JP2005095257A - System for game - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily link a prepaid system and a stored ball replay system at a low cost and to substantially omit the time and labor required for member registration. <P>SOLUTION: A system for a game is composed of: a central management device 140 for centrally managing a first management device 120 for managing member player information; a second management device 160 for managing stored value information; and a device 3 for the game provided with a game use processing means 328, a member identification information transmission means 334 and a reuse processing means 328. The central management device registers member registration information including member specifying information and member attribute information which is distributed to the first management device in a member information storage means 125, allows the use processing of the game use processing means on condition that it is stored in the storage means that issuance is executed corresponding to first member identification information, converts the first member identification information to second member identification information, transmits the second member identification information to the second management device, transmits replay information for using part of the stored value of the stored value information from the second management device in the game to the device for the game and executes a reuse processing by using the reuse processing means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system, and more particularly to a game system using a member recording medium such as a member card having a prepaid function and a replay function using a stored ball.

  In recent years, by adding a membership card function that makes it possible to identify a member player to the prepaid card, and by preferentially paying the membership card over the prepaid card, the player can be fixed. A gaming system has been proposed that manages information about each member player in association with the member ID (1) recorded on the member card. (For example, see Patent Document 1)

  In addition to the prepaid system for managing the information related to the member player who owns the membership card, the gaming system using the membership card can be used for prepaid ball lending with the membership card as shown in Patent Document 1. There is a storage ball replay system in which a member player uses a member card to save the number of balls acquired, which is the acquired value that the member player has acquired in the game, so that the player can use it again for the game. (For example, see Patent Document 2)

  In addition, when a player wishes to register as a member card in order to receive a membership card, the membership attributes necessary for the member registration of the player who wants to register as a member of the amusement hall employees using the terminal provided at the amusement hall Member registration is performed by inputting information (see, for example, Patent Document 3).

JP 2003-33556 A (Page 7, FIG. 15) JP 2002-301256 A (Page 3, FIG. 3) Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-143492 (page 3, FIG. 6)

  If the game hall intends to introduce both the prepaid system and the storage ball replay system described above, both the card unit for the prepaid system and the storage replay unit for the storage ball replay system are used as gaming machines. It will be installed in between, and each unit will use a different member card. For member players, it is not only necessary to carry two member cards, but it is also inconvenient to mistake the member card, For the amusement hall, it takes time and effort to issue two membership cards, and in order to install two units, it is necessary to modify the game island, and the number of gaming machines that can be installed on one game island is reduced. There was a problem of inconvenience such as.

  For this reason, in order to eliminate these inconveniences, the member ID (1) used for managing information related to each member in the prepaid system and the stored balls owned by each member in the stored ball replay system are managed. However, it is conceivable to share the member ID (1) used for this purpose, but there are the following problems.

  First, in the case of changing the member ID (1) of the storage ball replay system, these storage ball replay systems are operated by various management organizations, and the policies are different for each management organization. Therefore, the member ID (1 ) Has been changed to match the member ID (1) on the prepaid system side, and there are some management organizations that do not approve it, so we introduced a storage replay system for the management organization that accepted the change. In order to support the game halls that have been introduced and the game halls that have introduced the replay system of the management organization that does not approve the change, together with the prepaid system that supports the storage replay system of the management organization that has accepted the change, It is necessary to design each prepaid system corresponding to each member ID (1) of the operating organization that does not approve the change, and the design cost is very high There is a problem that becomes a thing.

  On the other hand, when changing the member ID (1) of the prepaid system, as described above, the storage ball replay system is operated by various operating organizations, and the format of the member ID (1) is also set by each operating organization. Depending on the member ID (1) format, the prepaid system must have different specifications, so it is necessary to design each prepaid system corresponding to the number of operating organizations to be linked, and the design cost is very high. There is a problem of becoming a thing.

  As described above, in order to share the member ID (1), there has been a problem that a great deal of labor and cost are required for changing the member ID (1).

  In addition, when issuing membership cards for use in these systems, member attribute information necessary for membership registration of the player who wishes to register as a member at each game hall must be entered. This is one of the obstacles to the introduction of a game system that uses the member recording medium as the membership card.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and in the case of introducing both the prepaid system using the above-mentioned membership card and the storage ball replay system using the membership card, By linking both systems without requiring much labor and expense associated with sharing ID (1), a single member card can be used in a single unit, and a member player To provide a gaming system that can eliminate the inconvenience and inconvenience of the game hall and promote the introduction of gaming systems that use these member recording media by greatly reducing the labor required for membership registration For the purpose.

In order to solve the above object, a gaming system according to claim 1 of the present invention provides:
A first management device comprising member information storage means provided in each amusement hall and storing member attribute information relating to a member player in association with first member identification information capable of individually identifying the member player;
A centralized management device for centrally managing the first management device provided in each game hall;
Saving value including the amount of saving value that can be reused in the game, out of the value acquired by the member player in the game in association with the second member identification information that can individually identify the member player A second management device for managing information;
Read means for reading record information of a member recording medium in which the game value information capable of specifying the magnitude of the game value usable for a game and the first member identification information are recorded, and the read means Game use processing means for performing game use processing for causing the game to use at least a part of the magnitude of the game value specified from the read game value information, and the first member read by the read means A gaming device comprising: first member identification information transmitting means for transmitting identification information to the first management device;
A gaming system comprising:
The first management device is:
In association with the first member identification information recorded on the member recording medium issued to the player, the fact that the member recording medium has been issued to the player is stored in the member information storage means,
On the condition that the member information storage means stores that it has been issued in association with the first member identification information, the member information storage means stores the member in association with the first member identification information. Regardless of whether attribute information is stored, use permission means for permitting use of the member recording medium in which the first member identification information is stored in the gaming device;
Identification information conversion means for converting the first member identification information received from the first member identification information transmission means into the second member identification information and transmitting it to the second management device;
With
The centralized management device is:
Member attribute information necessary for a player to register as a member, member specifying information for specifying first member identification information recorded on a member recording medium issued to the player, and the player An input means for inputting game hall specifying information capable of individually specifying a game hall that the member desires to register as a member,
A game in which member registration information including the member specifying information input by the input means and member attribute information corresponding to the member specifying information is specified from the game hall specifying information input corresponding to the member specifying information. Registration information distribution means for distributing to the first management device installed in the venue;
With
The second management device is:
Saving value information transmitting means for transmitting saving value information corresponding to the second member identification information received from the identification information converting means to the first management device;
The first management device is:
Re-game information transmitting means for transmitting to the gaming device re-game information for causing the game to use at least part of the magnitude of the stored value included in the stored value information transmitted from the stored value information transmitting means; Based on the reception of the member registration information distributed from the registration information distribution unit, the first member identification information stored in the member information storage unit is identified by the member identification information included in the member registration information. Storing member attribute information included in the member registration information in association with the first member identification information to be stored in the member information storage means,
The gaming device is:
Reuse processing means for performing a reuse process for causing a game to use at least a part of the magnitude of the saving value included in the saving value information, on condition that replay information is received from the replay information transmitting means. It is characterized by having.
According to this feature, the identification information conversion means converts the first member identification information used for managing member player information into second member identification information used for managing saving value information. Since it is transmitted to the second management device, a great deal of effort is required to share the first member identification information in the first management device and the second member identification information in the second management device. It is possible to link the prepaid system corresponding to the first management device and the storage ball replay system corresponding to the second management device without requiring any cost or expense. Since the unit can be used, inconvenience of the member player and inconvenience of the playground can be solved. In addition, for example, in a card management company that operates the centralized management device, member attribute information input from the input means is distributed to a first management device provided in each game hall, and the member information storage means Therefore, it is not necessary to input these member attribute information at each game hall, so that the labor of each game hall necessary for membership registration can be saved greatly, and a member recording medium is used. The introduction of a gaming system can be promoted. In addition, since the member recording medium issued to the member player is allowed to be used by the use permission means even if the member attribute information is not registered, the member player can receive the issued member recording medium. The media can also be used immediately.

A gaming system according to claim 2 of the present invention is the gaming system according to claim 1,
Installed in a recording medium management organization that manages the recording medium for members, manages the magnitude of the gaming value specified from the gaming value information recorded on the recording medium for membership, and the recording medium management organization Input means for inputting information capable of specifying the correspondence between the first member identification information recorded on the member recording medium delivered to the game hall from the second member identification information, and the second member identification information; Centralized management having distribution means for distributing information capable of specifying the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information input from the input means to the first management device Equipped with equipment,
The identification information converting means performs conversion based on information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information distributed from the distribution means.
According to this feature, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting information that can specify the association between the first member identification information and the second member identification information on the game hall side.

A gaming system according to claim 3 of the present invention is the gaming system according to claim 2,
The information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information is recorded on the plurality of member recording media delivered from the recording medium management institution to the game hall. The first member identification information that is the start number of the first member identification information, the second member identification information that corresponds to the first member identification information that is the start number, and the first number that is the start number First member identification information recorded on each of the delivered member recording media based on the member identification information of the member and the second member identification information corresponding to the first member identification information of the starting number It is characterized by comprising information that can specify a conversion rule for conversion to the second member identification information.
According to this feature, the capacity of information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information transmitted from the central management device to the first management device is greatly reduced. Communication load can be reduced.

A gaming system according to claim 4 of the present invention is the gaming system according to claim 3,
Information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information is recorded on a plurality of member recording media delivered from the recording medium management institution to the game hall. The first member identification information which is the last number among the member identification information of
The first management device is:
The first member identification information from the start number to the end number is converted into the second member identification information by a conversion rule specified from information that can specify the conversion rule. A conversion table creating means for creating a conversion table in which the first member identification information until the end number is associated with the converted second member identification information;
Conversion table storage means for storing the conversion table created by the conversion table creation means;
With
The identification information conversion means is configured to receive the first member identification information received from the first identification information transmission means by the first management device based on a conversion table stored in the conversion table storage means. It is characterized by being converted into member identification information.
According to this feature, since the conversion of the identification information is performed based on a conversion table created in advance, each time the first member identification information is received from the gaming device, it is compared with the case where the conversion is performed according to the conversion rule. Thus, the processing load in conversion can be reduced.

A gaming system according to claim 5 of the present invention is the gaming system according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The central management device sends the first management information installed in the delivery destination game hall to the shipping information including the first member identification information recorded in the member recording medium delivered to the game hall. A delivery information delivery means for delivering to the device;
The member information storage means stores first member identification information included in the received shipping information based on reception of the shipping information distributed from the shipping information distribution means.
According to this feature, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting member identification information to the first management device in each game hall, and to further promote the introduction of a game system using a member recording medium.

A gaming system according to claim 6 of the present invention is the gaming system according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
The centralized management device is:
A game that allows individual identification of the member attribute information required for a player to register as a member and the game venue that the player wishes to register as a member from an information terminal on the player side connected via a communication network Registration acceptance means for accepting the venue specific information;
Reply means for returning registrant identification information that can individually identify the player who has registered as a member to the information terminal on the player side;
With
The first management device is installed in a game hall identified from the game hall identification information received in correspondence with the member attribute information, registration acceptance information including the registrant identification information. Delivered to
The member information storage means is for a member issued to a player specified by the registrant specifying information included in the registration reception information based on the reception of the registration reception information distributed from the registration information distribution means. The member attribute information included in the registration acceptance information is stored in association with the first member identification information recorded on the recording medium.
According to this feature, a player can register as a member from his / her information terminal, improve not only the convenience of the player, but also directly receive the player's member attribute information from the player. Therefore, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting member attribute information by the centralized management apparatus and to reduce input mistakes.

A gaming system according to claim 7 of the present invention is the gaming system according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The centralized management device is:
Change accepting means for accepting the first member identification information and the change contents of the member attribute information from the information terminal on the player side connected via the communication line network;
Change information including the first member identification information received by the change receiving unit and the change contents of the member attribute information is associated with the first member identification information received by the change receiving unit. Change information distribution means for distributing to the first management device installed in the game hall specified from the game hall identification information that can individually identify the game hall,
With
The first management device is stored in the member information storage unit corresponding to the first member identification information included in the change information based on the reception of the change information distributed from the central management device. Member attribute information changing means for changing the member attribute information according to the change contents of the member attribute information included in the change information is provided.
According to this feature, since it becomes possible to directly accept a change in the member attribute information of the player from the player, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting the change contents of the member attribute information in the centralized management device. Input errors can be reduced, and the convenience of the player can be improved.

Examples of the present invention will be described below.
An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The gaming system of the present embodiment is configured as shown in FIG. 1, and is a card that is a gaming machine arranged in parallel on a plurality of gaming islands arranged in a game arcade. A reader-type pachinko machine (hereinafter referred to as a pachinko machine) 2, a card unit 3 as a gaming device installed corresponding to the pachinko machine 2 on a one-to-one basis, and the card unit 3 A depositing device 21 for performing a depositing process for giving a frequency, which is a game value corresponding to the inserted cash, to a later-described member card 37, which is a member recording medium in which member identification information used in is recorded , A settlement apparatus 22 for performing a settlement process for settlement of cash, which is a game value remaining in the membership card 37, a membership card 37 and a visitor card 3 used in the card unit 3 A system controller 100 for managing the member, a member management computer 120 as a first management device for managing information and event information relating to the member player holding the member card 37, and a member player can be individually identified The second management for managing the number of saving balls, which is the magnitude of the saving value made reusable for the games owned by each member player in association with the member ID (2) which is the second member identification information The system mainly includes a storage management computer 160 as an apparatus, a management server 140 and a site server 14 installed in a card management company.

  The card unit 3 is directly connected to the corresponding pachinko machine 2 and via the relay terminal 4, and various signals can be transmitted and received between the card unit 3 and the corresponding pachinko machine 2, A signal indicating various game information output from the corresponding pachinko machine 2 or the like is input to the corresponding card unit 3 via the relay terminal 4. (See Figure 7)

  In addition, each card unit 3, the depositing device 21, and the payment device 22 are capable of bidirectional data communication via the system controller 100, the member management computer 120, the hub (HUB) 8 ′ (see FIG. 7), and the communication cable 8. Each connected device is assigned a local IP address to form a local area network (LAN). Further, the system controller 100 is connected to the management server 140 installed in the card management company via the communication line 11 so as to be able to perform data communication, and the prepaid frequency of the game arcade collected and managed by the system controller 100 is determined. Sales information such as usage and payment is transmitted to the management server 140, and operation information from the management server 140 is transmitted to the system controller 100.

  In addition, the member management computer 120 and the storage ball management computer 160 are connected to each other via an individual communication cable 9 so that data communication is possible, and a member card 37 is inserted into the storage ball management computer 160 so that the number of storage balls can be increased. By inserting the information card 50 and the information terminal 50 having the display 51 for displaying information such as the number of points and past game history and the member card 37, the pachinko balls acquired by the member player are counted. Thus, a ball counter 40 that can store balls is connected, and a member player can use the ball counter 40 to store balls.

  In addition, the management server 140 accepts member registration and changes in registration information from a personal computer 15 which is an information terminal of a member player or member who is connected via the Internet, which is an open computer network. Are connected to each other, and each information received by the site server 14 is transmitted to the management server 140.

  First, the member card 37 and the visitor card 38, which are member recording media used in this embodiment, will be described. In this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b), Two types of IC cards are used: a member card 37 issued to a member player who has registered as a member, and a visitor card 38 attached to the card unit 3.

  First, the membership card 37 used in the present embodiment will be described. The membership card 37 is formed in a substantially rectangular card shape as shown in FIG. Are provided with an antenna coil 83 having a circular shape for inputting / outputting (transmitting / receiving) recording data and an integrated circuit (IC) 84 for storing the recording data in an electrically rewritable manner. When the card 37 is inserted into a card reader / writer 327 (described later) provided in the card unit 3, an electromagnetic wave output from the card reader / writer 327 generates an induced electromotive force in the antenna coil 83. The integrated circuit 84 is operably energized and transmits / receives various data to / from the card reader / writer 327 via the antenna coil 83. There is a feasible without contact by electromagnetic waves.

  Further, in the internal memory of the integrated circuit 84 in the member card 37, a member card ID that can identify each member card 37 individually and a member ID (first member identification information that can identify each member individually) ( 1) and information such as the issue amusement hall where the member card 37 is issued are recorded in a non-rewritable manner, and are given at the time of additional deposit processing described later by data communication with the card reader / writer 327. Information such as the deposit ID, the frequency as gaming value information, and the device ID of the card unit 3 (payment device) that has been subjected to additional deposit processing is recorded in a rewritable manner.

  As shown in FIG. 2A, a magnetic stripe 85 is formed on one surface of the membership card 37 of this embodiment, and the magnetic stripe 85 is used for managing stored balls in the stored ball management computer 160. The member ID (2) as the second member identification information is recorded, and by reading the magnetic stripe 85, the member ID (2) can be read without communicating with the integrated circuit 84. Can be done.

  Further, on the surface opposite to the surface on which these magnetic stripes 85 are formed, the game hall ID of the game hall where the member card 37 is issued and the member ID (1) recorded on the member card 37 are visibly printed. Has been.

  Next, the visitor card 38 used in the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2B, the visitor card 38 has a length of each side slightly longer than the length of each side of the member card 37. A non-contact IC provided with an antenna coil 91 and an integrated circuit 92 having the same configuration as that of the antenna coil 83 and the integrated circuit 84 in the member card 37 at a substantially central portion thereof. A card is used, and various data transmission / reception with the card reader / writer 327 can be performed by electromagnetic waves in a non-contact manner as with the membership card 37.

  Further, in the internal memory of the integrated circuit 92 in these visitor cards 38, serial numbers and card IDs that can individually identify each visitor card 38 and a store where the visitor card 38 is used are recorded in a non-rewritable manner. At the same time, by the data communication with the card reader / writer 327, the number of game values having a size corresponding to the amount of money inserted into the card unit 3 when the membership card 37 is not inserted, and the card unit 3 installed. The device ID and information such as the number of times of rewriting are recorded so as to be rewritable.

  Next, the card unit 3 which is the gaming device of this embodiment will be described. On the front surface of the card unit 3 of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. A mouth 303, a coin return button 304, a protrusion 305, a coin return port 308, a membership card insertion port 309, and a visitor card mounting port 310 are provided.

  The multi-function display unit 301 has an error occurrence state of the card unit 3, a communication state with the system controller 100, and a card being received at that time depending on a light emitting mode of a multi-function LED (full color LED) 301a provided therein. Along with the membership card 37, whether the member player is an event subject or whether the visitor card 38 is in use is notified by a difference in lighting color or lighting mode.

  Specifically, in this embodiment, a full-color LED module capable of emitting each color of RGB light, which is the three primary colors, is included in the multifunction display unit 301, and by controlling the emission of these RGB lights, The light emission color of the multifunction display unit 301 can be varied.

  As shown in FIG. 54, the relationship between the light emission color of these multi-function display units 301 and the notification content indicates that the light is turned off and is not in operation, and the continuous green light indicates that the communication state with the system controller 100 is the same. Online status indicates that the membership card 37 is not inserted and waiting for insertion of the membership card 37 or that the visitor card 38 is in use. A continuous blue light indicates that the membership card 37 is being inserted. The red continuous lighting indicates that the communication state with the system controller 100 is offline, the red flashing lighting indicates that a predetermined error state is generated in the apparatus, and green / Alternating lighting of red indicates that a premium signal 1 described later is output from the corresponding pachinko machine 2, and alternating lighting of blue / red indicates that the corresponding pachinko machine 2 To indicate that premium signals 2 to be described later from the handset 2 is being output, is turned controlled by a control unit 328 which will be described later.

  When the member card 37 is inserted, information such as the member ID (1) read from the member card 37 is transmitted to the member management computer 120, so that the owner of the member card 37 It is determined whether or not a certain member is an event target person (direct mail sender), and if it is an event target person, notification that is set in the target event together with the event target person When the mode (informing color) is transmitted from the member management computer 120, the lighting of the multi-function display unit 301 is controlled by a control unit 328 described later so that the color specified from the informing mode becomes the lighting color. . In this embodiment, since direct mail is sent to all event subjects, the event subject = direct mail sender, and the set event at the event setting described later. The event number given to the direct mail (DM) -No. It has come to be used as well.

  Specifically, the colors based on these notification modes are blue flashing, purple lighting, purple flashing, light blue lighting, light blue flashing, yellow lighting, yellow flashing, white lighting, white flashing, and depending on these light emitting modes (colors) The event type to which the member player is applicable can be identified. As will be described in detail later, the allocation of the light emission mode indicating the type of the event can be set on the event setting screen of the member management computer 120.

  In the present embodiment, in this way, the first notification means for notifying that the membership card 37 is in an acceptable state on the multi-function display portion 301 that is a single display portion, and the membership card 37 is being accepted. Second informing means for informing that, and a third informing means for informing that the player who is the member card 37 being inserted is an event target person are formed in this way. Although it is preferable to pay attention to the single multi-function display unit 301 in this way, it is possible to easily check the content of the notification and simplify the configuration of the gaming device. However, the notification is not limited thereto, and the notification may be performed by providing an individual notification lamp, a notification buzzer, or the like for each notification content.

  Further, in this embodiment, the multi-function display unit 301 which is the single display unit is provided at the upper position of the card unit 3, and in this way, each card unit 3 on which an attendant or the like is arranged side by side. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the multifunction display unit 301 may be provided at a position other than the upper part.

  Further, in this embodiment, different display colors are used as notification modes corresponding to the notification contents of the multi-function display unit 301 which is the single display unit. Compared to the method of displaying and notifying a message corresponding to each notification content on a single display unit such as a panel, the display color is displayed even if it is not close to the card unit 3 until the message can be read. Although it is preferable because the notification contents can be accurately grasped, the present invention is not limited to this, and as described above, for example, a message corresponding to each notification content on a single display unit such as a liquid crystal panel. Etc. may be displayed.

  In the lower position of the multi-function display 301, a bill insertion slot 302 into which a bill can be inserted, a coin insertion port 303 into which a coin can be inserted, and a coin return button 304 for returning the inserted coin. And the player can insert coins and banknotes as money.

  At the lower position of each of the insertion ports 302 and 303 and the return button 304, a user who has previously inserted a high-priced banknote set in high-priced money, or a re-insertion of a banknote within a predetermined time is repeated a predetermined number of times. A CCD camera 335 is provided for imaging the user.

  A projecting portion 305 projecting below the CCD camera 335 is formed by the main body of the liquid crystal display 313 capable of displaying various information such as game-related information and various messages related to the game in the pachinko machine 2. ing. The main body of the liquid crystal display 313 includes a display unit 312 that can display the various types of information, and a substantially rectangular frame-shaped holding frame 350 that holds the peripheral edge of the display unit 312. At 350, on the lower surface 350a on the display unit 312 side provided so as to face the player side, that is, the pachinko machine 2 side corresponding to the card unit 3, as shown in FIG. A frequency display unit 315 for displaying the remaining frequency that can be used for the display, and when the banknote can be inserted into the banknote insertion slot 302, the lamp is turned on to notify that the banknote can be used. A bill availability display portion 306, a coin availability display portion 307 that is turned on when a coin can be inserted into the coin insertion slot 303, and notifies that a coin can be used, and a membership card Insertion slot 30 In order to notify the player that the member card 37 can be inserted into the card by lighting, and to inform the player that the member card 37 cannot be received when the communication state with the system controller 100 is offline. Member card availability display section 320, a card processing in progress display section 321 for notifying that cash use processing using the visitor card 38 is in progress, a lending unit setting button 316, and an information display button 318 and a replay button 319 are provided.

  Various display screens are displayed on the display unit 312, and the surface of the display unit 312 is covered with a touch panel 314, and various operations are performed when the player touches various menu buttons displayed on the display surface 312. It is possible to do.

  Among the buttons arranged on the surface 350a below the display unit 312 in the holding frame 350, the lending unit setting button 316 is used when at least a part of the frequency as the game value recorded on the member card 37 is used for the game. Are buttons for changing the size of the frequency of lending at one time by the operation of the lending button 16. The information display button 318 is a button that is pressed when a data screen (not shown) is displayed on the display unit 312. The replay button 319 is a button that is pressed when a game (replay) is performed using the number of stored balls acquired and stored by the player playing the game.

  Among the display units disposed on the surface 350 a below the display unit 312 in the holding frame 350, the banknote available display unit 306 is inserted into the banknote insertion slot 302 as to whether or not the banknote can be received. When it is a display part which shows whether it is in the state where it is possible to record the frequency which is the game value corresponding to the amount of the bill made to the visitor card 38 or the membership card 37, and it is in a state where it can be accepted The bill usable LED 306a (see FIG. 7) built in the LED is turned on, and is turned off when the acceptance is not possible. The coin availability display unit 307 indicates whether or not a coin can be received, that is, the number of coins corresponding to the amount of coins inserted into the coin slot 303 is a visitor card 38 or a membership card. It is a display part which shows whether it is in the state which can be recorded on 37, and when it is in the state where reception is possible, built-in coin use possible LED307a (refer FIG. 7) lights, and acceptance is not possible Turns off when not present.

  The member card availability display unit 320 is a display unit that indicates whether or not the member card 37 can be received. When the member card 37 can be received, that is, the player places the member card 37 on the member card 37. Use a built-in member card when you can borrow a pachinko ball from the recorded frequency and perform a game, or you can replay at least a part of the number of stored balls recorded on the member card 37 The enabling LED 320a (see FIG. 7) is turned on and turned off when the membership card 37 cannot be received (for example, when offline or when an error occurs).

  The card processing in-progress display unit 321 is configured so that the built-in card processing in-progress LED 321a is blinked and turned on during the execution of the cash use processing using the visitor card 38 based on the insertion of banknotes or money. It is notified that the process is being performed.

  In addition, an infrared light receiving unit 336 for receiving infrared light emitted from a remote control carried by a game shop clerk or the like when provision of a privilege to an event subject is completed is provided below the protrusion 305. It has been.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the card unit 3 of this embodiment has the membership card insertion slot 309 and the visitor card insertion slot 310 arranged side by side as viewed from the player, and the visitor visitor The card insertion port 310 is provided in a step portion 340 formed so as to enter the inside of the apparatus from the front surface of the card unit 3 provided with the member card insertion port 309.

  The membership card insertion slot 309 is connected to a membership card slot (not shown) of the card reader / writer 327, and the membership card 37 can be inserted into the membership card slot via the membership card insertion slot 309. . A visitor card insertion port 318 provided in the step 340 is also connected to a visitor card storage chamber (not shown) of the card reader / writer 327, and the visitor card 38 is inserted through the visitor card installation port 310. It can be installed in the visitor card storage chamber.

  When the visitor card 38 is installed in the visitor card storage chamber, the end of the installed visitor card 38 is installed in a manner that protrudes from the visitor card installation port 310. In addition, a transparent cover member 310 ′ that covers the entire step 340 is detachably attached to the step 340 provided with the visitor card mounting opening 310, thereby being mounted on the card reader / writer 327. The visitor card 38 is visible through the transparent cover member 310 ′, and the visitor card 38 inserted by the transparent cover member 310 ′ cannot be removed. The visitor card 38 is enclosed in the card unit 3. It is said that it was in the state.

  In this way, covering the entire surface of the stepped portion 340 with the transparent cover member 310 ′ makes it possible to avoid problems due to the intrusion of foreign matter or the like inside 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 310 ′ has a locking protrusion 341 provided at the front side end of the transparent cover member 310 ′ and a locking hole 342 provided in the side surface of the step portion 340. And a locking claw 343 provided at the rear end of the side surface of the transparent cover member 310 ′ is engaged with a locking hole 344 provided in the bottom surface of the step portion 340 to be attached. The engagement of the locking claw 343 and the locking hole 344 is released by releasing the locking portion by releasing the locking of the card unit 3 and pulling the card unit 3 to the entire surface. It can be removed. This makes it possible for a game attendant or the like who can release the lock to easily exchange the visitor card 38 and that the normal card unit 3 is juxtaposed with the pachinko machine 2 to expose the engaging portion. Therefore, the transparent cover member 310 ′ cannot be removed during normal use, that is, the attached 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 310 ′ are in contact with the upper and lower surfaces of the stepped portion 340 provided with the visitor card mounting opening 310. These LED modules 346 are controlled to emit light when a cash use process is performed on the visitor card 38 attached to the card reader / writer 327, and the transparent cover member 310 ′ is inserted from the end face thereof. The illuminated LED module 346 is lit in green light to notify the player and the staff that the rental process by the visitor card 38 is being processed.

