JP2012236108A - Prize exchange system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a prize exchange system improved in convenience relating to saved game medium service for a player.SOLUTION: A prize management device 70 stores interest rates used for the prize management device 70, inquires of a member management T/C 10 about a saved ball balance at every interest rate. The saved ball balance is controlled to be displayed distinctively between a usable interest rate stored and an unusable interest rate not corresponding to the usable interest rate, among the interest rates in which the saved ball balance is inquired. Accordingly, the saved ball balance of the usable interest rate is displayed so that the player is allowed to readily and distinctively recognize it.

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize exchange system that is connected to a management device that manages a plurality of storage medium balances having different lending rates for the same game medium, and handles a storage medium update service.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in game stores that provide pachinko games and pachislot games, premium exchange services are provided for exchanging game media acquired by a player with prizes desired by the player. As a means for providing such a prize exchange service, a prize management apparatus that manages the exchange of game media and prizes through a counting receipt or a membership card is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  By the way, recently, for example, in the pachinko corner, a general-purpose lending rate due to the need to provide games that players can enjoy for a relatively long time at low rates, the provision of trial games and popularity analysis on the game machines, etc. A mechanism is being established in which a low-rate corner with a lending rate (1 yen / ball) lower than (4 yen / ball) coexists with a general-purpose lending rate (high rate) corner.

  These low-rate corners are only corners that offer trial games and are intended to guide players to the high-rate corners. For pachinko balls acquired at the high-rate corners, Accepting exchange for special prizes that can be purchased on the spot, but for pachinko balls acquired at low-rate corners, there is a strong operational need to prohibit exchange for special prizes from the viewpoint of suppressing gambling Yes.

  For this reason, at the amusement store, a premium counter dedicated to a high rate and a premium counter dedicated to a low rate are provided separately. In the premium counter dedicated to a high rate, it is assumed that the prize to be mainly paid out is a special prize. The prize dispenser to be dispensed is connected to the prize management device, while the general prizes are reduced, and the prize counter dedicated to low rates is not exchanged for special prizes. While not connected to the device, there is a high probability that operations will be performed to enhance the assortment of general prizes.

  Here, when exchanging prizes using accumulated balls at either the high rate dedicated or low rate dedicated prize counter, it is necessary to present the accumulated ball balance to the player. If only the balance is presented, it is not possible to clearly indicate that the balance remains at other lending rates, resulting in confusion for the player, so it is common to present the savings balance for all lending rates

JP 2002-331146 A

  However, when any of the plurality of lending rates is used on a handling terminal such as a prize management device, in addition to the available lending rate of the reserving game media balance, up to an unusable reserving game media balance If it is displayed, there is a risk of misunderstanding that a storage medium having a loan rate that cannot be used by a game store clerk or a player can be used. For this reason, there is a problem that the storage media cannot be used until the use of the storage media with the available loan rate is selected, and the convenience related to the storage media service of the player is impaired. It was.

  From this, when one of the plurality of lending rates is used on the handling terminal, the player can determine how much of the lending rate can be used on the handling terminal. The presentation is an extremely important issue.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems (problems) caused by the prior art, and provides a prize exchange system capable of improving the convenience of a player's stored game media service. For the purpose.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides a management device that manages a plurality of stored game media balances having different lending rates for the same game media, and a prize exchange processing device that performs a prize exchange process. A prize exchange system including: identification information reading means for reading identification information capable of specifying a member; and identification information read by the identification information reading means is transmitted to the management apparatus to correspond to the identification information Out of the storage device balance for each loan rate acquired by the acquisition unit, an acquisition unit for acquiring the storage medium balance for each loan rate from the management device, and an available loan rate and a storage corresponding to the loan rate. A display mode relating to the game medium balance and a display mode relating to an unusable lending rate and a stored game media balance corresponding to the lending rate are distinguished and displayed on a predetermined display unit. Characterized by comprising a display control means for controlling the so that.

