JP2003000920A - Game machine management system and its operating program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a proximate image and a remote image for a fraudulent game player, and display both images on the same displaying device. SOLUTION: When the establishment of a fraudulence generation judging condition is judged, a CPU 1200 transmits a control signal to start the fetching of game machine side image information by a CCD camera 3010 which is provided on a game machine 3000 under the game state satisfying the condition, and receives game machine side image information which is transmitted from the game machine 3000 side. Then, a monitoring image which is fetched by a monitoring camera 1960 and the game machine side image information from the game machine 3000 are displayed on the same display screen 1801 of a displaying device 1800. Thus, the proximate image and the remote image to the fraudulent game player are obtained, and both images can be displayed on the same displaying device 1800.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game machine management device for managing game information of a game machine and its operation program.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When a person determines that a person playing a game in a game hall cheats, a surveillance camera installed in the game hall (hall) is zoomed to record an image of the illegal player. It has been proposed to record image information for an illegal person by a method such as operation.

However, in such a conventional device, even if a fraudulent person is found, a surveillance image captured by a surveillance camera for monitoring the entire amusement hall is displayed on a CRT or the like. It is difficult to monitor more detailed image information of an illicit person because it is displayed on a display device and monitoring is continued. Moreover, even if only accurate image information of the illegal player is obtained, only the details can be grasped, so image information for remotely monitoring the action of the illegal player is also indispensable.

Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve such a conventional problem, and it is possible to display both images on the same display device by obtaining a close image and a remote image for an illegal player. It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming machine management device and an operating program therefor.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention manages game information of a gaming machine, and
In the gaming machine management device configured to obtain the surveillance image captured by the surveillance image capturing device capable of capturing the surveillance image in the game arcade, it is determined whether or not the game information satisfies a predetermined fraud occurrence determination condition. When the fraud occurrence determination condition is determined to be satisfied, the determination means and the control for starting the capture of the game machine side image information by the image capture device provided in the game machine in the game state satisfying this condition Control signal transmitting means for transmitting a signal, image information receiving means for receiving image information on the gaming machine side transmitted from the gaming machine side, monitoring image captured by the monitoring image capturing device, and game from the gaming machine side Display control means for displaying the machine side image information on the same display screen of the display device.

According to the present invention, when it is determined that the fraud occurrence determination condition is satisfied, the game machine side image information is captured by the image capture device provided in the game machine in the game state satisfying this condition. A control signal for starting is transmitted, and the game machine side image information transmitted from the game machine side is received. Then, the surveillance image captured by the surveillance image capturing device and the gaming machine side image information from the gaming machine side are displayed on the same display screen of the display device, so that the proximity image and the remote image for the unauthorized player are obtained and are the same. Both images can be displayed on the display device.

It is also possible to provide a posture control means for setting the posture of the monitoring image capturing device to a preset posture for a gaming machine in a gaming state that satisfies the above conditions.

Further, the display control means may be provided with a display area ratio changing means for changing the ratio of the display area of the monitor image and the display area of the gaming machine side image with the passage of time.

Further, the control means on the gaming machine side that receives the control signal may be provided with special operation control means for controlling the operation of the peripheral device in a special mode. And
The special operation control means may include means for interrupting the effect operation and performing operation control in a special mode when the peripheral device is in the normal game effect.

The pattern display device for displaying as the peripheral device may be configured to perform a special display for notifying the occurrence of fraud by interrupting the effect display, and the effect sound for generating the sound effect as the peripheral device. It is also possible to configure the generation device to perform a special output for notifying the occurrence of fraud by interrupting the production sound output.

According to the present invention, the game machine management device is configured to manage the game information of the game machine and obtain the monitor image captured by the monitor image capturing device capable of capturing the monitor image in the game arcade. In the operation program, the process of determining whether or not the game information satisfies a predetermined fraud occurrence determination condition, and when it is determined that the fraud occurrence determination condition is satisfied, a game state that satisfies this condition A process of transmitting a control signal for starting the capture of the game machine side image information by the image capture device provided in the game machine, and a process of receiving the game machine side image information transmitted from the game machine side; The computer executes a process including a process of displaying the monitor image captured by the monitor image capturing device and the game machine side image information from the game machine side on the same display screen of the display device. Operation program for causing also provided.

Such an operation program can be recorded in a computer-readable recording medium, and the computer can read and execute the operation program recorded in this recording medium. As such a recording medium, a semiconductor recording medium such as a ROM or a semiconductor IC, a D
Examples thereof include optical recording media such as VDROM and CDROM, magnetic recording media such as flexible disks, and magneto-optical recording media such as MO. Further, this operation program may be downloaded from the information processing device via the communication network.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, the gaming machine management apparatus 1000 according to the embodiment of this invention manages gaming information.
The general configuration and operation of the 0 side will be described first, and then the main operation of the present invention will be described to facilitate understanding of the present invention.

