JP2779919B2 - Game media rental system in a game store - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a game machine having a plurality of gaming machines.
The location, value information is stored issued by the card supply agencies
The present invention relates to a game medium lending system in a game store that lends a game medium to be used for a game in the gaming machine using the card-shaped storage medium provided.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a game media lending system in a game shop generally lends game media by inserting money into a game media lending device.

However, in a game medium lending system in which money is inserted into the game medium lending device, the gaming machine line is increased in order to enhance the convenience so that the player can lend the game medium without leaving the game machine. Since it is common to arrange game media rental devices between gaming machines in island facilities, there is a device that transfers money to each game media rental device to one end of the island facility and collects it. Required. In addition, if the money that can be used in the game media lending device is limited to coins, etc., players who have used up the coins etc. necessary to borrow game media will have to exchange banknotes one by one. If the game media lending device that can use bills is installed in the island facility, the money collection device becomes more complicated, and the money is collected in the island facility during collection. May be clogged or stolen.

[0004] Therefore, a card-type game media lending system in which game media can be rented from a game media lending device using a card purchased by inserting money into a card issuing machine installed in a game store has been proposed. I have. In such a card-type game media lending system, even if the game media lending device is arranged in the island facility, an expensive and complicated device for transferring and collecting money is not required, and money is not required in the island facility. There is no danger of being stolen.

[0005]

However, the card-type game media lending system which has been conventionally proposed is:
This is to issue a unique card that can be used effectively at the amusement store and insert this properly issued card into the game media lending device to enable the lending of game media. The card is valid only at the game store where it was issued on the day it was issued. For this, the player lends the game media to the card
If possible value information remains, end the game
When you leave the amusement store, you will need to pay the balance (return the unused balance
No value information remains if you do not
Becomes in effect, when performing a game at a later date, again you must buy the game media card for lending, because that would be requested a complicated act of purchase and settlement of card for the player However, the handling of the card becomes troublesome, and on the contrary, the convenience of the player is impaired.

Also, in a card-type game media lending system that issues a game medium lending card valid only for the day at the game store, a large number of players settle the card immediately before the game store closes. In a game store where only a limited number of checkout machines are installed, a large number of players have to wait for checkout. In addition, if the number of payment machines installed is increased, the waiting time for such players to settle can be reduced, but the capital investment on the gaming side will increase, and maintenance and repair of all payment machines will also be required. As a result, the burden on the game store is significantly increased, which is inefficient.

[0007] In addition, during the business closing time of the game store, since each financial institution such as a bank has already closed its business, each game store secures in advance enough banknotes necessary for the settlement of the game media lending card. If a game store falls into a state where payment cannot be made, the risk of the game store is great because it greatly affects the credit of the game store.

Furthermore, in the card type gaming media lending system such as described above, despite there are card balance, and settlement of Yu technique medium rental cards, intended to the card unusable from that there is a waste of multi-large resources.

In addition, a game media rental car in a game store
For game shops that rented game media using
Aggregate information that will be sales, and ask for money to specified institutions
When requesting, make multiple invoices in one business day
In the meantime, daily sales requests are divided into multiple
The processing of both the amusement store and the institution to be billed is complicated.
It will be something.

[0010] Therefore, when such a game medium lending system is adopted, the substantial profit of the game store is generated with the lending of the game medium, so that the usage information of the game medium lending card is used. Is extremely important, and high reliability that can prevent tampering of the use information and the like is required for the system. In other words, if the system is capable of falsifying and claiming usage information as if the gaming media lending card has been used more than the usage information used, the sales of the card and the card usage As a result, the balance with the cost request based on the game media cannot be maintained, so that the game media lending system that can be adopted in the game store cannot be established.

[0011]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and has a plurality of gaming machines (for example, pachinko machines 1).
Is installed and a card supply agency (for example, a card issuer
In a game medium lending system in a game store that lends a game medium to be used for a game in the gaming machine using a card-shaped storage medium (e.g., a card 24) in which value information issued by the customer 7) is stored. game arcade will advance purchase card-shaped storage medium from above Symbol card supply engine, based on the introduction of the player's money, sold mosquito <br/> over de shaped storage medium purchased from the card supply engine at a game store card-like storage medium sold means (e.g., card issuing machine 3) and said card-like storage medium to marketable value information a predetermined number of game media based on a predetermined lending the player's operation on condition that the stored Game medium lending control means (e.g., a game medium lending device 2) for causing the game medium to be discharged and transmitting useful value information as sales data relating to the discharge of the game medium;
Collect valuable value information output from body lending control means
Information management means (for example, management device 4) for managing
Information transmission between the information management means and the game medium lending control means
In-store transmission means (eg, in-store transmission line 5)
Information between the information management means and the card supplier.
Out-of-store transmission means for transmitting information (for example, out-of-store transmission paths)
6), and wherein the information management means comprises:
Use value information transmitted from the exit control means
Means for collecting valuable value information via transmission means
(For example, the central processing unit 43, the first transmission control device 50
Etc.) and collected by the above-mentioned value-in-use information collecting means.
Usage value aggregation means that aggregates usage value information (example
For example, the central processing unit 43, the main storage device 44, the auxiliary storage device
45, etc.) and the value in use
Process the used value aggregation information into the specified conversion information
Processing means (for example, central processing unit 43, main storage device 4
4, auxiliary storage device 45, etc.) and the above processing means
The converted information is used for monetary billing,
Output to the card supplier via the out-of-store transmission means
Transmission means (for example, central processing unit 43, second transmission control unit)
51, etc.), and the transmitting means
When transmitting to the serial card supply agency, sales of the game arcade
As the end status, the usage value
Of the end process to end the collection of
It is characterized by the condition of a row.

