JP2014151060A - Game medium counting system and game medium counting method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a game medium counting system capable of determining whether a counting result is appropriate or not when counting game media.SOLUTION: The game medium counting system is equipped with a camera 60 for capturing a face image of a player using a game machine 20 and an island end counting machine 30, executes face recognition processing by capturing the face image of the player, and manages game machines used by an identical player and used time zones. The game medium counting system can calculate the number of held game media of the player by the game machines used by the player and the number of receptions by pulse types notified to a hall computer 70 at the used time zones. When the game media are counted by the island end counting machine 30, the game medium counting system acquires the face image of the player to identify the player through the face recognition, compares the number of held game media calculated by the aforementioned method with the number of balls obtained by actual counting processing, and determines the propriety of the counted game media.

Description

  The present invention relates to a game medium counting system and a game medium counting method for counting game media used for games by gaming machines.

  Conventionally, a game store such as a pachinko parlor has a plurality of game machines for each section called an island, and each game machine has an inter-card card processing machine for lending game media. It is common. The game store is also provided with an island edge counter that counts the number of game media that the player has acquired through the game using the game machine.

  Here, in order to perform fraud detection and sales management, a technique is known in which information related to games is collected from each gaming machine and inter-card card processing machine, and the collected information is managed by a management device called a hall computer. For example, in Patent Document 1, the hall computer receives a driving signal indicating the number of balls to be hit and a winning signal indicating the number of balls to be awarded from the gaming machine, and the ball signal indicating the number of balls to be played is subjected to inter-card processing. A technique for managing the number of balls lent, the number of balls to be thrown in, and the number of balls to be awarded for each machine number of a gaming machine based on these signals is disclosed.

  If this Patent Document 1 is used, the difference ball number of each gaming machine can be calculated by calculating “the number of balls lent—the number of driven balls + the number of winning balls” for each gaming machine. It is possible to determine whether or not the number of counting balls is an appropriate number by comparing the number and the number of counting balls counted by the island edge counter.

JP 2010-158297 A

  However, in Patent Document 1 described above, when a player uses only a single gaming machine, it can be determined whether or not the number of counting balls is an appropriate number. Although fraud such as counting the number of game balls brought in can be detected, it has not been possible when a player uses a plurality of gaming machines.

  More specifically, after a player plays a game machine, there is a case where the player moves a table to move to another game machine with a game ball at hand. When a player moves a table, the number of game balls that are ultimately counted is the sum of the number of balls for each gaming machine that the player has used. Since it is unclear whether or not the game machine has been used at which timing when the table is moved, it is not possible to specify the number of difference balls to be compared with the count value.

  That is, the conventional technique is effective only when the table is not moved, and there is a problem that applicable situations are limited. To solve this problem, there is also a solution that the store side prohibits the movement of the table, that is, if there is a ball, the operation that can not be played on the other table unless counting is performed, There is a possibility that an unfair feeling may arise between a member player who can use the ball for a game and a general player who cannot use the ball. Even if the movement of the table is prohibited, it is not practical to completely deter the act of moving the table with a small amount of game media. In this case, the number of game media acquired by the player It is not reasonable in terms of operation to determine the validity. For this reason, even when the player moves the table, it is an important issue to realize a technique that can determine whether or not the counting result is appropriate.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and a game medium counting system and a game medium capable of determining whether or not the counting result is appropriate when counting the game media An object is to provide a counting method.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a game medium counting system for counting game media used for games by a gaming machine, and for identifying a player who uses the gaming machine. The player identification information acquisition means for acquiring the player identification information, the game history management means for managing the history of game results by the gaming machine, the counting means for counting the gaming media, and the counting means Totaling means for summing up the player's game history using the player identification information and the game result history, and comparing means for comparing the counting result by the counting means with the counting result by the counting means It is characterized by having.

  Further, the present invention provides the above-described counting time identification information acquiring means for acquiring counting time identification information, which is identification information of a player at the time of counting, from the player who has caused the counting means to count, and the counting time It further includes similarity determination means for determining the degree of coincidence between the identification information and the player identification information, and the aggregation means performs the aggregation based on the degree of coincidence.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention, the counting means is configured such that the difference game medium number that is a difference between the counting result and the counting result is the number of game media indicated in the gaming result that is not subject to the counting. If it is similar to the game result, it is determined that the game result is a game result of omission of counting.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention, the counting means is indicated in the game result for a game result corresponding to the player identification information whose degree of coincidence with the counting identification information is a predetermined value or more. It is determined whether or not the number of game media and the difference game media count are similar.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above invention, the player identification information acquisition means images the player and acquires the image of the player or a feature amount indicating the feature of the image as the player identification information. It is characterized by.

  Also, in the present invention according to the above invention, the player identification information acquisition unit acquires, as the player identification information, an image at the time when an operation related to a game by the gaming machine is performed or a feature amount indicating a feature of the image. It is characterized by doing.

  The present invention also relates to a game medium counting method for counting game media used for games by a gaming machine, wherein player identification information for identifying a player using the gaming machine is obtained. An information acquisition step, a game history management step for managing a history of game results by the gaming machine, a counting step for counting the gaming media, and a player's gaming history for which the counting has been performed, the player identification information And a counting step of counting using the game result history, and a comparison step of comparing the counting result of the counting step with the counting result of the counting step.

  According to the present invention, player identification information for identifying a player who uses a gaming machine is obtained, history of gaming results by the gaming machine is managed, and counting means for counting game media is made to perform counting. The player's game history is totaled using the player identification information and the game result history, and the counting result by the counting means is compared with the counting result by the counting means, so that the counting result is appropriate when counting the game media. It can be determined whether or not there is.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a concept of a counting ball validity determination method by an island edge counter in the gaming system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of the gaming system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration according to the present embodiment of the hall computer shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data structure according to the present embodiment of the hall computer shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration according to the present embodiment of the face recognition processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration according to the present embodiment of the face recognition processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the relationship between the game history raw data and the game history summary data shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure relating to the creation of game history summary data by the face recognition processing apparatus according to the present embodiment. FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure when a game history acquisition request is received by the face recognition processing device according to the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration according to the present embodiment of the island edge counter shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration according to the present embodiment of the island edge counter shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure relating to the legitimacy determination of the counting ball by the island edge counter according to the present embodiment. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining omission of aggregation.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a game medium counting system and a game medium counting method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  First, the concept of the method for determining the correctness of the number of balls by the island edge counter 30 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the concept of a method for determining the correctness of the number of balls by the island edge counter 30 in the gaming system according to the present embodiment. The gaming system shown in FIG. 1 includes a plurality of inter-card card processing machines 10a to 10d, a plurality of gaming machines 20a to 20d, each inter-card card processing machine, and a player who plays with each gaming machine. A plurality of cameras 60a to 60d that shoot moving images including faces, an island edge counter 30, a camera 60e that captures an image including a player's face for counting game media by the island edge counter 30, and face recognition The configuration includes the processing device 50 and the hall computer 70.

  After a player visits the store and conducts a game on the plurality of gaming machines 20a, 20c, and 20d, the game medium is counted from the outside of the store when the island edge counter 30 counts the game media. It is determined whether the number of game media is not counted based on fraudulent acts such as bringing in the game. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a game player counts the remaining game media with the island counter 30 after the game is executed in the order of the gaming machine 20a, the gaming machine 20c, and the gaming machine 20d.

  When a player plays a game on the gaming machine 20a and detects a player's operation including card insertion and removal in the inter-card processing machine 10 and a game start and end on the gaming machine 20, the face recognition processing device 50 The gaming machine identification number, the contents of the detected event, and the face image of the player captured by the camera 60 are recorded. Further, the face recognition processing device 50 records the player's face image in association with a game history with one unit from card insertion to removal or from game start to game end (1). Further, even when the player moves to the gaming machine 20c or the gaming machine 20d and plays a game, the face recognition processing device 50 similarly records the player's face image in association with the gaming history.

  The inter-card card processing machine 10a to the inter-card card processing machine 10d perform a ball lending pulse, a storage ball dispensing pulse, and a coin ball dispensing pulse to the hall computer 70 by a ball lending operation, a storage ball replay operation, a holding ball replay operation and a counting operation. And a counting pulse is transmitted. The gaming machine 20a to the gaming machine 20d transmit a safe pulse when winning. In addition, an out tank is provided in the ball discharge path from the gaming machine 20a to the gaming machine 20d corresponding to each gaming machine, and this out tank includes an out ball detecting device. The out ball detecting device transmits an out pulse to the hall computer 70 every time a predetermined number of out balls are detected. In addition, the hall computer 70 can count the number of incoming / outgoing game media for each gaming machine or the entire store based on the information on the number of receptions for each type of pulse held by the hall computer 70 (2). The game start of the gaming machine 20 is determined by the generation of either an out pulse or a safe pulse. The end of the game of the gaming machine 20 is determined when a state in which neither a constant interval out pulse nor a safe pulse is generated after the start of the game is detected.

  When the player counts the remaining game media in the island edge counter 30 after playing in the gaming machine 20a, gaming machine 20c, and gaming machine 20d, the number of game media counted by the island edge counter 30 Judge the validity. Specifically, when the island edge counter 30 performs the counting process, the island edge counter 30 acquires the game history of the player who is counting with the island edge counter 30 from the face recognition processing device 50. Make a request. In accordance with this request, the face recognition processing device 50 takes a face image of the player who is counting with the island edge counter 30 by the camera 60e (3). Next, the face recognition processing device 50 aggregates the game history associated with the acquired face image and a face image having a predetermined similarity or higher to identify the gaming machine identification number that the player played on the day, and the gaming machine identification number. A game history including information such as the time zone of each game is notified to the island edge counter 30 (4).

  The island edge counter 30 designates the player's game history including information on the use time zone for each acquired gaming machine identification number, and inquires the hall computer 70, so that the time zone designated for each gaming machine identification number is set. The number of receptions by type of pulse received by the hall computer 70 can be obtained (5). As a result, the island counter 30 collects the game history such as the number of the players who brought the game media into the island counter 30 on the day of each game machine, and the total number of the total number of balls played on the day. A value can be calculated.

  The island edge counter 30 compares the counted number of game media with the total number of game media calculated by using the information of the face recognition processing device 50 and the hall computer 70 by the method described above. (6). Specifically, when the counted number of game media and the game history total value calculated using the information of the face recognition processing device 50 or the hall computer 70 are close to each other, the counted number of game media is correct and not valid. However, if the difference between the counted number of game media and the game history total value is large, it is determined that there is a possibility that the counted number of game media is not valid. The counting by the island edge counter 30 is performed in the presence of an amusement shop employee. The island edge counter 30 is normally in a count-inhibited state and can count by reading an employee card. The employee witnesses the counting and confirms the result of determining the correctness of the number of game media counted. If the employee is determined not to be valid, the employee takes necessary measures.

  Next, the system configuration of the amusement shop shown in FIG. 1 will be described. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of the gaming system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, in the game store system, a plurality of gaming machines 20 and an inter-card card processing machine 10 provided corresponding to each gaming machine 20 are installed. The inter-card card processing machine 10, the gaming machine 20, the island edge counter 30, the card management device 40, the face recognition processing device 50, and the hall computer 70 are connected to the communication line 90. In addition, a camera 60 is installed to capture a face image of a player who uses the gaming machine 20 or the island edge counter 30, and the camera 60 is directly connected to the face recognition processing device 50 through a dedicated line for the camera. The face image is stored in the face recognition processing device 50 in association with the game history.

  If the inter-card processing machine 10 accepts a bill inserted by the player, it sends the deposit amount to the card management device 40, adds the prepaid value for the deposit amount, and if a predetermined ball lending operation is performed. For example, the prepaid value managed by the card management device 40 is subtracted, and a game ball payout process corresponding to the subtracted prepaid value is performed.

  Further, when the inter-card card processing machine 10 receives the card, the inter-card card processing machine 10 stores the prepaid value and the number of possessed balls associated with the card. When the inter-card processing machine 10 accepts the ball replay operation, the inter-card processing machine 10 subtracts a predetermined number of balls managed by its own device, and pays out the subtracted number of balls to the gaming machine 20. In addition, when the inter-card processing machine 10 accepts the replay operation of the stored ball, it communicates with a member management device (not shown) via the card management device 40 and subtracts a predetermined number of stored balls managed by the member management device. The number of game media corresponding to the number of stored balls is paid out to the gaming machine 20. When the inter-card processing machine 10 receives the card return operation, the inter-card processing machine 10 notifies the card management apparatus 40 of the number of possessed balls managed by the own apparatus, and then performs a process of discharging the card.

  The inter-card processor 10 is connected to the hall computer 70 via an inter-card card processor pulse transmission line 80. The inter-card processing machine 10 uses the inter-card card processing machine pulse transmission line 80, and when the ball lending process is performed, the ball lending pulse is executed, and when the re-playing process is executed, the savings payout is performed. When the processing of the pulse and the ball replay is performed, the ball payout pulse is transmitted to the hall computer 70 for every predetermined number of balls.

  The gaming machine 20 is connected to the hall computer 70 by a gaming machine pulse transmission line 81. The gaming machine 20 uses the gaming machine pulse transmission line 81 to transmit a safe pulse at the time of winning a prize and an out pulse to the hall computer 70 for every predetermined number of out balls. For the sake of simplification, the figure shows that an out pulse is transmitted from the gaming machine 20, but an out tank is actually provided corresponding to the gaming machine 20, and an out ball provided in the out tank is provided. The detection device transmits an out pulse for every predetermined number of out balls.

  The card management device 40 is a management device that manages the prepaid value of a card, the number of balls, etc. as card data. When the card management device 40 receives a deposit notification including the card ID and the deposit amount from the inter-card card processor 10, the card management device 40 adds the prepaid value corresponding to the deposit amount and updates the card data. When the ball lending request including the card ID is received, the prepaid value corresponding to the card ID is subtracted by a predetermined value, and the ball lending permission is transmitted to the inter-card card processing machine 10. Further, when the card management device 40 receives a card insertion notification including a card ID from the inter-card card processor 10, the card management device 40 notifies the inter-card card processor 10 of the prepaid value and the number of possessions associated with the card ID. To do.

  Further, the card management device 40 has a player's deposit operation, ball lending operation, counting operation, holding ball replay operation, storage ball replay operation, general card insertion / removal operation, and membership card operation in the inter-card processing machine 10. If a notification related to the insertion / removal operation is received, the face recognition processing device 50 is notified of the gaming machine identification number of the gaming machine 20 associated with the inter-card card processing machine 10 that has performed the operation and the time at which the operation was performed. To do. Further, the inter-card processing machine 10 detects the game start and game end of the gaming machine 20 and transmits the game start or game end to the card management device 40. The processing device 50 is notified of the gaming machine identification number that recognizes the start or end of the game and the time at which it was operated. Upon receiving these notifications, the face recognition processing device 50 captures the player's face image with the camera 60 associated with the designated gaming machine identification number, and receives the operation contents received from the inter-card processing machine 10 or A game start / end event, a gaming machine identification number, and a time are stored in association with each other.

  The hall computer 70 stores the reception time, the gaming machine identification number, and the type of the received pulse for each received pulse for the pulses received from the inter-card card processing machine 10 and the gaming machine 20, and the gaming machine identification number If the time range is designated, the number of pulses received in the designated time range is counted for each type of pulse.

  The island edge counter 30 has a function of counting the actual balls of the player and outputting the counted number of game media to the receipt. In this embodiment, the validity of the number of game media counted by the island edge counter 30 is determined. The determination method is that the game history of the player managed on the day managed by the face recognition processing device 50 and the game history total value calculated using the received information of the pulses of the hall computer 70 and the island edge counter 30 are actually counted. This is done by comparing the number of game media.

  Next, the internal configuration of the hall computer 70 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration according to the present embodiment of the hall computer 70 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3, the hall computer 70 is connected to a screen display unit 71 and an input unit 72. The screen display unit 71 is a display device using a liquid crystal panel, and the input unit 72 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The hall computer 70 includes a pulse receiving unit 73, a control unit 74, a storage unit 75, and a communication unit 76.

  The pulse receiving unit 73 is an interface unit for receiving pulses from the inter-card card processing machine 10 and the gaming machine 20, and the inter-card card processing machine 10 is an inter-card card processing machine pulse transmission line 80. 20 is connected by a gaming machine pulse transmission line 81. The communication unit 76 is an interface unit for data communication with the face recognition processing device 50 and the island edge counter 30 via the communication line 90.

  The storage unit 75 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a nonvolatile memory, and stores pulse reception data 75a and pulse total data 75b. The pulse reception data 75a is data created for each pulse reception, and stores a pulse reception date / time, a gaming machine identification number, a received pulse type, and the like for each received pulse. The pulse total data 75b is obtained by totaling the pulse reception data 75a for each gaming machine identification number, and one record is created for each date and each gaming machine identification. By having pulse reception data 75a created for each pulse reception, it is possible to count the number of received pulses in an arbitrary time range of the designated gaming machine identification number.

  The control unit 74 is a control unit that controls the entire hall computer 70, and includes a pulse data storage unit 74a, a pulse data totaling unit 74b, and a search totaling processing unit 74c. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a non-illustrated non-volatile memory such as a ROM, and these programs are loaded into a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executed, whereby the pulse data storage unit 74a. The pulse data totaling unit 74b and the search totaling processing unit 74c execute corresponding processes.

  The pulse data accumulating unit 74a, via the pulse receiving unit 73, is a ball lending pulse, a storage ball paying pulse, a ball paying pulse, a counting pulse from the inter-card processing machine 10, a safe pulse or an out pulse from the gaming machine 20. Is added to the pulse reception data 75a.

  The pulse data totaling unit 74b, through the pulse receiving unit 73, is a ball lending pulse, a storage ball payout pulse, a ball payout pulse, a count pulse, a safe pulse or an out pulse from the gaming machine 20, via the inter-card processing machine 10. Each time is received, the data of the pulse total data 75b is updated.

  When the search aggregation processing unit 74c receives a search aggregation request by designating the gaming machine identification number and the time range from the island edge counter 30, the pulse reception data 75a is designated with the designated gaming machine identification number and the time range. A search is performed, and the result of counting the number of received pulses for each pulse type from the searched record is returned.

  Next, the data structure according to the present embodiment of the hall computer 70 shown in FIG. 3 will be described. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration according to the present embodiment of the hall computer 70 shown in FIG.

  The pulse reception data 75a is created for each reception of a pulse, and the date / time when the pulse is received and the gaming machine identification number of the gaming machine 20 associated with the gaming machine 20 or the inter-card processing machine 10 that has transmitted the pulse. And the type of pulse received. In the pulse reception data 75a shown in FIG. 4, the pulse received at the time “10:15:20” of the date “2012/4/1” relates to the gaming machine with the gaming machine identification number “001”. Is “1” indicating a ball lending pulse. In addition, the pulse received at the time “10:15:25” on the date “2012/4/1” relates to the gaming machine with the gaming machine identification number “010”, and the type of the pulse indicates the ball payout pulse “ 3 ". The received pulse type is 1 for ball lending pulse, 2 for saving ball payout pulse, 3 for holding ball payout pulse, 4 for counting pulse, 5 for safe pulse, and 6 for out pulse.

  The pulse total data 75b is created for each date for each gaming machine identification number, and for each date and gaming machine identification number, the number of received ball lending pulses, the number of received ball dispensing pulses, the number of received ball dispensing pulses, the reception of counting pulses. Number, safe pulse reception number, and out pulse reception number. The pulse total data 75b shown in FIG. 4 has been transmitted from the gaming machine 20 with the gaming machine identification number “001” of the date “2012/4/1” or the inter-card processing machine 10 associated with the gaming machine. The cumulative number of pulses is “100” for receiving the ball lending pulse, “30” for receiving the ball payout pulse, “50” for receiving the ball payout pulse, “220” for the count pulse reception, and “safe pulse reception”. The gaming machine 20 with the number “650”, the number of outpulses received “580”, the gaming machine identification number “002” of the date “2012/4/1”, or the inter-card processing machine associated with the gaming machine The total number of pulses transmitted from 10 is the number of received ball lending pulses is “230”, the number of received ball payout pulses is “10”, the number of received ball payout pulses is “60”, and the number of received count pulses is “ 20 ", safe pulse reception The number is "420", the number of received-out pulses is "660".

  Next, the internal configuration of the face recognition processing device 50 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the face recognition processing device 50 shown in FIG. 2 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the face recognition processing device 50 is connected to a screen display unit 51 and an input unit 52. The screen display unit 51 is a display device using a liquid crystal panel, and the input unit 52 is a keyboard, a mouse, or the like. The face recognition processing device 50 includes a communication unit 53, a storage unit 54, and a control unit 55. The communication unit 53 is an interface unit for data communication with the card management device 40 and the island edge counter 30 via the communication line 90. A plurality of cameras 60 are connected to the face recognition processing device 50 through dedicated lines.

  The storage unit 54 is a storage device such as a hard disk device or a nonvolatile memory, and stores game history raw data 54a and game history summary data 54b.

  The game history raw data 54a is data in which the behavior of the player after the store visit is recorded. Specifically, when a player performs some operation on the gaming machine 20 and the inter-card card processing machine 10, a face image of the player operating on the gaming machine 20 and the inter-card processing machine 10 is acquired. This is data in which the date / time operated by the player, the contents operated by the player, the gaming machine identification number of the gaming machine 20 used by the player, the feature data of the acquired face image, and the like as one record. .

  The game history summary data 54b is data created from the game history raw data 54a, and identifies a gaming machine with one unit of a game history starting from card insertion or game start and ending card discharge or game end as one record. It has a number, a game history start time and end time, a member ID, face image feature data, and a total end flag. The count end flag is for avoiding the same record being counted a plurality of times when the same player counts by the island end counter 30 several times a day. If counted by the counter 30, for the record that is the target of the search and aggregation process at that time, the aggregation end flag is set to a value indicating that the aggregation has been completed.

  The control unit 55 is a control unit that controls the entire face recognition processing device 50, and includes a camera control unit 55a, a game history data registration unit 55b, a face similarity determination processing unit 55c, and a game history data management unit 55d. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a non-illustrated non-volatile memory such as a ROM, and these programs are loaded into a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executed, whereby the camera control unit 55a, Processes corresponding to the game history data registration unit 55b, the face similarity determination processing unit 55c, and the game history data management unit 55d are executed.

  The camera control unit 55a controls the plurality of cameras 60 connected to the face recognition processing device 50 and collects still images of the player's face images.

  The game history data registration unit 55b is a player who inserts / discharges a membership card or a general card notified from the card management device 40, deposits a money, a ball lending operation, a stored ball replay operation, a holding ball replay operation, a counting operation, etc. If a game start notification or a game end notification indicating the start or end of use of the gaming machine 20 is received, the feature data of the face image captured by the camera 60 is added to the received content to the game history raw data 54a. sign up. In addition, the game history data registration unit 55b creates game history summary data 54b from the game history raw data 54a.

  The face similarity determination processing unit 55 c is a processing unit that calculates the similarity between two face images by comparing feature data of the two face images captured by the camera 60.

  When the game history data management unit 55 d receives a game history acquisition request from the island edge counter 30, the game history data management section 55 d responds to the game histories of all the players of the day counting by the island edge counter 30. Specifically, first, a face image of a player who is counting with a camera 60 installed corresponding to the island edge counter 30 is collected, and face feature data is calculated from the face image. Next, the face feature data of each record of the record of the face feature data and all the game history summary data 54b is compared, and the game history reply data created by totaling the contents of the records whose similarity is equal to or greater than a predetermined value is stored in the island. Responds to the edge counter 30.

  Next, the data configuration according to the present embodiment of the face recognition processing device 50 shown in FIG. 5 will be described. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration according to the present embodiment of the face recognition processing device 50 shown in FIG.

  The game history raw data 54a is data in which the operation details of the player and information on the start and end of the game are recorded each time it is generated. The game machine identification number, the date, time, the operation details of the player, the start of the game, Game operating status indicating the end of the game, member ID if a member card is inserted, general card ID if a general card is inserted, facial feature data of a player's face image, and game history of the record It has information on presence / absence of reflection in the summary data 54b. The operation contents of the player are as follows: “Deposit” is a deposit operation, “Ball” is a ball lending operation, “Count” is a counting operation at each counter, “Mochitama re” is a replay operation, “Re” indicates a replay operation for storing balls, “General insertion” indicates insertion of a general card, “Insert member” indicates insertion of a member card, “General extraction” indicates extraction of a general card, and “Member extraction” indicates a counting operation of extraction of a member card. In the game operating status, “start” indicates the start of the game, and “end” indicates the end of the game.

  The gaming history raw data 54a shown in FIG. 6 is the gaming machine 20 having the gaming machine identification number “001” and the game operating status is “17:00: 00” at the date “2012/04/01”. “Start” indicates that at that time neither the membership card nor the general card is inserted, the face feature data cannot be imaged, and the reflection to the game history summary data 54b is “not yet” indicating that it is not reflected.

  Further, the game history raw data 54a shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the gaming machine 20 having the gaming machine identification number “001” at the time “17:15:00” having the date “2012/04/01”. Is “general insertion” indicating insertion of a general card, the card ID of the general card is “00002”, face feature data cannot be imaged, and reflection in the game history summary data 54b is “not yet” indicating no reflection. It is shown that.

  Further, the game history raw data 54a shown in FIG. 6 is stored in the gaming machine 20 having the gaming machine identification number “001” at the time “17:16:00” having the date “2012/04/01”. Is “mochitamare” indicating a replay operation of the ball, the card ID of the general card is “00002”, the face feature data is “data L”, and the reflection to the game history summary data 54b is not reflected. "Not yet".

  The game history summary data 54b is data generated from the game history raw data 54a, and includes a gaming machine identification number, date, start time and end time of the game history, ID of the member card used in the game history, It has the player's face feature data corresponding to the game history and a count end flag. The game history summary data 54b shown in FIG. 6 shows an example of three records. The first record relates to the gaming machine 20 with the gaming machine identification number “001”, the date is “2012/04/01” and the time from “17: 00: 0” to “18: 00: 0” is a membership card. Is not used, and the feature data of the captured face image is “data L”, and the aggregation end flag is “not yet” which means that the aggregation is not performed. The second record relates to the gaming machine 20 with the gaming machine identification number “010”, the date is “2012/04/01” and the time “17:35:00” to “18:05:00” Indicates that the membership data of “00100” is used, the feature data of the captured face image is “data X”, and the aggregation end flag is “not yet” which means that the aggregation is not completed. The third record relates to the gaming machine 20 with the gaming machine identification number “012”, the date is “2012/04/01” and the time from “16:55:00” to “18:10:00” is the membership card. Is not used, and the feature data of the captured face image is “data Y”, and the aggregation end flag is “not yet” which means that the aggregation is not performed.

  Next, the relationship between the game history raw data 54a and the game history summary data 54b shown in FIG. 6 will be described. FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the relationship between the game history raw data 54a and the game history summary data 54b.

  The game history raw data 54a is created by adding and registering one record each time a player's operation or a game start / end notification is received from the inter-card processor 10, and from the game history raw data 54a, the same game Information that summarizes the customer's game information is the game history summary data 54b. A method of collecting the game history summary data 54b will be described. First, when records of the same gaming machine identification number are viewed in time series, it is determined that records from the “start” to “end” of the game operating status are records relating to the same player. Further, when the records with the same gaming machine identification number are viewed in time series, it is determined that the records with the same same member card ID or the same general card ID are records relating to the same player.

  In the example of FIG. 7, the relationship between the game history raw data 54a and the game history summary data 54b will be described. The same membership card ID is recorded from the insertion of the membership card at the time “15:28:00” to the withdrawal of the membership card at the time “16:25:00” in the game history raw data 54a. It can be determined that the record relates to the customer. In addition, since the game operation status at the time “16:25:00” when the member card ID is extracted is “16:10:00” and the game has not ended, “End” is recorded. Up to “16:40:00”, it can be determined that the records relate to the same player. In addition, the record at time “16:45:00” records the “start” of a new game, and there is no use of a membership card, so it is the same as the player of the record until time “16:40:00”. It cannot be determined that the player is a player. From these contents, the time from “15:28:00” to the time “16:40:00” is registered in the game history summary data 54b as the game history of the same player.

  Next, the gaming machine operating status is “start” at time “16:45:00” of the gaming history raw data 54a, and the gaming machine operating status is “finished” at time “16:55:00”. In addition, neither a membership card nor a general card is used during this period, and it cannot be determined that the player of the record at time “17:00:00” is the same player. From these contents, the time from “16:45:00” to “16:55:00” is registered in the game history summary data 54b as the game history of the same player.

  Next, the gaming machine operating status is “start” at time “17:00” of the gaming history raw data 54a, and the gaming machine operating status is “finished” at time “17:40:00”. Further, during this time, a general card with a card ID “00002” is inserted, and at the time of “17:40:00”, the general card is inserted. Since the general card is not extracted until the time “17:51:00”, the time “17:00: when the card is extracted from the time“ 17:00:00 ”when the operating state of the gaming machine becomes“ start ”. Until 51:00 ", it can be determined that they are the same player. Further, since the game operation status at time “17:51:00” is a state in which the game started at “17:50:00” and has not ended, “18: 00: 0” recorded as “END” is recorded. It can be determined that the records are related to the same player. In addition, the record of the time “18:05:00” records the “start” of the new game, and since there is no use of the same general card, the player of the record up to the time “18: 00: 00: 00” Cannot be determined to be the same player. From these contents, the time from “17:00: 00” to time “18:00: 00” is registered in the game history summary data 54b as the game history of the same player.

  Next, the gaming machine operating status is “start” at the time “18:05:00” of the gaming history raw data 54a, and the gaming machine operating status is “finished” at the time “18:30:30”. In addition, neither the member card nor the general card is used during this period, and it cannot be determined that the player of the record at time “18:35:00” is the same player. From these contents, the time from “18:05:00” to “18:30:30” is registered in the game history summary data 54b as the game history of the same player.

  When registering data in the game history summary data 54b, a member card ID and face feature data are set with reference to information registered in the game history raw data 54a. Regarding the face feature data, information recorded in any corresponding record of the game history raw data 54a is set. In addition, at the timing of registration in the game history summary data 54b, the summary reflection information of the game history raw data 54a corresponding to the record additionally registered in the game history summary data 54b is changed to “completed” indicating reflection. In addition, at the timing of registration in the game history summary data 54b, “not yet” indicating unaggregation is set as an initial value for the aggregation end flag of the game history summary data 54b.

  Next, a processing procedure related to creation of game history summary data 54b by the face recognition processing device 50 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure related to creation of the game history summary data 54b by the face recognition processing device 50. First, the game history data registration unit 55b determines whether or not a player operation notification from the card management device 40 or a game start / end notification of the gaming machine 20 has been received (step S101). If neither the player's operation notification from the card management device 40 nor the game start / end notification of the gaming machine 20 is received (step S101; No), the process is terminated.

  When either the player operation notification or the gaming start / end notification of the gaming machine is received from the card management device 40 (step S101; Yes), the camera control unit 55a determines the notification source inter-card. A face image of the player is captured by the camera 60 corresponding to the processor 10 (step S102). Next, feature data of the captured face image is calculated (step S103), and the gaming machine identification number, date / time, contents of the player operation, and gaming start / end of the gaming machine notified from the inter-card processing machine 10 If the membership card is inserted, the facial feature data is inserted into the card ID of the inserted membership card. If the general card is inserted, the facial feature data is added to the card ID of the inserted general card. The added information is additionally registered in the game history raw data 54a as one record (step S104).

  Next, when the record additionally registered in the game history raw data 54a is a record indicating a game end notification (step S105; Yes), the card ID of the membership card or general card is recorded in the additionally registered record. If yes (step S106; Yes), the process ends without performing the registration process (step S109) of the game history summary data 54b. When the record additionally registered in the game history raw data 54a is a record indicating a game end notification (step S105; Yes), and the card ID of the membership card or the general card is not recorded in the additionally registered record ( In step S106; No), an additional record of game history summary is registered in the game history summary data 54b (step S109).

  Specifically, it is determined that the record additionally registered in the game history raw data 54a is the last record to be aggregated into one record of the game history summary data 54b, and the game history raw data 54a related to the gaming machine 20 having the same game identification number. A record of the game history summary is created from the content up to the last record from the oldest record whose summary reflection is “not yet” in the record, and additionally registered in the game history summary data 54b.

  A detailed setting method of items included in the record to be added to the game history summary data 54b will be described. As for the time, the time of the oldest record of the records to be aggregated in the game history raw data 54a is set as the start time, and the time of the newest record is set as the end time. The member card ID is set when there is a record in which the member card ID is recorded in the aggregation target record of the game history raw data 54a. As the face feature data, the face feature data of any one of the records to be aggregated in the game history raw data 54a is set. In addition, regarding the totaling end flag, “not yet” is set to mean “not totaled” when added to the game history summary data 54b. In addition, the summary reflection information of all the records to be aggregated in the above game history raw data 54a is changed to “Done” indicating that it has been reflected.

  When the record additionally registered in the game history raw data 54a is not a record indicating a game end notification (step S105; No), and is not a record indicating a membership card or general card withdrawal notification (step S107; No) Then, the process ends. Further, when the record additionally registered in the game history raw data 54a is not a record indicating a game end notification (step S105; No), it is a record indicating a member card or general card withdrawal notification (step S107; If the gaming machine operating status is “finished” before this record and it is not in operation (step S108; No), an additional record of the gaming history summary is registered in the gaming history summary data 54b. (Step S109). Further, when the record additionally registered in the game history raw data 54a is not a record indicating a game end notification (step S105; No), it is a record indicating a member card or general card withdrawal notification (step S107; If the gaming machine operating status has started before this record and is in operation (Yes at Step S108), the processing is terminated without performing the registration processing (Step S109) of the game history summary data 54b. To do.

  Next, a processing procedure at the time of accepting a game history acquisition request by the face recognition processing device 50 according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when the face recognition processing device 50 accepts a game history acquisition request.

  The game history data management unit 55d determines whether or not a game history acquisition request has been received from the island edge counter 30 (step S201). If no game history acquisition request has been received (step S201; No), End the process. If a game history acquisition request has been received (step S201; Yes), the camera control unit 55a uses the camera 60 associated with the island edge counter 30 that is the transmission source of the game history acquisition request to count the island edge. The face image of the player being counted by the machine 30 is captured (step S202).

  Next, the face similarity determination processing unit 55c calculates face feature data from the captured face image (step S203), and calculates the face feature data of the player counted by the island edge counter 30. Then, the similarity with the face feature data registered in all the records in which the aggregation end flag of the game history summary data 54b is “not yet” indicating unaggregation is calculated, and the degree of similarity equal to or greater than a predetermined value is calculated. The game history summary data 54b including the face feature data is extracted (step S204).

  Next, the gaming history data management unit 55d played the game machine identification number of the gaming machine 20 that the player played on that day from the record of the gaming history summary data 54b extracted in step 204, and played with each gaming machine 20. The time zone is returned as a reply to the game history acquisition request (step S205).

  Finally, the game history data management unit 55d changes the aggregation end flag of the record of the game history summary data 54b extracted in step 204 to “completed” indicating that the aggregation has been completed (step S206), and ends the process.

  Next, the internal configuration of the island edge counter 30 shown in FIG. 2 will be described. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration according to this embodiment of the island edge counter 30 shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, the island edge counter 30 includes a display operation unit 31, a clock unit 32, a shutter mechanism 33, a counting sensor 34, a receipt issuing unit 35, a pulse transmission unit 36a, a communication unit 36b, a card reader / writer 36c, An IC reader / writer 36d, a storage unit 38, and a control unit 39 are included.

  The display operation unit 31 includes a touch panel type color liquid crystal display or the like. For example, the display operation unit 31 displays the counted number of game balls and a menu screen for accepting a receipt issuing operation or a storage ball operation. The timer unit 32 is a timer for measuring time, and specifically, transmits the date and time at the time of the inquiry in response to the time inquiry from the control unit 39.

  The shutter mechanism 33 is a mechanism unit that performs opening / closing control of the shutter provided for opening / closing in the hopper unit, and includes a shutter drive motor that performs opening / closing driving of the shutter, and an opening / closing detection unit that detects the opening / closing state of the shutter. . Specifically, when opening the shutter, the shutter mechanism 33 causes the shutter drive motor to open the shutter until the open / close detection unit detects that the shutter is open. When the shutter is closed after the counting is completed, the shutter drive motor is driven to close until the open / close detection unit detects that the shutter is closed.

  The counting sensor 34 is a sensor provided in the vicinity of the transport path of the hopper unit, and detects the passage of the game ball by emitting light such as infrared rays and receiving reflected light on the transport path and notifies the control unit 39 of the detection. To do. The receipt issuing unit 35 is a printing unit such as a thermal printer. For example, when the player presses the “issue receipt” tab on the display screen of the display operation unit 31, the receipt issue unit 35 issues a receipt in which the number of balls to be counted, the rate, and the like are barcode-printed. The pulse transmission unit 36 a generates a pulse signal in response to a request from the control unit 39, and transmits the generated pulse signal to the hall computer 70.

  The communication unit 36b is an interface unit for performing various communications between the island edge counter 30 and the card management device 40 or the face recognition processing device 50. The card reader / writer 36c is a reader / writer that reads and writes data from and to the membership card and the general card. When a member card is inserted into the card reader / writer 36c, the member ID is read from the member card. Similarly, when a general card is inserted into the card reader / writer 36c, the card ID is read from the general card. The IC reader / writer 36d reads and writes the IC card interface of the portable terminal.

  The storage unit 38 is a storage device such as a non-volatile memory that stores information and programs necessary for various processes performed by the control unit 39, and stores a count log 38a and game history total data 38b. The count log 38 a is a history of count processing by the island edge counter 30. The result of the counting process is output by printing on a receipt or transmission to the member management apparatus. In addition to the output, the operation state of the island edge counter 30 can be managed by leaving the counting log 38a.

  The game history total data 38b includes the game history of the player counted by the island edge counter 30 obtained from the face recognition processing device 50, the number of received various pulses corresponding to the game history, and the various received pulses. Record the total number of remaining balls of the player at that time calculated from the number.

  The control unit 39 is a control unit that controls the entire island edge counter 30, and includes a count processing unit 39a, a game history acquisition processing unit 39b, an acquired number of balls counting processing unit 39c, and a counting ball validity determination processing unit 39d. . Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a non-illustrated non-volatile memory such as a ROM, and these programs are loaded into a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and executed, whereby the count processing unit 39a, A process corresponding to each of the game history acquisition processing unit 39b, the acquired ball count processing unit 39c, and the counting ball validity determination processing unit 39d is executed.

  The counting processing unit 39a is a processing unit that performs counting control of the game balls acquired by the player. Specifically, when a game ball is thrown into the island edge counter 30, a signal for notifying the passage of the acquired ball is output from the counting sensor 34, so that this signal is detected for a certain time (for example, 3 seconds). The game ball is counted by continuing to count up until it is no longer played. The count processing unit 39a requests the pulse transmission unit 36a to generate and transmit a pulse signal every time a predetermined number of balls are counted. In addition, when outputting the counting result by issuing a receipt, the counting processing unit 39a causes the receipt issuing unit 35 to print the receipt. Further, when storing the counting result, the counting result is associated with the card ID of the general card or the membership card read by the card reader / writer 36c and transmitted to the card management device 40.

  The gaming history acquisition processing unit 39b transmits a gaming history acquisition request of the player who is counting to the face recognition processing device 50 when the counting process is started, and returns the returned gaming machine identification number and each gaming machine identification number. The game time zone is stored in the game history total data 38b.

  The acquired number of balls totaling processing unit 39c calculates the number of remaining balls of the player at that time from the gaming history of the player acquired by the gaming history acquisition processing unit 39b and the pulse reception data 75a of the hall computer 70, Recorded in the game history total data 38b. Specifically, first, by using the game history of the player acquired by the game history acquisition processing unit 39b, each use time zone of all the gaming machines 20 played on the day of the player from the hall computer 70 is used. The number of received pulses for each type of received pulse is obtained. Then, for each gaming machine 20 used by the player, the number of receptions for each type of pulse is recorded in the game history total data 38b. Further, the number of remaining balls of the player is calculated from the number of receptions for each gaming machine 20 and for each type of pulse, and is recorded in the game history total data 38b.

  The counting ball legitimacy determination processing unit 39d is legitimate by the degree of coincidence between the result of counting the actual game media by the counting processing unit 39a and the total value of the game history totaling data 38b tabulated by the acquired ball count totaling processing unit 39c. Determine. Specifically, if the difference is less than a predetermined number, it is determined to be valid, and if the difference is greater than or equal to the predetermined number, a message indicating that there is a question about the validity of the counting ball is displayed on the display operation unit 31. By displaying a summary of the game history total data 38b on the display operation unit 31, it is possible to show the determination result and the game history total information at that time to the store clerk and the player.

  Next, a data structure according to this embodiment of the island edge counter 30 shown in FIG. 10 will be described. FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a data configuration according to the present embodiment of the island edge counter 30 shown in FIG.

  The game history total data 38b is obtained from the time when the game is started and ended for each gaming machine identification number, the total number of receptions for each type of pulse received by the hall computer 70 within the time range, and the number of received pulses. It has the calculated total number of balls.

  The game history total data 38b shown in FIG. 11 is a pulse received from the start time “15:25:00” to the end time “16:34:59” on the gaming machine 20 having the gaming machine identification number “001”. The number is “5” for the ball lending pulse, “0” for the ball dispensing pulse, “10” for the ball dispensing pulse, “130” for the counting pulse, “150” for the safe pulse, and “20” for the out pulse. This indicates that the total number of balls for the gaming machine is “375”.

  11 is received by the gaming machine 20 having the gaming machine identification number “010” between the start time “16:35:00” and the end time “17:19:59”. The number of pulses is “0” for the ball lending pulse, “0” for the ball dispensing pulse, “35” for the ball dispensing pulse, “10” for the counting pulse, “100” for the safe pulse, and “120” for the out pulse. Yes, the total number of balls of the gaming machine is “125”.

  Also, the game history total data 38b shown in FIG. 11 is received by the gaming machine 20 having the gaming machine identification number “015” between the start time “17:20:00” and the end time “18:30”. The number of pulses is “0” for the ball lending pulse, “0” for the ball dispensing pulse, “0” for the ball dispensing pulse, “0” for the counting pulse, “120” for the safe pulse, and “60” for the out pulse. Yes, the total number of balls of the gaming machine is “1500”.

  Next, a processing procedure related to determination of the validity of the counting ball by the island edge counter 30 will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure relating to the legitimacy determination of the counting ball by the island edge counter 30 according to the present embodiment. First, the counting processing unit 39a starts the counting process of the game media of the player (Step S301).

  Next, the game history acquisition processing unit 39b transmits a game history acquisition request of the player who has brought the game medium to be counted to the face recognition processing device 50, and returns a game history returned from the face recognition processing device 50. It memorize | stores in the game log | history total data 38b (step S302).

  Next, the number-of-acquisition processing unit 39c notifies the hall computer 70 of the gaming machine identification number used on the day of the player acquired in step S302 and the usage time zone thereof. The number of receptions for each type of pulse received in each usage time zone of all the gaming machines 20 used on the day is acquired and recorded in the game history total data 38b. In addition, the number of remaining balls of the player calculated from the number of receptions for each type of pulse for each gaming machine 20 used by the player is recorded in the game history total data 38b (step S303).

  The count processing unit 39a determines whether or not the counting of the game media of the player has ended, and when it has not ended (step S304; No), waits for the end. When counting of the game media of the player has been completed (step S304; Yes), the counting ball validity determination processing unit 39d compares the counted number of game media with the total value of the game history total data 38b. The validity of the counting ball is determined (step S305). Specifically, when the difference between the total value and the counted number of balls is less than a predetermined number, it is determined that the counted balls are valid, and when the difference is equal to or larger than the predetermined number, the display operation unit 31 It is possible to notify the clerk and the player of the caution information by displaying a message that there is a doubt about the legitimacy of the counted balls or displaying a summary of the game history total data 38b on the display operation unit 31. And

  Next, omission of counting will be described. FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram for explaining omission of aggregation. As shown in FIG. 13, even when a player plays a game using the gaming machines 20a, 20c, and 20d, an image captured during a game on the gaming machine 20c is displayed by the player on the gaming machines 20a and 20d. There are cases where it is determined that the image captured during the game does not match.

  In this case, at the time of counting, 2500 balls, which are the gaming results of the gaming machines 20a, 20c, and 20d, are counted, whereas from the gaming history, the total number of balls in the gaming machine 20a is 1400 balls and the gaming machine 20d Only 2000 balls totaling the total number of balls of 600 can be obtained.

  Therefore, the counting ball validity determination processing unit 39d makes an erroneous determination that the validity of the counting result is low due to the addition of 500 total balls of the gaming machine 20c being leaked.

  Accordingly, the acquired number of balls totaling processing unit 39c calculates the number of difference balls between the number of counted balls and the total number of balls as a total result, and the number of total balls similar to the number of difference balls from the game result that is not the target of the total. It is determined whether there is a game result having Here, whether or not it is similar to the difference ball count is based on whether the difference between the difference ball count and the total ball count is less than a predetermined value, or the difference between the difference ball count and the total ball count is Judgment is made based on whether it is less than a predetermined ratio.

  If there is a game result having a total number of balls similar to the difference number of balls, the game result is assumed to correspond to a total omission and it is determined that the number of counted balls is valid. Then, if there is no game result having the total number of balls similar to the difference ball number, it is notified that the validity of the counted ball number is low.

  Note that the game result to be compared with the difference ball number is subject to a condition that the game time already accumulated and the game time do not overlap. This is because it is clear that game results with overlapping game times are not from the same player.

  In addition to not overlapping the game time, it is also possible to exclude a game result by a player who can be clearly identified as a different person from the face image on the condition that the matching degree of the face image is a predetermined value or more. Good.

  In this case, first, regarding an image captured at the time of counting, for an image having a sufficiently high degree of coincidence (that is, recognized as the same person), the total number of balls associated with the image is totaled to obtain the counting ball number. Compare. If the difference between the total number of balls and the number of balls counted is less than a predetermined number, it is determined to be valid.

  On the other hand, if the difference is greater than or equal to a predetermined number, among the game results associated with images that have a degree of match equal to or greater than a predetermined value with respect to the image captured at the time of counting (that is, the possibility of being the same person), It is determined whether there is a game result whose number is similar to the difference ball number.

  As a result, if there is a game result in which the total ball count is similar to the difference ball count, it is determined that the game result corresponds to omission of the total count and the count ball count is valid. Then, if there is no game result having the total number of balls similar to the difference ball number, it is notified that the validity of the counted ball number is low.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the camera 60 that acquires the face image of the player who uses the gaming machine 20 and the island edge counter 30 is installed, and the face recognition process is performed by collecting the face image of the player. By doing so, the gaming machine 20 used by the same player and the time zone used are managed. Based on the gaming machine used by the player and the number of received pulses according to the type of pulse notified to the hall computer 70 during the used time zone, the approximate number of gaming balls of the player can be calculated. Even when counting the game media with the island edge counter 30, the player's face image is acquired and face recognition is performed to identify the player, and the number of game balls on hand calculated by the above method and the actual counting process By comparing the obtained number of balls, the legitimacy of the counted game balls is determined. For this reason, when an illegal game medium such as a game ball brought from outside the store is counted by the island edge counter 30, it is possible to detect that there is a possibility of counting including an illegal game ball. .

  In this embodiment, the case where a game ball is used as a game medium has been described. However, the present invention can be applied even when another game medium such as a medal is used.

  Further, in this embodiment, the configuration in which the player's face movement is detected using the player's face image has been described as an example. However, other biological information such as a fingerprint, reading of a game store's card, etc. is described. You may implement by the structure which detects a table | surface movement using other information, such as a log | history.

  Further, in this embodiment, when a player who is a member uses a membership card, the validity of the number of balls counted by the island edge counter 30 is determined in the same manner as a player other than a member. Therefore, if the player is a member, it may be excluded from the “determination of the validity of the number of balls counted by the island edge counter 30”. In addition, in the case of managing a member's face image, even when playing without using a member card or when it is determined that the member is a member by face image recognition processing, It may be excluded from the “determination of the validity of the number of balls counted at 30”. Further, in this embodiment, in order to determine the legitimacy of the game balls, the data collected from the game history of the same player is not only determined for the legitimacy of the game balls, By making display output possible, it may be possible to use it for the player's game tendency, table movement tendency, win / loss management, and the like.

  Further, in this embodiment, detailed description of the form of the card, which is a medium for associating the number of game media, is omitted, but such a card includes a magnetic card, an IC card, and the like. Further, although the “card” has been described as an example here for convenience of explanation, the present invention can also be applied to a case where a chip, a stick, a portable terminal, or the like is used in addition to such a card. In particular, when a mobile terminal with an IC chip is used as a medium, since the mobile terminal can be uniquely identified using identification information that can be obtained in a non-contact manner from the IC chip of the mobile terminal, the game medium is associated with the identification information. You can manage the number. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, a case where a single type of medium is received for convenience is described. However, when a player uses a plurality of types of media for each table, for example, a certain table uses an IC card, Even if the mobile terminal is used in the stand, the same can be applied.

  Each illustrated configuration is schematic in function, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. That is, the form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to the one shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally / physically distributed / integrated in arbitrary units according to various loads and usage conditions. Can be configured.

  As described above, the gaming medium counting system and the gaming medium counting method according to the present invention are suitable for determining whether or not the counting result is appropriate when counting the gaming media.

10, 10a, 10b, 10c, 10d Inter-card processing unit 20, 20a, 20b, 20c, 20d Gaming machine 30 Island edge counter 31 Display operation unit 32 Timing unit 33 Shutter mechanism 34 Count sensor 35 Receipt issuing unit 36a Pulse transmission Unit 36b, 53, 76 Communication unit 36c Card reader / writer 36d IC reader / writer 38, 54, 75 Storage unit 38a Count log 38b Game history total data 39, 55, 74 Control unit 39a Count processing unit 39b Game history acquisition processing unit 39c Number of balls total processing unit 39d Counting ball validity determination processing unit 40 Card management device 50 Face recognition processing device 51, 71 Screen display unit 52, 72 Input unit 54a Game history raw data 54b Game history summary data 55a Camera control unit 55b Game history Data registration section 55c Face similarity determination process Unit 55d Game history data management unit 60, 60a, 60b, 60c, 60d, 60e Camera 70 Hall computer 73 Pulse reception unit 74a Pulse data storage unit 74b Pulse data totaling unit 74c Search totalization processing unit 75a Pulse reception data 75b Pulse total data 80 Inter-card processing machine pulse transmission line 81 Game machine pulse transmission line 90 Communication line

Claims (7)

A game medium counting system for counting game media used in a game by a gaming machine,
A player identification information acquisition means for acquiring player identification information for identifying a player using the gaming machine;
Game history management means for managing a history of game results by the gaming machine;
Counting means for counting the game media;
Aggregating means for aggregating the player's game history that has been counted by the counting means using the player identification information and the game result history;
A game medium counting system comprising: a comparing means for comparing the counting result by the counting means with the counting result by the counting means. Counting time identification information acquisition means for acquiring counting time identification information that is identification information of a player at the time of counting from a player who has caused the counting means to perform counting,
A similarity determination means for determining a degree of coincidence between the counting identification information and the player identification information;
2. The game medium counting system according to claim 1, wherein the counting unit performs the counting based on the degree of coincidence.   The counting means, when a difference game medium number that is a difference between the counting result and the counting result is similar to the number of game media indicated in the game result that is not the target of the counting, The game medium counting system according to claim 2, wherein the game result is determined to be a total omission game result.   For the game result corresponding to the player identification information whose degree of coincidence with the counting-time identification information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the counting means includes the number of game media indicated in the game result and the number of difference game media 4. The game medium counting system according to claim 3, wherein it is determined whether or not they are similar to each other.   5. The player identification information acquisition unit images the player and acquires a feature amount indicating the image of the player or a feature of the player as the player identification information. The game medium counting system according to any one of the above.   6. The player identification information acquisition means acquires, as the player identification information, an image at the time when an operation related to a game by the gaming machine is performed or a feature amount indicating a feature of the image. The game medium counting system described. A game medium counting method for counting game media used for gaming by a gaming machine,
A player identification information acquisition step of acquiring player identification information for identifying a player using the gaming machine;
A game history management step for managing a history of game results by the gaming machine;
A counting step for counting the game media;
Aggregating the game history of the player who has performed the counting using the player identification information and the game result history; and
A game medium counting method comprising a comparison step of comparing the counting result of the counting step with the counting result of the counting step.

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