JP2003038814A - Managing system for prize quantity or the like at game hall - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a managing system for a prize quantity or the like which can monitor a fraudulent inputting history after closing a POS device or the like, and can prevent or suppress the prize based on the fraudulent input from being stolen or the like, in a prize management at a game hall. SOLUTION: This managing system for a prize quantity or the like is equipped with a storage means, and an outputting means. In this case, the storage means stores an inputting history operated from the inputting terminal of the managing system for the prize quantity or the like during a period from after the prize closing process for yesterday (N-1 day) in the game hall to before the opening of the game hall today (N day) (referred to as an overtime inputting history hereinafter). The outputting means outputs the overtime inputting history to the inputting terminal or a remote terminal which is connected with the inputting terminal after the opening of the game hall today. For example, the closing process time of today is set as the outputting period, and when closing data is print-output, the overtime inputting history is printed at the beginning of the printing data. Thus, fraudulence in the prize stock management can be easily found in normal processes.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize quantity management system in a game shop.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game store such as a pachinko parlor, for example, when exchanging balls for prizes, the amount of each kind of prizes provided, and the amount of the prizes delivered relative to the amount of receipts, the inventory is A POS device, which is a premium management device, is used to manage how much is left. This POS device manages the shipping amount of prizes by type by accumulating this data by reading the barcodes of the prizes with a hand scanner, and if there is a receipt of the gifts, input the data to check the receipt amount. It is possible to manage, and the inventory amount can be managed by automatic calculation by taking the difference between the input amount and the output amount.

[0003]

By the way, as a result of inventorying the prizes at the daily closing of the prize management at the amusement store, there is a difference between the actual inventory quantity and the calculated inventory quantity of the POS device. In this case, the inventory quantity on the data of the POS device may be corrected to the actual inventory quantity after the stocktaking. Since there is a case where it is necessary to perform the correction input after the closing process, a system that receives an input such as the inventory amount correction by the POS device after the closing process on a certain day is generally adopted.

However, by misusing this system,
There is no denying the possibility of unauthorized acquisition (plagiarism) of prizes. For example, after the prize closing process after the store is closed, if the stock of the prize is intentionally reduced from the actual inventory due to an illegal input from the POS device, and the reduced amount of the prize is unjustly taken away, the POS device Even if the input history remains in the data of, there is no data linkage between the day and the next day (in other words, yesterday and today), and since it is a system that is completed by the end of that day, illegal acquisition of prizes is a game There is a problem that is difficult for the store manager to discover or prevent.

An object of the present invention is to monitor a fraudulent input history after a closing process of a POS device or the like in a prize management in a game shop, and prevent or suppress the plagiarism of the prize or the like due to the illegal operation. To provide a management system.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention The present invention is an input terminal of a prize quantity management system after the prize closing process at yesterday (N-1 day) at a game shop and before the opening today (N day). Storage means for storing an input history operated from (hereinafter referred to as an overtime input history), and the overtime input history is output and displayed on the input terminal or a remote terminal connected to the input terminal after opening today. An output means is provided. As a result, yesterday's overtime input history,
On the next day (today), you can check the overtime input history that is actively (forced) reflected or taken over on the system today and may lead to illegal prize acquisition. Input history monitoring has a deterrent effect on fraudulent prize acquisition (plagiarism, etc.) and helps prevent or prevent theft of prizes. It is also possible to easily detect fraudulent behavior of prize inventory management in normal operations. Becomes

[0007] The output means sets the output time to today's closing processing after opening today and after closing today, and outputs the overtime input history as a part of the print data of the print output when printing the closing data. Can be output. In this case, in particular, when the closing data is printed out during the closing process today, the overtime input history can be printed at the beginning of the printing data. From this, the person who performs the daily closing procedure, such as the manager of the game shop, automatically knows the overtime input history of yesterday, and the daily check system is easily realized.

Further, the output means is the input terminal (PO
(S device etc.) or a remote terminal display screen, the overtime input history can also be displayed in the overtime input history display area based on a predetermined requested operation after the opening of the store today. It is also possible for the manager of the game store to display the overtime input history using a remote terminal only in the management office or the like, and to monitor the illegal takeout of the prize. Then, either of such display output and the above-mentioned print output may be adopted, but by using these display output and print output together, the fraudulent behavior of the prize inventory can be monitored more effectively. can do. In addition,
The yesterday's or today's closing process can be referred to as a process of determining the quantity of gifts mainly entering and leaving, as represented by, for example, the output of today's business daily report.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the examples shown in the drawings. FIG. 1 shows an outline of a system including a POS device 3 as a prize management device (input terminal). The prize balls obtained by the player (visitor) are weighed by the ball counter 1, and the prize ball winner is provided with the prize desired by the prize player by the POS device 3 based on the receipt or online data of the measured number. It The POS device 3 is connected to the higher-level management computer 2, and the higher-level computer 2 centrally manages the plurality of POS devices 3. Further, an external remote terminal 5 is connected to the POS device 3 and the upper management computer 2 via a communication network 4, for example, a remote terminal 5 provided in a management office or the like located in a place different from a game shop. POS at the management office
The data of the device 3 and the like can be browsed.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the POS device 3.
Hand scanner 11, print printer 12, operation key 1
3, a card reader 14 for magnetism or the like, an angle adjusting unit 15 and a display 16 are provided, and a customer side display unit 17 is provided on the rear side of the main body, although not shown in detail.

The hand scanner 11 authenticates identification means such as a bar code attached to a prize or the like when the prize is exchanged. The print printer 12 prints out the daily business report data described below and the input history after hours (for example, the input history after hours regarding a specific prize). The operation key 13 functions as an input unit separate from the hand scanner 11. The card reader 14 such as a magnet reads the ID data of the store clerk identification card on which the ID for identifying each store clerk (operator of the POS device 3) is read, and takes in the data of the input person of the POS device 3. The display 16 includes, for example, a liquid crystal display unit,
Required counter operations such as the number of exchange balls (or metal) and exchange prizes are displayed, and a predetermined selection input is made possible by touching a panel in addition to the operation keys 13.
The angle adjusting unit 15 adjusts the angle of the display 16 and maintains it in a fixed state. The customer display unit 17 displays the number of exchange balls, the prize information and the like for the customer to confirm.

FIG. 3 schematically shows an internal control unit and a storage unit of the POS device 3, and each POS device 3 has a CPU 21,
A RAM 22, a ROM 23, an I / O port 25, and a hard disk (HDD) 30 as a storage unit are provided, and these are connected by a bus 24. The CPU 21 operates using the RAM 22 as a work area and executes the programs stored in the ROM 23. The ROM 23 stores an overtime input operation notification program 23a. A storage unit 31 for business daily report data is assigned to the HDD 30, and the storage unit 31 stores a storage file 31a for business data and a PO.
A storage file 31b of the input operation history of the S device 3 is provided. Further, the I / O port 25 is connected to a communication line such as a LAN through an interface (not shown), and
The network shown in is constructed.

The information of the input operation history is sequentially stored, for example, in time series, and the time data of the input operation and the information of the type of the input operation are also stored as associated data. In particular, the overtime input history data, which can be said to be the correction input after the previous day closing process, is stored in the input operation history storage file 31b in association with the type of the input operation and the input time. For example, as illustrated in FIG. 4 (a) (here, the special final processing time of the previous day means the final processing time of only a specific type of gift among a plurality of types of gifts).
The types of the input history of the POS device 3 are classified into various types such as front balance adjustment, warehousing, exchange, movement between stores, and inventory. Of these, front-end adjustment is the process of changing the number of stocks after opening the next day, and receiving is a gift (for example, a certain gift (special gift)
Etc.), transfer between stores for transfer of gifts from other stores in chain stores, or transfer of gifts to other stores, inventory taking data of stocks to match the actual number of gifts, assuming inventory check This is a process of changing the number of premiums in stock.

Then, as the type of the overtime input history of the special prize or all the prizes after the closing time on the previous day, it is classified into various types such as the above balance adjustment, warehousing, exchange, movement between stores, and inventory. As an illegal input operation after the closing process, there is a high possibility that the data will be rewritten less than the actual amount by the type of “inventory”, and the gift that has been rewritten less than that may be illegally leaked. The input operation of the POS device after the closing time on the previous day and before the opening time today becomes the overtime input history, and the re-storing time of the previous day data accompanying the input is also the above-mentioned input operation history storage file 31b.
Memorized in.

Then, after closing the previous day, in order to monitor the illegal input of the POS device outside the hours before the opening of the store today, in the normal business, the form (business daily report) to be confirmed daily is shown in FIG. 4 (a).
A data item of the input history outside the hours before the opening of the store closed today is added, and the input history data 40 outside the hours is added before the business daily report data 41 (even after (Good) Print it out on the specified form paper and call attention to the administrator.

FIG. 5 shows an example in which the above-mentioned input history outside the time is displayed on the display 16 of the POS device 3, and a display item 41 (business daily report data 4) related to a normal business daily report is shown.
In addition to 1), overtime input histories 40a and 40b are displayed. In this example, a display area (40b) for the input history of the special gift is provided in the outside of the hours after the closing on the previous day and before the opening of the store today. History data can be displayed. To display a screen with a special display area (40b) as shown in FIG. 5,
For example, a predetermined selection instruction area on the top page may be designated and input, or an input key therefor may be set in the operation keys 13 of the POS device 3. The display screen as shown in FIG. 5 can be displayed not only on the display 16 of the POS device 3 but also on the terminal screen of the remote terminal 5 in FIG.

FIG. 6 shows an outline of the above-mentioned overtime input history notification program. In step S1, it is determined whether or not the final closing process on the previous day has been performed, and if so, it is determined in S2 whether or not an overtime input operation (for example, an overtime input operation regarding a special prize) has been performed. When the overtime input operation is performed, the input history data (including the type of input and the input time) is stored in the input operation history file 31b as S3. And today at S4 (the next day)
If there is a past input history until the opening time arrives, the input history is stored.

