JP2002136745A - Management system of parking lot for game hall - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically manage a parking lot by utilizing existing parking lot facilities as they are. SOLUTION: An entrance gate 14 and an exit gate 16 are installed at the entrance and exit of the parking lot 13 and a parking ticket issuing machine 17 for issuing a parking ticket in which the time of entering the parking lot is written and opening the entrance gate is installed near the entrance gate. A card reader for reading individual information from a member card is respectively installed to plural game stands 12 and game time measured from the time of inserting the member card to the card reader and the time of pulling it out is stored in a data base. A data processor 27 for specifying a customer owning the member card by reading the member card, reading the game time of the specified customer from the data base, computing discount data and writing them to the parking ticket is installed at a prescribed place. An adjustment machine 18 for calculating a parking fee from the time of the entry and the discount data written in the parking ticket, displaying it and opening the exit gate when the parking fee is paid is installed near the exit gate.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for managing a parking lot dedicated to a game arcade provided near a game arcade such as a pachinko parlor or a game center.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this kind of parking lot management system, an entrance gate and an exit gate are installed at an entrance and an exit of a parking lot, a prepaid card is issued, an entry time is written, and a card issuance that opens and closes the entrance gate. A machine is provided near the entrance gate, and when the prepaid card is inserted into the ball lending machine and the ball is borrowed, the ball lending machine writes the used code on the prepaid card and further writes the used code on the prepaid card. There is disclosed a parking lot management device for a game arcade in which a checkout machine for detecting whether or not the vehicle is open and closing the exit gate is provided in the vicinity of the exit gate (JP-A-5-6873).
No. 9).

In the parking lot management system for a game arcade constructed as described above, first, when a customer inserts cash into a card issuing machine at the entrance of the parking lot and purchases a prepaid card, the entrance gate opens and the car is parked. You can enter the parking lot. At this time, the card issuing machine writes the entry time on the prepaid card. Next, when the customer borrows a ball with the prepaid card using a ball lending machine in the amusement arcade, the ball lending machine writes the used code on the prepaid card assuming that the game has been implemented. Further, when the customer inserts the prepaid card into the payment machine at the exit of the parking lot and the payment machine detects the writing of the used code on the prepaid card, it judges that the use of the parking lot is intended for a game. Open the exit gate. On the other hand, if the checkout machine does not detect the use of the used code on the prepaid card, that is, if the use of the parking lot is for a purpose other than a game, the parking fee is determined from the relationship between the entry time written on the prepaid card and the current time. Is calculated, and the entrance gate is opened after detecting the input of the parking fee to the checkout machine.

[0004]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional parking lot management apparatus disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-68739, a prepaid card is issued near the entrance of the parking lot. The card issue machine must be installed near the exit of the parking lot to read the used code written on the prepaid card. was there. Here, the existing parking lot equipment is a parking ticket issuing machine that is provided near the entrance of the parking lot, issues a parking ticket in which the entry time is written, and opens and closes the entrance gate, and is provided near the exit of the parking lot. And a payment machine that calculates and displays the parking fee from the entry time, the discount data, and the current time written in the parking ticket, and opens the exit gate when the parking fee is paid. It is an object of the present invention to provide a management system for a game hall parking lot, which can automatically manage a parking lot by using existing parking lot equipment as it is. Another object of the present invention is to install a data processor near a parking lot entrance that exits from a game arcade to a parking lot, thereby avoiding customer detours and preventing forgetting to write discount data on a parking ticket, An object of the present invention is to provide a management system for a game hall parking lot.

[0005]

The invention according to claim 1 is
As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a membership card 20 which is issued to the customer by the game hall 11 and stores personal information of the customer,
A parking lot 13 provided near the game hall 11 for parking a customer's automobile, and an entrance gate 1 installed at the entrance of the parking lot 13
4 and an exit gate 16 installed at the exit of the parking lot 13
And a parking ticket issuing machine 17 that is installed near the entrance gate 14 and writes the time of entering the parking lot 13 and that opens the entrance gate 14, and a plurality of gaming tables 12 of the game hall 11. A card reader 22 provided for reading personal information by inserting a membership card 20;
The customer's playing time or the membership card 2 measured from the insertion time and the removal time of the member card 20 into the card reader 22
A database 24 that stores the amount of money inserted into the gaming table 12 measured by inserting 0 into the gaming machine 12 and a member card 20 installed at a predetermined place in the game arcade 12 to read the member card 20 to identify the customer and identify the customer. The game time or the amount of money to be inserted into the gaming table 12 is read from the database 24 and the parking ticket 19 is read.
To insert the parking ticket 19 installed near the exit gate 16 and the data processor 27 which calculates discount data from the customer's game time or the amount inserted into the gaming table 12 and writes the discount data into the parking ticket 19. The parking lot is calculated and displayed from the entry time and the discount data written in the parking ticket 19, and the checkout machine 18 is provided with a checkout machine 18 that opens the exit gate 16 when the parking fee is paid. It is a management system.

In the parking lot management system according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the customer first stops in the entrance gate 14 of the parking lot 13 in a car, the parking ticket issuing machine 17 After writing the current time (entrance time), the parking ticket 19 is issued. The customer is a parking ticket 19
Then, the parking ticket issuing machine 17 opens the entrance gate 14 so that the customer can park the car in the parking lot 13. Next, the customer enters the game room 11 and sits in front of a predetermined game table 12, inserts the membership card 20 into the card reader 22 of the game field 12, and then inserts coins and the like into the game table 12 to play the game. have fun. At this time, the card reader 22
0 is read, the personal information is stored in the database 24 and the member card 2
The database 24 stores the time from when the card 0 is inserted into the card reader 22 to when it is removed (game time) or the amount of money that the customer has inserted into the gaming table 12 between the time that the member card 20 is inserted and the time that it is removed (the amount of money inserted). Is stored.

When the customer finishes the game at the gaming table 12 and returns, the data processor 27 reads the membership card 20 and inserts the parking ticket 19. At this time, the data processor 2
7 reads out the personal information from the member card 20 and specifies the customer who owns the member card 20, reads out the game time of the specified customer or the amount of money put into the game console 12 from the database 24, and reads out the game time or The discount data is calculated from the amount of money inserted into the gaming table 12 and written into the parking ticket 19. Thereafter, the customer gets on his / her car with the membership card 20 and the parking ticket 19 and inserts the parking ticket 19 into the checkout machine 18 at the exit gate 16. Discount data and current time (exit time)
Calculate and display the parking fee. At this time, when the customer inputs the displayed parking fee into the payment machine 18, the payment machine 18
Opens the exit gate 16 so that the customer can exit the parking lot 13.

[0010] The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, and furthermore, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a predetermined place where the data processor 27 is installed is located between the game hall 12 and the parking lot 13. In the vicinity of the parking lot entrance 26 leading to In the management system for the amusement park parking lot according to the second aspect, since the data processor 27 is installed near the entrance 26 for the parking lot, the data processor 27 is provided to the data processor 27 on the way to the parking lot 13. The member card 20 can be read and the parking ticket 19 can be inserted. As a result, there is no need to make the data processor 27 read the member card 20 and insert the parking ticket 19 around the game arcade 11, and it is possible to prevent forgetting to write discount data on the parking ticket 19.

The invention according to claim 3 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, wherein discount data is written to the parking ticket 19 by the data processor 27 as shown in FIGS. The data of the customer's game time or the amount of money inserted into the game console 12 stored in the database 24 is deleted, or the data of the customer's game time or the amount of money inserted into the game console 12 is marked with a discount. It is characterized by being comprised so that. In the management system of the amusement park parking lot according to the third aspect, when the first customer causes the data processing machine 27 to read the membership card 20 and insert the parking ticket 19, the data processing machine 27 Write the discount data to 19. Thereafter, the first customer lends his / her membership card 20 to the second customer, and the second customer causes the data processor 27 to read the first customer's membership card 20 and the second customer's parking ticket. Even if 19 is inserted, the game time of the first customer stored in the database 24 is marked as erased or discounted, so that discount data is written on the parking ticket 19 of the second customer. I can't.

