JP4032438B2 - Game media antitheft device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a game media antitheft device for preventing theft of game media discharged as prizes from gaming machines arranged in a game hall.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, for example, in amusement halls such as pachinko machines, pachinko balls and medals (game media) discharged as prizes from gaming machines such as pachinko machines and slot machines are used as predetermined storage boxes (ball boxes, dollar boxes, etc.). (Commonly called). In this type of amusement hall, the player may temporarily leave the gaming machine for lunch, toilet, or the like. Therefore, when a player leaves his / her gaming machine, a display card that displays that the gaming machine is occupied by the player may be sandwiched between, for example, the pachinko machine glass and a frame. It is considered. In this case, another player can read that the pachinko machine is occupied by displaying the display card, and can play a game with the other pachinko machine.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in safe areas, there are players who go out for lunch etc. with the display card sandwiched between the pachinko machine with the pachinko ball etc. in the storage box or the pachinko machine dish. In this case, no matter how safe it is, there is no guarantee that pachinko balls will not fit theft. Of course, amusement halls are monitored by security cameras, but there is still room for improvement in order to reliably prevent such theft cases.
[0004]
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a game media antitheft device that can satisfactorily prevent the game media from being stolen when the player leaves the game machine.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems and Effects of the Invention]
The invention of claim 1 made to achieve the above object is
A display card that can be arranged on a game medium discharged as a prize from a gaming machine arranged in a game hall, and displays that the gaming machine is occupied by any player;
A portable card that the player can carry;
A determination means for determining proximity / separation between the display card and the mobile card;
Movement detecting means for detecting movement of the display card;
An alarm means for generating an alarm when the movement detecting means detects the movement of the display card when the determining means determines the separation between the display card and the mobile card;
The gist of a gaming media antitheft device characterized by comprising:
[0006]
In the present invention configured as described above, when the player leaves the game machine, the display card is disposed on the game medium discharged as a prize, and the player carries the mobile card. When the player moves away from his / her gaming machine in this state, the determination means determines the separation between the display card and the portable card.
[0007]
In this case, other players can read that the gaming machine is in use by looking at the display on the display card. In addition, if someone tries to steal the game medium, the display card arranged on the medium must be moved. Then, the moving means detects the movement of the display card, and as described above, the determining means determines separation, so that the warning means generates an alarm. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to satisfactorily prevent the game medium from being stolen when the player leaves the game machine.
[0008]
In addition to the structure of Claim 1, the invention of Claim 2 has
The mobile card includes radio wave transmission means for transmitting radio waves peculiar to the mobile card,
The determination means is provided in the display card, and determines proximity / separation of the portable card based on a reception state of the radio wave.
[0009]
In the present invention configured as described above, the radio wave transmission means of the mobile card transmits radio waves specific to the mobile card. When the mobile card is present in the vicinity of the display card, the radio wave reaches the display card well, and as the mobile card and the display card are separated from each other, it becomes difficult to reach the display card. Therefore, the determination means provided in the display card determines the proximity / separation of the portable card based on the reception state of the radio wave.
[0010]
In addition to the above configuration, the proximity / separation is determined by a so-called magnet key type configuration that determines proximity when the mobile card is attached to the display card with a magnet, or when the mobile card is inserted into the key hole of the display card. A so-called plug-in key configuration that determines the proximity of the mobile phone is conceivable. However, when determining based on the reception state of the radio wave as described above, the player only needs to carry a mobile card and does not perform any operation. However, the judgment of proximity / separation is automatically switched. Therefore, in addition to the effect of the invention according to the first aspect, the present invention has an effect that it is more convenient and that it is possible to more effectively prevent a false alarm due to an operation error of the player.
[0011]
The invention according to claim 3 is the configuration according to claim 1 or 2,
The display card includes acceleration detection means for detecting acceleration applied to the display card,
The movement detection means detects the movement of the display card based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection means.
[0012]
When the display card moves, acceleration is applied to the display card. Therefore, in the present invention, acceleration applied to the display card is detected by the acceleration detecting means provided on the display card, and the movement detecting means detects the movement of the display card based on the detected acceleration. When the movement of the display card is detected by the acceleration of the display card, the movement of the display card can be detected well in most cases regardless of the characteristics of the game medium (for example, whether or not it is a magnetic material). Therefore, in the present invention, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1 or 2, an effect that it can be applied to almost any kind of game medium is produced.
[0013]
In addition to the structure in any one of Claims 1-3, invention of Claim 4 is provided.
The alarm means is provided on the display card and generates an alarm sound and transmits a calling signal to the game hall manager.
In the present invention, since the alarm means is provided on the display card and generates an alarm sound, the alarm sound is generated from the side of the person who tries to steal the game medium. Therefore, the person who tried to steal can be identified immediately. Moreover, since the alarm means transmits a call signal to the manager of the game hall, the manager can respond immediately. For this reason, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, the present invention has an effect that it is possible to prevent the game medium from being stolen more satisfactorily.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the following embodiment, a case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko hall will be described as an example.
FIG. 1A is a plan view showing a configuration of a mid-lunch card 1 as a display card, and FIG. 1B is a side view thereof. As shown in FIG. 1, the lunch card 1 is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape, and a comment indicating that the player is having lunch is displayed on the surface thereof.
[0015]
FIG. 2A is a plan view showing the configuration of the key card 3 as a mobile card, and FIG. 2B is a side view thereof. As shown in FIG. 2, the key card 3 is formed in a rectangular flat plate shape smaller than the card 1 during lunch, and is configured to be portable for the player. The name of the pachinko hall and the like are displayed on the surface of the key card 3.
[0016]
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a usage state of the card 1 during lunch. As shown in FIG. 3, the card 1 during lunch stores the pachinko ball 4 discharged as a prize from the pachinko machine in a well-known storage box (so-called dollar box) 5 provided in the pachinko hall, and then puts it on it. Used. In this way, the other players can read that the pachinko machine on which the storage box 5 is placed is occupied by the player who is currently having lunch by looking at the display of the card 1 during lunch.
[0017]
Next, FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit built in the key card 3. As shown in FIG. 4, in the key card 3, an oscillator 23 that generates a signal having a frequency set by the frequency setting switch 21 and a serial code unique to the key card 3 set by the code setting switch 25 are generated. A serial code generator 27, a modulator 31 that modulates a signal input from the oscillator 23 based on the serial code input from the serial code generator 27, and a signal modulated by the modulator 31 via an antenna 35 And a transmitter 33 for transmitting as radio waves. The frequency setting switch 21 and the code setting switch 25 are both configured by known dip switches, and can be operated by opening the lid of the key card 3 by the manager of the pachinko hall.
[0018]
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the electronic circuit built in the card 1 during lunch. As shown in FIG. 5, in the card 1 during lunch, the key card radio wave receiving unit 43 that receives the radio wave transmitted from the key card 3 via the antenna 41 and the key card radio wave receiving unit 43 received the radio wave. A key card presence / absence determination unit 45 that determines the presence / absence of the key card 3 based on the strength of the radio wave is provided. When the key card 3 is in the vicinity of the card 1 during lunch, the key card radio wave receiving unit 43 can receive the radio wave satisfactorily, and the reception state is increased as the key card 3 and the card 1 during lunch are separated from each other. Gets worse. Therefore, the key card presence / absence determination unit 45 determines whether or not the key card 3 is in the vicinity of the card 1 during lunch (for example, around the same pachinko machine) based on the reception state of the radio wave.
[0019]
Inside the lunch card 1, in addition, an acceleration sensor 47 as an acceleration detection means for detecting acceleration applied to the card 1 during lunch, a timer 49, and a speaker that generates sound based on signals input from the amplifier 51. 53, a speech synthesizer 55 that synthesizes speech to be generated from the speaker 53, a transmitter 63 that transmits a call signal to be described later via an antenna 61, and a call signal generation that generates a call signal transmitted by the transmitter 63 Connected to the input / output interface 71, an input / output interface 71 for inputting / outputting signals to / from the key card presence / absence determination unit 45, acceleration sensor 47, timer 49, speech synthesizer 55, and call signal generator 65. The CPU 73, the ROM 75, and the RAM 77 constituting the logical operation circuit are provided.
