JP2011142950A - Game hall management system and game ball lending/counting device of the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game hall system and a game ball lending/counting device for which characters are appropriately utilized and which draw player's interest. <P>SOLUTION: The game hall management system includes: a character storage means; a customer information read means; a selection means for reading and displaying standard character image information and their character identifiers stored in a character storage means when player information is read by the read means so that one character is selected from displayed standard characters by a player and its identifier is input; a player information storage means for storing the selected character in association with the player; a character transformation means for transforming the selected character stored in the player information storage means corresponding to the game state of the player stored in the storage means; and an output means for reading a transformed character image transformed by the character transformation means from the character image storage means and displaying it to the player. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management system and a game ball lending / counting device installed between platforms of gaming machines.

  Conventionally, in amusement halls such as pachinko and pachislot machines, it has become a challenge how many customers can enjoy playing for a long time and increase the number of fixed customers. In view of this, there has been proposed a breeding type gaming apparatus that reflects the result of the previous breeding game in the next breeding game (see Patent Document 1, etc.).

  On the other hand, at the amusement hall, the player has received a game ball from a ball lending machine installed in each hall or island. In addition, game balls acquired by a player are stored in a ball box at the position of the gaming machine, and when the game in the gaming machine is finished, the stored ball box is stored in a ball installed at a prize exchange counter in the hall. There were many cases where employees brought their own counters and concentrated their counting.

  However, in this case, it was necessary to transport the acquired pachinko balls for a relatively long distance. In particular, when there are a large number of acquired game balls, there is a risk of a heavy burden on the player. In order to reduce such a burden, a device has been developed in which a ball counter for counting game balls acquired by a player is installed close to the gaming machine (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1).

  In addition, a system is generally applied in which game balls acquired by a player are counted by a counter, stored as a possession ball in a member card or a dedicated IC coin, and paid out in accordance with the player's operation. At the time of payout, there are many cases where operations with various restrictions (for example, only the coins corresponding to the purchase price of the game machine are paid out) are performed in the upper system connected due to restrictions on the operation of the game store (for example, , See Patent Document 2).

JP 2004-321704 A JP 2006-149526 A

Game Communications “Release staff from ball traffic and concentrate efforts to improve services.” Game News, Inc., August 25, 2007, p. 66-67

  However, since the replacement frequency of the gaming machine itself is much higher than that of the gaming ball lending / counting device installed beside the gaming machine, the player can no longer train the characters trained so far when the gaming machine changes. An object of the present invention is to provide a game hall system and a game ball lending / counting device for the game in which a player is intrigued by appropriately utilizing characters.

  As a result of intensive studies, the present inventor has completed the following invention, focusing on the usefulness of connecting a player and a character without being limited to a gaming machine.

  (1) Character image storage means for storing in advance standard character image information, transformation character image information and an identifier thereof, customer information reading means for reading identification information of a player, and information on a player is obtained by the customer information reading means. When read, display means for reading out and displaying the standard character image information stored in the character image storage means and its character identifier, and one character is selected by the player from the displayed standard character and the identifier is selected. Is input, a player information storage unit that stores the identifier of the character selected by the selection unit in association with the player, and a game state of the player stored in the player information storage unit In response, the selected character stored in the player information storage means Gaming facility management system with a character transformation means to transform the coater, and an output means for displaying to the player by the transformation character image transformed read from the character image storage unit by the character transformation means.

  The game hall management system of the invention described in (1) includes character image storage means for storing standard character image information, transformation character image information and an identifier thereof in advance, customer information reading means for reading identification information of a player, When the customer information is read by the customer information reading means, the standard character image information stored in the character image storage means and its character identifier are read and displayed, and the displayed standard character is Selecting means for selecting one character by a player and inputting the identifier; player information storing means for storing the identifier of the character selected by the selecting means in association with the player; and the player information storing means The player information storage unit according to the game state of the player stored in the player It includes a character transformation means to transform the selected character is stored, and an output means for displaying the player reads from the character image storage unit to transform the character image transformed by the character transformation means.

