JP2019067209A - Card management system and card management method - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a card management system and a card management method, which enable a user to play a game without bringing cards to be used in a game house.SOLUTION: A ticket settlement device 100 has a bio-information reading unit 1 configured to read user's bio-information and a ticket issuance device transmission unit configured to transmit bio-information and card identification information to a management device 300. The management device 300 has a storage unit configured to store user's membership information and registered bio-information that is user's bio-information in association with each other, a management unit configured to store the card identification information, in the storage unit, in association with the membership information stored in the storage unit in association with the registered bio-information corresponding to the bio-information received from the ticket issuance device, and a management device transmission unit configured to transmit the membership information to the ticket issuance device after the card identification information and the membership information have been associated and stored in the storage unit by the management unit. A card ejection unit 5 ejects cards as lending cards after recording the membership information on the cards on which the card identification information transmitted to the management device by the ticket issuance device transmission unit is recorded.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a card management system and a card management method for managing cards used to play a game on a gaming machine.

  Conventionally, there is known a system for lending game media using an IC card. Patent Document 1 discloses a system for lending balls by performing settlement using an IC card in a stand-to-place apparatus installed for each pachinko machine.

JP, 2006-139476, A

  In the conventional system, when the user forgets to bring a card, there is a problem that the member service can not be received.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of these points, and provides a card management system and a card management method for enabling a user to play a game without bringing a card used in a game arcade. The purpose is

  A card management system according to a first aspect of the present invention is a card management system for managing a card used for playing a game with a gaming machine, wherein the card management system comprises: a ticket issuing device for issuing the card; And a management device that manages users who can use the card. The ticket issuing apparatus includes a storage unit for storing a plurality of the cards, a biometric information reading unit for reading biometric information of the user, a card reading unit for reading card identification information unique to the card, the biometric information and the card It has a ticket issuance apparatus transmission unit that transmits identification information to the management apparatus, and a card ejection unit that ejects one of the plurality of cards.

  The management apparatus described above stores a storage unit that associates and stores the membership information of the user and registered biometric information that is biometric information of the user, and that the biometric information and the card identification information are received from the ticket issuing apparatus. In response thereto, a management unit that associates the card identification information with the registered biometric information corresponding to the biometric information received from the ticket issuing device, associates the card identification information with the member information stored in the storage unit, and stores the association information in the storage unit And a management apparatus transmission unit that transmits the membership information to the ticket issuing apparatus after the management unit stores the card identification information and the membership information in association with each other in the storage unit, and the card ejection In response to receiving the member information, the unit records the member information in a card on which the card identification information transmitted to the management device by the ticket issuance apparatus transmission unit is recorded. Later, for discharging the card as rental cards.

  The storage unit stores the number of balls that can be used by the user corresponding to the member information in the gaming machine in association with the member information, and the management apparatus transmission unit stores the member information in the member information. In addition, the number of balls held may be transmitted to the ticket issuing apparatus, and the card discharge unit may discharge the card after recording the member information and the number of balls held in the card.

  The ticket issuing apparatus further includes a card insertion unit for receiving the insertion of the lending card, and the ticket issuing apparatus transmission unit transmits the number of balls and the member information read by the card reading unit to the management apparatus. The card reading unit reads the number of balls and the member information recorded on the card inserted into the card insertion unit, and then reads the number of balls and the member information recorded on the card. It erase | eliminates, and the said management part may be linked | related with the said membership information which the said ticket-delivery apparatus transmission part transmitted, and may memorize | store the said ball-count number which the said ticket-delivery apparatus transmission part transmitted in the said memory | storage part.

  The ticket issuing apparatus further includes an operation receiving unit that receives an operation for discharging the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit, and the card discharging unit is recorded on the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit. If the number of balls held is not zero, the lending card is discharged according to the operation received by the operation reception unit, and if the number of balls held is zero, the operation reception unit receives the operation. It is not necessary to discharge the lending card.

