JP2003265841A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To minimize damage to a game parlor while preventing the use of a fraudulent game recording medium involved with a disenabled communication condition. <P>SOLUTION: A recording medium processing unit has a means to confirm the state of communication with a recording medium management unit, and permits the use of a remaining game value to a game use processing means when there remains the game value in a game recording medium that is judged usable in usability judgment in a disenabled communication condition, and permits value addition to a game recording medium that is judged usable in a judgment on usability without accepting another game recording medium, when not accepting the game recording medium when a disenabled communication condition is confirmed. <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 recording medium processing device for using a game recording medium such as a prepaid card for a game, and a recording medium for managing information about the game recording medium such as the prepaid card. The present invention relates to an improvement of a gaming system including a management device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, for example, in a game arcade, a large number of game machines have been used which can lend game media such as pachinko balls and coins by a game recording medium such as a prepaid card to carry out a game.

In the case of using a game recording medium such as these prepaid cards, in order to prevent the illegal use of the game recording medium such as prepaid cards, the game of individual prepaid cards and the like is prevented. A management device that manages the frequency that is the game value remaining in the game recording medium, and receives the game recording medium such as the prepaid card and the management device, such as a pachinko ball or a coin, which is the game medium. A recording medium processing device such as a card unit that performs a lending process is connected for data communication so that the management device has no illegality in the remaining game value in the game recording medium such as individual prepaid cards. After confirming that, the prepaid card can be used in the game.

Further, in recent years, in the conventional card unit, when the number of playing values remaining in the prepaid card is exhausted, the user leaves the seat to purchase a new prepaid card, and successively prepaid cards. Since it is troublesome to go to the issuing device to make a purchase and the operating rate of the gaming machine is reduced due to leaving the seat, in recent years, the prepaid service that accepts cash and has a low remaining balance 2. Description of the Related Art A card unit or the like having an additional deposit (value addition) function capable of adding a frequency to a card or a prepaid card with a frequency of “0” has been put into practical use.

[0005]

Using these management devices, it is confirmed whether or not there is an injustice in the frequency of the game value remaining in the prepaid card, and the prepaid card is used in the game or added as described above. Although it is preferable to be able to use it for payment (addition of value), it is possible to prevent the illegal use of the prepaid card, but it is preferable to use the recording medium processing device such as the card unit and the management device. When the data communication is disconnected (offline), the prepaid card has already been checked whether the frequency is incorrect in the connection status (online) before the disconnection (offline). Even if it is a card, it cannot be used for a game with a frequency that is the game value remaining in the prepaid card, or cannot be additionally deposited (value addition) to the game value, In the case where these non-connection state (offline) occurs, there is a problem that the damage of the game field becomes enormous. Further, in the case of these non-connection states (offline), if the authentication by the management device is omitted and the frequency that is the gaming value remaining in the prepaid card can be used, an illegal prepaid card will be generated. There was a problem that it might be used.

Therefore, the present invention has been made by paying attention to the above-mentioned problems, and it is possible to prevent fraud even when the communication state with the management apparatus becomes a non-connection state (offline), and the It is an object of the present invention to provide a gaming system capable of minimizing damage to a gaming hall due to occurrence of a connected state (offline).

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the gaming system of the present invention specifies the magnitude of the gaming value which is a value according to the payment of money and which can be used for gaming. A recording medium management device that manages the magnitude of the game value of the game recording medium in which the possible information and the identification information unique to each recording medium are recorded in association with the identification information of each game recording medium, A recording medium processing unit that is communicable with the recording medium management device, receives the game recording medium, and reads out at least the record information of the received game recording medium; and the recording medium processing unit for the game. A game use processing means for performing a game use processing for using the magnitude of the game value specified from the record information read from the recording medium for a game, and a currency identifying means for accepting currency and identifying the accepted currency. A new gaming value obtained by adding the gaming value corresponding to a predetermined amount within the range of the identified currency amount in the currency identifying means to the gaming value identified from the recorded information on the gaming recording medium. The value of the value is added to the value of the information recorded on the game recording medium by a value adding processing means for performing a value adding processing means, and is read by the recording medium processing means. Based on the record information of the game recording medium and the value of the game value of the game recording medium managed by the recording medium management device, the game record being accepted by the recording medium processing means. A gaming system for determining whether or not a medium can be used, and performing the game use processing and the value addition processing by the game use processing means and the value addition processing means when the determination result is usable. The recording medium processing device is provided with a communication state confirmation means for confirming whether the communication state with the recording medium management device is a communicable state or an incommunicable state, and the communication state confirmation means cannot communicate. If the status is confirmed, it is accepted in the communication enabled state before the communication disabled state,
In addition, when the magnitude of the gaming value specified from the recorded information of the gaming recording medium determined to be usable in the availability determination remains, at least a part of the remaining gaming value While permitting the use for the game use processing, if the game recording medium is not accepted, a new game recording medium is not accepted and is accepted before the communication is disabled. Then, the value addition process is allowed for the game recording medium which has already been determined to be usable in the availability determination before the communication disabled state. According to this feature, in the communication impossible state, by not accepting a new game recording medium,
The game which has already been accepted by the recording medium processing device in the communication state before becoming the incommunicable state and is determined to be usable in the usability determination while preventing a game by an illegal game recording medium. When the value of the game value remains on the recording medium for use, the player can use at least a part of the value of the remaining game value for the game, and the game recording medium for which the availability has been determined. Since the value addition process can be performed for the game hall, the game hall side can ensure the minimum business state, and the damage due to the incommunicable state can be minimized.

In the gaming system of the present invention, the currency identification means can accept a plurality of denominations, and the value addition processing means performs a value addition processing according to the plurality of denominations identified by the currency identification means. A predetermined upper limit is set for the size of the game value that can be used for the value addition process in the communication enabled state and the communication disabled state, and the recording medium processing device is in the communication disabled state. The upper limit of the communicable state is changed to an upper limit of the incommunicable state that is a value smaller than the upper limit of the communicable state, and the upper limit of the communicable state is changed. Until the value addition process is allowed within the range of the upper limit value, and the value of the game value added in the value addition process in the incommunicable state is all used in the game use process,
It is preferable to disable the return of the game recording medium being accepted. By doing so, a disadvantage associated with returning the game recording medium in which the value of the game value added in the value adding process in the communication impossible state remains, for example, the returned game When a recording medium is used in another recording medium processing device, it is determined to be unusable according to the availability determination, and when a settlement device is provided, the value addition process in the unused communication impossible state It is possible to avoid the occurrence of problems such as the inability to settle the magnitude of the game value added in.

The gaming system of the present invention preferably comprises an upper limit value notifying means for notifying a predetermined upper limit value that can be used in the value addition process. By doing so, even if the upper limit value is changed due to the occurrence of the communication-disabled state, the player can check the changed upper limit value and insert money, which is convenient for the player. Can be improved.

In the gaming system of the present invention, the recording medium processing device includes currency collecting means for collecting the money that has been identified by the currency identifying means and provided for the value addition processing, and the currency collecting means. Even after the end of the currency identification, until the value addition processing ends, the collection of the money used for the value addition processing is withheld, and the value addition processing means adds the value after accepting the money in the currency identification means. When the communication becomes impossible during the processing, the magnitude of the gaming value corresponding to the predetermined amount within the range of the monetary amount for which the withdrawal is reserved is within the upper limit of the communication impossible state. If it is determined that it is within the range of the upper limit value of the incommunicable state, the value addition process is allowed, and if it is outside the range of the upper limit value, the value addition process is performed. Returning money that has been withheld Preferred. By doing so, even when communication is impossible during the value addition process after the receipt of money by the currency identifying means, a gaming value equivalent to a predetermined amount within the range of the received currency amount. If the size of the value is within the range of the upper limit value of the incommunicable state, the value adding process is continued without interruption, so that the convenience of the player can be improved.

In the gaming system of the present invention, the currency identification means can accept a single denomination, and the value addition processing means adds value in accordance with the single denomination identified by the currency identification means. It is preferable to carry out the process and use the magnitude of the game value added in the value addition process in the incommunicable state in one game use process.
In this way, the game recording medium is not returned in a state where the game value added in the value addition process in the communication impossible state remains Inconvenience associated with the return of a game recording medium in which the value of the game value added in the value adding process in step 1) remains, for example, the returned game recording medium is used in another recording medium processing device. In the case of, if it is determined to be unusable by the availability determination, or if a settlement device is provided, the value of the gaming value added in the value addition process in the unused communication-disabled state is displayed. It is possible to avoid problems such as not being able to make payments.

In the gaming system of the present invention, the recording medium processing device includes currency collecting means for collecting the money identified by the currency identifying means and provided for the value addition processing, and the currency collecting means comprises: Even after the currency identification is completed, it is preferable that the collection of the money used for the value addition process is reserved until the value addition process is completed. By doing so, even if an abnormality occurs during the value addition process, the money used for the value addition process can be specified or returned.

In the game system according to the present invention, the recording medium processing device is configured such that the game internal recording medium enclosed in the device and the currency identifying means when the game recording medium is not accepted. The value of the game value corresponding to the predetermined amount within the identified monetary amount can be specified from the record information of the game internal recording medium, and can be specified from the record information of the game internal recording medium. And a communication-disabled state is confirmed by the communication-state confirmation means. In the case where the game recording medium is not received, it is preferable to allow only the enclosed recording medium game use process without receiving a new game recording medium. By doing so, even if the player does not accept a new game recording medium in the communication-disabled state, the player inserts money into the currency identifying means to receive the internal recording medium game use processing. Since the game can be carried out and the game hall can continue its business, the damage on the game hall side in the incommunicable state can be suppressed to a smaller one and the enclosed game recording medium for the game described above Since, is used, it is possible to prevent fraud caused by falsification of recorded information.

In the game system of the present invention, the recording medium processing device includes a game recording medium acceptance availability notifying means for informing whether or not the game recording medium can be accepted, and the game recording medium acceptance availability. It is preferable that the notifying means notifies that the game recording medium cannot be accepted when the game recording medium is not accepted when the communication is impossible. By doing so, the player can know in advance whether the game recording medium can be accepted or not, so that it is possible to prevent the player from mistakenly inserting the game recording medium.

In the gaming system of the present invention, the recording medium processing device is such that the amount of gaming value used in the gaming usage process and the gaming value provided in the value addition process when the communication is impossible. It is preferable to include a storage unit that stores the size of the storage unit in association with the identification information, and to transmit the storage information of the storage unit to the recording medium management device when the communication state is restored to the communicable state. By doing this, when the communication state is restored to the communicable state, the magnitude of the gaming value used for the game in the incommunicable state and the magnitude of the gaming value provided for the value addition process are By being transmitted to the recording medium management device together with the identification information, it is possible to avoid the inconvenience caused by inconsistency in the magnitude of the game value remaining in the game recording medium.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following examples, an example using a normal pachinko machine in which pachinko balls that are game media are paid out is shown as a game machine, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other game machines, For example, the present invention can be applied to an enclosed pachinko machine in which pachinko balls are enclosed so that they cannot be touched, a slot machine that uses coins or pachinko balls as a game medium, and a game machine such as a complete credit slot machine. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 shows a system controller 100 which is a recording medium management device and a member management computer (CP) 1.
It is a figure showing composition of a game system of this example which has 20. This game system is a card reader type pachinko machine which is a game machine installed in parallel at a game island arranged in a plurality at a game arcade (hereinafter Pachinko machine) 2, a card unit 3 as a recording medium processing device that is installed in a one-to-one correspondence with the pachinko machine 2, and is installed in a predetermined place in a game arcade and used by the card unit 3. A depositing device 21 that performs a depositing process for giving a frequency, which is a gaming value corresponding to the inserted cash, to a membership card 37, which will be described later, which is a recording medium for gaming, and a gaming value remaining in the membership card. When the settlement device 22 that performs settlement processing for settlement of the frequency to cash and the card unit 3 become defective,
A card unit stocker 20 accommodating a spare card unit 3 for replacement with the defective card unit 3.
And a system controller 100 as a recording medium management device that manages a membership card 37 and a visitor card 38, which will be described later, used in the card unit 3,
It is mainly composed of a member management computer 120 that manages information about a member player who owns the member card 37, and the system controller 100, the member management computer 120, a card unit 3, a card unit stocker 20, and a depositing device. 21 and settlement device 22
Is connected via a hub (HUB) 7, a repeater 6 and a communication cable 8 so that two-way data communication is possible, and each connected device is given a local IP address to establish a local area network (LAN). Has been formed. Further, the system controller 100 and the member management computer 120 are separate communication cables 1
It is connected via 0 to enable relatively high speed data communication.

Further, the system controller 100
Is connected via a communication line 11 to a management server 12 installed in the card management company so that two-way data communication can be carried out.
At 2, the sales of member cards and visitor cards of each amusement arcade, error status of the system controller 100 and card unit, etc. can be grasped.

First, the recording medium used for the member card 37 which is the game recording medium and the visitor card 38 which is the game internal recording medium in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in (a) and (b), there are two types of membership card 37 issued to a member player who has previously registered as a member, and a visitor card 38 which is equipped in the card unit 3 and enclosed. I use an IC card.

First, the member card 37 used in this embodiment will be described. The member card 37 shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, the antenna coil 83 is formed in a substantially rectangular card shape, and has a circular antenna coil 83 for inputting / outputting (transmitting / receiving) the recording data in a non-contact manner at the central position thereof, and the recording data. And an integrated circuit (IC) 84 for electrically rewritable storage of the membership card 37. The membership card 37 is inserted into a later-described card reader / writer 327 provided in the card unit 3. The electromagnetic wave output from the card reader / writer 327 causes an induced electromotive force in the antenna coil 83 to urge the integrated circuit 84 to operate, and the card reader / writer 327 via the antenna coil 83. It is said that various data can be transmitted and received to and from the contactless electromagnetic wave.

Further, in the internal memory of the integrated circuit 84 in these member cards 37, a member card ID that can individually identify each member card 37, a member ID as member identification information that can identify each member, and the member concerned. Information such as the issuing store where the card 37 is issued is recorded in a non-rewritable manner, and by data communication with the card reader / writer 327, as a deposit ID and a gaming value to be given at the time of an additional deposit process described later. , The device ID of the card unit 3 (deposit device) for which the additional deposit process was performed at the end, the name (surname and surname) of the member holding the membership card 37, gender, age, birthday, occupation, etc. Information such as membership attribution information regarding a member player who owns the card is rewritably recorded.

As shown in FIG. 2A, a bar code 85 is printed on one surface of the member card 37 of this embodiment, and the member ID is recorded on the bar code 85. By reading the bar code 85, the member ID can be automatically read without performing communication with the integrated circuit 84.

Next, the visitor card 38 used in the present embodiment will be described. In the visitor card 38, as shown in FIG. It has a substantially rectangular card shape slightly shorter than the length, and the member card 37
A non-contact IC card provided with an antenna coil 91 and an integrated circuit 92 having the same configuration as the antenna coil 83 and the integrated circuit 84 in FIG. It is possible to send and receive without contact by electromagnetic waves, but the member ID provided on the member card 37.
The bar code 85 on which is recorded is not provided.

In addition, each visitor card 38 is stored in the internal memory of the integrated circuit 92 of each visitor card 38.
The serial number and the card ID that can individually identify the card and the store where the visitor card 38 is used are recorded in a non-rewritable manner, and the member card 37 is not inserted by data communication with the card reader / writer 327. The frequency, which is a game value corresponding to the amount of money inserted into the card unit 3, the device ID of the installed card unit 3, and information such as rewrite frequency information are rewritably recorded.

Next, the pachinko machine 2 which is the game machine used in this embodiment will be briefly described.
As shown in FIG. 3, it has a glass door frame 202 formed in a frame shape, and a hitting ball supply plate 203 is provided on the lower surface of the glass door frame 202. The operation section 14 is provided at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the hitting ball supply plate 203, and the surplus ball receiving plate 204 for storing the prize balls overflowing from the hitting ball supply plate 203 and the hitting ball are shot under the hitting ball supply plate 203. A hit ball operation handle (hereinafter referred to as an operation knob) 205 is provided.

Inside the gaming island where the pachinko machine 2 is installed, it is arranged at a lower position of the gaming island so as to cross the gaming island so that the pachinko balls discharged from each pachinko machine 2 can be collected. A lower tank (not shown) and a supply gutter (not shown) arranged across the gaming island so that the pachinko balls can be supplied to the respective pachinko machines 2 arranged on the gaming island in the upper position. ) And a pumping device (not shown) for pumping the pachinko balls collected and stored in the lower tank from the lower tank to the supply gutter, and as shown in FIG. A diversion gutter 23 for replenishing a pachinko ball supplied by the supply gutter to an upper tank (not shown) provided at an upper position on the back surface of the pachinko machine 2 is provided on the island above the pachinko machine 2. The
And, in the lower position of the pachinko machine 2 in the game island, the pachinko balls used for the game in the pachinko machine 2 are discharged, and the discharged pachinko balls are discharged to the lower tank. 25 is provided, and the pachinko balls are supplied from the diversion gutter 23 to be used for prize balls and rental balls in the pachinko machine 2, and the pachinko balls used for the game are transferred to the lower tank through the out ball tank 25. It is discharged and collected, and is again pumped to the supply gutter above the game island for reuse.

