JP2017185210A - Commodity vending device and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase availability in a suitable state.SOLUTION: A commodity vending device is the one that discharges a commodity in response to payment in exchange therefor, and includes: discharge means for discharging a commodity; detection means for detecting whether the discharge means is in a first state capable of discharging the commodity or in a second state not capable of discharging the commodity; and control means for controlling the commodity to be discharged by the discharge means, and in the first state, for causing the discharge means to discharge a first commodity in response to the payment in exchange therefor. The control means causes the discharge means to discharge a second commodity different from the first commodity when the state changes from the second state to the first state.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to an article sales apparatus and program, and more particularly, to an article discharge apparatus that discharges an article in response to payment of a price.

  There is a game device that allows a user to play a game in accordance with payment of a consideration and pays out a prize in accordance with the content of the play (Patent Document 1). The game device described in Patent Document 1 stores a plurality of types of prizes for payout, and displays a warning regarding supplementation of prizes on a display when the number of types of prizes out of stock exceeds a predetermined number. It has a function.

JP 2005-152040 A

  However, since there are various environments for installing the game device as in Patent Document 1, there is a possibility that premium supplementation may not be suitably performed even if such notification is given. In other words, the presence or absence of employees who regularly monitor the game device and the monitoring frequency differ depending on the store where the game device is installed, so even if notification is given, the game device will not be noticed by the employee and will not be in stock. There was a possibility.

  In addition, when such notification is made, the user performs an act of searching for an employee, requesting confirmation of the device, and then waiting for the employee to replenish and play the game. This is not practical in a game device in which the target layer is a child or a game device in which a desired prize is not necessarily obtained.

  As a result, in such a game device, there was a situation where out of stock was not resolved and the opportunity for profit was missed.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above-mentioned problem, and it aims at providing the goods sales apparatus and program which increase the operation rate in a suitable state.

  In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, an article selling apparatus of the present invention is an article discharging apparatus that discharges an article in response to payment of a price, the discharging means for discharging the article, and the discharging means including the first article. Detection means for detecting whether the first state in which discharge is possible or the second state in which the first article cannot be discharged; and control means for controlling the article to be discharged by the discharge means In the first state, there is a control means for causing the discharge means to discharge the first article in response to payment of the consideration, and when the control means changes from the second state to the first state, A second article different from the first article is discharged by the discharging means.

  With such a configuration, according to the present invention, it is possible to increase the operating rate in a suitable state.

The block diagram which showed the function structure of the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. The flowchart which illustrated the game processing performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention The flowchart which illustrated the process at the time of discharge impossible performed with the game device 100 which concerns on embodiment and modification of this invention. The figure which illustrated the composition of various data concerning the embodiment of the present invention, and a modification.

[Embodiment]
Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that in the embodiment described below, as an example of an article sales apparatus, a game apparatus that provides a single game in response to payment of a price and can discharge articles corresponding to in-game elements for the game play. Next, an example to which the present invention is applied will be described. However, the present invention can be applied to any device that can discharge an article in accordance with payment of a price.

<Game device configuration>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a functional configuration of a game apparatus 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention.

  The control unit 101 is, for example, a CPU, and controls the operation of each block included in the game apparatus 100. Specifically, the control unit 101 controls the operation of each block by, for example, reading an operation program for each block recorded on the recording medium 102 and developing the operation program in the memory 103.

  The recording medium 102 is a recording device that can hold data permanently, such as a nonvolatile memory or an HDD. The recording medium 102 stores information such as parameters necessary for the operation of each block and various graphics data used for the game executed by the game device 100 in addition to the operation program for each block of the game device 100. To do. The memory 103 is a storage device used for temporary data storage such as a volatile memory. The memory 103 is used not only as a development area for the operation program of each block, but also as a storage area for temporarily storing data output in the operation of each block.

  The payment detection unit 104 detects that the game device 100 has paid the price. The payment of the consideration is determined by detecting, for example, that a predetermined amount of coins or corresponding coins have been inserted into the coin slot, or completion of settlement processing based on communication with a chip related to the predetermined electronic money. It may be done. The game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment is described as starting the provision of game play to the user based on the payment of the price. However, payment of the price is not an essential requirement, and the game play is based on a predetermined start instruction. The provision of may begin.

  The acquisition unit 105 acquires information on characters used in the game when playing the game content provided by the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment. The acquisition is performed through a reader 120 that is detachably connected in the same housing as the game apparatus 100 or outside the game apparatus 100, and is converted into a format suitable for use in the game process through a predetermined data conversion process or the like. And get. The reader 120 detects that a game article has been placed on a predetermined part, and recognizes the article or acquires information from the article, for example, using an imaging device and predetermined image processing.

  Hereinafter, for the sake of simplicity, description will be made assuming that the game apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment uses a card configured as a game article to acquire information (card information) attached to the card. The game article is not limited to a card, and may be any article that can be discharged by the printing unit 140 described later. When the printing unit 140 is a device capable of generating a three-dimensional model such as a so-called 3D printer, the article may be a model such as a figure related to a character, and the printing unit 140 corresponds to card information. Data may be recorded and output. Further, for example, when the printing unit 140 has a sorter of a plurality of types of toys and is replaced by a device configured to be able to selectively output a toy related to a predetermined character, the article may be the toy, Similarly, data corresponding to the card information may be recorded and output. One card is associated with one of the characters that can appear in the game and has a pattern (image) of the character, but the card is not a character other than the character in the game. It does not exclude the possibility of being associated with in-game elements. In the present embodiment, the card information is described as being converted into a one-dimensional or multi-dimensional pattern (code) and attached to the card by printing. However, the card information is not limited to that which is attached to the card in such a visible state, but is attached by printing with invisible ink, or recorded on a recording medium such as an IC chip included in the card as data. It may be held.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, the card information is associated with a card ID 401, which is identification information for uniquely identifying a card, and a character ID 402 for identifying a character associated with the card. There is a parameter 403 for determining a parameter on the game when the attached character is used in the game.

  The game content provided in the game device 100 of the present embodiment has a so-called breeding element that allows the character to grow and change in different manners depending on the user as the user plays a game related to the battle game. Therefore, in the game device 100 of the present embodiment, the user discharges a new card in a state in which the growth according to the play result of the game is reflected for the character registered using the card so as to appear at the time of game play. Can do. At this time, the information of the grown state is included in the card information as the parameter 403 that is dynamically changed according to the play result, and the card having the card information is used in the next game play and thereafter, Game play that continues the state will be provided. Here, the parameter 403 may include information for identifying the user who has played the game and is the owner of the card.

  The character DB 106 is a database that manages character information for each character that is predetermined as appearing in the game content. The character information managed for one character may have a data structure as shown in FIG. 4B, for example. In the example of FIG. 4B, initial values of character-specific ability parameters such as physical strength, attack power, skill, skill, etc., which are determined in advance in a state where growth factors are not considered in association with the character ID 411 that identifies the character. Basic parameter 412 indicating (reference value), increase / decrease width according to the growth (number of times played, contents of play) for various parameters from the basic parameter, growth information 413 indicating additional skills, skills, etc. that can be added In addition, drawing information 414 including various drawing data necessary for drawing the character on the game screen is managed.

  The display control unit 107 is a drawing device that generates a game-related screen by performing a drawing process such as a GPU. The display control unit 107 draws a game screen related to the game content. Specifically, the display control unit 107 reads out necessary drawing objects in accordance with information such as in-game parameters according to the progress of the game, and executes appropriate arithmetic processing during execution of the game processing described later. Do. The generated game screen is output to the display unit 130 which is a display device that is detachably connected in the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100, and is displayed in a predetermined display area, thereby displaying the user. Presented to.

