting port 119, or the variable prize ball device 116 is guided to the back of the game board, guided to the prize ball collecting trough 130, and detected by the prize ball detector 131. Detected. On the other hand, the out ball collected by the out port 125 is guided by the out ball guiding gutter 136 and merges with the winning ball detected by the winning ball detector 131. After the out ball and the winning ball are detected by the driving ball detector 133, the driving ball collecting gutter 13
Guided to 4. Further, the foul ball collected from the foul ball inlet 127 is detected by a foul ball detector 138 and then guided to the driving ball collecting gutter 134.

Each pachinko ball guided to the driven ball collecting gutter 134 is guided to the launching ball supply port 139 along its inclination. If the player operates the hit ball operation handle 115 in a state where a score is present in the total score display section 204, the hit ball motor 129 is driven and the hammer 128 is intermittently rocked. The pachinko balls guided to the shooting ball supply port 139 with the intermittent swing of the hammer 128 are fired and fired one by one into the game area 117. As described above, the pachinko balls enclosed in the pachinko machine 102 are used repeatedly and repeatedly, and the points by each winning are given to the player.

When a staff member of a game arcade operates a predetermined ball removal switch (not shown), the solenoid 141 is excited, and the rotating plate 140 forming a part of the driving ball collecting gutter 134 is moved to a predetermined position. It rotates by an angle, and connects the ball extraction gutter 142 and the driving ball collecting gutter 134. As a result, after being detected by the driving ball detector 133, the enclosed ball guided through the driving ball collecting gutter 134 is guided to the ball discharging gutter 142 without being guided to the firing ball supply port 139, and the ball discharging is performed. The enclosed ball guided to the gutter 142 is discharged to the outside of the pachinko machine 102.

In FIG. 12, reference numeral 135 denotes a game control board, on which a game control microcomputer 156 (see FIG. 14) for controlling various game contents is provided. Also, 14
Reference numeral 3 denotes a point control board, which is provided with a point control microcomputer 155 (see FIG. 14) for controlling the score. The point control board 143 is connected to the card unit 103 via a connector 144. It is connected to a provided card unit control board (not shown).

In FIG. 11, reference numeral 146 denotes an analog display unit, and the total score displayed on the total score display unit 204 is analog-displayed based on the lighting amount of the lamp. A transparent plate holding frame 114 holds a transparent plate that covers the front surface of the game area 117.

When the ball hit into the game area 117 wins the starting port 119, the variable display device 118 starts variable display of symbols. Then, when the variable display result of the variable display device 118 becomes a predetermined specific display mode (for example, 777), a so-called “big hit” occurs.

If the "big hit" occurs, the solenoid 1
21 is excited, and the opening / closing plate 124 provided on the variable winning ball device 116 is released, so that a first advantageous player is provided.
State. In this first state, a predetermined number (for example, 10) of pachinko balls in the variable prize ball device 116 is won,
Alternatively, during a predetermined period (for example, 30 seconds),
The second state, which ends when one of the earlier conditions is satisfied and is disadvantageous for the player, that is, the open / close plate 12
4 is in a closed state.

A pachinko ball that has entered the variable winning ball device 116 during the period when the variable winning ball device 116 is in the first state is detected by the winning number detector 123 or the specific winning ball detector 122. You.

If the pachinko ball is detected by the specific prize ball detector 122, the variable prize ball device 1 is again waited until the first state of the variable prize ball device 116 is completed.
16 is controlled from the second state to the first state. The upper limit number of the repetition continuation control is set to, for example, 16 times.

The structure of the pachinko machine 102 according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.
02, a game control microcomputer 156 for controlling a game operation of each part of the pachinko machine 102 is mounted on the game control board 135 provided on the back surface of the pachinko machine 102. The game control microcomputer 156 includes the point control board. The game control microcomputer 156 is connected to a point control microcomputer 155 mounted on the 143, and outputs various information on the game, for example, occurrence of a big hit and winning, from the game control microcomputer 156.

The display units and the operation buttons provided on the operation unit 132 projecting from the front of the pachinko machine 102 are connected to the point control microcomputer 155, respectively. Is output to the point control microcomputer 155, and lending from the replayable score based on the frequency of the prepaid card and the savings point of the member card displayed on each display unit, and the score of the score accompanying the game are performed. The addition and subtraction of display data and display update accompanying consumption and provision are performed by the point control microcomputer 155.

The point control microcomputer 155 detects each of the enclosed pachinko balls (a driving ball detector 133, a winning ball detector 131, a firing ball detector 12).
6, foul ball detector 138, analog display unit 146,
The ball is connected to a hitting operation handle 115), and based on a signal output from each detector in the game, a score (total score) of winning balls based on a control program stored in an internal ROM of the point control microcomputer 155 in advance. ), And control such as subtraction of the used score is performed.

The point control microcomputer 155 is mounted on the card unit control board (not shown) provided inside the card unit 103, and
03, which is connected to a microprocessing unit (MPU) 150 for controlling the operation of the IC card 137 which is based on the balance data read from the inserted prepaid card and the IC card 137 which is a member card to be inserted.
The savings point read out is converted to a reusable point and output from the MPU 150.

Next, as shown in FIG. 11, an operation lamp 104 for notifying the operation of the card unit 103 by lighting is provided on the front surface of the card unit 103 constituting the gaming machine according to the second embodiment. The pachinko machine 1
02, a reusable point display unit 1 as a reusable value display unit for displaying a reusable score for a player
13, an input unit 105 as reusable unit selection means for inputting a personal identification number, which is personal identification information, and a reusable unit at the time of reusing a savings point, and an input unit 105 for confirming the input in the input unit 105. A decision button 106, a stop button 107 for stopping various processes based on the input on the input unit 105 and the operation of each operation unit, and a button for selecting a replay based on the saving points when a member card is inserted. The replay button 108 to be operated, the prepaid card insertion slot 109 for inserting the same prepaid card as in the first embodiment, and the IC card insertion slot 11 for inserting the IC card 137 which is a member card of the second embodiment.
1, a discharge button 110 which is operated when the member card is to be discharged, and a card unit 103 which is irremovably locked and which can output a predetermined signal by rotating in a predetermined direction with a predetermined key. Cylinder lock 112 is provided.

As shown in FIG. 14, the structure of the card unit 103 of the second embodiment is such that the operation lamp 104, the input unit 105, the operation buttons 106 to 108,
A display driver 151 for controlling the display operation of the discharge button 110, the cylinder lock 112, the reusable point display unit 113, and the balance recorded on the prepaid card inserted in the prepaid card insertion slot 109. Magnetic card reader / writer 153 that reads data (purchase amount data) and writes new balance data
Via an IC card reader / writer 154 and a communication cable 148 for reading and writing various kinds of information such as saving points recorded on an IC card 137 inserted and connected to the IC card insertion slot 111. A MPU 150 connected to a communication unit 147 for performing data communication with the management computer 149 and controlling these units; a control program describing the control contents executed by the MPU 150; And a storage unit 152 for storing various data read from the IC card 137.

Further, the card unit 103 according to the second embodiment
Now, we will change the commission setting for reusing savings points,
In the state where the cylinder lock is turned in a predetermined direction, the card unit 103 can execute each operation by inputting from the input unit 105.

In the second embodiment, the MPU 150 of the card unit 103 performs processing based on the normal processing routine shown in FIG. 17 so that the savings points can be used for replay. A savings value conversion means and a savings value reuse means for converting to (replay points) are formed, and further, a savings value processing means is formed by executing processing based on the end processing routine shown in FIG. ing.

As described above, in the second embodiment, the MPU 150 of the card unit 103, which is the same device, has the storage value conversion means and the storage value reuse means, and the management computer as the storage value management means. From 149, the commission data is the card unit 1
When the power is supplied to the card unit 1 or the like, the output is appropriately performed.
In 03, the conversion of the savings points to the replay points and the subtraction processing in the reuse thereof are performed.
Since these processes are executed in a distributed manner in each card unit 103, the number of accesses and the communication capacity to the management computer as the stored value management means can be reduced.
This is preferable because the communication load on the entire apparatus can be reduced, but the present invention is not limited to this.

The IC card 137, which is a recording medium used as a member card in the second embodiment, is a member card issued to a member player by being registered in advance at a game hall. When the member card is issued, an identification code (ID) that can identify the card is registered in the management computer 149 and also recorded in the IC card 137 as in the first embodiment. Also,
At the time of issuing the IC card 137, the personal identification number determined by the member player is registered in the management computer 149 in association with the identification code (ID) of the IC card 137, and when the member card is used. When the holder inputs the password, the identification is performed by comparing the password with the registered password.

The configuration of the IC card 137 used in the second embodiment has a predetermined thickness as shown in FIG.
An EEPROM, which is a nonvolatile memory, is provided at a predetermined position on the outer periphery of the concave portion of the resin base body 181 having the concave portion by tape-to-bonding (TAB) mounting.
(Not shown), a flexible printed board 184 having a pattern coil 183 provided along the outer periphery of the base 181 is inserted from the dedicated microcomputer 182, and The entire surface is covered with a top film 185. These IC cards 137 are inserted into the IC card reader / writer 154, and the electromagnetic waves output from the card reader / writer are converted into the pattern coils 18 by the electromagnetic wave.
3 to generate an induced electromotive force, the dedicated microcomputer 182 is operably energized, and the pattern coil 18
The IC card reader / writer 1 shown in FIG.
A non-contact IC card capable of performing various data communications with the non-contact IC card 54 by electromagnetic waves.

FIG. 15 shows the configuration of the IC card reader / writer 154 of the second embodiment into which these IC cards 137 are inserted.
The IC card reader / writer 15
4 inside the IC card insertion slot 111.
An insertion sensor 197 for detecting insertion of the card 137 and an IC card 13
And a transport roller 187 disposed so as to sandwich the guide rail 198 so that the IC card 137 is moved by being driven and rotated by drive motors 186 and 193. , 188
And a transport belt 191 stretched on one side of the transport rollers 187 and 188, and an electromagnetic solenoid 189 that projects and retracts a stop pin for stopping the transported IC card 137 at a predetermined position. , A communication head 190 for supplying power and data communication to the IC card 137 stopped at a predetermined position, and a control board 192 connected to the above-described units and performing control thereof are provided. A free roller that assists the transfer by free rotation.

Hereinafter, the processing operation of the gaming machine according to the second embodiment will be described according to the gaming situation.

First, a description will be given of the processing status of the ball storage in the gaming machine according to the second embodiment. First, the player operates the issuance device 1 installed at the end of the gaming island 101.
At 45, a prepaid card is purchased, and the purchased prepaid card is inserted into the prepaid card insertion slot 109.

The insertion of the prepaid card is detected by the magnetic card reader / writer 153, and the purchase amount data recorded on the prepaid card, for example, “300”
“0 yen” is read out, and “30 degrees”, which is a frequency based on the purchase price data, is output from the MPU 150 to the score control microcomputer 155 and displayed on the display unit 203.

When the player operates the lending button 201 at the stage where the display is present, a predetermined number of points are lent, and a predetermined number of points are added and displayed on the total score display section 204. As described above, the player can perform the game at the stage where the score is present in the total score display unit 204, and when the score decreases or runs out, the frequency remains on the display unit 203. As described above, the player can repeatedly play a game by repeatedly borrowing points.

In these games, when a "big hit" or the like occurs and a large number of points are present in the total score display section 204, if the point is to be used again as a saving and holding point usable for the game, the game is to be terminated. First, if the member card owned by the user is not inserted, the member card is inserted into the member card insertion slot 111.

When the player operates the return button 202 after the insertion, the acquired score data at that time is output from the score control microcomputer 155 to the MPU 150 together with an end processing instruction, and the MPU 150 outputs the acquired score data. The identification code (I
Together with D), it is output to the management computer 149.

The management computer 149 calculates a new savings point by adding the obtained score to the savings point registered in association with the identification code (ID) received in the member card DB. The data is updated and registered, and the new saving point and the update completion are returned to the MPU 150 of the card unit 4.

In response to the reply, the MPU 150
The member card I via the card reader / writer 154
The new saving point is recorded on the C card 137, and the member card is returned. At this time, if a prepaid card is inserted, the balance data corresponding to the remaining number at that time is recorded on the prepaid card by the magnetic card reader / writer 153, and the prepaid card is also returned.

When a normal player who does not have a membership card ends the game at the stage where an acquired score is present, the acquired score is added to and recorded on the prepaid card in which the acquired score is inserted, and the game is returned. The user brings the prepaid card to the settlement apparatus 210 and inserts the card into the settlement apparatus 210 so that settlement processing of the acquired score, for example, exchange with a special prize is performed.

Next, the processing situation when these saving points are used again for a game will be described with reference to FIGS. 17 (a), (b) and FIG. 18. The member player wants to play the game again. Is inserted into the member card insertion slot 111 of the card unit 103 connected in series.

The insertion of the membership card is detected by the IC card reader / writer 154, and the detection of the insertion of the card is output to the MPU 150. Based on the output, MP
U150 determines that the card is inserted (Sc1), determines whether the card is a membership card (Sc2), and if the insertion is not a membership card, determines that a prepaid card is to be inserted and determines whether the card is a prepaid card. When the processing content of the prepaid card is executed and the insertion is a membership card, the identification code (ID) and the saving point data are read from the membership card and temporarily stored in the memory 152 (Sc3).
At a predetermined time, input of a password from the input unit 105 is waited (Sc4).

When the password is input from the input unit 105 within a predetermined time, the input password is added to the identification code (ID) and the saving point data temporarily stored in the memory 152. The membership card is output to the management computer 149 (Sc5). If the password is not input from the input unit 105 within a predetermined time, the member card is returned (S5).
c16).

Based on the output, the management computer 149
Compares the received data with the data (PIN, savings point) registered in the membership card DB, and returns a license to use the membership card when the comparisons match.

As described above, the saving and holding point data is recorded on both the member card and the management computer 149, and when the data is used, both data are compared with each other. This is preferable because the data can be detected, and even if either of the savings point data is damaged, the data is compensated and the security of the system can be improved. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

It is preferable to perform the personal identification using the personal identification information such as the personal identification number as described above, since the unauthorized use of the member card by the third party can be prevented. It is not limited to this.

Upon receiving the license (Sc6), the MPU 150 waits for the operation of the replay button, and the replay button 108 is operated by the player within a predetermined time from the point of insertion of the membership card. If (S
c7) The process proceeds to Sc8 in which the input unit 105 waits for an input of a reuse unit. When the reuse unit is input within a predetermined time and the enter button 106 is operated, the input reuse unit is validated, and when the reuse unit is not input within the predetermined time, the management computer is used. When the card unit 103 is powered on, the default value reuse unit set together with the commission data is made valid (Sc17). In this description, for example, it is assumed that the reuse unit is input as 50 balls.

In the step Sc7, if the replay button 108 is not operated within a predetermined time, a game using a prepaid card may be performed instead of a replay. Therefore, a prepaid card is inserted. In this case, the process proceeds to the prepaid card processing routine (Sc14). If the prepaid card is not inserted, the member card is returned (Sc16).

Next, the MPU 150 calculates reusable replay points from these reusable units, fees and saving points (Sc9), outputs the replay points to the point control microcomputer 155, and outputs the replay points to the point control microcomputer 155. In addition to the display on the display unit 203, the replay points are also displayed on the reusable point display unit 113 (Sc10).

As described above, the display unit 2 of the pachinko machine 102
Displaying the replay score at 03 is preferable from the viewpoint of improving the visibility of the player, but the present invention is not limited to this.

In the calculation example of the replay points in the second embodiment, as in the case of "MC99APL1-0001" in the first embodiment, the saving point is "3456" and the commission is "0.
2 ”, and“ 5 ”in which the player selects the reuse unit as described above.
To exemplify the case of “0”, the replay score in the second embodiment changes “3456”, which is the number of saved balls, to “1”.
+ Commission (0.2) ”multiplied by“ Reuse Unit (50) ”divided by“ 60 ”, and“ 3456 ”becomes“ 57.
6 ". The number multiplied by the “reuse unit (50)” = 2880 is displayed as the replay score. That is, the method of calculating the replay points in the second embodiment is represented by the following mathematical expressions.

(Equation 2)

In this way, even if the fraction is present, the fee is collected and displayed as a replay point as described above. Although it is preferable because it can be used again for a game, the present invention is not limited to this.

If the player presses the lending button 201 while the replay points are displayed on the display unit 203, the operation is output to the MPU 150 via the point control microcomputer 155 and detected. (Sc11)
It is determined whether the displayed replay score is equal to or greater than the reusable unit (Sc12). If the replay score is equal to or greater than the reusable unit, the score control microcomputer 155 returns to the score control microcomputer 155. While outputting the lending of the score of the use unit, subtracting the score of the reuse unit from the replay score to calculate a new replay score and a saving score, the reusable score display unit 113 and The display on the display unit 203 is updated, and the process returns to the operation waiting state of the lending button 201 in Sc11.

In the determination in Sc12, if the replayed point is equal to or less than the reuse unit, for example, in the above-described calculation example of the replayed point, the return of the “50” point, which is the reuse unit, is repeated. In the case where a fractional “30” point remains at the end, it is determined whether the replay score is “0” (Sc18), and if the determination is “No” Proceeds to the fraction processing routine assuming that there is a fraction, and if the determination is "Yes", the member card is returned (Sc16).

The fraction processing routine will be described with reference to FIG. 17B. Based on the existence of the fraction, the MPU
150 changes the size of the reuse unit "50" to the fraction "30" and outputs the return of the reuse unit (Sc19). As a result, the total score display section 204
In addition, the fraction “30” points is the point control microcomputer 15.
5 is added and displayed, so that the player can use the fraction of the replay points for the game again.

Next, the MPU 150 subtracts the re-use unit “30” from the re-play point “30” and updates the display on the display to “0” (Sc 20). The reuse unit "30" is changed to "125" set by default (Sc
21), the member card is returned (Sc16).

When the return button 202 is operated while the lending button 201 of Sc11 is in an operation waiting state, the operation is output to the MPU 150 via the point control microcomputer 155 and detected (Sc15). ,
The process proceeds to an end processing routine shown in FIG.

The end processing routine will be described with reference to FIG. 18. When the return button 202 is operated, the point control microcomputer 155 invalidates the operation of the hit ball operation handle 115 and sets the total score display section. 2
The acquired score displayed at 04 is output to the MPU 150.

On the basis of the output, the MPU 150 reads the remaining number of saving points at that time, which is sequentially updated and stored in the memory 152, and adds the obtained score to the remaining number of saving points to obtain a new number. The savings point is calculated (Sd1), and the calculated new savings point is output to the management computer 149 together with the identification code (ID) (Sd2).

Receiving the output, the management computer 149 updates the savings point of the member card DB to the received new savings point, and returns a predetermined update completion signal.

If the reply is received (Sc
3), the MPU 150 updates and records the new savings point on the member card, returns the member card, returns to the normal processing routine, and if the reply is not received (Sc3), An error is displayed as an error on the reusable score display unit 113 and reported.

The method of notifying these errors is not limited to the display on the reusable score display unit 113, but
Optional.

(Embodiment 3)

FIG. 19 is a partially cutaway view showing an IC card 300 which is a member card used in the third embodiment.

The equipment configuration of the gaming machine according to the third embodiment is substantially the same as that of the second embodiment. In the second embodiment, the card unit 103 has a storage value conversion unit and a storage value conversion unit. While the reusable means and the stored value processing means are formed, in the third embodiment, each of these means is an IC card 3 which is a member card.
00, the processing contents of the card unit 103 are also different.

The structure of the IC card 300 used in the third embodiment is, as shown in FIG. 19, a predetermined position of the concave portion of a resin base 308 having a predetermined thickness and a concave inside. In addition, a film liquid crystal panel 30 for displaying input contents from an input unit 303 described later and replay points.
1 and a solar cell panel 302 for supplying power to and energizing various devices inside the IC card 300,
These film liquid crystal panel 301 and solar cell panel 30
Reference numeral 2 denotes a liquid crystal driver 305 for driving the liquid crystal panel 301 by tape-to-bonding (TAB) mounting and a dedicated microcomputer 30 for controlling the operation of the IC card 300.
6 is connected to the flexible printed circuit board 304 on which the flexible printed circuit board 304 is mounted, and at a predetermined position on the front surface of the IC card 300, a contact portion formed on the flexible printed circuit board 304 and a pressing operation at a predetermined position corresponding to the contact portion are performed. And a top film 309 that covers the recess in which a conductive contact that enables the contact portion to be made conductive is provided, and an outer peripheral portion of the recess is provided with a wiring pattern of the flexible printed board 304. At the car
A coil 307 is formed for performing power supply and data communication from the IC card reader / writer 154 of the drive unit 103 in a non-contact manner by using electromagnetic waves.

The dedicated microcomputer 306 includes an operation program of the dedicated microcomputer 306 in which processing contents based on the normal processing routine and the insertion processing routine shown in FIGS. 20 and 21 are described. The identification code (ID) individually assigned to
A personal identification number predetermined by the player carrying the C card 300 and various data such as saving points and commission data.
The membership card according to the third embodiment includes a nonvolatile internal memory that stores data and a timer that measures a predetermined time. The membership card according to the third embodiment performs the processing based on the normal processing routine illustrated in FIG. The replay score is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 301 by the card alone without inserting the membership card into the card unit 103.

The IC which is the member card of the third embodiment
The operation of displaying the replay points on the card 300 will be described with reference to FIG. 20. First, the holder of the member card operates in a state where the card is operated by the solar cell panel 302 (waiting for the input of a password, and In the liquid crystal panel 301, a cursor for prompting input is blinked and displayed), and a password determined in advance at the time of issuance of the membership card is input from the input unit 303.

The input is detected by the dedicated microcomputer 306 (Se1), and the dedicated microcomputer 306 compares the inputted password with a password stored in the nonvolatile internal memory. (Se2). Further, at the stage of Se1, which is a state of waiting for input of the personal identification number,
When the member card is inserted into the member card insertion slot 111 of the card unit 103, the connection signal transmitted from the communication head 190 of the IC card reader / writer 154 based on the insertion is received as shown in FIG. The processing shifts to the processing routine at the time of insertion (Se
6).

In the collation of Se2, the collation is "N
G ", the process returns to the wait state for inputting the password of Se1 again. If the collation is" OK ", the data is stored from the non-volatile memory and stored at the time of using the previous card. The read fee and the reusable unit data are read out to calculate the replay score, and the calculated replay score is displayed on the liquid crystal panel 301 (Se3), and the system enters a state for waiting for a fee (Se4).

If a fee is input from the input section 303 within a predetermined time, the replay points are calculated based on the input fee and the display on the liquid crystal panel 301 is updated (Se5).

An example of the calculation of the replay points in the third embodiment will be described for a case where the savings point is “3456”, the fee is “0.4”, and the reuse unit is “50”. The replay score in the third embodiment is obtained by dividing “3456”, which is the number of saved balls, by “70”, which is the number obtained by multiplying the reuse unit “50” by “1 + fee (0.4)”. The integer quotient “49” and the fraction “26” are divided, and the fraction “26” is added to “2450” obtained by multiplying the quotient “49” by the reuse unit “50”. "24
76 "is the replay score. The calculation method of the replay points in the third embodiment is expressed by the following formulas.

(Equation 3)

In this way, the commission is not collected for the fraction, so that the serviceability to the player is improved. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

As described above, in the third embodiment, the player can check the replay score using only the membership card, and can input the fee even if the pachinko machine has a different fee. Thereby, it is possible to easily confirm the replay score on the pachinko machine.

The processing operation of the member card when the member card is used by being inserted into the member card insertion slot 111 of the card unit 103 will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

As described above, when the member card is inserted into the member card insertion slot 111, as shown in Se6, the connection signal is received from the IC card reader / writer 154, and the insertion processing routine shown in FIG. Transition.

After receiving the connection signal, the dedicated microcomputer 306 waits for an output request for the identification code (ID) and the saving point transmitted from the IC card reader / writer 154 (Sf1). Based on the reception, the identification code (ID) and the saving point are read from the nonvolatile memory and transmitted to the IC card reader / writer 154 (Sf2).

The identification code (I) output from the member card
D) and the savings point data are stored in the card unit 10.
3 via the MPU 150
The received data is compared and registered with the registered contents of the member card DB stored in the storage unit in the computer 149, and when the collation matches, a license is returned from the management computer 149. If the collation does not match, the member card is ejected and returned.

The dedicated microcomputer 306 transmits a request for output of fee data to the IC card reader / writer 154 following the output of the identification code (ID) and the savings point (Sf3), and the MPU 150 performs the transmission and the management. The fee data and the reusable unit data stored in the memory 152 are transmitted to the member card based on the reply of the license from the computer 149.

Upon receiving the commission data and the reusable unit data, the dedicated microcomputer 306 compares the contents of the nonvolatile memory with the received data (Sf4). The fee data and the reusable unit data in the nonvolatile memory are updated (Sf
5).

Next, the dedicated microcomputer 306 calculates the replay points based on the updated commission data, the reusable unit data, and the saving points, based on the calculation method shown in the above-described Expression-3.

At this time, if the calculated replay score has the fraction “26” as described above, the “2450” point excluding the fraction is set as the replay score to the IC card reader / writer 154. At the same time as the transmission (Sf6), the return instruction of the fraction "26" points is output (Sf7).

The replay score data received by the IC card reader / writer 154 is displayed on the reusable score display section 113 by the MPU 150 and output to the score control microcomputer 155 to output the score. The instruction to return the fraction “26”, which is also displayed on the display unit 203 and output in Sf7, is output to the point control microcomputer 155 via the MPU 150, and the fraction “2” is output.
"6" points are added and displayed on the total score display section 204.

As described above, in the third embodiment, among the calculated replay points of “2476” points, the fraction “26”, which is a fraction for which no commission is collected, is initially calculated when calculating the replay points. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the return of these fractions is performed when the re-use points are returned by the re-use unit “5”.
It may be performed in addition to the “0” point, or the fraction may be returned by another method.

On the basis of the display of the replay points, the player operates the lend button 201 in the same manner as in the second embodiment to return the score of the reuse unit and to display the total score display section 204. The score of the reuse unit is added and displayed.

The operation of the lending button 201 is output to the MPU 150 via the point control microcomputer 155,
The MPU 150 outputs to the IC card 300 via the IC card reader / writer 154 a request for subtraction of the reuse unit from the replay score.

Based on the reception of this output (Sf8), the dedicated microcomputer 306 compares whether the replay score is equal to or more than the reuse unit (Sf9). In the case described above, the re-use unit is subtracted to calculate a new replay score, and the M card is rewritten via the IC card reader / writer 154.
The signal is output to the PU 150, and the process returns to the state of waiting for a request for subtraction of the reuse unit in Sf8. Each display of the reusable score display unit 113 and the display unit 203 is updated based on the outputted new replay score.

If the return button 202 is operated in the waiting state of Sf8, the MPU 1
50, a termination processing request is output. Based on the reception of the termination processing request, the processing shifts to a predetermined termination processing routine (Sf).
11).

If the replay score is less than the reuse unit in the comparison of Sf9, the dedicated microcomputer 3
06 outputs the subtraction impossible to the MPU 150 via the IC card reader / writer 154 (Sf12), and based on the output, a predetermined end processing routine is executed and the member card is returned.

As in the third embodiment, the member card is provided with saving value conversion means so that the replay points, which are reusable values, can be confirmed. The complexity of visiting and checking the replay points can be eliminated, the convenience of the player can be improved, and the added value of the member card can be increased.

Further, forming the savings value converting means in the member card as in the third embodiment can be reduced by dispersing the processing load of the savings value converting means in these gaming machines. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these savings value conversion means may be formed in a management computer as in the first embodiment, or may be formed in a card unit as in the second embodiment. You may do it.

Further, in the third embodiment, as shown in the step Sf4 of the processing routine at the time of insertion, when the saving point, which is the information of the member card, is output (read out),
It confirms whether the commission data and the reusable unit data have been changed, and if there is a change, updates the commission data and the reusable unit data, but the present invention is not limited to this. The fee data and the reusable unit data may be uniquely updated to new data when the savings point is used, and the updated fee data and the reusable unit data may be used.
By doing so, even if the fee data and the reuse unit data have been tampered with,
The illegal data is updated to regular fee data and reusable unit data, and the replay points are calculated, so that these illegalities can be prevented.

Each element in each of the above embodiments corresponds to the present invention as follows.

Claim 1 of the present invention provides information (identification code (ID), savings point, etc.) which can specify at least the value of the savings value (number of savings balls, savings points) which can be used again for a game. ) Is recorded on the recording medium (member card, IC card 137, 300), and the value of the acquired value (number of acquired balls, acquired score) acquired by the game is determined by the existing saved value (number of saved balls, saved value). Points) or the value of savings value (number of savings balls, savings holding point) minus the size of savings value used for the game again and a predetermined fee and subtract from the size of savings value. Value processing means (management computer 25, MPU 150, dedicated microcomputer 306) for calculating the size of a large value of savings (number of balls to be saved, saving points), and at least the recording medium (member card,
Recording medium processing means (card units 4 and 103) capable of reading recorded information of the IC cards 137 and 300);
Saving value reuse means (management computer 25, MPU 15) for making the size of the savings value (number of savings balls, savings points) specified from the record information usable for a game
0, a dedicated microcomputer 306), in which the player can use the obtained value (number of balls, number of points obtained) obtained in the game again for the game. By specifying the value of the savings from the information, the value of the value of the savings, including the fee, is calculated as a reusable value (the number of reusable balls, Saving value conversion means (management computer 25, MPU 150,
A dedicated microcomputer 306) and a reusable value display means (reusable ball number display unit 6, reusable score) for sequentially displaying the converted size of the reusable value so as to be visible to the player. Display unit 113).

[0143] Claim 2 of the present invention is a storage value management system for collecting and managing the size of the storage value (the number of balls to be saved, the saving points) for each recording medium (member card, IC card 137, 300). Management means (management computers 25, 149)
Is provided.

A third aspect of the present invention resides in that the storage value reuse unit (MPU150) and the storage value conversion unit (MPU150) are the same device (card unit 10).
The fee is formed in 3), and the fee is appropriately output from the savings value management means (the management computer 149) to the savings value conversion means (MPU 150).

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a re-use fee setting means (the management computer 2) capable of appropriately setting the fee.
5, 149, cylinder lock + input unit 105).

[0146] Claim 5 of the present invention is that the re-use fee setting means (management computer 25) is the same device (management computer 25) as well as the savings value management means (management computer 25). It is formed in the management computer 25).

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the recording medium processing means (card unit 103) records the stored value (saving point) on the recording medium (IC card 137, 300). The storage value conversion means (dedicated microcomputer 306).

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the recording medium (IC card 300) has the reusable value display means (film liquid crystal panel 301).

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the storage value conversion means (dedicated microcomputer 306) reads the information of the recording medium (IC card 300) by the recording medium processing means (card unit 103). Then, it is confirmed whether or not the fee has been changed, and if there is a change, the fee is updated.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, a fee when the value of savings (savings points) is used is recorded and updated on the recording medium (IC card 300).

A tenth aspect of the present invention is that the reusable value which can be used at a time by the saving value reusing means (the management computer 25, the MPU 150, the dedicated microcomputer 306) is a predetermined value of the reusable value. It is a unit of use.

The eleventh aspect of the present invention is provided with a reusable unit selecting means (input unit 105) in which a player can select the size of the reusable unit.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in the conversion by the savings value converting means (the management computer 25), a fraction less than the reusable unit is not regarded as a reusable value (the number of reusable balls). It has become.

According to a thirteenth aspect of the present invention, in the conversion of the savings value converting means (MPU 150), when there is a fraction less than the reuse unit, the fraction is set as a new size of the reuse unit. Reusable value (replay score) is set.

According to a fourteenth aspect of the present invention, in the conversion by the savings value conversion means (dedicated microcomputer 306), if there is a fraction less than the reusable unit, the size of the fraction is determined by dividing the fee by the fee. It does not include reusable valuables (number of replayed balls).

The embodiments of the present invention have been described in the above embodiments with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and changes and modifications may be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. Needless to say, the addition is included in the present invention. For example, in the above embodiment, a magnetic card or a non-contact IC card 137 or 300 is used as a recording medium.
However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the IC card may be a contact type,
Further, the magnetic card may be a medium or the like on which a predetermined information recording symbol such as a barcode can be printed, and such a recording medium can record at least the information such as the identification code (ID) in a readable manner. It is not particularly limited as long as it is one.

In the second and third embodiments,
As described above, the savings points are recorded and managed in both the IC cards 137 and 300, which are member cards, and the management computer 149 from the viewpoint of improving the security of the gaming device, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead, these saving points are stored in the management computer 149 or the IC card 13.
7 or 300. When recording on the IC card 137 or 300,
The management computer 149 may be omitted as appropriate.

Further, in the above embodiment, the prepaid card and the membership card are separate members, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a card in which the functions of both these cards are integrated is used. Is also good.

Further, in the above embodiment, the setting of the fee and the reusable unit can be performed by the setting status DB of the management computers 25 and 149, the cylinder lock and the input unit 105. However, the arrangement position and setting method of these fee and reuse unit setting means are arbitrary.

In each of the above embodiments, a reusable unit is used.
Although it is preferable because return control in replay can be simplified, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is not necessary to use these reuse units.

In the second embodiment, the player can input and set the reusable unit from the input unit 105 at the start of the game. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The setting of the reusable unit may be enabled each time the replay points are returned.

In the first embodiment, the counters 22 are shared and operated. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these counters are provided one by one for each pachinko machine 3.
May be used as a game island stand provided as a unit structure.

In each of the above embodiments, the card units 4 and 103 are arranged between the pachinko machines 3 and 102. However, the present invention is not limited to this.
The positions at which the card units 4 and 103 are arranged correspond to the pachinko machines 3 and 102 on a one-to-one basis.
The position is not particularly limited as long as the position is in the vicinity of 102.

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The present invention has the following effects.

(A) According to the first aspect of the present invention, a reusable value that a player can actually use for a game again is calculated from the stored value by the saving value conversion means, and the reusable value is calculated. Since the value is displayed on the available value display means, the player can confirm the magnitude of the reusable value, such as the number of game media that can be replayed, and as a result, the player is uneasy. It can prevent giving a feeling and unnecessary suspicion.

(B) According to the second aspect of the present invention, the savings value of each recording medium is updated and registered in the savings value management means, so that tampering such as falsification of the savings value can be prevented. It is possible to make it harder to perform or to detect these frauds, thereby improving the security of the device.

(C) According to the invention of claim 3, it is possible to reduce the communication capacity between the apparatus in which the savings value reuse means and the savings value conversion means are formed and the savings value management means. Thus, the communication load of the entire apparatus can be reduced.

(D) According to the invention of claim 4, the size of the fee is appropriately changed in accordance with each operation situation in a game hall such as an annual event such as a day of the week and a year-end and New Year holidays, an event, etc. Various operations can be performed.

(E) According to the invention of claim 5, various data required in each processing can be transmitted and received by the respective means in the same apparatus, so that the processing efficiency in the apparatus can be improved.

(F) According to the invention of claim 6, the reusable value is calculated based on the magnitude of the value stored on the recording medium on which the value stored is recorded. Not only can the processing load of the savings value conversion means in the system be reduced by dispersion, but when the savings value management means is used, the savings value is recorded in both the recording medium and the savings value management means. Therefore, tampering with the stored value of the recording medium can be reliably detected, and even if one of the stored value data is damaged, the data can be compensated. It can also be improved.

(G) According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, the number of game media that the player can actually replay on the recording medium without causing the recording medium to be read by the recording medium processing means. And the like, the magnitude of the reusable valuable value can be confirmed.

(H) According to the invention of claim 8, even if the fee is appropriately changed, the fee is changed to the fee changed at the time when the recording medium is used. Can be changed.

(I) According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, even if fraudulent commission data is recorded by falsification, the recording medium processing means managed in the amusement arcade when the recording medium is used by the recording medium processing means. Since regular fees are recorded and updated each time, falsification of these fees can prevent illegal use of the savings value.

(J) According to the tenth aspect, since the reuse value that can be used at a time is a predetermined reuse unit, return control in replay can be simplified.

(K) According to the eleventh aspect of the present invention, the replay based on the reuse unit desired by the player can be performed, thereby improving the serviceability to the player.

(L) According to the twelfth aspect of the invention, the fraction that cannot be replayed is not displayed as reusable value on the reusable value display means, so that the player cannot play the fraction. The necessary confusion can be prevented.

(M) According to the invention of claim 13, even when the fraction exists, the player can use the fraction again for the game.

(N) According to the invention of claim 14, since the commission is not collected at the fraction, the serviceability to the player can be improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an external perspective view showing a game island according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a pachinko machine and a card unit used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the gaming machine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a management computer used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a counter used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display screen based on a membership card database in the management computer used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a display screen based on a setting status database in the management computer used in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a stored ball conversion processing routine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a reuse license processing routine according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is an external perspective view showing a game island according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a front view showing an enclosed pachinko machine and a card unit used in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 12 is a rear view showing an enclosed pachinko machine and a card unit used in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a plan view showing an operation section of the enclosed pachinko machine used in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a game device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a cross-sectional view illustrating a configuration of an IC card reader / writer used in the card unit according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 16 shows a non-contact IC used in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.
It is a partially broken front view showing a card.

FIG. 17A is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a normal processing routine in the MPU of the card unit used in the second embodiment of the present invention. (B) shows Example 2 of the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of a fraction processing routine in the MPU of the card unit used in FIG.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a termination processing routine in the MPU of the card unit used in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a non-contact IC used in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.
It is a partially broken front view showing a card.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a normal processing routine in a dedicated microcomputer of the non-contact IC card used in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a processing routine at the time of insertion in a dedicated microcomputer of a non-contact IC card used in Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Game island 2 Issuing device 3 Pachinko machine 4 Card unit (Recording medium processing means) 5 Operation lamp 6 Reusable ball number display (Reusable value display means) 7 Replay button 8 Prepaid card insertion slot 9 Member card -Return button 10 Member card insertion slot 11 Lending button 12 Frequency display unit 13 Return button 14 Ball-cutting / dispensing unit 15 Display driver 16 Magnetic card reader / writer 17 IC card reader / writer 18 Non-volatile memory 19 Communication unit 20 Microprocessing unit (MPU) 21 communication cable 22 counter 25 management computer (saving value management means,
(Saving value conversion means, saving value re-use means, saving value processing means, re-use fee setting means) 26 Communication interface 27 Display device 28 RAM 29 Storage device 30 Clock device 31 Printing device 32 Data bus 33 Central Arithmetic processing unit (CPU) 34 Communication unit 35 Control unit 36 Display unit 37 Issuing button 38 Counting unit 39 Magnetic card reader 40 Issuing device 41 Memory 10l Gaming island 102 (Enclosed type) Pachinko machine 103 Card unit 104 Operation lamp 105 Input section (reuse fee setting means, reuse unit selection means) 106 OK button 107 Cancel button 108 Replay button 109 Prepaid card insertion slot 110 Eject button 111 Member card insertion slot 112 Cylinder lock (reuse fee setting means) 113 Re Available Point display unit (reusable value display means) 114 transparent plate holding frame 115 hitting operation handle 116 variable winning ball device 117 game area 118 variable display device 119 starting port 120 normal winning port 121 solenoid 122 specific winning ball detector 123 winning Number detector 124 Opening / closing plate 125 Out port 126 Launching ball detector 127 Furl ball entrance 128 Hammer 129 Hitting motor 130 Winning ball collecting gutter 131 Winning ball detector 132 Operation unit 133 Driving ball detector 134 Driving ball collecting gutter 135 Gaming Control board 136 Out ball guiding gutter 137 Non-contact IC card (member card) 138 Foul ball detector 139 Launching ball supply port 140 Rotating plate 141 Solenoid 142 Ball drop gutter 143 Holding point control board 144 Connector section 145 Issuing device 146 Analog display 147 Communication unit 148 Communication cable 149 Management computer 150 Microprocessing unit (MPU;
(Saving value conversion means, saving value reuse means, saving value processing means) 151 display driver 152 memory 153 magnetic card reader / writer 154 IC card reader / writer 155 point control microcomputer 156 game control microcomputer 181 base 182 dedicated microcomputer 183 pattern Coil 184 Flexible printed circuit board 185 Top film 186 Drive motor 187 Carrier roller 188 Carrier roller 189 Electromagnetic solenoid 190 Communication head 191 Carrier belt 192 Control board 193 Drive motor 194 Free roller 197 Insertion sensor 198 Guide rail 200 Board 201 Lending button 202 Return button 203 Display unit 204 Total score display unit 210 Payment device 300 (Non-contact) IC card 301 Film liquid crystal panel (reusable Negotiable value display means) 302 solar panel 303 input unit 304 the flexible printed circuit board 305 LCD driver 306 dedicated microcontroller (savings negotiable value converting means, savings valuable resource reuse means, savings valuable resource processing unit) 307 coil 308 base 309 top film

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A recording medium on which information that can specify at least the magnitude of a savings value that can be used again for a game is recorded, and the magnitude of a value acquired by a game is determined by an existing savings value. The value of the savings value calculated by adding the size of the value of savings or the value of the value of savings used in the game again and subtracting the predetermined commission from the value of the value of savings value Value processing means, recording medium processing means capable of reading at least the recorded information of the recording medium, and stored value reuse means for enabling the magnitude of the stored value specified by the recorded information to be used for a game. In the gaming machine which can use the acquired value obtained by the player in the game again for the game, the stored value is specified from the record information of the recording medium. Saving value conversion means for converting the value of the value of the savings into a reusable value of a size that can be actually reused for the game including the fee, and the converted reusable value. A reusable value display means for sequentially displaying a value of the value to a player so as to be visible to a player. 2. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a stored value management means for collecting and managing the value of the stored value for each recording medium. 3. The savings value reuse unit and the savings value conversion unit are formed in the same device, and the fee is output from the savings value management unit to the savings value conversion unit as appropriate. 3. The gaming device according to claim 1. 4. The gaming machine according to claim 1, further comprising a re-use fee setting means capable of setting the fee appropriately. 5. The gaming machine according to claim 4, wherein said reusable fee setting means is formed in the same apparatus together with said savings value management means and savings value converting means. 6. The gaming device according to claim 1, wherein the recording medium processing means records the stored value on the recording medium, and the storage value conversion means is provided on the recording medium. 7. The gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein said reusable value display means is provided on said recording medium. 8. The storage value conversion means checks whether or not the fee has been changed when the information on the recording medium is read out by the recording medium processing means, and when the information has been changed, determines whether the fee has been changed. The gaming device according to claim 6, wherein the game device is updated. 9. The gaming machine according to claim 6, wherein a fee when the stored value is used is recorded and updated in the recording medium. 10. The game according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the reusable value made available at a time by said saving value reusing means is a reusable unit of a predetermined size. apparatus. 11. A reusable unit selecting means for allowing a player to select the size of the reusable unit.
0. The gaming device according to 0. 12. The gaming machine according to claim 10, wherein, in the conversion of the stored value conversion means, a fraction less than the reusable unit is not regarded as a reusable value. 13. In the conversion of the savings value converting means, if there is a fraction less than the reusable unit, the fraction is set as a reusable value as a size of a new reusable unit. The gaming device according to 10 or 11. 14. In the conversion by the savings value conversion means, if there is a fraction less than the reusable unit, the size of the fraction is regarded as a reusable value not including the commission. The gaming device according to 10 or 11.