The diversion gutter 23 is provided with a supply ball counter 24 for counting the number of pachinko balls (the number of supply balls) supplied to the pachinko machine 2, and the out ball tank 25 to the lower tank. An out-ball counter 2 for counting out-balls discharged from the pachinko machine is provided in the discharge channel.
6, a replenishment ball counter 24 and an out-ball counter 26 are connected to a control unit 328, which will be described later, which is built in the card unit 3, and the replenishment-ball counter 24 and the out-ball counter are provided. The counting signal output from the counter 26 is input to the control unit 328, so that the control unit 328 corresponds to the pachinko machine 2
It is possible to count the number of balls supplied to the player and the number of out balls used in the game.

As shown in FIG. 4, the member card 3 in the card unit 3 is provided on the upper surface of the operation section 14.
7 or the frequency display section 17 for displaying the frequency read from the visitor card 38, and the pressing operation at the start of the game or when the number of balls in the hitting ball supply plate 203 becomes small or disappears, When there is a frequency in the frequency display section 17, a lending button 16 for lending a predetermined number of pachinko balls from the pachinko machine 2 and a member card 37 being accepted by the card unit 3 at the end of the game are returned. And a return button 15 for the operation are provided, and these units are mounted on an operation board 18 provided inside the operation unit 14.

At the rear of the glass door frame 202, as shown in FIG. 3, a game board 206 is detachably attached. In addition, a game area 207 is provided on the front surface of the game board 206. Near the center of this game area 207,
A variable display unit 209 on which a plurality of types of identification information called “special symbols” are variably displayed, and a variable display device 210 on which a plurality of types of identification information called “normal symbols” are variably displayed.
And are provided. In addition, the game board 206 is provided with a plurality of winning openings 224, a passage gate 211, a starting winning opening 214, and a variable winning ball device 216, and at the bottom of the game area 207, hit balls that have not been won An outlet port 226 for collecting is formed.

The hit ball shot by a hammer (not shown) rocked by the operation of the hit ball operation knob 205 enters the game area 207 through the hit ball rail, and then flows down in the game area 207. At this time, the pachinko balls that have not reached the game area 207 because the launching momentum is too weak, the surplus ball tray 20 is passed through a circulation path (not shown).
It is supposed to be recirculated to 4.

Further, when the hitting ball hit in the game area 207 passes through the passage gate 211, the ordinary symbol stopped and displayed on the variable display device 210 starts to change.

The display result after the variable display operation of the variable display device 210 is a predetermined specific display result (for example, 7).
In this case, the movable piece 215 provided on the starting winning opening 214 is opened for a predetermined time, which is advantageous for the player.

When a pachinko ball is won in the start winning port 214, all the special symbols are variably displayed (variable display) on the variable display section 209. And then left,
In the middle, the special symbol on the right is stopped, and when the stop display result becomes a predetermined specific display mode (for example, 777), a specific game state (big hit state) occurs. When such a big hit state occurs, the variable winning ball device 2
The opening / closing plate 220 provided at 16 is opened to enter the first state, which is advantageous for the player. The first state ends when a predetermined period (for example, 30 seconds) elapses or when a predetermined number (for example, 10) of ball hits, whichever comes first, is satisfied, and then the player finishes. This is a second state that is disadvantageous to If a hit ball that has entered the special winning opening of the variable winning ball device 216 in the first state wins a specific winning area (V pocket) and is detected by a V count switch (not shown), the first time of that time Waiting for the end of the state, the repeat continuation control for controlling from the second state to the first state is performed. The upper limit number of times of this repeated continuation control is set to 15 times, for example.

Also, when the left, middle, and right special symbols variably displayed on the variable display section 209 are stopped and displayed in a combination of big hit symbols that match the same kind of symbol, a big hit occurs as described above. In the state before these big hit symbols are stopped and displayed, a reach state may occur. Here, the “reach state” means the variable display unit 2
After the variable control of 09 is started, the display mode does not deviate from the display condition of the specific display mode even at the time when the display control progresses and the display result reaches the stage before the derived display. For example, the reach display state also includes a state in which variable display is performed by the plurality of variable display units 209 while maintaining a state in which the combination of the specific display modes is complete. Furthermore, some of the reach, when it appears, is more likely to cause a big hit than the ordinary reach (normal reach). Such a reach is called super reach. In addition, some of the reach, with a fairly low probability, will almost certainly result in a jackpot when it appears. Such a reach is called a premium reach, and with the occurrence of these premium reach, the occurrence is output to the outside as described later.

The structure of these pachinko machines 2 will be described with reference to FIG.
09 is connected to a display control board 280 for performing display control and a ball payout device 297 for paying out pachinko balls supplied to a ball tank (not shown), and a game control board 231 described later.
The prize ball control board 237 for controlling the payout of the pachinko balls based on the prize ball signal output from the player and various signals input / output from the card unit 3, the lamp control board 235 for controlling the game effect lamps, and the speaker. A sound control board 270 for controlling the sound output from the ball, and a launching control for launching a ball striking device for launching a pachinko ball delivered to the ball striking plate 203 based on the operation of the ball striking handle 205 to the game area 207. A control board 291 and a game control board 231 for controlling each of these parts are provided, and these are connected as shown in FIG. 7, and the pachinko balls paid out to the hitting ball supply plate 203 are used. Then you can play the game.

The prize ball control board 237 is connected to the control unit 328 (see FIG. 7) of the card unit 3 via a signal cable 9, and is used for a terminal terminal lending completion signal (EXS) and a table to be described later. READY signal (PRDY)
Is output to the control unit 328 of the card unit 3, and the card unit 3
A card unit READY signal (BRDY), which will be described later, and a terminal lending request completion confirmation signal (BRQ) output from the control unit 328 are input.

Further, the game control board 231 is connected to an information output section 298 for externally outputting the game information in the pachinko machine 2, and the jackpot signal and the start signal output from the game control board 231 are mentioned above. Various game information such as jackpot information, starting information, premium occurrence information and the like based on the input of the premium reach occurrence signal or the like output when a premium reach occurs
It is adapted to output to the card unit 3 via 8.

The operation board 18 is connected to the card unit 3 via the award ball control board 237 and the signal cable 9 described above, and the lend button 16 is operated to allow the player to lend a ball. The lending input signal that is output when the return button 15 is operated and the return input signal that is output when the return button 15 is operated are output to the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 and the control unit When the frequency display signal of the frequency display unit 17 output from 328 is input, the frequency based on the frequency display signal is displayed on the frequency display unit 17.

Next, the card unit 3 as the recording medium processing apparatus of this embodiment will be described. On the front surface of the card unit 3, as shown in FIG. 3, the operation of the card unit 3 is at the uppermost position. And system controller 1
00 and the member management computer 120 is provided with an operation lamp 301 for notifying the communication state with the difference in the lighting color. It is possible to perceive the occurrence of defects.

Specifically, in this embodiment, an LED module capable of emitting each of the three primary colors of RGB light is internally provided inside the operation lamp 301, and by controlling the emission of these RGB lights, The operation lamp 301 has a variable emission color. In the present embodiment, when the communication status with the system controller 100 and the member management computer 120 is online, the white light is turned on and the system controller 100 When the communication status of 1 is offline, the lighting status is red, and when the communication status with the system controller 100 is offline, the lighting status is controlled to be blue.

In this embodiment, as described above, the communication state with the system controller 100 and the member management computer 120 is notified by the lighting color of the operation lamp 301, but the present invention is not limited to this. As a notification of these communication states, a lamp for notifying the communication state with the system controller 100 and a lamp for notifying the communication state with the member management computer 120 are separately provided as the notification of these communication states, The notification may be made by turning on / off the lamp,
Alternatively, the notification may be performed by outputting an error sound, and the form of these notifications is arbitrary.

Below the operation lamp 301, a bill insertion slot 302 into which a bill can be inserted, a coin insertion slot 303 into which a coin can be inserted, and a coin return button for returning the inserted coin. 304 and
A player can insert coins and bills as currency.

Below the respective inlets 302, 303 and the return button 304, a game recording medium acceptance availability notification means is provided for notifying that the membership card 37 cannot be accepted when offline as described later. A member card availability lamp 305, a lending unit change button 306 for changing the lending unit, a lending unit display section 307 displaying the lending unit and the like, and a display content of a frequency display section 309 to be described later, A fraction button 308 for changing the display to a fraction display, etc., a frequency display section 309 for displaying the frequency read from the membership card 37 or the visitor card 38, and a model indicating the corresponding game machine model by lighting. A setting lamp 310, a direction indicating lamp 311 indicating the connecting direction of the corresponding gaming machine, and a card reader / writer 327 described later. An insertion in the lamp 312 indicating that membership card 37 is being inserted, the inserted membership card 37
The event target person lamp 335 that lights up to notify that the member who owns is an event target person, and the online upper limit value lamp 348 as an upper limit value notification unit that notifies that the upper limit value that can be deposited online is 10,000 yen. And an offline upper limit lamp 349 as an upper limit notification means for notifying that the upper limit of depositable money is 1000 yen when offline is provided, and the player can perform various operations. The membership card available lamp 305
Or the online upper limit lamp 348 or the offline upper limit lamp 349 is turned on, the membership card 37
Whether or not it can be inserted, and the online upper limit lamp 3
Either the 48 or the offline upper limit lamp 349 is sequentially turned on in accordance with the online / offline state, so that the player is notified of the upper limit amount of money that can be deposited at that time.

In this way, by providing the membership card availability lamp 305 to notify the availability / non-usability of the membership card 38, the player can confirm in advance whether the new membership card 37 can be used or not. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the member card available lamp 305 is appropriately omitted. Is also good.

At the lower position of the operation panel, a coin return port 313 through which coins are returned when the coin return button 304 is operated, and the coin return port 313 are formed so as to project from below. A receiving portion 313 'for preventing the coins discharged from the coin return port 313 from falling is provided.

At a position further below the coin return port 313, a member card display portion 314 for displaying the number of replayable times based on the number of savings balls specified from the member card 37 being accepted, a personal identification number, etc. Numeric keypad 315 for inputting
And enter key 317 for determining the personal identification number input with the ten-key pad 315 or for paying out a predetermined number of the stored balls, and when the member card 37 is received, the member key 37 is recorded in the member card. A member operation panel provided with a play selection button 316 for selecting whether to execute a game using the number of times played or a game using the number of savings balls specified by the member ID of the member card 37. Is provided, and the member player can use the membership card 37
The operation can be performed by inserting.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the member card insertion slot 319 and the visitor card mounting slot 318 are arranged side by side as viewed from the player, and the visitor card mounting slot 318 is It is provided on the stepped portion 340 formed so as to enter the inside of the device rather than the front surface of the card unit 3 provided with the membership card insertion slot 319.

The member card slot 319 is connected to a member card slot (not shown) of the card reader / writer 327, and the member card 37 can be inserted into the member card slot through the member card slot 319. Has been done. Further, the visitor card mounting opening 318 provided in the stepped portion 340 is also connected to a visitor card storage chamber (not shown) of the card reader / writer 327, and the visitor card is loaded through the visitor card mounting opening 318. It can be installed in the visitor card storage room.

Further, when the visitor card 38 is mounted in the visitor card storage chamber, the tip of the mounted visitor card 38 is mounted so as to project from the visitor card mounting port 318. In addition, a transparent cover member 318 ′ that covers the entire stepped portion 340 is detachably attached to the stepped portion 340 provided with the visitor card mounting opening 318, whereby it is attached to the card reader / writer 327. The visitor card 38 can be visually recognized through the transparent cover member 318 ′, and the visitor card 38 inserted by the transparent cover member 318 ′ cannot be removed, and the visitor card 38 is enclosed in the card unit 3. It is said that it has been

As described above, by covering the entire surface of the stepped portion 340 with the transparent cover member 318 ', it is possible to avoid the trouble caused by the invasion of foreign matters into the inside of the device in which the visitor card 38 is mounted. However, the present invention is not limited to this.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the transparent cover member 318 'is provided with a locking projection 341 provided on the front side end of the transparent cover member 318' on a side surface of the step portion 340. The transparent cover member 31 is locked to the stop hole 342.
The locking claw 343 provided at the rear end of the side surface of 8'is attached to the step portion 34.
It is designed to be attached by engaging with a locking hole 344 provided on the bottom surface of 0, and the locking of the locking claw 343 and the locking hole 344 is released by unlocking the card unit 3. The transparent cover member 318 'can be removed by exposing and releasing the engaging portion by pulling out the entire surface. As a result, a staff member of the game arcade who can unlock the lock can easily exchange the visitor card 38, and the card unit 3 is normally installed in parallel with the pachinko machine 2 to expose the engaging portion. Since the transparent cover member 318 'is not used, the transparent cover member 318' cannot be removed during normal use, that is, the mounted visitor card 38 cannot be removed.

An LED module 346 that emits green light is provided at a position where the upper and lower end surfaces of the transparent cover member 318 'abut on the upper and lower surfaces of the step portion 340 provided with the visitor card mounting opening 318. . These LED modules 346 are used in the card reader / writer 32.
It is controlled so as to emit light when the issuing / lending process (internal recording medium game use process) for the visitor card 38 attached to 7 is carried out, and the transparent cover member 318 'receives light from its end face. By turning on the green light of the LED module 346, the visitor card 3
The player is informed that issuance and lending process 8 is in process.

As described above, the fact that the issuing and lending process of the visitor card 38 is in process by making the LED module 346 emit light means that the player uses the internal recording medium game in response to the insertion of money. This is preferable because it makes it possible to easily recognize that the issuance / lending process, which is a process, is normally performed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the visitor card 38 of the LED module 346 or the like can be used. It may be configured such that the notification that the issuing / lending process is in process is not performed.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a member card receiving display portion 345 composed of an EL (electric luminescence) member which emits red light when a high frequency voltage is applied around the member card insertion slot 319. Is provided. The member card receiving display section 345 is illuminated in red when the member card is being received, thereby notifying the player or the game hall clerk that the member card 37 is being received.

The structure of the card unit 3 used in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7. To the card unit 3, the operation lamp 301 provided at the uppermost front surface position is connected. In addition, the member card available lamp 305, the lending unit change button 306, the lending unit display portion 307, the fraction button 308, and the frequency display portion 3
09, model setting lamp 310, direction indicator lamp 311,
Inserting lamp 312, event target person lamp 335, online upper limit lamp 348, offline upper limit lamp 349, lending unit display unit 307 and frequency display unit 309.
Display driver (not shown) and the like are mounted, and input / output of control signals and the like are performed between these units and a control unit 328 as a game use processing unit and an enclosed recording medium game use processing unit described later. 320 is connected to the member card receiving display section 345 and the LED module 346, and the member card display section 314, ten keys 315, play selection button 316, enter key 3 are connected.
17, a display driver (not shown) of the member card display unit 314 is mounted, and a second operation board 321 for inputting / outputting control signals to / from these units and the control unit 328 is provided. And these first operation board 3
20 and the second operation board 321 are arranged along the front panel of the card unit 3.

Further, at the upper position in the apparatus, the banknotes are inserted in the banknote insertion slot 302, the banknotes inserted into the banknote insertion slot 302 are taken in, and the authenticity and the banknote type are discriminated. Is provided in the central portion of the apparatus and is provided with a bill identifying unit 322 as a currency identifying means for outputting to a control unit 328 which will be described later.
3, the authenticity of the coins (100 yen coin and 500 yen coin in this embodiment) inserted from the coin insertion slot 303 is discriminated, and the discrimination of the coin type is performed, and the discrimination result is described later in the control unit. A coin identifying unit 324 as a currency identifying unit for outputting to 328 is provided, and by including both identifying units 322 and 324,
It is possible to accept various banknotes (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 2,000 yen, 1,000 yen banknotes) and various coins (100 yen coins, 500 yen coins).

At the lower position of the card unit 3,
The member card 3 is arranged so as to be connected to both the member card insertion slot 319 and the visitor card mounting slot 318, and is inserted into the member card insertion slot 319 and accepted.
7. The recording information recorded in the integrated circuit (IC) 84 of No. 7 and the recording information stored in the integrated circuit 92 of the visitor card 38 mounted in the visitor card mounting slot 318 are read and written. A card reader / writer 327 is provided as a game use processing means and an enclosed recording medium game use processing means.

Inside the card reader / writer 327, a communication board 3 for transmitting / receiving data to / from the membership card 37 inserted in the visitor card slot and the visitor card 38 mounted in the visitor card storage chamber.
27a and a control board 327b on which a controller for controlling the card reader / writer 327 is mounted, and as shown in FIG. 7, the control board 327b is provided.
Is connected to the system controller 100 via the hub 7 and the communication cable 8 and is capable of performing data communication with the system controller 100. The control board 327b confirms the communication state with the system controller 100. Communication state confirmation means is formed.

The control board 327b is also connected to the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 in which the card reader / writer 327 is mounted.
It is possible to send and receive various data to and from 28.

Further, at the substantially central position of the card unit 3, the bill discriminating unit 322, the coin discriminating unit 324, and the card reader / writer 327 which are currency discriminating means.
I / O for inputting / outputting various signals to / from the bill identifying unit 322 and the coin identifying unit 324.
An I / O port 332d connected to the port 332a and the card reader / writer 327 for transmitting and receiving various data to and from the card unit 3, the first operation board 32
0 and an I / O port 332b connected to the second operation board 321 for inputting and outputting various signals, and an I / O for inputting and outputting various signals to and from the prize ball control board 237 of the pachinko machine 2 and the operation board 18. A communication unit 334 for performing data communication with the member management computer 120 via the O port 332c, the hub 7, and the communication cable 8, and a call lamp 4 as an external device installed above the corresponding pachinko machine 2 ( (See FIG. 3), and outputs a lighting instruction signal for lighting the calling lamp 4 to the calling lamp 4, and a counting signal output from the replenishing ball counter 24 and the out ball counter 26. Or a device that accepts output of various game information (option information) such as jackpot information and premium occurrence information output from the information output unit 298 of the pachinko machine 2. Data input and output unit 336 performs the control of the power display section 17 mounted on the control and the operation panel 18 of each unit constituting these card unit 3 MPU 32
9, a RAM 330 used as a work memory or the like, a control unit 328 provided with a ROM 331 or the like in which a control program or the like in which the control contents executed by the MPU 329 are stored are built in, and each of these parts is shown in FIG. The control program executed by the MPU 329, which is connected as shown in the figure, controls the operation of each unit constituting the card unit 3.

As shown in FIG. 6, the card unit 3 of this embodiment is engaged with the main body of the card unit 3 by the unit holders 31 'formed at the upper and lower positions thereof, and the main body of the card unit 3 is moved toward the front. It is installed on the game island via a unit holder 31 that holds it so that it can be pulled out, and a cylinder lock (not shown) is provided at the lower front position of the card unit 3.
Is provided, and the card unit 3 can be pulled out by releasing the lock with an unlock key carried by an attendant or the like. Further, the unit holder 31 has
A connector for relaying various connection cables is provided, and a cable for connecting the card reader / writer 327 and the system controller 100 and a cable for connecting the control unit 328 and the member management computer 120 are also included in the unit holder. It is relay-connected via 31 and is devised so that these cables do not get entangled when the card unit 3 main body is pulled out and the card unit 3 main body cannot be pulled out.

The bill discriminating unit 322 used in this embodiment is connected to the bill conveying path 350 which is constructed so that its rear end side (the bill insertion tip side) crosses the inside of the game island via the bill collecting passage 352. Has been done. The bill identifying unit 322 accepts the insertion of a bill and identifies the accepted bill when the membership card 37 is being received and the read frequency does not remain (0 degree). It is controlled by the control unit 328. The bill accepted by this identification is a legitimate bill (1000-yen bill, 2000
When it is identified as a yen bill, a 5000 yen bill, a 10,000 yen bill), the identification result is determined by the control unit 32.
8 and outputs the identified banknotes to the banknote identification unit 322 for additional deposit processing or visitor card 38.
It is reserved until the issuance and lending process is completed, and after each of these processes is completed, it is sent to the banknote transport path 350 through the banknote collection path 352, and when it is determined that the banknote is not a legitimate banknote, the accepted banknote is returned. It has become. Further, in the present embodiment, the bill identifying unit 32
2 is a card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327)
The control unit 328 is configured to accept only 1000-yen banknotes and not to accept other banknotes when the device is offline and the system controller 100 is not connected for communication or when the membership card 37 is not being accepted. And the membership card 37 is being accepted and the frequency specified by the membership card 37 remains, it is controlled not to accept any banknote regardless of whether it is online or offline. Unit 3
It is controlled by 28.

Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the coin identification unit 324 used in this embodiment is connected to the coin return port 313 via a coin return passage 325, and also has a coin collection passage 326 and a coin collection passage 326. A coin transport path 35 laid across the game island via a coin collection gutter 353.
It is connected to 1. The coin identifying unit 324 accepts the insertion of coins when the membership card 37 is being accepted and the read frequency does not remain (when it is 0 degrees) or when the membership card 37 is not being accepted, The control unit 328 controls so as to identify the received coins. When it is determined that the received coin is a regular coin (100-yen coin, 500-yen coin) by this identification, the identification result is output to the control unit 328, and the identified coin is transferred to the coin transport path. Discharge
If the coin is identified as not a legitimate coin, the coin return port 31
Return from 3. In addition, the coin identification unit 324
Is accepting the membership card 37, and the membership card 3
When the frequency read from 7 remains, the control unit 3 is set so as not to accept coins as in the case of the bill.
It is controlled by 28.

RAM 330 as the storage means
At a predetermined address inside, a member ID of the inserted member card and a member ID register storing the member card ID, a saving sphere number register storing the number of saved spheres, a personal identification number register, and a frequency are stored. In addition to the frequency register, the total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls from the start of business based on the input of count signals from the supply ball counter 24 and the out ball counter 26 connected to the control unit 328 are stored. The total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls in the game of the member player based on the count signals from the supply ball total number register and the out ball total number register, and the supply ball counter 24 and the out ball counter 26 during the insertion of the membership card 37. The member supply ball number (IN) register, the member out ball number (OUT) register, in which the information is stored,
The special prize number register in which the number of big hits based on the big hit information output from 98 is additionally stored, the member special prize number register in which the number of big hits during the insertion of the membership card is additionally stored, and when the system controller 100 is offline, the game and A history storage area for storing the membership card ID, the payment ID, and the frequency used for the additional payment is provided, and the history of the game or the additional payment stored in the history storage area when the game is performed or the additional payment is made is the system controller. When the communication state with the 100 is restored to the online state, it is transmitted to the system controller 100, so that the frequency consistency of the membership card 37 managed by the system controller 100 is maintained. There is.

Further, the total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls from the start of business of the total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls registers are transmitted to the member management computer 120, and the member card is inserted when the member card is returned. The number of supply balls (IN) and the number of out balls (OU) accompanying the game of the member player stored in the member supply ball number (IN) register and the member out ball number (OUT) register from the time
T) and the number of member special prizes stored in the member special prize number register are transmitted to the member management computer 120, whereby the balance of each pachinko machine 2 from the start of business and the balance of each member player are managed. Computer 120
Can be grasped.

The data of the prize number register is
Member management computer 1 in closing process at the end of business
By being transmitted to 20, the member management computer 120 can grasp the total number of jackpots that occurred in each pachinko machine 2 during business, and the member card 37 can be inserted when the member card 37 is returned. By transmitting the number of member special prizes stored in the member special prize number register from the time to the member management computer 120, the number of jackpots generated during the game of each member is also managed by the management computer 12.
0 can be grasped.

Next, the card stocker 2 of the present embodiment.
Briefly describing 0, the card stocker 20
Is a box-shaped device capable of accommodating a predetermined number (up to five in this embodiment) of spare card units 3 therein, and the spare card units 3 accommodated in the card stocker 20 are also included. , Is connected to the system controller 100 via the LAN in the same manner as the card unit 3 installed and used in the game island, and the system controller 100 determines the existence and state of these spare card units 3. When the card unit 3 is exchanged, the device table corresponding to the device ID of the card unit 3 corresponding to the unit number is updated and the card unit 3 is exchanged. The history of is registered and managed.

Further, in this embodiment, as described above, the depositing device 21 for depositing the membership card 37 is provided at a predetermined position in the game arcade. The coin depositing device 21 includes a coin discriminating unit 324, a bill discriminating unit 322 and a card discriminating unit which are substantially the same as the card discriminating unit 322 and the card reader / writer 327 provided in the card unit 3 and the card reader / writer and various operations. Buttons and the like are provided, and the member player, when the remaining frequency in the membership card 37 he or she owns is "0", carries out the deposit up to 10,000 yen on the membership card, and the deposit By inserting the membership card into the card unit 3, the frequency corresponding to the deposit can be used for the game.

When depositing money into the membership card 37, the membership card ID recorded in the membership card 37 and the deposit type and quantity are transmitted to the system controller 100, so that the system controller 10
At 0, a new deposit ID (prepaid ID) is generated,
The deposit ID (prepaid ID) and the deposit amount are registered in association with each other, the deposit ID (prepaid ID) is returned to the depositing device 21, and the deposit ID and the frequency corresponding to the deposit amount are registered in the membership card 37. Will be recorded and returned. At the time of deposit, the system controller 100
Is the membership card ID sent from the deposit device 21
Is registered in the system controller 100,
Or, if it is registered, it is confirmed whether it is set to be unusable, and if there is no problem in the confirmation, the deposit ID is generated and returned to the deposit device 21, and is registered in the system controller 100. It is not possible to deposit money to the member card 37 that does not exist or to the member card 37 that corresponds to the black list or the sham list that will be described later.

The member card 37 for which the deposit has been processed
When the card unit 3 is used, the deposit ID and frequency recorded in the member card 37, and the member ID
And the member card ID are read by the card reader / writer 327, and among the read information, the member card ID
And the deposit ID and frequency are the card reader / writer 327.
Is transmitted from the control board 327b to the system controller 100, and the usability determination process is performed to determine whether or not the membership card 37 can be used by comparison and collation with the registration information. Only when these collations match, the frequency The size of the operation board 1 through the control unit 328
By being displayed on the frequency display section 17 on 8, the game can be used for a game (see FIG. 18), and when the frequency is used, the used frequency is the system controller 100. The registered frequency corresponding to the corresponding deposit ID is updated. (See Figure 9)

Further, in this embodiment, the membership card 37
In the case where the frequencies still remain in the system, a settlement device 22 is provided for enabling these frequencies to be exchanged for cash, and the settlement device 22 includes the card reader / writer 32.
7 is provided with a card reader / writer similar to that of 7, and a banknote payout unit and a coin payout unit for paying out cash. The membership card ID, the deposit ID, and the frequency are read by the card reader / writer and transmitted to the system controller 100, and the comparison and collation with the registration information are performed. Controlled to be implemented.

In addition, even in these settlements, the settlement of the member card 37 corresponding to the black list or the sham list is not permitted by the system controller 100, and when these settlements are carried out, the settlement is performed. The deposit ID and the registration of the count are deleted, and the settlement amount and the member ID are registered and managed in the system controller 100 as a settlement history.

Next, the system controller 100, which is the recording medium management apparatus in this embodiment, will be described. As shown in FIG. 8, the system controller 100 is connected to a data bus 101 for transmitting and receiving data inside the computer. A CPU 102 that performs various kinds of processing such as a usability determination processing described later executed by the system controller 100 and a card management DB update processing described below, a RAM 103 used as a work memory, an RTC 104 that outputs time information and calendar information, a magnetic field. A storage device 105 including a disc or a magneto-optical disc, an input device 106 that is a dedicated keyboard to which function menus and the like are uniquely assigned, a display device 107 that displays and outputs various information, and a printer 10 that prints out various information.
8, a first communication unit 109 for performing data communication with the member management computer 120, a second communication unit 110 for performing data communication with the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327), a management server provided in the card company And a digital service unit (DSU) 111 for enabling data communication through a telephone line.

In addition to the processing program for executing the processing of the system controller 100, various tables (database) as shown in FIGS. 9A to 9C are registered in the storage device 105. ing.

First, in the member attribute information table (member database) of FIG. 9A, for each member ID of the member card 37, the name (name and surname) of the member player possessing the member card 37, sex, Member player membership information consisting of age, birthday, occupation, address, and whether or not the member information recorded on the member card 37 is updated (member information recorded on the member card 37 is the latest If updated, "updated" is registered, and if the member information is not recorded or updated to the latest one, unupdated is registered) The registration information of these member attribute information tables (member database) is the same as the registration contents of the member information table (see FIG. 16) registered in the member management computer 120. It is sequentially updated at the time of time and changes occur.

In the member card master table as a recording medium database shown in FIG. 9B, the member ID of each member and the member card ID of the member card issued to the member are stored in the deposit device 21. A deposit ID given each time a deposit process or an additional deposit process to be described later in the card unit 3 is performed, and a deposit device 21 or a device ID of the card unit 3 for which the additional deposit process corresponding to the deposit ID has been implemented, The deposit frequency corresponding to the deposit amount provided for the deposit process, the usage frequency used for the lending process described below from the deposit frequency, the remaining frequency of the deposit frequency not yet used for the lending process, and the card Is not used based on the blacklist or sham list included in the operation information described later that is distributed from the management server of the card company. The unusable information indicating whether or not is registered in association with each other, and registration is performed so that the remaining frequency registered in these membership card master tables matches the remaining frequency recorded in the corresponding membership card. ,
By registering the unusable information (flag) of the member card that is managed and corresponds to the black list or the sneaker list as unusable “1”, the use of the member card is prohibited. ing.

Further, in the card unit data table shown in FIG. 9C, the device ID of the card unit 3 is displayed.
For each, the island number of the gaming island where the card unit 3 is installed and its communication status (whether online or offline)
And a compatible model that is the model name of the corresponding pachinko machine 2,
The serial number and the visitor card ID of the mounted visitor card 38, the total usage frequency that is the cumulative frequency used for the lending process described below, and the frequency used from the visitor card 38 in the total usage frequency. Each of the V card usage frequency, the membership card usage frequency which is the frequency used from the membership card 37, the membership card deposit amount which is the total deposit amount deposited in the card unit 3 and the cash received for the deposit. 10,000 yen, which is the quantity for each denomination,
5000 yen, 2000 yen, 1000 yen, 500 yen, 10
0 yen is registered, and the registration data in the card management DB and various data such as the remaining frequency registered in the member card master table are updated based on various information transmitted from the card unit 3 each time. It is supposed to be done.

Further, the management database (D
As shown in FIG. 10 in B), a member game history table in which the game history of members on the business day is registered is provided, and each member player inserts his / her own membership card 37 into the card unit 3. Then, by performing the ball lending operation, the device ID of the card unit 3 in which the ball lending is performed and the usage frequency used for the ball lending by the card unit 3 are registered as one game history. The usage frequency data registered in the membership game history table is output from the membership management computer 120 based on the membership card 37 being returned from the card unit 3 at the end of the game. In the usage frequency inquiry, the corresponding usage frequency is returned to the member management computer 120.

Further, the system controller 1 of this embodiment
In 00, as shown in FIG. 11, based on the respective tables and databases, various information regarding various card management, card unit management and sales can be output not only today but also past data before the previous day. .

Specifically, in the function selection screen shown in FIG. 12, by selecting or inputting a desired item and a date to be output from the displayed selection items, items (1) to (( As shown in (7), (1) daily total table, (2) island sales table, (3) individual sales, (4) individual detailed information, (5) hourly sales, (6) form management, (7) ) Each item of the device replacement history can be displayed or printed out like (3) Individual sales shown in FIG.

In the system controller 100 of the present embodiment, as the (1) daily schedule, each sales of the members and visitors of the entire store on the selected date, the total sales amount, the total amount of deposit to the member card, and the membership card A daily schedule of stores that displays information such as total payment amount, and a sand that displays information such as the total sales amount of members and visitors for each card unit on the selected date, total sales amount, and the total amount of payment to the member card. The daily balance table, the number of deposits by the depositing device 21 on the selected date, the total amount of deposits, etc. are displayed, and the number of settlements and the amount of settlement on the selected device on the selected date are displayed. The checkout machine daily schedule is displayed.

In addition, when the (2) sales chart by island is selected, information such as the sales and total sales amount of members and visitors for each island on the selected date, the total amount of money paid to the member card 37, etc. Is displayed and (3) Individual sales is selected, as shown in FIG. 13, the sales (consumption) of members and visitors for each card unit (CU) 3 on the selected date and the membership card 37 are displayed. Each information such as the total amount of deposits is displayed, and when (4) Individual detailed information is selected, the sales of each device on the selected date, the number of receipts of each receipt type, the communication status, the presence or absence of insertion of a membership card, etc. When the detailed information of the device is displayed and (5) hourly sales is selected, the sales and total sales amount of the members and visitors of the entire store in each time zone of the selected date and the total sales amount to the member card 37 are displayed. Information such as total deposit amount and total settlement amount It is displayed.

When (6) form management is selected, the selected form can be printed, and (7)
When the device replacement history is selected, when the replacement card unit in the card unit stocker 20 is replaced on the selected date, the time of replacement and information of the replaced device are displayed. It is like this.

In addition to the items (1) to (7) for selecting the date, display items (menu) that do not require the date selection of the items (8) to (13) are provided. ), The information such as the sales of the card unit 3 that has been temporarily tightened without being properly tightened due to the communication being offline or some trouble is displayed. ) Error information management is selected, error information such as error detection date / time, recovery date / time, and error name of each connected device is searched and displayed. When the operation history of item (10) is selected, each card unit 3 or the above When the operation history (communication history) such as the date and time when the depositing device 21 and the settlement device 22 are operated is displayed, and when the business condition of item (11) is selected, the communication connection of each connected device and the membership The status such as the reception status of the card 37 is displayed, and when the business constant of item (12) is selected, a screen for setting the type of the form automatically printed in the closing process is displayed, and the visitor card information of item (13) is displayed. By selecting, information such as the number of writings of the visitor card 38 attached to each card unit 3 and information such as replacement history (replacement date) are displayed. Cards 37,3
8 and card unit 3, deposit device 21 and settlement device 2
2 management is to be implemented.