[0012] In the gaming medium lending system in such a game store, and sold at a game store to <br/> player by the card-shaped storage media marketing means the card-shaped storage medium input by the card supply agencies Ri購, game The value information of the card-shaped storage medium used by the medium lending control means for discharging the game medium is stored in the store by the used value information collection means of the information management means.
Is collected via the inner transmission means, it is aggregated by the use value information collecting unit, this use value information collecting unit
More aggregated use valuable resource summary information is, to the processing means
Is converted into predetermined conversion information.
The converted information is transmitted by the transmitting means via the out-of-store transmitting means.
Is sent to the card supplier,
Finished collection of valuable value information by value information collection means
An end process for causing the game store to open
If it is not in the end state, the transmission means of the information management means
Does not send conversion information to the card provider.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a game medium lending system according to the present invention.

A card in which valuable information or the like in a predetermined mode is stored is issued by the supervising institution, and the card is sold to the player through a selling means provided in the game store. A player uses this card at a game store to play a game by renting a game medium from a game medium lending device. The amusement store
Send sales data from the game media lending device to the controlling organization. The managing organization pays the sales price corresponding to the sales data to the game store through the financial institution or directly.

That is, the supervising organization in FIG.
It functions as a card supply organization that issues a card-shaped storage medium in which valuable information in a predetermined mode is stored.

FIG. 2 et seq. Show an embodiment in which the present invention is used in a pachinko game store.

In the pachinko game store, as shown in FIG.
A large number of pachinko machines 1 are arranged side by side, and a game medium lending device 2 for renting a ball to be used as a game medium is arranged between the pachinko machine 1 and the pachinko machine 1 at appropriate intervals. 2 and the information installed in the control room
The management device 4 as the information management means and the in- store transmission means
Are electrically connected via the in- store transmission lines 5.

The cards used in the pachinko game store are sold by a counter in the store or a card issuing machine 3 installed at an appropriate position in the store.

That is, the card issuing machine 3 as a sales means installed in a game store functions as a card-shaped storage medium selling means for selling a card-shaped storage medium purchased in advance from a card supply organization based on the insertion of money. You do it.
In addition, the card purchased from the card supply institution stores the valuable value information in a predetermined mode. Therefore, the card is not limited to the amusement store, and the card issued by the card supply organization (the card in which the predetermined value information is stored) ) Can be used anywhere as long as it can be used at a game store.

Further, sales data such as computed accumulated in the management unit 4 is sent to a governing body that functions as a card supply authority, out-of-store communication such as the management apparatus 4 telephone lines or dedicated line
The data may be transmitted by being electrically connected to the card issuing center 7 which is the supervising organization via the out- of- store transmission line 6 as a means .

As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the card issuing machine 3 opens a bill insertion slot 10 as a bill insertion slot on the front surface 8 of a box 9 having an openable front surface 8, and inserts the bill. A purchase amount selection operation unit 11 composed of a plurality of push buttons is provided above the mouth 10, and an insertion amount display unit 1 composed of a plurality of 7-segment indicators is provided above the purchase amount selection operation unit 11.
2, an in-operation indicator 13 indicating that the operation is in progress and an issuance suspension indicator 1 for indicating the suspension of the issuance next to the input amount indicator 12.
4, card issuing ports 15 and 15 'are opened vertically below these indicators 13 and 14, and a change return port 16 is opened below the card issuing ports 15'.

In the inside of the box 9, a bill discriminating device 17 as a currency discriminating device is placed at a position communicating with the bill inserting slot 10 when the front portion 8 is closed. Insert the card issuing device 18 into the card issuing port 1
A card issuing device 18 'is arranged at a position communicating with 5', and a change payment device 19 is arranged at a position communicating with the change return port 16, and a machine number setting for setting the machine number of the card issuing machine 3 at the bottom. And a monitor device 21 for displaying the amount of sales, the number of cards issued, the remaining amount of cards, the remaining amount of change, the banknote overflow, and the like, and a control device 22 for controlling the above devices as necessary. In the device 22, the input amount indicator 12, the issuing indicator 13, and the issuance indicator 1 are displayed.
4. Banknote recognition device 17, card issuing devices 18, 18 ',
The change payment device 19, the table number setting device 20, and the alarm indicator mounted on the upper surface of the box 9 are electrically connected.

The bill validator 17 takes in the bill inserted by the player from the bill insertion slot 10 to determine the authenticity of the bill, determines the type of the bill, sends a signal to the controller 22, and outputs a signal to the controller 22. If it is determined to be a valid bill, it will be returned to the player. On the other hand, when the banknote recognition device 17 determines that the banknote is appropriate and determines the type of the banknote, the control device 2
The input amount display unit 12 displays the amount of the bill in response to the signal from 2. For example, if a 10,000-yen bill is inserted into the bill insertion slot 10, “10,000 yen” is set, and if a 5,000-yen bill is inserted, “5,000 yen” is set.
000 yen "and 1,000 yen bill are displayed as" 1,000 yen ". In this state, when the player operates the purchase amount selection operation unit 11 to select a desired amount to be provided for the game,
The card issuing machine 3 operates the card issuing device 18 or 18 'to issue a card storing valuable value information corresponding to the amount selected by the purchase amount selection operation unit 11.

