JP2001212343A - Data control system for game board - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a data control system for a game board capable of simply reconstituting the system and building up the system in a short time even when a plurality of game boards are replaced. SOLUTION: Each of a plurality of game boards (11) constituting a game board island is provided with a LAN(local area network) terminal device 16 transmitting the state information of the game board (11) obtained from a game board control device as the game board information by the Internet protocol, a first radio communication device (17) connected to the LAN terminal device (16) and communicating the game board information via the space, a second radio communication device (18) disposed on the ceiling between the game board islands and making communication with the first radio communication device (17) via the space, a router device (31) having an island data hub function controlling the address of each game board and transmitting the game board information received by the second radio communication device by the Internet protocol, and a data control computer device receiving the game board information from the LAN terminal device (16) via the router device (31) by the Internet protocol and controlling the game board information.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data management system for collecting and managing game console information from each game console on a gaming console island in which a plurality of gaming consoles are arranged via an inter-sandwich. The present invention relates to a game console data management system that can easily reconfigure a system even when a plurality of game consoles on an island are replaced.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Pachinko and other game consoles in pachinko halls have become increasingly electronic, and the range of entertainment that users can enjoy is expanding. Accordingly, for example, in a conventional pachinko hall, only a small amount of information could be transmitted by a call lamp or the like provided above the game console, but an image display device capable of displaying a large amount of information was provided by each pachinko machine. This image display device is arranged at an upper position of a game console, and as a game console information display device for displaying information at a game console, information on a game trouble, information on a use explanation of a gaming machine, and information on a time can be notified to a player. (For example, see Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-177988), and further, information such as the number of jackpots and the number of times of establishment fluctuations for a desired pachinko machine is provided by a data terminal device provided at a predetermined location in the pachinko hall. The information on the previous day, the information on the two days before, and the like can be known.

[0003] In the pachinko hall, a data management system is constructed to collect and manage the state information of each of the gaming machines, and a part of this information is transmitted to the player. This is because the system is configured to be provided as part of the service.

[0004]

As described above, in the pachinko hall, the computerization of the game consoles is advanced, and even when a system for collecting data from the game consoles is constructed, all of the game consoles are required. Is connected to one hall management computer to change the configuration of an online data management system that collects data from each game console.
A network such as a (local area network) is configured to configure a network-type data management system.

[0005] By the way, gaming tables such as pachinko machines are subject to rapid changes in fashion, and are easily bored by players who continue playing for a while, so that pachinko hall managers are required to play the game every predetermined period. It is necessary to repeat changing the table or replacing the table with a new game table.

[0006] At that time, when the gaming machines are replaced, a data management system that collects and manages information from a plurality of gaming machines already constructed in the pachinko hall also corresponds to the replaced gaming machine each time. The system must be rebuilt. Such work must be done in a short period of time, but in this case, the work of replacing multiple game consoles, connecting the power wiring of each game console, and collecting data from each game console The work of network wiring constituting the management system and the work of updating the data management system have to be performed, and the work is complicated, and there is a problem that the work cannot be completed in a short time. In particular, there has been a problem that the work of network wiring constituting a data management system for collecting data from each game console and the work of updating the data management system are complicated and cannot be completed in a short time.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a plurality of gaming consoles on a gaming console island in which a plurality of gaming consoles are lined up via a sandwich between platforms. In a data management system that collects and manages information, a game console data management system that can easily reconfigure the system even if multiple game consoles are replaced and can start up the system in a short time. is there.

[0008]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a data management system for a game console, in which a plurality of game consoles are arranged in a row via a sandwich between tables. A plurality of gaming tables (11) constituting a gaming table island, and a LAN terminal device (16) provided for each gaming table and transmitting state information in the gaming table obtained from the gaming board control device as gaming table information by Internet protocol (16) When,
A first wireless communication device (17) which is provided near each game console and is connected to the LAN terminal device and communicates the game console information via a space; A second wireless communication device (18) that is provided on a ceiling between the game console islands and communicates with the first wireless communication device via a space, and assigns an address to each game console; A router device (31) having an island data hub function of transmitting the game console information received by the second wireless communication device by the Internet protocol, and game console information from the LAN terminal device via the router device by the Internet protocol; And a data management computer device (30) for receiving and receiving the gaming table information.

