JP2018029648A - System for game house - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To detect properly with high versatility, a group other than a fraudulent group desired to be shunned by a game house.SOLUTION: A management device manages grouped game machines regardless of whether or not a player is discriminated by image authentication or the like by means of an image from an imaging device, and thereby can grasp the state of a game group, and further can detect properly the game group with high versatility. Though even determination of whether a member card is used or not is unnecessary, when a release condition is established, removal from a group is carried out, and therefore a risk of recklessly increasing the number of game machines belonging to the group can be reduced.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a game system.

  In addition to the so-called Goto group that cheats gaming machines, there are also cases where a group that does not cheat gaming machines visits the game hall rules.

JP 2014-23770 A

  Although this group has a playground that is considered to be a player who does not cheat like the Goto group, the appearance and gaming attitude are very bad, and other players such as regular customers who enjoy the game purely are nearby There is a risk of refraining from playing games or visiting amusement parks. For this reason, in many game halls, it is desired to prohibit the above-mentioned groups from visiting. For example, in Patent Document 1, players are grouped according to the images of the players taken and the recording status of the recording medium. It has been proposed to detect.

  If a group can be detected in this way, it is possible to operate the group so that it can be withdrawn from the group, which is very useful. However, the configuration as in Patent Document 1 is based on the premise that a player is imaged. One step was lacking in versatility.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a system for a game hall that can appropriately detect a group other than the Goto group that the game hall desires to avoid with high versatility.

  According to the invention of claim 1, it is possible to grasp the situation of the players who form a group by managing the grouped group devices regardless of whether or not the players are identified by the imaging device or the like, and is highly versatile. A population other than the Goto population can be detected appropriately.

The figure which shows the whole structure of the system for game centers in one Embodiment. Diagram showing the setting of various conditions A diagram showing a list of gaming machine status by group The figure which shows the state list of the game machine classified by group after image data correction Diagram showing after layout display Flow chart showing grouping processing by management device

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a game hall system. A large number of gaming machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and a gaming device 2 is installed corresponding to each gaming machine 1. Each of these gaming machines 1, gaming devices 2, and information display devices 3 is connected to a relay device 4, and the relay devices 4 are connected via a LAN 5 to a management device 6 (group means, game information specifying means, determination means, exclusion) Means, management means, identification information acquisition means, player determination means). A POS and a balance adjusting machine (both not shown) are also installed in the game hall, and these POS and balance adjusting machines are also connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5. Although not shown in FIG. 1, for example, several hundred gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 6.

  The management device 6 is installed in, for example, an office room in the game hall, and is connected to a keyboard 7, a monitor 8, a printer (not shown), etc. operated by the game hall manager. The management device 6 inputs game signals output from the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, the gaming device 2, etc.), so that the gaming data for each gaming machine 1, personal data for each registered member, gaming machine 1 manages the operating state of the gaming machine 2 and the like.

  The gaming machine 1 is a CR (card reader) pachinko gaming machine, and includes an operation handle 10 that constitutes a launching device that launches balls (game media) onto a board surface 9, an upper plate 11 that can store balls, and a lower plate 12. At the same time, the board surface 9 has a liquid crystal display unit 13, a universal winning port 14, a first starting port 15, a second starting port 16, and a big winning port 17.

The gaming machine 1 operates as shown below.
(1) The first starting port 15 is a winning port where the winning rate does not fluctuate (so-called navel winning port), and the second starting port 16 is a winning port where the winning rate fluctuates (so-called electric Chu). A big hit lottery is performed in accordance with a winning (start winning) at each of the start openings 15 and 16, and the lottery result is notified by symbol variation performed on the liquid crystal display unit 13, and a big hit is made according to the variation result.

  (2) When starting winning a prize during symbol variation, the symbol variation is cumulatively held up to a predetermined holding upper limit value (for example, four each), and the symbol variation held after the symbol variation ends is started. In addition, when a start winning is made in a state where the number of symbols fluctuation (holding number) being held is the upper limit, the symbol fluctuation is not suspended.

