JP2005237573A - Game medium dispenser - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game medium dispenser with a fraudulent put-out inspecting instrument and a fraudulent put-out inspecting function which enable the detection of a variety of fraudulent operations and schemes while being applicable for various systems concerning the apparatus termed as sandwiched token dispenser and so forth. <P>SOLUTION: In the embodiment, the apparatus termed as the sandwiched token dispenser 1 is provided with a paper note identification unit 10 for identifying the paper notes fed by the players, a medal dispenser board unit 20 for controlling the whole of the medal dispenser, a hopper unit 30 which puts out a prescribed number of tokens by the command from the sand board unit while having a hopper sensor 31 for detecting the number of tokens put out, a door sensor 40 for detecting the opening or closing of the front cover of the token dispenser cabinet and a security board 50 which detects the fraudulent putting-out of the tokens based on the outputs from the paper identification unit, the hopper sensor and the door sensor. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium lending device that lends game media such as medals installed in a pachislot store or the like, and more particularly to a structure that prevents unauthorized operation of the game medium lending device.

  In the pachislot store, a device called a coin sand that lends medals (coins) to be inserted into the pachislot machine is installed one by the side of the pachislot machine or several on each island. When a player inserts a thousand-yen bill into the coin sand, 50 medals are discharged to the outlet and lent out.

  FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of a conventional coin sand. As shown in the figure, the coin sand is a banknote identification unit for identifying a bill to be inserted, a sand board unit on which a CPU for controlling the coin sand, etc. is placed, and a medal is stored and from the sand board. A hopper unit for supplying medals is provided according to the instructions. In such a configuration, when a bill is inserted into the bill recognition unit, the authenticity and number of bills are determined, and a signal indicating the amount of money is transmitted to the sand substrate unit. The sand board unit controls the hopper unit so as to discharge the number of medals corresponding to the inserted amount, and medals are lent out to the player.

  In addition, as shown in the figure, the sand board unit is provided with a discharge button, and the store clerk can forcibly discharge medals by opening the front cover of the coin sand and pressing this button. ing. This discharge button is used when it is desired to forcibly discharge a medal as an emergency measure, such as when a medal is not issued due to a paper jam. The automatic medal replenishing port shown in the figure is an opening for automatically supplying a payout medal into the hopper unit, and is connected to a medal supply line (not shown). In addition, as a method for supplying medals, there is a configuration in which a store clerk opens the front cover and manually supplies medals.

  By the way, in recent years, fraudulent acts such as illegally discharging coins or increasing / decreasing the number of tokens discharged relative to the inserted amount by performing illegal operations on the coin sand or improperly crafting the circuit. Yes. If cheating is rampant, players and pachislot stores will suffer a great deal of damage. Coin sandwiches with a function to prevent such cheating have been developed.

For example, in Patent Document 1 below, an illegal radio wave is detected in the game medium lending device in order to prevent an unauthorized operation of discharging a medal by transmitting an illegal radio wave to the game medium lending device. What provided the means to do is disclosed.
JP 2001-259120 A

Further, in Patent Document 2 below, the medal payout number counted between the medal supply from the medal supply line to the medal hopper of the medal lending machine and the next medal supply is compared with the set medal payout amount and set. A fraud detection method is disclosed in which it is determined that fraud has occurred when the amount is smaller than the amount.
JP 2002-102425 A

  However, in the technique described in Patent Document 1, an action of inserting a thin stick into a coin sand and pushing the medal discharge button to illegally eject the medal, or improperly working the sand substrate circuit, It is not possible to cope with an act of illegally increasing the number of payout instructions to the hopper unit. Further, in the technique described in Patent Document 2, fraud is checked only at the frequency at which medals are supplied from the medal supply line. Even if fraud is detected, the fraud is specifically performed at any stage. It is difficult to specify. The technique described in Patent Document 2 is based on the premise that a system for automatically supplying medals from the medal supply line to the hopper of each medal lending machine is constructed. It cannot be applied to a system in which medals are replenished to a lending machine.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a problem, and relates to a game medium lending device such as a coin sand, and can detect various unauthorized operations and crafts, and can also be applied to various systems. An object of the present invention is to provide an illegal lending inspection device and a gaming medium lending device having an unauthorized lending inspection function.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a game medium lending device according to the present invention is a game medium lending device that lends a game medium to a player, and currency identifying means for identifying money inserted by the player; A game medium payout number detection means for detecting the number of game media paid out to the player in accordance with the inserted money, and the money identification means and the game medium payout number detection means are incorporated and accessed inside. And a door opening / closing detecting means for detecting opening / closing of the cover, and an output of the money identifying means, game medium payout number detecting means, and door opening / closing detecting means. And an arithmetic means for detecting an illegal act on the apparatus.
Here, in this Embodiment, a banknote identification unit corresponds to the money identification means of the means for solving the said subject. Similarly, the game medium payout number detection means corresponds to a hopper sensor, the door opening / closing detection means corresponds to a door sensor, and the calculation means corresponds to a security board.

  In addition, the unauthorized lending inspection device according to the present invention detects money identifying means for identifying money inserted by the player, and the number of game media paid out to the player according to the inserted money. A game medium payout number detecting means, a housing having a cover that can be opened and closed to access the inside, and a door opening / closing that detects opening and closing of the cover. An illegal lending inspection device for detecting fraudulent acts on a gaming medium lending device provided with a detecting means for obtaining output signals of the money identifying means, gaming medium payout number detecting means and door opening / closing detecting means The game medium based on the output signals of the connection means for connecting to the circuit in the game medium lending device, the money identification means, the game medium payout number detection means, and the door opening / closing detection means. Characterized in that it comprises calculating means for detecting an illegal act against the body lending apparatus.

  The unauthorized lending inspection method according to the present invention is an unauthorized lending inspection method for detecting fraudulent acts on a gaming medium lending device provided with a currency identifying means and a gaming medium payout number detecting means. A currency detection step of acquiring an output signal to detect the insertion of money, a game media number acquisition step of acquiring the number of game media paid out to the player from the game media payout number detection means, and the game And an inspection step for inspecting whether or not a predetermined number of lending matches each time the medium acquisition step is executed.

According to the gaming medium lending device and the unauthorized lending inspection device according to the present invention, it is possible to reliably detect various fraudulent acts with a simple configuration.
Further, the computing means is in a state in which the cover is closed from the output signal of the door opening / closing detection means, a state in which no money is inserted from the output signal of the money identification means, and one or more games from the output of the game medium payout number detection means. If it is configured to judge that an illegal act has been performed when it detects that the medium has been paid out, a stick etc. is pushed into the coin sand and the payout button is pushed, or the circuit in the coin sand is pressed. It is possible to detect an act of forcibly paying out medals by emitting illegal radio waves.

  Further, the computing means is in a state in which the cover is closed from the output signal of the door opening / closing detection means, a state in which a predetermined amount of money is inserted from the output signal of the money identification means, and an output from the game medium payout number detection means. If it is configured to determine that an illegal act has been performed when a state in which a number of game media different from the predetermined number of payouts has been paid out is detected, the circuit in the coin sand It is possible to detect fraudulent work that increases the number of paid-out medals.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a coin sand 1 as a game medium lending device having an unauthorized payout inspection function according to an embodiment of the present invention. Other configurations such as the shape of the housing are the same as those of the conventional coin sand shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, the coin sand 1 includes a banknote recognition unit 10, a sand board unit 20, a hopper unit 30, a door sensor 40, and a security board 50. Although not shown, the front cover includes a front cover A for accessing the banknote recognition unit 10 and the sand substrate unit 20 and a front cover B for accessing the hopper unit 30, each of which has a key. Can be multiplied.

  The banknote identification unit 10 has a slot for inserting a banknote (usually a thousand-yen bill) for a player to borrow a game medal, and a function for identifying the authenticity and amount of the banknote inserted into the slot. have. A signal indicating the identification result is transmitted to the sand substrate unit 20. The sand substrate unit 20 has an arithmetic unit for controlling the entire coin sand. In response to the identification result signal from the banknote identification unit 10, a command signal for discharging a predetermined number of medals is transmitted to the hopper unit 30. The sand board unit 20 is provided with a payout button 21 for forcibly paying out medals. The sand substrate unit 20 is configured to be accessible by opening the front cover A of the coin sand. Therefore, for example, when a banknote is jammed, a clerk or the like opens the front cover A and presses the payout button 21, so that a command for forcibly discharging medals is transmitted to the hopper unit 30.

  The hopper unit 30 has a function of paying out a predetermined number of medals based on a command from the sand substrate unit 20. Therefore, in the hopper unit 30, a medal storage box (not shown) for storing the medals to be paid out is installed. The replenishment of medals into the medal storage box may be performed manually by the store clerk opening the front cover B of the coin sand, or automatically from the medal supply line via the medal automatic supply port as in Patent Document 2 above. It may be performed automatically. A hopper sensor 31 for detecting the number of medals paid out is installed in the hopper unit 30, and a signal indicating the detected number is transmitted to the sand substrate unit 20. The hopper sensor 31 is realized by, for example, an optical sensor installed at the hopper outlet from the medal storage box to the payout tray.

The door sensor 40 is a sensor for detecting opening and closing of the front cover A of the coin sand 1 main body, and is installed in the casing of the coin sand 1. The door sensor 40 is realized by a mechanical switch, an optical sensor, or the like.
The security board 50 is installed in the casing of the coin sand 1 in the same manner as the sand board unit 20. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, the security board 50 is wired so as to receive an identification result signal from the banknote identification unit 10, a payout number signal from the hopper sensor 31, and an open / close signal from the door sensor 40. On the security board 50, a circuit for realizing a mechanism for detecting an illegal act described later is mounted. Note that a CPU may be mounted on the security board and realized by a program.

  Hereinafter, based on the above-described configuration, a mechanism in which the security board 50 detects various illegal acts will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a case where the security board 50 determines that there is a fraud and a case where it is determined that it is necessary to issue a warning although it is not fraudulent. In order to simplify the description, the coin sand 1 will be described on the assumption that only a thousand yen bill is accepted and 50 medals are paid out per thousand yen.

  First, in the case (1), the front cover A is closed from the output of the door sensor, and the payout of more than 50 medals is detected from the output of the hopper sensor in the state where the insertion of the banknote is detected from the output of the banknote identification unit. In this case, the security board detects fraud A. This fraud A has been detected because the insertion of banknotes has been detected, and since 50 medals should be paid out, more than 50 medals have been illegally paid out with the front cover A closed. It is considered that the circuit inside is improperly crafted to increase the number of payout medals.

  In case (2), the front cover A is closed from the output of the door sensor, and the payout of one or more medals is detected from the output of the hopper sensor in the state where the insertion of the banknote is not detected from the output of the banknote identification unit. In this case, the security board detects fraud B. In this fraud B, since the front cover A is closed and the insertion of banknotes has not been detected, the medal has been illegally paid out. Therefore, the payout button is illegal due to a thin stick or the like thrust into the coin sand. It is thought that the medal was paid out. It is also considered that an unauthorized radio wave is transmitted to a circuit in the coin sand and the medal is illegally paid out.

  In case (3), when the front cover A is opened from the output of the door sensor, the security board detects the warning A. When the front cover A is opened, the warning A is a warning for prompting attention because the bill identification unit inside the coin sand can be accessed. This is because the front cover A should be opened only by the store manager or the sales clerk who has the lock key, but may be opened by a person who obtained the lock key illegally.

  In the case (4), the front cover A is opened from the output of the door sensor, and the security board detects the warning B when one or more payouts are detected from the output of the hopper sensor. In this warning B, since the medal is paid out with the front cover A being opened (the warning A is detected), normally, when the payout button is pressed by the store clerk, the medal is paid out. Although it is conceivable, there is a possibility that it is performed by a person who obtained the lock key illegally, so that a warning B for alerting is issued.

  When the fraud / warnings (1) to (4) are detected, the security board 50 outputs fraud / warning signals. This fraud / warning signal is transmitted to the management computer of the store, and is also transmitted to a warning light provided on each island in the store, so that the warning light blinks. Since this fraud / warning signal also includes ID information for identifying the coin sand, the administrator of the management computer pays attention to the coin sand by using a surveillance camera in the store. It can be determined whether it is necessary. Furthermore, a speaker may be provided in the coin sand so that when fraud / warning is detected, an alarm is sounded to intimidate an unauthorized person.

  Note that the case where the security substrate 50 detects fraud / warning is not limited to the above four cases, and can be changed according to the situation in the field as appropriate. For example, when a warning release switch is provided in an inconspicuous place such as the back side of the coin sand body, and a store clerk who recognizes the presence of the warning release switch opens the front cover A after pressing the warning release switch The warnings A and B may not be issued. The warning release switch may be configured so that a receiver is installed in the coin sand and can be released using light or radio.

  In the case (1), only when medals are paid out in excess of the set number, the target is illegal. However, when less than 50 medals are paid out, that is, the payout number is less than the set number. In some cases, it may be configured to be subject to fraud and warning. Further, the front cover B may be provided with a door sensor so that fraud / warning based on opening / closing of the front cover B may be performed. However, in terms of security, it is important to detect fraud with respect to banknote identification units in which money is stocked.

  As described above in detail, according to the security board as the unauthorized payout inspection apparatus according to the present embodiment and the coin sand provided with the security board, the outputs of the door sensor, the banknote identification unit, and the hopper sensor are used. It is possible to reliably detect various illegal acts with a simple configuration.

The embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the front cover B for accessing the hopper unit may be divided into two front covers for supplying medals and taking out the hopper unit.
Moreover, although the form which installs a security board | substrate separately from a sand board | substrate unit in a coin sand was demonstrated, the circuit for performing the function similar to a security board | substrate may be integrally formed on a sand board | substrate. Needless to say. Alternatively, a control program for the entire coin sand and a program for executing the functions of the security board may be prepared so that the CPU on the sand board can execute both functions.

  Furthermore, an unauthorized payout inspection device having a security board function may be configured separately from the coin sand. In this case, the fraudulent payout inspection device realizes the same function as the security board and the connection means for connecting to the wiring and circuit in the coin sand in order to obtain the output of the bill recognition unit, the hopper unit and the door sensor. It is necessary to have a calculation means for doing this. According to such a fraudulent payout inspection device, it is easy to carry out a fraudulent payout inspection even for a conventional coin sand that is excellent in portability and does not have the fraudulent payout inspection function according to the present embodiment. .

  In the present embodiment, the coin sand for supplying a pachislot machine medal as a game medium has been described. However, the game medium may be a medal used in a game center or a pachinko ball for a pachinko machine. It may be. Moreover, the money thrown into the lending device is not limited to banknotes but may be coins. That is, it is a device that lends a predetermined number of game media by the insertion of money, and includes a currency identification unit for identifying the money to be inserted and a game media payout number detecting means for detecting the number of game media to be paid out. The present invention can be applied to any game medium lending device that is built in the body and has a door sensor that detects opening and closing of a door for accessing the inside of the housing.

  Moreover, you may comprise so that a banknote identification unit may be provided with a stock amount detection function and a store clerk may be notified that a predetermined amount of banknotes has accumulated. Normally, regardless of the stock amount of banknotes, the inefficiency work that the store clerk goes around each coin sand and collects the banknotes at a predetermined timing is performed. It is possible to collect banknotes. Furthermore, since a certain number of banknotes are collected, they are collected, so that it is possible to avoid leaving a large number of banknotes stored in the coin sand, which is preferable in terms of security.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a partial configuration of the banknote recognition unit 10 in order to explain the stock amount detection function according to this modification. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a state in which there are no banknotes, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a state in which a certain amount of banknotes is accumulated. As shown in the figure, the banknote recognition unit 10 according to this modification includes a stage 12 that supports banknotes to be stocked, a spring 13 that supports the stage 12 with respect to the housing of the banknote recognition unit 10, a stage 12 and a housing. A distance measuring sensor 14 for measuring the distance to the lower surface is provided.

  The spring 13 is installed so as to press the stock banknote upward with an elastic force via the stage 12. Therefore, when banknotes accumulate to some extent, the stage 12 is lowered downward as shown in FIG. The distance measuring sensor 14 includes a light emitting element such as a laser and a light receiving element such as a photodetector, and can detect the amount of stock bills based on the measurement distance. An ultrasonic sensor or the like may be used as the distance measuring sensor 14.

  In such a configuration, when a preset amount of stock banknotes is stored, a notification signal is sent from the banknote identification unit 10 to the sand substrate unit 20 and further notified to a management computer of a store (not shown). Based on this information, if the store clerk is informed of the coin sand 1 in which bills are stored, the stock bills can be collected safely and efficiently.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the coin sand which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the fraud / warning detection process by the security board which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of a part of banknote identification unit 10 in the modification of embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows roughly the structure of the coin sand which concerns on the prior art of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Coin sand 10 Banknote identification unit 20 Sand board unit 21 Discharge button 30 Hopper unit 31 Hopper sensor 40 Door sensor 50 Security board

Claims (6)

A game media lending device for lending game media to a player,
A currency identification means for identifying the currency inserted by the player;
Game medium payout number detection means for detecting the number of game media paid out to the player in accordance with the inserted money;
A housing having a cover that can be opened and closed in order to access the inside, with the money identifying means and the game medium payout number detecting means built in;
Door opening / closing detection means for detecting opening and closing of the cover;
A game medium lending device comprising: an operation means for detecting an illegal act on the game medium lending device from outputs of the money identifying means, game medium payout number detecting means, and door opening / closing detecting means.   A distance measuring sensor for detecting the stock amount of banknotes inserted by a player is further provided, and the calculation means gazes from the output of the distance measuring sensor that the stock amount of banknotes has reached a predetermined amount. 2. The game medium lending device according to claim 1, wherein a notification signal is output. Money identifying means for identifying money inserted by the player, game medium payout number detecting means for detecting the number of game media paid out to the player in accordance with the inserted money, and the money identifying means And a game medium lending device including a housing having a cover that can be opened and closed to access the inside, and a door opening and closing detection unit that detects opening and closing of the cover. An unauthorized lending inspection device for detecting unwanted acts,
Connecting means for connecting to a circuit in the gaming medium lending device in order to obtain output signals of the money identifying means, gaming medium payout number detecting means and door opening / closing detecting means;
A fraudulent lending inspection device, comprising: a computing means for detecting fraudulent acts on the gaming medium lending device based on output signals of the money identifying means, gaming medium payout number detecting means, and door opening / closing detecting means. .   The computing means is one sheet from the output signal of the door opening / closing detection means, the state where the cover is closed, the state where no money is inserted from the output signal of the money identification means, and the output of the game medium payout number detection means. 4. The unauthorized lending inspection device according to claim 3, wherein the unauthorized lending inspection device is configured to determine that an illegal act has been performed when the state in which the above-mentioned game medium is paid out is detected.   The computing means includes a state in which the cover is closed from an output signal of the door opening / closing detection means, a state in which a predetermined amount of money is inserted from an output signal of the money identification means, and an output of the game medium payout number detection means When a state in which a number of game media different from the predetermined number of payouts is paid out for the predetermined amount is detected, it is determined that an illegal act has been performed. The unauthorized lending inspection device according to claim 3 or 4. An unauthorized lending inspection method for detecting fraudulent acts on a gaming medium lending device provided with money identifying means and gaming medium payout number detecting means,
A currency detection step of detecting an input of money by obtaining an output signal from the currency identification means;
A game medium number acquisition step of acquiring the number of game media paid out to the player from the game medium payout number detection means;
An unauthorized lending inspection method, comprising: an inspection step of inspecting whether or not the number of gaming media is equal to a preset number of lending each time the game medium number obtaining step is executed.

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