  The storage unit stores the number of issued cards in association with the member information, and the management device transmission unit stores the issued number stored in the storage unit in association with the member information that is equal to or less than a predetermined number. The member information may be transmitted to the ticket issuing apparatus on the condition that

  The card management system further includes a stand unit for controlling the gaming machine, the stand unit is a second biometric information reading unit for reading the biometric information of the user, and a second card for receiving the insertion of the lending card. An insertion unit, a second card reading unit for reading card identification information specific to the lending card, a table apparatus transmission unit for transmitting the biological information and the card identification information to the management apparatus, and one of the plurality of cards The apparatus further comprises a second card ejection unit for ejecting sheets of cards, and an operation reception unit for accepting an operation for ejecting the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit, the card ejection unit being installed by the inter-table device If it is not within the predetermined time from the end of business time of the store, and if it is not within the predetermined time from the end of business time without discharging the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit, The lending card inserted into the serial card insertion portion may be discharged.

  A card management method according to a second aspect of the present invention manages the card by a ticket issuing device that issues a card used to play a game with a gaming machine, and a management device that manages a user who can use the card. Card management method, wherein the ticket issuing apparatus reads biometric information of the user, reading card identification information unique to the card stored in the ticket issuing apparatus, and the management from the ticket issuing apparatus The step of transmitting the biometric information and the card identification information to the device, and the card identification information transmitted from the ticket issuing device to the management device corresponds to the biometric information received from the ticket issuing device and stored in a storage unit. Storing the card identification information and the member information in association with each other in the storage unit. Transmitting the member information from the management device to the ticket issuing device, and the card identification information transmitted by the ticket issuing device to the management device in response to the ticket issuance device receiving the member information Recording the member information on the card recorded, and the ticket issuing apparatus discharging the card having the member information recorded thereon as a lending card.

  According to the present invention, an effect of enabling a user to play a game without bringing a card used in a game arcade is exhibited.

It is a figure for explaining an outline of a card management system concerning an embodiment of the present invention. It is a figure showing composition of ticket issue settlement apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of a management apparatus. It is a table | surface which shows the various information memorize | stored in the memory | storage part in connection with the member information of a user. It is a figure which shows the communication sequence of a card management system. It is a figure which shows the communication sequence of a card management system. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a ticket issue payment apparatus.

[Overview of Card Management System S]
FIG. 1 is a view for explaining an outline of a card management system S according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The card management system S manages a lending card used to play a game with a gaming machine in a store. The store is, for example, a pachinko parlor but may be a game arcade other than the pachinko parlor. The card management system S includes a ticket settlement device 100, a network 200, a management device 300, a plurality of inter-table devices 400, and a plurality of gaming machines 500.

  The ticket issue / settlement device 100 has both the function of the ticket issue device and the function of the payment device. The ticket issue settlement apparatus 100 issues a lending card. The lending card is, for example, an IC card. The ticket settlement apparatus 100 holds a large number of stock cards, and electromagnetically records the membership information on the stock card and discharges it as a lending card when accepting the user's lending card issuing operation. The member information includes a character string for identifying each member of the store, and is information indicating a member number, for example.

  When the ticket settlement device 100 receives a user operation to issue a lending card, the ticket issue settlement device 100 requests the management device 300 for membership information of the user from the management device 300 via the network 200. The network 200 is, for example, a LAN (Local Area Network) installed in a store. The ticket issuance / settlement device 100 receives the membership information of the user from the management device 300, and issues the lending card by recording the received membership information in the stock card. In addition, when the user receives an operation to return the lending card, the ticket issue settlement apparatus 100 erases the member information recorded on the lending card to make it a stock card, and collects the stock card.

  The management device 300 is a server that manages users who can use a card. The management device 300 stores member information of a plurality of users. When the member information of the user is requested from the ticket settlement device 100, the management device 300 transmits the member information of the requested user to the ticket settlement device 100 via the network 200.

