JP3535249B2 - Unlocking / locking control system - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an unlocking / locking control system for controlling unlocking and locking of a pachinko machine provided in a pachinko parlor or a guest room door of a hotel.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for unlocking / locking a pachinko machine in a pachinko machine, a keyway 101 is provided in a frame portion of the pachinko machine 100 as shown in FIG. Each pachinko machine 100 is individually operated by inserting and turning the generated key.

[0003]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional unlocking / locking system, when the key is lost or stolen by the staff, the person who obtains the key can handle the key. There is a problem that the pachinko machine 100 is easily unlocked.

If this key is lost or stolen,
Keyway 101 of each pachinko machine 100 that uses this key
Must be replaced with another keyway 101, and when there are many pachinko machines 100 that can be unlocked with a lost key, the financial burden on the pachinko parlor side becomes enormous. was there.

Further, if the keyway 101 used in such a pachinko machine 100 has a complicated structure, the pachinko machine 100 can be unlocked and locked when the key held by the staff member is deformed to some extent. Since it becomes impossible, it is easy to create a duplicate key, and it is also possible to modify another key to create a target key, and it is possible that this key is illegally used.

Therefore, when such a counterfeit key is made, the keyway 1 of each pachinko machine 100 corresponding to the counterfeit key is produced.
All 01s must be replaced with other keyways 101, and when the number of pachinko machines 100 is large, there is a problem that the economic burden becomes enormous.

[0007] Further, even an unauthorized player called a “goto player” may break the keyway 101 of the pachinko machine 100 with a drill or the like to open the lock, aiming at the blind spot of the surveillance camera of the pachinko parlor. In such a case, it is difficult to discover this unless the staff member carefully examines the keyway 101 of each pachinko machine 100.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide at low cost an unlocking / locking control system which does not require a conventional key and enables reliable security. is there.

[0009]

In order to achieve the above object, the invention according to claim 1 is provided in an unlocking / locking object having an electric lock and receives an ID request signal in the form of a wireless signal. In this case, when a tag for transmitting an ID response signal in the form of a wireless signal indicating a pre-registered ID and an operation for instructing to unlock or lock the object to be unlocked / locked are operated, the tag in the wireless signal format is used. While transmitting the ID request signal, it is checked whether or not an ID response signal in a wireless signal format corresponding to the ID request signal has been received. If the ID response signal can be received, the contents of the ID response signal Terminal device for transmitting unlock command information or lock command information in the form of a wireless signal or a wired signal, which is a combination of lock and unlock information or lock information, and a wireless signal format or wired signal transmitted from this terminal device. When receiving the unlock command information or the lock command information in the form, it is checked whether the unlock command information or the lock command information is a valid unlock command or the lock command, and the unlock command or the lock command information is valid. In the case of a different command, it is provided with an unlocking / locking control device for generating an unlocking command signal or a locking command signal for unlocking or locking the electric lock of the unlocking / locking target. I am trying.

The invention according to claim 2 is the unlocking /
It is characterized in that the object to be locked is a game machine such as a pachinko machine having an electric lock, a money changer, or a guest room door of a hotel.

[0011]

In the above configuration, the object to be unlocked / locked having the electric lock has a wireless signal format I indicating the ID registered in advance when the wireless signal format ID request signal is received.
A tag for transmitting the D response signal is provided. When there is an instruction operation for unlocking or locking, the terminal device transmits an ID request signal in a wireless signal format, and it is checked whether or not an ID response signal in a wireless signal format corresponding thereto can be received. When the response signal can be received, the unlocking command information and locking command information in a wireless signal format or a wired signal format that summarizes the content of the ID response signal and the unlocking / locking information are transmitted together with the unlocking / locking control. The device receives the unlocking command information and the locking command information in the wireless signal format or the wired signal format transmitted from the terminal device by the device, and these unlocking command information and the locking command information are valid unlocking commands or locking commands. If the unlocking command or the locking command is a valid command, an unlocking command signal and a locking command signal are generated to unlock and lock the electric lock of the unlocking / locking object. By the key with the conventional is unnecessary, can be provided inexpensively unlocking-locking control system enabling reliable security.