  As described above, the fact that the LED module 346 is caused to emit light to notify that the lending process by the visitor card 38 is being processed is that the player normally executes the cash use process by the visitor card 38 according to the insertion of money. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and a notification that the cash use processing of the visitor card 38 by the LED module 346 or the like is being processed is performed. It is good also as a structure which does not.

  As shown in FIG. 5, a member card receiving display unit 345 configured by an EL (electric luminescence) panel 345a that emits light when a high frequency voltage is applied is provided around the card insertion slot 309. . The membership card reception display section 345 is lit red when the membership card 37 is being received, indicating that the membership card 37 is being received together with the lighting mode of the multi-function display section 301. To the players and the game hall staff.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the card unit 3. The card unit 3 mainly includes a card reader / writer 327, a display control board 329, and a control unit 328. The card reader / writer 327 and the display control board 329 are connected to the control unit 328, and various data Can be sent and received.

  The card reader / writer 327 is arranged so as to be connected to both the membership card insertion slot 309 and the visitor card insertion slot 310, and the integrated circuit (IC) of the membership card 37 inserted and received in the membership card insertion slot 309. ) Reading and writing of recording information such as the membership card ID and membership ID (1) recorded in 84, the frequency, and the recording information stored in the visitor card 38 installed in the visitor card installation slot 310, etc. I do.

  The card reader / writer 327 includes a communication board 327a for transmitting / receiving data to / from the membership card 37 inserted into the membership card slot and the visitor card 38 installed in the visitor card accommodation room, and the card reader. And a control board 327b on which a controller for controlling the writer 327 is mounted. As shown in FIG. 7, the control board 327b is connected to the system controller 100 via the hub 8 ′ and the communication cable 8. Is connected to the system controller 100 and is capable of performing data communication with the system controller 100, and performs authentication of the membership card ID read from the inserted membership card 37, confirmation of the frequency, and the like with the system controller 100. The communication status with the controller 100 is confirmed, and the communication status Sequentially outputted to the control unit 328 a. The control board 327b is also connected to a control unit 328 for controlling the card unit 3, and various data can be transmitted to and received from the control unit 328 and recorded on the inserted member card 37. The member card ID is verified and the frequency is confirmed with the system controller 100.

  Electronic components such as the above-described liquid crystal display 313, touch panel 314, various switches, and the above-described replay LED 320a are connected to the display control board 329. Among the electronic components connected to the display control board 329, the touch panel 314, the lending unit setting switch 316a, the information display switch 318a, and the replay switch 319a are connected to the control unit 328 via the display control board 329. The position detection information from the touch panel 314 and the detection signal of each switch are input to the control unit 328. The membership card usable LED 320a is also connected to the control unit 328 via the display control board 329, and lighting control thereof is performed by the control unit 328. Further, as will be described later, a rotation drive motor 357 for rotating the liquid crystal display 313 is connected to the control unit 328 via the display controller 329, and the drive control is performed by the control unit 328.

  In addition, the display control board 329 specifies a display driving circuit that performs display driving of the liquid crystal display 313 and a position that is pressed based on an output signal from the touch panel 314 and outputs the specified input position information. It includes an input position detection circuit, a VRAM used for display processing of the display drive circuit and image composition processing, and an I / O port to which various switches are connected and signals from the switches are input, and is output from the control unit 328. The display data such as various screens is displayed on the liquid crystal display 313.

  In addition to electronic components such as switches and displays connected via the display control board 329, the control unit 328 includes the above-described multi-function LED (full color LED) 301a, direction indication LED 306a, inserting LED 307a, LED module 346. , An EL panel 345a, an infrared light receiving unit 336, and a driving motor 355 for moving the liquid crystal display 313 forming the protrusion 305 described later, and a limit switch for detecting the position of the liquid crystal display 313. Electronic components including 356a and 356b, a bill recognition unit 323, a coin recognition unit 324, and a CCD camera 335 are connected.

  The banknote identification unit 323 takes in banknotes (10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 2,000 yen, and thousand yen banknotes) inserted into the banknote insertion slot 302 and identifies their authenticity and banknote type. Also, the coin identification unit 324 identifies the authenticity and coin type of coins (100 yen coins and 500 yen coins in this embodiment) inserted from the coin insertion slot 303.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the control unit 328 is connected to the operation unit 14 provided at a predetermined position on the upper surface of the hit ball supply tray 23 of the corresponding pachinko machine 2, and is provided on the operation unit 14. The control unit 328 performs display control of the frequency display unit 17 that displays the frequency (game value) that can be used for lending pachinko balls that are rented, and the lending button 16 and the return button 15 provided on the operation unit 14 Is output to the control unit 328, so that when a frequency is present in the frequency display unit 17, a predetermined number of pachinko balls can be lent by the corresponding pachinko machine 2 or a membership card. A return process for discharging and returning the member card 37 being received in the insertion slot 309 is performed.

  The control unit 328 is equipped with an I / O port (not shown) for inputting / outputting signals to / from a microprocessing unit (MPU) 330, a RAM 331, a ROM 332, a real time clock (RTC) 333, and various connected devices. The RTC 333 outputs date information and time information to the MPU 330, so that the control unit 328 can grasp the date and time at each time point, and the MPU 330 is based on a processing program stored in the ROM 332. , Receiving detection signals of various switches, position detection information of the touch panel 314, identification signals by the banknote identification unit 323 and the coin identification unit 324, read data from the card reader / writer 327, received data from the member management computer 120, etc. Connect to unit 328 LED, card reader / writer 327, control of display control board 329, etc., overall operation control, membership card 37 reception processing, ball lending processing using frequency, re-use using saving ball count Various processes such as a play process, an additional deposit process for depositing to the frequency of the membership card 37, a cash use process using the visitor card 38, and a return process for the membership card 37 are executed.

  Further, the control unit 328 is connected to the member management computer 120 through the communication unit 334 and the HUB 8 'so as to be able to perform data communication, and can transmit and receive various data.

  Also, it is connected to a payout control board (not shown) of the corresponding pachinko machine 2, and various signals associated with the ball lending process can be exchanged with the payout control board as shown in FIG. Has been.

  The control unit 328 is connected to the relay terminal 4 and is recovered from the corresponding pachinko machine 2, the supply ball detection switch 6 that detects the pachinko ball supplied to the pachinko machine 2, and the pachinko machine 2. The various game information output from the out ball detection switch 7 for detecting the pachinko ball that has been played, that is, the signal indicating the game related information generated in connection with the game of the pachinko machine 2 is input via the relay terminal 4. The game information based on the input signal is transmitted to the member management computer 120 as game information data in a predetermined format via the communication unit 334 and the HUB 8 ′, so that the member The management computer 120 collects and manages game information of the pachinko machine 2 to which the card unit 3 corresponds, and each member game. Game history of each finisher is managed.

  Specifically, a supply signal indicating the number of pachinko balls supplied to the pachinko machine 2 is output from the supply ball detection switch 6 and indicates a big hit signal indicating that a big hit is being made, and indicating that the probability is being changed. A pachinko machine is a signal that changes the probability, a start signal that indicates that the start winning is received, a premium signal 1 that indicates that a premium notice has occurred (premium notice signal), and a premium signal 2 that indicates that premium reach has occurred (premium reach signal). 2, a driving signal indicating the number of pachinko balls collected from the pachinko machine 2 is output from the out ball detection switch 7 and input to the control unit 328. When a big hit signal or a probability changing signal is output among the signals, the game information data is transmitted to the member management computer 120 at the time of output of the signal instead of every predetermined time interval, and the big hit or Prompt notification of occurrence of probable big hits.

  The predetermined address in the RAM 331 includes a member ID (1), which is member identification information read from the inserted member card 37, a member ID (1) register in which the member card ID is stored, and a member card. In addition to an ID register, a stored ball number register for storing the number of stored balls, a password number register for storing the received password number, and a frequency register for storing the frequency, the control unit 328 is connected to the control unit 328. Supply ball total register and out ball total register for storing the total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls from the start of business based on the input of supply signals and driving signals from the relay terminal 4, and supply during insertion of the membership card 37 Member supply ball number (IN) registries in which the total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls in the game of member players based on signals and driving signals are stored And a member out ball number (OUT) register, a special prize number register for adding and storing the number of jackpots based on the output of the jackpot signal from the relay terminal 4, and a member for storing the number of jackpots during insertion of the member card 37 History memory for storing the ID and deposit ID and frequency used for the lending process and the replay process, the member ID (1), and the number of replays used when the system controller 100 is offline with the special prize number register An area is provided, and the history of ball lending and replay stored offline in the history storage area when the communication state with the system controller 100 and the member management computer 120 is restored to the online state, A storage management computer through the system controller 100 and the member management computer 120. As a result, the consistency of the frequency of the membership card 37 managed by the system controller 100 and the number of stored balls managed by the stored ball management computer 160 is maintained. Yes.

  Further, the total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls from the start of business in the supply ball total register and the out ball total register are transmitted to the member management computer 120, and the member card 37 is inserted when the member card 37 is returned. The number of supply balls (IN), the number of out balls (OUT) and the number of member special prizes associated with 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 By transmitting the number of member special prizes stored in the register to the member management computer 120, the member management computer 120 can grasp the balance of each member player along with the balance from the start of business of the pachinko machine 2. It has become.

  The processing contents performed in the card unit 3 of this embodiment will be described. First, the card unit 3 accepts whether the member card 37 inserted into the member card insertion slot 309 can be used. Process.

  Further, when the frequency read from the member card 37 received in the reception process remains, and when the operation of the lending button 16 provided in the pachinko machine 2 is detected, the corresponding pachinko machine 2 is The lending process is executed to output the lending request and allow the pachinko ball to be lent.

  In addition, the membership card 37 is being received and the remaining frequency is 0 degree, and the bill (1000 yen bill, 2000 yen bill, 5000 yen bill, 10000 yen bill) or coin (100 yen coin, 500 yen coin) ) Is inserted or inserted, and an additional deposit process is performed to add the frequency corresponding to the identified amount to the frequency read from the accepted membership card 37.

  In addition, when the membership card 37 is not received, a low-value bill (1000 yen bill) or a coin (100 yen coin, 500 yen coin) is inserted and identified, which corresponds to the identified amount. After the frequency is recorded on the visitor card 38 installed in the visitor card installation slot 310, a lending request is output to the corresponding pachinko machine 2 using all of the recorded frequencies, and the pachinko ball is lent. We perform cash use processing to carry out.

  In addition, the number of saving balls saved by the member player in the previous game is obtained from the saving ball management computer 160 via the member management computer 120, and the obtained number of saving balls is used for the corresponding pachinko machine 2. On the other hand, a payout request is output, and a replay process (payout process) is performed to pay out a predetermined number of pachinko balls.

  Moreover, when the return button with which the pachinko machine 2 arranged in parallel with the card unit 3 is operated by the player, a return process is performed to return the member card 37 being received.

  In the card unit 3 of this embodiment, the protruding portion 305 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 200 provided inside the card unit 3, and the accommodating mechanism of the protruding portion 305 will be described with reference to FIGS. To do.

  As shown in FIG. 8C, guide rails 201a and 201b having a T-shaped vertical cross section are positioned on the axial line in the vertical direction of the main body 3b of the card unit 3 of the housing portion 200. The movable body is disposed in parallel with each other in the front-rear direction of the main body 3b, and rotatably holds the liquid crystal display 313 between the upper and lower guide rails 201a and 201b. 202 is slidably fitted in the front-rear direction.

  Specifically, the moving body 202 is configured by a plate member that is slightly thinner than the thickness of the liquid crystal display 313, and a holding arm for rotatably holding the liquid crystal display 313 at the front upper and lower positions thereof. The parts 203a and 203b are formed to extend forward. And the recessed stripe 204 which faces the front-back direction is recessedly provided in the upper surface side of these holding arm parts 203a, and the lower surface side of the holding arm part 203b, The opposing surface of each of said guide rail 201a, 201b is set in this recessed stripe 204 The guide rails 201c that protrude in the front-rear direction and are fitted are guided by the guide rails 201a and 201b so as to be slidable between the display position P1 and the storage position P2.

  In addition, shaft members 205a and 205b that are directed in the vertical direction are provided at the distal ends of the holding arm portions 203a and 203b, respectively, and the liquid crystal display 313 is rotatably held around these shaft members 205a and 205b. ing. In addition, in the main body of the liquid crystal display 313, the rotation drive motor 357 linked to the lower shaft member 205b is provided.

  A nut member 206 having a female threaded portion formed on the inner peripheral surface is fixed to the rear portion of one side surface of the moving body 202. The nut member 206 is a rod provided in the front-rear direction of the housing portion 200 in the main body 3b. The member 207 is screwed into a male thread portion formed on the outer peripheral surface. The front and rear end portions of the bar member 207 are pivotally supported around the axis with respect to the front and rear walls of the main body 3b, and the rear end portion is for movement fixed to the rear wall of the main body 3b. A driven gear 209 that meshes with a driving gear 208 fixed to the tip of a rotating shaft 355a of the motor 355 is fixed, and the rotation of the rotating shaft 355a of the driving motor 355 for movement is a stick through the driving gear 208 and the driven gear 209. It is transmitted to the member 207.

  Since the nut member 206 screwed to the outer periphery of the bar member 207 is fixed to the movable body 202 that is non-rotatably guided by the upper and lower guide rails 201a and 201b, the nut member 206 cannot be rotated relative to the bar member 207. As a result, the moving body 202 is moved forward or backward by the guide rails 201a and 201b by the driving motor 355 for driving and the rod member 207 rotating around the axis. It is guided to slide freely.

  On the rear side of the other side surface of the moving body 202, pressing is performed by abutting and pressing limit switches 356a and 356b that are spaced apart from each other at predetermined positions on the front surface and the opposite surface (side wall inner surface) of the main body 3b of the card unit 3, respectively. The member 210 is fixed. The pressing member 210 presses the front limit switch 356a when the moving body 202 is positioned at the display position P1, and presses the rear limit switch 356b when positioned at the storage position P2. Thus, when the limit switches 356a and 356b detect that the moving body 202 is positioned at the display position P1 or the storage position P2, the control unit 328 stops the driving of the moving drive motor 355, and the moving body 202 Is stopped at the display position P1 or the storage position P2.

  Next, the movement state and operation of the liquid crystal display 313 provided movably between the display position P1 and the storage position P2 will be described. First, the liquid crystal display 313 is shown in FIGS. 8 (a) and 8 (b). When located at the indicated display position P1, the front portion of the moving body 202 supported by the bar member 207 via the guide rails 201a and 201b and the nut member 206 and the liquid crystal display held by the moving body 202 The device 313 is in a state of protruding forward (left side in the figure) from the front surface 3a, that is, toward the player side, through the insertion port 211 of the front surface 3a of the card unit 3. Specifically, the entire main body of the liquid crystal display 313 is located at a front position protruding from the front surface 3a.

  The liquid crystal display 313 moves in a direction perpendicular to the front surface 3a of the card unit 3 while moving between the storage position P2 and the display position P1 and in the storage position P2 stored in the storage unit 200, in other words, The front surface 313 having the display surface 312 is the pachinko machine 2 side corresponding to the card unit 3 (the player side playing the game with the corresponding pachinko machine 2 (the lower side in FIG. 8A)), and the card A vertical member that is parallel to the side surface of the unit 3 and is moved from the storage position P2 to the display position P1, and the shaft driving member is driven by the rotation drive motor 357 to face the vertical direction. The display surface 312 is centered on 205a and 205b, ie, at a predetermined position (a position indicated by a two-dot chain line in FIG. 8A) rotated by a predetermined angle (for example, about 45 degrees) so as to face forward. To stop.

  In this state, the entire display surface 312 of the liquid crystal display 313 is located at a position ahead of the front surface 3a of the main body 3b of the card unit 3 and approaches the player. At this time, the visibility of the display surface 312 of the liquid crystal display 313 is effectively prevented from being lowered.

  Further, since the liquid crystal display 313 is rotatably held by the moving body 202 guided by the guide rails 201a and 201b so as to be movable in the front-rear direction via the shaft members 205a and 205b facing upward and downward. Since the display surface 312 can be rotated to an angle that is easy for the player to see, the visibility of the display surface 312 can be improved more effectively. Further, by operating an angle adjustment selection input unit (not shown) displayed on the display unit 312, it is possible to perform fine angle adjustment of the display surface 312.

  Further, since the liquid crystal display 313 is provided so as to be rotatable with respect to the moving body 202, for example, when the liquid crystal display 313 is positioned at the display position P1, the display content on the display surface 312 is not visually recognized. If the posture is parallel to the moving body 202, the main body of the liquid crystal display 313 does not protrude to the player or the pachinko machine 2 side, and interferes with the player. In addition, when viewing, the liquid crystal display 313 can be rotated to use the display surface 312 toward the player.

  Next, when the liquid crystal display 313 is positioned at the storage position P2 shown in FIGS. 9A and 9B, that is, the storage portion in which the entire main body of the liquid crystal display 313 is provided in the card unit 3. When it is accommodated in 200, the liquid crystal display 313 and the moving body 202 do not protrude from the front surface 3 a of the card unit 3. Thus, when the liquid crystal display 313 is not used, such as when the player does not use the liquid crystal display 313 or when there is no player who plays a game with the pachinko machine 2 corresponding to the card unit 3, Since the liquid crystal display 313 at the display position P1 can be accommodated in the accommodating portion 200 provided inside the main body 3b of the card unit 3, the liquid crystal display 313 when not in use can be used by a player, other players, or a store clerk. Etc., and the failure of the liquid crystal display 313 due to the interference can be prevented.

  Further, since the liquid crystal display 313 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 200 in a vertical orientation in which the display surface 312 faces substantially perpendicular to the display surface 3a of the card unit 3, the left and right widths of the front surface 3a of the card unit 3 are accommodated. The card unit 3 does not need to be thick with a large size, and can be accommodated in the card unit 3 in a compact manner. That is, by accommodating in such a vertical orientation, the card unit 3 is formed thick corresponding to the size of the display surface 312 even when the display surface 312 of the liquid crystal display 313 is enlarged, for example. Since there is no need, for example, when a large number of pachinko machines 2 are installed on a gaming machine installation island (not shown), while avoiding the situation where the card unit 3 is bulky and the number of installable pachinko machines 2 is reduced, the liquid crystal The display surface 312 of the display 313 can be increased in size.

  Next, the drive control contents of the movement drive motor 355 and the rotation drive motor 357 for moving the liquid crystal display 313 between the display position P1 and the storage position P2 will be described.

  The control unit 328 monitors the input state of the detection signals from the limit switches 356a and 356b. For example, when the detection signal from the limit switch 356b disposed at the rear position is input, that is, a liquid crystal display When it is determined that 313 is stopped at the accommodation position P2, the reception status of the member card 37 to the card reader / writer 327 is monitored.

  When it is determined that the member card 37 is received by the card reader / writer 327, the moving drive motor 355 is driven to move the moving body 202 and the liquid crystal display 313 positioned at the storage position P2 stored in the storage unit 200 to the display position. While moving to P1, when the detection signal is input from the limit switch 356a, the driving of the moving drive motor 355 is stopped. That is, the liquid crystal display 313 stops at the display position P1.

  Further, immediately after the drive of the movement drive motor 355 is stopped, the rotation motor 357 is driven to rotate the liquid crystal display 313 by 45 degrees about the shaft members 205a and 205b, and the drive is stopped after the end of the rotation operation. To do.

  Thus, when the member card 37 is received by the card reader / writer 327, that is, when the member card 37 is inserted into the member card insertion slot 309, the liquid crystal display 313 is moved to the display position P1 and can be used. By doing so, the player can use the liquid crystal display 313 without performing an operation of moving the liquid crystal display 313, so that the usability is improved.

  Further, the control unit 328 determines that the liquid crystal display 313 is stopped at the display position P1 when the detection signal from the limit switch 356a disposed at the front position is input, that is, the card. When it is determined that the member card 37 received by the reader / writer 327 has been returned, first, the rotation motor 357 is driven, so that the display surface 312 of the liquid crystal display 313 is vertically oriented so as to be substantially orthogonal to the front surface 3a. After returning to the posture, the driving motor 355 for movement is driven to move the liquid crystal display 313 located at the display position P1 to the accommodation position P2 and accommodate it in the accommodation unit 200.

  When the member card 37 is received by the card reader / writer 327 as described above, when it is determined that the received member card 37 is returned, the liquid crystal display 313 is moved to the storage position P2 to be in the storage state. Thus, since the player can house the liquid crystal display 313 without performing an operation of moving the liquid crystal display 313, usability is improved.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the moving body 202 including the projecting portion 305 can be moved in and out by sliding, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, as shown in FIG. A rotating shaft 370 that faces in the horizontal direction is provided at the lower rear end of the moving body 202 and is pivotally supported in the vicinity of the lower end of the insertion port 211 on the back surface of the front surface 3a of the card unit 3, so that the rotating shaft 370 is centered The projecting portion 305 including the liquid crystal display 313 may be allowed to appear and retract by allowing the moving body 202 and the liquid crystal display 313 to rotate between the display position P1 and the storage position P2.

  The rotation shaft 370 is linked to a movement drive motor 372 via a bevel gear 371 provided in the movable body 202, and the movable body 202 is rotated by the movement of the movement drive motor 372. Thus, the moving body 202 is automatically moved up and down by the moving drive motor 372. In addition, 373 in the figure is a covering piece for covering the upper half of the insertion opening 211 that is opened when the moving body 202 is positioned at the display position P1.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the moving body 202 including the liquid crystal display 313 constituting the projecting portion 305 is automatically retracted by inserting the member card 37, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the user and the staff may perform the appearance of the moving body 202.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the depositing device 21 for depositing the membership card 37 is provided at a predetermined position in the game hall. The depositing device 21 includes a coin identifying unit, a bill identifying unit, the card reader / writer, and various operations that are substantially the same as the coin identifying unit 324, the bill identifying unit 323, and the card reader / writer 327 provided in the card unit 3. Buttons, etc. are provided, and when the frequency remaining on the membership card 37 owned by the member player is “0”, the member player deposits the membership card 37 up to 10,000 yen, By inserting the credited member card 37 into the card unit 3, the frequency corresponding to the money can be used in the game.

  Further, in the gaming system of the present embodiment, when the frequencies remain in the member card 37, a settlement apparatus 22 is provided so that these frequencies can be exchanged for cash.

  The settlement apparatus 22 used in this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 10 and FIG. 11. The settlement apparatus 22 is arranged at a predetermined position in the game hall such as the end position of the game island, and its external shape is shown in FIG. 10, an operation display unit 401 for notifying the player that payment is possible, and a card insertion slot 402 into which a member card 37 to be paid can be inserted The gaming value specified by the card indicator 403 that notifies that the membership card 37 is being received in the card insertion slot 402 by flashing and the recorded information of the membership card 37 inserted in the card insertion slot 402. An amount display unit 407 for displaying a settlement amount corresponding to the frequency, and a settlement button that is input when the settlement amount displayed on the amount display unit 407 is settled. 410, a cancel button 409 that is input when the settlement process is interrupted, a coin discharge port 411 through which coins to be paid out in accordance with the settlement are discharged, and a coin discharge from the coin discharge port 411 is notified by blinking. A coin indicator 412, a banknote outlet 413 from which banknotes to be paid out with payment are discharged, and a banknote indicator 414 for notifying the banknote discharge from the banknote outlet 413 by flashing.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the settlement apparatus 22 of the present embodiment is provided with CCD cameras 425 and 426 as imaging devices at the upper position and the lower position of the front surface thereof, so that the inside of the operator who performs settlement When the payment contents match the imaging conditions set in advance in the system controller 100, an imaging instruction is transmitted from the system controller 100 to the CCD cameras 425 and 426, and imaging is performed. It is transmitted to the controller 100.

  The configuration of the settlement apparatus 22 will be described. The settlement apparatus 22 includes the operation display unit 401, the amount display unit 407, the settlement button 410, the stop button 409, the card indicator 403, the bill indicator 414, the coin In addition to the indicator 412, as shown in FIG. 11, an IC card reader / writer 415 that is connected to the card insertion slot 402 and reads, writes, and erases recorded information of the member card 37, and the coin discharge slot 411. A coin dispensing unit 418 that dispenses coins, a bill dispensing unit 419 that dispenses banknotes connected to the bill discharge port 413, and controls the display operation of the amount display unit 407. A display driver 420 to perform, the CCD cameras 425 and 426 described above, and the membership card 37 In addition to storing various data read out and the like, the control unit in which the control contents of the MPU 423 described later are stored, the storage unit 421 in which the device ID and the like are stored, and the system controller 100 and the data via the communication cable A communication unit 422 for performing communication and a microprocessing unit (MPU) 423 for controlling these units are provided, and these units are connected as shown in FIG.

  Here, the system controller 100 used in the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 12, the system controller 100 implements a data bus 101 that transmits and receives data inside the computer. RAM 103 used as a CPU 102, work memory, etc., time information and calendar, update processing of various databases such as a card master table, card unit-specific data table, card usage history table, game history table, etc., which will be described later, and various determination processes RTC 104 that outputs information, a storage device 105 including a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk, an input device 106 that is a dedicated keyboard to which a function menu is uniquely assigned, a display device 107 that displays and outputs various information, A first communication unit 109 that performs data communication with the printer 108 that prints out information, the member management computer 120, the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327), the depositing device 21, and the payment device 22, and the card company. It is a normal computer to which a digital service unit (DSU) 111 for enabling data communication through a management server and a telephone line is connected.

  The storage device 105 includes various tables as shown in FIGS. 13A to 13C, 14 and 15, in addition to the processing program for executing the processing of the system controller 100. Card management database (DB) is registered.

  First, in the member attribute information table of FIG. 13A, for each member ID (1) recorded on the member card 37, the name (name and name) of the member player who owns the member card 37, gender, Member attribution information (personal information) of a member player consisting of age, birthday, occupation, and address is registered in association with each other, and the registration information in the member attribute information table is member information registered in the member management computer 120. It is sequentially updated at the time of startup or when a change occurs so as to be the same as the registered content of the table (see FIG. 34 (a)).

  Further, in the member card master table shown in FIG. 13B, for each member card ID of the member card 37, in the case of the member card 37, the member ID (1) and the depositing device 21 or the card unit 3 will be described later. The deposit ID given each time the deposit process is performed, the apparatus ID of the deposit apparatus 21 or the card unit 3 on which the deposit process corresponding to the deposit ID is performed, and the deposit amount provided for the deposit process The corresponding deposit frequency, the usage frequency used for the lending process in the card unit 3 based on the deposited frequency, the remaining frequency not yet used for the lending process among the deposit frequencies, and the membership card 37 of the card company None in the black list or the appearance list included in the operation information described later distributed from the management server 140 or the gray member list described later. Cannot be used to indicate whether the member card 37 or the visitor card 38 is unusable based on the deletion information transmitted to the system controller 100 by the setting or member registration deletion processing performed by the member management computer 120 Information is registered in association with each other, and the remaining frequency registered in the member card master table is registered and managed so that the remaining frequency recorded in the corresponding member card 37 matches. When the unavailable information (flag) of the membership card 37 corresponding to the invalid setting in the black list or the appearance list and the gray membership list is registered as unavailable “1”, the use of the membership card 37 is prohibited. It has become so.

  Further, in the data table for each card unit shown in FIG. 13C, for each device ID of the card unit 3, the island number of the game island where the card unit 3 is installed and its communication status (online or offline). ), The corresponding model that is the model name of the corresponding pachinko machine 2, the serial number and visitor card ID of the installed visitor card 38, and the total use frequency that is the total of the frequency used for the lending process described later And the V (visitor) card usage frequency that is the frequency used from the visitor card 38 out of the total usage frequency, the membership card usage frequency that is the frequency used from the membership card 37, and payment in the card unit 3 The amount of money received for the membership card, which is the total amount of money received, and the amount of each cash denomination received for the money receipt are 10,000 yen, 5000 yen, 2 00 yen, 1000 yen, 500 yen and 100 yen are registered, and the registration data in these card management DBs and various data such as the remaining frequency registered in the member card master table are stored in the card unit 3 It is updated based on various information transmitted each time.

  Further, in the card management database (DB) of this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, each member card 37 is associated with the time when the card unit 3, the depositing device 21 and the payment device 22 are used, The membership card ID and processing type, processing frequency, acceptance (withdrawal) denomination of the used membership card 37, and the device ID of the device that performed the processing (CU-XXXX is the device ID of the card unit 3, and SS- XX is a device ID of the payment device 22 and NS-XX is a device ID of the depositing device 21) and a member card use history table in which the processing status is stored, and a use history of each member card 37 is stored. Are to be managed.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 15, the management database (DB) of this embodiment is provided with a member game history table in which the game history of members on the business day is registered, and each member player can store the card unit. 3 by inserting the own member card 37 into the ball 3 and carrying out the ball lending operation, and the device ID of the card unit 3 where the ball lending was carried out and the usage frequency used for ball lending in the card unit 3 Are registered as one game history in association with the member ID (1) and the member card ID, and the usage data registered in these member game history tables are stored in the card unit at the end of the game. 3, based on the return of the member card 37 from the member management computer 120, in the usage frequency query output from the member management computer 120, the corresponding usage frequency is the member management computer. It is adapted to be returned to the 20.

  Further, the CPU 102 of the system controller 100 according to the present embodiment calculates a time difference between the payment time and the payment time based on the usage history of the membership card 37 stored in the membership card usage history table shown in FIG. Is determined within a predetermined period of time, or is determined to be a high-payment accountant who performs a checkout of a predetermined amount or more. An imaging instruction transmission is performed for determining whether or not a plurality of settlements are equal to or more than a predetermined number of times, and transmitting an imaging instruction to the settlement apparatus 22 when each determination result is a determination result. Perform the process.

  In addition, the CPU 102 of the system controller 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment performs a process of determining whether or not the number of imaging within a predetermined time has reached a warning notice condition described later, and the captured image that has reached the warning notice condition. Is extracted from the membership card use history table shown in FIG. 14 and displayed.

  Further, in the system controller 100 of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 16, various information related to various card management, card unit management and sales based on the respective tables and databases are stored in the past from the previous day to the previous day. Data can also be output.

  Specifically, on the function selection screen shown in FIG. 17, by selecting or inputting a desired item from the displayed selection items and a date to be output, items (1) to (7) in FIG. As shown, (1) daily table, (2) sales table by island, (3) individual sales, (4) individual detailed information, (5) hourly sales, (6) form management, (7) equipment replacement Each item of the history can be displayed or printed out, for example, as in (3) Individual sales shown in FIG.

  In the system controller 100 according to the present embodiment, (1) as a daily schedule, the sales and total sales of each member and visitor of the store on the selected date, the total sales amount, the total payment to the membership card 37, and the settlement of the membership card 37 are performed. Information such as the store daily schedule on which information such as the total amount is displayed, the sales and total sales amount of each member and visitor of each card unit 3 on the selected date, and the total payment amount to the member card 37 are displayed. A daily date table for the sand, a daily billing table for displaying the number of deposits by the depositing device 21 on the selected date, a total deposit amount, etc., and the number of settlements and the settlement amount for the selected date on the settlement device 22 are displayed. And a settlement machine daily schedule to be displayed.

  In addition, when the (2) island-specific sales table is selected, information such as each member and visitor sales, total sales amount, total deposit amount to the membership card 37, and the like on each selected island is displayed. (3) When individual sales are selected, as shown in FIG. 13, the sales (consumption) of each member and visitor of each card unit (CU) 3 on the selected date, and the total deposit amount to the membership card 37 When (4) Individual detailed information is selected, the sales of each device on the selected date, the number of received money types received, the communication status, the presence / absence of membership card 37, etc. When detailed information is displayed and (5) hourly sales is selected, each store and visitor sales of the entire store and the total sales amount and the total amount of payment to the member card 37 in each time zone on the selected date And information such as the total payment amount That.

  When the (6) form management is selected, the selected form can be printed. When the (7) device replacement history is selected, the card unit stocker (not shown) is selected on the selected date. When a spare card unit is exchanged, the exchange time and information of the exchanged device are displayed.

  In addition to the items (1) to (7) for date selection, display items (menus) that do not require date selection for items (8) to (13) are provided. By selecting the closing information, information such as the sales of the card unit 3 that has been temporarily tightened without being properly tightened due to communication being offline or due to some trouble is displayed, and error information management of item (9) is performed. Is selected, error information such as error discovery 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 and the depositing device 21 and the settlement are selected. When an operation history (communication history) such as the date and time of operation of the device 22 is displayed and the sales state of the item (11) is selected, the communication connection of each connected device and the acceptance letter of the member card 37 When the business constant of item (12) is selected, a screen for setting the type of the form to be automatically printed in the closing process is displayed, and by selecting the visitor card information of item (13), Information such as the number of times of writing of the visitor card 38 attached to each card unit 3 and information such as exchange history (exchange date) are displayed. In the system controller 100, each card and card unit 3 and Management of the depositing device 21 and the settlement device 22 can be performed.

  Further, the information relating to sales (consumption), the information relating to payment, and the balance information of the membership card 37 are transmitted to the card company management server 140 in the closing process performed at the end of the business, and are also shown in FIG. As in the individual sales shown, information such as the amount of money consumed and the amount of money received for each card unit 3 and information on the total amount of money consumed and the total amount of money received at the store are output to the member management computer 120. However, the sales by the member card 37 and the visitor card 38 can be managed, and the sales information is utilized as analysis of the game trends of the members and data such as event effects.

  Further, when the return of the membership card 37 occurs in the card unit 3, as described above, the membership card ID of the membership card 37 and the device ID of the card unit 3 from the membership management computer 120 at the time of the return are obtained. Is sent to the member management computer 120 as the sales amount of the consumption amount used by the member player corresponding to the inquired member card ID for the game based on the transmission of the usage frequency inquiry including Thus, in the member management computer 120, as shown in a member-specific history table of FIG. 35 (c) described later, it is registered as the sales amount of the visit history of the member player.

  Here, cooperation between the system controller 100 used in this embodiment and the management server 140 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. When the power is turned on (started up) by the UPS, the processing program (P) stored in the storage device 105 is automatically started, and abnormality of each file stored in the storage device 105 is determined. While checking based on the error correction code (CRC), it is confirmed whether there is any abnormality in the connected equipment such as the card unit 3, the depositing apparatus 21 and the payment apparatus 22. 140 is notified, and if there is no abnormality, the management server 140 is notified of the check completion.

  Upon receiving the check completion transmission, the management server 140 receives the transmission from the system controller 100 when the previous day (the previous business day) is closed and reads the registered member balance and transmits it to the system controller 100. Upon receipt of the transmission, the system controller 100 performs a comparison between the transmitted member balance and the member balance at the time of the previous closing registered in the self, and if the verification does not match, an invalid data It is determined that there has been an operation, and the management server 140 is notified of a balance abnormality notification.

  If the verification of the member balance matches, the shipping information including the membership card ID of the newly issueable membership card 37 included in the operation information distributed from the management server 140 at the time of the last closing, the black list and the appearance When the list is received, when the membership card 37 registered in the black list and the appearance list is registered in the membership card master table, the unusable information (flag) of the membership card 37 is used. By registering as “1”, the membership card 37 cannot be used, and by sending the shipping information to the member management computer 120, the member management computer 120 can issue a new issue included in the shipping information. The membership card ID and membership ID (1) of the possible membership card 37 are as shown in FIG. , To register as a new can be issued unissued card in the member information table, which will be described later.

  After sending the shipping information to the member management computer 120, the system controller 100 sends a business start notification to the management server 140 and receives a start permission from the management server 140 to start the business. Shift to in-service processing.

  During the business, the member management computer 120 assigns the member ID (1) and the member card ID to the new member in association with the issuance of the member card 37 to the new member, registration of member attribution information, When the member membership information is changed or the member registration is deleted due to the change in membership membership information, new issue information or update information (delete information) is transmitted from the member management computer 120 to the system controller 100. Based on the new issue information or update information (deletion information), new member registration or member information is updated in the member attribute information table shown in FIG.

  In addition, during the business process, the management server 140 transmits health check data for confirming operation to the system controller 100 every predetermined period, and the system controller 100 executes the response based on the response to the health check data. In addition to confirming whether the system is operating normally, the system controller 100 also sends a broad packet for communication connection confirmation to the card unit 3, the issuing device 21 and the settlement device 22 on the LAN for a predetermined time. The control board 327b provided in the card reader / writer 327 in each card unit 3 is in an online / offline communication state depending on whether or not the broad packet is received by transmitting every 5 seconds, for example. Confirmation can be carried out and each The reply based on the reception of the broad packets from Doyunitto 3 and issuing device 21 and accounting device 22, the communication state between the respective system controller 100 is adapted to be confirmed.

  In addition, when a fraud such as abnormality in the remaining amount of the connected device or card is detected during the sales process, the system controller 100 notifies the management server 140 of fraud detection or abnormality detection, so that the management server 140 is installed. Some card companies are able to identify these abnormalities and frauds.

  After the business hours are over, the system controller 100 performs a tightening process. In this closing process, daily sales in which sales of the entire store on the business day are aggregated, individual sales including sales for each card unit 3 and each membership card 37, and games remaining in each membership card 37 Aggregated data including information such as the member balance including the balance information corresponding to the frequency that is the utility value is transmitted to the management server 140, and the management server 140 stores the store information and operation information corresponding to the game hall. And finally, the operation check is performed using the health check data. After the operation check, the system controller 100 is powered off by the UPS.

The operation information distributed from the management server 140 includes a member ID (1), a member ID (2), and a member card ID that are the start numbers of the member cards 37 sent out based on the order from the game hall. The member card ID and member ID (1) of the member card 37 prohibited from use by the card company are described together with the shipping information including information such as the member ID (1), the member ID (2), and the member card ID as the last number. Included blacklists, and an appearance list that describes the membership card ID and membership ID (1) of the membership card 37 that has been found to be lost, stolen, or defective in the course of delivery from the card company to the game hall. When the card corresponding to the member card 37 registered in the black list and the netting list is registered in the member card master table, Membered unusable information of the card 37 (flag) is registered as unavailable "1", so that the use of the card is impossible.

  Next, the configuration of the management server 140, which is the centralized management apparatus in the present embodiment, will be described. As shown in FIG. 72, the management server 140 is connected to the data bus 141 for transmitting and receiving data inside the computer. The membership card 37 used at each amusement park and the membership card 37 and visitor card 38 used to manage the frequency, usage frequency, issuance frequency and deposit frequency management, and the membership card 37 delivered to each amusement park Operational information including shipping information, member registration information including member attribute information of new member registrants, registration acceptance information including authentication ID, change information including information regarding changes received on the site, etc. CPU 142 that performs various processing such as distribution processing to be distributed, RAM 143 that is used as a temporary storage area at the time of processing, member attribute information and shipping An input device 144 such as a keyboard and a mouse as input means for inputting information relating to the membership card 37, a storage device 145 comprising a magnetic disk or a magneto-optical disk, a display device 146 for displaying and outputting various information, and a communication line 11 Are connected to a digital service unit (DSU) 148 for performing data communication with the system controller 100 installed in each amusement hall, and a communication unit 149 for performing bidirectional data communication with the site server 14. It is a normal computer with excellent capabilities.

  In addition to the processing program in which various processing contents executed by the management server 140 are described, the storage device 145 stores the number of times remaining in the member card 37 in association with the member card ID, the membership card 37, and the visitor card 38. In correspondence with the recording medium management DB in which data such as the amount of money received is stored, and the game hall ID uniquely assigned to each game hall so that each game hall can be identified, through the DSU 148 and the communication line 11 A member ID (1) is included in a game table that stores connection information for performing communication connection with the system controller 100 and various types of member IDs (2) used in the storage management computer 160 of each manufacturer. ) Is converted into a conversion rule table registered for each manufacturer name of the storage management computer 160, and shown in FIG. In addition, for each game hall ID, authentication ID, member ID (1), member ID (2), member card ID, PIN, member's name (last name and name), gender, age, birthday, occupation, address Along with the e-mail address, the sending status of the shipping information (“shipped” is registered when the shipping information is sent), the issuance status of the membership card 37 (“finished” is registered when it has been issued) Or a member information database (DB) in which the transmission status of member registration information (“done” is registered when the member registration information is transmitted) is registered and stored in association with each other is stored. Has been.

  Next, the configuration of the site server 14 constituting the registration accepting means and the change accepting means in the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 72, the site server 14 in this embodiment is a data that transmits and receives data inside the computer. Member who issues (transmits) an authentication ID, which is member registrant specific information, to the bus 181 by accepting member attribute information necessary for member registration necessary for processing for transmitting / receiving various site data performed by the site server 14 Used as a CPU 182 for performing registration acceptance processing, change acceptance processing for accepting changes or additions of registered member attribute information from member players who have already issued a membership card 37, etc., used as a temporary storage area during processing, etc. RAM 183, magnetic disk or magneto-optical disk storing HTML data for site, processing program, etc. A storage device 184 comprising: a first communication unit 188 that performs data communication with the management server 140; and a second communication unit 189 that performs data communication with the accessor's information terminal 15 via the Internet network. Computer.

  Next, the storage management computer 160, which is the second management apparatus according to the present invention, will be described. The storage management computer 160, as shown in FIG. 33, transfers the storage management to a data bus 161 that transmits and receives data inside the computer. A CPU 162 that performs a password verification process performed by the computer 160, a process of transmitting the number of stored balls to the member management computer 120, a process of updating a stored ball number table (DB), which will be described later, and the like, a temporary storage area at the time of processing, etc. RAM 163 used, storage device 164 made of magnetic disk or magneto-optical disk, input device 165 such as keyboard and mouse, display device 166 for displaying and outputting various information, printer 167 for printing and outputting various information, member management computer 120 First communication unit 168 that performs data communication with the The second communication unit 169 performs data communication with the vessel 40 and the information terminal 50 is connected to a conventional computer.

  Further, in the storage device 164, in addition to the processing program for executing the processing of the storage management computer 160, as shown in FIG. 67, each member's personal identification number and each member's personal identification number are associated with the member ID (2). A saving ball number table storing the number of saving balls that is a saving value owned by a member player is stored, and the member read from the ball counter 40 from the member card 37 inserted into the ball counter 40 Based on the fact that the counting data of the inserted pachinko ball is transmitted together with the ID (2), the number of balls based on the counting data is added and updated to the number of saving balls corresponding to the member ID (2). The stored ball management computer 160 manages the number of stored balls once acquired by the member player once in the game so that the player can use it again.

  The information terminal 50 of this embodiment connected to the storage management computer 160 will be described. The information terminal 50 reads the member ID (2) recorded on the magnetic stripe 85 of the member card 37, and reads the read member ID. (2) is transmitted to the member management computer 120 and member information acquired from the member management computer 120 is displayed on the display 51. Specifically, the read member ID (2) is transmitted to the member management computer 120 via the storage management computer 160, and the member information received from the member management computer 120 via the storage management computer 160 is displayed on the display 51. To display.

  The information terminal 50 is configured to read only the member ID (2) recorded on the magnetic stripe 85 of the member card 37 and not to read the member ID (1) recorded on the integrated circuit 84 of the member card 37. ing.

  Here, the process when the member card 37 is inserted into the information terminal 50 according to the present embodiment will be briefly described with reference to FIG. 68. Based on the insertion of the member card 37, the information terminal 50 inserts the member card 37 into the information terminal 50. The member ID (2) stored in the 37 magnetic stripes 85 is read out, and selection of the display contents to be displayed on the display 51 is accepted.

  When the member player wants to confirm the number of saving balls remaining at that time, the member read out from the member card 37 is selected by inputting “confirmation of the number of stored balls” in the selection acceptance of the display content. A savings ball number output request including ID (2) is transmitted from the information terminal 50 to the savings ball management computer 160, so as to correspond to the member ID (2) included in the savings ball number output request in the savings ball number table. The registered number of saving balls is extracted and returned to the information terminal 50, and the number of saving balls is displayed on the display 51, so that the member player can check the number of saving balls owned by himself / herself.

  Further, when “point confirmation” or “game history confirmation” is selected and received in the selection acceptance of the display content, a member information output request including the member ID (2) read from the member card 37 is sent to the information terminal. By being transmitted from 50 to the storage management computer 160, the storage management computer 160 relays the member information output request to the member management computer 120. Then, the member management computer 120 that has received the relayed member information output request has registered the member ID (1) corresponding to the member ID (2) included in the member information output request received in the conversion table. The member ID (2) is converted into the member ID (1) by specifying the number of points stored in the member information table corresponding to the converted member ID (1), and the converted member ID The game history stored in the member history table corresponding to (1) is extracted, and the member information including the extracted number of points and game history is included in the received member information output request. Along with (2), it returns to the stored ball management computer 160.

  The returned member information and member ID (2) are relayed by the storage management computer 160 and transmitted to the information terminal 50, whereby the number of points or the game history included in the member information is displayed on the display 51. The

  Next, the member management computer 120, which is the first management apparatus in this embodiment, will be described. As shown in FIG. 33, the member management computer 120 is connected to a data bus 121 that transmits and receives data inside the computer. The membership information of each member is managed in association with ID (1), and various analysis processes such as event evaluation, update process of the member management DB described later, It consists of a CPU 122 that performs aggregation processing of various data such as sales aggregation based on sales information from the system controller 100, a RAM 123 that is used as a work memory, an RTC 124 that outputs time information and calendar information, a magnetic disk, and a magneto-optical disk. Membership information such as storage device 125, personal information regarding new members An input device 126 such as a keyboard and a mouse for receiving various information, a display device 127 for displaying and outputting various information, a printer 128 for printing and outputting, the system controller 100 and the card unit 3 (control unit 328). The first communication unit 129 that performs data communication, the second communication unit 130 that performs data communication with the storage management computer, and the card that reads the membership card ID recorded on the membership card 37 when the membership card 37 is issued It is a normal computer to which an input interface (I / F) 131 to which a reader 132 is connected is connected.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 53, the CPU 122 of the member management computer 120 of the present embodiment performs an event subject person determination process described later.

  Further, the CPU 122 of the member management computer 120 according to the present embodiment displays an event target date determination process for determining whether or not today is an event target date, and information on an event determined as the target date by the determination. Event information extraction and display processing to be extracted and displayed at 127 is performed.

  In addition, the CPU 122 of the member management computer 120 of the present embodiment, the extraction condition composed of a plurality of game information selected on the search condition selection screen (see FIG. 45) described later, and the target period of the game information to be extracted Based on the above, member extraction processing for extracting all member players whose game information during the target period matches the condition selected on the search condition selection screen and displaying the list as shown in FIG. carry out.

  Further, the CPU 122 of the member management computer 120 of this embodiment updates the identification information conversion process for performing mutual conversion between the member ID (1) and the member ID (2) and the conversion table used for the identification information conversion process. The process and the re-game information transmission process which transmits the re-play permission which is re-game information to the said card unit 3 are implemented.

  Further, the CPU 122 of the member management computer 120 of the present embodiment, based on the processing program, the member ID (2) corresponding to the member ID (1) recorded in the newly issued member card 37, and The personal identification number presented by the member player who is issued the membership card 37 is transmitted to the savings management computer 160 together with a registration request, the date is registered on the registration date in the membership information table, and the issuance status is set to “Not yet”. ”To“ already ”, the enabling process for enabling use of the newly issued membership card 37 is performed. When the registration request is received, the storage management computer 160 registers the member ID (2) included in the registration request in the storage number table to be described later, thereby enabling storage.

  Further, the CPU 122 of the member management computer 120 according to the present embodiment, based on the processing program, the member attribute information when the member attribute information is unregistered in the member information table even after a predetermined period from the registration date. The transmission request process for transmitting the transmission request to the management server 140 is performed.

  Further, the CPU 122 of the member management computer 120 according to the present embodiment has not registered a member card ID and member attribute information included in member registration information (described later) transmitted from the management server 140 based on the processing program. A determination process for determining whether or not a certain membership card ID matches is performed, and if the membership card ID does not match in the determination process, a mismatch notification indicating that they do not match is transmitted to the management server 140 Perform notification processing.

  Further, the CPU 122 of the member management computer 120 according to the present embodiment changes registration information in the member information table based on reception of change information (described later) transmitted from the management server 140 based on the processing program. Implement the change process.

  In addition to various processing programs for the member management computer 120 to execute processing, the storage device 125 includes a member management database (DB) comprising various tables shown in FIGS. 34 to 36, and a message to be described later. A message database in which the setting contents set on the setting screen (see FIG. 41) are registered is stored.

  First, as shown in FIG. 34 (a), a direct mail is sent to the member information table constituting the member management database by becoming a target for each member ID (1) and member card ID of the member card 37. DM-No. And event points (Pt.), Number of visits, store visit points, last visit date, member rank based on the number of visits and the amount of income, and the name of the member player carrying the member card 37 ( Last name and name), gender, age, date of birth, occupation, postal code, address, telephone number, mobile phone number, etc. Personal information such as transportation, hobbies, anniversary, e-mail address and whether direct mail can be sent Event player flag indicating whether or not the member player who owns the member card 37 is an event target person today (“Yes” if it is an event target person of the day) Is registered and “No” is registered if the person is not the event subject)), and new registration or registration change is performed on the member registration / change screen described later Update status to be registered (“Yes” is registered when new registration or registration change is performed, and the registration contents based on these new registration or registration change are reflected in the member attribute information table of the system controller 100. "No" is registered at the time of registration), the registration date, which is the date when each member card 37 is issued and made available, and the issue status (not yet registered in the unissued member card 37) The registered membership card 37 is registered and the membership card 37 can be used) is stored, and in the issuance status, the shipping information transmitted from the system controller 100 is stored. When the newly issued member ID (1) and member card ID included in is registered, "Not" is registered, so that it is not yet issued and issuable The card 37 is adapted to be quickly extracted.

  In the event table constituting the member management database, as shown in FIG. 34 (b), the event No. of the event notified to the player is shown. For each event, the event name, its implementation period, and whether or not the event is in progress, that is, whether or not the event is an event to be executed today "Yes" is registered if the event is in progress, and the event is enabled. If the event is not in progress, "No" is registered and the event is disabled. ), Implementation time, and event target conditions (for example, all members, female members, members who have visited the store more than 50 times, members with a deposit of 50,000 yen or more in the past month, event points of 10 Pt. Or more) , Visit point 50Pt. Or more) and the range of the target card unit 3 (for example, all units, ~ Banshima, individual device ID of the target card unit 3) , A privilege to be given to the event target person (for example, unrestricted, rough gift, equivalent exchange, etc.) and a notification time when notifying that the target card unit 3 is the event target person (for example, at the start of the game) , When a big hit occurs, etc.), an upper limit number of notifications per player, and a notification mode (light emission mode of the multi-function display unit 301) when notifying that the target card unit 3 is an event target person And event data consisting of the upper limit notification count of the event and the notification count of the event.

  In addition, in the event data registered in the event table, when an event is duplicated, the priority of the event with respect to another event is also registered.

  In addition, in the history table for each member constituting the member management database, as shown in FIG. 35 (c), a game executed by the member player from insertion of the member card 37 into the card unit 3 until removal is performed once. As a game, all game histories for the last three months and the cumulative number of jackpots, which is the number of jackpots since the day each member player was registered as a member, are registered for each member ID (1). Specifically, for each member ID (1), together with the cumulative number of jackpots, the number of visits to the store, the machine number of the pachinko machine 2 that played the game, the start time of the game (insertion time of the member card 37), and the end of the game Time (return time of membership card 37), game time that is the difference between start time and end time, start count, bonus count, probability variation count, consecutive resort count (number of consecutive occurrences per probability variation jackpot: this time only), member game The amount of sales that the player has consumed for the game, and the amount of expenditure that is equivalent to the prize provided to the member player by the game hall as the member player acquires the game (the minimum number is 100 yen) (Unit), a game history composed of these sales amounts minus the amount of expenditure, and winning and losing of the game hall, are registered for a predetermined period (the past three months in this embodiment).

  These member-specific history tables are based on game information data in a predetermined format transmitted from the card unit 3, and each data corresponding to “current” corresponding to the game history being played at that time is sequentially updated to the latest data. It has been updated.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 35 (d), the individual history table constituting the member management database includes each member and visitor sales for each card unit 3 output from the system controller 100 based on the closing process. Pachinko machine calculated based on the difference between the total number of supply balls and the total number of out balls stored in the supply ball total register and out ball total register output from the card unit 3 together with the total sales information Operating time (minutes) and operating hours in the operating hours obtained by dividing the amount of expenditure of 2 and the amount of payment and the total number of out balls by the average number of hits per unit time (1 minute) in the pachinko machine 2 The operating rate, which is the ratio of (minutes), is a history data database by car that is registered along with each car number, its car type, model, and island number. Scan (DB) are stored, based on the information registered in the respective databases, aggregate output or event effects of various types of information to be described later is adapted to be implemented. In this embodiment, as a method of calculating the amount of money spent, the number of difference balls obtained by subtracting the total number of out balls (the number of out balls (OUT)) from the total number of supply balls (the number of supply balls (IN)) is exchanged for special prizes. The amount of expenditure is calculated by multiplying the rate.

  Further, in the game information table constituting the member management database, as shown in FIG. 36 (a), the model of the pachinko machine 2 is associated with the machine number uniquely assigned to the pachinko machine 2 that is a gaming machine. And the device ID (card unit ID) of the card unit 3 provided corresponding to each pachinko machine 2 and the number of replenishment balls included in the game information data transmitted from the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 The number of supplied balls based on the data, the number of shots based on the number of shot balls in the game information data, the number of balls on the game side based on the difference between the number of balls to be supplied and the number of shot balls, the game information data Data indicating the number of big hits, the number of big hits determined based on the data indicating the presence / absence of jackpot signal 1 and jackpot signal 2 The probability variation number that is determined based on the probability variation state based on this, the big hit probability that is the ratio of the total start number and the big hit number, and the start number 1, 2,. And the presence / absence of a change in the number of start times, the number of replenishment balls and the number of hit balls, which are game information included in the game information data, and a jackpot signal 1 and a jackpot signal which are game state information. The operation status determined based on the data indicating the presence / absence of the input 2 and the gaming state determined based on the data indicating the presence / absence of the jackpot signal 1 and the jackpot signal 2 are stored. In the management computer 120, the game information of the pachinko machine 2 to which each card unit 3 corresponds can be grasped and managed, and such game information can be provided to the card unit 3. .

  In the present embodiment, each game information can be set as an event target condition based on the game information managed in these game information tables. For example, an event on the event setting screen of FIG. No. As shown in the event setting contents of 69, when the number of starts from the previous jackpot is 1000, the player who is playing the game at the next jackpot is a player who is not registered in the member management database. Even in such a case, it is possible to set an event for presenting a crude product to the player.

  Further, in the member-by-member notification history table constituting the member management database, as shown in FIG. 36 (b), each member ID (1), that is, each player who owns the member card 37 is designated as an event target person. The notified notification history (event number of the notified event, privilege of the event, reception date and time, device ID of the accepted card unit 3) is registered.

  Further, in the authentication ID table constituting the member management database, as shown in FIG. 36 (d), when the player newly applies for membership registration at the site server 14, the system controller 100 is transferred from the management server 140. An authentication ID and member attribute information included in registration acceptance information, which will be described later, transmitted via the URL are registered.

  In the conversion table constituting the member management database, as shown in FIG. 36C, all the member IDs (1) used in the member management computer 120 and the storage management computer 160 are used. A member ID (2) corresponding to each member ID (1) is registered in association with each other. Based on these conversion tables, conversion from member ID (1) to member ID (2), member ID (2) ) To the member ID (1) is executed by the CPU 122.

  Here, the flow until these conversion tables are created in the member management computer 120 will be described with reference to FIG. 69. The game hall is newly installed in the card management company by ordering the member card 37. In the management server 140, the game device to be delivered is designated and input from the input device 144, and the member ID (1), the member ID (2), and the member card recorded in the plurality of member cards 37 to be delivered to the game site. Among the IDs, the member ID (1), the member ID (2), the member card ID, and the member ID (1) and the member card ID, which are the last numbers, are included between the first number and the last number. A membership card 37, which is a member recording medium delivered to the amusement hall, with a conversion rule for converting the member ID (1) into the member ID (2), for example, a conversion formula as shown in FIG. Recorded member ID (1), it is input as information capable of specifying the correspondence between the member ID being used (2) at the 貯玉 management computer 160. In this embodiment, since the conversion rule corresponding to the format of the member ID (2) used by each manufacturer is stored in the storage device 144, the member ID (2) to be converted is input at the time of the input. By specifying the manufacturer name, reading the conversion rule, and correcting the conversion rule corresponding to the member card 37 to which the conversion rule is sent out, the conversion equation can be easily input.