  Therefore, standard character information is stored in the character image storage means. The player information is read by the customer information reading means, and the standard character information stored in the character image storage means and its character identifier are read and displayed to the player. The player selects one character identifier and inputs it using the input means. The input character identifier is associated with the player and stored in the player information storage means.

  The selected character stored in the player information storage means is transformed by the transformation means by the character transformation means according to the game state of the player. The character transformation image transformed by the character transformation means is read from the character image storage means and displayed by the output means.

  In this way, the player can see the transformation of the character he / she has selected, so his sense of affinity increases and he / she is interested in how he / she will transform. In this way, the frequency of players going to the game hall where the game hall management system of the present invention is installed increases.

  (2) The game state of the player is the number of game media paid out by the game ball lending / counting device or the number of game media counted by the game ball lending / counting device for counting the game media paid out from the game machine as a result of the game. Or, it is calculated from the operation information input by the input means by button operation or the like, the game information input from the gaming machine, or the game time of the player, and the transformation state of the character is stored in the player information storage medium at the end of the game. The game hall management system according to (1) for storing.

  In the game hall management system according to the present invention described in (2), the game state of the player counts the number of game media paid out by the game ball lending / counting device or the game media paid out from the gaming machine as a result of the game. Calculated from the number of game media counted by the game ball lending / counting device, the operation information input by the input means by button operation, etc., the game information input from the gaming machine, or the game time of the player, the character Is stored in the player information storage medium at the end of the game. Therefore, the character transformation can be directly linked to the management of the amusement hall.

  (3) a communication means for transmitting character image information transformed into a player associated with the character connected to the Internet line, and a player terminal for receiving and displaying the character image information connected to the Internet line; The game hall management system according to (1) or (2).

  The game hall management system according to the present invention described in (3) is connected to the Internet line and transmits communication means for transmitting character image information transformed into a player associated with the character, and the character image connected to the Internet line. And a player terminal for receiving and displaying information.

  Therefore, the player whose character image information transformation state has been transmitted to the player terminal is worried about the transformation of the attached character image, and frequently visits the gaming hall equipped with the gaming hall management system of the present invention. Become.

  (4) If a temporary player is selected by a temporary player character selection means for selecting a character and the temporary player character selection means, the game continues even when the player changes the gaming machine. The game hall management system according to (1) or (2), further comprising a member card issuing unit that is stored in the player information storage unit and issues a member card when the player finishes the game.

  In the game hall management system according to the present invention described in (4), when the temporary player is selected by the temporary player character selection means for selecting a character and the temporary player character selection means, Even when the player changes the gaming machine, the player information is stored in the player information storage means, and a membership card issuing means for issuing a membership card at the end of the game is further provided.

  Therefore, a temporary customer often plays by changing the game table frequently. If such a customer is selected by the temporary player character selecting means for selecting a character and the temporary player character selecting means, the player information continues even when the player changes the gaming machine. Stored in the storage means. The player issues a membership card by membership card issuing means at the end of the game.

  In this way, a temporary customer is also given the opportunity to select a character, and a membership card is issued if the principal wishes. Therefore, the game hall where the game hall management system of the present invention is introduced is expected to increase the number of customers. it can.

  (5) A game ball lending / counting device used in a game hall management system, wherein character storage means for storing character information, customer information reading means for reading identification information of a player, and the state of the character as a game A game ball lending / counting device comprising: an output means for displaying to a player.

  If the game ball lending / counting device according to the present invention described in (5) is used in a game hall management system, it has character storage means for storing character information and customer information reading means for reading identification information of the player. Therefore, the game hall management system (1) to (4) described above can be rationally realized, and the same effect as described in (1) to (4) can be expected.

