JP2008029490A - Game system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game system allowing a player to acquire game information without any trouble. <P>SOLUTION: This game system dynamically converts game information showing a game state of a game machine into optically readable identification information (for example, a two-dimensional code Q) and displays it on at least one of display means 41 and 61 of peripheral devices 40 and 60 installed in the periphery of the game machine 50. This system reads the identification information using a personal digital assistant having a reading means capable of reading the identification information. The personal digital assistant finds and stores game information by inversely converting the read identification information, when a previous game information acquired by reading the previous one is stored, finds a difference between the game information acquired by reading this time with the game information acquired by reading the previous one and outputs difference game information based on the found difference. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming system in which a player can easily obtain a result of playing with a gaming machine.

In recent years, various game machines are installed in a game arcade, and a player can play games with various game machines. In recent years, a player can obtain game information for each gaming machine, and the player can perform various analyzes using the obtained game information.
As a method for the player to acquire game information for each gaming machine, he / she brought it to an information terminal device provided at a predetermined place (resting place, etc.) of a game hall or a stand terminal device provided for each gaming machine. It can be acquired by connecting a mobile terminal device or the like, or can be acquired via the Internet or the like using a mobile terminal device or a personal computer (hereinafter referred to as PC).
Further, as in the prior art described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, a two-dimensional code based on game information is generated and displayed on peripheral devices (such as a call lamp) of the gaming machine, and the two-dimensional Some players can easily acquire game information by imaging a code with a portable terminal device with an imaging means.
JP 2006-061299 A JP 2005-185604 A

In the prior art described in Patent Document 1, in order to specify a game period for generating a two-dimensional code, it is necessary for the player to perform an operation for notifying the start of the game and an operation for notifying the end of the game. Therefore, when the game start operation is forgotten, a two-dimensional code is not generated, and the player cannot acquire game information. As described above, an operation for starting a game and an operation for ending a game are necessary, and it takes time for the player.
Moreover, in the prior art described in Patent Document 2, a two-dimensional code is generated when the player operates the QR button. The game start operation is not necessary, but the start time of the game period is fixed when the store is opened on the day, so it is not possible to specify the start time of the game period. Further, since the two-dimensional code cannot be generated unless the QR button is operated, it takes time for the player.
The present invention has been made in view of such points, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming system that allows a player to acquire game information without trouble.

As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, a first invention of the present invention is a gaming system as described in claim 1.
In the gaming system according to claim 1, game information indicating a gaming state of the gaming machine is dynamically converted into optically readable identification information on display means of peripheral devices installed around the gaming machine. Convert and display.

A second invention of the present invention is a gaming system as set forth in claim 2.
The gaming system according to claim 2 is the gaming system according to claim 1, wherein the identification information to be dynamically converted and displayed is input with a signal indicating a predetermined gaming state from the gaming machine. Each time the information is converted and displayed on the display means, or optically readable identification information, or the peripheral device displays the game information on the display means, and the peripheral device displays the game information. Optically readable identification information that is converted and displayed on the display means each time the display is updated, or optically readable identification information that is converted and displayed on the display means every predetermined time It is.

A third aspect of the present invention is a gaming system as set forth in the third aspect.
A gaming system according to a third aspect is the gaming system according to the first or second aspect, further comprising a portable terminal device.
The portable terminal device includes a reading unit capable of reading the identification information. When a reading operation of the identification information is performed, the read identification information is inversely converted and game information is obtained and stored. If the previous game information by reading is stored, the difference between the game information by this reading and the game information by the previous reading is obtained, and the difference game information based on the obtained difference is output.

A fourth aspect of the present invention is a gaming system as set forth in the fourth aspect.
A gaming system according to a fourth aspect is the gaming system according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the peripheral device displaying the identification information indicates that a game in the gaming machine has started. When the game start condition is satisfied, the current time is stored in the game start list information, and when the game end condition indicating that the game on the gaming machine is completed is displayed, the game start list information is displayed. When one time is selected from the game start time list information displayed on the means and displayed on the display means, game information within the period from the selected time to the time when the game end condition is satisfied is displayed. The obtained information is converted into the identification information and displayed on the display means.

A fifth aspect of the present invention is a gaming system as set forth in the fifth aspect.
The gaming system according to claim 5 is the gaming system according to claim 4, wherein the game start condition is when sales occur, and the peripheral device generates a sales signal indicating that sales have occurred. Is connected in a recognizable manner or when a player who plays a game on the gaming machine is specified, and the peripheral device is connected in a recognizable manner so as to recognize a player specifying signal indicating that the player has been specified, or This is a case where the gaming machine transitions from the non-operating state to the operating state, and the peripheral device is connected so as to be able to recognize the non-operating state and the operating state.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is a gaming system as set forth in the sixth aspect.
In the gaming system according to claim 6, game information indicating a gaming state of the gaming machine is dynamically converted into optically readable identification information on display means of peripheral devices installed around the gaming machine. When the game start setting operation is performed, the peripheral device dynamically and optically reads game information indicating a game state from the time when the game start setting operation is performed. Convert it to possible identification information and display it.

  If the game system according to claim 1 is used, the game information is dynamically converted into optically readable identification information (two-dimensional code, barcode, color code, etc.), so that the player ends the game This is convenient because it is not necessary to perform the above operations and the operation to generate (convert) the two-dimensional code.

  According to the gaming system of the second aspect, the player can optically read at an appropriate timing when the player desires the game information as the timing for dynamically generating the optically readable identification information. Identification information can be generated.

According to the gaming system of the third aspect, the player reads the identification information that is dynamically generated and displayed before the game is started with the portable terminal device (for example, the portable terminal device as a reading unit). If the mobile terminal device reads the identification information dynamically generated and displayed at the end of the game, the game information for the period from the start to the end of the game can be acquired. Can do. Further, it is not necessary to operate other devices (peripheral devices such as a call lamp) of the mobile terminal device.
Thereby, the player can acquire the game information of the desired period without trouble.

  According to the gaming system of the fourth aspect, in the game information to be acquired, the player can select the game start time from the displayed game start time list information, which is convenient.

  According to the gaming system of the fifth aspect, the game start condition can be appropriately determined, and an appropriate game start point can be displayed in the game start time list information.

  According to the gaming system of the sixth aspect, the player operates the peripheral device at the start of his / her game (setting at the start of the game) regardless of the state of the display of the current game information. It is possible to display the identification information based on the game information of the own game simply by operating. In addition, by reading the identification information, only the game information of the player can be acquired, and it is convenient because the operation of the peripheral device is unnecessary at the end of the game.

The best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows an example of connection of each device in a game arcade.
● [Connection of each device in the amusement hall (Figures 1 and 2)]
As shown in FIG. 1, the game hall includes a management server 10, an island unit 20 disposed on each island in the game hall, a gaming machine 50, and a stand unit 30 connected to peripheral devices (not shown) of the gaming machine 50. , A terminal device 40 attached to the gaming machine 50, a gaming machine 50, a table display 60 that displays a gaming machine number, etc., a prepaid card issuing machine 70, a counter 71 that counts the number of gaming media inserted, Equipment such as a prize exchange 72 for exchanging game media and prizes is provided, and each apparatus is connected via communication lines 81, 91, and the like.

The base unit 30 detects the gaming state of the gaming machine 50 (and the peripheral equipment of the gaming machine 50) connected to the base unit 30, and the game data based on the detected gaming state together with the unit number and the island unit 20 and the communication line 82, It transmits to the management server 10 via 81.
As shown in FIG. 2, the base unit 30 includes a winning signal (a pulse signal output at the timing of winning at the start winning opening) output from the signal output terminal 50a of the gaming machine 50, a symbol variation stop signal (variation starts). A pulse signal that is output when all of the symbols are stopped), a special prize state signal (a signal that is output at a predetermined level (High level or Low level) indicating that it is a special winning state indicating a big hit state), , A safe signal output from the signal output terminal 52a of the supply / recovery device 52 (corresponding to a peripheral device) (for example, a signal that outputs one pulse when 10 game media are supplied (paid to the player)), an out signal ( For example, the detection of 10 game media (a signal that outputs one pulse upon input from a player) and the detection result is obtained, for example, every counting interval time (every minute, etc.) To, to the management server 10 via the island unit 20. In FIG. 1, the supply / recovery device 52 is not shown. Further, the out signal and the safe signal may be output from the gaming machine 50.
In addition to the above-described special prize state signal, if there is a short-time state signal or a probability variation state signal, it may be detected using the jackpot state.

  The gaming system of the present invention is installed around the gaming machine 50 and connected to the peripheral device display means (for example, as shown in FIG. The game information indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine 50 is dynamically and optically readable identification information (two-dimensional code, bar code, Color code, etc.) for display. In the following description, a two-dimensional code is used as an example of optically readable identification information.

For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the base terminal device 40 has a winning signal, a symbol variation stop signal, a special status signal output from the signal output terminal 50 a of the gaming machine 50, and a signal output terminal of the supply / collection device 52. A safe signal, an out signal, and the like output from 52a are connected, and the gaming state of the gaming machine 50 can be recognized. Or you may comprise so that game information may be received from the stand unit 30 or the management server 10 using the communication lines 91 and 92 instead of connecting the signal from the signal output terminals 50a and 52a.
Further, for example, in the stand display device 60, as in the case of the stand terminal device 40, a winning signal, a symbol variation stop signal, a special status signal output from the signal output terminal 50 a of the gaming machine 50, a supply / collection device 52 A safe signal, an out signal, and the like output from the signal output terminal 52a are connected, and the gaming state of the gaming machine 50 can be recognized.
There are various methods for connecting the terminal device 40 and the table display 60 so that the gaming state of the gaming machine 50 can be recognized, and the method is not limited to the above connection method.

The terminal device 40 is a game medium lending device. Generally, the member ID read from the member card received at the member card reception port, and the amount information deducted from the prepaid card received at the prepaid card reception port. Alternatively, information regarding the inserted cash is transmitted to the management server 10 via the communication line 91 together with the member ID and the machine number. The amount information is also transmitted to the base unit 30 via the communication line 92. In addition, when the gaming machine 50 is not a so-called CR machine and the storage system is not applied to the gaming machine, the communication line 91 that directly connects the base terminal device 40 and the management server 10 is not connected. The device 40 transmits the money amount information to the base unit 30 through the communication line 92. The stand terminal device 40 is connected to the management server 10 and the stand unit 30 in various forms.
In addition, when receiving the membership card at the membership card reception port, the terminal device 40 can access the storage ball database stored in the management server 10, and the game media can be withdrawn in accordance with an instruction from the member. It becomes possible. The deposit is performed from the counter 71 or the like, and the counter 71 reflects the counted number of game media in the storage ball database in accordance with an instruction from the member.
Although FIG. 1 shows an example in which two display monitors 11 are provided, the display monitor 11 can be provided with an arbitrary number of one or more (generally about one to four). is there.
In addition, the table display device 60 is generally provided on the gaming machine, and displays the device number assigned on the game hall side so that each gaming machine in the game hall can be identified. . In addition, there are provided a call button for calling an attendant of the game hall when an abnormality occurs, and a display means (display means 61 in FIG. 4) for displaying the gaming state of the gaming machine 50 provided with the button.

● [Example of game history information (Fig. 3)]
Next, an example of game history information (12A, 12A2,...) Stored in a storage device accessible from the management server 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
For example, the game history information is stored for each gaming machine and each business day of the game hall, and the gaming history information 12A shown in FIG. 3 is the gaming history information for the gaming machine with the machine number 1 on April 25, 2006. is there. In the game history information 12A, data relating to each type of game data (out number, safe number, etc.) is recorded at every counting interval time (in this example, every minute). Next, each item in the game history information 12A will be described.
In the following description, the game history information will be described with reference to the example of FIG. 3 in which each of a plurality of types of game data is aggregated and stored for each aggregation interval time, but the game history information is a plurality of types of game data. Each of them may be accumulated and stored at every counting interval time.
When no winning signal or safe signal is connected to the base terminal device 40, the gaming machine 50 receives the game history information corresponding to the gaming machine to which the base terminal device 40 itself is connected from the management server 10. Can be recognized.

The “time” stores the time related to the period in which each value of the “row” item (out number, safe number...) Is detected, and in this example, hour: minute is stored. For example, the 10:01 row indicates that each item is a value detected during a period of 10 (hours): 00 (minutes) to 10 (hours): 01 (minutes).
The “number of outs” stores the number of game media loaded into the gaming machine at the “time (period)”.
The “safe number” stores the number of game media paid out from the gaming machine at the “time (period)”.
The “lending amount” stores an amount based on information relating to cash, a prepaid card, etc., which has been inserted into the terminal device 40 which is also a game medium lending device at the “time (period)”.
The “stored ball withdrawal number” stores the number of game media withdrawn using the terminal device 40 in accordance with an instruction from the player at the “time (period)”.
“Number of starts” stores the number of times the player has won a prize start opening for lottery in a special prize state while the player is playing with the game machine, and the lottery has been performed by changing the design of the game machine Has been.
In the “special prize state”, whether or not the special prize state is in the “time (period)” is stored. In this case, “0” indicates that it is not in the special prize state, and “1” indicates that it is in the special prize state.

● [Examples of game information and 2D codes displayed on peripheral devices of game machines and dynamic display (Fig. 4)]
The gaming state of the gaming machine 50 is displayed on at least one of the display means 41 of the stand terminal device 40 provided as a peripheral device of the gaming machine 50 or the display means 61 of the stand display device 60.
FIG. 3 shows an example of the game information screen M0 displayed on at least one of the display means 41 or the display means 61.
In the example of the game information screen M0 shown in FIG. 4, a first display unit M1 that displays the number of times that various game states have occurred, and a graph that shows the difference between the number of inserted game media (such as pachinko balls) and the number of payouts are displayed. A second display unit that displays, a third display unit M3 that displays other special gaming states, and data that indicates at least a part of the gaming state among the first display unit M1 to the third display unit M3. A screen is configured by the fourth display unit M4 that displays the two-dimensional code Q.
The player selects his / her favorite gaming machine 50 by confirming the game information screen M0 before the game, and confirms the result of his / her game by confirming the game information screen M0 during or after the game. be able to.
In the vicinity of the display means 41 and the display means 61, operation buttons or the like capable of instructing switching of display contents are provided, for example, on the first display section M1 and the second display section M2 yesterday. It is also possible to display the data. When the display content is switched, it is preferable that the display of the two-dimensional code Q is also changed in accordance with the content.

The two-dimensional code Q described in this embodiment is displayed “dynamically” by being automatically updated at a predetermined timing.
Next, an example in which the two-dimensional code Q is dynamically converted and displayed will be described. For example, examples are shown in the following (1) to (3).
(1) Each time a signal indicating a predetermined gaming state is input from the gaming machine 50, a two-dimensional code Q is generated (converted) and displayed.
For example, each time the symbol variation stop signal is input, the table display device 60 updates (+1) the number of times of “start” and the number of “total start” of the first display unit M1, and updates the updated first display unit. The two-dimensional code Q generated by converting the game information displayed on M1 is displayed on the fourth display unit M4. For example, the number of “big hit” is updated (+1) every time a special status signal is output, and the number of “continuous probability change” is updated every time a special status signal is output while a probability variation status signal is being output. Updated (+1).
In this case, the stand display device 60 (peripheral device) counts and stores the input of each signal from the opening of the game hall, displays the counted information on the game information screen M0, and counts any signal. A two-dimensional code Q is generated every time and displayed on the fourth display unit M4.
(2) Each time the display content of the game information screen M0 is updated (every time the display means updates the display of the game information screen M0), the two-dimensional code Q is generated and displayed.
For example, every time the game terminal information is received from the management server 10, the terminal device 40 updates the display of the first display unit M <b> 1 to the third display unit M <b> 3 and obtains the two-dimensional code Q based on the updated game information. Generated and displayed on the fourth display unit M4.
(3) A two-dimensional code Q is generated and displayed every predetermined time.
For example, the table display device 60 updates the display content of the game information screen M0 every predetermined time (for example, every 2 seconds) regardless of the presence or absence of various signals from the gaming machine 50 (such as symbol variation stop signal). The two-dimensional code Q based on the updated game information is generated and displayed on the fourth display unit M4.
In this case, the input of each signal is counted and stored in the same manner as in the above (1), but the display of the game information screen M0 (including the generation of the two-dimensional code Q) is every predetermined time.

● [Example of obtaining game information using a mobile terminal device (FIG. 5)]
Next, using FIG. 5, the player acquires the game information without trouble using the two-dimensional code Q displayed on the fourth display unit M4 of the game information screen M0 displayed on the display means. A method will be described. The gaming system shown in the present embodiment includes a peripheral device (in this case, the base terminal device 40 or the base display device 60) that displays the two-dimensional code Q and the mobile terminal device 100.
The portable terminal device 100 includes a reading unit (for example, an imaging unit such as a camera) that can read the two-dimensional code Q (optically readable identification information), and the fourth display unit M4 is operated by a player's operation. The two-dimensional code Q displayed on can be read and stored. When the reading unit is an imaging unit, the player can appropriately capture the two-dimensional code Q while confirming the subject image displayed on the display unit 101 of the mobile terminal device 100.
Note that software is downloaded and set in advance from a website or the like to the mobile terminal device. When the player reads the two-dimensional code Q using the portable terminal device, the portable terminal device reads the two-dimensional code Q read by performing reverse conversion based on the software and performing the reverse conversion. The game information indicated by the two-dimensional code Q can be recognized.
The portable terminal device 100 includes a storage unit inside, and stores the read data of the two-dimensional code Q (in this case, image data) in the storage unit. At this time, if there is previous game information (game information of the same gaming machine 50) by the previous reading, the mobile terminal device 100 determines the difference between the game information by the current reading and the game information by the previous reading (this time Information based on (game information-previous game information) (difference game information) is displayed.
The information based on the difference is, for example, a direct difference of information displayed on the game information screen M0 (difference of start (number of times), difference of big hit (number of times), difference of probability variation continuation (number of times), etc.) Subtraction results), calculation results using differences such as jackpot probabilities determined by the calculation of “difference of big hit (number of times) / difference of start (number of times)”, and data expressed in figures such as graphs created from the difference Etc. are included.

In addition to displaying the difference from the previous game information, the mobile terminal device 100 displays the game information obtained by inversely transforming the read two-dimensional code Q as it is without obtaining the difference or the like. May be displayed. In this case, the player can select the first process for displaying the difference and the second process for displaying the game information recorded in the two-dimensional code Q without obtaining the difference or the like, or perform a display switching operation. Thus, it can be configured that the player can switch and check the display of the difference information screen 101a and the game information screen 101b as appropriate.
Before starting the game, the player reads the two-dimensional code Q at that time on the portable terminal device 100, reads the two-dimensional code Q at that time, and displays the difference information screen 101a. Thus, it is convenient because it is possible to easily acquire the game history of the player.
At this time, for example, if the big hit (number of times) or the probability variation continuation (number of times) is not only the difference but also the total (number of times) in the gaming machine is included in the two-dimensional code Q, the total number of big hits is 30 times. Among them, it is preferable because it is possible to acquire game information such as having won a big hit 25 times, and the player can enjoy more satisfaction.
Also, the player selects a gaming machine that will play the next day by reading the two-dimensional code Q of each gaming machine and displaying the gaming information screen 101b of each gaming machine near the closing time of the gaming hall, for example. It is convenient because it can.

● [Display example of game start list and usage example (Fig. 6)]
In the above description, using the mobile terminal device 100, from the start time of the game (in this case, the time corresponding to the previous game information stored in the mobile terminal device 100) to the end time of the game (in this case, the mobile phone). The game information for a period up to the time point corresponding to the current game information read and acquired by the terminal device 100 is displayed on the display means 101 with the difference obtained by the mobile terminal device 100.
However, without obtaining the difference by the portable terminal device 100, the difference is obtained by a peripheral device (the stand terminal device 40, the stand display device 60, etc.), the two-dimensional code Q is generated from the obtained difference, and the portable terminal device 100 is obtained. The difference can be displayed on the display means 101 of the portable terminal device 100 by reading and inversely converting the two-dimensional code Q.

When a game start condition indicating that a game has started on the gaming machine 50 provided with the peripheral device is satisfied, the peripheral device stores the current time at that time in the game start list information. In addition, it is preferable to store the satisfied game start conditions and the game information at that time (start count, jackpot count, etc.) in the game start list information together with the current time.
For example, the following (A) to (D) show examples of game start conditions.
(A) This is a case where sales have occurred in the gaming machine 50. For example, when the terminal device 40 recognizes the rental of a game medium using a prepaid card or cash, it is determined that the game start condition is satisfied. .
(B) This is a case where the player who has played with the gaming machine 50 can be identified. For example, when the biometric information of the player registered in advance matches the information acquired from the player, If the acquired identification information matches the information acquired from the member card possessed by the player, it is determined that the game start condition is satisfied.
(C) This is a case where the gaming machine has transitioned from a non-operating state to an operating state. For example, when neither an out signal nor a safe signal is input for a predetermined period, the non-operating state is determined. When an out signal or a safe signal is detected, it is determined that the game start condition is satisfied.
(D) A sensor (infrared sensor, proximity sensor, etc.) is provided at a position where a player is seated, and a transition is made from a state where there is no player to a position where a player who plays with the gaming machine is seated. If so, it is determined that the game start condition is satisfied.

In addition, when the game end condition indicating that the game of the gaming machine 50 provided with the peripheral device is completed is satisfied, the peripheral device displays the game start time list information on the display means. This example is shown in the game start list information screen M20 of FIG.
For example, the following (a) to (d) show examples of game end conditions.
(A) When the player operates an end button provided on the peripheral device, or when the player touches the end button displayed on the display means of the peripheral device (in this case, the display means is a touch panel) It is determined that the game end condition is satisfied.
(B) This is a case where the specified player can no longer be specified. For example, when the member card accepted by the terminal device 40 is taken out, it is determined that the game end condition is satisfied.
(C) When the gaming machine transitions from the operating state to the non-operating state, for example, when neither the out signal nor the safe signal is detected for a predetermined period from the state where the out signal or the safe signal is detected. It is determined that the game end condition is satisfied.
(D) In addition, when it can be inferred that the player has finished the game, for example, when there is a discharge operation of a storage medium (so-called prepaid card or the like) that can specify the deposit amount or the number of balls to be deposited, the game end condition is satisfied Is determined.
When displaying the game start list, game information such as the number of starts and the number of jackpots at that time may be displayed at the same time. This is because the player may remember the game information at the start of the game even if the start time is not clearly remembered, and it is easy for the player to specify the start time of the game.

When the peripheral device determines that the game end condition is satisfied, it displays the game start time list information screen M20 of FIG. 6 based on the game start time list information. Then, when the player operates the operation means S10, S20, etc. and one time is selected from the game start time list (in the case of a touch panel, the operation means S10, S20 are not displayed, the player directly The game information within the period from the selected (game start) time to the time when the game end condition is satisfied is obtained and displayed on the display means, and includes at least a part of the displayed game information A two-dimensional code Q is generated and displayed on the fourth display unit M4.
In this case, the player can select the game start time, which is convenient because the player can acquire game information from the desired game start time.
Note that the game information within the period from the selected (game start) time to the time when the game end condition is satisfied includes, for example, the start (number of times), jackpot (number of times), probability change from the game start time to the game end time. Continuation (number of times), amount of money rented out game media (use amount), calculation results using these (such as the jackpot probability), and a graph showing the difference between the number of game media inserted and paid out during the period Etc. (see the second display part M2 in FIG. 4).
Together with these pieces of game information, game information from the opening of the gaming machine may be acquired. This is because the player can compare game information for a desired period with game information from the opening of the store. For example, in the gaming machine, it is understood that there are 30 jackpots per day, of which 25 jackpots are due to own games.
By the way, when the usage amount can be acquired as the game information, the sales of the game store may be known. Specifically, it is possible to acquire the daily sales of the gaming machine by obtaining the gaming information at the opening time of the gaming store at the start time of the gaming and at the closing time of the gaming store. When such sales are acquired for a plurality of gaming machines, it is possible to acquire the daily sales of the plurality of gaming machines. For a game store, it is not preferable in terms of management strategy that the sales of a plurality of game machines will be known to competing stores even if only one game machine is used.
In order to solve such a problem, it is necessary not to allow acquisition of game information (amount of money used from opening and closing of multiple gaming machines) for a plurality of gaming machines at the same time for specific information. .
For this reason, some game information (such as the amount of money used) may be configured as follows.
When the usage amount is converted into a two-dimensional code, the mobile phone (mobile terminal device 100) number is input. The management device side (for example, the management server 10) receives the mobile phone number and confirms whether there is a request for the usage amount of another gaming machine from the same number in the same time zone. If there is no request, the management device encrypts the usage amount based on the mobile phone number, converts the encrypted usage amount into a two-dimensional code, and displays the two-dimensional code on the display unit. When the player reads the displayed two-dimensional code with a mobile phone, the mobile phone performs decryption based on its own telephone number.
By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to prevent acquisition of specific information in the same time zone across a plurality of gaming machines, and it is possible to prevent so-called impersonation of inputting another person's telephone number or the like. Therefore, inconveniences such as the daily sales of the amusement store being known to the competing store can be solved.

Peripheral devices (table terminal device 40, table display device 60, etc.) transmit the game start time and game end time together with the table number to management server 10. Based on the received machine number, game start time, game end time, and stored game history information 12A, the management server 10 plays a game during the period from the game start time to the game end time of the game machine with that machine number. Ask for information and send it to the peripheral. Then, the peripheral device displays a game information screen M0 based on the game information received from the management server 10 (including generation and display of the two-dimensional code Q).
Alternatively, peripheral devices (table terminal device 40, table display device 60, etc.) store game history information 12A of connected gaming machines, and the peripheral device stores game start time and game end time. Based on the game history information 12A, the game information screen M0 is displayed for the period of game information from the game start time to the game end time (including generation and display of the two-dimensional code Q).
Alternatively, peripheral devices (table terminal device 40, table display device 60, etc.) store each game information on the game information screen M0 displayed at that time in the start time game information in correspondence with the game start time. The peripheral device obtains a difference obtained by subtracting each value of each game information corresponding to the game start time in the start time game information from each value of each game information on the game information screen M0 at the time of the game end time. The game information screen M0 is displayed (including generation and display of the two-dimensional code Q).

  In the above description, when any of the above (A) to (D) is satisfied, it is determined that the game start condition is satisfied and is displayed on the game start time list information screen M20, but the player ends the game. When the amount information used for the game is entered after that, only the information stored when the sales in (A) above occurs, and the information until reaching the value of the amount information entered by going back in time. You may make it display on the list information screen M20 at the time of a game start.

● [Example of acquiring only own game information without obtaining a difference]
In the above description, the difference between the game information at the game end time and the game information at the game start time is calculated by the mobile terminal device 100 or the peripheral device (in this case, the base terminal device 40 or the base display device 60) or the management server 10 or the like. Although calculated and calculated, if the game information is reset at the start of the game, only the subsequent game information (accumulated value of the game information) can be displayed.
For example, the player operates the game information reset button provided on the peripheral device or causes the peripheral device to recognize that the setting operation at the start of the game has been performed by receiving the member card at the member card reception port. be able to.
The peripheral device that has recognized that the game start setting operation has been performed resets (initializes, that is, sets to zero) the accumulated value of the game information that has been displayed. Then, the peripheral device starts accumulation of game information (such as the number of times of start) indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine from the initialized state, displays the game information, and dynamically changes the two-dimensional code Q to Convert and display.
This is convenient because the player only needs to perform a setting operation at the start of the game when starting the game, and does not require any operation at the end of the game. The player can confirm his / her own game information only by confirming the game information displayed on the display means of the peripheral device at the end of the game. Further, since the two-dimensional code Q is dynamically displayed, if the two-dimensional code Q is read by the mobile terminal device 100, the game information of the player can be easily acquired.

The game system of the present invention is not limited to the configuration, processing, display examples, and the like described in the present embodiment, and various changes, additions, and deletions can be made without changing the gist of the present invention.
The configuration of the game information screens M0 and 101b, the display items of the first display unit M1 to the fourth display unit M4, the display items of the difference information screen 101a, etc. are limited to those shown in the examples of FIGS. is not.
The numerical values used in the description of the present embodiment are examples, and are not limited to these numerical values.

It is a figure explaining the example of the connection of each apparatus in a game arcade. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining connection of a gaming machine 50 (and peripheral equipment 52 of the gaming machine 50), a base unit 30, a base terminal device 40, a base display device 60, an island unit 20, and a management server 10. It is a figure explaining examples, such as game history information 12A. It is a figure explaining the example of the game information screen M0 displayed on the display means 41 of the stand terminal device 40, or the display means 61 of the stand display device 60. FIG. It is a figure explaining the example of acquisition of game information using a portable terminal device. It is a figure explaining the example which designates the start time of the game information to display on the game information screen M0.

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Management server 11 Display monitor 12A Game history information 20 Island unit 30 unit 40 unit terminal device (game media rental device)
41, 61, 101 Display means 50 gaming machine 60 display machine 70 prepaid card issuing machine 71 counter 72 free gift exchange 81, 82, 91 communication line 100 portable terminal device Q two-dimensional code M0 game information screen M20 list information at game start screen

Claims (6)

On the display means of peripheral devices installed around the gaming machine, game information indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine is dynamically converted into optically readable identification information for display.
A gaming system characterized by that. The gaming system according to claim 1,
The identification information that is dynamically converted and displayed is
It is optically readable identification information that is converted and displayed on the display means each time a signal indicating a predetermined gaming state is input from the gaming machine.
Alternatively, the peripheral device displays the game information on the display means, and each time the peripheral device updates the display of the game information, the information is converted and displayed on the display means. Is,
Alternatively, it is optically readable identification information that is converted every predetermined time and displayed on the display means.
A gaming system characterized by that. The gaming system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a portable terminal device,
The portable terminal device includes a reading unit capable of reading the identification information. When a reading operation of the identification information is performed, the read identification information is inversely converted and game information is obtained and stored. When the previous game information by reading is stored, the difference between the game information by the current reading and the game information by the previous reading is obtained, and the difference game information based on the obtained difference is output.
A gaming system characterized by that. The gaming system according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
Peripheral devices that display the identification information,
When a game start condition indicating that a game on the gaming machine is started is satisfied, the current time is stored in the game start time list information,
When the game end condition indicating that the game on the gaming machine is completed is satisfied, the game start time list information is displayed on the display means,
When one time is selected from the game start list information displayed on the display means, the identification information is obtained by obtaining game information within a period from the selected time to the time when the game end condition is satisfied. To be displayed on the display means,
A gaming system characterized by that. A gaming system according to claim 4, wherein
The game start condition is:
The peripheral device is connected so as to be able to recognize a sales signal indicating that sales have occurred,
Or it is a case where the player who plays a game with the gaming machine is specified, and the peripheral device is connected so as to be able to recognize a player specifying signal indicating that the player has been specified.
Or when the gaming machine transitions from a non-operating state to an operating state, the peripheral device is connected so as to be able to recognize the non-operating state and the operating state.
A gaming system characterized by that. On the display means of peripheral devices installed around the gaming machine, game information indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine is dynamically converted into optically readable identification information for display,
When the setting operation at the start of the game is performed, the peripheral device dynamically converts the game information indicating the game state from the time when the setting operation at the start of the game is performed into identification information that can be optically read. To display
A gaming system characterized by that.