JP3162653B2 - Customer service facilities at amusement arcades - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a customer service facility in a game arcade such as a pachinko parlor, a slot machine parlor, and the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, the amount of money invested by a player in a game arcade of this type has increased. Nevertheless, losing a game places a great mental burden.

[0003] In addition, since there is no way to know how much the player has invested in the game so much as he is so enthusiastic about the game, he tends to lose control and invest excessively.

[0004] Because of these factors, a part of the customer is left off, which is problematic for hall management.

On the other hand, in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 7-155458, print information corresponding to the ball lending amount is printed on a sheet by a ball lending machine, the receipt is issued, and the amount of money printed on the receipt is reduced. A proposal has been made to receive services in response.

[0006]

However, in the above-mentioned publication, after the game is completed at the gaming table,
Since the receipt is issued, it is impossible to know how much the player has invested in the game during the game.

[0007] In addition, the receipt is limited to one time or one day, and is limited to the service only on that day.

[0008] Accordingly, a main object of the present invention is to provide a customer service facility in a game arcade in which a player can be interested in playing a target hall many times.

[0009]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a lending machine for renting out a game medium in response to the insertion of money in a one-to-one relationship with a gaming table. In the game arcade, a supply game medium number counting means for counting the number of game media supplied to the gaming machine based on at least the out game medium number, and a predetermined number of supply game media supplied from the supply game medium number counting means. Service sheet sending means for sending a service sheet to the player in units of a number, wherein a plurality of the service sheets sent from the service sheet sending means are included in all the service sheets attached to the service sheet attaching sheet. A customer service facility in a game hall, wherein a privilege can be received from a hall according to a corresponding amount of money. According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a game arcade in which a lending machine that lends a game medium in response to insertion of money is provided one-to-one with respect to a game console, at least the number of game media supplied to the game machine is reduced. A means for counting the number of game media supplied based on the number of game media, and a signal for inputting money to the lending machine,
Alternatively, the player is provided in a predetermined number unit of the supplied game media from the lending information means for detecting the movement of the game medium to be lent according to the amount of money inserted into the lending machine and the supply game medium counting means. Service sheet sending means for sending a service sheet to the service sheet sending means, based on the lending information from the lending information means, that the game has been started, and counting from that time, the number unit A plurality of service sheets sent from the service sheet sending means can receive benefits from the hall according to the amount of money corresponding to all the service sheets attached to the service sheet attachment sheet. It is a customer service facility in a game hall.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, the service sheet sending means cuts between the adhesive labels from a wound sheet in which a large number of adhesive labels are attached to a base sheet in advance at intervals in a longitudinal direction. 3. The customer service facility in a game arcade according to claim 1, wherein the adhesive label is sent out, and the adhesive label is attached to a service sheet attaching sheet.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the customer service facility in a game arcade according to any one of the first to third aspects, the service sheet transmitting means transmits the service sheet for each unit. is there.

[0012]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, mainly pachinko parlors as a game field, as an example the pachinko balls as game media, first comparison type
An embodiment will be described , and then an embodiment of the present invention will be described. (First Comparative Embodiment) A first comparative embodiment is shown in FIGS. That is, the lending machine 10 that lends pachinko balls in accordance with the insertion of money is provided in a one-to-one relationship with the gaming table 1.

The game console 1 includes an operation handle 1A, an upper tray 1B, and a lower tray 1C, and is installed on a machine base 2 on a waist plate 3. On the game console 1, a curtain plate 4 and a calling lamp 5 are provided. ing. On the island where a large number of such gaming tables 1, 1,... Are provided in the row direction, a so-called betting ball lending machine 10 is provided between the gaming tables 1, 1.

The ball lending machine 10 is provided with, for example, a coin insertion slot 11 of 500 yen, for example, a bill insertion slot 12 of 1000 yen, and a nozzle 13A of a supply device 13 for supplying pachinko balls in accordance with the amount of the inserted money. Through the top tray 1B
To be supplied. Reference numeral 14 denotes a button for returning the remaining amount or the total amount to be returned by pressing a return button (not shown). Reference numeral 15 denotes a receptacle for receiving pachinko balls without passing through the nozzle 13A.

This type of configuration is basically known. However, in the first comparative example, an embodiment of the present invention described later will be described.
As in the embodiment, the service sheet sending means 30 for sending a service sheet from the outlet 20 of the ball lending machine 10 to the player in a predetermined amount unit of the money amount to be inserted into the ball lending machine 10. Prepare.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, a base material is previously provided inside the ball lending machine 10 ( illustrated example) or inside an island outside the ball lending machine 10 as shown in FIG. Sheet 32
The adhesive sheet L having the label sheet 32c which is pressure-sensitively adhered via the adhesive 32b applied to the sheet a is held by a suitable holding means with a large number of winding sheets 32 stuck at intervals in the longitudinal direction. The feeding means 34 feeds out a predetermined length. The fed rolled-up sheet 32 passes through a guide roll or a transport roll,
After being cut between the adhesive labels L having a predetermined length by the cutting device 33 (the cutting position is shown in FIG. 4 correspondingly), the label is sent out as a service sheet S.

For this purpose, signals from a coin discriminating unit 11A inserted from the coin insertion slot 11 and a bill discriminating unit 12A inserted from the bill insertion slot 12 are received and the inside of the ball lending machine 10 ( shown in FIG. Example) Or, the sending control means 31 provided inside the island outside the ball lending machine 10 is provided with a predetermined monetary unit of the money amount to be inserted into the ball lending machine 10, for example, one unit of 500 yen.
In order to send out the service sheets S from the outlet 20, a control signal is sent to the feeding means 34 and the like, and the cutting device 33 is operated. In this example, 500
A service sheet S is sent out each time a circle is inserted. Therefore, when 500 yen is inserted, one service sheet S is sent, and when 1000 yen is input collectively, one service sheet S is sent twice, that is, two service sheets S are sent out in total.

The player peels off each of the labels L, L... From a plurality of service sheets S sent from the service sheet sending means 30 and, for example, as shown in FIG. Affixed to the service sheet affixed sheet N prepared in the above and brought to the counter.
On the hall side, all the service sheets affixed to the service sheet affixing sheet N (the base sheet 32 in this example)
.. are removed from a), and a privilege can be received from the hall according to the amount of money corresponding to the label L.

[0019] The benefits include the provision of prizes, parking tickets (or rights), free courier tickets, movie / drama tickets, and the like, depending on the number or total amount of service sheets.
Alternatively, there are various things such as giving priority to the best cars the next time you come to the hall.

[0020] Therefore, even if the player loses the game, he or she collects service sheets in the hall until the intended privilege can be received, so that the hall can be prevented from leaving customers. Furthermore, for the player, the service sheet S is sent out in accordance with the progress of the game or in accordance with the amount of money inserted, so that by looking at the number of sheets, it is immediately possible to find out how much the game has been invested in the game.
You will not lose control and continue playing excessively,
A healthy game can be played, which is also desirable for the hall side.

Although the service sheet S is labeled in the above-described example, it may be a sheet having no adhesive, and it may be attached to an appropriate service sheet attachment sheet N by itself. Good. In this case,
For example, it is possible to send a mark printed on a long paper sheet at an appropriate interval while cutting the mark at that pitch with a cutting device. If a column for describing the address and name is provided on the front surface of the service sheet affixing sheet N (the back side surface in FIG. 5), it becomes possible to identify a player due to loss,
Customer management is also possible according to addresses and names.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 3, the service sheet sending means 30 for sending the service sheet S is provided by the ball lending machine 1.
It is also possible to arrange the island equipment other than 0, for example, on the back side of the curtain plate 4 (indicated by the imaginary line in FIG. 1), and to send it out from the outlet 20 provided in the curtain plate 4 part. In this case, a cradle 35 can be provided as necessary so that the service sheet S does not drop to the floor.

( Second Comparative Embodiment ) In the first comparative embodiment , the service sheet S is sent out in a predetermined money amount unit of the money amount to be inserted into the ball lending machine 10. However, the service sheet S may be sent out in units of a predetermined number of pachinko balls (game media) to be lent according to the amount of money put into the ball lending machine 10.

In this case, the delivery site of the service sheet S may be the ball lending machine 10 as in the first comparative example, or may be another location. Each of the specific examples shown here is an example in which the delivery portion of the service sheet S is other than the ball lending machine 10, and the first specific example thereof is as shown in FIG. This is an example of a mode in which the number of the lent pachinko balls is counted by a counting device provided in the ball lending machine 10 when the pachinko balls are supplied to the upper tray 1B through 13A, and a second specific example is shown in FIG. As shown in the figure, a payout machine also provided on the back of the pachinko machine 1 is mainly provided for the CR machine, and is provided from the premium ball storage tank provided on the back of the pachinko machine 1 in response to the insertion of money into the ball lending machine 10. In this embodiment, the ink is supplied to the upper tray 1B through the passage and counted by a counting device in the process.

