JP2010227435A - Storage medium processing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To securely inhibit a game player from carrying hold balls in a specified game machine. <P>SOLUTION: The storage medium processing system has the following processes: counting game balls with a first counting machine 2; sending a counted result to a first storage control part 11; the first control part 11 makes a storage part 24 of a management device 9 store hold ball information; a second read/write part 15 reads discrimination information stored in a storage medium 1 to send it to a collation part 17; collating the discrimination information with discrimination information stored in a storage medium discrimination information storage part 16; in the case of disagreement, a second storage control part 20 makes a ban-on-use-of hold ball information storage part 18 and an accumulation hold ball information storage part 19 store the hold ball information of the storage medium 1; when receiving a hold ball put-out signal, a calculation part 21 reduces the number of hold balls stored in the ban-on-use-of hold ball information from the number of the accumulation hold balls; and a put-out control part 22 puts out game balls of a reduced number of the hold balls. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a storage medium processing system for a game arcade. In particular, the present invention relates to a storage medium processing system that prohibits the carrying of a ball to a specific table when playing with a ball stored in a storage medium possessed by a player.

Conventionally, as shown in Patent Document 1, a counter is arranged in the vicinity of each gaming machine, the game media obtained by the player with the gaming machine is counted, and each player possesses the counting result as information. The information is stored in a storage medium, the count result is stored in a management device of the game hall, and information specifying the count result is stored in the storage medium. A technique is known in which when a player has a shortage of game balls, the game medium is paid out based on information stored in the storage medium and used in the game. This technique is known as a so-called holding ball.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-24168

  By the way, even in amusement halls where the movement and sharing of the possession balls are free, there is a case where the movement or sharing of the possession balls is not permitted in a specific gaming machine as an event, a new stand replacement, or a game ground policy. In addition, as a playground policy, there are cases where the movement / sharing of the own ball itself is restricted. With regard to such game hall operation forms, conventionally, game hall employees have dealt with such matters by directly speaking to the player and telling them to do so. could not. In order to perform such processing as a system, information regarding game media acquired by a player in a certain gaming machine is digitized and stored in a storage medium, and a ball stored in the storage medium is stored in a specific gaming machine. Then it is necessary to make it unusable.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a system in accordance with an operation form in a game arcade that adopts the operation form as described above in consideration of the above-described prior art.

  In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, a storage medium possessed by a player, a first gaming machine, a first storage medium processing device disposed corresponding to the first gaming machine, and the first Arranged corresponding to one gaming machine and arranged corresponding to the first gaming machine that can count the gaming media paid out from the first gaming machine, the second gaming machine, and the second gaming machine A second storage medium processing device, a second counter disposed corresponding to the second gaming machine and capable of counting game media paid out from the second gaming machine, and the first storage medium processing device And a management device connected to the second storage medium processing device, wherein the storage medium is stored in the management device and an identification information storage unit for storing unique identification information allocated to the storage medium. A holding ball specifying information storage unit for storing holding ball specifying information for specifying the holding ball information; The first storage medium processing device is capable of inserting and ejecting the storage medium and reading and writing information stored in the inserted storage medium; and The stored identification information and the ball information stored in the first storage medium processing device when the storage medium is ejected are transmitted to the management device, and the ball specific information storage unit of the storage medium A first storage control unit that performs control for storing the holding ball specifying information, and the second storage medium processing device has a holding ball paying operation unit and a holding device when the holding ball paying operation unit is operated. A ball payout operation detection unit that transmits a ball payout signal, a second read / write unit that allows the storage medium to be inserted and ejected, and reads and writes the inserted storage medium, and the read or write operation Stores identification information for storage media A storage medium identification information storage unit, a use-prohibited ball information storage unit that stores the number of possessed balls stored in the ball information storage unit of the storage medium that has been read, and the storage medium that has been read. A cumulative ball information storage unit that stores a cumulative number of balls that is a sum of the number of balls that are stored in the ball information storage unit and the number of balls that are counted by the second counter, and a cumulative number of balls Display unit, a collation unit that collates identification information stored in the identification information storage unit of the storage medium and identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit, and the collated identification information do not match In this case, the storage medium identification information and the ball specific information are transmitted to the management device, and the ball specific information stored in the storage medium is the ball information transmitted from the management device. Corresponding coin information is prohibited to use A second storage control unit to be stored in the ball information storage unit, a calculation unit that subtracts the number of balls stored in the use-prohibited ball information from the accumulated number of balls upon receipt of the holding ball payout signal; A payout control unit for paying out game media of the number of balls, wherein the management device stores the storage medium identification information and the ball information transmitted from the first storage control unit; 1 The storage medium identification information and the ball information are received from the storage control unit, stored in the storage unit, the ball specific information is transmitted to the first storage control unit, and transmitted from the second storage control unit. The received identification information and the possessed ball specifying information, the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit is collated with the received identification information, and the retained ball stored in association with the matched identification information A control unit for transmitting information to the second storage control unit, As a result, the game medium held by the player is counted by the first counter, the count result is transmitted to the first storage controller as possession information, and when the storage medium is ejected, the first memory is stored. The control unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the possession ball information to the management device, and the control unit of the management device transmits the transmitted identification information of the storage medium and the possession ball information to the storage unit. On the other hand, the first storage control unit stores the holding ball specifying information in the holding ball specifying information storage unit of the storage medium inserted in the first reading / writing unit, and the second reading / writing unit When the identification information stored in the storage medium is read and transmitted to the verification unit, the verification unit compares the identification information with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit. The second storage control unit stores the storage The control unit of the management device that transmits the body identification information and the possession ball identification information to the management device and receives these information, the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit and the received identification information And the second storage control unit that has received the retained ball information is transmitted to the second storage control unit, and the second storage control unit receives the retained ball information. When the use-prohibited ball information storage unit and the accumulated ball information storage unit store the received ball payout signal, the calculation unit calculates the number of balls held in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit from the accumulated ball number A storage medium processing system is provided that pays out the number of game media that have been subtracted by the payout control unit and subtracted by the payout control unit.

