JP2003010510A - Game facility monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game facility monitoring system in which a player during playing a game is photographed with a monitor camera without returning to a monitor room when a watchman during patrolling within a hall finds a doubtful person and the image can be recorded. SOLUTION: This system comprises the one or more monitor cameras 10 installed in a way capable of pan-tilt by a driving system 13 within a game facility 3, a control device 30 for controlling the driving system 13 so as to direct toward a direction and an angle best suited to photographing a player, a monitor 50 for displaying an image photographed with the monitor camera 10, a recording device 40 for recording and preserving an image photographed with the monitor camera, and a remote control device 20 which is formed into a portable size and in which the watchman patrolling within the game facility can operate the control device 30 and the recording device 40 by radio.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a gaming facility monitoring system, and more specifically, a player who is playing a game on a gaming machine using one or more surveillance cameras arranged in a gaming facility such as a pachinko hall. The present invention relates to a game facility monitoring system for photographing.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pachinko hall, there has been a problem of a fraudulent act using a magnet or a fraudulent act such as replacing a regular ROM built in a pachinko machine with an illegal ROM. Therefore, in order to monitor such illegal activities, as a system that generally monitors the inside of a gaming facility such as a pachinko hall or a game center, a surveillance camera is installed in the gaming facility and the image is displayed on the monitor for monitoring. The system is adopted.

[0003]

However, in some cases, the observer not only wants to monitor the image displayed on the monitor, but also wants to make a patrol in the hall for a direct inspection.
In such a case, in the conventional monitoring system,
If the suspicious person discovers a suspicious person while patrolling the hall, he returns to the surveillance room, operates the surveillance system, points the surveillance camera at the pachinko machine during the game, and the suspicious person is surely seen. It was necessary to check if there was something on the monitor and then record the image on the recording device. Therefore, fraudulent acts were performed between the discovery of the suspicious person and the start of recording the video, or the suspicious person who saw the supervisor rushing to the surveillance room tried to commit the cheating act. There was a problem that it was not possible to record the image of the misbehavior by moving the pachinko machine or leaving the hall, knowing that he had noticed.

In addition, it is useless to operate the monitor in the surveillance room where the observer is patrolling the hall and no one is present. When the supervisor patrols the hall, the monitor power is turned off. It is preferable to turn it off. In this case, the supervisor returning from the hall turns on the monitor power every time he returns to the surveillance room.
It is necessary to set it to N, but the monitor power is turned on / off each time the supervisor moves between the surveillance room and the hall.
It is complicated to do.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and even if a surveillance person who is patrolling the hall discovers a suspicious person, he / she shoots a player who is playing a game with a surveillance camera without returning to the surveillance room. At the same time, it is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming facility monitoring system capable of recording the video. Another object of the present invention is to provide a gaming facility monitoring system capable of suppressing the power consumption by stopping the operation of the monitor displaying the image from the surveillance camera when the supervisor is not present in the surveillance room. To do.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 is a gaming facility monitoring system for displaying a video image taken by a surveillance camera arranged in a gaming facility on a monitor for monitoring. At, one or more surveillance cameras installed in the gaming facility so that they can be panned / tilted by a drive device, and the surveillance cameras are oriented in the optimal direction and angle for shooting the player playing each gaming machine. A control device that controls the drive device, a monitor that displays the video image captured by the surveillance camera, a recording device that records and stores the video image captured by the surveillance camera, and a large size that can be carried by a supervisor who patrols the game facility. And a remote control device capable of operating a control device and a recording device by radio, and by operating the remote control device, a game machine to be photographed is specified and a surveillance camera Capturing the video toward the player in the game in the gaming machine provides a game facility monitoring system so as to record the video by recording apparatus.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 2 is the gaming facility monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the remote control device includes a display section for displaying an image,
The video from the surveillance camera and the video recorded by the recording device can be displayed.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 3 is the gaming facility monitoring system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a specific game machine is photographed from the direction and angle at which the surveillance camera is directed. It is characterized in that it is possible to retrieve and extract the existing video.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 4 is the gaming facility monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the recording device is a hard disk recorder, and each gaming machine is The captured video data is filed for each gaming machine, and the video data captured for a specific gaming machine can be searched and extracted from the filed video data, and sorted in order of shooting time. It is characterized that it is possible.

