JP5177845B2 - Amusement machine prize exchange device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize exchange device for a game hall for exchanging game media acquired by a player for a prize.

In game halls such as pachinko halls, a game machine acquired by a player through a terminal is exchanged for a desired prize by a terminal as shown in Patent Document 1.
JP-A-10-113445

  By the way, among players, there is a player who desires to exchange the exchanged prize for another prize. In order to deal with such a player, a so-called replacement process is performed in which a replacement target prize is input to the terminal and another desired prize corresponding to the number of media corresponding to the prize is exchanged. Yes. This replacement process is also performed when an operational error by an employee has occurred (the player has performed an unintended replacement process). However, in the replacement process, In other words, when a so-called surplus ball, which is a surplus game medium, is taken in, the taken-in portion cannot be recalled, which may cause a trouble with the player. Further, since it is difficult to perform operations according to the procedure such as inputting all the prizes to be returned in the replacement process or inputting the game medium type, there is a possibility of causing a new operation error.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a prize exchange device for amusement hall that can reliably perform a replacement process for replacing a prize that a player has with a new prize with a simple operation. It is to provide.

The present invention relates to a value storage means for storing the number of consideration media, which is the number of game media to be exchanged for each prize type, for a prize that can be exchanged with an acquired game media that is a game media acquired by a player. And a receiving means capable of accepting a storage medium capable of specifying the number of acquired game media; and an exchange for identifying the number of acquired game media based on the storage medium received by the accepting means and replacing the acquired number of game media to be exchanged Based on the medium specifying means for specifying the number of target media, the operating means for receiving an operation for specifying a prize desired by the player, the operation received by the operating means, and the number of the paying media stored in the consideration storage means The player specifies the number of exchangeable medium that is the exchange consideration of the desired prize, and the player is conditioned on the condition that the number of exchangeable medium does not exceed the number of mediums to be exchanged specified by the medium specifying means. An exchanging means for allowing the exchange of the desired prize and the acquired game medium, and for associating the prize to be exchanged with the number of exchange target media specified by the medium specifying means when the admission means permits the exchange Exchange means for performing processing, exchange information storage means for storing exchange processing information capable of specifying the number of exchange target media and prizes to be exchanged for each exchange process performed by the exchange means, and the exchange information storage Among the exchange process information stored by the means, a process specifying means for specifying exchange process information corresponding to the exchange process to be canceled, and a cancel for canceling the exchange process specified by the exchange process information specified by the process specifying means and means, said switching processing, when the compensation medium number corresponding to the prize became exchange object and said replacement target medium number do not match, exchanged medium number of The game room can be terminated after the game medium that has not been the target of the prize exchange is taken in, and the operation means accepts an operation of selecting an exchange process to be canceled from among the exchange processes completed. The process specifying unit specifies the exchange process specified by the operation received by the operation unit as the exchange process to be canceled, and the medium specifying unit is configured to cancel the exchange process by the cancel unit. The number of exchange target media corresponding to the exchange processing is specified as the number of exchange target media in the prize exchange after cancellation (claim 1).

  In the above configuration, the operation means accepts an operation for specifying a returned gift that is a prize that the player desires to return, and an operation for ending an operation for specifying a returned gift. Exchange processing information that can be specified as a gift to be exchanged for a return gift specified by the operation accepted by the operation means, in exchange processing information stored in the means, is exchange processing corresponding to the exchange processing to be canceled When the operation means accepts an operation for ending the operation in a state where the operation means accepts an operation for identifying a returned gift, the extraction means for extracting as information is included. The exchange of the returned goods, which is the price of the returned goods specified based on the operation for specifying the returned goods and the number of consideration media stored in the value storage means, after the return When the exchange process specified by the exchange process information extracted by the extraction means is canceled by the cancellation means, the exchange target medium quantity is specified as the exchange target medium number after the cancellation. (Claim 2).

In addition, when the exchange processing information is extracted by the extraction means, a display means for displaying information indicating that the replacement processing information has been extracted may be provided.
Further, the display means may display pop-up information indicating that it has been extracted when the number of pieces of exchange processing information extracted by the extraction means is equal to or less than a predetermined number (claim 4).

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when an employee performs wrong prize exchange due to an operation mistake and takes in extra balls, the exchange processing information is canceled by the canceling means. Then, the medium specifying unit specifies the number of exchange target media corresponding to the exchange process canceled by the cancellation unit as the number of exchange target media in the prize exchange after the cancellation. Therefore, it is possible to perform the replacement process again using the extra balls that have been taken in based on the operation mistake of the employee as a replacement target. Further, since it is possible to deal with the case where the player exchanges all of the returned gifts, it is possible to free from complicated operations such as inputting all of the returned gifts.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, the exchange process information can be extracted every time an operation for specifying the returned prize is performed on the operation means, so that the player or the employee can give the prize based on the exchange process information. Exchange can be performed easily. In addition, even if the exchange process is performed without noticing the prize exchange, it is possible to smoothly shift to the prize exchange based on the exchange process information by operating the canceling means. .

  According to the invention of claim 3, since the extracted exchange process information is displayed on the display means, it is possible to exchange prizes based on the exchange process information during the exchange process, or that there is a candidate for it. It can be easily grasped.

  According to the invention of claim 4, an employee of a game hall performing a complicated operation to perform a pop-up display when the number of pieces of exchange processing information extracted by the extracting means becomes a predetermined number or less during the replacement process. Can be shown an appropriate time to shift to the prize exchange process based on the exchange process information.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 schematically shows the entire amusement hall prize exchange system. In the pachinko hall as a game hall, there are gaming machine islands 1 on which a plurality of gaming machines (not shown) are installed. Counting both sides or one side of these gaming machine islands 1 or any gaming machine island 1 A device 2 is installed. The gift exchange counter is provided with a POS terminal (equivalent to a value storage means, a medium specifying means, an accepting means, an exchanging means, an exchange information storing means, a processing specifying means, a canceling means, an extracting means, and a display means) 3. A management device 4 is installed in the office. The counting device 2, the POS terminal 3, and the management device 4 are connected to the network by an in-store LAN 5, for example.

  FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the POS terminal 3. The POS terminal 3 includes a numeric keypad (corresponding to operation means) 6, a PLU (Price Look Up) button (corresponding to operation means) 7, an exchange button 8, an end button 9, a cancel button 10, and other operation buttons (storage operation, storage) Operation), a receipt issuing unit 11, a display unit with a touch panel (display unit, corresponding to operation means) 12, a scanner (not shown) for receiving a receipt (corresponding to storage means) (equivalent to reception means, operation means), etc. Configured. The exchange button 8 is a button for temporarily confirming the exchange of the special prize. The end button 9 is a button for confirming the temporarily specified special prize. The cancel button 10 is a button for canceling the operation content before finalizing the processing, such as when canceling provisional specification of the prize between the time when the exchange button 8 is pressed and the time when the end button 9 is pressed. is there.

  When the POS terminal 3 reads the count information from the receipt as will be described later, the POS terminal 3 transmits to the management device 4 that the receipt has been received and reception information that can identify the receipt. In addition, when an exchange process is performed in which the valuable value of the game medium specified from the count information is associated with a prize that the player desires to exchange, an exchange that can identify the corresponding receipt and the corresponding receipt Information is transmitted to the management device 4.

When the issuance information is received from the counting device 2, the management device 4 creates a new record in the storage medium information file and records the issuance time. In addition, it manages the sales status of daitama ball lending machines, the operating status of each gaming machine, the counting status based on the counting process of the counting device 2, the exchange status of free gifts at the POS terminal 3, the inventory status, etc. The settings of the device 2 and the POS terminal 3 are managed.
The counting device 2 and the POS terminal 3 also manage each situation.

  In this embodiment, the POS terminal 3 can redo the exchange process based on the history display as will be described later. Further, during the replacement process of the returned gift, an exchange history corresponding to the returned gift is extracted, and an exchange process based on the history display is prompted instead of the replacement process. In order to execute such processing, exchange processing, and the like, the POS terminal 3 stores a premium exchange unit price setting, and specifies the value of the returned premium based on the exchange unit price.