  In the invention of claim 2, the storage medium possessed by the player, the first gaming machine, the first storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the first gaming machine, and the first gaming machine A first counter that is arranged and capable of counting game media paid out from the first gaming machine, a second gaming machine, and a second storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the second gaming machine; A second counter that is arranged corresponding to the second gaming machine and is capable of counting game media paid out from the second gaming machine, and is connected to the first storage medium processing device and the second storage medium processing device The storage medium includes an identification information storage unit that stores unique identification information allocated to the storage medium, and a ball that identifies the ball information stored in the management apparatus. A specific information storage unit, and the first storage medium processing device inserts the storage medium. A first read / write unit that is freely ejectable and reads and writes information stored in the inserted storage medium, identification information stored in the storage medium, and first storage when the storage medium is ejected Control for storing the ball holding information stored in the medium processing device to the management device and storing the ball specifying information transmitted from the management device in the ball holding information storage unit of the storage medium. A second storage medium processing device, and the second storage medium processing device transmits a handball payout signal when the handball payout operation section is operated and the ball payout operation section is operated. A detection unit, a second read / write unit that can insert and eject the storage medium, and that reads and writes the inserted storage medium, and a storage medium that stores identification information of the storage medium that has been read or written Identification information storage , A use-prohibited ball information storage unit that stores the number of balls held in the ball information storage unit of the storage medium that has been read, and a use that stores the number of balls counted by the second counter Possible holding ball information storage unit, and display unit for displaying the number of holding balls obtained by adding up the number of holding balls stored in the holding ball information storage unit of the storage medium and the number of holding balls counted by the second counter And a collation unit that collates the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit of the storage medium with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit, and if the collated identification information does not match, The possession information corresponding to the possession specific information stored in the storage medium, which is the possession information transmitted from the management apparatus and transmitted to the management device. A second storage control unit that stores the use-prohibited holding ball information storage unit, And a payout control unit that pays out the number of game media stored in the available handball information storage unit when receiving the ball payout signal, and the management device transmits from the first storage control unit A storage unit for storing the identification information of the storage medium and the ball information, and receiving the identification information and the ball information of the storage medium from the first storage control unit, and storing the identification information and the ball information in the storage unit, The information is transmitted to the first storage control unit, the identification information transmitted from the second storage control unit and the ball specific information are received, and the identification information and reception of each storage medium stored in the storage unit And a control unit that transmits the stored ball information stored in association with the matched identification information to the second storage control unit, and the game possessed by the player as a result of the game The medium is counted by the first counter, and the counting result is used as the ball information. When transmitting to the first storage control unit and ejecting the storage medium, the first storage control unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the ball information to the management device, and the management device The control unit stores the transmitted identification information of the storage medium and the holding ball information in the storage unit, while the first storage control unit inserts the holding ball specifying information into the first reading / writing unit. The identification information stored in the holding ball specific information storage unit of the storage medium is read, the identification information stored in the storage medium is read by the second reading / writing unit, and transmitted to the verification unit. And the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit, and if there is a discrepancy, the second storage control unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the holding ball specifying information to the management device. , The management device that received this information The control unit collates the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit and the received identification information, and stores the ball information stored in association with the matched identification information in the second storage control unit The second storage control unit that has received the ball information of the storage medium stores the ball information in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit and receives the ball payout signal, the payout control unit A storage medium processing system for paying out the number of game media stored in the available possession information storage unit is provided.

  In the invention of claim 3, a storage medium possessed by a player, a gaming machine, a storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the gaming machine, and arranged corresponding to the gaming machine, paid from the gaming machine. Identification information that includes a counter capable of counting the played game media and a management device connected to the storage medium processing device, the storage medium storing unique identification information allocated to the storage medium A storage unit, and a ball specifying information storage unit that stores the ball specifying information for specifying the ball information stored in the management device, and the storage medium processing device inserts / discharges the storage medium A read / write unit that freely reads and writes information stored in the inserted storage medium, a storage medium identification information storage unit that stores identification information of the storage medium that has been read or written, and Identification information of storage medium A collation unit that collates the identification information stored in the storage unit with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit, and the identification information of the storage medium when the inserted storage medium is ejected A creation unit for creating different identification information, and a control for storing the created different identification information in the storage medium identification information storage unit, and the storage medium when the storage medium is ejected and the identification information stored in the storage medium The ball holding information stored in the processing device is transmitted to the management device, and the ball specifying information transmitted from the management device is stored in the ball specifying information storage unit of the storage medium. When the identification information collated by the collation unit does not match, the identification information of the storage medium and the ball specific information are transmitted to the management device, and the ball information transmitted from the management device is the storage medium. A storage control unit that stores in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit and the accumulated ball information storage unit the ball control information corresponding to the stored ball specific information, the management device from the storage control unit A storage unit that stores the transmitted identification information and ball information of the storage medium, and receives the identification information and ball information of the storage medium from the storage control unit, and stores the identification information and the ball information in the storage unit. Is sent to the storage control unit, and the identification information and the ball specific information transmitted from the storage control unit are received, and the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit and the received identification information And a control unit that transmits the stored ball information associated with the matched identification information to the storage control unit, and counts the game medium held by the player as a result of the game with the counter. And the counting result is used as holding information. When transmitting to the processing device and ejecting the storage medium, the creating unit creates identification information different from the identification information of the storage medium, and the storage medium processing device stores the holding ball information in the storage control unit In the storage medium inserted in the read / write unit in the storage ball information storage unit, the different identification information created in the creation unit is stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit, and the storage control The unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the ball holding information to the management device, and the control unit of the management device stores the transmitted identification information of the storage medium and the ball holding information in the storage unit. On the other hand, the storage control unit stores the holding ball specifying information in the holding ball specifying information storage unit of the storage medium inserted in the reading / writing unit, and is stored in the storage medium by the reading / writing unit. Have Another information is read and transmitted to the collation unit, and the collation unit collates the identification information with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit. The control unit of the management apparatus that has transmitted the identification information of the storage medium and the coin specific information to the management apparatus and received the information, the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage section and the received identification The storage control unit that collates the information, transmits the retained ball information stored in association with the matched identification information to the storage control unit, and receives the retained ball information of the storage medium. When the use-prohibited ball information storage unit and the accumulated ball information storage unit store the received ball payout signal, the calculation unit calculates the number of balls held in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit from the accumulated ball number And subtract in the payout control unit Be paid out game media lifting piece count, provides a storage medium processing system.

  According to the first to third aspects of the invention, as a storage medium processing system, a possession ball acquired by a certain gaming machine cannot be used by a specific gaming machine other than the gaming machine or the gaming machine. For this reason, it is convenient for employees of the game hall to monitor the player's trend and directly talk to the player. Further, since the use of the holding balls is mechanically prohibited as the storage medium processing system, it can be surely prohibited.