  (3) The winning probability (hit probability) of the big hit lottery is 1/260, and the probability change rate that is the ratio of the big hit (probable change big hit) after which the big hit becomes the probability change state (probability change) is (both normal state and probability change state) 66.6%. When a big hit occurs, the big winning opening 17 is opened for the corresponding round (R).

  (4) The corresponding round is also drawn in the same way as the big hit lottery, and when the winning ratio is won at the first start port 15, 4R is 55% and 15R is 45%, but the second start port 16 When 4R is won, 4R is 10% and 15R is 90%, and the reserve start priority of the symbol variation according to the winning is set higher in the second start port 16 than in the first start port 15. Yes. The maximum number of winnings for 1R is 9, and the upper limit opening period is 2 seconds for 4R, while it is 30 seconds for 15R, and 1R is set when either the upper winning number or the upper limit opening period is satisfied. finish.

  (5) During probability change, the big hit probability is improved to 1/74 and the winning rate to each of the start ports 15 and 16 becomes high (short time). Since the probability change continues until the next big hit, it continues until a big hit (ordinary big hit) that becomes a normal gaming state (normal state) that is neither a big hit nor a probable change after the big hit occurs, and then a predetermined number (for example, 100 times) ) The time is shortened until the symbol variation is performed, and then the normal state is reached.

  (6) The second starting port 16 is in an open state with a high winning rate when a normal symbol (ordinary symbol) that fluctuates in accordance with the winning at the winning symbol winning port 14 is hit. In this case, the fluctuation time of one time in the normal figure is 30 seconds in the normal state and 3 seconds in the short time state. The opening time is 0.3 seconds in the normal state and 5 seconds in the short time state. That is, in the short time state, the normal time fluctuation time becomes shorter than in the normal state, while the open time becomes longer, so that the winning rate of the second start port 16 becomes higher. The model A has been described above as an example, but the exemplified values have various specifications depending on the model, for example, the model B has a big hit probability and a round distribution.

The gaming machine 1 and peripheral devices attached to the gaming machine 1 output the gaming signals shown below as the game progresses, such as driving a ball by the player and starting winnings at the starting ports 15 and 16. .
Out signal = a signal that can specify a consumption value (out) output from an out BOX that collects consumed balls. Since one pulse is output for 10 consumed (used, driven, and collected) balls, “the number of out signals × 10” is specified as out. A signal output from the gaming machine 1 may be used.

  Safe signal = a signal that can specify a prize-giving value (safe) output from the gaming machine 1. Since 1 pulse is output for 10 payout balls, “safe signal number × 10” is specified as safe.

  Start signal = a signal that can specify start processing (symbol variation, accessory operation, unit game) in the liquid crystal display unit 13 (combination) that is changed (actuated) by the start winning (specific winning) output from the gaming machine 1 It is. Since it is output when the symbol variation is determined, the start process is specified in accordance with the input of the start signal, and “start signal × 1” is specified as the start number (start process number). A signal indicating a winning to the first start port 15 or the second start port 16 may be used.

Big hit signal = a signal that can specify the big hit period output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is a status signal that is level-output during the big hit, the input of the big hit signal is specified as the big hit.
Special state signal = a signal that can specify a special state (Gunnaka) output from the gaming machine 1. Since the level signal is output during a special state (during time reduction) in which the winning rate of the second start port 16 is improved, the special state signal being input is identified as being in the special state. Further, a period in which neither the big hit signal nor the special state signal is input is specified as the normal state.

  The gaming apparatus 2 is a lending machine with a so-called counting function for each vehicle, a status indicator lamp 18 indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine 1, a money slot 19 into which money (a player's money value, valuable value) is inserted, Touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 20 that accepts operation input from the player and displays game data such as the number of symbol fluctuations (start count) and jackpot probability as the game progresses, Mochitama (the player acquired by the game) Inserted are a payout button 21 for paying out a game value acquired value, valuable value, and a stored ball if a member), a payout nozzle 22 through which the payout ball passes, a general card and a member card (recording medium). A card insertion slot 23, a detachable counting tray 24 positioned below the lower tray 12 of the gaming machine 1, and the like.