In the first specific example shown in FIG. 6, an outlet 20 for the service sheet S is provided on the curtain plate 4 above the ball rental machine 10, and is supplied from a supply gutter (not shown) on the island. The pachinko ball P is passed through the ball lending machine 10 and the ball lending machine 1
The lending pachinko balls P to be lent according to the amount of money put into 0 are supplied to the upper tray 1B through the internal passage 16 via the nozzle 13A of the supply device 13. The internal passage 16 is configured to count the number of the pachinko balls P to be rented by the counting device 40 provided in the ball lending machine 10.

The counting device 40 has a sprocket-shaped counting plate 41 facing the internal passage 16 as shown in, for example, an enlarged view. When the pachinko ball P passes through its concave portion by its own weight, the counting plate 41 rotates. The pulse motor 43 rotates around the shaft 42 at an angle, and the pulse motor 43 connected to the rotation shaft 42 at each angle outputs one pulse.

The control device (not shown) of the ball lending machine 10 supplies a predetermined number of balls to the upper tray 1B according to the inserted amount while taking in the number of pulses from the pulse motor 43. At this time, the counting signal from the counting device 40 is taken into the sending control means 31, and based on the counting signal, a counting unit corresponding to a predetermined amount of money to be inserted into the pachinko ball lending machine 10, for example, 500 yen In the unit of number corresponding to the service sheet sending means 3
The service sheet S is sent out according to 0.

In a second specific example shown in FIG. 7, a ball lending machine 100 having a prepaid card slot 120 is
An outlet 20 for the service sheet S is provided above the curtain plate 4.
Is an example in which is provided.

[0029] In this second embodiment, the pachinko ball P supplied from the island supply gutter (not shown) is provided through the upper supply ball counter 50 of the pachinko machine 1 on the top of the pachinko machine 1 It is supplied to the premium ball storage tank 51. Below this prize ball storage tank 51, a prize ball payout device 52 is provided. Premium ball payout device 52
Is formed with a concave portion for carrying a pachinko ball P on a surface of a timing belt wound around a timing sprocket by a drive motor (not shown).

A prepaid card is inserted from the prepaid card insertion slot 120 of the ball lending machine 100, the inserted and the inserted amount are confirmed by the prepaid card insertion discriminating section 120A, and the player is provided with a ball provided in front of the upper tray 1B. When you press the lending amount by lending selection button (not shown),
The prize ball payout device 52 rotates counterclockwise in the illustrated example, and discharges the pachinko balls P from the prize ball storage tank 51 to the payout passage 53. Here, a payout counter 54 is provided on the payout side of the prize ball payout device 52, and the payout number of the pachinko balls P is detected. Based on this, the payout control unit 55 causes the payout control unit 55 to select the ball selected by the ball lending selection button. In order to pay out the number of pachinko balls for the loan amount, a prize ball payout device 5
2 rotates and pays out.

The pachinko balls P paid out from the prize ball payout device 52 are supplied from the payout passage 53 to the upper tray 1B through the ball lending passage 56. As for the prize balls, similarly, the number of pachinko balls P corresponding to the winning or the special prize is paid out from the prize ball payout device 52, and is supplied from the payout passage 53 to the upper tray 1B through the prize ball passage 57.
For this purpose, a distributing lever 58 is provided at the end of the dispensing passage 53 to close one of the passages and lead the other to the other passage. A counting device 40, for example, a counting device similar to the example shown in FIG. 6, is provided in each of the ball lending passage 56 and the prize ball passage 57, and counts pachinko balls passing therethrough.

In this example, the number unit corresponding to the ball lending amount selected by the player by the ball lending selection button, for example, a unit corresponding to 500 yen, based on the count signal from the payout counter 54. The payout control unit 55 sends out the service sheet S to the player from the sending port 20 by the service sheet sending means 30.

In the illustrated example, the service sheet S is sent out based on the count signal from the payout counter 54, but instead or together with the signal from the counter 40 provided in the ball lending passage 56. The service sheet S may be sent on the basis of the service sheet S.

( First Embodiment) As shown in FIG. 7, out balls are counted by an out counter 60 through an out passage 59 and then dropped into a collecting gutter 61 provided at the lower part of the island. You.

In each of the above-described comparative examples, the service sheet S is sent out based on the ball lending amount or the ball lending number for a game. However, with the recent computerization of pachinko machines, fraudulent acts may be performed on computer elements. In this case, the service sheet S is given to the wrongdoer, which is not appropriate. Also, some players bring pachinko balls that have been lent once to other stands and play games, so for the hall, the correspondence between the pachinko machine 1 and the number of service sheets S issued is required. It is hard to grasp.