[0009] In addition to the above features, the data management system for a game console according to the present invention may further comprise the first wireless communication device provided inside the dressing box of the game console information display device provided above each game console. Is provided.

[0010] In the game console data management system according to the present invention, in addition to the features described above, the first wireless communication device is further provided in an inter-stand sandwich between each of the game consoles on the game console island. And

[0011] In the gaming machine day management system having such features, even when the positions of the gaming machines on the gaming island are exchanged or replaced with new gaming machines, each of the exchanged gaming machines is replaced with a new one. It is only necessary to connect the game board control device of the game table to a LAN terminal device provided for each game table by, for example, connector connection of the game table island. Each address (IP address) assignment to each game console for data collection from each game console is performed by, for example, a DCHP function (dynamic) by a LAN terminal device performing communication by the Internet protocol and a router device performing the address assignment. Since this is automatically performed by an address assignment function based on the host configuration protocol, no work for each network configuration is required. As a result, the system can be easily reconfigured even if a plurality of gaming tables are replaced, and the system can be started up in a short time.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a pachinko hall provided with a data management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows an example in which two pachinko islands (game arcades) are provided in the hall,
The symbol A is attached to the pachinko island, and the symbol B is attached to the second pachinko island. In each of Pachinko Island A and B,
Correspondingly, router devices 31 and 32 for each island and island-side wireless communication devices 18 and 19 are installed. The gaming machine information generated at the gaming machines 11a... 11b in each of the pachinko islands A and B is transmitted from the LAN terminal device provided corresponding to each gaming machine to the gaming machine side wireless communication device (1).
7a..., 17b.
The island-side wireless communication devices 18 and 19 transmit the received gaming table information to the router devices 31 and 32 for the respective islands. Each of the island router devices 31 and 32 has an island data hub function of communicating game console information from each of the game consoles 11a..., 11b. Are connected to a signal line of an Ethernet data bus and transmitted to the data management computer device 30.

The game console information here includes, for example, game information such as a jackpot occurrence signal, a signal of occurrence of a change in establishment, a start signal, an out signal, a safe signal, a winning signal, and a special prize signal, and operation information of the game console ( (Vacant seat status signal, each lamp blinking signal). In other words, basic information for managing each game console output from a peripheral device provided in each game console or inter-stand sand is included. These signals are signals detected from the game board control device and signals detected from sensors provided around the game console.

A data management computer device 30 for managing gaming machine information for managing a pachinko hall collects gaming machine information from each of the pachinko islands A and B, performs data processing, and generates management data. For example, processing information such as jackpot number information and ranking information and statistical information are generated, and based on the processing information and statistical information, each of the gaming tables 11a.
11b ... are managed.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a communication path system for transmitting game console information generated from the game console. As shown in FIG. 2, each gaming table 11 is provided with a LAN terminal device 16 on a gaming board controlled by a gaming board control device 15, and the LAN terminal device 16 is controlled by the LAN terminal device 16. The ball supply device 12, the gaming table information display device 13, and the ball rental device 14, which are controlled by the information, are connected to each other. LA
The N terminal device 16 is configured to include a computer device having a storage device and a data processing device, and stores game machine information, controls peripheral devices of the game machine and manages information, communication control that supports an Ethernet protocol, and the like. Is performed. In addition, the LAN terminal device 16 is connected to each of the island router devices 31 via the gaming table side wireless communication device 17 and the island side wireless communication device 18.

The game-station-side wireless communication device 17 is disposed near the game console, and is provided, for example, inside a dressing box of the game-station information display device 13 provided above each game console 11,
Or, it is provided on the upper part of the ball lending device 14 that forms a sandwich between tables between each gaming table. Gaming stand side wireless communication device 17
The island-side wireless communication device 18 establishes a physical communication path between the LAN terminal device 16 and the router device 31 by a plurality of channels using electromagnetic waves or infrared rays, respectively. Is established and T
Communication control by CP / IP is performed.

In the communication control between the LAN terminal device 16 and the router device 31, an address assignment process for each game console (LAN terminal device) and a communication control (TCP / IP) process using the Internet protocol are performed.
The N terminal device 16 includes an Ethernet control unit for controlling an Ethernet connection (not shown), an IP control unit for processing an Internet protocol, a TCP control unit for controlling a transmission control protocol, and a DHCP client for executing client processing of a dynamic host configuration protocol. In response to this, the router device 31 for each island includes an Ethernet control unit for controlling an Ethernet connection, an IP relay control unit for relaying an Internet protocol, and a server process for a dynamic host configuration protocol. A DHCP server unit to execute is provided.