  As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a gaming center management system and a gaming ball lending / counting device that are excellent in attracting customers regardless of replacement of gaming machines by appropriately using characters.

It is a figure which shows the game hall management system which is an Example of this invention. It is an Example of the game ball rental and counting device used for the game hall management system of the present invention. It is a block diagram of the board | substrate of the game ball rental and counting apparatus used for the game hall management system of this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows an example of operation | movement of the game hall management system of this invention. It is an example of the player information table of the player information storage means of the game center management system of this invention. It is an example of the transformation table (1) of the transformation means of the game hall management system of the present invention. It is an example of the standard character memorize | stored in the standard character memory | storage means of the game hall management system of this invention. It is an example of the character transformation memorize | stored in the character memory | storage means of the game hall management system of this invention. It is a flowchart figure which shows one example of operation | movement of another Example of the game center management system of this invention. It is an example of the hardware of the server used for this invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This is merely an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a pachinko gaming system in a game hall management system 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the game hall management system 1 sets the number of the pachinko machine P and the game ball lending / counting device 100 adjacent to each other with the rotary switch 640 shown in the example of FIG. 3. , Connected to the server 200 of the game hall management system 1. The server 200 of the game hall management system 1 is connected to a main server 210, a management terminal 220, a management terminal 222, a LAN server 230, a LAN server 232, and the like. Note that the server 200 can be realized by a single machine depending on the business situation of the game hall or the hardware to be used, or a plurality of servers 200 may be connected via a LAN as shown in FIG. The game ball lending / counting device 100 is connected to a server 300 for an authentication association of a general corporate judicial person electronic authentication system conference. The authentication association server is connected to the main server 310, the high-priced server 320, the member card accepting device 330, the deposit return device 340, and the island repeater 350.

  Moreover, in the game hall management system 1, as shown in the upper right part of FIG. 1, the communication means 540 connected to the Internet line and transmits the character transformed into the player associated with the character, and connected to the Internet line. And a player terminal 550 for receiving and displaying characters. The communication means 540 can be realized by a personal computer that can be connected to the Internet. Further, the player terminal 550 can be realized by a so-called third generation mobile phone capable of image processing.

  In the main server 210, character image storage means for storing standard character image information and transformation character image information in association with their identifiers, and player information storage means for storing identifiers of selected characters in association with players. And character transformation means for transforming the selected character stored in the player information storage means in accordance with the gaming state of the player. These can be realized by creating and installing software corresponding to a hardware server described later.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming ball lending / counting device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a ball receiving portion 2 disposed between a lower plate P <b> 1 of the pachinko machine P and the top surface of the top plate Q. And an arm part 4 connected to a ball collecting part R installed on the side of the pachinko machine P, and a ball counting unit (not shown) for counting pachinko balls collected in the ball collecting part R. I have.

  The lower dish P1 is a dish for temporarily storing the hit balls (out balls) discharged from the pachinko machine P. The lower plate P1 is provided with a shutter (not shown) on its bottom surface. By opening the shutter, the pachinko balls stored in the lower plate P1 are arranged below the lower plate P1. It can be dropped on the receiving part 2.

  The game ball lending / counting apparatus 100 includes a board 600 as shown in FIG. The board 600 includes a microprocessor (CPU) 610, a ball counting terminal 620 connected to the sensor 10 and the sensor 12 (not shown), an EEPROM 630 constituting character storage means, and a pachinko machine number. Rotary switch 640 for matching, contact input / branch output terminal 650, touch panel display terminal 660 as output means, terminal 670 connected to the ball display unit 672, and terminal 680 connected to the display substrate 682 , And a terminal 690 connected to a communication line in the game hall, which are connected as shown in FIG.

  Further, the game ball lending / counting device 100 includes a cash insertion slot 10, a magnetic card reader 30 that reads a membership card as a customer information reading means for reading identification information of the player, and a temporary IC coin for the player. A reader / writer 40, a liquid crystal touch panel 20 as display means or output means for displaying character image information to the player, and a character storage means 50 for temporarily storing character image information.

  Next, operation | movement of the game hall management system 1 of this invention is demonstrated with reference to FIG. When the game center management system 1 is turned on and the system is started up, the player waits until the player starts playing the game by inserting a membership card or a temporary player. When the player starts the game, the game start signal is read (S8). It is determined whether or not the player has a membership card (S9). If it is not a membership card, “temporary customer processing” described later with reference to FIG. 9 is performed (S24). When the player inserts the membership card into the magnetic card reader 30 as the customer information reading means and starts the game, the identification information is read (S10). It is determined whether or not a character is selected from the identification information (S20). If not, the standard character image and the associated identifier are read from the standard character storage means (S30), and sequentially displayed together with the identifier on the display 20 as the output means (S40). A plurality of standard characters may be displayed at the same time. If there is character selection, character information is read (S32). Then, the game state information analysis (S70) is performed.

  Various standard characters are prepared as shown in FIG. Then, the player selects his / her favorite character and inputs the identifier using the input means (S50). The input means may be a numeric keypad as shown in FIG. 2 or a touch panel on the display 20. The number of the selected character is stored by the player information storage means (S60). As shown in FIG. 5 as an example, the player information stores a name, a character number that is a selected character identifier, an IP address, and an identifier of a character transformation state.

  Next, the game state information of the player is analyzed (S70). Based on the analyzed game state information, a transformation process is performed by the character transformation means (S80). Then, the transformed character is displayed on the display 20 which is an output means (S90). As shown in an example in FIG. 6, a table of character transformation indices corresponding to the game state of the player is created in advance and stored in the server 220. In addition, you may memorize | store in another server. The transformation means performs transformation processing based on the transformation index. An example of a character that has undergone transformation processing is shown in FIG. As shown in the upper part of FIG. 8, when the transformation index is +3, the selected character is alive, but when the transformation index is -3, the selected character is not active as shown in the lower part of FIG. The player is worried and frequently visits the game hall where the game hall management system of the present invention is installed in order to make it a lively character.

  Further, an image of the character transformed into the player terminal 550 may be transmitted via the Internet line. The player terminal is preferably a mobile phone capable of processing images, but is not limited to this.

  In this way, using a character and its transformation, even if the game machine is frequently replaced according to the fashion, the character selected by the customer can be continued, and the gaming center management system and the gaming ball rental / A counting device can be provided.

  Example 2 is intended for temporary players. Temporary players do not have membership cards, and usually play with cash. When a game was completed with one game machine, the ball was recorded on the IC coin, and the game was inserted with the IC coin with another game machine. This is a game hall management system that provides such a temporary player with an opportunity to select a character to increase the number of players.

  FIG. 9 shows a flowchart of the operation of such a game hall management system 2. Since the temporary player is not registered, the character is not decided. Therefore, the standard character is read from the standard character storage means by the temporary player character selection means (S130), and sequentially displayed together with the number on the display 20 as the output means (S140).

  Various standard characters are prepared as shown in FIG. Then, the player selects his / her favorite character and inputs it using the input means (S150). The input means may be a numeric keypad as shown in FIG. 2 or a touch panel on the display 20. The number of the selected character is stored by the player information storage means (S160). As shown in FIG. 5, the player information includes an ID, a character number that is an identification number of the selected character, an IP address, and a character transformation state.

  Next, the game state information of the player is analyzed (S170). Based on the analyzed game state information, transformation processing is performed by character transformation means (S180). Then, the transformation character is displayed on the display 20 as output means (S190).

  In this way, when the game ends with the temporarily selected character and then ends (S200), when there is an inquiry for member registration and indicates the intention (S210), the information that has been played until then is selected. The character information is stored as temporary member information (S220).

  When the IC coin is submitted to the game hall reception at the end of the game and the necessary information is communicated, a formal membership card is issued.