  The discharge control unit 108 controls the discharge of cards for one game play based on the payment of consideration. The discharge control unit 108 generates print data related to a card to be printed out, including a code related to card information and a character image, for a character for which an instruction to make a card (card generation) is given. When generating the print data, the discharge control unit 108 transmits the print data together with the print command to the print unit 140 to instruct printing of the corresponding card and discharge the print data. The printing unit 140 is a printing device such as a printer configured to be able to transmit and receive information to and from the discharge control unit 108 detachably connected in the same housing as the game device 100 or outside the game device 100. When the print unit 140 receives print data related to the card and a print command related to the data from the discharge control unit 108, the print unit 140 performs a print operation of the print data. For example, the printing may be performed while transporting roll paper included in the printing unit 140. When the printing unit 140 performs printing related to the card, the printed roll paper is cut and discharged. The card discharged by the printing unit 140 is provided to the user by being guided to a discharge port (not shown) that is accessible from the outside of the game apparatus 100 when the configuration is built in the housing of the game apparatus 100. It may be a thing.

  The operation input unit 109 is a user interface that the game apparatus 100 has, such as an operation member for direction input, an operation member for determination input, and various sensors. When the operation input unit 109 detects that an operation input to the operation member has been made, the operation input unit 109 outputs a control signal corresponding to the operation input to the control unit 101. In the present embodiment, the game apparatus 100 is described as having various interfaces as physical operation members. However, the game apparatus 100 includes, for example, a touch input detection sensor that detects a touch input made on the screen of the display unit 130. Also good.

  Communication unit 110 is a communication interface with an external device included in game device 100. The communication unit 110 can be connected to an external device via a communication network such as the Internet (not shown) and a wired medium such as a cable, and can transmit and receive data.

《Card Ejection》
Hereinafter, an outline of card discharge performed in the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment will be described.

  As described above, the game apparatus 100 according to the present embodiment is configured such that, for game content that provides game play, a card associated with any of the characters provided for the game can be ejected. On the other hand, since the printing unit 140 uses roll paper as a print medium in relation to card generation, the roll paper is naturally consumed by repeating the card generation. Therefore, when the roll paper is used up or when the length required to generate one card is insufficient, the card cannot be ejected (cannot be ejected), and a new It is necessary to replenish roll paper. Therefore, in the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, in order to avoid providing the game play in such a state where it cannot be discharged and reducing the interest of the user because the card is not discharged to the user. Control is performed so as not to provide game play when the discharge becomes impossible.

  However, as described in the problem, replenishment of roll paper is not necessarily performed at an appropriate timing by an employee or the like of the store where the game apparatus 100 is installed, and a plurality of the same game apparatuses 100 are particularly installed. In the store, since the user who wanted the game play may be placed in a separate stand-by queue, the game device 100 that has become incapable of being discharged can be left in a state in which the game play is impossible. You will miss the opportunity.

  Therefore, the game device 100 according to the present embodiment controls the card discharge mode so that a user who notices that the game device 100 is in a non-dischargeable state can easily report to the employee, etc. that the non-dischargeable state. I do. Specifically, in order to eliminate the dissatisfaction of the user who was unable to play the game at the desired timing due to the non-dischargeable state, and to be given a privilege for contributing to recovery from the state A card (special card) having a discharge mode different from the card (normal card) discharged in the discharge enabled state is provided to the user who played the game after the transition from the discharge disabled state to the discharge enabled state. Here, the special card is a character that is different in design from a normal card, is associated with a character that is not discharged as a normal card, is associated with a character that is determined to be highly useful in the game, or is the same character. However, it is assumed that the card has added value such that the card information includes a parameter in a state in which the game progress is more advantageous than the normal card when used in the game. In the present embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, the special card is described as being discharged in a state where the special card is changed to a parameter that allows the game to proceed more advantageously than the normal card.

  As will be described in detail later, whether or not a special card discharge condition is met can be determined based on whether or not a logical special card discharge flag stored in the memory 103 is “true”, for example. It may be.

《Game processing》
Next, specific processing of the game processing performed in the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment having such a configuration will be described using the flowchart of FIG. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, developing it in the memory 103, and executing it. Note that this game process will be described as being started when the payment detection unit 104 detects that payment has been made in a state where the game apparatus 100 is in a dischargeable state, for example.

  In S201, the control unit 101 starts an appearance character determination sequence for determining characters to appear in one game play. In the game content of the present embodiment, the user can cause a plurality (a prescribed number) of characters to appear in the game for each game play. The registration of the character may be performed by acquiring card information from the card, or may be performed based on the card information when the user does not have the card, for example. Good.

  When information is acquired from the card, the control unit 101 stores appearance character information related to one character corresponding to the card in the memory 103 based on the card information. Specifically, the control unit 101 first obtains the character information related to the character ID 402 of the card information from the character DB 106, changes the basic parameter 412 of these based on the parameter 403 of the card information, and sets it as registered character information. Store. At this time, information indicating registration based on the card may be included in the registered character information. If the information-acquired card is an off-the-shelf card, the parameter 403 is the same as the basic parameter 412, and therefore the change process may be omitted. When the storage of the registered character information relating to the specified number of characters is completed, the control unit 101 ends the appearance character determination sequence and moves the process to S202.

  As described above, the appearance character may be registered without being based on the card information, and the process of this step is performed when, for example, it is detected that an operation input related to the end of registration by the user is made. You may end. In this case, if the storage of the registered character information related to the prescribed number of characters has not been completed, the control unit 101 determines, for example, a lottery process to determine the character ID related to the character, and the character DB 106 stores the character information related to the character ID. And stored in the memory 103 as information of one character to appear (appearance character information). In this case, the appearance character information does not include information indicating registration based on the card.

  In addition, in the appearance character determination sequence, not only the appearance character determination based on user registration, but also, for example, a battle character of a predetermined game provided in the game sequence, a main character to appear according to a selected scenario, etc. This information may also be stored. The characters related to the stored appearance character information may be included in candidates for card formation in a card generation sequence described later.

  In S202, the control unit 101 starts a game sequence for executing a predetermined game related to game play. The game sequence is to execute a predetermined game based on the stored appearance character information, and a game experience related to a game in which the character related to the appearance character information appears is provided to the user. The progress of the game may be controlled based on parameters stored in the appearance character information, and may be controlled in consideration of other operation inputs made by the user.

  In S203, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the game sequence has reached a card generation sequence. As described above, in the game content according to the game apparatus 100 of the present embodiment, when a part of the game related to one game play is completed, the user acquires a card related to the game play. Can do. Here, the fact that a card can be acquired when a part of the game is completed is based on the consideration of the possibility of using the card acquired during the game play during the game play. This does not exclude a mode in which the card can be acquired at the time when the game is finished. When it is determined that the game sequence has reached the card generation sequence, the control unit 101 moves the process to S204, and when it is determined that the game sequence has not reached, the process of this step is repeated.

  In S <b> 204, the control unit 101 presents a candidate for cardification as a game screen to the user based on the stored character information, and accepts selection of a cardification target. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the candidate for card formation is a character corresponding to each of the stored appearance character information, that is, a character that has appeared in a game performed based on payment of the consideration. The control unit 101 waits for processing in this step until accepting selection of a cardification target, and when accepting selection, moves the processing to S205.

  In step S205, the control unit 101 determines whether the condition for discharging the special card is satisfied. The determination in this step may be made based on the value of the special card discharge flag stored in the memory 103 as described above. If the control unit 101 determines that the condition for discharging the special card is satisfied, the process proceeds to S206. If the control unit 101 determines that the condition does not apply, the process proceeds to S208.