The card issuing machine 3 as the above-mentioned selling means
As shown in FIG. 5, the card 24 issued by
It is a thin plate made of a synthetic resin or the like, on the surface of which a money display 25 is provided substantially at the center in the longitudinal direction, a balance display 26 is provided above the money display 25, and a magnetic surface is provided below the money display 25. An information storage unit 27 including a security storage unit 28 is provided below the information storage unit 27, and an arrow indicating an insertion direction of the card 24 is displayed. In addition,
In order to make it easy to understand the insertion direction of the card 24 and prevent mistakes in the insertion direction, one corner of the leading end of the card 24 may be cut obliquely in advance.

The amount display section 25 of the card 24 displays the amount stored in the information storage section 27 at the time of purchase, for example, "10000 yen". This amount indicates the usage limit of the card 24. In the balance display section 26, in the gaming medium lending device 2, the balance of the card is indicated by a punch hole,
Display with markings. The information storage unit 27 stores an effective amount and a limit amount, and the effective amount is updated and recorded in the gaming medium lending apparatus 2 as a balance.

The security storage unit 28 stores the card 24
The security data is stored in order to prevent forgery. This security data is stored concealed in the design of the card or the like by a method that can be read by an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, or the like. In this case, the same data as the security data stored in the security storage unit 28 is stored in the information storage unit 27, and the two data are compared at the time of lending the game medium. It is determined to be used, and the game medium is lent out.

Further, in order to more clearly manage the sales in the game medium lending apparatus 2, a card number may be stored in the information storage unit 27 in addition to the above information. This card number is constituted by a unique card number for each card. If the card number is transmitted by the game medium lending apparatus 2 at the time of transmitting data to the management apparatus 4, the card use information can be further enhanced. Can be clearly managed.

As shown in FIG. 6, the card issuing device 18 has one end of a conveying means 30 such as a belt conveyer provided vertically facing the outlet of the card storage section 31 and the conveying means 3.
0 facing the card issuing port 32, and
A card detector 33 is provided in the vicinity of the card issuing port 32. Further, a card shortage detector 34 and a shutter device 35 are provided at the exit of the card storage unit 31. Therefore,
When the card issuing device 29 receives the card issuing signal from the control device 22, the shutter device 35 opens to take out one card 24 from the card storage unit 31 and operate the motor 36 to remove the card 24 taken out. It is transported in the direction of the issuing port 32. When the card detector 33 detects the end of ejection of the card 24, the motor 36 is stopped, and the change payment device 19 is operated by the change signal from the control device 22, and the selected amount is subtracted from the amount of the inserted bill. The money amount is calculated by the calculation control unit of the control device 22, and the money corresponding to this money amount is paid out to the change return port 16.

Note that the card issuing machine 3 itself can store valuable information and the like, and the card issuing device 37 with a writing function used in such a case is shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, an information writing device 38, a printing device 39, and a card transport detector are added to the above-mentioned card issuing device 18, and the same device as the card issuing device 18 is denoted by the same reference numeral. I do.

One end of a conveying means 30 such as a belt conveyor provided so as to face the top and bottom faces the outlet of the card storage unit 31 and the other end of the conveying means 30 faces the card issuing port 32. For example, an information writing device 38 including a magnetic head, a printing device 39, and a card transport detector are provided. Further, a card shortage detector 34 and a shutter device 35 are provided at the exit of the card storage unit 31. Therefore, upon receiving the card issuance signal from the control device 22, the card issuance device 37 opens the shutter device 35 to take out one card 24 from the card storage unit 31, and operates the motor 36 to operate the card 24 taken out. In the direction of the card issuing port 32.

The first card transport detector 40 detects the card 2
When the second card transport detector 41 detects that the card 4 has been normally transported and the second card transport detector 41 detects the leading end of the card 24, that is, when the information storage section 27 of the card has arrived at the information writing device 38, In response to a signal from the device 22, the information writing device 38a writes the store code, date data, security data and card identification information into the information storage unit 27 by magnetic action. When the third card transport detector 42 detects the card 24, the motor 36 is temporarily stopped, and the printing device 39 prints the card issuance date and security data in the security storage unit 28 by a print signal from the control device 22. I do. The security data is concealed and printed in the characters of the date.

When the printing process is completed, the motor 36 operates to convey the card 24, and when the card detector 33 detects the card 24, the motor 36 stops again, and the printing device 3
4 displays the amount at the time of issuance on the amount display section 25. In this way, various kinds of information are written, and the card 24 on which the amount at the time of issuance is printed is discharged to the card issuance slot 32. Then, when the card detector 33 detects the end of ejection of the card, the motor 36 is stopped, and the change payment device 19 is operated by the change signal from the control device 22, and the selected amount is subtracted from the amount of the inserted bill. Is calculated by the calculation control unit of the control device 22, and the money corresponding to this amount is paid out to the change return port 16.