In order to solve the above problems, the invention according to claim 5 is the gaming facility monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the monitor is a gaming facility in which a gaming machine is arranged. Is installed in an isolated monitoring room, and when the monitor who monitors the monitor is absent for a certain period of time, it senses it and stops the screen display and enters the power save mode,
It is characterized in that it is configured to reduce the power consumption of the monitor.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 6 is, in the gaming facility monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, when the monitor is in a power save mode, It is characterized in that when a person enters the monitoring room, it is detected so that the screen display of the monitor is restored.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of a game facility monitoring system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a game facility monitoring system according to the present invention. First, as a general outline, the gaming facility monitoring system 1 shown in FIG. 1 has a plurality of monitoring cameras 10 and 10 installed in a hall 3 and a monitoring camera 1.
Drive device 13 for panning and tilting 0 and 10, respectively
13, a control device 30 arranged in the monitoring room 5, a recording device 40 for recording the images captured by the monitoring cameras 10, 10, a monitor 50 for displaying the captured images, and a control device wirelessly. 30 and a remote control device 20 for operating the recording device 40.

As shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of pachinko machines P are arranged side by side in the hall 3, and a plurality of pachinko machines (not shown) are arranged on the opposite side. A plurality of the formed islands 7 are arranged in parallel. A plurality of surveillance cameras 10 and 10 for photographing the respective pachinko machines P and P arranged on the plurality of islands 7 and 7 are provided in the hall 3.
It is installed so that it can be hung from the ceiling.

The monitoring cameras 10 and 10 are CCD cameras, and the lenses have a zoom function. The surveillance cameras 10 and 10 can use both color and monochrome. Images taken by the monitoring cameras 10 and 10 are sent to the recording device 40 and the monitor 50 via the control device 30. Further, it is preferable that one pachinko machine P is arranged so that it can be photographed by at least two surveillance cameras 10. This is because depending on the shooting direction and angle, it may not be possible to project the wrongdoing behind the player, and it is possible to shoot reliably from different directions and angles. If a so-called dome camera having a hemispherical shape is used as the shape of the surveillance cameras 10 and 10, it is less likely that the customer feels uncomfortable that the surveillance camera is installed.

Each of the surveillance cameras 10 and 10 has a pan / tilt function in which the photographing direction and angle can be changed by the drive devices 13 and 13, respectively. Drive device 13, 13
It is also possible to shoot by repeating a so-called swinging motion within a range of a predetermined shooting angle using. The movements of the drive devices 13 and 13 are controlled by the control device 30 described later.

Images in the hall 3 taken by the surveillance cameras 10 and 10 are displayed on a monitor 50 installed in the surveillance room 5. The monitor 50 is the control device 3
With 0, it is possible to sequentially switch and display the images from the respective monitoring cameras 10 and 10 at predetermined time intervals, or divide the screen to display the images from the plurality of monitoring cameras 10 and 10 at once. Has been done. The monitor 50 is
Two or more units may be arranged instead of one unit.

The images taken by the monitoring cameras 10 and 10 are recorded by the recording device 40. A hard disk recorder is used as the recording device 40, and the video data obtained by photographing each pachinko machine P is filed together with the photographing time for each pachinko machine P and recorded as electronic data such as MPEG and AVI. At this time, if the number of the imaged pachinko machine P is used for the file name, the image data of a specific pachinko machine P is searched for and extracted from the filed image data, or sorted in the order of the time of shooting. It becomes possible to do.

The operation of the drive devices 13 and 13 for directing the surveillance cameras 10 and 10 in a predetermined direction, and the monitor 5 of the photographed image
The display of the image at 0 and the recording of the image by the recording device 40 are controlled by the control device 30. Control device 30
As shown in FIG. 3, is configured to include an operation control unit 31, a video processing unit 33, and an input / output unit 35. The operation control unit 31 presses an input key (not shown) to drive the drive device 1.
Signals are sent to 3 and 13, and the surveillance cameras 10 and 10 are panned and tilted to face the pachinko machine P to be photographed. In addition, the optimum direction and angle for photographing the pachinko machine P are input in advance to the operation control unit 31, and by specifying the number of the pachinko machine P to be photographed, the surveillance cameras 10 and 10 can be operated in that direction and direction. The angle can be turned with one touch.

The video processing unit 33 includes the monitoring cameras 10, 10
It has a function of sending a video image captured by the recording device 40 and the monitor 50 and performing video processing such as capturing a specific scene from the recorded video data.
Although a plurality of surveillance cameras 10 and 10 are installed in the hall 3, the recording device 40 in the present embodiment is
Since the hard disk recorder is used, the specified 1
Not only recording video from the surveillance cameras 10
The video processing unit 3 processes the video from the plurality of surveillance cameras 10 and 10.
3 to each recording device 40, each monitoring camera 10 can be converted into a file and recorded in the recording device 40.

The input / output unit 35 sends the images captured by the monitoring cameras 10 and 10 to the recording device 40 and the monitor 50, and also reproduces the data recorded by the recording device 40 and displays the image on the monitor 50. Exchange data.

The remote control device 20 operates the control device 30 wirelessly from a location remote from the control device 30. By operating the remote control device 20, the drive devices 13 and 13 are operated and monitored. The images can be recorded in the recording device 40 by pointing the cameras 10 and 10 in a desired direction. The remote control device 20 has a liquid crystal display unit 2 for displaying images projected by the respective surveillance cameras 10 and 10.
1, the input keys 23 such as “1” to “0”, and the recording device 4
An operation key 25 for operating 0 is arranged. The input key 23 sends a signal to the control device 30 wirelessly by pressing a predetermined key, specifies the surveillance camera 10 to be viewed based on the signal, and specifies the number of the pachinko machine P to be photographed. . As a result, the surveillance camera 10 is operated so as to face the direction and the angle input to the control device 30 in advance. Then, the image is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21. Further, in the case of the present embodiment, since one pachinko machine P is photographed by at least two or more monitoring cameras 10 and 10, pressing a predetermined key such as “#” causes the monitoring cameras 10 and 10 to operate. The images are switched in sequence.

The operation key 25 sends a signal to the control device 30 wirelessly by pressing a predetermined key to operate the recording device 40 to record, play, stop, fast forward, and rewind. The video being recorded is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21,
Further, the image being reproduced is also displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, an infrared sensor 60 is arranged on the ceiling of the monitoring room 5, and the infrared sensor 60 senses the movement of a person in the monitoring room 5 for a predetermined time. Is not sensed, the monitor 50 is configured to enter the suspend state. That is, when there is a monitor in the monitoring room 5, the infrared sensor 60 detects the motion of the monitor and maintains the operating state of the monitor 50.
Images from the surveillance cameras 10 and 10 are displayed on the monitor 50. Then, when the observer opens the door 5a, goes out of the surveillance room 5, and no one is present in the surveillance room 5 and the infrared sensor 60 does not detect the movement of the person, a signal is transmitted to the control device when a certain time has passed. 30 to control the power supply to the monitor 50 via the control device 30 to enter the suspend state. If the monitor enters the monitoring room 5 while the monitor 50 is in the suspended state, the infrared sensor 60 detects the motion of the monitor and returns the monitor 50 to the operating state again. In addition, although the infrared sensor 60 is used in the present embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and another human sensor (such as a sensor that reacts to heat) may be used.

Next, the operation of the gaming facility monitoring system 1 according to the present invention will be described. First of all, the supervisor monitors the control device 30, the recording device 40, and the monitor 50 arranged in the monitoring room 5.
The power of is turned on to put the gaming facility monitoring system 1 into an operating state. At this time, images from the monitoring cameras 10 and 10 installed in the hall 3 are displayed on the monitor 50. Then, by operating the control device 30, the surveillance camera 10
Select and select the video you want to watch. If necessary, the control device 30 is operated to record and save the image in the recording device 40.

On the other hand, the supervisor leaves the surveillance room 5 and leaves the hall 3
To monitor the inside, the person watching the remote control device 20
Own and move to Hall 3. Infrared sensor 60 when a predetermined time elapses after the monitor leaves the monitoring room 5
Senses this, and the monitor 50 shifts to the suspend state via the control device 30. This suppresses the power consumption of the monitor 50.

When the suspicious person who moves into the hall 3 finds a suspicious person, the number of the pachinko machine P in which the suspicious person is present is confirmed, and the input key 23 of the remote controller 20 possessed by the observant person Enter the number of the pachinko machine P. For example, when trying to shoot a person playing a game on the pachinko machine P on the 10th level, the input key 23 of the remote control device 20 is used.
Press the number keys "1" and "0" of, and finally press the "*" key to confirm the number of the stand. Then, the predetermined monitoring camera 10 in which the optimum direction and angle are previously determined for shooting the "10's" is panned / tilted by the drive device 13 toward the 10's. At this time, since at least two or more monitoring cameras 10 and 10 are directed to the 10s, the user presses “#” to select the monitoring camera 10 that displays a preferable image. Select the remote control device 20
This is performed while watching the image displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21.

Then, the recording start key of the operation key 25 is pressed to start recording the image by the recording device 40. As for video recording, not only video from one surveillance camera 10 but also video from a plurality of surveillance cameras 10 and 10 can be recorded by designating the surveillance cameras 10 and 10 to be recorded. Then, a specific pachinko machine P (for example, "10s etc.") is selected from a large number of filed video data.
By specifying, the photographed video data can be searched and extracted. Further, it is possible to sort a large number of filed video data in the order of shooting time.

[0028]

As described above, according to the gaming facility monitoring system of the present invention, one or more monitoring cameras installed by the drive device so as to be pan / tilt, and a control device for controlling the drive device. , A monitor, a recording device, and a remote control device which is formed in a size that can be carried by a person who goes around the game facility and wirelessly operates the control device and the recording device. Even if a surveillance person who is traveling around finds a suspicious person, it is possible to take an image of the player who is playing the game with the surveillance camera and record the video without returning to the surveillance room.

Further, according to the present invention, when an observer who monitors the monitor is absent in the monitoring room for a certain period of time, it is sensed to stop the operation of the monitor displaying an image from the monitoring camera. Therefore, there is an effect that power consumption can be suppressed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a gaming facility monitoring system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view showing the arrangement of equipment in a hall.

3 is a block diagram of the control device shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of a remote control device.

FIG. 5 is a schematic plan view of a monitoring room.

[Explanation of symbols]

P pachinko machine 1 gaming facility monitoring system 3 holes 5 monitoring room 7 islands 10 surveillance cameras 13 Drive 20 Remote control device 21 LCD display 23 Input key 25 operation keys 30 control device 31 Motion control unit 33 Video processing unit 35 I / O section 40 recording device 50 monitors 60 infrared sensor

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A gaming facility monitoring system for displaying a video image captured by a surveillance camera arranged in a gaming facility on a monitor for monitoring, wherein 1 or a pan or tilt is installed in the gaming facility by a driving device so that the panning / tilting is possible. Two or more surveillance cameras, a control device that controls the drive device so that the surveillance cameras are oriented in an optimum direction and angle for photographing a player who plays a game on each gaming machine, and an image captured by the surveillance cameras A monitor for displaying, a recording device for recording and storing an image taken by the surveillance camera, and a size that can be carried by an observer who circulates in a game facility. The control device and the recording device are wirelessly connected to each other. An operable remote control device is included, and by operating the remote control device, a game machine desired to be photographed is specified, and the surveillance camera is playing with the game machine. A gaming facility monitoring system in which the video is photographed to a player and the video is recorded by the recording device. 2. The gaming facility monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the remote control device includes a display unit for displaying a video, and the video from the surveillance camera and the video recorded by the recording device can be displayed. A gaming facility monitoring system characterized by being said. 3. The gaming facility monitoring system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein an image showing a specific gaming machine can be searched and extracted from a direction and an angle at which the surveillance camera is directed. A gaming facility monitoring system characterized by. 4. The gaming facility monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the recording device is a hard disk recorder, and video data of each gaming machine is filed for each gaming machine. The game data is characterized in that it is possible to search for and extract video data of a specific gaming machine taken from the filed video data, and to sort in order of shooting time. Facility monitoring system. 5. The gaming facility monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the monitor is installed in a monitoring room that is isolated from a gaming facility in which a gaming machine is arranged. A gaming facility monitoring system, which is configured to detect when an observer to be monitored is absent for a certain period of time, stop the screen display, enter a power save mode, and suppress power consumption of the monitor. . 6. The gaming facility monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the monitor is in a power save mode,
A gaming facility monitoring system, which is configured to detect when a person enters the monitoring room and restore the screen display of the monitor.