[0012]

1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an unlocking / locking control system according to the present invention.

Unlocking / locking control system 1 shown in this figure
Is a plurality of pachinko machines 2, a tag 3 provided on each of the pachinko machines 2 and formed of a wireless IC card, a handy terminal device 4, a wireless device 5, a host computer device 6, and a plurality of communication lines 7 and 8. It has and. And
When the pachinko machine base 2 is to be unlocked and locked, the handy terminal device 4 is operated in the state where the handy terminal device 4 is brought close to the pachinko machine 2 to be unlocked / locked, and an unlock command or a lock command is input. The host computer device 6 side only recognizes the pachinko machine 2 to be unlocked / locked, and issues an unlock command signal or a lock command signal to the pachinko machine 2 to be unlocked / locked. The pachinko machine base 2 is unlocked or locked.

Each pachinko machine 2 has a frame 1 as shown in FIG.
An unlock command is issued via the existing communication line 8 connected to the host computer device 6 side, for example, the payout management communication line 8 by making the frame 10 part flat by not having a keyway in the 0 part. When a signal or lock command signal is supplied, it is a platform configured to detect this with a microprocessor circuit etc. and unlock or lock an electric lock (not shown). When an unlock command signal or a lock command signal is output from the computer device 6 and supplied through the communication line 8, it is determined whether or not the unlock command signal or the lock command signal is a signal for the own pachinko machine 2. ,
When it is an unlock command signal or a lock command signal for the own pachinko machine 2, the electric lock of the own pachinko machine 2 is unlocked and locked.

Further, each tag 3 is arranged in a state of being embedded in an attachment frame 11 to which each pachinko machine 2 is attached. As shown in FIG. 3, the tag 3 is composed of a case 12 formed in a thin plate shape of several centimeters square and a loop coil or the like arranged in the case 12, and the handy terminal device 4 is placed close thereto. Sometimes, the antenna 1 for the handy terminal device which is electromagnetically coupled to the tag antenna 16 (see FIG. 4) of the handy terminal device 4
3 and the ID request signal in the wireless signal format transmitted from the handy terminal device 4 by the handy terminal device antenna 13, the ID request signal is decoded and pre-registered for the ID information (RFI) of its own tag.
D) and the like are read to generate an ID response signal, and the control unit 14 transmits the ID response signal from the handy terminal device antenna 13.

The handy terminal device 4 is formed in a size and shape that can be carried by a staff member of a pachinko parlor, and as shown in FIG. 4, a case 15 and a tag antenna 16 inside the case 15. And the tag wireless module unit 17
A control unit 18, a memory unit 19, a battery 22, and a wireless transmission module unit 23 are provided, and a display unit 20 and a key unit 21 are arranged outside the housing 15, and further on that side. A transmission antenna 24 is arranged in the section.

When the tag antenna 16 of the handy terminal device 4 is brought close to each tag 3 within a predetermined distance,
It is composed of a loop coil or the like that is electromagnetically coupled to the handheld terminal device antenna 13 provided in each tag 3, and when an ID request signal in a high frequency signal format is output from the tag wireless module unit 17, this In response to this, an ID request signal of a wireless signal is generated and transmitted to the tag 3. When the tag 3 outputs an ID response signal in the form of a wireless signal, it receives the ID response signal, generates an ID response signal of a high frequency signal, and supplies it to the tag wireless module unit 17.

The tag wireless module unit 17 includes a control unit 18
Processing for converting the signal output from the tag into a high frequency signal and supplying it to the tag antenna 16, and receiving the high frequency signal output from the tag antenna 16 and converting this into a signal in a format processable by the control unit 18. It is the part that performs processing etc.,
When the ID request signal is output from the control unit 18, the ID request signal is taken in, an ID request signal in a high frequency signal format is generated and supplied to the tag antenna 16. When an ID response signal in the form of a high frequency signal is output from the tag antenna 16, the ID response signal in a signal format that can be processed by the control unit 18 is generated and supplied to the control unit 18.

