JP2010253055A - Device corresponding to respective machine, and method and system for paying out game medium - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve user-friendliness in terms of operation by a player. <P>SOLUTION: A CR unit 10 includes a mobile terminal R/W13 for reading a mobile terminal IDm from a mobile terminal 50 and a mobile terminal holder 13a for setting and securing the mobile terminal 50 in the vicinity of the mobile terminal R/W13 and determines whether the mobile terminal 50 is set and secured by the mobile terminal holder 13a or is operated to be adjacent to or to make contact with the mobile terminal R/W13 by instructing the mobile terminal R/W13 to read at the prescribed timing. When the mobile terminal 50 is determined to be set and secured, a mode is transferred to a holding mode in which the acceptance of pay-out request operation by an operational part 11 is a requirement for invoking a request to subtract a game value to a member management T/C30 after the determination. When the mobile terminal 50 is determined to be operated to be adjacent or to make contact, the mode is transferred to a touch mode in which an execution of operation to be adjacent or to make contact is a requirement for invoking. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention is provided in correspondence with a gaming machine and is connected to a management device that manages the value of gaming value in association with mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal, and responds to a value subtraction process by the management device. The present invention relates to a device corresponding to each device, a game medium payout method, and a game medium payout system for controlling to pay out game media corresponding to the high value of the subtraction.

  At a game store that provides pachinko games or pachislot games, members of the game store are recruited from players, a membership card is issued to the member who wishes to register, and a game media service using this membership card is available. It is actively done.

  Specifically, when a player passes a membership application form filled with personal information such as address, name, and telephone number to a member of the amusement store and requests membership registration, the member of the amusement store Information is registered in the management device, and a membership card in which unique identification information (member ID) for identifying a member is recorded is issued.

  Each member who has obtained the membership card in this way, as described in Patent Document 1, etc., saves and stores the acquired pachinko balls and medals, and replays these stored balls and medals at a later date, Can be exchanged for a free gift.

  Recently, from the viewpoint of facilitating easy membership registration, identification information (mobile terminal identification information) unique to an IC chip built in mobile terminals such as mobile phones and PHS owned by many players is used as a management device. A mechanism for registering and using such a mobile terminal instead of a membership card has been considered (for example, see Patent Document 1).

JP 2008-284307 A

  However, in Patent Document 1 described above, in order for the mobile member to replay using the mobile terminal, various complicated operations must be performed every time the replay is performed, and the convenience of operation is provided to the mobile member. Naturally there was a limit.

  That is, in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, in order to confirm the identity of a mobile member after performing a proximity operation / contact operation in which the mobile terminal is brought close to or in contact with the information reading device of each device corresponding to the game machine. It is necessary to perform a password input operation for inputting a personal identification number, and a payout request operation for requesting the payout of a predetermined number of replay units of game media. It must be done every time it is paid out.

  For this reason, when paying out game media using a mobile terminal, it is an important issue how to simplify the operation associated with the payout.

  This problem is common not only when paying out game media using a mobile terminal but also when renting game media in exchange for a valuable value associated with the mobile terminal.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems (problems) of the prior art, and when a game medium is paid out using a portable terminal, the operation associated with the payout is simplified. It is an object of the present invention to provide a device corresponding to each device, a game medium payout method, and a game medium payout system that can improve the operational convenience of a player.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, each device corresponding device according to the present invention is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and has high gaming value in association with mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal. Connected to a management device for managing each of the devices, and responding to a subtraction process of the high value by the management device, and controlling so as to pay out the game medium corresponding to the high value of the subtraction, The stand-compatible device includes an information reading unit that reads mobile terminal identification information from a mobile terminal, an operation receiving unit that receives a payout request operation for requesting payout of the game medium in exchange for the game value, and the information reading at a predetermined timing. A reading instruction is given to the information reading means, and the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means, or a proximity operation or a contact operation is performed on the information reading means. If it is determined by the determination means that the portable terminal is fixedly installed by the determination means, the operation operation is performed as an activation requirement for issuing a game value subtraction request to the management device after the determination. When the mode is changed to a hold mode that requires that the payout request operation is accepted by the accepting means, and the mobile terminal is determined to be a proximity operation or a contact operation by the determination means, And mode control means for mode transition to a touch mode that requires that the operation or the touch operation be performed.

  Each device corresponding to the present invention is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and connected to a management device that manages the value of gaming value in association with mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal, and the management device In response to the high value subtraction processing by the device, each device corresponding device that controls to pay out the game medium corresponding to the high value of the subtraction, each device corresponding to the mobile device identification information from the mobile terminal An information reading means for reading the game medium, an operation accepting means for accepting a payout request operation for requesting payout of the game medium in exchange for the gaming value, and a reading instruction to the information reading means at a predetermined timing, A determination unit that determines whether the terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading unit; and a determination unit that determines that the mobile terminal is fixedly installed by the determination unit. A mode control means for mode transition to a hold mode, which requires that the payout request operation is accepted by the operation accepting means, as an activation requirement for invoking a game value subtraction request to the management device after determination. And

  Each device corresponding to the present invention is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and connected to a management device that manages the value of gaming value in association with mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal, and the management device In response to the high value subtraction processing by the device, each device corresponding device that controls to pay out the game medium corresponding to the high value of the subtraction, each device corresponding to the mobile device identification information from the mobile terminal An information reading means for reading the information reading means, a determination means for performing a reading instruction to the information reading means at a predetermined timing, and determining whether the portable terminal is operated in proximity or contact with the information reading means; As an activation requirement for invoking a game value subtraction request to the management device after the determination when the determination unit determines that the mobile terminal has been operated in proximity or contact, Operation or the touch operation is characterized by having a mode control means for mode transition to the touch mode to the requirements to be made.

  Further, in the above-described invention, each device corresponding device according to the present invention causes the determination unit to cause the information reading unit to execute a reading process while the payout request operation is received by the operation receiving unit. When the reading process of the portable terminal is possible, it is determined that the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading unit.

  Further, in the above-described invention, each device corresponding device according to the present invention causes the determination unit to cause the information reading unit to execute a reading process while the payout request operation is received by the operation receiving unit. When the reading process of the portable terminal is impossible, it is determined that the portable terminal is not fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading unit, and the mode control unit is configured to determine the determining unit during the stay in the hold mode. When it is determined that the portable terminal is not fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means, the portable terminal is released from the hold mode.

  Further, in each device corresponding to the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention, the determination means continuously instructs the information reading means for a predetermined period, and is based on a ratio of successful polling time in the period. Then, it is determined whether the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means or whether the portable terminal is operated in proximity or contact with the information reading means.

  In the above-described invention, each device corresponding device according to the present invention is configured to store the mobile terminal identification information read by the information reading unit before the mode control unit changes the mode to the hold mode or the touch mode. Registration means for registering in the portable terminal identification information storage means, portable terminal identification information read by the information reading means during stay in the hold mode or the touch mode, and stored by the portable terminal identification information storage means Collating means for collating with the mobile terminal identification information, and the discriminating means is caused to leave the hold mode or the touch mode when the collating means determines that the mobile terminal identification information does not match. It is characterized by.

  The game medium payout method according to the present invention is connected to a management device that is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and manages the value of the gaming value in association with mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal. The game medium payout method applied to each device corresponding device for controlling to pay out the game medium corresponding to the value of the subtraction in response to the high value subtraction process by A reading instruction is given at a predetermined timing to the information reading means for reading the portable terminal identification information from the portable terminal, and the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means, or the information reading means A determination step of determining whether the proximity operation or the touch operation has been performed, and when the determination step determines that the mobile terminal is fixedly installed, the management is performed after the determination. As a trigger requirement for invoking a game value subtraction request for a device, a hold that requires that the payout request operation is accepted by an operation accepting unit that accepts a payout request operation for requesting payout of the game medium in exchange for the game value When the mode is changed to the mode and it is determined that the mobile terminal has been operated in proximity or contact by the determination process, the touch operation is required to perform the proximity operation or the contact operation as the activation requirement. And a mode control process for mode transition.

