JP2016149017A - Service providing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a service providing device for preventing information reading from an unintended user authentication card while maintaining the convenience of a user authentication card.SOLUTION: A commercial game device has a card guide structure part 1360. The card guide structure part 1360 has a guide part 1361 for placing a user authentication card 6 thereon, and includes a card reader 1340 at a slope upstream part. During playing, the user authentication card 6 is placed on the guide part 1361. The user authentication card 6 in a natural state with a hand separated is caused to flow down to a release position outside a reading range of the card reader 1340 because of dead weight to be held. During using the card, the user authentication card 6 is caused to slide on a slope for movement from the release position to a reading position within the readable range of the card reader 1340 with the hand.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  According to the present invention, for execution control or progress control of a pay-per-use service providing process, data is read from a user's information carrier medium located in a readable range of the medium reader, and execution control or progress control of the service providing process is performed. It is related with the service provision apparatus to perform.

  An increasing number of arcade game devices can use user authentication cards for saving data and for electronic payment. The user authentication card is a card type information storage medium capable of reading and writing electronic data such as a user ID. For example, a so-called IC card having a built-in IC memory using NFC (Near Field Communication), a so-called IC card, a magnetic card, and the like correspond to this.

  When the user authentication card is used for electronic payment, a virtual currency (electronic) associated with the user ID is read by causing the arcade game device to read the user ID stored in advance in the user authentication card instead of inserting coins. It is possible to automatically deduct play consideration from a money account (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent No. 4966916

  However, there are some problems in the usability of the user authentication card in the arcade game device. For example, when a user authentication card is used for payment of play consideration, which is electronic payment, automatic payment is performed by bringing the user authentication card closer to the card reader. A general user puts a user authentication card in a pocket or the like, for example, and takes it out when it needs to be paid and holds it over a card reader. However, some heavy users tend to leave the user authentication card on the card reader and play, so that it is not necessary to remove the user authentication card from a pocket or the like at the time of game continuation. When a selection screen (so-called continue screen) for determining whether or not to continue is displayed on the screen, the user ID is immediately given from the left user authentication card as long as the player makes a selection input indicating the intention to continue the game. The reason is that it can be read and the game can be resumed quickly. However, if you leave the user authentication card on the card reader, you will be paid for the continuation even though the player does not intend to continue the game because he accidentally touched the control lever. Incorrect charges may occur.

  Of course, such mischarging is not limited to the arcade game device that executes video games, but is also an arcade game device that executes entertainment processing such as prize games and medal games, other entertainment devices such as game machines, capsules, etc. This can also occur in vending machines such as toys and prizes. It can be said that these devices are generally service providing devices that execute service providing processing.

  The present invention has been devised based on such a background, and an object of the present invention is to provide a service providing apparatus that prevents unintended reading of information from a user authentication card while maintaining the convenience of the user authentication card.

  A first invention for solving the above-described problem is a medium reading device (for example, as shown in FIG. 2) for execution control or progress control (hereinafter collectively referred to as “execution control”) of a metered service providing process. The data providing system reads the data required for the execution control of the metered system from the user's information carrier medium (for example, the user authentication card 6 in FIG. 2) located in the readable range of the card reader 1340), and controls the execution of the service providing process. A service providing apparatus that supports the information carrying medium at a release position outside the reading range in a natural state where the hand is released, and manually carries the information from the release position to a reading position within the readable range. A service providing device (for example, a card guiding structure 1360 in FIG. 2) having a structure for guiding the movement of a medium , Is a arcade game device 1300 of FIG. 1).

  In order to use the medium reading device in the service providing apparatus of the first invention, it is necessary to manually move the information carrier medium from the release position to the reading position. Even if the user intends to leave the information carrier medium on the medium reader, the information carrier medium naturally returns to the release position when the user releases the hand. Therefore, there is no fear of erroneous charging due to leaving the information bearing medium on the medium reader. Nevertheless, since the information carrier medium that may be used immediately is always in the same release position, there is no need to repeatedly remove it from the pocket, so it is excellent in convenience.