After the store opens today at S4, the PO
The input operation of the S device 3 is no longer the input history after hours.
Here, in order to print out the input history outside the scheduled time later, the input history data of the POS device 3 is printed from the storage unit (for example, the storage file 31b in FIG. 3) that stores and stores the input history. Can be moved to another storage file for preparation. For example, a part of the RAM 22 is used as a buffer memory, or a dedicated storage unit is used as a printer buffer memory so that the input history is copied (the timing is, for example, today's opening time).
S5 of FIG. 6 can be added.

Here, in reading (extracting) the input history data after the above time, among the input history data of the POS device 3 stored in the storage unit in time series, the time associated with the data. Based on the data, it is possible to read out the input history data accompanied by the time data included from the closing processing time on the previous day to the opening time on the current day, and print out the input history outside the hours. Alternatively, it is also possible to set a dedicated storage unit for the input history data outside the time period from the closing time on the previous day to the opening time today, and store the overtime input history data therein.

In any case, in S6 of FIG. 6, when there is an instruction to output the daily business report during the closing process at the time of closing the store today, the input history data of the POS device 3 after hours is read from a predetermined storage unit, As described with reference to FIG. 4B, the print format is set so that the input history data 40 after hours is printed at the beginning of the business daily report form sheet, and the normal business daily report 41 is printed thereafter. Printing is executed accordingly. As a result, during the normal today's closing process, the input history outside the time period from the previous day's closing process to the opening of the store today can be found, and thus it becomes possible to monitor the unauthorized use of the prize as a part of the normal business.

Further, as shown in S8 and S9 of FIG. 6, based on the display output instruction operation of the input history data after hours,
On the display 16 (display screen) of the POS device 3 or the display screen of the remote terminal 5 (FIG. 1), the input history data (40b) after hours is displayed with the content shown in FIG. 5, for example (especially for special prizes). In this display screen, apart from the printout of the daily business report for today's closing processing, at any time after opening today, the input history outside the closing processing from the previous day to the opening today You can also check the data. In FIG. 6, each step of printout of the input history data and display output of the input history data on the display screen is serially described in the today's closing process, but this is for convenience of description. However, the steps may be performed before or after both steps, or only one of the steps may be performed.

Of the plural prizes as described above,
Only for the prizes (special prizes) that are likely to be misappropriated, read the overtime input history (the overtime special input history regarding special prizes) until the store opens today after the closing process yesterday (the previous day), The overtime special input history relating to this special gift can be printed out together with the daily business report during today's closing process, or displayed and output on a predetermined display screen. As a result, it is possible to intensively monitor the in-and-out data processing of the special prize which is likely to be illegally taken out, and to easily suppress or prevent the illegal act in the prize.
However, not only special prizes but also all kinds (or plural kinds) of prizes handled at amusement stores can be output of the overtime input history with the data distinguished for each kind of prize, and the above-mentioned embodiment Also includes that.

If there is no overtime input history (for example, the previous day special processing) shown in FIG. 4A, the overtime input history is not printed, or if the previous day data is not stored again, it is not printed. Can be programmed to Alternatively, if there is no overtime input history, a statement indicating that there is no overtime input history can be printed or displayed on a display unit such as a display.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram conceptually showing an example of a system configuration of the present invention.

FIG. 2 shows P as an input terminal of the prize management device of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an OS device.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram schematically showing the internal control configuration of the POS device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of overtime input history data in the POS device and an example in which the input history data is printed out at the head of a business daily report form.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen to which a display area for displaying overtime input history data is added in the POS device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an example of an overtime input history notification routine according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols] 1 ball counter 2 Upper management computer 3 POS device 5 remote terminal 12 Printer 13 Input key 23a Overtime input history notification program 31b Input history storage file

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An input history (hereinafter referred to as overtime input) operated from an input terminal of a prize quantity management system after a prize closing process at yesterday (N-1 day) at a game shop and before opening today (N day). (Hereinafter referred to as a history), and a means for outputting and displaying the overtime input history on the input terminal and / or a remote terminal connected to the input terminal after the store is opened today. A system for managing the amount of prizes at amusement stores. 2. The output means sets the output time to today's closing processing after opening today and after closing today, and outputs the closing data as a part of the print data of the print output after the closing time. The prize quantity management system in a game shop according to claim 1, which outputs an input history. 3. The output means sets the today's closing process as an output time, and prints the overtime input history at the beginning of the print data when the tightening data is printed out. Management system for the quantity of prizes at amusement stores. 4. The output means displays the overtime input history in an overtime input history display area on a display screen of the input terminal or a remote terminal based on a predetermined request operation after the opening today. The management system for the amount of prizes in the amusement store described in. 5. The output means sets the output time to the today's closing process after opening today and after closing today, and outputs the closing data as a part of the print data of the print output when the tightening data is printed out. The output history is displayed together with the output history of the input terminal and / or the remote terminal on the display screen of the input terminal and / or a remote terminal based on a predetermined request operation after the opening today. Management system for the quantity of prizes at amusement stores.