  In addition, a gaming medium payout system according to the present invention is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and a management device that manages the value of gaming value in association with portable terminal identification information unique to the portable terminal, and the value provided by the management device. A game medium payout system having a plurality of devices corresponding to each of the devices for controlling to pay out game media corresponding to the value of the subtraction in response to a high subtraction process, Information reading means for reading mobile terminal identification information from a mobile terminal, operation accepting means for accepting a payout request operation for requesting payout of the game medium in exchange for the game value, and reading to the information reading means at a predetermined timing The mobile terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means or a proximity operation or a contact operation is performed on the information reading means. If the determination means determines that the mobile terminal is fixedly installed, the operation acceptance is performed as an activation requirement for invoking a subtraction request for the game value to the management device after the determination. When the mode is changed to a hold mode which requires that the payout request operation is accepted by the means, and the mobile terminal is determined to be a proximity operation or a contact operation by the determination means, the proximity operation is used as the activation requirement. Or it has a mode control means for mode transition to a touch mode which requires that the touch operation is performed.

  According to the present invention, when performing payout of game media such as replay processing and game media lending processing using a mobile terminal, it is possible to simplify by partially omitting operations associated with the second and subsequent payouts, It is possible to improve the convenience of operation for the player.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to discriminate a mobile hold operation or a mobile touch operation without continuing a polling process for searching for a reading object for a long period of time, and it is possible to accurately prevent the product life of the information reading unit from being shortened. Mode transitions can be performed.

  According to the present invention, the hold mode can be promptly released in the case where the player is leaving for a purpose or the case where the game at the gaming seat is finished, and the portable terminal other than the owner of the portable terminal. It is possible to prevent the game value associated with the being used.

  Further, according to the present invention, it is possible to accurately determine the mobile hold operation or the mobile touch operation in the first game medium payout process.

  In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to detect that a player is about to play a game and to leave the preferential operation mode such as the hold mode or the touch mode, and to change the player before the change. It is possible to prevent the player's game value from being used.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a storage and replay system including a CR unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram for explaining operation requirements of the hold mode and the touch mode. FIG. 3 is a front view illustrating an appearance of the CR unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the CR unit according to the first embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the first-time replay process according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the hold-compatible replay process according to the first embodiment. FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the touch-compatible replay process according to the first embodiment. FIG. 8 is a system configuration diagram of a prepaid system including a CR unit according to the second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the first-time replay process according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart for explaining an application example of the present invention.

  DETAILED DESCRIPTION Exemplary embodiments of a device corresponding to each apparatus, a game medium payout method, and a game medium payout system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko game will be described.

  First, the outline | summary of each apparatus corresponding to a present Example (henceforth CR unit) is demonstrated. In the present embodiment, a case will be described in which the present invention is applied to a replay in which a player who is a mobile member receives a payout of a stored ball deposited at a game store.

  FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a storage and replay system including a CR unit according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the storage and replay system 1 includes a CR unit 10 and a member management terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as member management T / C 30).

  The CR unit 10 is a card processing unit attached to each pachinko machine 20 in the amusement store. The CR unit 10 has a ball lending function for lending a pachinko ball in exchange for a prepaid balance associated with a prepaid card as a basic function. / Has a so-called replay function that withdraws the stored money deposited in C30.

  Furthermore, the CR unit 10 also supports replay using the portable terminal 50 held by a player who is a portable member. Specifically, the member management T / C 30 is requested to subtract a predetermined number of replay unit balls from the stored balance corresponding to the portable ID m recorded in the IC chip built in the portable terminal 50, and the member After the number of unit balls for replay is subtracted by the management T / C 30, a ball throwing instruction is given to the pachinko machine 20. In this embodiment, the replay using the membership card has no characteristics and is the same as the existing technology, so the description thereof is omitted.

  In this embodiment, an IC chip manufacturing number called IDm is read from an IC chip such as a Felica (registered trademark) chip mounted on the portable terminal 50, and this IDm is used as a member identifier of the portable member. .

  The member management T / C 30 is a management device that performs overall management of members' storage balls including mobile members using the member management DB 33. The member management DB 33 stores a personal identification number and a stored balance in association with the portable ID m. When a storage ball addition request is received from an in-store device such as a ball counter (not shown), the addition request ball number such as a count value is added to the storage balance of the portable IDm included in the addition request, and the CR unit When a storage ball subtraction request is received from an in-store device such as 10, the subtraction request ball number such as the unit ball number for replay is subtracted from the storage ball balance of the portable ID m included in the subtraction request.

  Here, in the present embodiment, when performing the replay process using the portable terminal 50, there is a feature in a mechanism that simplifies the operation associated with the second and subsequent replay processes.

  That is, when the replay process is performed using the portable terminal 50, the portable unit possessed by the CR unit 10 in order to make the store side devices such as the CR unit 10 and the member management T / C 30 recognize the IDm of the portable terminal 50. An operation to bring the portable terminal 50 close to or in contact with the R / W 13 (hereinafter referred to as a portable touch operation) is necessary, but the portable touch operation must be performed every time a replay ball is borrowed, and is accompanied by a replay. The operation was complicated.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, a portable hold 13a for fixing and installing the portable terminal 50 is attached in the vicinity of the portable R / W 13 provided in front of the CR unit 10, and the portable terminal 50 is fixedly installed by the portable hold 13a. If it is, the IC chip built in the portable terminal 50 is placed in a state of constantly approaching or contacting the portable R / W 13 (see FIG. 2A).

  Thus, in this embodiment, the mobile terminal 50 can be made unnecessary only by once mounting the mobile terminal 50 on the mobile hold 13a until the mobile terminal 50 is removed from the mobile hold 13a thereafter.

  Furthermore, in the state where the portable terminal 50 is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the portable R / W 13 by the portable hold 13a, it can be estimated that the same player is continuously seated, so replay is performed after the second time. In this case, it is possible to eliminate the input of a personal identification number for confirming the identity of the mobile member.

  The portable hold 13a is slidably provided between a hold position where the portable terminal 50 is held in front of the portable R / W 13 and a retracted position where the portable terminal 50 is lowered to expose the portable R / W 13. If the portable hold 13a is moved to the retracted position, it is possible to prevent the portable hold 13a from interfering with the portable touch operation when the portable touch operation is performed (see FIG. 2B). Note that when the portable hold 13a is moved downward, an actuator or the like may be driven by a button operation to move it.

  In other words, the portable hold 13a engages with the front wall of the CR unit 10 at a position where the portable terminal 50 can be fixedly installed in the polling range of the portable R / W 13, and performs an operation of pulling downward to carry the portable R / W. It moves to the position where W13 is exposed, and is configured to engage with the front wall of the CR unit 10 at the position where the mobile R / W 13 is exposed.

  For this reason, in this embodiment, both the hold operation in which the portable terminal 50 is fixedly installed on the portable R / W 13 using the portable hold 13a and the touch operation in which the portable R / W 13 is subjected to the portable touch operation can be handled.

  Here, in adopting both the hold operation and the touch operation, it is important to determine which operation of the CR unit 10 is applicable to the hold operation or the touch operation.