[0020]
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the pachinko hall to which the present embodiment is applied. As shown in FIG. 6, a pachinko hall store 81 is provided with several islands 83 in which a large number of pachinko machines are arranged, and a receiver that receives a call signal transmitted from the card 1 during lunch for each island 83. 85 (only one is shown in FIG. 6) is provided. When the receiver 85 receives the call signal, it transmits it to a hall management computer (not shown). In addition, the transmitter 63 of the card 1 during lunch constantly transmits a predetermined radio wave different from the calling signal, and a receiver 89 for receiving the predetermined radio wave is provided at the entrance / exit 87 of the pachinko hall. The receiver 89 transmits a predetermined alarm to the hall management computer when the predetermined radio wave is received from the card 1 during lunch to prevent the card 1 from being taken out of the store during lunch.
[0021]
Next, processing executed by the CPU 73 of the lunch card 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. The CPU 73 executes this process every predetermined time.
When the process is started, first, in S1 (S represents a step: the same applies hereinafter), it is determined via the key card presence / absence determination unit 45 whether or not the key card 3 is in the vicinity of the card 1 during lunch. If it is in the vicinity (S1: Yes), the process is temporarily terminated as it is, and if it is not in the vicinity (S1: No), the process proceeds to S3. In S3, it is determined whether or not it is determined that it is not in the vicinity (none) in the previous process. In the previous process, it is determined that the key card 3 is in the vicinity. When it is determined that the key card 3 is not present for the first time in this process (S3: NO), the timer 49 (the timer value is T) in S5. After resetting, the process is temporarily terminated. The timer value T continues to increase sequentially after being reset.
[0022]
If it is determined that the key card 3 is not in the vicinity in the subsequent processes (S1: None), an affirmative determination is made in S3 and the process proceeds to S7. In S <b> 7, it is determined via the acceleration sensor 47 whether or not acceleration is applied to the card 1 during lunch. When the lunch card 1 is held on the pachinko ball 4 in a stationary state, a negative determination is made here and the process proceeds to S9. In S9, it is determined whether or not the timer value T exceeds a predetermined time T1 (which can be selected and set from 30 minutes, 45 minutes, and 60 minutes by the manager of the pachinko hall). If it does not exceed (S9: NO), the process is once terminated, and if it exceeds (S9: YES), the call signal is output in S11 and then the process is temporarily terminated.
[0023]
In the pachinko hall, in order to ensure the availability of pachinko machines, a time is set for players to continue to leave the pachinko machine. In the processing of S9 and S11, when the player does not return within the time (T1), a call signal indicating that fact is transmitted to the hall management computer. When this call signal is received, the hall manager can dispose of the pachinko balls of the corresponding pachinko machine. Further, if the player returns within the time (T1), it is determined that the player is present in S1, and thereafter, since the process cannot proceed to S9 without going through S5, the call signal is output (S11). Is not done.
[0024]
On the other hand, when the acceleration is detected in S7 (YES), the process proceeds to S13, and it is determined whether or not the detection of the acceleration has continued for a predetermined time or more. If it has not continued for a predetermined time (S13: NO), the process proceeds to S9 described above. If it has continued for a predetermined time or more, the process proceeds to S15.
[0025]
Here, if someone tries to steal the pachinko ball 4 stored in the storage box 5, the card 1 during lunch must be moved. This is the same when trying to steal only the pachinko ball 4 or when trying to steal the entire storage box 5. In this case, acceleration is continuously detected for the predetermined time or longer (S13: YES), and the process proceeds to S15. In S15, an announcement indicating the occurrence of an abnormality, for example, an announcement “Drobo! Dorobo!” Is generated from the speaker 53. In the subsequent S17, a call signal indicating that the theft has occurred is output and the process is terminated. To do.
[0026]
In some cases, vibration or the like is applied to the card 1 during lunch to temporarily detect acceleration (S7: YES). Therefore, the predetermined time in S13 is set longer than the time during which the acceleration detection continues in such a case. For this reason, even if vibration etc. are added, it does not transfer to S15 and generation | occurrence | production of a false alarm can be prevented.
[0027]
Thus, in this embodiment, when the player leaves the pachinko machine, the key card 3 leaves the card 1 during lunch (S1: None). At this time, if the card 1 is moved during lunch (S7, S13: YES), an announcement is generated from the card 1 during lunch (S15), and a call signal indicating that is transmitted to the hall management computer (S17). be able to. For this reason, it is possible to satisfactorily prevent the pachinko ball 4 stored in the storage box 5 from being stolen when the player leaves his / her pachinko machine. Moreover, since the announcement is generated from the immediate side of the person who tried to move the pachinko ball 4 (that is, the person who moved the card 1 during lunch), the person can be immediately identified. Furthermore, since a call signal indicating that fact is transmitted to the hall management computer, the manager can respond immediately. Therefore, theft can be prevented very well.
[0028]
Moreover, in the said embodiment, since the receiver 89 will transmit an alarm to a hall management computer when it is going to take out the card | curd 1 outside a store in the said embodiment, taking-out of the card | curd 1 during lunch can be prevented favorably. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the elapsed time since the separation of the card 1 and the key card 3 during lunch at S1 is measured by the timer 49, and the time (timer value T) exceeds the predetermined time T1. (S9: YES), a call signal indicating that is transmitted (S11). That is, an elapsed time detection unit that measures an elapsed time since the determination unit determines the separation between the display card and the mobile card, and a time measured by the elapsed time detection unit is equal to or longer than a predetermined time. And a reporting means for notifying the manager of the game hall to that effect. For this reason, it is possible to cope well even when the player leaves the pachinko machine for a long time.
[0029]
In the above embodiment, the transmitter 33 is the transmission means, the processing of the key card radio wave reception unit 43, the key card presence / absence determination unit 45 and S1 is the determination means, the processing of S7 and S13 is the movement detection means, and the speaker. 53, the transmitter 63, and the processes of S15 and S17 correspond to alarm means, respectively. The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention.
[0030]
For example, in the above embodiment, when it is determined in S1 that the key card 3 is in the vicinity of the card 1 during lunch (present), the process is once terminated, but the process shown in the flowchart of FIG. 8 is performed. May be executed.
In the process of FIG. 8, when the presence of the key card 3 is determined in S1, it is determined in S21 whether the presence of the key card 3 is also determined in the previous process. If it is determined that the previous process is present (S21: YES), the process is terminated. In the previous process, it is determined that the key card 3 is not in the vicinity. When the presence of the key card 3 is determined for the first time in this process (S21: NO), it is considered that the player has returned from lunch or the like. Therefore, in this case, after a call signal indicating that fact is output in S23, the process is temporarily terminated.
[0031]
If the determination in S1 changes from yes to no and a negative determination is made in S3, the process proceeds to S25, and it is determined whether a call signal is output in S23. If the call signal is not output (S25: NO), the process is ended after resetting the timer 49 in S5 as described above. If the call signal is output (S25: YES), the process is ended as it is. . In the process of FIG. 8, since the other processes are the same as those in FIG.
[0032]
Such a mid-lunch card 1 and key card 3 may be handed over to the player from the time of entering the store, but it is more costly for the pachinko hall manager to hand over when requested by the player. Is advantageous. That is, in this case, the number of cards 1 and key cards 3 during lunch that must be prepared in advance can be greatly reduced. In this case, it is necessary for the manager to collect the card 1 and the key card 3 during lunch with the expectation that the player has returned, but if the processing of FIG. It will be better if you go. In addition, among the players, there are customers who return once before the timer value T reaches the predetermined time T1, and go out immediately after returning the timer value T to 0. For example, a player who is playing with a pachinko machine at another store. However, if the processing of FIG. 8 is adopted, such a player can be easily grasped by the call signal.
[0033]
Even if the player returns for the purpose of returning the timer value T to 0, or returns to picking up forgotten things, in this case, the process proceeds to S25 after the calling signal is output, so an affirmative determination is made here. For this reason, the timer value T continues to increase without returning to zero. Therefore, even when the held player cannot be fully grasped by the call signal, it is possible to satisfactorily prevent a decrease in the operation rate of the pachinko machine. If the pachinko machine is released when the call signal is output in S23, it may cause trouble to the player who returned for a legitimate purpose such as forgetfulness. In this way, by prohibiting the reset of the timer 49, trouble is caused. The operating rate of the pachinko machine can be secured without inviting.
[0034]
Note that the call signal may be immediately stopped when it is determined that there is no result in S1 immediately after the call signal is output in S23 (for example, within 30 seconds). In this way, it is possible to prevent a useless movement in which the administrator goes to collect the card 1 and the key card 3 during lunch for a player who has returned temporarily due to forgotten things or the like.
[0035]
Further, in the above embodiment, the proximity / separation of both cards 1 and 3 is determined based on the reception state of the radio wave transmitted from the key card 3, but the configuration for determining the proximity / separation is as follows. In addition, when the key card 3 is attached to the card 1 during lunch by a magnet, a so-called magnet key type configuration is used, or when the key card 3 is inserted into a predetermined key hole formed in the card 1 during lunch, the proximity is determined. A so-called insertion key type configuration for judging the above can be considered. However, when the determination is made based on the reception state of the radio wave as described above, the player only needs to carry the key card 3, and the determination of proximity / separation is automatically switched without any operation. Accordingly, it is possible to further improve convenience and to prevent occurrence of a false alarm due to a player's operation mistake. When the magnet key type or the insertion key type is adopted, it is necessary to set the predetermined time in S13 sufficiently long so that a false alarm is not generated when the key card 3 is attached or detached.
[0036]
Further, in the above embodiment, the movement of the card 1 during lunch is detected based on the acceleration detected via the acceleration sensor 47. However, as a configuration for detecting the movement of the card 1 during lunch, other than this, lunch The middle card 1 is provided with a magnetic sensor or a dielectric constant sensor to detect separation from the pachinko ball 4 that is a magnetic body, and the lunch card 1 is provided with a proximity sensor that detects contact of the human body. A configuration for detecting touching may be considered. However, when the movement is detected based on the acceleration, the movement of the card 1 during lunch can be detected well in most cases regardless of the characteristics of the game medium (for example, whether or not it is a magnetic material). Therefore, it can be applied to almost any kind of game medium.
[0037]
Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the key card 3 has only a function of transmitting radio waves. However, the key card 3 has an elapsed time since being isolated from the card 1 during lunch, similar to the timer value T. And a function of generating a vibration, an alarm sound, etc. when the elapsed time approaches the predetermined time T1 and notifying the player of that fact. Furthermore, you may comprise the card | curd 1 during lunch so that it can be mounted also on the pachinko ball 4 accommodated in the dish etc. of the pachinko machine other than the storage box 5. FIG.
[0038]
Further, when the key card 3 is lent to a player, information (name, telephone number, etc.) for identifying the player may be input to the card 1 during lunch or the hall management computer. In this case, it is possible to prevent the player from coming home with the key card 3 taken out. Furthermore, the lamp provided on the island 83 may be blinked (or lit) when the calling signal is output in S11 and S23. In this case, the administrator can quickly respond to the call signal.
[Brief description of the drawings]
1A and 1B are a plan view and a side view illustrating a configuration of a lunch card.
FIG. 2 is a plan view and a side view showing a configuration of a key card.
FIG. 3 is a plan view showing a usage state of a card during lunch.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit built in the key card.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an electronic circuit built in a lunch card.
FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a pachinko hall.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing processing executed by a lunch card.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing another form of processing executed by the lunch card.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Lunch card 3 ... Key card 4 ... Pachinko ball 5 ... Storage box 23 ... Oscillator 27 ... Series code generator 33 ... Transmitter 43 ... Key card electric wave receiving part 45 ... Key card presence determination part 47 ... Acceleration sensor 49 ... Timer 53 ... Speaker 55 ... Speech synthesizer 63 ... Transmitter 65 ... Call signal generator 73 ... CPU 85, 89 ... Receiver

Claims (4)

A display card that can be arranged on a game medium discharged as a prize from a gaming machine arranged in a game hall, and displays that the gaming machine is occupied by any player;
A portable card that the player can carry;
A determination means for determining proximity / separation between the display card and the mobile card;
Movement detecting means for detecting movement of the display card;
An alarm means for generating an alarm when the movement detecting means detects the movement of the display card when the determining means determines the separation between the display card and the mobile card;
An antitheft device for game media, comprising: The mobile card includes radio wave transmission means for transmitting radio waves peculiar to the mobile card,
2. The game medium antitheft device according to claim 1, wherein the determination means is provided in the display card and determines the proximity / separation of the portable card based on the reception state of the radio wave. The display card includes acceleration detection means for detecting acceleration applied to the display card,
3. The game medium antitheft device according to claim 1, wherein the movement detecting means detects the movement of the display card based on the acceleration detected by the acceleration detecting means. 4. The game medium theft prevention according to claim 1, wherein the alarm means is provided on the display card and generates an alarm sound and transmits a call signal to the game hall manager. apparatus.

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