JP2960687B2 - Premium exchange management device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a prize exchange management apparatus, and more particularly, to subtracting the number of game media required to exchange for a designated prize from the number of game media represented by input data. Prize exchange management device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a game store such as a pachinko parlor, a player can exchange cigarettes with the number of pachinko balls obtained by playing a pachinko machine.

[0003] Because smoking is limited by age, tobacco replacement is also limited by age. Therefore, tobacco should not be supplied to a minor just because a pachinko ball is obtained by playing a pachinko machine.

[0004] However, it is burdensome for the operator to confirm whether or not a player is a minor by an operator who is waiting in the premium exchange management device, and the operator is required to be a minor and a minor. It is not possible to identify exactly who is, and there is a danger that tobacco will be supplied to minors.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and has as its object to provide a prize exchange management device that supplies prizes only to qualified persons.

[0006]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an input means for inputting data representing the number of game media, an instruction means for instructing exchange of a prize,
When the exchange of prizes is instructed by the instruction means, subtraction means for subtracting the number of game media required to exchange for the prize from the number of game media represented by the data, and exchange of prizes by the instruction means Means for determining whether or not the person who instructed is a qualified person to be exchanged for the prize, and if the determining means determines that the person is not qualified, the number of game media represented by the data is used. Prohibiting means for prohibiting the subtraction means from subtracting the number of game media required for exchanging for the prize.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the judging means judges whether or not the person is qualified based on age.

That is, the input means according to claim 1 inputs data representing the number of game media. The instruction means is for instructing the exchange of the prize.

The subtraction means subtracts the number of game media required to exchange for the prize from the number of game media represented by the input data when the exchange of the prize is instructed by the instruction means.

[0010] The judging means judges whether or not the person who instructed the exchange of the prize by the instruction means is a qualified person for whom the prize is exchanged.

Here, whether or not a person is qualified may be determined based on age. In addition, when judging whether or not a person is qualified by age, exchanges whose gifts are restricted by age, for example,
There is a case where it is determined whether or not there is cigarette, alcohol, etc., and the person who instructed the exchange of the prize by the instruction means is under 20 years old. Alternatively, the determination may be made based on whether or not a predetermined prize is determined not to be discharged. That is, for example, there is a case where a person who is not smoking is previously determined not to exchange cigarettes.

The prohibiting means subtracts the number of game media necessary for exchanging the prize from the number of game media represented by the input data by the subtracting means when the judging means judges that the person is not qualified. Is prohibited.

In order to prohibit the subtraction, the prohibiting means may control the input means so as not to input data representing the number of game media, and may instruct the instructing means so as not to instruct the exchange of premiums. The subtraction means may be controlled so that the subtraction is not performed.

As described above, when the person who instructed the exchange of prizes is not a qualified person, the number of game media required to exchange prizes is subtracted from the number of game media represented by the input data. Since the prohibition is provided, it is possible to prevent the prize from being supplied to a person who is not an object of the prize exchange.

[0015]

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

Register 12 as a prize exchange management device
As shown in FIG. 1, a display unit 18 composed of a plasma display, a keyboard 20 for inputting necessary data by operating an operator, and a dot display on the back side of the main body 16 for a player to visually confirm. Is provided.

The register 12 has a scanner (PO
S) 15, Card reader 10, and member management system 1
4 are connected. The member management system 14 includes a member management computer 14C and an external storage device 14M. The external storage device 14M stores various data, for example, a table shown in Table 1.

[0018]

[Table 1]

As shown in Table 1, this table contains I
The D code, the number of stored coins, the number of stored medals, the date of birth, and others (name, address, telephone number, hobbies, visiting points, personal identification numbers, etc.) are stored as a table.

As shown in Table 1, for example, the player identified by the ID code "0001" has the number of stored balls of 8, the number of stored medals is 0, and the date of birth is February 12, 1970. Can be recognized.

The card reader 10, as shown in FIG.
An operation unit 10S on the upper surface of the main body 10H, and a card insertion / ejection opening 10I for inserting a membership card on the player side of the main body 10H.
Is provided. The operation unit 10S is provided with a numeric keypad 28 and lamps L ₁ and L ₂ as shown in FIG.

[0022] around a predetermined portion of the lamp L ₁ (horizontal portion),
As shown in the code M _1, letter "Please enter the PIN number" is described. Therefore, the lamp L ₁
When lights up, the player can know that the password should be input.

[0023] around a predetermined portion of the lamp L ₂ (horizontal portion),
As shown in the code M _2, characters "Please enter the correct PIN number" is described. Therefore, the lamp L
_{When 2} lights up, the player can know that the password once entered is incorrect and that the correct password should be entered.

The control system of the card reader 10 will be described. This control system includes a computer 10C as shown in FIG. This computer 10C includes a CPU, an RO
M, RAM, and input / output ports, which are interconnected via a bus. The ROM contains
A program for executing a control routine to be described later is stored.

The computer 10C includes a numeric keypad 28, lamps L ₁ and L ₂ , a register 12, a member management computer 14C, and a card insertion detection device for detecting that a member card has been inserted into the card insertion / ejection opening 10I. A sensor 38, an ID code reading unit 36 for reading an ID code recorded on the inserted membership card, and a card ejection unit 40 for ejecting the membership card are connected.

Next, a control system of the register 12 will be described.
This control system includes a computer 30 as shown in FIG. The computer 30 includes a CPU, a ROM,
It is configured to include a RAM and input / output ports, which are interconnected via a bus. The ROM stores a prize master table as shown in Table 2 in addition to a program for executing a control routine described later.

[0027]

[Table 2]

As shown in Table 2, the prize master table has an area in which a prize code, a prize name, the number of balls, the number of medals, a type, and a purchase code are stored.

For example, in the case of Mild Seven, the prize code is "0001" and the number of balls required to exchange one is five.
It can be recognized that the number of medals is 5, the number of medals is 11, the type is 01 (code indicating a cigarette), and the purchase code is 02 (code indicating a supplier).

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the computer 30 has the display units 18 and 22, the scanner 15,
The card reader 10 and the keyboard 20 are connected.

As shown in FIG. 6, the keyboard 20
For each prize, the prize code data input key K _m of other inputting the prize code data is provided. For example, there are a mild seven key K ₁ and a cabin key K ₂ . When Mild Seven key K ₁ is turned on, it is input prize code data "0001", the cabin key K ₂ is turned on, prize code data "0002" is set as input.

The keyboard 20 is provided with a numeric keypad TK for designating the number of prizes to be exchanged, keys for instructing predetermined processing (execution key K ₃ , end key K ₄ ), and the like.

Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described. First, a control routine of the card reader 10 will be described with reference to FIG.

Here, a member card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port 10I, and when the card insertion detection sensor 38 detects this, a detection signal is output to the computer 10C. When the detection signal is input, the computer 10C starts this control routine (FIG. 7). In step 102, the computer 10C controls the ID code reading unit 36 so that the member card inserted in the card insertion / ejection port 10I is inserted into the card. Read the recorded ID code.

At step 104, a member data output instruction signal (including the read ID code) is output to the member management computer 14C.

The member management computer 14C having received the output instruction signal extracts the ID code included in the output instruction signal, and reads out the member data from the above-described table (see Table 1) based on the ID code. Here, the member data includes the date of birth of the member, the number of stored coins, and the personal identification number. Then, the member management computer 14C outputs the member data to the card reader 10. As a result, step 106 is affirmatively determined, and step 108
In, turns on the input instruction lamp L ₁ PIN, in step 110, personal identification number through the ten-key 28 to determine whether or not the input. When the password is input, it is determined in step 112 whether the input password matches the password extracted from the member data. If they do not match, it is determined in step 114 whether the number of times the passwords did not match is the third time. If the number of times the passwords did not match is the third time, the process proceeds to step 122. If the number of times the passwords did not match is less than 3, the process proceeds to step 116 where a correct password input instruction is displayed. the lamp L ₂ on, step 110
Return to

If the passwords match, step 1
At 18, the member data is output to the register 12, and it is determined whether or not the card ejection instruction signal has been input from step 120. When the card ejection instruction signal is input, the card ejection unit 40 is controlled to eject the membership card in step 122.

Next, a control routine of the register 12 will be described with reference to FIG. This routine uses the card reader 1
The process starts when member data is input from 0. At step 134, it is determined whether or not the user is over 20 years old based on the date of birth of the member data. Here, it is determined as follows whether or not the user is over 20 years old.

That is, the date of birth is extracted from the member data. Then, the year of the date of birth is subtracted from the current year, and it is determined whether the subtraction value is greater than 20, less than 20, or 20. If the subtraction value exceeds 20, the process proceeds to step 136. If the subtraction value is less than 20, the process proceeds to step 140. If the subtraction value is 20, then the date of birth is subtracted from the current month, and it is determined whether the subtraction value is positive, negative, or zero. If the subtraction value is positive, step 136
If it is negative, go to step 140. If it is 0, then the date of birth is subtracted from today's date, and it is determined whether the subtraction value is positive, negative, or 0. If positive, proceed to step 136; if negative, proceed to step 140,
If so, the process proceeds to step 136. If the subtraction value between today's date and date of birth is 0, today is the birthday of this member.

The age of the member may be calculated from the date of birth extracted from the member data to determine whether or not the member is twenty years old.

