JP2003251059A - Game management system, program for it, and game permit device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game management system capable of surely managing game player and game data, without customer's procedure for member registration or the like and game hall staff's processing to meet the management request for the customer and game data to the game hall, and to provide the customer with enjoyable game environment. <P>SOLUTION: This game management system includes a game machine for permitting a game according to a game medium, and a management server for managing the game data related to the game. The system is provided with a characteristic taking means for taking living body characteristic data related to the living body of the game player from the body of the game player, a storage means for storing the game management data formed by coupling the living body characteristic data to the game data, and an output means for outputting the information according to the game management data. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game management system for managing game data relating to a player's game in a game hall provided with a game machine such as a pachinko machine or a pachi-slot machine.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a game management system that issues a membership card to a customer and manages customer information such as regular customers by the membership card.

In such a game management system, a customer is required to enter customer information such as name, address, and telephone number in a registration card when a membership card is created, and a clerk can use the information described in the registration card. Customer management is performed by a method of inputting customer information to a personal computer.

Further, the membership card is formed of a storage medium capable of storing value data such as the amount of money, the number of pachinko balls, the number of medals, etc. When lending game media such as pachinko balls and medals, a table machine is used. When the membership card and money are inserted into the, the game management that manages the game data such as how much the customer who is a member has played by storing the value data in the member card and then permitting the loan. Systems also exist.

[0005]

However, in the game management system as described above, the customer is forced to take the trouble of membership registration, and the customer feels uncomfortable such as annoying. Further, if the membership card is not inserted into the machine, it is impossible to grasp and manage the game data such as the lending information of the game medium.

[0006] Furthermore, if the member card is lost, reissuance is required, and if the user forgets to carry it, a temporary issuance is required, and when a member who has already registered silently re-registers due to forgetting or the like. Double registration, etc.
It was inconvenient for both the customer and the game hall.

The present invention is directed to customer procedures such as membership registration,
And without any processing by the game hall clerk,
We propose a game management system that can reliably manage gamers (customers) and game data, respond to customer and game data management requests to game halls, and provide a comfortable game environment to customers. The purpose is to

[0008]

The present invention is a game management system comprising a game machine that allows a game based on a game medium, and a management server that manages game data relating to the game. Based on the game management data, characteristic fetching means for fetching biometric characteristic data concerning the player's living body from the body, storage means for storing game management data formed by combining the biometric characteristic data with the game data, and the game management data. It is a game management system provided with an output means for outputting information.

Thus, the biometric feature data can be combined with (stored in association with) the game data and stored, and the player and the game data can be managed without having to take the troublesome procedure such as membership registration.

The game medium may be game moving objects such as pachinko balls and medals, or game allowance data indicating the number of pachinko balls, the number of medals, and the allowable number of games. The gaming machine can be configured with a device that allows a game, such as a pachinko machine and / or a pachi-slot machine.

The game data is an IC for storing valuable value
Lending data for renting out game media with a stand-alone machine that inserts value storage media such as coins, IC cards, and magnetic cards, game media insertion data indicating the amount of game media inserted into the game machine by the user, and payout by the game machine The game medium payout data indicating the amount of the game medium, and / or the game-related data such as the play time data indicating the time played by the player can be used.

The management server can be composed of a computer such as a personal computer, a workstation, or a mainframe. The biometric feature data includes facial image data, facial feature data obtained by extracting features such as the shape and contour of the face and positions and shapes of eyes and nose, eye image data, and iris features such as radial patterns in black eyes. Iris feature data, retinal feature data that extracted features of the retina such as the pattern of fundus capillaries, voice voice data, voiceprint feature data that extracted voiceprint features, fingerprint image data, and / or fingerprint pattern extraction It can be composed of biometric data such as fingerprint characteristic data.

The feature capturing means is a photographing device such as a digital camera or a digital video camera for photographing a face image and / or an eye image, a sound collecting device such as a microphone for collecting sound, and / or a fingerprint for reading a fingerprint. It can be constituted by a capturing means such as a scanner capable of capturing the characteristics of the living body.

The game management data is game management data in which the biometric feature data and the game data are integrally combined, feature management data formed of the biometric feature data and ID data for identifying the biometric feature data, and Game management data and the like including additional game data obtained by adding the ID data to game data, and linking each with each other,
It can be configured with data for managing play, and includes including a part or all of the game data.

Regarding the generation of the game management data, the biometric feature data and the game data are integrally combined to generate the game management data. The game management data is used as temporary game management data. The feature management data formed of the biometric feature data and the ID data that identifies the biometric feature data is generated, and the biometric feature data of the temporary game management data is converted into ID data to be game management data, or first, It includes a generation method of generating characteristic management data, adding ID data to the game data, and generating game management data.

The storage means is a hard disk, memory, CD-ROM, MO, or floppy (registered trademark).
It can be configured with a storage device such as a disk. The information is the face image data of the player, the amount-of-use ranking data of the player, the ranking data of the number of days visited by the player, the number-of-visits-players data, the service contents for the player who used more than a certain amount (beverage present or a certain number). Information on the game management data, such as service data indicating a service such as a payout present).

The output means is a display device such as a CRT display, a liquid crystal display or a lamp for displaying information,
It can be configured by a voice utterance device such as a speaker that outputs information by voice, and can be a management server, a gaming machine, a stand-by machine, or
Including provision of valuable media (IC coins, IC cards, etc.) to other devices such as issuing machines and settlement machines.

With the above configuration, it is possible to manage the game data with the player as described above, and particularly when the game data is used as lending data, the number of machines and the number of lending machines for lending the game medium to the player. Since it is possible to easily manage the lending information such as, for example, by combining it with the player, it is possible to manage the data having a high utility value such as performing the service based on this.