  According to a second aspect of the invention, a release state detection unit (for example, the card detection sensor 1362 in FIG. 2) that detects that the information carrier medium is at the release position, and a notification unit that notifies the detection result of the release state detection unit. (For example, a warning light 1363 in FIG. 2).

  According to the second aspect, it is possible to notify the user that the information carrier medium is in the release position. Therefore, when the user leaves the service providing apparatus, there is no fear that the information carrying medium is left behind.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, a detection unit (for example, a pressing operation detection sensor 1367 and a control board 1350 in FIG. 2) that detects that the information carrier medium is located at the reading position, and detection by the detection unit are performed. The service providing apparatus according to the first or second aspect of the present invention further includes a reading control unit (for example, the control board 1350 in FIG. 1) that causes the medium reading apparatus to perform a reading operation.

  According to the third aspect of the invention, the data reading operation by the medium reading device is performed by detecting that the information information carrying medium is located at the reading position. Since the data is not read unless detected by the detection unit, the user needs to move the information carrier medium to the reading position with certainty in order to read the data. As a result, even if the information carrying medium is mistakenly brought close to the reading position, data is not read erroneously.

  A fourth invention is the service providing apparatus according to the third invention, wherein the detection unit detects that the information carrying medium is located at the reading position for a given time.

  According to the fourth invention, the data reading operation by the medium reading device is performed after it is detected that the information-information-bearing medium is continuously located at the reading position for a given time.

  In addition, regarding the reading by the medium reading device, it is possible to limit the reading timing / time. That is, as a fifth invention, a reading time control unit (for example, in FIG. 1) that enables reading by the medium reading device only during a given readable period determined for execution control of the metered amount system. The service providing apparatus according to any one of the first to fourth inventions, further comprising a control board 1350).

  A sixth invention is any one of the first to fifth inventions, further comprising a notification control unit (for example, the control board 1350 in FIG. 1) for notifying that when the medium reader reads. This is a service providing apparatus.

  According to the sixth aspect, it is possible to inform the user that the reading by the medium reading device has been successfully performed.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the guide structure portion includes a guide portion (for example, a figure) in which the information carrying medium can be dropped by its own weight, with the guide surface upstream portion serving as the reading position and the guide surface downstream portion serving as the release position. 2 is a service providing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth aspects of the invention.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, it is possible to easily realize a structure for naturally returning the released information carrying medium to the release position without power.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, the guide structure portion includes a guide portion on which the information carrier medium can be dropped by its own weight, the guide surface upstream portion being the reading position and the guide surface downstream portion being the release position. It is comprised, The said detection part is a service provision apparatus of 7th invention which detects the press from a guide surface normal line direction in the said reading position.

  According to the eighth aspect of the invention, in order to cause the medium reading device to read the data on the information carrying medium, two steps of operation of moving the information carrying medium to the reading position and further pushing in are required. Although it is a two-stage operation, it is a simple operation that can be realized by one flow of pressing the information carrier medium after the information carrier medium is shifted. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent erroneous reading while maintaining high convenience.

  According to a ninth aspect of the invention, the guide structure part swings between a holding part (for example, the card holder 1370 in FIG. 8) that holds the information carrying medium and the reading position and the release position. An oscillating support portion (for example, an oscillating support portion 1374 in FIG. 8) that can be supported, and an urging portion (for example, a leaf spring in FIG. 8) that urges the oscillating support portion to return to the release position. 1373) and the service providing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth inventions.

  According to the ninth aspect of the invention, the information carrier medium can be held by the holding portion, and can be swingably supported between the reading position and the release position. Nevertheless, the holding portion is pivotally supported to return to the release position. Therefore, in order for the user to cause the medium reading device to read the data on the information carrier medium, the user only has to swing the information carrier medium to the reading position together with the holding unit, thereby realizing high convenience and prevention of erroneous reading.

  According to a tenth aspect of the invention, the guide structure unit supports the information carrier medium so as to be able to be pushed into the housing (for example, a card holder 1370 and a holder receiving recess 1381 in FIG. 14), and is supported by the support unit. An urging portion (for example, an elastic body 1382 in FIG. 14) for urging the supporting portion in a direction in which the information carrying medium is projected out of the housing, and the support in a state where the information carrying medium is supported. The position where the portion is pushed inward of the casing is the reading position, and the position where the information carrying medium supported by the supporting portion is projected out of the casing by the biasing of the biasing portion is the release position. The service providing apparatus according to any one of the first to sixth inventions.

  According to the tenth aspect, the information carrying medium can be moved from the release position to the reading position by pushing the information carrying medium into the housing. Moreover, if pushing is stopped, it will return to a release position naturally by urging | biasing force. Therefore, in order for the user to cause the medium reading device to read the data on the information carrier medium, the user only has to push the information carrier medium into the reading position, and high convenience and prevention of erroneous reading can be realized.

The side external view showing the example of composition of the arcade game device which is the service providing device of a 1st embodiment. Sectional drawing which shows the structural example of the card reading part in 1st Embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 1st Embodiment (the 1). The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 1st Embodiment (the 2). The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 1st Embodiment (the 3). The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 1st Embodiment (the 4). The side external view showing the example of composition of the arcade game device in a 2nd embodiment. Sectional drawing which shows the structural example of the card | curd reading part in 2nd Embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 2nd Embodiment (the 1). The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 2nd Embodiment (the 2). The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 2nd Embodiment (the 3). The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 2nd Embodiment (the 4). The side external view showing the example of composition of the arcade game device in a 3rd embodiment. Sectional drawing which shows the structural example of the card reading part in 3rd Embodiment. The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 3rd Embodiment (the 1). The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 3rd Embodiment (the 2). The figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part in 3rd Embodiment (the 3). Sectional drawing which shows the structure of the modification of the card guidance structure part in 3rd Embodiment. The figure which shows the modification of the method of installation of the card guidance structure part in 3rd Embodiment.

[First Embodiment]
As a first embodiment of a service providing apparatus to which the present invention is applied, an arcade game apparatus that executes video game progress control will be described as an example. Since a video game is one of entertainment processes, an arcade game device can also be called an entertainment device.

  FIG. 1 is a side external view illustrating a configuration example of an arcade game apparatus 1300 that is a service providing apparatus according to the first embodiment. The arcade game apparatus 1300 in this embodiment includes a joystick 1302, a button switch 1304, a touch panel 1306 functioning as an image display device / contact position input device, a speaker 1310, a depositing apparatus 1330, and a user authentication card 6 card. A guide structure unit 1360 and a control board 1350 are provided. In order to facilitate understanding, illustration of a maintenance hatch, a power supply unit, an electric wire, a signal line, and the like is omitted.

  The depositing device 1330 accepts depositing with coins such as 50 yen, 100 yen, 500 yen, or banknotes such as 1000 yen, 2000 yen, 5000 yen, 10000 yen, etc., similar to the conventional arcade game apparatus 1300. Device.

  The user authentication card 6 is an information carrier medium that stores key data for using an electronic payment system using virtual currency (electronic money: valuable information). Any medium can be used as long as it can store information, not only a card-type medium such as an IC card, but also a three-dimensional medium having an appearance such as a character figure, a small computer such as a smartphone or a wearable computer, etc. But you can. In this embodiment, an IC card type is used.

  The card guide structure unit 1360 includes a card reader 1340 that reads and writes data for the user authentication card 6 located within a predetermined readable range, and the user authentication card 6 in a natural state with the hand released. Is guided to and supported by a release position outside the reading range of the card reader 1340 and guides the manual movement of the user authentication card 6 from the release position to a reading position within the readable range of the card reader 1340. is there.

The card reader 1340 is a medium reader capable of reading at least data from an information carrier medium, and is realized by an NFC reader / writer device in the present embodiment.
The card reader 1340 according to this embodiment can read and write data by detecting this when the user authentication card 6 touches the upper surface or approaches within a few centimeters. That is, a range of 0 to several cm from the upper surface of the card reader 1340 is a readable range of the user authentication card 6.

  The key data includes, for example, a unique user ID set at the time of user registration, a unique medium ID (for example, a card ID for an IC card, a MAC address or a SIM card ID for an information device such as a smartphone, etc. Device-specific information) can be set as appropriate.

  In this embodiment, when the player obtains the user ID through a predetermined user registration procedure in advance, the player purchases a virtual currency separately and deposits it into his / her account, and uses the unique medium ID of the user authentication card 6 as his / her user ID. Can be registered in association with. By registering the user authentication card 6 in association with the user ID, the user authentication card 6 can be used for payment of play consideration, purchase of items that can be used in the game, etc., as if it were a prepaid card. become.

  The control board 1350 is connected to a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 1351, various microprocessors such as a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and DSP (Digital Signal Processor), various IC memories 1352 such as a VRAM, a RAM, and a ROM, and a communication line. A communication device module 1353, etc. for mounting is mounted.

  In addition, a driver circuit of the touch panel 1306, a circuit that receives signals from the joystick 1302 and the button switch 1304, an output amplifier circuit that outputs an audio signal to the speaker 1310, a signal input / output circuit related to the depositing device 1330 and the card guidance structure unit 1360, and the like A so-called I / F control IC 1357 (interface circuit) or the like is mounted. Each element mounted on the control board 1350 is electrically connected via a bus circuit or the like, and is connected so that data can be read and written and signals can be transmitted and received. Part or all of the control board 1350 may be realized by an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), or a system on a chip (SoC).

  The control board 1350 executes and calculates a game program, and controls each part of the arcade game device 1300 in accordance with operation inputs from the joystick 1302, the button switch 1304, and the touch panel 1306, thereby enabling game play. The arcade game apparatus 1300 of this embodiment stores necessary programs and various setting data in the IC memory 1352 in advance, but may be configured to download from an external device each time it is activated.

  Note that the game executed by the arcade game device 1300 may be an online type in which a main calculation necessary for game progress control is executed by a communication-connected external computer, or the main calculation itself (the arcade game device 1300). It may be a stand-alone type.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of the card guidance structure 1360 in the present embodiment. In order to facilitate understanding, illustration of electric wires, signal lines, and the like is omitted.
The card guidance structure 1360
1) a guide portion 1361 that can be fitted and slid by the user authentication card 6;
2) a card reader 1340 installed upstream of the guide 1361;
3) a card detection sensor 1362 installed in the downstream part of the guide part 1361;
4) a warning light 1363.

  When the user authentication card 6 touches the upper surface or approaches within 1 cm, the card reader 1340 detects this and can read and write data.

The guide portion 1361 has a concave shape as a whole with the player side (left side in the figure) being downstream, and the bottom surface forms a guide surface.
The guide portion 1361 of the present embodiment forms a smooth inclined surface as it falls (slids down) by its own weight when the user authentication card 6 is placed in the recess. For example, it is preferable to stick a fluororesin sheet or to arrange a roller so as to slide down more smoothly. The lower end portion of the guide portion 1361 functions as a card stopper that catches the user authentication card 6 that is standing and sliding down.

An accommodation space 1364 that can accommodate the card reader 1340 is recessed in the upstream portion of the guide portion 1361.
The card reading device 1340 is elastically supported by the elastic body 1365 in the accommodation space and is urged in the normal direction (outward) of the inclined guide surface of the guide portion 1361, while being provided in the vicinity of the opening of the accommodation space 1364. The stopper portion 1366 and the stepped portion 1341 of the card reading device 1340 are engaged, and the maximum protruding position of the biased card reading device 1340 is restricted. The upper surface of the card reader 1340 at the maximum projecting position is set to be just flush with the bottom surface of the guide portion 1361 (the surface direction is the same).