The information on sales (consumption), the information on deposit, and the balance information on the membership card 37 are as follows:
Information is sent to the management server 12 of the card company in the closing process performed at the end of business, and information such as the amount of money consumed and the amount of money paid for each card unit 3 as well as the individual sales shown in FIG. By outputting the information on the total consumption amount and the total payment amount of the entire store to the member management computer 120, the member management computer 120 can also manage the sales by the member card 37 and the visitor card 38. The sales information is used as data for analyzing game trends of members and event effects.

When the return of the member card 37 occurs in the card unit 3, as described above, the member card ID of the member card 37 from the member management computer 120 and the card unit 3 at the time of the return. Based on the transmission of the usage frequency inquiry including the device ID of, the member player corresponding to the inquired membership card ID returns the consumption amount used for the game in the inquired card unit 3 to the member management computer 120 as the sales amount. As a result, in the member management computer 120, as shown in FIG. 17C, it is registered as the sales amount of the visit history of the member player.

Here, the cooperation between the system controller 100 used in this embodiment and the management server 12 installed in the card company will be described with reference to FIG. First, the system controller 100 is connected to an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) (not shown), and is automatically activated at a predetermined time on a business day set in the UPS. Power on (startup) by the UPS
Is executed, the processing program (P) stored in the storage device 105 is automatically started, and the abnormality of each file stored in the storage device 105 is determined based on the error correction code (CRC). In addition to checking, check whether there are any abnormalities in the connected devices such as the card unit 3, the depositing device 21 and the settlement device 22 that are connected. For example, the check completion is notified to the management server 12.

In response to the transmission of the check completion, the management server 12 receives the transmission from the system controller 100 at the closing time on the previous day (the last business day), reads the registered member balance, and transmits it to the system controller 100. . Upon receiving the transmission, the system controller 100
Checks the balance of the balance of the membership sent to the balance of the balance at the time of the last closing registered to itself. The management server 12 is notified of the balance abnormality notification.

When the collation of the remaining balance of the members is matched,
Member card I, which is a member card that can be newly issued and is included in the operation information distributed from the management server 12 at the last closing
When D, the member ID, and the black list or the Amiake list are received, the member card ID and the member ID corresponding to the black list or the Amiake list are transmitted to the member management computer 120. Upon receiving the member card ID and the member ID of the newly issued member card, the member management computer 120 receives the received member card ID.
As shown in FIG. 16A, the member ID and the member ID are registered as an unissued card that can be newly issued in a member information table described later.

As described above, the member card ID and the member ID of the member card that can be newly issued are transmitted to the member management computer 120 in a time zone other than the business hours before the business starts. During business, it is necessary to carry out processing associated with the use of a large number of membership cards 37, and the processing load on the system controller 100 and the membership management computer 120 becomes large. This is preferable because the processing load on the system controller 100 and the member management computer 120 can be reduced, but the present invention is not limited to this, and these new issues can be made as necessary even during business. Membership card membership card I
You may make it transmit D and a member ID to the member management computer 120. Further, in the present embodiment, the transmission is performed before the business starts, but it goes without saying that the transmission may be performed after the business in a time zone other than the business hours.

After transmitting the member card ID and the member ID of the member card that can be newly issued to the member management computer 120, the system controller 100 transmits a business start notification to the management server 12, and the management server 12 12
Upon receiving the start permission, the process shifts to the in-business process.

During the business, new member registration is performed by registering the attribute information of the new member on the member management computer 120, the member ID and the member card ID are assigned to the new member, and the membership of the existing member is attributed. When the information is changed, new issue information or update information is sent from the member management computer 120 to the system controller 10.
0, the new member is registered or the member information is updated in the member attribute information table shown in FIG. 9A based on the new issue information or the update information. When these updates are executed, the update is performed. If the member card 37 corresponding to the item is registered and the corresponding member card 37 is used, the updated or newly registered member attribute information is transmitted to the card unit 3 in which the member card 37 is used, Card 37
It will be recorded in.

Further, during the business process, the management server 12 causes the system controller 100 to perform a predetermined period.
In response, the health check data for confirming the operation is transmitted, and based on the response to the health check data, whether the system controller 100 is operating normally is confirmed. For each card unit 3, L
The card reader / writer 327 in each card unit 3 is provided depending on whether or not the broad packet is received by transmitting a broad packet for confirming the communication connection to the AN every predetermined time, for example, every 5 seconds. The control board 327b can check the online / offline communication state.

Further, in the case where a fraud such as a balance error of the connected device or the card is detected during the business process, the system controller 100 notifies the management server 12 of the fraud detection or the abnormality detection, so that the management server 12 is notified. The installed credit card company can detect these abnormalities and fraud.

After the business hours are over, the system controller 100 carries out a closing process. In this closing process, daily sales totaling the sales of the entire store on that business day, individual sales including the sales for each card unit 3 and each membership card, and the remaining game for each membership card 37 The aggregated data including each information such as the remaining amount of the member including the information of the remaining amount corresponding to the value frequency is the management server 1.
2, the management server 12 delivers the store information and the operation information to which the amusement hall corresponds, and finally performs the operation confirmation by the health check data, and after the operation confirmation, System controller 10
0 power is shut off by the UPS.

The operation information distributed from the management server 12 includes the membership card ID and membership ID of the membership card 37 and the serial number and visitor card ID of the visitor card 38, which are shipped based on the order from the amusement hall. , A blacklist describing the membership card ID and membership ID of the membership card 37 that the card company has prohibited to use, or lost or stolen during delivery from the card company to the amusement arcade,
Alternatively, the member card ID of the member card 37 which has been found to be defective in manufacture and the AMIKAKE list in which the member ID is described are included. Card 3
When No. 7 is registered in the member card master table, the unusable information (flag) of the member card 37 is registered as unusable “1”, and the member card 37 is unusable. Has become.

Next, the member management computer 120 of this embodiment will be described.
As shown in FIG. 15, 20 receives the membership information of the member executed by the member management computer 120 in a data bus 121 that transmits and receives data inside the computer, registers and manages it in association with the member ID, and Various analysis processing such as event evaluation based on each information based on the use of these membership cards, update processing of a member management DB described later, and total data processing such as sales totalization based on sales information from the system controller 100, etc. CPU that does
122, RAM 12 used as a work memory or the like
3. RTC 124 that outputs time information and calendar information,
Storage device 12 including a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk
5. By inputting the input device 126 such as a keyboard and mouse for receiving various information such as membership information such as personal information regarding the new member, and selecting functions, for example, a new member registration screen, sales information, and unissued information A display device 127 for outputting information such as a member ID of the member card and the number of sheets, a printer 128, and the system controller 100.
First communication unit 12 as a collecting means for performing data communication with
9, or the second communication unit 130 as a collecting means for performing data communication with the card unit 3 (control unit 328),
Is a normal computer connected to.

In addition to the various processing programs for the member management computer 120 to execute processing, the storage device 125 stores the member ID of the member card 37 and the member card as shown in FIG. 16 (a). For each ID, the event number of the target event. , The number of savings balls at that time, a personal identification number for personal identification, the number of store visits, store visit points, the last store visit date, the member rank based on these store visit counts, income and expenditure, etc., the member registration date, And the name (name and surname) of the member player who owns the member card 37, gender, age, birthday, occupation, postal code, address,
Personal information such as telephone numbers and mobile phone numbers, attribution information of member players such as transportation, hobbies, anniversaries, e-mail addresses, and whether direct mails can be sent, and member games that have the membership card 37. Event target person flag indicating whether or not the person is today's event person (“Yes” is registered if the person is today's event person, and “No” is registered if the person is not the event person) ) And the update status registered when new registration or registration change is carried out on the member registration / change screen described later ("Y" when new registration or registration change is carried out).
es "is registered and" No "is registered when the registration contents based on these new registrations or registration changes are reflected in the member attribute information table of the system controller 100), and new member attribution information, etc. The membership information table (player database) in which is registered when "various" to "already" is registered when various information of is registered is stored, and the issuance status includes When the new issuable member ID and member card ID transmitted from the system controller 100 are registered,
By registering "not yet" and checking the issuance status, it is possible to select the member card 37 that is not yet issued and can be issued at that time.

Further, in addition to the member information table (player database), the storage device 125 of the present embodiment is displayed on the display device 127 by selecting an input tab described later, as shown in FIG. 16 (b). Event name, which is the registered content on the displayed event registration screen (not shown), implementation period, implementation time, and target conditions (all members, female members, members who visit the store 50 times or more, etc.) , The range of the target card unit 3 (all units, to No. island, individual device ID of the target card unit 3, etc.), benefits for the target person (unlimited, gift of gift, equivalent exchange, etc.), and target The notification conditions (at the start of the game, the usage amount-yen or more, the game start-after the minute, etc.) when notifying that the target person is the card unit 3 and the execution of advance notification at the target card unit 3 Existence ( "Yes" is registered in the case of implementation, "No" is registered if not performed)
And the aggregation period (the number of days) of the data used as comparison data in the comparison of the event effects, the event No. assigned to each event. An event table registered for each is stored.

Further, in the storage device 125, FIG.
As shown in (c), as a game history of each member player,
Game (visit) day, number of the game played, game start time and end time, number of special prizes and game time, sales amount which is the amount of money consumed by the member player for the game, the game that the member player obtains in the game Each member is the amount of expenditure (the minimum number is in units of 100 yen), which is the amount equivalent to the prize provided to the member player by the venue, the income and expenditure amount obtained by subtracting the amount of expenditure from these sales amounts, and the win / loss of the amusement hall. A member visit history database (DB) registered for each player is stored.

Further, the storage device 125 has a structure shown in FIG.
As shown in (d), the total number of replenishing balls output from the card unit 3 together with the sales and total sales information of members and visitors for each card unit 3 output from the system controller 100 based on the closing process. Pachinko machine 2 spending amount calculated based on the difference between the total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls from the start of business stored in the register and the total number of out balls.
In addition, the operating rate (minutes) obtained by dividing the total number of out balls by the average number of shots launched in a unit time (1 minute) in the pachinko machine 2 or the operating rate that is the ratio of operating time (minutes) to business hours Stores a history database (DB) for each unit registered together with each unit number, its unit type, and model and island number. Based on the information registered in each of these databases, the Outputs and event effects are aggregated. In the present embodiment, the amount of money to be spent is calculated by subtracting the total number of out balls (out ball number (OUT)) from the total number of refill balls (replenishing ball number (IN)) and exchanging with a special prize. The spending amount is calculated by multiplying the rate.

The processing status of each part and the data transfer in the gaming system of this embodiment will be described below.

The card unit 3 according to the present embodiment reads the record information of the member card 37 inserted in the member card insertion slot 319 and sends it to the system controller 100, and the member received in this receiving process. The lending process for using the frequency read from the card 37 for lending pachinko balls and the communication with the system controller 100 are online, and the membership card 37 is accepting and the remaining frequency is 0 degree. In the case where multiple denomination banknotes (1000 yen banknote, 2000 yen banknote, 5000 yen banknote, 10000 yen banknote) or coins (100 yen coin, 500 yen coin) are inserted or inserted and identified, The frequency corresponding to the identified amount of money (a value obtained by dividing the identified amount of money by 100) is calculated from the accepted membership card 37. And an additional payment (value addition) processing to be added to the ( "0" only in the present embodiment) frequency that has been Desa see,
When the communication with the system controller 100 is offline, when a low-value banknote (1000 yen banknote) or a coin (100-yen coin, 500-yen coin) is inserted or inserted and identified, it corresponds to the identified amount. The offline payment processing for adding the frequency to the frequency (only “0” in this embodiment) read from the accepted membership card 37 and the membership card 37 regardless of the communication status with the system controller 100. If not accepted, low-value banknotes (1000 yen banknotes) or coins (1
(00 Yen coin, 500 Yen coin) is inserted or inserted and identified, after recording the frequency corresponding to the identified amount on the visitor card 38 inserted into the visitor card mounting opening 318, Issuance lending process (enclosed recording medium game use process) that uses all of the frequency that you paid for pachinko ball lending, and withdrawal process that you can use again the number of savings balls saved in the previous game I am supposed to do it. Further, in the card unit 3 of the present embodiment, in addition to the above-described processing, display control of the welcome display, the event target stand display, the event target person display, etc. displayed on the corresponding information display device 5 is also performed. Has become.

When the card unit 3 of this embodiment is activated (when the power is turned on), the connection process with the member management computer 120 is executed as shown in FIG.
In this connection process, when the power is turned on, first, the connection process between the control board 327b of the card reader / writer 327 and the system controller 100 is performed, and upon completion of the process, the control board 327b operates the connection process. Instructions are output to the control unit 328.

On the basis of the output of the operation start instruction notification from the control board 327b (card reader / writer 327), the control unit 328 makes a connection request to the member management computer 120, and the supply ball total number register and out ball Start the addition and update to the total number register and the special prize number register.

Upon receiving the connection request, the member management computer 120 transmits to the control unit 328 a device information request required to create an encryption key, and the control unit 3
The device information response is obtained from 28 and an encryption key is created.

Next, the member management computer 120 sends an output request for the final trace data number held by the control unit 328 to obtain the final trace data number, and is registered in the member management computer 120 in the closing process on the previous day. Comparing the obtained final trace data number with the obtained final trace data number, if the unacquired trace data remains, an output request for the unacquired trace data is transmitted to the control unit 328, Acquire unacquired trace data.

After confirming these unacquired data,
By transmitting the initial information setting request to the control unit 328, the control unit 328 causes the supply ball total number register, the out ball total number register, and the member supply ball number (IN).
In addition to resetting the register and the member out ball count (OUT) register, the prize count register is also reset, the counting of each register is restarted, and a setting notification is issued at the stage when these initial setting processes are completed.
It is sent to 20 and shifts to the normal processing state, and waits for cash acceptance or insertion of the membership card 37.

When the membership card 37 is inserted in this state, the acceptance process shown in FIG. 18 is carried out.
When the membership card 37 is inserted into the membership card insertion slot 319 of the card unit 3, the card reader / writer 327
Reads out the member card ID, the member ID, the deposit ID and the frequency from the inserted member card 37, and individually gives the license request, the read member card ID, the deposit ID and the frequency to each card unit 3. Device ID
Along with this, it is transmitted to the system controller 100.

These license request and membership card I
When the system controller 100 receives D, the deposit ID, the frequency, and the device ID, the system controller 100 recognizes the remaining frequency registered corresponding to the member card ID and the deposit ID received in the member card master table shown in FIG. 9B. The unusable information (flag) and the card unit 3 are extracted.
Performs a usability determination process of collating the received frequency with the extracted remaining frequency and checking the usability information (flag) to determine the usability of the membership card 37.
If the verification matches and the unusable information (flag) is not registered as unusable, the membership card 3
7 is determined to be usable, and the license is returned to the transmission source card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327). If the frequencies do not match in the collation, it is determined whether the frequency received from the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327) is less than the remaining frequency registered in the member card master table, and the remaining frequency is determined. If it is less than, while updating the remaining frequency of the member card master table to the received lesser frequency,
The license is returned to the transmission source card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327). In addition, when the corresponding deposit ID does not exist in the membership card master table, the received frequency exceeds the remaining frequency in the membership card master table, and the unusability information (flag) is registered as unusable. Replies that the card cannot be used to the transmission source card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327).

When the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327) receives the license, the inserted member card 37 is made usable and the read member I is read.
Control unit 32 with D and frequency together with card loading notification
Output to 8. When the unusable state is received from the system controller 100, an error is displayed without returning the membership card 37, and the member waits in an error state until the error is canceled (or the unit is replaced).

In response to the output, the control unit 328 lights up the member card receiving display portion 345, stores the output member ID data and frequency data in the member ID register and the frequency register, and FIG. As shown in, the member ID for the member management computer 120
And a membership card import request including the device ID.

Upon receiving the transmission, the member management computer 12
0 specifies a member from the transmitted member ID, and registers the game start time and the machine number of the gaming machine corresponding to the received device ID in the member's store history of the member store history database (DB). , Determines whether the date of the visit date registered corresponding to the received member ID is today's date, and if the visit date is not today's date, update the item of the visit date to today's date At the same time, 1 is added to the number of visits to the member information table. Further, the membership point, the number of savings balls, and the personal identification number are extracted from the member information table, and the visit point 100 is added to the member point and updated. The capture response is returned to the control unit 328 that is the transmission source.

When the control unit 328 stores the received number of savings balls and the secret code in the number of savings balls register and the secret code number register based on the reply of the member card take-in response, and the number of savings balls is present. When the number of balls has reached the predetermined number of payouts, the number of replayable times is displayed on the member card display unit 314, and the player waits for input from the play selection button 316 or the enter key 317.

At this stage, when the enter key 317 is selected, a payout instruction of the number of pachinko balls equivalent to one replay is output to the pachinko machine 2 and the pachinko machine 2 is operated.
The pachinko balls are paid out from the ball payout device 297, 1 is subtracted from the number of replayable times, a usage notice is transmitted to the member management computer 120, and the data of the number of saved balls is subtracted and updated. When the play selection button 316 is selected, the frequency stored in the frequency register is displayed on the frequency display unit 309 and the frequency display unit 17 of the pachinko machine 2, and the lending process is performed to perform the member game. The player can play a game using the frequency.