As a preferred embodiment, the biometric feature data and the feature database storing the feature management data formed by ID data for specifying the biometric feature data are compared with the biometric feature data to determine whether they are the same person or not. When the player determining unit determines that the same person as the biometric feature data newly captured by the feature capturing unit does not exist in the feature database, the biometric feature data includes ID data. And a feature database management means for registering new feature management data with the addition of the above in the feature database.

The ID data can be composed of an ID such as a unique ID formed of numbers or / and alphabets.

The player determining means calculates the degree of similarity between the biometric feature data stored in the feature database and the biometric feature data newly fetched, and if it is within a certain value, it is the same person, and other persons are different persons. It can be constituted by a means for judging the player, such as a control device for executing the judgment processing.

If the determination result of the player determination means is the same person, the characteristic database management means executes a process of adding ID data to the biometric characteristic data, and the characteristic management data created thereby is used as the characteristic data. It can be configured by means for managing the database, such as a control device that executes registration processing for registering in the database.

With the above configuration, it is possible to prevent the same person from being redundantly registered in the feature database and minimize the amount of data. Even when image data having a large data size is used, it is applied to the feature database. The load can be minimized to increase the service capacity. Further, by adding ID data to the game data instead of the biometric feature data, the player of the game data can be specified. Therefore, it is not necessary to store the biometric feature data for each game data, and a huge amount occurs. It is possible to significantly reduce the amount of game data.

Further, as a preferred embodiment, the output means can be formed by display means for totaling and displaying the game management data under a predetermined condition.

As a result, the clerk can determine the amount of money used by the player, the number of days visited by the player, the number of visitors on a specific day, a list of players who have spent more than a certain amount, a face image of the player, and the like. It is possible to confirm the game information and the player information in which the game management data is aggregated under the condition of.

Further, as a preferred embodiment, the output means may be formed of notification means for notifying a player of which the game management data satisfies a predetermined condition, of a predetermined service.

The notification means is a CRT display or a liquid crystal display for displaying an image, or a lighting display device for displaying a telop (for example, a 16 × 16 LED (Light Emitti).
ng Diode), a display device such as a lighting display device for displaying characters in dots), or a sound generation device such as a speaker that emits sound, and the notification means is a game machine,
Includes provision for a stand-alone machine or other devices such as a settlement machine and a valuable media issuing machine.

With the above configuration, for example, to customers who have spent more than a certain amount of money, "Thank you very much. Today, I will give you a special coffee at the counter today." We are pleased to announce that we will release 200 shots as a special payout service from now on. "
It is possible to provide the player with a service and to clearly convey the fact of the service.

Further, the present invention comprises a reading means for reading the valuable value from the value storage medium for storing the valuable value, and a feature fetching means for fetching biometric feature data relating to the player's living body from the player's body. It can be a game permission device.

The value storage medium is a storage medium capable of rewriting recorded information, such as an IC coin or an IC card having an antenna for transmitting and receiving data, a modem, and a data storage unit, and a magnetic card having a magnetic belt. Can be composed of

The game permitting device, for example, is a stand-alone machine that rents out a game medium (for example, a game moving object such as a pachinko ball or a medal) based on the insertion of a value storage medium, for example, a game based on the insertion of the game medium. Gaming machines that allow,
Alternatively, it may be a device that allows a game, such as a game device including the above-mentioned stand-alone machine and a game machine. With the above configuration,
It is possible to acquire the player's biometric feature data and game data with the game permission device.

Further, according to the present invention, the game data relating to the game and the biometric characteristic data relating to the living body of the player captured by the characteristic capturing means are combined to form game management data, and the game management data is stored in the storage means. It may be a game management data generating program.

As a result, the conventional stand-alone machine, valuable medium issuing machine, and in some cases, gaming machines and other devices are provided with feature fetching means and a game management data generation program is incorporated, which is troublesome for member registration. The version can be upgraded so that the player and the game data can be managed without taking steps.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that the feature database stores the feature management data formed by the biometric feature data relating to the player's biometrics captured by the feature capturing means and the ID data specifying the biometric feature data. Compare the biometric feature data newly captured by the capture means,
When it is determined that the biometric feature data does not exist, the feature data base management program can add ID data to the biometric feature data and register it in the feature data base.

As a result, the conventional person-to-machine machine, the valuable medium issuing machine, the game machine, and other devices in some cases are equipped with the feature fetching means and the feature database management program is incorporated, so that the same person is stored in the feature database. It is possible to prevent duplicate registration and minimize the amount of data. Even when using image data with a large data size, the load on the feature database is minimized and the capacity (capacity) is reduced. Can be increased.

[0036]

According to the present invention, the player and the game data can be managed without forcing the player to take trouble.

Further, since the player and the game data can be managed without being affected by the use or nonuse of the membership card, the player can be managed accurately and surely, and the player can be serviced based on this. become.

[0038]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of a game management system 1, in which a data management terminal 2 which manages game data is connected via a cable 12 and a relay device (HUB) 9 which relays communication to a console machine 7 ( Pachinko stand machine,
Throttle bench machine) is connected so that data can be sent and received.

The inter-machine 7 is provided adjacent to one side of the gaming machines 6 (pachinko gaming machine, throttle (pachi-slot) gaming machine) of the plurality of islands A1, A2. In addition, the vending machine 3, the settlement machine 4, and the hall computer 10 are also connected to the cable 12,
The data management terminal 2 is connected to the data management terminal 2 via a repeater 9 so that data can be transmitted and received.

The data management terminal 2 manages game data, which will be described later, and allows a clerk to confirm the game data by a display method such as a list display. Further, it is connected to another system, that is, a host computer (installed in a management center) that manages the IC coin 13 and distributes the ID code of the IC coin 13 on the same day via a communication line.

The vending machine 3 issues an IC coin 13 (described later) used as a payout medium for a game moving body (pachinko ball or medal) in the gaming machine 6. This issuance is executed by recording the data of the amount (value) corresponding to the amount (value) of the cash in the IC coin 13 and discharging it based on the input of cash (banknotes or coins).

When the player stops playing the game, if the IC coin 13 used has a residual value, the settlement machine 4 makes an IC.
The value of the IC coin 13 is settled by inserting the coin 13 and discharging the remaining amount of cash (money).

As is well known, the gaming machine 6 allows the pachinko gaming machine to use a pachinko ball as a game moving body and the throttle gaming machine to use a medal as a game moving body.

The inter-mounting machine 7 is set to pay out a game moving body such as a pachinko ball or a medal corresponding to the game machine 6 and use an IC coin 13 (described later) as a payout medium of this game moving body. . Further, a photographing unit 5 installed on the upper portion of the gaming machine 6 is communicatively connected, and an operation of photographing a player's face with a digital camera 5a included in the photographing unit 5 and a photographing unit 5 are provided. The operation of displaying the service content on the liquid crystal display 5b is executed.

Although the digital camera 5a is provided so that the lens is located at the center of the upper portion of the gaming machine 6,
For example, it is provided in the stand-alone machine 7 or provided in the vicinity of a lending button (not shown) for lending the game moving object by inserting the IC coin 13 so that a picture is taken at the moment when the player presses the lending button. The installation position can be devised such that the player's eyes are directed toward the digital camera 5a or a plurality of digital cameras 5a are provided.

The IC coin 13 is issued when cash is inserted into the stand machine 7, the issued IC coin 13 can be used, and the IC coin 13 issued by the vending machine 3 is used. You can also do it.

At the ends of the islands A1 and A2 where the gaming machines 6 are arranged in parallel, the IC coins 13 that collect the cash (banknotes or coins) thrown into the gaming machines 6 and are pooled in the gaming machines 6 are provided. A collecting machine (not shown) is arranged to collect the overflowed material. The islands A1 and A2 mentioned above
The above-mentioned vending machine 3 can be installed at the end of the vending machine.

With the above system configuration, the face image of the player photographed by the digital camera 5a and the IC coin 13
The usage information, that is, the game data, can be transmitted from the inter-machine 7 to the data management terminal 2 via the relay 9 and the cable 12 and managed by the data management terminal 2.

Also, the service information for the customer is
The data management terminal 2 can also transmit to the inter-machine 7 via the relay 9 and the cable 12 and display it on the liquid crystal display 5b to notify the player.

Next, the structure of the inter-vehicle machine 7 will be described with reference to the control circuit block diagram shown in FIG. The control unit 80 that controls the drive between the stand machines 7 is a non-volatile rewritable flash ROM 8 that stores a CPU 81 that executes various control processes and arithmetic processes, and a program that executes each process.
2. Security data such as ID code on the day, encryption logic, and data necessary for operation are stored, and when the power is turned off, the stored information is erased.
It comprises a relay communication interface 84 communicatively connected to the data management terminal 2 via an I / O interface 85 connecting input / output to each device.

The flash ROM 82 has a business-related data registration program 82a for executing a process of adding face image data of a player to data relating to a game (temporary game data described later) and registering it in a business-related database 29a (described later). Is stored.

The RAM 83 has
The power supply can be backed up with a capacitor.

Further, it is connected to the control unit 80 and includes the following devices. The display device 71 displays operation amount and change amount for issuing the IC coin 13 and the issued I
The data required to notify the player of the issuance, such as the value of the C coin 13, is displayed.

The IC coin issue processing device 72 feeds out and discharges the stored IC coins 13 one by one. I
The C coin reader / writer 73 is provided at the reading position of the IC coin issue processing device 72 described above, transmits and receives data to and from the issued IC coin 13 in a non-contact state, and
The reading and writing of the data of the coin 13 is executed.

The amount selection / cancel button 74 allows the player to select each amount of money to be given to the IC coin 13 to be issued and to perform each operation of the issuance.

The bill processing device 75 executes the genuine / counterfeit discrimination and the denomination discrimination of the bills inserted to issue the IC coins 13. If the bills are true bills, the issuance is permitted. When the change is required, the change processing is executed.

The coin processing device 76 executes the genuine / counterfeit discrimination and the denomination discrimination of the coins inserted to issue the IC coins 13. If the coins are true coins, the issuance is permitted. When the change is required, the change processing is executed.

The power supply device 78 converts the power supplied from the outside into operating power and supplies it to each device.

As described above, the digital camera 5a is provided inside the photographing unit 5, photographs the face of the player under the control of the control unit 80, and photographs the face image data taken by the control unit 8.
Send to 0.

The liquid crystal display 5b is provided inside the photographing unit 5 as described above, and displays the service contents under the control of the controller 80.

The IC coin 13 issued by the machine 7 configured as described above is used as an area for storing data.
It has a system area in which data cannot be rewritten and a data area in which data can be rewritten. The following data is stored in each area.

In the system area, a unique number,
Remember the hole number.

In the data area, a valuable value (amount of money or frequency), a date (issue date), a current day ID code, the number of writings, and an issuing machine number are stored.