The gaming device 2 operates as described below.
(1) When money is accepted (money acceptance process), the deposit amount is added to the balance and displayed on both the gaming machine 1 and the gaming device 2, and a lending button (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 is displayed with the balance remaining. ) Is pressed (lending operation), a lending ball (contribution value) for 1 unit of loan (for example, 500 yen) is paid out from the gaming machine 1 (contribution processing), and the amount corresponding to the rate is subtracted from the balance. Drop (subtract). In addition, the money can accept the correspondence of the multiple times of the value giving process (for example, up to 10,000 yen).

  (2) When a ball dropped from the lower tray 12 of the gaming machine 1 is received by the counting tray 24, the received ball is counted and specified as a retained ball, and a payout using the retained ball as a price is also possible. When the payout button 21 is pressed (a replay operation and a giving operation for a ball), a ball for a unit of value (for example, 500 yen) is paid out from the payout nozzle 22 (a replay process for a ball, a predetermined game value) Is assigned to the player as a consideration), and the consideration (the same number as the number of balls paid out) is withdrawn (subtracted) from the holding ball. The balls dispensed from the dispensing nozzle 22 are stored in the upper plate 11.

  (3) When a return button (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 is pressed (issuance operation) in a state where the balance or the ball remains, a general card that can identify the stock balance or ball is issued. (Issuing process for issuing a recording medium associated with an acquired value). In addition, it is possible to issue a split issue where only the balance or a part of the ball is to be issued. In the case of a split issue, by performing an issue operation to specify the portion of the ball that you want to issue separately, A general card associated with the ball is issued, and the rest can be used for the lending process and the replay process in the same manner as before the split issue.

  (4) A membership card distributed to a player who has become a member of the amusement hall can also be accepted, and a possession ball and a balance can be associated with the membership card in the same manner as a general card. However, the balance information is written on the membership card in the same manner as the general card, but the possession ball is associated with the membership ID which is the membership card ID in the management device 6 without the possession information being written on the membership card. If the member ID is associated with the member ID, it is specified as a storage ball. That is, the acquired value associated with the member ID as the player's acquired value becomes a stored ball, and the unsupported acquired value becomes a ball. Savings can be refunded or giveaways exchanged on or after the next day, but holding balls can only be refunded or exchanged on the day, etc. There is a difference in nature.

  (5) In the management device 6 through serial communication with the relay device 4, the money acceptance processing and the consideration provision processing, the balance and the number of balls, the number of borrowed balls, the number of paid-out balls, the deposit amount, the number of counting balls, the number of borrowed balls and the loaned balls It is possible to specify the amount of sales that will be paid for, and various information such as general card acceptance and issuance processing, etc., but these are converted into pulse signals (for example, 1 pulse for every 1000 yen of payment, 1 pulse for every 100 yen of sales, etc.) Can be specified. Note that communication in the lending process may be performed directly between the gaming machine 1 and the gaming apparatus 2 without using the relay apparatus 4.

  The information display device 3 is connected to the gaming machine 1, the management device 6, and the like via the relay device 4, and displays game information specified by the game signal for the player by transmitting and receiving various information.

  By the way, as a group that visits the amusement hall, a group that does not cheat on gaming machines like the Goto group, but has a very bad appearance and gaming attitude (hereinafter referred to as a gaming group) may come to play, It is desirable to detect such a game group and prompt the exit.

Here, the background that is advantageous when the game group plays a group will be described.
There are amusement halls in which a so-called exchange rate is lower than a so-called rental rate in order to increase the appearance of a game. And because there is a situation where the so-called replay fee ball cannot be collected due to the ordinances etc., for example, the exchange rate with the lending rate of 4 yen per ball and the exchange rate of 3 yen per ball is better. When a player obtains 10,000 balls (hereinafter referred to as “mochitama”) at a game hall where a low rate is set, the prize price obtained by exchanging the possession balls will be 30000 yen. As a result, it is possible to borrow 30000 yen, that is, 7500 balls. On the other hand, if the 10,000 balls are replayed as they are, the fee balls cannot be collected. Therefore, the 10,000 balls can be used in the game as they are, and the difference of 2500 balls from the former is obtained for the player. Although such a thing is permitted as a privilege by a so-called savings as a game hall in order to enclose a player, it becomes difficult to obtain profits if it is done indefinitely, so a period unit (for example, 1 business day) An upper limit (replay upper limit, for example, 2500 balls) is set for replay, and replay beyond the upper limit (the upper limit is allowed) is prohibited within the period.