  According to the present invention, the identification information reading means for reading the identification information that can identify the member, and the identification information read by the identification information reading means are transmitted to the management device for each lending rate corresponding to the identification information. Acquisition means for acquiring the stored game medium balance from the management device, and among the stored game medium balances for each loan rate acquired by the acquisition means, an available loan rate and a stored game medium balance corresponding to the loan rate The display mode according to the above and the display mode related to the unusable loan rate and the storage medium balance corresponding to the loan rate are distinguished and displayed to be displayed on a predetermined display unit. It is possible to present the storage medium balance of the lending rate so that the player can easily discriminate, and it is possible to improve the convenience of the player regarding the storage medium service.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the store system of the amusement store which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the floor structure of the game store which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the characteristic of the prize management apparatus which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is a functional block diagram which shows the structure of the prize management apparatus shown in FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of a storage ball balance confirmation screen. It is a figure which shows an example of a savings account withdrawal account input screen. It is a figure which shows the structural example (1) of exchange setting data. It is a figure which shows the structural example (2) of exchange setting data. It is a figure (1) which shows the example of composition of the information memorized by exchange ball number management table. It is a figure (2) which shows the example of composition of the information memorized by exchange ball number management table. It is a flowchart which shows the prize exchange process using the storage ball which concerns on Example 1. FIG. It is explanatory drawing (1) for demonstrating the application example which concerns on this invention. It is explanatory drawing (2) for demonstrating the application example which concerns on this invention.

  Exemplary embodiments of a prize exchange 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 system configuration of the in-store system of the amusement store according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of an in-store system according to the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, a case where a 4-yen corner for lending a pachinko ball for 4 yen per ball and a 1-yen corner for lending a pachinko ball for 1 yen per ball will be described in the amusement store.

  As shown in the figure, the in-store system includes a member management terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as “member management T / C”) 10 for managing member information of a player registered in advance at the game store, Island controller 20, card processing units (hereinafter referred to as “CR units”) 30a and 30b, pachinko machines 40a and 40b, counters 50a and 50b, membership card processing machines 60a and 60b, and a prize management device 70a 70b and a gift dispenser 80 are provided. The prize management devices 70a and 70b correspond to the “game storage medium handling device” in the claims.

  The member management T / C 10 is connected to an island controller 20, a member card processor 60, and prize management devices 70a and 70b. The island controller 20 includes a plurality of pachinko machines 40a and 40a installed on each island. 40b is connected with CR units 30a and 30b, respectively, and the membership card processing machines 60a and 60b are connected to counters 50a and 50b for counting the number of pachinko balls, respectively. The apparatus 70a is connected with a prize dispenser 80 that dispenses special prizes.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, the game store according to the first embodiment has a hierarchical structure of 1F and 2F. From the 2F of the game store, the CR unit 30a and the pachinko machine 40a shown in FIG. 4 yen corner is provided, and the 1F of the game shop is provided with a 1 yen corner comprising the CR unit 30b and the pachinko machine 40b shown in FIG.

  This 4 yen corner is an island that lends balls to players at a lending rate of 4 yen / ball, and the 1 yen corner is an island that lends balls to players at a lending rate of 1 yen / ball. It is. The reason for the 1 yen / ball 1 yen corner, which is lower than the general lending rate of 4 yen / ball, is mainly to enable trial hits by players, and information regarding the evaluation and attachment of players to gaming machines. To get. In the first embodiment, the lending rate of 4 yen / ball is referred to as “ball 1”, and the lending rate of 1 yen / ball is referred to as “ball 2”.

  Furthermore, in this in-store system, a prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4-yen corner and a prize management device 70b dedicated to the 1-yen corner are provided in both corners. The reason for providing these separately is that the 4 yen corner winning ball is exchanged only with the prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4 yen corner, and the 1 yen corner winning ball is only used with the 1 yen corner dedicated prize management device 70b. This is because the operation is realized if the prizes are not exchanged, and the prizes to be exchanged at each corner differ depending on the operation.

  The background to the adoption of this operation is a prize management device dedicated to the 4-yen corner for the purpose of informing the fun of pachinko games through trial games at the 1-yen corner and, in turn, guiding players to the 4-yen corner. Although the exchange to the special prize is permitted at 70a, there is an operation need for prohibiting the exchange to the special prize in the prize management device 70b dedicated to the 1-yen corner.

  The CR unit 30a is a unit that lends 4 yen / ball with cash or a prepaid card and replays a stored ball using a membership card. For example, when a 1000 yen bill is inserted into the CR unit 30a, the CR unit 30a An instruction to throw out 250 balls is given from the unit 30a to the pachinko machine 40a. On the other hand, the CR unit 30b is a unit that lends 1 yen / ball with cash and replays a stored ball using a membership card. For example, when a 1000 yen bill is inserted into the CR unit 30b, the CR unit 30b is worth 500 yen. (= 500 balls) is paid out to the pachinko machine 40b and the remaining amount (500 yen) is stored, and when the next lending instruction is received, the remaining amount is thrown out to the pachinko machine 40b.

  The pachinko machines 40a and 40b are gaming machines that provide a pachinko game using pachinko balls to a player, and there is no difference between the 4-yen corner and the 1-yen corner. However, the pachinko machine 40b provided in the 1-yen corner is not a gaming machine responsible for sales of amusement stores, but is often provided with a new machine that will be newly introduced into the gaming stores. This is to provide a game where a player can try out a new machine without investing a large amount of money and can enjoy a relatively long time at a low charge.

  The player can replay the stored balls using these CR units 30a and 30b, and the player enters the password from the numeric keypad with the member card inserted into the card insertion slot of the CR unit 30a or 30b. When the predetermined replay button is pressed, the member card ID, the password, the 4 yen corner or 1 yen corner type (hereinafter referred to as “corner type information”) and the unit identification information for uniquely identifying the CR unit are displayed. A replay request signal including this is transmitted to the member management T / C 10, and the stored ball can be withdrawn within the range of the stored ball balance. Here, it is assumed that the number of balls withdrawn from the savings account by one replay operation is fixed.

  The counters 50a and 50b are counters that count the pachinko balls acquired by the player, and output the count results to the member card processing machine 60a or 60b. Specifically, the pachinko balls acquired by the 4-yen corner pachinko machine 40a are input to the counting machine 50a, and the pachinko balls acquired by the 1-yen corner pachinko machine 40b are input to the counting machine 50b. Therefore, the counting machines 50a and 50b count the inserted pachinko balls and output them to the membership card processing machine 60a or 60b. In the first embodiment, the counters 50a and 50b have only a pachinko ball counting function, and a printing function for issuing a counting receipt on which a bar code is printed as a counting result, and a member management T / C10. Membership card processing machines 60a and 60b, which will be described later, have a counting and storing ball function for adding a part or all of the counting result to the stored and stored balance.

  The member card processing machines 60a and 60b are member terminal devices used for storing balls by registered members, and include a card reader that reads a member ID recorded on the member card. For example, in the member card processing machine 60a connected to the counter 50a, information indicating that the member card processing machine 60a belongs to the 4-yen corner is held as corner type information (or specification of the corner type by an attendant). When the counting result is input from the counter 50a and the member card received from the player by the game store clerk is inserted into the card slot, the member ID and the pachinko ball storage as the counting result are stored. A storage ball request signal including the number and corner type information is transmitted to the member management T / C 10. Further, the member card processor 60b is different in that information indicating that it belongs to the one-yen corner is transmitted as the corner type information transmitted to the member management T / C 10.

  In addition, the membership card processing machines 60a and 60b can issue a counting receipt in which the number of pachinko balls counted by the counting machines 50a and 50b is barcode-printed, and the clerk specifies lending rate information when counting pachinko balls. When the receipt issue button is pressed, a count receipt in which the number of pachinko balls, the loan rate information, the issue date and time, and the counter number are printed in a barcode is issued.

  In the first embodiment, the counter dedicated to the four-yen corner and the counter dedicated to the one-yen corner are separately provided. However, the player at the four-yen corner using one counter 50 is used. It is possible to count both pachinko balls acquired by the player and pachinko balls acquired by the player at the 1 yen corner.

  The member management T / C 10 is a management device that performs overall management of members registered in the amusement store using a member management table. This member management table stores member IDs, balances of 4-yen corners and 1-yen corners, and attribute information in association with each other. Then, if a savings ball addition request is received from the member card processing machine 60 or the prize management device 70, the savings balance in the savings account corresponding to the member ID and corner type information included in the savings ball addition request is added, and the CR unit If a savings ball subtraction request is received from 30a and 30b or the prize management device 70, the savings balance in the savings account corresponding to the member ID and corner type information included in this savings ball subtraction request is subtracted.

  The prize management devices 70a and 70b are prize exchange terminal devices arranged in a prize exchange counter in the amusement store, and include a card reader 81 and a barcode reader 82, which will be described later with reference to FIG. In the following description, when there is no difference between the 4-yen corner and the 1-yen corner in both of the prize management apparatuses 70a and 70b, they are collectively referred to as the prize management apparatus 70.

  This prize management device 70 manages the exchange of acquired balls and prizes using an exchanged ball number management table 76b described later. This exchanged ball number management table 76b stores the number of exchanged balls in association with each prize, but the 1 yen corner dedicated prize management apparatus 70b is a quarter of the 4 yen corner dedicated prize management apparatus 70a. In order to handle pachinko balls at a unit price of 4 balls, the number of exchange balls is set to 4 times in the same prize. When the clerk in the prize exchange counter receives a count receipt with the number of balls and corner type information bar code printed by the membership card processor 60 from the player, the number of balls and corner type information obtained from the count receipt are obtained. If the corner is read by the barcode reader 82 and the corner indicated by the corner type information coincides with the corner and the exchange of the prize is permitted, the exchange button corresponding to the prize designated by the player is pressed, and the count receipt for the prize is displayed. The exchange processing for subtracting the number of exchanged balls corresponding to the corner type read from the number from the acquired number of balls is executed, and then handed over to the player manually by the staff.

  Furthermore, the prize management device 70 can not only read the number of pachinko balls and corner type information from the barcode printed on the count receipt and use it for prize exchange, but also can store balls using the count receipt. Specifically, when the count receipt is read by the bar code reader 82 provided in the prize management device 70, a member card is inserted into the card reader 81 and the storage button is pressed, the member ID, the number of pachinko balls, the corner type A storage request signal including information is transmitted to the member management T / C 10.

  In addition, the prize management device 70 can also exchange prizes by using the stored money balance managed by the member management table of the member management T / C 10. Specifically, when the member ID is read from the member card through the card reader 81, the member management T / C 10 is inquired about the balance of the stored balls in both corners using the member ID, and the stored balances of the inquired corners are displayed. At the same time, the lending rate of the savings account to be withdrawn is selected, and when the lending rate of the selected savings account coincides with this corner, the prize exchange is permitted and the above-described prize exchange is performed.

  In the prize management device 70b dedicated to the 1-yen corner, in accordance with the above-described operation, the exchange setting data 76a is set to prohibit the exchange to the special prize, and the special prize exchange button is pressed. Even if you win, you will not be exchanged for the special prize.

  On the other hand, in the prize management device 70a dedicated to the four-yen corner, the exchange setting data 76a is set to permit the exchange to the special prize, and, like the existing prize management apparatus, the special prize is dispensed through the prize dispenser 80. It can be performed. Specifically, when the player wishes to exchange for a special prize, a staff member of the amusement store presses a special prize exchange button provided in the prize management device 70a, and refers to the exchanged ball number management table 76b. Then, the prize dispenser 80 is instructed to pay out special prizes corresponding to the number of acquired balls.

  Here, the prize management device 70 according to the first embodiment is connected to a member management T / C 10 that manages a plurality of stored ball balances having different lending rates for the same game medium, and uses a stored ball update service (for example, a stored ball). It is an outline to handle free gift exchange services and savings services using counting receipts), and memorizes lending rates (hereinafter referred to as “usable rates”) that can be used in the prize management device 70, for each lending rate. The member management T / C10 is inquired about the balance of the stored amount, and among the loan rates inquired to the member management T / C10, the stored amount balance between the stored usable rate and the unusable rate that does not correspond to the usable rate This is characterized in that the display mode is controlled to be distinguished and displayed.

  In other words, in the prize management device 70, when any of the plurality of loan rates is used in the prize management device 70, the stored money balance is displayed as a confirmation display to the staff of the game shop or the player, The loan balance of the loan rate is not displayed in the same line. In other words, by displaying the stored balance of the usable rate and the stored balance of the unusable rate separately, the stored balance of the usable rate can be presented so that the player can easily discriminate.

  Specifically, referring to the example shown in FIG. 3, a player who holds 1,500 savings balance in the ball 1 savings account and 900 savings balance in the ball 2 savings account is a gift for the 4-yen corner. When exchanging premiums using stored balls in the management device 70a, as described above, since the stored balance can only be used from the stored account of the ball 1, in order to facilitate the determination of the usable rate and the unusable rate, The stored balance “1500” for the ball 1 that is the usable rate is normally displayed, while the background and the character color are displayed in reverse for the stored account “900” for the ball 2 that is the unusable rate. .

  Therefore, according to the prize management device 70 according to the first embodiment, when any one of the plurality of loan rates is used by the prize management device 70, the player can easily determine the balance of the available rate. It can be presented so that it can be discriminated, and it is possible to improve the convenience of the player's saving service.

  Next, the configuration of the prize management device 70 shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the prize management device 70 shown in FIG. In the first embodiment, since the hardware configurations of the prize management devices 70a and 70b are substantially the same, portions having the same functions and configurations will be described together, and portions having differences will be described separately. And

  As shown in the figure, the prize management device 70 includes an employee touch panel 71, an employee operation key 72, a player touch panel 73, a communication I / F unit 74, a receipt issuing unit 75, A storage unit 76 and a control unit 77 are included. In addition to the card reader 81 that reads recorded information from various cards such as a membership card and the barcode reader 82 that reads barcode information from a count receipt, the prize management device 70a includes a prize dispenser 80 that dispenses special prizes. However, the prize management device 70b is not connected to the prize dispenser 80 because special prizes are prohibited from being dispensed.

  The employee touch panel 71 is a displayable and inputable employee device that can accept an operation input on a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display. For example, a premium exchange using a stored ball is performed by a member. Or when a savings ball is made using a counting receipt, the savings balance for each lending rate held by the member is displayed (see FIG. 5), or a selection is made to select a lending rate for the savings account to be withdrawn. A button is displayed to accept selection input of which loan account to use for the loan rate (see FIG. 6).

  The example shown in FIG. 5 shows a display screen in the case where the balance is displayed by the prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4-yen corner. In the prize management device 70a, only the savings account of the ball 1 is a usable rate. Therefore, the ball balance “1500” of the ball 1 is normally displayed, and the ball balance “900” of the ball 2 is highlighted. In addition, the example shown in FIG. 6 shows a display screen in the case of accepting the selection input of the withdrawal account with the prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4-yen corner, and withdrawing from the savings account of the ball 2 at the 4-yen corner. Since this is contrary to the purpose of operation, only the ball 1 is displayed as a loan rate button, and the ball 2 is prevented from being selected as a savings withdrawal account.

  The employee operation key 72 is a general term for an exchange button, a numeric keypad, etc. for various prizes such as general prizes and special prizes operated by the employee. In the first embodiment, the employee designates the exchange prize for the prize management device 70. However, it is not always necessary for the employee to designate, and the player may designate it.

  The player touch panel 73 is a displayable and inputable player device that can accept an operation input on a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display. For example, similar to the employee touch panel 71, FIG. And a savings account withdrawal screen shown in FIG. 6 are displayed. In the example shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the contents of the screen displayed on the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73 are the same, but the contents are not necessarily the same.

  The communication I / F unit 74 performs various types of communication between the prize management device 70 and other devices (for example, other devices such as the member management T / C 10, the member card processing device 60, or the gift dispenser 80). It is an interface for.

  The receipt issuing unit 75 is a processing unit that prints various types of information on a paper medium. For example, the contents exchanged by the prize management device 70 (for example, the balance before and after withdrawal, the number of withdrawals, the exchanged amount) (Items such as the number of balls) are printed and issued as a replacement receipt. Also, after the amusement store is closed, information related to the management of prizes (ex. Or issue.

  The storage unit 76 is a storage device such as a non-volatile memory that stores data and programs necessary for various processes performed by the control unit 77. In addition to information such as a format to be printed on an exchange receipt and the contents of the print, the storage unit As related items, the exchange setting data 76a distributed from the member management T / C 10 and the exchanged ball number management table 76b for managing the number of exchanged balls required for exchanging with prizes are stored.

  The exchange setting data 76a is information in which various settings relating to exchange are determined, and includes loan rate information to be exchanged by the prize management device 70, information indicating whether special prizes can be exchanged, and the like. The exchange setting data 76a is distributed from the member management T / C 10 when the prize management device 70 is turned on.

  The exchange setting data shown in FIG. 7 is information stored as the exchange setting of the prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4-yen corner, and it is possible to exchange that the rental rate to be exchanged is the ball 1 and special prizes. It shows that there is. The exchange setting data shown in FIG. 8 is information stored as the exchange setting of the prize management device 70b dedicated to the 1-yen corner. The exchange rate is the ball 2 and the exchange to the special prize is performed. Indicates that it is impossible.

  The exchanged ball number management table 76b is a table that stores the number of exchanged balls for each premium name, that is, for each prize name. Here, in the prize management devices 70a and 70b, since the unit price of the handled balls is different, the number of exchanged balls in the exchanged number management table stored in both is also different. That is, since the prize management device 70b dedicated to the 1-yen corner handles pachinko balls at a quarter of the unit price of the prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4-yen corner, the number of exchanged balls is set to four times the same prize. .

  The example shown in FIG. 9 shows the exchanged number management table stored in the prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4-yen corner. The confectionery A is exchanged for 25 balls, the juice B is exchanged for 30 balls, and the tobacco C Is exchanged with 75 balls. Moreover, in the example shown in FIG. 10, the exchanged ball number management table memorize | stored in the prize management apparatus 70b only for 1 yen corner is shown, confectionery A is exchanged by 100 balls, juice B is exchanged by 120 balls, It is stipulated that the tobacco C is exchanged for 300 balls.

  The control unit 77 is a control unit that controls the overall prize management device 70, and includes a prize exchange processing unit 77a, a storage ball processing unit 77b, and a display control unit 77c. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or a non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded on the CPU and executed to give a prize exchange processing unit 77a, a ball processing unit 77b, and a display. The control unit 77c is caused to execute a corresponding process.

  The prize exchange processing unit 77a is a processing unit that manages the exchange of acquired balls and prizes using the exchanged ball number management table 76b. Specifically, when a prize exchange using a membership card is performed, the savings processing unit 77b so as to inquire the membership management T / C 10 about the savings balance of the membership ID read from the membership card via the card reader 81. After acquiring the savings balance for each lending rate of the member ID requested by the savings processing unit 77b, the savings balance for each lending rate is displayed on the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73. At the same time, the display control unit 77c is requested to display a selection button for selecting the loan rate of the savings account to be withdrawn, and then the selection button is pressed through the employee touch panel 71 or the player touch panel 73, Furthermore, when the exchange button for specifying exchange of prizes is pressed through the employee operation key 72, the number of exchanged balls is managed. Refers to the table 76b and requests the savings processing unit 77b to subtract the number of exchanged balls matching the prize from the savings balance, and accepts the exchange of prizes with the savings when the savings balance is exhausted or the end button is pressed. Repeat until. In addition, since there is no feature in the prize exchange using the count receipt, the description regarding the prize exchange using the count receipt is omitted.

  The stored ball processing unit 77b is a processing unit that performs an update process of the stored ball balance managed in the member management table. Specifically, when an inquiry request including a member ID is received from the gift exchange processing unit 77a, the member management T / C 10 is inquired about the balance of the member ID, or the member ID and the rental from the gift exchange processing unit 77a. When a request for subtracting the rate and the number of exchanged balls is received, the member management T / C 10 is requested to subtract the number of exchanged balls from the storage account of the corresponding lending rate of the member ID in the member management table.

  The display control unit 77 c is a processing unit that performs display control of the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73. Specifically, when a stored balance display request is received from the gift exchange processing unit 77a, the usable rate and other unusable rates are referred to by referring to the usable rate stored as the exchange setting data 76a. The display mode of the stored balance is distinguished and displayed.

  For example, a player who holds 1,500 savings balances in the ball 1 savings account and 900 savings balances in the ball 2 savings account exchanges prizes using the savings with the prize management device 70a dedicated to the 4-yen corner. In this case (see FIG. 3), as described above, since the stored balance can only be used from the storage account of the ball 1, the ball 1 that is the usable rate is used to facilitate the determination of the usable rate and the unusable rate. For the savings balance of “1500”, the savings balance confirmation screen (see FIG. 5) with the background and text color reversed for the savings account “900” of the ball 2 for the unusable rate is used for employees. It is displayed on the touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73.

  In addition, when the display control unit 77c receives a request to display a savings account withdrawal screen from the prize exchange processing unit 77a, only the loan rate corresponding to the usable rate stored in the exchange setting data 76a is selected. The savings withdrawal account input screen is displayed as (settlement account for withdrawal). For example, when the exchange setting data shown in FIG. 7 is stored as the exchange setting of the prize management apparatus 70a dedicated to the 4-yen corner, the lending rate “ball 1” is only the ball 1 to be exchanged. ”Is selected as a selection target (a withdrawal target savings account), and a savings withdrawal account input screen (see FIG. 6) is formed and displayed on the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73.