Further, the display unit 20 is the RFID of the tag 3.
And an LCD display for displaying the operation content of the key section 21, the abnormality content when an abnormality occurs, the determination content of the control section 18, and the like. The display signal output from the control section 18 is fetched, The RFID of the tag 3 indicated by the display signal, the operation content of the key portion 21, the abnormality content when an abnormality occurs, the determination content of the control portion 18, etc. are displayed on the display surface.

The key section 21 is provided with various keys such as an unlock button, a lock button, and a power switch. When each of these keys is operated, a key signal corresponding to the operation content, for example, the device A key signal indicating information on the operation, a key signal indicating an ID request for the tag 3, a key signal designating power-on / off, and the like are generated and supplied to the control unit 18.

The battery 22 is a commonly used primary battery such as an alkaline battery or a manganese battery, or a secondary battery such as a lithium ion battery or a nicad battery, and the tag wireless module unit 17 and the control unit 18 are provided. The power supply voltage is supplied to the memory unit 19, the display unit 20, the key unit 21, the wireless transmission module unit 23, etc. to operate them.

The control unit 18 also includes a microprocessor circuit that controls the operation of the entire apparatus, a RAM circuit used as a work area of the microprocessor circuit, software that defines the operation of the microprocessor circuit, and various constant data. And the like are stored in a ROM circuit or the like, and based on pre-registered software, communication processing for the tag 3, determination processing of a key signal output from the key unit 21, generation processing of a display signal, wireless communication Communication processing for the machine 5 is performed.

Further, the memory section 19 is a semiconductor memory element or IC provided when a sufficient storage capacity cannot be secured only by the capacity of the RAM circuit provided in the control section 18.
The control unit 18 includes a memory card and the like.
When the write signal is output from the device, the data output together with the write signal is taken in and stored in the specified address, and when the read signal is output from the control unit 18, the data is specified by the read signal. The data stored in the address is read and supplied to the control unit 18.

The wireless transmission module section 23 receives the processing of converting the signal output from the control section 18 into a high frequency signal and supplying it to the transmission antenna 24, and the high frequency signal output from the transmission antenna 24. This is a part that performs processing for converting this into a signal in a format that can be processed by the control unit 18, and when the control unit 18 outputs an unlocking command information signal, a locking command information signal, etc., this is taken in and high frequency An unlocking command information signal and a locking command information signal in signal form are supplied to the transmission antenna 24. When a response signal in the form of a high-frequency signal is output from the transmission antenna 24, the response signal is received and converted into a response signal in a signal format that can be processed by the control unit 18, and the response signal is supplied to the control unit 18.

The transmission antenna 24 is constituted by a whip antenna or the like that is radio-wave coupled to the radio antenna 25 of the radio device 5 (see FIG. 1), and the radio transmission module section 23 opens a high frequency signal format. When a lock command information signal, a lock command information signal or the like is output, it is converted into a wireless signal and transmitted to the wireless device 5, and when a response signal of the wireless signal is transmitted from the wireless device 5, this is transmitted. The received signal is supplied as a response signal of the high frequency signal to the wireless transmission module unit 23.

Further, the wireless device 5 has a wireless antenna 25 composed of a whip antenna or the like as shown in FIG.
And a wireless device body 26 that communicates with the handy terminal device 4 via the wireless antenna 25.
The handy terminal device 4 is installed at a position where wireless communication can be performed anywhere in the pachinko parlor, and the unlock command information signal is transmitted from the handy terminal device 4 by a wireless signal.
When a lock command information signal or the like is transmitted, a wireless signal response signal indicating that the reception is successful and the like are transmitted and transmitted to the handy terminal device 4, and then a wired signal type unlock command is transmitted. An information signal, a lock command information signal, etc. are generated and transmitted to the host computer device 6 via the communication line 7.

The host computer device 6 includes a database unit (not shown) in which information about the entire system is stored, and a unit number database unit 28 in which information indicating the relationship between the ID number of the tag 3 and the pachinko machine 2 is stored. (See FIG. 6) and the recording database unit 29 (see FIG. 6) that stores unlocking and locking information for each pachinko machine 2,
A host computer main body 30 for controlling the operation of the entire system, a keyboard 31 used for inputting various commands and various data necessary for operating the host computer main body 30, and a host computer main body 30.
And a display 32 for displaying the processing contents of the device, etc., and the unlock command information signal in a wired signal format from the wireless device 5,
When a lock command information signal or the like is output and supplied through the communication line 7, the number of the pachinko machine 2 to be unlocked / locked is determined in response to this, and the determination result is recorded. When the unlocking command information signal, the locking command information signal, etc. are correct unlocking command information, correct locking command information, etc., the unlocking command signal and the locking command signal in the form of a wired signal are generated, and the payout management is performed. It is supplied to each pachinko machine 2 via the communication line 8 for.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described with reference to the flow charts shown in FIGS.

First, when the staff operates the power switch provided on the key portion 21 of the handy terminal device 4 to turn on the power of the device, the controller 18 displays a message prompting the operator to enter the staff ID. A signal is generated, and a message "Please enter the employee ID" is displayed on the display unit 20.

Based on the displayed contents, the clerk operates the key section 21 to input the ID number given to him / herself, which is taken in by the control section 18, and the RAM circuit and the memory provided inside. Registered in department 19.

Thereafter, when the pachinko machine 2 is to be unlocked (or locked) as shown in the flowchart of FIG.
The handy terminal device 4 which is always carried by a staff member of a pachinko parlor is brought close to the tag 3 corresponding to the pachinko machine 2 to be unlocked or locked within a predetermined distance, and the handy terminal device 4 The unlock button (or the lock button) provided on the key portion 21 is pressed (step ST1).

As a result, an ID request signal is generated by the control unit 18 of the handy terminal device 4, and this is converted into an ID request signal of a wireless signal by the tag wireless module unit 17 and the tag antenna 16 and transmitted to the tag 3. .

Then, from this time, the control unit 18 of the handy terminal device 4 checks whether or not the ID response signal is received by the tag antenna 16 within a preset time, and within a preset time. If the ID response signal is not received (steps ST2 and ST3), the reception process described above is repeated a specified number of times, and even if the reception process described above is repeated a specified number of times, the ID response is generated by the tag antenna 16. When no signal is received (steps ST2 to ST4), it is determined that an abnormality (first abnormality) in which the ID response signal is not transmitted from the tag 3 occurs (step ST5), and the display signal indicating the content of this abnormality is displayed. It is generated and displayed on the display unit 20 (steps ST6 and ST7).

By the above-described reception processing, the tag antenna 16 receives the ID response signal of the wireless signal transmitted from the tag 3, and the tag wireless module unit 17 can process the ID in the signal format of the control unit 18. When the response signal is output (step ST3), the tag is fetched by the control unit 18 and issued the ID response signal.
ID number (RFID number) is identified, and this RFID number and the number (device ID number) of this handy terminal device 4 registered in advance in the ROM circuit
And the ID number (user ID number) of the person who operates the handy terminal device 4 registered in the RAM circuit or the memory unit 19 and the unlock instruction information (or the lock instruction) indicating the current instruction content. Information) and the unlock command information is created (step ST8), and the unlock command information (or lock command information) of the wireless signal is generated by the wireless transmission module unit 23 and the transmission antenna 24. , To the wireless device 5 (step ST9).

Then, the control unit 18 of the handy terminal device 4 checks whether or not the response signal from the wireless device 5 has been received by the transmission antenna 24 within a preset time from this time. (Step ST10) If the response signal is not received within a fixed time, the above-described transmission process is repeated a designated number of times, and if the response signal is not received even after the transmission process is repeated the designated number of times ( Steps ST9 to ST1
1), an abnormality in which a response signal is not transmitted from the wireless device 5 (second
It is determined that an abnormality has occurred (step ST
12), a display signal indicating the details of this abnormality is generated and displayed on the display unit 20 (steps ST13 and ST1).
4).