In the card issuing device 18 and the card issuing device 37 with a writing function, the card shortage detector 34
Detects the shortage of the card 24 in the card storage unit 31, the control device 22 which has received the signal from the card shortage detector 34 displays the shortage of the card 24 on the monitor device 21 and displays the alarm display 23 It lights up to notify the attendant, and also turns off the issuance indicator 13 and simultaneously turns on the issuance cancellation indicator 14 to visually indicate to the player that the card has been issued. In the same manner as above, the card issuance is stopped when the change is insufficient or when the bill storage unit for storing the bills inserted by the player is full.

As described above, the card issuing device 4 with a writing function
7, since a plurality of amounts can be written by one unit, an issuance card in which the amount information or the like has not been entered is supplied from a card supply machine to a game store, and a book installed in the game store is provided. If the amount information according to the purchase amount is written by the card issuing device 47 with a credit function, if only a certain amount of the face value of the card is sold intensively, the stock of the sales card is exhausted. Although such a situation can be avoided, since the issued amount information may be falsified, the security is such that the card issuing center 7 as a card supply organization performs maintenance and management of the card issuing device. A system is required.

However, managing all the card issuing devices installed in a plurality of gaming arcades where a number of card issuing centers 7 exist places a very heavy burden on the card issuing center 7. In addition, if a malfunction occurs in the card issuing device, even if it is a relatively minor problem, the repair is completed by the card issuing center 7 because the game store cannot independently cope with the trouble. Until the card issuance is delayed, there is a possibility that the sales of the game store will be affected, which is not desirable for the game store.

Therefore, in the game medium lending system according to the present invention, a card for sale in which the amount information has been written is supplied from the card issuing center 7 to a sales means such as each game store, and the supply is received. The card price paid for each card is paid to the card issuing center 7 from each sales means, and the card issuing device 18 for selling the supplied cards is managed at each game store, as described above. We decided to prevent such troubles.

In the game medium lending system according to the present invention described above, two card issuing devices 18 are provided in the card issuing machine 3, and two types of cards having different amounts of money, for example, "100"
0 yen "and" 3000 yen ", and the card corresponding to the desired amount is selectively ejected by the selection of the purchase amount selection operation unit 11 operated by the player. A plurality of three or more cards may be provided to increase the selectable amount of money, or a plurality of cards having different symbols may be filled to allow a desired card to be selected. In addition, only one issuing device 18 may be used to fill one type of card.

It is desirable that the above-mentioned card issuing machine 3 be managed by the card issuing center 7 and that card replenishment, payment collection, etc. be performed by the card issuing center 7. When the card issuing machine 3 is installed in a pachinko gaming shop, the management of the card issuing machine 3 may be performed by the pachinko gaming shop. In this case, the pachinko gaming shop purchases a card and pays for the card. To the card issuing center 7.

As shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the management device 4 includes a central processing unit 43, a main storage device 44, an auxiliary storage device 45, a calendar 46, a keyboard 47, and a display device including a cathode ray tube. 48 and printer 4
9, a first transmission control device 50, and a second transmission control device 51
And these are electrically connected. Further, power is supplied to the management device 4 via the auxiliary power supply device 52 and the power supply device 53.

The central processing unit 43 is a device for centrally managing each control device in the management device 4, and performs data transfer between the devices, arithmetic processing of the received data, and the like.

The main storage device 44 has a file storing sales data and total sales data of each game medium lending device 2, and stores a processing program of the central processing unit 43 when the power is turned on.

The auxiliary storage device 45 is composed of a hard disk or the like, and stores a processing program of the central processing unit 43 and unique data such as a store number for the card issuing center 7 to identify each amusement store. Is stored.

The calendar 46 is for setting the date, time, and the like. The date information is used when the sales data is stored in the auxiliary storage device 45 or the sales data is transmitted to the card issuing center 7. The time data is used when storing the sales information from the game medium lending device 2 in the main storage device 44.

The keyboard 47 is a command panel for the central processing unit 43. As shown in FIG. 10, a key switch 54, an opening switch 55, a closing switch 56,
Sales switch 57, print switch 58, transmission switch 5
9, a file switch 60, a numeric keypad 61 and the like are provided.

The key switch 54 is a switch for preventing an erroneous operation of the store opening switch 55 and the store closing switch 56. Each switch does not operate unless the switches are turned on.

The store opening switch 55 is connected to the game medium lending device 2.
Switch to start accepting cards at
By operating this switch, a start command is transmitted to the game medium lending device 2.

The store closing switch 56 is connected to the game medium lending device 2.
Exit the acceptance of the card in (substantial in the game arcade
By operating this switch, an end command is transmitted to the game medium lending apparatus 2.

The sales switch 57 is connected to the game medium lending device 2
Are command switches for displaying on the display device 48 the total sales of... And the sales of the individual game media lending devices 2.

The print switch 58 is provided for the game medium lending device 2.
Is a command switch for causing the printer 49 to print the total sales of the game media and the sales of the individual game media lending devices 2.

The transmission switch 59 is a command switch for transmitting the total sales data to the card issuing center 7. When the total sales data is automatically transmitted according to a command from the card issuing center 7, the transmission switch 59 becomes unnecessary .

The numeric keypad 61 is a switch for inputting the number of the game medium lending device 2 and the like when it is desired to know the sales of the specific game medium lending device 2.

The printer 49 is a device for printing sales and the like in the game medium lending device 2 described above. First
The transmission control device 50 is a device for establishing a transmission / reception right on the transmission line 5 in the amusement store, standardizing transmission / reception data, and managing data transmission / reception required by the central processing unit 43.

The second transmission control unit 51 establishes a transmission / reception right on a telephone line or a dedicated line between the game arcade and the card issuing center 7 and standardizes the transmission / reception data, and transmits the data required by the central processing unit 43. This is a device for performing transmission / reception management.

The power supply device 53 is a device for supplying power to each control device, and the auxiliary power supply device 52 is a backup power supply at the time of a power failure. Sales data and the like stored in the main storage device 44 are restored by the power failure. It is a device provided to prevent loss.

FIG. 11 shows a flowchart of the processing in the management device 4 described above.

When the power is turned on in the management device 4,
When the sales file is cleared, the encryption (procedure for encryption) from the card issuing center 7 is received, the procedure for encryption is stored, and when the store opening switch 55 is turned on, a store opening instruction is given to the game medium lending apparatus 2. The signal and the encryption processing procedure are transmitted, and the system is in a state of waiting for reception of sales data (use value information). When the sales data (use value information) is received, the corresponding unit number in the sales file is searched, the received amount is added to the unit sales file, the time is read from the calendar 46, the time, the received card number, and the received card number are received. Remember the amount. In this embodiment, the issued card 24 is given a unique card number, and the card 24 is issued.
The use-value information, including the card number, has been used to further enhance the reliability of the use-value information. However, if at least the use-value information is included, it will be used as sales data related to the sales of the amusement store. It can be used as the aggregated value information.

When the store close switch 56 is turned on, a store close command signal is transmitted to the game medium lending device 2. When the transmission switch 59 is turned on, the total sales (use value information is counted.
Calculated in accordance with the information on the value of the used value), and the transmission data (the information on the value of the value in use ) is processed by the encryption processing procedure sent from the card issuing center 7 and converted into encrypted information. Encrypted sales data (change
Exchange information) . That is, the total
Use value aggregated information, which is sales, is used as a card supplier.
When sending to the card issuing center 7,
The condition for sending is that the store is closed.
When the store close switch 55 is turned on, the game media lending device
After the lending of the game media in (2)
If it is not after the increase) transmission switch 5
9 cannot be operated, and the collection and counting of the valuable value information is performed
This is not the case (see FIG. 11). File switch 60
Is turned on, the date information and the sales file are stored in the auxiliary storage device 45, and the processing in the management device 4 ends.

That is, in the present embodiment, it is assumed that the management device 4 is provided with encryption processing means, and when the use value information is transmitted to the card issuing center 7, the use value information is converted into the encryption information by the encryption processing means. It is converted and transmitted. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the use value information aggregated as sales data relating to the sales of the game store based on the added stored value of the use value information from being tampered with at the game store. The value information is sent to the card issuance center 7, so that it is possible to avoid a situation in which the balance is significantly unbalanced. Therefore, the reliability as a game media lending system installed in a game store can be secured.

If the encryption processing procedure is supplied from the card issuing center 7 at each store opening and stored in the management device 4 again as in the present embodiment, the risk of the encryption processing procedure being analyzed is markedly reduced. While it can be lowered,
Since the initialization process and the like at the time of each store opening becomes complicated, a predetermined encryption process procedure is fixedly stored in the management device 4 (stored in a nonvolatile memory such as a ROM). It may be used constantly.

The game medium lending device 2 shown in FIG. 12 is disposed between the pachinko machine 1 and the pachinko machine 1, and the card insertion slot 65 of the card reading / writing device 64 is provided on the front surface 63 of the box 62. , A pilot lamp 66, an alarm display 67, an amount display 68, a purchase selection switch 69, and a ball rental port 70, and a supply ball is provided above a ball supply gutter 71 branched from a ball supply gutter above the pachinko machine line. A detector 72 is provided, a ball discharge device 73 is provided at a lower end of the ball supply gutter 71, an outlet of the ball flow down gutter 74 of the ball discharge device 73 is connected to the ball lending port 70, the card reading / writing device 64, an alarm display, and the like. Device 66, amount indicator 68, purchase selection switch 6
9, the supply ball detector 72 and the ball discharge device 73 are electrically connected to the control device 75, and the control device 75 is connected to the in-store transmission line 5
Is connected to the management device 4 via the.

The pilot lamp 66 accepts the card 24 and indicates that the game medium can be lent out.
When there is no ball in the supply ball detector 72 or when the connection with the management device 4 is not confirmed, the light is turned off and the reception of the card 24 is stopped. The alarm display 67 indicates that the reception card 24 is inappropriate, for example, when the security data of the security storage unit 28 and the security data of the information storage unit 27 of the card 24 do not match. The amount display 68 displays the balance of the reception card 24. The purchase selection switch 69
A switch for designating the purchase price. In the present embodiment, the switch is configured with switches of 100 yen, 200 yen, and 500 yen, and game media corresponding to the designated price is lent. Incidentally, the purchase selection switch 69 may be omitted, and a game medium corresponding to a predetermined amount, for example, 200 yen, may be lent out by one card insertion.