  The first member ID (1) and member ID (2) and member card ID input in this way, the last member ID (1) and member ID (2) and member card ID, and these first numbers The member ID (1) and the member ID (2) between the member number and the member number are registered in the member information database of the management server 140, which will be described later, in association with the game hall ID. Member ID (1), Member ID (2) and Member Card ID, Member ID (1) and Member Card ID as final numbers, and shipping information including conversion formulas that are conversion rules are delivered by the Member Card 37 Included in the operation information transmitted every business day from the management server 140 at a predetermined time before the start of business to the system controller 100 installed at the amusement hall designated and input as described above It will be delivered in that form.

  As shown in FIG. 69, the shipping information included in the operation information distributed in this way is transmitted from the system controller 100 to the member management computer 120 based on the reception of the operation information, so that the member management computer 120 The conversion rule included in the shipping information is stored in the storage device 124 as a conversion rule corresponding to the format of the member ID (2) used in the storage management computer 160 with which the member management computer 120 cooperates. Member ID (1) and member card ID as the start number included in the shipping information, Member ID (1) and member card ID as the end number, and member ID (1) and member between these start and end numbers The card ID is registered in the member information table as an unissued member card 37.

  Furthermore, the member ID (1) as the start number and the member ID (1) as the end number included in the shipping information, and the member ID (1) between these start numbers and end numbers are the member IDs of the conversion table. The member ID (2) corresponding to each stored member ID (1) is sequentially calculated by a conversion rule (conversion formula) included in the shipping information, and stored in (1), and the calculated member ID The CPU 122 carries out a conversion table creation process for creating (2) a member of the conversion member ID (1) in association with the member ID (1) and creating (if new) or updating the conversion table. With the registration of the member ID (2) in this conversion table, the storage management computer 160 is notified as the member ID (2) of the member card 37 to be issued from the member management computer 120, The storage management computer 160 can also grasp and manage the member ID (2) corresponding to these unissued member cards 37.

  The flow of calculating the member ID (2) based on these conversion rules (conversion formula) will be specifically described with reference to FIG. 70. For example, the conversion rule is the conversion formula “Y (2) = Y (1) −XX001 + YYYY001”. ”, Y (2) indicates the member ID (2) obtained by conversion, Y (1) indicates the member ID (1) to be converted, and XX001 indicates the start of the member card 37 to be delivered. No. member ID (1), and YYYY001 is the starting member ID (2) of the delivered membership card 37.

  Specifically, the value of the member ID (1) to be converted may be input to this expression. For example, the member ID (1) = XX500 between the start number and the end number is converted into the member ID (2). In this case, first, by subtracting the starting member ID (1) = XX001 from the member ID (1) = XX500, 499 is obtained as the difference number.

  By adding the difference number thus obtained to the starting member ID (2) = YYYY001, the member ID (2) = YYYY500 corresponding to the member ID (1) = XX500 can be obtained.

  In the examples shown in FIGS. 70A and 70B, since the member ID (1) and the member ID (2) are both in decimal format, conversion is possible by simple addition and subtraction. For example, the member ID (2 FIG. 71 shows an example of conversion in the case where, for example, the hexadecimal format is used for the upper three digits that become part of the member ID (2).

  In this case, as shown in FIG. 71, the shipping information transmitted from the management server 140 is a member ID (2) in which the upper three digits are expressed in hexadecimal for the start number and end number of the member ID (2). 2) is included, and the conversion rule includes a conversion formula using a function as shown in FIG.

  The function in this conversion formula indicates that the function of h (x) is a function for converting the upper 3 digits of the value of x from hexadecimal to decimal, and the function of H (x) is x It is predetermined to indicate that this is a function that converts the upper digits other than the lower two digits of the value from decimal to hexadecimal.

  The conversion based on the conversion formula shown in FIG. 71 will be described. For example, when converting the member ID (1) = XX500 between the start number and the end number into the member ID (2), first, the member ID (1 ) = XX500, by subtracting the starting member ID (1) = XX001, 499 is obtained as the difference number.

  Next, A1A, which is the first three digits of the starting member ID (2) = A1A01, is converted from hexadecimal to decimal to obtain member ID (2) = 258601 in decimal.

  Then, after adding the difference obtained in the above to the member ID (2) = 258601 in the decimal system to obtain 259100, the upper 4 which is the upper digit other than the lower 2 digits of 259100 obtained by the addition Member ID (2) = A1F00 can be obtained by converting the digit value 2591 from decimal to hexadecimal and replacing it as A1F.

  As described above, based on the shipping information transmitted from the management server 140, the member ID (1) can be converted into different member IDs (2) of various formats, and a conversion table can be created. It is possible to deal with the member ID (2) used in the storage management computer 160 of different manufacturers.

  In the message database, a plurality of setting contents set on the message setting screen shown in FIG. 41 are registered. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 41, first, the target time for determining the condition for displaying a message is selected and set from two times during card insertion and during card insertion. Then, by selecting a display condition for displaying a message from the pop-up window, message candidates that match the selection condition are displayed in a pop-up window of the message so that the message can be selected. After selecting the priority order, the contents are registered in the message database by selecting and inputting a “setting” selection input section provided in a function tail end area 505 described later at the bottom of the message setting screen. The By repeatedly performing these settings, a plurality of settings can be performed from the message setting screen.

  If you want to check the contents already registered in the message database, select and input the "Check setting contents" selection input section provided at the bottom of the message setting screen. The display screen shown in FIG. 37 based on the contents is displayed on the display device 127, so that the already set contents can be confirmed.

  The display conditions set in the present embodiment will be described based on the display screen shown in FIG. 37. The display conditions at the time of card insertion are set when all members are to be displayed as conditions for member players. "Birthday" that is set when you want to display members who have a birthday on the current day, or "Birthday" that is set when you want to display targets for events held on that day. “Event target” is set, and this month's balance is negative (plus (less than 50,000)), which is set when you want to display members with positive or negative balance as a condition related to game history. Or, if you want to display members with a balance of +50,000 yen or more or +100,000 yen or more for this month, each of the items such as “This month's balance is +50,000 (100,000) or more” In addition to these set conditions, for example, instead of this month, the conditions for displaying members with a positive or negative balance for the last month, or the above balance It is also possible to set a condition with different contents such as a ball and a content that has a different value such as +50,000 (100,000). It should be noted that the period of the current month or the last month may be based on the week, month, year, cumulative total, or the like. As described above, the member management computer 120 of this embodiment can set different conditions relating to the game history and a plurality of different conditions relating to the member player.

  Further, in the message setting screen shown in FIG. 41, messages corresponding to the set conditions can be selected, and the priority (priority order) of the selected message can be selected and set. In this embodiment, messages and priorities as shown in FIG. 37 are selected and set. In addition, from the member card 37 that is being received by the card unit 3 where the message is displayed, “XX”, “Congratulations” and “XX, Happy Birthday” are displayed. The name, which is the read member attribution information, is added and displayed on the display unit 312.

  In addition, in the case where a plurality of display conditions are satisfied by setting the priority to be displayed as 1, the next priority being set to 2, and the next being set to 3, etc. From the one with the smallest priority value, the card unit 3 is sequentially transmitted and displayed.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 37, the display conditions during card insertion include “first big hit today” for the member who generated the first big hit in the game of the day, and the tenth time in the game of the day. “Today ’s 10th big hit” is displayed for the member who generated the big hit, “Probable big hit” for the member who has generated the probable big hit, and 5 or 10 consecutive resorts are generated. "Probable change 5 (10) Renso" that displays a member who is a member, and "100 cumulative jackpot (1000 times)" that displays a member who has reached a cumulative jackpot of 100 or 1000 times is set However, in addition to these set conditions, it is possible to set different conditions for each numerical value indicated by X, such as XX hits today, probability variation XX Renso, and cumulative jackpot XXX times. To have. As described above, the member management computer 120 of this embodiment can set a plurality of different conditions related to the game history.

  Also, in the display conditions during insertion of these cards, as with the display conditions at the time of card insertion described above, it is possible to select a message corresponding to each of the set conditions, and for the selected message. The priority (priority order) can be selected and set. In this embodiment, the message and priority as shown in FIG. 37 are selected and set. As for the priority, as in the case of the message at the time of card insertion, when a plurality of display conditions are satisfied during card insertion, the messages are sequentially transmitted to the card unit 3 in descending order of priority values. Is displayed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 38, the display device 127 of the member management computer 120 according to the present embodiment has a strip shape at the upper position thereof, the version of the processing program, the title of the display content, the current date and time, It is formed in a title area 501 in which a state such as “medium”, “before sales” or “after sales” is displayed, a display area 502 in which various display contents are displayed at a lower position thereof, and a right position of the display area 502. , A sub-menu display area 503 for selecting contents displayed in the display area 502, and formed at a lower position of the display area, and “delete”, “register”, “print”, “change”, “search” The function button area 505 in which various function buttons such as “” are displayed is displayed, and a table of the submenu display area 503 is displayed. On the side of the area 502 side, there are various types of “input”, “report”, “analysis”, “ABC”, “event”, “search”, “output”, “setting”, “maintenance”, “return” Ten menu tabs 504 corresponding to the menu classification are provided. By selecting each menu tab 504 on the screen, a submenu corresponding to the selected menu classification is displayed in the submenu display area 503. By selecting a desired item from the submenu displayed in the submenu display area 503, the display of the content corresponding to the selected content is displayed in the display area 502, and the function button is displayed as necessary. By selecting the “print” function button displayed in the area 505, the display contents can be printed by the printer 128.

  When no menu tab 504 or submenu is selected at the time of startup or the like, the current date output from the RTC 124 and the period of each event registered in the event table (target date) ) And the CPU 122 updates the registration contents of the item “during implementation period” in the event table (FIG. 34B), and “Yes” is registered for the item “during implementation period”. In other words, the name and content of the event that is the event target day is extracted from the event table (FIG. 34 (b)), and as shown in FIG. Number, start time, end time, event period, event name, target condition, privilege content given to the target person in the event information display section 5 in the display area 502 0 to display.

  Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 42, a period designation search input unit 511 is provided in the lower area of the event information display unit 510, and it is desired to confirm the event contents in the period designation search input unit 511. By designating the period or month, all the events corresponding to the designated period out of all the events registered in the event table are extracted by the CPU 122 and extracted as shown in FIG. The contents of all events are displayed in a list.

  In this way, it is possible to accept the designation of the period or month for which the event contents are to be confirmed, extract the events corresponding to the designated period, and display the contents of each extracted event in the event table. Although it is preferable because the registration status can be confirmed and awareness of advance preparation for each registered event is possible, the present invention is not limited to this, and an extraction display function by specifying these periods It is good also as a structure which does not have.

  When the “input” tab is selected in this state, as shown in FIGS. 39 and 48, the submenu display area 503 displays “member registration”, “member organization”, “card update”, “event registration”. The following four items are displayed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, “member registration” is provided in the submenu and is not normally performed. However, in the case of urgency, membership registration is also possible at the game hall. When selected, a member registration screen as shown in FIG. 39 is displayed, and a new issue registered as unissued in the member information table shown in FIG. Of the possible member IDs (1), the youngest number is automatically displayed. In this state, after entering various items such as the member's name (first name and last name), gender, age, birthday, occupation, address, and telephone number from the screen, they are displayed in the function button area 505. By selecting and inputting the “Save” function button, the member membership information thus input is assigned to each item corresponding to the member ID (1) displayed in the member number in the member information table of FIG. In addition to being stored (registered), the issue status is updated from “not yet” to “already” along with the registration, and “Yes” is registered in the update status item.

  In addition, when the “Membership” submenu is selected from the submenu, a list of members registered in the member information table is displayed in the display area 502, and a selection from the list or a member number or name is displayed. It is possible to select a member who wishes to organize by searching from, etc., and execute organization by deletion or the like.

  Also, if it is necessary to reissue the card due to loss or theft of the card, select the “Update Card” submenu and enter the membership number (member ID (1)) of the old card At the same time, the member ID (1) and member card ID of the newly issued member card 37 are input, so that the member attribution information and game registered corresponding to the old member ID (1) and the member card ID are entered. Each data such as history and notification history is updated so as to be associated with the new member ID (1) and the member card ID, and the old and new member ID (1) and the member card ID are changed to the system controller 100. By transmitting as contents, each data of the member attribute table and the card master table is updated so as to correspond to the new member ID (1) and the member card ID.Further, the saving management computer 160 also sends a change notification together with the old and new member ID (1) and the member ID (2), so that the number of saving balls registered corresponding to the old member ID (2) is increased. By registering in correspondence with the new member ID (2), the number of saved balls and the frequency of the old member card 37 can be used with the new member card 37.

  If a new event (event) is to be registered, an event registration screen is displayed in the display area 502 by selecting “event registration” from the submenu items.

  In this event setting screen, the event data currently registered in the event table is displayed for each event number. An event table display area at the upper part of the screen that is displayed every time, and an event setting area at the lower part of the screen that can change existing event data and set new event data are provided.

  Enter “Create New” in this event setting screen, and in the event setting area, the event name to be newly registered, the implementation period of the event, the implementation time, the target condition for setting the event target, the event target, The target range that is the range of the card unit 3, the benefits provided by the event, the notification time when performing notification that the person is the event target, and the notification mode (blue flashing, Purple flashing, light blue flashing, yellow flashing, or white flashing), priority to set the priority of implementation when multiple events are registered in duplicate, and upper limit notification count (per person and per event) )) And then enter “Register” to enter a new event number. Is issued and the event No. Corresponding to the above, the event data input to these event setting areas is registered in the event table, and the registered event data is additionally displayed in the event table display area. The priority mentioned here means that the smaller the set priority number is, the higher the priority is.

  When this new registration is performed, a member player who meets the target condition of the event, for example, if the event is Ladies Day and the target condition is female, the female member player is determined to be the event target person. The DM-No. Of the female member player registered in the member information table (see FIG. 34 (a)). The event number is registered, and when creating a direct mail for the event, the event number is designated, so that the designated event number is DM-No. All member players registered in are extracted, and a direct mail is created and sent out by printing out the address and address, so that all of these event subjects Direct mail is sent without omission.

  In addition, any event number displayed in the event table display area. If you enter "Change", the event data already registered is displayed in the event setting area. After changing the event data in the event setting area, enter "Register" to enter the event table. Specified event No. registered in Event data is updated to the event data that has been changed and input, and the event number displayed in the event table display area. The event data is also updated. In addition, any event number displayed in the event table display area. And enter “delete” to specify the specified event number registered in the event table. In addition, the event No. Event data is deleted, and the event number displayed in the event table display area. In addition, the event No. The event data is also deleted. These event Nos. Is changed to DM-No. In the member information table. The member information table is updated to reflect the above.

  In this way, on the event setting screen, by setting the notification start time when performing notification that the person is the event target person, the most appropriate timing for the notification that the person is the event target person is set. For example, if an event that provides a service related to the occurrence of a jackpot, such as unlimited or equivalent exchange, can be notified that the person is an event target when the jackpot occurs Yes.

  In addition, it is possible to set a priority that can determine the priority of the execution of each event, and the multi-function LED 301a notifies the event having the highest priority and also notifies the event. After the end, by starting notification of the event with the highest priority next to the priority of the event that ended the notification, even if the player is a plurality of event subjects, according to the set priority Notifications of all event targets are sequentially performed, and the player can surely enjoy the benefits of all the set events.

  Further, in this embodiment, the upper limit number of notifications for each event can be set on the event setting screen. For example, a service that limits the number of event target persons, such as an event for the first 100 people, is provided. It can also be provided, and event management can be diversified. In this embodiment, the maximum number of notifications for each event of the entire game hall can be set. However, the maximum number of notifications for each event is set for each predetermined area, for example, for each gaming island or for each machine type. It may be possible to do so, and in this way, event management can be further diversified. Although not particularly performed in the present embodiment, for example, the number of remaining notifications obtained by subtracting the current number of notifications from the maximum number of notifications, that is, the number of remaining event target persons in an event with a limited number of people is a card. You may make it display on the display part 312 etc. of the unit 3, and can alert | report to the event subject correctly the implementation condition of the event with a limitation of the number of persons by this.

  Further, in this embodiment, the upper limit number of notifications per player in the corresponding event can be set on the event setting screen, and the service provided to one player can be limited. Therefore, the service is not biased with respect to a specific player, and the service can be provided fairly to each player who is an event subject. In addition, since the upper limit number per person can be unlimited, it is possible to receive the service any number of times according to the contents of the event. In addition, this invention is not limited to this, The frequency | count of alerting | reporting per player may be set uniquely.

  In addition, when it is desired to grasp the store visit status of the event target person held today, by selecting and inputting “status display” displayed in the submenu display area 503 of the event setting screen, it is shown in FIG. As described above, in the submenu display area 503, the event No. of each event executed on today is displayed. In addition, the display color of the color set in the display / notification mode set on the event setting screen of each event and the target number of persons are aggregated and displayed, and the display area 502 is installed in the game hall. The layout of the pachinko machine 2 is displayed so that each cell displayed in each island corresponds to each pachinko machine 2, and the pachinko machine 2 corresponding to each cell is playing. Each cell is displayed in the color set in the display / notification mode set in the event setting screen of the event for which the member player is the target, and the target person of which event is playing on which stand Can be specified. Specifically, for example, in the event setting screen, the event No. Since purple is set as the display / notification mode for 65 events, the multi-function LED 301a blinks purple in the card unit 3 when the big hit occurs, and the event target is notified, and the event status display screen of FIG. In the event no. The cell corresponding to the pachinko machine 2 in which 65 event subjects are playing is blinking in purple.

If the same member player is the target of multiple events, the event with the highest priority (low numerical value) is displayed, and after the event with the highest priority ends, the next High priority events are displayed.
Further, only the pachinko machine 2 that performs an event may be extracted and displayed. For example, the event number displayed in the submenu display area 503 on the right side of the display screen is displayed. By selecting the part where 65 is displayed, the event No. The cells of only the pachinko machine 2 that executes 65 events may be lit and displayed on the display device 127.

  As in the present embodiment, on the event status display screen, the layout indicating the layout status of the pachinko machine 2 installed in the amusement hall is displayed, and the display color of the cell indicating the individual pachinko machine 2 displayed in the layout is displayed. Is displayed in the display color set for the corresponding event by the player who is playing the game in the pachinko 2 at a glance, grasps the presence status of the event target person at a glance. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and by displaying a list of the machine numbers of pachinko machines in which the event target person exists, the display shows the presence status of the event target person. Anyway.

  As described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of event target conditions can be set on the event setting screen, and the CPU 122 satisfies the event target conditions from the set plurality of event target conditions. In addition to the presence status of the player who is the event target, each event target person can display the contents of the specified event on the display device 127 so as to be specified by color display. The contents of the corresponding event can be easily grasped.

  Next, when the “report” menu tab is selected, the submenu display area 503 displays four items of “daily report”, “monthly report”, “period report”, and “annual report”. When a desired item, for example, a daily report is selected from these four types of submenus, a pop-up window for selecting an output date and a pop-up window for selecting an output type are displayed in the display area 502. In the popup window for selecting the output date, today is displayed by default, and by selecting a predetermined output type from the output type, each output type selected from the start of business until that point is selected. When a date before the previous day is selected in the pop-up window for selecting the output date, the total information of the selected date is similarly displayed as “Monthly report”. ”,“ Period ”, or“ Annual ”, the selected month, period and year totals are selected in the pop-up window. And it is displayed in a form corresponding to the type of output.

  Next, when the “customer analysis” menu tab is selected, the submenu display area 503 displays four items of “time transition”, “daily unit”, “monthly unit”, and “yearly unit”. The When a desired item, for example, daily unit is selected from these four types of submenus, a pop-up window for selecting an output date and an output type are displayed in the display area 502 as in the case of the report tab. A pop-up window for selection is displayed, and the pop-up window for selecting the output date displays today by default, and by selecting a predetermined output type from the output type, The total content up to is displayed in a form corresponding to each selected output type, and when a date before the previous day is selected in the pop-up window for selecting the output date, the selected Similarly, if you select “Monthly Report”, “Period Report”, or “Annual Report” for the totals of the day, the total information for the selected month, period, or year will be displayed. And it is displayed in a form corresponding to the output type selected in-up window.

  Next, when the menu tab of “ABC analysis” is selected, the submenu display area 503 displays three items of “time transition”, “daily unit”, and “monthly unit”, and the display An area 502 includes a date designation item for input when “time transition” is selected, and a period designation item for input when the “day unit” or “month unit” item is selected. Is displayed. Here, one desired item from these three types of sub-menus, for example “time transition”, is selected, and the desired date for analysis, for example, the pre-business day displayed by default, is specified in the date designation item. By selecting the “Display” button displayed in the function button area 505, the number of visitor visits of member players classified into A to G for each level of the number of visits, the amount of money consumed, and the amount of income and expenditure is set in advance. Each time zone is tabulated and displayed in a graph such as a building block, a broken line, or a pie chart.

  Next, when the “event” menu tab is selected, the submenu display area 503 displays “event setting”, “event effect analysis”, “event effect grasp” for displaying the event setting screen, The three items are displayed first. If you want to perform a detailed event effect analysis, select “Event effect analysis”. If you want to get an overview of the event effect, you can display a list of effects, etc. Select.

Next, when the “search” menu tab is selected, two items of “member list” and “personal information” are displayed in the submenu display area 503 as shown in FIG. 46 and FIG. .
First, the “member list” item is selected when it is desired to extract all members who meet a predetermined condition from among registered members. When the “member list” is selected, the display area 502 displays As shown in FIG. 45, a search condition selection screen in which each item attribute of the search condition and the search condition are displayed in a matrix is displayed together with a period designation item for designating a period to be searched.

  In this search condition selection screen, first, the period of the game-related condition to be searched is set by the period designation item, and the search item corresponding to the target search content is displayed from each search item displayed in the matrix form Select. The display of the selected search content is changed to black and white reverse display. For example, in FIG. 45, the number of visits in the specified period is 10 to 29 as a search condition, and the total investment amount is 100,000 yen or more and less than 200,000 yen, and the total number of special prizes in games during the period A setting condition for extracting a player who is in a so-called great-losing state is 5 to 9 times.

  In the present embodiment, as described above, the search conditions are selected so that the search (extraction) conditions corresponding to the game-related conditions to be collected can be received. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is good also as a structure which inputs these search conditions directly instead of what.

After selecting and setting the period specification and the search condition, by executing “search” displayed in the function button area, from the game history in the specified period of the member-specific history table (see FIG. 35C), Players that match the search (extraction) conditions are extracted, and a list of members that match the search (extraction) conditions is extracted from each member's member ID (1), name, availability of direct mail, address, Along with information such as e-mail, the number of the event already targeted by each member is displayed as shown in FIG. 46, and a specific member is selected from the displayed member list to display the submenu display area. When “personal information” displayed at 503 is selected, a personal history as shown in FIG. 47 can be displayed.
As described above, in this embodiment, a plurality of search items displayed in a matrix can be selected and a plurality of game related information can be set as extraction conditions, and the game related information to be compared with the extraction conditions in extraction can be set. By setting the period, member extraction based on various condition settings, for example, players with a small number of visits and a large amount of consumption or special prizes, that is, players with a long game time are extracted, and these game times Such as notifying long-lived players of all-day events that are highly available, or notifying players with low visits and low consumption costs, etc. It becomes easy to notify the player of an event commensurate with each member player and to perform the event itself, and can be differentiated from other game venues.

  Now, the personal history screen shown in FIG. 47 will be described in detail. At the upper position of the personal history screen of this embodiment, when the member player receives the issuance of the membership card 37, the membership registration shown in FIG. Information related to the member card 37 issued to the member player, together with personal information such as the name and address, date of birth, telephone number, age, gender, and e-mail address of the member player registered on the screen There is a member information display area 520 for displaying information such as a member ID (1), the number of reissues, and a personal identification number.

  Also, in the right area of the member information display area 520, the number of times the member player has visited the store is displayed for each month of the current month, the previous month, and the previous month based on the member's game history by member. The number of visits by day of the week display area 521 is provided, so that it is possible to grasp the day of the week that the member player visits frequently.

  Further, at the lower position of the store visit count display area 521 for each day of the week, the number of visits to each month of the current month, the previous month, and the previous month based on the balance history registered in the unit date of the member player and the winning or losing (what A win-win balance is displayed, and a monthly balance display area 522 in which the balance contents are aggregated and displayed.

  Thus, it is preferable to calculate the monthly balance and to determine and display the winning / losing because the monthly winning / losing and the balance of the member player can be easily grasped, but the present invention is limited to this. It is good also as a structure which does not display the balance calculation and the determination of winning / losing in these monthly units.

  In the center position of the personal history screen of this embodiment, a win / loss status display area 523 is provided in which the dates of the current month, the previous month, and the previous month are displayed by frame, corresponding to the date the member player visited the store. In the top, the win / loss of the day will be displayed. If the game hall wins, a white circle will be displayed. If the game hall loses, a black circle will be displayed. It has become.

  In addition, at the lower position of the win / loss status display area 523, there are three columns, the first half, the middle, and the second half, each month divided into 10 days. The number of times the member player has visited the store and the number of wins and losses (number of wins-number of losses) in the number of games are displayed, and the game status and win / loss at the beginning of the month, during the month, and at the end of the month, which are predetermined periods, are displayed. It can be accurately grasped.

  Below the winning / losing situation display area 523, there is a column for dividing the business hours of the day every hour, and a store visit time zone display area 524 provided for each month of the current month, the previous month, and the previous month. The number of times is displayed in the column corresponding to the time at which the member player started playing, and it is possible to visually check at which time the member player has visited the store to start the game. Can be grasped.

  In addition, the lower position of the store visit time zone display area 524 corresponds to three time zones: morning (from 9 to 11), afternoon (from 12:00 to 17:00), and night (from 18:00 to 23:00). Is provided, and the number of times the game starts corresponding to the time zone is aggregated and displayed, and it is possible to accurately determine at which time zone the player has started the game. To be able to grasp.

  Also, at the lowest position of the personal history screen of the present embodiment, there is provided a recent balance history display area 525 for displaying the detailed game history of the last 10 games of the member player. For each visit date, winning and losing, game start time and end time, game time that is the time difference between the start time and end time, the amount of money consumed by the player for the game, and the amount of money paid to the player by the game hall , The balance amount obtained by subtracting the expenditure amount from the consumption amount is displayed, and if the balance amount is +, it is determined that the game site wins (the player loses) for the game. When a white circle is displayed and the balance is-, it is determined that the game hall side has lost (the player has won) and a black circle is displayed.

  In addition, when the “Print” selection item displayed in the function button area 505 is selected when the extraction result screen shown in FIG. 46 is displayed, a list of the extraction results is printed by the printer 128, and these extraction results are displayed. If the user wants to save the item, the extraction result is stored in the storage device 125 by selecting the “Save” selection item displayed in the function button area 505.

  When the selection item “Create all DMs” displayed in the function button area 505 is selected, address printing is performed for all extracted members other than the registered members who cannot register DM among the extracted members. The printer 128 is configured so that, for example, by setting a direct mail on which the content for the losing member is printed on the printer 128, the direct mail with the address printed can be simply set. It can be created.

  If the member to whom the direct mail is to be sent specially exists in the extracted members, as shown in FIG. 46, the member is selected from the extraction list and then displayed in the function button area 505. By selecting the “Selected DM creation” selection item, the address printing of the selected member is performed by the printer 128, and the direct mail to the selected member can be easily created. It can be done.

  If the extraction result does not match the desired extraction result and it is desired to perform the search again, the selection item “re-search” displayed in the function button area 505 is selected, so that the above-described FIG. The search condition selection screen is displayed again.

  In addition, when “personal information” is selected from the submenu instead of the “member details”, an input screen for information that can identify an individual member as an extraction condition is displayed in the display area 502, and the input screen Is provided with input items for information such as member ID (1) or name, address, telephone number, personal identification number, etc. that can identify individual members. When the search is executed, the personal information or personal history of the corresponding member is displayed, and the member player loses the member card 37 or the member player forgets to remove the member card 37 Etc., it can be used suitably when searching for information of these member players.

  Next, when the “output” menu tab is selected, two items of “DM output” and “external I / F output” are displayed in the submenu display area 503. When this “DM output” is selected, the event number (No.) of each event for transmitting a direct mail is appropriately input so that the input event number (No.) is DM-No. All members registered in the member information table are extracted from the member information table and displayed as a list, and then the “print” function button displayed in the function button area 505 is selected and input, whereby the address of the extracted member is displayed. Is printed on a postcard or label. If “external I / F output” is selected, the member data registered in the member information table is output to the external device in a predetermined format.

  Next, when the “setting” menu tab is selected, the submenu display area 503 includes “message”, “calendar”, “table information”, “common information”, “number of visits”, “region” 14 items of “classification”, “generation classification”, “occupation classification”, “type information”, “ABC analysis classification”, “report output item”, “tightening operation condition”, and “setting information printing” are displayed. Various settings can be changed by selecting the menu. When the item “Message” is selected, the message setting screen shown in FIG. 41 is displayed. A plurality of set contents are registered in the message database.

  Further, by selecting the item “table information”, an IN signal ratio for setting a conversion ratio when the card unit 3 converts the supply signal output from the relay terminal 4 into the number of balls, or from the relay terminal 4 The OUT signal ratio that sets the conversion ratio when converting the output driving signal into the number of balls, the usage signal ratio that sets the conversion ratio for converting the usage frequency to the sales amount, and the balls are converted into prizes It is possible to display settings and change settings such as exchange ratios and fraction processing settings, and the amount of money paid at the game hall can be accurately determined based on the set usage frequency ratio and exchange ratio. The difference between the calculated payment amount of the game hall and the consumption amount of the player is calculated, and the winning or losing of the game hall relating to the game is determined.

  Next, when the “maintenance” menu tab is selected, the submenu display area 503 displays three items of “unissued card information”, “password setting”, “system shutdown”, and “setting backup”. The When this “unissued card information” is selected, the unissued member ID (1) registered in the member information table is displayed in a list, and the total number is displayed. The number (member ID (1)) can be checked against the member number (member ID (1)) written on the actual member card 37 stored as unissued, and the total By confirming the number of sheets, it is possible to accurately and simply carry out the determination of ordering to the card company based on the remaining number of unissued cards.

  In addition, when “end system” is selected, a password input unit is displayed in the display area 502, and the system can be manually terminated by entering a regular password in the password input unit. . In addition, when “Setting Backup” is selected, data of various settings set in the setting menu tab can be recorded and backed up on a magnetic disk or the like as a recording medium. Even in the case of a failure, the system can be restarted and the system can be started again without performing a complicated setting operation again.

  Hereinafter, the gaming system of the present embodiment, the processing status of each device constituting the gaming system, and data exchange between the devices will be described below.

  First, the card unit 3 according to the present embodiment reads the recorded information of the membership card 37 inserted into the membership card insertion slot 309 and transmits it to the system controller 100, and the membership card 37 accepted in this acceptance processing. The lending process for using the read frequency for pachinko ball lending and the communication with the system controller 100 is online, the membership card 37 is being accepted, and the remaining frequency is 0 degree. When a banknote of a plurality of denominations (1000 yen banknote, 2000 yen banknote, 5000 yen banknote, 10000 yen banknote) or a coin (100 yen coin, 500 yen coin) is inserted or inserted, the identification is performed. The frequency corresponding to the received amount (the value obtained by dividing the identification amount by 100) is read from the accepted member card 37. If the member card 37 is not accepted regardless of the additional deposit (value addition) processing to be added to the frequency (only “0” in the present embodiment) and the communication status with the system controller 100, a low-value bill (1000 When a yen card) or a coin (100 yen coin, 500 yen coin) is inserted or inserted and identified, the frequency corresponding to the identified amount is given to the visitor card 38 inserted into the visitor card mounting slot 318. After recording, cash usage processing that uses all of the recorded frequency for pachinko ball lending, and replay processing (refund processing) in which the number of saved balls saved in the previous game can be used again in the game , Is supposed to do.

  When the card unit 3 according to this embodiment is activated (when the power is turned on), a connection process with the member management computer 120 is performed 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 operation of the connection process is performed from the control board 327b. An instruction is output to the control unit 328.

  Based on 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 member management computer 120 receiving the connection request A device information request necessary for creating the encryption key is transmitted to the control unit 328, and a device information response is obtained from the control unit 328 to create the encryption key.

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

  After confirming these unacquired data, if the card unit 3 corresponds to the target range of the event data extracted today at the start-up described above, the control unit 328 By transmitting a request for setting initial information including event information (event name, implementation time, event target condition, privilege, notification time, notification mode), the control unit 328 stores the received event data and is multifunctional. The display unit 301 blinks in green to notify that it is an event target table, and the supply ball total register, out ball total register, member supply ball count (IN) register, member out ball count (OUT) register, and the number of special prizes After resetting the registers, each of these registers starts counting and the initial settings are processed. There transmits the setting notification at completion stages in the member management computer 120 proceeds to the normal process state, the insertion waiting state reception waiting or membership card 37 in cash. The control unit 328 informs the display unit 312 that the table is an event target table by flashing the multi-function display unit 301 in green, and informs the display unit 312 that the table is the event target table of the day. For example, “Today is a table for today's event” is displayed periodically.

  When the membership card 37 is inserted in this state, the reception process shown in FIG. 57 is performed. When the membership card 37 is inserted into the membership card insertion slot 309 of the card unit 3, the card reader / writer 327 reads the membership card ID, the deposit ID, the frequency, and the membership ID (1) from the inserted membership card 37. Then, the use permission request, the read membership card ID, the deposit ID and the frequency are transmitted to the system controller 100 together with the device ID assigned to each card unit 3 individually.

  The system controller 100 that has received the use permission request and the membership card ID, payment ID, frequency, and device ID corresponds to the membership card ID and the payment ID received in the membership card master table shown in FIG. The registered remaining frequency and unusable information (flag) are extracted, the frequency received from the card unit 3 is compared with the extracted remaining frequency, and the unusable information (flag) is confirmed to confirm the membership card 37. The usability determination process for determining whether or not the user can be used is performed.

  Then, when the matching is coincident and the unusable information (flag) is not unusable registered, it is determined that the member card 37 can be used, and the permission is granted, and the card unit 3 ( It returns to the card reader / writer 327). If the frequencies do not match in the verification, it is determined whether the frequency received from the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327) is less than the residual frequency registered in the member card master table. If it is less than that, it is determined that the frequency has been used offline, the remaining frequency in the member card master table is updated to the lower frequency received, and the license is sent to the card unit of the sender 3 (card reader / writer 327). In addition, when there is no deposit ID corresponding to the member card master table, when the received frequency exceeds the remaining frequency of the member card master table, and when the registration is disabled in the unusable information (flag). Returns unusable to the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327) that is the transmission source of the use permission request.

  When the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327) receives the use permission, the inserted member card 37 can be used, and the read member ID (1) and the frequency together with the card take-in notification are sent to the control unit. To 328. When the system controller 100 receives an unusable message, the member card 37 is not returned, and the display mode of the multi-function display unit 301 is changed to a red flashing lighting state that is an error notification to notify the occurrence of the error. Then, it waits in an error state until there is an error cancellation (or unit replacement) by the staff.

  Upon receipt of the output, the control unit 328 changes the display state of the multi-function display unit 301 to a blue continuous lighting state indicating that the membership card is being accepted, and accepts the membership card provided around the membership card insertion slot 309. The middle display unit 345 is turned on, and the output member ID (1) data and frequency data are stored in the member ID (1) register and the frequency register, and as shown in FIG. A member card take-in request including the member ID (1) and the device ID is transmitted.

  Upon receiving the transmission, the member management computer 120 identifies the member from the transmitted member ID (1), and the member's game history in the member history table is “current” → “one time before”, “1 The table is updated like “before times” → “two times before”, etc., and the current time is set to “start time” in the “current” game history, and the machine number corresponding to the received device ID Are registered in the “unit number”, and the date of the visit date registered in the member information table corresponding to the received member ID (1) is determined to be today's date. If the date is not the date, the member visit DB is updated to the today's date, and the member management DB is updated by adding 1 to the number of visits to the member information table.

  Also, after adding and updating 100 points to the store visit points stored corresponding to the member ID (1) received in the member information table, the new store visit points after the addition update are extracted and extracted. A member card take-in response including the new store visit point after the addition update is returned to the control unit 328 of the transmission source.

  At this time, an event target person notification determination process for determining whether or not the member player is an event target person and determining whether or not to notify that the member is an event target person is performed. The event subject notification is performed when the event subject notification is performed, and the event subject notification determination process will be described later.

  Based on the reply of the member card take-in response, the control unit 328 stores the store visit points included in the received member card take-in response and also displays the frequency stored in the frequency register in the frequency display units 17, 315. And waits for the operation of the lending button 16, the return button 15, or the replay button 319.

  When the lending button 16 is operated in this state, lending processing using the frequency is performed when the frequency remains in the frequency display units 17 and 315.

  Further, when the replay button 319 is operated, a replay process (refund process) based on the number of saving balls is performed, and a replay using the number of saving balls can be performed.

  When the return button 15 is operated, the member card 37 is ejected and returned after the recorded information of the member card 37 is updated.

  The control status of the lending process will be described with reference to FIG. 65. The payout control board (not shown) of the pachinko machine 2 is connected to the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 and can communicate with it. Thus, PRDY is set to LOW (SS1).

  When the lending button 16 is operated in a state where PRDY is output in this way, the control unit 328 sets the BRDY to LOW (SS2), and further sets the BRQ to LOW in this state (SS3).

  Next, when the payout control board detects the BRQ LOW in the state where the BRDY LOW is detected, the payout control board confirms whether the pachinko ball can be paid out, and if so, sets the EXS to LOW ( SS4).

  The control unit 328 that has detected the LOW of the EXS sets the BRQ to HIGH (SS5), and the dispensing control board that has detected the HIGH of the BRQ outputs a ball dispensing signal to the ball dispensing device, and based on this, the number of times is 1 While paying out the corresponding number of balls (25 balls in this embodiment), the EXS is set to HIGH based on the end of the payout (SS6).

  The control unit 328 that detects HIGH of the EXS subtracts 1 degree from the frequency stored in the frequency register and subtracts 1 degree from the frequency displayed on the frequency display units 17 and 315 and displays the result. Update.

  The control unit 328 repeatedly performs signal control of these (SS3) to (SS6), frequency subtraction update control, and the lending frequency set by the lending unit change button 306, and after these controls are finished, BRDY is executed. As HIGH (SS7), the lending process is terminated.

  In this way, based on the number of BRQ HIGH detections output from the control unit 328 of the card unit 3, the payout control board lends a number of pachinko balls corresponding to one degree (25 balls). Thus, using the pachinko balls lent in this way, the player can play a game in the pachinko machine 2.

  In the present embodiment, 1 is subtracted at the stage when the SS6 is completed. However, the processing of the SS3 to SS6 is repeated for the lending frequency (for example, 5 times if lending for 5 degrees). After the implementation, that is, after the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of loans are paid out, the number of loans (for example, 5 degrees if the loan is for 5 degrees) may be subtracted.

  At the end of the lending process with the membership card 37, the control unit 328 outputs a ball lending notice and the usage number used in the lending process to the card reader / writer 327. Based on this, the card reader / writer 327 updates and records the frequency recorded on the accepted membership card 37 to the frequency obtained by subtracting the usage frequency received from the control unit 328, and as shown in FIG. A membership lending completion notice indicating that the lending processing by the card 37 has been performed, the membership card ID and payment ID of the inserted membership card 37, the usage frequency and the device ID received from the control unit 328 are sent to the system controller 100. To send. When communication with the system controller 100 is not possible (offline), the frequency usage history is stored in the history storage area of the RAM 331, and the frequency usage history can be communicated with the system controller 100 ( Send when online).

  The system controller 100 that has received the member lending completion notification and the member card ID, deposit ID, usage count, and device ID subtracts the received usage count from the remaining count corresponding to the deposit ID received in the membership card master table. Update and update the received usage count to the usage count, and receive the total usage count corresponding to the received device ID in the card unit data table and the usage count of the membership card 37. Update the usage count.

  Further, in the membership card usage history table shown in FIG. 14, the current time is used as the usage time, the received membership card ID is received as the membership card ID, the processing type is the ball rental, and the received usage frequency is received as the processing frequency. The device ID is stored in the processing device and the use history is registered, and the member game history table shown in FIG. 15 confirms whether or not the member card ID of the member card 37 received together with the lending completion notification is registered. If there is no registration, the member card ID, the member ID (1) specified by the member card ID by the card master table, the device ID, and the usage frequency are registered. If the member card ID already received is registered in the member game history table, it is confirmed whether the received device ID is registered. If there is a registration, the received usage number is added to the usage number. If the received device ID is not registered, the device ID is determined as an individual game, and the device ID and the usage count are registered as a new game. Note that, in Sb12 of FIG. 64, also when the frequency use history transmitted from the card unit 3 is received, the respective tables are updated in the same manner as described above.

  Further, in the card unit 3 of the present embodiment, after selecting a game using the frequency, the member ID (1) of the member card 37 being accepted is selected by selecting the replay button 319. It is possible to perform a replay process (refund process) for paying out the number of saving balls specified by the member ID (2) corresponding to.

  This replay process (refund process) will be described with reference to FIG. 57. The member card 37 is accepted and the member ID (1) read from the member card 37 being accepted is registered in the member ID (1) register of the control unit 328. When 1) is stored and the replay button 319 is operated, a screen for accepting a password is displayed on the display unit 312, and a password input waiting state is entered.

  When the member player inputs a personal identification number in this state, the stored ball including the input personal identification number and requesting the output of the member ID (1) of the member card 37 being accepted, the device ID, and the number of stored balls An extraction request is transmitted from the card unit 3 to the member management computer 120.

  Based on the reception of the storage ball extraction request, the member management computer 120 changes the member ID (1) included in the storage ball extraction request to the member ID (2) registered in the conversion table corresponding to the member ID (1). The identification information conversion process is performed by converting to (), and the stored ball extraction request including the converted member ID (2) and the personal identification number is transmitted to the stored ball management computer 160.

  Based on the reception of the storage ball extraction request, the storage ball management computer 160 includes the PIN number registered in the storage ball number table corresponding to the member ID (2) included in the storage ball extraction request and the storage ball extraction request. The number of savings balls registered corresponding to the member ID (2) is extracted when both of the code numbers match in the matching, and the number of savings balls extracted and the member Saving value information transmission processing for returning ID (2) to the member management computer 120 is performed.

  The management computer 120 has transmitted a storage ball extraction request corresponding to the member ID (2) from the received member ID (2) based on the reception of the number of stored balls and the member ID (2) from the storage ball management computer 160. Re-game information transmission processing for identifying the device ID of the card unit 3 and returning a replay permission as re-play information including the number of stored balls transmitted from the stored ball management computer 160 to the card unit 3 of the device ID I do. In this embodiment, the replay information includes the number of stored balls transmitted from the stored ball management computer 160. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the replay switch 319 is used in the card unit 3. In the member management computer 120, the number of saved balls corresponding to one replay is subtracted from the number of saved balls transmitted from the stored ball management computer 160, and the number of saved balls is not included. By transmitting replay information including permission information for permitting one replay to be performed to the card unit 3, a payout process of a pachinko ball corresponding to one replay is performed in the card unit 3. You may do it.

  Based on the reply, the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 temporarily stores the returned number of saving balls, and the number of replays corresponding to the number of saving balls, specifically, once in this embodiment. In order to carry out the return of 125 balls equivalent to 500 yen in the replay operation of 138, since 138 balls including 13 balls of usage fee are required, for example, if there are 940 balls, The integer value of the value obtained by dividing the 940 balls by 138, that is, 6 times is calculated as the number of replays, the number of replays and the number of saving balls are displayed on the display unit 312, and these displayed replays are possible When the number of times remains, the player can play again.

  In this state, when the replay button 319 is operated again, after determining whether or not the number of replays is “0”, when the number of replays exists, the same as the lending process described above with reference to FIG. By carrying out the process, a payout of a predetermined number of balls (125 balls in this embodiment) is carried out from the payout device (not shown) of the pachinko machine 2, so that the player can save once earned by the game The number of balls can be used again in the game.

  When the payout (payout) of the pachinko ball is completed, the control unit 328 displays 1 after subtracting the number of replays displayed on the display unit 312 and the number of saving balls corresponding to the one replay. 138 balls of the stored balls are subtracted from the number of stored balls displayed on the display unit 312. Then, the payback completion information including the payout balls number (138 balls), the member ID (1), and the device ID of the card unit 3 as the number of the saving balls that have been paid back is transmitted to the member management computer 120.

  Based on the receipt of the refund completion information, the member management computer 120 converts the member ID (1) included in the refund completion information into the member ID (2) registered in the conversion table corresponding to the member ID (1). ) Is executed, and the conversion completion information including the converted member ID (2) and the number of payout balls included in the payout completion information is transmitted to the storage management computer 160.

  Based on the receipt of the withdrawal completion information, the savings management computer 160 converts the savings ball number stored in correspondence with the member ID (2) included in the withdrawal completion information received in the savings ball number table into the withdrawal completion information. By subtracting and updating the number of payout balls included, the number of balls repaid in the card unit 3 is subtracted from the number of saved balls.

  Next, the additional deposit process to the member card 37 that can be performed in the card unit 3 of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 57. The number of times the member card 37 is being received and read from the member card 37. Banknotes (1000 yen banknotes, 2000 yen banknotes, 5000 yen banknotes, 10000 yen banknotes) or coins (100 yen coins, 500 yen coins) are inserted or thrown in the case where no money is left (in the case of 0 degree) The amount of the bill inserted or the inserted coin is identified in the identification unit 323 or the coin identification unit 324, and the identification money is discharged to a bill collection path or coin conveyance path (not shown), and the identification amount is Output to the control unit 328.

  At this time, when the communication state with the system controller 100 is offline, an offline interruption process (see FIG. 64) described later is performed, so that the member card 37 can be paid by accepting new money. By being invalidated, the accepted money is returned. These interrupt processes will be described later.

  Further, in these money acceptance, if the money acceptance matches the high-value acceptance or re-inputting (see FIG. 20) preset by the system controller 100, the control unit 328 outputs an imaging instruction to the CCD camera 335. The captured image and the imaging factor are transmitted to the system controller 100, and processing related to the imaging will be described later.

  The control unit 328 that has received the output converts the output identification amount into a frequency (a value obtained by dividing the identification amount by 100) when the communication state with the system controller 100 is online, and the converted frequency The (deposit frequency), deposit type and quantity are output to the card reader / writer 327 as deposit type information.

  The card reader / writer 327 that has received the output of the deposit frequency transmits a deposit notification including the deposit amount, the deposit frequency, the membership card ID of the accepted membership card 37 and the device ID to the system controller 100.

  The system controller 100 that has received these payment notifications generates a payment ID, and returns the generated payment ID to the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327) as the transmission source.

  In the card reader / writer 327 that has received the reply of the deposit ID from the system controller 100, the deposit ID and the frequency recorded in the member card 37 being accepted, and the deposit ID received from the system controller 100 are received. In addition, the number of deposits and the device ID of the card unit 3 are updated and recorded, and an update completion is transmitted to the system controller 100.

  The system controller 100 that has received the processing completion updates the registration of the device ID of the received card unit 3, the received deposit frequency, and the remaining frequency in the membership card master table in association with the received membership card ID. At the same time, the update completion is returned to the card unit 3 (card reader / writer 327) as the transmission source. At this time, the system controller 100 adds an amount corresponding to the deposit frequency to the membership card deposit amount in the data table classified by card unit, and updates and registers the deposit type based on the deposit type information. Addition registration to the corresponding denomination of the data table is performed, and further, these payment histories are registered in the member card use history.

  Based on the reception of the update completion, the card reader / writer 327 outputs the update completion to the control unit 328, so that the control unit 328 updates and stores the deposit frequency converted from the identified amount in the frequency register, and stores the updated frequency. By displaying on the frequency display units 17 and 315, the member player can perform the lending process based on the updated frequency, and discharges the identification money to the bill collection path or the coin transport path.

  Further, even when the communication state with the system controller 100 becomes offline during these additional deposit processes, as shown in FIG. 57, the additional deposit process is interrupted as invalid deposit, and the bill collection path or the coin transport The identification money that is reserved for the road is returned.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the collection of the identification money is reserved until the completion of the additional deposit process, and this makes it impossible to communicate (offline) before the completion of the additional deposit process. Even when the frequency of the membership card 37 being accepted by the system controller 100 is disabled, the money provided for the additional deposit process can be specified and the accepted money can be returned. Although it is preferable because troubles relating to these additional deposit processes can be prevented, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration may be adopted in which the collection of the identification money is not reserved.

  The depositing process in the depositing apparatus used in the present embodiment is also processed in the same manner as the depositing process in the card unit 3 described above, and corresponds to the deposit amount in association with the deposit ID newly issued to the system controller 100. The frequency is registered. However, in this case, a unique ID indicating the depositing device 21 is registered in the deposited device.

  Further, when the frequency due to the deposit is surplus, the membership card 37 is inserted into the settlement apparatus 22 for a predetermined period after the deposit (in the present embodiment, within 3 days), thereby the membership card. 37, when the member ID (1) and the frequency recorded in 37 match the frequency that is the gaming value of the size specified in the member card master table by the member ID (1). Is settled in cash, and the settlement amount is registered and managed in the system controller 100 as a settlement history together with the member card ID for which settlement has been performed.

  In the card unit 3 of this embodiment, when the return button 15 is operated, the operation is detected by the control unit 328, and the control unit 328 outputs a card ejection instruction to the card reader / writer 327. At the same time, the member card receiving display portion 345 is turned off after blinking for a predetermined time, and the card reader / writer 327 causes the member card 37 to be discharged from the member card insertion slot 309 so that the member card 37 is returned to the player. ing.

  At the time of this return, as shown in FIG. 61, the control unit 328 sends information to the member supply ball number (IN) register and member out ball number (OUT) register and the number of member special prizes to the member management computer 120. A membership card withdrawal notification including the number of replenished balls (IN), the number of balls to be driven (OUT), the number of jackpots, the member ID (1) of the returned membership card 37 and the device ID is stored in the register. Send. By receiving this membership card removal notification, the membership management computer 120 is notified at the game end time corresponding to the game start time registered in the member history database (DB) when the membership card 37 is inserted. The time is registered and the game time is calculated and registered from the start and end times, and the received jackpot number is registered.

  Further, the expenditure on the game hall side in the game of the member player is calculated from the difference between the supplied ball number (IN) and the shot ball number (OUT) received in the above, and registered in the member-specific history table. Thereafter, the member ID (1) and the device ID of the member player are transmitted to the system controller 100 and the usage frequency is inquired, so that it is registered in the member game history table of the system controller 100. Obtain the corresponding usage frequency, specify the consumption (sales) amount used by the member player in the game based on the acquired usage frequency, and register it in the sales amount in the history table for each member. And calculating the balance amount from the above-mentioned spending amount and registering the winning / losing seen from the game hall, the game history information of each member player is collected, Registered in the gravel table, it is adapted to be management, information of the balance of payments such as these each member is displayed on the personal history screen (not shown).

  Next, the cash use process performed only when the membership card 37 is not inserted at the time of online and offline will be described with reference to FIG. 58. When the membership card 37 is not being accepted, a low-value bill (1000 When a yen bill) or a coin (100 yen coin, 500 yen coin) is inserted or inserted, the amount of the inserted bill or the inserted coin is identified in the bill identifying unit 323 or the coin identifying unit 324, and the identified amount is Output to the control unit 328. Based on this, the control unit 328 causes the LED module 346 to emit light, turns on the transparent cover member 310 ′, and converts the output identification amount into a frequency (a value obtained by dividing the identification amount by 100). The obtained frequency (issue frequency) is transmitted to the card reader / writer 327.

  The card reader / writer 327 that has received this issue frequency takes the form of issuing the visitor card 38 to the player by recording the received issue frequency on the attached visitor card 38, and the visitor card 38 The issuance frequency recorded in 38 is read again and transmitted to the control unit 328.

  The control unit 328 that has received the issue frequency from the card reader / writer 327 stores the received issue frequency in the frequency register in the RAM 331 and displays all the read frequencies after being displayed on the frequency display unit 315 and the frequency display unit 17. The control unit 328 outputs the end of the lending process to the card reader / writer 327 after the lending process for all the frequencies is completed. To do.

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

  The control unit 328 that has received the update completion output from the card reader / writer 327 stops the light emission of the LED module 346. Using the pachinko balls lent in this way, the player can play a game in the pachinko machine 2.

  At the end of this cash use process, the card reader / writer 327, as shown in FIG. 58, notifies the cash lending completion notification indicating that the cash use process by the visitor card 38 has been performed, and the usage frequency (1 Degree, 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, and these cash lending completion notification, usage frequency and device ID are transmitted. And the visitor card ID, the system controller 100 receives the sales (usage frequency) by the visitor card 38 as the total usage frequency and visitor (V) card usage frequency corresponding to the received device ID in the card unit data table. In addition to updating to 100, if the frequency of use is 1 degree, 100 Adding 1, use frequency is added to 1 to 500 yen in the case of 5 degrees, when the number of uses is 10 degrees by adding 1 to 1000 yen, so as to manage the introduced denomination to. When communication with the system controller 100 is disabled (offline), the cash use history is stored in the history storage area of the RAM 331, and the cash use history is stored in the system controller 100 after being restored to the online state. By transmitting to the table, each table is updated in the same manner as described above based on the cash usage history transmitted by the system controller 100.

  Next, the flow of the tightening process after the end of business rather than the process during the business will be described with reference to FIG. 62. First, the tightening process is started by the system controller 100, and the card is sent from the system controller 100 to the card. When the operation stop request is transmitted to the reader / writer 327, the card reader / writer 327 prohibits the insertion of a new member card 37 and the like, and then the system controller 100 shifts to the operation stop state. An operation stop response is returned, and an operation stop instruction is output to the control unit 328. After outputting this operation stop instruction, after transmitting an operation stop notification to the effect of shifting to the operation stop state to the system controller 100, the card reader / writer 327 shifts to the operation stop state.

  The control unit 328 that has received the operation stop instruction output from the card reader / writer 327 stops counting the supply ball total register, the out ball total register, and the special prize count register that have been added since the start of business. Then, a transition is made to a state waiting for transmission from the member management computer 120.

  The system controller 100 that has received the operation stop notification transmits, to the member management computer 120, a business end notification indicating that the processing of the member card 37 and the visitor card 38 has been completed. Detects the end of business and transmits an operation stop request to the control unit 328 of each card unit 3.

  The control unit 328 that has received the operation stop request returns the stored data of the supply ball total number register, the out ball total number register, and the special prize number register for which the count is stopped as described above together with the device ID as an operation stop response, The stored data of all the registers including these registers is reset and cleared.

  The member management computer 120 that has received the operation stop response receives the pachinko machine 2 to which the card unit 3 corresponds from the stored data in the supply ball total register, out ball total register, and special prize count register included in the operation stop response. The operating time is calculated based on the total expenditure (total number of replenished balls-total number of out balls) and the number of balls that can be fired per unit time from the total number of out balls. The time is registered, and the operating rate is calculated and registered by dividing the operating time by the total operating time (minutes).

  When registering each data in the table-specific history database (DB), the member management computer 120 gives the system controller 100 membership sales, deposit amount, visitor for each card unit 3 as shown in FIG. Sends a closing data request including data such as the amount of money used by the client, obtains the closing data, and based on the acquisition of the closing data, the items of membership sales, visitor sales, and total sales of the table history database (DB) In addition, the expense amount already registered in the above is subtracted from the total sales, and the balance amount is calculated and registered to complete and confirm the table history database (DB) for each business day.

  Here, the imaging process performed in the card unit 3 of the present embodiment will be described below.

  First, a method for setting conditions for imaging an operator in the card unit 3 will be described. In this embodiment, the definition contents of various items to be imaged are displayed on the deposit imaging condition setting screen of the system controller 100 shown in FIG. It can be set.

  In the deposit imaging condition setting screen of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20, an imaging condition setting unit for setting conditions of two imaging factors for performing imaging in each gaming device in the upper area, A warning notice condition setting unit for setting a notice notice condition for displaying the notice window in the lower area is provided.

  In this imaging condition setting unit, fraudulent deposits such as making illegal payments to the board or changing connection codes, etc., and recognizing the insertion of a low-priced banknote as an insertion of a high-priced banknote are performed in the same gaming device In this case, since it is considered that a large number of high-value banknotes are accepted in the same gaming device, an imaging factor for accepting high-value money for imaging the operator when these high-value banknotes are accepted. In the case of fraud using items and counterfeit bills etc., it is considered that the counterfeit bills are returned without being successfully identified, so that it is possible that a banknote identification error will occur repeatedly. An imaging factor item for re-inputting for imaging the operator who has performed re-inputting is provided. In the high-priced currency receiving item, the amount of the accepted currency is set to, for example, 5000 yen, 1000 It is a configurable as a circle or the like, in the turned again item, the identification number of errors, and the period in which identification number of errors has occurred there is a configurable. In the present embodiment, both the number of identification errors and the period can be set and changed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and only one of them may be set and changed. The number of identification errors is uniquely fixed to 3 so that the period in which the 3 identification errors occur can be changed to 30 seconds, 1 minute, 1 minute 30 seconds, etc. On the contrary, the period may be uniquely fixed to 1 minute, for example, and the number of identification errors may be set to be changed to 3, 4, 5, etc.

  The setting contents of the imaging conditions set by the imaging condition setting unit of the system controller 100 are distributed and stored in the card unit 3 to each device in the startup process with the system controller 100 at the startup of each device. In each apparatus, imaging is performed based on these settings.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the setting contents of the imaging condition are distributed to the card unit 3 that is a gaming device, and it is determined whether the card unit 3 has received a large amount of money that matches the imaging condition, re-insertion, or the like. This makes it possible not only to reduce the communication load as compared with the case where the system controller 100 connected to each card unit 3 performs these determinations, but also to each card unit. 3, even when communication with the system controller 100 is offline, it is possible to perform imaging at its own judgment, and when communication is online, imaging data captured during the offline can be transmitted to the system controller 100. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these determination and imaging command output System controller 100 may be implemented to concentrate.

  In addition, in the caution required notification condition setting unit of the present embodiment, in response to each imaging factor item, when the number of imaging of the same gaming device based on each factor is more than what number in what period, It is possible to change the setting of whether to display the notification window shown in FIG. 22 or FIG. 24. For example, as shown in FIG. When it is set to 5 times or more within 3 hours, as shown in FIG. 21, the number of times of imaging is 5 times or more within 3 hours as in CU-0001 shown on the high-priced money acceptance history screen. In this case, the system controller 100 determines that the caution required notification condition is satisfied, and, as shown in FIG. 22, “CU” is the device ID of the card unit 3 that is a gaming device for which the caution required notification condition is satisfied. -00 1 ", by displaying the notification window and content of the captured factors items caution notification condition is satisfied is displayed, establishment of suspect notification condition is adapted to be informed. In the present embodiment, both the number of times of imaging and the period can be set and changed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and only one of them may be set and changed. The number of times of imaging may be uniquely fixed to 5 so that the period in which the number of times of imaging is generated can be changed to 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, etc., or vice versa. For example, the period may be uniquely fixed at 3 hours, for example, and the number of times of imaging may be changed such as 4, 5, 6, etc.

  In addition, as in the case of accepting large amounts of money, for example, the contents set for re-inputting in the notice required condition setting unit are set to 5 times or more within 3 hours as shown in FIG. 23, as shown in FIG. 23, when the number of times of imaging is 5 or more within 3 hours as in the case of CU-0010 shown in the reloading / redoing history screen, it is determined that the warning notice condition is satisfied. As shown in FIG. 24, the controller 100 determines that “CU-0010”, which is the device ID of the card issuing machine 23 that is the gaming device for which the caution required notification condition is satisfied, and the caution required notification condition is satisfied. By displaying a notification window displaying “Continuous input / redo”, which is the content of the imaging factor item, it is notified that the caution notification condition has been established. In the present embodiment, both the number of times of imaging and the period can be set and changed, but the present invention is not limited to this, and only one of them may be set and changed. The number of times of imaging may be uniquely fixed to 5 so that the period in which the number of times of imaging is generated can be changed to 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, etc., or vice versa. For example, the period may be uniquely fixed at 3 hours, for example, and the number of times of imaging may be changed such as 4, 5, 6, etc.

  The flow of imaging on the card unit 3 based on the imaging conditions set on the deposit imaging condition setting screen will be described below. A banknote is inserted from the banknote insertion slot 302 when the banknote usable LED 306a is lit. Then, the inserted banknote is identified by the banknote identification unit 323, and the identification result is output to the control unit 328.

  When the output identification result is an identification error (when it is determined that the money is not legitimate money), the control unit 328 registers the time of the identification error in the RAM 331 as the identification error history, and the identification error history In the imaging controller setting screen (to be described later) of the system controller 100, there are identification errors within the predetermined time (within 1 minute in this embodiment) that are set to the number of times of identification error (3 times in this embodiment). If the result of the determination is that a predetermined number of identification errors have occurred within a predetermined time, an imaging command is output to the CCD camera 335, and the CCD camera 335 performs imaging based on the imaging command. Next, the control unit 328 captures the image data of the operator imaged by the CCD camera 335 and the device ID given to the card unit 3 in advance and the imaging factor indicating that the imaging factor is re-input. By transmitting to the system controller 100 together with the type, the system controller 100 that has received the transmission, as shown in FIG. By storing and managing together with the device ID and its time, these input / redo histories are displayed on the input / redo history screen shown in FIG.

  When the identification result of the inserted banknote is a genuine note, the control unit 328 outputs the identification information including the information of the banknote type to the control unit 328. The control unit 328 inputs the identification information based on the output identification information. The money amount is converted into a frequency (a value obtained by dividing the input money amount by 100), and the converted frequency (payment frequency), money type and quantity are output to the card reader / writer 327 as money type information, and the bill identification is performed. It is determined whether the amount of money input based on the identification information from the unit 323 is equal to or higher than the amount of money defined in the money amount setting set for accepting a large amount of money on the imaging condition setting screen described later of the system controller 100. In the case of a bill of 5000 yen or more in the embodiment, an imaging command is output to the CCD camera 335, and the CCD camera 335 outputs the imaging command. Performs imaging based on the decree. Next, the control unit 328 captures the image data picked up by the CCD camera 335 together with the device ID given in advance to the card unit 3 and the image pickup factor type indicating that the image pickup factor is high money acceptance. As shown in FIG. 21, the system controller 100 that has transmitted the image data to the system controller 100 uses the device ID of each card unit 3 and its image data as a high-priced currency acceptance history for each imaging factor as shown in FIG. By storing and managing with time, these high-priced money acceptance histories are displayed on the high-priced money acceptance history screen shown in FIG.

  Further, the image data stored and managed in the system controller 100 is “image” displayed in correspondence with each device ID on the high-priced money acceptance history screen and the input / redo history screen shown in FIGS. 21 and 23. By selecting and inputting the characters, all images of the high-priced money acceptance history or the insertion / redo history stored corresponding to the device ID are displayed on the display screen. A captured image can be displayed.

  In the gaming system of the present embodiment, as described above, the CCD camera 425, 426, which is an image pickup device, is provided in the settlement apparatus 22, and is set in the system controller 100 in advance among operators who perform settlement. When the adjustment contents match the imaging conditions that have been set, an imaging instruction is transmitted from the system controller 100 to the CCD cameras 425 and 426, and imaging is performed. The imaging apparatus 22 performs imaging. The flow is described in detail below.

  First, the imaging conditions under which imaging is performed by the settlement apparatus 22 can be set on the settlement imaging condition setting screen shown in FIG. In the settlement imaging condition setting screen of this embodiment, if an unauthorized deposit is made with the same membership card 37, it can be considered that the settlement is carried out in a short time after the deposit and cashed. The time difference from when the money is deposited until it is settled can be set in minutes as “short-term settlement”.

  In addition, since it is considered that an unauthorized player repeatedly performs checkout several times in order to obtain regular cash, in order to extract a member card 37 for which checkout has been performed a predetermined number of times within a predetermined period. The item “Multiple payments” is provided, and in the “Multiple payments” item, the number of payments and a predetermined period can be set.

  Thus, in this embodiment, both the number of settlements and the predetermined period can be set, but the present invention is not limited to this, and only one of these can be set. Also good.

  Furthermore, since it is assumed that an unauthorized player performs settlement of a relatively large amount of money, and performs settlement without substantially using the amount received or issued for the game, the amount exceeding the predetermined amount is assumed. In addition to carrying out the settlement, an item of “high settlement” is provided for extracting a member card 37 whose difference between the issued amount of the card or the deposit amount and the settlement amount is equal to or less than a predetermined amount. In the item “”, a predetermined amount of the settlement amount and a predetermined amount of the difference can be set.

  In this embodiment, the predetermined amount of the difference can also be set. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the predetermined amount may not be set and may be constant. Instead of setting the predetermined amount of the difference, only the settlement of the predetermined amount or more may be set as the target of “high settlement”.

  In addition, a setting item of “viewable period” is provided at the lower part of the imaging condition setting screen of the present embodiment, and in this item, an image captured by the settlement apparatus 22 is stored and retained so as to be reproducible. The period to be set can be set, and the period setting means is formed by the setting item of the “viewable period”.

  Referring to FIG. 25, the flow in which the settlement apparatus 22 performs imaging based on these settings will be described. A member player who wants to perform settlement inserts a member card 37 into the card insertion slot 402 of the settlement apparatus 22. Then, the member card ID, the deposit ID, and the frequency recorded in the inserted member card 37 are read out by the IC card reader / writer 415 and given to the settlement apparatus 22 to the system controller 100. The payment amount corresponding to the read frequency is displayed on the amount display unit 407.

  The system controller 100 confirms whether there is a remaining number in the number stored in the member card master table corresponding to the received deposit ID, and then the member card ID of the member card 37 is set as an invalid card. It is confirmed whether or not the card is not registered, and when the card is not invalid, the frequency stored in correspondence with the deposit ID is compared with the frequency recorded on the membership card 37, and the verification is performed. When the settlement agreement is returned, the settlement device 22 pays out the money corresponding to the settlement amount displayed on the amount display unit 407 by operating the settlement button 410 based on the receipt of the settlement license. carry out.

  At the time of transmission of the payment authorization, the system controller 100 extracts the usage history that matches the membership card ID received from the payment apparatus 22 from the membership card usage history table shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not any of “short-term settlement”, “multiple settlement”, and “expensive settlement” set on the imaging condition setting screen is satisfied. When the imaging command is returned, the CCD camera 425, 426 performs imaging. Based on the completion of the settlement, the settlement device 22 completes the settlement, and the membership card ID and the device ID of the membership card 37 used for the settlement. In the case where it exists, the imaging data is transmitted to the system controller 100, so that the settlement history of these settlements is sent to the system controller 100. Image data is stored, it is managed in a set period of time by the setting item of the "viewing period", and is viewable held.

  Further, settlement corresponding to any one of “short-term settlement”, “several settlement”, and “expensive settlement” set on the settlement imaging condition setting screen is performed, and images captured by the CCD cameras 425 and 426 are displayed. When it is transmitted from the settlement apparatus 22, the transmitted captured image is displayed as the current image on the display device 107 of the system controller 100 as shown in FIG. A captured image display screen in which setting items and imaging time are displayed in the right area of the captured image is automatically displayed.

  Thus, automatically displaying the captured image display screen with the reception of the captured image means that there is a person in the amusement hall that a store clerk or the like may have illegally deposited or settled, and It is preferable because it is possible to quickly respond by grasping the person's face in real time, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the automatic image display of these captured image display screens is not performed. Also good.

  In the lower area of the captured image display screen of the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 27, a retained image display in which captured images captured before the current image and captured during the browseable period are scroll-displayed in time order. A window is provided, and by comparing each old captured image of the retained image display window with the current image, for example, it is possible to easily check whether the same person is also captured in the old captured image. It has become.

  In this way, displaying the received current image and the old captured image within the browseable period in the past can be confirmed by a store clerk or the like comparing the current captured image and the past old captured image, Although it is preferable because it is possible to easily identify a person requiring attention that has been imaged a plurality of times within the browseable period, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration may be adopted in which these old captured images in the past are not displayed.

  The picked-up image display screen of this embodiment is provided with a selection section for “camera 1” and “camera 2” for selecting which image of the CCD cameras 425 and 426 is to be displayed. The image displayed by the selection unit can be changed as appropriate.

  Further, in this embodiment, as shown in FIGS. 28 to 30, in the system controller 100, the “short-time settlement”, “multiple settlement”, and “high settlement” set on the settlement imaging condition setting screen are displayed. The image pickup results for each item can be displayed on the display device 107 together with the adjustment contents and confirmed, and can be printed out by the printer 108. For each adjustment contents displayed in the image pickup results for each item. By selecting the display of “image” corresponding to “”, it is possible to easily display an image captured at the time of payment.

  Further, in this embodiment, a list of member cards 37 corresponding to a plurality of items of “short-term settlement”, “multiple settlement”, and “expensive settlement” set on the settlement imaging condition setting screen is displayed. 31. As shown in FIG. 31, the member card 37 registered in common for any two or more imaging results on the imaging result screens shown in FIGS. And is registered and managed as a gray member list as shown in FIG.

  When it is desired to prohibit the use of the member card 37 for each registered gray member, the list of registered gray members is displayed on the display device 107 as shown in FIG. By selecting “Yes” in the invalid setting provided in association with each member card 37 displayed together with the member card 37, the registration of the unusable registration is registered in the unusable item of the member card master table of the member card 37. The use of the membership card 37 can be prohibited. When the member card 37 registered in the gray member list in this way is used in the card unit 3 or the settlement apparatus 22, the card unit 3 or the settlement apparatus 22 performs imaging, and the imaging The image may be quickly transmitted to the system controller 100 so that the member card 37 registered in the gray member list has been used, and the user's image can be left. . Further, not only the gray member list but also the member card 37 in which the unusable registration is registered in the unusable item of the member card master table by the black list or the shaded list included in the operation information is stored in the card unit 3 or the checkout device 22. Even when used, the card unit 3 or the settlement apparatus 22 may take an image and transmit it to the system controller 100 quickly so that the user and the user can be grasped.

  In the gaming system of the present embodiment, a plurality of messages set on the message setting screen shown in FIG. 41 and stored in the message database are displayed on the display unit 312 of the card unit 3. The flow of displaying these messages on the display unit 312 of the card unit 3 will be described with reference to FIG. 59. First, the member player owns the member himself / herself in the member card insertion slot 309 of the card unit 3. When the card 37 is inserted, the recorded information such as the member card ID, member ID (1), and frequency recorded on the inserted member card 37 is read by the card reader / writer 327 and output to the control unit 328. The read information is temporarily stored, and among the information read from the member card 37, Membered ID (1) and the membership card capture request including the device ID assigned individually to each card unit 3 is transmitted to the member management computer 120.

  Based on the reception of the member card take-in request, the member management computer 120 already has a game history on the day corresponding to the member ID (1) included in the received member card take-in request in the member history table. If there is no game history on that day in the confirmation, a new column (data frame) for registering the “current” game history is formed, and the date of today And registering the corresponding machine number of the corresponding pachinko machine 2 specified from the device ID included in the received member card acceptance notification to update the member-specific history table and store visits stored in the member information table Update the member management DB by updating the member information table by adding a predetermined point to the store and updating the points.

  After updating the member management DB, a determination process is performed to determine whether or not each condition set as a display condition at the time of card insertion in the message database is satisfied. Specifically, if it is set as shown in FIG. 37, whether or not it is a member, whether or not the day is a birthday, whether or not this month's balance is negative, Determine whether the balance is positive, whether this month's balance is +50,000 or more, and whether this month's balance is +100,000 or more To do. As described above, in this embodiment, when the member management computer 120 receives a member card take-in request including the member ID (1), whether or not each condition set as a display condition is satisfied. A determination is made.

  At this time, whether or not it is a birthday is determined if the birthday registered in the member information table corresponding to the member ID (1) included in the received membership card take-in request matches the current date. It is determined that it has been established.

  In addition, among the game histories registered corresponding to the member ID (1) of the member in the member history table in order to make a determination based on the balance, the sum of the balance of each game history corresponding to the current month is totaled. , Whether the balance is positive or negative (plus / minus for the game hall = minus the player's balance) or minus (minus for the game hall = minus the player's balance) At the same time, if the total value is negative (the balance for the game hall is negative = the player's balance is positive), it is determined whether the total value is 50,000 yen or more or 100,000 yen or more.

  In the determination of these determinations and conditions for establishment, for example, when it is specified that the conditions of “member” and “this month's income and expenditure are positive” are established, the message corresponding to each of these established conditions, the priority of the message, Are specified by the message database, and messages corresponding to the established conditions are transmitted to the card unit 3 specified from the device ID included in the member card take-in request in the order of the messages with the smallest priority values.

  In the case of a message transmitted from these member management computers 120, for example, “Mr. XX, welcome”, the member management computer 120 assigns the member ID (1 ) Is added to the message display section provided at the lower position of the display section 312 as shown in FIG. And, after sending these “Mr. XX, welcome” message, the message corresponds to the condition that the priority value is large (low priority) and “This month's balance is positive”. “Please do your best in this condition.” When the message “Oh, please come in” is displayed on the card unit 3, the message “This month is in good condition. "Please do your best."

  Then, when the member player starts playing with the pachinko machine 2 corresponding to the card unit 3 and is playing a game, the pachinko machine 2 and the supply ball detection switch 6 and the out ball detection switch 7 are used for various game information. Based on the input of various signals, game information data in a predetermined format is transmitted to the member management computer 120 as described above.

  The transmitted game information data includes the machine number of the pachinko machine 2 that has output the game information, and the number of times the game history is started and the jackpot are registered for the same machine number as the machine number. The data of the number of times, the number of probability changes, the number of consecutive games, the number of supplied balls, the number of shot balls, and the number of difference balls are updated based on game information data. That is, the member management computer 120, based on the game information data received (collected) from the card unit 3 during the reception of the member card 37, the game history corresponding to the member ID (1) of the member card 37 being received. Update.

  Each time the member-specific history table is updated, a determination process for determining whether each condition set as a display condition during card insertion in the message database is satisfied is made to each updated data. Implement based on. Specifically, if it is set as shown in FIG. 37, whether or not the first big hit has occurred today, and whether or not the tenth big hit today has occurred, the probability variation big hit has occurred. Whether or not the number of consecutive resorts is 5, whether or not the number of consecutive resorts is 10, whether or not the cumulative jackpot is 100 times, and whether or not the cumulative jackpot is 1000 times. Identify conditions.

  At this time, whether or not it is the first big hit or the tenth big hit is determined based on the number of big hits in the member-specific history table. Judgment is made based on the number of consecutive games in the separate history table, and whether or not the cumulative jackpot is 100 times or 1000 times is determined based on the cumulative jackpot number in the member-specific history table.

  In these determinations, for example, when a probable big hit occurs and the number of big hits in the game history is 10, the conditions of “10 big hits today” and the “probable big hit” conditions are met. The message corresponding to each of the established conditions and the priority of the message are specified by the message database, and the messages of the established conditions are listed in the order of the messages having the lowest priority values. The data is transmitted to the card unit 3 that is the data transmission source.

  In other words, the message of “10 big hits today” that is a message corresponding to the condition of “10 big hits today” with a low priority value of “1”. The display is scrolled on the message display section provided at the lower position of the display section 312. Then, after sending these messages, “You have reached 10 big hits today. Please let me win big hits in this way.” The message “Congratulations on big hits” with a high priority value of “2” is displayed. After being sent to the card unit 3, the message display of “Congratulations on winning big hits” is displayed after the message “You have reached 10 hits of the day. The message display unit 333 is scrolled.

  In this way, when the display condition is satisfied during the game, each message is scrolled and displayed on the message display section of the display section 312 and the member player operates the return button 15 to end the game. In this case, the control unit 328 of the card unit 3 ejects the member card 37 being received from the member card insertion slot 309 and returns it, and stops displaying the message on the message display unit of the display unit 312.

  Next, the processing status of the card unit 3 and the member management computer 120 related to the event notification processing performed in the gaming system of the present embodiment will be described in detail below.

  First, as shown in FIG. 34 (b), the member management computer 120 determines the event No. of the event corresponding to the implementation period in which the business day is registered from the event registered in the event table. , And these extracted event numbers are extracted. “Yes” is registered in the item of the flag during the implementation period corresponding to. Next, event data in which “Yes” is registered in the item of the execution period flag from the event table, that is, event data executed today (event name, execution period, execution time, event target condition, target range, privilege, notification time) , Notification mode) is extracted. Further, by transmitting the extracted event data to the card unit 3 having the device ID corresponding to the target range included in the extracted event data as shown in FIG. The card unit 3 stores the received event data and informs the display unit 312 of the event target table of today that the multi-function display unit 301 blinks in green and informs that the table is an event target table. A message to that effect, for example, “This platform is the target for today's event” is displayed periodically.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 52, when the card unit 3 as the event target table, that is, the card unit 3 that has received the event data at the opening of the store receives the member card 37, the member including the member ID (1) and the device ID is received. An event determination request is transmitted to the member management computer 120 together with the card acquisition request.

  Based on the reception of this event determination request, the member management computer 120 has a member game possessing the member card 37 received by the card unit 3 based on the member ID (1) received from the card unit 3 together with the event object determination request. Event subject person determination processing shown in FIG. 53 for determining whether or not to notify that the person is an event subject person is performed.

  In this event subject person determination process, since the event subject person = direct mail sender as described above in this embodiment, the event No. DM-No. First, the DM-No. Stored in the member information table corresponding to the received member ID is first used. And the event No. targeted for the member player is extracted. (Sd1), and the identified event No. Event data in which “Yes” is registered in the execution period flag is specified from the registered data in the event table (Sd2).

  Next, the implementation time of the event to be identified, the upper limit notification count for each event, and the notification count are extracted, the current time is during the implementation time of the event data, and the notification count is set to the upper limit notification count for each event. It is determined whether it has not been reached (Sd3). In this determination, if the current time is during the implementation time of the event data, and the number of notifications has not reached the upper limit number of events, the upper limit number of notifications per person of the extracted event data, With reference to the notification history of the event target person of the received member ID (1) in the member-specific notification history table, the maximum number of notifications per person indicating that the event target person is based on the extracted event data It is determined whether or not the number of times has been reached (Sd4), and if the number of notifications indicating that the person is an event subject has not reached the maximum number of notifications per person in this determination, the fact that the subject is an event is notified. Judge that. In this embodiment, in addition to these determinations, the event Pt. It is determined that the person is an event subject also when the predetermined number has been reached. At this time, the event Pt. Is cleared to 0Pt. Updated to

  In this event subject person determination process, when it is determined that the subject is an event subject person, the event subject person notification and the event No. Is returned to the card unit 3 of the transmission source (Sd5). In addition, the set priority of the target event is also returned. As described above, the event Pt. Is determined to be an event subject by reaching the predetermined number, the event subject notice and the event Pt. And point-up information indicating that the predetermined number has been reached is sent back to the card unit 3 of the transmission source. Furthermore, when the number of notifications in the corresponding event data in the event table is added once, referring to the member-specific notification history table, and the notification of the event to the player of the corresponding member ID (1) is the first time, Event Pt. Of the corresponding member ID (1) in the member information table. 1 Pt. Is added. That is, in this embodiment, 1 Pt. Event Pt. Is granted. In addition, the event ID of the notified event is displayed in the corresponding member ID (1) of the member-specific notification history table. A notification history consisting of a privilege, the reception date and time of the member card 37, and the device ID of the accepted card unit 3 is registered.

  When it is determined that the event target person is not an event target person in the event target person determination process, an event non-target notification is returned to the card unit 3 as a transmission source. (Sd6)

  As described above, when the member management computer 120 according to the present embodiment receives an event determination request from the card unit 3 and determines whether or not it is an event target person, it is determined that the event is being performed. It is included as one of the conditions, and in this way, it is possible to avoid inconvenience due to the fact that the person who is the event subject is erroneously notified outside the event implementation period.

  Further, in this embodiment, when it is determined that the person is an event target person, the event Pt. Are added and this event Pt. As a result of the predetermined number, a predetermined service can be received. That is, since a further privilege is given by participating in the event, the player's willingness to participate in the event can be improved. In this embodiment, the event Pt. Is 1 Pt. For example, the event Pt. Is determined according to the number of times of participation in the event. You may make it provide.

  In addition, a device ID assigned in advance to each card unit 3 is transmitted to the member management computer 120 together with the member ID (1), and the member management computer 120 transmits the member ID (1) together with the member ID (1). By providing the display device 127 for identifying the pachinko machine 2 corresponding to the card unit 3 that transmitted the device ID from the device ID and displaying information (FIG. 44) that can identify the identified pachinko machine 2. In addition, it is possible to easily grasp the store visit situation of the event target person in real time.

  From the member management computer 120, the event No. In the card unit 3 that has received a reply to the event subject person notification including information such as the priority of the event, the event subject person notice is stored as an event notification registration in the control unit 328, and then as shown in FIG. The control unit 328 performs notification control processing.

  In this notification control process, first, it is determined whether or not the event notification registration is stored in S1, and the event notification registration is stored (the event subject person notification newly received from the member management computer 120 described above). In addition to those corresponding to event notifications received before that), in S2, the priority of all stored event notification registrations is determined and registered events. The event notification with the highest priority is identified from the notifications, and the notification timing set for the identified high priority event is awaited (S3). If it is determined that there is no event notification registration, the process ends.

  When it corresponds to the notification timing of the event in S3, the multifunctional LED 301a is controlled so as to be in the lighting mode of the preset lighting color corresponding to the specified event notification (S4).

  Next, the notification timer set to a certain time is reset and started from the time when the notification is started in S5.

  Whether a signal has been input from the infrared light receiving unit 336 before the set time has elapsed since the start of the notification timer, that is, the remote control possessed by the attendant of the game hall is operated, and the infrared light receiving unit 336 In S6, it is determined whether or not light has been received. When there is no signal input from the infrared light receiving unit 336, that is, when there is no operation of the remote controller, the process proceeds to S9 and a predetermined time of the notification timer that has started has elapsed. If it is determined that the predetermined time has not elapsed, the process returns to S6 to wait for an input signal from the infrared light receiving unit 336 until the predetermined time of the notification timer elapses.

  If it is determined in S6 that there is a signal input from the infrared light receiving unit 336, the process proceeds to S7, the event notification is ended, and the lighting mode of the multi-function LED 301a is changed to the lighting mode before the notification control process. An end notification is transmitted to the member management computer 120, and the storage of the ended event notification registration is deleted in S8, and the process returns to S1.

  In the present embodiment, since the card unit 3 includes the display unit 312, notification of the event target is performed at the multi-function LED 301 a and at the same time the received event No. Based on the event data corresponding to the above, the display unit 312 scrolls and displays a message composed of the fact that the person is the subject of today's event, the event name, and the event privilege.

  If it is determined in S9 that the predetermined time of the notification timer has elapsed, the process proceeds to S10, the lighting mode of the multi-function LED 301a is changed to high-speed blinking, and then the infrared light receiving unit is returned to S6. Until the signal from 336 is inputted, the store clerk or the like is urged to process the event subject by high-speed lighting.

  As described above, the multi-function LED 301a delays the provision of profits by changing the lighting mode from blinking to fast blinking after a predetermined time of the notice timer has elapsed since the start of the notice that the player is the event target player. It is preferable because the store clerk can perceive the presence of the event target person or forgetting to input infrared rays from the remote control. However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, the notification is made even after a predetermined time has elapsed. You may make it alert | report as it is, without changing an aspect.

  In addition, the member management computer 120 changes the display mode of the display device 127 of the pachinko machine 2 to which the card unit 3 that transmitted the notification completion based on the reception of the notification completion notification corresponds to, for example, blinking purple. In this way, the member management computer 120 can easily grasp the status of the provision of profits to the event target person in real time.

  Further, even if the card unit 3 of the present embodiment is in a communication impossible state (offline state) where communication with the system controller 100 is not possible, the card unit 3 is received before the communication impossible state (offline state). In the case where the membership card 37 that has been licensed for 100 is continuously being accepted, the number of replays based on the number of remaining cards and the number of saved balls can be used for the game, and the visitor card 38 It is now possible to carry out cash use processing by using money.

  Various processes in the offline card unit 3 will be described in detail below. First, an offline detection process in which the card unit 3 detects whether the communication state with the system controller 100 is offline will be described with reference to FIG.

  In this embodiment, these offline detection processes are performed by the control board 327b provided in the card reader / writer 327, and the offline detection process performed by the control board 327b is as shown in FIG. Then, it is determined whether or not there is a reception of a broad packet transmitted from the system controller 100 to all the card units 3 and the settlement apparatus 22 periodically (every 5 seconds in this embodiment) (Sa1). If a broad packet is received in the determination, the process proceeds to Sa6, the count of the monitor timer mounted on the control board 327b is reset and the monitor timer is restarted, and the process proceeds to Sa7 and online. And the fact that it is online is output to the control unit 328 (S 8), and returns to the Sa1.

  In the case where no broadcast packet is received in Sa1, the process proceeds to Sa2 to determine whether the monitoring timer is timed up (counted up). In this determination, the time is still up (counted up). If not, the process returns to Sa1, and if it is determined that a predetermined offline determination time (for example, 1 minute) has elapsed due to the time-up (counting up), the process proceeds to Sa3 and is determined to be offline. After the count of the monitoring timer is reset and the monitoring timer is restarted (Sa4), the offline state is output to the control unit 328 (Sa5), and by returning to the Sa1, the online state or Offline states are sequentially output to the control unit 328.

  The output of the online state or the offline state is detected by the interrupt process shown in FIG. 64 performed by the control unit 328, and the process associated with the occurrence of the offline state or the recovery to the online state is performed. ing.

  The interrupt process will be described. First, it is determined by Sb1 or Sb7 whether the output from the control board 327b is in an online state or an offline state.

  When an off-line output is made from the control board 327b, it is determined in Sb1 that the output content is off-line, the process proceeds to Sb2, the lighting color of the multi-function display unit 301 is changed to red, Notifies that communication with the system controller 100 has become impossible (offline state). Then, in Sb3, the acceptance of a new member card 37 is prohibited, and the membership card available lamp 305 is turned off to notify that the acceptance of a new member card 37 is impossible. Then, the process proceeds to Sb4. At that time, the card reader / writer 327 determines whether or not the member card 37 that has been licensed by the system controller 100 (determined to be usable for a game) is being received. When there is no member card 37 being accepted, the cash use processing is validated by shifting to the cash use processing routine using the visitor card 38, and the money is put into a waiting state.

  If it is determined in Sb4 that the member card 37 for which use has been granted is being accepted, whether or not there is a remaining frequency in the accepted member card 37 is stored in the frequency register of the RAM 331. When the remaining frequency does not remain, that is, when it is “0”, the process proceeds to Sb13 and is calculated based on the number of saving balls stored in the saving ball number register. It is determined whether there is a replayable number of times, and if the replayable number does not exist, that is, if it is “0”, the process proceeds to Sb15 to return the member card 37 being accepted, and then the visitor By shifting to the cash use processing routine using the card 38, while the cash use processing is allowed, the remaining number or the replayable number exists, S By proceeding to 6 or Sb14, the payout process is reused processing using re-playable times of lending processing or residual using residual power (replay process) is allowed.

  Specifically, if the remaining frequency remains, it is determined in Sb5 that the remaining frequency is determined to proceed to Sb6, and the process proceeds to a lending process routine using the remaining frequency, whereby the lending button 16 When the player enters an operation waiting state and the player operates the lending button 16, lending processing using the frequencies displayed on the frequency display unit 309 and the frequency display unit 17 (= the frequency stored in the frequency register) is performed. After the usage frequency is subtracted and updated from the frequency displayed on the frequency display unit 309 and the frequency display unit 17 (= the frequency stored in the frequency register), and the usage history is stored in the history storage area, The process returns to Sb5 again, and the offline determination by Sb5 and the lending process of Sb6 are repeatedly performed in this manner, so that the offline When there are remaining degrees in the membership card 37 received and licensed by the card unit 3 before entering the state, the remaining degrees can be used in the game even after the offline state is established. It has become.

  If there is a replayable number of times, it is determined in Sb13 that the replayable number of times is present, the process proceeds to Sb14, and the payout process (replay process) routine using the remaining replayable number of times is performed. As a result, the player enters a waiting state for the replay button 319, and when the player operates the replay button 319, a payout process (replay process) using the number of possible replays displayed on the display unit 312 is performed. After the replay possible number displayed on the display unit 312 is decremented and updated once, the process returns to Sb13 again. In this way, whether or not the replayable number is determined by Sb13 and the payout process of Sb14 are performed. (Replay process) is repeatedly performed, so that the card unit 3 accepts and uses it before entering the offline state. In the case where re-playable times is present membership card 37 that has been granted, even after off-line state, thereby making it possible to use these again playable times in a game.

  Further, when an online state output is made from the control board 327b, the output is detected at Sb7 and proceeds to Sb8, where it is determined whether or not it is a change from the offline state to the online state. When the change is from the offline state to the online state, the process proceeds to Sb9.

In Sb9, the lighting color of the multi-function display unit 301 is changed from red indicating offline to continuous lighting in blue indicating that the membership card 37 is being received online, and communication with the system controller 100 is in an online state. The fact that the member card 37 has been approved, and the member card availability display section 320 that has been turned off in Sb2 is turned on and the new member card 37 can be accepted. After the notification (Sb10), it is determined whether or not the offline frequency usage history is registered in the history storage area (Sb11), and when the offline frequency usage history exists, the process proceeds to Sb12. After transmitting the offline frequency use history to the system controller 100 (Sb12),
The process shifts to a normal processing routine in which a lending process, an additional deposit process, and a replay process can be performed.

  As described above, when the communication disabled state (offline state) is entered, the new member card 37 is not accepted, thereby preventing an illegal membership card 37 from being played and the communication disabled state ( If the member card 37 that has already been determined to be usable in the availability determination process by the system controller 100 is still being received in the communication ready state before going offline, the number of times remaining on the member card 37 and the replay Since the number of possible uses for the game is permitted, the game hall side can secure the minimum sales state, and can suppress the decline in sales of the game hall due to these communication impossible states (offline state). it can.

  Here, lighting control of the multi-function display unit 301, the coin usable LED 307a, the bill usable LED 306a, the member card usable display unit 320, and the card processing in progress display unit 321 provided in the card unit 3 in the present embodiment. As for the situation, FIG. 55 shows a summary of lighting conditions when offline, and FIG. 56 shows a summary of lighting conditions when online.

  First, the lighting state of various lamps shown in FIG. 55 will be described. The multifunction display unit 301 is in a lighting state in a waiting state for receiving the member card 37 by receiving the member card 37 with the remaining frequency. The green continuous lighting state is changed to the blue continuous lighting indicating that the membership card 37 is being received.

  At this time, if the holder of the inserted membership card 37 is an event target person, blue, purple, yellow, light blue, white color set for the target event in the multi-function display unit 301. One of the above flashing lights is implemented.

  As the member card 37 is received, the coin usable LED 307a and the bill usable LED 306a, which have been lit in the waiting state, are turned off, the member card usable LED 320a is turned on, and the card processing LED 321a is turned off. Each will be continued.

  In the state where the remaining number is present, when an offline state occurs, the lighting mode of the multi-function display unit 301 (multi-function LED 301a) is changed to red continuous lighting, and the communication state with the system controller 100 is changed. Notify that you are offline. At this time, the membership card use LED 320a is kept in the lighting state, and the lighting state of the other lamps is kept in the online state before the offline state, and the ball lending process and the replay can be performed. The When all the frequencies are used and all the replay times are used, the remaining frequency “0” is turned on.

  When the card return operation is performed in a situation where the remaining frequency is “0” or the frequency exists, in order to notify the return of the member card 37 while keeping the lighting mode of the multi-function display unit 301 in red. After the membership card availability LED 320a is flashed and turned on together with the on-display display unit 345, the membership card availability LED 320a is turned off to notify that the new membership card 37 cannot be used due to being offline. The

  In addition to turning off the membership card use LED 320a, the coin use LED 307a and the bill use LED 306a are turned on to notify that the visitor card 38 can use the cash.

  In this state, when money is inserted for cash use processing by the visitor card 38, the coin usable LED 307a and the bill usable LED 306a are turned off, and new coins and bills cannot be accepted. While notifying that there is a pachinko ball corresponding to the amount of money deposited, the LED 321a during the card processing blinks and notifies that the cash use processing by the visitor card 38 is being performed. .

  When the cash use processing is completed, that is, when the remaining frequency of the visitor card 38 is “0”, the flashing-lit card processing LED 321a is turned off and the turned-off coins can be used. The LED 307a and the banknote available LED 306a are turned on again to notify that the currency acceptance for the cash use processing by the visitor card 38 is possible.

  Next, the lighting state of various lamps shown in FIG. 56 will be described. In the online waiting state for the insertion of the membership card 37 or the money insertion waiting state for the cash use processing by the visitor card 38, The multi-function display unit 301 is continuously lit in green indicating an online state, and in order to notify that the coins can be inserted for cash use processing by the visitor card 38, the above-described coin usable LED 307a and In order to notify that the bill usable LED 306a is turned on and the member card 37 can be received, the member card usable display unit 320 is lit. Note that the card processing display unit 321 is turned off.

  Here, when the member card 37 with the remaining frequency is received, the multi-function display unit 301 is changed from the green continuous lighting state to the blue continuous lighting indicating that the member card 37 is being received, In order to notify that the member card 37 having the frequency cannot be deposited, the coin usable LED 307a and the bill usable LED 306a are turned off. When the holder of the inserted member card 37 is an event target person, the lighting mode of the multi-function display unit 301 is based on the notification mode set in the target event as described above. The lighting mode is used.

  When all the frequencies remaining on the member card 37 being accepted are used, the above-mentioned coin use LED 307a and bills can be used in order to notify that additional payment processing to the member card 37 is possible. When the LED 306a is changed to a lighting state and money is inserted for the additional deposit processing, the coin usable LED 307a and the banknote usable LED 306a are used to notify that new money cannot be inserted. Turns off.

  When the membership card 37 with remaining power is obtained by the additional deposit processing, the coin usable LED 307a and the banknote usable LED 306a are turned off in the same manner as after the member card 37 with the remaining power received. Is informed that new money cannot be inserted for additional deposit.

  Next, when the return operation of the membership card 37 having the remaining frequency or the membership card 37 having the remaining frequency “0” is performed, the lighting mode of the multi-function display unit 301 is changed to the green continuous lighting state. At the same time, in order to notify the return of the membership card 37, the membership card availability display section 320 blinks and lights up together with the receiving display section 345, and then the new membership card 37 can be used by being online. In order to notify that there is, the membership card availability display section 320 is continuously turned on, and returns to the lighting state of the waiting state for inserting the membership card 37 or waiting for the insertion of money for the cash use processing by the visitor card 38. .

  In this state, when money is inserted for cash use processing by the visitor card 38, the coin usable LED 307a and the bill usable LED 306a are turned off, and new coins and bills cannot be accepted. In addition, the member card availability display unit 320 is turned off to notify that a new member card 37 cannot be inserted, and the card processing display unit 321 is turned on.

  Next, while the pachinko ball corresponding to the deposited amount is lent out, the card processing in-progress display unit 321 blinks and notifies that the cash use processing by the visitor card 38 is being executed.

  When the cash use processing is completed, the card processing in-progress display unit 321 that has been lit flashing is turned off, and the coin use enabled LED 307a and the bill use enabled LED 306a are turned on again, and the visitor card is turned on. It returns to the lighting state of the waiting state for inserting the membership card 37 or waiting for the insertion of money for the cash use processing by the visitor card 38. Yes.

  By using these card units 3 according to the present embodiment, not only an error or offline notification but also whether the inserted card is the membership card 37 or the visitor card 38 is in use is the multi-function lamp. The clerk can easily check the type of the card being inserted, and the player can grasp the current card acceptance status, so the card can be used smoothly. It becomes like this. Furthermore, since the clerk can accurately grasp the current situation of the card unit 3, it is possible to appropriately respond to the player even for a complaint from the player such as the card not being usable. become.

  Next, a flow until the member card 37 is issued to the member player in the present embodiment will be described below.

  First, when an order is placed for a membership card 37 used for issuance by the game hall from the card management company, the membership card 37 is delivered from the card management company and the membership ID (1) recorded on the delivered membership card 37 is also received. ) And the membership card ID are registered as the unissued membership card 37 in the membership information table based on the delivery information from the management server 140 being distributed to the membership management computer 120 as described above. . As the shipping information is distributed, the item of the shipping information in the member information database corresponding to the member ID (1) and the member card ID included in the distributed shipping information is updated to “Done”.

  As a member registration method when issuing these unissued member cards 37 to a player who wishes to become a member, in this embodiment, the flow of member registration at the amusement hall shown in FIG. Two registration methods in which the site registration is performed by accessing the site of the site server 14 shown in FIG. 74 are possible. In this embodiment, as described above, the member management computer 120 can also perform member registration in an emergency or the like.

  First, the flow of member registration at the game hall will be described with reference to FIG. 69. When a player who wishes to register as a member applies for membership registration at the game hall, an application form issued by a staff member at the game hall is displayed. , Member attribute information required for membership registration, specifically information such as name, gender, age, date of birth, occupation, address, e-mail address, etc. registered in the member information table, and a personal identification number Submit it to the staff at the venue.

  When the game attendant selects a new issue menu (not shown) in the member management computer 120 by submitting the application form, the member ID (1) and the member card ID of the member card 37 issued to the new member are displayed. It will be in the state waiting for input of a PIN.

  At this stage, the clerk inputs the personal identification number described in the application form from the input device 126, takes out an arbitrary one from the unissued membership card 37 delivered from the card management company, and sends it to the card reader 132. By inserting the taken out member card 37, the member ID (1) and the member card ID stored in the inserted member card 37 are read out by the card reader 132, and the input interface (I / F) By inputting from 131, the member ID (2) corresponding to the input member ID (1) is specified in the conversion table, and a registration request including the member ID (2) and the personal identification number is stored. By transmitting to the computer 160, the member ID (2) and the personal identification number are registered in the savings ball number table so that the savings can be made. Based on the reception of the registration completion from the physical computer 160, the CPU 122 registers the date on the registration date corresponding to the input member ID (1) and the member card ID in the member information table. The use of the membership card 37 is enabled by updating the item of “not yet” to “already” indicating that the item has been issued and adding 100 points given to the new issuance to the store visit points. Perform ready processing. Then, the member ID (1) and the member card ID of the usable member card 37 are transmitted to the system controller 100 and notified, so that the prepaid function of the member card 37 of the notified member card ID is sent. Can be used. The member ID (1) and the member card ID notified to the system controller 100 are transmitted as new issue information to the management server 140 together with the sales information in the closing process.

  After the member information table is updated, the member card 37 is discharged from the card reader 132, and the discharged member card 37 is handed over to a new member by an attendant and issued.

  The membership card 37 issued to the new member is described above even if the membership attribute information (name, gender, age, birthday, occupation, address, e-mail address, etc.) is not registered in the membership information table. Since it is already usable in the usable processing, it is possible to immediately insert the card unit 3 into the card unit 3 to make a payment, and to save the number of balls acquired by the game, and the savings. It can be used for replay games using the number of saved balls.

  In addition, in the management server 140 that has received the sales information including the newly issued information from the system controller 100, the game hall ID of the game hall in which the system controller 100 that is the transmission source of the received sales information is installed is specified. In addition, the member ID (1) and the member card ID included in the newly issued information registered in the member information database corresponding to the specified game hall ID are specified, and each member ID (1) and the member are identified. The issuance status corresponding to the card ID is updated to “done”.

  In addition, the application form submitted to the staff member is inserted into the printer 128 and printed with the game hall ID of the game hall and the member ID (1), and then sent to the card management company. In the management company, all information described in the application form, specifically, amusement hall ID, member ID (1), PIN, name, gender, age, date of birth, occupation, address, e-mail address Etc. are input from the input device 144 of the management server 140, and each input information is registered in each item of the member information database corresponding to the input game hall ID and the member ID (1). .

  The application card is not printed with the membership card ID used for frequency management in the system controller 100, so that the membership card 37 can be prevented from being counterfeited by theft of the membership card ID. ing.

  Then, the management server 140 obtains member registration information including these registered member attribute information, specifically, name, gender, age, birthday, occupation, address, e-mail address, and member ID (1). By transmitting to the system controller 100 in a form included in the operation information to the system controller 100 installed in the game hall identified from the game hall ID registered corresponding to the member ID (1), the Member registration information included in the operation information is transmitted from the system controller 100 to the member management computer 120.

  Based on the reception of the member registration information, the member management computer 120 determines whether or not the member ID (1) included in the member registration information matches the member ID (1) transmitted in the newly issued information. When the determination results are the same, the member attribute information included in the member registration information is registered in the member information table corresponding to the member ID (1).

  On the other hand, if the determination result does not match, the member attribute information included in the member registration information corresponding to the member ID (1) is not registered in the member information table, and the member registration that does not match Included in the business information transmitted from the system controller 100 to the management server 140 by transmitting to the system controller 100 an error transmission notification including the mismatch ID information indicating that the member ID (1) included in the information does not match In such a form, an erroneous transmission notification transmitted from the member management computer 120 is transmitted to the management server 140, and the management server 140 can confirm the occurrence of the erroneous transmission and notify the occurrence of the erroneous transmission.

  Next, a flow of accessing the site of the site server 14 as another member registration method and performing member registration will be described with reference to FIG. 74. A player who desires member registration is a personal computer 15 owned by himself / herself. To the member registration page on the site of the site server 14 to select the name of the amusement hall for which membership registration is desired (amusement hall specific information) and the member attribute information necessary for membership registration, specifically the name Enter information such as gender, age, date of birth, occupation, address, and email address.

  The site server 14 that has received the input on the member registration page generates an authentication ID, which is registrant specific information, and distributes (transmits) the generated authentication ID to the member registrant's personal computer 15 for authentication ID. In the management server 140, the issued authentication ID, the game hall ID corresponding to the game hall with the name accepted on the member registration page and the member attribute information are transmitted to the management server 140. The authentication ID and member attribute information are registered in association with the area corresponding to the game hall ID in the member information database.

  After the registration in the member information database, the management server 140 obtains registration acceptance information including the registered authentication ID and member attribute information from the game hall ID transmitted from the site server 14 corresponding to the authentication ID. By transmitting to the system controller 100 in a form included in the operation information to the system controller 100 installed in the specified game arcade, the registration acceptance information included in the operation information is transferred from the system controller 100 to the member management computer 120. Sent to.

  Based on the reception of the registration acceptance information, the member management computer 120 registers the authentication ID and member attribute information included in the registration acceptance information in the authentication ID table.

  A player who has registered as a member at the site of the site server 14 and has been issued an authentication ID presents the issued authentication ID when he / she goes to a game hall designated at the site. Based on the presentation of the authentication ID, the clerk selects the authentication ID collation menu (not shown) in the member management computer 120, and then inputs the authentication ID presented by the player from the input device 126. The management computer 120 determines whether or not a registration that matches the input authentication ID is registered in the authentication ID table. If there is a registration, the management computer 120 automatically shifts to a new issue process, The system enters a state waiting for input of the member ID (1), member card ID, and password of the member card 37 to be issued.

  At this stage, the clerk accepts the PIN number from the player and inputs it from the input device 126, takes out an arbitrary one from the unissued membership card 37 delivered from the card management company, and sends it to the card reader 132. By inserting the taken out member card 37, the member ID (1) and the member card ID stored in the inserted member card 37 are read out by the card reader 132, and the input interface (I / F) The CPU 122 specifies the member ID (2) corresponding to the input member ID (1) in the conversion table, and registration including the member ID (2) and the personal identification number is performed. By transmitting a request to the storage ball management computer 160, the member ID (2) and the personal identification number are registered in the storage ball number table and can be stored. At the same time, based on the reception of registration completion from the storage management computer 160, the CPU 122 sets the date on the registration date corresponding to the input member ID (1) and member card ID in the member information table. At the same time as registration, the status item is updated from “not yet” to “already” indicating that it has been issued, and further 100 points given for new issuance are added to the store visit points, and the corresponding ID is further updated. By registering the member attribute information registered in the authentication ID table in the member information table, the use enabling process for enabling the use of the member card 37 is performed. Then, by sending the membership card ID, membership ID (1), personal identification number, and authentication ID entered above to the system controller 100 and notifying them, The prepaid function of the member card 37 with the notified member card ID can be used. The member card ID, personal identification number, authentication ID, and member ID (1) notified to the system controller 100 are transmitted as new issue information to the management server 140 together with the sales information in the closing process.

  After the member information table is updated, the member card 37 is ejected from the card reader 132 and handed over to the player who becomes a new member by the staff.

  Since the membership card 37 issued to the new member is already usable in the above-described usable processing, it is possible to play a game or the like by using the card card 3 immediately after being inserted into the card unit 3 and making a payment. In addition, it can be used for the replay game using the number of balls acquired by the game and the stored number of stored balls.

  In addition, in the management server 140 that has received the sales information including the newly issued information from the system controller 100, the game hall ID of the game hall in which the system controller 100 that is the transmission source of the received sales information is installed is specified. In addition, the authentication ID included in the newly issued information registered in the member information database corresponding to the specified game hall ID is specified, and the member attribute information registered corresponding to the authentication ID is , Registering (storing) in the member attribute information corresponding to the member card ID, registering (storing) the personal identification number included in the newly issued information in the personal identification number corresponding to the member card ID, In addition, the authentication ID and the member attribute information registered corresponding to the authentication ID are deleted and updated.

  Next, the flow associated with the member attribute information transmission request processing performed by the member management computer 120 will be described with reference to FIG. 75. When member registration is performed at the game hall, From the date registered on the registration date of the table, a member card ID whose member attribute information is unregistered is extracted even after a predetermined period, for example, one week, and the extracted member card ID, By transmitting a transmission request including requesting transmission of member attribute information to the system controller 100, the transmission request is transmitted from the system controller 100 to the management server 140 in a form included in the sales information.

  The management server 140 that has received the sales information including the transmission request from the system controller 100 specifies the game hall ID of the game hall in which the system controller 100 that is the transmission source of the received sales information is installed. The member attribute information stored in the member information database is extracted corresponding to the game hall ID and the member card ID included in the transmission request, and member registration information including the extracted member attribute information and the member card ID is extracted. As in the case of the member registration information described above, the operation information is transmitted from the system controller 100 to the member management computer 120 by being distributed to the system controller 100 in a form included in the operation information. In the member attribute information corresponding to the member card ID included in the member registration information, Member attribute information that is included in response to the associative members card ID to the member registration information is registered member information table is updated.

  In the gaming system of the present embodiment, the member player who has the member card 37 changes the member attribute information at the time of member registration, or when a new e-mail address is acquired, etc. When additional items occur, the contents of these changes and registration of additional items can be performed at the site by the site server 14.

  The flow of the process of changing or adding the member attribute information will be described with reference to FIG. 76. The member player accesses the registration content change page on the site of the site server 14 from the personal computer 15 owned by himself / herself. The game hall ID and the member ID (1) displayed on the member card 37 owned by are entered together with the password.

  Based on this input, a verification request including a request for verification of the input personal identification number, member card ID, and game hall ID is transmitted from the site server 14 to the management server 140, whereby the management server 140 Indicates whether or not the game hall ID and member card ID included in the verification request exist in the member information database, and if so, register them in the member information database corresponding to the game hall ID and member card ID. The personal identification number registered in the member information database corresponding to the amusement hall ID and the membership card ID when the verification matches are compared with the personal identification number included in the verification request. Extract it and send it to the site server 14.

  In response to the transmission of the member attribute information, the site server 14 distributes the change acceptance page displaying the member attribute information to the personal computer 15 owned by the member player, accepts the change or addition, and accepts the change received. The (added) member attribute information is transmitted to the management server 140 as update information together with the game hall ID and the member ID (1).

  In response to the transmission of the update information, the management server 140 corresponds to the game hall ID and the member ID (1) in the member information database based on the member attribute information that has been changed (added) included in the update information. The registered member attribute information is updated, the corresponding member ID (1) is specified, and the change information including the specified member ID (1) and the changed (added) member attribute information is displayed. The change information included in the operation information is transmitted to the system controller 100 in a form included in the operation information to the system controller 100 installed in the game arcade specified by the game hall ID included in the update information. , Transmitted from the system controller 100 to the member management computer 120.

  Based on the reception of the change information, the member management computer 120 changes the member attribute information stored in the member information table corresponding to the member ID (1) included in the change information to the change (addition) included in the change information. ), Based on the member attribute information, the contents of the change accepted by the site server 14 are reflected in the management server 140 and the member management computer 120.

  As described above, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, the member management computer 120 functions as identification information conversion means, whereby the first member identification information used for managing the information of the member player. Is converted into a member ID (2) which is second member identification information used for management of saving value information such as the number of saving balls which is the size of the saving value. Since it is transmitted to the storage management computer 160 as the management device, the member ID (1) in the member management computer 120 as the first management device and the member ID (in the storage management computer 160 as the second management device ( 2) and a prepaid system and a storage management computer corresponding to the member management computer 120 without requiring a great amount of labor and expense associated with the common use of It becomes possible to link with a replay system corresponding to 60, so that a single member card can be used in a single unit, thus eliminating the inconvenience of member players and inconvenience of the playground be able to. Further, in the card management company that operates the management server 140 that is a central management device, the member attribute information that is input from the input device 144 that is an input means is a member that is the first management device provided in each game arcade. Since it is distributed to the management computer 120 and stored in the member information table as the member information storage means, it is not necessary to input these member attribute information in each game hall, and therefore each game hall required for member registration Can be greatly reduced, and the introduction of a gaming system using the membership card 37, which is a membership recording medium, can be promoted. Further, since the member card 37 issued to the member player is allowed to be used by the use permission means even if the member attribute information is not registered, the member player can receive the issued member recording medium. Can be used immediately.

  Further, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, the shipping card information, which is information that can specify the association between the member ID (1) and the member ID (2), is sent from the management server 140 to the identification information converting means. Since it is distributed to the member management computer 120 that functions as a member, it is possible to save the trouble of inputting information that can specify the association between the member ID (1) and the member ID (2) on the game hall side. it can.

  Further, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, the shipping card information distributed from the management server 140, which is the recording medium management device, to the member management computer 120 functioning as the identification information converting means is sent to the membership card. 37, the member ID (1) as the starting number, the member ID (2) corresponding to the member ID (1) as the starting number, the member ID (1) as the starting number, and the member as the starting number A conversion rule (conversion formula) for converting the member ID (1) stored in each of the shipped member cards 37 into the member ID (2) based on the member ID (2) corresponding to the ID (1). ), The data of the member ID (2) corresponding to all the member IDs (2) of the member card 37 to be sent out, for example, the same data as the conversion table is distributed, compared with the case of distribution. Server 140 The capacity of shipping card information as information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information transmitted to the member management computer 120 can be greatly reduced. Communication load accompanying distribution of operation information including information can be reduced.

  Further, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, the member management computer 120 receives the shipping information including the member ID (1), the member ID (2), and the member card ID as well as the start number. The member ID (1) between the start number and the end number can be converted based on the conversion formula to create (update) the conversion table in advance, and the conversion of these member IDs is made Since it implements based on a conversion table, the processing load in conversion can be reduced compared with the case where member ID is converted each time according to a conversion rule.

  In addition, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, when the shipping information is distributed, the member ID (1) or the member card ID, which is the member identification information of the member card 37 to be delivered, is assigned to each game place. It is possible to save the trouble of inputting the information into the member management computer 120, which is one management device, and to further promote the introduction of a game system using the member card 37.

  Further, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, when the member attribute information is not distributed within a predetermined period, and the member attribute information is not stored even after the predetermined period, the request for transmitting the member attribute information is issued. Since the management server 140 is implemented, the management server 140 can confirm an input error of the member attribute information and the transmission of the member attribute information is surely performed.

  Further, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, when the member ID (1) included in the member registration information does not match the member ID (1) of the member card 37 newly issued and usable. Since the member attribute information included in the member registration information is not stored, the inconvenience caused by storing the wrong member attribute information can be avoided even if the wrong member attribute information is transmitted.

In addition, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, an erroneous transmission notification as a mismatch notification indicating that the member ID (1) which is the member identification information does not match is transmitted to the management server 140.
The management server 140 can grasp that the member registration information has been erroneously transmitted due to an input error or the like, and it is possible to reliably carry out countermeasures against the erroneous input and the erroneous transmission of the member registration information.

  In addition, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, the player can perform membership registration from the personal computer 15 which is his / her information terminal, and not only can improve the convenience of the player, but also from the player to the player's Since the member attribute information can be received directly, the trouble of inputting the member attribute information in the management server 140 can be saved, and input errors can be reduced.

  Also, according to the gaming system of the present embodiment, it becomes possible to directly accept changes in the member attribute information of the player from the player, so the change contents of the member attribute information are input at the management server 140. It is possible to save time and effort, to reduce input mistakes, and to improve the convenience of the player.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described with reference to the drawings, the specific configuration is not limited to these embodiments, and modifications and additions within the scope of the present invention are included in the present invention. It is.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the member management computer 120 functions as the identification information conversion means. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the conversion device serving as the identification information conversion means is a member. The conversion device and the member management computer 120 may constitute the first management device so that it is provided separately from the management computer 120.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, based on the reception of the shipping information, the member management computer 120, which is the identification information conversion means, uses the member ID (1 ), The member ID (2) corresponding to the starting member ID (1), and the conversion rules, the member ID (1) and the member ID (2) of all the member cards 37 sent in advance The conversion table is created, and the identification information conversion process is performed using the created conversion table, but the present invention is not limited to this, without creating these conversion tables, For each identification information conversion process, the member ID (1) may be converted into the member ID (2) or the member ID (2) may be converted into the member ID (1) based on the conversion rule.

  Moreover, in the said Example, member ID used as the start number of the member card 37 sent out to the shipping information which is information which can specify the correlation with the said 1st member identification information and the said 2nd member identification information The member management computer 120 side includes (1), a member ID (2) corresponding to the member ID (1) as the start number, and a conversion rule, and based on the start number, end number, and conversion rule. The member ID (2) corresponding to each member ID (1) is calculated, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the member ID (2) corresponding to each member ID (1). May be created in the management server 140 and the created conversion table may be distributed to the member management computer 120 as shipping information.

  In the embodiment, the information terminal 50 transmits a member information output request to the storage management computer 160, and the storage management computer 160 relays the member information output request to the member management computer 120. The invention is not limited to this, and the information terminal 50 may directly send a member information output request to the member management computer 120. Further, the member management computer 120 may send the member information directly to the information terminal 50. You may make it transmit to.

  In the above embodiment, the conversion rules are distributed each time in the shipping information. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the conversion rules included in the shipping information are changed to the membership card. 37, and may be input by the member management computer 120 on the game hall side. These conversion rules are stored in advance in the member management computer 120 at the time of installation, and are common to all member cards 37. By adopting the rules, it is possible not to distribute these conversion rules every time a new member card 37 is shipped.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the conversion formula itself is transmitted as information which can specify a conversion rule, this invention is not limited to this, These conversion formulas distributed are not illegally exploited. In order to do so, the conversion rule (conversion formula) into the member ID (2) in the format used in the storage management computer 160 of each manufacturer that can be linked to both the management server 140 and the member management computer 120. ) Is stored in association with conversion rule identification information that enables each conversion rule to be specified, and the conversion rule identification information is distributed, thereby converting the conversion rule identification information distributed by the member management computer 120. A rule (conversion formula) may be specified.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the storage ball management computer 160 is installed in the game hall is shown, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the storage ball management computer 160 is installed outside the game hall. There may be.

  Moreover, in the said Example, the member ID (1) currently recorded on the member card 37 as 1st member identification information for the purpose of concealing the member card ID for managing frequency in the system controller 100 as much as possible. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and only one of them may be used as the first member identification information.

  In the embodiment, the game value specifying information (frequency) and the first member identification information (member ID (1), member card ID) are separate information. Stores only the member ID (1) or the member card ID, stores the frequency in association with the member ID (1) or the member card ID in the member card master table, and stores the member ID (1) or the member card. The frequency may be specified from the ID. That is, the game value specifying information and the first member identification information may be constituted by the same information.

  Moreover, in the said Example, since the member ID (2) used as a last number can be specified from the last number of member ID (1) contained in shipping information and a conversion rule, the last number of member ID (2) is included in shipping information. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the end numbers of these member IDs (2) may also be included.

  In the embodiment, the member ID (1) is changed to the member ID (2) every time the member management computer 120, which is the identification information conversion means, receives a storage ball extraction request from the card unit 3 without creating a conversion table. ) Based on the conversion rule, the shipping information distributed from the management server 140 to the member management computer 120 does not include the end number of the member ID (1) and the end number of the member ID (2). You may do it.

  Moreover, in the said Example, the management server 140 which is a centralized management apparatus, and the member management computer 120 which is a management apparatus are made into the form connected via the system controller 100, and doing in this way is existing. The use of the distribution means is preferable because it is not necessary to provide a new communication line or the like. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the management server 140 and the member management computer 120 are directly connected. Thus, the shipping information may be directly distributed from the management server 140 to the member management computer 120.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the card unit 3 which is a game device receives cash, it is made to implement an additional payment process and a cash use process, However, this invention is not limited to this, These Any one of the additional deposit process and the cash use process may be provided.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although member identification information and member specific information are made the same as member ID (1) and member card ID, this invention is not limited to this, For example, in the said application, A serial number is printed in advance, and at the time of member registration at the amusement hall, along with the input of the personal identification number, the serial number is input, and the member ID (1) input from the card reader 132 is associated with the member card ID. The serial number is stored in the member information table, and the application form on which the serial number is printed is sent to the card management company without printing the member ID (1). The site ID and member attribute information are input, and member registration information including the input serial number and member attribute information is sent from the management server 140 to the member management computer 120. By distributing, the member attribute information included in the member registration information may be registered in the member attribute information of the member information table corresponding to the serial number included in the member registration information. Member identification information different from the member ID (1), which is the member identification information, and the member card ID may be used. In addition, for example, when a unique member ID or the like is used in each amusement hall, the member ID is used as member specifying information by using the unique member ID used for managing the member in each of these amusement halls. You may enable it to implement correlation with identification information and member specific information.

  In the embodiment, the member ID (1) and the member card ID of the member card 37 delivered to the game hall are automatically registered in the member management computer 120 based on the shipping information. The present invention is not limited to this, and the input of the member ID (1) and the member card ID, for example, all the member cards 37 to be delivered are inserted into the card reader / writer 132 and an unissued member card is issued. 37 member ID (1) and member card ID may be input to the member management computer 120.

  In the above embodiment, the management server 140 and the site server 14 are individually provided from the viewpoint of improving security. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the management server 140 and the site server are not limited thereto. 14 may be configured by one server.

  In addition, a dedicated terminal that can access the site server 14 may be installed in the game hall so that member registration and registration information can be changed from the dedicated terminal.

  In the embodiment, new issue information, member registration information, registration acceptance information, transmission request, and change information are transmitted and received in a form that is included in operation information and sales information. However, the present invention is not limited to this. However, the transmission of each of these pieces of information may not be included in the operation information or sales information, but may be sent and received individually. When registration is accepted, it may be promptly transmitted to the member management computer 120 so that a person registered on the site can receive the membership card 37 immediately.

  In the above embodiment, when the member registration is accepted from the personal computer 15, the management server 140 accepts the registered ID to the member management computer 120 via the system controller 100 and the identification ID that can be specified at the time of registration. The registration acceptance information including the member attribute information is transmitted. However, at the time of registration acceptance, only the authentication ID may be transmitted, and the member attribute information may be transmitted at another time.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the personal computer 15 was illustrated as an information terminal of the player side which a player receives member registration and a change of member attribute information, as for these information terminals, the mobile phone which has the connection function to the internet, A PDA or the like may be applied.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although it alert | reports unconditionally in the card unit 3 that it is alert | reported that it is an event object stand and it is an event object person, this invention is not limited to this. For each of these events, on the event setting screen, notification of the event target table or notification of the event target person satisfies predetermined conditions such as the investment amount, the elapsed time from the start of the game, the number of shots, etc. It may be performed at the time.

  Moreover, you may enable it to set implementation or non-implementation of prior notifications, such as event object stand notification or event subject person notification, for every event.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although various alerting | reporting is implemented by changing the light emission mode of the multi-function display part 301 of the card unit 3, this invention is not limited to this, Other means, for example, In addition, voice notification may be performed.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although it is enabled to alert | report the content of multiple types by changing the light emission aspects, such as the light emission color of the multi-function display part 301, and a lighting condition, into several aspects, this invention However, the present invention is not limited to this. For example, a plurality of display units may be provided, and a plurality of types of notification contents may be confirmed based on lighting conditions of the respective display units.

  In the above-described embodiment, a non-contact type IC card is used as the recording medium (member card 37). However, the present invention is not limited to this, and may be a magnetic card, a contact type IC card, It may be a mobile phone carried by a member, and when recording information can be specified using an identification code, etc., and can record at least readable information such as an identification code that can specify a recording medium For example, it may be a recording medium on which a predetermined information recording symbol such as a barcode is printed so as to be readable.

  In the above embodiment, the member ID (2) is recorded on the magnetic stripe 85. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the member ID (2) is stored in the internal memory of the integrated circuit 84. When the information terminal 50 is connected to the member management computer 120, the member card 37 without the magnetic stripe 85 in which the member ID (2) is recorded may be used. Also good.

  In addition, the membership card 37 used in the above embodiment can be used only in a predetermined game hall, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the common card can be used in a plurality of game halls. It may be used as a membership card.

  In the above embodiment, a normal pachinko machine that plays a game using pachinko balls is applied as an example of the gaming machine. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other gaming machines such as medals are used. Slot machines for playing games using pachinko balls, circulating pachinko machines in which pachinko balls circulate inside, complete credit type pachinko machines and slot machines for playing games using credits without using medals or pachinko balls, etc. May be applied.

  In the above embodiment, the event information is managed by the member management computer 120. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the event management device for managing these event information is the member management computer 120. These event management devices may be provided separately or by a hall computer that collects and manages game information.

  In the above embodiment, the system controller 100 and the member management computer 120 are separate computers. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these may be configured as the same computer. .

  In the above embodiment, the member management computer 120 receives the game information data from the card unit 3 and updates the game information table. However, the present invention is not limited to this. These game information may be obtained from a hall computer installed in the game hall.

  Moreover, in the said Example, although the display part 312 is provided in the card unit 3, this invention is not limited to this, The pachinko machine 2 corresponding to these display parts as a different body from the card unit 3 is provided. You may make it install in the stand, the upper position of the stand of the pachinko machine 2, etc. Moreover, you may make it use the card unit 3 which does not have these display parts 312. FIG.

Each element in each of the embodiments corresponds to the present invention as follows.
Claim 1 of the present invention is a member related to a member player in association with first member identification information (member ID (1), member card ID) provided at each game hall and capable of individually identifying the member player. Centrally manage a first management device (member management computer 120) having member information storage means (storage device 125; member information table) for storing attribute information and the first management device provided in each game arcade. For the centralized management device (management server 140) for the game, and the second player identification information (member ID (2)) that can individually identify the member player in association with the acquired value acquired by the member player in the game Among them, a second management device (saving ball management computer 160) for managing saving value information including the value of saving value (the number of saving balls) that can be reused for gaming, and a gaming value that can be used for gaming ( Frequency) Read means (card reader / writer 327) for reading record information of the member recording medium (member card 37) in which the recordable game value information (frequency data) and the first member identification information are recorded, and the read Game use processing means (control unit 328) for performing a game use process (lending process) for causing the game to use at least a part of the magnitude of the game value specified from the game value information read by the means; A gaming device (card unit 3) comprising: first member identification information transmitting means (communication unit 334) for transmitting the first member identification information read by the reading means to the first management device; , Wherein the first management device is associated with the first member identification information recorded on the member recording medium issued to the player, The fact that the member recording medium has been issued to the player is stored in the member information storage means, and the fact that it has been issued in association with the first member identification information is stored in the member information storage means. The first member identification information is stored regardless of whether or not the member attribute information is stored in the member information storage means in association with the first member identification information. Use permission means (CPU 122; authentication processing) for permitting use of the member recording medium in the game device, and first member identification information received from the first member identification information transmission means, Identification information conversion means (CPU 122; conversion process, second communication unit 129) that converts the information into member identification information and transmits it to the second management device. The central management device registers a member as a member. When needed Member identification information, member identification information (member ID (1), member card ID) for identifying first member identification information recorded on the member recording medium issued to the player, An input means (input device 144) for inputting in association with the game hall specifying information (game hall ID) that allows the player to individually specify the game hall that the player desires to register as a member, and input using the input means The member registration information including the member identification information and the member attribute information corresponding to the member identification information is set in a game hall identified from the game hall identification information input corresponding to the member identification information. Registration information distribution means (DSU 148, system controller 100) for distribution to the first management apparatus, wherein the second management apparatus stores storage information corresponding to the second member identification information received from the identification information conversion means. Saving value information transmitting means (CPU 162, first communication unit 168) for transmitting value information to the first management apparatus, wherein the first management apparatus transmits saving value information transmitted from the saving value information transmitting means. And re-game information transmitting means (first communication unit 129) for transmitting re-game information (re-play permission) for allowing the game to use at least a part of the magnitude of the saving value included in the game, Based on the reception of the member registration information distributed from the registration information distribution unit, the first member identification information stored in the member information storage unit is specified by the member specifying information included in the member registration information. The member attribute information included in the member registration information is stored in the member information storage means in association with the first member identification information, and the gaming device replays from the replay information transmission means. Reuse processing means (control unit 328) for performing a reuse process (replay process) for causing a game to use at least a part of the magnitude of the saved value included in the saved value information on condition that the information has been received. ).

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the game value information (card management company) that manages the member recording medium (member card 37) and is recorded on the member recording medium (card management company) is recorded. The first member identification information (member ID) recorded on the member recording medium delivered to the game hall from the recording medium management institution while managing the magnitude of the gaming value (frequency) specified from the frequency data) (1) an input means (input device 144) for inputting information (shipment information) that can specify the association between the member card ID) and the second member identification information (member ID (2)); , For distributing to the first management apparatus (member management computer 120) information capable of specifying the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information input from the input means Distribution means (DSU 48, system controller 100), and the identification information conversion means (CPU 122; conversion process, second communication unit 129) is the first distributed from the distribution means. Conversion is performed based on information that can identify the association between the member identification information and the second member identification information.

  Claim 3 of the present invention is information that can specify a correspondence between the first member identification information (member ID (1), member card ID) and the second member identification information (member ID (2)). (Shipping information) is a start number among the first member identification information recorded on a plurality of member recording media (member card 37) delivered to the game hall from the recording medium management organization (card management company). The first member identification information to be, the second member identification information corresponding to the first member identification information to be the start number, the first member identification information to be the start number, and the start number Based on the second member identification information corresponding to the first member identification information, the first member identification information recorded on each delivered member recording medium is converted into the second member identification information. Information (conversion formula) that can specify a conversion rule for the purpose.

  Claim 4 of the present invention is information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information (member ID (1), member card ID) and the second member identification information (member ID (2)). Is the first member identification information recorded in the plurality of member recording media (member card 37) delivered to the game hall from the recording medium management organization (card management company). The first management device (member management computer 120) further includes the first member identification information from the start number to the end number as information that can specify the conversion rule ( The first member identification information between the start number and the end number, and the converted second member identification information, according to the conversion rule specified by the conversion formula) A conversion table that creates a conversion table associated with Means (CPU 122; conversion table creation process) and conversion table storage means (storage device 125) for storing the conversion table created by the conversion table creation means, the identification information conversion means (CPU 122; conversion process, The second communication unit 129) receives the first member received from the first identification information transmission unit (communication unit 334) by the first management device based on the conversion table stored in the conversion table storage unit. The identification information is converted into second member identification information.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the centralized management device (management server 140) is configured such that the first member identification information (member ID (member ID (37)) recorded on the member recording medium (member card 37) delivered to the game arcade. 1) Shipping information distribution means (DSU 148, system controller 100) for distributing shipping information including the membership card ID) to the first management device (member management computer 120) installed in the game hall of the delivery destination The member information storage means (storage device 125; member information table) includes first member identification information included in the received shipping information based on the reception of the shipping information distributed from the shipping information distribution means. Remember.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the central management device (management server 140) registers a member as a member from an information terminal (personal computer 15) on the player side connected via a communication network (Internet network). Registration receiving means (site server 14) for receiving member attribute information necessary at the time, and game hall specifying information (game hall name) that can individually specify the game hall that the player desires to register as a member, and the game Replying means (site server 14) for returning registrant specifying information capable of individually specifying a player who has registered as a member to the information terminal on the player side, and the registration information distributing means (DSU 148, system controller) 100), the registration acceptance information including the registrant identification information is installed in the game hall identified from the game hall identification information (game hall name) received corresponding to the member attribute information. The registration information is distributed to the management device (member management computer 120), and the member information storage means (storage device 125; member information table) receives the registration reception information distributed from the registration information distribution means. First member identification information (member ID (1), member card ID) recorded on the member recording medium (member card 37) issued to the player specified by the registrant specifying information included in The member attribute information included in the registration acceptance information is stored in association with.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the central management device (management server 140) receives the first member identification from an information terminal (personal computer 15) on the player side connected via a communication network (Internet network). Change accepting means (site server 14) for accepting information (member ID (1)) and change contents of the member attribute information, and changing the first member identification information and the member attribute information accepted by the change accepting means Game information identified from game field identification information (game field ID) that can individually identify the game field associated with the first member identification information received by the change reception unit. Change information distribution means (DSU 148, system controller 100) for distributing to a first management apparatus (member management computer 120) installed in the venue, the first management apparatus Based on the reception of the change information distributed from the centralized management device, it is stored in the member information storage means (storage device 125; member information table) corresponding to the first member identification information included in the change information. Member attribute information changing means (CPU 122; change process) is provided for changing member attribute information according to the change contents of the member attribute information included in the change information.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the game system in the Example of this invention. (A) is a front view which shows the membership card used for the Example of this invention, (b) is a front view which shows a visitor card. It is a front view of the pachinko machine and card unit which were used in the example of the present invention. It is a top view which shows the operation part of the pachinko machine in the Example of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the front structure of the card unit in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the protrusion part of the card unit in the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the card unit in the Example of this invention. (A) is a cross-sectional view which shows the principal part of the card unit 3 when a liquid crystal display device is located in a display position, (b) is AA sectional drawing of (a), (c). FIG. 4B is a sectional view taken along line BB in FIG. (A) is a cross-sectional view which shows the principal part of the card unit 3 when a liquid crystal display is located in an accommodation position, (b) is CC sectional drawing of (a). It is an external appearance perspective view of the adjustment apparatus used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the adjustment apparatus used for the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the system controller in the Example of this invention. (A) (b) (c) is a figure which shows the registration condition of the member attribute information table, member card master table, and data table classified by card unit which comprise card management DB in the system controller used for the Example of this invention. is there. It is a figure which shows the member card use log | history table in the system controller used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the member game history table in the system controller used for the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the various functions in the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the function selection screen displayed in the selection of the various functions in the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is an individual sales screen for every card unit which is an example of an output in a system controller in an example of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the condition of cooperation with the member management computer in the Example of this invention, a system controller, and a management server. It is a figure which shows the imaging condition setting screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the high money receipt history screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the high price money receipt log | history screen by which the warning display displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention was made. It is a figure which shows the input / redo log | history screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the input / redo log | history screen on which the warning display displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention was made. It is a figure which shows the processing condition of the system controller and the adjustment apparatus at the time of the adjustment in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the imaging condition setting screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the captured image display screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the imaging result (short time adjustment) display screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the imaging result (several payments) display screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the imaging result (expensive payment) display screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the dangerous member extraction (multiple extraction member) display screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the gray member list display screen displayed on the system controller in the Example of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the member management computer in the Example of this invention. (A), (b) is a figure which shows the registration condition of the member information table and event table which comprise member management DB in the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. (C) is a member-specific history table constituting the member management DB in the member management computer used in the embodiment of the present invention, and (d) is a member management DB in the member management computer used in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the log | history table classified by structure. (A) is a game information table constituting the member management DB in the member management computer used in the embodiment of the present invention, and (b) is a member management DB in the member management computer used in the embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the notification log | history table classified by member. (C) is a figure which shows the structure of the conversion rule table which comprises member management DB in the member management computer used for the Example of this invention, (d) is the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the authentication ID table which comprises member management DB. It is a figure which shows the display screen of the setting message content displayed based on the message database of the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the display screen of the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the member registration screen displayed on the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the event setting screen displayed on the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the message setting screen displayed on the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the screen displayed at the time of starting of the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the search result display screen displayed on the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the status display screen of the event displayed on the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the member detailed search screen displayed on the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the search result display screen in the member detailed search displayed on the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the personal history screen displayed on the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing function implemented by selection of an input tab in the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing function implemented by selection of a search tab in the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the alerting | reporting control process in the card unit used for the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transmission condition of the event data in the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the transmission condition of the event determination request in the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of event subject person determination processing in the member management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the display mode and alerting | reporting conditions (notification content) in the multifunctional display part of the card unit used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the lighting condition at the time of offline of each display part in the card unit used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the lighting condition at the time of online of each display part in the card unit used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing condition (at the time of member card reception) of each apparatus which comprises the game system of the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process condition of each apparatus in the cash use process in the game system of the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing condition of each apparatus in the message display process in the game system of the Example of this invention. It is explanatory drawing of the processing condition of the connection establishment with the member management computer at the time of power activation of a card unit (pre-business process). It is a figure which shows the transfer status of the information with a card reader / writer, a control unit, and a member management computer in card insertion and card discharge. It is explanatory drawing of the flow of a fastening process in the game system used for the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the offline detection process implemented in the card unit 3 of the Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the processing content of the interruption process implemented in the card unit 3 of the Example of this invention at the time of offline. It is a figure which shows the transfer status of the signal between the card unit in the Example of this invention, and the payment control board of a pachinko machine. (A) is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which the liquid crystal display of the card unit 3 '' as a modification is located in a display position, (b) is the liquid crystal display of (a) located in an accommodation position. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view which shows the state which is carrying out. It is a figure which shows the savings ball number table in the savings management computer used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the transmission process status of the member information to the information terminal in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process condition regarding registration of member attribute information in each apparatus which comprises the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing content of the identification information conversion process in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing content of the identification information conversion process of another form. It is a figure which shows the structure of the management server and site server which were used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the member management database in the management server used for the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process condition regarding member registration acceptance in the site in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the processing condition regarding the transmission request | requirement of unregistered member attribute information in the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process condition regarding change acceptance in the site in the Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

2 Pachinko machine 3 Card unit 14 Site server 15 Personal computer 22 Payment device 37 Member card 38 Visitor card 100 System controller 120 Member management computer 122 CPU
124 RTC
125 Storage Device 129 First Communication Unit 130 Second Communication Unit 140 Management Server 142 CPU
144 Input device 301 Multi-function display unit 327 Card reader / writer 328 Control unit 334 Communication unit

Claims (7)

A first management device comprising member information storage means provided in each amusement hall and storing member attribute information relating to a member player in association with first member identification information capable of individually identifying the member player;
A centralized management device for centrally managing the first management device provided in each game hall;
Saving value including the amount of saving value that can be reused in the game, out of the value acquired by the member player in the game in association with the second member identification information that can individually identify the member player A second management device for managing information;
Read means for reading record information of a member recording medium in which the game value information capable of specifying the magnitude of the game value usable for a game and the first member identification information are recorded, and the read means Game use processing means for performing game use processing for causing the game to use at least a part of the magnitude of the game value specified from the read game value information, and the first member read by the read means A gaming device comprising: first member identification information transmitting means for transmitting identification information to the first management device;
A gaming system comprising:
The first management device is:
In association with the first member identification information recorded on the member recording medium issued to the player, the fact that the member recording medium has been issued to the player is stored in the member information storage means,
On the condition that the member information storage means stores that it has been issued in association with the first member identification information, the member information storage means stores the member in association with the first member identification information. Regardless of whether attribute information is stored, use permission means for permitting use of the member recording medium in which the first member identification information is stored in the gaming device;
Identification information conversion means for converting the first member identification information received from the first member identification information transmission means into the second member identification information and transmitting it to the second management device;
With
The centralized management device is:
Member attribute information necessary for a player to register as a member, member specifying information for specifying first member identification information recorded on a member recording medium issued to the player, and the player An input means for inputting game hall specifying information capable of individually specifying a game hall that the member desires to register as a member,
A game in which member registration information including the member specifying information input by the input means and member attribute information corresponding to the member specifying information is specified from the game hall specifying information input corresponding to the member specifying information. Registration information distribution means for distributing to the first management device installed in the venue;
With
The second management device is:
Saving value information transmitting means for transmitting saving value information corresponding to the second member identification information received from the identification information converting means to the first management device;
The first management device is:
Re-game information transmitting means for transmitting to the gaming device re-game information for causing the game to use at least part of the magnitude of the stored value included in the stored value information transmitted from the stored value information transmitting means; Based on the reception of the member registration information distributed from the registration information distribution unit, the first member identification information stored in the member information storage unit is identified by the member identification information included in the member registration information. Storing member attribute information included in the member registration information in association with the first member identification information to be stored in the member information storage means,
The gaming device is:
Reuse processing means for performing a reuse process for causing a game to use at least a part of the magnitude of the saving value included in the saving value information, on condition that replay information is received from the replay information transmitting means. A gaming system comprising: Installed in a recording medium management organization that manages the recording medium for members, manages the magnitude of the gaming value specified from the gaming value information recorded on the recording medium for membership, and the recording medium management organization Input means for inputting information capable of specifying the correspondence between the first member identification information recorded on the member recording medium delivered to the game hall from the second member identification information, and the second member identification information; Centralized management having distribution means for distributing information capable of specifying the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information input from the input means to the first management device Equipped with equipment,
The identification information converting means performs conversion based on information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information distributed from the distribution means. Item 4. The gaming system according to Item 1.   Information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information is recorded on a plurality of member recording media delivered from the recording medium management institution to the game hall. The first member identification information that is the start number of the first member identification information, the second member identification information that corresponds to the first member identification information that is the start number, and the first number that is the start number First member identification information recorded on each delivered member recording medium based on the member identification information and the second member identification information corresponding to the starting member identification information The game system according to claim 2, comprising information that can specify a conversion rule for conversion into the second member identification information. Information that can specify the correspondence between the first member identification information and the second member identification information is recorded on a plurality of member recording media delivered from the recording medium management institution to the game hall. The first member identification information which is the last number among the member identification information of
The first management device is:
The first member identification information from the start number to the end number is converted into the second member identification information by a conversion rule specified from information that can specify the conversion rule. A conversion table creating means for creating a conversion table in which the first member identification information until the end number is associated with the converted second member identification information;
Conversion table storage means for storing the conversion table created by the conversion table creation means;
With
The identification information conversion means is configured to receive the first member identification information received from the first identification information transmission means by the first management device based on a conversion table stored in the conversion table storage means. 4. The game system according to claim 3, wherein the game system is converted into member identification information. The central management device sends the first management information installed in the delivery destination game hall to the shipping information including the first member identification information recorded in the member recording medium delivered to the game hall. A delivery information delivery means for delivering to the device;
The said member information storage means memorize | stores the 1st member identification information contained in this received shipping information based on reception of the shipping information delivered from the said shipping information delivery means. 5. The game system according to any one of 4. The centralized management device is:
A game that allows individual identification of the member attribute information required for a player to register as a member and the game venue that the player wishes to register as a member from an information terminal on the player side connected via a communication network Registration acceptance means for accepting the venue specific information;
Reply means for returning registrant identification information that can individually identify the player who has registered as a member to the information terminal on the player side;
With
The first management device is installed in a game hall identified from the game hall identification information received in correspondence with the member attribute information, registration acceptance information including the registrant identification information. Delivered to
The member information storage means is for a member issued to a player specified by the registrant specifying information included in the registration reception information based on the reception of the registration reception information distributed from the registration information distribution means. 6. The game system according to claim 1, wherein member attribute information included in the registration acceptance information is stored in association with the first member identification information recorded on the recording medium. . The centralized management device is:
Change accepting means for receiving the first member identification information and the change contents of the member attribute information from the information terminal on the player side connected via the communication line network;
Change information including the first member identification information received by the change receiving unit and the change contents of the member attribute information is associated with the first member identification information received by the change receiving unit. Change information distribution means for distributing to the first management device installed in the game hall specified from the game hall identification information that can individually identify the game hall,
With
The first management device is stored in the member information storage unit corresponding to the first member identification information included in the change information based on the reception of the change information distributed from the central management device. The game system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising member attribute information changing means for changing the member attribute information according to a change content of the member attribute information included in the change information.

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