Further, by the above-mentioned transmission processing, the transmission antenna 24 receives the response signal of the radio signal transmitted from the radio device 5, and the radio transmission module unit 23 responds in a signal format which can be processed by the control unit 18. When the signal is output (step ST10), it is determined by the control unit 18 that the signal has been captured and the unlock command information (or the lock command information) has been normally transmitted to the wireless device 5, and the result of this determination Is generated and displayed on the display unit 20 (step ST15).

In parallel with this operation, unlock command information (or lock command information) wirelessly transmitted from the handy terminal device 4 is received by the wireless device 5 as shown in the flowchart of FIG. 6, and this is transmitted through the communication line. When the data is transmitted to the host computer device 6 via the cable via the cable (step ST20), the unlock command information is fetched by the host computer body 30 of the host computer device 6 (step ST21). Then, the content of the unlock command information (or the lock command information) is analyzed, and the ID number (RFID number) of the tag 3 which issued the ID response signal and the number of the handy terminal device 4 (device ID number). The ID number (user ID number) of the clerk operating the handy terminal device 4 and the unlocking instruction information (or the locking instruction information) indicating the current instruction content are detected.

After that, the host computer main body 30 searches the database section based on the RFID number, the device ID number, and the user ID number obtained by the above-described detection operation, and the RFID number and the device ID are searched. It is checked whether or not the command acceptance permission is issued for the number and the user ID number, and the command acceptance permission is issued for the RFID number, the device ID number, and the user ID number. If (step ST22), the machine number database unit 28 is accessed based on the RFID number, the machine number of the pachinko machine 2 corresponding to the RFID number is detected, and the pachinko machine 2 indicated by the machine number is unlocked. A command signal (or a lock command signal) is generated (step ST23).

Then, the host computer main body 30 generates control information indicating that an unlock command signal (or a lock command signal) is issued to the machine number, and after the control information is stored in the recording database unit 29 ( Step S
T24), the unlock command signal (or the lock command signal)
Is transmitted to each pachinko machine 2 through the communication line 8 for ball output management, and the electric lock of the pachinko machine 2 having the machine number corresponding to the unlock command signal (or lock command signal) is unlocked (or
It is locked) (steps ST25 and ST26).

As described above, in this embodiment, the handy terminal device 4 is placed in the state in which the handy terminal device 4 is brought close to the pachinko machine 2 to be unlocked / locked.
By operating the key and inputting an unlocking command or a locking command, the host computer device 6 side recognizes the pachinko machine 2 to be unlocked / locked, and the pachinko machine 2 receives an unlocking command signal or an unlock command signal. Since the locking command signal is output to execute the unlocking and locking, the following effects can be obtained.

First, when the handy terminal device 4 for instructing the unlocking and locking of each pachinko machine 2 is lost for some reason, it is lost among the device ID numbers registered in the database section of the host computer device 6. The unlock command information and the lock command information from the handy terminal device 4 can be invalidated only by invalidating the device ID number of the handy terminal device 4. Therefore, even if the handy terminal device 4 is lost, it is possible to prevent each pachinko machine 2 from being unlocked illegally without taking any measures against each pachinko machine 2. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the economical burden on the pachinko parlor side due to the loss of the handy terminal device 4 corresponding to the conventional key.

Furthermore, it is possible to make the frame 10 portion of each pachinko machine 2 flat by eliminating the irregularities such as keyways from the frame 10 portion of each pachinko machine 2 and the frame 10 portion of each pachinko machine 2 and these. Since each tag 3 is embedded on the side of the mounting frame 11 to which each pachinko machine base 2 is mounted so as not to be seen from the outside, when viewed from the side of the player,
It is possible to make it difficult to understand how each pachinko machine 2 is unlocked and locked. Therefore, even if some kind of hand is added to the frame 10 by a drill or the like, the pachinko parlor staff can easily find it.

