JP2004236946A - Pachinko game machine and pachinko game machine monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a pachinko game machine, monitoring the game state of a pachinko machine, managing the customer data, and watching a frauduleut person, and a monitoring system for a game state. <P>SOLUTION: This pachinko machine is provided with a game control circuit 15, a photographing means 14 and a photographing control circuit 10. The photographing control circuit 10 inputs at least one of game signals such as an out signal 16, a safe signal 17, a start signal 18, a big success signal 19 and a probability variable signal 19E in the process of a game from the game control circuit 15, and calculates a value representing the game status from the input signal. When the calculated value comes to a predetermined value, the photographing means 14 is operated to photograph a game player, and the photographing data is transmitted to the outside of the pachinko machine. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a pachinko machine capable of monitoring a game state of a pachinko machine and managing customer data and pachinko machine, and a game state monitoring system of the pachinko machine.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent years, computerization of pachinko machines has progressed, and the interest in games has dramatically improved along with this, but on the other hand, fraudulent activities associated with computerization have increased, and pachinko halls and hall owners have suffered a lot of damage. Can be seen. Some malicious fraudulent acts use a backside ROM, in which the regular ROM in the pachinko machine is replaced without permission at night, and the number of bills increased during business hours. In addition, there is an action of sending a signal to Rom using radio waves to defeat the regular Rom, thereby increasing the number of balls, and an action of controlling a game ball with a magnet.
Pachinko halls will be increasingly monitored for such misconduct, but there will be problems such as an increase in the burden on clerks and an increase in labor costs.
Therefore, an invention has been made in which an iris camera is installed in front of a pachinko machine, an iris image of a player is captured, and customer management and fraud monitoring are performed based on the iris image data.
[Patent Document 1] JP-A-2000-218013
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-mentioned conventional technology, in which customer management or fraud monitoring is performed based on an iris image, although matching between images is simple and easy to perform, it is difficult to identify a person of the compared iris image, and there is a limit only with the iris image. Further, face data for identifying a player is also required.
In addition, it is difficult to capture an iris image when wearing sunglasses, and for a player wearing near glasses, reading glasses, or a contact, there is an effect of lens irregularities and reflection, and accurate iris image data is obtained. There was a problem that was difficult to obtain.
The present invention provides a pachinko machine capable of monitoring a gaming state of a pachinko machine, managing customer data and monitoring a fraudster, and a pachinko machine gaming state monitoring system.
[0004]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The invention according to claim 1 of the present invention provides a pachinko machine with a game control circuit, a photographing means, and a photographing control circuit, wherein the photographing control circuit includes an out signal, a safe signal, a start signal, a jackpot signal during a pachinko machine game, At least one game signal such as a probability variation signal is input, a value indicating a game situation is calculated from the input signal, and when the calculated value reaches a predetermined value, the photographing unit is operated. A pachinko machine that shoots a player and transmits the shooting data to the outside of the pachinko machine.
According to the present invention, the timing of photographing the player by the photographing means operates based on the value calculated from the signal in the gaming state. This calculated value can be selected from the calculated values that accurately represent the game progress state, such as the payout prize ball state, based on the game signal. It is possible to select the timing for operating the photographing means based on the calculated value representing the accurate gaming state.
[0005]
According to the invention described in claim 2, in the above, the calculated value indicating the game situation is a difference ball (out number-safe number), a payout rate (safe number / out number * 100%), a big hit number rate (big hit number / out) Number * 100%), jackpot rate (number of jackpots / number of starts * 100%), start rate (number of starts / outs * 100%), frequency of jackpots (number of jackpots / time * 100%), etc. A pachinko machine characterized by comprising:
According to the second aspect of the present invention, the calculated value indicating the game situation is, for example, the above calculated value, and is selected from one or more calculated values. Of these, the difference ball is displayed as an absolute value while changing every moment while the game console is operating. According to the payout rate, it is possible to know whether the suction is gentle or abrupt, or vice versa. In addition, the number of jackpots divided by the number of jackpots, the number of jackpots divided by the number of starts, the number of jackpots divided by the number of starts, the number of jackpots calculated the number of jackpots per predetermined time, etc. Is adopted as the calculated value.
[0006]
According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the above-mentioned pachinko machine, the calculation value indicating the game situation starts to be calculated after a predetermined game interruption time.
According to the present invention, the above calculation basis is calculated for each game situation in which the player plays, based on the player management. Since the player does not play the same pachinko machine all day, if the game state is interrupted, the calculated value is reset as if the player has changed, and a new calculation starts from the next operation of the pachinko machine. . The interruption time during which the player changes is various, but a new calculation is performed assuming that a predetermined interruption time is set and the player has changed.
[0007]
The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that, in the above, the photographing means is installed toward the player on the front of the pachinko machine or on the upper part of the pachinko machine, and is covered with a magic mirror or the like so as to be invisible to the player. It is a pachinko machine.
According to the present invention, the player plays the game toward the pachinko machine, and may be provided on the front of the game board surface of the pachinko machine, or may be provided on the upper portion of the pachinko machine for the player. Can be taken accurately. In addition, the photographing means is made invisible to eliminate the player's mental oppression.
[0008]
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, at least one game signal such as an out signal, a safe signal, a start signal, a jackpot signal, a probability variation signal, and the like in a pachinko machine game is input, and a value indicating a game state is calculated from the input signal. When the calculated value becomes a predetermined value, a photographing control circuit that activates photographing means to photograph the player, and transmits the photographed data to the outside of the pachinko machine.
A player registration unit, a data comparison unit that compares the player registration data registered in the registration unit with the photographing data transmitted from the photographing control circuit of the pachinko machine, and outputs a comparison result compared by the comparison unit A comparison result output means, and a host computer having
A pachinko machine monitoring system characterized by comprising:
According to the present invention, the player data photographed by the photographing control circuit provided on the pachinko machine side as described above is transmitted to the host computer outside the machine, and the player computer registered in the registration unit in the past on the host computer side A comparison with the data is made. If, for example, the unauthorized player is registered in the registration unit depending on whether or not they match, the unauthorized player and the photographed player are compared, and the unauthorized player can be managed.
[0009]
The invention according to claim 6 is characterized in that when a player photographed by the photographing means is photographed more than a predetermined number of times of photographing, the player is registered in the player registration section of the host computer as a cautionary player. Pachinko machine monitoring system.
That is, according to the present invention, the photographing by the photographing means is a player who has a large number of prize ball payout balls based on the calculated value, and when the same photographing player is photographed many times, it is recognized as a cautious player, and the host computer It is registered in the registration unit and becomes a comparison target with the new photographer.
[0010]
The invention according to claim 7, wherein in the above, the host computer is provided in a pachinko hall where a plurality of the pachinko machines are installed, and further connected to the host computers of the plurality of the pachinko halls, and a player registration unit is provided. A data comparing means for comparing the player registration data registered in the player registration section with the photographing data transmitted from the plurality of pachinko hall host computers; and an output for outputting a comparison result compared by the comparing means. And an integrated host computer having the means.
According to the present invention, a pachinko hall having a plurality of pachinko machines, an integrated host computer for managing and integrating the plurality of holes, and the integrated host computer registers the photographing player data transmitted from each hole and the registration unit in the registration unit. Compare the registered data and perform the player management. Therefore, for example, a player who has an abnormally large number of prize ball payout balls can be managed over a wide area, and the player management is performed as more accurate player information data.
[0011]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a pachinko machine and a pachinko machine monitoring system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing another embodiment of the pachinko machine monitoring system using the pachinko machine of the present invention.
FIG. 1 shows a system configuration in a pachinko hall in which a plurality of pachinko machines are installed, and a host computer 2 in the hall is connected to and communicates with a plurality of pachinko in-machine computers 1, 1 ′, 1 ″. The photographing means 14 is installed to photograph a player of each pachinko machine.
[0012]
Each of the plurality of pachinko machine computers has a game control circuit 15 for controlling a game. The game control circuit 15 sends out signals 16, safe signals 17, start signals, start signals, and start signals sent from a game ball detection sensor of a game board. The jackpot signal 19 that changes the symbol by the signal 18 and obtains a large number of prize balls when the symbol is aligned with the predetermined symbol, the probability variation signal 19E in which the probability of the jackpot increases several times as compared to the normal time and the jackpot is easily obtained, and the accumulated time during the operation of the game The signal 19T and the like are taken into the input / output interface 13 of the photographing means control circuit 10. Incidentally, these signals may be taken from a game control circuit for each island in the hall managed by installing a plurality of pachinko machines.
For each of the captured signals, a central processing unit CPU 11 calculates a preset calculation value, and when the calculation value reaches a predetermined calculation value, sends a signal for operating a shutter to a camera as the photographing unit 14 via the communication interface 12, The player of the pachinko machine 1 is photographed. The photographed image data is sent to the host computer 2 in the hall via the communication interface 12. The timing of the calculation start calculated based on the out signal 16 and the safe signal 17 jackpot signal 19 is reset after a predetermined interruption (not operating) time, a new calculation is started, and a new calculation is started. The calculation is made in recognition of the player. The setting of the interruption time can be selected according to the situation.
[0013]
The timing of the shutter operation signal of the photographing means may be a difference ball represented by the absolute value of the number of outs-the number of safes, or a payout rate represented by the number of safes / the number of outs * 100%. The number of jackpots / outs * 100% may be a jackpot rate represented by 100%, or the number of jackpots / starts * 100% may be a jackpot rate represented by 100%, and the number of starts / outs * 100 % Or the number of jackpots represented by the number of jackpots per predetermined time, and the operation of the photographing means from a plurality of calculated values using a plurality of the calculated values. Timing may be set. The setting of the calculated value can be appropriately selected depending on the pachinko machine and other conditions.
[0014]
FIG. 2 shows the relationship between the host computer 2 of the hall and the integrated host computer 3 of the system installed in the hall manager or pachinko machine maker. The host computer 2 in the hall receives the photographing data through the communication interface 12 of the pachinko machine and the communication interface 26 of the host computer, processes the photographing data in the image signal processing unit 27, and compares the photographing data with the central processing unit CPU. The data is compared with the face data registered in the registration unit 23 by the means 21. The CPU 21 has an input / output interface 22 and has an input unit 24 such as a keyboard and a scanner for inputting external information, and an output unit 25 such as a printer, an alarm device, and a monitor for outputting information to the outside. The result of the comparison between the player data of the registration unit 23 and the photographing data from the pachinko machine 1 is output through the output interface 25 and transmitted to the integrated host computer 3 which manages each of the holes 2 ′, 2 ″ through the communication interface 28. Can be
[0015]
The photographed image data sent from the computers 2, 2 ′, 2 ″ of each hall is processed into a predetermined image signal by the image signal processing unit 37 via the communication interface 36, and the central processing unit 31 The data is compared with the data in the player data registration unit 33. The comparison result in the CPU 31 is output to the outside from the output unit 35 through the input / output interface 32, for example, as an alarm signal, and the external information is registered from the keyboard or the like of the input unit 34. The connection between the computers 2, 2 ′, 2 ″ in each hall and the integrated host computer 3 is usually made by an NTT telephone network, a mobile telephone communication network, a PHS or pager network, or a dedicated network. A cable line or the like is used.
[0016]
The photographing data photographed by the photographing means 14 is processed by the photographing data processing units 27 and 37. FIG. 4 is a block diagram schematically showing the configuration of the photographing data processing units 27 and 37. FIG. 4 shows an example described in JP-A-7-65149, and another method may be used.
In FIG. 4, an image memory 40, a binarization processing unit 41, a face area determination unit 42, and a face data extraction unit 43 are provided to extract a photographing signal as face data. The photographing signal is a signal photographed by the CCD camera photographing means 14. The photographing signal transmitted from the camera 14 is stored in the image memory 40 one by one. The binarization processing unit 41 receives an image signal, detects a predetermined threshold for binarizing image data according to the input level, and converts the image data into two using the detected predetermined threshold. It is binarized and output as binarized data.
The face area determination unit 42 density-projects the binarized data in the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction to obtain a face candidate position, and outputs the face candidate position to the face data extraction unit 43. Finally, the face data extraction unit 43 checks the edge information from the image signal for the data at the face candidate position. Specifically, information corresponding to the vertical line of the cheek, which is the facial feature information of the human body, and the horizontal line such as eyebrows and eyes is analyzed and output as face data.
[0017]
In FIG. 2, when a captured image signal is processed by a captured data processing unit 27 to obtain face data, the CPU 21 compares the image data with the face data of an unauthorized player registered in the registration unit 23. If the face data matches the registered face data, the output unit 25 notifies the voice data and the alarm via the input / output interface 22. Also, if the same face data continues many times in the photographed face data, if the same face data is processed in a predetermined manner, for example, five or more times, the same face data is registered in the registration unit 23, and the award ball payout number is abnormally large. It is registered as player data requiring attention.
In FIG. 3, the player data requiring attention is also registered in the player data registration unit 33 of the integrated host computer 3 from each hall through a communication line.