The card reading / writing device 64 is a device for reproducing and updating magnetic data stored in the card 24, reading security data, and marking the balance, as shown in FIG. A first conveying roller 78 and a second conveying roller 79 driven by a conveying motor 77 are provided on the conveying path 76 toward the card feeding path 76.
5, an insertion detection sensor 80 is provided on the side of the card insertion port 65 of the first transport roller 78, and a security reading sensor 81, a read / write head 82, a marking device is provided between the first transport roller 78 and the second transport roller 79. 83
And an inversion position detection sensor 84 is provided near the end of the card transport path 76. An encoder 86 that rotates simultaneously with the transport motor 77 is mounted on a shaft 85 of the transport motor 77, and a positioning sensor 87 is attached to the encoder 86. The transport motor 77, the insertion detection sensor 80,
The security reading sensor 81, the read / write head 82, and the marking device 83 are connected to the control device 75.

The transport motor 77 is a motor that can rotate forward and reverse to drive a transport roller that transports the card 24.
The first and second transport rollers 78 and 79 are connected via a transport belt 88. The insertion detection sensor 80 is a detector for detecting the insertion of the card 24 and driving the transport motor 77 to rotate in the forward direction. When the card is ejected, the transport motor 7
7 is stopped. The security reading sensor 81
It is a sensor for reading data concealed in the security storage unit 28 of the card 24, and includes an optical sensor, a magnetic sensor, and the like according to the storage method of the security storage unit 28.

The read / write head 82 is a head for reading information stored in the storage information section 27 of the card 24 and updating value information and the like, and is composed of a magnetic head or the like. The marking device 83 is a device for displaying the balance on the balance display section 26 of the card 24, and includes a punching machine, a print stamp, and the like according to the balance display method.
The encoder 86 is a device for generating a positioning signal for determining a data read position and an update position of the information storage unit 27 of the card 24, a security data read position, a marking position on the balance display unit 26, and the like. hand,
It consists of a slit disk.

The positioning sensor 87 detects the positioning signal of the encoder 86 and determines each reading position and the like. When the encoder 86 is a slit disk, it optically detects the slit opening / closing state. This is converted into a pulse train and sent to the control device 75.
The reversal position detection sensor 84 detects the stop position of the card 24,
This is a sensor for determining the reverse rotation position of the transport motor 77 and detecting the leading end of the card 24 to determine the reverse rotation position.

As shown in FIG. 14 and FIG. 15, the ball discharge device includes a ball stopper portion 90 that protrudes and retracts in the ball supply gutter 71 by driving the ball discharge solenoid 89 to regulate the flow of the ball, A ball discharge sensor 91 for detecting one piece is provided,
The ball discharge solenoid 89 and the ball discharge sensor 91 are electrically connected to the control device 75.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram of the control device 75 of the game medium lending device 2 described above. This control device 7
Reference numeral 5 denotes a CPU having an arithmetic control circuit 92, a ROM 93, a RAM 94, and a transmission control circuit 95. A card read / write device 64, a unit number setting switch 96, a driver 97, a receiver 98, and the like are connected to the CPU. ing. In addition, power is supplied to the CPU via a power supply circuit 99.

The driver 97 drives a pilot lamp 66, an alarm display 67, an amount display 68, a ball discharge solenoid 89, and the like in accordance with a control signal from the CPU.

The receiver 98 is for sending signals from the ball discharge sensor 91, the supply ball detector 72, the purchase selection switch 69, the ball rate setting switch 100 for setting the number of balls to lend for 100 yen, and the like to the CPU. . If the purchase selection switch 69 is omitted, a similar signal is transmitted when the card is inserted, and a ball for 200 yen, for example, is lent.

The machine number setting switch 96 is a switch for setting the transmission address of the game medium lending device 2, and this address data is always added to the transmission data.

The transmission control circuit 95 includes the level conversion circuit 1
The level converter 101 converts the waveform of received data and the signal level for improving the drive capability of the transmitted data signal. Level conversion circuit 1
A branch circuit 102 is connected to 01 to separate and combine a transmission signal and a reception signal. The branch circuit 102 is provided with a transmission line connector terminal 103, which is connected to the transmission line by a connector.

FIG. 17 shows a flowchart of the processing in the game medium lending apparatus 2 described above.

When the power of the game medium lending apparatus 2 is turned on, the RAM 94 is cleared, the I / O port is initialized, and the stand number from the stand number setting switch 96 and the ball rate from the ball rate setting switch 100 are read. . Upon receiving a store opening instruction signal from the management device 4, the storage unit stores the encryption processing procedure transmitted from the card supply center 7, checks the presence or absence of supply balls, and determines whether or not a predetermined number of supply balls are accumulated. The pilot lamp 66 is turned on to indicate to the player that the card can be accepted, and the card waits for card insertion.

When the player inserts the card 24 into the card insertion slot, the insertion detection sensor 80 detects the leading end of the card 24 and sends a signal to the control device 75. The control device 75 operates the transport motor 77 to operate the card 24. And the read / write head 82 reads the data in the information storage unit 27, the security read sensor 81 reads the security data in the security storage unit 28, and the security data in the information storage unit 27 and the security storage unit 28 match. When there is a balance in the card 24, the amount is displayed on the amount display 68, and the process proceeds to the ball discharging device 73. Here, if the security data do not match, or if there is no balance on the card 24, an alarm display 67 is displayed to warn the player and
When the card 24 is ejected by operating the transport motor 77 and the player receives the card 24, the display on the alarm display 67 is cleared and the state returns to the state of waiting for card insertion.

When the purchase selection switch 69 is operated and there is a balance of the designated amount, the operation shifts to a ball discharging operation. In the ball discharge operation, the number of discharge balls according to the designated amount is calculated based on the ball rate, and when the ball discharge solenoid 89 is excited, the ball stopper 90 retreats from the ball flow path in the gutter and the ball in the gutter flows down. The ball discharge sensor 91 detects the passing ball and sends a signal to the control device 75. The controller 75 counts the signal from the ball discharge sensor 91 and, when counting that a predetermined number of balls have passed, demagnetizes the ball discharge solenoid 89 and stops the flow of the balls. Thus, a predetermined number of spheres, for example one
Twenty-five balls for ¥ 00 are discharged to the ball rental port 70.

When the number of balls desired by the player is discharged to the ball lending port 70 in this way, the arithmetic unit of the control device 75 discharges the ball to the ball lending port 70 from the amount previously displayed on the amount display 68. The amount corresponding to the drawn ball is subtracted, and the balance is visually displayed on the amount display 68. The balance may be calculated and displayed when the player operates the purchase selection switch 69. And
When the player borrows a desired number of balls within the value range of the card 24 by operating the purchase switch 69, the card reading / writing device 64 is added to the card 24 which has been inverted by the inversion signal of the inversion position detection sensor 84. The balance is stored by the read / write head 82, and the balance is marked by the marking device 83. For example, as shown in FIG. 4, the marking by the marking device 83 is performed when the value of the card is 10,000 yen and the balance is 5000 yen.
The balance display section 26 of 00 yen or more is filled by printing.

When the processing in the ball discharging device 73 is completed, the display of the money amount display 68 is cleared, and data such as a machine number, a card number, and a purchase amount are processed by the stored encryption processing procedure. The usage value information as data is converted into predetermined encryption information and transmitted to the management device 4.
That is, in the present embodiment, the game medium lending device 2
When the use-value information is transmitted to the management device 4, the use-value information is converted into the encryption information by the encryption processing means and transmitted. In this way, it is possible to prevent the value-of-use information as sales data relating to the discharge of the game medium from being tampered with at the game store and transmitted to the management device 4, so that the use value information issued from the game store is incorrect. It is possible to avoid a situation in which the balance is sent to the center 7 and the balance is remarkably lost. Therefore, the reliability as a game media lending system installed in a game store can be secured.

In this embodiment, the issued card 24 is given a unique card number, and
Although the reliability of the value-in-use information is further enhanced by using the value-in-use information as sales data, including the card number of 4, the discharge of the game media is at least provided that the value-in-use information is included. Can be used as value-in-use information as sales data related to.

Thereafter, when a store closing command signal is received from the management device 4, the pilot lamp 66 is turned off, indicating to the player that the card 24 is not accepted, and the game medium lending device 2
Is completed. FIG. 18 shows an example of sales data managed by the management device 4.

In the game medium lending device 2, when the player operates the purchase selection switch 69, the game medium lending device 2
, The card number of the inserted card, and the purchase price are transmitted to the management device 4. These data are stored in the management device 4 as files for each game media lending device. The file for each game media lending device is composed of data for one day in which the purchase time, card number, and purchase price are one purchase data, and the total purchase price is stored as vehicle sales data. The management device 4 collects the files for each game media lending device as a game store sales file, and stores the sum of the sales data as total sales data.

That is, the game medium lending device 2
"On condition that the marketable value information on the card-shaped storage medium serving card 24 is stored, the player line Align the discharge of a predetermined number of game media serving sphere on the basis of a predetermined lending operations also,
It functions as "game medium discharge control means for transmitting use value information as sales data relating to the discharge of game media . "

The central processing unit 43, the main storage device
44, an auxiliary storage device 45, a first transmission control device 50, a second
The management device 4 including the transmission control device 51 and the like
Output from the game medium lending device 2 as lending control means
That use value information to function as collection management information managing means "a," Using transmitted from the game media lending apparatus 2
Use to collect valuable value information via in-store transmission line 5
Value information collection means "
Value collection that aggregates the value information collected
Usage means "
A processing tool that processes valuable value aggregation information into predetermined conversion information
Dan ”,“ Usage totaled by usage value information totaling means ”
Valuable value aggregation information for monetary billing to be sold at amusement stores
Output to the card issuing center 7 via the out-of-store transmission line 6
It is the Ru can embody the functions of the transmitting means. "

The store number and the total sales file among the above-mentioned files are transmitted to the card issuing center 7, and a request for settlement of accounts receivable is made.

The file to be transmitted to the card issuing center 7 includes, in addition to the store number and the total sales file described above, a unit number and sales data for each game medium lending device, and a file for the entire sales file. May be sent. In this way, the card issuing center 7 can grasp detailed sales data at each game store, and the reliability is improved.

In the embodiment described above, in order to prevent falsification of the sales data on the in-store transmission line 5 or on the telephone line or the dedicated line, the transmission data bit is transmitted from the card issuing center 7 by the encryption processing procedure. Are converted into encryption information by using valuable information as sales data. Therefore, if the encryption processing procedure sent by the card issuing center 7 is changed daily, the data It is even more effective in preventing tampering. Further, in the above embodiment, the management device 4 as the use value information totaling means is provided in the game arcade, but, for example, various facilities in the game arcade are comprehensively managed and the game information of each game machine, etc. May be added to a so-called hall computer that collects the information.

In the above embodiment, a game medium lending device for renting a ball used in a pachinko parlor as a game medium has been described. However, the game medium in the present invention is not limited to a ball, but may be a game coin or the like. Is also good. Further, if the card storing the valuable information in a predetermined mode can be used for a card-type enclosed ball-type pachinko machine, a vending machine in a game store, etc., the convenience of the card purchaser can be improved. Performance can be improved.

[0088]

As described in the foregoing, according to the game medium lending system in the gaming facility according to the present invention, in a game store a card-shaped storage medium sold means card-like storage medium input by the card supply engine Ri購 Sell to players and play media
The value information of the card-shaped storage medium used by the lending control means for discharging the game medium is used by the information management means.
Collected by the valuation information collection means via the in-store transmission means.
Which are aggregated by the use value information collecting unit, aggregated used valuable value by the use value information collecting unit
The value aggregation information is converted into predetermined conversion information by the processing means.
The conversion information processed by this processing means is
Sent to the card supplier via the out-of-store transmission means
However, at this time,
End processing to end collection of
That the amusement store is closed.
If the transmitting means of the information management means, the conversion information
Since it is not sent to Seki, the sales request to the card supplier will be
Normally, there is no need to charge daily sales multiple times
It is used every business day, which is the
Value information can be aggregated, and the information
Processing on the information management device side and processing on the card supply organization side become complicated
And the processing is performed efficiently.

Further, to the card supply organization by the processing means
The transmitted information is converted to predetermined conversion information and transmitted.
Therefore, instead of the information that is sent properly,
More use than the usage information where the body lending card was used
To increase sales by sending falsified information
To establish a highly reliable system that can prevent tampering
You can do it.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a game medium lending system.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram when the present invention is implemented in a pachinko game store.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a card issuing machine.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing the inside of the card issuing machine.

FIG. 5 is a front view of the card.

FIG. 6 is a side view showing the inside of the card issuing device.

FIG. 7 is a side view showing the inside of the card issuing device with a writing function.

FIG. 8 is a configuration diagram of a management device.

FIG. 9 is a block diagram of a management device.

FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram of a keyboard.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart of a process in the management device.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the game medium lending device.

FIG. 13 is a side view showing the inside of the card reading / writing device.

FIG. 14 is a side view of the ball discharging device.

FIG. 15 is a sectional view of a ball discharging device.

FIG. 16 is a block diagram of a control device of the ball lending device.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart of a process in the game medium lending device.

FIG. 18 is an explanatory diagram of a sales file.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF REFERENCE NUMERALS 1 pachinko machine 2 game media lending device 3 card issuing machine 4 management device 5 in-store transmission line 6 out-of-store transmission line 7 card issuing center 24 card 43 central processing unit 44 main storage device 45 auxiliary storage device 50 first transmission control device 51 2 Transmission control device

Continuation of front page (56) References JP-A-62-40597 (JP, A) JP-A-63-51881 (JP, A) JP-A-63-197476 (JP, A) JP-A-62-111765 (JP, A) , A) JP-A-61-81043 (JP, A) JP-A-60-260254 (JP, A) Research report on cards in the distribution business (see pages 120 to 123) July 1, 63

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A card supply machine in which a plurality of gaming machines are installed.
In game medium lending system in the gaming facility performing lending game media to be subjected to the game at the recreation machine using card-shaped storage medium value information to be issued is stored is related, the game arcade upper Symbol card supply engine the card-shaped storage medium in advance purchase, based on the introduction of the player's money from the card supply engine from
A card-type storage medium sales means for selling card-like storage medium purchased by the gaming store, predetermined basis that the player's predetermined lending operations on condition that marketable value information on the card-shaped storage medium is stored Game medium lending control means for causing the number of game media to be discharged, and transmitting use value information as sales data relating to the discharge of the game medium, and the value of use output from the game medium lending control means
Information management means for collecting and managing information; and information between the information management means and the game medium lending control means.
An in-store transmission means for transmitting information , and an information transmission between the information management means and the card supply organization.
Out-of-store transmission means for carrying out the payment, and the information management means includes a value-for-use value transmitted from the game medium lending control means.
Use value to collect information via the above-mentioned in-store transmission means
Information collection means and the value of use collected by the value of use value information collection means.
Use value aggregation means that aggregates value information and value in use aggregated by the use value aggregation means described above.
And processing means for processing the values compiled information to predetermined conversion information, sales of game arcade conversion information processed by said processing means
Via the above-mentioned out-of-store transmission means
Comprising transmission means for outputting to the over de supply engine, the said transmission means to transmit the converted information to the card supply engine
When that is, the use useful as the close of business on the state of the game arcade
Finish collection of value-in-use information by the value information collection means
A game medium lending system in a game store, characterized in that a termination process for terminating the game is performed.