Further, when each pachinko machine 2 is unlocked or locked, the contents of the unlocking and locking are registered in the recording database unit 29 on the host computer device 6 side. After unlocking one of them,
When the number of balls on the pachinko machine 2 suddenly increases, it is automatically detected and a person other than the person who has the handy terminal device 4 that has performed the unlocking operation is in a place where the pachinko machine 2 is located. You can make it easier to find illegal players.

In the above embodiment, the unlocking / locking control system according to the present invention has been described by taking the case of unlocking and locking each pachinko machine in a pachinko parlor as an example.
The unlocking / locking control system according to the present invention may be used as an unlocking / locking system for a hotel guest room or the like.

In this case, a handy terminal device which is connected to the host computer device 6 by wire is installed in each guest room side, and each user has a tag corresponding to each guest room, and each of these users has a handy terminal. When the unlocking button or the locking button of the device is pressed, the host computer device 6 checks whether or not the user's unlocking or locking operation is correct, and based on the check result, the unlocking or locking of each guest room is performed. May be performed.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to inexpensively provide an unlocking / locking control system which does not require a conventional key and enables reliable crime prevention.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an embodiment of an unlocking / locking control system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing a detailed configuration example of a pachinko machine portion shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed circuit configuration example of the tag shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a detailed circuit configuration example of the handy terminal device shown in FIG.

5 is a flowchart showing an operation example of a handy terminal device in the unlocking / locking control system shown in FIG.

6 is a flowchart showing an operation example of a host computer device in the unlocking / locking control system shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing an example of a conventionally known pachinko machine base portion.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 unlocking / locking control system 2 Pachinko machine (object to be locked and locked) 3 tags 4 Handy terminal device (terminal device) 5 Radio (unlocking / locking control device) 6 Host computer device (unlocking / locking control device) 7,8 communication line 10 frames 11 mounting frame 12 cases 13 Antenna for Handy Terminal 14 Control unit 15 housing 16 tag antenna 17 tag wireless module 18 Control unit 19 memory 20 Display 21 Key part 22 batteries 23 Wireless transmission module section 24 Transmission antenna 25 wireless antenna 26 Radio unit 28 unit number database section 29 Record Database Department 30 Host computer body 31 keyboard 32 display

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (56) Reference JP-A-2-288591 (JP, A) JP-A-2-171893 (JP, A) JP-A-63-268883 (JP, A) JP-A-5- 347573 (JP, A) JP-A-5-46838 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) E05B 49/00-49/04 A63F 7/02

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] 1. An ID in a wireless signal format, which is provided on an object to be unlocked / locked having an electric lock and indicates a previously registered ID when an ID request signal in a wireless signal format is received.
A tag transmitting a response signal and a radio signal corresponding to the ID request signal while transmitting the ID request signal in the form of a radio signal when an operation for instructing to unlock or lock the object to be unlocked / locked is performed. It is checked whether or not the ID response signal of the format can be received, and if the ID response signal can be received, the wireless signal format or the wired signal in which the content of the ID response signal and the unlocking information or the locking information are put together The terminal device that transmits the unlock command information or the lock command information in the form of a lock, and the unlock command information or the lock command information in the wireless signal format or the wired signal format that is transmitted from this terminal device, and receives the unlock command information or the lock command information. It is checked whether the locking command information is a valid unlocking command or locking command, and if the unlocking command or locking command is a valid command, the unlocking / locking Unlock-lock control system characterized by comprising the unlock-lock controller for generating unlock command signal or locking command signal for unlocking or locking the electric lock elephant product, the. 2. The unlocking / locking control system according to claim 1, wherein the unlocking / locking target is a game machine such as a pachinko machine having an electric lock, a money changer, or a guest room door of a hotel. An unlocking / locking control system characterized by: