JP5377840B2 - Counting machine and counting recording medium issuing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce an equipment investment cost of a game hall. <P>SOLUTION: A counting machine 50 includes: a mode class management table 58a for storing mode classes of a counting receipt different by lending rates at each different lending rate in the same kind of game media; a lending rate obtaining part 59a for obtaining the lending rate for pachinko balls to be calculated out of the plurality of lending rates; and an issue control part 59c controlled to issue the counting receipt having the mode class corresponding to the lending rate obtained by the lending rate obtaining part 59c out of the mode classes of the counting receipt stored in the mode class management table 58a at each lending rate. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention is counted by a counter that counts game media acquired by a player, issues a count recording medium that associates the counted results, and a counter that counts game media acquired by the player. The present invention relates to a count recording medium issuing system for issuing a count recording medium associated with the counting results.

  Conventionally, a game store that provides pachinko games and pachislot games has been provided with a counter for counting game media such as pachinko balls and medals obtained by the player. A count receipt associated with count information including numerical values is issued to the player.

  As such counting receipts, cheaper paper media than IC cards and magnetic cards are widely used, and are associated one-to-one with count information including the count value, issuance date and time and counter number of the acquired game media. The count ID is barcode-printed on a paper medium, and the printed matter is issued as a count receipt.

  When this count receipt is brought into the prize counter, an employee of the game store holds the count receipt over a reading device such as a barcode reader to read the count value of the acquired game medium, and uses this count value as the upper limit value. A free gift exchange service is provided by handing over general gifts such as cigarettes and cigarettes by hand, or by letting out special gifts premised on purchase at the gift shop. Furthermore, a receipt savings service is provided for a player who has joined a member of a gaming store to add a part or all of the count value to a savings account / medal account held by the player.

JP 2003-135831 A

  By the way, recently, for example, in the pachinko corner, a general-purpose lending rate due to the need to provide games that players can enjoy for a relatively long time at low rates, the provision of trial games and popularity analysis on the game machines, etc. A mechanism is being established in which a low-rate corner with a lending rate (1 yen / ball) lower than (4 yen / ball) coexists with a general-purpose lending rate (high rate) corner.

  However, when providing a plurality of game corners with different lending rates, if one type of counting receipt is issued by one counter as in the conventional case, it is necessary to introduce a counter for each lending rate. In other words, there is a problem that the capital investment cost of the amusement store is increased.

  That is, when there are a plurality of gaming corners in a gaming store but only one counter exists, counting receipts in the same mode are issued between gaming corners with different lending rates. When the receipt is brought into the prize counter, the game shop employee cannot identify the counting receipt issued at any game corner even if the number of acquired balls can be identified from the counting receipt. As described above, when the rental rate of the game corner of the acquisition source is unknown, the value of the game medium acquired by the player cannot be specified, so services such as prize exchange and receipt storage cannot be performed.

  For this reason, even if game media are acquired on different game islands with the same lending rate, a single counter can be used to issue a receipt, whereas when opening a plurality of game corners with different lending rates. Must have at least one counter that corresponds to each game corner, so it is necessary to purchase more counters, and the initial cost of the game store is increased. It becomes.

  For this reason, when providing a plurality of game corners with different lending rates, how to reduce the absolute number of counters that need to be introduced is an important issue. The problem is not only a counting machine in which a counting unit for counting game media and a receipt issuing unit for issuing counting receipts are integrated, but both are configured separately as a counting machine and a receipt issuing machine. This is also a problem that occurs in the same way.

  Therefore, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems (problems) of the prior art, and when providing a plurality of game corners having different lending rates, the absolute number of counters that need to be introduced. It is an object of the present invention to provide a counting machine and a counting recording medium issuing system that can reduce the capital investment cost of an amusement store.

In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the counter according to the present invention is a counter that counts game media acquired by a player and issues a count recording medium that associates the counted results. A mode type storage means for storing a mode type of a count recording medium that differs between the lending rates for different lending rates in the same type of game medium, and a lending rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of lending rates And a mode recording medium of a mode type corresponding to the lending rate acquired by the acquiring unit among the mode types of the count recording medium stored for each lending rate by the mode type storage unit and a dispatch control means, said obtaining means is adapted to retrieve the lending rate prior to counting of game media, the said counting target game controlled as It characterized by having a receiving unit for receiving an input operation of the body of the lending rate.
Further, the counter according to the present invention is a counter that counts game media acquired by a player and issues a count recording medium that associates the counted count results with different loan rates for the same type of game media. A mode type storage unit that stores a mode type of a count recording medium that differs between the lending rates for each time, an acquisition unit that acquires a lending rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of lending rates, and the mode type storage unit An issue control means for controlling to issue a count recording medium of an aspect type corresponding to a loan rate acquired by the acquisition means among the aspect types of the count recording medium stored for each loan rate by the The acquisition means acquires the lending rate prior to counting the game media, and the employee record owned by the game store employee who is involved in the count of the game media. It characterized by having a recording medium reading means for employees to read the game corner lending rate belongs the employee from the medium.
Further, the counter according to the present invention is a counter that counts game media acquired by a player and issues a count recording medium that associates the counted count results with different loan rates for the same type of game media. A mode type storage unit that stores a mode type of a count recording medium that differs between the lending rates for each time, an acquisition unit that acquires a lending rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of lending rates, and the mode type storage unit An issue control means for controlling to issue a count recording medium of an aspect type corresponding to a loan rate acquired by the acquisition means among the aspect types of the count recording medium stored for each loan rate by the The acquisition means acquires a lending rate prior to counting of game media, and is stored in a storage box for storing the game media acquired by the player. It characterized by having a recording medium reading means for collecting box from annexed been collecting box for recording medium reading lending rate of game corner in which the collecting box belongs.

  Further, the counter according to the present invention is a different aspect type associated with the lending rate, the type of background display color displayed on the counting recording medium, the character displayed on the counting recording medium and / or A mode type that sets at least one mode type of the display color type of the graphic, the type of the lending rate recorded on the counting recording medium, or the type of the lending rate displayed on the counting recording medium in the mode type storage unit It further comprises setting means.

  The counter according to the present invention further includes display control means for controlling the lending rate obtained by the obtaining means to be displayed on a predetermined display unit.

  In the counter according to the present invention, the counting result is transmitted to a higher-level device connected to the counter via an output line provided for each lending rate, and is acquired by the acquisition unit. And a transmission control means for controlling the counting result to be transmitted from an output line corresponding to the lending rate.

  In addition, the counter according to the present invention further includes transmission control means for associating the counting result with the lending rate acquired by the acquiring means and transmitting the result to the host device.

The counting recording medium issuing system according to the present invention includes a counter that counts game media acquired by a player, and an issuing machine that issues a counting recording medium that associates the counting results counted by the counter. A counting recording medium issuing system, wherein the counter or the issuing machine includes an acquisition unit that acquires a lending rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of lending rates, and the issuing machines are of the same type Aspect type storage means for storing different types of count recording media for different lending rates in the game medium, and a mode type of the count recording medium stored for each rental rate by the mode type storage means , and a dispatch control means for controlling to issue count recording medium aspect type corresponding to the lending rate acquired by the acquisition means, before The acquisition means acquires the rental rate prior to counting the game media, and accepting means for receiving an input operation of the rental rate of the game media to be counted, and an employee of the game store involved in counting the game media Built in or attached to an employee recording medium reading means for reading out a rental rate of a game corner to which the employee belongs from an employee recording medium possessed, or a storage box for storing the gaming medium acquired by the player It is characterized by having at least one of storage box recording medium reading means for reading the rental rate of the game corner to which the storage box belongs from the storage box recording medium .

According to the present invention, for each lending rate of the same type of game medium, a mode type of the count recording medium that differs between the lending rates is stored, and a lending rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of lending rates Among the types of count recording media stored for each lending rate, and control is performed to issue a count recording medium of a mode type corresponding to the acquired lending rate. When the game corner is provided, it is possible to reduce the absolute number of counters that need to be introduced, thereby reducing the capital investment cost of the game store.

  In addition, according to the present invention, an input operation of a rental rate of a game medium to be counted is accepted, or the employee belongs from an employee recording medium possessed by an employee of a game store engaged in counting of game media. Read the rental rate of the game corner, or read the rental rate of the game corner to which the storage box belongs from the storage medium for the storage box built in or attached to the storage box that stores the game media acquired by the player Since it comprised, the effect that it becomes possible to issue the count recording medium of the mode classification suitable for the said rental rate is acquired.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the different display types associated with the lending rate, the type of background display color displayed on the counting recording medium, the display color of characters and / or graphics displayed on the counting recording medium, Since it is configured to set at least one of the type, the type of the lending rate to be recorded on the counting recording medium, or the type of the lending rate to be displayed on the counting recording medium, The lending rate can be specified by simply looking at the counting recording medium, and the lending rate can be identified by the prize management device for exchanging the prize simply by reading the counting recording medium. There is an effect that post-processing such as game medium addition processing and prize exchange processing can be smoothly performed.

  Further, according to the present invention, since the lending rate is controlled to be displayed on the predetermined display unit, the player is counted the acquired game media at the lending rate corresponding to the game corner of the acquisition source. On the other hand, there is an effect that the employee can check whether or not the acquired game medium is counted at the rental rate corresponding to the game corner of the acquisition source.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the count result is controlled to be transmitted from the output line corresponding to the acquired lending rate, so the number of acquired game media can be notified to the host device for each lending rate. It is possible to obtain an effect that the host device can manage the exact number of acquired game media (or high acquired value).

  Further, according to the present invention, since the counting result is associated with the acquired lending rate and transmitted to the host device, if the counting result is totaled based on the lending rate in the host device, An effect is obtained that it is possible to calculate the counting result (that is, for each corner).

  Exemplary embodiments of a counter and a count recording medium issuing system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the case where the present invention is applied to a pachinko game will be described.

  First, the system configuration of the in-store system of the amusement store according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a system configuration of an in-store system according to the first embodiment. In the first embodiment, a case where a 4-yen corner for lending a pachinko ball for 4 yen per ball and a 1-yen corner for lending a pachinko ball for 1 yen per ball will be described in the amusement store.

  As shown in the figure, the in-store system includes a member management terminal controller (hereinafter referred to as “member management T / C”) 10 for managing member information of a player registered in advance at the game store, Island controller 20, card processing units (hereinafter referred to as “CR units”) 30 a and 30 b, pachinko machines 40 a and 40 b, counter 50, prize management device 70, prize dispenser 80, and hall computer 100 And are provided.

  The member management T / C 10 is connected with an island controller 20, a counter 50, and a prize management device 70. The island controller 20 is connected to each of a plurality of pachinko machines 40a and 40b installed on each island. The CR units 30a and 30b provided side by side are connected, and the counter 50 is connected to a hall computer 100 that manages safe balls and out balls in the game store. The “safe ball” here refers to the number of balls that the player has paid out from the pachinko machine 40a or 40b, and the “out ball” refers to the player who has driven into the pachinko machine 40a or 40b. Refers to the number of balls.

  Here, in the first embodiment, a four-circle corner composed of the CR unit 30a and the pachinko machine 40a and a one-circle corner composed of the CR unit 30b and the pachinko machine 40b are provided. This 4 yen corner is an island that lends balls to players at a lending rate of 4 yen / ball, and the 1 yen corner is an island that lends balls to players at a lending rate of 1 yen / ball. It is. The reason for the 1 yen / ball 1 yen corner, which is lower than the general lending rate of 4 yen / ball, is mainly to enable trial hits by players, and information regarding the evaluation and attachment of players to gaming machines. To get. In the first embodiment, the lending rate “4 yen / ball” is referred to as “ball 1”, and the lending rate “1 yen / ball” is referred to as “ball 2”.

  The CR unit 30a is a unit that lends 4 yen / ball with cash or a prepaid card and replays a stored ball using a membership card. For example, when a 1000 yen bill is inserted into the CR unit 30a, the CR unit 30a An instruction to throw out 250 balls is given from the unit 30a to the pachinko machine 40a. On the other hand, the inter-unit 30b is a unit that lends 1 yen / ball with cash and replays the stored balls using a membership card. For example, when a 1000-yen bill is inserted into the CR unit 30b, 500 yen The amount (= 500 balls) is paid out to the pachinko machine 40b and the remaining amount (500 yen) is stored, and when the next lending instruction is received, the remaining amount is thrown out to the pachinko machine 40b.

  The pachinko machine 40a and the pachinko machine 40b are game machines that provide a pachinko game using pachinko balls to a player, and there is no difference between the four-yen corner and the one-yen corner. However, the pachinko machine 40b provided in the 1-yen corner is not a gaming machine responsible for sales of amusement stores, but is often provided with a new machine that will be newly introduced into the gaming stores. The reason for this is that many amusement stores have a management policy that allows players to try new machines without investing heavily and provide games that can be enjoyed for a relatively long time at a low price. That is the background.

  The player can replay the stored balls using these CR units 30a and 30b, and the player enters the password from the numeric keypad with the member card inserted into the card insertion slot of the CR unit 30a or 30b. When a predetermined replay button is pressed, the member card ID, the password, the 4 yen corner or the 1 yen corner type (hereinafter referred to as “loan rate information”), and the unit identification information for uniquely identifying the CR unit are displayed. A replay request signal including this is transmitted to the member management T / C 10, and the stored ball can be withdrawn within the range of the stored ball balance. Here, it is assumed that the number of balls withdrawn from the savings account by one replay operation is fixed.

  The counter 50 is a counter that counts pachinko balls acquired by the player, and issues a count receipt that associates the count results. Specifically, when an employee of the amusement store designates lending rate information at the time of counting pachinko balls and presses a receipt issuing button, the number of pachinko balls, lending rate information, A counting receipt is issued by bar code printing of counting information including the issuing date and counting number.

  In addition, the counting machine 50 includes a card processing unit 56 that reads a member ID recorded on a member card in order to perform so-called “counting ball” for storing pachinko balls acquired by registered members when counting. . Specifically, the above-mentioned lending rate (type of ball 1 or ball 2) is specified, the number of acquired balls is counted, and the membership card received from the player is inserted into the card insertion slot by the amusement store employee. When the member ID is read from the member card inserted, a member addition request including the member ID, the number of pachinko balls stored as a counting result, and the lending rate is transmitted to the member management T / C 10.

  The member management T / C 10 is a management device that performs overall management of members registered in the amusement store using a member management table. This member management table stores member IDs, balances of 4-yen corners and 1-yen corners, and attribute information in association with each other. Then, if a storage ball addition request is received from the counter 50 or the prize management device 70, the member ID included in the storage ball addition request and the storage balance in the storage account corresponding to the lending rate information are added, and the CR unit 30a, If a savings ball subtraction request is received from the CR unit 30b or the prize management device 70, the member ID and the savings balance in the savings account corresponding to the lending rate information included in the savings ball subtraction request are subtracted.

  The prize management device 70 is a terminal device for exchanging prizes arranged in a prize exchange counter in the amusement store, and includes a card reader 81 and a barcode reader 82 which will be described later with reference to FIG.

  This prize management device 70 manages the exchange of acquired balls and prizes using an exchanged ball number management table 76a described later. The exchanged ball number management table 76a stores the number of exchanged balls for each rental rate in association with each prize. Then, when the employee in the free gift exchange counter receives the counting receipt issued by the counter 50 from the player, the bar code reader 82 reads the acquired number of balls and the rental rate information from the counting receipt, and the player Press the exchange button corresponding to the designated prize, and execute the exchange process to subtract the number of exchanged balls that matches the loan rate read from the count receipt for the prize from the number of earned balls, and then manually by the employee Give it to the player. When the player wishes to exchange for a special prize, the employee presses a special prize exchange button provided in the prize management device 70, and refers to the exchanged number management table 76a for each rental rate. The prize dispenser 80 is instructed to dispense a special prize according to the number of balls acquired. It is possible to exchange not only prizes using counting receipts but also prize exchanges using stored balls through membership cards.

  In addition, the prize management device 70 not only reads pachinko balls and lending rate information from the barcode printed on the counting receipt and uses it when exchanging prizes, but also performs storage using the counting receipt, so-called receipt storage. it can. Specifically, when the bar code reader 82 provided in the prize management device 70 reads the count receipt, inserts a member card into the card reader 81 and presses the storage button, the member ID, the number of pachinko balls, the loan rate A storage request signal including information (type of ball 1 or ball 2) is transmitted to the member management T / C 10.

  The hall computer 100 is an information processing apparatus that manages safe balls and out balls in a game store. Specifically, the safe signals and out signals received from the pachinko machines 40a and 40b are aggregated, and the safe ball and the player who received the payout from the pachinko machines 40a and 40b are thrown into the pachinko machine 40a or 40b. In addition to managing out balls for each unit, the number of acquired balls (actually, high value of acquisition) received from the counter 50 using a pulse signal is totaled, and the total number of acquired balls and the safety of all game machines are counted. By matching the number of balls, it is monitored whether or not the safety balls are consistent. In this case, the total number of balls acquired and the total number of safe balls of all gaming tables are matched, but an identifier (for example, a unit number or a unit number) that can uniquely identify the original gaming table is acquired. If it is associated with the number of balls, it can match the number of safe balls on each island or each vehicle.

  Here, the counter 50 according to the first embodiment stores a count receipt mode type that differs between the loan rates for different loan rates of the same type of game medium, and is a counting target among a plurality of loan rates. It is characterized in that it is controlled to issue a count receipt of a mode type corresponding to the acquired lending rate among the mode types of the count receipt stored for each lending rate. .

  That is, the counter 50 according to the first embodiment issues a count receipt in which count results are associated, but does not issue all count receipts in the same mode type. That is, the type of counting receipt is distinguished and issued according to the pachinko ball lending rate to be counted.

  More specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, as the type of counting receipts that differ between the lending rates, the type of counting receipt display mode and the type of recorded information are associated with each lending rate in the mode type management table 58a. The acquired balls received in the counter 50 are counted after acquiring the rental rate of the pachinko balls to be counted through an input operation by an employee of the game store. At this time, when the lending rate is ball 1 (when the ball is an acquisition ball at the 4-yen corner), for example, characters and graphic display colors describing the printed contents of the counting receipt are printed in red and the counting receipt is issued. On the other hand, when the lending rate is ball 2 (in the case of a 1-yen corner acquisition ball), the display color of characters and figures indicating the print contents of the count receipt is printed in blue and the count receipt To issue.

  In this example, the display color of characters and figures is printed in red as the counting receipt of the acquisition balls of 4 yen corners, and the display color of characters and figures is printed in blue as the counting receipt of acquisition balls of 1 yen corners, Employees working at prize counters, etc. can specify the rental rate of counting receipts from the display color of the characters and figures, and as a result, count at game shops with multiple 4 corners and 1 circle corners. Even when the number of machines is one, services such as prize exchange and receipt storage can be performed.

  Therefore, according to the counter 50 according to the first embodiment, when providing a plurality of game corners having different lending rates, the absolute number of counters that need to be introduced can be reduced, and the capital investment of the game shop can be reduced. Costs can be reduced.

  Next, the configuration of the counter 50 according to the first embodiment will be described. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the counter 50 according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the counter 50 includes a touch panel 51, a communication I / F unit 52, a 4-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53a, a 1-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53b, a timing unit 54, A shutter drive motor 55a, an open / close detection unit 55b, a counting sensor 55c, a card processing unit 56, a printing unit 57, a storage unit 58, and a control unit 59 are provided.

  The touch panel 51 is a displayable and inputable employee device that can accept an operation input on a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display. For example, while waiting for counting, a button that prompts the user to input the lending rate of the ball to be counted and a button for selecting the game corner (lending rate) of the acquisition source, that is, a 4 yen corner button and 1 yen A corner button is displayed (see FIG. 5).

  The communication I / F unit 52 is an interface for performing various communications between the counter 50 and other devices (for example, other devices such as the member management T / C 10). The timekeeping unit 54 is a processing unit for measuring time, and specifically, responds to the issue control unit 59c with the current time in response to a time issue request from the issue control unit 59c described later.

  The 4-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53a is a processing unit that outputs to the hall computer 100 a value corresponding to the number of balls acquired at the 4-yen corner. The value of the acquired ball is obtained per pulse per 100 yen. Output a minute pulse. Further, the 1-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53b is a processing unit that outputs to the hall computer 100 the acquired value equivalent to the number of acquired balls in the 1-yen corner, and is acquired similarly to the 4-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53a. Outputs pulses worth the number of balls in one pulse per 100 yen.

  As described above, the notification of the number of balls acquired to the hall computer 100 is generally performed by pulse communication. However, when a plurality of game corners having different rental rates are provided, the number of balls acquired at both corners is set to one. When pulse communication is performed using only the line and the output unit, the hall computer 100 cannot determine whether it is a 4-yen corner acquisition ball or a 1-yen corner acquisition ball. Since the number cannot be managed, the counter 50 according to the first embodiment is provided with a 4-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53a and a 1-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53b for each lending rate.

  The shutter mechanism 55 includes a shutter drive motor 55a that opens and closes a shutter that is provided at an opening of the acquired ball so as to be opened and closed, and an open / close detector 55b that detects the open / close state of the shutter. For example, when opening the shutter at the time of counting, the shutter mechanism 55 causes the shutter drive motor 55a to open the shutter until the opening / closing detection unit 55b detects that the shutter is open, and the shutter is sealed after the counting is completed. In this case, the shutter drive motor 55a is driven to close the shutter until the open / close detection unit 55b detects that the shutter is closed.

  The counting sensor 55c is a sensor for counting the number of acquired balls thrown by a player or an employee. Specifically, the counting sensor 55c is provided in the path of the acquired balls, and performs both light emission and light reception. Then, the passage of the acquired ball is detected, and the number of these passes is counted up by the count control unit 59b.

  The card processing unit 56 is a control unit that reads data from various cards inserted from the card insertion slot. For example, the card processing unit 56 accepts a member card held by a player (member), reads a member ID, and reads the member ID. The member ID is output to the storage ball addition request unit 59d.

  The printing unit 57 is a printing device that prints print data on a receipt, and prints and issues a count receipt having a different mode type for each rental rate based on issue control by the issue control unit 59c. The counting receipt includes the name of the amusement store, the date and time of issue, the counter number, the loan rate and the count value (the number of balls acquired) as characters, and includes the loan rate, the count value, the date and time of issue and the counter number. A barcode associated with the counting information is printed. Such bar code printed information may be the counting information itself or a counting ID associated with the counting information on a one-to-one basis.

  The storage unit 58 is a storage device such as a non-volatile memory that stores data and programs necessary for various types of processing by the control unit 77. The type of count receipt that differs between the loan rates for each different loan rate in the pachinko corner. The mode type management table 58a to be stored is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the mode type management table 58a includes, for each lending rate, the type of lending rate that is clearly described in the player and embedded in the barcode printed on the count receipt, and the characters that are displayed on the count receipt. Stores the type of color. In the example of FIG. 4, when the lending rate of the acquisition ball to be counted is ball 1 (when it is an acquisition ball at the 4-yen corner), the fact that the count receipt is ball 1 is printed, and this count When the characters printed on the receipt are printed in red, the bar code with the loan rate “ball 1” is set to be printed, and the loan rate of the ball to be counted is ball 2 (In the case of a 1-yen corner acquisition ball), the fact that the counting receipt is ball 2 is printed, the characters described in the counting receipt are printed in blue, and the loan rate “ball 2” is embedded. Bar code is printed.

  The control unit 59 is a control unit that performs overall control of the counter 50, and includes a lending rate acquisition unit 59a, a count control unit 59b, an issue control unit 59c, a storage ball addition request unit 59d, and a display control unit 59e.

  The lending rate acquisition unit 59a is a processing unit that acquires a lending rate of a pachinko ball to be counted among a plurality of lending rates. Specifically, when the counter 50 is waiting for counting, as shown in FIG. 5, a button for selecting the game corner (lending rate) of the acquisition source by the display control unit 59e, that is, a 4-yen corner button And a 1-yen corner button and a message for prompting selection thereof are displayed on the touch panel 51, so that the 4-yen corner button or the A pressing operation of any one-yen corner button is received on the touch panel 51, and a lending rate corresponding to the gaming corner that has received the pressing operation is acquired as a lending rate for the acquired ball to be counted. In this way, the input of the loan rate of the acquired ball is accepted in order to issue a count receipt of a mode type suitable for the loan rate.

  The counting control unit 59b is a processing unit that controls to count pachinko balls acquired by the player. Specifically, when the lending rate to be counted is acquired by the lending rate acquisition unit 59a, the shutter mechanism 55 is requested to open the shutter that can be opened and closed at the entrance of the acquired ball and the shutter is released. After that, when an acquisition ball is inserted from the insertion port, a passing signal of the acquisition ball is output from the counting sensor 55c. Therefore, until such a passage signal is not detected for a certain time (for example, 3 seconds). The number of balls acquired is counted by continuing the count-up.

  In addition, the counting control unit 59b notifies the hall computer 100 of the number of balls acquired, and when the lending rate acquired by the lending rate acquisition unit 59a is 1 (the 4-ball corner acquisition ball). In the case of), via the 4-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53a, the value of the acquired ball is output to the hall computer 100 at one pulse for every 100 yen, and the rental rate acquisition unit 59a When the lending rate acquired by the above is 2 balls, via the 1-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53b, the value of the acquired ball is 1 pulse per 100 yen, and a pulse corresponding to the number of balls acquired is sent to the hall computer 100. By outputting, it is possible to notify the hall computer 100 of the number of balls acquired (high value of acquisition) for each lending rate, and the hall computer 100 can be accurately captured. So that it is possible to manage the number of balls.

  The issuance control unit 59c is a processing unit that performs counting receipt issuance control in conjunction with the printing unit 57. Specifically, the issuance control unit 59c stores the type of count receipt stored in the mode type management table 58a for each loan rate. Among these, control is performed to issue a count type receipt corresponding to the lending rate acquired by the lending rate acquiring unit 59a.

  More specifically, when the receipt issue button on the touch panel 51 is pressed, if the lending rate acquired by the lending rate acquiring unit 59a is the ball 1, the mode type management table 58a shown in FIG. Refers to the record of ball 1 and prints out the loan rate “ball 1” on the paper medium issued as a count receipt along with the name of the amusement store, the date and time of issue, the counter number and the count (acquired number of balls) 57, and the characters printed on the paper medium are printed in red, and the bar code in which “ball 1” is embedded in the lending rate of the count information embedded in the bar code information is printed on the printing unit 57. The paper medium on which these print controls are performed is issued as a count receipt (left side in FIG. 6). On the other hand, if the lending rate is ball 2, refer to the record of ball 2 in the aspect type management table 58a shown in FIG. The lending rate “ball 2” is printed on the printing unit 57 together with the counter number and the count value (the number of balls acquired), and the characters described on the paper medium are printed in blue, and further embedded in the barcode information. Of the counting information, for the lending rate, a bar code in which “ball 2” is embedded is printed on the printing unit 57, and a paper medium on which these printing controls are performed is issued as a counting receipt (right side in FIG. 6).

  As described above, the type of display color of characters displayed on the count receipt, the type of loan rate displayed on the count receipt, and the type of loan rate recorded on the count receipt are set in the mode type management table 58a. By controlling the display color, the description of the loan rate and the record of the loan rate to issue a count receipt, employees working at the giveaway counter etc. can identify the loan rate by looking at the count receipt, The lending rate can be identified by the prize management device for exchanging prizes only by reading the count receipt, and post-processing such as prize exchange and receipt storage balls can be performed smoothly.

  The accumulated ball addition requesting unit 59d is a processing unit that performs an update process of the accumulated ball balance managed in the member management table. Specifically, when the number of acquired balls is counted by the counting control unit 59b and a membership card is inserted, when the storage button on the touch panel 51 is pressed, the lending acquired by the lending rate acquiring unit 59a The member management T / C 10 is requested to add money to the member management T / C 10 including the rate, the member ID recorded on the member card, and the count value output by the count control unit 59b. In addition, the member management T / C 10 that has received this savings ball addition request adds the count value to the savings account corresponding to the member ID and the loan rate included in the savings ball addition request, and returns an addition completion notification. In the first embodiment, all the count values are stored in the player's savings account. However, it is not always necessary to store all the count values, and the number of balls specified by the player or a special prize can be exchanged. Only the possible number of balls may be stored.

  The display control unit 59 e is a processing unit that performs display control of the touch panel 51. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, while waiting for counting, a 4-yen corner button and a 1-yen corner button and a message for prompting selection (designation) are displayed on the touch panel 51, and the 4-yen corner button is displayed on the touch panel 51. Alternatively, when one of the 1-yen corner buttons is pressed, the lending rate corresponding to the gaming corner that has received the pressing operation is displayed on a part of the screen of the touch panel 51 as the lending rate of the acquired balls, and the counting control unit 59b When counting is started, the display of the number of acquired balls displayed on the touch panel 51 is updated every time the passing signal from the counting sensor 55c is counted up, and the passing signal from the counting sensor 55c is more than a certain time ( For example, when it is not detected for 3 seconds, a count receipt issue button is displayed on the touch panel 51, Sometimes, if it is inserted membership card, to display a 貯玉 button in conjunction with the receipt issuance button.

  In this way, if the lending rate acquired by the lending rate acquiring unit 59a is displayed on the touch panel 51, it can be clearly indicated to the player that the number of acquired balls is counted at the lending rate corresponding to the game corner of the acquisition source. On the other hand, the employee can confirm whether or not the earned balls are counted at the lending rate corresponding to the game corner of the acquisition source.

  Next, the count receipt issuing process by the counter 50 according to the first embodiment will be described in detail. FIG. 7 is a flowchart illustrating a count receipt issuing process executed by the counter 50 according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 7, when the counting is on standby (No at Step S101), buttons for selecting the game corner of the acquisition source by the display control unit 59e, that is, a 4-yen corner button and a 1-yen corner button and their selection ( When the lending rate of the pachinko ball to be counted is acquired by the lending rate acquisition unit 59a through the pressing operation of any of these buttons (Yes in step S101) ), The counting control unit 59b causes the shutter mechanism 55 to open the shutter (step S102), and the display control unit 59e is configured to count the lending rate corresponding to the gaming corner for which the pressing operation is accepted on the touch panel 51. Screen of the touch panel 51 as a lending rate (hereinafter referred to as a designated lending rate) It is displayed on a part (step S103).

  Subsequently, when the acquired ball is inserted from the insertion port, the counting control unit 59b outputs the acquired ball passing signal from the counting sensor 55c, so that the passing signal is detected for a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds). The number of acquired balls is counted by continuing to count up until there is no more (step S104), and the display control unit 59e displays the number (count value) of acquired balls on the touch panel 51 (step S105). During the counting, the display of the number of balls acquired displayed on the touch panel 51 is updated every time the passing signal from the counting sensor 55c is counted up by the counting control unit 59b.

  At this time, if the member card has not been accepted (No at Step S106), only the receipt issuing button that requests the issuance of the counting receipt is displayed on the touch panel 51 by the display control unit 59e. When the issuance request is accepted (Yes at Step S107), the issuance control unit 59c refers to the record corresponding to the designated lending rate among the records in the mode type management table 58a, and sets the amusement store's paper medium to be issued as a count receipt. The lending rate is printed on the printing unit 57 together with the name, date and time of issue, the counter number and the count value (the number of balls acquired), and the characters described on the paper medium are printed in the color corresponding to the designated lending rate. Of the counting information embedded in the barcode information, the loan rate is the designated loan rate. Was printed on the printing unit 57 a bar code embedded, a paper medium made by these print control together issues as counted receipt (see FIG. 6) (step S108), and ends the process.

  If the member card has been accepted (Yes at step S106), the display control unit 59e displays on the touch panel 51 a receipt issuance button for requesting issuance of counting receipts and a storage button for requesting counting storage balls. Or it will be in the issue and storage ball waiting state which receives the pressing operation of either of the storage ball buttons (No in Step S107 and No in Step S109).

  When the storage button on the touch panel 51 is pressed in this issuance / storage waiting state (Yes at Step S109), the storage addition requesting unit 59d manages the storage addition request including the designated lending rate, member ID, and count value as a member management. It performs with respect to T / C10 (step S110). In addition, in the member management T / C 10 that has accepted this request for adding money, the member management table is used to add the count value to the money account corresponding to the member ID and the specified lending rate included in the money addition request and add A completion notice is returned to the counter 50.

  When this addition completion notification is received, the display control unit 59e displays the number of balls added to the accumulated ball balance and the accumulated ball balance before and after the accumulated ball on the touch panel 51 to notify the addition completion (step S11), and ends the process.

  Next, FIG. 1 is used to explain post-processing (such as gift exchange and receipt storage balls) that uses a count receipt that has been issued with a distinction of the mode type for each lending rate by the counter 50 according to the first embodiment. The configuration and processing flow of the gift management device 70 will be described.

  FIG. 8 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the prize management device 70 according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the prize management device 70 includes an employee touch panel 71, an employee operation key 72, a player touch panel 73, a communication I / F unit 74, a receipt issuing unit 75, A storage unit 76 and a control unit 77 are included. The communication I / F unit 74 in the prize management device 70 includes a card reader 81 that reads recorded information from various cards such as a membership card, and a barcode reader 82 that reads barcode information from a count receipt. A prize dispenser 80 that dispenses prizes is connected.

  The employee touch panel 71 is a displayable and inputable employee device that can accept an operation input on a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display. For example, when receiving a count receipt, When the number of acquired balls read using the barcode reader 82 is displayed, or when a stored ball (receipt stored ball) using this counting receipt is performed, the number of balls added to the stored ball balance, the stored ball balance before and after the stored ball Is displayed.

  The employee operation key 72 is a general term for an exchange button, a numeric keypad, and the like for various prizes such as general prizes and special prizes operated by the employee. In the first embodiment, the employee designates the exchange prize for the prize management device 70. However, it is not always necessary for the employee to designate, and the player may designate it.

  The player touch panel 73 is a displayable and inputable player device that can accept an operation input on a display device such as a liquid crystal panel or a display. Like the employee touch panel 71, the player touch panel 73 accepts a counting receipt. Sometimes, the number of acquired balls read from the count receipt using the barcode reader 82 is displayed, or when the number of balls (receipt storage balls) using the count receipt is made, the number of balls added to the balance of stored balls, Display the balance of stored balls before and after storing. In the first embodiment, the contents of the screens displayed on the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73 are the same, but the contents are not necessarily the same.

  The communication I / F unit 74 performs various types of communication between the prize management device 70 and other devices (for example, other devices such as the member management T / C 10, the counter 50, or the prize dispenser 80). Interface.

  The receipt issuing unit 75 is a processing unit that prints various types of information on a paper medium. For example, the contents exchanged by the prize management device 70 (for example, exchange date and time, employee name, total number of balls acquired, exchange prizes) And items such as the number of exchanged balls) and issued as exchange receipts, and after the amusement store is closed, information related to the management of prizes (for example, gross profit management by giving out prizes) is tightened. Or issue it as a vote.

  The storage unit 76 is a storage device such as a non-volatile memory that stores data and programs necessary for various processes performed by the control unit 77. In addition to information such as a format to be printed on an exchange receipt and the contents of the print, the present invention includes As a related item, an exchanged ball number management table 76a for managing the number of exchanged balls required for exchanging with prizes is stored.

  As shown in FIG. 9, the exchanged ball number management table 76a is a table that stores the number of exchanged balls for each loan rate for each premium name, that is, for each premium name. In the example shown in FIG. 9, the ball 1 is 4 yen / ball, the ball 2 is 1 yen / ball, and the ball unit price of the ball 2 is a quarter of the ball 1, so the exchange balls for each prize of the ball 2 The number of balls 1 is four times the number of balls exchanged for each prize. In ball 1, confectionery A is replaced with 25 balls, juice B is replaced with 30 balls, and tobacco C is 75. On the other hand, in the ball 2, it is determined that the confectionery A is exchanged with 100 balls, the juice B is exchanged with 120 balls, and the tobacco C is exchanged with 300 balls. .

  The control unit 77 is a control unit that controls the overall prize management device 70, and includes a prize exchange processing unit 77a, a storage ball processing unit 77b, and a display control unit 77c. Actually, programs corresponding to these functional units are stored in a ROM or a non-volatile memory (not shown), and these programs are loaded on the CPU and executed to give a prize exchange processing unit 77a, a ball processing unit 77b, and a display. The control unit 77c is caused to execute a corresponding process.

  The prize exchange processing unit 77a is a processing unit that manages the exchange of acquired balls and prizes using the exchanged ball number management table 76a. Specifically, when a prize exchange using a count receipt is performed, the number of balls acquired and the rental rate are read from the count receipt through the reading operation of the barcode reader 82 by the employee, and the game store employee plays the game. Since the exchange button corresponding to the customer-specified prize is pressed, the number of exchanged balls corresponding to the loan rate read from the count receipt for the prize is subtracted from the number of obtained balls, and prize exchange using a membership card is performed. In this case, the employee's touch panel is inquired about the storage balance for each rental rate of the member ID read from the member card via the card reader 81, and after acquiring the storage balance for each rental rate of the member ID. The selection button for selecting the loan rate of the savings account to be withdrawn through 71 and the exchange button for specifying the exchange of prizes are pressed. In, it subtracts the replacement piece count that matches the corresponding lending rate with respect to the prize from 貯玉 balance.

  The stored ball processing unit 77b is a processing unit that performs an update process of the stored ball balance managed in the member management table. For example, when storing balls using a count receipt, the member ID is read from the member card through the reading operation of the card reader 81 by the employee, so the number of acquired balls read from the count receipt by the barcode reader 82 (total The member management T / C 10 is requested to add a storage ball including a numerical value), a lending rate, and the member ID. In addition, the member management T / C 10 that has received this savings ball addition request adds the count value to the savings account corresponding to the member ID and the loan rate included in the savings ball addition request, and returns an addition completion notification.

  The display control unit 77 c is a processing unit that performs display control of the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73. For example, when a count receipt is received, the number of balls acquired by using the barcode reader 82 with respect to the count receipt is displayed on the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73, or the count receipt is used. When the stored ball (receipt stored ball) is performed, the number of balls added to the stored ball balance and the stored ball balance before and after the stored ball are displayed on the employee touch panel 71 and the player touch panel 73.

  Next, the prize exchange process by the prize management apparatus 70 according to the first embodiment will be described in detail. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating the gift exchange process executed by the gift management apparatus 70 according to the first embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 10, when an employee performs a reading operation of a counting receipt brought in by a player (step S201), the barcode reader 82 reads the number of balls acquired and a lending rate (hereinafter, referred to as a bar code) from the barcode of the counting receipt. (Referred to as read loan rate) (Step S202), the prize exchange processing unit 77a sets the reference number of exchanged balls in the exchanged ball number management table 76a as the read loan rate (Step S203).

  Here, if there is a remaining number in the acquired balls and the member card has not been accepted (Yes at Step S204 and No at Step S205), the prize exchange processing unit 77a performs a prize exchange process corresponding to the loan rate (Step S206). ). Specifically, when the exchange button for designating exchange of prizes is pressed through the employee operation key 72, the number of exchanged balls which are designated prizes in the exchanged number management table 76b and match the read lending rate are acquired. Subtract from the number of balls.

  Thereafter, until the exchange end button displayed on the employee touch panel 71 or the player touch panel 73 is pressed, or until there is no acquired ball (No at Step S204 or No at Step S207), the prize exchange processing unit 77a is a member. Unless the card is accepted (No at Step S205), the gift exchange process corresponding to the read lending rate is repeated (Step S206).

  On the other hand, if there is a remaining number in the earned ball and the member card has been accepted (Yes in Step S204 and Yes in Step S205), both receipt storage and prize exchange can be performed. If a storage ball addition request (receipt storage ball request) is received via the player touch panel 73 (Yes at step S208), the storage ball processing unit 77b reads the member ID from the member card through the reading operation of the card reader 81 by the employee. Therefore, a storage ball addition request including the number of acquired balls (count value), read loan rate, and member ID is made to the member management T / C 10 (step S209). In addition, the member management T / C 10 that has received this savings ball addition request adds the count value to the savings account corresponding to the member ID and the loan rate included in the savings ball addition request, and returns an addition completion notification.

  Subsequently, when the exchange end button is pressed, when there is no remaining number in the acquired balls, or when the receipt storage ball is performed (No at Step S204, Yes at Step S207 or after Step S210 is completed), the prize exchange processing unit 77a Issuance of a receipt to issue a prize receipt on which items such as exchange date / time, employee name, total number of acquired balls, exchanged prizes and number of exchanged balls are printed only when the exchanged prize exists (Yes in step S211) Request is made to the unit 75 (step S212), and the process is terminated.

  As described above, according to the counter 50 according to the first embodiment, for each lending rate that is different in the same type of game medium, different types of count receipts are stored between the lending rates, and a plurality of lending is stored. Because it is configured to acquire the lending rate of the pachinko balls to be counted among the rates and to issue the counting receipt of the mode type corresponding to the acquired lending rate among the mode types of the counting receipt stored for each lending rate Even if multiple game corners with different loan rates are provided, employees who work at the prize counter, etc. can specify the rental rate of the counting receipts and can provide services such as prize exchange and receipt storage. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the absolute number of counters required for the game machine, and to reduce the capital investment cost of the amusement store.

  Furthermore, according to the counter 50 according to the first embodiment, the type of the loan rate to be recorded on the count receipt is set in the mode type management table 58a, and the count receipt is issued while distinguishing the record of the loan rate. By controlling, it is possible to identify the lending rate by the prize management device 70 that exchanges prizes simply by performing the reading operation of the counting receipt, and it is possible to smoothly perform post-processing such as prize exchange and receipt storage balls. is there.

  By the way, in the first embodiment described above, the case where the acquired ball lending rate is input by the game shop employee through the touch panel 51 and acquired is described. However, the acquired ball lending rate is acquired using another method. You can also. Therefore, in the second embodiment, the employee stores the lending rate in an existing employee card (for example, an IC card for the employee), and reads the lending rate from the employee card to obtain the earned ball. The case where the loan rate is acquired will be shown.

  In other words, it is not preferable for the counting work performed at the amusement store to be performed by the player from the viewpoint of fraud prevention, and in order to make only the employee perform the counting work, the employee must uniquely identify the employee in the in-store equipment. There are also many amusement stores that distribute employee recording media (hereinafter referred to as employee cards) to be specified. This employee card records authentication information (hereinafter referred to as employee ID) in advance, and the employee ID matches the recorded employee ID with the employee ID registered in the counter. Authentication is performed, and operations of in-store equipment can be performed only after the employee IDs of the two match.

  Therefore, in the counter 90 according to the second embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the game to which the employee belongs is not input manually from the rental rate of the acquired balls to be counted. The feature is that the lending rate of the acquired ball is acquired by reading the lending rate of the corner.

  In the counter 90 according to the second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 11, the count receipt display mode type and the record information type are associated with each lending rate as the count receipt mode type that differs between the lending rates. While being stored in the mode type management table 58a, the rental rate of the game corner where the employee is in charge of the work is stored in the employee card, and the employee card reading operation ( When the holding operation is performed, the lending rate read from the employee card is acquired as the lending rate of the acquired ball.

  Thereafter, the counter 90 according to the second embodiment counts the acquired balls received in the counter 50 in the same manner as in the first embodiment described above, and the rental rate of the acquired balls is 1 (4 yen corner). For example, the display color of characters and figures describing the printed contents of the counting receipt is printed in red and the counting receipt is issued, while the lending rate of the acquired ball is 2 balls. In the case of (acquired ball at 1-yen corner), control is performed so that the display color of characters and figures describing the print contents of the count receipt is printed in blue and the count receipt is issued.

  Therefore, according to the counter 90 according to the second embodiment, similarly to the counter 50 according to the first embodiment described above, a counter that needs to be introduced when providing a plurality of game corners having different loan rates. In addition to being able to reduce the capital investment cost of amusement stores, it is possible to reduce the capital investment cost of the amusement store, and to make the input operation for inputting the pachinko ball lending rate subject to counting easier operation (holding operation) ).

  Next, the configuration of the counter 90 according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 12 is a functional block diagram illustrating the configuration of the counter 90 according to the second embodiment. In addition, here, the description is abbreviate | omitted when a structure and a function are the same as the function part in the counter 50 which concerns on above-mentioned Example 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 12, the counter 90 reads an employee card record information (for example, an employee ID and a rental rate at a game corner in charge) with use of the employee card. A point having 91, and a point in which an employee ID management table 92a for storing employee IDs of employees who are permitted to perform counting work in the counter 90 to perform employee authentication is stored in the storage unit 92; In addition to the function of the count control unit 53b according to the first embodiment, the count control performs employee authentication by matching the employee ID read by the IC card reader 91 with the employee ID in the employee ID management table 92a. The difference between the counter 93 and the counter 50 according to the first embodiment is that the unit 93 b is included in the control unit 93.

  Next, a count receipt issuing process by the counter 90 according to the second embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating a count receipt issuing process executed by the counter 90 according to the second embodiment.

