JP4895616B2 - Game medium lending processing apparatus and game medium lending processing method - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a gaming medium lending processing apparatus and a gaming medium lending processing method for sending a pulse each time a valuable value associated with a recording medium is used for lending gaming media by a predetermined amount, and in particular, a consumption tax from a player. The present invention relates to a gaming medium lending processing apparatus and a gaming medium lending processing method that can flexibly cope with collection and can facilitate the convenience of a player.

  Currently, for example, in game stores such as pachinko and pachislot stores, it is common for a game store to pay a consumption tax related to a game using a game medium such as a ball or a medal instead of the player. However, if the consumption tax rate rises in the future, the burden on the game shop will increase, so it is considered that the player will bear the consumption tax related to his game.

  By the way, a prepaid card associated with a valuable value is often used for lending game media at a game store. A player can purchase a prepaid card of a desired amount in advance at a card vending machine or the like in a gaming store and borrow a game medium for the amount associated with the purchased prepaid card. Therefore, for example, in Patent Document 1, it is considered that the consumption tax is added to the price of the prepaid card and the consumption tax is imposed on the player. However, in Patent Document 1, the price of the prepaid card becomes an odd amount including the consumption tax, and convenience is deteriorated.

  For this reason, for example, Patent Document 2 does not change the price of a prepaid card, but when a game medium is rented using a prepaid card, the amount equivalent to the consumption tax for the rent of the game medium from the remaining amount of the prepaid card It is described that the value is subtracted.

JP-A-11-70264 JP 2002-123651 A

  However, as mentioned above, when a consumption tax is imposed on the price of a prepaid card or a consumption tax is imposed on the use of a prepaid card, an unusable fraction occurs in the remaining amount of the prepaid card. There's a problem. That is, usually at game stores where prepaid cards are used, for example, 100 yen is the minimum unit, and game media corresponding to multiples of the minimum unit is rented. In the above technique, the remaining amount of the prepaid card is used. May be less than the minimum unit, and you may not be able to rent game media.

  In such a case, it is conceivable that the player settles the remaining amount of the prepaid card in cash, but for that purpose, the settlement machine needs to pay out a coin of less than 100 yen and settle it. In addition to the cost of drastically modifying an existing settlement machine that can only pay out banknotes, maintenance work such as replenishment of cash becomes troublesome. Further, if a payment of less than 100 yen is made, a large amount of coins will be paid out to the player, so the convenience for the player will deteriorate.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a game medium lending processing apparatus and a game medium lending processing method that can flexibly cope with consumption tax collection from a player and can be used by a player. The purpose is to do.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention provides a gaming medium lending processing apparatus that sends a pulse each time a valuable value associated with a recording medium is used for lending a gaming medium by a predetermined amount. Acquiring means for acquiring the remaining amount of the associated valuable value, detecting means for detecting a fraction less than the predetermined amount from the remaining amount acquired by the acquiring means, and the fraction detected by the detecting means can be lent by the fraction A conversion means for converting the number of game media, a lending processing means for lending the number of game media converted by the conversion means, and a control for controlling the sending of pulses according to the fraction detected by the detection means and means, said control means includes a holding means for holding said fraction, whether the sum of the fractional held by said holding means has reached the prescribed amount Determination means, the result of determination of said determining means, if the total of the fraction has reached the prescribed amount, and having a generating means for generating a pulse and the same pulse that is normally sent .

  In addition, according to the present invention, in the above invention, the control unit includes a generation unit that generates an adjustment pulse indicating the fraction, and when the lending processing unit performs the lending processing of the game media for the fraction. The adjustment pulse generated by the generating means is sent out.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the control means collectively sends a plurality of pulses generated by the generation means.

  Further, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above-mentioned invention, the holding means subtracts the predetermined amount from the sum of the fractions every time a pulse generated by the generating means is transmitted.

  Also, the present invention is characterized in that, in the above invention, the holding means reports the total of the remaining fractions after subtracting the predetermined amount to the outside.

The present invention is also a gaming medium lending processing method for sending a pulse each time a valuable value associated with a recording medium is used for lending a gaming medium by a predetermined amount, wherein the valuable value associated with the recording medium is An acquisition step of acquiring a remaining amount, a detection step of detecting a fraction less than the predetermined amount from the remaining amount acquired in the acquisition step, and a number of game media that can be lent by the fraction detected in the detection step A conversion process for converting to a number, a lending process process for lending the number of game media converted in the conversion process, and a control process for controlling the sending of pulses according to the fraction detected in the detection process; The control step includes: a holding step for holding the fraction; a determination step for determining whether a sum of the fractions held by the holding step has reached the predetermined amount; and Constant results, if the total of the fraction has reached the prescribed amount, and having a generating step of generating the same pulse and the pulse that are normally sent.

According to the present invention, the remaining amount of valuable value associated with the recording medium is acquired, a fraction less than a predetermined amount is detected from the acquired remaining amount, and the detected fraction is converted into the number of game media that can be rented by the fraction. Then, the converted number of game media is lent, and the pulse transmission is controlled according to the detected fraction. For this reason, it is possible to lend and return gaming media equivalent to the remaining amount of the prepaid card, which is a fraction due to consumption tax collection, to the player, flexibly deal with consumption tax collection from the player, and to improve the convenience of the player . In addition, a pulse corresponding to the fraction is sent out, and sales management using the pulse can be performed efficiently. In particular, the fraction is held, and it is determined whether or not the total of the held fractions reaches a predetermined amount. When the sum of the fractions reaches the predetermined amount as a result of the determination, the same pulse as that normally transmitted is determined. It is possible to maintain consistency in sales management by generating pulses and sending the generated pulses, and at the same time, the device that receives the pulses always receives the same pulse, so it is necessary to greatly modify the current configuration No increase in cost can be suppressed.

  In addition, according to the present invention, an adjustment pulse indicating a fraction is generated, and when the gaming medium lending process for the fraction is performed, the generated adjustment pulse is transmitted. The amount of sales to be managed matches, and consistency in sales management can be maintained.

  In addition, according to the present invention, in order to send a plurality of generated pulses all together, for example, when a game shop is closed, a pulse corresponding to the sum of fractions is sent, so that the processing load during the business hours of the game shop Can be reduced.

  Further, according to the present invention, every time a generated pulse is sent, a predetermined amount is subtracted from the total of the fractions, so that the total of the held fractions is always updated to the latest, and accurate sales management can be performed. it can.

  Further, according to the present invention, in order to report the total of the remaining fraction after subtracting the predetermined amount to the outside, the total of the reported fraction is added to the sales amount managed by the pulse, and the sales amount is stored in the prepaid card. It is possible to match the issue amount with certainty.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the following description, a pachinko using a ball as a game medium will be described as an example. However, the present invention can be similarly applied to a pachislot machine using a medal as a game medium. In the following description, a prepaid card is used as a recording medium. However, the same applies to a case where a valuable value is associated with a member card with a prepaid function, for example.

(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a gaming system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the gaming system according to the present embodiment includes a hall computer (hereinafter abbreviated as “H / C”) 10, a terminal controller (hereinafter abbreviated as “T / C”) 20, and an island controller 30. , A card unit 40, and a pachinko machine 50.

  The H / C 10 manages and manages each device in the amusement store, and manages sales in the amusement store. Specifically, the H / C 10 accumulates an amount corresponding to the number of times as a sales amount every time a pulse indicating the lending of balls for a number of times is sent from the card unit 40, and increases the sales in the entire amusement store. Record. Here, the number of times corresponds to a unit amount when lending a ball such as 100 yen, and when a consumption tax is levied on the lending of the ball, the amount obtained by adding the consumption tax amount to the unit amount is counted once. It shall be supported. Therefore, for example, when the unit amount is 100 yen and the consumption tax rate is 5%, the frequency corresponds to 105 yen.

  In addition, when the adjustment pulse indicating the lending of the ball for a specific amount is sent from the card unit 40, the H / C 10 adds the amount indicated by the adjustment pulse to the sales amount. The adjustment pulse transmitted from the card unit 40 will be described in detail later.

  The T / C 20 manages sales related to prepaid cards used in the amusement store. Specifically, the T / C 20 stores the card ID of each issued prepaid card in association with the issued amount, the remaining amount, etc. in a table format, and the lending of balls using the prepaid card is performed from the card unit 40. Each time it is notified, the remaining amount is updated by subtracting the usage amount including the loan amount and the consumption tax amount from the issued amount of the prepaid card sequentially. Further, when receiving the card ID from the card unit 40, the T / C 20 returns the remaining amount information including the remaining amount and the remaining frequency associated with the card ID to the card unit 40.

  The island controller 30 controls a plurality of card units 40 and pachinko machines 50 for each unit called “island”, and the ball lending status and the prepaid card usage status in the card unit 40 of each island are set to H / C 10 or T / C20.

  When the prepaid card is inserted, the card unit 40 instructs the attached pachinko machine 50 to throw out the balls once every several minutes up to the remaining amount of the prepaid card. When the card unit 40 instructs the pachinko machine 50 to throw a ball, the card unit 40 collects the consumption tax amount corresponding to the designated number of balls from the remaining amount of the prepaid card, and calculates the total value of the ball lending amount and the consumption tax amount. The usage amount is notified to the T / C 20 via the upper island controller 30. That is, for example, if the consumption tax rate is 5%, a consumption tax of 5 yen is collected every time a lending amount of 100 yen, which is the unit amount of lending, is rented, and the total amount of 105 yen is used as the usage amount. 30 will be notified.

  In addition, the card unit 40 sends a pulse each time a ball throwing instruction is issued for several minutes. On the other hand, if the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than one minute, a ball corresponding to the remaining amount is thrown out. In addition, an adjustment pulse indicating that the remaining amount of balls has been lent is sent out. The specific operation of the card unit 40 will be described in detail later.

  The pachinko machine 50 is attached to the card unit 40, and throws out balls once every several minutes according to a ball throwing instruction from the card unit 40. A player plays a game by flipping the balls thrown on the tray to the board surface.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the card unit 40 according to the present embodiment. A card unit 40 shown in FIG. 2 includes a card ID reading unit 101, a card ID transmission unit 102, a balance information receiving unit 103, a ball throwing control unit 104, a conversion unit 105, a ball throwing unit 106, a pulse control unit 107, and A pulse transmission unit 108 is provided. In FIG. 2, a block relating to a process for updating the remaining amount of the prepaid card when a ball is lent is omitted.

  When a prepaid card is inserted into the card unit 40, the card ID reading unit 101 reads the card ID recorded on the prepaid card and outputs the card ID to the card ID transmission unit 102. The card ID transmission unit 102 transmits the card ID read by the card ID reading unit 101 to the T / C 20 via the island controller 30.

  The remaining amount information receiving unit 103 receives the remaining amount information returned from the T / C 20 via the island controller 30. The remaining amount information includes information on the remaining amount and the remaining number associated with the prepaid card inserted into the card unit 40. Information on the remaining amount and the remaining frequency is output to the ball throwing control unit 104.

  The ball throwing control unit 104 detects that the player has pressed the ball lending button provided in the pachinko machine 50, and controls lending of the ball with the remaining amount of the prepaid card inserted in the card unit 40 as an upper limit. . Specifically, the ball throwing control unit 104 instructs the pachinko machine 50 to throw a ball for one degree when the remaining amount of the prepaid card is one or more minutes, that is, when the remaining number is one or more. Instructs the pulse control unit 107 that balls of several minutes are thrown out at the same time. Further, when the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than one minute, that is, when the remaining number is 0, the ball throwing control unit 104 outputs the remaining amount of the prepaid card to the conversion unit 105. In other words, the ball throwing control unit 104 outputs the remaining amount to the conversion unit 105 when it detects a fraction less than one minute from the remaining amount of the prepaid card.

  The conversion unit 105 notifies the pulse control unit 107 of the remaining amount of the prepaid card output from the ball throwing control unit 104 and converts it to the number of balls. Then, the conversion unit 105 notifies the ball throwing unit 106 of the converted number of balls. When converting the remaining amount of the prepaid card into the number of balls, the conversion unit 105 performs conversion so that a consumption tax is collected from the remaining amount. For example, if one ball is 4 yen and the consumption tax rate is 5%, the remaining amount of the prepaid card is not divided by 4 yen per ball, but is 4.2 (4 x 1.05) yen. Divide. It should be noted that the fractional part generated in the conversion result in the conversion unit 105 may be fixedly rounded off, rounded up, or rounded, and may be selected in advance by an amusement store staff. You can leave it.

  The ball throwing unit 106 includes, for example, a nozzle that extends toward the tray of the pachinko machine 50, and throws the number of balls converted by the conversion unit 105 from the tip of the nozzle to the tray of the pachinko machine 50. . The shape of the ball throwing unit 106 may be any shape, and the ball may be thrown from a predetermined position to a container possessed by the player or to the player.

  When the ball throwing control unit 104 notifies the ball throwing control unit 104 that balls for a few times are thrown out, the pulse control unit 107 sends a normal pulse for reporting the lending of balls for a number of times to the H / C 10. On the other hand, when the prepaid card remaining amount is notified from the conversion unit 105 while being output to the pulse transmission unit 108, an adjustment pulse indicating the remaining amount is generated and output to the pulse transmission unit 108.

  Specifically, the pulse control unit 107 includes a pulse generation unit 1071 and an adjustment pulse generation unit 1072, for example, as shown in FIG. The pulse generation unit 1071 generates a normal pulse when a ball for several times is thrown out by a throwing instruction from the ball throwing control unit 104. The adjustment pulse generation unit 1072 generates an adjustment pulse indicating the remaining amount when the remaining amount of balls less than a few minutes is thrown out. The pulse generated by the pulse generation unit 1071 is always the same signal, whereas the adjustment pulse generated by the adjustment pulse generation unit 1072 is a signal indicating a specific amount of money. It becomes.

  The pulse sending unit 108 sends the pulse or adjustment pulse generated by the pulse control unit 107 to the H / C 10 via the island controller 30. By transmitting these pulses or adjustment pulses to the H / C 10, the H / C 10 can accumulate the amount of money for one time or the amount indicated by the adjustment pulse, and can manage sales.

  Next, the operation of the card unit 40 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, when a player inserts a prepaid card into the card unit 40 (step S101), the card ID of the prepaid card is read by the card ID reader 101 and transmitted from the card ID transmitter 102 (step S102). The transmitted card ID is received by the T / C 20 via the island controller 30.

  Then, the remaining amount and the remaining frequency associated with the received card ID are read out by the T / C 20, and the read remaining amount information is again transmitted to the remaining amount information receiving unit of the card unit 40 via the island controller 30. 103 (step S103).

  The received remaining amount information includes the remaining amount and the remaining number associated with the prepaid card inserted into the card unit 40. After receiving the remaining amount information, the ball throwing control unit 104 performs a ball operation of the pachinko machine 50. The depressing of the lending button is waited (step S104). When the ball lending button is pressed by the player (Yes in Step S104), the ball throwing control unit 104 determines whether or not the remaining amount is less than one minute corresponding to the unit amount of lending the ball (Step S104). S105). That is, for example, if the card unit 40 lends balls in units of 100 yen and the consumption tax rate is 5%, it is determined whether or not the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than 105 yen corresponding to one time.

  As a result of this determination, if the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than one minute (Yes in step S105), in other words, if the remaining amount of the prepaid card is 0, the remaining amount of the prepaid card is converted from the ball dispensing control unit 104 to the conversion unit 105. To be notified. At this time, the remaining amount of the prepaid card is insufficient and it is not possible to lend balls for several times, so that the instruction for throwing balls for several times is not given to the pachinko machine 50. Then, the conversion unit 105 notifies the remaining amount of the prepaid card to the pulse control unit 107 and calculates the number of balls that can be lent based on the remaining amount of the prepaid card (step S106). As described above, when the remaining amount of the prepaid card is converted into the number of balls, the number of balls that can be lent out is calculated when the consumption tax is collected, so the amount obtained by adding the consumption tax to the amount of one ball The remaining amount of the prepaid card is divided. Then, after the decimal point of the conversion result, it is processed by any of rounding down, rounding up, and rounding, and the number of balls corresponding to the remaining amount of the prepaid card is set.

  The number of balls of the conversion result calculated in this way is notified to the ball throwing unit 106. And the ball | bowl for the conversion result is thrown out by the ball | bowl throwing-out part 106 (step S107). In the present embodiment, when the remaining amount of the prepaid card is one or more minutes, the ball throwing control unit 104 issues a ball throwing instruction to the pachinko machine 50, and the remaining amount of the prepaid card is several times. The ball is thrown directly from the ball throwing unit 106 in any case, but in either case, a ball throwing instruction is given to the pachinko machine 50, or a ball is thrown directly from the ball throwing unit 106. It may be issued.

  When the conversion unit 105 notifies the pulse control unit 107 of the remaining amount of the prepaid card, the adjustment pulse generation unit 1072 in the pulse control unit 107 generates an adjustment pulse including a signal indicating the remaining amount. Since this adjustment pulse includes information on the amount of the remaining amount of the prepaid card, it becomes a different signal depending on the amount of money, and is a more complicated signal than a normal pulse for reporting the lending of balls for one time. The adjustment pulse is sent from the pulse sending unit 108 (step S108), and is received by the H / C 10 via the island controller 30. When the H / C 10 receives the adjustment pulse, the H / C 10 grasps that the remaining amount of the prepaid card has been lent from the adjustment pulse, and adds the remaining amount of the prepaid card to the sales amount.

  As a result, when a consumption tax is levied on the balls that are lent out, the remaining amount less than a few minutes that occurs on the prepaid card is returned to the player as a ball, so that it can flexibly respond to consumption tax collection from the player The convenience of the player can be improved. In addition, since the remaining amount is reported to the H / C 10 as an adjustment pulse, the amount of the prepaid card issued managed by the T / C 20 matches the sales amount of the ball lending managed by the H / C 10, Sales management can be made more efficient.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination by the ball dispensing control unit 104, when the remaining amount of the prepaid card is one or more minutes (step S105 No), in other words, when the remaining number of the prepaid card is one or more times, the ball dispensing control The ball 104 is instructed to throw out balls for several times from the unit 104 to the pachinko machine 50 (step S109). At the same time, the pulse control unit 107 is notified that balls for a few times are thrown out from the pachinko machine 50.

  Then, the pulse generator 1071 in the pulse controller 107 generates a pulse indicating that a ball for several times has been lent out. Unlike the adjustment pulse, this pulse does not include information on the amount of money, so it can always be the same simple signal. The pulse is sent from the pulse sending unit 108 (step S110), and is received by the H / C 10 via the island controller 30. When the H / C 10 receives the pulse, the H / C 10 adds an amount of money (for example, 105 yen) to the sales amount.

  Next, a specific example of sales management according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In the following, the amount of one ball is 4 yen and the consumption tax rate is 5%. In addition, it is assumed that 25 balls (corresponding to 105 yen including consumption tax) are lent out with one prepaid card.

  A player purchases a prepaid card of a desired amount with a card issuing machine or the like in a game store. Here, for example, a prepaid card of 3000 yen is purchased. This prepaid card is given a card ID, and the card ID and an issue amount of 3000 yen are associated with each other and stored in the T / C 20 and counted as a sales amount. Here, since the number of times is equivalent to 105 yen including consumption tax, the remaining number is 28 (= | 3000 ÷ 105 | (| x | is the largest integer not exceeding x) when all the issued amount remains as the remaining amount (Step S201). On the other hand, in the state where all the issued amount of the prepaid card remains as the remaining amount, since the ball is not lent out, the sales amount at H / C 10 is 0 (step S202).

  In this state, when the prepaid card is inserted into the card unit 40, the card ID read by the card ID reading unit 101 of the card unit 40 is transmitted from the card ID transmitting unit 102, and the remaining amount and the remaining frequency are calculated from the T / C 20. The remaining amount information is returned (step S203). Then, when the ball lending button of the pachinko machine 50 is pressed by the player, the ball throwing control unit 104 determines whether or not the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than a few minutes. Here, since the remaining amount of the prepaid card is 3000 yen and the remaining number is 28, it is determined that the remaining amount is one or more minutes, and the ball throwing control unit 104 transfers it to the pachinko machine 50 for one time (25 balls). Is issued, and 25 balls are lent out from the pachinko machine 50 (step S204). At this time, the ball throwing control unit 104 is notified to the pulse control unit 107 that a ball for a few times is lent out, and the normal pulse generated by the pulse generation unit 1071 is sent from the pulse transmission unit 108 to the H / C 10. It is sent out (step S205).

  As a result, at T / C20, the remaining amount and the remaining frequency of the prepaid card are reduced by 105 yen and 1 frequency, respectively, and the remaining amount is 2895 yen and the remaining frequency is 27 frequency (step S206). The sales amount is 105 yen per fraction (step S207).

  Thereafter, every time a number of balls are lent out by the same operation, the remaining amount of the prepaid card stored in the T / C 20 is subtracted by 105 yen, while the sales amount stored in the H / C 10 Will be added 105 yen each. After the balls for 28 degrees are lent out, the remaining amount of the prepaid card is 60 (= 3000−105 × 28) yen, and the remaining number is 0 (step S208). Further, the sales amount in H / C 10 is 2940 (= 105 × 28) yen due to the reception of the normal pulse 28 times (step S209). In this state, the remaining amount information indicating the remaining amount of 60 yen and the remaining number of times 0 is transmitted from the T / C 20 to the card unit 40 (step S210). Then, when the ball lending button of the pachinko machine 50 is pressed by the player, the ball throwing control unit 104 determines whether or not the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than a few minutes.

  Here, since the remaining 60 yen of the prepaid card is less than 105 yen corresponding to one time, it is determined that the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than one time. In this case, the ball throwing control unit 104 does not issue a ball throwing instruction, and the conversion unit 105 is notified of the remaining 60 yen of the prepaid card. Then, the conversion unit 105 notifies the remaining 60 yen of the prepaid card to the adjustment pulse generation unit 1072 in the pulse control unit 107 and converts 60 yen into the number of balls. Since the consumption tax is 5% for 4 yen per ball, the conversion unit 105 converts the remaining 60 yen of the prepaid card into 14 (≈60 ÷ 4.2) balls. Here, it is assumed that the decimal part is rounded down. And the conversion result by the conversion part 105 is notified to the ball | bowl throwing-out part 106, 14 balls | bowl are thrown out from the ball | bowl throwing-out part 106, and the remaining amount of a prepaid card is returned to a player (step S211).

  In addition, the adjustment pulse generation unit 1072 in the pulse control unit 107 generates an adjustment pulse indicating the remaining 60 yen, and transmits it from the pulse transmission unit 108 to the H / C 10 (step S212). Thereby, in T / C20, not only the remaining frequency of the prepaid card but also the remaining amount becomes 0 (step S213), and H / C10 adds 60 yen to the sales amount by the adjustment pulse indicating 60 yen to 3000 yen. (Step S214). For this reason, the sales amount managed in the H / C 10 matches the issuance amount of the prepaid card stored in the T / C 20, and management that does not cause an error becomes possible.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the remaining amount of the prepaid card becomes less than a few minutes, the remaining amount is converted into the number of balls and the equivalent amount of the remaining amount is loaned to the player and returned. It is possible to flexibly deal with consumption tax collection from the player and to make the convenience of the player. In addition, when the remaining amount of less than a few minutes is lent out as a ball, an adjustment pulse indicating this remaining amount is sent to the hall computer, so that sales management in the hall computer can be performed accurately, and the amount of prepaid card issued is Consistency with sales in the terminal controller to be managed can be maintained.

(Embodiment 2)
A feature of the second embodiment of the present invention is that a remaining amount less than one minute is held, and a normal pulse is sent from the card unit to the hall computer when the total of the remaining amount becomes one minute.

  Since the outline of the gaming system according to the present embodiment is the same as that of the first embodiment (FIG. 1), description thereof is omitted. Moreover, the principal part structure of the card unit 40 concerning this Embodiment is the same as that of Embodiment 1 (FIG. 2). However, in the present embodiment, the card unit 40 has a pulse control unit 207 instead of the pulse control unit 107 of FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the pulse control unit 207 according to the present embodiment. The pulse control unit 207 includes a pulse generation unit 2071, a remaining sum determination unit 2072, and a remaining amount holding unit 2073.

  The pulse generation unit 2071 generates a normal pulse when a ball for several times is thrown out by a throwing instruction from the ball throwing control unit 104. The pulse generation unit 2071 also generates a normal pulse even when there is an instruction from the remaining amount total determination unit 2072.

  The remaining amount total determination unit 2072 determines whether or not the total of the remaining amounts held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073 has reached one minute. Then, the remaining amount total determining unit 2072 instructs the pulse generating unit 2071 to generate a normal pulse and instructs the remaining amount holding unit 2073 to update the remaining amount when the total of the remaining amount reaches once. .

  The remaining amount holding unit 2073 holds the remaining amount of the prepaid card notified from the conversion unit 105, and obtains the total of the remaining amount every time a new amount of the prepaid card is notified. Then, when there is an instruction from the remaining amount total determination unit 2072, the remaining amount holding unit 2073 subtracts the amount of money for one time from the remaining amount, and updates the held amount.

  Next, the operation of the card unit 40 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In this figure, the same parts as those in FIG. 4 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  First, when a player inserts a prepaid card into the card unit 40 (step S101), the card ID read by the card ID reading unit 101 is transmitted from the card ID transmission unit 102 (step S102). Then, the remaining amount information corresponding to the card ID is returned from the T / C 20 and received by the remaining amount information receiving unit 103 of the card unit 40 (step S103).

  Thereafter, the ball throwing control unit 104 waits for the ball lending button of the pachinko machine 50 to be pressed (step S104), and when the player pushes the ball lending button (step S104 Yes), the ball throwing control unit 104 It is determined whether or not the remaining amount is less than a few minutes corresponding to the unit amount of the ball lending (step S105). As a result of this determination, if the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than one minute (Yes in step S105), in other words, if the remaining amount of the prepaid card is 0, the remaining amount of the prepaid card is converted from the ball dispensing control unit 104 to the conversion unit 105. To be notified. The conversion unit 105 notifies the remaining amount of the prepaid card to the pulse control unit 207, and calculates the number of balls that can be lent based on the remaining amount of the prepaid card (step S106). The number of balls in the conversion result thus calculated is notified to the ball throwing unit 106, and balls for the conversion result are thrown out (step S107). In the present embodiment, when the remaining amount of the prepaid card is one or more minutes, the ball throwing control unit 104 issues a ball throwing instruction to the pachinko machine 50, and the remaining amount of the prepaid card is several times. The ball is thrown directly from the ball throwing unit 106 in any case, but in either case, a ball throwing instruction is given to the pachinko machine 50, or a ball is thrown directly from the ball throwing unit 106. It may be issued.

  When the remaining amount of the prepaid card is notified from the conversion unit 105 to the pulse control unit 207, the remaining amount is held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073 in the pulse control unit 207 (step S301), and the total of the remaining amount already held Is calculated. Then, the remaining amount total determining unit 2072 determines whether or not the total of the remaining amounts held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073 has reached a certain amount of money (step S302). That is, for example, when the frequency corresponds to 105 yen, it is determined whether or not the total of the remaining amount held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073 is 105 yen or more. The remaining amount holding unit 2073 is notified of the remaining amount from the conversion unit 105 when the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than a few minutes and is held, so the prepaid card inserted into the card unit 40 is the first one. If there is, the total of the remaining amount will not reach the amount of once, but if two or more prepaid cards are inserted into the card unit 40 in order, the remaining amount will eventually reach the amount of one time It will be.

  As a result of the determination by the remaining amount total determining unit 2072, if the total remaining amount has not reached the amount of money for one time (No in step S302), no particular processing is performed and the remaining amount is held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073. Insertion of the next prepaid card is awaited. On the other hand, if the total of the remaining amount has reached the amount of money for one time (step S302 Yes), the remaining amount determination unit 2072 instructs the pulse generation unit 2071 to generate a pulse, and the remaining amount holding unit 2073 is instructed. On the other hand, it is instructed to update the total of the remaining amount. Then, the remaining amount holding unit 2073 subtracts the amount of money for one time from the total remaining amount (step S303).

  Then, the pulse generator 2071 generates a pulse indicating that balls for a few times have been lent out. Here, the individual remaining amount held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073 is less than a few minutes, but when the remaining amount is repeatedly converted into the number of balls and lent out, the total number of balls lent out will be reduced to one time. It will be equivalent. For this reason, when the total of the remaining amount converted into the number of balls by the conversion unit 105 reaches one number of times, a pulse indicating that the number of balls of the number of times has been lent out is generated. The generated pulse is sent from the pulse sending unit 108 (step S110), and is received by the H / C 10 via the island controller 30. When the H / C 10 receives the pulse, the H / C 10 adds an amount of money (for example, 105 yen) to the sales amount.

  On the other hand, as a result of the determination by the ball dispensing control unit 104, when the remaining amount of the prepaid card is one or more minutes (step S105 No), in other words, when the remaining number of the prepaid card is one or more times, the ball dispensing control The ball 104 is instructed to throw out balls for several times from the unit 104 to the pachinko machine 50 (step S109). At the same time, the pulse control unit 207 is notified that balls for a few times are thrown out from the pachinko machine 50.

  Then, the pulse generation unit 2071 in the pulse control unit 207 generates a pulse indicating that the ball for several times has been lent out. This pulse is the same as the pulse generated in response to the instruction from the above-described remaining amount determination unit 2072. The pulse is sent from the pulse sending unit 108 (step S110), and is received by the H / C 10 via the island controller 30. When the H / C 10 receives the pulse, the H / C 10 adds an amount of money (for example, 105 yen) to the sales amount. As described above, in the present embodiment, since the pulses sent from the card unit 40 to the H / C 10 are always the same, it is not necessary to greatly change the configuration of the H / C 10, and the increase in cost is suppressed. can do.

  Next, a specific example of sales management according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In this figure, the same parts as those in FIG. In the following, the amount of one ball is 4 yen and the consumption tax rate is 5%. In addition, it is assumed that 25 balls (corresponding to 105 yen including consumption tax) are lent out with one prepaid card.

  First, when the first prepaid card A is inserted into the card unit 40, balls are lent out once every few minutes as in the first embodiment, and when the remaining amount of the prepaid card A reaches 60 yen, The ball throwing instruction by 104 is not performed and the conversion unit 105 is notified of the remaining 60 yen of the prepaid card. Then, the conversion unit 105 notifies the remaining amount of 60 yen of the prepaid card to the remaining amount holding unit 2073 in the pulse control unit 207, and the 60 yen is converted into 14 balls and lent to the player (step S211). In the present embodiment, the remaining amount of the prepaid card is not reported to the H / C 10 at this time.

  Further, the remaining amount of 60 yen notified to the remaining amount holding unit 2073 in the pulse control unit 207 is held, and the remaining amount total determining unit 2072 determines whether or not the total of the remaining amount has reached the amount of money for one time ( Step S401) Here, since the prepaid card A is the first one, the total remaining amount is 60 yen, which does not reach 105 yen per frequency. For this reason, the card unit 40 stands by for insertion of the next prepaid card.

  Then, the second prepaid card B is inserted into the card unit 40. Here, for example, it is assumed that a prepaid card having a remaining amount of 5000 yen and a remaining number of 47 is inserted (step S402). At this point in time, the H / C 10 has received a 28-minute pulse for the prepaid card A, so the sales amount is recorded as 2940 yen (step S403).

  In this state, when the remaining amount information is transmitted from the T / C 20 to the card unit 40 (step S404) and the ball lending button of the pachinko machine 50 is pressed by the player, the number of balls of the number of times from the remaining amount of the prepaid card B is increased. Lending is performed (step S405), and a pulse is sent to the H / C 10 (step S406). Thereby, in T / C20, the remaining amount of the prepaid card B becomes 4895 yen, the remaining frequency becomes 46 (step S407), and the sales amount in H / C10 becomes 3045 (= 2940 + 105) yen (step S408).

  Thereafter, every time a number of balls are lent out by the same operation, the remaining amount of the prepaid card stored in the T / C 20 is subtracted by 105 yen, while the sales amount stored in the H / C 10 Will be added 105 yen each. Then, after the balls for 47 degrees are lent out from the prepaid card B, the remaining amount of the prepaid card B becomes 65 (= 5000−105 × 47) yen, and the remaining number becomes 0 (step S409). Further, the sales amount in H / C 10 is 7875 (= 2940 + 105 × 47) yen obtained by adding 47 pulses to 2940 yen (step S410). In this state, the remaining amount information indicating the remaining amount of 65 yen and the remaining number of times 0 is transmitted from the T / C 20 to the card unit 40 (step S411). Then, when the ball lending button of the pachinko machine 50 is pressed by the player, the ball throwing control unit 104 determines whether or not the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than a few minutes.

  Here, since the remaining 65 yen of the prepaid card is less than 105 yen corresponding to one time, it is determined that the remaining amount of the prepaid card is less than one time. In this case, the ball throwing control unit 104 does not issue a ball throwing instruction, and the conversion unit 105 is notified of the remaining 65 yen of the prepaid card. Then, the conversion unit 105 notifies the remaining amount of 65 yen of the prepaid card to the remaining amount holding unit 2073 in the pulse control unit 207 and converts 65 yen into the number of balls. Since the consumption tax is 5% for 4 yen per ball, the conversion unit 105 converts the remaining 65 yen of the prepaid card into 15 (≈65 ÷ 4.2) balls. Here, it is assumed that the decimal part is rounded down. And the conversion result by the conversion part 105 is notified to the ball | bowl throwing-out part 106, 15 balls | bowls are thrown out from the ball | bowl throwing-out part 106, and the remaining amount of a prepaid card is returned to a player (step S412).

  Further, the remaining amount of 65 yen notified to the remaining amount holding unit 2073 in the pulse control unit 207 is held, and the total with the remaining amount of 60 yen that is already held is calculated. Then, the remaining amount total determination unit 2072 determines whether or not the total remaining amount of 125 yen has reached the amount of money for one time (step S414). Here, since the total remaining amount of 125 yen exceeds 105 yen per fraction, the remaining amount determining unit 2072 instructs the pulse generating unit 2071 to generate a pulse, and the remaining amount holding unit 2073 calculates the total remaining amount. An update is instructed. Then, a pulse is generated by the pulse generation unit 2071 and is transmitted from the pulse transmission unit 108 to the H / C 10 (step S415). Further, the remaining amount holding unit 2073 subtracts 105 yen per frequency from the remaining amount 125 yen, and the total remaining amount is updated to 20 yen (step S416). On the other hand, in H / C 10, when a pulse is received, 105 yen is added to the sales amount to 7980 yen (step S417). At this time, the total of the issued amount of the prepaid card A and the prepaid card B stored in the T / C 20, the sales amount 7980 yen stored in the H / C 10 and the remaining 20 yen of the remaining amount held in the card unit 40 The total is 8000 yen, and if the remaining amount held in the card unit 40 is reported to the H / C 10, the issue amount at the T / C 20 and the sales amount at the H / C 10 match.

  Thereafter, each time the sum of the remaining amount held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073 of the card unit 40 reaches 105 yen, a pulse is sent to the H / C 10, and 105 yen is added to the sales amount in the H / C 10. For example, when the amusement store is closed, the total of the remaining amount less than 105 yen held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073 of the card unit 40 is added to the sales amount of the H / C 10 and stored in the T / C 20. The total amount of prepaid card issuance matches the sales amount of H / C10.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the remaining amount of the prepaid card becomes less than a few minutes, the remaining amount is converted into the number of balls and the equivalent amount of the remaining amount is loaned to the player and returned. It is possible to flexibly deal with consumption tax collection from the player and to make the convenience of the player. In addition, when the remaining amount less than one minute is lent out as a ball, this remaining amount is retained, and each time the total of the remaining amount reaches one minute, a ball for one number is lent out Since the same pulse is sent to the hall computer, sales management in the hall computer can be performed accurately, and consistency with sales in the terminal controller that manages the issued amount of the prepaid card can be maintained. Further, since pulses for several times are always transmitted, it is not necessary to change the configuration of the hall computer, and an increase in cost can be suppressed.

  In the present embodiment, the pulse is sent to the H / C 10 every time the total of the remaining amount held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073 reaches a certain amount of money. Until then, all the remaining amount may be held in the remaining amount holding unit 2073, and a number of pulses corresponding to the total of the remaining amounts may be collectively sent to the H / C 10 when the game store is closed. Furthermore, when the amusement store is closed, the remaining amount that is less than one time remaining without being reported as a pulse may be reported from the remaining amount holding unit 2073 to the H / C 10.

  In each of the above embodiments, the card unit 40 provided in the pachinko machine 50 converts the remaining amount of the prepaid card into the number of balls, and throws out the converted number of balls. Installed a dedicated ball lending processing device that converts the remaining amount of the prepaid card into the number of balls at the edge of the island in the store, and the remaining amount is less than a few minutes, making it impossible to lend balls by the card unit You may make it process a prepaid card with the ball lending processing apparatus of an island edge. In this case, the configuration of the island edge ball lending processing device is such that the ball throwing control unit 104 is deleted from the card unit 40 shown in FIG. 2, and the remaining amount information is notified directly from the remaining amount information receiving unit 103 to the conversion unit 105. You can do it. By doing so, it is possible to flexibly deal with consumption tax collection from the player without greatly modifying the current card unit, and to suppress an increase in cost.

  In addition, when installing a dedicated ball lending processing device on the island edge, it is also possible to lend the remaining amount by converting the remaining amount into the number of balls even for a prepaid card having a remaining amount of several minutes or more. Alternatively, a fraction less than one minute may be detected from the remaining amount of the prepaid card, and only the detected fraction may be converted into a number of balls for lending.

  In addition, the card unit 40 or the pachinko machine 50 is provided with a fraction lending button in addition to a normal ball lending button. You may be allowed to lend out a fraction of balls prior to lending.

  The present invention flexibly responds to consumption tax collection from a player and is suitable for the convenience of the player.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the game system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a main configuration of the card unit according to the first embodiment. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a pulse control unit according to Embodiment 1. FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the card unit according to the first embodiment. 6 is a sequence diagram showing a specific example of sales management according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a block diagram which shows the internal structure of the pulse control part concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation of the card unit according to the second embodiment. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a specific example of sales management according to the second embodiment.

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101 Card ID Reading Unit 102 Card ID Transmitting Unit 103 Remaining Amount Information Receiving Unit 104 Ball Throwing Control Unit 105 Conversion Unit 106 Ball Throwing Unit 107, 207 Pulse Control Unit 1071, 2071 Pulse Generation Unit 1072 Adjustment Pulse Generation Unit 2072 Total Balance Determination Part 2073 Remaining amount holding part 108 Pulse sending part

Claims (6)

A gaming medium lending processing device that sends a pulse each time a valuable value associated with a recording medium is used for lending gaming media by a predetermined amount,
Obtaining means for obtaining a balance of valuable value associated with the recording medium;
Detecting means for detecting a fraction less than the predetermined amount from the remaining amount acquired by the acquiring means;
Conversion means for converting the fraction detected by the detection means into the number of game media that can be lent by the fraction;
Lending processing means for lending the number of game media converted by the converting means;
Control means for controlling the transmission of pulses in accordance with the fraction detected by the detection means ,
The control means includes
Holding means for holding the fraction;
Determining means for determining whether the sum of the fractions held by the holding means has reached the predetermined amount;
A game medium lending processing apparatus , comprising: generating means for generating the same pulse as that normally transmitted when the sum of the fractions reaches the predetermined amount as a result of determination by the determination means . The control means includes
Generating means for generating an adjustment pulse indicating the fraction;
2. The game medium lending processing device according to claim 1, wherein when the lending processing means performs lending processing of the fraction of game media, the adjustment pulse generated by the generating means is sent out. The control means includes
Game media lending apparatus according to claim 1, characterized in that transmitted together multiple pulses generated by said generating means. The holding means is
Game media lending apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the subtracting the prescribed amount from the sum of the fractional whenever a pulse generated by the generating means is delivered. The holding means is
5. The game medium lending processing device according to claim 4, wherein a total of the fractions remaining after subtracting the predetermined amount is reported to the outside. A gaming medium lending processing method for sending a pulse each time a valuable value associated with a recording medium is used for lending a gaming medium by a predetermined amount,
An acquisition step of acquiring a balance of valuable value associated with the recording medium;
A detection step of detecting a fraction less than the predetermined amount from the remaining amount acquired in the acquisition step;
A conversion step of converting the fraction detected in the detection step into the number of game media that can be lent by the fraction;
A lending process step for lending the number of game media converted in the conversion step;
A control step of controlling the sending of pulses according to the fraction detected in the detection step ,
The control step includes
Holding step for holding the fraction;
A determination step of determining whether or not the total of the fractions held by the holding step has reached the predetermined amount;
A game medium lending processing method comprising: a generation step of generating a pulse that is the same as a pulse that is normally transmitted when the sum of the fractions reaches the predetermined amount as a result of the determination in the determination step .

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