  As described above, as an object to be updated, the control is performed so as to prohibit the lending rate corresponding to the usable rate stored as the exchange setting data 76a from being accepted by the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73. Thus, the unusable rate is not selected as an object to be updated, and it is possible to prevent the player from performing unnecessary operations.

  Next, the prize exchange process using the storage ball according to the first embodiment will be described in detail. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a prize exchange process using the storage ball according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, when the member card is read by the card reader 81 and the member ID read from the member card by the card reader 81 is accepted (Yes in step S101), the storage processing unit 77b The management T / C 10 is inquired about the balance (both available rate and unavailable rate) of the member ID (step S102).

  Subsequently, the display control unit 77c reads the usable rate stored as the exchange setting data 76a (step S103), and normally displays the storage amount balance of the usable rate among the storage unit balances inquired by the storage unit processing unit 77b. The remaining balance of the unusable rate is displayed in reverse on the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73 (step S104).

  Thereafter, the display control unit 77c displays a selection button for selecting the loan rate of the savings account to be withdrawn on the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73, and accepts a loan rate selection operation (step S105). . In the first embodiment, a savings withdrawal account input screen (see FIG. 6) with only a lending rate corresponding to an available rate as a selection target (a withdrawal target savings account) is displayed. The selected case (No at Step S106) can be prevented in advance.

  Here, when the lending rate for which the selection input has been received through the employee touch panel 71 or the player touch panel 73 is an available rate (Yes in step S106), if there is a stored balance in the storage account of the lending rate (step S106) (Yes in S107), the gift exchange processing unit 77a performs a gift exchange process using the stored balls in conjunction with the stored ball processing unit 77b (step S108). Specifically, when the exchange button for designating exchange of prizes is pressed through the employee operation key 72, the prize exchange processing unit 77a refers to the exchange number management table 76b and exchange balls that match the prize. The storage processing unit 77b is requested to subtract the number from the stored balance, and the storage processing unit 77b that receives this request subtracts the number of exchanged balls from the storage account of the corresponding lending rate of the member ID in the member management table. To the member management T / C10.

  Thereafter, until the exchange end button displayed on the employee touch panel 71 or the player touch panel 73 is pressed, or until there is no more available balance (No at Step S107 or No at Step S109), the prize exchange processing unit In step S108, the prize exchange process 77a using the stored balls is repeated.

  Subsequently, when the exchange end button is pressed, or when there is no remaining available balance (No at Step S107 or Yes at Step S109), the prize exchange processing unit 77a only has an exchanged prize ( (Yes in step S110), the receipt issuing unit 75 is requested to issue a prize receipt on which items such as the balance of the balls before and after the withdrawal, the number of withdrawals and the number of exchanged balls are printed (step S111), and the processing ends. To do.

  As described above, according to the prize management device 70 according to the first embodiment, the available rate is stored, the stored balance for each loan rate is inquired to the member management T / C 10, and the loan for which the stored balance is inquired. Of the rates, it is configured to control the display of the stored balance separately between the stored usable rate and the unusable rate that does not correspond to the usable rate. Can be presented so that the player can easily discriminate, and the convenience related to the player's stored ball service can be improved.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the embodiments described above. Therefore, another embodiment included in the present invention will be described below.

(1) Discrimination of display mode For example, in the first embodiment described above, the display mode of the storage balance of the usable rate and the storage balance of the unusable rate is distinguished between the normal display and the reverse display. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other distinctive display such as making the display colors of the two different may be performed. Further, a message such as “This remaining number of remaining balls cannot be used in this corner” may be displayed next to the number of remaining stored balls of the unusable rate displayed in reverse video.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the stored balance of the usable rate and the unusable rate is displayed while being distinguished, but the stored balance of the unusable rate is not displayed so as to be distinguished. It may be. That is, it is possible to completely prevent a situation in which it is misunderstood that a storage account with an unusable rate can be used.

  In the first embodiment described above, the case where the four-corner corner and the one-circle corner coexist has been described, but three or more corners may coexist. In this case, there may be a plurality of usable rates in one premium management device, but in that case, the stored balance is converted into one of the plurality of usable rates, You may make it display the sum of the stored balance for every usable rate converted.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 12, a 2 yen corner of the amusement store is provided with a 4-yen corner, and a prize management device 70a with a ball 1 “4 yen / ball” usable rate is arranged in the 4-yen corner, FIG. 13 shows a case in which a 1-yen corner and 2-yen corner are provided on the first floor, and a prize management device 70c is arranged in which the ball 2 “1 yen / ball” and the ball 3 “2 yen / ball” can be used. As shown in the figure, a player who owns 1,500 yen in the savings account for ball 1, 900 savings in the savings account for ball 2, and 600 savings in the savings account for ball 3 When exchanging prizes using accumulated balls with the dedicated prize management device 70c, the accumulated ball balance can be used from the two accumulated account of the balls 2 and 3, so that the accumulated balance of the usable rate can be discriminated in total. So that the balance of the ball 3 is “600” ”Is multiplied by the ratio“ 2 ”of the ball unit price of the ball 2 to the ball unit price of the ball 2 and converted to the temporary storage ball balance“ 1200 ”when the ball 2 is obtained, and the converted temporary storage ball balance“ 1200 ” While the accumulated balance “900” of the ball 1 is normally displayed as the usable balance “2100”, the accumulated account “900” of the ball 1 which is the unusable rate is highlighted.

  In this way, the stored ball balance is converted into one of a plurality of available rates, and the stored balance for each of the converted usable rates is combined and displayed. It is possible to grasp the total amount of stored money, and it is possible to provide a stored ball renewal service smoothly.

(2) Discrimination of usable rate In the above-described first embodiment, the usable rate is stored as the exchange setting data 76a. However, the usable rate and the unusable rate are in an integrated relationship. If at least one of the possible rate and the unusable rate is stored, the same distinction display as in the first embodiment can be performed.

(3) Others In the above-described first embodiment, an example in which the 4 circle corner and the 1 circle corner have a hierarchical structure has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the 4 circle corner and the 1 circle corner. May coexist on the same floor.

  Further, in the above-described first embodiment, the example in which the distinction display between the usable rate and the unusable rate is performed by the prize management device 70 has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the storage ball handling device, that is, each The present invention can be similarly applied to a CR unit or a re-playing machine disposed in a corner, or a vending machine slave unit dedicated to a specific rental rate.

  In the first embodiment described above, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko game has been described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to a case where a pachislot game is further included or only a pachislot game is targeted. be able to. In addition, although the example which applies this invention to a pachinko store and a pachislot store was demonstrated here, this invention is not limited to this, It can apply similarly to game facilities, such as a game center.

  In addition, among the processes described in this embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-described document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured. Further, all or any part of each processing function performed in each device may be realized by a CPU and a program analyzed and executed by the CPU, or may be realized as hardware by wired logic.

  As described above, the prize exchange system according to the present invention is suitable for a case where any one of a plurality of rental rates is used in a handling terminal.

10 Member management T / C
20 Island Controller 30a, 30b CR Unit 40a, 40b Pachinko Machine 50a, 50b Counter 60a, 60b Member Card Processor 70a, 70b Premium Management Device 71 Employee Touch Panel 72 Employee Operation Key 73 Player Touch Panel 74 Communication I / F unit 75 Receipt issuing unit 76 Storage unit 76a Exchange setting data 76b Exchanged ball number management table 77 Control unit 77a Free gift exchange processing unit 77b Storage ball processing unit 77c Display control unit 80 Free gift dispenser 81 Card reader 82 Bar code reader

Claims (1)

A prize exchange system including a management apparatus that manages a plurality of storage medium balances having different loan rates for the same game medium, and a prize exchange processing apparatus that performs a prize exchange process,
Identification information reading means for reading identification information that can identify a member;
Transmitting the identification information read by the identification information reading means to the management device, and acquiring the game medium balance for each lending rate corresponding to the identification information from the management device;
Of the storage medium balances for each loan rate acquired by the acquisition means, the available loan rate and the display mode relating to the storage medium balance corresponding to the loan rate, the unusable loan rate and the loan rate A prize exchange system, comprising: display control means for controlling the display mode related to the corresponding stored game medium balance to be displayed on a predetermined display unit.

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