JP3071485B2 - Gaming card vending machines - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game card vending machine for selling game cards which are pre-valued, and more particularly to a pachinko card vending machine used in a pachinko hall.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a card vending machine used in a pachinko hall, a card vending machine capable of adding a specific service is disclosed in JP-A-63-31897.
No. 6 is described. This card vending machine is of a so-called on-value type in which card value information is written at the time of card sales, and a service corresponding to the amount of money can be freely set for each store at the time of card sales. That is, in such a card vending machine, in order to promote a high-priced card that is advantageous to a store, a special card, such as two or more pachinko machines, is provided for a card of a certain amount or more, for example, 5,000 yen or more. , The number of service pachinko balls, etc. can be written.

[0003]

However, such a conventional gaming card vending machine is an on-value system in which a value is assigned at the time of selling a card, so that service contents can be freely set for each store. On the other hand, if the card is sold on the premise that the card can be used at different stores, it is impossible to provide a unique service for each store. It is well known that telephone cards and orange cards are expensive, and a certain amount or ticket purchase amount is added at the time of sale, but such a method must compete for each store with service contents Not suitable for the gaming industry. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a card vending machine which can set a service unique to a store when a common card is issued.

[0004]

According to the present invention, there is provided, in accordance with the present invention, a currency processing means for accepting money and identifying the money, the amount of money, etc., and an amount of money accepted by the money processing means. In a pre-value or semi-pre-value gaming card vending machine comprising a card designating means for designating the type of a card pre-valued, and a card ejecting means for ejecting the designated card, A game medium throwing means for throwing out game media, a service game medium number designating means for designating the number of service game media to be thrown out for a service corresponding to a type of card having a predetermined amount or more, and a currency not less than the predetermined amount. When a deposit and a card are specified, the number of game media specified by the service game medium number specifying unit is discharged to the game medium discharging unit. A game medium dispensing control means for providing a dispensing command, and further comprising a.

[0005]

When a card of a predetermined amount or more is designated by the card designation means, the corresponding card ejection means is driven to eject a pre-valued card, and the game medium ejection control means is controlled by the game medium ejection control means. An ejection command to eject the number of game media designated by the service game medium number designation means is given to the ejection means, and the designated number of game media is ejected. Therefore, the card issuance function issues a pre-valued card, but the game media can be thrown out as a service with a unique setting of the store.

[0006]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention. Various components are connected to a control unit 30 that controls the entire system via input / output units 32 and 33. That is, a bill including a bill accepting means 11 and a damaged bill, a bill to be returned when the card purchase is stopped, and a bill returning means 12 for returning a bill as change, after taking in the bill and discriminating the damage or denomination. The processor 10, similarly, accepts input coins, discriminates the damage and denomination, accumulates coins, and accumulates coins, and returns damaged coins, return coins when card purchase is stopped, and returns coins as change. Means 22
, A return button 31 pressed when returning money, a card selection button 51 for selecting a purchase card from a plurality of types of cards, a cancel button 57 pressed when card purchase is stopped, and a purchase card. Card throwing means 36 for throwing out, pachinko ball throwing means 35 for throwing out pachinko balls as a service, service balls operated by a clerk of a pachinko parlor and thrown out as a service when issuing a high-value card Service ball number setting means 34 for setting the number of coins
Etc. are connected.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an external appearance of an example of a card issuing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. The card issuing device 50 has a card selection button 51 having a built-in luminous body such as an LED at an upper part on a front panel of a housing, and a card ejection slot 52, a coin insertion slot 53, and a coin ejection slot 53 for returning the inserted coin. A coin return button 54, a display unit 55 for displaying the inserted amount and various errors, a bill insertion slot 56, and a cancel button 57 for instructing to cancel the purchase are provided side by side, and further below it. A coin return port 58, a ball take-out port 60, and a bill take-out port 59 are provided side by side.

The operation of such a card issuing device will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First, when a bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 56 and there is a deposit (step S101),
The bill receiving means judges the bills for damage, the amount of money, etc.
The card selection button 51 which can be displayed and sold at the same time is turned on to prompt the customer to select a card type (step S10).
2). Here, there are four types of cards that can be issued by this issuing device: 1000 yen, 3000 yen, 5000 yen, and 10,000 yen, and if the deposit is 5000 yen, 1
Three kinds of selection buttons 5 of 000 yen, 3000 yen, 5000 yen
The LED in 1 will blink.

When any of the card selection buttons 51 is pressed in response to the lighting (step S103), the control unit determines that the selected card amount is within the range of the inserted amount (step S104). If it is within the range, it is further determined whether the card is a certain amount or more (step S105). The fixed amount is, for example, 5
If the amount is equal to or more than 000 yen, and the amount is equal to or more than this amount, the service ball is thrown out from the ball outlet 60 by the pachinko ball throwing means 37 (step S106). The number of service balls can be, for example, 20 for 5000 yen and 50 for 10,000 yen, but can be set arbitrarily according to the service policy of the pachinko parlor. For such free setting, the present apparatus is provided with a service ball number setting means 38.

[0010] Subsequently, the purchased card is also ejected to the card outlet 52 by the card ejection means 36 (step S107). It is checked whether the selected card has received a large amount of money and a change is required (step S10).
8) When necessary, change is discharged to the coin return port 58 or the bill payout port 59 (step S10).
9).

In this embodiment, the card can be purchased only by banknotes. When coins are received from the coin slot 53 (step S110), balls are automatically thrown out. (Step S111).

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a simplified state of settlement in the common card system. The pachinko parlor A200 purchases a card C of 10,000 yen from the common card company 100 for 10015 yen. The player 400 who has come to this store purchases this card for 10,000 yen. Since this card is expensive, you will receive the service of, for example, 50 pachinko balls. The player uses this card to lend a ball for 3000 yen at the pachinko parlor A200. Therefore, the pachinko parlor A200 has a billing right for the common card company for 3000 yen. On the other hand, the patron 400 has a 7,000-yen ball lending at another pachinko parlor 300, and this shop has a 7,000-yen billing right to the common card company. In this way, the payment is made in such a manner that the common card company owes each store a debt, so that the necessity of directly handling cash is greatly reduced, and management efficiency can be improved. .

In the above embodiment, the card vending machine is provided with a ball throw-out function. However, the card vending machine and the ball lending machine are arranged side by side as separate housings, and the number of balls for the service of the card vending machine is determined. May be thrown out.

[0014] The number of balls to be thrown out as a service can be set uniformly for the sale of cards with a predetermined amount or more, and the number of balls to be thrown out is not limited to the predetermined amount or more and can be set according to the sales amount of the cards. It can also be set individually. For example, when there are many visitors and the sales amount is large, or for attracting customers, the service balls are thrown not only into the high-value cards but also into the low-value cards, or the number of service balls is increased as the sales amount increases. You can also.

Further, the card used in the present invention may be pre-value or semi-pre-value. Here, the pre-value means that all information is recorded in advance like a telephone card, and the semi-pre-value means that the card has already been valued, but a predetermined release is required for effective use Processing (for example, change of specific bit information) is required.

In the above embodiment, a pachinko machine has been described as an example. However, the present invention can be applied to games using other game media, such as medals for slot machines.

[0017]

As described above, according to the present invention, since the common card is issued and the service content can be freely determined by the number of game media to be thrown out according to the amount of the purchase card, Store-specific services can be provided to customers without any hindrance to the sale of common cards.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a gaming card vending machine according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an operation of the gaming card vending machine shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a gaming card vending machine.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing a state of settlement in the common card system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Banknote handling machine 11 Banknote receiving means 12 Banknote returning means 20 Coin processing machine 21 Coin receiving means 22 Coin returning means 30 Control part 31 Return button 32, 33 I / O part 34 Service ball number setting means 35 Pachinko ball throwing means 36 Card ejection means 51 Card selection button 57 Cancel button

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Keiichi Fujikawa 5-9-1, Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka Japan Game Card Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Mitsuru Kawamoto Nishitenma, Kita-ku, Osaka, Osaka 5, 9-3, Nippon Game Card Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-63-318976 (JP, A) JP-A-56-95081 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63F 7/02

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] Claims: 1. Money processing means for accepting money and discriminating whether the money is correct or not, and card designating means for designating a type of a card pre-valued within the money amount accepted by the money processing means. And a pre-value or semi-pre-value game card vending machine comprising: a card ejection means for ejecting the designated card; and a game medium ejection means for ejecting a game medium, and a predetermined amount or more. Service game medium number designating means for designating the number of service game media to be serviced according to the type of the card; and when the money deposit and the card designation are equal to or more than the predetermined amount, the game medium throwing means Game medium ejection control means for giving an ejection command to eject the number of game media designated by the service game medium number designation means to the service game medium number designation means. A gaming card vending machine characterized by the following: