JP2013192616A - System for game hall - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for a game hall which is capable of improving convenience of a player while considering the player who has inhibitions on imaging of one's own face willfully.SOLUTION: Authentication of a card for identifying a player based on a membership card that the player owns and authentication of a face for identifying a player based on face image information of the player can both be executed, thus arbitrarily validating and invalidating face authentication by operation to a prohibition button 25. Thus, a player who has inhibitions on willful acquisition of one's own face can play a game at ease by arbitrarily prohibiting the face authentication. In the meantime, a player without such inhibitions positively utilizes face authentication, so that the player is released from trouble for using a membership card 30 each time and can play a game comfortably.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall system for identifying a player by a recording medium possessed by the player or a photographed player's face.

  Conventionally, as described in Patent Document 1, for example, game data of each player is collected in association with a membership card distributed to each player. Patent Document 1 also describes that a face image of a player is taken with a camera installed for each gaming machine, and the player is specified based on the face image.

JP 2003-256603 A

If the player can be identified by the face image, it is very convenient because the player can save the trouble of using the membership card.
However, there is a problem that the identification by the face image is uneasy about the accuracy, and it cannot be surely identified like a membership card.
The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game system that can improve the convenience of the player side and can reliably identify the player. is there.

The present invention relates to a game system in a game hall where a plurality of gaming machines are installed,
By providing player information reading means provided for each gaming machine and for reading player identification information from a recording medium possessed by the player, and for each gaming machine, by imaging the face of the player Face image acquisition means for acquiring a face image, player information storage means for storing player identification information of each player registered in advance, and face image information of each player imaged in advance as the player identification information The face image information storage means stored in association with the player information and the player specifying information read by the player information reading means are compared with the player information stored in the player information storage means to specify the player. First identification means, and second identification means for identifying a player by comparing face image information based on the face image acquired by the face image acquisition means with face image information stored in the face image information storage means; , The first specific hand And a game service execution means for executing a plurality of types of game service processing defined in advance for a player specified by at least one of the second specifying means, and the player plays a game with a gaming machine. A game start detecting means for detecting that the game has started, and the second specifying means in a state in which the game start detecting means detects the start of a game and the player information reading means has not read the player specifying information. If the identification result displayed by the second identification result display means and the second identification result display means are incorrect, the player identification information is sent to the player information reading means. Message display means for displaying a message prompting the player to read the content (claim 1).

The game system according to claim 1,
As the plurality of types of game services, a game information display service for displaying game data indicating the operating status of a gaming machine, and a storage ball service for temporarily storing game media acquired by a player and reusing it for later games (Claim 2).

  3. The game hall system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game service executing means may make the specification by the first specifying means an essential condition according to the type of game service to be executed (claim 3).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, by specifying the player by the face image, it is possible to save the trouble of using the recording medium one by one and improve the convenience on the player side. Furthermore, the identification result based on the face image is displayed to the player, and if the identification result is incorrect, the use of the recording medium is encouraged, so even if the identification based on the face image becomes inaccurate Can be corrected easily.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, it is possible to provide an effective service in a game hall that provides a game information display service and a savings service.
According to the invention of claim 3, security can be ensured by setting authentication with a recording medium such as a membership card as an indispensable condition in a scene where high security is required, for example, when processing related to storage balls is executed. It becomes possible.

Schematic which shows the whole structure of the system for game centers in one Embodiment of this invention. Functional block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the gaming device Diagram showing member attribute data Figure showing member game data Diagram showing member authentication settings Figure showing a confirmation screen

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a game hall system. A large number of gaming machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and a lending device 2, a gaming device 3, and a calling lamp 4 are installed corresponding to each gaming machine 1. The gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, and the gaming device 3 are connected to a relay terminal 5 (see FIG. 2) built in the calling lamp 4, and a management device 7 (player) is connected via the relay terminal 5 and the LAN 6. Information storage means, face image information storage means, first specification means, second specification means, game service execution means, game start detection means, second specification result display means, and message display means). The management device 7 manages game data for each gaming machine 1 by receiving a game signal transmitted from the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, etc.), and the member registered as described later. It also manages personal data for each. The gift exchange terminal (POS) 8 and the counter 9 are connected to the management device 7 via the LAN 6. The counter 9 counts the game media acquired by the player and issues a recording medium in which the number of game media is recorded according to the player's operation, or the game media is stored in the player's storage account specified by the membership card. Add and store numbers. The prize exchange terminal 8 executes a prize exchange process based on the number of game media read from the recording medium possessed by the player or the player's savings account.
The management device 7 is installed in, for example, an office room or the like in the game hall, and is connected to a keyboard 7a, a monitor 7b, a printer (not shown), and the like operated by the game hall manager. Although not shown in FIG. 1, for example, several hundred gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 7.

The gaming machine 1 is a CR (card reader) machine, and has an operation handle 10, an upper tray 11, and a lower tray 12 that constitute a launching device, and a regular winning port 14, a first start port 15, 2 It has a start port 16, a liquid crystal display unit 17, and a big winning port 18. The gaming machine 1 performs the following operations.
(1) A jackpot lottery is performed in response to the ball fired on the board surface 13 by operating the operation handle 10 winning (start winning prize) at the first start port 15 or the second start port 16, and the lottery result Based on the so-called special symbol (special symbol), symbol variation is executed in the liquid crystal display unit 17, and a jackpot is generated according to the result. Note that the upper limit of so-called holding balls is four each, and when starting and winning a prize during holding, the upper limit is held, and after the symbol change ends, the held symbol variation is executed sequentially.
(2) While the first starting port 15 is a so-called heso-type winning port where the winning rate does not fluctuate, the second starting port 16 is a so-called electric-chu type winning port whose winning rate fluctuates due to regular drawing.
(3) The winning probability (probability of jackpot) of the jackpot lottery is 1/300, and the ratio of the jackpot that will be probabilistic (probable) after the jackpot is 66.6% (2/3). Then, the grand prize winning opening 18 is opened by an amount corresponding to the corresponding round number (R). The 1R upper limit winning number (upper limit number) is 8, and the upper limit opening time is 30 seconds. When either the upper limit number or the upper limit opening time is satisfied, 1R is ended.
(4) The number of rounds corresponding to the jackpot is 5R and 16R, and the distribution ratio is 25% for 5R and 75% for 16R.
(5) During probability change, the jackpot probability is improved to 1/30 and the winning rate to the second starting port 16 is improved. Since the probability change continues until the next big hit, it continues until the big hit (ordinary big hit) that becomes the normal state (normal) after the big hit occurs, and when the normal big hit occurs, it returns to the normal state.

The gaming machine 1 and peripheral devices attached to the gaming machine 1 are shown below as the game progresses, such as driving a ball by the player and starting prizes to the first starting port 15 or the second starting port 16. A game signal is output.
Out signal: This is a signal that can specify the used game value (number of used media, out) output from an out BOX (not shown) for collecting used balls. Since one pulse is output for 10 recovered balls (used balls, driven balls), the number of out signals × 10 is specified as out. In addition, the signal directly output from the gaming machine 1 may be used. The out specified by the out signal corresponds to the amount of game value used in the game.
Safe signal: a signal that can specify the payout game value (number of payout media, safe) output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for 10 payout balls, the number of safe signals × 10 is specified as safe. A replenishment signal output from a replenishing device (not shown) may be used as a safe signal. The safe specified by the safe signal corresponds to the amount of game value given by winning.
Start winning signal: a signal that can specify a winning (start winning) to the first start port 15 or the second start port 16 output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for each winning prize to the first starting opening 15 or the second starting opening 16, the starting winning is specified in response to reception of the starting winning signal.
-Symbol variation signal (start signal): Symbol variation (actual operation) that starts variation (actuation) by start winning to the first start port 15 or the second start port 16 output from the gaming machine 1 can be specified. Signal. Since it is output when the symbol variation is confirmed (at the end), the symbol variation (start) is specified in response to the reception of the symbol variation signal. It may be a signal output at the start of symbol variation.
-Jackpot signal: A signal that can be output from the gaming machine 1 and that can specify a period of a jackpot state. Since the level is output during the jackpot state, reception of the jackpot signal is specified as being in the jackpot state.
Probability variation signal: A signal that can specify a period in which a probability of winning a jackpot that is output from the gaming machine 1 is in a probability variation state with a high probability of winning. Since the level is output during the probability variation state, reception of the probability variation signal is specified as the probability variation state.
In FIG. 1, a pachinko machine is shown as the gaming machine 1, but a large number of pachislot machines are also installed.

  The lending device 2 is provided for the gaming machine 1 which is a CR machine, and the card stock part in which a plurality of lending cards are stocked and the last one of the lending cards stocked in the card stock part is stocked. A card reader that stores balance information in the loan card and reads balance information from the loan card, and a card issuing unit that issues a loan card in which the deposit balance is recorded by the card reader. When the player inserts a bill into the bill insertion slot 19 and operates a lending button (not shown) provided on the gaming machine 1, the number of balls corresponding to one unit (for example, 500 yen) from the gaming machine 1 Is paid out to the upper tray 11. At this time, since a signal indicating that a ball corresponding to one unit has been paid out is output from the gaming machine 1 to the lending device 2, it is displayed on a balance display section (not shown) provided in the gaming machine 1. The number indicating the remaining balance is decremented by 1 and a sales signal is output. Since this sales signal outputs one pulse every time a ball is paid out, a value obtained by multiplying the number of balls lent at one time by a lending unit price (for example, 4 yen) is specified as the amount of sales. When the return button 20 provided on the gaming machine 1 is operated, a lending card in which the deposit balance is recorded is issued from the card insertion slot 21. When a loan card with a deposit balance is inserted into the card insertion slot 21, balls can be lent within the range of the deposit balance.

  The gaming apparatus 3 includes a status display lamp 22 indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine 1, operation input from the player, and game data such as symbol variation count (start count) and jackpot probability as the game progresses, as will be described later. A touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 23 for displaying a face image to be played, a face authentication camera 24 (corresponding to a face image acquisition means) for capturing the face of a player who plays a game on the corresponding gaming machine 1, (Corresponding to a prohibition operation means), a card insertion slot 27 for inserting a membership card, a card ejection button 26 and the like are provided.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the gaming apparatus 3. The gaming apparatus 3 includes a control unit 28 constituted by a microcomputer having a CPU 28a, ROM 28b, RAM 28c, and I / O 28d, and peripheral devices connected to the control unit 28. As peripheral devices, a transmission / reception unit 29 for transmitting / receiving various signals and various information to / from the relay terminal 5, the above-described status display lamp 22, a liquid crystal display unit 23, a touch panel 23a provided on the liquid crystal display unit 23, a card A card reader 31 for reading various information stored in a membership card 30 (corresponding to a recording medium) inserted in the insertion slot 27, a camera 24, a prohibit button 25, a card ejection button 26, and the like.