  For this reason, in this embodiment, based on the reading result by the portable R / W 13, whether the portable terminal 50 is held by the portable R / W 13 by the portable hold 13a or a portable touch operation is performed on the portable R / W 13. It was decided to determine whether or not it was in the first replay process.

  Specifically, in the CR unit 10, in the state where the general card and the membership card are not inserted (standby mode), the portable terminal 50 performs either the portable hold operation or the portable touch operation on the portable R / W 13. Then, (1) the member management T / C 30 is inquired of the personal identification number corresponding to the portable ID m read from the portable terminal 50 and stored in the storage unit 14 to be described later. Here, when a response is received that the inquired mobile IDm is not that of the mobile member, the savings account itself does not exist, and the subsequent processing is not performed.

  Subsequently, the CR unit 10 accepts a password input operation via the numeric keypad 11a provided on the operation unit 11 (2), and the received password matches the password that is inquired to the member management T / C 30. It is determined whether or not to perform the operation, and if both match, an operation of pressing the replay button 11b provided in the operation unit 11 is accepted (3). If the passwords do not match, there is a possibility that it is not the player who has registered as a member, so the subsequent processing is not performed.

  Then, when the CR unit 10 accepts the pressing operation of the replay button 11b, the CR unit 10 requests the member management T / C 30 to subtract the replay unit ball number from the stored ball balance corresponding to the previously read mobile ID m (membership management T / C 30). 4).

  On the other hand, the member management T / C 30 subtracts the number of replay unit balls from the stored ball balance corresponding to the mobile ID m included in the stored ball subtraction request received in this way (5), and the replay unit is sufficient for the stored ball balance. When the number of balls can be subtracted, a subtraction completion response is returned to the requesting CR unit 10 (6).

  Thereafter, in response to the subtraction completion response received from the member management T / C 30, the CR unit 10 instructs the pachinko machine 20 to throw out pachinko balls for the number of replay unit balls, The play ball is paid out (7).

  In the series of replay processing, the CR unit 10 causes the mobile R / W 13 to perform polling at the time (3) when the replay button 11b is pressed, and obtains the mobile IDm from the mobile terminal 50. It is determined whether it can be acquired.

  If the CR unit 10 can obtain the portable IDm from the portable terminal 50, the CR unit 10 determines that the portable hold operation has been performed at the time of (1), while the portable unit IDm cannot be obtained. Determines that the mobile touch operation has been performed at the time of (1).

  That is, when the player presses the replay button 11b, the possibility of pressing the replay button 11b while bringing the portable terminal 50 close to or in contact with the mobile R / W 13 is extremely low. If the mobile phone IDm can be acquired even though the press operation of 11b is detected, it is determined that the replay button 11b is pressed after performing the mobile hold operation at the time of (1). To do.

  After making such a determination, if the CR unit 10 determines that the portable hold operation has been performed at the time (1), the CR unit 10 changes the mode from the standby mode to the hold mode, while at the time (1). When it is determined that the mobile touch operation has been performed, the mode is changed from the standby mode to the touch mode.

  Among these, in the hold mode, as shown in FIG. 2A, since the portable terminal 50 is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the portable R / W 13, no portable touch operation and password input operation are required. Therefore, only by accepting the pressing operation of the replay button 11b (A1), the storage ball subtraction request (4) shown in FIG. 1 is activated and the second and subsequent replay processes are performed.

  Further, in the touch mode, as shown in FIG. 2B, since the portable terminal 50 is not fixedly installed in the vicinity of the portable R / W 13, when the portable touch operation is accepted (B1), this portable touch On the condition that the mobile IDm read by the mobile R / W 13 at the time of operation matches the mobile IDm read at the time of the first replay process (at the time of (1)), the storage ball subtraction request (4 ) Is activated, and the second and subsequent replay processes are performed.

  For this reason, the replay process can be activated only by the portable touch operation when performing the second and subsequent replay processes, and the pressing operation of the replay button 11b and the input operation of the personal identification number via the numeric keypad 11a can be omitted. In the second and subsequent replay processing, in consideration of the fact that the stored ball was used at the first time, the intention detection that pretends that the stored ball will continue to be used out of the game value such as the stored ball or the prepaid balance is detected, and the stored ball subtraction processing Is going to do.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, when replaying is performed using the portable terminal 50, some operations associated with the second and subsequent replays can be simplified, and the convenience of operation for the player can be improved. It becomes possible.

  Next, the configuration of the CR unit according to the present embodiment will be described. Here, the internal configuration will be described after the external configuration of the CR unit is described.

  FIG. 3 is a front view illustrating an appearance of the CR unit according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 3, the pachinko machine 20 provided with the CR unit 10 is indicated by a broken line.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the CR unit 10 is configured as a vertically long rectangular parallelepiped casing, and in order from the top on the front of the main body, a status display unit 101, a bill insertion unit 102, a remote control light receiving unit 103, The mobile R / W 13, the 7SEG display unit 104, the operation unit 11, and the card insertion unit 105 are included.

  Among these, the status display unit 101 is a lamp such as an LED for indicating the device status of the CR unit 10. For example, when the unit is in a standby state, the LED is lit in green and the membership card is being received. The LED is lit in blue, and the LED is lit in cyan during communication with the portable terminal 50.

  The bill insertion unit 102 is a feeding / feeding mechanism for receiving various bills for lending. The remote control light receiving unit 103 is a light receiving sensor that receives infrared light emitted from a remote control owned by an employee.

  On the back surface of the bill insertion portion 102, a BV unit for identifying the bill received therein is provided. In this BV unit portion, the denomination of the bill (for example, 1,000 yen, 2000 yen, 5000 yen, and (10,000 yen) is identified, and the denomination of the identified inserted banknote is output to the control unit 15 described later. In addition, a banknote is returned when an insertion banknote is an indistinguishable banknote or a forged banknote.

  The portable R / W 13 is a reader / writer that performs reading and writing on the IC chip built in the portable terminal 50. Specifically, the portable R / W 13 polls the portable terminal 50 to change the portable ID m from the IC chip built in the portable terminal 50. Read.

  A portable hold 13a is slidably disposed in front of the portable R / W 13. This portable hold 13a may be fixedly attached to the CR unit 10 or detachable, and may be retrofitted to the CR unit 10 when configured to be detachable.

  The 7SEG display unit 104 is a group of LEDs that display the prepaid balance, the number of stored balls, the number of points, the number of remaining throws, and the like. For example, when the unit is in a standby state, the prepaid balance or the number of stored balls is displayed. The remaining number of throws is displayed during lending or replaying balls, and an error code or the like is displayed during an error.

  The operation unit 11 is a general term for various button groups such as a numeric keypad 11a for inputting a personal identification number and a replay button 11b for accepting a replay operation.

  The card insertion unit 105 is a transfer / payout mechanism that accepts / returns cards such as general cards and membership cards. On the back of the card insertion unit 105, there is a card processing unit that reads information recorded on a card such as a general card or a membership card.

  The card processing unit accepts the card inserted via the card insertion unit 105, reads the data, and for a general card or a membership card whose prepaid balance is not zero, press the return button 213 on the pachinko machine 20 side described later. In response, it returns from the card insertion unit 105.

  In addition, the card processing unit stores a plurality of general cards that are not associated with a prepaid balance, and if the prepaid balance is generated by cash insertion before the card return operation is performed, the prepaid balance is associated. The general card is discharged (returned) from the card insertion unit 105.

  On the other hand, the pachinko machine 20 is provided with an upper plate 210 for storing pachinko balls used for pachinko games, and a lower plate 220 for storing pachinko balls overflowing the allowable capacity of the upper plate 210. The upper plate 210 is further provided with a 7SEG display unit 211 for displaying a prepaid balance of a general card, a ball lending button 212 for receiving a ball lending request, and a return button 213 for receiving a return request for a general card or a member card. ing.