Further, the card unit 3 of the present embodiment can use the frequency remaining in the member card 37 already accepted even when the communication with the system controller 100 is impossible (offline state), and the frequency is Even when it becomes "0", the upper limit value can be changed from the online upper limit value of 10,000 yen to the offline upper limit value of 1000 yen, and the deposit can be carried out within the range of the upper limit value.
In addition, the visitor card 38 can be rented.

These offline card units 3
The lending process in will be described in detail below. First, an offline detection process for detecting whether the communication state with the system controller 100 by the card unit 3 is offline will be described with reference to FIG.

In the present embodiment, the control board 327b provided in the card reader / writer 327 carries out the offline detection processing. The offline detection processing carried out by the control board 327b is shown in FIG. As shown, it is determined whether the broad packet transmitted from the system controller 100 to the card units 3 is periodically (in this embodiment, every 5 seconds) received (Sa1). If a broad packet is received in the determination, the process proceeds to Sa6, resets the count of the monitoring timer mounted on the control board 327b and restarts the monitoring timer, and proceeds to Sa7 to perform online. It is determined that the control unit 3 is in the online state.
It outputs to 28 (Sa8), and returns to said S1.

When the broad packet is not received at Sa1, the process proceeds to Sa2, and it is determined whether the monitoring timer has timed up (counted up). If it is determined that the predetermined offline determination time has elapsed due to the time-up (count-up), the process proceeds to Sa3 and is determined to be offline. After resetting the count of the monitoring timer and restarting the monitoring timer (Sa4), the fact that it is in the offline state is output to the control unit 328 (Sa5), and by returning to S1, the online state or the offline state. Are sequentially output to the control unit 328.

The output of the online state or the offline state is executed by the control unit 328 shown in FIG.
Detected by the interrupt process shown in FIG. 6, various processes in the offline state and processes associated with restoration to the online state are performed.

Explaining this interrupt processing, first, the output in the online state or the offline state from the control board 327b is detected by Sb1 or Sb17.

When the control board 327b outputs an off-line state, the output is detected at Sb1 and the process proceeds to Sb2, the lighting color of the operation lamp 301 is changed to red, and the system controller 100 is operated. Notify that the communication with is offline,
In Sb3, the acceptance of the new member card 37 is prohibited, the member card available lamp 305 is turned off to notify that the new member card 37 cannot be accepted, and the visitor accepts the currency. After continuing the lending by the card 38, the process proceeds to Sb4, and at that time, the card reader / writer 327 determines whether or not the member card 37 being accepted is present.

In the determination of Sb4, if the member card 37 being accepted does not exist, the visitor card 38
If the member card 37 being accepted is present, the process proceeds to Sb5 shown in FIG.

In Sb5, the upper limit value of deposit is changed from 10,000 yen which is the upper limit value of the online state to 1000 yen which is the upper limit value of the offline state, and the change of the upper limit value of the offline upper limit notification lamp 349 is performed. After notifying by turning on (the online upper limit notifying lamp 348 is turned off), the process proceeds to Sb6 and the member card 3 being accepted.
It is determined whether or not there is a residual frequency in 7.

In the presence / absence determination of the remaining number, if there is a remaining number, the process proceeds to Sb7 to determine whether there is a ball lending operation, and if there is no ball lending operation, the process proceeds to Sb15 to return the ball. If there is no return operation, the process returns to Sb7 again, so that Sb7 and Sb
As a result of 15, the ball lending operation or the returning operation is awaited.

If there is a ball lending operation at this stage, S
When the process proceeds to b8 and the lending process using the remaining frequency is performed and the lending process is performed in the lending process,
By returning to Sb6, it is determined again whether or not there is a remaining number in the membership card 37, and the determination of the remaining number in Sb6 and the lending process in Sb8 are repeatedly performed, so that the offline state is set. In the case where the membership card 37 that has been received by the card unit 3 before has a remaining number, the remaining number can be used for the game even after the offline state.

If a return operation is performed while waiting for a ball lending operation or a return operation by Sb7 and Sb15, the procedure proceeds to Sb16, where all the deposit counts in the offline deposit processing are not used. It is determined whether or not there is a return invalidation flag indicating that the remaining amount is left in the case. The member card 37 will not be returned while waiting for the input of the lending operation, and in the state where the number of deposits in the offline deposit processing remains.

If it is determined in Sb16 that there is no return invalidation flag, it is determined that all of the depositing frequencies have already been used in the offline depositing process, and the process proceeds to Sb14 to accept the receipt. After returning the member card 37 of No. 1, the process proceeds to the processing routine of the visitor card 38, whereby the issuing and lending process of the visitor card 38 can be performed.

If it is determined in Sb6 that there is no residual number and that the clogging is 0, the process proceeds to Sb9 to determine whether or not a return invalid flag is present, and return invalid is performed. When there is a flag, the process proceeds to Sb10 to clear the return invalidation flag, and then proceeds to Sb11.

In Sb11, it is determined whether or not money is accepted, and if there is no money accepted, the process proceeds to Sb13 to determine whether or not there is a return operation, and if there is no return operation. By returning to Sb11, Sb11 and Sb13 enter a state of waiting for money accepting or returning operation.

In the state of waiting for the money accepting or returning operation, if the money is accepted, the procedure proceeds to the offline deposit processing of Sb12 shown in FIG. 28, and if the operation is returned, the procedure proceeds to Sb14. After the return of 37, the process proceeds to the processing routine of the visitor card 38, whereby the issuing and lending process of the visitor card 38 can be carried out.

Next, the offline deposit processing of Sb12 shown in FIG. 28 will be described. The accepted currency is identified in Sc1, and the accepted currency is stored in the bill identifying unit 322 or the coin identifying unit 324.
After retaining inside (Sc2), proceed to Sc3.

At the step Sc3, it is judged whether or not the amount of the identified currency is less than the offline upper limit value of 1000 yen, and if the identified currency is a currency larger than 1000 yen, the sc8 is performed. After returning to the accepted money, the process returns to Sb6.

In addition, the identification currency is 10 in Sc3.
If the currency is less than 00 yen, the procedure proceeds to Sc4, and the frequency corresponding to the identification amount, for example, if 1000 yen is the identification currency, 10 is added to the remaining frequency of the member card 37, "0". 10 degrees which is the new frequency after the update and the addition and update, and the offline deposit ID used in the deposit processing at the time of offline (in this embodiment, the offline deposit I
As D, use the ID including the device ID of the card unit 3 that has made the offline deposit))
After recording in 7, the card ID of the member card 37 that made the deposit, the deposit frequency, and the deposit ID are registered in the history storage area (Sc5).

After the registration of the history, the process proceeds to Sc6 and the above S
By collecting the reserved money in c2, setting the return invalid flag in Sc7, and then returning to Sb6, these depositing frequencies can be used for lending processing.

When the control board 327b outputs an online state, the output is detected at Sb17, and the process proceeds to Sb18 to determine whether or not the offline state is changed to the online state. Is carried out, and if it is a change from the offline state to the online state, the process proceeds to Sb19.

In Sb19, the operation lamp 3
The system controller 100 changes the lighting color of 01 from red indicating offline to white indicating online.
Is notified that the communication with is online, the upper limit value is changed to 10,000 yen which is the upper limit value at the time of online in Sb19 +, and the online upper limit lamp 348 is turned on (offline upper limit lamp 3
49) is turned off), the acceptance of the new member card 37 is permitted, and the member card available lamp 305 turned off in Sb2 is turned on to notify that the new member card 37 can be accepted. (Sb20), it is determined whether or not there is a registration of a frequency usage history that is offline in the history storage area (Sb21), and if there is a frequency usage and deposit history that is offline, the processing proceeds to Sb22, and the offline processing is performed. After transmitting the stored history to the system controller 100 (Sd12), the process proceeds to a normal processing routine.

Next, the lending process (game use process) executed when the card unit 3 accepts the membership card 37 which has been subjected to the usability determination process in the online state and the offline state (FIG. 27Sb8) will be described below. Explaining this, the lending button 16 is input when the frequency remains on the frequency display unit 309 and the frequency display unit 17 of the pachinko machine 2, so that the lending process (game use process) using the frequency is performed. Be implemented.

The control status of the lending process will be described with reference to FIG. 19. The prize ball control board 237 of the pachinko machine 2 is described.
Is in a standby state when connected to the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 and in a state where communication is possible, and sets PRDY to LOW (S1).

When the lending button 16 is operated while the PRDY is being output in this way, the control unit 328 sets the BRDY to LOW (S2), and further sets the BRQ to LOW in this state ( S
3).

Next, the prize ball control board 237 detects the BRDY LOW and detects the BRQ LO.
When W is detected, it is confirmed whether or not the pachinko balls can be paid out, and if it is possible, the EXS is set to LOW (S4).

The control unit 328 which has detected the LOW of the EXS sets the BRQ to HIGH (S5),
The prize ball control board 237 which has detected the HIGH of Q outputs a ball payout signal to the ball payout device 297, and based on this, the payout of the number of balls corresponding to one time (25 balls in this embodiment) is carried out. , The EXS is set to H based on the end of the payout.
IGH (S6).

The control unit 328 which has detected the EXS HIGH subtracts 1 degree from the frequency stored in the frequency register and subtracts 1 degree from the frequency displayed on the frequency display section 17. Update the display.

The control unit 328 controls these (S3)-
The signal control in (S6), the subtraction update control of the frequency, and the lending frequency set by the lending unit change button 306 are repeatedly performed, and after these controls are completed, BRDY is set to HIG.
As H (S7), the lending process is ended.

In this way, the prize ball control board 237 rents out the number of pachinko balls corresponding to one time (25 balls) based on the number of times of detecting the BRQ HIGH output from the control unit 328 of the card unit 3. The pachinko balls lent out in this manner are used by the player to play a game on the pachinko machine 2.

In this embodiment, one time is subtracted when S6 is completed.
After repeatedly performing the processing of S6 for the lending frequency (for example, 5 times for lending for 5 times), that is, after the pachinko balls for the lending frequency are paid out, the lending frequency (for example, 5 times If it is a loan for 5 minutes, it may be subtracted.

At the end of the lending process using the membership card 37, the control unit 328 causes the card reader / writer 327 to
Then, the ball lending notification and the usage frequency used by the lending process are output. Based on this, the card reader / writer 327
The frequency recorded in the member card 37 being accepted is updated and recorded as the frequency obtained by subtracting the usage frequency received from the control unit 328, and as shown in FIG. 18, the loan processing by the member card 37 has been performed. Indicating the member lending completion notification, the member card ID of the inserted member card 37, the deposit ID, and the frequency of use and the device ID received from the control unit 328.
00 is transmitted. When communication with the system controller 100 is disabled (offline), the frequency usage history is stored in the RAM 330, and the frequency usage history can be communicated with the system controller 100 (online). Sent when

In addition, the system controller 100 which has received the member lending completion notification and the member card ID, the deposit ID, the usage frequency, and the device ID receives the above-mentioned reception from the remaining frequency of the corresponding deposit ID in the member card master table of the card management DB. The used frequency is subtracted and updated, the received used frequency is added and updated to the used frequency, and the total used frequency corresponding to the received device ID of the card unit data table and the used frequency of the membership card are compared. Then, the received usage frequency is added and updated. Further, in the member game history table shown in FIG. 10,
Member card ID received together with the member lending completion notification
If there is no registration, the membership card ID, the member ID specified by the membership card ID from the membership card master table, and the device ID
In addition, the usage frequency is registered. If the membership card ID already received is registered in the member game history table, it is confirmed whether the received device ID is registered, and if registered, the usage frequency is added to the usage frequency. If it is updated and the received device ID is not registered, it is determined as an individual game and the device ID and the usage frequency are registered as a new game. Incidentally, in Sb22 of FIG.
Even when the frequency usage history transmitted from the card unit 3 is received, each table is updated as described above.

In addition, in the card unit 3 of the present embodiment, by selecting the enter key 317 after selecting the game using the frequency, the member ID of the member card 37 being accepted It is possible to perform a withdrawal process for withdrawing the specified number of savings balls.

This withdrawal process will be described with reference to FIG. 18. The member card 37 is accepted and the control unit 3
The member card 37 which is being accepted is registered in the 28 member ID register.
When "saving" is selected by the operation of selecting the play selection button 316 when the member ID read from the table and the frequency are stored in the frequency register, the personal identification number is awaited.

When the personal identification number is input in this state, the control unit 328 stores it in the personal identification number register based on the membership card loading response received from the member management computer 120 when the membership card 37 is inserted as described above. Check the entered security code against the entered security code. If the personal identification numbers match in this comparison, the number of replayable times calculated based on the number of savings balls stored in the savings ball number register is displayed on the member card display unit 314.
When the displayed number of replayable times remains, the number of saved balls can be refunded.

When the enter key 317 is input in this state, a predetermined number of balls are paid out in the pachinko machine 2 in a manner substantially similar to the lending process described above.

At this time, the control unit 328 subtracts and updates the number of paid-out balls from the stored number of saved balls, and subtracts the number of replayable times displayed on the member card display unit 314 by one. Update. In addition, as shown in FIG. 18, the control unit 328 manages a member with a refund completion notification indicating that the number of saved balls has been withdrawn, the number of withdrawn balls, the member ID of the member card 37 being accepted, and the device ID. It is adapted to be transmitted to the computer 120.

Further, the member management computer 120 which has received the withdrawal completion notification, the number of withdrawn balls, the member ID, and the device ID, determines from the number of saved balls corresponding to the received member ID in the member information table of the member management DB, from The number of payout coins received is subtracted and updated.

Next, the normal additional deposit process at the time of online will be described with reference to FIG.
Is being accepted and the frequency read from the membership card 37 does not remain (0 degree), a banknote (1000 yen banknote, 2000 yen banknote, 5000 yen banknote, 10000 yen banknote) or coin (100 yen) When a coin, a 500-yen coin) is inserted or inserted, the amount of the inserted bill or the inserted coin is identified in the bill identifying unit 322 or the coin identifying unit 324, and the bill collecting path 352 of the identified coin (352 The discharge to the banknote transport path 350) or the coin recovery gutter 353 (coin transport path 351) is retained, and the identification amount is output to the control unit 328.

The control unit 328 that has received the output determines that the deposit upper limit value is 10000 yen, which is the maximum amount that can be discriminated by the bill discriminating unit 322. By omitting the determination, the output identification amount is converted into a frequency (a value obtained by dividing the identification amount by 100), and the converted frequency (deposit frequency), the deposit denomination and the quantity are used as deposit denomination information as a card reader / writer. Output to 327.

The card reader / writer 327 having received the output of the deposit frequency, the deposit notification indicating that the additional deposit has been made, the deposit type information, the deposit frequency, the member card ID and the device ID of the member card 37 being accepted. System controller 1
To 00.

The system controller 100 which has received the deposit notification, the deposit type information, the deposit frequency, the member card ID, and the device ID generates a deposit ID and sends the generated deposit ID to the card unit 3 (card reader) of the transmission source. Reply to Writer 327).

Deposit ID from system controller 100
In the card reader / writer 327 that received the reply of
The deposit ID and the frequency, and the device ID of the deposit device recorded in the member card 37 being accepted are updated and recorded in the deposit ID and the deposit frequency received from the system controller 100, and the device ID of the card unit 3, respectively. The update completion is transmitted to the control unit 328, and the control unit 328 which has received the update completion transmits the processing completion to the system controller 100.

The system controller 100 which has received the completion of the processing receives the device ID of the received card unit 3.
Then, the received payment frequency and the remaining frequency are associated with the received membership card ID to be updated and registered in the membership card master table, and the update completion is returned to the transmission source card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327). To do. At this time, the system controller 100 sets the membership card deposit amount in the card unit-specific data table to
The amount corresponding to the deposit frequency is additionally updated and registered, and the deposit type based on the deposit type information is added to the corresponding deposit type in the data table for each card unit.

Upon receipt of the update completion, the card unit 3 updates the frequency stored in the RAM 330 to the converted deposit frequency, and displays the updated frequency on the frequency display unit 309 and the frequency display unit 17. By doing so, the member player can perform the lending process based on the updated frequency, and at the same time, the bill collecting path 352.
Alternatively, the identification currency is discharged to the coin transport path.

During the additional deposit process, if the communication state with the system controller 100 goes offline, the offline deposit process S of FIG. 28 is performed.
In step c3, the control unit 328 determines whether the identified monetary amount is equal to or less than the offline upper limit amount of 1000 yen, and the identified monetary amount exceeds 1000 yen. In some cases, the deposit is invalidated and the identified currency is returned, and when the identified currency amount is 1000 yen or less, the processes of Sc4 to Sc7 are performed.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the collection of the identification currency is reserved until the completion of the additional deposit process and the issuing and lending process of the visitor card 38. In this way, the additional deposit process is performed. Even if communication cannot be performed (offline) before the completion of the above, and the frequency of the member card 37 being accepted by the system controller 100 cannot be updated, the money used for the additional deposit processing is When the amount of money received can be specified and the amount of money received exceeds the offline upper limit, the received money can be returned, which is preferable because it can prevent troubles related to the additional deposit processing, but the present invention is limited to this. However, the collection of the identification currency may not be reserved.