  In particular, according to the first and second aspects of the invention, the number of possessed balls stored in the possessed ball information storing unit of the storage medium on the display unit and the number of retained balls counted by the second counter are added together. Since the number of balls is displayed, the player can be made aware of the existence of his own possession balls.

  In particular, according to the invention of claim 3, since the identification information different from the identification information of the storage medium is created and stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit, the game has been performed on a certain gaming machine and acquired. Even so, it is not possible to play a game on the gaming machine using the holding ball. Eventually, the gaming machine can no longer play a game using the ball, and can more accurately meet the management policy of the game hall.

  The present invention provides a storage medium possessed by a player, a first gaming machine, a first storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the first gaming machine, and arranged corresponding to the first gaming machine, A first counter capable of counting game media paid out from the first gaming machine; a second gaming machine; a second storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the second gaming machine; A second counter that is arranged corresponding to two gaming machines and is capable of counting game media paid out from the second gaming machine, and is connected to the first storage medium processing device and the second storage medium processing device. The storage medium includes an identification information storage unit that stores unique identification information allocated to the storage medium, and a ball identification that identifies the ball information stored in the management device A holding ball specific information storage unit for storing information, the first storage medium processing device, A first read / write unit that reads and writes information stored in the inserted storage medium, the identification information stored in the storage medium, and the storage medium The ball information stored in the first storage medium processing device is transmitted to the management device at the time of discharging, and control is performed to store the ball specific information in the ball specific information storage unit of the storage medium. The second storage medium processing device includes a first storage control unit, and the second storage medium processing device detects a ball dispensing operation when the ball dispensing operation unit and the ball dispensing operation unit are operated. And a second read / write unit for reading and writing the inserted storage medium, and a storage medium identification for storing identification information of the read or written storage medium Information storage and reading Are stored in the use-prohibited holding ball information storage unit that stores the number of holding balls stored in the holding ball information storage unit of the storage medium that has been read and the holding ball information storage unit of the storage medium that has been read A cumulative ball information storage unit that stores the cumulative number of balls obtained by adding up the number of balls and the number of balls counted by the second counter, a display unit that displays the cumulative number of balls, and the storage medium The identification information stored in the identification information storage unit and the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit and the identification information of the storage medium if the verified identification information does not match And the holding ball identification information corresponding to the holding ball identification information stored in the storage medium, which is the holding ball information transmitted from the management device. 2nd memory system memorize | stored in an information memory | storage part and a cumulative coin information storage part When the control unit and the ball payout signal are received, a calculation unit that subtracts the number of balls stored in the prohibited ball information from the cumulative number of balls, and a payout control for paying out the game medium of the subtracted number of balls And the management device stores the storage medium identification information and the ball information transmitted from the first storage control unit, and identifies the storage medium from the first storage control unit. The information and the ball information are received, stored in the storage unit, the ball specifying information is transmitted to the first storage control unit, and the identification information and the ball specifying information transmitted from the second storage control unit are received. Receiving, collating the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit with the received identification information, and transmitting the ball information stored in association with the matched identification information to the second storage control unit A game medium possessed by the player as a result of the game Counting with the first counter, sending the counting result as the ball information to the first storage control unit, when ejecting the storage medium, the first storage control unit and the identification information of the storage medium The holding unit information is transmitted to the management device, and the control unit of the management device stores the transmitted identification information of the storage medium and the holding unit information in the storage unit, while the first storage control unit The holding ball specifying information is stored in the holding ball specifying information storage unit of the storage medium inserted in the first reading / writing unit, and the identification information stored in the storage medium by the second reading / writing unit is stored. The identification information is read and transmitted to the collation unit, and the collation unit collates the identification information with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit. The medium identification information and the coin specific information The control unit of the management device that receives the information transmitted to the management device collates the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit with the received identification information, and associates it with the matching identification information. The stored ball information is transmitted to the second storage control unit, and the second storage control unit that has received the retained ball information uses the retained ball information as a prohibited use ball information storage unit and a cumulative retained ball. When it is stored in the information storage unit and a ball payout signal is received, the number of balls stored in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit is subtracted from the accumulated ball number by the calculation unit and subtracted by the payout control unit By paying out the number of game media having the number of balls, it is possible to surely prohibit the carrying of balls to a specific gaming machine.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the entire storage medium processing system A of the present invention. The storage medium processing system A includes a storage medium 1, a first counter 2, a first storage medium processing device 3, and the like. The second counter 4, the second storage medium processing device 5, and the management device 9.

  The storage medium 1 may be any medium that can store information and read the stored information, and is, for example, a member ID card incorporating an integrated circuit, an IC coin, or the like. In particular, the storage medium 1 includes an identification information storage unit 6 that stores unique identification information allocated to the storage medium 1 and a holding ball specifying information storage unit 7 that stores holding ball specifying information. . The possessed ball specifying information is information for identifying the retained ball information indicating the number of retained balls stored in the management device 9.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the first storage medium processing device 3 and the second storage medium processing device 5 are intermediary machines provided corresponding to the gaming machines 8, and are used for gaming media such as rental balls or rental coins. It is a dispenser. In addition, the gaming machine 8 counts game media such as balls and coins paid out, and transmits information such as the number of game media to the first storage medium processing device 3 as possessed balls acquired by the player. A first counter 2 and a second counter 4 that transmits to the second storage medium processing device 5 are provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 2A, a discharge button (not shown) that prompts the storage medium 1 to be discharged from a first read / write unit 10 described later is provided on the front surface of the gaming machine 8. The discharge button is connected to the first storage control unit 11, and transmits a discharge signal to the first storage control unit 11 when the discharge button is pushed down.

  In particular, the first storage medium processing device 3 is capable of inserting and ejecting the storage medium 1, writes information into the inserted storage medium 1, and reads information stored therein, When the storage medium 1 is ejected from the first read / write unit 10, the first storage control unit 11 stores the ball specific information in the ball specific information storage unit 7 of the storage medium 1.