  In S206, the control unit 101 configures card information of the special card to be generated. The structure of the card information is performed based on the appearance character information corresponding to the character to be carded. Specifically, for example, after acquiring the card ID for the card to be generated, the control unit 101 acquires the character ID and parameters included in the corresponding appearance character information, and configures the card information. At this time, if the appearance character information includes information indicating that the character has been registered based on the card, the control unit 101 changes the parameter by a value corresponding to the growth of “two stages” based on the growth information of the character. (Grow up), configure card information for special cards. Even if the character information does not include information indicating that the character has been registered based on the card, the control unit 101 uses the growth information of the character as a basic value with a value corresponding to “one step” of growth. The parameter 412 is changed to configure the card information of the special card.

  In step S207, the control unit 101 changes the value of the special card discharge flag stored in the memory 103 to “false”, and moves the process to step S209.

  On the other hand, if it is determined in S205 that the condition for discharging the special card is not satisfied, the control unit 101 configures card information of the generated normal card in S208. The structure of the card information is performed based on the appearance character information corresponding to the character to be carded. Specifically, for example, after acquiring the card ID for the card to be generated, the control unit 101 acquires the character ID and parameters included in the corresponding appearance character information, and configures the card information. At this time, if the appearance character information includes information indicating that the character has been registered based on the card, the control unit 101 changes the parameter by a value corresponding to the growth of “one step” based on the growth information of the character. Configure card information for regular cards. If the information indicating that the character has been registered based on the card is not included in the appearance character information, the control unit 101 sets the parameter as the basic parameter 412 and configures the card information of the normal card.

  In step S209, the control unit 101 transmits the configured card information to the discharge control unit 108, and causes the printing unit 140 to generate and discharge the card with the corresponding character image and costume image.

  In S210, the control unit 101 determines whether or not the game sequence ends. If the control unit 101 determines that the game sequence is to end, the control unit 101 moves the process to S <b> 211. If it determines that the game sequence is not yet ended, the control unit 101 repeats the process of this step.

  In step S211, the control unit 101 determines whether the printing unit 140 is in a state where the next card can be ejected. In the present embodiment, the control unit 101 determines this step based on whether or not the remaining amount of roll paper included in the printing unit 140 is larger than the length necessary for generating one card. To do. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that the length necessary for generating one card to be discharged is the same for both normal cards and special cards. When the control unit 101 determines that the next card can be ejected, the game process is completed with the state of the game apparatus 100 maintained in the ejectable state. If the control unit 101 determines that the next card cannot be ejected, the control unit 101 moves the process to S212, transitions the state of the game device 100 from the ejectable state to the undischargeable state, and completes the game process. To do.

  In this embodiment, the state detection is described as being performed after the game sequence is finished. However, the state detection timing is not limited to this. It may be performed at timing.

<Processing when discharge is impossible>
Next, when the game apparatus 100 is in a non-dischargeable state, details of the non-dischargeable process that is executed when the game apparatus 100 reaches a standby state waiting for the start of game play will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. To do. The processing corresponding to the flowchart can be realized by the control unit 101 reading, for example, a corresponding processing program stored in the recording medium 102, developing it in the memory 103, and executing it. Note that the process when the discharge is impossible will be described as being started when the game process is completed after, for example, a transition to the discharge impossible state.

  In S <b> 301, the control unit 101 starts a play deterrence process in which a game play is not provided. The play deterrence process may be a process for controlling the game process not to start even if the payment is made. For example, when the payment is made, the control unit 101 may perform a process of paying back the payment (returning the price and not starting the electronic money settlement process).

  In S <b> 302, the control unit 101 executes a notification process that informs that it is in a discharge impossible state. In the notification process, for example, the display control unit 107 generates a game screen indicating that the game apparatus 100 is in a state where the card cannot be ejected or a card sheet needs to be replenished, and causes the display unit 130 to generate the game screen. It may be performed by displaying. Further, the notification mode of the present invention is not limited to this. For example, such a game screen is accompanied by a display that informs that a special card will be discharged if the game screen is recovered from a state where it cannot be discharged. May be. With such a display, the user can be more actively guided to the recovery work, and the game device 100 can be reduced from being left unplayable. In the present embodiment, it is assumed that notification is performed in this step. However, the notification timing is, for example, a configuration in which notification is made when it is detected that payment has been made in a state where discharge is not possible. It is good.