Further, in the present embodiment, as described above, the online upper limit value and the offline upper limit value which is a smaller amount of money than the online upper limit value are provided, and the upper limit value is set in the online and offline states. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration in which these upper limit values are not changed, or further, these upper limit values are changed. The configuration may be omitted.

Further, in this embodiment, the online upper limit notification lamp 348 and the offline upper limit notification lamp 34 are used.
In FIG. 9, the upper limit value is notified, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the online upper limit notification lamp 348 and the offline upper limit notification lamp 349 may be omitted.

The depositing process in the depositing device 21 used in this embodiment is the same as the depositing process in the card unit 3 described above, and the system controller 1
The frequency corresponding to the deposit amount is registered in association with the deposit ID newly issued to 00. However,
In this case, a unique ID indicating the deposit device 21 is registered in the deposit device.

In the case where the number of times of deposit is surplus, if the membership card is inserted into the settlement device 22 for a predetermined period after the deposit (within 3 days in the present embodiment), When the member ID and the frequency recorded on the member card match the frequency that is the gaming value of the size specified in the member card master table by the member ID, the payment of the frequency to cash Is performed, and the settlement amount is registered in the system controller 100 as a settlement history together with the membership card ID for which the settlement is performed,
Managed.

Also, when the member player is playing a game using the credited frequency, the pachinko machine 2
When a big hit or a premium reach occurs, the information output unit 298 outputs the big hit information or the premium occurrence information as described above, and based on the output information, the control unit 328, as shown in FIG. The fact that the big hit or the premium reach has occurred is transmitted to the member management computer 120 as an option signal information notification in a form that can be identified and notified, and the big hit or the premium reach has ended even when the big hit or the premium reach ends. Is notified to the member management computer 120 by an option signal information notification, so that the member management computer 1
20 is capable of grasping at which gaming machine the big hit or the premium reach has occurred at the present time, and bonus points and the like can be given in association with the occurrence of the big hit or the premium reach.

Further, in the card unit 3 of this embodiment, when the return button 15 is input, the operation is detected by the control unit 328, and the control unit 328 instructs the card reader / writer 327 to eject a card. And the member card receiving display section 34
5 turns off after blinking for a predetermined time, and the card reader / writer 32
Member card 37 from member card slot 319
The member card 37 is returned to the player.

Further, at the time of this return, as shown in FIG. 22, the control unit 328 informs the member management computer 120 of the information of the member supply ball number (IN) register and the member out ball number (OUT) register, and the information. Number of supply balls (IN) stored in the member prize count register
And each data of the number of hit balls (OUT) and the number of big hits,
The member card removal notice including the member ID and the device ID of the returned member card 37 is transmitted. By receiving this member card removal notification, the member management computer 120 determines the time at the game end time corresponding to the game start time registered in the member store history database (DB) when the member card is inserted. Is registered and the game time is calculated from these start and end times and registered, and the received number of jackpots is registered.

The number of replenishing balls (I
N) and the number of hit balls (OUT), calculate the spending on the amusement hall side in the game of the member player, register it in the member visit history database (DB), and then to the system controller 100. Member ID of the member player
And the device ID are transmitted to perform a usage frequency inquiry, thereby obtaining the corresponding usage frequency registered in the member gaming history table, and the member player based on the obtained usage frequency The amount of consumption (sales) used in is specified and registered in the sales amount of the member visit history database (DB), and the income and expenditure amount is calculated and registered from the sales amount and the above-mentioned expenditure amount, and it is viewed from the game hall. By registering wins and losses, game history information of each member player is collected and registered and managed in the member store history database (DB), and information such as the balance of each member is recorded. It is displayed on the personal history screen (not shown).

Next, the issuing and lending process executed only when the membership card 37 is not inserted at the time of online and offline will be described with reference to FIG. 20. Banknotes (1000 yen banknotes) or coins (100 yen coins, 5
When the 00 yen coin is inserted or inserted, the amount of the inserted bill or the inserted coin is identified in the bill identification unit 322 or the coin identification unit 324, and the identification amount is output to the control unit 328. Based on this, the control unit 328 controls the LED module 3
46 emits light, the transparent cover member 318 ′ is turned on, the output identification amount is converted into a frequency (a value obtained by dividing the identification amount by 100), and the converted frequency (issue frequency) is read by the card reader / writer 327. Send to.

The card reader / writer 327 which has received the issuance frequency records the received issuance frequency on the mounted visitor card 38 to issue the visitor card 38 to the player. The issuance frequency recorded on the visitor card 38 is read again and transmitted to the control unit 328.

The control unit 328 which has received the issuance frequency from the card reader / writer 327 stores the received issuance frequency in the frequency register in the RAM 330, displays it on the frequency display section 309 and the frequency display section 17, and then reads it. All the frequencies are used for the lending process, control is performed to cause the pachinko machine 2 to pay out the pachinko balls, and after the lending process for all these frequencies is completed,
The control unit 328 outputs the end of the lending process to the card reader / writer 327.

Based on this, the card reader / writer 327
Updates the frequency recorded on the visitor card 38 to 0, and then outputs update completion to the control unit 328.

The control unit 328, which has received the update completion output from the card reader / writer 327, stops the light emission of the LED module 346. A player can play a game on the pachinko machine 2 by using the pachinko balls lent out in this manner.

At the end of this issuance and lending process, the card reader / writer 327, as shown in FIG. 20, shows the issuance and lending completion notification indicating that the issuance and lending process has been performed by the visitor card 38 and the use thereof at that time. The frequency (1 degree or 5 degrees or 10 degrees), the device ID, and the visitor card ID of the installed visitor card 38 are transmitted to the system controller 100. In the system controller 100, these visitors are transmitted. The card sales (= payment) is added and updated to the V card usage frequency in the data table for each card unit, and when the usage frequency is 1, add 1 to 100 yen,
When the usage frequency is 5 degrees, 1 is added to 500 yen, and when the usage frequency is 10 degrees, 1 is added to 1000 yen to manage the input denomination. When communication with the system controller 100 is disabled (offline), the frequency usage history is stored in the RAM 330. In addition, in Sb22 of FIG. 26, the card unit 3
Even if you receive the frequency usage history sent from
Each table is updated as described above.

Further, the system controller 100 which has received the issue / lending completion notice, the frequency of use, and the device ID.
Then, in the data table for each card unit of the card management DB, the received usage frequency is added and updated to the total usage frequency corresponding to the received device ID and the usage frequency of the visitor card.

Next, with reference to FIG. 23, a flow of the closing process after the end of the business, not the process during the business, will be described. First, the closing process is started by the system controller 100, and the system controller 100 starts the closing process. When the operation stop request is transmitted from 100 to the card reader / writer 327, the card reader / writer 327 prohibits acceptance of insertion of a new membership card, and then shifts to the operation stop state for the system controller 100. An operation stop response is sent back and an operation stop instruction is output to the control unit 328. After outputting the operation stop instruction, after transmitting an operation stop notification to the system controller 100 to the effect that the operation is stopped, the card reader / writer 327 moves to the operation stopped state.

Further, the control unit 328 which receives the output of the operation stop instruction from the card reader / writer 327 controls the total number of supply balls, the total number of out balls, and the number of prizes register which are performing the addition from the start of the business. The counting is stopped, and the state shifts to a transmission waiting state from the member management computer 120.

The system controller 100, which has received the operation stop notification, transmits to the member management computer 120 a business end notification indicating that each processing of the member card and the visitor card is completed. 120 detects the end of business and sends an operation stop request to the control unit 328 of each card unit 3.

Control unit 3 which has received the operation stop request
Numeral 28 is a register including all the registers after returning the stored data of the supply ball total number register, the out ball total number register, and the special prize number register, which have stopped counting, together with the device ID as an operation stop response. Reset and clear the stored data of.

The member management computer 120, which has received the operation stop response, corresponds to the card unit 3 from the stored data of the supply ball total number register, the out ball total number register, and the prize count register included in the operation stop response. Total spending of pachinko machine 2 during operation (total supply balls-
The total number of out balls) and the total number of out balls are used to calculate the operating time based on the number of balls that can be fired in a unit time, and the operating time is registered by registering the spending amount and the operating time of the history database (DB) for each vehicle. Divide by the time (minutes) to calculate the operation rate and register it.

At the time of registering each of the above-mentioned data in the history database (DB) for each vehicle, the member management computer 1
Reference numeral 20 denotes the system controller 100 shown in FIG.
As shown in 3, the closing data request including the data such as member sales, deposit amount, and usage amount by the visitor for each card unit 3 is transmitted to obtain the closing data, and based on the acquisition of the closing data, Data of items such as member sales, visitor sales, and total sales in the history database for each vehicle (DB) are registered, and the amount of expenditure already registered in the above is subtracted from the total sales to calculate and register the income and expenses. Complete and finalize the history database (DB) for each business day.

That is, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 24, the system controller 100 receives information about various cards from the depositing device 21, the settlement device 22 and the card unit 3 (use frequency, deposit frequency, settlement amount).
And the like, the member management computer 120 inserts the membership card 37 into the member management computer 120 together with the total number of supply balls, the total number of out balls, and the total number of special prizes of the gaming machine corresponding to each card unit 3. Member supply balls (IN) and member out balls (OUT)
And the number of jackpots of the member players are collected, and the occurrence situation of jackpots and premium reach and its occurrence can be grasped. From the number of supply balls (IN) and the number of out balls (OUT) The member management computer 120 can grasp the spending in each pachinko machine 2 and the spending in each member's game, and the member sales (consumption) amount obtained from the system controller 100 at any time or at the time of closing. Total sales (consumption)
By subtracting from the amount, it is possible to grasp the balance of each member player and the balance of each pachinko machine 2.

(Example 2)

FIG. 29 is a front view showing a card unit 3'as a recording medium processing device used in the second embodiment, and the card unit 3'of the second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment.
The card unit 3 of 1 is capable of accepting both banknotes and coins of multiple denominations, but is configured to be capable of accepting only 1000 yen banknotes, and accepts coins from its front panel. Coin slot 303 for
Alternatively, the coin return button 304 and the coin return port 313 are removed, and the gaming system of the second embodiment uses the card unit 3'instead of the card unit 3 of the first embodiment. The configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment except for the above.

Further, the structure of the card unit 3'in this embodiment is almost the same as that of the card unit 3 in the first embodiment as shown in FIG. With the removal, the coin identification unit 324 is not provided. Incidentally, with the removal of these coin identifying units 324, the coin collecting gutter 353 connected to the coin identifying units 324 and the coin carrying path 351 laid in the game island are also removed.

The bill discriminating unit 322 'used in this embodiment is the bill discriminating unit 322' of the first embodiment.
Was supposed to be able to identify banknotes of all denominations,
It has a simplified configuration in which only 1000-yen bills can be identified.

Also in the card unit 3'of the present embodiment, as in the case of the card unit 3 of the first embodiment, the record information of the membership card 37 inserted in the membership card insertion slot 319 is read out to the system controller 100. The reception process for transmitting, the lending process for using the frequency read from the member card 37 accepted in the acceptance process for lending pachinko balls, and the communication with the system controller 100 in an offline state, the member In the case where the card 37 is being accepted and the remaining frequency is 0 degree, and a 1000-yen bill is inserted and identified,
An additional deposit (value addition) process of adding 10 degrees corresponding to the identified amount to the number (only "0" in this embodiment) read from the accepted membership card 37, and the system controller When communication with 100 is offline and a 1000-yen bill is inserted and identified, the frequency of reading 10 times corresponding to the identified amount of money from the accepted membership card 37 (this implementation In the example, only 0 is added), and the member card 37 is not accepted regardless of the offline deposit lending process of lending the added 10 degrees in the lending process and the communication status with the system controller 100. In this case, when a 1000-yen bill is inserted and identified, 10 times corresponding to the identified 1000-yen bill is set to the visitor card mounting opening. After recording on the visitor card 38 inserted in 18, all of the recorded frequency is used for lending pachinko balls (issued lending process (enclosed recording medium game use process)) and savings balls saved in the previous game Withdrawal processing that allows the number to be used again for the game, and the reception processing, lending processing, and issuing lending processing (enclosed recording medium game use processing) are performed as shown in FIG. As in the case of the first embodiment, the contents of the additional deposit (value addition) process are such that the amount available for the additional deposit (value addition) process is the bill identifying unit 3
Since 22 'is configured to be able to identify only 1000-yen bills, the only difference is that only 1000-yen bills can be used, and the basic processing contents are the additional deposit in the card unit 3 of the first embodiment. It is the same as the (value addition) process.

The processing in the card unit 3'of the second embodiment is different from that of the card unit 3 in the first embodiment in that the communication with the system controller 100 is a processing mode in an offline state. The processing will be described below with reference to FIGS. 31 and 32.

First, the offline detection method and the detection processing form are the same as in the case of the card unit 3 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 25, and according to the offline status output based on the offline detection processing of FIG. 26. The interrupt process of FIG. 26 is activated and executed.

In the presence / absence judgment of the member card 37 which is accepting Sb4 in this interruption process, the membership card 3
If there is a reception of 7, proceed to Sd6 shown in FIG.
It is determined whether there is a residual frequency.

In the determination of the remaining number in Sd6, if there is a remaining number, the process proceeds to Sd7 to determine whether there is a ball lending operation, and if there is no ball lending operation, proceeds to Sd13. It is determined whether or not there is a return operation, and if there is no such return operation, the process returns to Sd7 again, and a state of waiting for a ball lending operation or a return operation is formed by these Sd7 and Sd13.

If there is a ball lending operation at this stage, S
Proceeding to d8, the process shifts to the lending process using the remaining frequency, and as shown in FIG. 19, the corresponding pachinko machine 2
By sending and receiving various signals according to the number of balls corresponding to the predetermined frequency and performing the ball lending, and then returning to Sd6, whether or not there is a remaining frequency in the membership card 37 again. Judgment is carried out, and judgment of residual frequency by Sd6 and S
When the lending process of d8 is repeatedly performed, and there is a remaining number in the membership card 37 received by the card unit 3 before the offline state,
Even after the offline state, these remaining numbers can be used for the game.

If a return operation is performed while waiting for a ball lending operation or a return operation by Sd7 and Sd13, the process proceeds to Sd12, the member card 37 being accepted is returned, and then the visitor By shifting to the processing routine of the card 38, the issuing and lending process of the visitor card 38 can be executed.

If it is determined in Sd6 that there is no remaining number, that is, the remaining number is "0", it proceeds to Sd9 and it is determined whether or not there is money acceptance. If the money is not accepted, the process proceeds to Sd11 to determine whether there is a return operation, and if there is no return operation, the process returns to Sd9, whereby Sd9 and Sd11 are used to accept or return the money. A waiting state is formed.

In the state of waiting for the money acceptance or the return operation, if the money is accepted, the procedure proceeds to the offline deposit / lending processing of Sd10 shown in FIG. 32. If the return operation is performed, the procedure proceeds to Sd12. After the card 37 is returned, the processing for the visitor card 38 is entered to enable the issuing and lending process of the visitor card 38.

Next, the offline deposit lending processing of Sd10 shown in FIG. 32 will be described. The 1000 yen bill which is the accepted currency is identified in Sf1, and the accepted 1000 yen bill is placed in the bill identifying unit 322 '. After the reservation (Sf2), the process proceeds to Sf3.

At the Sf3, it is determined whether or not the amount of the identified money matches the predetermined one denomination of 1000 yen, and if the identified money is not 1000 yen, the operation proceeds to Sf8. After returning the accepted money, Sb6
Return to.

In Sf3, the identification currency is 10
If it is 00 yen, proceed to Sf4 and set the identification amount of 1
10 degrees corresponding to 000 yen is added and updated to the remaining frequency of the membership card 37, "0", and the new frequency of 10 degrees after the addition and update, and the offline used for deposit processing when offline After recording the deposit ID (in this embodiment, the offline deposit ID is an ID including the device ID of the card unit 3'performing the offline deposit) in the member card 37, the deposit card is deposited. The card ID of 37, the deposit frequency (10 counts), and the deposit ID are registered in the history storage area (Sf5).

After the registration of the history, the process proceeds to Sf6 and the above S
While collecting the 1000 yen banknotes reserved at f2,
After proceeding to Sc7, the added 10 times is used for lending to lend the balls for 10 times, and after updating the record information of the member card 37, the process proceeds to Sf8 where the membership card 37 is used as the usage history. Card ID and usage frequency (10 times)
After registering the deposit ID and the deposit ID in the history storage area, the process returns to Sb6.

As described above, in the card unit 3'of the second embodiment, the denomination that can be used is limited to one denomination of the 1000-yen bill, which is a low-value bill, and even when offline, the membership is the same as when online. In addition to making it possible to deposit money to the card 37, in the case of depositing at the time of offline, the deposited frequency is used for lending processing at the same time as deposit, so that the frequency of depositing at the time of offline remains unused. The card 37 will not be returned.