Based on this background, the behavior of the gaming group that abused the stored balls will be described.
The game group is a grand opening day of the game hall where there is no usable storage ball (so-called the previous day storage ball and excluding the same day storage ball) at the game hall where the storage balls are introduced, and the second opening day when the usable storage ball can be generated. The following actions are classified as follows. It should be noted that even if the game hall does not introduce a savings ball, even if it is a normal business, regardless of opening, etc., it can be the action of a game hall that does not introduce a savings ball on the first day of the grand opening. Even if it is a normal business etc. in the game hall which has been introduced, it can be an action after the second day of the opening.

(1) Actions on the first day of the grand opening At first, all game groups invest in cash to play. If someone in the gaming group gains a certain amount of money due to a big hit, etc., cash is invested by issuing part of the holding ball and giving it to other friends to switch to holding game Reduce the number of players who play games.
In addition, when there are no longer any balls, friends with many balls will issue part of the balls separately, so the timing of split issue is not limited to big hits etc. May be issued, and the publisher may play a game with a big hit.
And at the end of the game, in preparation for the second and subsequent days, the balls are distributed and stored on the fellow member cards. However, in the case of a game hall that does not introduce storage balls, all the possession balls are exchanged for prizes at the end of the game.

(2) Actions after the second day of opening
A game is played by replay using a savings ball based on a member card of each friend.
Until the upper limit of replay, the game is played without worrying about split issue.
When the replay limit is reached, if there is a ball in the meantime, the movement will be the same as the split issue. In some cases, the member card may be reused and replayed. However, there is no upper limit on replays at game halls that only introduce savings balls on that day.

Assuming the behavior of the gaming group as described above, the players constituting the gaming group are grouped as follows.
(1) Grouping conditions (a) Basically, gaming machines 1 (accepting devices) of a general card issuer (issuing device) and receiving destination are grouped regardless of whether they are issued or divided. For this reason, the issued general card is associated with at least issue information that can identify the issuing machine number.
(B) When a general card is issued, all are subject to grouping, and a member card is also subject to grouping in the same process.
(C) Since it is a grouping condition that the issuing machine 1 and the receiving machine 1 are different from each other, grouping is not performed even if the issuing game machine 1 becomes a receiving party in a toilet or a meal.
(D) The same processing is performed when the receiving gaming machine 1 becomes the issuer.
(E) In the case of a configuration in which a player can be imaged (when an imaging device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine 1), any timing from the start of the game or reception to the end of the game, or from the reception to the issue However, the player is imaged, and image data (identification information) is associated.

(2) Group cancellation condition A cancellation condition is provided for a group, and when the conditions for group cancellation are satisfied in the issuing gaming machine 1, the gaming machine 1 is excluded from the group. However, game information such as a machine number immediately before being released is stored as a history.
(A) This is a case where a card of another group (general card, member card) is inserted, but detailed group cancellation conditions are set as will be described later. The same applies hereinafter.
(B) When a loan with cash or a stored ball (the previous day's stored ball) as a consideration occurs above a set value.

(3) Notification conditions When the number of groups reaches or exceeds the set number, notification is performed (pop-up display, storage in an abnormality history, on-site broadcasting, etc.).

(4) Others (when an imaging device is provided)
If the game group acquires balls at the same time and distributes the balls by issuing each of them, the same game group becomes a plurality of groups by the above processing. It is also possible to associate groups.
That is, when there are more than a set value described later, the players identified as being the same person as the players of the gaming machines 1 belonging to different groups, the different groups are grouped as the same group.
It should be noted that in order to be able to cancel the image data correction, it is desirable to manage each of the group data that is not corrected and the corrected group data.