  In step S <b> 303, the control unit 101 determines whether roll paper has been replenished and the state has changed from the undischargeable state to the dischargeable state. The control unit 101 moves the process to S304 when determining that the state has changed from the undischargeable state to the dischargeable state, and repeats the process of this step when determining that the undischargeable state is maintained.

  In step S <b> 304, the control unit 101 changes the value of the special card discharge flag stored in the memory 103 to “true” and completes the main discharge impossible process. At this time, the control unit 101 also ends the play suppression process.

  As described above, according to the game device of the present embodiment, even when it reaches a state where it cannot be discharged, an earlier recovery to the dischargeable state can be expected, and the operating rate in a suitable state can be increased. Can be increased.

  In the present embodiment, the game apparatus 100 has been described as an apparatus corresponding to so-called on-demand printing, in which printing is performed on a print medium to discharge an article (card), but for example, an article stored in a storage unit Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to an embodiment in which the sheet is discharged without printing. In this case, it may be configured such that different types of articles are discharged at the time of recovery from the non-dischargeable state, or the number of articles discharged at the time of recovery is set to be larger than the normal dischargeable state. It may be configured.

  In the present embodiment, the normal card and the special card have been described as having the same print size for one sheet, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, since the roll paper has a sufficient length when recovering from the undischargeable state, the special card may have a larger size than the normal card.

[Embodiment 2]
In the above-described embodiment, the aspect in which there is no change in the added value given to the special card has been described. However, from the viewpoint of increasing the operating rate in a preferable state, the recovery from the non-dischargeable state is earlier. Is preferred. Accordingly, the time required to reach the dischargeable state after reaching the undischargeable state is measured, and the shorter the time is, for example, the card corresponding to the character set to be highly useful in the game is discharged, or You may comprise so that the card | curd with which the parameter which advances a game more advantageously could be taken out.

[Embodiment 3]
In the first and second embodiments described above, the size of the discharged card is described as being constant. However, for example, the size of the discharged card varies depending on the content of the game play. May be. In this case, since the size of the card to be ejected is determined in the card generation sequence of the game process, it is detected whether or not the printing unit 140 can eject the card of the size when it is determined. There is a need. Therefore, even if it is not in the standby state, for example, when the card formation target is selected in S204, the state can be changed to the undischargeable state. At this time, the control unit 101 may control to stop until the process related to the game sequence being executed is recovered, and perform the notification process. Then, the special card discharge flag is set to “true” when the undischargeable state is resolved, the stopped game processing is resumed, and the special card is discharged.

[Modification]
In particular, stopping the game play due to the transition to the non-dischargeable state during the game play as described in the third embodiment can reduce the interest of the user. Therefore, it is good also as a structure which controls not to perform only card | curd generation among game processes, and does not stop a game sequence. In this case, since it is preferable to provide the user with the card that has not been generated without waiting for the replenishment of the roll paper, after the game sequence is completed, for example, in the same store connected via the communication unit 110 It may be controlled so that a special card is discharged from the other game device 100 by giving a notification prompting the user to move to another game device 100 that can be discharged. Of course, if another user is playing the game on the other game device 100 acting on behalf of the discharge, the discharge is not performed by interruption, but after the game play by the other user is completed, The card may be controlled to be ejected and provided.

[Other Embodiments]
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. The article sales apparatus according to the present invention can also be realized by a program that causes one or more computers to function as the article sales apparatus. The program can be provided / distributed by being recorded on a computer-readable recording medium or through a telecommunication line.