  The gaming machine 500 is a device in which a user plays a game. In the present specification, a pachinko machine is exemplified as the gaming machine 500, but the present invention may be a slot machine, and can be applied to any gaming machine where the user can play a game.

  The inter-table apparatus 400 is connected to each gaming machine 500, and monitors and controls the state of the gaming machine 500 when the user plays a game on the gaming machine 500. Further, when the user receives an operation to return the lending card, the inter-table device 400 erases the member information recorded on the lending card to make it a stock card, as in the case of the ticket settlement device 100. to recover.

  In the conventional inter-dairy apparatus 400, with respect to a temporary member lending card for which member registration has not been performed, the balance indicated by the balance information of the lending card and the number of balls indicated by the ball information are collected when both are zero. It was In addition, loan cards for members who registered as members were not collected. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, with respect to both the temporary member lending card and the member lending card, in the present embodiment, the balance indicated by the balance information of the lending card and the number of balls indicated by the ball information are indicated. Is collected if none of them is zero. The ball-bearing information is information indicating the number of balls that can be used in the gaming machine 500. The balance information indicates the balance of the amount held in the card.

[Configuration of Ticket Settlement Device 100]
The configuration of the ticket settlement device 100 will be described in detail below. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of the ticket settlement device 100. As shown in FIG. The ticket settlement device 100 includes a biometric information reading unit 1, a communication unit 2, a storage unit 3, a card reading unit 4, a card discharge unit 5, a display unit 6, a card insertion unit 7, a storage unit 8 and a control unit 9. The living body information reading unit 1 has a sensor for reading living body information. For example, the biological information reading unit 1 irradiates light in a state in which the user contacts the biological information reading unit 1 with a finger, and reads the vein pattern or fingerprint of the user by receiving the reflected light.

  The communication unit 2 is a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information to and from the management device 300. The communication unit 2 includes, for example, a LAN controller. The storage unit 3 stores a plurality of stock cards.

  Card identification information unique to each card is recorded on the lending card and the stock card. The card identification information is, for example, a card number. The card reader 4 reads card identification information. Specifically, the card reading unit 4 reads the card identification information of the stock card used for issuing the lending card before issuing the lending card. Further, the card reading unit 4 is inserted into the card insertion unit 7 when the user inserts the lending card into the card insertion unit 7 and performs the return operation of the lending card on the touch panel provided in the display unit 6. Reads the ball information, balance information and membership information recorded on the loan card. Thereafter, the card reading unit 4 deletes the ball information, the balance information, and the member information recorded on the lending card.

  The card discharge unit 5 issues a lending card by recording member information on one stock card of a plurality of stock cards. Further, the card ejection unit 5 ejects the lending card via a card ejection port (not shown). More specifically, in response to receiving the member information from the management device 300, the card ejection unit 5 records the received member information in the stock card. For example, after receiving the membership information from the management device 300, the card ejection unit 5 records the membership information in a stock card. Further, the card ejection unit 5 ejects the stock card recording the member information as a lending card through the card ejection port.

  In the example of the present embodiment, the card ejection unit 5 receives the ball contact information and the balance information in addition to the member information from the management device 300 at the communication unit 2, the membership information, the ball contact information, and the like. Record balance information on stock card. The display unit 6 is a display for displaying an image generated by the control unit 9. For example, the display unit 6 displays a method of authentication using biological information.

  The card insertion unit 7 is an insertion slot for a lending card, and receives insertion of the lending card. The storage unit 8 is a storage medium such as a read only memory (ROM) and a random access memory (RAM). The storage unit 8 stores a program that the control unit 9 executes. The storage unit 8 also temporarily stores the biological information and the like acquired from the biological information reading unit 1.

  The control unit 9 is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit). The control unit 9 functions as a biological information acquisition unit 901, a communication control unit 902, an operation reception unit 903, a card control unit 904, and a settlement unit 905 by executing a program stored in the storage unit 8.

  The biological information acquisition unit 901 controls the biological information reading unit 1 to acquire the biological information of the user read by the biological information reading unit 1. The communication control unit 902 communicates with the management apparatus 300 by the communication unit 2. For example, the communication control unit 902 transmits the biological information acquired by the biological information acquisition unit 901 and the card identification information read by the card reading unit 4 to the management device 300.

  The operation receiving unit 903 receives the user's operation on the touch panel provided in the display unit 6. The operation reception unit 903 receives a discharge operation of the user who discharges the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit 7. The user's discharge operation is, for example, an operation of exchanging the balls stored in the lending card for a prize. In this case, if any of the number of balls possessed by the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit 7 and the balance is not zero in this case, the card dispensing unit 5 responds to the dispensing operation accepted by the operation accepting unit 903. Discharge.

  On the other hand, when the number of balls possessed and the balance of the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit 7 are both zero, the card ejection unit 5 does not use the ejection operation accepted by the operation accepting unit 903 but the lending card. Do not discharge.

  The settlement unit 905 pays out the cash according to the balance indicated by the balance information to the user with reference to the balance information of the lending card read by the card reading unit 4. When the operation reception unit 903 receives an operation of the user instructing settlement, the settlement unit 905 pays out the cash corresponding to the balance indicated by the balance information.

[Configuration of Management Device 300]
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the configuration of the management device 300. As shown in FIG. The management device 300 includes a communication unit 31, a storage unit 32, and a control unit 33. The communication unit 31 is a communication interface for transmitting and receiving information to and from the ticket settlement device 100. The communication unit 31 includes, for example, a LAN controller. The storage unit 32 is a storage medium such as a ROM and a RAM. The storage unit 32 stores a program that the control unit 33 executes. In addition, the storage unit 32 stores registered biometric information such as a fingerprint for identifying a user, ball contact information, and balance information in association with the member information of each user. The registered biometric information is biometric information acquired by causing the user to contact a part of the body with the biometric information reading unit 1 of the stand-by device 400 or another biometric information reading device at the time of member registration.

  The control unit 33 is, for example, a CPU. The control unit 33 functions as the communication control unit 331 and the management unit 332 by executing the program stored in the storage unit 32. The communication control unit 331 causes the communication unit 31 to transmit and receive data to and from the ticket settlement device 100. For example, the communication control unit 331 receives card identification information and biometric information from the ticket settlement device 100. Further, the communication control unit 331 transmits, to the ticket settlement device 100, the user's member information, ball-bearing information and balance information as information to be recorded on the stock card in order to issue the lending card.

  The communication control unit 331 may limit the number of issued lending cards for each user. For example, the storage unit 32 stores the number of issued lending cards in association with the member information of the user, and the communication control unit 331 determines that the number of issued lending cards associated in the storage unit 32 with the membership information of the user is predetermined. The configuration may be such that the member information and the ball-bearing information are transmitted to the ticket settlement device 100 on condition that the number is equal to or less than the number of cards. The predetermined number is, for example, the number determined based on the number of times the user has come to the game arcade in the past or the number of balls purchased by the user in the past. By adopting such a configuration, the communication control unit 331 can prevent the preparation of the stock card from being expensive due to the user not returning the lending card.

  The management unit 332 causes the storage unit 32 to store registered biometric information such as a fingerprint for identifying the user and ball contact information in association with the user's membership information at the time of membership registration of the user. The operation of the management unit 332 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a table showing various types of information stored in the storage unit 32 in association with the membership information of the user. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the management unit 332 stores the registered biometric information of the user, the card identification information, the ball-bearing information, and the balance information in the storage unit 32 in association with the membership information of the user.

  In the example of the table of FIG. 4, the membership information of the user is the membership numbers “001”, “002” and “003”. The member information of the user is stored in the storage unit 32 in association with registered biometric information, card identification information, ball information and balance information. For example, in the membership information of the user's membership number "001", the registered biometric information consisting of the fingerprint image on the top, the card identification information of the card number "1Y9F", and the ball information of the number of balls having "1786" And the balance information of the balance "10,000 yen" are associated with each other. In addition, in the membership information of the user's membership number "002", the registered biometric information consisting of the middle fingerprint image, the card identification information of the card number "AY9B", and the ball information of the number of balls having "178" The balance information of the balance "5000 yen" is associated. Further, since the user of the member number “003” has performed the return operation of the lending card, the card identification number is not associated with the member information. In this case, the number of balls held “345” associated with the member number “003” is treated as ball storage information indicating the number of balls for use in the gaming machine 500 at the next visit.

  Further, in response to the communication control unit 331 receiving the biometric information from the ticket settlement device 100, the management unit 332 specifies the membership information of the user who has input the received biometric information. More specifically, the management unit 332 compares the received biometric information with each of the plurality of registered biometric information stored in the storage unit 32, and the registered biometric information in the storage unit 32 corresponding to the received biometric information Identify the information. That is, the management unit 332 specifies registered biometric information of the same person as the received biometric information.

  For example, the management unit 332 identifies registered biometric information whose similarity to the received biometric information is equal to or greater than a threshold. The threshold is, for example, a value such that the possibility of misidentifying another person's biological information as that of the same person is several tens of thousands, or several hundred thousandths, or a few millionths or less. The management unit 332 identifies the member information associated with the identified registered biometric information in the storage unit 32, associates the identified member information with the identified member information, and causes the storage unit 32 to store the received card identification information.

[Configuration of inter-table apparatus 400]
The inter-table apparatus 400 includes the components of the ticket settlement device 100 shown in FIG. The inter-table apparatus 400 includes a biological information reading unit, a communication unit, a storage unit, a card reading unit, a card ejection unit, a display unit, a card insertion unit, a storage unit, and a control unit. The biological information reading unit, the communication unit, the storage unit, the card reading unit, the card ejection unit, the display unit, the card insertion unit, the storage unit, and the control unit of the inter-table device 400 are the same as the units having the same names in the ticket settlement device 100. Detailed description is omitted because it has a function.

  The control unit of the inter-standby apparatus 400 includes units equivalent to the biological information acquisition unit 901, the communication control unit 902, the operation reception unit 903, and the card control unit 904 that the control unit 9 of the ticket settlement device 100 has. In addition to the function of the card control unit 904 of the ticket settlement device 100, the card control unit of the inter-standby device 400 receives a user operation instructing the operation reception unit 903 to convert the balance of the lending card into a ball In addition, the number of balls in the ball information of the lending card may be added. The control unit of the inter-office apparatus 400 executes a settlement process different from that of the ticket issue settlement apparatus 100. The details of the settlement process in the inter-station apparatus 400 will be described later.

[Loan card issue process]
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a communication sequence of the card management system S. This sequence starts when the user performs an operation of requesting issuance of a lending card on the touch panel provided in the display unit 6 of the ticket settlement device 100. First, the card reading unit 4 electromagnetically reads card identification information of one stock card of the plurality of stock cards in the storage unit 3 (S11).

  Next, the biometric information reading unit 1 reads the biometric information of the user (S12). Further, the communication control unit 902 of the ticket settlement device 100 transmits the card identification information read by the card reading unit 4 and the biological information read by the biological information reading unit 1 to the management device 300. The management unit 332 identifies the registered biometric information corresponding to the received biometric information by comparing the biometric information received by the communication control unit 331 with the plurality of registered biometric information in the storage unit 32, respectively. The registered biometric information identifies the user's membership information associated in the storage unit 32 (S13).

  The management unit 332 stores the card identification information received by the communication control unit 331 in the storage unit 32 in association with the specified member information of the user (S14). After the management unit 332 associates the card identification information with the user's membership information and stores the same in the storage unit 32, the communication control unit 331 associates the stored user's membership information and the membership information in the storage unit 32. The ball bearing information and the balance information are transmitted to the ticket settlement device 100.

  The card ejection unit 5 electromagnetically records the member information, the ball information, and the balance information received by the communication control unit 902 in the stock card in which the card identification information transmitted to the management device 300 is recorded (S15). The card ejection unit 5 ejects the stock card as a lending card after recording the member information, the ball information and the balance information on the stock card (S16).

[Loan card return processing]
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a communication sequence of the card management system S. This sequence starts when the user inserts a lending card into the card insertion unit 7. First, the card control unit 904 of the ticket issue / settlement device 100 receives the return operation of the card for lending by the user via the touch panel provided in the display unit 6 (S21).

  Next, the card reading unit 4 reads the user's membership information, ball-bearing information and balance information recorded on the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit 7, and the communication control unit 902 reads the card reading unit 4 The member information, ball-count information and balance information of the user are transmitted to the management device 300. The management unit 332 associates the received balance information with the member information of the user while storing the number of balls indicated by the received ball information as the number of balls stored in the storage unit 32 in association with the member information of the user. 32 is stored (S22).

  Further, the management unit 332 deletes the card identification information stored in the storage unit 32 in association with the received member information of the user from the storage unit 32 (S23). Furthermore, after the management unit 332 deletes the card identification information, the communication control unit 331 transmits, to the ticket settlement apparatus 100, a storage completion notification notifying that the information stored in the lending card is stored in the storage unit 32. Do.

  After the communication control unit 902 receives the ball storage completion notification, the card reading unit 4 erases the user's member information, ball information and balance information recorded on the inserted rental card to make a stock card ( S24). Furthermore, the storage unit 3 recovers the stock card (S25).

[Settlement processing with ticket settlement device]
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the operation of the ticket settlement device 100, and shows the settlement processing by the ticket settlement device 100. This processing procedure starts, for example, when the operation accepting unit 903 accepts an operation of the user instructing the settlement of the lending card.

  First, the card reading unit 4 electromagnetically reads balance information of the lending card. The settlement unit 905 determines whether the balance remains in the balance information read by the card reading unit 4 (S31). If the balance is left in the balance information read by the card reading unit 4 (YES in S31), the settlement unit 905 determines whether or not the operation receiving unit 903 receives a user operation instructing a balance withdrawal (S32). ). When the operation receiving unit 903 receives a user operation instructing repayment of the balance (YES in S32), the settlement unit 905 executes a settlement process for refunding the balance in cash (S33).

  Furthermore, the communication control unit 902 transmits the ball information and balance information to the management device 300, and the management unit 332 stores the ball information and balance information in the storage unit 32 in association with the received member information of the user. A process is performed (S34). Further, the management unit 332 deletes the card identification information stored in the storage unit 32 from the storage unit 32 in association with the received member information of the user.

  Subsequently, when receiving the storage completion notification from the management device 300, the operation reception unit 903 of the ticket settlement apparatus 100 causes the display unit 6 to display a message notifying that the ball information and the balance information have been deposited. The card reading unit 4 erases the member information, the ball information, and the balance information of the user recorded in the lending card to make a stock card. The storage unit 3 recovers the stock card (S35), and ends the process.

  If the balance is not left in the balance information read by the card reading unit 4 in the determination of step S31 (NO in S31), the communication control unit 902 proceeds to step S34 and executes the storage process. If the operation accepting unit 903 does not accept the user operation instructing repayment of the balance in the determination of step S32 (NO in S32), the settlement unit 905 proceeds to step S34 without performing the settlement process.

[Settlement processing in the inter-station apparatus 400]
The user can also perform settlement processing in the inter-office apparatus 400. The inter-table device 400 does not discharge the lending card inserted into the card insertion unit of the inter-main unit device 400 within a predetermined time from the business closing time of the store. The predetermined time is, for example, several tens of minutes before the store's closing time. The card reading unit of the inter-station apparatus 400 reads the ball information, the balance information, and the member information recorded on the inserted lending card, and then transmits the information to the management apparatus 300. The management device 300 causes the storage unit 32 to store the ball contact information, the balance information, and the member information received from the inter-office device 400. Then, the inter-table device 400 deletes the ball-playing information and the member information recorded on the lending card. On the other hand, when it is not within a predetermined time from the business closing time of the store, the card ejection unit of the inter-office apparatus 400 ejects the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit.

  By adopting such a configuration, the lending card is not discharged from the indoor unit 400 within the predetermined time of the store's end of business time, so the user can play the game despite the fact that the business end time is near. It can be prevented from continuing.

[Effect by card management system S]
According to the present embodiment, the card ejection unit 5 records the membership information corresponding to the biometric information of the user in the stock card, sets it as a lending card, and ejects the lending card. Therefore, the user can receive the issuance of the loan card at the store without receiving the card, and can receive the service as a member.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the card ejection unit 5 ejects the lending card after recording the member information and the number of balls in the lending card. For this reason, even when the network 200 of the store is disconnected, the user can continue using the gaming machine 500 by using the balls stored in the lending card.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the card reading unit 4 reads the ball information and the member information recorded on the card inserted into the card insertion unit 7, and then the ball information recorded on the card. And delete member information. As a result, the user's information in the lending card returned by the user is erased, and reuse for other users becomes possible.

  Further, according to the present embodiment, the card ejection unit 5 does not eject the lending card when the number of balls possessed by the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit 7 is zero. For this reason, it is possible to suppress an increase in cost for preparing a store stock card due to the user discarding the loan card with the number of balls having become zero.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the example in the case where the card ejection unit 5 records the ball-bearing information in the lending card has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to the example of recording ball information on a lending card. For example, the card discharge unit 5 may not record ball information on the lending card, and the communication control unit 902 may notify the management device 300 of ball information every time the number of balls increases or decreases. In this case, the management unit 332 causes the storage unit 32 to store the ball-count information received by the communication control unit 331.

  In the above, an example was described in which the ticket issue settlement apparatus 100 and the inter-day apparatus 400 are separate apparatuses, but the present invention is not limited to this. It may be done.

  As mentioned above, although the present invention was explained using an embodiment, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the range given in the above-mentioned embodiment, and various modification and change are possible within the range of the gist. is there. For example, a specific embodiment of device distribution and integration is not limited to the above embodiment, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed and integrated in any unit. Can. In addition, new embodiments produced by any combination of a plurality of embodiments are also included in the embodiments of the present invention. The effects of the new embodiment generated by the combination combine the effects of the original embodiment.

Reference Signs List 1 biometric information reading unit 2, 31 communication unit 3 storage unit 4 card reading unit 5 card ejection unit 6 display unit 7 card insertion unit 8, 32 storage unit 9, 33 control unit 100 ticket settlement device 200 network 300 management device 331, 902 Communication control unit 332 Management unit 400 Inter-table device 500 Game machine 901 Biological information acquisition unit 903 Operation reception unit 904 Card control unit 905 Settlement unit S Card management system

Claims (7)

A card management system for managing a card used to play a game with a gaming machine, the card management system comprising: a ticket issuing device for issuing the card; and a management device for managing a user who can use the card. Equipped with
The ticket issuing device
A storage unit for storing a plurality of the cards;
A biometric information reading unit that reads the biometric information of the user;
A card reader for reading card identification information unique to the card;
A ticket issuance apparatus transmission unit that transmits the biometric information and the card identification information to a management apparatus;
A card ejection unit that ejects one of the plurality of cards;
Have
The management device is
A storage unit that associates and stores the membership information of the user and registered biometric information that is biometric information of the user;
In response to having received the biometric information and the card identification information from the ticket issuing apparatus, the card identification information is associated with the registered biometric information corresponding to the biometric information received from the ticket issuing apparatus and stored in the storage unit. A management unit to be stored in the storage unit in association with the stored member information;
A management apparatus transmission unit that transmits the membership information to the ticket issuing apparatus after the management unit stores the card identification information and the membership information in association with each other in the storage unit;
Have
The card ejection unit records the membership information in a card on which the card identification information transmitted by the ticket issuance apparatus transmission unit to the management device is recorded in response to the reception of the membership information, and then the card. Card management system that discharges as a lending card. The storage unit stores, in association with the member information, the number of balls that can be used by the user corresponding to the member information in the gaming machine.
The management device transmission unit transmits the number of balls held to the ticket issuing device in addition to the member information.
The card ejection unit ejects the lending card after recording the member information and the number of balls on the lending card.
The card management system according to claim 1. The ticket issuing apparatus further includes a card insertion unit which receives the insertion of the lending card,
The ticket issuance apparatus transmission unit transmits the number of balls held by the card reading unit and the member information to the management apparatus.
The card reading unit reads the number of balls and the member information recorded on the card inserted into the card insertion unit, and then reads the number of balls and the member information recorded on the card. Erase
The management unit stores, in the storage unit, the number of held balls transmitted by the ticket issuance apparatus transmission unit in association with the member information transmitted by the ticket issuance apparatus transmission unit.
The card management system according to claim 2. The ticket issuing apparatus further includes an operation accepting unit that accepts an operation of discharging the lending card inserted into the card insertion unit,
The card discharging unit discharges the lending card according to the operation accepted by the operation accepting unit, when the number of balls stored in the lending card inserted into the card insertion unit is not zero. When the number of balls held is zero, the lending card is not discharged regardless of the operation accepted by the operation accepting unit,
The card management system according to claim 3. The storage unit stores the number of issued cards in association with the member information.
The management device transmitting unit transmits the member information to the ticket issuing device on condition that the number of issued sheets stored in the storage unit in association with the member information is equal to or less than a predetermined number.
The card management system according to any one of claims 1 to 4. It further comprises an inter-station apparatus for controlling the gaming machine,
The inter-stand unit is
A second biometric information reading unit for reading the biometric information of the user;
A second card insertion unit for receiving the insertion of the lending card;
A second card reading unit for reading card identification information specific to the lending card;
An inter-station apparatus transmission unit that transmits the biological information and the card identification information to a management apparatus;
A second card ejection unit that ejects one of the plurality of cards;
It further has an operation accepting unit that accepts an operation to eject the lending card inserted into the card insertion unit,
The card ejection unit does not eject the lending card inserted in the card insertion unit within a predetermined time from the business closing time of the store where the inter-main unit is installed, and the card discharging unit is predetermined from the business closing time Ejecting the loan card inserted in the card insertion unit if not within the time of
The card management system according to claim 3. A card management method for managing a card by a ticket issuing device for issuing a card used to play a game with a gaming machine and a management device for managing a user who can use the card,
Reading the biometric information of the user by the ticket issuing apparatus;
Reading card identification information unique to the card stored in the ticket issuing device;
Transmitting the biometric information and the card identification information from the ticket issuing device to the management device;
Storing the card identification information transmitted from the ticket issuing apparatus to the management apparatus in the storage unit in association with the member information stored in the storage unit and corresponding to the biological information received from the ticket issuing apparatus;
Transmitting the membership information from the management device to the ticket issuing device after the card identification information and the membership information are associated and stored in the storage unit;
Recording the membership information in a card on which the card identification information transmitted by the ticket issuing device to the management device is recorded in response to the ticket issuance device receiving the membership information;
Discharging the card having the member information recorded thereon as a lending card;
Card management method having.

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