JP2002306826A - Game medium renting device and game medium renting system for game saloon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve appearance within a game saloon by changing the design of the front surface panel of a game medium renting device corresponding to the game saloon and game machines and to sufficiently secure an informing effect by displaying the state of the game medium renting device and the game machine by the design of the front surface panel of the game medium renting device. SOLUTION: The game medium renting device 8 is arranged adjacently to a game machine 7 and is provided with a planar light emitting body 60 provided at the front surface panel 40 and a changing means for changing the light emitting state of this planar light emitting body. It is preferable that the planar light emitting body is like a sheet and flexible and that light emitting color has a plurality of light emitting layers different from each other to emit many colors.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game media lending apparatus and a game medium lending system for a game arcade arranged in close proximity to each gaming machine in the game arcade.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, in a game hall such as a pachinko hall, a plurality of game machines such as a pachinko machine and a slot machine are arranged in parallel to form one game machine row. One gaming machine island is configured by being arranged back to back, and a stand-to-face machine as a gaming medium lending device is arranged between adjacent gaming machines in each gaming machine row. In this case, a set of gaming machines and a stand-to-stand machine are communicably connected to each other, and based on a lending instruction for a game medium (a pachinko ball or a medal) from the stand-to-stand machine, a payout of the game medium by the gaming machine or the like is performed. A lending process may be performed, and each inter-machine in the amusement arcade may be communicably connected to a management device of the amusement arcade, and lending of game media may be collectively managed by the management device.

[0003]

By the way, in a game arcade, a game machine is exchanged relatively frequently, but an inter-chamber machine is usually used as it is when exchanging a game machine. For this reason, the front panel of the stand-by machine remains printed or painted at the time of installation, does not match the design and color of the adjacent gaming machine, and there is a problem that the appearance in the game hall deteriorates.

On the front panel of the booth machine, a lamp is provided for notifying visitors and employees of the amusement arcade of the state of the booth machine. Is limited, so that the notification effect is not sufficiently obtained.

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 make it possible to easily change the design of a front panel of a game medium lending apparatus such as a stand-to-face machine. The front panel of the game media lending device can be modified to enhance the appearance of the game media lending device by changing the design of the front panel of the game media lending device in accordance with the amusement arcade or gaming machine. It is intended to provide a game medium lending apparatus and a game medium lending system for a game arcade, which can be displayed in the design of the above and can sufficiently secure the notification effect.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game medium lending apparatus disposed near a gaming machine, wherein the planar light emitting device is provided on a front panel. And a changing means for changing the light emitting state of the planar light emitter. With this configuration, the light emitting state of the planar illuminant on the front panel of the game medium lending device, and thus the design of the front panel, can be changed in accordance with a game arcade or a gaming machine by using the changing means. If you change the light emitting state of the planar light emitting device of the game media lending device to notify visitors and employees of the game arcade of the media lending device and the state of the gaming machine close to it, It can also be clearly notified.

[0007] According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the game medium lending device according to the first aspect, the planar illuminant has a sheet-like and flexible configuration. With this configuration, the thickness of the front panel including the planar light-emitting body is not increased, and the planar light-emitting body can be easily and beautifully provided on the front panel having a curved surface.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the game medium lending device according to the first or second aspect, the planar illuminant has a plurality of luminous layers having different luminous colors from each other, and can emit light in multiple colors. A configuration is provided. In this configuration, since the planar light-emitting body on the front panel can emit light in multiple colors, the change in the light-emitting state can be made clear.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the game medium lending apparatus according to any one of the first to third aspects, the planar light-emitting body is divided into a plurality of portions, and each of the divided portions is selectively formed. It is configured to be capable of emitting light. In this configuration, since the light emission state of the planar light emitter on the front panel can be partially changed, it is possible to express various designs and to notify a lot of information.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the game medium lending device according to the first or second aspect, the planar illuminant is multicolored by guiding light from a plurality of luminous sources having mutually different luminous colors. To be provided so as to emit light. In this configuration, similarly to the invention according to claim 3, since the planar light-emitting body on the front panel can emit light in multiple colors, the change of the light-emitting state can be made clear.

The invention according to claims 6 and 7 both provides a game medium lending system for a game arcade using the game medium lending device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. That is, the invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that the changing means of the game medium lending device changes the light emitting state of the planar light emitter based on a command from a management device communicably connected to the game medium lending device. I do. In this configuration, the light emitting state of the planar light emitter of each game medium lending device in the game hall is changed collectively by remote control from the management device.

Further, the invention according to claim 7 has a game medium lending device, a game machine, or an operation unit provided in the vicinity thereof as a change means of the game medium lending device, and a player can be operated by the operation unit. The light emitting state of the front panel can be changed. In this configuration, the player operates the operation unit of the game medium lending device, the gaming machine, or a change unit provided in the vicinity of the game medium lending device, and requests the light emitting state of the planar light emitting body of the game medium lending device to be requested by the player. It can be changed according to.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a game media lending system for a game arcade according to a first embodiment of the present invention, wherein 1 is a management device installed in a management room or the like in a game arcade 2, 3 and 4 are located at predetermined locations in the game arcade. The card settlement machine and the card vending machine are respectively installed. The card settlement machine 3 and the card vending machine 4 are both communicably connected to the management device 1 via a bidirectional communication line L1.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a gaming machine island in which a plurality of gaming machines 7, 7,... Are arranged in the gaming arcade 2, and between the two gaming machines 7, 7 adjacent to the gaming machine island 6. , Etc., are provided as game media lending devices. Each of the gaming machines 7 in the gaming machine island 6 and the inter-chamber machines 8 adjacent to the left side thereof are communicably connected to each other, and the inter-chamber machines 8 in the gaming machine island 6 are 6 are communicably connected to the management device 1 via a relay device 9 and a communication line L1. This management device 1
Card management company 1 via communication line L2 such as a telephone line
0 is also communicably connected to the management device 11.

When the gaming machine 7 is a pachinko machine as shown in FIG. 2, a gaming board 22 can be seen through the glass surface of a glass frame 21 above the front frame 20. An LCD display 23, a winning opening 24, an obstacle nail (not shown), and the like are provided as appropriate. A ball receiving upper plate 25, a ball receiving lower plate 26, and a ball launching handle 27 are provided at a lower portion of the front frame 20, and a frequency display 30, a loan button 31, a card return button 32, and a loan are provided on the ball receiving upper plate 25. A possible indication lamp 33 is provided.

The frequency display section 30 comprises a 7-segment display, and displays the residual frequency of a card inserted into a card insertion / ejection port 50 of the adjacent machine 8 on the left. The lending button 31 is for lending a number of balls corresponding to the number of remaining cards, and the card return button 32 is for returning a card inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 50. is there. The lending possible display lamp 33 indicates a state in which a ball can be lent using the stand-to-stand machine 8 on the left side.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3 in detail, a bill insertion slot 41, a card purchase impossible lamp 42,
A fraction display button 43, an independent operation lamp 44, a status display lamp 45, a card insertion lamp 46, a card insertable lamp 47, a card insertion button 48, a lock 49, and a card insertion / ejection port 50 are provided. And this room machine 8
When a predetermined amount of bills (for example, a 1,000-yen bill) is inserted from the bill insertion slot 41, a card is issued from the card insertion / ejection slot 50, and is issued to the card insertion / ejection slot 50 by itself or another card vending machine 4 or the like. When the inserted card is inserted, the game machine 7 on the right side performs a ball lending process.

The card purchase non-permission lamp 42 is used for blinking the card non-purchase status. The fraction display button 43 is used to display information of the card used in the inter-stand apparatus 8 (remaining number at the time of card insertion or at the present time) on the frequency display 30 of the gaming machine 7. The independent operation lamp 44 indicates whether a card purchased by a device other than the head-to-head machine 8 (including the card vending machine 4) is usable or unusable. Only that the purchased card can be used in all the inter-machines 8 is displayed while the light is off. The status display lamp 45 is for notifying the status of the head-to-head machine 8. The status display lamp 45 indicates a state in which the head-to-head machine 8 can be used when it is lit, a state in which an error has occurred while the lamp is flashing, and a light-off state when the lamp is off. 8 informs each of the unavailable states. The card insertion lamp 46 is for notifying the position of the card at the card insertion / ejecting port 50. When the card is lit, it indicates that the card is inserted. When the card is purchased, the fact that the card has been paid out is notified to the card insertion / ejection port 50, respectively. The card insertable lamp 47 flashes to indicate that the card can be automatically inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 50 when the card insert button 48 is pressed.

The feature of the present invention is that the front panel 40 of the machine 8 is divided into three parts, an upper part, a center part and a lower part, and the three divided panels 40a, 40b and 40c are divided into three parts. A sheet-like light-emitting body 60 made of a sheet-like and flexible organic EL (electroluminescence) element as shown in FIG. 4 is attached to the surface except for the operation display sections 41 to 50, respectively. Have been. The planar light-emitting body 60 includes a transparent insulating film 61 made of a resin such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and a first made of indium tin oxide (ITO) formed on the insulating film 61 by sputtering.
, A first light emitting layer 63 formed on the transparent electrode layer 62 by using a screen printing technique, and a second light emitting layer 63 formed of indium tin oxide on the light emitting layer 63 by screen printing. A transparent electrode layer 64, a second light emitting layer 65 formed on the transparent electrode layer 64 using a screen printing technique, and carbon or other metal paste formed on the light emitting layer 65 by screen printing. And the front panel 40 (each of the divided panels 40 a to 40) having the insulating film 61 on the front side.
It is stuck on the surface of c). Insulating film 61
The thickness of each electrode layer 6 is set to about one hundred to several thousand microns.
The thickness of each of the light-emitting layers 63 and 65 and the light-emitting layers 63 and 65 is set to several to several tens of microns.

The first and second transparent electrode layers 62, 64
Are formed with electrodes 67 and 68 for extracting terminals, respectively, and the electrode 68 on the second transparent electrode layer 64 side is grounded. As shown in FIG. 5, a predetermined AC voltage V1 is applied to the electrode 67 on the first transparent electrode layer 62 side.
(About ten to several hundred volts), the first light emitting layer 63
Emits light, and a predetermined AC voltage V is applied to the back electrode layer 66.
When 2 is applied, the second light emitting layer 65 emits light. The first light-emitting layer 63 and the second light-emitting layer 65 have different emission colors due to the difference in their materials and components, and the emission colors change depending on the magnitudes of the applied voltages V1 and V2. Has become. Specifically, in order to reduce the rate at which the emitted light is re-absorbed in the material and the amount of light emitted to the outside is reduced, a color having a short emission wavelength is emitted from the front layer (a layer close to the insulating film 61). Preferably, the emission color of the first light emitting layer 63 is set from blue to green, and the emission color of the second light emitting layer 65 is set from yellow green to red.

The AC voltages V1 and V2 for causing the first and second light emitting layers 63 and 65 to emit light are controlled by a control circuit 69 provided in the inter-chamber device 8, and the control circuit 69 Based on a command from the management device 1 of the game arcade 2, the presence or absence and magnitude of the application of the AC voltages V1 and V2 are controlled, and the function as a changing means for changing the light emitting state of the planar light emitting body 60 is exhibited.

Therefore, in the first embodiment,
The emission color of the planar illuminant 60 attached to the front panel 40 of the stand-by machine 8 corresponding to each of the gaming machines 7 in the game hall 1 on a one-to-one basis can be changed. When notifying the state of the interim machine 8 or the game machine 7 to a visitor of the game hall 2, a sufficient notification effect can be exerted. For example, if the gaming machine 7 is a so-called normal stand when the game hall 2 is opened, the emission color of the planar light-emitting body 60 on the front panel 40 of the corresponding stand 8 is set to blue, and the gaming machine is called a lucky one. If the light emission color of the planar light-emitting body 60 on the front panel 40 of the inter-stand machine 8 is set to red if the table is a service table unique to the game arcade 2 where the game can be played without restriction, The person can easily find the lucky table by searching for the red stand 8 from a remote place.

Moreover, the planar light emitter 60 has a first light emitting layer 63 whose emission color changes from blue to green, and a second light emitting layer 65 whose emission color changes from yellow green to red. The front panel 4 of the room machine 8
0, red, orange, and so on to match the design color of the gaming machine 7.
The color can be changed to yellow, green, blue, or purple, and the appearance of the gaming machine island 6 and thus the entire game hall 2 can be enhanced. Further, since the planar light-emitting body 60 is made of a sheet-shaped and flexible organic EL element, the thickness of the front panel 40 including the planar light-emitting body 60 is not increased, and the front panel 40 having the curved surface is not increased. In addition, since the planar light emitter 60 can be easily and beautifully attached, the design of the inter-machine 8 can be further improved in combination with the light emission of the planar light emitter 60.

Further, the emission color of the planar illuminant 60 on the front panel 40 of each machine 8 in the game hall 2 is controlled by a control circuit 6 which receives a command from the management device 1 of the game hall 2.
9 is controlled to be changed, so that all the inter-machines 8 in the game arcade 2 or the inter-machines 8 in the specific game machine island 6 have the planar light-emitting body 60 on the front panel 40 thereof. Can be collectively changed by the management device 1,
The change operation can be performed in a short time.

FIG. 6 shows a game medium lending system for a game arcade according to a second embodiment of the present invention. This system includes a set of gaming machines 7 and a stand-to-game machine 8 '. Gaming machine 7
This is the same as that of the embodiment, and the same members and components are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will be omitted.

The inter-machine 8 'is basically the same as the inter-machine 8 in the first embodiment. When a predetermined amount of banknotes is inserted from the banknote insertion slot 41, a card is issued from the card insertion / ejection slot 50. When a card issued by oneself or another card vending machine or the like is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 50, the game machine 7 on the right side performs a ball lending process. The front panel 40 of the stand-by machine 8 'is provided with an LCD display section 71 and a numeric keypad 72 in addition to the bill insertion slot 41 and the card insertion and ejection slot 50 as operation display sections.

The front panel 40 of the machine 8 'is divided into three parts, an upper part, a center part, and a lower part, and these three divided panels 40a, 40b, 40c.
The operation display units 41, 50, 7
A sheet-like and planar light-emitting body 80a or 80b made of a flexible organic EL element is affixed to portions other than 1 and 72. Upper two divided panels 40a, 40
The planar light-emitting body 80a on b has exactly the same configuration as the planar light-emitting body 60 (see FIG. 4) in the first embodiment, and the emission color of the planar light-emitting body 80a It is provided so as to be changeable by the device 1 (see FIG. 1).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, a transparent luminous body 80b on the lower divided panel 40c is made of a transparent insulating film 81 made of a resin such as polyethylene terephthalate.
And a first transparent electrode layer 8 of indium tin oxide formed on the insulating film 81 by sputtering.
2, a first light emitting layer 83 formed on the transparent electrode layer 82 using a screen printing technique, and a second transparent electrode layer made of indium tin oxide formed on the light emitting layer 83 by screen printing 84, a second light emitting layer 85 formed on the transparent electrode layer 84 as a female mark by using a screen partially masked, and a second light emitting layer 85 on the second transparent electrode layer 84. A third, also formed using a partially masked screen in other places
Light emitting layer 86 and the second and third light emitting layers 85 and 86
A back electrode layer 87 made of carbon or other metal paste formed by screen printing is provided thereon, and is attached to the surface of the front panel 40 (split panel 40c) with the insulating film 81 facing the front.

The first and second transparent electrode layers 82, 84
Are formed with electrodes 88 and 89 for extracting terminals, respectively, and the electrode 89 on the second transparent electrode layer 84 side is grounded. When a predetermined AC voltage V1 is applied to the electrode 88 on the first transparent electrode layer 82 side, the first light emitting layer 83 emits blue λ1 light, and a predetermined AC voltage V2 is applied to the back electrode layer 87. Then, the second light emitting layer 85 emits red light λ2, and the third light emitting layer 86 emits green light λ3.

The first to third light emitting layers 83, 85, 86
The AC voltages V1 and V2 for emitting light are controlled by a control circuit provided in the inter-machine 8 (not shown), and the control circuit includes a control circuit 69 (FIG. 1) in the first embodiment. 5), the management device 1 of the playground 2
(See FIG. 1), the AC voltages V1, V2
And exerts a function as a changing unit for changing the light emitting state of the planar light emitting body 80b.

In the second embodiment,
The planar light-emitting bodies 80a respectively attached to the upper two divided panels 40a and 40b of the front panel 40 of the inter-machine 8 '.
Since the light emission color of can be changed, the same operation and effect as in the case of the first embodiment can be exhibited.
Planar luminous body 80b attached to lower divided panel 40c
Accordingly, the two types of use states of the corresponding gaming machines 7 can be clearly notified to the visitors and the like.

That is, in a normal state, the above-mentioned planar light-emitting body 80
Only the first light emitting layer 83 b emits blue light λ1, and the lower divided panel 40c is blue. At this time, the upper 2
It is preferable that the planar light-emitting bodies 80a on the two divided panels 40a and 40b also emit blue light because the entire front panel 40 of the inter-machine unit 8 'becomes blue.

On the other hand, when the corresponding gaming machine 7 is a female exclusive stand for female services,
b, the second light emitting layer 85 is red λ2, and the third light emitting layer 86
Are respectively emitted in green λ3, so that a female mark appears on the lower divided panel 40c. Thereby, the visitor can clearly recognize the gaming machine 2 that is a female exclusive table and the gaming machine that is not, even from a distant position, so that the notification effect can be sufficiently exerted.

The present invention is not limited to the first and second embodiments, but includes other various embodiments. For example, in the second embodiment, a case has been described in which the corresponding gaming machine 7 displays a female-only table and a non-female-only table. However, the present invention relates to a case where the corresponding gaming machine is a smoking table. A smoking mark (a lit cigarette mark) shown in FIG. 8A is displayed on the front panel of the booth machine, and FIG. 8 ( The present invention can also be applied to the case where the non-smoking mark shown in b) is displayed. In this case, a transparent seal with a smoking mark and a planar light-emitting body having a light-emitting layer formed in the shape of a prohibition mark (a mark with a hatched circle) are placed on the front panel of the machine between the transparent seals. When it is a smoking table, only the smoking mark on the transparent seal is lit and displayed, and when it is a non-smoking table, the luminous layer of the surface light emitter is illuminated and a red prohibition mark is placed on the smoking mark on the transparent seal You only have to make them stand out.

Similarly, the present invention displays a wheelchair mark as shown in FIG. 9 on the front panel of a stand-by machine when the corresponding gaming machine is a stand exclusively for people with physical disabilities. When an abnormality such as a malfunction of a gaming machine or a corresponding gaming machine is desired to occur, it can be used as a means of notifying visitors or employees of the amusement arcade of the condition, or that the player is eating or taking a break. The present invention can also be applied to the case of displaying with a mark or the like shown in FIG. Among them, when displaying that the player is eating, taking a break, or the like, a planar light-emitting body having a light-emitting layer formed in a shape such as a mark shown in FIG. It is necessary to provide an operation unit for the player to select the display mark on the stand-by machine, the corresponding gaming machine, or the periphery thereof, but the stand-by machine according to the second embodiment is used as this operation unit. An example of the case of operating using the numeric keypad 72 of the 8 'is shown in FIG.
11A to 11C show screens on the LCD display unit 71 of FIG.
This will be described below with reference to FIG.

First, the LCD shown in FIG.
When the player presses the 3rd key of the ten keys 72 and selects "3. panel display switching" on the screen while the initial screen shown in FIG.
The display changes to the display menu screen shown in FIG. On this screen, for example, when the first key of ten keys 72 is pressed and “1.
The display changes to a password setting screen shown in FIG. Next, in this state, a password which is easy for the player to remember, for example, “77” is input using the ten keys 72. Then, the in-mealing mark shown in FIG. 10A is displayed on the front panel 40 of the room machine 8 ′, and the LCD display unit 71 displays the screen shown in FIG. After the display)
The screen returns to the initial screen shown in FIG. On the other hand, when canceling the display of the above-mentioned meal mark, the initial screen is changed to the display menu screen, "4. Cancel display" is selected on the screen, and the previously set personal identification number is input using the ten keys 72.

Further, in each of the above embodiments, the machine between machines 8,
Planar light emitters 60, 80 provided on front panel 40 of 8 '
Although both a and 80b are configured using an organic EL element, the present invention may use a light emitting element such as an LED or an optical element other than the organic EL element. FIGS. 12 and 13 show one embodiment of the optical planar light emitter.

That is, the planar light-emitting body 90 has a rectangular light guide plate 91 made of a transparent resin such as acrylic and having a thickness of about several to 10 mm, and a thickness tightly adhered on the surface of the light guide plate 91. Light diffusion sheet 92 of several hundred microns
A transparent protective sheet 93 adhered on the light diffusion sheet 92, a reflective sheet 94 made of a thin metal film such as aluminum adhered on the back surface of the light guide plate 91 and having a thickness of about several to several hundred microns; A first light emitting source 95 provided along one short side of the light guide plate 91;
And a second light emitting source 96 provided along the two long sides. The light diffusion sheet 92 is a sheet that has been subjected to a process of diffusing light with a roughened surface, and scatters light that has permeated from the light guide plate 91 to make it relatively uniform in the plane to make the transparent protection sheet 93 side. It radiates to. The first and second light emitting sources 95, 96 are both cold cathode fluorescent tubes 95a, 9
6a, a color film is adhered to the first light source 9
5 emits red light using a red film, and the second light source 96 emits blue light using a blue film. Each of the light sources 95 and 96 has reflection cases 95b and 96b covering the cold cathode fluorescent tubes 95a and 96a, respectively.
The light emitted from a and 96a is incident on the light guide plate 91 as much as possible. The light incident on the light guide plate 91 is repeatedly reflected on both the upper and lower surfaces of the light guide plate 91 as shown in FIG. The light is emitted to the outside in a substantially uniform manner over the entire surface of the sheet 92. FIG. 12 and FIG.
In 3, reference numeral 97 denotes a reflection sheet attached to the short side and the long side of the light guide plate 91 opposite to the light emitting sources 95 and 96.

Furthermore, in each of the above embodiments, the front panel 40 of the inter-machines 8, 8 'is divided into three divided panels 40a,
40b and 40c, and the divided panels 40a to 40c
0c, rectangular planar light-emitting bodies 60, 80a, 80, respectively.
Although the case where b is provided has been described, the present invention may form the planar light-emitting body into various shapes other than the rectangular shape,
Further, the light emitting device may be divided into a plurality of portions in a matrix and provided so as to be capable of selectively emitting light at each of the divided portions, so that a design such as a complicated pattern is illuminated and displayed.

In addition, in each of the above embodiments, etc., the case where the gaming medium lending device is the inter-stand machine 8, 8 'arranged adjacent to the side of the gaming machine 7 has been described. The present invention is not limited to the inter-machine, and can be similarly applied to a gaming machine medium lending device arranged close to, for example, above a gaming machine.

[0041]

As described above, according to the gaming medium lending apparatus of the present invention, the light emitting state of the planar light-emitting body on the front panel, and further, the design of the front panel can be changed in accordance with a game arcade or a gaming machine. Because it is possible, the appearance in the game hall can be enhanced. Also, if the light emitting state of the planar light emitter is changed to notify the visitors or employees of the game arcade of the state of the gaming medium rental device and the gaming machine adjacent thereto, it is possible for a person at a position away from the device to Can be clearly notified, so that the notification effect can be sufficiently exhibited.

In particular, according to the second aspect of the present invention, the thickness of the front panel including the planar illuminant is not increased, and the planar illuminant can be easily and beautifully provided on the front panel having a curved surface. As a result, the design property can be further enhanced in combination with the emission of the planar light emitter.

According to the third or fifth aspect of the present invention, since the planar light-emitting body on the front panel can emit light in multiple colors, the change of the light-emitting state can be made clear and the notification effect can be improved. Can be further enhanced.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the light emitting state of the planar light emitting element on the front panel can be partially changed, various designs can be expressed and a large amount of information can be reported. And has an effect excellent in practicality.

According to the game medium lending system of the invention according to claim 6, the light emitting state of the planar illuminant of each game medium lending device in the game hall is collectively changed by remote control from the management device. Therefore, the change operation can be performed in a short time.

Further, according to the game medium lending system of the game arcade of the invention according to claim 7, the game is operated by the player operating the game medium lending device, the gaming machine, or the operation unit provided around these devices. Since the light emitting state of the planar light emitting device of the medium lending device can be changed, it is possible to clearly notify items required by the player to other visitors and employees of the game arcade. is there.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block configuration diagram of a game medium lending system in a game arcade according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of a pair of gaming machines and a stand-to-game machine in the gaming arcade.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front view of the above-mentioned machine.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a planar light-emitting body.

FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram of a planar light emitter.

FIG. 6 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 2, showing a second embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram corresponding to FIG. 4;

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram for explaining another embodiment of the planar light-emitting body.

FIG. 9 is also an explanatory view.

FIG. 10 is also an explanatory view.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a method of operating a numeric keypad.

FIG. 12 is a plan view showing another embodiment of the planar light emitter.

13 is a sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 management device 7 gaming machine 8, 8 ′ inter-machine (game media lending device) 40 front panel 60, 80 a, 80 b, 90 planar light emitter 63, 83 first light emitting layer 65, 85 second light emitting layer 69 Control circuit (change means) 72 Numeric keys (operation unit) 86 Third light emitting layer 95 First light emitting source 96 Second light emitting source

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A game medium lending device disposed in close proximity to a gaming machine, comprising: a planar light emitting body provided on a front panel; and changing means for changing a light emitting state of the planar light emitting body. A game media lending device characterized by the following. 2. The game medium lending device according to claim 1, wherein the planar light-emitting body is sheet-shaped and has flexibility. 3. The game medium lending device according to claim 1, wherein the planar light-emitting body has a plurality of light-emitting layers having different light-emitting colors, and is provided so as to emit light in multiple colors. 4. The game medium lending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the planar light-emitting body is divided into a plurality of portions, and each of the divided portions is provided so as to be capable of selectively emitting light. . 5. The game medium lending device according to claim 1, wherein the planar light-emitting body is provided so as to guide light from a plurality of light-emitting sources having different emission colors to emit light in multiple colors. . 6. The game medium lending device changing means according to claim 1, wherein the changing means of the game medium lending device is based on a command from a management device communicably connected to the game medium lending device. A game medium lending system for a game hall, which is provided so as to change the light emitting state of the game. 7. The game medium lending device changing means according to claim 1, further comprising: a game medium lending device, a game machine, or an operation unit provided around these devices. A game medium lending system for a game arcade, wherein a player can change a light emitting state of the planar light emitting body by a section.