As described above, various conditions for grouping a plurality of gaming machines 1 and releasing the grouped gaming machines 1 are set in the management device 6 in advance.
FIG. 2 shows setting of various conditions, and the following setting values are registered.
Abnormal number = reference value for the number of gaming machines in the group. When the number of gaming machines in the group reaches this set value, the group is identified as abnormal and is set as a notification target. No detection is possible.

Other group cancellation = As a group cancellation condition, whether or not to remove the gaming machine 1 received when a card of another group is received from the group.
Amount of money released = amount of money (including electronic money, etc.) that is the value of the lending processing required to exclude the lending-processed gaming machine 1 from the group as a group release condition. No cancellation is possible. Note that the deposit amount may be targeted, and it may be determined that the loan has been performed with the monetary amount corresponding to the reference value as a consideration by monitoring whether or not there is a loan process. The same applies to the deposit amount.

  Replay cancellation amount = As a group cancellation condition, the consideration (based on the lending rate) required for excluding the replayed gaming machine 1 from the group (granting process: excluding the replay for the day of savings). It may be the number of balls). It is possible to determine whether or not the replay has been performed for the reference value by monitoring whether or not the replay has been performed in the same manner as the monetary cancellation amount.

Member card release = whether or not the gaming machine 1 that received the member card is excluded from the group.
Non-operating release = whether or not to remove from the group gaming machines 1 that have become non-operating (predetermined period (for example, 2 minutes) from the last input of the gaming signal). Or?

Break release = Whether or not to remove the gaming machine 1 that has entered a break by employee operation from the group.
Image data correction = whether correction by image data is the default (= automatic), or whether correction is performed for the first time when operated (= manual).

Number of people to be corrected = reference value for the number of people specified as the same person in the case of correcting image data. When the number of people who specify players belonging to different groups as the same person reaches this set value, the different groups are collected.
Arrangement center = A reference point for displaying arrangement information, which is selected from the maximum number of balls, the maximum number of tickets issued, and the minimum distance.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a grouping process (including group cancellation) by the management apparatus 6 and shows an operation when no imaging apparatus is provided. Note that the group flag indicating grouping is set to 0. Also, the operation will be described assuming that the settings are as shown in FIG.

The management device 6 executes a first standby flow in which the card is issued (S1: NO), the card is accepted (S4: NO), or the group flag is 1 (S16: NO).
When the player issues cards such as full issue or split issue (S1: YES), it is determined whether the group flag is 0 (S2). In this case, since the group flag is 0 (S2: YES), the group flag is set to 1 (S3).

  When the group flag is 1, is the card issued (S1: NO), is the card accepted (S3: NO), the group flag is 1 (S16: YES), or is there a loan for money (S17: NO) ), There is a replay (S18: NO), or the non-operating condition is satisfied (S26: NO), the second standby flow is executed.

  If the player issues all the general cards and membership cards that record their possessions for mere breaks such as toilets, and accepts the cards by inserting the general cards into the issuer (S4: YES), the reception card Is the own machine (S5: NO), and if the gaming machine 1 belonging to the own machine group is only the own machine (S23: YES), the group flag is set to 0 as the primary issue for a simple break ( S24).

  When one of the gaming groups acquires a possession by a game, issues a card to pass the possession to a friend of the gaming group, and the fellow of the gaming group to which the card is passed inserts the card into the gaming device 2 When the card is received (S4: YES), since the issuer is another unit (S5: YES), if the group flag is 0 (S6: NO), the group flag is set to 1 (S25), and issuance Original is Group No. Is determined (S11). In this case, the group No. Has not been acquired (S11: NO), group No. Is acquired (S12) and is associated with the same group as the issuer as a management target (S13). In this way, when the number of players who use the cards issued by the game group friends increases and the number of players in the group reaches the abnormal number in FIG. 2 (S14: YES), the group is abnormally identified ( S15), to be notified.

  By the way, even if it is associated with the same group as the issuer as described above, one of the gaming groups gives up the game at the gaming machine 1 and moves to the next gaming machine 1 and then has no relation to the gaming group. When a general player plays a game by inserting money in the gaming machine 1, such a player does not belong to the game group, so it is desirable to manage it by removing it from the group.

  Therefore, if there is a loan (S17: YES) or replay (S18: YES) in the second standby flow, it is determined whether each consideration has reached a reference value (such as the monetary release amount in FIG. 2) ( If it is reached (S19: YES), the group flag is set to 0 (S20) because the release condition is satisfied. When the number of groups in the group does not reach the abnormal number in FIG. 2 by setting the group flag to 0 in this way (S21: YES), the abnormality identification of the group is canceled (S22).

  In addition, when non-operating cancellation is set as shown in FIG. 2, the non-operating state is established, and the non-operating condition that is satisfied when there is no balance or no ball is satisfied (S26: YES), Assuming that the release condition is satisfied, the group flag is set to 0 (S20), and the processing after step S21 is performed.

  6 is a flowchart based on the settings in FIG. 2, the cancellation conditions exemplified according to the setting contents in FIG. 2 may not be referred to, or the cancellation conditions not illustrated in the flowchart may be referred to. is there.

When the management device 6 accepts the card (S4: YES), the issuer of the reception card is another base (S5: YES), and if the group flag is 1 (S6: YES), the management device 6 is already associated. However, if the issuer is not the same group (S7: NO), the association with the current group is canceled (the release condition is satisfied) (S8). As a result of canceling the association with the current group as described above, if the number of the current group does not reach the abnormal number (S9: YES), the abnormality identification of the group is canceled (S10), and the new group The process after step S11 is performed.
Through the operations as described above, the gaming machines 1 can be grouped or ungrouped.

The operation shown in FIG. 6 is a case where face authentication is not introduced. However, when face authentication is introduced, it is possible to further improve the accuracy of grouping.
When introducing face authentication, for example, the game device 2 has a built-in camera that images the player, and the player can track the movement of the table even if the player cannot track the movement of the table by card. It becomes.

  In other words, when a possession is acquired by a plurality of gaming machines 1 in a gaming group and becomes a different group, when the same person plays a game using a card issued from the gaming machine 1 of another group, In the above process, it remains in another group. However, if it is possible to provide a special case that players in different groups are the same person by face authentication, it is possible to group those different groups as one game group.

Therefore, in FIG. 2, when the different groups are determined to be the same person by face authentication and the different groups are combined into one group, how many players are determined to be determined as the same person. It can be set in the item of “Number of corrections”.
A flowchart showing the operation of the management apparatus 6 when face authentication is introduced is omitted.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of an output screen showing a list of the state of the gaming machines 1 by group when face authentication is introduced, but the gaming machines 1 satisfying the release condition continue to be grouped. Note that the display impossible part can be displayed by sliding the slide bar on the right side. A “layout display” button 25 and an “image data correction execution” button 26 are displayed at the top of the screen.

  In FIG. 3, the group number acquired when the gaming machines 1 belonging to the same group reaches the reference number (two). The gaming machines 1 (group devices) grouped together are associated with each other.

  Each gaming machine 1 is associated with a machine number, time, and image data of the player, and the time is associated with a time corresponding to a grouped time such as a card reception time or an issuance time. Note that xxx in FIG. 3 simply omits the time display for explanation.

  The image data indicates image data obtained by capturing the faces of the players to be grouped, and the captured image can be confirmed by selecting a face mark in the “image” item. The imaging timing may be a plurality of times, or may be a specific point in time, such as during issue processing or during reception processing.

  The contents of the data are color-coded according to the situation of each gaming machine 1, blue during the meal (indicated by a narrow left diagonal line in the figure), yellow during operation (in the left diagonal line with a wide interval in the figure) In the non-operating state, it is identified and output in white (shown in white in the figure). The gaming machines 1 that have been once grouped but excluded due to the establishment of the group release condition are also associated with the group in gray (indicated by the right slanted line in the figure) as a release stand. In the case of the setting as shown in FIG. 2, non-operating is also excluded from the group. Therefore, in the case of FIG. 3, the eating machine 1 and the operating machine belong to the group, and are compared with the abnormal number in FIG. .

  Here, the group No. 1 and No. In part 3, some face marks are identified and output in red (indicated by vertical lines in the figure) and blue (indicated by horizontal lines in the figure), but this is the same player specified by the image data. The result determined to be a person is shown. In this case, the red face mark and the blue face mark are different persons, the red face marks 12, 13 and 25 are the same person, and the blue face marks 14 and 29 are the same person. It shows that. In other words, a player with a red face mark has a group number. 1 from the 12th stand by 11:30, move from 11:30 to the 13th stand at 15:00, and from 16:00 to the group No. 1 It shows that the player is playing in the 25th series with the other 3 holding balls. Similarly, a player with a blue face mark has a group number. Played from 11:40 on the 14th with the other ball of No. 1 and then group No. 1 from 13:20. It shows that the player is playing in the 29th series with 3 other units.

  Group No. 1 and No. A player with a red face mark straddling 3 and a player with a blue face mark are players who could not be specified as the same person on the card but could be specified as the same person in the image data. The accuracy is increased by grouping these players into the same group, so the “execute image data correction” button 26 is pressed.

  4 shows an example of a screen when the “execute image data correction” button 26 is pressed under the situation of FIG. 1 and No. 3 has reached the corrected number of people (2 people) in FIG. 1 and No. 3 is shown. In other words, when the players in the same game group have possession balls at multiple locations, and are specified separately in multiple groups, multiple images are identified so that the same person is identified in the image data to become the same game group. It shows the state of grouping together. In addition, even when a group is grouped as shown in FIG. 4, information that can identify FIG. 3 is stored separately, so that FIG. 3 and FIG. It is possible to display in a comparable manner.

  Group No. As Group No. 1 and No. “1 + 3” indicating that 3 is collected is displayed in red (indicated by a right oblique line in the drawing). Group No. 1 and No. The table numbers and times corresponding to the red face mark and the blue face mark collected in 3 are also displayed in red (not identified and displayed in FIG. 4), and the collected number and time can be easily displayed. Recognizable.

  FIG. 5 is an example in which the group data of FIG. 4 is shown on the hole layout by operating the “layout display” button 25. Note that a “list display” button 27 is displayed at the top of the screen in place of the “layout display” button 25.

Based on the “arrangement center” setting (maximum number of balls) in FIG. Separately, a central number is identified, and the group number is assigned to the identified number. In addition, a so-called spider display is shown in which the numbers belonging to the same group around the number are indicated by spider lines of different colors (indicated by different line types in FIG. 5).
For example, the arrangement information history may be specified in units of a predetermined time such as 5 minutes, and the transition of the arrangement information for each elapse of the predetermined unit may be output as an animation according to an operation input or the like.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be produced.
Since the management device 6 manages the gaming machines 1 grouped regardless of whether or not the player is identified by image authentication or the like by the image of the imaging device, the situation of the gaming group can be grasped, and the game is highly versatile. Populations can be detected appropriately. Further, even if it is not necessarily determined whether or not the card is a membership card, if the release condition is satisfied, the card is excluded from the group, so that it is possible to reduce the possibility of increasing the number of gaming machines belonging to the group.

  The cancellation condition is that the player does not continue to play by at least one of deposit, lending, replay exceeding a certain value, becoming non-operational, accepting cards issued by other groups Since the game information shown in FIG. 4 is adopted, the possibility of grouping when the player simply moves the table can be reduced.

Since the card issuance source is not the group, it is possible to suppress the grouping in the dark when the player performs the issuance process temporarily for a break or the like.
Since the gaming machine 1 after the release condition is established is also managed in association with the group, the gaming machine 1 used by the gaming group can be verified.

  Since the groups are integrated when the same person belongs to different groups by face authentication, the same game group is divided into a plurality of groups when playing with the balls of multiple gaming machines 1 in the game group Even in this case, it is possible to identify a group close to the actual game group situation by appropriately integrating the groups.

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The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
Although image authentication in which a player is imaged is illustrated as an example of player identification, any identification method such as fingerprint authentication or identification using a membership card may be adopted as long as a person can be identified.

  The configuration of associating the valuable value with the value information (recording medium or identification information of the recording medium) by issuing a recording medium such as a general card that can specify the valuable value such as the acquired value and the balance has been exemplified. Other recording media such as coins other than cards may be employed. Further, when associating, information may be recorded on the recording medium, or may be separately associated with the management device 6 by managing the valuable value in association with the identification information of the recording medium. The value may be received not only directly but also indirectly by receiving identification information.

  As the target gaming machine, a pachinko gaming machine or a slot machine other than the illustrated pachinko gaming machine such as a so-called encapsulated type that manages gaming media only by data can be adopted. In the case of a slot machine, the gaming media is a medal. Note that the game medium is expressed as a game value as necessary in consideration of the enclosing type and the like. In addition, in the case of an encapsulated type or the like, a state in which a valuable value can be consumed by a game is a value adding process for adding a game value usable for the game.

  If the set values exemplified are set in advance, the setting information can be set from an external (for example, chain store headquarters) management server, whether it is set arbitrarily by the game hall manager, or set by the manufacturer of the management device 6 May be downloaded and set.

  All illustrated game information may be specified directly by an input signal or indirectly by using an arithmetic expression. In addition, numerical values, the number of digits, items, and the like are examples, and any numerical values may be adopted.

  The processing illustrated may be shared by the management device 6 or the gaming device 2 and may be performed by any device including the relay device 4 and the information display device 3. In addition, the exemplified configurations including the modification examples may be combined in any manner, may not be appropriately adopted, and only one of the plural exemplified configurations may be adopted.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is a gaming device, and 6 is a management device (group means, game information specifying means, determination means, exclusion means, management means, identification information acquisition means, player determination means).

Claims (5)

A gaming machine system that is capable of issuing a recording medium that can specify an acquired value that is a gaming value acquired by a player and that can be accepted, is provided for a gaming machine,
Grouping means for specifying an issuing device that is a gaming device that is an issuing source when a gaming device receives a recording medium, and grouping the issuing device and a receiving device that is a gaming device that receives the recording medium When,
Game information specifying means for specifying game information in units of gaming machines or gaming devices based on gaming signals output from the gaming machine side;
With respect to a group device that is a gaming device grouped by the grouping means, or a gaming machine corresponding to the group device, it is possible to specify whether or not it is established by the game information specified by the game information specifying means and set in advance Determining means for determining whether a release condition to be satisfied is satisfied;
When obtaining a determination result that the release condition is satisfied according to the determination result by the determination means, excluding means for excluding the group device corresponding to the game information that is the determination target from the group,
A management means for managing the group device in units of groups;
A game system characterized by comprising: The gaming device enables a giving process to give a game value to a player as a predetermined game value,
The release condition includes acceptance of a valuable value for a reference value, execution of the granting process for a reference value, non-operation of a gaming machine in the absence of the valuable value, and the group device 2. The game system according to claim 1, wherein the game system is established by at least one of receiving a recording medium issued by the issuing device belonging to a different group.   The said grouping means groups the said issuing device and the said receiving device on condition that the said issuing device and the said receiving device are different game devices, The Claim 1 or 2 characterized by the above-mentioned. Amusement system.   The game unit according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the management unit manages the group device excluded by the exclusion unit in association with the excluded group even after exclusion. system. Identification information acquisition means for acquiring identification information of a player who uses the gaming apparatus and associating it with the gaming apparatus;
Player determination means for determining whether or not players corresponding to different game devices are the same person, based on the identification information of the player;
The grouping means, when obtaining a determination result that the players corresponding to gaming devices belonging to different groups are the same person, the different groups are grouped into one group. 5. The game room system according to any one of 4.

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