[0010] The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 1 or 2, and further includes, as shown in FIGS. It is characterized in that data of the amount of money to be inserted is managed on a daily basis. In the management system for the parking lot for a game arcade according to the fourth aspect, the game time of the customer or the amount of money to be inserted into the game console 12 is targeted for discount data only on that day, and the game time or the game console over a plurality of days is used. It is possible to prevent the sum of the amount of money input into the unit 12 from being accumulated.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a parking lot 13 for parking a customer's car is provided next to a pachinko parlor 11 where a number of pachinko machines 12 are arranged. In this parking lot 13, an entrance gate 14 installed at the entrance of the parking lot 13,
An exit gate 16 installed at the exit of the parking lot 13, a parking ticket issuing machine 17 installed near the entrance gate 14, and a checkout machine 18 installed near the exit gate 16 are provided. The parking ticket issuing machine 17 has a ticket issuing unit (not shown) for issuing a parking ticket 19 (FIG. 2) in which the time of entry into the parking lot 13 is written, and an entrance gate drive unit for opening and closing the entrance gate 16. The settlement machine 18 also includes a settlement ticket insertion slot (not shown) for inserting a parking ticket 19, a settlement ticket reading unit for reading entry time and discount data written on the parking ticket 19, an entry time and discount data. It includes a calculation unit for calculating a parking fee from the current time, a display unit for displaying the parking fee, a parking fee input unit for inputting a parking fee, and an exit gate drive unit for opening and closing the exit gate 16. The entrance gate 14,
The exit gate 16, the parking ticket issuing machine 17 and the checkout machine 18 are known, and are configured so that existing parking facilities can be used as they are.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, the pachinko parlor 11 issues a membership card 20 to the customer in advance, and the membership card 20 stores the customer's personal information. A ball lending machine 21 is provided at the left corner of each of the plurality of pachinko machines 12, and a card reader 22 is provided at the left of the ball lending machine 21. The ball lending machine 21 has a coin insertion slot 21a into which coins or bills or a prepaid card can be inserted, and a ball ejection mechanism (shown in the drawing) for outputting pachinko balls of a number corresponding to the inserted amount of coins or the like to the tray 12a of the pachinko machine 12. And an insertion amount detection sensor 21b for detecting an insertion amount to the coin or the like insertion opening 21a. The card reader 22 has a first card insertion slot 22a into which the member card 20 can be inserted, and a first reading unit 22b for reading personal information written on the member card 20.

The pachinko parlor 11 has a management computer 2
3 (FIGS. 1 and 2), the management computer 23 stores the payout information of all the pachinko machines 12 (the operation status of each pachinko machine, the number of special prizes, the special prize probability, the number of payouts and the number of start times). It is configured to store and manage in the database 24 (FIG. 2). Further, the control input of the management computer 23 is connected to each detection output of the input amount detection sensor 21b and the first reading unit 22b, and the control output of the management computer 23 is connected to the database 24. The database 24 stores, in the database 24, the customer's game time measured from the time at which the member card 20 is inserted into the first card slot 22a and the time at which the member card 20 is removed (the time during which the member card 20 is inserted into the card reader 22 is regarded as the game time) ) And the amount of money inserted into the coin insertion slot 21a measured while the member card 20 is inserted into the first card insertion slot 22a are stored in association with the personal information.

In addition, a predetermined location of the pachinko parlor 11, that is, a parking lot entrance 2 leading from the pachinko parlor 11 to the parking lot 13.
6 (FIG. 1) is provided with a data processor 27 (FIGS. 1 and 2). The data processor 27 is a member card 20
, A second reading unit (not shown) for reading personal information from the membership card 20 and reading the game time of the customer from the database 24, and a parking ticket 19 Insertion slot 27 for writing
b (FIG. 2), a discount calculation unit (not shown) for calculating discount data from the customer's game time, and a ticket writing unit (not shown) for writing the discount data calculated by the discount calculation unit into the parking ticket 19.
And Here, the discount data refers to a discount rate or a discount amount of a parking fee, or a discount time of a parking time. In this embodiment, a discount rate of a parking fee is used as discount data. As a specific example of this parking rate discount rate,
If the game time at the pachinko parlor 11 is one hour, the parking rate discount rate is 10%, if it is two hours, the parking rate discount rate is 20%, and if it is 10 hours or more, the parking rate discount rate 100% (parking fee: free). When discount data is written to the parking ticket 19 by the data processor 27, the customer's game time data stored in the database 24 is erased, or the customer's game time data is marked with a discount mark. Is done. Further, the data of the game time of the customer stored in the database 24 is managed on a daily basis.

The operation of the pachinko parlor management system thus constructed will be described. First, member card 20
Is stopped at the entrance gate 14 of the parking lot 13 after riding in a car, the ticket issuing unit of the parking ticket issuing machine 17 writes the current time (entrance time) on the parking ticket 19, and then the parking ticket 10 Issue When the customer picks up the parking ticket 19 from the ticket issuing unit, the entrance gate driving unit of the parking ticket issuing machine 17 opens the entrance gate 14, so that the customer can enter the parking lot 13 while riding a car and go to a vacant place. Can park. Next, the customer enters the pachinko parlor 11 with the membership card 20 and the parking ticket 19, and the pachinko parlor 12
After the member card 20 is inserted into the first card insertion slot 22a of the card reader 22 at the left corner of the pachinko machine 12, coins or bills are inserted into the coin slot 21a of the ball lending machine 21 next to the member card 20. Or, insert a prepaid card and borrow a pachinko ball to enjoy a pachinko game. At this time, the first reading unit 22b of the card reader 22 reads the personal information stored in the member card 20, so that the management computer 23 stores the personal information in the database 24 and stores the member card 20 in the first card. Insertion port 2
The time from the time of insertion into 2a to the time of extraction is measured, and the time is regarded as a game time and stored in the database 24.