  In this manner, a temporary game player can also use the game hall management system utilizing the characters.

<Computer hardware>
FIG. 10 shows an example of a hardware configuration of a computer 1000 that can be used as the server 200 in the game hall management system 1 described with reference to FIG. The computer 1000 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1010, a bus line 1005, a communication I / F 1040, a main memory 1050, a BIOS (Basic Input Output System) 1060, a parallel port 1080, a USB port 1090, a graphic controller 1020, an I / O A controller 1070 and a keyboard and mouse adapter 1092 are provided. Storage means such as a hard disk 1074, an optical disk drive 1076, and a semiconductor memory 1078 can be connected to the I / O controller 1070. These storage means can be used as a storage device. A display device 1022 is connected to the graphic controller 1020.

  The BIOS 1060 stores a boot program executed by the CPU 1010 when the computer 1000 is started up, a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1000, and the like. Thereby, the hardware of the server 200 shown in FIG. 1 is realized.

  As the optical disk drive 1076, for example, a CD-ROM drive, a DVD-ROM drive, a DVD-RAM drive, a BD (Blu-ray Disk) -ROM drive, or the like can be used. In that case, it is necessary to use the optical disk 1077 corresponding to each drive. A program or data may be read from the optical disk 1077 by the optical disk drive 1076 and provided to the main memory 1050 or the hard disk 1074 via the I / O controller 1070.

  The computer program according to the present invention provided to the computer 1000 is stored in a recording medium such as the optical disk 1077 or a memory card and provided by the system administrator. The computer program is read from the recording medium via the I / O controller 1070 or downloaded via the communication I / F 1040 to be installed and executed in the computer 1000.

  As described above, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiment. For example, the game has been mainly described in the pachinko game system, but it may be a pachislot game system. Various changes or improvements can be made. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

10 cash insertion slot 20 display means, output means (display)
30 Customer information reading means (magnetic card reader / writer)
40 Customer information reading means (IC coin reader / writer)
50 Character storage means 100 Game ball lending / counting device 200 Server 540 Communication means 550 Player terminal 600 Built-in board of game ball lending / counting device P Pachinko machine Q Top plate R Ball collecting section

Claims (5)

Character image storage means for storing in advance standard character image information, transformation character image information and its identifier;
Customer information reading means for reading identification information of the player,
When the player information is read by the customer information reading means, display means for reading and displaying the standard character image information stored in the character image storage means and its character identifier;
A selection means in which one character is selected by the player from the displayed standard characters and an identifier thereof is input;
A player information storage means for storing the identifier of the character selected by the selection means in association with the player;
Character transformation means for transforming the selected character stored in the player information storage means according to the gaming state of the player stored in the player information storage means;
Output means for reading out the transformed character image transformed by the character transforming means from the character image storage means and displaying it to the player;
A playground management system with   The game state of the player is the number of game media paid out by the game ball lending / counting device, the number of game media counted by the game ball lending / counting device for counting the game media paid out from the gaming machine as a result of the game, or Claims that are calculated from operation information input by means of button operation or the like, game information input from a gaming machine, or a player's game time, and the character transformation state is stored in the player information storage medium at the end of the game Item 4. The game hall management system according to Item 1. A communication means connected to the internet line and transmitting the transformed character image information to the player associated with the character;
A player terminal connected to the internet line for receiving and displaying the character image information;
The game hall management system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: A temporary player character selecting means for a temporary player to select a character,
When selected by the temporary player character selection means, it is continuously stored in the player information storage means even when the player changes the gaming machine, and the player issues a membership card at the end of the game. The game hall management system according to claim 1, further comprising a membership card issuing unit. A game ball lending / counting device used in a game hall management system,
Character storage means for storing character information;
Customer information reading means for reading identification information of the player,
A game ball lending / counting device comprising: output means for displaying to the player the state transformed by the character transformation means.

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