  In the present embodiment, the ball lending button 212 and the return button 213 are provided on the pachinko machine 20, but they are not necessarily provided on the pachinko machine 20 side, and may be provided on the CR unit 10.

  When borrowing a pachinko ball, if a player depresses the ball lending button 212 on the pachinko machine 20 side, a ball lending operation signal is transferred to the CR unit 10 and a ball lending operation is accepted on the CR unit 10 side. At this time, if there is a prepaid balance, a ball throwing instruction is issued from the CR unit 10 to the pachinko machine 20, and the lending balls are thrown onto the upper plate 210. Note that the outline of replaying has already been described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, and details thereof will be described later.

  Next, the internal configuration of the CR unit according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram illustrating an internal configuration of the CR unit according to the first embodiment. The actual CR unit 10 has functional units (for example, a display unit, a card processing unit, a BV unit, etc.) other than the illustrated functional units, but FIG. 4 shows the features of the CR unit 10 according to the present embodiment. Only the components necessary for explanation are extracted.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the CR unit 10 includes an operation unit 11, a communication I / F unit 12a, a gaming machine communication I / F unit 12b, a portable R / W 13, a storage unit 14, and a control unit. 15.

  The operation unit 11 is a general term for various button groups including the numeric keypad 11a and the replay button 11b shown in FIG.

  The communication I / F unit 12a is an interface for performing various communications between other devices such as an island controller and a member management T / C 30 (not shown).

  The gaming machine communication I / F unit 12b is an interface for performing various communications with the pachinko machine 20 provided in the CR unit 10 (for example, receiving a ball lending request or transmitting a ball throwing instruction). It is.

  The storage unit 14 is a storage device such as a non-volatile memory that stores data and programs necessary for various processes performed by the control unit 15. For example, the mobile unit 14 a including the mobile ID 50 and the personal identification number of the mobile terminal 50, and the CR unit 10. Is stored, and mode information 14b indicating the condition of transition between modes is stored.

  The control unit 15 is a control unit that controls the CR unit 10 as a whole, and has a function unit that makes a request for renewal of a prepaid balance and a stored ball as a basic function. And a personal identification number collation unit 15b, a storage ball subtraction request unit 15c, a ball throwing processing unit 15d, a portable IDm collation unit 15e, and a mode control unit 15f.

  The portable IDm inquiry unit 15a is a processing unit that makes an inquiry to the member management T / C 30 using the portable IDm read by the portable R / W 13. Specifically, based on an instruction from the mode control unit 15f described later, whether or not the portable IDm read by the portable R / W 13 belongs to a portable member, and if it is a portable member, the personal identification number In addition, the member management T / C 30 is inquired. Thereafter, when the mobile member's mobile ID m and the personal identification number are obtained as a result of the inquiry, the mobile ID m (first mobile ID m) and personal identification number are registered in the storage unit 14 as the mobile information 14a.

  The personal identification number collation unit 15b is a processing unit that determines whether or not the personal identification number input via the numeric keypad 11a of the operation unit 11 matches the personal identification number obtained as a result of the inquiry from the member management T / C 30.

  Based on an instruction from the mode control unit 15f, which will be described later, the stored ball subtraction request unit 15c manages the membership so as to subtract a predetermined number of replay balls from the stored ball balance corresponding to the portable ID m stored as the portable information 14a in the storage unit 14. This is a processing unit that requests the T / C 30.

  The ball throwing processing unit 15d is a processing unit that issues a ball throwing instruction to the pachinko machine 20 after subtracting the prepaid balance or subtracting the stored balance. Specifically, a predetermined number of ball throwing instructions by the CR unit 10 between the communication I / F unit 12b for gaming machines and the communication I / F unit (not shown) in the pachinko machine 20 The rule that the pachinko machine 20 throws out pachinko balls (for example, 25 = 100 yen) is set, and the number of times corresponding to the lending unit amount or the number of replay unit balls after the prepaid balance or subtraction of the balance The ball throwing instruction is issued to the pachinko machine 20, and the borrowed ball or the replay ball is thrown from the pachinko machine 20.

  The portable IDm verification unit 15e determines whether or not the portable IDm read by the portable R / W 13 matches the portable IDm stored as the portable information 14a in the storage unit 14 based on an instruction from the mode control unit 15f described later. Is a processing unit.

  The mode control unit 15 f is a processing unit that performs mode control of the CR unit 10. Specifically, in addition to the standby mode in which neither the general card nor the member card is received and the mobile information 14a stored in the storage unit 14, the card mode in which the general card or the member card is received, the second time A transition between modes of the hold mode and the touch mode, which simplify the requirements for issuing the storage ball subtraction request in the subsequent replay process, is executed.

  For example, the mode control unit 15f stores the mode in the storage unit 14 when a bill is received from the bill insertion unit 102 or a general card or a membership card is received from the card insertion unit 105 when the stay mode is the standby mode. The stay mode stored as information 14b is updated from the standby mode to the card mode.

  On the other hand, when the stay mode is the card mode, the mode control unit 15f reduces the prepaid balance valued to the general card to zero when the general card or the membership card is returned from the card insertion unit 105 or due to ball lending. If it becomes, the stay mode stored as the mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 is updated from the card mode to the standby mode.

  Here, if the mobile ID m is read by the mobile R / W 13 when the stay mode is the standby mode, the mode control unit 15f determines that the operation of the mobile terminal 50 for the mobile R / W 13 is the mobile hold operation or the mobile It is determined which of the touch operations.

  When the portable hold operation has been performed, the portable terminal 50 is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the portable R / W 13 until the portable terminal 50 is removed from the portable hold 13a. While the portable terminal 50 can be constantly polled, if the portable touch operation has been performed, the portable R / W 13 can be polled only temporarily when a holding operation such as a proximity operation or a contact operation of the portable terminal 50 is performed. .

  Thus, the difference between the portable hold operation and the portable touch operation is that the portable R / W 13 can continuously poll the portable terminal 50 after receiving the operation of the portable terminal 50 for the portable R / W 13 in the standby mode. Whether it is in a state.

  For this reason, in this embodiment, the first replay process is started at the timing when the operation of the portable terminal 50 with respect to the portable R / W 13 is accepted in the standby mode, that is, the timing of (1) in FIG. Polling is continued until a password input operation or replay operation is accepted in a certain period of time such as a second or an operation procedure defined thereafter, and the proportion of successful polling time in this predetermined period is a predetermined value (for example, It is also possible to adopt as one form to determine whether it is a portable hold operation or a portable touch operation depending on whether it is 80% or more. Note that the determination may be made by determining whether or not the polling portable ID m can be read every predetermined period (for example, 1 minute).

  However, when such a determination is made, the mobile hold operation or the mobile touch operation can be accurately determined in the first replay process, but the mobile R is frequently and over a long period for purposes other than the essential purpose of reading the mobile IDm. Since / W13 is overused, it is preferable to make the polling period as short as possible when considering the product life.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the portable hold operation or the portable touch operation is performed depending on whether or not the portable ID m can be read from the portable terminal 50 at substantially the same timing as the button operations of the numeric keypad 11a and the replay button 11b. It was decided to distinguish.

  When the player presses down the numeric keypad 11a or the replay button 11b, the button operation is detected because the possibility that the player operates the button while bringing the portable terminal 50 close to or in contact with the portable R / W 13 is very low. Nevertheless, when the portable ID m can be acquired, it is effective to determine that the portable hold operation is performed when the portable terminal 50 is operated with respect to the portable R / W 13 in the standby mode.

  That is, the mode control unit 15f can cause the mobile R / W 13 to perform polling and acquire the mobile ID m from the mobile terminal 50 at the timing when the replay button 11b is pressed, that is, the timing (3) shown in FIG. It is determined whether or not.

  Then, when the portable control unit 15f can acquire the portable ID m from the portable terminal 50, the mode control unit 15f determines that the portable hold operation has been performed at the time point (1), and on the other hand, when the portable ID m cannot be acquired. It is determined that the mobile touch operation has been performed at the time of (1).

  After performing such determination, if the mode control unit 15f determines that the operation of the mobile terminal 50 performed on the mobile R / W 13 in the standby mode is a mobile hold operation, the storage unit 14 If the stay mode stored as the mode information 14b is updated from the standby mode to the hold mode, and the mobile touch operation is determined, the stay mode stored as the mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 is updated. Update from standby mode to touch mode.

  Here, the simplest form in which polling is performed only when the replay button 11b is pressed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the percentage of successful polling time in a predetermined period And the AND condition.

  For example, the polling success time of the period from when the operation of the portable terminal 50 to the portable R / W 13 is accepted in the standby mode to when the password input operation or the replay operation is accepted in the operation procedure defined thereafter. When the ratio is equal to or greater than the predetermined value and the portable ID m can be acquired from the portable terminal 50 at the timing when the replay button 11b is pressed, it is determined that the portable hold operation is performed at the time of 1), By determining the case other than that as a mobile touch operation, the mobile hold operation or the mobile touch operation can be determined more accurately.

  When the replay button 11b is pressed when the stay mode is the hold mode, the mode control unit 15f determines whether or not the portable terminal 50 is continuously attached to the portable hold 13a.

  That is, the mode control unit 15f causes the mobile R / W 13 to perform polling at the timing when the replay button 11b is pressed, and determines whether or not the mobile ID 50 can be acquired from the mobile terminal 50.

  At this time, when the mobile ID 50 can be acquired from the mobile terminal 50, the mode control unit 15f determines that the mobile hold operation is continuously performed and maintains the hold mode. On the other hand, when the mobile ID m cannot be acquired, it is determined that the mobile hold operation has been canceled and the mobile terminal 50 has been removed from the mobile hold 13a, and the stay mode stored as mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 Is updated from the hold mode to the standby mode and the portable information 14a is erased.

  When maintaining and determining the hold mode, the mobile IDm verification unit 15e may be instructed to perform verification with the mobile IDm (first mobile IDm) stored as the mobile information 14a in the storage unit 14. Preferably, if the mobile ID does not match the initial mobile ID m, it is determined that the mobile terminal 50 has been removed from the mobile hold 13a and replaced with another player, and the mode is changed to the standby mode.

  Further, the mode control unit 15f stores the mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 even when the depressing operation of the replay button 11b is not detected for a predetermined time (for example, 10 minutes) when the stay mode is the hold mode. The stay mode that has been set is updated from the hold mode to the standby mode, and the portable information 14a is deleted.

  As described above, whether or not the portable hold operation is continued during the hold mode is determined when the portable hold operation is canceled and the portable terminal 50 is detached from the portable hold 13a, and the player leaves the seat for the purpose. It is highly possible that the game at the gaming seat or the game seat has ended, and in such a case, if the player is left in the hold mode, in addition to the owner of the portable terminal 50, This is because the use is permitted.

  In addition, when the stay mode is the touch mode, the mode control unit 15f determines that the player has been replaced if the mobile IDm collation unit 15e determines that the mobile IDm does not match, and stores it in the storage unit 14. The stay mode stored as the mode information 14b is updated from the touch mode to the standby mode and the portable information 14a is deleted.

  When the stay mode is the touch mode, the mode control unit 15f uses a card when a bill is received from the bill insertion unit 102 or when a general card or a membership card is received from the card insertion unit 105. It is determined that the player has been replaced, the stay mode stored as the mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 is updated from the touch mode to the card mode, and the portable information 14a is deleted.

  Further, the mode control unit 15f can change the mobile R / R when a bill is inserted from the bill insertion unit 102 or when a general card or a membership card is inserted from the card insertion unit 105 when the stay mode is the hold mode. After determining whether or not to hold the hold mode by causing W13 to perform polling, if the hold mode is maintained, the bill or card is returned, and if the hold mode is not maintained, the storage unit 14, the stay mode stored as the mode information 14b is updated from the hold mode to the card mode and the portable information 14a is deleted.

  Next, the processing flow of the CR unit according to the present embodiment will be described. Here, the replay process is performed while changing the mode from the standby mode to the hold mode or the touch mode. (1) The replay process corresponding to the first time is described, and then the transition is made to the hold mode (2). The hold-compatible replay process will be described, and (3) the touch-compatible replay process performed when transitioning to the touch mode will be described.

(1) First-time replay processing As described above, the first-time replay processing according to the present embodiment will be described here. This processing is performed when the mobile ID m is read by the mobile R / W 13 in a standby mode in which neither a general card nor a membership card is received and the mobile information 14a is not stored in the storage unit 14.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the first-time replay process according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, when the portable IDm is read by the portable R / W 13 (Yes at Step 101), the mode control unit 15f instructs the portable IDm inquiry unit 15a to read the portable IDm read by the portable R / W13. The member management T / C 30 is inquired about whether or not the mobile member is allowed and the personal identification number (step S102).

  At this time, if the inquiry result is a response indicating that the mobile member's mobile ID is not mobile phone IDm (No at step S103), the mode control unit 15f does not perform the subsequent processing because the savings account itself does not exist. The process ends.

  On the other hand, if the inquiry result is a response indicating that the mobile member's mobile IDm (Yes at Step S103), the mode control unit 15f registers the inquired personal identification number and mobile IDm in the storage unit 14 as mobile information 14a. (Step S104), the process proceeds to a standby state for a password input operation (Step S105).

  When the password is input through the numeric keypad 11a so as to satisfy a predetermined operation rule (for example, input time limit) (Yes at Step S105), the mode control unit 15f instructs the password verification unit 15b. Then, it is determined whether or not the password entered via the numeric keypad 11a matches the password registered in the storage unit 14 as the portable information 14a (step S106). If the code number does not satisfy the operation rules and is not input (No at step S105), the process is terminated as it is.

  At this time, if the input personal identification number and the registered personal identification number do not match (No at Step S106), the mode control unit 15f may not be the player who has registered as a member, so the subsequent processing is stopped. To finish the process.

  On the other hand, when the input code number and the registered code number match (Yes at Step S106), the mode control unit 15f shifts to a standby state for pressing the replay button 11b (Step S107).

  Here, when the replay button pressing operation is accepted (Yes in step S107), the mode control unit 15f causes the mobile R / W 13 to perform polling and determines whether or not the mobile ID 50 can be acquired from the mobile terminal 50. (Step S108).

  At this time, when the mobile ID 50 can be acquired from the mobile terminal 50 (Yes at Step S108), the mode control unit 15f determines that the operation of the mobile terminal 50 performed on the mobile R / W 13 in the standby mode is the mobile hold operation. And the mode transition destination is determined to be the hold mode (step S109).

  On the other hand, when the mobile ID 50 cannot be obtained from the mobile terminal 50 (No at Step S108), the mode control unit 15f determines that the operation of the mobile terminal 50 performed on the mobile R / W 13 in the standby mode is the mobile touch operation. And the mode transition destination is determined as the touch mode (step S110).

  After determining the mode transition destination in this way, the mode control unit 15f instructs the storage ball subtraction request unit 15c to perform a predetermined re-transmission from the stored ball balance corresponding to the mobile ID m stored as the mobile information 14a in the storage unit 14. The member management T / C 30 is requested to subtract the number of play balls (step S111).

  As a result, when a subtraction completion response is returned from the member management T / C 30 (Yes in step S112), the ball throwing processing unit 15d throws the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of replay unit balls. 20 is instructed to pay out the replay balls from the pachinko machine 20 (step S113). If a subtraction NG response is returned due to a shortage of the balance of stored money (No in step S112), the process is terminated as it is.

  Thereafter, the mode control unit 15f updates the standby mode stored as the mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 to the hold mode or the touch mode based on the mode transition destination determined in Step S109 or Step S110 (Step S114). Exit.

(2) Hold-compatible replay process Next, the hold-compatible replay process according to the present embodiment will be described. This process is a process performed when the mode control unit 15f makes a transition to the hold mode.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating the hold-compatible replay process according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, when the pressing operation of the replay button 11b is accepted (Yes at Step S201), the mode control unit 15f causes the mobile R / W 13 to perform polling, and whether or not the mobile ID 50 can be acquired from the mobile terminal 50. Is determined (step S202).

  Here, when the portable IDm can be acquired from the portable terminal 50 (Yes at Step S202), the mode control unit 15f instructs the portable IDm collating unit 15e to store the portable IDm read by the portable R / W 13. The part 14 is made to determine whether it corresponds with portable IDm (initial portable IDm) memorize | stored as the portable information 14a (step S203).

  As a result, when it matches with the first mobile IDm (Yes at Step S203), the mode control unit 15f determines that the mobile hold operation is continuously performed, and maintains the hold mode (Step S204). An instruction is given to the storage ball subtraction request unit 15c to request the member management T / C 30 to subtract a predetermined number of replay balls from the storage ball balance corresponding to the mobile ID m stored as the mobile information 14a in the storage unit 14 (step) S205).

  When a subtraction completion response is returned from the member management T / C 30 (Yes at step S206), the ball throwing processing unit 15d throws the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of replay unit balls. The replay ball is paid out from the pachinko machine 20 (step S207), and a transition is made to a standby state for the pressing operation of the replay button 11b (step S201).

  On the other hand, if the mobile ID m cannot be acquired (No at Step S202), and if the mobile ID m can be acquired but does not match the initial mobile ID m (No at Step S203), the mode control unit 15f performs the mobile hold operation. It is determined that the portable terminal 50 has been removed from the portable hold 13a, and the stay mode stored as the mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 is updated from the hold mode to the standby mode and the portable information 14a is deleted ( Step S208), the process is terminated.

(3) Touch-compatible replay processing Next, touch-compatible replay processing according to the present embodiment will be described. This process is a process performed when the mode control unit 15f makes a transition to the touch mode.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the touch-compatible replay process according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, when an operation of pressing the replay button 11b is accepted (Yes in step S301), a player who does not know that the player can replay only with the mobile touch operation during the touch mode erroneously selects the replay button 11b. In order to respond to the pressed case, the mode control unit 15f displays guidance for guiding the portable touch operation on a predetermined display unit provided in the CR unit 10 or another device (step S302), and prompts the portable touch operation. . If the replay button 11b is not pressed (No at Step S301), the process directly proceeds to the standby state for the mobile touch operation (Step S303).

  Here, when the portable ID m is read by the portable R / W 13 (Yes at Step S303), the mode control unit 15f instructs the portable ID m collating unit 15e to store the portable ID m read by the portable R / W 13. The part 14 is made to determine whether it corresponds with portable IDm (first time portable IDm) memorize | stored as the portable information 14a (step S304). At this time, if the portable ID m is not read by the portable R / W 13 (No at Step S303), the process returns to the standby state for the pressing operation of the replay button 11b.

  At this time, if it matches with the first mobile IDm (Yes at Step S304), the mode control unit 15f instructs the storage ball subtraction request unit 15c to correspond to the mobile IDm stored as the mobile information 14a in the storage unit 14. The member management T / C 30 is requested to subtract a predetermined number of replay balls from the stored ball balance (step S305).

  When the subtraction completion response is returned from the member management T / C 30 (Yes at Step S306), the ball throwing processing unit 15d pachinko machine 20 so as to throw the pachinko balls corresponding to the number of replay unit balls. The replay balls are paid out from the pachinko machine 20 (step S307), and a transition is made to a standby state for pressing the replay button 11b (step S301) and a standby state for portable touch operation (step S303). Thus, during the touch mode, the replay ball can be borrowed simply by performing a mobile touch operation using the mobile terminal having the initial mobile IDm.

  On the other hand, if the first mobile ID m does not match (No at Step S304), the mode control unit 15f determines that the player has been replaced, and the stay mode stored as the mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 is determined. The touch mode is canceled by updating the touch mode to the standby mode and deleting the portable information 14a (step S308), and the process is terminated.

  Note that also when a subtraction NG response is returned due to a shortage of the balance of stored balls (No at Step S306), the mode control unit 15f cancels the touch mode (Step S308) and ends the process.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, a reading instruction is given to the portable R / W 13 at a predetermined timing, and the portable terminal 50 is fixedly installed by the portable hold 13a, or the portable R / W 13 If the mobile terminal 50 is fixedly installed, it is determined whether the proximity operation or the contact operation is performed on the mobile terminal 50, and the activation requirement for invoking a subtraction request for the game value to the member management T / C 30 after the determination is made. As described above, when it is determined that the mobile terminal 50 has been subjected to a proximity operation or a contact operation, the operation unit 11 performs a mode transition to a hold mode that requires that a payout request operation be accepted, Since the mode transition is made to the touch mode that requires that the mobile terminal 50 is performed, when the mobile terminal 50 is used for replay Can be simplified by omitting some operations associated with the replay of the second and subsequent to, it is possible to improve the operation convenience of the game clients.

  Furthermore, according to the present embodiment, when the portable R / W 13 performs polling while the replay operation is being accepted and the portable terminal 50 can perform the reading process, the portable terminal 50 moves the portable hold 13a. Since it is configured to determine that it is fixedly installed by the mobile phone, it is possible to determine the mobile hold operation or the mobile touch operation without continuing the polling for a long period of time, while preventing the product life of the mobile R / W 13 from being shortened, It is possible to perform an exact mode transition.

  Further, according to this embodiment, when the portable R / W 13 performs polling while the replay operation is being accepted and the reading process of the portable terminal 50 is impossible, the portable terminal 50 holds the portable hold. Since it is determined that it is not fixedly installed by 13a, and it is configured to be removed from the hold mode, the hold mode is quickly switched on in the case where the player has left the game for the purpose or the game at the game seat has ended. It can be made to detach | leave, and it becomes possible to prevent that the storage ball balance linked | related with the portable terminal 50 other than the owner of the portable terminal 50 is used.

  In the first embodiment, the case where the stored ball is replayed using the portable terminal 50 has been described. However, the pachinko ball can be paid out in exchange for other game values using the portable terminal 50.

  Thus, in the second embodiment, a case will be described in which a lending ball is paid out in exchange for the prepaid balance associated with the mobile terminal 50. In the present embodiment, the configuration and processing that are different from those of the first embodiment will be described, and the description of the same components will be omitted.

  FIG. 8 is a system configuration diagram of a prepaid system including a CR unit according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 8, the prepaid system 3 is a terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as prepaid T / C) that manages the prepaid balance instead of the member management T / C 30 as compared with the savings / replay system 1 shown in FIG. C70) is included.

  This prepaid T / C 70 is a management device that manages prepaid balances associated with general cards, membership cards, and portable terminals 50 using the prepaid management DB 71. The prepaid management DB 71 stores a personal identification number and a prepaid balance in association with the portable ID m. When a request for adding a prepaid balance is received from an in-store device such as the CR unit 10, an addition request amount such as an accepted banknote amount is added to the prepaid balance of the mobile ID m included in the addition request, and the CR unit When a prepaid balance subtraction request is received from an in-store device such as 10 or the like, a subtraction request amount such as a lending unit amount is subtracted from the prepaid balance of the mobile ID m included in the subtraction request.

  Here, in the present embodiment, similar to the first embodiment, there is a feature in a mechanism that simplifies the operation associated with the second and subsequent replay processes, and the type of game value that the mechanism also handles is different. It is the same mechanism except for it.

  This will be described with reference to FIG. 8. In the CR unit 10, the mobile terminal 50 performs either the mobile hold operation or the mobile touch operation when the general card and the membership card are not inserted (standby mode). When (1) is made, the personal ID corresponding to the portable ID m read from the portable terminal 50 is inquired of the prepaid T / C 70 and stored in the storage unit 14 described later. Here, when a response is made that the inquired mobile IDm is not a mobile member, the ball lending service using the mobile terminal 50 is not used by general players. Is not performed.

  Subsequently, the CR unit 10 accepts a password input operation via the numeric keypad 11a provided on the operation unit 11 (2), and the received password matches the password that is inquired of the prepaid T / C 70. In the case where both coincide with each other, an operation of pressing the ball lending button 212 of the pachinko machine 20 is accepted (3). If the passwords do not match, there is a possibility that it is not the player who has registered as a member, so the subsequent processing is not performed.

  Then, when the CR unit 10 accepts the pressing operation of the ball lending button 212 of the pachinko machine 20, the prepaid balance subtraction request for subtracting the lending unit amount from the prepaid balance corresponding to the previously read portable ID m is sent to the prepaid T / C 70. Perform (4).

  On the other hand, in the prepaid T / C 70, the lending unit amount is subtracted from the prepaid balance corresponding to the mobile ID m included in the prepaid balance subtraction request received in this way (5), and the lending unit amount is subtracted from the prepaid balance without shortage. When the processing is completed, a subtraction completion response is returned to the requesting CR unit 10 (6).

  Thereafter, in response to the subtraction completion response received from the prepaid T / C 70, the CR unit 10 instructs the pachinko machine 20 to throw out pachinko balls corresponding to the lending unit amount. Let the payout ball be paid out (7).

  In the series of the ball lending process, the CR unit 10 causes the portable R / W 13 to perform polling at the point (3) when the depression operation of the ball lending button 212 is received, and obtains the portable IDm from the portable terminal 50. It is determined whether it can be acquired.

  That is, in the first embodiment, when the replay button 11b is pressed, the portable R / W 13 performs polling, and the portable hold operation or the portable touch is performed depending on whether or not the portable ID m can be acquired from the portable terminal 50. In this embodiment, instead of the replay button 11b, when the pressing operation of the ball lending button 212 is accepted (3), the mobile hold operation or the mobile touch operation is performed. It was decided to distinguish.

  Thus, in this embodiment, as in the first embodiment, when the portable ID m can be acquired from the portable terminal 50, it is determined that the portable hold operation has been performed at the time point (1). If the mobile ID m cannot be acquired, it can be determined that the mobile touch operation has been performed at the time (1).

  After making such a determination, if the CR unit 10 determines that the portable hold operation has been performed at the time (1), the CR unit 10 changes the mode from the standby mode to the hold mode, while at the time (1). When it is determined that the mobile touch operation has been performed, the mode is changed from the standby mode to the touch mode.

  Next, the first-time ball lending process according to the present embodiment will be described. As in the case of the first embodiment, this process is performed by the mobile R / W 13 in the standby mode in which neither the general card nor the membership card is received and the mobile information 14a is stored in the storage unit 14. Performed when read.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating the procedure of the first-time ball lending process according to the second embodiment. As shown in FIG. 9, also in the present embodiment, the process (steps) until it is determined whether the operation of the portable terminal 50 performed on the portable R / W 13 in the standby mode is a portable hold operation or a portable touch operation. The processing from S101 to step S110 is basically the same except that the reception of the pressing operation of the ball lending button 212 (step S401) is performed instead of the pressing operation of the replay button 11b.

  However, in the case of the ball lending process according to the present embodiment, unlike the case of the replay process according to the first embodiment, some amusement stores adopting an operation that does not necessarily perform the password input operation and the matching process. In many cases, the processing of step S105 and step S106 can be omitted.

  In addition, about the process to step S402-step S404 from which the type of game value differs, the process to step S111-step S113 shown in FIG. 5 was demonstrated to the process of (4)-(7) demonstrated using FIG. Replace it.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, when performing the ball lending process using the portable terminal 50, the operation associated with the second and subsequent ball lending processes can be partially omitted to simplify the above-described embodiment. Similar to 1, it is possible to improve the convenience of operation for the player.

  In the first and second embodiments, only the standby mode is illustrated as the mode in which the transition destination is set to the hold mode. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and for example, from the touch mode if a certain condition is satisfied. The mode can be changed to the hold mode.

  That is, in Example 1 described above, as described with reference to FIG. 7, when a pressing operation of the replay button 11b is received (Yes at Step S301), guidance for guiding the mobile touch operation is displayed (Step S302). )

  Here, in the present invention, as shown in FIG. 10, when the re-play button 11b is pressed (Yes at Step S301), the mobile R / W 13 performs polling, and the storage unit 14 stores the mobile information 14a. When the same portable IDm as the stored portable IDm (first-time portable IDm) can be obtained (No in step S501), the stay mode stored as the mode information 14b in the storage unit 14 is changed from the touch mode to the hold mode. To the hold mode (step S502).

  Here, since it is clear that the player has pressed the replay button 11b and is willing to replay, at the time of mode transition, from step S205 (reservation subtraction request) in the replay process corresponding to hold. It is preferable to start the process.

  In other words, even if the mobile touch operation was performed at the first replay, but the mobile touch operation was felt complicated during repeated replays, the mobile hold operation was supported even in the middle. The replay process can be performed, and the game store can be operated in a multifaceted manner.

  In the second embodiment, when the stay mode is the touch mode, the guidance for guiding the portable touch operation is displayed and the portable touch operation of the portable terminal 50 is performed. However, the portable touch operation is not necessarily performed. There is no need to force.

  That is, when the mobile touch operation of the latest mobile terminal 50, that is, the mobile touch operation performed in the first ball lending process or the second or subsequent ball lending process is within a predetermined period (for example, 1 minute), the touch is performed. Even in the case of staying in the mode, the prepaid balance subtraction request may be made by pressing the ball lending button 212 without performing the reading process of the portable ID m again.

  Thus, when it is ensured that the player is the same person as the player who previously performed the mobile touch operation, it is possible to receive the payout of the loaned ball only by pressing the ball lending button 212, and the operation required for the payout As a result of further reducing the procedure, it is possible to effectively improve the convenience of operation for the player.

  In the first and second embodiments, the case where the present invention is applied to the case where the replay process or the ball lending process is performed using the stored ball or the prepaid balance as the game value has been described. However, the present invention is not limited thereto. It is not a thing, but when each counter unit is installed in a game store, each CR unit 10 is provided with a counter, or each CR unit 10 is provided with a counter, it is counted by the counter or counter. The present invention can be similarly applied to the case where the remaining count value (held ball) remaining in the CR unit 10 without being returned is returned in kind.

  In the first and second embodiments, the case where the portable IDm mounted on the portable terminal 50 is used as identification information unique to the portable terminal 50 has been described. However, the portable IDm is not necessarily used. ", The manufacturing number, telephone number, e-mail address, etc. of the portable terminal 50 can be used in addition to the portable ID m. Furthermore, the communication method between the portable terminal 50 and the CR unit 10 is not limited to radio wave communication, and communication may be performed via another medium such as infrared communication.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the case where the replay balls and the lending balls are paid out from the pachinko machine 20 during the replay process or the ball lending process has been described. Etc.) and replay balls or rental balls may be paid out from the CR unit 10.

  Further, in the above-described first and second embodiments, the case where the hold mode is incorporated as one form of mode transition has been described. However, when the hold operation is not recommended as the game site policy, it is not always necessary to attach the portable hold 13a. Absent.

  Further, in the above-described first and second embodiments, the case has been described where the stored management or the prepaid balance is distributed and managed by the member management T / C 30 or the prepaid management T / C 70, but it is not always necessary to perform the distributed management. You may make it manage integratedly the stored money and the prepaid balance with the apparatus.

  Further, in the above-described first and second embodiments, the example in which the present invention is applied to the pachinko game has been described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to the case where the pachislot game is further included or only the pachislot game is targeted. Can be applied. Although an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko parlor has been described here, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be similarly applied to a game facility such as a game center.

  As described above, the device corresponding to each device, the game medium payout method, and the game medium payout system according to the present invention are suitable for improving the convenience of operation for the player.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Storage and replay system 10 CR unit 11 Operation part 11a Ten key 11b Replay button 12a Communication I / F part 12b Communication I / F part for gaming machines 13 Portable R / W
13a Mobile phone hold 14 Storage unit 14a Mobile information 14b Mode information 15 Control unit 15a Mobile IDm inquiry unit 15b Password verification unit 15c Savings subtraction request unit 15d Ball throwing processing unit 15e Mobile IDm verification unit 15f Mode control unit 30 Member management T / C
33 Member Management DB
50 Mobile devices

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Provided corresponding to the gaming machine and connected to a management device that manages the high value of the gaming value in association with the mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal, and the subtraction in response to the high value subtraction processing by the management device A device corresponding to each device that controls to pay out game media corresponding to the high value of minutes,
The devices for each table are
Information reading means for reading mobile terminal identification information from the mobile terminal;
Operation accepting means for accepting a payout request operation for requesting payout of the game medium in exchange for the game value;
A reading instruction is given to the information reading unit at a predetermined timing, and the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading unit, or a proximity operation or a contact operation is performed on the information reading unit Determining means for determining whether or not
When it is determined by the determining means that the mobile terminal is fixedly installed, the payout request operation is received by the operation receiving means as an activation requirement for invoking a subtraction request for the game value to the management device after the determination. When the mode is changed to the hold mode, which is required to be performed, and it is determined by the determination means that the portable terminal is operated in proximity or contact, the proximity operation or the contact operation is performed as the activation requirement. And a mode control means for mode transition to a touch mode that requires Provided corresponding to the gaming machine and connected to a management device that manages the high value of the gaming value in association with the mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal, and subtracts in response to the high value subtraction processing by the management device A device corresponding to each device that controls to pay out game media corresponding to the high value of minutes,
The devices for each table are
Information reading means for reading mobile terminal identification information from the mobile terminal;
Operation accepting means for accepting a payout request operation for requesting payout of the game medium in exchange for the game value;
A determination unit that issues a reading instruction to the information reading unit at a predetermined timing and determines whether or not the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading unit;
When it is determined that the mobile terminal is fixedly installed by the determining means, the payout request operation is received by the operation receiving means as an activation requirement for invoking a game value subtraction request to the management device after the determination. And a mode control means for changing the mode to a hold mode that requires the above. Provided corresponding to the gaming machine and connected to a management device that manages the high value of the gaming value in association with the mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal, and the subtraction in response to the high value subtraction processing by the management device A device corresponding to each device that controls to pay out game media corresponding to the high value of minutes,
The devices for each table are
Information reading means for reading mobile terminal identification information from the mobile terminal;
A discriminating unit that gives a reading instruction to the information reading unit at a predetermined timing, and discriminates whether the portable terminal is operated in proximity or contact with the information reading unit;
When it is determined by the determination means that the portable terminal has been operated in proximity or contact, the proximity operation or the contact operation is performed as an activation requirement for invoking a game value subtraction request to the management device after the determination. And a mode control means for mode transition to a touch mode that requires   The determination unit causes the information reading unit to execute a reading process while the payout request operation is received by the operation receiving unit, and when the portable terminal can read the portable terminal, 3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the device is determined to be fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading unit. The determination unit causes the information reading unit to execute a reading process while the payout request operation is being received by the operation receiving unit, and the portable terminal is incapable of reading the portable terminal. Is not fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means,
The mode control means is configured to cause the mobile terminal to leave the hold mode when the mobile terminal is determined not to be fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means during the stay in the hold mode. The apparatus corresponding to each stand according to claim 1 or 2.   The determination means continuously instructs the information reading means over a predetermined period, and the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means based on a ratio of the polling success time in the period. 4. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: determining whether the mobile terminal is operated in proximity or contact with the information reading unit. 5. Registration means for registering portable terminal identification information read by the information reading means in a predetermined portable terminal identification information storage means before the mode control means makes a mode transition to the hold mode or the touch mode;
There is further provided collation means for collating the mobile terminal identification information read by the information reading means during the hold mode or the touch mode and the mobile terminal identification information stored by the mobile terminal identification information storage means. And
The said determination means makes it leave | separate from the said hold mode or the said touch mode, when it determines with the portable terminal identification information not matching by the said collation means. A device that can handle each unit. Provided corresponding to the gaming machine and connected to a management device that manages the high value of the gaming value in association with the mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal, and the subtraction in response to the high value subtraction processing by the management device A game medium payout method applied to each device corresponding to control to pay out game media corresponding to the high value of minutes,
Each of the devices corresponding to each table is
A reading instruction is given at a predetermined timing to the information reading means for reading the portable terminal identification information from the portable terminal, and the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading means, or the information reading means Discriminating step for discriminating whether the proximity operation or the contact operation
When it is determined that the mobile terminal is fixedly installed by the determination step, the game medium is paid out in exchange for the game value as an activation requirement for invoking a subtraction request for the game value to the management device after the determination When the operation accepting unit that accepts the payout request operation makes a mode transition to the hold mode that requires the payout request operation to be accepted, and the determination step determines that the mobile terminal has been operated in proximity or contact Includes a mode control step of mode transition to a touch mode that requires the proximity operation or the contact operation to be performed as the activation requirement. A management device that manages the high value of the gaming value in association with the mobile terminal identification information unique to the mobile terminal, and is provided corresponding to the gaming machine and in response to the subtraction processing of the high value by the management device A game medium payout system having a plurality of devices corresponding to each of the devices for controlling to pay out game media corresponding to a high value,
The devices for each table are
Information reading means for reading mobile terminal identification information from the mobile terminal;
Operation accepting means for accepting a payout request operation for requesting payout of the game medium in exchange for the game value;
A reading instruction is given to the information reading unit at a predetermined timing, and the portable terminal is fixedly installed in the vicinity of the information reading unit, or a proximity operation or a contact operation is performed on the information reading unit Determining means for determining whether or not
When it is determined by the determining means that the mobile terminal is fixedly installed, the payout request operation is received by the operation receiving means as an activation requirement for invoking a subtraction request for the game value to the management device after the determination. When the mode is changed to the hold mode, which is required to be performed, and it is determined by the determination means that the portable terminal is operated in proximity or contact, the proximity operation or the contact operation is performed as the activation requirement. And a mode control means for making a mode transition to a touch mode that requires the following: a game medium payout system.

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