  FIG. 3 shows an example of a gift exchange unit price setting stored in the POS terminal 3. In the premium exchange unit price setting, items of “Premium”, “Exchange unit price P”, “Exchange unit price G”, “PLU button”, “Barcode”, and “Department” are set corresponding to “NO.” The replacement unit price P and the replacement unit price G correspond to the number of consideration media. In the premium exchange unit price setting, a plurality of types of game media are stored as P = ball and G = medal. However, for the sake of simplicity of explanation, a case where balls are handled as game media will be described.

  In the example shown in FIG. 3, the exchange unit price for each medium type and the position of the PLU button 7 of the POS terminal 3 for each prize (the exchange unit price is the same, but a plurality of different prizes may be registered as one prize). , Store bar code information, department. In addition, when exchanging the prize or returning it, the prize price is a value obtained by multiplying the exchange unit price by the number of prizes.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
A player who has played a game machine counts the acquired game media using the counting device 2. When the player inserts the acquired game medium into the counting device 2, the counting device 2 issues a receipt (storage medium) in which counting information that is information for specifying the number of acquired gaming media (counting balls) is stored. In addition, a barcode is printed on the receipt as a specific example of the counting information, and the counting ball can be specified by the barcode, and the number of game media in the management device 4 is determined based on the issuance information transmitted from the counting device 2. It is managed and collated with the management information of the management device 4 by the issue number specified by the barcode. Of course, the number of game media may be stored by only one of the receipt barcode or the management device 4.

The POS terminal 3 displays a standby screen in the standby state.
FIG. 8 shows a standby screen of the POS terminal 3. On the standby screen, the status display unit 13 indicating the standby, the total number display unit 14, the replacement target number display unit 15, the input number display unit 16, the remaining number display unit 17, the large prize number display unit 18, In addition to the prize number display section 19, the small prize number display section 20, and the exchange target prize display section 21, a front customer display button 22 and a replacement button 23 are displayed.

FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the POS process performed by the POS terminal 3. In the present flowchart and other flowcharts to be described later, the screen display operation by the POS terminal 3 is omitted.
The POS terminal 3 determines whether the replacement button 23 has been pressed (A1), the front customer display button 22 has been pressed (A18), or a receipt has been received (A23).

When the player ends the game, the receipt issued from the counting device 2 is submitted to the free gift exchange counter. The employee receives the count information stored in the receipt submitted by the player by reading with a scanner.
When the POS terminal 3 accepts the receipt (A23: YES), the remaining number of receipt balls is left (A24), and the valuable value (number of receipt balls) specified by the receipt is exchanged for the desired prize. The exchange process is executed (A25).

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing exchange processing by the POS terminal 3. Whether the POS terminal 3 has received a receipt (B1), whether a prize selection operation has been performed (B3), whether the remaining number is less than the ending possible number (50 balls) (B8), or whether the cancel button 10 has been pressed (B15) ). When the next receipt is accepted (B1: YES), the number of receipt balls is added to the remaining number (B2). Therefore, when there are a plurality of receipts submitted by the player, the remaining number increases every time a receipt is received, and the remaining number at the time when reception of all receipts is completed is specified as the number of exchange target media.

When the employee finishes accepting the receipt, the employee selects a prize desired by the player by operating the POS terminal 3.
When there is a prize selection operation (B3: YES), the POS terminal 3 determines whether the value obtained by subtracting the number of balls corresponding to the price of the selected prize (corresponding to the number of exchanged price media) from the remaining number is 0 or more. (B4). When the calculation result is 0 or more (B4: YES), the selected prize is provisionally specified as an exchange prize (B5), and the number of balls corresponding to the consideration of the selected prize is subtracted from the remaining number (B6). If the calculation result is less than 0 (B4: NO), an error is displayed (B7).
When the remaining number becomes smaller than the possible end number (B8: YES), the POS terminal 3 also determines whether the end button 9 has been pressed. (B9)

The employee pushes down the end button 9 of the POS terminal 3 when the exchange process by the POS terminal 3 is finished.
When the end button 9 is pressed (B9: YES), the POS terminal 3 determines the temporarily specified exchange prize (B10) and transmits the exchange information to the management device 4 (B11). This exchange information is information that can specify the processing start time, the number of receipts received, the total number, exchange prizes, the exchange number for each prize, and special operations (identified by history and presence / absence of a replacement flag) to be described later.