These data are transmitted as IC coin data to the data management terminal 2 via the relay device 9. The data management terminal 2 side authenticates and registers the data, and further transmits this IC coin data. Repeater 9 that relayed
When the IC coin 13 is settled by the settlement machine 4, the authentication data is used for the authentication process. A part of the IC coin data is used for a part of game data described later.

With the above-mentioned structure, the stand-by machine 7 acquires game data by inserting the IC coin 13 into the IC coin reader / writer 73, acquires face image data of the player by the digital camera 5a, and uses a liquid crystal display. Display of service contents can be executed.

Next, the structure of the data management terminal 2 will be described with reference to the control circuit block diagram shown in FIG. The control unit 20 that drives and controls the data management terminal includes a CPU 21 that executes various control processes and arithmetic processes, a non-volatile, non-rewritable ROM 22 that stores a program for performing each process, and temporary data during aggregation processing. For example, volatile RAM 23 that stores data necessary for operation and erases stored information when the power is turned off, communication interface 24 that is communicatively connected to inter-machine 7 connected to repeater 9, and each device It is composed of an I / O interface 25 for connecting input and output.

Connected to the control unit 20, the following device is provided. The display device 26 displays necessary data for the store clerk, such as a ranking display of players who spend a lot of money. The input device 27 is formed by a mouse and a keyboard,
Receive input from a salesclerk.

The recording medium reading device 28 is a CD-ROM 28 storing programs necessary for the game management system 1.
The recording medium such as “a” is read, and installation of the program and import of necessary data are permitted. The recording medium is not limited to the CD-ROM 28a, but may be a recording medium capable of storing data, such as a floppy disk or MO (Magneto Optical disk).

The storage device 29 stores necessary data such as a database and a program which will be described later. Power supply 30
Converts the power supplied from the outside into operating power and supplies it to each device.

The data and programs stored in the storage device 29 will be described with reference to the data structure explanatory diagram shown in FIG. 4 and the data structure detailed explanatory diagram shown in FIG.
The storage device 29 of the data management terminal 2 stores four databases of a business-related database 29a, a face image database 29b, a game database 29c, and a service database 29d, and two programs of a valuable value management program 29e and a management program 29f. To do.

The business-related database 29a is shown in FIG.
(A) is a database for receiving the business-related data having the structure shown in (A) from the stand-alone machine 7 and storing it. The value of the IC coin 13 when the IC coin 13 is inserted, the inserted stand-alone machine No. ． In addition, the date and time of input (lending date data, lending time data) and the like are sequentially stored.

The face image database 29b is a database for storing face data having the structure shown in FIG. 5B, and the face image taken by the digital camera 5a when the IC coin 13 is inserted together with the face image is stored. Face image IDs, which are unique numbers assigned to images, are sequentially stored.

The game database 29c is a database for storing game data having the structure shown in FIG. 5C, and the face image data of the business-related data is the face image I.
The game data formed by converting to D is sequentially stored.

The service database 29d is a database for storing service data having the structure shown in FIG. 5D, and stores ranking data and service contents.

The valuable value management program 29e monitors the business-related database 29a, executes processing for transmitting the business-related data to the management program 29f when new business-related data is registered, and , After the game hall is closed, the total amount of sales is calculated.

The management program 29f is composed of a face recognition program 29g, a data organization program 29h, a totaling program 29i, and a ranking confirmation program 29j. The face recognition program 29g uses the face image database 2 for the face image data of the business-related data input from the valuable value management program 29e or the like.
Whether or not the same person exists in the face image data stored in 9b depends on the face recognition technology (that is, whether or not the features such as the shape and contour of the face and the position and shape of the eyes and nose match or approximate). It is judged by the technology to judge whether the same person or not, and the judgment result is output.

The data organization program 29h executes a process based on the determination result of the face recognition program 29g, and when the same person does not exist, adds a face image ID to the face image data of the business-related data. The registered face data is registered in the face image database 29b, and the game data obtained by converting the face image data of the business-related data into the face image ID is registered in the game database 29c. If the same person exists, the face image database 29b is left as it is, and the game data obtained by converting the face image data of the business-related data into the face image ID is used as the game database 29c.
Register with.

The totaling program 29i totals the game data of the game database 29c, for example, the game data of a certain day for each face image ID, and displays them in descending order of the total value data (usage amount). And so on, according to the request of the store clerk.

The ranking confirmation program 29j is
The face image data received from the bench machine 7 is input to the face recognition program 29g, and when the determination result that the same person is present is obtained, the ranking data of the person is transmitted to the bench machine 7. .

With the above structure, the necessary programs and database can be stored in the storage device 29 of the data management terminal 2, one face data can be registered for one customer in the face image database, and the game database In this case, the data amount can be reduced by storing the face image ID instead of the face image data.

Next, along with the processing flow chart shown in FIG.
A storage process of face image data and game data executed when the C coin 13 is inserted will be described. When the player inserts the IC coin 13 into the platform machine 7 (step n
1), the IC coin reader / writer 73 of the stand machine 7 (FIG. 2)
Then, the data stored in the IC coin 13 is read (step n2).

The control unit 80 (FIG. 2) displays the valuable value read from the IC coin 13 on the display device 71 (step n3), and the lending button (not shown) provided on the gaming machine 6 is pressed by the player. Wait for you.

When the lending button is pressed, the gaming machine 6
The control unit 80 of the stand machine 7 receives the signal of turning on the lending button from (step n4), and the IC coin reader / writer 73 subtracts and updates the valuable value stored in the IC coin 13 (step n5).

The control unit 80 lends a game moving object (for example, a pachinko ball) and at the same time, the face image ID of the game data ((A) of FIG. 5) such as the valuable value corresponding to the lending amount and the lending time. All the data except this (this is set as temporary game data) is read (step n6).

The control unit 80 photographs the player's face with the digital camera 5a (FIG. 2) to generate face image data (step n7), adds the face image data to the temporary game data, and manages the data. It is transmitted to the terminal 2 (FIG. 1) (step n8).

The control unit 20 of the data management terminal 2 activates the ranking confirmation program 29j (FIG. 4) to refer to the ranking data of the same person as the face image data. If not entered, the process proceeds to step n12 (step n9).

If the service is ranked, the service content corresponding to the ranking data is determined by referring to the service database 29d (FIG. 4), and the service content is transmitted to the stand machine 7 (step n10). .

The control unit 80 of the inter-machine 7 having received the service content displays the service content on the liquid crystal display 5b (step n11). The control unit 80 activates the business-related data registration program 82a (FIG. 2) and adds face image data to the above-mentioned temporary game data (step n1).
2) Then, this is transmitted to the business-related database 29a (FIG. 4) as business-related data (step n13).

By the above operation, the player is notified of the service content (for example, "You can draw lots at the counter." Or "I have provided 100 points to the customer.") The work related data can be sequentially stored in the related database 29a.

Next, with reference to the processing flow chart showing the operation of the control section 20 of the data management terminal 2 shown in FIG. 7, the data management processing for dividing the work related data into face image data and game data and storing them. explain. The control unit 20 of the data management terminal 2 monitors the business-related database 29a with the valuable value management program 29e, and when new data (business-related data) is registered (step p).
1) The face image data of the new data is input to the face recognition program 29g to check whether the same person exists in the face image database 29b (step p2).

From the output of the face recognition program 29g, when the same person exists (matching or approximate face image data exists), the face image data of the relevant business-related data (new data) is used as the face image. The data is converted into a face image ID to generate game data, and the process proceeds to step p8 (step p4).

If the same person does not exist, the data organization program 29h (FIG. 4) is started and a face image ID formed by a unique number is newly assigned (step p).
5), face data formed by the face image ID and the face image data ((B) of FIG. 5), and game data in which the face image data of the business-related data is converted into the face image ID (step). p6).

The face data is transmitted to and registered in the face image database 29b (FIG. 4) by the data organization program 29h (step p7), and the game data is transmitted and registered in the game database 29c (FIG. 4) (step p8). ).

By the above operation, the player can play the IC coin 1
The content of the business-related database 29a, which registers a huge amount of data each time the business-related data is rented out from the 3rd, is a face image database in which the face image data having a large amount of data is reduced to It is possible to convert the face image ID for accessing to game data into stored game data, make the data compact, and store and store the data.

Next, together with the process flow charts shown in FIGS. 8, 10, 12, 13, and 15, FIGS.
With reference to the screen image explanatory diagram shown in FIG. 6, a process of collecting data regarding a player by the data management terminal 2 and confirming by a clerk will be described. First, FIG. 8 shows a processing flow chart showing the operation of the control unit 20 of the data management terminal 2 when ranking the players who spend a lot of money.

Display device 26 of data management terminal 2 (FIG. 3)
As shown in (E) of FIG. 9, a main menu screen for selecting which of the tabulation processes is to be executed is displayed (step q1).

When the used amount ranking display button is selected by the store clerk (step q2), the totaling program 29i is activated, a date input screen (not shown) is displayed, and the store clerk inputs the date for ranking (step). q
3).

Data in which the date matches the lending date are extracted from the game database 29c and called (step q4), and the sum of the amount of money (value-of-value data) for each face image ID is called by the called extracted data (step q5). .

In this state, the face image ID and the total amount are stored in the RAM.
23 (FIG. 3) temporarily (step q6), the face image data corresponding to each face image ID is called from the face image database 29b, and added to the data stored in the RAM 23 (step q7).

The data are sorted (sorted) in the order of the total amount of money, and the list is displayed as shown in FIG. 9F, and the ranking data (FIG. 4B) in the face image database 29b is updated. Yes (step q8).

By the above operation, the service content display of step n11 can be executed based on the ranking data by the processing at the time of inserting the IC coin 13 described with reference to FIG.

Further, the clerk can confirm the customer who spends a large amount of money, that is, the customer, including the face image, and when the customer comes to the store next time, greet the customer more carefully than usual.
Alternatively, it is possible to provide a service such as allocating a clerk with an emphasis on the vicinity of a customer so that the clerk can be called immediately.

Furthermore, when educating a new store clerk,
You can teach your customers including facial images, and you can eliminate dissatisfaction with shop assistants, such as some shop assistants who do not know their faces even though they are always using it.

Next, a processing flow chart showing the operation of the control unit 20 of the data management terminal 2 shown in FIG. 10 will be described, together with processing for displaying the ranking of the players who have visited the gaming hall with a large number of stores.

When the above-mentioned main menu screen ((E) of FIG. 9) is displayed (step r1), and the store attendant ranking display button is selected by the clerk (step r2),
The totaling program 29i is activated, a search period input screen (not shown) is displayed on the display device 26 (FIG. 3), and the salesclerk is prompted to input the search period (step r3).

When the search period is input, data in which the lending date data matches the first day of the search period (date of the extraction standard) is extracted from the game database 29c and called (step r4).

All kinds of face image IDs are extracted from the called call data (step r5), and data obtained by adding a date as an extraction reference to the extracted face image IDs is temporarily stored in the RAM 23 (step r6).

If the date of the extraction criterion is not the last day of the search period (step r7), the next day is set as the date of the extraction criterion, data matching with this date is extracted and called, and the process returns to step r5 (step r7). Step r8).

When the extraction up to the last day of the search period is completed by repeating steps r5 to r8, the RAM2
The data temporarily stored in 3 is aggregated for each face image ID and sorted in descending order of the number of store visits (step r9).

Face image ID for the sorted data
Using the key as a key, the face image data is added with reference to the face image database 29b (step r10), and (G) in FIG.
As shown in (4), the list is displayed on the display device 26 and the ranking data ((B) in FIG. 4) of the face image database 29b is updated (step r11).

By the above operation, the clerk can confirm the customer who has visited the store a lot, and for example, it is possible to provide the service such as setting the attendance award for the customer who visited the store without taking a break in January.

Next, a process flow chart showing the operation of the control unit 20 of the data management terminal 2 shown in FIG. 12 and a process of totalizing and displaying individual data of the player will be described. The above-mentioned main menu screen ((E) in FIG. 9) is displayed (step s1), and when the clerk selects the personalized total display button (step s2), the total program 29i is started and the date input screen (illustrated) is displayed. (Omitted) is displayed on the display device 26 and the clerk is prompted to enter the date (step s3).

When the date is input, the data whose loan date data matches the date is extracted from the game database 29c and called (step s4).

The face image data corresponding to the face image ID existing in the called call data is stored in the face image database 2
Called from 9b (step s5), the face images and the face image IDs are displayed in a list so that the face image IDs are in ascending order (step s6).

When one face image ID is selected by the clerk from the list display (step s7), all the data matching the selected face image ID from the calling data in step s4 are extracted (step s8). ).

[0116] A selection screen (not shown) for selecting whether or not to display the total amount of money is displayed to allow the clerk to select (step s9). The total amount is calculated by adding all amounts (value values) of the extracted data obtained by the extraction in step s8 (step s10).

As shown in (H) of FIG. 11, a personal totalization screen is displayed on which detailed data such as the time when the customer borrowed the game moving body at which machine 7 and when the customer was loaned can be displayed (step s11). ).

By the above operation, the clerk can individually confirm the trends of the player. That is, for example, if a customer who spends a large amount of money is displayed and confirmed on the personal totalization screen, the machine number of the inter-machine can be confirmed. It is possible to confirm whether or not there is a lot of movement (change of gaming table) by the transition of. As a result, it becomes possible to provide services tailored to individuals, such as paying particular attention to customers who frequently move and helping carry luggage with each movement.

Next, a process flow chart showing the operation of the control unit 20 of the data management terminal 2 shown in FIG. 13 will be described along with a process for displaying the total number of customers who visit the game hall. The main menu screen ((E) of FIG. 9) described above is displayed (step t1), and when the store attendant selects the visitor number display button (step t2), the totaling program 29i is activated and the search period input screen ( Display device 26 (not shown)
Displayed on the screen and have the clerk enter the search period (step t
3).

When the search period is input, data whose loan date data matches the first day of the search period (date of extraction standard) is extracted from the game database 29c and called (step t4).

All types of face image IDs are extracted from the called call data, the types of face image IDs are counted (step t5), and the data obtained by adding the date as the extraction reference to the count number is temporarily stored in the RAM 23. Yes (step t
6).

If the date of the extraction criterion is not the last day of the search period (step t7), the next day is set as the date of the extraction criterion, data matching this date is extracted and called, and the process returns to step t5 (step t7). Step t8).

When steps t5 to t8 are repeated and the counting up to the last day of the search period is completed, RA
The total number of store visits (total number of store visits) of the search organization is calculated by adding all the count numbers temporarily stored in M23 (step t
9), as shown in (I) of FIG. 14, the number of visitors per day within the search period and the total number of visits are displayed (step t1).
0).

With the above operation, the store clerk can grasp the number of visitors by day. For example, the day when the number of store visits is large is confirmed, and the number of store clerk is increased for that day of the week. It will be possible.

Next, with reference to the process flow chart showing the operation of the control unit 20 of the data management terminal 2 shown in FIG.
When the above-mentioned main menu screen ((E) in FIG. 9) is displayed (step u1) and the clerk selects the popular stand-alone machine ranking display button (step u2), the totaling program 29i is activated to start the stand-alone machine. No. An input screen (not shown) is displayed on the display device 26 and the salesclerk is asked to enter the machine number. Is input (step u3). In addition, the machine-to-machine number that can be entered at this time. Is one, multiple, or / and N in the specified range
o. It is possible to select all (including all machines).

Inter-unit machine No. When is input, a counting period input screen (not shown) is displayed on the display device 26, and the clerk is prompted to input the counting period (step u4). When the counting period is input, the designated machine-to-machine number of the game data whose lending date is within the counting period is specified. Data is summed up, the amount of money (valuable value) is calculated for each machine between days and sorted in descending order of total sales (step u5), and the totalized result is listed as shown in (J) of FIG. Display (step u6).

By the above operation, the clerk can confirm the daily sales amount of the inter-machines 7 (that is, the gaming machines 6 adjacent to the inter-machines 7) concerned about the sales trend, and check the sales amount between all the inter-machines. It becomes possible to sort and display the machines 7 by sales, and to grasp the popular stand-mounted machines 7 (gaming machines 6). As a result, it is possible to grasp the position of the popular model or the gaming machine 6 that is easy for customers to attach, and based on this, it is possible to study and determine the management strategy for the introduction of the next new model.

According to the embodiments described above, it is possible to reliably manage the game data and the data about the players (the number of players, the faces of the players) without any trouble such as membership registration for the customer. As a result, it becomes possible for the gaming hall to greatly expand the options of practicable services and to make management decisions based on accurate data.

Next, a second embodiment in which a customer member registration process is added to the above-described first embodiment will be described. In this embodiment, as shown by a virtual line in the system configuration diagram of FIG. 1, a member registration device 11 is provided in connection with a cable 12.

The member registration device 11 is the digital camera 1
1a and input key 11b are provided, the customer's face is photographed by the digital camera 11a, and the input key 11b accepts input of personal data such as address, name, age and telephone number,
The registration of the member registration data including the face image and the personal data is executed.

Further, the storage device 29 of the data management terminal 2 described with reference to FIG. 4 is provided with a member database 29k as shown by a virtual line in place of the face image database 29b. Information about the member is registered as shown in (L) of the data explanatory diagram.

That is, the member submits the application form in which the member submission data (address, name, age, telephone number) shown in (K) in the figure is submitted, and the member is submitted by the input key 11b of the member registration device 11. The data is input by the clerk, the face of the customer (member) is photographed by the digital camera 11a, and it is determined by the face recognition program 29g (FIG. 4) that the same person as this face image data is not registered in the member registration data. Then, the face image ID (membership number) is added and generated, and registered in the member database 29k as member registration data.

If the same person already exists in the member registration data at the time of member registration (for example, if he / she has played a game before member registration or forgets the fact that he / she has registered), The member submission data (address, name, age, telephone number) is overwritten and registered on the already existing data.

By adding the configuration and structure described above to the first embodiment, it becomes possible for the member to know the address, name, etc. It is possible to manage with face image data and face image ID while leaving items such as name blank.

The operation of the second embodiment will be described. For example, in the case of the processing for displaying the ranking of the players with a large amount of money described with reference to FIG. 8, in step q7, together with the face image data, the member database (face image database Instead, the address, name, age, and telephone number are called, and in step q8, as shown in the screen image explanatory diagram of FIG. 17, a list of data including the address and the like is displayed.

Further, in the case of the process of displaying the ranking of the players who have visited the game hall with a large number of visits as described with reference to FIG. 10, the face image is added and the address, name, age and telephone number are called in step r10, Step r11
Then, as shown in the screen image explanatory diagram of FIG. 18, a list of data including addresses is displayed.

By setting the above operation, for the registered members, for example, the information of the first day of replacement of a new machine (new game machine) is posted to the top 50 people who have a large amount of money used (value value). By mailing in envelopes or envelopes, the top 51st to 200th members will be mailed the information on the second day of new platform replacement, and the setting will be given to 1 point per day. It will be possible to provide information such as Amakune stand and high setting stand by mail.

In the second embodiment, an address printing program for printing the member address and name of the service contents to be mailed may be incorporated, or the member address and name may be in CSV (Comma Separated Values) format or the like. The general-purpose data format may be set to be outputable, and commercially available address printing software may be configured to print on a postcard or the like.

Also, the member registration device 11 is not provided, and the vending machine 3 is provided with a digital camera, the member's face is photographed by the digital camera to obtain a face image, and the member submission data is input by the data management terminal 2. It may be configured to execute.

Further, it may be set so that the game cannot be played unless the member is registered, and the data may be added to the member registration data only when the clerk registers the member. Even in this case, once registered, since the user is authenticated through the digital camera 5a at the time of playing, the member does not need to carry the member card, and the game is played without the trouble of inserting the member card. be able to. The game hall can confirm the addresses, names, ages, and telephone numbers of all the players together with the game data, and can also provide the service by mail fairly.

Further, in the above-described first and second embodiments, steps n9 to n11 described in FIG. 6 are deleted, and the same processing as the steps n9 to n11 is performed in the step of the processing flow described in FIG. It may be set after p4. Accordingly, when the ranking data is referred to in step n9, the face image ID can be used instead of the face image data (step p8), so that the matching time can be shortened.

Further, the processing of steps n9 to n11 (FIG. 6) and the liquid crystal display 5b (FIG. 2) may not be provided and the player may not be notified of the service as a device. In this case, when the service target customer inserts the IC coin 13, the data management terminal 2 that received the game data says, "The service target customer is playing in the ○ range. The service content is a full drink. It is sufficient to display the message ".", And the salesclerk who sees this will directly provide the service to the customer, so that the warm service can be implemented.

Further, the service contents may be notified by the display device 718 (FIG. 2) instead of the liquid crystal display 5b (FIG. 2). As a result, cost reduction can be achieved.

The business-related data stored in the business-related database 29a may be collectively deleted after the store is closed, or new data targeted for the deletion may be deleted every time the data management processing described with reference to FIG. 7 is completed. It may be configured to do so. As a result, the business-related database 29
It is possible to prevent the data of a from increasing infinitely.

Further, fraud data, manner data, etc. may be added to the face image data of the face image database 29b (or the member registration data of the member database 29k). In this case, data such as checking the fraud data of the player when a fraudulent activity is found, or checking the manner data of the player when a customer with bad manners such as hitting a gaming machine is found. Just enter it.

As a result, the list of the checked players on the data management terminal 2 is displayed, and the cheating data and manner data are checked before step n9 in the processing flow described with reference to FIG. If a fraudulent person or the like is added, the data management terminal 2 notifies the clerk, and the clerk can take measures such as refusing the game of the fraudulent person.

The face image is photographed by the digital camera 5a (FIG. 2) so that it is set a plurality of times, and there is face image data in the face image database 29b that determines the same person for any of the photographed images. If so, the face image data may be determined to be the same person. As a result, it is possible to prevent the player from determining that the player is a stranger because the player is facing sideways at the time of shooting.

Further, step n6 in FIG. 6 is a face front image photographing process, and immediately after the face image is photographed by the digital camera 5a, the positions of the eyes and nose of the photographed image are recognized and it is judged whether or not it is facing the front. However, the shooting and the front determination may be set to be repeated until it is determined that the face image that faces substantially the front is captured. As a result, it is possible to avoid obtaining an image of only a profile or a head that faces downward, and it is possible to reliably obtain a face image of the front, and the accuracy of determining the same player as the same person is improved.

Further, instead of the face image data, the face feature data such as the eye-to-eye distance extracted from the face image may be stored. In this case, the face image cannot be confirmed, but the amount of data can be reduced by storing numerical data instead of image data.

In the correspondence between the configuration of the present invention and the above-described embodiment, the management server of the present invention corresponds to the data management terminal 2 of the embodiment.
It corresponds to the digital camera 5a, the notification means corresponds to the liquid crystal display 5b, and the output means corresponds to the liquid crystal display 5b.
b and the display device 26, the game allowance device corresponds to the stand-alone machine 7, the value storage medium corresponds to the IC coin 13, and the player determination means executes the face recognition program 29g. The feature database management unit corresponds to the control unit 20 that executes the data reduction program 29h.
The display means corresponds to the display device 26, the storage means corresponds to the storage device 29, the feature database corresponds to the face image database 29b, and the member database 29k.
The feature database management program corresponds to the data organization program 29h, the reading means corresponds to the IC coin reader / writer 73, the game management data generation program corresponds to the business related data registration program 82a, and the game medium. Corresponds to the game moving object, the biometric feature data corresponds to the face image data, and the ID data corresponds to the face image ID.
Feature management data corresponds to face data and member registration data, game management data corresponds to business-related data,
Although it corresponds to face image data and game data, or member registration data and game data, the present invention is not limited to the configuration of the above-described embodiment, and many embodiments can be obtained.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a game management system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the machine between units.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a control circuit of the data management terminal.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a data structure stored in a storage device of a data management terminal.

FIG. 5 is a detailed explanatory diagram of a data structure.

FIG. 6 is a process flow chart showing a storage process of face image data and game data.

FIG. 7 is a process flow diagram showing a process of dividing and organizing business-related data and storing the divided data.

FIG. 8 is a process flow chart showing a process of displaying a ranking by the amount of money used.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image of a main menu or the like.

FIG. 10 is a process flow chart showing a process of displaying a ranking by the number of store visits.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image such as a ranking of the number of store visits.

FIG. 12 is a process flow chart showing a process of totalizing and displaying individual data.

FIG. 13 is a processing flow chart showing processing for displaying the total number of customers visiting a store.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image for counting the number of visitors.

FIG. 15 is a process flow chart showing a process of displaying a ranking of popular stand-mounted machines.

FIG. 16 is a data explanatory view of member registration data.

FIG. 17 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image of the used amount ranking.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a screen image of a store visit ranking.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Game management system 2 ... Data management terminal 5a ... Digital camera 5b ... Liquid crystal display 6 ... Game machine 7 ... Stand machine 13 ... IC coin 20 ... Control unit 26 ... Display device 29 ... Storage device 29b ... Face image database 29g ... Face recognition program 29h ... Data reduction program 29k ... Member database 73 ... IC coin reader / writer 82a ... Business related data registration program

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shinichi Kuratani             Kyoto City Shimogyo-ku Kizuyabashi-dori Nishitoin Higashiiri Le Toshio             606 Kojimachi Omron Software Co., Ltd.             Inside the company (72) Inventor Yoshinori Yamaguchi             Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Shioji-dori Horikawa Higashiiri Minamifudo-cho             801 OMRON Corporation (72) Inventor Daisuke Tachibana             Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto-shi Shioji-dori Horikawa Higashiiri Minamifudo-cho             801 OMRON Corporation F term (reference) 2C088 BB05 BB21 BB29 BB30 CA27                       CA31 CA35 EA49

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A game management system comprising: a game machine that allows a game based on a game medium; and a management server that manages game data relating to the game, wherein the body of the player relates to the living body of the player. Characteristic capturing means for capturing biometric characteristic data, storage means for storing game management data formed by combining the biometric characteristic data with the game data, and output means for outputting information based on the game management data. Equipped game management system. 2. A feature database storing the biometric feature data and feature management data formed by ID data for specifying the biometric feature data, and a biometric feature data are compared to determine whether the same person or not. Player determining means and biometric feature data newly captured by the feature capturing means, when the player determining means determines that the same person as the biometric feature data newly captured does not exist in the feature database, new data obtained by adding ID data to the biometric feature data 2. The game management system according to claim 1, further comprising: a feature database management unit that registers the feature management data of 1. in the feature database. 3. The game management system according to claim 1, wherein the output means is a display means for totaling and displaying the game management data under a predetermined condition. 4. The game management system according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the output means is a notification means for notifying a player of which the game management data satisfies a predetermined condition of a predetermined service. 5. A game permitting device comprising: reading means for reading the valuable value from a value storage medium for storing the valuable value; and feature fetching means for fetching biometric feature data relating to the player's living body from the player's body. . 6. Game management in which game data regarding a game and biometrics characteristic data regarding a living body of a player captured by the feature capturing means are combined to form game management data, and the game management data is stored in the storage means. Data generator. 7. A feature fetching means for a feature database storing biometric feature data relating to a player's biometrics fetched by the feature fetching means and feature management data formed by ID data for specifying the biometric feature data. A feature database management program for comparing whether or not the biometric feature data newly taken in exists, and when determining that the biometric feature data does not exist, adds the ID data to the biometric feature data and registers the biometric feature data in the feature database.