Further, the comparison and comparison result of each hall is sent to the integrated host computer 3 through the communication line, and compared with the player data registered in the registration unit 33 of the integrated host computer in the system by the CPU 31, and compared with the computer 2 in the hall. Similarly, if the data matches the registered unauthorized person data, the data is output from the output unit 35 by an alarm or voice, and is transmitted to each of the holes 2, 2 ′, 2 ″ via the communication interface 36.
[0018]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, the present invention determines a predetermined calculated value by selecting from signals in a game that leads to abnormal prize ball payout on a pachinko player basis, and calculating a predetermined calculated value, the number of prize ball payouts is abnormally large. Since the detection is performed, it is possible to accurately detect a player who is highly suspected of fraud. In addition, the player is photographed according to the calculated value, face data is obtained from the photographing signal, and the face data is compared and collated with the registered face data. However, since the comparison is made in the system integrating the holes, the player requiring attention can be detected with high accuracy.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a pachinko machine installed in a pachinko hall and a host computer installed in the hall.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a host computer in each hole and an integrated host computer that integrates each hole.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an integrated host computer that integrates holes.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a photographing signal processing unit.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 pachinko in-flight computer, 2 hall host computer,
3 integrated host computer,
10 photographing means control circuit, 11 CPU central processing unit,
12 communication interface, 13 input / output interface,
14 shooting means, 15 game control circuit,
16 out signal, 17 safe signal,
18 start signal, 19 jackpot signal,
19E probability fluctuation signal,
Reference Signs List 21 Host CP comparison means 22 Input / output interface 23 Player data registration unit 24 Output unit interface 25 Input unit interface 26 Communication interface with machine 27 Photographing signal processing unit of hall host CP 28 Communication interface 31 with integrated host CP Integration CP comparing means 32 Input / output interface 33 Unauthorized player data registration unit 34 Input unit interface 35 Output unit interface 36 Communication interface with hole host CP 37 Image signal processing unit of integrated host CP

Claims (7)

The pachinko machine is provided with a game control circuit, a photographing means and a photographing control circuit, and the photographing control circuit is configured to output at least one game signal such as an out signal, a safe signal, a start signal, a jackpot signal, a probability variation signal, etc. during the game of the pachinko machine. Input, calculate a value indicating a game situation from the input signal, and when the calculated value reaches a predetermined value, actuate the photographing means to photograph the player and convert the photographed data. A pachinko machine characterized by transmission outside the pachinko machine. The calculated value indicating the game situation is as follows: difference balls (number of outs-number of safes), payout rate (number of safes / number of outs * 100%), number of jackpots (number of jackpots / number of outs * 100%), jackpot rate ( The number of jackpots / start count * 100%), the number of start counts (start count / out count * 100%), and the number of jackpot counts (jackpot count / time * 100%). The pachinko machine according to 1. The pachinko machine according to claim 1, wherein the calculation value indicating the game status starts to be calculated after a predetermined game interruption time. 4. The photographing means according to claim 1, wherein the photographing unit is provided toward a player on a front surface of the pachinko machine or on an upper part of the pachinko machine, and is covered with a magic mirror or the like so as to be invisible to the player. 5. Pachinko machine. At least one game signal such as an out signal, a safe signal, a start signal, a jackpot signal, a probability variation signal, etc. during a pachinko machine game is input, and a value indicating a game situation is calculated from the input signal, and the calculated value is A photographing control circuit for photographing the player by operating photographing means when the predetermined value is reached, and transmitting the photographing data to the outside of the pachinko machine;
A player registration unit, a data comparison unit that compares the player registration data registered in the registration unit with the shooting data transmitted from the shooting control circuit of the pachinko machine, and outputs a comparison result compared by the comparison unit A comparison result output means, and a host computer having
A pachinko machine monitoring system comprising: 6. The player according to claim 5, wherein when the player photographed by the photographing means has been photographed more than a predetermined number of times, the player is registered in the player registration unit of the host computer as a cautionary player. Pachinko machine monitoring system. The pachinko hall in which the plurality of pachinko machines are installed has the host computer, and is further connected to the host computers of the plurality of pachinko halls, and is registered in the player registration unit and the player registration unit. An integrated host computer having data comparison means for comparing the player registration data with the photographing data transmitted from the plurality of pachinko hall host computers, and output means for outputting a comparison result compared by the comparison means; 7. The pachinko machine monitoring system according to claim 5, comprising:

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