At step 140, the flag F is set to 1, and the routine proceeds to step 136. In step 136, a prize exchange process (details will be described later) is executed, and step 138 is executed.
Then, a card ejection instruction signal is output to the card reader 10, and this routine ends.

Next, a prize exchange process (step 136)
Will be described with reference to FIG. The operator reads the receipt (recording the number of pachinko balls) passed from the player by the scanner 15. When the receipt is scanned by the scanner 15 and the number of pachinko balls is read in this way, the determination in step 152 is affirmative, and in step 154, the above-mentioned mild seven key K is determined.
_1, prize code, such as a cabin key K ₂ data input key K
It is determined whether _m has been turned on and the premium code data has been input.

When premium code data is input,
In step 156, the cigarette key (K ₁ , K ₁ ) is determined based on the premium code data and the premium master table (see Table 2).
₂ ) is determined. That is, it is determined whether the type corresponding to the input premium code is “01” (representing a cigarette).

If a cigarette key has been input, it is determined in step 158 whether or not the flag F has been set to one. If the flag F is set to 1, the member identified by the ID code is a minor (not a qualified person). And the display unit 1
8 and 22 are displayed.

If the determinations in steps 156 and 158 are negative, a normal replacement process is executed in step 162. That is, the number of balls required to exchange the prize for which the exchange is instructed is calculated and subtracted from the number of balls read from the receipt given by the player.

Since control is performed as described above, for example, Table 1
As shown in the figure, the birth date of the member identified by the ID code “0001” is February 12, 1970, and today is 1
If it is July 23, 996, since he is 26 years old, the affirmative determination is made in step 134 and the negative determination is made in step 158, so that the cigarette can be replaced.

The birth date of the member identified by the ID code “0020” is July 24, 1976, and today is 1
If it is July 23, 996, he is under 20 years old. Therefore, a negative determination is made in step 134 and a positive determination is made in step 158, and in step 160, a message indicating that the cigarette cannot be replaced is displayed on the display units 18 and 22,
Changing cigarettes is prohibited.

As described above, in the present embodiment, if the person who inserts the member card into the card insertion / ejection port 10I is not a qualified person under 20 years of age, the cigarette is prevented from being discharged, so that the premium is discharged only to the qualified person. can do.

As described above, since a person under the age of 20 is prevented from exchanging cigarettes, the image of a game store can be enhanced.

In the embodiment described above, the table (see Table 1) is provided in the external storage device 14M of the member management system 14. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It may be provided in the reader 10.

Although a table storing the date of birth and the like is provided, the present invention is not limited to this. The date of birth is stored in the member card, and the date of birth is stored in the member card. May be read to determine whether the user is twenty years old.

Further, although the date of birth is stored in the table (see Table 1), the present invention is not limited to this, and the age may be stored together with the date of birth. . That is, the age stored in the table may be updated each time the age increases based on the date of birth by the member management computer 14C.

In addition, in the above-described embodiment, the member card is inserted into the card insertion / ejection port and the ID code is input. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the ID key can be input from the numeric keypad. A code may be input.

Further, in the above-described embodiment, exchange of pachinko balls and cigarettes has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and exchange of medals of pachislot machines with cigarettes is not limited to this. The same can be applied to the case.

For example, in order to prevent a non-smoking person from exchanging cigarettes in advance, the member card stores the data to that effect. When the member card is inserted, the card reader reads the data from the member card. Is read out and output to a register, or the data is stored in the table shown in Table 1 above, and it is determined whether or not it is determined in advance that the cigarettes should not be exchanged during the prize exchange process,
If the judgment is affirmative, the prize processing may be prohibited.

[0056]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, when the person who instructed the prize exchange is not a qualified person, the prize can be exchanged for the prize from the number of game media represented by the input data. Since the required number of game media is prohibited from being reduced, there is an excellent effect that the prize can be prevented from being supplied to a person who is not an object of the prize exchange.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a register according to an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a card reader.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an operation unit of the card reader.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a card reader.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a register.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a keyboard of a register.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a control routine of the card reader.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a register control routine.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing a subroutine of step 136 of the control routine of FIG. 8;

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Card Reader 12 Register 15 Scanner 20 Keyboard

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An input unit for inputting data representing the number of game media, an instruction unit for instructing exchange of a prize, and when the exchange of a prize is instructed by the instruction unit, the data is represented by the data. Subtraction means for subtracting the number of game media necessary for exchanging the prize from the number of game media; and judging whether or not the person who instructed the exchange of the prize by the instruction means is a qualified person to be exchanged for the prize. And if the determination means determines that the player is not a qualified person, the subtraction means subtracts the number of game media required to exchange for the premium from the number of game media represented by the data. A prize exchange management device comprising: 2. The prize exchange management device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit determines whether or not the person is the qualified person based on age.