In addition, a push operation detection sensor 1367 is installed at the bottom of the accommodation space 1364.
The pressing operation detection sensor 1367 detects that the card reader 1340 has been pressed into the receiving space 1364 upon receiving a pressing force (pressing) from the guide surface normal direction of the guide portion 1361, and sends a detection signal to the control board 1350. Output. The pressing operation detection sensor 1367 can be realized by, for example, a push switch, a lever switch, a distance sensor, a pressure sensor, or the like. In this embodiment, it plays the role of the detection part which detects that the user authentication card | curd 6 is located in a reading position.

  The card detection sensor 1362 is a release state detection unit that detects that the user authentication card 6 is present at a release position outside the readable range of the card reader 1340 and outputs a detection signal to the control board 1350. For example, it can be realized by a distance sensor or a metal sensor that detects a metal part such as an IC memory built in the user authentication card 6.

  The warning light 1363 is a notification means for notifying the user that the user authentication card 6 is detected to be in the release position. In the present embodiment, it is realized by a light emitter (for example, an LED or a light bulb) that is controlled to be turned on by the control board 1350 for a predetermined time after the game ends from a game-continue acceptance screen (so-called continue screen).

3-6 is a figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part 1360 in this embodiment.
The user inserts the user authentication card 6 into the guide unit 1361 when playing with the arcade game apparatus 1300. The user authentication card 6 falls or slides under its own weight along the guide portion 1361 and enters the state shown in FIG. In this state, the user authentication card 6 is in a release position outside the readable range of the card reader 1340.

  When using the user authentication card 6, as shown in FIG. 4, the user slides the user authentication card 6 with the hand 2 up to the card reader 1340 in the guide portion 1361, upstream of the card reader 1340. To climb. In this state, the user authentication card 6 is at a reading position within the readable range of the card reader 1340.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 5, the user pushes the card reader 1340 together with the user authentication card 6 with the hand 2. Then, while the pressing operation detection sensor 1367 detects the pressing operation, the detection signal is continuously output to the control board 1350.

When control board 1350 receives the detection signal, control board 1350 starts measuring the reception continuation time. Then, when the reception continuation time reaches a predetermined value, the reading control for causing the card reading device 1340 to read data from the user authentication card 6 is executed. Then, the control board 1350 starts use based on the read data, such as electronic payment, and displays a notification display body that notifies the reading completion on the touch panel 1306 and emits a predetermined notification sound from the speaker 1310. Note that the continuation of the reception continuation time may be omitted, and the reading control may be executed in response to reception of the detection signal.

When the user sees the notification display body or listens to the notification sound and knows that the data has been successfully read from the user authentication card 6, the user may release the hand 2 from the user authentication card 6 on the spot.
Then, as shown in FIG. 6, the pushing force disappears, and the user authentication card 6 is restored to the original position by the elastic force of the elastic body 1365 together with the card reader 1340. When the upper surface of the card reading device 1340 returns to the same level as the inclined surface of the guide portion 1361, the user authentication card 6 slides down within the guide portion 1361 by its own weight and naturally returns to the release position in FIG.

  That is, the card guidance structure 1360 supports the user authentication card 6 at a release position outside the reading range of the card reading device 1340 in a natural state where the hand is released, and manually moves the release position to a reading position within the readable range. It functions as a structure that guides the movement of the user authentication card 6 by.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the game is started or the game is continued, if the player performs the operations shown in FIGS. Can start / resume. This is much more convenient than taking out the user authentication card 6 from a pocket or the like and holding it over the card reader 1340 at every game continuation.

  If the user removes his / her finger from the user authentication card 6, the user authentication card 6 will be out of the readable range of the card reader 1340, so that even if the card is left on the card guidance structure 1360, the user authentication is erroneously performed. It is possible to prevent data from being read from the card 6 and being erroneously charged.

  Even if the user authentication card 6 does not return to the release position, the user authentication card 6 is configured to read data from the user authentication card 6 by pushing the card reader 1340 together with the user authentication card 6. Data reading and writing can be prevented.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, since the warning lamp 1363 is controlled to be lit for a predetermined time after the game is finished from the game continuation acceptance screen (so-called continuation screen), it is possible to prevent the user authentication card 6 from being misplaced after play.