  100: Game device 101: Control unit 102: Recording medium 103: Memory 104: Payment detection unit 105: Acquisition unit 106: Character DB 107: Display control unit 108: Discharge control unit 109: Operation Input unit, 110: communication unit, 120: reader, 130: display unit, 140: printing unit

Claims (16)

An article discharge device for discharging an article in response to payment of a price,
Discharging means for discharging the article;
Detecting means for detecting whether the discharging means is in a first state in which the first article can be discharged or a second state in which the first article cannot be discharged;
Control means for controlling an article to be discharged by the discharge means, and in the first state, the control means for causing the discharge means to discharge the first article in response to payment of a price,
The article discharge device that causes the discharge means to discharge a second article different from the first article when the control means changes from the second state to the first state. A storage section for storing articles discharged by the discharge means;
The detection means detects the first state when the first article is present in the housing portion, and detects the second state when the first article is not present in the housing portion. The article discharging apparatus according to claim 1.   And a notification means for notifying that the first article cannot be discharged when it is detected that the payment has been made in the second state or when the consideration has been paid in the second state. The article discharging apparatus according to claim 1 or 2.   The article discharging apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the notification means includes displaying on the display means at least one of being in the second state and requiring replenishment of the first article. .   The notification means includes displaying on the display means that the second article is discharged when the second state is canceled and the first state is reached. The article discharging apparatus as described.   The article discharging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5, further comprising a refunding unit that performs a process of refunding the consideration when the consideration is paid in the second state.   The reimbursement means has already discharged based on the payment of the consideration when the payment is made from the first state to the second state after the payment for the discharge of the plurality of the first articles is made. The article discharging apparatus according to claim 6, wherein a consideration obtained by subtracting an amount corresponding to the first article on which the payment is made is refunded.   The said 2nd article | item is the article | item from which the number discharged | emitted according to payment of a price is larger than the said 1st article | item, or a size different from the said 1st article | item. The article discharging apparatus according to 1. It further has execution means for executing the game in response to payment of the consideration,
The article discharging apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the discharging means discharges an article corresponding to an in-game element of the game for one game play based on payment of a price. The detecting means detects a state after discharging the first article by the discharging means according to one game play based on payment of a consideration,
The control means includes
Controlling the execution means so as not to execute the game based on payment of a further fee when the detection means detects that the second state has been changed from the first state;
Thereafter, when it is detected that the first state is changed from the second state, the game is executed by the execution means based on payment of further consideration, and the second article is discharged. The article discharging apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the means is discharged. A determining means for determining a discharge mode of the first article to be discharged by the discharging means during one game play based on payment of a consideration;
The detection means detects a state based on whether the first article can be discharged in the discharge mode determined by the determination means,
When the control means is unable to discharge the first article in the determined discharge mode and is detected to be in the second state, the control unit again sets the first state from the second state. The article discharging apparatus according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the execution means is controlled to stop the one-time game play until it becomes. Usefulness in the game is defined in the in-game element corresponding to the article,
12. The article ejection device according to claim 9, wherein the in-game element corresponding to the second article is more useful in the game than the in-game element corresponding to the first article. The discharging means discharges the article by giving reference information referred to in determining the progress of the game,
The reference information of a state in which the progress of the game is more advantageous than the first article corresponding to the same in-game element is given to the second article. Article discharge device. A measuring unit for measuring a time required from the second state to the first state again;
The control means includes at least an in-game element corresponding to the second item to be discharged by the discharging means and a state of reference information to be given to the second article according to the time measured by the measuring means. The article discharging apparatus according to claim 12 or 13, wherein any one of them is made different. Further comprising communication means for communication connection with the other article discharge device;
When the control means is changed from the first state to the second state between the payment of the consideration and the discharge of the first article based on the payment of the consideration. The article discharging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second article is discharged by the discharging means of the other article discharging apparatus that is communicatively connected via the communication means.   The program for functioning a computer as each means of the article | item discharge | emission apparatus of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 15.

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