JP2008295793A - Game machine management system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game machine management system capable of directly suppressing a fraud of changing the setup of an operation condition value for determining a winning probability of a game machine. <P>SOLUTION: This game management system includes: a setting signal receiving means for receiving a setting signal indicating that a setting operation of the operation condition value for setting the winning probability of a game machine is being executed, from the game machine; a position detection means for detecting positions of personal digital assistants previously distributed to employees in a game parlor; a position information storage means for storing game machine position information for indicating the positions of the game machines in the game parlor; and a fraudulent setting operation determination means, when the setting signal receiving means receives the setting signal, determining whether or not an employee is positioned within a prescribed range from the game machine from which the setting signal is received, based on the position of the personal digital assistant detected by the position detection means and the game machine position information stored in the position information storage means, and when determining that there is no employee in the prescribed range, determining that the fraudulent setting operation is being executed. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming machine management system that manages gaming machines, and more particularly, to a technique for suppressing an illegal setting operation condition value that determines a winning probability of a gaming machine.

  A gaming machine represented by a pachislot machine, a pachislot, or the like controls lottery, game medium payout, and the like based on an operation condition value such as a winning probability, that is, a payout rate of the game medium. Since such an operating condition value has a great influence on the sales of the game hall, usually only employees who have authority of the game hall change the setting. However, in order to receive payout of game media from the gaming machine under advantageous conditions, an unauthorized person may illegally change the operating condition value. For this reason, a technique for preventing an unauthorized operation on a gaming machine has been proposed.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, a keyhole and a reader (RFID reader) are provided in a power switch of a gaming machine, and when a setting key to which a storage medium (RFID tag) is attached is inserted into the keyhole and rotated, this memory is stored. A configuration is disclosed in which identification information (ID code) stored in a medium is read and power is supplied when the identification information is valid. In this configuration, the order of the rotation operation of the setting key and the power supply is determined, and control is performed so that the setting value of the gaming machine can be changed only when power is supplied after the rotation operation of the setting key.

  Further, for example, in Patent Document 2, the door of the apparatus is set to an unlocking mode in response to a command from the host computer, and a storage medium (IC card) is input when the unlocking mode is set. And the structure which reads the identification information (lock | rock information) of a storage medium, collates, and unlocks a door is disclosed.

Further, for example, in Patent Document 3, a detector capable of detecting the opening of a transparent board door of a gaming machine is attached to the gaming machine, and the contents of a storage medium (IC card) distributed to an authorized employee are described. A configuration in which a recognizable reader (recognition device) is provided in the gaming machine or in the vicinity of the gaming machine is disclosed. In this configuration, the signal from the detector and the signal from the reader are managed via the control device, and this control device is illegal when receiving the release signal from the detector without the reader recognizing the contents of the storage medium. Output that it is an action.
JP 2005-168659 A JP 2003-62285 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-33807

  However, in the configurations disclosed in Patent Documents 1 to 3 above, fraudulent acts are determined by turning on the power or opening the doors. There is a risk of changing the settings of the gaming machine.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a gaming machine management system that can more directly suppress an illegal act with respect to a setting change of an operation condition value that determines a winning probability of a gaming machine. To do.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the present invention, a setting signal reception is received from a gaming machine to receive a setting signal indicating that an operation condition value setting operation for determining the winning probability of the gaming machine is being performed. Means, position detecting means for detecting the position of the portable terminal distributed in advance to the employee in the game hall, position information storage means for storing the gaming machine position information indicating the position of the gaming machine in the game hall, and the setting When the medium signal receiving means receives the setting in-progress signal, based on the position of the portable terminal detected by the position detecting means and the gaming machine position information stored in the position information storage means, It is determined whether or not there is an employee within a predetermined range from the received gaming machine, and if it is determined that there is no employee within the predetermined range, it is determined that an illegal setting operation is being performed. Setting A work determination unit, the gaming machine management system comprising the provided.

  In the gaming machine management system of the present invention, when the setting in-progress signal is received, it is determined whether or not the operation condition value is illegally set. Therefore, it is possible to more directly suppress an illegal act with respect to the setting change of the operation condition value.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming machine management system that can more directly suppress an illegal act with respect to a change in setting of an operation condition value that determines a winning probability of a gaming machine.

  Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the constituent elements described in this embodiment are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to them. In addition, not all the combinations of features described in the present embodiment are essential for the solving means of the invention.

<< First Embodiment >>
(Amusement machine management system)
First, the configuration of the gaming machine management system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a block diagram schematically showing the system configuration of the gaming machine management system A according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The gaming machine management system A includes a management computer 110, a position detection device 150, a display 170, a warning lamp 180, and a speaker 190. The management computer 110 can be realized by an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer or a workstation, for example. The management computer 110 includes a communication device, and is connected to a plurality of gaming machines 130 through the network 160 in addition to the position detection device 150, the display 170, the warning lamp 180, and the speaker 190. Note that a stand computer or an island computer may be interposed between the management computer 110 and other components.

  Each gaming machine 130 holds an operation condition value for determining a winning probability, and controls game processing based on the operation condition value. Further, each gaming machine 130 has a function of transmitting a setting in-progress signal indicating that an operation condition value setting operation is being performed. The gaming machine 130 has a user interface for changing the setting of the operating condition value, and setting work is being performed while the operating condition value is being changed through the user interface. An output terminal for outputting a setting in-progress signal is provided.

  Then, the gaming machine 130 transmits a setting in-progress signal to the management computer 110 via the network 160. The operation condition value setting operation will be described later. The gaming machine 130 is assumed to be a pachislot machine in this embodiment, but the present invention is applicable to various gaming machines having a function of transmitting a setting signal indicating that an operation condition value setting operation is being performed. is there.

  In addition, a mobile terminal 155 is distributed in advance to each employee of the game hall. In this specification, the employee includes an administrator. The position detection device 150 detects the position of the portable terminal 155 in the game arcade, and outputs the detected position as portable terminal position information. One or a plurality of position detection devices 150 can be provided. When detecting the mobile terminal 155, the position detection device 150 transmits the mobile terminal position information and the mobile terminal ID for identifying the mobile terminal 155 to the management computer 110.

  The portable terminal 155 only needs to be capable of detecting the position by the position detection device 150, and includes an IC tag, a UWB tag, a GPS (Global Positioning System) function-attached tag, and a mobile phone incorporating at least one of these. PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) and other portable information processing devices can be used. Further, these portable terminals 155 may be passive or active. Further, there are various methods for detecting the position of the mobile terminal 155, but any method may be adopted in the present embodiment as long as the position of the mobile terminal 155 can be detected.

  For example, when the mobile terminal 155 emits a radio wave of a predetermined frequency, a plurality of antennas that can receive the radio wave are arranged on a wall or a ceiling of a game arcade, and the mobile terminal 155 The position can be detected. At this time, for example, the position of the portable terminal 155 can be detected from the electric field strength of the radio wave received by the antenna.

  When the electric field strength of the radio wave is used, the approximate position of the mobile terminal 220 can be detected from the measurement value of a single antenna, but more accurate position can be obtained by analyzing using the measurement values of a plurality of antennas. Can be detected. For example, it is preferable to use a triangulation method. Further, when the mobile terminal 220 transmits radio waves using an active element such as an active UWB tag, if a plurality of antennas are used, the mobile terminal 220 can be carried using the arrival time of radio waves emitted from the mobile terminal 220. The position of the terminal 220 can be detected.

  When the mobile terminal 220 uses an element such as a passive IC tag, a plurality of position detection devices 230 are installed in the game arcade, and the game of the position detection device 230 that detects the mobile terminal 220 is installed. The position of the mobile terminal 220 in the game hall can be detected based on the position in the hall. In this case, the position detection accuracy depends on the number and arrangement of the position detection devices 230.

  Further, for example, when the mobile terminal 155 is configured to have a GPS (Global Positioning System) antenna, the position of the mobile terminal 155 detected by GPS is transmitted from the mobile terminal 155 to the position detection device 150. can do. In this case, it is preferable to apply a known technique for increasing the position detection accuracy of the GPS system.

  The display 170 displays various information output from the management computer 110. The display 170 may be provided at a place where only the employee can see, such as a game room management room, or one or a plurality of the display 170 may be provided at any position in the game hall and viewed by the employee who is working in the game hall. You may be able to.

  The warning lamp 180 is lit or blinks according to a signal output from the management computer 110. The warning lamp 180 may be provided at a place where only employees can see, such as a game room management room, or one or a plurality of warning lamps 180 may be provided at any position in the game hall so that employees in the game hall can see it. You may be able to do it.

  The speaker 190 outputs sound according to the signal output from the management computer 110. The speaker 190 may be provided in a place such as a game room management room where only employees can listen to the sound, or one or a plurality of speakers 190 may be provided at any position in the game room so that employees working in the game hall can work. You may be able to listen to audio.

  At least one of the display 170, the warning lamp 180, and the speaker 190 described above is notified when the management computer 110 determines that an illegal setting operation is being performed on the gaming machine 130, which will be described later. It can be used as an unauthorized setting work notification means. For example, when the display 170 is used, information indicating that an illegal setting operation is being performed can be displayed on the display 170, and when the warning lamp 180 is used, it can be lit or blinking. . Further, when the speaker 190 is used, a predetermined sound indicating that an illegal setting work is being performed can be output from the speaker 190.

(Operation condition value setting)
Next, the procedure for setting the operating condition value of the gaming machine 130 will be described with reference to FIG. The figure schematically shows a state in which the front door 131 provided on the front surface of the gaming machine 130 is opened. Note that the configuration of the gaming machine and the operation condition value setting procedure described below are examples, and the present invention is not limited thereto.

  When the front door 131 of the gaming machine 130 is opened, a power switch 132 is provided inside, and by operating this power switch 132, the power of the gaming machine 130 can be switched on / off.

  In addition, a key hole 133 is arranged next to the power switch 132, and a setting key 133a used for setting the operating condition value of the gaming machine 130 is inserted into the key hole 133. Here, the setting key 133a is possessed by a predetermined employee. When the power switch 132 is turned from OFF to ON while the setting key 133a is not inserted, the gaming machine 130 is activated in a normal mode, which is an operation mode for the player to play a game. In this normal mode, the operating condition value cannot be set. On the other hand, when the setting key 133a is inserted into the keyhole 133 and the power switch is turned on from the OFF state while the setting key 133a is rotated, the gaming machine 130 is activated in the setting mode. This setting mode is an operation mode in which an operation condition value can be set.

  While activated in the setting mode, the gaming machine 130 transmits to the management computer 110 a setting signal indicating that the operation condition value setting work is being performed. This setting in-progress signal is specifically the ON value of the binary signal, and this binary signal is OFF when the operation condition value is not being set, that is, when the gaming machine 130 is not activated in the setting mode. Take.

  Therefore, it is indicated that the setting operation has been started by switching from the binary signal OFF value to the ON value, and the operation condition value is from when the binary signal switches from the OFF value to the ON value until it switches to the OFF value again. This corresponds to the period during which the setting work is performed. However, the in-setting signal may be of any format as long as it indicates that the operation condition value setting operation is being performed, and is not limited to such a signal.

  Note that the management computer 110 can identify the gaming machine 130 that is transmitting the setting signal. Specifically, when the input port of the communication device of the management computer 110 that receives the setting signal is set for each gaming machine 130, the gaming machine that has transmitted the setting signal depending on which input port the setting signal is received at 130 can be identified. In addition, the game machine ID of the gaming machine 130 may be received from the gaming machine 130 together with the setting signal. Further, in the case where an island computer or the like is interposed between the management computer 110 and the gaming machine 130, an input port for receiving a setting signal is set for each gaming machine 130 in the island computer or the like. The management computer 110 may receive from the island computer or the like that the signal is transmitted from the gaming machine 130 and the gaming machine ID of the gaming machine 130.

  Next, the setting switch 134 is a switch to be pressed when changing the setting of the operation condition value in the setting mode. The display 135 displays operating condition values, and is realized by, for example, a 7-segment display. An employee of the amusement hall usually changes the operating condition value setting by pressing the setting switch 134 while looking at the display 135. In the case of a general pachislot machine, the operation condition values are usually in six stages from setting 1 to 6. Therefore, here, the case of the gaming machine 130 having such six stages of operation condition values is illustrated.

A series of procedures for changing the setting of the operating condition value is summarized as follows.
(1) Open the front door 131 of the gaming machine 130. The front door 131 is normally locked, and cannot be opened without a predetermined key separate from the setting key 133a.
(2) When the power is turned on in the normal mode, the power switch 132 is operated to turn it off.
(3) Insert and rotate the setting key 133a in the keyhole 133 to turn the power switch 132 from OFF to ON. As a result, the gaming machine 130 is activated in the setting mode and a setting signal is transmitted to the management computer 110.
(4) Press the setting switch 134 until the desired operating condition value is reached. Then, when the setting switch 134 is pressed, the display value of the display 135 is changed from “5” → “6” → “1” → “2” → “3” → “4” → “5” → “6” →・ Changes cyclically like While the set value is not fixed, the display 135 blinks and displays the operation condition value.
(5) The game start lever (not shown) provided in the gaming machine 130 is operated to determine the operating condition value, and the display 135 displays the determined operating condition value in response to this.
(6) The setting key 133a is rotated to the original position and removed from the keyhole 133. Thereby, the transmission of the setting signal to the management computer 110 is completed (the binary signal is turned OFF).

(Functional configuration of the management computer)
Next, the functional configuration of the management computer 110 will be described with reference to FIG. Each functional block shown in the figure is realized by a CPU (not shown) of the management computer 110 executing a program loaded in a RAM (not shown) and cooperating with each hardware constituting the management computer 110. Is done. Of course, some or all of the functional blocks may be realized by dedicated hardware.

  The position information receiving unit 301 receives the mobile terminal position information and the mobile terminal ID of the mobile terminal 155 from the position detection device 150. The mobile terminal position information includes the position coordinates of the mobile terminal 155. The setting signal receiving unit 302 receives a setting signal indicating that the operation condition value setting operation is being performed from the gaming machine 130.

  The position information storage unit 303 stores gaming machine position information indicating the position of each gaming machine 130 in the game hall. This gaming machine position information is stored in advance in the position information storage unit 303. Further, as an example of the gaming machine position information stored in the position information storage unit 303, as shown in FIG. 4, a “gaming machine ID” field in which a gaming machine ID for identifying the gaming machine 130 is recorded in the gaming machine position information. 810 and a “position coordinate” column 820 in which the position coordinates of the gaming machine 130 are recorded.

  When the setting signal receiving unit 302 receives the setting signal, the unauthorized setting work determination unit 304 determines the position of the portable terminal 155 indicated by the received portable terminal position information for the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal. Based on the position of the gaming machine 130 that is the target of the setting work, it is determined whether there is an employee within a predetermined range from the gaming machine that has received the setting in-progress signal. It is determined whether or not. In this embodiment, when it is determined that there is no employee within a predetermined range from the gaming machine that has received the setting signal, it is determined that an illegal setting operation is being performed.

  In addition, as a case where it exists in this predetermined range, it can be set as the case where the distance of the portable terminal 155 and the gaming machine 130 is within 1 m, for example. The predetermined range may be arbitrarily set by the game hall administrator, and the setting result can be stored in a storage means such as a hard disk of the management computer 110. By allowing the predetermined range to be set arbitrarily, an optimal range can be set according to the layout of the game hall.

  The determination result by the determination by the unauthorized setting work determination unit 304 is stored in the history information storage unit 305 as history information. The history information stored in the history information storage unit 305 includes, for example, a “year / month / day” column 610 in which the history is recorded and a gaming machine ID for identifying the gaming machine 130 as shown in FIG. “Gaming machine ID” field 620, “setting work start” field 630 that records the time when the operation condition value setting work of the gaming machine 130 is started, and “setting work” that records the time when the operation condition value setting work is completed An “End” column 640 is included. The setting work start time 630 and the setting work end time 640 are determined based on the time at which the management computer 110 receives the setting signal.

  Furthermore, the configuration of the history information illustrated in FIG. 5 records the determination result of the “mobile terminal position coordinate” column 650 in which the position coordinates of the mobile terminal 155 indicated by the received mobile terminal position information are recorded, and the determination result of the unauthorized setting work determination unit 304. The “judgment result” column 660 is included. In the “judgment result” column 660, “x” indicates that it is determined that the setting operation is incorrect, and “◯” indicates that it is determined that the setting is normal, not an incorrect setting operation.

(Processing of the management computer 110)
Next, processing executed by the management computer 110 will be described with reference to a flowchart shown in FIG. The management computer 110 repeatedly executes each step shown in FIG. The processing of the management computer 110 described in this specification is executed by the CPU of the management computer 110 unless otherwise specified.

  In FIG. 6A, an unauthorized setting work determination process is executed in S101. FIG. 6B is a flowchart showing the flow of the unauthorized setting work determination process in S101. In S111, it is determined whether or not a setting signal indicating that the operation condition value is being set is received. In the case of the present embodiment, in the processing of S111, it is determined that the setting signal has been received when the binary signal indicating the setting signal has changed from OFF to ON. When it determines with having received, it progresses to S112, and when that is not right, one unit of fraud setting work determination processing is complete | finished.

  In S112, the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal is identified. The specific method of the gaming machine 130 is as described above in the “setting of operation condition value” column.

  In S <b> 113, the mobile terminal position information is acquired from the position detection device 150 for each of the mobile terminals 155 existing in the game hall. In S114, the gaming machine position information of the gaming machine 130 identified in S112 is acquired with reference to the gaming machine position information, and is compared with each of the mobile terminal position information acquired in S113, and within a predetermined range from the gaming machine 130. It is determined whether the portable terminal 155 exists. In S115, if the portable terminal 155 exists within the predetermined range as a result of the collation in S114, it is determined that it is a normal setting operation, and the process proceeds to S117. move on.

  In S116, a process for notifying that an illegal setting operation is being performed is performed. For example, a screen indicating that an illegal setting operation is being performed is displayed on the display 170. At this time, if the gaming machine ID of the gaming machine 130 on which the unauthorized setting work is performed or the reader ID of the reader 120 is displayed together, there is an advantage that the gaming machine 130 on which the unauthorized setting work is performed is easily understood. . As described above, if the position information indicated by the portable terminal 155 is not within the predetermined range of the gaming machine 130 even when the setting in-progress signal is received from the gaming machine 130, it is determined that the setting operation is incorrect. Therefore, an employee who sets the operation condition value of the gaming machine 130 needs to carry the portable terminal 155. If the setting work is performed without carrying the portable terminal 155, it is determined that the setting work is illegal. It will be.

  Further, the notification that the unauthorized setting work is being performed may be controlled so that the warning lamp 180 is turned on or blinks. Further, it may be controlled to output a predetermined sound indicating that an illegal setting work is being performed from the speaker 190. At this time, there is an advantage that the gaming machine 130 in which the illegal setting work is performed can be easily understood by outputting a voice that can identify the gaming machine 130 or the reader 120 that has been determined to have been set in an unauthorized manner. As described above, notification that an unauthorized setting operation is being performed can be performed using at least one of the display 170, the warning lamp 180, and the speaker 190, but other notification means may be used. .

  And if it alert | reports in S116, it will progress to S117. In S117, history information is recorded. An example of the history information is as described above with reference to FIG. After the process of S117, the one-unit fraud setting work determination process is terminated.

  Returning to FIG. 6A, other processing is performed in S102. Here, for example, when the binary signal indicating the setting signal is changed from ON to OFF, a process of recording the time when the setting operation is completed in the history information is performed. Thus, one unit of processing is completed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, when an in-setting signal is received, it is determined whether or not an illegal operation condition value setting operation is being performed. Therefore, it is possible to more directly suppress an illegal act with respect to the setting change of the operation condition value. Further, when an in-setting signal is received, it is determined whether or not an illegal setting operation has been performed. Therefore, frequent operations such as opening and closing the front door 131 of the gaming machine 130 and ON / OFF of the power switch 132 are performed. If it is not determined whether the act is fraudulent one by one, the process becomes complicated or complicated, and the misjudgment occurs when the above frequently performed act is misjudged Delays and the like are also prevented.

  In the case of the present embodiment, since the start time and end time of the setting change are recorded in the history information, the time when the setting change is not generally performed on the history information by referring to the history information. It is possible to analyze subsequent fraudulent acts, such as when it is determined that the setting has been changed in the band and it is not determined that the setting operation is illegal but the suspicion of the setting operation is high. Further, since history information is recorded every time a setting signal is received, it is possible to confirm whether or not a planned setting change has actually been made, and the history information can be utilized as a business management record.

  In the present embodiment, the position detection device 150 is configured to detect the position of the mobile terminal 155 in response to reception of the setting signal (S113). However, the position detection device 150 periodically detects the position of the mobile terminal 155. By detecting this, it may be possible to always grasp the position of each employee.

  In this case, in the collation of the position in S114, the latest detection result of the position detection device 150 and the position of the gaming machine 130 can be collated. In this case, since the position of each employee can be grasped at all times, the employee's work can be managed.

  Further, in this embodiment, when a setting signal is received, if any portable terminal 155 exists in the vicinity of the setting target gaming machine 130, it is determined as a normal setting operation, but together with the portable terminal position information The validity of the portable terminal 155 may be verified based on the received portable terminal ID. For example, information indicating the correspondence relationship between the portable terminal ID and the employee having the authority to set the operating condition value is stored in advance in the storage means of the management computer 110, such as a hard disk, and the mobile received from the position detection device 150 is stored. If the terminal ID is not included in this correspondence, an incorrect setting work may be notified (S116).

<< Second Embodiment >>
In the second embodiment, in addition to the first embodiment, a storage medium is distributed in advance to each employee of the game hall, and this storage medium is used when setting the operating condition value of the gaming machine 130. It is possible to effectively suppress unauthorized setting work by requesting authentication. Hereinafter, description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment will be omitted, and only different portions will be described.

(Amusement machine management system)
FIG. 7 shows a system configuration of a gaming machine management system B according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same component as FIG. 1, and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the second embodiment, the storage medium 140 is distributed in advance to employees separately from the portable terminal 155. Each storage medium 140 stores unique identification information, and the gaming machine management system B includes a reader 120 as an identification information acquisition unit that reads and acquires the identification information from the storage medium 140.

  In the present embodiment, an IC tag in which an IC chip and an antenna for wireless communication are incorporated in the exterior is assumed as the storage medium 140, but any medium may be adopted as long as information can be written. You may use a magnetic card, a diskette, a USB key, etc. Further, regarding the shape of the storage medium 140, if it is realized as a card type, stick type, key type, or coin type, it is preferable because the handling of employees is facilitated.

  Further, an IC reader is assumed as the reader 120 that acquires the identification information of the storage medium 140. Here, as the reader 120, a so-called non-contact type configuration in which radio waves are transmitted to and received from the storage medium 140 and the storage content of the storage medium 140 is read is exemplarily assumed, but the present invention is not limited to this. A method may be adopted in which an insertion port for inserting the storage medium 140 is provided, and the stored content is read out by being electrically connected to the storage medium 140 inserted in the insertion port.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the reader 120 is built in the calling lamp 200. The calling lamp 200 is provided for each gaming machine 130, and the reader 120 and the gaming machine 130 have a one-to-one correspondence. Note that the reader 120 only needs to have a certain correspondence with the gaming machine 130. Therefore, as an example of the installation of the reader 120, for example, as shown in FIG. The table machine 210 and the gaming machine 130 may have a one-to-one correspondence relationship, or one reader 120 is assigned to a plurality of gaming machines 130 adjacent to the table machine 210 so that the table machine 210 and the gaming machine 130 may have a one-to-two correspondence. Further, the leader 120 may be provided for each group of gaming machines 130, for example, for each island.

  The reader 120 includes a communication device. When an employee brings the storage medium 140 close to the reader 120, the reader 120 reads the identification information stored in the storage medium 140 and manages the management computer via the network 160. The read identification information is transmitted to 110. In the present embodiment, the reader 120 transmits a reader ID for specifying the reader 120 to the management computer 110 together with the identification information read from the storage medium 140. According to this configuration, it is easy to specify which reader 120 the identification information is read from the storage medium 140 is. Then, by identifying the reader 120, the corresponding gaming machine 130 can also be identified. The correspondence relationship between each reader 120 and each gaming machine 130 is managed by the reader ID and the gaming machine ID that identifies each gaming machine 130. Information indicating this correspondence relationship is stored in the storage means of the management computer 110, for example, Is stored in a hard disk or the like. By referring to the information, the gaming machine 130 corresponding to the reader 120 that has read the identification information is specified.

(Functional configuration of the management computer)
Next, the functional configuration of the management computer 110 in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 10. The management computer 110 includes an identification information reception unit 306, an acquisition record creation unit 307, an employee information storage unit 308, and the like. Is provided.

  The identification information receiving unit 306 receives identification information from the reader 120. Specifically, the reader 120 reads identification information from the storage medium 140, and the identification information receiving unit 306 receives the identification information from the reader 120, whereby the management computer 110 acquires the identification information.

  When the reader 120 acquires the identification information, that is, when the identification information receiving unit 306 receives the identification information from the reader 120, the acquisition record creating unit 307 identifies the gaming machine 130 corresponding to the reader 120 and Based on the employee information stored in the employee information 308, an employee corresponding to the identification information is specified, and an acquisition record of the identification information is created. The acquisition record includes acquisition of identification information, identification of the gaming machine 130, and identification of an employee. Therefore, for the creation of the acquisition record, for example, in the storage means such as the RAM, a storage area for storing a bit indicating whether or not the identification information is acquired is set for each gaming machine 130 and each employee, and the identification information is stored. In the case of acquisition, the processing is sufficient to turn on the bit of the storage area set for the specified gaming machine 130 and the employee.

  The employee information storage unit 308 stores employee information including correspondence information in which identification information stored in the storage medium 140 is associated with employees. For example, as shown in FIG. 11, the employee information is composed of an “employee ID” column 510 in which an employee ID for identifying each employee is recorded, and an “identification information” in which identification information corresponding to the employee is recorded. ”Column 520,“ Employee name ”column 530 in which the name of the employee is recorded, and“ Work authority ”column in which the presence / absence of work authority for changing the operation condition value of the gaming machine 130 for each employee is recorded 540 includes a “portable terminal ID” column 550 in which a portable terminal ID for identifying the portable terminal 155 carried by the employee is recorded.

  For example, the storage medium 140 with the identification information “9990684” is distributed to the employee with the employee ID “31732”, and the employee name is “AAAA”. Further, this employee has a work authority for setting and changing the operating condition value of the gaming machine 130, and a portable terminal 155 having a portable terminal ID “100009437” is distributed. Further, the employee whose employee ID is 46892 does not have the work authority for setting and changing the operation condition value of the gaming machine 130.

  In the employee information illustrated in FIG. 11, the employee ID and the identification information have a one-to-one correspondence, and one storage medium 140 is distributed to one employee. Employees may share one storage medium 140. Similarly, there is a one-to-one correspondence between employee IDs and portable terminal IDs, and one portable terminal 155 is distributed to one employee, but a plurality of employees use one portable terminal 155. You may share. When one storage medium 140 or the portable terminal 155 is shared by a plurality of employees, common identification information or a portable terminal ID is stored for the plurality of employees in the employee information. It will be.

  In the present embodiment, the unauthorized setting work determination unit 304 first determines whether or not an acquisition record has been created by the acquisition record creation unit 307 when a setting signal is received. If an acquisition record has not been created for the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting in-progress signal, it is determined that an unauthorized setting operation has been performed. If an acquisition record has been created, a setting signal is sent based on the position of the portable terminal 155 distributed to the employee specified in the acquisition record and the gaming machine position information stored in the position information storage unit 303. It is determined from the received gaming machine 130 whether or not an employee exists within the predetermined range. If it is determined that the employee does not exist, it is determined that an illegal setting work is being performed.

(Processing of the management computer 110)
Next, processing executed by the management computer 110 in the second embodiment will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the management computer 110 repeatedly executes the steps shown in FIG.

  Here, in the case of the present embodiment, an employee who performs the operation of setting the operating condition value of the gaming machine 130 brings the storage medium 140 close to the reader 120 of the calling lamp 200 provided in the gaming machine 130, and the reader 120 It is necessary to read the identification information stored in the storage medium 140 and receive pre-authentication for setting work. If the setting work is performed without this authentication, it is determined that the setting work is illegal.

  In FIG. 12A, in S121, an acquisition record creation process is executed. FIG. 12B is a flowchart showing the flow of acquisition record creation processing in S121. In the figure, in S131, it is determined whether or not the identification information is received from the reader 120. As described above, when the employee brings the storage medium 140 close to the reader 120, the reader 120 reads the identification information from the storage medium 140, and transmits the read identification information and the reader ID of the reader 120 to the management computer 110. . Then, when the management computer 110 receives the identification information and the reader ID in S131, the process proceeds to S132, and when not received, one unit of acquisition record creation processing is terminated.

  In S132, with reference to the employee information, it is determined whether or not the received identification information is the identification information registered in the employee information. If it is registered identification information, the process proceeds to S133, and if not, the process proceeds to S138.

  In S133, the gaming machine 130 corresponding to the reader 120 that acquired the identification information is specified based on the reader ID received in S131. Here, the gaming machine 130 is specified by the gaming machine ID corresponding to the reader ID of the reader 120.

  In S134, the employee to whom the storage medium 140 identified by the identification information received in S131 is distributed is specified. Here, the employee is specified by the employee ID corresponding to the received identification information.

  In S135, with reference to the employee information, it is determined whether or not the employee specified in S134 has the authority to perform the setting work. When it has authority, it progresses to S136, and when it does not have authority, it progresses to S138.

  In S136, an acquisition record is created for the gaming machine 130 identified in S133 and the employee identified in S134.

  In S137, the employee is notified that the authentication has been normally performed. This notification can be performed by, for example, the calling lamp 200 provided with the reader 120, and the fact that the authentication is OK is displayed on the display screen 201 of the calling lamp 200, or the authentication is OK. A sound indicating this is output and notified. Thereafter, the acquisition record creation process for one unit is terminated.

  In S138, the employee is notified that the authentication has failed. This notification can be performed by, for example, the calling lamp 200 provided with the reader 120, and the fact that the authentication lamp NG is displayed on the display screen 201 of the calling lamp 200 is notified or the authentication lamp NG. A sound indicating this is output and notified. Thereafter, the acquisition record creation process for one unit is terminated.

  Returning to FIG. 12A, in S122, an unauthorized setting work determination process is executed. FIG. 12C is a flowchart showing the flow of the unauthorized setting work determination process in S122. In S141, it is determined whether or not a setting signal indicating that the operation condition value is being set is received. This is the same processing as S111 in FIG. When it determines with having received, it progresses to S142, and when that is not right, one unit of fraud setting work determination processing is complete | finished.

  In S142, the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal is identified. This is the same processing as S112 in FIG. In S143, it is determined whether or not an identification information acquisition record has been created for the gaming machine 130 identified in S142. If it has been created, the process proceeds to S144. If it has not been created, it is determined that the setting operation is invalid, and the process proceeds to S147.

  In S144, the mobile terminal 155 corresponding to the employee specified in S134 of FIG. 12B is specified, and the mobile terminal position information is acquired from the position detection device 230. In S145, the gaming machine position information of the gaming machine 130 identified in S142 is acquired, and collated with the mobile terminal position information obtained in S144 to collate whether both are located within a predetermined range. In S146, if the result of the collation in S145 is that the position is within the predetermined range, the process proceeds to S148, and if not, the process proceeds to S147.

  In S147, processing for notifying that an illegal setting work is being performed is performed. This is the same processing as S116 in FIG. In S148, history information is recorded. This is the same processing as S117 in FIG. After the processing of S148, one unit of fraud setting work determination processing is terminated.

  Returning to FIG. 12A, other processing is performed in S123. This is the same processing as S102 in FIG. Thus, one unit of processing is completed.

  As described above, in this embodiment, it is determined whether or not an acquisition record has been created for the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting-in-progress signal, and if the acquisition record has not been created, an unauthorized setting operation is performed. It is determined that Accordingly, even if the portable terminal 155 is illegally obtained, it is determined as an unauthorized setting work unless the authentication is successful using the storage medium 140. Therefore, in addition to the effects described above for the first embodiment, It is possible to more effectively suppress an illegal act with respect to a value setting change.

  Further, when an acquisition record is created for the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal, whether or not the position of the employee specified in the acquisition record is within a predetermined range from the gaming machine 130 that is the setting work target. If it does not exist, it is determined that the setting work is illegal. For this reason, even if the portable terminal 155 exists within a predetermined range from the gaming machine 130 to be set, if the portable terminal 155 is not distributed to the employee specified in the acquisition record, It will be determined as a setting operation. Therefore, even if the portable terminal 155 and the storage medium 140 are obtained illegally, if they are not distributed to the same employee, it is determined as unauthorized setting work. There is an effect that it is effective in suppressing the above.

  Furthermore, in this embodiment, even if an employee without work authority performs pre-authentication using the storage medium 140, an acquisition record of identification information is not created, and when setting work is started, it is determined that the setting work is unauthorized. Will be. For this reason, it is possible to prevent setting work by an employee without work authority.

  In this embodiment, in S133, the gaming machine 130 corresponding to the reader 120 that acquired the identification information is specified. However, since each reader 120 corresponds to each gaming machine 130, if the reader 120 is known, the handling is possible. A gaming machine 130 is also known. Therefore, in the data processing, the gaming machine 130 may be specified by the reader ID in S133, and the case of such processing also corresponds to the specification of the gaming machine.

  Further, in this embodiment, it is assumed that the reader 120 and the gaming machine 130 correspond one-to-one. However, when a plurality of gaming machines 130 are assigned to one reader 120, the identification information acquisition record is as follows. Even if processing is performed for all the corresponding gaming machines 130, the acquired record is applied to the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal earliest, and the acquired records are invalidated for the other gaming machines 130. Good.

  In the present embodiment, the presence or absence of work authority is used as a requirement for creating an identification information acquisition record, but this may be used as a determination requirement for unauthorized setting work. In this case, for example, the processes of S134 and S135 are performed in the unauthorized setting work determination process. In the case of the unauthorized setting work determination process in FIG. 12C, the processes of S134 and S135 are inserted after the process of S143 (in the case of Yes), and if the requirement is not satisfied, the process of S147 is performed as an unauthorized setting work. Execute.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the positional relationship between the employee and the gaming machine 130 is set as the determination requirement for the unauthorized setting work, but this may be set as the requirement for creating the identification information acquisition record. In this case, for example, the processing of S144 to S146 is performed in the acquisition record creation processing. In the case of the acquisition record creation process of FIG. 12B, the process of S144 to S146 is inserted after the process of S135 (in the case of Yes), and the process of S138 is executed as an illegal setting work if the requirement is not satisfied. To do.

<< Third Embodiment >>
Next, a description will be given of a processing example in which it is determined that an illegal setting operation is performed when an identification information acquisition record is not created within a predetermined period before and after reception of a setting signal.

  As shown in FIG. 13, in the third embodiment, an appropriate period is set at the time when the binary signal transmitted from the gaming machine 130 is switched from the OFF value to the ON value, that is, before and after receiving the setting signal. When the acquisition record of identification information is not created within the appropriate period, it is determined that an illegal setting operation is being performed. The appropriate period is classified into a first appropriate period before receiving the setting signal and a second appropriate period after receiving the setting signal.

  The first appropriate period defines a period after the pre-authentication using the recording medium 140 until the setting work of the gaming machine 130 is started. Therefore, when the pre-authentication is performed before the time set as the first appropriate period with reference to the time of receiving the setting signal, that is, from the time of pre-authentication to the time of receiving the setting signal. When a time longer than one appropriate period has elapsed, it is determined that the setting work is invalid. For example, the first appropriate period is set to several tens of seconds to several minutes.

  The second appropriate period defines a relief period when the setting operation of the gaming machine 130 is started without performing pre-authentication using the recording medium 140, and the recording medium 140 is used within the second appropriate period. If the authentication is performed, it is determined that the setting operation is normal, not the unauthorized setting operation. For example, the second appropriate period is set to several tens of seconds to several minutes. The lengths of the first appropriate period and the second appropriate period may be different.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing the flow of the acquisition record creation process in the third embodiment, which is a process replacing the acquisition record creation process of the second embodiment described with reference to FIG. Only different points will be described below.

  The processes in S151 through S158 in FIG. 14 correspond to the processes in S131 through S138 in FIG. However, in the present embodiment, when the acquisition record is created in S156, the creation time of the acquisition record is recorded together with the identification of the gaming machine 130 and the employee.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing the flow of the unauthorized setting work determination process in the present embodiment, which is a process that replaces the unauthorized setting work determination process of the second embodiment described with reference to FIG.

  In S161, it is determined whether or not a setting in-progress signal indicating that setting work is in progress has been received. This is the same processing as S111 in FIG. 6B and S141 in FIG. If received, the process proceeds to S162, and if not, the process proceeds to S172. In S162, the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal is identified. This process is the same as S112 in FIG. 6B and S142 in FIG.

  In S163, it is determined whether an acquisition record has been created for the gaming machine 130 identified in S162. This is the same processing as S143 in FIG. If applicable, the process proceeds to S164, and if not, the process proceeds to S170.

  In S170, the gaming machine 130 identified in S162 is set as an awaiting authentication gaming machine. An awaiting authentication gaming machine is a gaming machine that has received a setting signal but has not been pre-authenticated using the storage medium 140. In S170, the gaming machine ID, the employee ID, and the reception time of the setting in progress signal are recorded in a storage unit such as a RAM as the setting information related to the authentication waiting gaming machine. In step S171, a warning is output. Here, a warning message for prompting authentication using the storage medium 140 is output to the employee who is performing the setting work.

  In other words, if an identification information acquisition record has not been created, an authentication opportunity is once given without suddenly determining that the setting operation is illegal. At this time, the warning information is output by, for example, the calling lamp 200 or the inter-vehicle machine 210. Further, warning information may be output using the display 170, the warning lamp 180, or the speaker 190. The warning information output by the display 170 displays, for example, that the authentication is not performed together with information indicating the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal. The warning lamp 180 outputs the warning information by, for example, lighting and blinking the warning lamp 180 according to a predetermined pattern for the case where authentication is not performed. In addition, the warning information is output by the speaker 190, for example, a sound indicating the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal and a sound indicating that the authentication is not performed. If the process of S171 is performed, the process proceeds to S172.

  In S164, based on the creation time recorded in the acquisition record of the identification information created for the gaming machine 130 identified in S162 and the reception time when the setting signal is received, whether these are within the first appropriate period Determine whether or not. If it is within the first appropriate period, it is determined that the setting work is normal, and the process proceeds to S165. Otherwise, it is determined that the setting work is invalid, and the process proceeds to S168.

  In S165, the mobile terminal 155 corresponding to the employee specified in S154 of FIG. 14 is specified, and the mobile terminal position information is acquired from the position detection device 230. In S166, the gaming machine position information of the gaming machine 130 identified in S162 is acquired and collated with the mobile terminal position information obtained in S165 to collate whether both are located within a predetermined range. In S167, as a result of the collation in S166, if the position is within the predetermined range, the process proceeds to S169, and if not, the process proceeds to S168.

  In S168, a process for notifying that an illegal setting work is being performed is performed. This process is the same as S116 in FIG. 6B and S147 in FIG. In S169, history information is recorded. This process is the same as S117 in FIG. 6B and S148 in FIG.

  In S172, it is determined whether an authentication waiting gaming machine is set. If it is set, the process proceeds to S173, and if not, one unit of illegal setting work determination processing is terminated. In S173, it is determined whether or not an identification information acquisition record has been created for the authentication-waiting gaming machine. If it has been created, the process proceeds to S175, and if not, the process proceeds to S174.

  In S174, it is determined whether or not the second appropriate period has elapsed from the reception time with reference to the reception time of the setting signal recorded in the setting information of the awaiting authentication machine and the current time. If it has elapsed, it is determined that an illegal setting work has been performed, and the process proceeds to S180. If it has not elapsed, an authentication opportunity by the storage medium 140 has not yet elapsed, and one unit of incorrect setting work determination is made. End the process.

  In S180, processing for notifying that an illegal setting operation is being performed is performed. This process is the same as S116 in FIG. 6B and S147 in FIG. If the process of S180 is performed, the process proceeds to S181.

  In S175, based on the creation time recorded in the acquisition record of the identification information created for the waiting-for-authentication gaming machine and the reception time when the setting-in-progress signal recorded in the setting information for the waiting-for-authentication machine is received, It is determined whether it is within the second appropriate period. If it is within the second proper period, the process proceeds to S176 because it is a normal setting work, and if it is not within the second proper period, the process proceeds to S180 because it is an illegal setting work.

  In S176, the mobile terminal 155 corresponding to the employee specified in S154 of FIG. 14 is specified, and the mobile terminal position information is acquired from the position detection device 230. In S177, the gaming machine position information of the gaming machine 130 specified in S162 is acquired and collated with the portable terminal position information obtained in S176 to collate whether both are located within a predetermined range. In S178, as a result of the collation in S177, if the position is within the predetermined range, the process proceeds to S179, and if not, the process proceeds to S180.

  In S179, the output of the warning started in S171 is canceled for the authentication-waiting gaming machine that is determined to be a normal setting operation in S175 to S178, and the setting of the authentication-waiting gaming machine is performed. To release. In S181, history information is recorded. This process is the same as S117 in FIG. 6B and S148 in FIG. Thereafter, the one-unit fraud setting work determination process is terminated.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, it is determined that an unauthorized setting operation has been performed when an identification information acquisition record has not been created within a predetermined period before and after reception of a setting signal. In other words, even if authentication is made, if the setting work is not performed within the first appropriate period, it is determined that the setting work is unauthorized. For example, an unauthorized person who does not know this, for example, an outsider other than an employee, etc. It is possible to detect simple setting work. Therefore, in addition to the above-described effect of the second embodiment, there is an effect that it is effective for suppressing an outsider's unauthorized setting work.

  In addition, even if the employee inadvertently fails to perform pre-authentication using the storage medium 140, or if the employee misunderstands that the pre-authentication has not been successful and the employee has started the setting work, If authentication using the storage medium 140 is performed within the second appropriate period, it is not determined that the setting operation is unauthorized, and therefore a case where the determination is substantially erroneous can be avoided.

  Furthermore, by setting a time limit for authentication, the authenticated employee can be associated with the person who performs the setting work, and the setting work by the person who cannot perform this association is determined to be fraudulent. Work can be detected.

  In the present embodiment, the first appropriate period and the second appropriate period are set as the appropriate periods, but only one of them may be set. Further, in this embodiment, in the determination of whether or not it is within the proper period, the creation time of the identification information acquisition record and the reception time of the setting signal are referred to. Good. For example, for the first appropriate period, timing is started from the creation of the identification information acquisition record, and for the second appropriate period, timing is started from the reception of the setting signal. As the time measuring means, either a hardware timer or a software timer may be used.

  In the present embodiment, the presence or absence of work authority is used as a requirement for creating an identification information acquisition record, but this may be used as a determination requirement for unauthorized setting work. In this case, for example, the processes of S154 and S155 are performed in the unauthorized setting work determination process. In the case of the unauthorized setting work determination process of FIG. 15, the processes of S154 and S155 are inserted after the process of S164 and after the process of S175 (both are Yes). The processing of S168 and S180 is executed.

  Further, in this embodiment, the positional relationship between the employee and the gaming machine 130 is set as the determination requirement for the unauthorized setting work, but this may be set as the requirement for creating the acquisition record of the identification information. In this case, for example, the processing of S165 to S167 and the processing of S176 to S178 are performed in the acquisition record creation processing. In the case of the acquisition record creation process of FIG. 14, the process of S165 to S167 or the process of S176 to S178 is inserted after the process of S155 (in the case of Yes). Execute the process.

<< Fourth Embodiment >>
In the fourth embodiment, unauthorized setting work is further effectively suppressed by using biometric information indicating the biometric characteristics of the employee in the first embodiment. Hereinafter, description of the same configuration as that of the first embodiment will be omitted, and only different portions will be described.

(Amusement machine management system)
A system configuration of a gaming machine management system C according to the fourth embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected about the same component as FIG. 1, and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The gaming machine management system C detects a biological feature of an operator (employee or cheating person) who performs an operation condition value setting operation of the gaming machine 130, and outputs the detected biological feature. A device 240 is provided. Biological features include face images, fingerprint images, iris information, palm print information, vein information, and the like. In the present embodiment, as an example, it is assumed that the worker's face is a biological feature, and the biological feature detection device 240 is a photographing device that photographs the worker's face. Then, the biological feature detection device 240 transmits the detected biological feature, that is, the operator's face image to the management computer 110 as a detection result.

  The arrangement of the biological feature detection device 240 may be any position as long as the biological feature of the worker who performs the setting work can be detected. For example, it can be provided corresponding to each gaming machine 130, and in this case, it may be provided for each gaming machine 130 and have a one-to-one correspondence with the gaming machine 130. Further, it may be provided corresponding to each reader 120. Further, a configuration in which one biological feature detection device 240 is assigned to a plurality of gaming machines 130 or readers 120 may be used. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the gaming machine 130 and the biological feature detection device 240 have a one-to-one correspondence.

(Functional configuration of the management computer)
Next, the functional configuration of the management computer 110 according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Here, the same components as those in FIG. 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

  The management computer 110 includes a biometric information storage unit 310 that stores biometric information in which each employee is associated with biometric information indicating the biometric characteristics of each employee. This biometric information includes, for example, a vector representation of the position of each part of the face, information indicating the contour shape of the face, and the like. As the format of the biometric information, those used in known biometric authentication techniques can be adopted. The biological information can be created based on the detection result obtained by detecting the biological feature of the employee in advance by the biological feature detection device 240, for example.

  The management computer 110 also includes a detection result receiving unit 309 that receives the detection result of the biometric feature from the biometric feature detection device 240.

(Processing of the management computer 110)
Next, processing of the management computer 110 in the fourth embodiment will be described. FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing the flow of the unauthorized setting work determination process executed by the management computer 110 in the fourth embodiment. Other processes (S102 in FIG. 6A) are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  In S191, it is determined whether or not a setting signal indicating that the operation condition value is being set is received. This is the same processing as S111 in FIG. When it determines with having received, it progresses to S192, and when that is not right, one unit of fraud setting work determination processing is complete | finished.

  In S192, the gaming machine 130 that has received the setting signal is identified. This is the same processing as S112 in FIG. In S193, the mobile terminal position information is acquired from the position detection device 150 for each of the mobile terminals 155 existing in the game arcade. This is the same processing as S113 in FIG.

  In S194, the gaming machine position information of the gaming machine 130 specified in S192 is acquired with reference to the gaming machine position information, and is compared with each of the mobile terminal position information acquired in S193, and within a predetermined range from the gaming machine 130. It is determined whether the portable terminal 155 exists. This is the same processing as S194 in FIG. In S195, as a result of the collation in S194, if the portable terminal 155 exists within the predetermined range, the process proceeds to S196, and if not, the process proceeds to S199 because it is an invalid setting operation.

  In S196, the biological feature detection device 240 corresponding to the gaming machine 130 specified in S192 detects the biological feature of the worker who is going to perform the setting work.

  In S197, the biometric feature of the worker detected in S196 is compared with each of the biometric information of the employee acquired by referring to the biometric information, and whether there is an employee with the same biometric feature. Determine whether or not. In S197, according to the data method of the biometric information, the detected biometric feature of the worker is appropriately analyzed, and the analysis result and the biometric information are collated to determine whether the biometric feature matches. Needless to say, it may be determined.

  In S198, if it is determined as a result of the collation in S197 that there is an employee with a matching biometric feature, the process proceeds to S200, and if not, the process proceeds to S199.

  In S199, a process for notifying that an illegal setting work is being performed is performed. This is the same processing as S116 in FIG.

  And if it alert | reports in S199, it will progress to S200. This is the same processing as S117 in FIG. After the process of S200, the one-unit fraud setting work determination process is terminated.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when the biological feature of the worker who performs the setting work does not match the biological feature of the registered employee, the identification information acquisition record is not created. Therefore, when the setting work is started, it is determined as an unauthorized setting work. For this reason, in addition to the effects described above with respect to the third embodiment, for example, an unauthorized setting work pretending to be the employee, such as attempting to perform setting work by borrowing or stealing the storage medium 140 of the employee, is performed. Can be prevented.

  As in the case of the third embodiment, this embodiment can also provide a time limit for authentication using the storage medium 140 by combining with the second embodiment. In this case, for example, as in the case of the acquisition record creation process of the second embodiment, the creation time is recorded at the time of creation of the acquisition record in S210, and the unauthorized setting work determination process shown in FIG. The unauthorized setting work determination process of the second embodiment may be used.

  Further, in this embodiment, the presence / absence of work authority and the biological characteristics of the worker of the setting work are the requirements for creating the identification information acquisition record, but at least one of these is used as the determination requirement for the unauthorized setting work Also good. In this case, for example, the processes of S203 to S205 and S207 to S209 are performed in the unauthorized setting work determination process. In the case of the unauthorized setting work determination process in FIG. 8C, the processes of S203 to S205 and S207 to S209 are inserted after the process of S123 (in the case of Yes). The process of S124 is executed. In addition, in the case of the unauthorized setting work determination process of FIG. 11, the processes of S203 to S205 and S207 to S209 are inserted after the process of S146 and after the process of S153 (both are Yes), and the requirements are not satisfied. In this case, the processing of S148 and S152 is executed as an illegal setting operation.

  Further, by combining the fourth embodiment and the present embodiment, the presence / absence of work authority, the positional relationship between the employee and the gaming machine 130, and the biological characteristics of the worker of the setting work are acquired and recorded. It is also possible to make it a production requirement or a judgment requirement for unauthorized setting work.

  As described above, in this embodiment, even if it is determined that the employee is in the vicinity of the gaming machine 130, the biological characteristics of the worker who performs the setting work are the biological characteristics of the registered employee. If it does not match the feature, it is determined as an unauthorized setting operation. For this reason, in addition to the effects described above with respect to the first embodiment, for example, an illegal setting work pretending to be the employee, such as attempting to perform setting work by borrowing or stealing the portable terminal 155 of the employee, is performed. Can be prevented.

  In this embodiment, the collation of the biometric features of the setting operator is performed after collating the positional relationship between the employee and the gaming machine 130 in S193 to S195, but the positional relationship is collated after the collation of the biometric features. May be verified.

  Further, by combining the present embodiment with the second embodiment described above, the authentication using the recording medium 140 also in the fourth embodiment, in addition to the above-described effects, can further prevent an illegal act with respect to the setting change of the operating condition value. It can be effectively suppressed. In this case, for example, the processes of S196 to S198 are inserted after the process of S135 of FIG. 12B (in the case of Yes), and the process of S138 is executed as an illegal setting operation when the requirements are not satisfied. Can do. Or the process of S196-S198 can be inserted after the process of S146 of FIG.12 (c) (in the case of Yes), and the process of S147 can be performed as an unauthorized setting operation | work when requirements are not satisfied.

  Further, by combining the present embodiment and the third embodiment, a time limit for authentication using the storage medium 140 can be provided. In this case, for example, in this case, for example, the processing of S196 to S198 is inserted after the processing of S155 in FIG. 14 (in the case of Yes), and the processing of S158 is executed as an invalid setting operation when the requirements are not satisfied. can do. Alternatively, the processing of S196 to S198 is inserted after the processing of S167 and after the processing of S178 (when both are Yes) in FIG. 15, and when the requirements are not satisfied, the processing of S168 and S180 is performed as an invalid setting operation. Can be executed.

1 is a block diagram schematically showing a system configuration of a gaming machine management system A according to a first embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure which shows typically a mode that the front door provided in the front surface of the game machine was opened. It is the block diagram which showed the function structure of the management computer in 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of game machine position information. It is a figure which shows an example of log | history information. (A) is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process which a management computer performs, (b) is a flowchart which shows the flow of the unauthorized setting work determination process of S101. It is a block diagram which shows typically the system configuration | structure of the gaming machine management system B which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the calling lamp provided in each game machine. It is a schematic diagram which illustrates the inter-machine which incorporates a reader. It is the block diagram which showed the function structure of the management computer in 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of employee information. (A) is a flowchart showing the flow of processing executed by the management computer, (b) is a flowchart showing the flow of acquisition record creation processing of S121, and (c) is a flowchart showing the flow of unauthorized setting work determination processing of S122. . It is a timing chart for giving an outline of processing in a 3rd embodiment of the present invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the acquisition record creation process in 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the fraud setting work determination process in 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows typically the system configuration | structure of the gaming machine management system C which concerns on 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is the block diagram which showed the function structure of the management computer in 4th Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the fraud setting work determination process in 4th Embodiment of this invention.

Claims (7)

A setting signal receiving means for receiving a setting signal indicating that an operation condition value setting operation for determining a winning probability of the gaming machine is being performed from the gaming machine;
Position detecting means for detecting the position of the portable terminal distributed to the employee in advance in the game hall;
Position information storage means for storing gaming machine position information indicating the position of the gaming machine in the game hall;
Based on the position of the portable terminal detected by the position detection means and the gaming machine position information stored in the position information storage means when the setting signal receiving means receives the setting signal, It is determined whether there is an employee within a predetermined range from the gaming machine that has received the signal, and if it is determined that there is no employee within the predetermined range, it is determined that the incorrect setting operation is being performed. Unauthorized setting work determination means to perform,
A gaming machine management system characterized by comprising: Identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information for identifying the storage medium from the storage medium provided in association with each gaming machine and distributed in advance to employees;
Correspondence information storage means for storing correspondence information in which the employee is associated with identification information of the storage medium distributed to the employee;
When the identification information acquisition means acquires the identification information, the gaming machine corresponding to the identification information acquisition means is specified and the employee corresponding to the identification information is specified based on the correspondence information, and the identification information Acquisition record creation means for creating an acquisition record of
Further comprising
The unauthorized setting work determination means includes
When the acquisition record is created for the gaming machine that has received the in-setting signal, the position of the mobile terminal distributed to the employee specified by the acquisition record and the game stored in the position information storage means 2. The gaming machine management system according to claim 1, wherein it is determined whether an employee exists within the predetermined range from the gaming machine that has received the in-setting signal based on the machine location information. The unauthorized setting work determination means includes
3. The gaming machine management system according to claim 2, wherein the gaming machine that has received the setting-in-progress signal determines that the unauthorized setting operation is being performed even if the acquisition record is not created. The unauthorized setting work determination means includes
4. The gaming machine according to claim 3, wherein when the acquisition record is not created within a predetermined period before and after the reception of the setting signal, it is determined that the incorrect setting operation is performed. Management system. Biometric correspondence information storage means storing biometric correspondence information in which each employee is associated with biometric information indicating the biometric characteristics of each employee;
Biological feature detection means for detecting a biological feature of an operator performing the setting operation;
Further comprising
The unauthorized setting work determination means includes
For an operator who performs the setting operation on the gaming machine that has received the setting-in-progress signal, the biological feature detected by the biological feature detection unit and the biological information stored in the biological correspondence information storage unit The game according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein it is determined that the setting operation is illegal even when the result of the comparison is abnormal. Machine management system.   The gaming machine management system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising history information storage means for storing a determination result by the unauthorized setting work determination means as history information.   7. An unauthorized setting work notifying means for notifying that when the unauthorized setting work determining means determines that the unauthorized setting work is being performed, further comprising: The gaming machine management system according to any one of the above.

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