When the customer moves to another pachinko machine 12,
As described above, after inserting the membership card 20 into the first card insertion slot 22a of the card reader 22 at the left corner of the pachinko machine 12, inserting coins or the like into the ball lending machine 21 next to the member to borrow the pachinko balls. Enjoy pachinko games. At this time, the first reading unit 22b of the card reader 22 reads the personal information stored in the member card 20, so that the management computer 23 stores the personal information in the database 24 and stores the member card 20 in the first card. Measure the time from the time of insertion into the insertion port 22a to the time of removal,
The time is added to the game time and stored in the database 24.

When the customer finishes the pachinko game and returns, he inserts the membership card 20 into the second card insertion slot 27a of the data processor 27 installed near the entrance 26 for the parking lot and inserts the writing ticket insertion slot. Parking ticket 19 on 27b
Insert At this time, the second reading unit 27a of the data processor 27 reads the personal information from the membership card 20 to specify the customer who owns the membership card 20, and reads out the game time of the specified customer from the database 24 to obtain a discount. The calculation unit calculates the discount rate of the parking fee from the game time, and the ticket writing unit calculates the discount rate of the parking fee to the parking ticket 1.
Write in 9. At this time, the customer's game time data stored in the database 24 is deleted or the customer's game time data is marked with a discount, so that the member card 20 is read by the data processor 27 again. Even if another parking ticket 10 is inserted, the discount rate of the parking fee is not written in the other parking ticket 19.

The customer takes his / her car with the membership card 20 discharged from the second card insertion slot 27a and the parking ticket 19 discharged from the writing ticket insertion slot 27b, stops at the exit gate 16, and temporarily stops. Insert the parking ticket 19 into the checkout ticket insertion slot. At this time, the payment ticket reading unit of the payment machine 18 reads the entry time and the discount rate written on the parking ticket 19,
The settlement calculation unit calculates the parking fee from the entrance time, the discount rate, and the current time (exit time), and the parking fee is displayed on the display unit. When the customer inputs the parking fee displayed on the display unit into the parking fee input unit, the exit gate drive unit opens the exit gate 16, so that the customer can exit the parking lot 13. On the other hand, when the customer leaves the parking lot a few hours later without playing any pachinko game at the pachinko parlor 12, the payment machine 1
The settlement operation unit 8 calculates the parking fee by setting the discount rate of the parking fee to zero. Furthermore, since the game time stored in the database is subject to the discount rate (discount data) of the parking fee only on that day, the accumulation of the game time over the next day can be prevented.

In this embodiment, a pachinko parlor is described as a game arcade, but a game center or other game arcade may be used. A pachinko parlor is cited as a game table, but a slot table, a game machine, or other game machines may be used. It may be a stand. Further, in this embodiment, the data processor calculates the discount rate of the parking fee based on the game time. However, the discount amount of the parking fee or the discount time of the parking time may be calculated based on the game time. In this embodiment, the parking lot is provided next to the pachinko parlor (game room). However, if the parking lot is near the pachinko parlor (game hall), the parking lot is located across the road of the pachinko parlor (game hall). Alternatively, it may be provided behind a pachinko parlor (game room). Further, in this embodiment, the personal information of the customer is read from the member card by inserting the member card into the slot-shaped second reading section of the data processor. The customer's personal information may be read from the membership card by inserting and sliding into the second reading unit of the data processor, or the member card (with a built-in RFID tag) may be read out of the second reading unit of the data processor (by transmitting a radio wave to the RFID tag). Then, the personal information of the customer may be read from the membership card.