  As shown in FIG. 12, when waiting for counting (No at Step S301), when an employee card held by an employee is held near the IC card reader 91 (Yes at Step S301), the loan rate acquisition unit 53a. Acquires the employee ID read from the employee card and the charge lending rate through the IC card reader 91 (step S302).

  Here, the count control unit 93b confirms whether or not the employee ID read by the IC card reader 91 exists in the employee ID management table 92a (step S303). When the reading employee ID exists in the employee ID management table 92a (Yes at Step S303), the shutter mechanism 55 is opened (Step S102), and the display control unit 59e is acquired by the lending rate acquisition unit 53a. The assigned lending rate is displayed on a part of the screen of the touch panel 51 (step S103). If the employee ID read by the IC card reader 91 does not exist in the employee ID management table 92a (No at step S303), the process ends without performing the subsequent processes because the employee authentication is NG. .

  Subsequently, when the acquired ball is inserted from the insertion port, the counting control unit 93b outputs the acquired ball passing signal from the counting sensor 55c, so that the passing signal is detected for a predetermined time (for example, 3 seconds). The number of acquired balls is counted by continuing to count up until there is no more (step S104), and the display control unit 59e displays the number (count value) of acquired balls on the touch panel 51 (step S105). During the counting, the display of the number of acquired balls displayed on the touch panel 51 is updated every time the passing signal from the counting sensor 55c is counted up by the counting control unit 93b.

  At this time, if the member card has not been accepted (No at Step S106), only the receipt issuing button that requests the issuance of the counting receipt is displayed on the touch panel 51 by the display control unit 59e. When the issuance request is accepted (Yes at Step S107), the issuance control unit 59c refers to the record corresponding to the assigned lending rate among the records in the mode type management table 58a, and sets the amusement store's paper medium to be issued as a count receipt. The lending rate is printed on the printing unit 57 together with the name, date and time of issue, the counter number and the count value (the number of balls acquired), and the characters described on the paper medium are printed in the color corresponding to the lending rate in charge. Of the counting information embedded in the barcode information, Was printed on the printing unit 57 a bar code embedded, a paper medium made by these print control together issues as counted receipt (see FIG. 6) (step S108), and ends the process.

  If the member card has been accepted (Yes at step S106), the display control unit 59e displays on the touch panel 51 a receipt issuance button for requesting issuance of counting receipts and a storage button for requesting counting storage balls. Or it will be in the issue and storage ball waiting state which receives the pressing operation of either of the storage ball buttons (No in Step S107 and No in Step S109).

  When the storage button on the touch panel 51 is pressed in this issuance / storage waiting state (Yes at Step S109), the storage addition requesting unit 59d manages the member addition request including the assigned lending rate, member ID, and count value as a member. It performs with respect to T / C10 (step S110). In addition, in the member management T / C 10 that has accepted this request for adding money, the member management table is used to add the count value to the money account corresponding to the member ID and the assigned lending rate included in the money addition request. A completion notice is returned to the counter 50.

  When this addition completion notification is received, the display control unit 59e displays the number of balls added to the accumulated ball balance and the accumulated ball balance before and after the accumulated ball on the touch panel 51 to notify the addition completion (step S11), and ends the process.

  As described above, according to the counter 90 according to the second embodiment, the rental rate of the game corner where the employee is in charge of the work is stored in the employee card, and the employee card is used by the employee of the game store. When a reading operation (holding operation) is performed, the lending rate read from this employee card is acquired as the lending rate for the earned ball, so the input operation for inputting the lending rate for the pachinko ball to be counted Can be input by a simpler operation (holding operation).

  Furthermore, according to the counter 90 according to the second embodiment, since the rental rate of the pachinko balls to be counted is input using the existing employee card, a recording medium for recording the rental rate is not newly purchased. In both cases, the input operation can be simplified, and the capital investment cost of the amusement store can be reduced.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described so far, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms other than the embodiments described above. Therefore, another embodiment included in the present invention will be described below.

(1) Acquisition of loan rate For example, in Example 1 described above, when the lending rate of a pachinko ball to be counted is input, the touch panel 51 is input. You may make it input by a mechanical switch.

  In the second embodiment described above, the rental rate of the game corner in which the employee is in charge of the business is directly recorded on the employee card. However, the present invention is not limited to this. By storing and managing the lending rate in charge in association with the employee ID in a host device such as 90 employee ID management table 92a or member management T / C10, and recording only the employee ID on the employee card, The data recorded on the employee card can be reduced.

  Furthermore, while recording the lending rate in charge on the employee card, the lending rate in charge is stored and managed in association with the employee ID in the employee ID management table 92a of the counter 90 or in the host device, and the IC card. In addition to employee authentication for matching the read employee ID of the reader 91 with the registered employee ID in the employee ID management table 92a, the charge lending rate read from the employee card by the IC card reader is simultaneously read. If the counter 90 or the higher-level device is configured to further authenticate whether or not it matches with the assigned lending rate in the employee ID management table 92a corresponding to the received employee ID, the employee to be recorded on the employee card Unless both the ID and the loan rate are counterfeited, the earned ball with the low loan rate (ball 2) will be counted as the earned ball with the high loan rate (ball 1). It is possible to prevent abuse, it is possible to prevent strictly abuse in combined counting machine to count the pachinko balls in the plurality of lending rate.

  Moreover, in this invention, methods other than above-mentioned Example 1 and 2 can also be used as a method of acquiring the rental rate of the pachinko ball used as the counting object. For example, a storage box for storing pachinko balls acquired by a player has a built-in (or attached) recording medium such as an IC tag, and the rental rate of the gaming corner to which the storage box belongs in the storage box with a built-in IC tag. And when a reading operation (holding operation) of a storage box with a built-in IC tag is performed by an amusement shop employee, by acquiring the lending rate read from this IC tag as the lending rate of the acquired ball, Similar to the first and second embodiments, it is possible to issue a count type receipt corresponding to the loan rate.

(2) Aspect type For example, in the first and second embodiments described above, the character color type described in the counting receipt is issued separately for each lending rate, but the present invention is not limited to this. It is only necessary to issue a visually distinguishable counting receipt. For example, as shown in FIG. 14, when the acquired ball lending rate is ball 1, the background display color displayed on the counting receipt is printed in red, and the acquired ball lending rate is ball 2. In some cases, the background display color to be displayed on the counting receipt is printed and issued in blue, so that, as in the first and second embodiments, an employee working at a prize counter or the like can determine the lending rate just by looking at the counting receipt. As a result, post-processing such as prize exchange and receipt storage can be smoothly performed.

(3) Others For example, in the first and second embodiments described above, an example in which the counter has both a counting function for counting pachinko balls and a receipt issuing function for issuing counting receipts has been described. The present invention is similarly applied to a counting receipt issuing system configured as a counting machine having a counting function and a counting receipt issuing machine having a counting receipt issuing function. Can be applied.

  Further, in the above-described first and second embodiments, the example in which the counting of the acquisition ball of the 4-yen corner and the acquisition ball of the 1-yen corner is always described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the predetermined number Only when the concurrent use permission condition is satisfied, the counting of both corners may be performed concurrently. For example, a busy time zone such as 17:00 to 23:00 is stored, and only when the time measured by the timekeeping part is a busy time zone, both corners are also counted, or the member management T / C 10 or hall Only when a failure notification of another counter is received from a higher-level device such as the computer 100, both corners are counted.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, an example in which the count receipt is a paper medium has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and other recording media such as a magnetic card and an IC card are used. The present invention can be similarly applied.

  In the above-described first and second embodiments, the case where the game corners corresponding to the two lending rates of the ball 1 (4 yen / ball) and the ball 2 (1 yen / ball) are provided has been described. The present invention is not limited to this, and the present invention can be similarly applied to a case where a game corner (for example, a 4-yen corner, a 2-yen corner, and a 1-yen corner) corresponding to three or more loan rates is provided. .

  In the first and second embodiments described above, an example in which the present invention is applied to a pachinko game has been described. However, the present invention is similarly applied to a case where a pachislot game is further included or only a pachislot game is targeted. Can be applied. In addition, although the example which applies this invention to a pachinko store and a pachislot store was demonstrated here, this invention is not limited to this, It can apply similarly to game facilities, such as a game center.

  In the first and second embodiments described above, the counters 50 and 90 perform pulse communication with the host device (member management T / C 10). However, the counter 50 or 90 is serially connected to the member management T / C 10. If connected by communication, the count control unit 59b or 93b is configured to transmit the count result (count value, counter number, etc.) in association with the lending rate acquired by the lending rate acquiring unit. May be. If the higher-level device (member management T / C 10) counts the counting results based on the lending rate, the counting results for each lending rate (that is, for each corner) can be calculated.

  In addition, among the processes described in this embodiment, all or part of the processes described as being performed automatically can be performed manually, or the processes described as being performed manually can be performed. All or a part can be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedure, control procedure, specific name, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-described document and drawings can be arbitrarily changed unless otherwise specified.

  Further, each component of each illustrated apparatus is functionally conceptual, and does not necessarily need to be physically configured as illustrated. In other words, the specific form of distribution / integration of each device is not limited to that shown in the figure, and all or a part thereof may be functionally or physically distributed or arbitrarily distributed in arbitrary units according to various loads or usage conditions. Can be integrated and configured. Further, all or any part of each processing function performed in each device may be realized by a CPU and a program analyzed and executed by the CPU, or may be realized as hardware by wired logic.

  As described above, the counter and the count recording medium issuance system according to the present invention are suitable for reducing the capital investment cost of a game shop.

It is a figure which shows the system configuration | structure of the store system of the amusement store which concerns on Example 1. FIG. FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the characteristics of the counter according to the first embodiment. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a counter according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in the aspect classification management table. It is a figure which shows the example of a transition of the screen displayed on the touchscreen of a counter. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a count receipt according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows the count receipt issuing process which the counter based on Example 1 performs. 1 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a prize management device according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in the exchange ball number management table. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a gift exchange process executed by the gift management apparatus according to the first embodiment. FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram for explaining the features of a counter according to a second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a functional block diagram illustrating a configuration of a counter according to a second embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the count receipt issuing process which the counter based on Example 2 performs. It is a figure which shows an example of the example of application of a count receipt.

Explanation of symbols

10 Member management T / C
20 island controller 30a, 30b CR unit 40a, 40b pachinko machine 50 counter 51 touch panel 52 communication I / F unit 53a 4-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 53b 1-yen coin acquisition pulse output unit 54 timing unit 55 shutter mechanism 55a shutter drive motor 55b Open / close detection unit 55c Count sensor 56 Card processing unit 57 Printing unit 58 Storage unit 58a Aspect type management table 59 Control unit 59a Lending rate acquisition unit 59b Count control unit 59c Issuance control unit 59d Storage ball addition request unit 59e Display control unit 70 Premium management Device 71 Employee touch panel 72 Employee operation key 73 Display for player 74 Communication I / F unit 75 Receipt issuing unit 76 Storage unit 76a Exchanged ball number management table 77 Control unit 77a Premium exchange processing unit 77b Savings processing unit 77c Display control unit 80 gift dispenser 81 card reader 82 bar code reader 100 hall computer

Claims (8)

A counting machine that counts game media acquired by a player and issues a count recording medium that associates the counted count results;
A mode type storage means for storing a mode type of a count recording medium that differs between the lending rates for each different lending rate in the same type of game medium;
An acquisition means for acquiring a loan rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of loan rates;
Issuance control means for controlling to issue a count recording medium of an aspect type corresponding to the lending rate acquired by the acquisition means among the aspect types of the count recording medium stored for each loan rate by the aspect type storage means It equipped with a door,
The acquisition means includes
A lending rate is acquired prior to counting of game media, and has a receiving means for accepting an input operation of a lending rate of the game media to be counted.
A counting machine characterized by that. A counting machine that counts game media acquired by a player and issues a count recording medium that associates the counted count results;
  A mode type storage means for storing a mode type of a count recording medium that differs between the lending rates for each different lending rate in the same type of game medium;
  An acquisition means for acquiring a loan rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of loan rates;
  Issuance control means for controlling to issue a count recording medium of an aspect type corresponding to the lending rate acquired by the acquisition means among the aspect types of the count recording medium stored for each loan rate by the aspect type storage means When
  With
  The acquisition means includes
  The rental rate is acquired prior to counting the game media, and the rental rate of the game corner to which the employee belongs is read from the employee recording medium possessed by the employee of the game store involved in the game media count. It has a recording medium reading means for employees
  A counting machine characterized by that. A counting machine that counts game media acquired by a player and issues a count recording medium that associates the counted count results;
  A mode type storage means for storing a mode type of a count recording medium that differs between the lending rates for each different lending rate in the same type of game medium;
  An acquisition means for acquiring a loan rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of loan rates;
  Issuance control means for controlling to issue a count recording medium of an aspect type corresponding to the lending rate acquired by the acquisition means among the aspect types of the count recording medium stored for each loan rate by the aspect type storage means When
  With
  The acquisition means includes
  A game corner for acquiring a lending rate prior to counting of game media, and to which the storage box belongs from a storage medium for storage box built in or attached to a storage box for storing the game media acquired by the player Storage medium reading means for reading the lending rate of the storage box
  A counting machine characterized by that. Different mode types associated with the lending rate, the background display color type displayed on the counting recording medium, the character and / or figure display color type displayed on the counting recording medium, and the count recording It further comprises an aspect type setting means for setting in the aspect type storage means at least one aspect type of a lending rate to be recorded on the medium or a lending rate to be displayed on the counting recording medium. The counter according to claim 1, 2, or 3 . Counting machine of any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising a display control means for displaying the acquired lending rate on a predetermined display unit by the acquisition unit. The counting result is transmitted to a higher-level device connected to the counter by an output line provided for each lending rate,
According to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that it comprises the output lines corresponding to the lending rate obtained further transmission control means for controlling so as to transmit a count value by said acquisition means Counting machine. The counting according to any one of claims 1 to 5 , further comprising a transmission control unit that transmits the counting result to the host device in association with the lending rate acquired by the acquiring unit. Machine. A counting recording medium issuing system comprising: a counting machine that counts game media acquired by a player; and an issuing machine that issues a counting recording medium that associates a counting result counted by the counting machine.
The counting machine or the issuing machine is
An acquisition means for acquiring a loan rate set by an employee operation among a plurality of loan rates;
The issuing machine is
A mode type storage means for storing a mode type of a count recording medium that differs between the lending rates for each different lending rate in the same type of game medium;
Issuance control means for controlling to issue a count recording medium of an aspect type corresponding to the lending rate acquired by the acquisition means among the aspect types of the count recording medium stored for each loan rate by the aspect type storage means It equipped with a door,
The acquisition means acquires a rental rate prior to counting game media, accepting means for accepting an input operation of the rental rate of game media to be counted, and an employee of a game store involved in counting the game media Embedded in or attached to an employee recording medium reading means for reading out a rental rate of a gaming corner to which the employee belongs, or a storage box for storing the gaming medium acquired by the player. The storage box recording medium reading means for reading the lending rate of the game corner to which the storage box belongs from the storage box recording medium.
A counting recording medium issuing system characterized by the above.

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