(Game Machine 3000 Side) FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of the game board 10. At the center of the game board 10, 3
There is one (left, middle, right) display area, and in each display area, there is provided a special symbol display device 100 that can independently and variably display identification information composed of symbols by numbers and characters. That is, the special symbol starting port 104 is arranged directly below the special symbol starting port 10
On both sides of 4, the normal symbol operation gates 102, 102 are arranged. Further, a pair of opening / closing members 120, 120 are provided so as to be opened / closed apart so as to form the special symbol starting port 104.

Further, below the special symbol starting port 104, a special winning opening 106, a normal symbol display device 108 and an out port 114 are arranged in this order, and further, both diagonally above the special symbol starting port 104. The lamp display device 110,
110 is provided, and a lamp display device (more specifically, an LED device) near both side ends of the game board 10.
112, 112 are provided.

Then, a game ball is won in the special symbol starting port 104 and a random number is drawn, and when this random number is a big hit value, a variable display of at least one identification information is started in each display area. After that, a predetermined display pattern (eg "7, 7, 7") is displayed on the winning effective line.
Is displayed by the special symbol display device 100, and the special winning opening 106 is controlled to be opened and closed in a predetermined pattern to be in a jackpot gaming state advantageous to the player.

Further, when the normal symbol operation gate 102 detects the passage of the game ball, a random number lottery is carried out, and when this random number is a small hit value, the ordinary symbol display device 108.
The display part of is displayed in a predetermined pattern (for example, "7" or "3"), and after that, when the opening / closing member 120 is in the open state and the game ball wins the special symbol starting opening 104, the random number is similarly generated. When the lottery is performed and the random number selected is a big hit value, the variable display in each display area is started, and then a predetermined display pattern (for example, "7, 7, 7") is displayed on the winning effective line as a special symbol. It is performed by the display device 100, and the special winning opening 106 is controlled to be opened and closed in a predetermined pattern, so that a big hit state advantageous to the player is achieved. on the other hand,
The hit balls that are not won are discharged through the out port 114.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram showing only the main part of the gaming machine in which the gaming machine control is performed according to the progress of the game. The main control unit 200 is equipped with a microprocessor with a built-in CPU, and a command data table that stores various control commands including at least various commands for controlling the special symbol display device 100, which will be described later. An area 202 and a ROM 201 that stores a game control program such as a control program that describes a series of game machine control procedures and control data, and a RAM 203 that forms a work area are provided to form an integrated one-chip microcomputer. There is. A game operation is performed by the main control unit 200 repeatedly executing this game control program at a predetermined cycle.

In the main control unit 200, through the input port 210, a special symbol starting switch 304, which is provided inside the special symbol starting port 104 to detect winning of the game ball into the special symbol starting port 104, a normal symbol operating gate A normal symbol operation switch 306 provided inside 102 for detecting the passage of a game ball, and a big winning opening switch 308 provided inside the big winning opening 106 for detecting the winning of the game ball into the big winning opening 106. The main controller 200 is connected and can receive each detection signal.

Further, the main controller 200 has an output port 2
Various peripheral devices are connected via 15. That is,
The main control 200 has three display sections for displaying special symbols and characters, and each of them can be variably displayed independently.
Special symbol display device 100 realized by, etc., lamp display devices 110, 112 for controlling the lighting of the lamp, sound effect generation device 116 for generating a sound effect, for example, a normal symbol display device 108 realized by a 7-segment display device, starting Peripheral devices such as a starting opening operation solenoid 300 for controlling opening / closing of the opening / closing member 120 and a special winning opening operation solenoid 302 for controlling opening / closing of a wide opening / closing member of the special winning opening 106 are connected, and main control is performed. The unit 200 can transmit a control signal for controlling each device.

The main control unit 200 can transmit a predetermined number of display control commands to the special symbol display device 100 at a predetermined timing, and the special symbol display device 100 receives the command. Based on the command, the CPU in itself performs fine display control without depending on the main control unit 200. Furthermore, a communication mode is adopted by one-way communication in which only a command is transmitted from the main control unit 200 to the special symbol display device 100.

Then, a special symbol display device 100 for performing a symbol display effect according to the winning of the game ball to the special symbol starting port 104, a sound effect generating device 116 for performing a sound output effect by generating a sound effect together with this symbol display effect, A lamp display device 110 (112) that performs lighting control of a lighting unit (not shown) together with this symbol display performance to perform lighting control forms a peripheral device group for performance.

Further, a power supply circuit 212 for supplying power and a reset circuit 213 for outputting a reset signal at predetermined time intervals are connected to the main control section 200, and the reset circuit 213 is further provided with a main circuit. The pulse signal generated by the periodic timer counter is input from the control unit 200, and the monitor signal for monitoring the current supply state from the power supply circuit 212 is input.

Now, as shown in FIG. 12, the main controller 20
The command for display control sent from 0 to the special symbol display device 100 is an identifier for identifying the classification of the command and is a 1-byte length digital information mode (MODE)
And an event (EVENT), which is 1-byte-long digital information indicating the content (function) of the command to be executed, FIGS. 6 to 9 show the command data table area 202 stored in the ROM 201. A part of the command data for display control is shown.

As shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, the display control commands include "command for changing the special symbol and designating a variation pattern (first command)", "special symbol left Command to specify the stop symbol (second command) "," Command to specify the stop symbol in the special symbol (second command) "," Command to specify the stop symbol on the right of the special symbol (second command) " , "Command for stopping special symbols (third command)". It should be noted that the first command is a command including information for designating a variation pattern such as in which pattern the pattern is variably displayed, in which pattern the character is displayed and rendered. Main control unit 2
00 sends these five commands to the special symbol display device 100 at a predetermined timing in one variable display control when the game situation is such that the symbol variable display is started.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the special symbol display device 100. The special symbol display device 100 supplies power to the voltage receiving circuit 1140 (including the voltage converting circuit for converting the data level) for receiving the strobe signal and the command from the main control unit 200 and the voltage converting circuit. A power supply circuit 1160 and a CPU 1 that generates control data necessary for display control based on a received command and outputs the control data to an image processing LSI (VDP) 1060.
020 (display control means) and a program ROM 10 containing a program describing the operation procedure of the CPU 1020.
40, a RAM 1090 that functions as a work area and a buffer memory, and an image processing LS that performs image expansion processing.
I (VDP) 1060 and image processing LSI (VDP)
A video RAM 1080 for temporarily storing the image data expanded by 1060, and an image processing LSI (VDP) 10
A character ROM 1180 that stores data necessary for image development by the 60, and an LCD that receives and sends out image data temporarily stored in the video RAM 1080.
Panel interface circuit 1100 and this LCD
LCD panel 1 that outputs a display image using image data sent from panel interface circuit 1100
And 120.

As shown in FIG. 4A, the character RO
M1180 is a ROM title area, a ROM management information area, a character image data area in which actual character data is stored, a palette data area in which character color data is stored, and a scenario data area in which information defining character movement is stored. And the character data is stored in the character image data area in a state of being compressed by a specific compression method. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 4B, the palette data area is
Plural types of pairs of color numbers and color codes are stored.

The CPU of the special symbol display device 100
Reference numeral 1020 denotes control data generated in response to a command received by the data receiving circuit 1140, which is an image processing LSI (V
DP) 1060, the image processing LSI (VD
P) 1060 is a video RAM 108 designated by the information acquired from the scenario data area by decompressing the character data acquired from the character image data area and coloring it with the color data acquired from the palette data area.
By temporarily storing the image-developed data at the position 0, and sending the temporarily stored data to the LCD panel interface circuit 1100, the LCD panel 11
Various image displays including a variable display speed change and the like are finely performed by 20.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing command transmission / reception timing. As previously mentioned,
The command consists of a 1-byte long mode (MODE) and a 1-byte long event (EVENT).
In this example, the main control unit 200 transmits the mode (MODE) information triggered by the first rise of the strobe signal (DUSTB) generated by itself when the command changes, and then the two strobe signals (DUSTB). Event (EVENT) information is transmitted triggered by the rising of the eyes. Then, correspondingly, the CPU 1020 of the special symbol display device generates an interrupt when the strobe signal (DUSTB) is transmitted, receives the command by this interrupt processing, and stores it in the RAM 1090.

First, FIG. 10 (general flow chart of game control) and FIG. 11 showing the normal control operation performed by the CPU 1020 of the main control unit 200 and the special symbol display device 100.
Will be described with reference to. The series of processing shown in FIG. 10 is performed by the main control unit 200 executing a game control program (not shown) stored in the ROM 201. More specifically, the reset signal supplied from the reset circuit 213 every predetermined time (for example, 4 msec) is used as a trigger to execute from the first step, and this series of processes is repeatedly executed.

First, when the power supply circuit 212 is activated by a power switch (not shown), the main control unit 200 is activated, and it is determined whether or not the first process has been executed since the power was turned on ( Step S11
0). In case of the first processing after turning on the power (Yes)
On the other hand, the process proceeds to step S200, while in other cases (No), the process proceeds to step S120.

In step S200, a storage area clearing process is executed as an initialization process of the RAM 203, and then in step S210, data for performing the initial control process is set in a predetermined area of the RAM 203. On the other hand, in step S120, the count values of various random number generation loop counters (not shown) for the big hit determination, the small hit determination, etc. formed in the RAM 203 are incremented, and in step S130, various kinds of game machine control used. Update the timer value of the timer.

Next, in step S140, a special symbol starting switch 304, a normal symbol operating switch 306,
Input port processing of reading and storing the detection signal output from the special winning opening switch 308 into a register in the unit (not shown) via the input port 210, and then the process proceeds to step S150 to read and store data in the port input processing. Switch check processing for grasping

Next, in step S160, each switch 3
04, 306, 308, etc. are checked for disconnection or short circuit, and if these faults occur (Yes
s) While proceeding to step S220, otherwise (No) proceeding to step S180 (step S
170).

Then, in step S180, the data necessary for the display control of the normal symbol display device 108 is stored in the RAM.
A command necessary for display control of the special symbol display device 100 is stored in a predetermined area 203 (see FIGS. 6 to 9).
Are stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 203, and the timer values of the various timers are decremented (step S190). In step S180, the main control unit 200 determines the mode and event command necessary for the game control by referring to the command data table area 202, and the digital information indicating the determined mode and event is stored in the RAM 203 in a predetermined manner. Store in area.

Next, in step S195, in order to control the opening / closing of the special winning opening 106 and the opening / closing member 120 of the special symbol starting opening 104 in a predetermined pattern, the starting opening operating solenoid 300 and the special winning opening operating solenoid 302 are driven. Then, in step S220, a prize ball setting process for outputting control information for causing a prize ball payout device (not shown) to perform a payout operation is executed, and in steps S230, 240, 250, a game (not shown) is executed. External light information processing for outputting various game data to the machine management device, indicator light control processing for storing a command for controlling lighting of the lamp display devices 110, 112 in a predetermined area of the RAM 203, effect sound generation Device 11
6 executes a sound effect process of storing a command for controlling sound effect generation in a predetermined area of the RAM 203 in correspondence with the game state.

Next, in step S260, R
The data stored in the AM 203 is output to the corresponding device via the output port 215 (port output processing), and the device side receiving this outputs the control operation based on this. Then, first, a strobe signal is output to the special symbol display device 100, and the mode and event data stored in the RAM 203 in step S180 is transmitted as shown in FIG. As a result, the commands shown in FIGS. 6 to 9, for example, are transmitted to and received from the main control unit 200 in the special symbol display device 100.

In step S270, the reset circuit 21
The reset standby process is executed until the reset signal is input from 3, and when the reset signal is input, the process proceeds to step S110 to continue the gaming machine control. It should be noted that, as the reset standby processing, updating of a counter for generating various random numbers described above and the like can be mentioned.

Next, the operation of the CPU 1020 of the special symbol display device 100 which receives the command will be described with reference to FIG. First, in step S1100, the CPU 1020 sets its own stack pointer,
Initialization of the RAM 1090, initialization of itself such as register clear, etc. are performed, and it is determined in step S1102 whether a new command has been input. When it is determined that a new display control command has been input (Y
es) While proceeding to step S1104, otherwise (No) proceeding to step S1110.

In step S1104, the data receiving circuit 1140 is used in the interrupt processing described with reference to FIG.
The command received by is copied to the RAM 1090, and whether the command is normal or not is checked. Next, CPU1
020 determines the start address of a processing table (not shown) so as to obtain a necessary command for performing fine display control independently of the main control unit 200, and then in step S1108, the image processing LSI 1060. The data in the necessary area of the RAM 1090 is updated in order to output to.

Next, in step S1110, RA
Based on the symbol control data set in M1090, scroll data to be output to the image processing LSI 1060 is obtained and set in the RAM 1090, the symbol display position is set, and then in step S1112, the symbol speed control is performed. Program ROM for necessary data
It is acquired from the speed table (not shown) built into the 1040 and set in the RAM 1090, and then step S
At 1114, the symbol offset value is updated based on the velocity data, and preparations are made to perform the symbol variation at the set velocity.

Next, in step S1116, RA
The animation data is acquired from the animation processing table (not shown) in which the animation processing data set in M1090 is stored, and the background image is prepared for display.
Set to P output buffer and output enable flag is "1"
It is determined whether or not (step S1118).

If the output permission flag is not "1" (No), the process returns to step S1102 to repeat the series of processes, while the output permission flag is "1" (Yes).
In step S1120, the data set in the VDP output buffer is sent to the image processing LSI 106.
Output to 0. In response to this, the image processing LSI 1060 acquires the data in the character ROM 1180 and develops the image, and the image-developed data is temporarily stored in the video RAM 1080 and then sent to the LCD panel interface circuit 1100 and the LCD panel 1120. The image is displayed by. In this way, at the set display position in the special symbol display device 100, the symbol variation display and the background image display at the set speed are performed.

13 and 14 are examples of the transmission timing of the command transmitted from the main control unit 200 to the special symbol display device 100, an explanatory diagram of the transmission command, and as will be understood by referring to these figures, the main control When a predetermined condition such as a game ball winning in the special symbol starting opening 104 is satisfied, the unit 200 firstly transmits "a command for starting the symbol variation and designating a variation pattern (), A command for designating the left stop design is transmitted after the lapse of T1 time (), a command for designating the middle stop design is transmitted after the lapse of T2 time (), and a right stop design is designated after the lapse of T3 time. Command for (), and the command () for stopping all symbols after T time has elapsed from the start of fluctuation, and further, these commands The CPU 1020 of the received special symbol display device 100 performs a series of variable display control by performing a detailed display control such as a variable speed change before receiving the command, and ends the variable display control after a lapse of T time from the start of the change. To do.

(Characteristics of the Present Invention) (Structure) FIG. 15 shows a plurality of gaming machines 300 as described above.
0, ..., 3000 and the gaming machine management apparatus 1000 are connected by a communication cable 4000 so that necessary information can be communicatively connected to each other.

Each of the gaming machines 3000, ..., 3000 outputs an out signal each time the number of pachinko balls driven into the gaming machine is counted, a start signal indicating that a pachinko ball has won at a start opening (not shown), Various kinds of game information such as a big hit occurrence signal indicating a big hit state is communicated by a communication cable 4000.
It has a function of automatically transmitting to the gaming machine management device 1000 via the, and the main control unit 200 described above is configured to have that function.

(Game Machine 3000) FIG. 16 shows a game machine 30.
It is explanatory drawing of the front part of 00. As shown in FIG. 16, a CCD camera 301 is provided above the game board 10 of the game machine 3000.
0 is provided, and when an image information acquisition start control signal from the gaming machine management device 1000 is supplied to the main control unit 200, a lens is provided so that image information of the player (particularly a close-up image of a physical appearance etc.) can be acquired. The position is set. In addition, normally, the player rotates a handle 3030 provided on the right side of an upper plate 3020 having a game ball storing function provided below the game board 10 to play a game.

(Game Machine Management Device 1000) The game machine management device 1000 has an I / O port 1101 for receiving game information transmitted from each of the game machines 3000, ... 3000 via the communication cable 4000, CPU120
0, a storage device 1700 for forming a game machine management program storage unit 1720 capable of storing a game machine management program 1790 describing the processing procedure of the CPU 1200, and also storing a table and the like described later in a non-volatile manner, a storage device 1700, etc. R for storing the data read from the CPU and the calculation result necessary in the calculation process performed by the CPU 1200.
An AM 1300 and an input device 1500 for inputting necessary commands and selection data are provided.

Further, the gaming machine management apparatus 1000 reads the gaming machine management program 1790 recorded in the CDROM 2000 as a recording medium and stores the gaming machine management program 1790 in the gaming machine management program storage unit 1720 according to the instruction of the CPU 1200. A CDROM drive 1600, a display device 1800 for displaying and outputting the game information of each gaming machine over time, and a CPU 1
A printer 19 capable of printing the result of processing executed by the computer 200
00 and a camera attitude control unit 1950 that controls the attitude of the surveillance camera 1960, and the respective constituent elements are connected to each other by a bus 1400 so as to be able to exchange necessary information with each other.

The input device 1500 can be realized by an input device such as a keyboard and a mouse, and the display device 18 can be used.
00 can be realized by a display device such as a CRT, a liquid crystal display device, an EL display device, etc., and the storage device 1700 can be realized by a storage device such as a hard disk. It can be constructed with a single computer system such as a workstation.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a table 1731 stored in the table area 1730 of the gaming machine management apparatus 1000. This table 1731 stores the machine number and the game information in association with each other. In the example shown in FIG. 17, as game information, an out ball (1 is added when the out signal is counted 10 times), a safe ball (1 is added when the safe signal is counted 10 times), the number of special prizes (the number of big hit occurrences is 1 is added), the difference ball which is the number of balls obtained by subtracting the safe balls from the out balls, and the payout rate which is a percentage obtained by dividing the safe balls by the out balls are stored. The main control unit 200 of each gaming machine 3000 transmits the unit number and these game information, and the CPU 1200 receives them,
The table 1731 is constructed by storing required game information in the corresponding area of the table 1731. Note that the difference ball and the winning rate are calculated by the CPU 1200 by calculating the information on the out ball and the safe ball. The clearing process of the table 1731 may be performed on a daily basis, for example.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of another table 1732 stored in the table area 1730. The table 1732 stores the fraud determination conditions with numbers. In the example shown in FIG. 18, the fraud determination condition of number “1” is that the payout rate exceeds “500”.
In the case of 0, when the payout rate of a certain gaming machine 3000 exceeds “500”, it is determined that the player of the gaming machine 3000 has committed a fraud. Further, the injustice determination condition of the number “2” is that the number of special prizes exceeds “50”, and the CPU 1200 determines that the player of the gaming machine 3000 when the number of special prizes of a certain gaming machine 3000 exceeds “50”. Is determined to have committed fraud. Furthermore, the number “3” has an out ball smaller than “100”,
In addition, when the number of special prizes exceeds “10” (that is, the number of special prizes is large even though the number of balls discharged from the outlet is small), the CPU 1200 determines that the player of the gaming machine 3000 has made an illegal act. judge.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of another table 1733 stored in the table area 1730. This table 1733 stores the machine number of the gaming machine 3000 in which the fraud occurred and the surveillance camera attitude control pattern in association with each other. The monitoring camera 1960 shown in FIG. 15 is capable of remotely monitoring the entire game hall, and the camera attitude control unit 1
A known mechanism 950 is configured to control the attitude of the monitoring camera 1960 so that the field of view of the monitoring camera 1960 can be moved vertically and horizontally.

Therefore, the CPU 1200 which has determined that the fraud has occurred in the gaming machine 3000 is in the table 173.
The attitude control pattern corresponding to the table number is sent to the camera attitude control unit 1950 with reference to the contents of No. 3. In response to this, the camera attitude control unit 1950 controls the attitude of the surveillance camera 1960 according to the received attitude control pattern.
In the example of FIG. 19, for example, the gaming machine 3000 with the unit number “1”
If an injustice is detected, the camera posture control unit 195
0 controls the attitude of the monitoring camera 1960 so that the attitude is the pattern 1.

When the CDROM 2000 is inserted into an insertion portion (not shown) of the CDROM drive 1600, the CD
The gaming machine management program 1790 stored in the ROM 2000 is read by the CDROM drive 1600,
This is stored in the gaming machine management program storage unit 1720, and thereafter, the CPU 1200 executes this gaming machine management program to execute a series of operations on the gaming machine management apparatus 1000 side.

(Operation Example) Next, an operation example will be described.
As shown in step S2100 of FIG. 21, the CPU 120
0 is the game information of table 1731 and table 1732.
With reference to the determination condition of No., it is determined whether or not there is a gaming machine 3000 that satisfies the injustice determination condition. A satisfying game machine 3
If 000 does not exist (No), the wait state is set in step S2100, while if there is a satisfying gaming machine 3000 (Yes), the process proceeds to step S2102. For example, if the out-ball a of the gaming machine 3000 with the unit number “1” is smaller than “100” and the number of special prizes “c” is larger than “100”, the player with the unit number “1” is illegal. It is determined that

Then, in step S2102, C
The PU 1200 refers to the content of the table 1733,
The attitude control pattern corresponding to the machine number of the gaming machine 3000 in which the injustice is detected is sent to the camera attitude control unit 1960. In response to this, the camera attitude control unit 1960 causes the surveillance camera 1
The posture of 950 is controlled by the received control pattern. After that, the CPU 1200 can obtain a remote image captured by the monitoring camera 1950 with respect to the gaming machine 3000 in which the fraud occurred.

Then, in step S2104, C
The PU 1200 transmits a capture start control signal for a proximity image of an illegal player or the like in the CCD camera 3010 to the gaming machine 3000 side in which the illegality has occurred. For example, when this control signal is transmitted to the gaming machine 3000 with the machine number “1”, the main control unit 200 of the gaming machine 3000 with the machine number “1” drives and controls the CCD camera 3010, and thereafter the illegal operation is caused by the CCD camera 3010. The capture of the close image of the player is started (step S2106), and the transmission of the captured image information to the gaming machine management device 1000 side is started and continued (step S2108).

Then, in step S2110, C
The PU 1200 split-displays the remote image obtained by the monitoring camera 1950 and the proximity image captured by the CCD camera 3010 on the display screen 18001 of the display device 1800 in the same display area. Figure 20 shows this display screen 1
801, the image information captured by the CCD camera 3010 is displayed in the display area 1802, and the image information captured by the surveillance camera 1950 is displayed in the display area 1803 on the same display screen 1801.

At this time, the display area SA of the display area 1802
And the display area SB of the display area 1803 are 50% of the total area of the display screen. However, as shown in FIG. 25, this is the case when the time is from 0 to less than t1, but when the time is from t1 to t2 after the start of execution of step S2110, the display area SA of the display area 1802 and the display area 1 are displayed.
Each of the display areas SB of 803 is 6 of the total area of the display screen.
0 (%) and 40 (%), and when the execution time of step S2110 is less than t3 after time t2, the display area SA of the display area 1802 and the display area 18 are displayed.
The display area SB of 03 is 70 of the total area of the display screen.
(%) And 30 (%) so that the ratio of both display areas changes with the passage of time.

In this example, the CCD camera 3010 is gradually added.
The proportion of the display area for displaying the captured image is increased so that the remote image of the unauthorized player is initially displayed and the proximity image is gradually displayed mainly.
The manner of changing the display area ratio is not limited to the example shown in FIG.

Next, in step S2112, it is determined whether or not a predetermined time has elapsed, and if it has not elapsed (N
In o), the display control in step S2110 is continued. On the other hand, if the predetermined time has elapsed (Yes), the process moves to step S2114. And step S211
At 4, the CPU 1200 transmits a control signal for ending the capture of image information to the gaming machine 3000 in which the fraud occurred.

In response to this, for example, the main control unit 200 of the gaming machine 3000 with the unit number "1" is the CCD camera 301.
0 is stopped and the image capturing is completed (step S2).
116).

Therefore, according to this operation example, the CPU 1
When the fraud occurrence determination condition is determined to be satisfied, 200 is the gaming machine 3 in the gaming state that satisfies this condition.
A control signal for starting the capture of the game machine side image information by the CCD camera 3010 (image capture device) provided in 000 is transmitted, and the game machine side image information transmitted from the game machine 3000 side is received. And the surveillance camera 1960
(Surveillance Image Capture Device) Captures Surveillance Image and Gaming Machine 30
Since the gaming machine side image information from the 00 side is displayed on the same display screen 1801 of the display device 180, the same display device 1800 is obtained by obtaining a close image and a remote image for an unauthorized player.
Both images can be displayed on top.

Further, since the camera attitude control unit 1950 sets the attitude of the monitoring camera 1960 to the attitude preset for the gaming machine in the gaming state satisfying the above conditions, it is optimal for the gaming machine. Image information can be taken in according to the posture.

Further, the CPU 1200 has the monitoring camera 19
The display area (SB) of the surveillance image captured by 60 and the display area (S) of the image on the gaming machine side captured by the CCD camera 3010
Since the ratio with A) is changed with the lapse of time, the display area ratio can be changed as necessary to obtain an optimum monitoring image.

(Another Operation Example) Step S210 in FIG.
4, the main control unit 200 which receives the control signal transmitted from the CPU 1200 and controls the game operation is shown in FIG.
In step S2200 of 2, the special symbol display device 1
00, a command for causing a display in the special display mode for notifying the fraud detection is transmitted, and then in step S2202, the sound effect generator 116 outputs the command in the special output mode for notifying the fraud detection. A control signal is given to the sound effect generator 116 so as to output the sound, and the operation is controlled.

FIG. 23 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the special symbol display device 100 and the sound effect generator 116. Between the start point indicated by the symbol S and the end point indicated by the symbol E, if it is normal, the special symbol display is performed. A display effect of the device 100 and a sound effect output effect of the sound effect generation device 116 are performed. However, when a command or a control signal is received from the step S2200 or the step S2202 during the production (symbol I), the production is interrupted and the operation in a special mode of notifying the occurrence of fraud during the time T is performed.

FIG. 24 is a CPU of the special symbol display device 100.
1020 is a special mode display example performed by the CPU 1020.
Is displayed on the display screen 1121 of the LCD panel 1120.
Display 1 to notify the occurrence of fraud.

Similarly, when the main control unit 200 gives a control signal to the sound effect generating device 116, a sound completely different from the normal effect is output from the sound effect generating device 116 to give a sound notification of the occurrence of the misconduct. .

Therefore, according to this other operation example, since the main control unit 200 on the gaming machine 3000 side that has received the image capture start control signal controls the operation of its peripheral devices in a special mode, it means that an illegal act has been performed. Will be notified. At this time, when the peripheral device is in the normal game effect, the main control unit 200 controls the operation in a special mode even if the peripheral device interrupts the effect operation, so that it is possible to promptly notify that the misconduct has been performed.

Further, the main control unit 200 interrupts the sound effect generator 116 during the production of the sound effect to output a special sound for notifying the occurrence of fraud, and also produces the special symbol display device 100. By interrupting during display and displaying to notify the occurrence of fraud,
Notification of fraud can be made using existing equipment.

The operation described above is performed by the CPU 120.
0 can be realized by executing the gaming machine management program 1790.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, various modifications and changes can be made to the above embodiments without departing from the scope of the present invention. For example, C
Adopting an image information capturing device other than the CD camera 3010 may be mentioned.

As described above, according to the present invention,
There is an effect that it is possible to obtain a close image and a remote image for an unauthorized player and display both images on the same display device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic explanatory view of a game board 10.

FIG. 2 is a control block diagram of the gaming machine.

FIG. 3 is a block configuration diagram of various lottery result display devices 100.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a character ROM memory map and palette data.

FIG. 5 is a timing chart showing the timing of command transmission / reception.