With such a configuration, when each game console starts operating, the DHCP client unit of the LAN terminal device 16 accesses the DHCP server unit of the router device 31 and thereby, based on the dynamic host configuration protocol. The local Internet address is automatically assigned to each island, and each game console (L
The network setting of the AN terminal device is automatically performed,
A system update is performed.

FIG. 3 shows an arrangement position of a wireless communication device installed near the game console and an arrangement of a blank communication device connected to a router device for each island installed on the ceiling between the game console islands. It is a figure explaining a position. In the game console data management system of the embodiment described here, the gaming console-side wireless communication device 17
As shown in FIG. 3, a plurality of gaming tables 11 are provided inside a dressing box of a gaming table information display device provided above each gaming table, and a plurality of gaming tables 11 are arranged in a row via an inter-table sand 20. Wireless communication device 18 on the ceiling between pachinko islands
Is provided. The island-side wireless communication device 18 is connected to the data management computer device 30 via the router device 31 for each island.

Thus, even when the positions of the respective gaming tables 11 on the pachinko island are exchanged or replaced with new gaming tables 11, each of the replaced gaming tables 1 can be used.
A game board control device (15: FIG. 2) is connected to a LAN provided for each game console 11 by, for example, connector connection.
The terminal device (16: FIG. 2) only needs to be connected to the terminal device (16: FIG. 2), and the address (IP address) assignment to each pachinko machine for data collection is performed by the router device 31 for each island using the Internet protocol. For example, DC included in the LAN terminal device (16: FIG. 2)
This is performed automatically by the HP function. For this reason, network setting work is not required for reconfiguration of each network. As a result, the system can be easily reconfigured even if a plurality of gaming tables are replaced, and the system can be started up in a short time.

In the gaming machine data management system of the embodiment described here, the gaming machine side wireless communication device 17 is provided inside the dressing box of the gaming machine information display device provided above each gaming machine 11. However, instead of this, the gaming machine side wireless communication device 17
May be installed at the position of the inter-sandwich 20 provided between them. Also in this case, by connecting the connector to the LAN terminal device provided corresponding to each game console, the work of network wiring is completed, and the system is automatically reconfigured.

[0022]

As described above, according to the configuration of the game console data management system of the present invention, a plurality of gaming consoles are arranged in a row through the sandwich between the gaming consoles, and each of the gaming consoles in each of the gaming console islands receives the information. In a data management system that collects and manages gaming console information, a gaming console data management system that can easily reconfigure the system even when multiple gaming consoles are replaced and that can start up the system in a short time. it can.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a pachinko parlor provided with a data management system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a circuit configuration of a communication path system for transmitting game console information generated from the game console.

FIG. 3 shows an arrangement position of a wireless communication device installed near a game console and an arrangement position of a blank communication device connected to a router device for each island installed on a ceiling between game islands. FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11, 11a ..., 11b ... Game table 12 Ball supply device 13 Game table information display device 14 Ball lending device 15 Game board control device 16 LAN terminal device 17, 17a ..., 17b ... Game table radio communication device 18, 19 Island side Wireless communication device 20 Sand between 30 30 Data management computer device 31, 32 Router device for each island

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of game consoles arranged in a row via a sandwich between tables to constitute a game console island, and state information on the game console provided for each game console and obtained from a game board control device. A LAN terminal device that transmits the game console information as an amusement console information by an Internet protocol, a first wireless communication device provided near each amusement console and connected to the LAN terminal device to communicate the amusement console information through a space; A second wireless communication device that is provided on a ceiling between gaming console islands in which a plurality of gaming consoles are arranged via a sandwich between the devices and communicates with the first wireless communication device via a space; A router device having an island data hub function of allocating an address to each gaming console and transmitting the gaming console information received by the second wireless communication device by an Internet protocol; Amusement machine data management system characterized by comprising a data management computer for managing the receipt the gaming table information amusement machine information via the router device by Internet protocols. 2. The data management system according to claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication device is provided inside a dressing box of a game console information display device provided above each game console. Management system. 3. The data management system according to claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication device is provided in an inter-stand sandwich between respective game consoles on the game console island.