The gaming apparatus 3 has the following functions.
(1) The game data of the corresponding gaming machine 1 or other designated gaming machine 1 is displayed according to the operation input to the liquid crystal display unit 23, the message from the game hall is displayed, the player is a member When it is determined that there is a game, the game data of the gaming machine 1 is displayed.
(2) When the player inserts the membership card 30 into the card insertion slot 27, information such as the membership ID recorded in the membership card 30 is read by the card reader 31 and transmitted to the management device 7.
(3) The game data of the corresponding gaming machine 1 is received from the relay terminal 5 and accumulated, and the game data is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 23.
(4) When the membership card 30 read by the card reader 31 is true, the stored ball data is received from the management device 7 and the range of the stored ball (if the gaming machine is a pachislot machine) the range of the stored balls The game medium is paid out from the gaming machine 1 (in the case of a pachislot machine, from a lending machine).
(5) The camera 24 has an imaging device such as a well-known CMOS sensor or CCD sensor, and the face of the player seated on the gaming machine 1 corresponding to the gaming apparatus 3 is displayed at predetermined intervals (for example, 4 seconds). Take a still image. That is, the face of a player who plays a game on the corresponding gaming machine 1 is captured by the camera 24 to acquire face image information, and the acquired face image information is output to the management device 7.
(6) When the member card 30 is not inserted, the management device 7 permits display of the game data of the member specified on the condition that the authentication by the face image information has been completed.
(7) When the prohibit button 25 is operated while the member card 30 is inserted, the face imaging by the camera 24 is prohibited. Once face imaging is prohibited, identification by face image is not executed only on the day when the member card 30 is inserted, but the prohibition state is canceled when the next business starts. Note that the prohibition state may be continued until the prohibition state canceling operation is performed, or the prohibition state may be continued after the next business day.

  The management device 7 operates in accordance with a stored computer program, temporarily stores game information display services for displaying game data indicating the operating status of the gaming machine, and game media acquired by the player through the game. It has become possible to implement a savings service that can be reused. In order to execute these services, the operating state of the gaming machine 1 is specified based on the gaming signal input to the input / output unit from the gaming machine 1, the lending device 2, etc., and the gaming data is managed for each gaming machine 1. At the same time, member attribute data (corresponding to player identification information) and game data for each member for executing authentication by the member card 30 (hereinafter “card authentication”) and authentication by face image information (hereinafter “face authentication”). The member game data is managed.

The game data managed for each gaming machine 1 is as follows.
・ Out ・ Safe ・ Difference = Safe-Out ・ Rounding rate = Safe ÷ Out ・ Hit probability = Number of jackpots ÷ Number of starts

FIG. 3 shows member attribute data. The following items are set in the member attribute data.
Member ID: A registration number issued when the member card 30 is registered.
-Password: An input is required when a player is given a privilege as a member from the game hall using the member card 30, and is arbitrarily set at the time of member registration.
Face image information: Data indicating the characteristics of the player's face captured by the camera 24 when the player uses the membership card 30.
-Authentication accuracy: Judgment result of the accuracy of face authentication. This determination of the authentication accuracy is based on the ratio that the face image information is authenticated in a state where the member card 30 is inserted in the gaming apparatus 3 and the player cannot be identified as the player who possesses the member card 30. To determine the level of accuracy. That is, the authentication accuracy is determined to be “high” for a player whose percentage that cannot be specified is less than 10%, and the authentication accuracy is determined to be “low” for a player that is 10% or more. Since such authentication accuracy is low when the number of authentications is small, the above ratio is less than 10% when the number of authentications is less than a predetermined number (for example, 10 times) in order to ensure the reliability of the authentication accuracy. Even so, the authentication accuracy is “low”. Note that “low” is stored as the authentication accuracy at the time when the member ID is registered in the member attribute data.
FIG. 4 shows member game data. The member game data is game data for each member's game day, and items such as member ID, date, machine number, out, safe, start count, and jackpot count are set.

In this embodiment, two member authentication methods, card authentication and face authentication, are employed as member authentication methods for authenticating members, and the management device 7 executes data display or storage using any of these authentications. The member authentication setting for setting whether to do is stored.
FIG. 5 shows member authentication settings, in which items of processing, member card, and face image are set. As processing, data display and storage balls are set, and it is possible to set whether to perform card authentication and face authentication (ON) or not to execute (OFF) for them. Is fixed to ON and the face image is fixed to OFF. Here, it is necessary to use the membership card 30 although the reliability of the card authentication is extremely high, whereas it is not necessary to use the membership card 30 although the reliability of the face authentication is low, so that the convenience is high. In general, there is no problem even if the player who is the target of data display is wrong. Therefore, with regard to data display, priority is given to the convenience of the membership card and the face image is turned ON. However, since it is a problem to make a mistake as a player who is the target of savings, the membership card is fixed to ON and the face image is fixed to OFF. In other words, if the authentication accuracy of face authentication is “high” when storing balls with the counter 9, it is possible to store the balls without using the membership card 30 by specifying the members by face authentication. Even if the authentication accuracy is “high”, the reliability is not 100%, and the use of the membership card 30 is indispensable for processing that requires extremely reliable storage. For the same reason, the use of the membership card 30 is indispensable when paying out a stored ball by operating the gaming apparatus 3. Data display may be performed by member authentication by turning on a member card corresponding to data display. When both the member card and the face image are ON, the card authentication is given priority to specify the member, and when reading the member ID from the member card 30 fails, the member may be specified by face authentication. . When the accuracy of face authentication is extremely high, ON / OFF may be selectable for the stored ball. In this case, the counter 9 needs to be provided with a camera for face authentication.

Next, a description will be given of a method in which the management apparatus 7 performs member authentication only by face authentication (when the member card is OFF and the face image is ON in the setting of FIG. 5).
In the face authentication, image processing such as extraction of feature points (for example, extraction of contours, eyes and nose shapes, eyelid positions) is performed on the input face image information, and each of the pieces already stored as member attribute data. Compare with face image information. That is, it is determined based on the matching rate of feature points whether or not both pieces of face image information belong to the same person. A player whose face image information has the highest match rate of feature points between the captured face image information and each face image information stored in the member attribute data, and whose match rate is a predetermined value (for example, 80%) or more. Although it is assumed that the game has started, as will be described later, when the authentication accuracy by face authentication is “low”, the player is requested to use the membership card 30 and based on the membership card 30 used. To identify members. When the member specified by the face authentication is different from the member specified by the member card 30, the member authentication by the face authentication is determined to have failed. If the failure rate, which is the number of authentications with respect to the number of failures, is 10% or more, the authentication accuracy by face authentication is “low”, and if it is less than 10%, the authentication accuracy is “high” and the membership card 30 is used. Identify members with face authentication only.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described. In the member authentication setting in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the member card is set to OFF and the face image is set to ON for data display. Further, in the member attribute data of FIG. 3, it is assumed that the member ID and password of the player who starts the game are already registered, but the face image information of the player A is not registered.
When the player A starts playing a game without using the membership card 30, the management device 7 detects that fact and stores the face image information captured by the camera 24 of the gaming device 3 in the membership attribute data. Compare with each face image information. At this time, since the face image information of the player A is not stored in the member attribute data and the player A cannot be specified, a message for prompting the user to insert the member card 30 is displayed. Since the member card 30 is inserted when the player A is a member, the gaming device 3 reads the member ID from the member card 30 and transmits it to the management device 7. Thereby, since the management apparatus 7 can specify member ID, the face image information which imaged the player A is memorize | stored in the face image information of the specified member ID. At this time, the face authentication accuracy remains “low”. Thus, if the face image information is not registered even when the member card 30 is inserted, or if the member card 30 is not inserted, the authentication result is not fed back to the gaming apparatus 3. .

  When the player A moves the table or starts a game at the next visit, the management device 7 compares the face image information received from the game device 3 with each face image information stored in the member attribute data. Thus, face authentication is executed, and a member having the highest matching rate and a matching rate of 80% or more is specified. In this case, even if the match rate of the player A is the highest and the match rate is 80% or more, since the authentication accuracy is “low”, in order to specify that the player is the player A, Display the member confirmation screen.

  FIG. 6 shows a member confirmation screen. The member verification screen, "Mr. A, Hi. Excuse me, but when not a Mr. A, you can either insert the membership card 30, please touch the NG button." And displays the message, "OK" Button 32 and “NG” button 33 are displayed. When the “OK” button 32 is touched, it is determined that the face authentication is successful, a password input screen is displayed, and when the password is input, the password is transmitted to the management device 7. When the management device 7 confirms that the password matches the password registered in advance in the member attribute data, the game data of the corresponding gaming machine 1 stored in the gaming device 3 is displayed. It becomes possible to display game data of other gaming machines 1 input from the management device 7 according to the operation.

  When the membership card 30 is inserted into the gaming device 3, the management device 7 determines whether or not the face authentication result matches the authentication result based on the member ID stored in the member card 30, and if they match, The face authentication is determined to be successful. In this case, the number of authentications increases by 1, but the number of failures remains the same, so the failure rate decreases. If they do not match, it is assumed that face authentication has failed. In this case, since the number of authentications and the number of failures also increase by 1, the failure rate increases.

On the other hand, when the “NG” button 33 is touched, the authentication result is cancelled.
When the player A specified by face authentication is requested to use the member card 30 as described above, and the number of authentications is 10 or more and the face authentication accuracy is “high”, the member card 30 Since the message for inserting is no longer displayed, the player A can display the game data without using the membership card 30. Even when the authentication accuracy of face authentication is “high” and the number of times of face authentication is 10 times or more as described above, when the member card 30 is used, the member is specified by card authentication and the card authentication and face authentication are performed. It is determined whether or not face authentication has failed by comparing with authentication, and the authentication accuracy is updated based on the determination result.

  By the way, there are not a few players who have a sense of resistance against having their face imaged by the camera 24. For such players, a face image is captured. This may be a factor that hinders the willingness to visit the store. The player who feels in this way can prohibit the imaging by the camera 24 by operating the prohibit button 25 while the membership card 30 is inserted into the gaming apparatus 3.

  When the prohibit button 25 is operated while the membership card 30 is inserted, the gaming apparatus 3 prohibits image capturing by the camera 24. Such a prohibition is implemented by the management device 7 not feeding back the authentication result to the gaming device 3. In other words, when face management is performed as described above, the management device 7 feeds back the authentication result to the gaming device 3, but is notified that the prohibit button 25 of the gaming device 3 has been operated. Prohibits feedback of the authentication result to the gaming apparatus 3. As a method of prohibiting such image capturing by the camera 24, it is also possible to shut off the power source of the camera 24 or shield the front surface of the camera 24. Such a prohibited state is performed throughout the day only for members who are prohibited from taking face images, but for members who have set the prohibited state once, it will continue until the next business day until the prohibited state is released. It may be in a prohibited state. In this case, the liquid crystal display unit 23 displays that imaging by the camera 24 is prohibited. Thereby, the player can recognize that the imaging by the camera 24 is prohibited, and can concentrate on the game with peace of mind.

  In order to store the balls acquired by the player who has finished the game, the balls acquired with the membership card 30 inserted are inserted into the counter 9, and the stored balls are selected after the counting is completed. The counter 9 transmits counting information including the member ID read from the member card 30 to the management device 7 when the stored ball is selected. Since the use of the membership card is indispensable by the membership authentication setting in FIG. 5, the management device 7 adds the count value to the corresponding member attribute data storage based on the membership ID received from the counter 9.

On the other hand, when the player pays out the stored balls, the number of stored balls as personal data received from the management device 7 is displayed by inserting the membership card 30 into the gaming device 3 and within the range of the stored balls. A game medium can be paid out from the gaming machine 1 by performing a payout operation.
As described above, the player can save the game medium acquired by using the membership card 30 and can receive a refund of the saved ball.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be produced.
In a configuration capable of performing both card authentication for identifying a player based on the member card 30 possessed by the player and face authentication for identifying a player based on the player's face image information, the member authentication setting If the player card cannot be specified because the authentication accuracy is “low” when the member card is set to OFF and the face image is set to ON for display of game data, the member card 30 is inserted into the gaming apparatus 3. Since the message prompting the user is displayed, it is possible to easily correct even when the identification by the face image becomes inaccurate.

In addition, even when the player can be specified, even when the number of times of authentication is small, a message prompting the user to insert the membership card 30 is displayed in the gaming apparatus 3, so that the reliability of the authentication accuracy can be improved. .
Since the card authentication is an indispensable condition when executing the storage service, the security of the storage service can be ensured.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
Regarding the data display of the member authentication setting in FIG. 5, the member card may be fixed to OFF and the face image may be fixed to ON.
The type of privilege to be given to the player is not limited to the display of game data of the gaming machine 1 as in the above embodiment, and may be any type of privilege. For example, when a player is specified, a so-called store visit point may be given and a present may be given according to a cumulative value of the store visit point. Moreover, you may give the privilege of permitting the use of a storage ball, when a player is specified.
The recording medium carried by the player is not limited to the membership card 30 and may be any form of recording medium. For example, a mobile phone possessed by a player can be used as a recording medium.

A game medium counting device may be attached to the game device 3.
The lending device 2 and the gaming device 3 may be provided integrally. In this case, it is desirable to make it possible to record the deposit balance on the member card 30 so that the player carrying the member card 30 does not need to use the lending card.
The target gaming machine may be a so-called encapsulated or credit-type gaming machine that allows a game with points. Considering this point, the game value including the game medium and the score is expressed. Moreover, although the case where the gaming machine is a pachinko machine has been described in this embodiment, the gaming machine may be a slot machine.
All illustrated numerical values (including special game value), the number of digits, items, etc., such as the specifications of the gaming machine 1 and set values, are examples, and any numerical values may be adopted. Of course, other game data may be specified by an optimal specification method, whether directly or indirectly.
A part of the information processing performed by the management device 7 may be performed by another device such as the relay terminal 5 or the lending device 2. For example, the configuration in which the management device 7 compares the face image information is illustrated, but the gaming device 3 may compare the face image information.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a lending device, 3 is a gaming device, 7 is a management device (player information storing means, face image information storing means, first specifying means, second specifying means, gaming service executing means. , Game start detection means, second specific result display means, message display means), 24 a camera (face image acquisition means), and 30 a membership card (recording medium).

Claims (3)

In a game system in a game hall where a plurality of game machines are installed,
Player information reading means provided corresponding to each gaming machine and reading player identification information from a recording medium possessed by the player;
Face image acquisition means provided corresponding to each gaming machine, for acquiring a face image by imaging a player's face;
Player information storage means for storing player specific information of each player registered in advance;
Face image information storage means for storing face image information of each player imaged in advance in association with the player specifying information;
First identification means for identifying a player by comparing player identification information read by the player information reading means with player information stored in the player information storage means;
Second specifying means for specifying a player by comparing face image information based on the face image acquired by the face image acquiring means with face image information stored in the face image information storage means;
A game service executing means for executing a plurality of types of game service processes defined in advance for a player specified by at least one of the first specifying means and the second specifying means;
A game start detection means for detecting that a player has started playing a game on the gaming machine;
Second identification for displaying the result of identification by the second identification means to the player in a state where the game start detection means detects the start of the game and the player information reading means has not read the player identification information. A result display means;
Message display means for displaying a message prompting the player to cause the player information reading means to read the player specifying information when the specifying result displayed by the second specifying result display means is an error;
A game system characterized by comprising:   As the plurality of types of game services, a game information display service for displaying game data indicating the operating status of a gaming machine, and a storage ball service for temporarily storing game media acquired by a player and reusing it for later games The game system according to claim 1, further comprising:   The game system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the game service execution means uses the first specification means as an indispensable condition according to the type of game service to be executed.

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