[Second Embodiment]
Next, an arcade game device according to a second embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described.
This embodiment is basically realized in the same manner as the first embodiment, but the structure of the card guide structure is different. In the following, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the same components as those in the first embodiment will be given the same reference numerals and redundant description will be omitted.

  FIG. 7 is a side external view showing a configuration example of the arcade game apparatus 1300B in the present embodiment. The arcade game apparatus 1300B includes a card guidance structure unit 1360B in the operation table 1305.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of the card guidance structure portion 1360B in the present embodiment.
The card guiding structure 1360B supports the user authentication card 6 so as to be swingable between a reading position and a release position. In the present embodiment, a movable type card holder 1370 for inserting and holding the user authentication card 6 and a card embedded in an operation table 1305 (see FIG. 7) on the front side (left side in FIG. 8) of the holder so as to be able to be pushed. A reading device 1340.

  The card holder 1370 is a holding unit that detachably holds the user authentication card 6. The card holder 1370 of this embodiment pivotally supports a holder main body 1372 having a card insertion recess 1371 into which the user authentication card 6 can be inserted with respect to a base 1375 by a swinging support portion 1374 incorporating a leaf spring 1373. It is installed on the upper surface of the operation table 1305 of the arcade game apparatus 1300.

  The swinging support portion 1374 has a shaft portion set in the left-right direction toward the front of the arcade game apparatus 1300, and the holder body 1372 is tilted down from the standing position as shown in FIG. 8 to the upper surface of the card reading device 1340. It can be swung to a posture. The leaf spring 1373 can urge the holder main body 1372 to return to the standing posture.

  A front window 1377 is opened on the front side (player side; left side in FIG. 8) of the holder main body 1372 so that the user authentication card 6 inserted into the card insertion recess 1371 can be seen well from the front. In addition, a back window 1378 is opened on the back side, and the user authentication card 6 inserted into the card insertion recess 1371 can be detected by the card detection sensor 1362 installed in front of the upper end of the stopper 1376. Yes. Incidentally, the stopper 1376 is a protrusion extending from the pedestal 1375 to the back of the holder main body 1372, and functions as a stopper that holds the holder main body 1372 biased by the leaf spring 1373 in the standing posture of FIG.

9-12 is a figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part 1360B in this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 9, the player inserts the user authentication card 6 into the card insertion recess 1371 of the holder main body 1372 when playing with the arcade game apparatus 1300. In this state, the user authentication card 6 is in a release position outside the readable range of the card reader 1340.

  When using the user authentication card 6, as shown in FIG. 10, the user knocks down the user authentication card 6 or the holder main body 1372 with the hand 2. Eventually, when the holder main body 1372 approaches the card reader 1340, the user authentication card 6 enters the readable range of the card reader 1340. Then, as shown in FIG. 11, the user directly presses the holder main body 1372 against the card reader 1340 and pushes the card reader 1340 together with the holder main body 1372.

  Then, the pressing operation detection sensor 1367 detects the pressing operation and outputs a detection signal to the control board 1350. When the control board 1350 receives the detection signal, the control board 1350 causes the card reader 1340 to read the data from the user authentication card 6 and uses the read data, for example, to make an electronic payment. A notification display body to be notified is displayed, and a predetermined notification sound is emitted from the speaker 1310.

  When the user sees the notification display body or listens to the notification sound and knows that the data has been successfully read from the user authentication card 6, as shown in FIG. You can move away from it. Then, the holder main body 1372 naturally rises by the action of the leaf spring 1373 and returns to the original posture, that is, the release position. The card reader 1340 is restored to its original position by the elastic force of the elastic body 1365.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the same effects as those of the first embodiment can be obtained.
The user authentication card 6 is brought into the reading position by reversing the vertical positional relationship between the card holder 1370 and the card reading device 1340 and operating the holder main body 1372 so as to be close to the card reading device 1340 forming an elevation. It is good also as a structure which moves.

[Third Embodiment]
Next, an arcade game device according to a third embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described.
This embodiment is basically realized in the same manner as the first embodiment, but the structure of the card guide structure is different. In the following, differences from the first embodiment will be mainly described, and the same components as those in the first and second embodiments will be assigned the same reference numerals and redundant description will be omitted.

  FIG. 13 is a side external view showing a configuration example of the arcade game apparatus 1300C in the present embodiment. The arcade game device 1300C includes an operation table 1305 with a card guidance structure 1360C built therein.

FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration example of the card guidance structure portion 1360C in the present embodiment.
The card guiding structure 1360C elastically supports the user authentication card 6 so that it can be pushed into the housing. Specifically, the card reader 1340 is provided in a vertical posture below the operation surface of the operation table 1305, and a movable card holder 1370 for inserting and holding the user authentication card 6 is elastic so as to be able to appear and retract in the holder accommodating recess 1381. The body 1382 is elastically supported.

  Further, in place of the pressing operation detection sensor 1367 of the first and second embodiments, a second card detection sensor 1383 is provided on the inner wall portion of the holder housing recess 1381.

FIGS. 15-17 is a figure for demonstrating the usage method of the card guidance structure part 1360B in this embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 15, the user inserts the user authentication card 6 into the card insertion recess 1371 (see FIG. 14) of the holder main body 1372 when playing with the arcade game apparatus 1300. In this state, the user authentication card 6 is in a release position outside the readable range of the card reader 1340.

  When using the user authentication card 6, as shown in FIG. 16, the user pushes down the user authentication card 6 together with the holder main body 1372 with the hand 2. When the holder main body 1372 sinks into the holder receiving recess 1381, the user authentication card 6 enters the readable range of the card reader 1340 and is positioned at the reading position. Then, the second card detection sensor 1383 detects the user authentication card 6 through the back window 1378 and outputs a detection signal to the control board 1350. When the control board 1350 receives the detection signal, the control board 1350 causes the card reader 1340 to read data from the user authentication card 6 and starts using the read data, for example, to make an electronic payment. Is displayed and a predetermined notification sound is emitted from the speaker 1310.

When the user sees the notification display body or listens to the notification sound and knows that the data has been successfully read from the user authentication card 6, the hand 2 is released from the user authentication card 6 as shown in FIG. That's fine. Then, the card holder 1370 is lifted by the urging force of the elastic body 1382 and returns to the original position shown in FIG.
Therefore, the present embodiment can provide the same effects as those of the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 18, the card holder 1370 may be omitted, and a floor plate portion 1390 that can support the user authentication card 6 in the holder receiving recess 1381 may be substituted.

  In addition, the card holder 1370 is configured to protrude and retract up and down in the holder accommodating recess 1381. However, for example, as illustrated in FIG. That is, the card guide structure 1360C is tilted 90 degrees counterclockwise from the posture shown in FIG. 14 and further upside down, and into the elevation provided between the operation table 1305 and the touch panel 1306. It is possible to lay out the card holder 1370 so that the card holder 1370 appears and disappears from the mounting surface.

[Modification]
As mentioned above, although embodiment which applied this invention was described, the form which can apply this invention is not limited to the said form, A component can be added, abbreviate | omitted, and changed suitably.

  For example, in the above embodiment, the user authentication card 6 is realized as an IC card, but a configuration realized by a small computer such as a smartphone having an NFC function equivalent to the user authentication card 6 is also possible. Alternatively, the reading device may be realized by a camera and an image processing circuit that captures and reads a barcode or the like displayed on a display screen of a small computer.

  In the first and second embodiments, the card reader 1340 can be pushed in, but the structure can be omitted. In other words, the push-in operation is unnecessary.

  In the above embodiment, the business game device that executes the progress control of the video game is illustrated as the service providing device. However, the invention can be similarly applied to a service providing device that executes a service other than the video game. For example, a service providing device that performs execution control of pay-per-use service providing processing (for example, a prize game machine, a medal game machine, a pachinko device, a pinball device, a roulette device, a mole hitting device, or a toy such as a capsule toy, The above embodiment can be applied to food, daily necessities, cigarettes, magazines, ticket vending machines, and the like.

  In addition, it is possible to limit the reading of data from the user authentication card 6 in the above-described embodiment only during a given readable period defined for the execution control of the metered rate system. That is, the function of the control board 1350 is limited as a reading time control unit that allows the card reader 1340 to read the user authentication card 6 only during a given readable period determined for execution control of the pay-as-you-go system. You may do that. The given readable period can be a period during which a so-called continue screen is displayed.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the display of the alerting | reporting display body on the touchscreen 1306 and the sound emission of the alerting sound from the speaker 1310 were mentioned as an example of the alerting | reporting which reading of the data from the user authentication card 6 was completed, user suitably You can use additional devices to appeal to the five senses. For example, a vibrator may be additionally provided in the card reader 1340, the operation table 1305, the card holder 1370, etc., and this may be activated by the control board 1350 to notify by vibration.

2 ... hand 6 ... user authentication card 1300-1300C ... arcade game machine 1305 ... operation table 1340 ... card reader 1341 ... step 1350 ... control board 1360-1360C ... card guide structure 1361 ... guide 1362 ... card detection sensor 1363 ... Warning light 1364 ... Accommodating space 1365 ... Elastic body 1366 ... Stopper part 1367 ... Pressing operation detection sensor 1370 ... Card holder 1371 ... Card insertion recess 1372 ... Holder body 1373 ... Plate spring 1374 ... Swing support part 1375 ... Base 1376 ... Stopper 1377 ... Front window 1378 ... Back window 1381 ... Holder receiving recess 1382 ... Elastic body 1383 ... Second card detection sensor 1384 ... Elastic body 1390 ... Floor board

Claims (10)

For execution control or progress control (hereinafter collectively referred to as “execution control”) of a metered service providing process, the metered system execution control is performed from the information carrier medium of the user located in the readable range of the medium reader. A service providing apparatus that reads the data required to control the execution of the service providing process,
A structure that supports the information carrier medium at a release position outside the reading range in a natural state where the hand is released and guides the manual movement of the information carrier medium from the release position to a reading position within the readable range. Having a guide structure,
A service providing apparatus comprising: A release state detection unit for detecting that the information carrying medium is in the release position;
An informing unit for informing a detection result of the release state detecting unit;
The service providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: A detection unit for detecting that the information carrier medium is located at the reading position;
A reading control unit that causes the medium reading device to perform a reading operation when detection by the detection unit is performed;
The service providing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: The detection unit detects that the information-carrying medium is located at the reading position for a given time;
The service providing apparatus according to claim 3. A reading time control unit that enables reading by the medium reading device only during a given readable period determined for execution control of the metered rate system;
The service providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: A notification control unit for notifying that when reading by the medium reader is performed;
The service providing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising: The guide structure portion includes a guide portion on which the information carrying medium can be dropped by its own weight, with the guide surface upstream portion serving as the reading position and the guide surface downstream portion serving as the release position.
The service provision apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-6. The guide structure portion is configured to have a guide portion that allows the information carrier medium to fall by its own weight, with the guide surface upstream portion serving as the reading position and the guide surface downstream portion serving as the release position.
The detection unit detects a pressure from the normal direction of the guide surface at the reading position;
The service providing apparatus according to claim 7. The guide structure part is:
A holding unit for holding the information carrying medium;
A swing support section that supports the holding section so as to be swingable between the reading position and the release position;
A biasing portion that biases the swing support portion to return to the release position;
The service providing device according to any one of claims 1 to 6. The guide structure part is:
A support portion that supports the information-carrying medium so as to be pushed into the housing;
An urging portion that urges the support portion in a direction in which the information carrier medium supported by the support portion protrudes out of a housing;
The position where the support part in a state of supporting the information carrier medium is pushed inward of the housing is the reading position, and the information carrier medium supported by the support part is urged by the urging part The position projected out of the housing by the is the release position,
The service provision apparatus as described in any one of Claims 1-6.

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