  In particular, the second storage medium processing device 5 receives the carry-in prohibition mode signal, and the second storage control unit 20 uses the number of possessed balls specified from the possessed ball information of the storage medium 1 to prohibit the use of the retained ball information storage unit 18 and A setting unit 23 that is set to perform control to be stored in the accumulated ball information storage unit 19, a ball payout operation unit 13, and a ball send signal that transmits a ball payout signal when the ball payout operation unit 13 is operated. A ball payout operation detection unit 14, a second reading / writing unit 15 that allows the storage medium 1 to be inserted and ejected, writes information into the inserted storage medium 1, and reads information stored therein, and a player A storage medium identification information storage unit 16 that stores the identification information of the storage medium 1 possessed by the storage medium, a use-prohibited ball information storage unit 18 that stores the number of balls that are identified from the ball identification information of the storage medium 1, and a storage Number of holding balls specified from holding ball identification information of medium 1 The accumulated ball information storage unit 19 that stores the accumulated ball number obtained by adding the number of balls that have been counted by the second counter 4, the display unit 21 that displays the accumulated ball number, and the identification information of the storage medium 1 If the identification information stored in the storage unit 6 and the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit 16 are compared, and if the verified identification information does not match, the storage medium 1 A second storage control unit 20 that stores the number of balls in the use prohibition ball information storage unit 18 and the cumulative ball information storage unit 19, and a cumulative ball information storage unit 19 that stores the number of balls counted by the second counter 4. Is added to the number of possessed balls stored in the memory, and upon receiving a possessed ball payout signal, an arithmetic unit 21 that subtracts the number of retained balls stored in the prohibited possessed ball information from the accumulated number of retained balls, And a payout control unit 22 for paying out the number of game media.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the management device 9 is connected to the first storage medium processing device 3 and the second storage medium processing device 5, and can transmit and receive information to and from each other. In particular, the management device 9 transmits a carry-in prohibition mode signal to the setting unit 23 of the second storage medium processing device 5.

  As a premise of the storage medium processing system A, the management device 9 transmits a carry-in prohibition mode signal to the setting unit 23 of the second storage medium processing device 5. The setting unit 23 that has received the carry-in prohibition mode signal controls the second storage control unit 20 to store the ball information of the storage medium 1 in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit 18 and the cumulative ball information storage unit 19. Set to. On the other hand, the setting unit 23 that has not received the carry-in prohibition mode signal from the management device 9 performs control so that the second storage control unit 20 stores the ball information of the storage medium 1 in the cumulative ball information storage unit 19. That is, when the second storage medium processing device 5 receives the carry-in prohibition mode signal from the management device, the second storage medium processing device 5 enters the carry-in prohibition mode. When the second storage medium processing device 5 does not receive the carry-in prohibition mode signal, the second storage medium processing device 5 operates in the normal mode.

  Further, when setting the above-mentioned carry-in prohibition mode, a normal mode signal for setting the operation in the normal mode is transmitted to the second storage medium processing device 5 that is not set to the carry-in prohibition by the management device 9. The second storage medium processing device 5 configured as described above and receiving the normal mode signal from the management device 9 by the setting unit 23 may be operated in the normal mode.

Next, the processing flow of the storage medium processing system A will be described. First, the player inserts the storage medium 1 into the first read / write unit 10 of the first storage medium processing device 3. When the game machine 8 provided corresponding to the first storage medium processing device 3 plays a game, the first counter 2 counts the game media paid out from the game machine 8 and obtains the count result. The possession ball information is sequentially transmitted to the first storage control unit 11.
When the player finishes the game on the gaming machine 8, the player presses the discharge button (not shown). A discharge signal is transmitted to the first memory control unit 11 when the player presses the discharge button. The first storage control unit 11 that has received the discharge signal transmits the ball information indicating the number of balls currently held together with the identification information of the storage medium 1 to the management device 9. In the control unit 25 of the management device 9, the coin holding information is stored in the storage unit 24 together with the identification information. In addition, the first storage control unit 11 of the first storage medium processing device 3 uses the first read / write unit 10 to provide the ball specifying information for specifying the ball information to the ball specifying information storage unit of the storage medium 1. 7 is stored. Thereafter, the storage medium 1 is ejected from the first read / write unit 10.

  Next, a case where the player subsequently plays a game with the gaming machine 8 provided corresponding to the second storage medium processing device 5 will be described. First, the player inserts the storage medium 1 into the second read / write unit 15 shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 (b). As shown in FIG. 3, the second reading / writing unit 15 that detects the insertion of the storage medium 1 reads the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 6 of the storage medium 1. The second reading / writing unit 15 transmits the identification information to the matching unit 17. The collation unit 17 that has received the identification information collates with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit 16, and in the case of mismatch, the second storage control unit 20 uses the identification information storage unit of the storage medium 1. The identification information stored in 6 and the ball specific information stored in the ball specific information storage unit 7 are read and transmitted to the management device 9. The control unit 25 of the management device 9 that has received the identification information and the holding ball specifying information collates the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit 24 with the received identification information. Then, the matching identification information is found, and the stored ball information stored in association with the identification information is transmitted to the second storage control unit 20. The second storage control unit 20 that has received the possessed ball information causes the use-prohibited retained ball information storage unit 18 and the accumulated retained ball information storage unit 19 to store the number of retained balls specified from the retained ball information. When the player operates the possession ball dispensing operation unit 13, the associated ball dispensing operation detection unit 14 detects the operation and transmits a possession item dispensing signal to the calculation unit 21. The calculation unit 21 that has received the ball withdrawal signal subtracts the number of balls stored in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit 18 from the cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative ball information storage unit 19 and pays out. The number of game media subtracted by the control unit 22 is paid out.

  At this time, even if the ball payout operation unit 13 is operated immediately after the storage medium 1 is inserted into the second storage medium processing device 5, the cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative ball information storage unit 19 is used. The result of subtracting the number of possessed balls stored in the use-prohibited possessed ball information storage unit 18 is 0, and it is not possible to receive paid out balls. Therefore, cash is inserted into the cash slot (not shown) of the second storage medium processing device 5 that is a pedestal machine, or stored in a deposit amount specifying information storage unit (not shown) separately provided in the storage medium 1. The amount specified from the information is used, or the ball is lent and a game is played on the gaming machine 8. Then, as a result of the game, a game medium is acquired, and when the acquired game medium is counted by the second counter 4, the arithmetic unit 21 stores the counted number of balls in the accumulated ball information storage unit 19. Add to the number of balls you have. Thereafter, when the player operates the handball payout operation unit 13 so as to receive the payout of the ball, as described above, the ball payout operation detection unit 14 detects and transmits the ball payout signal to the calculation unit 21. . Then, the calculation unit 21 that has received the ball withdrawal signal subtracts the number of balls stored in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit 18 from the cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative ball information storage unit 19, The payout control unit 22 pays out the number of game media subtracted.

  By adopting the configuration as described above, a so-called holding ball acquired by another gaming machine (= game machine 8 corresponding to the first storage medium processing device 3) is converted into a specific gaming machine (= second memory). Even if an attempt is made to use the gaming machine 8) corresponding to the medium processing device 5, the ball information of the storage medium 1 is displayed on the display unit 21, but cannot be used on a specific gaming machine 8. Thus, a game using the player's ball can be reliably prohibited. On the other hand, the display unit 21 displays the accumulated number of balls in the storage medium 1 and the number of accumulated balls counted by the second counter. Recognize existence.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the entire storage medium processing system B of the present invention, and the second storage medium processing device 26 is a table machine provided corresponding to the gaming machine 8, It is connected to the management device 9 and can send and receive information to and from each other. In particular, the second storage medium processing device 26 receives the carry-in prohibition mode signal, and controls the second storage control unit 36 to store the ball information of the storage medium 1 in the use prohibition ball information storage unit 31. A setting unit 39 configured to set or receive the carry-in normal mode signal and set the second storage control unit 36 to perform control for storing the ball information of the storage medium 1 in the usable ball information storage unit 33. And a ball dispensing operation detection unit 28 that transmits a ball dispensing signal when the ball dispensing operation unit 27 is operated, and the storage medium 1 can be inserted and ejected freely. A second read / write unit 29 for writing information to the storage medium 1 and reading the stored information; a storage medium identification information storage unit 30 for storing identification information of the storage medium 1 possessed by the player; Ban to remember the number of balls The ball information storage unit 31, the usable ball information storage unit 33 for storing the number of balls counted by the second counter 32, and the number of balls used and the use stored in the use prohibition ball information storage unit 31 Display unit 34 for displaying the total value of the number of possessed balls stored in possible ball information storage unit 33, identification information stored in identification information storage unit 6 of storage medium 1, and storage medium identification information storage unit When the collation unit 35 that collates with the identification information stored in the memory 30 and the collated identification information do not match, the number of balls that are identified from the ball identification information stored in the storage medium 1 is prohibited. The second storage control unit 36 to be stored in the possession ball information storage unit 31, the number of possession balls stored in the use prohibition possession ball information storage unit 31, and the number of possession balls stored in the usable possession ball information storage unit 33 When the arithmetic unit 37 summing up and the holding ball payout signal are received, Game media lifting balls number stored in the capacity lifting piece information storage unit 33 and a payout controller 38 to payout.

  As a premise of the storage medium processing system B, the management device 9 transmits a carry-in prohibition mode signal to the setting unit 39 of the second storage medium processing device 26. The setting unit 39 that has received the carry-in prohibition mode signal sets so that the second storage control unit 36 performs control to store the ball information of the storage medium 1 in the use prohibition ball information storage unit 31. On the other hand, the setting unit 39 that has not received the carry-in prohibition mode signal from the management device 9 performs control to cause the second storage control unit 36 to store the ball information of the storage medium 1 in the usable ball information storage unit 33. That is, when the second storage medium processing device 26 receives the carry-in prohibition mode signal from the management device 9, the second storage medium processing device 26 enters the carry-in prohibition mode. When the second storage medium processing device 26 does not receive the carry-in prohibition mode signal, the second storage medium processing device 26 operates in the normal mode.

  Further, when the above-described carry-in prohibition mode is set, a normal mode signal for setting the operation in the normal mode is transmitted to the second storage medium processing device 26 that has not been set to the carry-in prohibition by the management device 9. The second storage medium processing device 26 configured and receiving the normal mode signal from the management device 9 by the setting unit 39 may be operated in the normal mode.

  When playing a game with the gaming machine 8 provided corresponding to the first storage medium processing device 3, the player inserts the storage medium 1 into the first read / write unit 10 of the first storage medium processing device 3. . Then, after playing a game with the gaming machine 8 provided corresponding to the first storage medium processing device 3, the storage medium 1 is ejected from the first read / write unit 10 by the player.

  Next, a case where the player plays a game with the gaming machine 8 provided corresponding to the second storage medium processing device 26 will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the player inserts the storage medium 1 into the second read / write unit 29. Then, the second read / write unit 29 that detects the insertion of the storage medium 1 reads the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 6 of the storage medium 1. The second reading / writing unit 29 transmits the identification information to the verification unit 35. In the collation unit 35 that has received the identification information, the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit 30 is collated. If there is a mismatch, the second storage control unit 36 uses the identification information storage unit of the storage medium 1. The identification information stored in 6 and the ball specific information stored in the ball specific information storage unit 7 are read and transmitted to the management device 9. The control unit 25 of the management device 9 that has received the identification information and the holding ball specifying information collates the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit 24 with the received identification information. Then, the matching identification information is found, and the ball information stored in association with the identification information is transmitted to the second storage control unit 36. The second storage control unit 36 that has received the holding ball information stores the number of holding balls specified from the holding ball information in the use-prohibited holding ball information storage unit 31. The calculation unit 37 sequentially adds the number of balls stored in the usable ball information storage unit 33 and the number of balls stored in the use prohibition ball information storage unit 31 to display the display unit 34. To display the total value. When the player operates the ball-ball payout operation unit 27, the ball-ball payout operation detection unit 28 detects the operation, transmits a ball-ball payout signal to the payout control unit 38, and stores it in the usable ball information storage unit 33. Pay out as many game media as you have. By adopting such a configuration, the configuration can be simplified as compared with the configuration shown in the first embodiment, which is convenient.

  The other configurations and effects in the present embodiment not described above are the same as the configurations and effects described in the first embodiment.

  FIG. 6 is a conceptual diagram schematically showing the entire storage medium processing system C of the present invention. The storage medium processing system C includes a storage medium 40, a counter 41, a storage medium processing device 42, and a management device. 43.

  The storage medium 40 may be any medium that can store information and read the stored information, and is, for example, a member ID card or IC coin incorporating an integrated circuit. In particular, the storage medium 40 includes an identification information storage unit 44 that stores unique identification information allocated to the storage medium 40 and a ball specific information storage unit 45 that stores the ball specific information. The possessed ball specifying information is information for identifying the retained ball information indicating the number of retained balls stored in the management device 9.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the storage medium processing device 42 is a table machine provided corresponding to the gaming machine 46, and is a payout machine for gaming media such as rental balls or rental coins. In addition, the gaming machine 46 includes a counting machine 41 that counts game media such as balls and coins that have been paid out, and transmits information such as the number of game media to the storage control unit as possession balls acquired by the player. Is provided. In addition, a discharge button (not shown) that prompts the storage medium 40 to be discharged from the reading / writing unit 47 is provided on the front surface of the gaming machine 46. The discharge button is connected to the creation unit 48, and transmits a discharge signal to the creation unit 48 when the discharge button is pressed.

  In particular, the storage medium processing device 41 receives the carry-in prohibition mode signal and causes the storage control unit 50 to store the ball information of the storage medium 40 in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit 54 and the cumulative ball information storage unit 55. A setting portion 59, a ball payout operation portion 56, a ball payout operation detecting portion 57 that transmits a ball payout signal when the ball payout operation portion 56 is operated, and a storage medium. 40 can be freely inserted and ejected, information is written into the inserted storage medium 40, a read / write unit 47 for reading the information stored therein, and identification information of the storage medium 40 possessed by the player is stored. The storage medium identification information storage unit 49, the prohibited use ball information storage unit 54 that stores the number of balls in the storage medium 40, and the number of balls in the storage medium 40 and the number of balls counted by the counter 41 are added up. The accumulated number An information storage unit 55, a creation unit 48 that creates identification information different from the identification information of the storage medium 40 inserted in the read / write unit 47, and this different identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit 49; If the identification information collated by the collation unit 51 described later does not match, the storage control unit 50 stores the number of balls in the storage medium 40 in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit 54 and the accumulated ball information storage unit 55; The collation unit 51 for collating the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 44 of the storage medium 40 with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit 49, and the holding ball counted by the counter 41 When the number is added to the number of possessed balls stored in the accumulated ball information storage unit 55 and when the received ball payout signal is received, the use prohibition is determined from the accumulated number of balls stored in the accumulated ball information storage unit 55. In the ball information storage unit 54 An arithmetic unit 58 which subtracts the number of lifting balls being 憶, and a payout controller 52 to the payout game media lifting piece count by subtracting.

  The management device 43 is connected to the storage medium processing device 42 as shown in FIG. 6 and can transmit and receive information to and from each other. In particular, the management device 43 transmits a carry-in prohibition mode signal to the setting unit 59 of the storage medium processing device 42.

  As a premise of the storage medium processing system C, the management device 43 transmits a carry-in prohibition mode signal to the setting unit 59 of the storage medium processing device 42. The setting unit 59 that has received the carry-in prohibition mode signal is set so that the storage control unit 50 performs control to store the ball information of the storage medium 40 in the use prohibition ball information storage unit 54 and the cumulative ball information storage unit 55. To do. On the other hand, the setting unit 59 that has not received the carry-in prohibition mode signal from the management device 43 performs control such that the storage control unit 50 stores the ball information of the storage medium 40 in the cumulative ball information storage unit 55. That is, the storage medium processing device 42 enters the carry-in prohibition mode when receiving the carry-in prohibition mode signal from the management device 43, and operates in the normal mode when it does not receive the carry-in prohibition mode signal.

  Further, when setting the above-mentioned carry-in prohibition mode, a normal mode signal for setting the operation in the normal mode is transmitted to the storage medium processing device 42 that is not set to the carry-in prohibition by the management device 43. The storage medium processing device 42 configured and receiving the normal mode signal from the management device 43 by the setting unit 59 may be operated in the normal mode.

  Next, a processing flow of the storage medium processing system C will be described. First, the player inserts the storage medium 40 into the read / write unit 47 of the storage medium processing device 42. Then, after a game is played with the gaming machine 46 provided corresponding to the storage medium processing device 42, when the game with the gaming machine 46 is terminated, a discharge button (not shown) is pushed down. When the player presses the discharge button, a discharge signal is transmitted to the creation unit 48. The creation unit 48 that has received the discharge signal creates identification information different from the identification information read from the storage medium 40, and the storage control unit 50 stores the created identification information in the storage medium identification information storage unit 49. Remember. Thereafter, the storage medium 40 is ejected from the read / write unit 47.

  Next, a case will be described in which the player subsequently tries to play a game again with the gaming machine 46 provided corresponding to the storage medium processing device 42. First, the player inserts the storage medium 40 into the read / write unit 47 shown in FIGS. Then, the reading / writing unit 47 that detects the insertion of the storage medium 40 reads the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 44 of the storage medium 40. The read / write unit 47 transmits the identification information to the verification unit 51. The collation unit 51 that has received the identification information collates with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit 49, and if there is a mismatch, the storage control unit 50 stores the identification information in the identification information storage unit 44 of the storage medium 40. The stored identification information and the holding ball specifying information stored in the holding ball specifying information storage unit 45 are read and transmitted to the management device 43. The control unit 61 of the management device 43 that has received the identification information and the holding ball specifying information collates the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit 60 with the received identification information. If matching identification information is found as a result of collation, the possessed ball information stored in association with the identification information is transmitted to the storage control unit 50. The storage control unit 50 that has received the ball information stores the number of balls specified from the ball information in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit 54 and the cumulative ball information storage unit 55. Then, when the game machine 46 provided corresponding to the second storage medium processing device 42 plays a game and acquires the game medium, it is counted by the counter 41, and the calculation unit 58 counts the number of held balls. Is added to the number of balls currently stored in the accumulated ball number storage unit 55. After that, when the player operates the own ball payout operation unit 56, the operation is detected by the own ball payout operation detection unit 57, and a handball payout signal is transmitted to the calculation unit 58. The calculation unit 58 that has received the ball payout signal subtracts the number of balls stored in the prohibited ball information storage unit 54 from the cumulative number of balls stored in the cumulative ball information storage unit 55, The payout control unit 52 pays out the game media having the number of balls after subtraction.

  In addition, although the present Example showed the structure which has the combination of a use prohibition possession ball information storage part and a cumulative possession ball information storage part like Example 1, use prohibition possession ball information storage like Example 2 was shown. It is good also as a structure which has the combination of a part and the usable possession information storage part.

  By adopting the above configuration, even if a so-called holding ball acquired with a certain gaming machine (= game machine 46) is used with the same gaming machine (= game machine 46), it cannot be used with the gaming machine 46. Because of the configuration, even with the possession balls acquired with the same gaming machine, it is possible to reliably prohibit the game using the player's possession balls.

  In the first to third embodiments, the ball holding information is stored in the storage medium, and the player's holding ball information is specified in the management device based on the ball holding information. This holding | maintenance ball | bowl identification information is good also as a structure which serves as identification information memorize | stored in the said storage medium.

  In addition, the game medium referred to in this specification refers to a pachinko ball or a medal for a slot machine.

1 is a schematic diagram showing a storage medium processing system A according to the present invention. (a) It is a front view which shows the 1st storage medium processing apparatus 3 which concerns on this invention. (b) It is a front view which shows the 2nd storage medium processing apparatus 5 which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the 2nd storage medium processing apparatus 5 which concerns on this invention. It is the schematic which shows the storage medium processing system B which concerns on this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process of the 2nd storage medium processing apparatus 25 which concerns on this invention. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a storage medium processing system C according to the present invention. It is a front view which shows the storage medium processing apparatus 42 which concerns on this invention.

1: storage medium, 2: first counter, 3: first storage medium processing device, 4: second counter, 5: second storage medium processing device, 6: identification information storage unit, 7: holding ball specific information Storage unit, 8: gaming machine, 9: management device, 10: first reading / writing unit, 11: first storage control unit, 13: holding ball paying operation unit, 14: holding ball paying operation detection unit, 15: second Read / write unit, 16: storage medium identification information storage unit, 17: collation unit, 18: use-prohibited holding ball information storage unit, 19: cumulative holding ball information storage unit, 20: second storage control unit, 21: display unit, 22: Dispensing control unit, 23: Setting unit, 24: Storage unit, 25: Control unit, 26: Second storage medium processing device, 27: Jam-ball dispensing operation unit, 28: Jam-ball dispensing operation detection unit, 29: No. 2 read / write unit, 30: storage medium identification information storage unit, 31: use prohibition ball information storage unit, 32: second counter 33: Usable ball information storage unit, 34: display unit, 35: collation unit, 36: second storage control unit, 37: calculation unit, 38: payout control unit, 39: setting unit, 40: storage medium, 41 : Counting device, 42: Storage medium processing device, 43: Management device, 44: Identification information storage unit, 45: Mochitama specific information storage unit, 46: Game machine, 47: Reading / writing unit, 48: Creation unit, 49: Storage medium identification information storage unit, 50: storage control unit, 51: collation unit, 52: payout control unit, 54: use-prohibited ball information storage unit, 55: cumulative ball information storage unit, 56: coin ball payout operation unit 57: Mochitama payout operation detection unit, 58: calculation unit, 59: setting unit, 60: storage unit, 61: control unit, A: storage medium processing system, B: storage medium processing system, C: storage medium processing system

Claims (3)