Also, in the bill validating unit 322 'of the second embodiment, as shown in Sf2, the accepted money is retained until the processing is completed. By doing so, the offline deposit lending processing is performed. Even if an abnormality occurs during the process of the normal additional deposit (value addition) process and the issuing and lending process, the money used for each process can be specified or returned, which is preferable. The present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration in which these reservations are not performed may be adopted.

As described above, by using the gaming system of the first and second embodiments, a new member card 37 is not accepted in the offline state (communication unavailable state). , The card unit 3, which is already in the communicable state before the offline state, while preventing the game by the illegal member card 37,
3 ', and the system controller 10
When the frequency that is the value of the game value remains in the membership card 37 that is determined to be usable in the availability determination based on 0, the player can use the remaining frequency in the game, and the availability determination Member card 3 already
Since additional payment (value addition) can be carried out for 7, the game hall side will be able to secure the minimum business state, and the damage due to these offline states (communication unavailable state) can be minimized. it can.

Further, even when the player is offline, the player can deposit money to the visitor card 38 and continue the game, so that the damage to the amusement hall can be further reduced.

Each element in the above embodiment corresponds to the present invention as follows. Claim 1 of the present invention
Information (prepaid ID) that is a value corresponding to the payment of money and that can specify the size of the game value (frequency) that can be used for the game, and identification information unique to each recording medium (card I
The value of the game value (frequency) of the game recording medium (member card 37) in which D) is recorded is managed in association with the identification information (card ID) of each game recording medium (member card 37). And a recording medium management device (system controller 100) that can communicate with the recording medium management device (system controller 100), receives the game recording medium (member card 37), and receives the game recording medium. A recording medium processing means (card reader / writer 327) for reading at least the recorded information of the (membership card 37);
Game use for using the magnitude of the game value (frequency) specified in the recording information read from the game recording medium (member card 37) by the recording medium processing means (card reader / writer 327) in the game Game use processing means (control unit 328, card reader / writer 327) for performing processing (lending processing), and currency identifying means (banknote identifying units 322, 32 for accepting currency and identifying the accepted currency).
2 ', coin discriminating unit 324) and the value of the game value (frequency) corresponding to a predetermined amount within the range of the discriminating coin amount in the coin discriminating means (banknote discriminating units 322, 322', coin discriminating unit 324). Is added to the size of the game value (frequency) specified from the recorded information of the game recording medium (member card 37), the new value of the game value (frequency) is added to the game recording medium (member). Card 3
A recording medium processing device (card units 3, 3) including a value addition processing means (control unit 328, card reader / writer 327) for performing a value addition processing (additional deposit processing) for making it possible to identify from the recorded information of 7). ') And the recording medium processing means (card reader / writer 32
7) The game recording medium read out in 7) (member card 3
The recording medium processing means (card reader) based on the recorded information of 7) and the value of the game value (frequency) of the game recording medium managed by the recording medium management device (system controller 100). Whether or not the game recording medium (member card 37) being accepted by the writer 327) can be used, and if the result of the determination is usable, the game use processing means (control unit 328, card reader / writer 327) and value Addition processing means (control unit 32
8. In the gaming system for performing the game usage process and the value addition process (additional deposit process) by the card reader / writer 327), the recording medium processing device (card unit 3, 3 ′) is the recording medium management device (system controller). 100) communication state confirmation means (control board 327) for confirming whether the communication state with the communication device 100 is a communication possible state (online state) or a communication impossible state (offline state).
b), the communication state confirmation means (control board 327).
When the communication impossible state (offline state) is confirmed by b), it is accepted in the communication possible state (online state) before it becomes the communication impossible state (offline state), and is used in the usability determination. The game recording medium determined to be possible (member card 3
When the magnitude of the game value (frequency) specified from the recorded information of 7) remains, at least a part of the remaining game value (frequency) is the game use process (lending process). If the game recording medium (membership card 37) is not accepted while the use of the game recording medium (membership card 37) is not accepted, a new game recording medium (membership card 37) is not accepted and the communication-disabled state ( Offline status)
The game recording medium (membership card 3) that has been accepted before becoming the communication disabled state (offline state) and that has already been determined to be usable by the availability determination before becoming the communication disabled state (offline state).
For 7), the value addition process (offline deposit process, offline deposit lending process) is permitted.

According to claim 2 of the present invention, the currency identifying means (banknote identifying unit 322, coin identifying unit 324).
Is capable of accepting a plurality of denominations, and the value addition processing means (control unit 328, card reader / writer 327) uses the plurality of denominations identified by the currency identifying means (banknote identifying unit 322, coin identifying unit 324). A value for game that can be applied to the value addition process (additional payment process) in the communicable state (online state) and the communication impossible state (offline state) while performing a value addition process (additional payment process) according to A predetermined upper limit value (online upper limit value, offline upper limit value) is provided for the size of (frequency), and the recording medium processing device (card unit 3)
Is smaller than the upper limit value (online upper limit value) of the communicable state, the upper limit value is smaller than the upper limit value (online upper limit value) of the communicable state when the communication impossible state (offline state) occurs. Change to an upper limit value (offline upper limit value) of a certain incommunicable state, allow value addition processing (offline deposit processing) within the changed upper limit value (offline upper limit value) of the incommunicable state, Until all the game value (frequency) added in the value addition process (offline payment process) in the incommunicable state (offline state) is used in the game use process (lending process), Recording medium for games being accepted (membership card 37)
Disable the return of.

According to claim 3 of the present invention, the upper limit value notifying means (online) for notifying a predetermined upper limit value (online upper limit value, offline upper limit value) that can be used in the value addition process (additional deposit process, offline deposit process). Upper limit notification lamp 3
48, offline upper limit notification lamp 349).

According to claim 4 of the present invention, the recording medium processing device (card unit 3) is identified by the currency identifying means (banknote identifying unit 322, coin identifying unit 324) and the value addition process (additional deposit). Currency recovery means for recovering the money used for the processing (banknote transport path 350, banknote recovery path 352, coin transport path 351, coin recovery trough 353)
And the coin collecting means (banknote conveying path 350, bill collecting path 352, coin conveying path 351, coin collecting trough 353).
Holds the collection of money used for the value addition process (additional deposit process, offline deposit process) until the value addition process (additional deposit process, offline deposit process) ends even after the currency identification is completed, The value addition processing means (control unit 328, card reader / writer 327) performs value addition processing (additional payment processing, offline payment processing) after receipt of money in the currency identification means (banknote identification unit 322, coin identification unit 324). If the communication becomes unavailable (offline), the amount of gaming value (frequency) corresponding to a predetermined amount within the range of the monetary amount for which the withdrawal is reserved is the incommunicable state. Is within the range of the upper limit value (offline upper limit value) of the communication, and when it is determined that it is within the range of the upper limit value (offline upper limit value) of the communication impossible state. The acceptable value addition processing (offline payment process), if it is outside the range of the upper limit value (offline upper limit) returns the money that reserves the collection.

According to claim 5 of the present invention, the currency identifying means (banknote identifying unit 322 ') can accept a single denomination, and the value addition processing means (control unit 328,
The card reader / writer 327) performs a value addition process (payment process) according to the single denomination identified by the currency identifying means (banknote identifying unit 322 ′), and the incommunicable state (offline state). The value of the game value added in the value addition process (offline deposit / lending process) in 1 is used in one game use process.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the recording medium processing device (card unit 3 ') is identified by the currency identifying means (banknote identifying unit 322') and is subjected to the value addition process (additional deposit process). A currency recovery means (banknote transport path 350, banknote recovery path 352) for recovering the supplied currency is provided,
The currency collecting means (banknote conveying path 350, banknote collecting path 35
2) is the collection of money used for the value addition process (additional deposit process, offline deposit lending process) until the value addition process (additional deposit process, offline deposit lending process) ends even after the currency identification is completed. Reserve.

According to claim 7 of the present invention, the recording medium processing device (card units 3, 3 ') includes an internal game recording medium (visitor card 38) enclosed in the device, and the game medium. When the recording medium (membership card 37) is not accepted, the currency identification means (banknote identification units 322, 32)
2 ', the value of the game value (frequency) corresponding to a predetermined amount within the range of the monetary amount identified by the coin identification unit 324) is determined from the recorded information of the game internal recording medium (visitor card 38). An internal recording medium game use process (issue) for making the value of the game value (frequency) specified from the recorded information of the game internal recording medium (visitor card 38) identifiable It is provided with an internal recording medium game use processing means (control unit 328, card reader / writer 327) for performing lending processing), and the communication disabled state (offline state) is confirmed by the communication state confirmation means (control board 327b). In addition, when the game recording medium (membership card 37) is not accepted, the enclosed recording medium is not accepted without receiving a new game recording medium (membership card 37). Only the game use process (issued lending process) is allowed.

According to claim 8 of the present invention, the recording medium processing device (card unit 3, 3 ') informs whether or not the game recording medium (member card 37) can be accepted. Approval notification means (member card available lamp 3
05), the game recording medium acceptance / non-acceptance notification means (member card available lamp 305) is provided after the return processing in the communication incommunicable state (offline state) or the game recording medium (member card 37). If the game recording medium (membership card 37) is not accepted, it is notified.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the recording medium processing device (card unit 3, 3 ′) is used for the game use process (lending process) when the communication is impossible (offline state).
The size of the gaming value used for the value and the amount of the gaming value (frequency) provided for the value addition process (offline example deposit process, offline example deposit lending process) are the identification information (card ID). And a storage unit (RAM 330) for storing the storage unit (RA) when the communication state is restored to the communicable state (online state).
The storage information of M330) is transmitted to the recording medium management device (system controller 100).

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to these embodiments, and changes and additions can be made without departing from the scope of the present invention. It goes without saying that even if there is, it is included in the present invention.

For example, in the above-described embodiment, the system controller 100 accepts the blacklist or the amikake list from the management server 12 of the card company via the communication line, and the member card 37 registered in the list cannot be used. However, the present invention is not limited to this. Further, when the member card 37 corresponding to the black list or the sham list is used, it is optional to transmit the use to the management server 12.

In the gaming system of the above embodiment,
Although the deposit device 21 and the settlement device 22 are provided, the present invention is not limited to this, and these may be appropriately omitted.

Further, in the above embodiment, the member management computer 120 manages the number of savings balls of the member, and by selecting the play selection button on the card unit 3, it becomes possible to carry out the game by the number of savings balls. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is also possible that the game cannot be carried out by the number of these saving balls.

In the gaming system of the above embodiment,
The system controller 100 and the member management computer 120 are connected to each card unit 3 via a wired LAN, but the present invention is not limited to this, and these communication modes may be wireless or infrared. It is needless to say that a power cable may be used and it can be applied as long as bidirectional data communication is possible.

In the game system of the above embodiment,
The system controller 100 and the member management computer 120 are connected to each card unit 3 to obtain various game-related information via the card unit 3, but the present invention is not limited to this. ,
For example, the pachinko machine 2, the system controller 100, and the member management computer 120 may be connected to obtain information in the card unit 3 through the pachinko machine 2. Also, information may be obtained from the pachinko machine 2 and the card unit 3 as appropriate.

Further, in the above embodiment, the deposit (prepaid) ID and the frequency are recorded in the membership card 37 as the information for specifying the gaming value, but the present invention is not limited to this. The information that can specify the gaming value may be one of the deposit ID (prepaid) ID and the frequency described above. In addition, the member ID or member card ID is used by substituting the deposit ID (prepaid) ID with the member ID or member card ID.
May be used for both the information that can specify the gaming value and the identification information that is unique to each card.

In the above embodiment, as the recording medium processing device, the card reader type pachinko machine 2 is used to pay out pachinko balls by using the frequency of the inserted membership card 37 or the enclosed visitor card 38. Although the card units 3 and 3'are used, the present invention is not limited to this, and it is possible to use at least the frequency of the membership card 37 and the visitor card 38 to carry out the game on the corresponding gaming machine. For example, a card type ball lending unit that pays out pachinko balls by itself and a card type that pays out medals by using the frequencies of the membership card 37 and the visitor card 38 as these recording medium processing devices. It may be a medal lending unit (not shown) or the like.

Further, the card unit 3 of the above embodiment,
In 3 ', when the number of savings balls specified by the membership card 37 is used for replay, the input of the personal identification number is accepted to confirm the identity, but the present invention is not limited to this. Instead of accepting the personal identification number, the number of savings balls may be used for replay, or the personal identification number may be accepted when the membership card 37 is accepted.

Further, in the card unit 3 of the first embodiment, 1000-yen bills, 2000-yen bills, 5000-yen bills, 10000-yen bills, 100-yen coins, 500-yen coins are accepted, and additional deposit processing to the membership card 37 is performed. In addition to being able to carry out, 1000 yen bills, 100 yen coins, 500 yen coins can be received and the issuing and lending process of the visitor card 38 can be carried out, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, bills It may be possible to accept only the coins or only the coins to perform the additional deposit processing and the issue lending processing, or to accept a plurality of coins in one additional deposit processing so that the additional deposit can be performed.
Like the card unit 3'of the second embodiment, coins or bills of a single denomination may be accepted for additional deposit processing and issue / lending processing. It should be noted that the recording medium processing device in the present invention also includes a device to which the issuing function of these visitor cards 38 is not added.

Also, the card unit 3'of the second embodiment.
Although only 1000 yen is accepted as a single denomination, the present invention is not limited to this, and only 2000 yen bills or only 500 yen coins may be accepted.

Further, in the card unit 3 of the above embodiment, when the membership card 37 is not being accepted, when money is inserted, the issuing and lending process of the visitor card 38 is executed, and the frequency of the inserted money is counted. Is recorded on the visitor card 38, and all the recorded frequencies are automatically used for the lending process. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a predetermined frequency is used. It is also possible to automatically lend out a loan for a predetermined number of times by operating the lending button 16, or do not automatically lend, but lend based on the operation of the lending button 16. You may make it implement.

In the card unit 3 of the above embodiment, when the membership card 37 is received, the membership card 37
Each information such as the frequency is stored in the RAM 330, the stored information is updated based on the lending process and the additional deposit process, and the frequency recorded in the membership card 37 being accepted by the card reader / writer 327 is recorded. Although the information is also updated, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, when the information such as the frequency is updated based on the lending process or the additional deposit, the information is stored in the RAM 330. Only the information that has been updated may be updated, and when the return operation is performed, the updated information may be updated and recorded with respect to the information recorded in the membership card 37.

In the gaming system of the above embodiment,
The frequency as a gaming value specified by the membership card 37 is recorded or registered in both the membership card 37 and the system controller 100, and the frequency can be specified from either information. The number is not limited to this, and the frequency may be recorded only on the membership card 37, or the system controller 100 may be used.
Alternatively, the registered frequency may be specified by registering the frequency only in the management server 12 and reading the player identification information such as the member ID of the member card 37 or the member card ID.

Further, in the above embodiment, the frequency as the gaming value specified by the member card 37 is registered and managed in association with the payment ID given to each additional payment process. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, the frequencies as these gaming values are registered in the system controller 100 in association with the member ID of the member card 37 and managed. May be.

Further, in the above embodiment, a non-contact type IC is used as the recording medium (membership card 37, visitor card 38).
Although a card is used, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be a magnetic card or a contact type IC card. Further, in the case where the recorded information can be specified by using the identification code, etc. It is sufficient that at least the identification information that can specify the game recording medium can be recorded in a readable manner, and for example, a recording medium or the like in which a predetermined information recording symbol such as a bar code is readable printed can be used. .

Further, the recording medium (membership card 37, visitor card 38) used in the above embodiments is card-shaped, but the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, a disk shape or a spherical shape. Other shapes such as a chip shape may be used.

Also, the membership card 37 used in the above embodiment.
Is usable only within a predetermined game hall, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be used as a common membership card that can be used at a plurality of halls.

Further, in the above embodiment, the frequency and the amount of money corresponding to the frequency are used as the form of the game value used in the pachinko machine 2 which is the game machine, but the present invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, these gaming values may be set as predetermined points or the corresponding number of pachinko balls or coins, and the form thereof may be arbitrarily selected.

In the above embodiment, the pachinko balls are used as the game media used in the pachinko machine 2 which is a game machine. However, these game media are coins or points, and further image-type pachinko machines and slots described later. It may be a pachinko ball, a coin, or the like formed by an image on a machine or the like, and if these game media are media used in the game,
It is included in the game medium of the present invention, and its form is not limited.

Further, in the above embodiment, as the game machine, the card reader type pachinko machine 2 which uses the frequency specified from the cards inserted in the card units 3 and 3'to carry out the pachinko balls by itself is used. However, according to the present invention, not only these card reader type pachinko machines 2 but also pachinko machines which can be supplied with pachinko balls from the above-mentioned card type ball lending unit or the like to carry out a game or a coin is used for the game. Pachilot machines that play games using slot machines and pachinko balls, enclosed pachinko machines that can be played without the pachinko balls and coins being discharged to the outside, complete credit type slot machines, and even these game media. A game machine that can be played by data etc. without using it, an image-type pachinko machine that displays a game board and pachinko balls in an image, and a reel in an image Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to a displayed image type slot machine and a pachi-lot, and these gaming machines are not limited.

Further, in the above embodiment, the identification number verification when the number of savings balls is used is transmitted in advance from the member management computer 120 when the membership card 37 is inserted into the card unit 3, and the identification code is transmitted. The card unit 3 compares and collates the personal identification number registered in the number register with the personal identification number that has been input, thereby enabling quick collation, but the present invention is not limited to this. The card unit 3 may transmit these inputted personal identification numbers to the member management computer 120, and the member management computer 120 may perform the verification.

Further, in the above embodiment, the member card usable lamp 30 is used as the game recording medium reception availability notification means.
5, the member card availability lamp 305 is turned on to notify acceptance / non-acceptance of a new member card, but the present invention is not limited to this.
The notification of acceptance / non-acceptance of the new member card may be notified by another notification mode, for example, a display on the member card display unit. Further, the game recording medium acceptability notification means may be appropriately omitted.

Further, in the above embodiment, the operation lamp 301 capable of notifying the communication state with the system controller 100 is provided in the card unit 3, but the present invention is not limited to this, and these communication are possible. The operation lamp 301 capable of notifying the state may be omitted.

Further, in the above embodiment, the card unit 3
The visitor card 38, which is an enclosed recording medium for games, is enclosed and the loan is made by the visitor card 38. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the visitor card 38 is not limited to this. It may be configured not to have it.

Further, in the above embodiment, an example in which the membership card 37 issued to the member player is used as the game recording medium is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this. A conventionally used prepaid card may be used as the recording medium.

In the above embodiment, the system controller 100, which is a recording medium management device, determines whether or not the card unit 3 should be used, but the present invention is not limited to this. The card unit 3 obtains from the system controller 100 information on the degree of frequency as a gaming value registered in the system controller 100 in association with the card ID which is the identification information of the recording medium for use, and the card unit 3 uses the information. You may make it implement | achieve a judgment.

Further, each card unit 3 of the above embodiment,
Although it is not carried out in 3 ', the card information such as the card ID and the remaining frequency of the member card 37 returned immediately before is stored, and when the member card 37 returned immediately before is inserted again, Based on the card information, the card unit 3, 3'may determine whether or not the card unit can be used, and the lending process or the additional deposit may be carried out. When the member card 37 is returned for the ball game due to the generation of the special prize and the balls due to these special prizes are lost in the offline state, when the member card 37 is inserted and used again, the card units 3, 3 are used. Since it is possible to determine whether or not the membership card 37 can be used, it is possible to use the membership card 37 returned immediately before and to make additional payments even when offline. It becomes possible to improve the convenience of the technique's. The present invention also includes the concept of such a usage pattern, and the new game recording medium in the claims is a game recording medium other than the membership card 37 which is the game recording medium returned immediately before. The membership card 37, which is the game recording medium returned immediately before, is not included in the new game recording medium in the claims.

In the first embodiment, the return flag is set in the offline deposit, and if all the deposit (addition) frequencies in the offline deposit are used for the game and the return flag is not cleared, the member card 37 is returned. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and also in the card unit 3 of the first embodiment,
Similar to the card unit 3'of the second embodiment, all the deposit (addition) frequencies in the offline deposit may be used together with the offline deposit in a single use process.

In the above embodiment, the insertion of the member card 37 is accepted, but the inserted member card 37 is accepted.
It is arranged that the reception of the new member card 37 is prohibited by returning the recorded information of the member card without reading it, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the insertion itself of the member card 37 itself. The configuration may not be accepted.

[0245]

The present invention has the following effects. (A) According to the invention of claim 1, in the communication disabled state, by not accepting a new game recording medium, while preventing a game by an unauthorized game recording medium,
The value of the game value remains in the game recording medium that has been already accepted by the recording medium processing device in the communication state before the communication disabled state and is determined to be usable in the availability determination. In this case, the player can use at least a part of the remaining value of the game value for the game, and can perform the value addition process on the game recording medium whose availability has been determined. The field side will be able to secure the minimum business condition, and the damage due to these incommunicable states can be minimized.

(B) According to the second aspect of the invention, there is an inconvenience associated with returning a game recording medium in which the value of the game value added in the value addition process in the incommunicable state remains. , For example, when the returned game recording medium is used in another recording medium processing device, it is determined to be unusable according to the availability determination, or when a settlement device is provided, It is possible to avoid a problem such as the fact that the value of the game value added in the value addition process in the incommunicable state cannot be settled.

(C) According to the invention of claim 3, even if the upper limit value is changed due to the occurrence of the communication-disabled state, the player can check the changed upper limit value and insert money. As a result, the convenience of the player can be improved.

(D) According to the invention of claim 4, within the range of the received monetary amount, even if the communication becomes impossible during the value adding process after the receipt of the money in the currency identifying means. If the value of the game value corresponding to the predetermined amount is within the range of the upper limit value of the incommunicable state, the value addition process will be continued without interruption, so that the player The convenience of can be improved.

(E) According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the game recording medium is returned in a state where the game value added in the value addition process in the incommunicable state remains. Inconvenience accompanying the return of the game recording medium in which the magnitude of the game value added in the value addition process in the communication impossible state remains, for example, the returned game recording medium When it is used in another recording medium processing device, it is determined to be unusable by the availability judgment, and when a settlement device is installed, it is added in the value addition process in the unused communication impossible state. It is possible to avoid the occurrence of problems such as the inability to settle the magnitude of the game value that has been played.

(F) According to the invention of claim 6, even if an abnormality occurs during the value addition processing, the money used for the value addition processing can be specified or returned.

(G) According to the invention of claim 7, even if the player does not accept a new game recording medium in the incommunicable state, the player inserts money into the coin discriminating means, Since the game can be carried out by receiving the enclosed recording medium game use processing, the game hall can continue business,
It is possible to suppress the damage on the side of the game hall in the incommunicable state to a smaller one, and since the enclosed game recording medium for games is used, it is possible to prevent fraud caused by falsification of recorded information.

(H) According to the invention of claim 8, since the player can know in advance whether the game recording medium can be accepted or not, the player mistakenly inserts the game recording medium. It can be prevented.

(I) According to the invention of claim 9, when the communication state is restored to the communicable state, the value of the gaming value used for the game in the incommunicable state and the value adding process are used. By transmitting the magnitude of the game value thus generated to the recording medium management device together with the identification information, there is an inconvenience due to inconsistency in the magnitude of the game value remaining in the game recording medium. It can be avoided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a gaming system in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is a front view showing a membership card used in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2B is a front view showing a visitor card.

FIG. 3 is a front view of a pachinko machine and a card unit used in an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing an operation unit of the pachinko machine according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a front structure of the card unit according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6A is a partially cutaway side view and a rear view of a card unit according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing configurations of a card unit and a pachinko machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a system controller according to an embodiment of the present invention.

9A, 9B, and 9C are registration statuses of a member attribute information table, a member card master table, and a card unit-specific data table that constitute a card management DB in the system controller used in the embodiment of the present invention. FIG.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a member game history table in the system controller used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of various functions in the system controller according to the embodiment of this invention.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a function selection screen displayed when selecting various functions in the system controller according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is an individual sales screen for each card unit, which is an output example of the system controller in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of cooperation among a member management computer, a system controller, and a management server according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a member management computer according to the embodiment of the present invention.

16 (a) and 16 (b) are diagrams showing registration statuses of a member information table and an event table that constitute a member management DB in the member management computer used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 17 (c) shows a store visit history database in the member management computer used in the embodiment of the present invention, (d).
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a history database for each machine in the member management computer used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a diagram showing a processing status (at the time of receiving a membership card) of each device constituting the gaming system used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an output state of each signal output from the prize ball control board and the card unit of the pachinko machine in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a processing status (except when a membership card is accepted) of each device constituting the gaming system used in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 21] When the power of the card unit is turned on (pre-business processing)
5 is an explanatory diagram of a processing status of establishing a connection with a member management computer in FIG.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a situation of exchanging information with a card reader / writer, a control unit, and a member management computer during card insertion and card ejection.

FIG. 23 is an explanatory diagram of a tightening process flow in the gaming system used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 24 is a view for explaining the flow of various information in the gaming system used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart showing processing details of offline detection processing executed by the control board used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of interrupt processing executed by the control unit used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of interrupt processing executed by the control unit used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of an offline depositing process executed by the control unit used in the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 29 is a front view of a pachinko machine and a card unit used in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a block diagram showing configurations of a card unit and a pachinko machine according to the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart showing the processing contents of interrupt processing executed by the control unit of the card unit used in Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart showing the contents of an offline deposit / lending process executed by the control unit of the card unit used in Example 2 of the present invention.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing a processing state of each device constituting the gaming system used in Example 2 of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

2 card reader type pachinko machine (gaming machine) 3 card unit (recording medium processing device) 3'card unit (recording medium processing device) 4 call lamp 6 repeater 7 hub 8 communication cable 9 signal cable 10 communication cable 11 communication line network 14 Operation part 15 Return button 16 Lend button 17 Frequency display part 18 Operation board 20 Card unit stocker 21 Deposit device 22 Settling device 23 Dividing trough 24 Supply ball counter 25 Out ball tank 26 Out ball counter 31 Unit holder 31 'Slide rail 37 Member Card (Recording Medium for Games) 38 Visitor Card (Enclosed Recording Medium for Games) 83 Antenna Coil 84 Integrated Circuit 85 Bar Code 91 Antenna Coil 92 Integrated Circuit (IC) 100 System Controller (Recording Medium Management Device) 101 Data Bus 102 CPU 10 RAM 104 RTC 105 Storage device 106 Input device 107 Display device 108 Printer 109 First communication unit 110 Second communication unit 111 Digital service unit (DSU) 120 Member management computer (player management device) 121 Data bus 122 CPU 123 RAM 124 RTC 125 storage device 126 input device 127 display device 128 printer 129 first communication unit 130 second communication unit 131 bar code reader 202 glass door frame 203 hitting ball supply tray 204 surplus ball receiving tray 205 hitting ball operation handle (operating knob) 206 game board 207 game Area 209 Variable display unit 210 Variable display device 211 Passing gate 214 Starting winning hole 215 Movable piece 216 Variable winning ball device 220 Opening plate 224 Winning port 226 Out port 298 Information output unit 231 Game control board 23 Lamp control board 237 Prize ball control board 270 Voice control board 280 Display control board 291 Launch control board 297 Ball payout device 300 Money available lamp (coin acceptance acceptance / rejection notification means) 301 Operation lamp 302 Banknote insertion slot 303 Coin insertion slot 304 Coin return Button 305 Member card available lamp (game recording medium acceptance availability notification means) 306 Lending unit change button 307 Lending unit display section 308 Fractional button 309 Frequency display section 310 Model setting lamp 311 Direction indicator lamp 312 Inserting lamp 313 Coin return slot 313 'Receiving section 314 Member card display section 315 Numeric keypad 316 Play selection button 317 Enter key 318 Visitor card mounting slot 318' Transparent cover member 319 Member card insertion slot 320 First operation board 321 Second operation board 322 Banknote identification unit Currency identification means; currency collection means) 322 'Banknote identification unit (coin identification means; currency collection means) 323 Coin insertion path 324 Coin identification unit (coin identification means; currency collection means) 325 Coin return path 326 Coin collection path 327 Card reader Writer (recording medium processing means, game use processing means, enclosed recording medium game use processing means, value addition processing means) 327a communication board 327b control board (communication state confirmation means) 328 control unit (game use processing means, enclosed recording Medium game use processing means, value addition processing means) 329 MPU 330 RAM 331 ROM 332a I / O port 332b I / O port 332c I / O port 332d I / O port 334 Communication unit 335 Event target lamp 336 Data input / output unit 340 Step 341 Locking projection 342 Locking hole 343 Locking claw 344 Locking hole 345 In-receipt display section 346 LED module 348 Online upper limit notification lamp (10000 yen) 349 Offline upper limit notification lamp (1000 yen) 350 Banknote transport path (coin collecting means) 351 Coin transport path (coin collecting means) ) 352 Banknote collecting path (money collecting means) 353 Coin collecting trough (coin collecting means) 501 Title area 502 Display area 503 Sub menu display area 504 Menu tab 505 Function button area

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A game recording medium in which information for identifying a value of a game value that can be used in a game and which is a value according to payment of money and identification information unique to each recording medium are recorded. A recording medium management device that manages the magnitude of the game value in association with the identification information of each game recording medium, and is communicable with the recording medium management device, and receives the game recording medium, A recording medium processing means for reading at least the received record information of the game recording medium, and a game value value specified by the record information read from the game recording medium by the recording medium processing means is used for a game. A game use processing means for performing a game use process for playing, a currency identifying means for accepting money and identifying the received currency, and a game value corresponding to a predetermined amount within the range of the identified currency amount in the currency identifying means. In order to make it possible to specify from the record information of the game recording medium a new magnitude of the game value, which is obtained by adding the size of the above to the magnitude of the game value specified from the record information of the game recording medium. A recording medium processing device having a value adding processing means for performing a value adding process, and the recording information of the game recording medium read by the recording medium processing means and managed by the recording medium management device. Based on the value of the game value of the game recording medium, the availability of the game recording medium being accepted by the recording medium processing means is determined, and the game is determined when the determination result is usable. In the gaming system for performing the game use processing and the value addition processing by the use processing means and the value addition processing means, the recording medium processing device can communicate the communication state with the recording medium management device. Communication state confirmation means for confirming whether the communication state or the communication disabled state is present, and in the case where the communication disabled state is confirmed by the communication state confirmed means, in the communication enabled state before becoming the communication disabled state If the value of the gaming value specified by the recorded information of the gaming recording medium that has been accepted and is determined to be usable in the availability determination remains, the remaining gaming value of While at least a part is licensed for the game use processing,
If the game recording medium has not been received, a new game recording medium is not received, and the game recording medium has been received before the communication disabled state, and has already been received before the communication disabled state. A gaming system, wherein the value addition process is allowed for the gaming recording medium determined to be usable by the usability determination. 2. The currency identifying means is capable of accepting a plurality of denominations, and the value adding processing means carries out a value adding processing according to the plurality of denominations identified by the currency identifying means, and the communication. A predetermined upper limit value is provided for the size of the game value that can be used for the value addition process in the enabled state and the incommunicable state, and the recording medium processing device is configured to perform the communication in the incommunicable state. The upper limit value is changed from the upper limit value of the communicable state to the upper limit value of the incommunicable state which is smaller than the upper limit value of the communicable state, and within the changed upper limit value of the uncommunicable state. Until the value addition process is allowed and the value of the game value added in the value addition process in the incommunicable state is entirely used in the game use process, Disable return The game system according to claim 1. 3. The gaming system according to claim 2, further comprising an upper limit value notifying unit for notifying a predetermined upper limit value that can be used in the value addition process. 4. The recording medium processing device comprises currency collecting means for collecting the money identified by the currency identifying means and provided for the value addition processing, the currency collecting means after the currency identification is completed. However, until the value addition processing is completed, the collection of the money used for the value addition processing is withheld, and the value addition processing means cannot communicate during the value addition processing after the receipt of money by the currency identification means. In the case of the state, it is determined whether or not the magnitude of the gaming value corresponding to a predetermined amount within the range of the monetary amount for which the withdrawal is reserved is within the upper limit of the incommunicable state. However, if it is determined that the value is within the upper limit range of the incommunicable state, the value addition process is permitted, and if the value is outside the upper limit range, the collection is reserved. The game according to claim 2 or 3, wherein money is returned. system. 5. The currency identification means is capable of accepting a single denomination, and the value addition processing means carries out a value addition processing according to the single denomination identified by the currency identification means, The gaming system according to claim 1, wherein the value of the game value added in the value addition process in the incommunicable state is used in one game use process. 6. The recording medium processing device comprises currency collecting means for collecting the money identified by the currency identifying means and provided for the value addition processing, the currency collecting means after the currency identification is completed. However, until the value addition process is completed, the gaming system according to claim 5, wherein the collection of money used for the value addition process is withheld. 7. The recording medium processing device stores a game internal recording medium enclosed in the device, and a monetary amount identified by the currency identifying means when the game recording medium is not accepted. The value of the game value corresponding to the predetermined amount within the range can be specified from the record information of the game internal recording medium, and the value of the game value specified from the record information of the game internal recording medium is specified. An internal recording medium game use processing means for performing an internal recording medium game use processing for using a size for a game, and a communication disabled state is confirmed by the communication state confirmation means, and the game record 7. The game system according to claim 1, wherein when the medium is not received, only the enclosed recording medium game use processing is allowed without receiving a new game recording medium. 8. The recording medium processing device comprises a game recording medium acceptance availability informing means for informing whether or not acceptance of the game recording medium is possible, and the game recording medium acceptance availability informing means is the communication means. The gaming system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein when the game recording medium is not accepted in the impossible state, it is notified that the game recording medium cannot be accepted. 9. The recording medium processing device identifies the magnitude of the gaming value used for the gaming usage processing and the magnitude of the gaming value provided for the value addition processing when the communication is impossible. 9. The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit that stores the information in association with the information, and transmits the storage information of the storage unit to the recording medium management device when the communication state is restored to the communicable state. A game system.