JP2005237553A - Parlor managing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parlor managing system which can determine the number of visitors to the game parlors with a higher precision. <P>SOLUTION: The total of the number of balls brought into the machines by the customers specified by the setting of the membership cards or others and the number of the customers involved to obtain the average number of balls brought per the specified customer. The total number of the balls brought into the machines as a whole in the game parlors is determined including the unspecifiable customers who have played games without the setting of the membership cards and is divided by the average number of the balls brought into the machines to derive the estimated number of visitors. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management system that manages the operating state of a game hall where a large number of game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are installed.

  The conventional game center management system is based on game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines, and game equipment such as pachinko balls that rent out game media such as pachinko balls. Such information is collected, and based on these information, the business state of the game hall is analyzed using various indicators.

  Further, in order to obtain a sales index that depends on the number of customers, such as the sales amount per customer (unit price per customer), the number of players visiting the store is also checked.

  For example, a store clerk visits the store at a predetermined time or time period and counts the number of customers at that time. In addition, the game hall management system checks the operating status of the gaming machines at specific times, and automatically grasps the number of customers at that time from the number of operating gaming machines (see Patent Document 1). Such measurement is performed a plurality of times between the start of business and the end of business, and the total number of customers visiting each time is taken as the total number of customers visiting that day.

  In addition, the recent membership card system used at amusement halls registers the monetary value, the number of stored balls, points, etc. on the membership card, and borrows game media using the monetary value registered on the membership card. Can be done. As a result, the players who use the membership card will start playing with the membership card set, and the management system will indicate which customer played with which gaming machine and when. It can be accurately grasped separately.

JP 2002-248249 A

  In the case of measuring the number of operating gaming machines at a specific time, if the user leaves the seat for a break or a toilet at that time, he / she is not counted.

  When the store clerk goes around the store and counts the number of customers, the store clerk observes that she is taking a break from situations such as cigarettes and luggage, so there are few omissions. However, there are cases where people who are simply waiting or who are just visiting are counted.

  Furthermore, in these counting methods, the total number of customers who have been measured several times at intervals of time is handled as the total number of customers on that day, so the same player who has played for a long time is counted a plurality of times. In addition, customers who enjoyed playing for a short time without being in time to check the number of people leaked out of the count, and it was impossible to accurately grasp the absolute number of customers who visited the store. For this reason, the number of visitors to the store calculated using the conventional counting method is compared daily by comparing the number of customers measured by the same method to examine the trend of increase or decrease, or by comparing the number of customers visited by affiliated stores using the same method. In other words, it was used only for relative purposes such as grasping regional trends.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game hall management system that can accurately determine the number of customers visiting a store.

The invention according to claim 1 is a game hall management system for managing a game hall,
Means for deriving an average number of occurrences (317) for obtaining an average number of occurrences indicating how many times a predetermined event caused by playing a game has occurred per identified customer;
A total occurrence number deriving means (317) for determining the total occurrence number of the event in a predetermined business period, including unspecified customers;
A game hall management system comprising: a store visitor number calculation means (317) for calculating the estimated number of store visitors in the predetermined business period by dividing the total number of occurrences by the average number of occurrences.

  According to the above invention, the number of customers visiting the store is estimated by dividing the total number of occurrences including the unspecified customers by the average number of occurrences of the predetermined event per specified customer. For example, it is possible to estimate the number of customers visiting the game machine by setting the game medium input to the gaming machine as a predetermined event and the number of game media input as the number of occurrences of the event.

  There is no limitation on the method of identifying the customer when determining the average number of occurrences. For example, a member can be specified by a membership card, physical characteristics such as a fingerprint / pupil pattern, and input of a membership number and a password. Since the number of identified customers can be accurately determined, the average number of occurrences per person is derived by dividing the total number of occurrences of a predetermined event by the number of identified customers. For unspecified customers, the number of customers cannot be specified, but by dividing the total number of occurrences of a predetermined event by the average number of occurrences per specified customer, the number of customers visiting the store can be estimated almost accurately.

  Events that occur when playing games include the insertion of game media into the gaming machine, the rental of game media, the game time, the number of games, the number of special prizes generated, the number of prizes received at the starting point, the number of start of special games, etc. Also good. As an event, it is preferable that the number of occurrences of unit time is not easily influenced by individual differences or individual differences of gaming machines. That is, it is preferable that the degree of dependence on the customer's skill, the machine type, the nail adjustment, etc. is low. It may be configured to be able to select or change the setting of which event is adopted.

The invention according to claim 2 is a game hall management system for managing a game hall,
Detection information collecting means (25, 300, etc.) for collecting detection information indicating which customer is playing at which gaming machine and when,
Generation information collection means (200, 300, etc.) for collecting generation information indicating when, how much and in which gaming machine a predetermined event generated by playing a game has occurred;
Based on the detection information collected by the detection information collection means (25, 300, etc.) and the occurrence information collected by the occurrence information collection means (200, 300, etc.) Means for deriving the average number of occurrences of the event (317);
Based on the occurrence information collected by the occurrence information collection means (200, 300, etc.), a total occurrence number deriving means (317) for obtaining the total occurrence number of the event in a predetermined business period;
A game hall management system comprising: a store visitor number calculation means (317) for calculating the estimated number of store visitors in the predetermined business period by dividing the total number of occurrences by the average number of occurrences.

  According to the above invention, which customer is playing when and with which gaming machine can be grasped based on the detection information. The detection information is acquired, for example, when a customer information medium in which information that can identify a customer such as a membership card is registered is set in a game medium lending device. In addition, a customer may be specified by detecting physical features such as a fingerprint or a pupil pattern, or may be specified and authenticated by requesting the customer to input an ID number.

  On the other hand, when, how much and in which gaming machine a predetermined event generated by playing a game is grasped based on the occurrence information. The occurrence information is output from the gaming machine. By comparing detection information and occurrence information, it is possible to know how many times a given event has occurred in each customer for the customer specified by detection information. The number of times is derived.

  Even if the same customer specified by the detection information plays a game with two or more gaming machines, the detection information shows that the same person is the same person. The number of people is grasped.

  The information “when” may be configured such that the time is represented by a numerical value and included in the detection information. When detection information is output only during a period in which a customer is specified by a set of customer information media or the like, the information “when” may be represented by the output period of the detection information itself. In this case, for example, by comparing the output detection information and the occurrence information in real time, information on how many times each customer has generated a predetermined event can be acquired.

  The number of players who cannot be identified cannot be directly determined. However, the estimated number of customers visiting the store is derived by dividing the total number of occurrences of events by the customers specified by the detection information and the customers not specified by the average number of occurrences of the customers specified by the detection information.

  The business period used as the basis for deriving the average number of occurrences is preferably the same as the business period for which the total number of occurrences is obtained. However, these business periods may have different times as long as they have the same length. If the lengths are different, correction may be made based on the length ratio. The target period for obtaining the average number of occurrences may be, for example, from the start of business to the end of the day.

  Further, it is preferable that the business period for obtaining the average number of occurrences and the total number of occurrences can be selected or changed. For example, the number of customers visiting each day may be obtained, or the number of customers visiting a certain time zone may be obtained. When estimating the number of customers visiting each time zone, it is desirable that the time zone in which the average number of occurrences is obtained and the time zone in which the total number of occurrences are obtained be the same.

  As in the case of claim 1, the events that occur by playing the game are the insertion of the game media into the gaming machine, the rental of the game media, the game time, the number of balls played, the number of special prizes generated, the number of winnings at the start opening, It may be the number of start of special prize games. In addition, it is preferable that the number of occurrences of unit time is not easily affected by individual differences or individual differences of gaming machines.

  When “lending game media” is an event to be counted, the sales amount may be used as a value indicating the number of occurrences of the event. In other words, as the average number of occurrences, the amount of sales per customer who played using the customer information medium is obtained, and the total number of occurrences is divided by the amount of sales per person, so that the estimated number of customers It may be calculated. Note that the gaming equipment may be configured so that the detection information can be collected from all the gaming machines in the game hall, or the detection information may be collected only from some of the gaming machines.

The invention according to claim 3 is a game in which a medium detection device (30) in which a customer information medium in which customer identification information capable of specifying a customer is registered is set is managed in association with each gaming machine. A site management system,
A period when the customer information medium is set while the customer information medium is set in the medium detection device (30) and the customer identification information read from the customer information medium set during the period. And detection information collecting means (25, 300, etc.) for collecting detection information that can grasp the associated gaming machine from each medium detection device (30),
Generation information collection means (200, 300, etc.) for collecting generation information for each gaming machine indicating when, how much, and in which gaming machine a predetermined event generated by playing a game;
Based on the detection information collected by the detection information collection means (25, 300, etc.) and the occurrence information collected by the occurrence information collection means (200, 300, etc.) Means for deriving the average number of occurrences of the event (317);
Based on the occurrence information collected by the occurrence information collection means (200, 300, etc.), a total occurrence number deriving means (317) for obtaining the total occurrence number of the event in a predetermined business period;
A game hall management system comprising: a store visitor number calculation means (317) for calculating the estimated number of store visitors in the predetermined business period by dividing the total number of occurrences by the average number of occurrences.

  Normally, the customer information medium is set in the medium detection device (30) from the start to the end of the game. Further, while the customer information medium is set in the medium detection device (30), it is grasped based on the detection information which customer is playing with which game machine. In other words, a customer who has played a game by setting a customer information medium is specified by the detection information. On the other hand, when, how much and in which gaming machine a predetermined event generated by playing a game is grasped based on the occurrence information.

  Therefore, these may be collated in real time during the business period, or the output time may be recorded for each detection information, and the detection information and the generation information may be collated later.

  Even if the same customer plays a game with two or more gaming machines, it is possible to know from the detection information whether or not the customer who played with the customer information medium set is the same person. By doing so, it is possible to obtain the absolute number of customers who have played with the customer information medium set.

  The number of customers who played without setting a customer information medium cannot be directly grasped. However, the estimated number of customers at the store is derived by dividing the total number of occurrences of a predetermined event by the customer who has set the customer information medium and the customer who is not, by the average number of occurrences of the customer who has set the customer information medium.

  Note that the medium detection device (30) is preferably installed in all the gaming machines in the game hall.

In the invention according to claim 4, the predetermined event is the input of a game medium to a gaming machine,
4. The game hall management system according to claim 1, wherein the number of occurrences of the event is the number of game media input to the gaming machine. 5.

  According to the above invention, the number of occurrences of an event per unit time is not easily affected by individual differences or individual differences of gaming machines, and the accuracy of the estimated number of customers visiting the store is increased. In particular, in the case of a pachinko machine, the number of pachinko balls shot per unit time is almost constant (100 shots / minute) without depending on the model or player, which is convenient as an event used for estimating the number of customers visiting the store. . In this case, the generation information collecting means (200, 300, etc.) collects generation information indicating when and how many balls have been received for each gaming machine. For example, the number of balls is collected from each gaming machine at a certain time period (such as every minute).

The invention according to claim 5 divides gaming machines into a plurality of groups,
5. The game hall management system according to claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the average number of occurrences, the total number of occurrences, and the number of customers visiting the store are obtained for each group.

  According to the above invention, the number of customers visiting the store is derived for each group. For example, grouping by type of gaming machine or type of gaming media such as pachinko machines and slot machines, grouping by location such as the first and second floors of the game hall, There are ways to divide into groups by manufacturer.

In the invention according to claim 6, the number of identified customers is obtained for each group, the total number of customers totaled for a plurality of groups to be aggregated, and the total number of customers excluding duplicates of the same customer from the total number of customers. Or a duplication rate that is a ratio with the duplication included in the total number of customers or
6. The game hall according to claim 5, wherein the total number of customers in the plurality of groups to be aggregated is obtained by correcting a value obtained by summing up the number of customers in each group for the plurality of groups to be aggregated with the duplication rate. It is a management system.

  According to the above invention, the duplication rate at which the identified customer played a game in a plurality of groups is obtained, and the total number of customers at the store is corrected by the duplication rate.

In the invention according to claim 7, the average number of occurrences and the total number of occurrences are obtained for the same business period, and the number of customers used in obtaining the average number of occurrences, the average number of occurrences and the total number of occurrences. The number of visitor numbers calculated by the store visitor number calculation means (317) is calculated as an index representing the reliability of the number of store visitor numbers. It is a game hall management system described in 1.

  According to the above invention, the ratio between the estimated number of customers and the number of customers who have played a game by setting the customer information medium that is the basis of the estimation is calculated as an index representing the reliability of the estimated number of customers. . When determining the reliability, the business period in which the average number of occurrences is obtained and the business period in which the total number of occurrences are obtained must be the same period.

The invention according to claim 8 is to visit the store during the current business period by dividing the total number of occurrences during the current business period by the average number of occurrences during other business periods in which the number of identified customers is greater than the current business period. The game room management system according to claim 1, wherein the number of customers is obtained.

  According to the above invention, on the day when there are many customers specified by setting a customer information medium or the like, the reliability when the average number of occurrences is large is high. Moreover, it is assumed that the average number of occurrences does not vary much regardless of the number of customers who use the customer information medium. Therefore, when estimating the number of customers visiting the day with a small number of customers who played with the customer information medium set, by using the average number of occurrences of the day with a large number of customers who set the customer information medium and played, The reliability of the estimated number of customers visiting the store is improved.

The invention according to claim 9 displays the implementation status of the management measures together with the transition of the number of customers or the total number of customers, according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8. It is a game hall management system described.

  According to the said invention, transition of the number of store visitors and the total number of store visitors is displayed. For example, the transition for the last month is displayed. The display target period may be fixed or changeable. The display mode of the transition is not limited. There are enumeration of calculated values, tabular format, graph format, etc.

  In addition, the implementation status of management measures is displayed along with the number of customers visiting the store or the total number of customers visiting the store. For example, a mark is given to the date or period of the customer event, or the date of the event is displayed. Furthermore, the contents of the event may be displayed in detail at all times or upon request. In addition, you may comprise so that only the transition of the number of store visitors or the total number of customers may be displayed.

The invention according to claim 10 compares one or two or more types of data for analyzing the operating state of the amusement hall with the number of customers and / or the total number of customers, or compares these changes. The game hall management system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9.

  According to the above invention, one or more kinds of other data for analyzing the business condition of the game hall are displayed in comparison with the number of customers and / or the total number of customers. The type of data to be displayed in comparison is not limited. For example, sales, gross profit, return rate, and unit price per customer. There is no limitation on the mode of comparison display. In addition to overlaying the graphs, they may be displayed side by side in a table format. Moreover, the business period of the object for comparison is not ask | required. It may be compared every day, or several days may be compared at once.

  It is possible to grasp the trend of change when displaying the transition of other one or more types of data for analyzing the operating state of the amusement hall and the transition of the number of customers and / or the total number of customers. It becomes possible.

The invention according to claim 11 is the game hall management system according to claim 10, wherein a set value and / or a setting range of a comparison target are displayed for at least one of the items to be displayed in comparison.

  According to the above-described invention, the set value as a reference for comparison and the allowable upper limit, lower limit, range, and the like are displayed for the items to be compared. The display mode is not limited, but a line segment indicating the set value or an area indicating the set range may be displayed so as to overlap the graph.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, when the set value and / or the value of the item displaying the set range becomes the set value, enters the set range, or deviates from the set range. The game hall management system according to claim 11, wherein:

  According to the above invention, when the value of an item of interest becomes a set value or enters a set range, this is notified. The notification method is not limited. There are warning sounds and message displays.

The invention according to claim 13 changes the setting of at least one of the type of data to be displayed, the item displaying the set value and / or the set range, the set value, and the set range. The game hall management system according to claim 10, 11 or 12, wherein the game hall management system can be used.

  According to the above invention, according to the manager's request, items for displaying the type of data to be compared, setting values, and the like, as well as setting values and setting ranges thereof can be changed, and sales analysis in various modes Is possible. In addition to the arbitrary setting, the setting may be selected from options prepared in advance. In addition, you may make it the structure which can select several types of data and items to display by contrast at once.

  According to the game hall management system according to the present invention, a predetermined event including an average number of occurrences indicating how many times a predetermined event occurred by playing a game per specified customer and an unspecified customer is included. The estimated number of customers is calculated by obtaining the total number of occurrences of the event and dividing the total number of occurrences by the average number of occurrences. As a result, the absolute number of customers visiting the store can be accurately estimated, and the amount of investment in games per customer can be ascertained almost accurately.

  In particular, in the case where game media is inserted into a gaming machine as a predetermined event to be counted, the number of event occurrences per unit time is less affected by individual differences or individual differences of gaming machines, and the number of customers visiting the store is estimated. Increases accuracy. With pachinko machines, the number of pachinko balls that are driven in one minute is almost constant (100 shots / minute) without depending on the model or player, so it is possible to estimate the number of customers with high accuracy by using the number of balls. it can.

  When gaming machines are grouped into multiple groups and the average number of occurrences, total number of occurrences, and number of customers visiting the store are calculated for each group, even if completely different gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are mixed in the store, these The number of customers visiting each group can be obtained by making the different groups.

  For customers identified by setting customer information media, etc., the duplication rate of playing games in multiple groups by the same person is calculated, and the total number of customers is corrected based on this duplication rate. The number of customers visiting the entire store (for example, the entire store) can be estimated almost accurately.

  When calculating the ratio between the estimated number of customers and the number of customers specified by customer information media as an indicator of the reliability of the estimated number of customers, grasp the accuracy of the estimated number of customers as a numerical value. It can be used as a reference when making various management decisions using the estimated number of customers.

  If the number of customers in this business period is calculated by dividing the total number of occurrences in this business period by the average number of occurrences in other business periods when the number of identified customers is greater than the current business period, Since the average number of occurrences determined by the group is used, the accuracy of estimating the number of customers visiting the store is improved.

  By displaying the number of customers visiting the store and the total number of customers visiting the store, as well as displaying the implementation status of sales measures such as customer-collection events, it is possible to grasp customer visit trends and the effects of events.

  If you want to display other one or more types of data for analyzing the operating status of the amusement hall in comparison with the number of customers visiting the store or the total number of customers in the store, It is easy to understand the causal relationship between the number of customers and other management indicators, and data can be used effectively.

  With the display of the number of customers visiting the store and the set value or set range to be compared for various data, it is easy to grasp whether the value of a predetermined item is within the allowable range.

  When the value of the item of interest reaches the set value or enters or exits the set range, the notification is made so that even if the administrator does not carefully observe the display contents, the value of the item to be noted is within the set range. It is possible to recognize that it has entered, and the observation burden is reduced and usability is improved.

  In contrast to the types of data to be displayed, items that display setting values and setting ranges, and items whose values can be changed, it becomes possible to conduct sales analysis in various ways required by the administrator. .

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  The game hall management system according to the embodiment of the present invention collects and analyzes various information from each game machine and game equipment in a game hall where a lot of game machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are installed, and manages It has a function to display as reference data. In particular, it has a store visitor number management function that calculates an estimated store visitor number from the collected data and performs various analyzes and data display using the store visitor number.

  In the game hall managed by the game hall management system, there are game islands that house a large number of game machines such as pachinko machines and a game medium lending device that lends game media used in this game machine in parallel. A plurality are installed across the passage. In addition, a game medium counter that collects and counts game media acquired by the player is installed on the game island. The game media collected from each game machine and game media counter are ground and cleaned on the game island and reused.

  FIG. 2 shows a configuration of a distributed network system that manages various gaming machines and gaming facilities installed in the game hall. The game hall management system 10 is part of a distributed network system. In each amusement island, an island controller 11 that performs a relay function between a device in the amusement island and an external device is disposed. A plurality of table controllers 100 are connected to the island controller 11 via communication paths in the game island. A gaming machine 13, a gaming medium lending device 30, a gaming medium counter 15, and a ball counting machine 19 are connected to each of the controller 100.

  Each island controller 11 is connected to a HALL information network 16 based on a LAN (Local Area Network), and a hall management terminal 200, a hall management computer 18, a member management computer 300, and a member registration machine 21 are connected to the HALL information network 16. The POS device 22, the information display terminal 23, and the like are connected. Further, each game island has an island end controller 25. The island end controller 25 is connected to the game medium lending device 30 in the island through a communication path different from the communication path connected to the island controller 11.

  The ball counting machine 19 is provided for each gaming machine 13 and outputs a ball signal indicating the loading of gaming media into the corresponding gaming machine 13. The gaming machine 13 outputs various game information such as a play signal indicating the payout of a game medium as a prize, a special signal indicating the occurrence of a special prize game, and a start signal indicating activation of a special prize bonus. For example, in the case of a pachinko machine, the number of pachinko balls that are driven (the number of balls) is counted based on the ball signal. In addition, the number of pachinko balls to be paid out as a prize (number of balls) is counted based on the ball signal.

  The game medium lending device 30 has a card reader / writer as a medium detection device on which a member card as a customer information medium is set, and outputs information related to the member card to the island end controller 25. ing. Other information such as sales information is output from the game medium lending device 30 to the stand controller 100.

  The table controller 100 functions to detect, monitor, and control the operation of the gaming machine 13, the gaming medium lending device 30, the gaming medium counter 15, and the ball counting machine 19 connected to the subordinate and transmission / reception of various signals. Various signals output from the gaming machine 13, the gaming medium lending device 30, the gaming medium counter 15, and the entrance ball counter 19 are transmitted to the hall management terminal 200 through the table controller 100 and the island controller 11 and collected. Information relating to the member card received by the island edge controller 25 from the game medium lending device 30 is collected by the member management computer 300 through the HALL information network 16.

  FIG. 3 shows a circuit configuration of the game medium lending device 30. The game medium lending device 30 is provided with a CPU (central processing unit) 31 as means for performing various data processing. The CPU 31 is connected to a ROM (Read Only Memory) 32 and a RAM (Random Access Memory) 40 which are main memories.

  Further, a game medium discharge unit 50, a bill recognition unit 60, a coin recognition unit 70, and a card reader / writer 80 are connected to the CPU 31. The game medium discharge unit 50 functions to control the discharge operation of the game medium. The game medium discharge unit 50 includes a game medium discharge port 51, a game medium discharge unit 52 that sends out the game medium to the game medium discharge port 51, and a game medium counting unit 53 that counts the number of game media to be discharged. Yes. The released game medium is supplied to the game medium lending device 30 from a supply path (not shown) in the game island.

  The banknote recognition part 60 is provided with the banknote throwing / discharging port 61 into which a banknote is thrown in / out, and the banknote identification means 62 which judges the authenticity and money amount of the inserted banknote. The coin identifying unit 70 includes a coin insertion slot 71, a coin return slot 73, and a coin identification unit 72 that determines the authenticity and amount of the inserted coin.

  The card reader / writer 80 includes a card slot 81 for inserting / extracting the member card, and card reading means 82 for reading information recorded on the inserted member card and writing information to the member card. And.

  In addition, the CPU 31 is connected to a display means 33 constituted by various lamps, an operation unit 34 for receiving various operations by a player or a store clerk, and communication interfaces 35 and 36. The base controller 100 is connected to the communication interface 35, and the island end controller 25 is connected to the communication interface 36 through individual communication paths.

  The CPU 31 operates according to the system program and data stored in the ROM 32 and the program and data loaded in the RAM 40.

  Various programs and data are read / written in the RAM 40. Among these, the display control program 41 is a program for controlling display on the display means 33. The game medium discharge control program 42 is a program for controlling the operation of the game medium discharge unit 50. The bill recognition control program 43 is a program for controlling the operation of the bill recognition unit 60.

  The coin identification control program 44 is a program for controlling the operation of the coin identification unit 70, and the sales disconnection output program 45 is a program for managing sales information indicating the sales amount, output of disconnection information, and the like.

  The card control program 46 is a program for managing the operation control of the card reader / writer 80 and the output of detection information including information read from the inserted membership card. The detection information includes information indicating a period during which the membership card is inserted, a card ID read from the inserted membership card, and a device ID that identifies the gaming medium lending device 30. The customer is specified from the card ID by referring to a member information database 321 (FIG. 6) described later.

  Here, the device ID indicates the machine number of the gaming machine 13 paired with the gaming medium lending device 30. In addition, the detection information is output only during the period when the membership card is inserted, thereby indicating the membership card insertion period.

  In the membership card, a monetary value and replay ball information are registered in addition to a card ID for identifying a customer. The player can rent out game media using the monetary value and replay balls registered in the membership card. For this reason, when a game is played using a membership card, the membership card is usually inserted into the card reader / writer 80 from the start to the end of the game.

  FIG. 4 shows a circuit configuration of the table controller 100. The table controller 100 is provided with a CPU 101 as means for performing various data processing. Connected to the CPU 101 are a ROM 102 and a RAM 110, which are main memories, a gaming machine information storage unit 120, a gaming medium lending information storage unit 130, and a gaming medium counter information storage unit 140.

  Furthermore, in addition to the display means 103 for displaying the abnormality and the operation means 104 for canceling the abnormality, the CPU 101 has a gaming machine 13, a gaming medium counter 15, a gaming medium lending device 30, a ball counting machine 19, via a communication interface. A hall management terminal 200 is connected. The gaming machine information storage unit 120 temporarily stores various information input from the gaming machine 13 and the like. The game medium lending information storage unit 130 temporarily stores various information input from the game medium counter 15. The game medium counter information storage unit 140 temporarily stores various information input from the game medium lending device 30.

  Information stored in the gaming machine information storage unit 120, the gaming medium lending information storage unit 130, and the gaming medium counter information storage unit 140 is transmitted to the hall management terminal 200 through the communication interface, and further, the member is transmitted through the hall management terminal 200. This is transmitted to the management computer 300.

  The CPU 101 operates in accordance with the system program and data stored in the ROM 102 and the program and data loaded in the RAM 110.

  Various programs and data are read / written in the RAM 110. Among these, the display control program 111 is a program for controlling display on the display means 103. The operation control program 112 is a program for executing the operation content received by the operation means 104. The gaming machine control program 113 is a program that performs control for supplying gaming media to the gaming machine 13.

  The gaming machine information program 114 is a program for storing gaming machine information collected based on various signals input from the gaming machine 13 and the like in the gaming machine information storage unit 120. The sales disconnection information program 115 is a program that collects sales information and disconnection information from the game medium lending device 30 and stores them in the game medium rental information storage unit 130. The game medium counter information program 116 is a program that collects information related to prizes from the game medium counter 15 and stores it in the game medium counter information storage unit 140.

  The gaming machine information program 114 is a program that causes the gaming machine information storage unit 120 to store gaming machine information collected based on various signals input from the gaming machine 13 or the like. The sales disconnection information program 115 is a program that collects sales information and disconnection information from the game medium lending device 30 and stores the collected game medium lending device information in the game medium lending information storage unit 130. The game medium counter information program 116 is a program that collects information related to prizes from the game medium counter 15 and stores it in the game medium counter information storage unit 140.

  FIG. 5 shows a circuit configuration of the hall management terminal 200. The hall management terminal 200 is provided with a CPU 201 as means for performing various data processing. The CPU 201 is connected to a ROM 202 and a RAM 210 which are main memories.

  The hall management terminal 200 includes, as peripheral devices, display means 203 for displaying various data related to management of gaming machines and the like in characters and figures, operation means 204 for receiving various instructions through the operation of the operator, processing results, etc. A printer 205 for printing is connected. In addition, the stand controller 100 is connected to the CPU 201 via a communication interface. Various data stored in the stand controller 100 are collected in the hall management terminal 200 via a communication cable and a communication interface. Further, it is also connected to the member management computer 300 via a communication interface, and various information is transmitted to and received from the member management computer 300.

  The CPU 201 operates in accordance with the system program and data stored in the ROM 202 and the program and data loaded in the RAM 210. A fixed disk device 220 is connected to the CPU 201 via a bus, and various programs executed by the CPU 201 are loaded from the fixed disk device 220 to the RAM 210.

  The following programs and data are read / written to / from the RAM 210. The display control processing program 211 is a program for controlling display on the display unit 203. The gaming machine control processing program 212 is a program for performing pachinko ball replenishment control and stopping control to the gaming machine 13. The gaming machine information processing program 213 collects gaming machine information stored in the gaming machine information storage unit 120 of the table controller 100 and accumulates and records it in the gaming machine information database 223 in the fixed disk device 220. 223 is a program that performs a function of partially deleting information stored in the H.223.

  The sales disconnection processing program 214 collects sales information and disconnection information stored in the game medium lending information storage unit 130 of the table controller 100 and stores them in the sales information database 221 and the disconnection information database 222 in the fixed disk device 220. And a program that performs a function of deleting a part of the information stored and recorded in these. The game medium counter processing program 215 collects information stored in the game medium counter information storage unit 140 of the table controller 100 and stores it in the game medium counter information database 224 in the fixed disk device 220. It is a program that performs the function of erasing a part of the information stored in the.

  FIG. 6 shows a circuit configuration of the member management computer 300. The member management computer 300 is provided with a CPU 301 as means for performing various data processing, and a ROM 302 and a RAM 310 which are main memories are connected to the CPU 301.

  The member management computer 300 prints, as peripheral devices, display means 303 for displaying various data related to member management and store visitor number management in characters and figures, operation means 304 for receiving various instructions from the operator, analysis results, and the like. A printer 305 or the like is connected. In addition, the hall management terminal 200, the island end controller 25, and the member registration device 21 are connected to the CPU 301 via a communication interface.

  The CPU 301 operates according to the system program and data stored in the ROM 302 and the program and data loaded into the RAM 310. A fixed disk device 320 is connected to the CPU 301 via a bus, and various programs executed by the CPU 301 are loaded from the fixed disk device 320 to the RAM 310.

  The following programs and data are read / written to / from the RAM 310. A display control program 311 is a program for controlling display on the display means 303. The operation control program 312 is a program for managing an input operation from the operation unit 304 and controlling an operation based on an input instruction. The gaming machine information processing program 313 collects gaming machine information stored in the gaming machine information database 223 of the hall management terminal 200 and accumulates and records it in the gaming machine information database 325 in the fixed disk device 320. This is a program that performs a function of deleting a part of information stored in the database 325.

  The sales disconnection information processing program 314 collects the sales information and disconnection information stored in the sales information database 221 and disconnection information database 222 of the hall management terminal 200, and the sales information database 322 and disconnection information in the fixed disk device 320. It is a program that performs the function of accumulating and storing in the database 323 and erasing a part of the information accumulated and recorded therein. The game medium counter information processing program 315 collects information stored in the game medium counter information database 224 of the hall management terminal 200 and stores it in the game medium counter database 324 in the fixed disk device 320. This is a program that performs the function of erasing a part of the information stored therein.

  The membership card processing program 316 is a program that controls membership registration processing to the membership information database 321 and registration content change processing based on registration information input from the membership registration device 21. The member information database 321 includes, for each member, name, gender, date of birth, personal identification number, telephone number, address, e-mail address, hobby, occupation, favorite game machine type, approximate investment amount, etc. Is registered.

  The member information processing program 317 is a program for controlling various kinds of analysis processing and data collection / accumulation processing based on member attributes, gaming information, gaming machine operation information, sales information, and the like. The member information processing program 317 is a function for deriving the number of balls for each member from the detection information collected from the game medium lending device 30 and the game information collected from each gaming machine 13 etc. and generating the member ball database 326 Fulfill.

  The member information processing program 317 is a program that functions as an average occurrence number deriving unit, a total occurrence number deriving unit, and a store visitor number calculating unit. The function of the detection information collecting means is realized by the island end controller 25 and the member management computer 300, and the function of the generated information collecting means is performed by the platform controller 100, the island controller 11, the hall management terminal 200, and the member management computer 300. Realized.

  FIG. 1 shows a data flow related to the store visitor number management function of the game hall management system. The entrance information output by the entrance counter 19 is collected by the hall management terminal 200 through the platform controller 100 and the island controller 11. In the hall management terminal 200, a history for every minute of the cumulative value (total) of the number of balls received since the start of business today is stored for each gaming machine.

  For example, in the game data list 250 shown in FIG. 1, in the gaming machine with the machine number 001, the cumulative number of balls entered from the start of business is 50 at 10:01 and 150 at 10:02. It is recorded that there were 250 at 10:03 and 350 at 10:04. The member management computer 300 is configured to receive, from the hall management terminal 200 in a real-time manner, the entrance data collected by the hall management terminal 200 from each gaming machine or the like every minute.

  On the other hand, the detection information output by the game medium lending device 30 is collected by the member management computer 300 through the island edge controller 25. When the detection information indicating the insertion of the membership card is input, the island end controller 25 receives the machine number associated with the game medium lending device 30 as the output source and the card ID of the inserted membership card. And the current time (time when the membership card is inserted) are recorded in the internal data buffer. When the detection information indicating the discharge of the membership card is input, the current time (the time when the card is discharged) is registered in association with the corresponding card ID. The member management computer 300 collects data registered in the data buffer of the island controller 25 every minute.

  The member management computer 300, based on the incoming data collected every minute from the hall management terminal 200 and the detection information collected every minute from the island edge controller 25, to the member who played a game by inserting a member card. Correspondingly, the number of balls received when the member card is inserted and the number of balls when the member card is discharged are stored in the member ball database 326.

  FIG. 7 shows the flow of the ball information registration process in which the member management computer 300 registers information related to the number of balls in the gaming machine information database and the member ball database. This process is repeatedly executed at a cycle that is the same as or shorter than the cycle of collecting the entrance data and detection information from the hall management terminal 200 and the island edge controller 25.

  First, the incoming ball data is obtained from the hall management terminal 200 (step S401), and the incoming ball database (the gaming machine information database 325) is created or updated to register the incoming ball data (step S402). When the detection information collected at the same time indicates “insertion of membership card” (card IN) (step S403; Y), the gaming medium lending device 30 into which the membership card has been inserted is detected from the detection information. Card information including the machine number and card ID of the associated gaming machine is obtained (step S404).

  It is checked whether or not a member card having the same card ID as the acquired card ID has already been used today (step S405). If this is the first time (step S405; Y), the database for today corresponding to the card ID is entered as a member. Created in the ball database 326 (step S406). Note that the determination in step S405 is made based on whether or not a database for today with the same card ID has already been created in the member entrance ball database 326.

  If it is not the first time today (step S405; N), a registration area is added to the database for today with the same card ID already created (step S407). Thus, even if the same person uses the membership card on a plurality of gaming machines on the same day, only one corresponding card ID database is created, and a registration area is added for each subsequent use.

  Thereafter, the latest number of incoming balls (incoming ball data) related to the corresponding gaming machine is obtained from the incoming ball database (gaming machine information database 325) (step S409), and this is the area created or added in step S405 or step S406. (Step S410). When registering the number of balls entered by “inserting a membership card”, the value is registered in the data field of the starting coin and the processing is terminated.

  When the collected detection information indicates “member card ejection” (card OUT) (step S403; N, S408; Y), the latest information related to the corresponding gaming machine from the incoming database (gaming machine information database 325). Is obtained (step S409), and when the membership card is inserted, the number of entered balls is registered in the registration area created or added in step S406 or 407 (step S410). When registering the number of entered balls by “discharging the membership card”, the value is registered in the data field of the finished entered ball, and the process is terminated.

  If the membership card is neither inserted nor ejected (step S408; N), the process is terminated without operating the membership card database 326. Note that the process of FIG. 7 is performed for all the gaming machines. Further, the pachinko machines and slot machines in the amusement hall are divided into different groups, and the processing of FIG. 7 is performed for each group.

  FIG. 8 shows an example of the member entry database created by the entry information registration process shown in FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 8, for each card ID, the name of the member corresponding to the card ID, the start entry and the end entry are registered. When a customer with the same card ID inserts and removes a member card on the same day and plays a game in multiple times with the same or different gaming machines, a plurality of registration areas for the same card ID Is additionally registered. Note that the name of the member corresponding to the card ID is derived with reference to the member information database 321. Also, “Piece” indicates the number of balls in the pachinko machine, and “Piece” indicates the number of game media (the number of medals) inserted in the slot machine.

  FIG. 9 shows the flow of processing for obtaining the estimated number of customers. Subtract the corresponding number of starting balls (starting balls) from the number of balls entered at the end (finished balls) registered in the member's ball database to obtain the number of balls spent in one game. (Step S501). After this process is performed for all registered data, the sum of them is obtained (step S502). This value represents the total of all the incoming balls in the game played with the membership card set (total number of incoming balls).

  Next, the number of members who have played with the membership card set (the number of members visiting the store) is checked (step S503). When members with the same card ID play a game with a plurality of gaming machines, the number is counted as one person. Here, by counting the number of card IDs registered in the member admission database, the number of customers who have played with the membership card set (the number of members visiting the store) is obtained.

  By dividing the total number of incoming balls by the number of customers who played with a membership card (visited members), the average number of incoming balls per customer who played with a membership card (average number of incoming balls) = Total number of registered members / number of visiting customers) (step S504). Next, the total number of balls is obtained from the ball database (gaming machine information database 325) (step S505), and sales data (total sales) is acquired from the hall management terminal 200 (step S506). The total number of balls received is the total number of balls received for all customers including both customers who have played with a membership card set and customers who have played without set.

  By dividing the total number of balls by the average number of balls, an estimated number of customers visiting the store (number of customers = total number of balls / average number of balls) is derived (step S507). The value obtained by the above processing and the number of customers are registered in the database. Further, by dividing the total sales by the number of customers in the store, a customer unit price per customer (customer unit price = total sales / number of customers in the store) is derived and registered in the database (step S508). These processes are performed separately for the pachinko machine group and the slot machine group.

  FIG. 10 shows an example of the registered contents of the member entrance ball database updated by the process of FIG. Each value in the “entry ball” field 601 is calculated and registered by the processing in step S501 in FIG. Further, the total number of entered balls for each customer is calculated as an intermediate value in step S502 and registered in the “total received” column 602. These values are further totaled for each group, and are registered in the “pachinko machine total input (member)” column 603 and the “pachislot machine total input (member)” column 604 as the total number of members. The number of store visit members obtained for each pachinko machine / slot machine group in step S503 is registered in the “Number of pachinko machine visitor (member)” column 605 and “Number of pachinko machine visitor (member)” column 606, respectively.

  FIG. 11 shows an example of a store visitor number display screen 700 that displays the result of the above processing on a display. On this screen, the number of customers visiting the pachinko machine, the unit price of customers, the number of customers visiting the slot machine (pachislot machine), the unit price of customers, the total number of customers visiting the amusement hall, and the unit price of customers as a whole are displayed.

  The value displayed in the “reliability” column 701 indicates the reliability of the number of customers and the unit price of customers. The degree of reliability represents the ratio of the number of members visiting the store and the number of customers visiting the store (reliability% = number of members visiting store / number of customers visiting store × 100).

  The combined player rate is the sum of the number of players who played with pachinko machines using membership cards and the number of players who played with pachislot machines using membership cards, and pachinko machines and pachislot machines using membership cards. It shows the ratio of the number of players who played games on both machines (combined player rate = number of duplicates / total number of people by group). If card IDs registered in the member admission database are counted so as to eliminate duplication of identical card IDs between groups without classifying them into pachinko machines and pachislot machines, membership cards are used. The pure membership number of customers who played at the lever playground is obtained. The difference between the number of pure members and the total number of members determined for each group is the duplicate number.

  The estimated total number of customers is a value obtained by correcting the total number (S) of the number of customers in the pachinko machine and the number of customers in the pachislot machine by the combined player rate (W). That is, it is the number of people determined by S × (100% −W%). The combined player rate is estimated to be almost the same for customers who play with a membership card and other customers. Therefore, by correcting the total number of store customers obtained for each group by the combined player rate, an almost accurate total number of customers can be derived without duplication between groups.

  The total customer unit price is obtained by dividing the sum of sales from pachinko machines and sales from pachislot machines by the total number of customers visiting the store.

  It should be noted that the business period for which the average number of balls entered is not necessarily the same as the business period for which the total number of balls entered is obtained. For example, if the number of store members serving as the basis for obtaining the average number of incoming balls is small, the reliability of the number of store customers estimated based on this becomes low. The average number of balls is considered to be not significantly different if the length of the period is the same even if the business period is different. Therefore, it is configured to derive the number of customers visiting in other business periods by dividing the total number of incoming balls in other business periods by the average number of incoming balls calculated for business periods with a large number of visiting customers. Can do.

  For example, during the most recent predetermined period (such as one month), the average number of incoming balls on the day with the largest number of visiting members may be used for calculating the number of customers on other business days. Moreover, you may use the average number of entering balls calculated | required on the other business day only about the business day when the number of store members does not reach a predetermined number. Furthermore, a plurality of types of average number of incoming balls on a day with a large number of visiting members may be prepared for weekdays and holidays, and the corresponding items may be used instead.

  Next, display of data related to the number of customers and the unit price of customers obtained as described above will be described. Information relating to the number of customers visiting the store, sales, gross profit, and unit price per customer is obtained in units of one business day, and daily results are sequentially stored in the database of the member management computer 300.

  Between sales, the number of customers visiting the store, and the unit price per customer, there is a relationship of sales = number of customers visiting the store × unit price per customer. Therefore, if the number of customers at the store is fixed, sales and the unit price of customer are proportional, and if the number of customers is fixed, the number of customers at the store is proportional to sales. When this is displayed as a time series graph, it is as shown in FIG. Further, if sales are fixed, as shown in FIG. 13, the number of customers 801 and the unit price of customers 802 change in inverse proportion.

  Actually, any one of sales, unit price of customers, and number of customers is not fixed, so as shown in FIG. 14, sales 811, number of customers 812, The value of the customer unit price 813 changes and changes appropriately.

  In order to give a reason for such a change tendency, as shown in FIG. 15, it is preferable to display the reduction rate 814 or the gross profit in comparison. A high return rate means that game media often appear as prizes at gaming machines. As a result, the investment amount (customer unit price) of the player usually decreases. Conversely, if the return rate decreases, the investment amount (unit price per customer) increases. On the other hand, if the return rate is high, game media as awards often appear, so the number of customers increases, and if the return rate is low, the number of store customers tends to decrease.

  That is, normally, as shown in the range E1 of FIG. 15, when the customer unit price 813 (broken line) increases, the number of customers 812 (solid line) decreases due to an increase in the investment amount. On the contrary, if the customer unit price 813 (broken line) decreases as shown in the range E2, the number of customers 812 (solid line) tends to gradually increase because the game can be easily played with a small investment amount.

  However, as shown in a range E3 in FIG. 16, there may be a phenomenon in which the customer unit price 821 and the number of customers visiting the store 822 both decrease or increase together. Such a phenomenon is difficult to understand simply by displaying changes in the unit price of customers and the number of customers as shown in FIG. However, when the reduction rate 823 and the gross profit 824 are displayed in comparison with each other as shown in FIG. 17, it becomes easier to understand the cause of the change. In the example of FIG. 17, the return rate is high, so the number of customers visiting the store increases, the customer's willingness to invest is increased (playing for a long time, the occupancy rate is increasing), and the customer unit price is also increasing. The reason is assumed.

  In this way, by displaying the changes in gross profit and return rate together with the number of customers and the unit price of customers, it is possible to grasp the trends of customers and use them for management measures.

  FIG. 18 shows an example in which the number of customers visiting the store and the transition of the customer unit price are compared and displayed based on the data stored in the database of the member management computer 300. The customer unit price 831 and the number of customers 832 have a part that changes in inverse proportion, and a part that changes in direct proportion.

  FIG. 19 shows an example of the display showing the transition of sales and gross profit. Although the increase / decrease tendency of sales 833 and gross profit 834 is similar, it turns out that the ratio of sales 833 and gross profit 834 is changing.

  FIG. 20 synthesizes FIG. 18 and FIG. 19 and displays the four items of store visitor numbers, customer unit price, sales, and gross profit in comparison. Which items are to be combined and displayed can be selected from a selection screen (not shown) or the like.

  FIG. 21 shows an example of a graph showing the transition of the unit price of customers and the number of customers visiting the store, with the date on which the management measure was applied displayed as a mark. A flag 841 is displayed on the start date of a business measure such as a customer event. Further, when a specific flag 841 is selected by clicking or the like, another window 842 pops up, and the detailed contents of the business measure corresponding to the selected flag 814 are displayed. Data related to management measures is managed by the hall management terminal 200, and the member management computer 300 collects and displays necessary data from the hall management terminal 200.

  FIG. 22 is a graph showing changes in sales and gross profit in the same period as FIG. FIG. 23 shows an example in which FIG. 21 and FIG. 22 are combined to display four items of the unit price of customers, the number of customers visiting the store, sales, and gross profit, and the set value and set range. The setting value 851 and the setting range 852 can be set for any of the items displayed in a graph. Moreover, you may comprise so that a setting value and a setting range can be set about another item.

  Further, when the value of the corresponding item enters or falls outside the set value or set range, the administrator is notified by sound or display. For example, if the number of store visitors is in the range of 300 to 1000, the notification is made when the lower limit of 300 visitors or the upper limit of 1000 is exceeded. If you hit the lower limit, consider an event to increase the number of visitors. On the other hand, if the upper limit is exceeded, the event may be terminated.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described with reference to the drawings. However, the specific configuration is not limited to that shown in the embodiment, and there are changes and additions within the scope of the present invention. Are also included in the present invention. For example, in the embodiment, by comparing the data input from the hall management terminal 200 and the island edge controller 25 in real time, the number of balls by member is sequentially registered in the member ball database during the sales. During this, data from the hall management terminal 200 or the island edge controller 25 may be accumulated, and a comparison process may be performed collectively after the end of business to obtain the number of balls received by member.

  For example, during business, an entrance database 901 and a detection information database 902 as shown in FIG. 24 are created. In the incoming ball database 901, the cumulative number of incoming balls in each gaming machine is registered every 1 minute for each gaming machine number. In the detection information database 902, for each gaming machine number, detection data in which a membership card insertion time, a discharge time, and an inserted card ID are combined as one set is stored. Then, after the business is over, by comparing the incoming ball database 901 and the detection information database 902, it is derived which member has input how many game media.

  In the example of FIG. 24, the member whose card ID is 005 has a membership card set in the 001 series from 10:00 to 10:12. Since the number of balls in the 001 range is 0 at 10:00 and 1050 at 10:12, it can be seen that a member with a card ID of 005 received 1050 balls. Thus, the number of balls received by each member can be derived by collating the ball database 901 and the detection information database 902. By adding these together, the total number of balls received is calculated. By checking the detection information database 902, it is possible to grasp the number of store members.

  In addition, in the embodiment, the number of customers visiting the store is estimated based on the number of incoming balls, but any other event may be used as long as it is an event caused by playing a game. For example, it may be the number of occurrences of a special prize, the number of start times of a special-use bonus item, the number of winnings at a start opening, sales, operating time, and number of balls. It is preferable to use an event with less variation in the number of occurrences depending on the skill of the player. In the case of a pachinko machine, the number of balls is almost constant at 100 shots / minute, so that it is possible to estimate the number of customers visiting the store with high accuracy. In the case of a pachinko machine, the number of customers can be estimated with almost the same accuracy even during operation hours.

  In the embodiment, the member is identified by the set of membership cards and the average number of balls per member is derived. However, as long as it is possible to identify which member has played at which game machine, This method may be used. For example, a player may be specified by detecting physical features such as fingerprints. Further, instead of setting a membership card, it may be requested to input a membership number and a password.

  In the embodiment, the detection information is collected via the island end controller 25. However, the detection information may also be collected through a communication path on the platform controller 100 side. In addition, the present invention includes the case where the detection information and the generation information are integrated (for example, information sharing time information and serial number information).

  In addition, it is good also as a structure which can set or change arbitrarily the target business period which calculates | requires an average number of balls, and the target business period which calculates | requires the total number of balls. Further, the method for displaying the number of customers and the transition is not limited to those exemplified in the embodiment. For example, changes in the number of customers visiting the store may be displayed as a list of numerical values. Further, the data displayed in comparison with the number of customers visiting the store and the unit price of customers is not limited to the gross profit and the return rate.

  In the embodiment, the gaming machines are grouped into pachinko machines and slot machines, but may be grouped according to other criteria.

It is explanatory drawing which shows the flow of the various data in the store visitor number management function which the game hall management system concerning embodiment of this invention has. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a configuration of a distributed network system for game hall management to which a game hall management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of a game medium rental apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of a stand controller. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of a hall management terminal. It is a block diagram which shows the circuit structure of a member management computer. It is a flowchart which shows the entrance information registration process which a member management computer performs. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the registration content of the member entrance ball database created by the entrance information registration process shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the process which calculates | requires an estimated store visitor number. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the registration content of the member entrance ball database updated by the process of FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the store visitor number display screen which a member management computer displays. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of the transition of the relationship between a customer unit price and sales when a visitor number is fixed, or the transition of the relationship between a store visitor number and sales when a customer unit price is fixed. It is explanatory drawing which shows transition of the relationship between a store visitor number and customer unit price in case sales are fixed. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example in case sales, the number of customers, and a customer unit price change suitably, respectively, maintaining the relationship of sales = visitor number x visitor unit price. FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a combined display of reduction rate graphs. FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a transition between a customer unit price and the number of customers visiting the store, where a phenomenon occurs in which both the customer unit price and the number of store customers decrease or increase; FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a combined display of reduction rate graphs. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of what was displayed as a graph by contrasting the transition of the number of customers and a customer unit price based on the data accumulated in the database of the member management computer. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of what displayed the graph of the transition of sales and gross profit. FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a graph display of the four items of store visitor number, customer unit price, sales, and gross profit, combined with FIG. 18 and FIG. 19. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of what displayed the date which performed the management measure on the graph which shows transition of a customer unit price and the number of store visitors. It is explanatory drawing which shows what displayed the transition of the sales and the gross profit in the same period as FIG. 21 on the graph. It is explanatory drawing which shows an example of what combined and displayed the setting value and the setting range to what combined FIG. 21 and FIG. It is explanatory drawing which shows a mode that the accumulated detection information and the accumulated ball information are collated and the number of balls for every member is derived | led-out.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Game hall management system 11 ... Island controller 13 ... Game machine 15 ... Game medium counter 16 ... HALL information network 18 ... Hall management computer 19 ... Entrance ball counter 21 ... Member registration machine 22 ... POS device 23 ... Information display terminal Machine 25 ... Island end controller 30 ... Game medium lending device 31 ... CPU
32 ... ROM
33 ... Display means 34 ... Operation unit 35, 36 ... Communication interface 40 ... RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 41 ... Display control program 42 ... Game medium discharge | emission control program 43 ... Banknote identification control program 44 ... Coin identification control program 45 ... Sales disconnection output program 46 ... Card control program 50 ... Game medium discharge part 51 ... Game medium discharge port 52 ... Game Medium ejecting means 53 ... Game medium counting means 60 ... Bill discriminating section 61 ... Bill throwing / discharging slot 62 ... Bill discriminating means 70 ... Coin discriminating section 71 ... Coin slot 72 ... Coin discriminating means 73 ... Coin return slot 80 ... Card lead / Writer 81 ... Card slot 82 ... Card reading means 100 ... Stand controller 101 ... CPU
102 ... ROM
103 ... Display means 104 ... Operating means 110 ... RAM
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 111 ... Display control program 112 ... Operation control program 113 ... Game machine control program 114 ... Game machine information program 115 ... Sales disconnection information program 116 ... Game medium counter information program 120 ... Game machine information storage part 130 ... Game medium rental information storage Unit 140 ... Game medium counter information storage unit 200 ... Hall management terminal 201 ... CPU
202 ... ROM
203 ... Display means 204 ... Operation means 205 ... Printer 210 ... RAM
211 ... Display control processing program 212 ... Gaming machine control processing program 213 ... Gaming machine information processing program 214 ... Sales disconnection processing program 215 ... Game medium counter processing program 220 ... Fixed disk device 221 ... Sales information database 222 ... Disconnection information database 223 ... Game machine information database 224 ... Game media counter information database 250 ... Inlet data list 300 ... Member management computer 301 ... CPU
302 ... ROM
303 ... Display means 304 ... Operation means 305 ... Printer 310 ... RAM
311 ... Display control program 312 ... Operation control program 313 ... Game machine information processing program 314 ... Sales disconnection processing program 315 ... Game medium counter processing program 316 ... Member card processing program 317 ... Member information processing program 320 ... Fixed disk device 321 ... member information database 322 ... sales information database 323 ... disconnection information database 324 ... game medium counter information database 325 ... gaming machine information database 326 ... member admission database 601 ... "entrance" column 602 ... "total entry" column 603 ... "Pachinko machine total entrance (member)" column 604 ... "Pachislot machine total entrance (member)" field 605 ... "Pachinko machine visitor number (member)" field 606 ... "Pachislot machine visitor number (member)" field 700 ... Number of customers visiting the store 701 ... "Reliability" column 841 ... Flag 842 ... Window 901 ... Inlet database 902 ... Detection information database

Claims (13)

A game hall management system for managing a game hall,
An average occurrence number deriving means for obtaining an average occurrence number indicating how many times a predetermined event generated by playing a game has occurred per identified customer;
Including a customer who is not specified, a total occurrence number deriving means for obtaining the total occurrence number of the event in a predetermined business period;
A game hall management system comprising: store visitor number calculating means for calculating an estimated number of store visitors in the predetermined business period by dividing the total number of occurrences by the average number of occurrences. A game hall management system for managing a game hall,
A detection information collecting means for collecting detection information indicating which customer is playing at which game machine and when,
Generation information collecting means for collecting generation information indicating when, how much and in which gaming machine a predetermined event generated by playing a game;
Based on the detection information collected by the detection information collection means and the occurrence information collected by the occurrence information collection means, the average occurrence frequency derivation for obtaining the average occurrence frequency of the event per customer specified by the detection information Means,
Based on the occurrence information collected by the occurrence information collection means, a total occurrence number deriving means for obtaining the total occurrence number of the event in a predetermined business period;
A game hall management system comprising: store visitor number calculating means for calculating an estimated number of store visitors in the predetermined business period by dividing the total number of occurrences by the average number of occurrences. A game hall management system in which a medium detection device in which a customer information medium in which customer identification information that can identify a customer is registered is set is managed in association with each gaming machine,
Output when the customer information medium is set in the medium detection device and the period in which the customer information medium is set, and the customer identification information read from the customer information medium set in the period Detection information collecting means for collecting detection information from each medium detection device capable of grasping the attached gaming machine;
Generation information collecting means for collecting, for each gaming machine, generation information indicating when, how much, and in which gaming machine a predetermined event generated by playing a game;
Based on the detection information collected by the detection information collection means and the occurrence information collected by the occurrence information collection means, the average occurrence frequency derivation for obtaining the average occurrence frequency of the event per customer specified by the detection information Means,
Based on the occurrence information collected by the occurrence information collection means, a total occurrence number deriving means for obtaining the total occurrence number of the event in a predetermined business period;
A game hall management system comprising: store visitor number calculating means for calculating an estimated number of store visitors in the predetermined business period by dividing the total number of occurrences by the average number of occurrences. The predetermined event is the input of a game medium to a gaming machine,
The game hall management system according to claim 1, 2, or 3, wherein the number of occurrences of the event is the number of game media input to the gaming machine. Group gaming machines into multiple groups
5. The game hall management system according to claim 1, wherein the average number of occurrences, the total number of occurrences, and the number of customers visiting the store are obtained for each group. Calculate the number of identified customers by group, and calculate the ratio of the total number of customers totaled for multiple groups to be aggregated to the total number of customers excluding duplicates of the same customer or the total number of customers A duplication ratio that is a ratio of the duplication included in
6. The game hall according to claim 5, wherein the total number of customers in the plurality of groups to be aggregated is obtained by correcting a value obtained by summing up the number of customers in each group for the plurality of groups to be aggregated with the duplication rate. Management system. The average number of occurrences and the total number of occurrences for the same business period, the number of customers used when obtaining the average number of occurrences, the store visitor number calculating means from the average number of occurrences and the total number of occurrences The game hall management system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, wherein the ratio with the calculated number of customers is calculated as an index representing the reliability of the number of customers. The number of customers in the current business period is calculated by dividing the total number of occurrences in the current business period by the average number of occurrences in other business periods in which the number of identified customers is greater than the current business period. The game hall management system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7. The playground management system according to claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, wherein a management policy implementation status is displayed together with the number of customers or the total number of customers. One or more types of other data for analyzing the operating status of the amusement hall are displayed in comparison with the number of customers and / or the total number of customers, or these changes are displayed. Item 10. The game hall management system according to Item 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, or 9. The game room management system according to claim 10, wherein a setting value and / or a setting range to be compared are displayed for at least one of the items to be displayed in comparison. When the setting value and / or the value of the item displaying the setting range becomes the setting value, enters the setting range, or deviates from the setting range, the fact is notified. The game hall management system according to claim 11. The type of data to be displayed in comparison, the item displaying the setting value and / or setting range, the setting value, and at least one of the setting range can be set and changed. Item 15. The game hall management system according to item 10, 11 or 12.

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