6 is an explanatory diagram of commands stored in a command data table area 202. FIG.

7 is an explanatory diagram of commands stored in a command data table area 202. FIG.

8 is an explanatory diagram of commands stored in a command data table area 202. FIG.

9 is an explanatory diagram of commands stored in a command data table area 202. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a general flowchart for explaining a game control operation of the gaming machine.

FIG. 11: CPU 102 of various lottery result display devices 100
6 is a flowchart for explaining a control operation of 0.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure of a command.

FIG. 13 is a timing chart showing command transmission timing for displaying symbols.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram for explaining command transmission.

FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram of a gaming machine management device 1000.

FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration on the front side of the gaming machine.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a table 1731.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a table 1732.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory diagram of a table 1733.

20 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen example of the display device 1800. FIG.

FIG. 21 is an explanatory diagram of an operation.

FIG. 22 is an explanatory diagram of another operation.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram of another operation.

FIG. 24 is an explanatory diagram of a display example of another operation.

FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram of an operation example.

[Explanation of symbols]

10 game board 100 special symbol display device 102 Normal design operation gate 104 Special symbol starting port 106 Grand Prize Winner 110 lamp display device 112 lamp display 114 Out Mouth 116 Sound effect generator 120 Opening / closing member 200 Main control unit 201 ROM 202 Command data table area 203 RAM 210 input ports 213 Reset circuit 212 power supply circuit 215 output ports 300 Start opening solenoid 302 Winning prize operation solenoid 304 Special symbol start switch 306 Normal pattern operation switch 308 Winning prize switch 1000 game machine management device 1101 I / O port 1020 CPU 1040 program ROM 1060 Image processing LSI 1080 video RAM 1090 RAM 1100 LCD panel interface circuit 1120 LCD panel 1140 Data receiving circuit 1160 power supply circuit 1180 character ROM 1200 CPU 1300 RAM 1400 bus 1500 input device 1600 CD ROM drive 1700 storage device 1720 Amusement machine management program storage section 1730 table area 1800 display 1900 printer 2000 CDROM 3000 gaming machines 3010 CCD camera 3020 Plate 3030 handle

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. Management of game information of a gaming machine,
In the gaming machine management device configured to obtain the surveillance image captured by the surveillance image capturing device capable of capturing the surveillance image in the game arcade, it is determined whether or not the game information satisfies a predetermined fraud determination condition. When the fraud occurrence determination condition is determined to be satisfied, the determination means and the control for starting the capture of the game machine side image information by the image capture device provided in the game machine in the game state satisfying this condition Control signal transmitting means for transmitting a signal, image information receiving means for receiving image information on the gaming machine side transmitted from the gaming machine side, monitoring image captured by the monitoring image capturing device, and game from the gaming machine side A gaming machine management device comprising: display control means for displaying machine side image information on the same display screen of the display device. 2. The game machine management device according to claim 1, wherein the attitude of the monitor image capturing device is a preset position for the game machine in a game state satisfying the conditions. A gaming machine management device comprising means. 3. The gaming machine management device according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit is a ratio of a display area of the monitoring image and a display area of the gaming machine side image. A gaming machine management device comprising display area ratio changing means for changing the display area ratio according to the passage of time. 4. The gaming machine management device according to any one of claims 1, 2 and 3, wherein the gaming machine side control means that receives the control signal operates its peripheral device in a special mode. A gaming machine management device comprising special operation control means for controlling. 5. The game machine management device according to claim 4, wherein, when the peripheral device is in a normal game effect, the special operation control means interrupts the effect operation to perform operation control in a special mode. A gaming machine management device comprising means for performing. 6. The gaming machine management device according to claim 5, wherein the symbol display device that is displayed as the peripheral device is configured to perform a special display for interrupting the effect display and notifying the occurrence of fraud. A gaming machine management device characterized in that. 7. The game machine management device according to claim 5, wherein the sound effect generation device that generates a sound effect as the peripheral device performs a special output for interrupting the output of the effect sound to notify the occurrence of fraud. A gaming machine management device having the above-mentioned configuration. 8. While managing the game information of the gaming machine,
Whether the game information satisfies a predetermined fraud occurrence determination condition in the operation program of the gaming machine management device configured to obtain the monitoring image captured by the monitoring image capturing device capable of capturing the monitoring image in the game arcade. When the fraud occurrence determination condition is determined to be satisfied, the image capturing device provided in the game machine in the gaming state that satisfies this condition starts capturing the image information on the gaming machine side. Processing for transmitting a control signal to cause, processing for receiving the gaming machine side image information transmitted from the gaming machine side, monitoring image captured by the monitoring image capturing device and gaming machine side image information from the gaming machine side And an operation program for causing a computer to execute a process including the process of displaying and on the same display screen of a display device.