Further, in this embodiment, the game time of the customer, which is measured from the time at which the member card is inserted into and withdrawn from the card reader, is stored in the database, and the data processor reads the game time of the customer from the database; The discount data was calculated from this game time, but the amount of money put into the pachinko machine (gaming machine) of the customer measured while the member card was inserted into the card reader was stored in the database, and the data processing machine was used by the pachinko machine of the customer. May be read out from the database and discount data may be calculated from the input amount. In this case, regardless of the playing time, the greater the amount of money inserted into the pachinko machine by the customer, the higher the rate or amount of discount of the parking fee or the higher the discount rate of the parking time, as long as the parking fee does not become negative, or the discount time of the parking time. Is configured to increase.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, a parking ticket issuing machine for issuing a parking ticket and opening an entrance gate is installed near the entrance gate, and a plurality of card readers for reading personal information from a membership card are provided. Installed in each of the gaming tables, the database stores the playing time or the amount of money inserted into the gaming table by inserting the member card into the card reader, identifies the customer holding the member card, and specifies the playing time or Install a data processor that reads the amount of money to be inserted into the gaming table from the database, calculates the discount data, and writes it to the parking ticket at a predetermined place, and further calculates the parking fee from the entry time and the discount data written on the parking ticket. A checkout machine that calculates and displays the information and opens the exit gate when paying the parking fee is installed near the exit gate, so that the existing parking facilities can be used as it is, It is possible to automatically discount the parking fee in accordance with the of the game turned on the amount of time or to the gaming table. As a result, it is possible to automatically manage the parking lot of the game hall with a relatively small investment.

If the predetermined place where the data processing machine is installed is near a parking lot entrance leading from the game hall to the parking lot, the customer is caused to read the membership card on the way to the parking lot. In addition, since a parking ticket can be inserted, there is no need to make the data processor read the membership card and bypass the game arcade to insert the parking ticket, and prevent forgetting to write the discount data of the parking fee on the parking ticket. it can. Also, when writing discount data on the parking ticket by the data processor, if the data such as the customer's game time etc. stored in the database is deleted, or if the customer's game time etc. data is marked as discounted, After the game time and the like stored in the database are once used to write the discount data on the parking ticket, the above-mentioned discount data will not be written on another parking ticket again. Furthermore, if the data of the customer's game time and the like stored in the database is managed for each day, the game time and the like are subject to discount data only for that day, so that the accumulation of the game time and the like over a plurality of days can be prevented. .

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view of a pachinko parlor and a parking lot according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram including the card reader, a database, and a data processor.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Pachinko parlor (gaming arcade) 12 Pachinko parlor (gaming arcade) 13 Parking lot 14 Entrance gate 16 Exit gate 17 Parking ticket issuing machine 18 Settlement machine 19 Parking ticket 20 Member card 22 Card reader 24 Database 26 Parking entrance / exit 27 Data processing Machine

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing from the front page (72) Inventor Norio Makimura 275 Soyodo-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa F-term in Amano Corporation (reference) 2C088 BB07 BB11 CA01 CA07 CA09 CA31 CA35

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A membership card (20) which is issued to a customer by a game hall (11) and stores personal information of the customer; and a car provided in the vicinity of the game hall (11) for parking the car of the customer. A parking lot (13), an entrance gate (14) installed at the entrance of the parking lot (13), an exit gate (16) installed at the exit of the parking lot (13), and the entrance gate (14 A parking ticket issuing machine (17) that is installed in the vicinity and issues a parking ticket (19) in which the time of entry to the parking lot (13) is written and opens the entrance gate (14); A card reader (22) provided on each of a plurality of gaming tables (12) and reading the personal information by inserting the membership card (20), and the membership card (20) to the card reader (22). ) To the customer's gaming time measured from the insertion time and withdrawal time or to the customer's gaming table (12) measured with the membership card (20) inserted. Database to store the input amount of money (24)
The membership card installed at a predetermined place in the game hall (11)
(20), the customer is identified by reading the game time or the amount of money to be inserted into the game console (12) from the database (24) and inserting the parking ticket (19) into the customer by identifying the customer. A data processor (27) that calculates discount data from the game time or the amount entered into the gaming table (12) and writes it to the parking ticket (19), and the parking ticket installed near the exit gate (16) By inserting (19), the parking fee is calculated and displayed from the entry time and discount data written in the parking ticket (19), and the exit gate (16) is opened when the parking fee is paid. Adjustment machine
(18) A management system for a playground parking lot comprising: A predetermined place where the data processing machine (27) is installed is a parking lot entrance (2) leading from the game hall (11) to the parking lot (13).
The management system for a game hall parking lot according to claim 1, which is located near (6). 3. When discount data is written to a parking ticket (19) by a data processor (27), data of a customer's playing time or money inserted into a gaming table (12) stored in a database (24). 3. A parking lot for a game arcade according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a mark of a discount has been added to the data of the game time of the customer or the amount of money inserted into the game console (12). Management system. 4. A game arcade according to claim 1, wherein the data of the customer's playing time or the amount of money charged to the gaming table stored in the database is managed on a daily basis. Parking management system.