The POS terminal 3 next updates the exchange history (B12), sets the remaining number to 0 (B13), sets the history flag and replacement flag to “0” (B14), and returns.
Note that when the cancel button 10 is pressed (B15: YES), the POS terminal 3 cancels all exchange prizes that are temporarily specified (B16).

  FIG. 4 shows a pachinko ball exchange history as an example of an exchange history (corresponding to exchange processing information) created by the POS terminal 3. The POS terminal 3 stores a predetermined number (10 times) of exchange histories, corresponding to “NO.”, “Time”, “number of receptions”, “total number”, “number of exchange targets”, “ Each item of “number of captures”, “large”, “medium”, “small”, “other prizes”, and “special processing” is set, and their meanings are as follows.

Number of receipts = number of received receipts Total number = total number of game media (receipt balls) specified by all received receipts Number of exchangeable objects = number of game media that were subject to prize exchange (number of prize exchange balls)
Number of games taken in = total number of game media that are not eligible for prize exchange and taken in at the game hall (number of balls taken in)
Large, medium, and small = number of so-called special prizes that must be purchased by a third party (assuming three types of special prizes: large, medium, and small)
Other prizes = exchange prizes other than special prizes Special process = exchange process by exchange process is "replacement", exchange process by history exchange is "before history" for the history that was subject to kuncel, and history after processing is "history" After "and output

In the example shown in FIG. The exchange history of 1 (the most recent exchange history) received one receipt at 16:15, the number of receipt balls was 4982, the number of gift exchange balls was 4960, the number of take-in balls was 22, the number of great prizes was 2, It shows that the middle prize is 2 and the small prize is 2. No. 9 shows that the exchange history is an exchange history by a replacement process described later.
The exchange history can be updated by storing and updating each item as described above every time exchange processing is performed by the POS terminal 3.

  On the other hand, the management device 4 creates an exchange history shown as an example in FIG. 5 based on the exchange information received from the POS terminal 3. FIG. 5 shows all the exchange histories for the current day of all the POS terminals 3, and the management device 4 also calculates the number of exchanges for each prize based on this exchange history. In this exchange number aggregation, returned premiums due to replacement processing described later are reduced, and historical foreground prizes due to history exchange are not counted. Information managed by these management devices 4 can be confirmed at the POS terminal 3. The meaning of each item is the same as in FIG.

By the way, when the exchange process is performed in the POS terminal 3 as described above, the exchange process may be performed due to an operation mistake of an employee. In such a case, the replacement process is performed again as follows.
As shown in FIG. 8, since the standby screen is displayed on the POS terminal 3, the employee pushes down the front customer display button 22 on the standby screen (touch operation) when redoing the exchange process.
When the front customer display button 22 is pushed down as shown in FIG. 12 (A18: YES), the POS terminal 3 updates and displays the target history (A19). That is, a history display screen for displaying the previous customer exchange process based on the POS exchange history shown in FIG. 4 is displayed.

FIG. 9 shows a history display screen of the POS terminal 3. In this history display screen, a redo button (corresponding to canceling means) 24, a return button 25, a previous customer button 26, and a next customer button 27 are displayed instead of the buttons displayed on the standby screen shown in FIG. ing.
As shown in FIG. 12, the POS terminal 3 determines whether the previous customer button 26 or the next customer button 27 is pressed (A20), whether the redo button 24 is pressed (A21), or whether the return button 25 is pressed ( A22) is determined.

The employee operates the previous customer button 26 if the customer who has made a mistake in the replacement process is a previous customer, and presses the next customer button 27 if the customer returns too much.
Each time the previous customer button 26 or the next customer button 27 is pressed, the POS terminal 3 updates and displays a target history that is a display target based on the POS exchange history shown in FIG.
In the example shown in FIG. 9, the exchange history for three persons is displayed. 3 data is displayed.

The employee presses the redo button 24 when the exchange history to be redone is displayed on the history display screen.
When the redo button 24 is pushed down as shown in FIG. 12 (A21: YES), the POS terminal 3 sets the remaining number as the total number of target histories (A11) and sets the history flag to “1” ( A12), the exchange process shown in FIG. 13 is executed (A17). In this case, since the total number of target histories is set as the remaining number, the prize selection operation is performed from this state. When the exchange process is completed, a new record with “special history” field set to “after history” is added to FIG. 4, and the “special process” field of the target history is set to “before history”. Update (B12).
Therefore, the exchange process can be redone based on the exchange history of the player who has just finished the exchange process or the player who has finished the exchange process before.

  Since the history flag is “1” in the exchange process, the POS terminal 3 also includes information (time, exchange prize, or separately defined history ID) that can specify the history to be canceled as exchange information. The identifiable exchange information is transmitted to the management device 4.

The management device 4 determines that the exchange information from the POS terminal 3 is exchange processing by history exchange, creates a history exchange history based on the exchange information, and updates the exchange history shown in FIG.
FIG. 7 shows an example of a history exchange history created by the management device 4. The history exchange history corresponds to “NO.”, “Time”, “history foreground prize”, “number of cancellations”, “total number before history”, “history after prize”, “number of exchanges”, “total price for exchange” "," Number of acquisitions "are set, and the meaning of these items is as follows.

History foreground gift = History exchanged prize to be canceled Number of cancellations = Number of prizes for each history before prize = Total number before history = Total number of history (receipt balls) to be canceled History after prize = Prizes exchanged by history exchange Number of exchanges = Number of prizes for each history premiums Total exchange value = total number of game media corresponding to history premiums (number of historical premiums to be exchanged)
Number of games taken = Number of game media that are not eligible for exchange as a result of history exchange,

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, as the most recent history exchange history, at 16:20, two large prizes, one medium prize, and four small prizes are canceled (“the exchange process specified by the exchange process information is performed. Equivalent to “Cancel”), the cigarette B was replaced by 30 and the stuffed animal E was replaced by 1 (the number of replacement target media corresponding to the replacement processing was specified as the number of replacement target media in the replacement of the free gift after cancellation) Equivalent to “Yes”). In this case, since the total before history and the total exchange consideration are the same, the capture is 0.

Now, although it is good if the employee can identify the exchange history to be redone by the above-described operation, some players may request replacement of exchanged prizes. In such a case, the employee pushes down the replacement button 23 displayed on the standby screen shown in FIG.
When the replacement button 23 is pressed, the POS terminal 3 displays a replacement processing screen.
FIG. 10 shows a screen during replacement processing of the POS terminal 3. In this replacement processing screen, a department panel button 32 and a target history button 33 are displayed in addition to a replacement target prize display unit 28, a large prize button 29 as a prize selection button, a middle prize button 30, and a small prize button 31. Has been.

  When a player submits a returned prize, the employee receives a returned prize (a large prize, a middle prize, a small prize) and receives a corresponding prize selection button (a large prize button 29, a middle prize button 30, a small prize button). 31) are sequentially pushed down (corresponding to “an operation for specifying a returned gift as a gift that the player desires to return”). The selection can also be made by reading a PLU button 7 or a gift selection barcode. The number is input by inputting the number corresponding to the numeric keypad by selecting the number of input times such as a button or by selecting a premium after inputting the numeric keypad. When the department panel button 32 is pressed, the prize selection buttons (large prize, medium prize, and small prize) become department selection buttons for displaying the department name, and prizes belonging to the department according to the depression of the department selection button. A selection button is displayed.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when the replacement button 23 is pressed (A1: YES), the POS terminal 3 determines whether there has been a prize selection operation (A2) or whether the target history button 33 has been pressed (A6). ), It is determined whether the end button 9 is depressed (A14). When there is a prize selection operation (A2: YES), the value of the selected prize is added to the remaining number (A3), and the target history is extracted after tentatively specifying the selected prize as a returned prize (A4). The number of cases is updated (A5). This extraction is performed based on the type of returned gift and the number of exchanges based on the exchange history shown in FIG. In the present embodiment, the corresponding exchange history is extracted on condition that the number of exchanges of the input type of prizes among a plurality of types of prizes is the same ("returnable prizes that can be identified as prizes to be exchanged" The processing information is “extracted as exchange processing information corresponding to the exchange processing to be canceled”.