Therefore, according to the invention of claim 1 , based on the number of out-mediums (number of out-pachinko balls) counted by the out-counter 60, the payout control unit 55 sends the service sheet to the player from the sending-out port 20 for the player. The transmitting means 30 can transmit the service sheet S.

According to this aspect, since the number of pachinko balls actually used for the game in the pachinko machine 1 can be grasped, there is no risk of unauthorized intervention, and the pachinko machine 1 and the service sheet are not required for the hall. This is preferable in that the correspondence between the S and the number of issued S can be grasped.

( Second Embodiment) As described in the previous section, based on only the number of out-pachinko balls,
Although the service sheet S can be sent, the service sheet S is issued in the pachinko machine 1 by adding the number of games played by the previous player. Therefore, before the number fraction player has a player of the order to those waiver, it needs to receive a start signal for game.

Therefore, based on the invention of claim 2 ,
It is assumed that the game has been started by the lending information from the lending information means for detecting the movement of the game medium to be lent according to the money input signal to the ball lending machine or the money amount to be inserted into the ball lending machine, Starting from that point, the unit can be set.

[0040] (Other) In the present invention, the money on signal or loans from predetermined by the number unit or its rental information unit, the supply game medium from the counting means supplies the game medium number based on out game media number A service sheet is sent from the ball rental machine to the player in combination with the detection of the movement of the game medium to be lent according to the amount of money inserted into the machine. It is also possible to send out the service sheet by combining all or a part of the configuration of the comparative mode.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, there is an advantage that the player can be interested in playing the target hole many times.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of a part of an island.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view thereof.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of another example.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an example of a service sheet.

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a service sheet attached to a service sheet attachment sheet.

FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the first embodiment .

FIG. 7 is a front view of the second embodiment .

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pachinko machine (gaming table), 1B ... Upper tray, 4 ... curtain plate, 10 ... Ball lending machine (lending machine), 11 ... Coin slot, 12
... Bill insertion slot, 13 ... Supply device, 20 ... Sending port, 30 ...
Service sheet sending means, 31 ... sending control means, 32 ...
Winding sheet, 32a: base sheet, 32b: adhesive, 3
2c: label sheet, 33: cutting device, 34: feeding means, 40: counting device, 50: supply ball counter, 51
… Prize ball storage tank, 52… prize ball payout device, 53…
Payout passage, 54: Payout counter, 55: Payout control unit, 56: Ball rental passage, 57: Premium ball passage, 59: Out passage, 60: Out counter, 61: Collection gutter, 10
0: ball rental machine, L: adhesive label, P: pachinko ball, S: service sheet.

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] In a game arcade in which a lending machine for lending game media in accordance with the insertion of money is provided one-to-one with respect to a gaming table, at least the number of game media supplied to the gaming machine is reduced to the number of game media. Means for counting the number of game media supplied based on the number of game media supplied; and service sheet sending means for sending a service sheet to the player in units of a predetermined number of game media supplied from the device for counting the number of game media supplied. A plurality of service sheets sent from the service sheet sending means can receive benefits from the hall in accordance with the amount of money corresponding to all service sheets attached to the service sheet attachment sheet. Customer service equipment in a playground. 2. In a game arcade in which a lending machine that lends game media in response to the insertion of money is provided in a one-to-one relationship with a gaming table, at least the number of game media supplied to the gaming machine is reduced to the number of game media. Counting means for counting the number of game media to be supplied based on, a signal to insert money into the lending machine, or lending information means to detect movement of game media to be lent according to the amount of money to be inserted into the lending machine, A service sheet sending means for sending a service sheet to the player in a predetermined number unit of the supply game medium from the supply game medium number counting means, wherein the service sheet sending means is the lending information means It is assumed that the game has been started based on the lending information from, the number unit is set from the time, and the service sent from the service sheet sending means is set. Over a plurality of theft was so benefits can be received from the Hall depending on the amount of money corresponding to all service sheet which is attached to the service sheet sticking sheet, customer service facilities in the gaming field, characterized in that. 3. The service sheet sending means cuts and sends between the adhesive labels from a wound sheet in which a large number of adhesive labels are previously attached to a base sheet at intervals in a longitudinal direction, The customer service facility in a game arcade according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the adhesive label is attached to a service sheet attachment sheet. 4. A service sheet sending means for sending a service sheet for each unit.
4. A customer service facility in the game hall according to any one of the above items 3.