A storage medium possessed by the player, a first gaming machine, a first storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the first gaming machine, and arranged corresponding to the first gaming machine, the first game A first counter capable of counting game media paid out from the machine, a second game machine, a second storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the second game machine, and the second game machine. A second counter capable of counting game media paid out from the second gaming machine, and a management device connected to the first storage medium processing device and the second storage medium processing device And
The storage medium is
An identification information storage unit for storing unique identification information allocated to the storage medium;
A holding ball specifying information storage unit for storing holding ball specifying information for specifying holding ball information stored in the management device;
The first storage medium processing device includes:
A first read / write unit that can freely insert and eject the storage medium, and that reads and writes information stored in the inserted storage medium;
The identification information stored in the storage medium and the ball information stored in the first storage medium processing device when the storage medium is ejected are transmitted to the management device, and the ball of the storage medium A first storage control unit that performs control for storing the ball specific information in the specific information storage unit,
The second storage medium processing device includes:
Mochitama payout operation part,
A ball payout operation detection unit that transmits a ball payout signal when the ball payout operation unit is operated;
A second read / write unit that allows the storage medium to be inserted and ejected, and that reads and writes the inserted storage medium;
A storage medium identification information storage unit that stores identification information of the storage medium that has been read or written;
A prohibited use ball information storage unit that stores the number of balls stored in the ball information storage unit of the storage medium that has been read;
Cumulative ball information that stores the cumulative ball count that is the sum of the ball count stored in the ball information storage unit of the storage medium that has been read and the ball count counted by the second counter. A storage unit;
A display for displaying the number of accumulated balls,
A collation unit for collating the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit of the storage medium with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit;
If the collated identification information does not match, the storage medium identification information and the ball specific information are transmitted to the management device, and the ball information transmitted from the management device is stored in the storage medium. A second storage control unit for storing in the use-prohibited holding ball information storage unit and the cumulative holding ball information storage unit,
When receiving the ball withdrawal signal, a calculation unit that subtracts the number of balls stored in the prohibited ball information from the cumulative number of balls,
A payout control unit for paying out the number of game media subtracted,
The management device includes a storage unit that stores identification information and holding information of the storage medium transmitted from the first storage control unit,
The storage medium identification information and the ball information are received from the first storage control unit, stored in the storage unit, the ball specifying information is transmitted to the first storage control unit, and the second storage control unit The identification information and the holding ball specific information transmitted from the storage unit are received, the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit is compared with the received identification information, and stored in association with the matching identification information A control unit that transmits the holding ball information to the second storage control unit,
When the game medium possessed by the player as a result of the game is counted by the first counter, the count result is transmitted to the first storage control unit as possession information, and when the storage medium is ejected, The one storage control unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the possession ball information to the management device, and the control unit of the management device stores the transmitted identification information of the storage medium and the possession ball information. The first storage control unit, while the first storage control unit stores the holding ball specific information in the holding ball specific information storage unit of the storage medium inserted in the first reading and writing unit,
The identification information stored in the storage medium is read by the second reading / writing unit and transmitted to the verification unit, and the identification information and the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit are detected by the verification unit. In the case of collation and inconsistency, the second storage control unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the ball specific information to the management device, and the control unit of the management device that has received these information, The identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit is compared with the received identification information, and the possession information stored in association with the matched identification information is transmitted to the second storage control unit, and the possession information The second memory control unit that has received the ball information stores the ball information in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit and the cumulative ball information storage unit, and receives the ball payout signal and uses the accumulated ball information from the cumulative number of balls. Stored in the prohibition holding information storage unit The number of lifting balls subtracted by the computing unit, characterized in that paid out game media lifting piece count by subtracting by the payout control unit, a storage medium processing system. A storage medium possessed by the player, a first gaming machine, a first storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the first gaming machine, and arranged corresponding to the first gaming machine, the first game A first counter capable of counting game media paid out from the machine, a second game machine, a second storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the second game machine, and the second game machine. A second counter capable of counting game media paid out from the second gaming machine in correspondence with the first storage medium processing device and a management device connected to the second storage medium processing device; Consisting of
The storage medium is
An identification information storage unit for storing unique identification information allocated to the storage medium;
A holding ball specifying information storage unit for specifying the holding ball information stored in the management device;
The first storage medium processing device includes:
A first read / write unit that can freely insert and eject the storage medium, and that reads and writes information stored in the inserted storage medium;
The identification information stored in the storage medium and the ball information stored in the first storage medium processing device when the storage medium is ejected are transmitted to the management device, and the ball identification of the storage medium is specified. A first storage control unit that performs control to store the holding ball specific information in the information storage unit,
The second storage medium processing device includes:
Mochitama payout operation part,
A ball payout operation detection unit that transmits a ball payout signal when the ball payout operation unit is operated;
A second read / write unit that allows the storage medium to be inserted and ejected, and that reads and writes the inserted storage medium;
A storage medium identification information storage unit that stores identification information of the storage medium that has been read or written;
A prohibited use ball information storage unit that stores the number of balls stored in the ball information storage unit of the storage medium that has been read;
An available ball information storage unit that stores the number of balls counted by the second counter;
A display unit that displays the number of balls that are obtained by adding the number of balls that are stored in the ball information storage unit of the storage medium and the number of balls that are counted by the second counter;
A collation unit for collating the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit of the storage medium with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit;
If the collated identification information does not match, the storage medium identification information and the ball specific information are transmitted to the management device, and the ball information transmitted from the management device is stored in the storage medium. A second storage control unit that stores in the use-prohibited holding ball information storage unit the holding ball information corresponding to the holding ball specific information;
A payout control unit that pays out the number of game media stored in the available ball information storage unit when receiving the ball payout signal;
The management device includes a storage unit that stores identification information and holding information of the storage medium transmitted from the first storage control unit,
The storage medium identification information and the ball information are received from the first storage control unit, stored in the storage unit, the ball specifying information is transmitted to the first storage control unit, and the second storage control unit The identification information and the holding ball specific information transmitted from the storage unit are received, the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit is compared with the received identification information, and stored in association with the matching identification information A control unit that transmits the holding ball information to the second storage control unit,
When the game medium possessed by the player as a result of the game is counted by the first counter, the count result is transmitted to the first storage control unit as possession information, and when the storage medium is ejected, The one storage control unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the possession ball information to the management device, and the control unit of the management device stores the transmitted identification information of the storage medium and the possession ball information. The first storage control unit, while the first storage control unit stores the holding ball specific information in the holding ball specific information storage unit of the storage medium inserted in the first reading and writing unit,
The identification information stored in the storage medium is read by the second reading / writing unit and transmitted to the verification unit, and the identification information and the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit are detected by the verification unit. In the case of collation and inconsistency, the second storage control unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the ball specific information to the management device, and the control unit of the management device that has received these information, The identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit is compared with the received identification information, and the possession information stored in association with the matched identification information is transmitted to the second storage control unit, and the storage The second storage control unit that has received the ball information of the medium stores the ball holding information in the use-prohibited ball information storage unit and receives the ball payout signal. Number of balls stored in memory Characterized in that paid out gaming media, the storage medium processing system. A storage medium possessed by a player, a gaming machine, a storage medium processing device arranged corresponding to the gaming machine, and a count of gaming media arranged corresponding to the gaming machine and paid out from the gaming machine Comprising a counter capable of processing and a management device connected to the storage medium processing device,
The storage medium is
An identification information storage unit for storing unique identification information allocated to the storage medium;
A holding ball specifying information storage unit for storing holding ball specifying information for specifying holding ball information stored in the management device;
The storage medium processing device includes:
A read / write unit that can freely insert and eject the storage medium, and that reads and writes information stored in the inserted storage medium;
A storage medium identification information storage unit that stores identification information of the storage medium that has been read or written;
A collation unit for collating the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit of the storage medium with the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit;
A creation unit that creates identification information different from the identification information of the storage medium when the inserted storage medium is ejected;
The created different identification information is controlled to be stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit, and the identification information stored in the storage medium and the internal ball stored in the storage medium processing apparatus when the storage medium is ejected Information is transmitted to the management device, and control is performed to store the ball specific information in the ball specific information storage unit of the storage medium, and if the identification information verified by the verification unit does not match, the storage The medium identification information and the ball specific information are transmitted to the management device, and the ball information corresponding to the ball specific information stored in the storage medium is the ball information transmitted from the management device. A storage control unit for storing the use-prohibited holding ball information storage unit and the cumulative holding ball information storage unit;
The management device includes a storage unit that stores identification information and possession information of the storage medium transmitted from the storage control unit;
The identification information and the ball information received from the storage control unit are received and stored in the storage unit, the ball specifying information is transmitted to the storage control unit, and the identification information transmitted from the storage control unit. And the holding ball specifying information, the identification information of each storage medium stored in the storage unit is collated with the received identification information, and the holding ball information stored in association with the matching identification information is stored in the memory. A control unit that transmits to the control unit,
As a result of the game, the game medium held by the player is counted by the counter, the count result is transmitted to the storage medium processing apparatus as possession information, and when the storage medium is ejected, the creation unit The identification information different from the identification information of the storage medium is created, and the storage medium processing device stores the retained ball information in the retained ball information storage unit of the storage medium inserted into the read / write unit by the storage control unit. And storing the different identification information created by the creation unit in the storage medium identification information storage unit,
The storage control unit transmits the storage medium identification information and the ball information to the management device, and the control unit of the management device transmits the transmitted identification information of the storage medium and the ball information. The storage control unit stores the holding ball specific information in the storage unit specific information storage unit of the storage medium inserted in the reading / writing unit,
The identification information stored in the storage medium is read by the read / write unit and transmitted to the verification unit. The verification unit verifies the identification information and the identification information stored in the storage medium identification information storage unit. In the case of mismatch, the storage control unit transmits the identification information of the storage medium and the ball specifying information to the management device, and the control unit of the management device that has received these information stores the information in the storage unit. The identification information of each storage medium that has been stored is compared with the received identification information, and the ball information stored in association with the matched identification information is transmitted to the storage control unit. The received storage control unit stores the retained ball information in the use-prohibited retained ball information storage unit and the accumulated retained ball information storage unit, and when receiving the retained ball payout signal, the use-prohibited retained ball information is stored from the accumulated number of balls. Mochitama remembered in the department It was subtracted by the computing unit, characterized in that paid out game media lifting piece count by subtracting by the payout control unit, a storage medium processing system.

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