  In the example shown in FIG. 10, two cases are extracted as the target history. This is because, in the exchange history shown in FIG. . No. 1 according to the input of 4 cases of 1, 3, 6, 8 Three cases of 3, 6, and 8 are extracted, and finally, in response to two small inputs, NO. It is the result of extracting 2 cases of 3 and 6.

  The employee presses the end button 9 of the POS terminal 3 when confirming the provisionally specified return gift. In order to facilitate an operation to be selected by an employee, which will be described later, a history whose “special processing” field already selected as a redo target is “before history” is excluded from the extraction target.

  When the end button 9 is pushed down (corresponding to “operation for ending the operation for specifying the returned gift”) as shown in FIG. 12 (A14: YES), the POS terminal 3 displays the returned gift being temporarily specified. At the same time (A15), the replacement flag is set to “1” (A16), and the exchange process is executed (A17). Therefore, in the exchange process shown in FIG. 13, it is transmitted that the exchange flag is “1” as exchange information.

The management device 4 determines that the exchange information received from the POS terminal 3 indicates a replacement process, creates a replacement process history based on the exchange information, and updates the replacement history shown in FIG.
FIG. 6 shows an example of a replacement process history created by the management apparatus 4. Corresponding to “NO.”, Each item of “time”, “returned gifts”, “number of returned items”, “total price of returned items”, “number of acquired items” is set in the replacement processing history. The meaning of the items is as follows.

Returned prizes = returned prizes Number of returned goods = number of prizes for each returned prize Total return price = total number of game media corresponding to returned prizes (total number of exchange media for returned prizes)
Replacement premiums = premiums that have been exchanged (replaced) as return premiums Replacements = number of premiums for each replacement premium Replacement total consideration = total number of game media for replacement premiums (total number of replacement media for replacement premiums)
Number of games taken in = number of game media taken in by the game arcade as a result of the replacement process

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, as the latest data, at 14:57, one small prize is returned and replaced with cigarette A, and the number of acquisitions (remainder number) at that time is 5. Yes. In this case, if there is a take-in ball in the exchange process before the replacement, the take-in ball will be taken in redundantly, and there may be a case where other prizes can be acquired with this duplicate take-in ball. Therefore, the capture process can be said to be a disadvantageous process for the player as compared to the history exchange process.

On the other hand, when displaying the replacement history extracted by the POS terminal 3, the target history button 33 displayed on the replacement processing screen shown in FIG.
When the target history button 33 is pushed down as shown in FIG. 12 (A6: YES), the POS terminal 3 updates and displays the target history (A7), and then the previous customer button 26 or the next customer button 27 is displayed. It is determined whether the button has been depressed (A8), the redo button 24 has been depressed (A9), or the return button 25 has been depressed (A13). That is, among the extracted histories, a history display screen showing the latest replacement history is displayed as shown in FIG. 9, and the operation reception standby state for each button is entered.

  When the previous customer button 26 or the next customer button 27 is pressed while the history display screen is displayed (A8: YES), the POS terminal 3 displays the previous and next exchange histories in the extracted history. (A7). When the redo button 24 is pressed (A9: YES), all returned premiums that are temporarily specified are canceled (A10), the remaining number is set as the total number of target histories (A11), and the history flag is set. After “1” (A12), the exchange process shown in FIG. 13 is executed (A17). That is, the employee selects a history to be redone from the extracted history and executes the exchange process.

  FIG. 11 shows a screen during replacement of the POS terminal 3, and shows a display after the prize replacement. In the exchange screen, in addition to the number of exchange targets (corresponding to “number of exchange target media in exchange of prizes after return”), the unit price and the number corresponding to the exchange target prizes are displayed, and the prize panel button 34 is displayed. When the giveaway panel button 34 is pressed, the same department panel button 32 as the replacement processing screen shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. Other prize selection operations are the same as those in the replacement process screen shown in FIG. When the exchange button 8 is pressed, the special prize is selected for all the remaining numbers.

Since the history flag is “1” in the exchange process, the POS terminal 3 transmits the exchange information that can specify the history to be canceled to the management device 4.
Based on the exchange information received from the POS terminal 3, the management device 4 creates a history exchange history (corresponding to “identify as the number of exchange target media in the prize exchange after cancellation”) shown as an example in FIG. 7.
As described above, the prize exchange can be redone by operating the redo button 24 displayed on the history display screen of the POS terminal 3.

  According to such an embodiment, when the employee exchanges wrong prizes due to an operation mistake at the POS terminal 3 and takes in extra balls, the redo button displayed on the history display screen of the POS terminal 3 By canceling the exchange processing information by an operation on 24, the number of exchange target media corresponding to the canceled exchange processing can be specified as the number of exchange target media in the prize exchange after the cancellation. Accordingly, since it is possible to exchange the extra balls that have been taken in due to an operation error of the employee as an exchange object, the exchange process for exchanging a prize that the player has for a new prize can be simplified. It can be done reliably by operation. In addition, since the player can deal with the case where the player exchanges all of the returned gifts by operating the redo button 24, it is free from complicated operations such as inputting all of the returned gifts. Can do.

In addition, since the exchange target history can be extracted every time the PLU button 7 of the POS terminal 3 or the operation of specifying the returned gift by reading the receipt is performed, the player or the employee can give the prize based on the replacement target history. Exchange can be performed easily. In addition, even if the exchange process is performed without noticing the prize exchange, it is possible to smoothly shift to the prize exchange based on the exchange target history by operating the redo button 24. Become.
Furthermore, since the number of extracted exchange target histories is displayed on the screen of the POS terminal 3, it is easy to indicate that a prize exchange based on the exchange target history is possible or there is a candidate during the exchange process. It becomes possible to grasp.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows.
In the replacement process of the POS terminal 3, the number extracted for each prize selection is updated. However, when there is an exchange history in which all of the input returned prizes and the number of returned goods match, the target history is a predetermined number ( For example, when one or less, confirmation display such as pop-up display may be performed. In this case, it is possible to indicate an appropriate time for shifting to the prize exchange process based on the exchange process information for the employee of the game hall performing a complicated operation.

When the history display is performed from the replacement process in the POS terminal 3, only the extracted history is displayed, but a history not extracted may be displayed. In this case, a configuration in which a switching button is separately provided and switched is desirable.
Although the history display is displayed based on the exchange history stored for each POS terminal 3, the history information that can specify the exchange history is received from the management device 4, and the history display and the history extraction based on FIG. 5 may be performed. .

  The storage medium to be accepted may be a storage medium other than a receipt (for example, a card or a mobile phone). Further, the acquired game media is not limited to the game media acquired on the day. That is, a so-called saving ball or the like that stores game media acquired in the past in an account for each player may be used. In this case, the storage medium is a membership card or the like that can specify a stored ball, and a receiving unit corresponding to the storage medium may be provided as appropriate. Further, the game medium may be other game media such as medals other than balls. Further, when dealing with a plurality of types of game media having different exchange unit prices, in the replacement process, it may be input which game media has been used for returning the prize.

When the player can be specified by the accepting means, the target history may be extracted only for the player. In addition, during the display of the front customer, it is possible to make it possible to select a prize and input a history that matches the inputted prize.
Considering employee fraud, it is possible to perform the exchange process on the premise of accepting the operator ID, and it is possible to execute the exchange process and history exchange only when the ID of the authorized operator can be identified. good. It should be noted that history exchange may be performed by specifying whether or not the redo button 24 is displayed and whether or not it can be executed. The history exchange may be executed only during the business state, or may be determined to be abnormal when executed for a set number of times or continuously for each employee.

In FIG. 4, the fact that the special processing item of the history for which the special processing has been performed is output so as to be distinguishable by anyone, but the history itself may be colored, or may be output by being marked.
Numerical values such as the number of stored exchange histories and the number of possible endings in FIG. 3 may be other than the exemplified numerical values. Note that the number of exchange histories may be stored for all cases.
A part of the function of the POS terminal 3 may be provided in the management apparatus 4 or the function of the POS terminal 3 may be provided in the management apparatus 4. That is, the gift exchange device referred to in the present invention may be constituted by the POS terminal 3 alone, or may be constituted by the POS terminal 3 and the management device 4.

Schematic showing the entire system of the present invention Perspective view of POS terminal The figure which shows an example of the prize exchange unit price setting which a POS terminal memorize | stores The figure which shows an example of the exchange history which a POS terminal produces The figure which shows an example of the exchange history which a management apparatus produces The figure which shows an example of the replacement process log | history which a management apparatus produces The figure which shows an example of the log | history exchange history which a management apparatus produces The figure which shows the standby screen of the POS terminal The figure which shows the log | history display screen of a POS terminal Figure showing the POS terminal replacement screen Figure showing the POS terminal replacement screen Flow chart showing POS processing by POS terminal Flow chart showing exchange processing by POS terminal

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  In the drawing, 2 is a counting device, 3 is a POS terminal (value storage means, medium specifying means, permitting means, exchanging means, exchange information storing means, processing specifying means, canceling means, extracting means, display means), 4 is a management device , 6 is a numeric keypad (operation means), 7 is a PLU button (corresponding to the operation means), 12 is a display unit (display means, operation means), 14 is a PLU button (operation means), and 24 is a redo button (cancellation means). is there.

Claims (4)

Compensation storage means for storing the number of consideration media, which is the number of game media to be exchanged for each prize type, for a prize that can be exchanged with an acquired game media that is a game media that the player has acquired through a game;
Accepting means capable of accepting a storage medium capable of specifying the number of acquired game media;
Medium specifying means for specifying the number of acquired game media based on the storage medium received by the receiving means, and specifying the acquired number of game media as the number of exchange target media to be exchanged;
Operation means for accepting an operation for specifying a prize desired by the player;
Based on the operation accepted by the operation means and the number of consideration media stored in the compensation storage means, the number of exchange consideration media that is the exchange consideration of the prize desired by the player is specified, and the number of exchange consideration media is the medium specification means. An admissible means for allowing the player to exchange the prize desired and the acquired game medium on condition that the number of exchange target media specified by
An exchange means for performing an exchange process for associating a prize to be exchanged with the number of mediums to be exchanged identified by the medium identification means when the permission means permits exchange;
For each exchange process performed by the exchange means, exchange information storage means for storing exchange process information that can specify the number of mediums to be exchanged and prizes to be exchanged;
Among the exchange process information stored in the exchange information storage means, process specifying means for specifying exchange process information corresponding to the exchange process to be canceled,
Canceling means for canceling the exchange process specified by the exchange process information specified by the process specifying means,
In the exchange process, when the number of the consideration media corresponding to the prize to be exchanged does not match the number of the exchange target media, the game medium that is not the subject of the prize exchange out of the number of exchange target media is played. It can be finished after the place has taken in,
The operation means receives an operation of selecting an exchange process to be canceled from the exchange processes that have been completed,
The process specifying means specifies an exchange process specified by an operation received by the operation means as an exchange process to be canceled,
The medium specifying means, when the exchange processing is canceled by the canceling means, specifies the number of exchange target media corresponding to the exchange processing as the number of exchange target media in the prize exchange after cancellation. A free gift exchange device. The operation means accepts an operation for specifying a returned giveaway that is a prize that the player desires to return, and an operation for ending an operation for specifying a returned giveaway,
The process specifying means cancels the exchange process information that can be specified as a prize to be exchanged for the returned prize specified by the operation accepted by the operation means, among the exchange process information stored in the exchange information storage means. Comprising extraction means for extracting as exchange process information corresponding to the target exchange process,
When the operation means accepts an operation for ending the operation in a state where the operation means accepts an operation for identifying a returned gift, the medium specifying means and an operation for specifying the returned gift and the value storage means Is determined as the number of exchange target media in the giveaway exchange after the return, while the cancellation processing information extracted by the extraction means by the cancellation means is specified. 2. The prize exchange device for amusement hall according to claim 1, wherein when the specified exchange process is canceled, the number is designated as a medium to be exchanged in the prize exchange after the cancellation.   3. A prize exchange device for a game hall according to claim 2, further comprising display means for displaying information indicating that the replacement processing information is extracted by the extraction means.   4. The game place prize exchange according to claim 3, wherein when the number of exchange processing information items extracted by the extracting unit becomes a predetermined number or less, the display unit displays information indicating that the information has been extracted in a pop-up manner. apparatus.

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