JP5806046B2 - Amusement park management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game hall management system.

In amusement arcades that operate by installing pachinko machines such as CR machines and cash machines, manage various information in the amusement hall in order to improve operational efficiency and meet customer demands. Yes. For example, operation information (operation data) such as the number of games and the number of jackpots of each gaming machine is totaled and managed by a hall computer (management device), which is useful for daily sales. In particular, operation information related to jackpots, such as so-called hitting balls, playing balls and the number of occurrences of jackpots, is regarded as important in the sales strategy of amusement halls.

For example, Patent Document 1 shows a configuration in which the management computer 100 receives an operation signal such as a ball signal or a hitting signal from each pachinko machine 200 and manages the operation status of each pachinko machine 200.
JP 2007-229012 A

However, these various types of information are usually stored in hall computers (management devices) installed at the game hall offices. Because it is necessary to go to the place, it takes time and effort to browse the information.

Therefore, an object of the present invention is to enable each employee of a game hall to browse information more quickly and easily in order to cope with the above-described problems.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 receives a signal output from a plurality of gaming machines installed in a game arcade and a pedestrian machine installed corresponding to the gaming machine, and the gaming machine And a management device for managing information related to the inter-vehicle machine, and a portable terminal for employees connected to the management device so as to communicate with each other, the portable terminal for employees Are input by the display unit capable of displaying the information received from the management device, the specific information input unit capable of inputting specific information capable of specifying the information to be displayed on the display unit, and the specific information input unit. Mobile terminal control means for performing control to send the specific information, and the management device, the number of hits and the number of balls that are related to the gaming machine , the number of sales and the number of replays that are related to the inter-machine the normal state, the big hit state, Rate change condition storage means for dividing and storing for each gaming state of the gaming machine such as probability variation jackpot status, number of striking balls according to the gaming machine based on a signal received from said gaming machine and said platform between machine and payout the number, performs control to store the sales number and replay the number according to said platform between machine in the storage means is divided for each of the gaming state of the gaming machine, also receives the specific information, the storage means Management device for performing control to send information to the employee portable terminal based on the number of hitting balls and the number of playing balls related to the gaming machine and the number of sales and the number of replays related to the machine A game hall management system having control means. Further, the invention of claim 2 receives a signal output from a plurality of gaming machines installed in a game hall and a table machine installed corresponding to the game machine, and the game machine and the table machine A game hall management system comprising a management device for managing information related to the information and a mobile terminal for employees connected to the management device so as to communicate with each other, wherein the mobile terminal for employees is the management device Display means capable of displaying the information received from the terminal; specific information input means capable of inputting specific information capable of specifying information to be displayed on the display means; and sending the specific information input by the specific information input means A portable terminal control means for performing control, and the management device sets the number of hitting balls and the number of playing balls related to the gaming machine , the number of sales and the number of replays related to the pedestrian machine in a normal state, jackpot State, probability variation state, probability variation Storage means for dividing and storing a time sequence for each gaming state of the gaming machine such as contact state, the gaming machine and the number of striking balls according to the gaming machine based on a signal received from said platform between machine and payout speed and performs control which is divided in a time series is stored in the storage means with the number of sales and the replay speed of the said platform between machine for each of the gaming state of the gaming machine, also receives the specific information, the storage Management for performing control to send information to the employee portable terminal based on the number of hitting balls and playing balls related to the gaming machine stored in the means, and the number of sales and the number of replays related to the inter-machine. A game hall management system having device control means.

Since the present invention is configured to display the game information stored in the management device on the mobile terminal for employees, the employees of the game hall are carried by themselves even without going to the office. Information can be browsed from the portable terminal for employees, and browsing time and labor can be saved.

A management device that receives a plurality of gaming machines installed in a game arcade and a signal output from a machine installed corresponding to the gaming machine and manages information related to the gaming machine and the machine; , A game hall management system comprising an employee portable terminal connected to the management device so as to communicate with each other, wherein the employee portable terminal is capable of displaying information received from the management device. Means, specific information input means capable of inputting specific information capable of specifying information to be displayed on the display means, and portable terminal control means for performing control for sending the specific information input by the specific information input means, The management device has a normal state, a jackpot state, a probability variation state, a probability variation jackpot state, the number of hitting balls and the number of balls to play related to the gaming machine , and the number of sales and the number of replays related to the inter-machine. said such Storage means for storing in divided for each gaming state of the technique machines, said gaming machine and hitting balls number according to the gaming machine based on a signal received from said platform between machine and payout number, according to said platform between machine the number of sales and replay speed and divided into each of the gaming state of the gaming machine performs control to store in the storage means, and upon receiving the specific information, the game machine is stored in the storage means And a management device control means for performing control to send information to the employee mobile terminal based on the number of hitting balls and the number of hitting balls, and the number of sales and the number of replays related to the inter-vehicle machine. By this, amusement hall employees can browse information from their mobile terminals without having to go to the office, saving time and effort. .

Hereinafter, embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the components described in this embodiment are merely examples, and are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to them.

<Configuration of management system>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram exemplarily showing the system configuration of the management system according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 1, the management system includes a gaming machine 100, an inter-machine 200, a base management device 300, an island management device 400, a management device 500, an employee mobile terminal 600, and a network 701 connecting these devices, 702. Each device will be described in detail below.

The configuration of the management system illustrated in FIG. 1 is a basic configuration for explaining the configuration according to the present embodiment. When operating the management system in an actual game arcade, if the management device 500 can acquire an operation signal related to the operation status of the gaming machine 100, based on constraints such as usage and purpose, or device arrangement, It can take a variety of configurations. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine 100 and the inter-vehicle machine 200 may be connected to the management device 500, and the management device 500 may be configured to acquire an operation signal regarding the operating status directly from the gaming machine 100.

<Configuration of gaming machine 100>
The gaming machine 100 will be described by taking as an example a pachinko machine that pays out pachinko balls that are gaming media in response to the occurrence of a predetermined winning event.

A configuration of the gaming machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a schematic view illustrating the outline of the external configuration of the gaming machine 100. As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine 100 includes a gaming machine main body 110 and a display 130.

In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, a configuration in which the gaming machine 100 is realized by the gaming machine main body 110 and the display unit 130 as described above will be described, but the configuration is not limited thereto. For example, the gaming machine 100 may be configured as a single device.

The gaming machine main body 110 is provided with a board surface 111, and an outer rail 112 is provided on the board surface 111 to define a gaming area A in which a pachinko ball can roll. In the game area A, there are a number of game nails such as the symbol display device 113, the start winning port 114, the jackpot winning port 115, the out port 116, the normal winning port (not shown), and the valley nails 117 that change the flow of the game medium. (Not shown) and the like are provided. Further, an inner rail 118 is disposed inside the outer rail 112, and a game medium launch area B is defined. In addition, at the lower part of the gaming machine main body 110, an upper plate 121 for storing a pachinko ball to be driven into the board surface 111 or a paid-out pachinko ball, a lower plate 122 for storing a pachinko ball overflowing from the upper plate 121, and a pachinko ball A handle 123 for adjusting the strength of driving is provided. When the player operates the handle 123, a launching device (not shown) having a launching motor and a hitting ball operates. That is, the firing motor is driven, the hitting ball is moved, and the game medium stored in the upper plate 121 is bullet-laminated. The launched game medium passes through the game medium launch area B in the gaming machine 100 and is released to the game area A. Then, the pachinko ball that has reached the upper part of the game area A falls downward while changing the direction of travel by a game nail or the like, and wins a winning opening such as the start winning opening 114 or the jackpot winning opening 115. Without winning the prize, it reaches the outlet 116 and is collected. The display unit 130 performs a predetermined display in response to an event such as winning.

The symbol display device 113 is, for example, a CRT or a liquid crystal that displays a lottery result or an effect display by a symbol combination or a demo display. The symbol display device 113 scrolls and displays a plurality of types of symbols variably from the top to the bottom on the condition that the pachinko ball has passed through the start winning opening 114 and the start winning has occurred. In addition, when the lottery is completed, the symbol display device 113 displays any one of a plurality of specific symbols determined in advance according to the lottery result. For example, if the winner of the lottery is selected, a jackpot symbol such as “777” or “333” is displayed.

The start winning port 114 detects the winning of the pachinko ball when the pachinko ball launched into the gaming machine 100 by operating the handle 123 or the like wins. As a result, a start prize is generated and a lottery is performed on a game control board (not shown) provided inside the gaming machine 100. When winning (as described above, a specific symbol is confirmed in the symbol display device 113), a jackpot state occurs. When the jackpot state occurs, the gaming machine 100 starts sending the jackpot signal to the outside (= the jackpot signal rises), and when the gaming machine 100 finishes the jackpot state, the gaming machine 100 stops sending the jackpot signal (= The jackpot signal falls).

The jackpot winning opening 115 is normally closed so that the pachinko ball does not win, but is opened when the jackpot is won. When a pachinko ball wins the jackpot winning opening 115, a considerable number of pachinko balls (for example, 15 for each winning pachinko ball) are paid out. The opening of the jackpot winning hole 115 is continued until a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds) elapses after the jackpot is generated or until a predetermined number of pachinko balls win the jackpot winning hole 115. This single opening is called a round. Generally, since the jackpot winning opening 115 is provided at a position where the pachinko balls easily pass, a large amount of pachinko balls are paid out during the jackpot occurrence period (during the round).

Next, a probability variation state (probability variation state) that is one of the gaming states of the gaming machine 100 will be described. The probability variation state is a state in which the probability of winning a jackpot is higher than that in a normal game, and is performed, for example, when a pachinko ball has passed through the start winning opening 114 or other predetermined area. When the probability variation state occurs when the lottery related to the probability change is won, and the probability variation state occurs, the gaming machine 100 starts sending the probability variation state signal to the outside (= the probability variation state signal rises), and the gaming machine 100 When the probability variation state ends, transmission of the probability variation state signal is stopped (= the probability variation state signal falls). In the probability change state, for example, the background color of the symbol display device 113 or the display device 130 is changed to a color different from the normal color to notify the player that the probability change is in progress.

The out port 116 is a collection port that collects the game medium when the game medium launched into the gaming machine 100 does not win any of the winning winning ports such as the start winning port 114 and the jackpot winning port 115. .

The gaming machine 100 also includes an interface (not shown) for sending an operating signal indicating the operating status of the gaming machine 100 to an external device.

The operation signal sent to the outside from the gaming machine 100 includes a hitting signal related to the number of gaming media (= hitting balls) discharged from the gaming machine 100 and gaming media (= outing balls) paid out from the gaming machine 100. ) A ball signal relating to the number, a jackpot signal indicating that the gaming machine 100 is in a jackpot state, a probability variation state signal indicating that the gaming machine 100 is in a probability variation state, and a game medium at the start winning opening 114 It includes a start signal indicating that it has entered, and a symbol confirmation signal output when the symbol is confirmed on the symbol display device 113. As described later, is not a signal to the hit ball signal exactly sent from the gaming machine 100 to the outside, in the present specification should be treated as稼work signal outputted from the gaming machine 100. For example, the hitting signal can be configured to output a pulse in accordance with the discharge of the game medium from the gaming machine 100. This will be specifically described below.

A gaming medium that has passed through any prize opening, such as a start prize opening 114 provided in the gaming machine 100, and a gaming medium that has not passed through any prize opening through the out port 116 of the gaming machine 100 are a gaming machine. The game medium is discharged to the outside of the gaming machine 100 from a game medium discharge port (not shown) provided at the lower back of the 100 or the like. A so-called out box (not shown) is provided in the vicinity of the game medium outlet. The outbox is provided with a receiving tray for receiving game media and counting means for counting the game media. The outbox receives the game media discharged from the gaming machine 100 by a receiving tray, counts these game media as game media (= ball hitting) launched into the gaming machine 100, and counts them with a counting means. (Not shown) and collected. Then, the counting means outputs one pulse of the hitting signal for 10 counted game media. The hitting signal may be output from an interface (not shown) provided in the gaming machine 100.

Further, the payout signal can be configured to output a pulse in accordance with the payout of the game medium from the gaming machine 100 accompanying the winning. In other words, the game machine main body 110 is provided with a payout detection means for detecting the payout of game media (not shown), and when the payout detection means detects the payout of game media, it outputs a 1-ball signal for every 10 payouts. .

Further, in this embodiment, one pulse output signal is output for every 10 discharges and one output signal is output for every 10 payouts. However, the present invention is not limited to this. A single ball signal may be output for each one, and a single ball signal may be output for each payout number, or the number of game media units that output one pulse may be other than that.

Further, in the case where the management system in the present embodiment has the configuration illustrated in FIG. 1, for example, these signals are transmitted from the gaming machine 100 to the management device 500 via the table management device 300 and the island management device 400. Transferred. Alternatively, for example, in the case of the configuration illustrated in FIG. 2, the data is transferred directly from the gaming machine 100 to the management device 500. In the case of the configuration as shown in FIG. 1, processing for converting an analog signal into a digital signal, processing for converting a signal into a packet of a predetermined format, and the like are performed in a relay device such as the base management device 300 or the island management device 400. There is a case. Since these processes are obvious to those skilled in the art, description thereof is omitted in the present embodiment.

In the present embodiment, for convenience of explanation, a configuration using a ball signal, a ball signal, a jackpot signal, a probability variation state signal, a start signal, and a symbol determination signal as an operation signal sent from the gaming machine 100 to the outside is shown. However, the operation signal is not limited to these signals.

<Configuration of inter-machine 200>
The inter-machine 200 is a ball lending machine or a medal lending machine, and is provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100. This inter-machine 200 receives a player's recording medium (not shown) in which cash information is inserted by the player and the balance information as a value that can be used in the game is received, and a predetermined amount of pachinko balls, medals and the like The medium is paid out to allow the player to play the game machine 100.

As shown in FIG. 4, the inter-machine 200 includes a reading / writing means 210 such as a card reader / writer connected to at least an insertion port (not shown) for receiving insertion of a player recording medium, and a bill insertion port. The bill identification means 215 provided continuously (not shown), the communication means 230 for communicating with an external device, and the input means such as buttons, numeric keys, and touch panel for accepting operations from users such as players at the game hall 235, display means 240 such as a liquid crystal display for displaying game-related information of the corresponding gaming machine 100, inter-machine control means 245 such as a microprocessor for managing the entire inter-machine 200 and controlling its operation, and a player The balance of the flash memory or the like that stores information (the balance information) related to the amount of money inserted into the pedestal machine 200 that is not used for renting game media Information storage means 255, a stored ball number storage means 260 such as a flash memory for storing the number of game media (= so-called stored ball numbers) stored by the player in the previous game, and signal lines connecting these devices It is comprised from the bus | bath 265 which is. Note that the bill identifying means 215 takes in the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot and identifies its authenticity and bill type. Moreover, you may provide with the structure which replaces the structure which receives a coin as the cash thrown in into the platform machine 200 instead of the structure which receives a banknote, or a banknote.

When a player (member) registered as a member in the game hall inserts his / her player recording medium into the pedestal machine 200 at the start of the game, the pedestal machine control means 245 plays the game through the read / write means 210. When the player identification information is recognized and the player identification information stored in the player recording medium is read, the read player identification information is controlled to be transmitted to the outside through the communication means 230.

When the management device 500 receives the player identification information, the management device 500 compares the received player identification information with the player identification information stored in the storage unit 505 in association with the number of accumulated balls of each member. As a result, when the same player identification information is found, the number of stored balls stored in association with the player identification information is sent to the machine 200.

In addition, when receiving the number of stored balls from the management device 500, the pedestal machine control unit 245 performs control to store the stored number of balls in the stored number of storages unit 260. When a game medium payout operation from a user such as a player is accepted through the input means 235, a deduction is made from the balance of the number of stored balls stored in the stored number of storage means 260, and a game of a predetermined amount of pachinko balls, medals, etc. Control is performed to pay out the medium, pay back to the player, and send a replay signal to the outside. Specifically, for example, a replay signal of 1 pulse is output every time 25 game media are paid out.

In addition, when there is balance information in the inserted player recording medium, the inter-machine control unit 245 performs control to store the balance information in the balance information storage unit 255. In addition, when a game medium lending operation from a user such as a player is accepted through the input means 235, a debit amount is deducted from the balance information stored in the balance information storage means 255, and a predetermined amount of pachinko balls, medals and other game media Is controlled (ball lending control), and a sales signal indicating that a so-called ball lending has been paid out is sent to the outside. More specifically, for example, a 1-pulse sales signal is output every time 25 game media are lent out. Normally, the number of game media to be paid out by one game medium lending operation is set. For example, when 125 balls are set to be paid out at a time, the game medium lending operation is performed once. A five-pulse sales signal will be output.

When the player inserts a banknote into the table machine 200 without inserting a player recording medium at the start of the game, the table machine control means 245 recognizes the insertion of the banknote through the banknote identification means 215. To do. Then, when a game medium lending operation from a user such as a player is accepted through the input means 235, control is performed to withdraw a predetermined amount of pachinko balls, medals, and other game media from the inserted cash (ball lending control). ) And a sales signal indicating that the so-called ball payout has been paid out.

When the input means 235 accepts a player recording medium ejecting operation from a user such as a player, the intermediary machine control means 245 performs control for ejecting the inserted player recording medium from the intermediary machine 200. Do. Further, the inter-machine control unit 245 sends out the balance information stored in the balance information storage unit 255 at that time. Further, the inter-machine control means 245 performs control to write this balance information on the player recording medium.

It should be noted that the inter-machine 200 may be a so-called CR unit that can instruct the gaming machine 100 to pay out gaming media when lending balls. Further, in the present embodiment, the description has been made assuming that the intermediary machine 200 is configured to allow a player or the like to insert a recording medium for the player. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. The recording machine 200 may be configured to make the recording medium close to each other. In addition, the player recording medium may include a medium mainly used by a person who is not a member of the game hall. In this case, for example, a membership card can be used for members, and a visitor card can be used for those who do not have a membership card. Furthermore, the player recording medium can be of any shape and type (IC card, magnetic stripe, etc.) as long as it can store predetermined information.

<Configuration of stand management device 300>
The stand management device 300 acquires an operation signal related to the operation status from the connected gaming machine 100 and a sales signal and a replay signal from the connected table machine 200, and sends them to the island management device 400, the management device 500, and the like. In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, two sets of gaming machines 100 and inter-machines 200 are connected to a single table management device 300. However, in another embodiment, the present invention is not limited to this, and a configuration may be adopted in which more gaming machines 100 and inter-machines 200 are connected to one unit management apparatus 300, or the unit management apparatus 300 and the gaming machine 100 are connected. In addition, the configuration may be such that the inter-machine 200 is connected on a one-to-one basis. In this embodiment, the elevators management apparatus 300 acquires稼working signals from the gaming machine 100 connected, and port number set to correspond in advance to the connection port of the respective gaming machines 100, table management unit 300 by adding the set by a rotary switch or the like provided to the own elevator supervisory device specific information, and configured to deliver an equivalent該稼working signal to the bank management unit 400. Similarly, the port number set in advance corresponding to the connection port with each inter-vehicle device 200 and the device management device specifying information are added, and the sales signal received from the inter-device 200 is used as the island management device. 400 is sent to 400.

<Configuration of Island Management Device 400>
The island management device 400 is an information processing device that mediates the connection between the platform management device 300 and the management device 500. In the management system of the present embodiment, the plurality of table management devices 300 are classified into one or more groups, and the island management device 400 manages the table management device 300 for each group. That is, as shown in FIG. 1, the island management device 400 is connected to a plurality of table management devices 300. However, it is a matter of course that other embodiments are not limited to this. In this embodiment, the bank management device 400 has been set in the connected acquires the delivery has been稼working signal or sales signals etc. from the elevators management device 300, a rotary switch or the like provided to the bank management unit 400 itself by adding a bank management unit identification information, and configured to deliver an equivalent該稼working signals or the like to the management device 500.

<Configuration of Management Device 500>
The management device 500 manages the entire management system, and totals and manages operation information such as the number of games, the number of jackpots, the number of balls played, the number of hits, etc. of each gaming machine 100, the sales signal of each inter-vehicle machine 200, and the like. Information processing apparatus. The management device 500 is realized by, for example, a personal computer (PC) or a workstation (WS).

Next, the hardware configuration of the management apparatus 500 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a hardware configuration of the management apparatus 500.

The external recording medium connection unit 503 is for realizing access to the medium, and can load a program or the like stored in the medium (recording medium) 504 into the management apparatus 500. The medium 504 includes, for example, a flexible disk (FD), CD-ROM, CD-R, CD-RW, PC card, DVD, IC memory card, MO, memory stick, and the like.

The storage unit 505 has, for example, an HDD (= hard disk drive) that functions as a large-capacity memory. The storage unit 505 stores an application program, an OS, a control program, a related program, and the like.

The storage means 505 includes an identification information correspondence table storage area 552, a cumulative temporary storage area 553, a first storage area 554, a second storage area 555, a third storage area 556, a fourth storage area 557, and a device information storage area. 559, a gaming machine operating status storage area 560, and a number of possession balls storage area 561 are provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. For example, the identification information correspondence table storage area 552, the cumulative temporary storage area 553, the first storage area 554, the second storage area 555, the third storage area 556, and the fourth storage area 557 are used. The device information storage area 559, the gaming machine operating status storage area 560, and the number of possession balls storage area 561 may be provided in the medium 504.

<Configuration of identification information correspondence table storage area 552>
As shown in FIG. 6, the identification information correspondence table storage area 552 stores the gaming machine identification information for identifying the gaming machine 100 installed in the game arcade, and the table machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100. An identification information correspondence table indicating the correspondence between the identification information of the machine between the machines to be identified and the machine number of the gaming machine 100 is stored. By referring to this identification information correspondence table, for example, the sales signal output from the inter-machine 200 of the inter-machine identification information U003 is sales for the gaming machine identification information A003 (that is, the gaming machine of the machine number 3). Can be associated.

<Configuration of cumulative temporary storage area 553>
As shown in FIG. 7A, the accumulated temporary storage area 553 is divided for each gaming machine 100 such as a normal state, a jackpot state, a probability variation state, a probability variation jackpot state, and the like. A storage area is provided. That is, each storage area divided according to the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 stores gaming state information indicating the gaming state, and at least the number of balls played and the number of hits of the gaming machine 100 and the gaming machine 100 It is possible to store the number of sales and the number of replays of the inter-machine 200 corresponding to each. Then, the cumulative temporary storage area 553 indicates the number of hits and the number of hits of each gaming machine 100 calculated based on the operation signals such as the hitting signal and the hitting signal from the gaming machine 100 in the normal state, the big hit state, The game machine 100 stores cumulatively for each gaming state of the gaming machine 100 such as a probability variation state and a probability variation jackpot state. In addition, the cumulative temporary storage area 553 stores the sales number and the replay number calculated based on the sales signal and the replay signal from the intercom machine 200 corresponding to the gaming machine 100, the normal state, the jackpot state, the probability variation state, This is cumulatively stored for each gaming state of the gaming machine 100 such as the probability variation jackpot state. In addition, as shown in FIG. 7B, the cumulative temporary storage area 553 is also provided with a storage area for cumulatively storing the number of times of winning, the number of times of starting, and the number of times of starting for each gaming machine 100. Then, when the bonus signal output from each gaming machine 100 is received, the bonus count is incremented in association with the machine number of the gaming machine 100 that has transmitted the bonus signal. Similarly, when the start signal is received, the start count is incremented, and when the symbol determination signal is received, the start count is incremented and stored.

<Configuration of first storage area 554>
As shown in FIG. 8, the first storage area 554 includes a cumulative number of balls, a total number of hits, a cumulative number of hits, a cumulative number of starts, a cumulative number of starts, a cumulative number of all gaming machines 100 through all gaming states. The number of sales and the cumulative number of replays are stored. For example, the first storage area 554 stores the cumulative number of balls played, the total number of hit balls, the cumulative number of hits, the cumulative number of starts, and the like through all the gaming states of each gaming machine 100 from the opening of the game hall to the current time. The cumulative start count, cumulative sales count, and cumulative replay count are stored. The number of start times indicates the number of start times calculated based on the start signal, and the number of start times indicates the number of times that the symbol is determined based on the symbol determination signal.

<Configuration of Second Storage Area 555>
As shown in FIG. 9, the second storage area 555 is provided with a plurality of storage areas in which time zone information 5552 divided by a specific time is associated and stored. The number of balls played, the number of hits, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of starts, and the intermediary machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100 by dividing the time every hour The number of sales and the number of replays are stored cumulatively. That is, the second storage area 555 stores, for example, the cumulative number of balls to be played, the cumulative number of hit balls, the cumulative number of hits, the cumulative number of starts, the cumulative number of each gaming machine 100 in the time zone “10:00 to 11:00”. The number of start times, the cumulative sales number of the intercom machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100, the cumulative number of replays, and the cumulative number of each gaming machine 100 in the time zone “11:00 to 12:00” “12”, “cumulative hitting number”, “cumulative start number”, “cumulative start number”, “cumulative start number”, and “cumulative sales number” and “replay number” of the inter-machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100 Provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100, the cumulative number of balls played, the cumulative number of hitting balls, the cumulative number of hits, the cumulative number of starts, the cumulative number of starts, and the number of the start of the game machine 100 in the time zone of “0:00 to 13:00” Cumulative sales number, cumulative replay number, And divided every 1 hour to refer, and stores in sequence in the storage area.

<Configuration of Third Storage Area 556>
As shown in FIG. 10, the third storage area 556 is provided with a plurality of storage areas in which time zone information 5552 divided by a specific time is associated and stored. Divide and accumulate the number of balls played, the number of hits, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales and the number of replays of the inter-machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100 Remember me. That is, the third storage area 556 stores, for example, the accumulated number of balls, the number of hits, the cumulative number of starts, the cumulative number of starts, the cumulative number of starts, and the gaming machine of each gaming machine 100 from 10:00 to 10: 5. 100, the cumulative sales number, the cumulative replay number, 10: 5-10: 10, each game machine 200, the total number of hits, the cumulative number of hits Number of times, number of times of cumulative start, number of times of cumulative start, cumulative number of sales of the machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100, cumulative number of replays, 10: 10-10: 15 each gaming machine 200 cumulative number of balls to be played, cumulative number of hit balls, cumulative bonus count, cumulative start count, cumulative start count, cumulative sales number and cumulative replay count of the machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100 , And so on, in order to divide the storage area every 5 minutes Memory to.

In this embodiment, the time is divided every hour and every five minutes, and the number of balls played, the number of hits, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, and the number of starts corresponding to each gaming machine 100 correspond. In this example, the second storage area 555 and the third storage area 556 are provided in order to cumulatively store the number of sales and the number of replays of the intercom 200 provided. However, the present invention is not limited to this configuration. is not. Change the setting of the time to be divided according to the use / purpose of each game hall, for example, further provide a fifth storage area (not shown), and the number of balls played by each gaming machine 100 by dividing the time every two hours The number of hits, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales and the number of replays of the intermediary machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100 may be stored cumulatively.

<Configuration of Fourth Storage Area 557>
Figure 11 is a schematic view showing the稼work information stored in the fourth memory area 557. The fourth storage area 557 has a cumulative number of balls to be played, a cumulative number of hit balls, a cumulative number of hits, a cumulative number of starts, a cumulative number of starts, and a pedestal machine provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100. The cumulative sales number and cumulative replay number of 200 are stored in a time-series manner for each gaming state of the gaming machine 100 such as normal state, jackpot state, probability variation state, probability variation jackpot state. Therefore, for each gaming machine 100 (unit number), machine number 5572, which is identification information of the gaming machine 100, gaming state information 5573 indicating the gaming state of the gaming machine 100, time 5574 indicating the start time of the gaming state, the gaming Cumulative number of balls 5576 in the time zone of the state, 5577 cumulative ball hits in the time zone of the gaming state, cumulative number of bonuses 5578 in the time zone of the gaming state, cumulative number of starts 5579 in the time zone of the gaming state, The storage area in which at least the cumulative start number 5580 in the gaming state time zone, the cumulative sales number 5581 in the gaming state time zone, and the cumulative replay number 5582 in the gaming state time zone are stored is for each gaming state time zone. Is provided. Note that the cumulative number of bonuses 5578 is not a configuration in which only the number of bonuses that occurred in the time zone of the gaming state is stored cumulatively, but the total number of bonuses that have occurred up to that time zone is stored. .

Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 11, the gaming machine 100 with the machine number 1 has a normal time period (= a state where no jackpot state and a probability variation state have occurred) at 10:00 (= game room). The cumulative number of balls issued during this period is 50, the cumulative number of hits is 2490, the cumulative start number is 13, the cumulative start number is 13, the cumulative sales number is 2500, and the cumulative replay number is 0. The jackpot state that is stored and is the next gaming state continues from 10:25, during this time the cumulative number of balls to be played is 2230, the cumulative number of hits is 110, the cumulative number of hits is 1, the cumulative number of starts is 0, The cumulative start count is 0, the cumulative sales count is 0, and the cumulative replay count is 0. The probability change state, which is the next gaming state, continues from 10:28 after the jackpot state ends. The number of appearances is 270, the cumulative number of hits is 27 , The cumulative number of starts is 5, the cumulative start number 5, the cumulative sales number is 0, is stored cumulative re-play number is zero. As described above, in the fourth storage area 557, for each gaming state time zone of each gaming machine 100, the cumulative number of balls 5576, the cumulative number of hit balls 5577, the cumulative number of bonuses 5578 in the gaming state time zone, A cumulative start number 5579, a cumulative start number 5580, a cumulative sales number 5581, and a cumulative replay number 5582 are stored. It should be noted that the cumulative number of balls 5576 and the cumulative number of hit balls 5577 indicate the received ball signal and the number of times of receiving the ball signal are multiplied by ten. That is, as described above, since one pulse is output from the gaming machine 100 for every 10 balls to be played and every 10 balls to be hit, by multiplying the number of received signals by 10 times, This is the number of balls to be played and the number of hit balls. However, in other embodiments, the number of times of receiving a ball signal and a ball signal may be simply stored.

<Configuration of Device Information Storage Area 559>
In addition, the storage means 505 is provided with an equipment information storage area 559 for storing island management device identification information, platform management device identification information and port number, and gaming machine identification information and inter-vehicle machine identification information in association with each other. It has been. Accordingly, for example, the gaming machine 100 and the inter-machine 200 are connected to the port 1 of the first management device 300 of the first island management device 400, such as the gaming machine 100 of the first management number. Can be specified.

<Configuration of gaming machine operating status storage area 560>
In the gaming machine operating status storage area 560, as shown in FIG. 12, the gaming machine 100 is in operation because a game is being played by a player, or the gaming machine 100 is being played by a player. Therefore, a determination result indicating whether the game machine is in operation is stored in association with the identification information for each gaming machine 100.

<Configuration of the number of possessed balls storage area 561>
As shown in FIG. 13, the number-of-balls storage area 561 stores two types of balls, that is, the cumulative number of balls and the number of balls temporarily held for each gaming machine 100. That is, the cumulative number of balls is “the number of sales (the number of rented game media) + the number of replayed games (the number of game media paid back to the player by replaying) + for each gaming machine 100 from the time of opening to the time concerned”. It is the number calculated by the arithmetic expression of “number of balls to be hit-number of hit balls”. By performing this calculation, it is possible to calculate a theoretical number of balls corresponding to the number of game media held by the player when it is assumed that there is no replacement of the player. On the other hand, the temporary number of balls is calculated using the same calculation formula as the calculation formula for calculating the cumulative number of balls, but when the ball clear process is performed, It shows the number of holding balls calculated using the above calculation formula. In this case, the clearing process of the possession ball means that when the player finishes the game on the gaming machine 100, the employee who recognizes the termination is calculated for the gaming machine 100 and stored in the possession ball number storage area 561. This is a process of updating the number of temporarily held balls to zero. For example, when the player finishes the game and counts the acquired game media with a counter (not shown), the employee clears the counting result and the game that the player has played. It can be used to compare with the number of temporary holding balls of the machine 100 and check whether it is within a predetermined range. And if it judges that it exists in the predetermined | prescribed range, the said employee will perform the ball clearing process, and will update the number of temporary balls to zero.

The storage unit 505 may have a configuration in which a program such as a basic I / O program and various data used in basic processing are stored therein, for example, a ROM (= Read Only Memory). Further, the storage unit 505 may be configured to have, for example, a RAM (= Random Access Memory) that functions as a main memory, a work area, or the like of a control unit 510 (an example of a management device control unit) for temporarily storing various data. .

The input unit 506 is, for example, a keyboard, a pointing device (such as a mouse), or a touch panel. Using the input means 506, an employee of the game hall etc. instructs the management apparatus 500 to input a command or the like for controlling the management apparatus 500.

The display unit 507 is, for example, a liquid crystal display, an organic EL display, or a CRT, and displays a command input from the input unit 506, a response output of the management apparatus 500 for the command, and the like.

A bus 509 controls the flow of data in the management apparatus 500, and is a signal line that connects devices such as the control unit 510 and the storage unit 505 in the management apparatus 500. Reference numeral 508 denotes a communication unit, which exchanges data with an external device via the communication unit 508.

The control unit 510 is a CPU (= Central Processing Unit), for example, and executes an application program, an operating system (OS), a control program, and the like stored in the storage unit 505, and is necessary for the storage unit 505 to execute the program. Control to temporarily store information, files, etc.

<Cumulative temporary storage area 553>
Further, as shown in FIG. 7 (a), the control means 510 sets the number of hits and the number of hits of each gaming machine 100 in the accumulated temporary storage area 553 in the normal state, the big hit state, the probability variation state, the probability change big hit. Each game state of the gaming machine 100 such as a state is divided and stored cumulatively. Specifically, for example, when receiving a payout signal, the control unit 510 determines the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 and then performs control to add and update the number of balls in the storage area of the corresponding gaming state. This control is performed as needed every time a ball signal or a ball signal is received.

Further, when receiving the sales signal and the replay signal from the inter-vehicle machine 200, the control unit 510 refers to the identification information correspondence table stored in the identification information correspondence table storage area 552. Then, the gaming machine 100 corresponding to the inter-table machine 200 that has transmitted the signal is identified, and the number of sales related to the sales signal and the number of replays related to the replay signal are usually associated with the identification information of the identified gaming machine 100. The game machine 100 is divided into game states such as a state, a jackpot state, a probability variation state, a probability variation jackpot state, and the like and cumulatively stored. This control is performed as needed every time a sales signal and a replay signal are received.

Here, with reference to FIG. 14, the relationship of each gaming state of the gaming machine 100 will be described. Figure 14 is a timing chart showing jackpot signal relating to a game state, the relationship between the probability change state signal of稼work signal. The jackpot signal and the probability variation state signal are continuously transmitted while the gaming machine 100 is in the jackpot state and the probability variation state (= the jackpot signal or the probability variation state signal rises). When the state ends, the transmission is stopped (= the jackpot signal or the probability variation state signal falls).

As shown in FIG. 14, when neither the jackpot signal nor the probability variation state signal is output, the management device 500 determines that the game state is normal (FIG. 14A). Further, when the jackpot is won, the management device 500 receives the jackpot signal transmitted from the gaming machine 100, and the management device 500 determines that the gaming machine 100 is in the jackpot state ((B) of FIG. 14). When the management device 500 receives a jackpot signal, the management device 500 determines the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 with reference to the immediately preceding gaming state. Therefore, in the case of FIG. 14B, since the big hit signal is received immediately after the normal state, it is determined as a normal big hit. When the management device 500 receives the probability variation state signal, the management device 500 determines that the gaming machine 100 is in the probability variation state ((C) in FIG. 14). Further, when the jackpot is won in this probability variation state, the management device 100 also refers to the gaming state immediately before receiving the jackpot signal and determines that it is a jackpot in the probability variation state (hereinafter referred to as “probability variation jackpot”) (FIG. 14). (D)). The management device 500 determines the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 as described above.

In addition, when the control unit 510 receives a bonus signal sent from each gaming machine 100, the control means 510 increments the bonus number in the accumulated temporary storage area 553 in association with the gaming machine 100 that sent the bonus signal, and starts. When the signal is received, the start count is incremented, and when the symbol determination signal is received, the start count is incremented. (See FIG. 7 (b)). This control is performed as needed every time a big win signal, a start signal, and a symbol determination signal are received.

<First storage area 554>
Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the control means 510 corresponds to the number of balls to be played, the number of hit balls, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, and the gaming machine 100 in the first storage area 554. The number of sales and the number of replays of the inter-machine 200 provided are stored cumulatively. Specifically, from the accumulated temporary storage area 553, the number of balls, hits, sales, and replays stored separately for each gaming state of each gaming machine 100 are called, The number of balls, the number of sales, and the number of replays are added to calculate the cumulative number of balls played, the total number of hits, the total sales, and the total number of replays through all gaming states. The data is stored in a storage area in the storage area 554. Further, the large number of times, the number of start times, and the number of start times stored in the cumulative temporary storage area 553 are stored. In this embodiment, the control means 510 newly updates the number of balls that have been played through all game states, the number of balls that have been hit, and the like every time the number of balls that have been stored in the cumulative temporary storage area 553 is updated. The cumulative sales number and the cumulative replay number are calculated, and the cumulative number of balls that are stored in the storage area in the first storage area 554 is rewritten for each gaming machine 100. However, the present invention is limited to this configuration. Instead, for example, every time a certain time elapses (for example, every minute), the control means 510 calculates the cumulative number of balls played, the total number of hit balls, the cumulative sales number, and the cumulative number of replays throughout all game states. A configuration may be adopted in which each gaming machine 100 is stored in a storage area in the first storage area 554.

<Second storage area 555>
Further, as shown in FIG. 9, the control means 510 divides the storage area into the second storage area 555 every hour, and the number of balls to be played, the number of hits, the number of hits, and the number of starts of each gaming machine 100 The number of starts and the number of sales and the number of replays of the inter-machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100 are controlled to be stored cumulatively. Specifically, the control means 510 is provided corresponding to the number of balls to be played, the number of hit balls, and the gaming machines 100 stored in the accumulated temporary storage area 553 for each gaming state of each gaming machine 100. The number of sales, the number of replays, and the number of balls, number of hits, sales, and number of replays having time zone information 5552 partitioned in the second storage area 555 before the current time. The difference from the total value is calculated. That is, for example, when the current time is 13:00, the second storage area 555 has the number of balls, number of hits, sales, and number of replays from 10:00 to 11:00 and from 11:00 to 12:00. Each is remembered. Then, from 10:00 to 12 o'clock stored in the second storage area 555, the number of balls to be played, the number of hit balls, the number of sales, the number of replays stored in the cumulative temporary storage area 553 at 13:00 which is the current time. By calculating the difference between the total number of balls played, the number of hits, the number of sales, and the number of replays until the time, the cumulative number of balls played, the number of hits, the number of sales, the replays from 12:00 to 13:00 A number is calculated. The cumulative number of played balls, the number of hit balls, the number of sales, and the number of replays calculated in this way are stored in the storage area of the second storage area 555 in the time zone including the time. In addition, the control unit 510 stores the large number of times, the number of start times, the number of start times, and the second storage area 555 stored in the accumulated temporary storage area 553 and stored separately for each gaming state of each gaming machine 100. The difference between the total number of the big number of times, the number of times of starting, and the number of times of starting having the time zone information 5552 divided before the current time is calculated. Since the difference calculation method is the same as described above, the description thereof is omitted.

Further, in this embodiment, the control means 510 newly updates the number of balls delivered, the number of balls hit, and the like through all game states each time the number of balls played stored in the cumulative temporary storage area 553 is updated. The accumulated sales number and the cumulative replay number are calculated, and each of these values and the outgoing ball having time zone information 5552 that is already stored in the storage area in the second storage area 555 and is divided before the current time. Although it is set as the structure which calculates the difference with each total value of a number, the number of hits, the number of sales, and the number of replays, it is not limited to this structure. For example, the difference calculation process may be performed every elapse of a certain time (for example, every minute or every 15 minutes).

<Third storage area 556>
Further, as shown in FIG. 10, the control means 510 divides the time into every third minute in the third storage area 556, and the number of balls played, the number of balls hit, the number of balls held, the number of sales, Cumulatively store the number of plays. Since the operation of the control means 510 is the same as that of the second storage area 555 described above, description thereof is omitted.

<Fourth storage area 557>
In addition, as shown in FIG. 11, the control means 510 stores, in the fourth storage area 557, the cumulative number of balls to be played, the cumulative number of hit balls, the cumulative number of starts, the cumulative number of starts, the cumulative number of sales, Control is performed in which the number of plays is divided and stored in time series for each gaming state of the gaming machine 100 such as a normal state, a jackpot state, a probability variation state, and a probability variation jackpot state.

This will be described in detail below. The control means 510 preliminarily stores from the accumulated temporary storage area 553 for each gaming machine 100 that has been stored for each gaming state, the number of balls to be hit, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, and the number of replays. Is stored in the comparison information storage area 558 of the fourth storage area 557 as comparison information. In addition, when each gaming machine 100 is not in operation immediately after the opening of a game hall or the like, and there is no number of balls used as comparison information in the accumulated temporary storage area 553, the number of balls used as comparison information, etc. Each numerical value is “0 (zero)”.

The number of balls, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, and the number of the gaming machines 100 stored in the accumulated temporary storage area 553 for each gaming state are separately stored. When the number of sales and the number of replays of the intermediary machine 200 are updated, or at every elapse of a certain time (for example, every 3 seconds), the control means 510 classifies the game state from the cumulative temporary storage area 553. Recall the updated number of played balls, the number of hit balls, the number of starts, the number of starts, and the number of sales and the number of replays of the intermediary machine 200 provided corresponding to the gaming machine 100 At the same time, from the comparison information storage area 558 of the fourth storage area 557, the number of balls played, the number of hit balls, the number of starts, the number of starts, and the gaming machine 100 stored separately for each gaming state Provided for Sales number of the dispensing machine 200, which are, by calling the number of re-play, to compare. Specifically, the updated number of played balls, the number of hit balls, the number of start times, the number of start times, and the gaming machine 100 that are called from the cumulative temporary storage area 553 and stored separately for each gaming state. Each game machine 100 that is called out from the comparison information storage area 558 and stored separately for each gaming state based on the number of sales and the number of replays of the intercom machine 200 provided corresponding to The number of hits, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of sales, the number of replays are subtracted to calculate the number of balls to be increased, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, and the number of replays.

As a result of the comparison, for example, when the number of balls in the normal state has increased, a new storage area is created in the fourth storage area 557 by associating the game state information indicating the normal state, The creation time is stored as the start time of the normal state, and the number of balls to be increased, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, and the number of replays are added to the storage area. Number, cumulative start count, cumulative start count, cumulative sales count, and cumulative replay count. In addition, a new comparison is made of the number of balls that have been updated, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, and the number of replays of each gaming machine 100 that has been called from the cumulative temporary storage area 553 and that has been classified by game state. As information, the comparison information storage area 558 is overwritten and stored.

Next, as a result of the same comparison, for example, when the number of balls in the jackpot state has increased, a new storage area is created by associating the game state information indicating that it is a jackpot state The time is stored as the start time of the big hit state, and the number of balls to be increased, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, and the number of replays are added to the storage area. , Accumulated start count, accumulated start count, accumulated sales count, and accumulated replay count. In addition, a new comparison is made of the number of balls that have been updated, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, and the number of replays of each gaming machine 100 that has been called from the cumulative temporary storage area 553 and that has been classified by game state. As information, the comparison information storage area 558 is overwritten and stored.

Next, as a result of the same comparison, for example, when the number of balls in the big hit state is increased again, the game state information that is created at the previous processing and is in the big hit state is associated. The number of balls that have already been stored in the storage area, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, the number of replays, the number of balls that have been increased, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales Add the number of replays, add the number of balls, number of hits, start count, start count, sales, replay count, cumulative number of hits, cumulative hit count, cumulative start count, cumulative start The storage area is overwritten and stored as the number of times, the cumulative number of sales, and the cumulative number of replays. In addition, a new comparison is made of the number of balls that have been updated, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, and the number of replays of each gaming machine 100 that has been called from the cumulative temporary storage area 553 and that has been classified by game state. As information, the comparison information storage area 558 is overwritten and stored.

As described above, the control means 510 has the updated number of played balls, the number of hit balls, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales of each gaming machine 100 stored in the accumulated temporary storage area 553 for each gaming state. , The number of replays, the number of balls played, the number of hits, the number of starts, the number of starts, the number of sales, the number of replays of each gaming machine 100 stored in the comparison information storage area 558 for each gaming state In comparison, if the gaming state in which the number of balls to be played is the same as the game state information in the storage area that has already been created, the number of balls that have been stored in the storage area is increased. Add the number of balls in a minute and overwrite the number of balls after the addition and store it. On the other hand, if the game state in which the number of balls to be played is different from the game state information of the storage area that has already been created, a new storage area is created and the increased amount is output to the storage area. The number of balls is newly memorized.

The control unit 510 receives clock and calendar data from a real-time clock (not shown) that measures the current time, and refers to the current time.

<Game machine operating status storage area 560>
In addition, the control means 510 performs control for determining whether or not each gaming machine 100 installed in the game hall is operating. Then, control is performed to store the determination result in the gaming machine operating status storage area 560 in association with the machine number of each gaming machine 100. This determination is made based on, for example, whether or not a hitting signal is received from the gaming machine 100. When a player is playing a game on the gaming machine 100, a hitting signal is normally sent from the gaming machine 100 continuously. Therefore, if a gaming ball 100 does not send a hitting signal for a predetermined time or longer, it can be considered that no game is played by the player in the gaming machine 100. Further, this determination is repeated every time a fixed time elapses (for example, every minute), and the operating status of each gaming machine 100 is overwritten and stored in the gaming machine operating status storage area 560.

<Number of holding balls storage area 561>
Further, the control means 510 performs control to calculate the accumulated number of balls and the number of temporarily held balls, and to store the calculated accumulated number of balls and the number of temporarily held balls in the number of held balls storage area 561. Since the method for calculating the cumulative number of balls and the number of temporary balls is already described, the description thereof is omitted.

When the control means 510 receives from the employee portable terminal 600 the display number information that specifies the machine number that is an example of the gaming machine specifying information for specifying the gaming machine 100 and the information to be displayed, the storing means The corresponding information is called from 505 and controlled to be sent to the employee portable terminal 600.

In addition, it can also comprise as a substitute of a hardware apparatus with the software which implement | achieves a function equivalent to the above each means.

In the present embodiment, an example in which the program and related data according to the present embodiment are directly loaded from the medium 504 into the RAM or the like of the storage unit 505 is executed, but the program according to the present embodiment is not limited thereto. Each time the operation is performed, the program may be loaded from the HDD or the like of the storage unit 505 in which the program is already installed into the RAM or the like of the storage unit 505. It is also possible to store the program according to the present embodiment in the ROM or the like of the storage unit 505, configure it as a part of the memory map, and execute it directly by the control unit 510.

In this embodiment, for convenience of explanation, a configuration in which the management device 500 is realized by one device will be described. However, the management device 500 may be realized by a configuration in which resources are distributed to a plurality of devices. For example, storage and calculation resources may be distributed in a plurality of devices. Alternatively, resources may be distributed for each component virtually realized on the management apparatus 500, and parallel processing may be performed.

Further, in the above description it has been described collecting稼work information of the gaming machine 100 in zone hours, even if the test hitting an operation test performed with the like base replacement or nails adjustment of the gaming machine 100 is made , it is possible to collect稼work information for each gaming machine 100 as well. In the case of collecting稼work information of each game machine 100 performs a test beating, it is desirable to store as distinguished from稼work information of the gaming machine 100 in business hours.

<Configuration of employee portable terminal 600>
The employee portable terminal 600 is an information processing apparatus carried by an employee of a game hall, and specifically includes, for example, a remote controller, a handy terminal, a PDA (= Personal Digital Assistant), and a smartphone.

The hardware configuration of the employee portable terminal 600 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 15 is a block diagram schematically illustrating the hardware configuration of the employee portable terminal 600.

As shown in FIG. 15, the employee portable terminal 600 includes at least an input unit 610 (an example of specific information input unit), a display unit 630, a control unit 640 (an example of a portable terminal control unit), and a communication unit 650. ing.

The input means 610 is, for example, a numeric keypad, a keyboard, and a touch panel, and receives information and command input operations from users such as game hall employees. In particular, the input unit 610 receives an input operation of a machine number of the gaming machine 100 that is an example of the gaming machine specifying information and display specifying information from a user such as an employee of the game hall. Here, the gaming machine identification information may be any information as long as it can identify the gaming machine, and the gaming machine identification information of the gaming machine 100 may be used in addition to the machine number. The display specifying information is information for specifying information to be displayed on the employee portable terminal 600. For example, in the case where it is desired to display the accumulated number of balls played, the number of accumulated sales, etc. of the gaming machine 100 of the machine number 1 for each gaming state of the gaming machine 100 such as a normal state or a jackpot state, in a time series, What is necessary is just to input the machine number 1 as display specific information to that effect and gaming machine specific information.

The display unit 630 is, for example, a liquid crystal display or an organic EL display, and displays a command input from the input unit 6 10, a response output of the employee portable terminal 600 for the command, and the like. In particular, the display means 630 displays, for example, the accumulated number of balls played and the number of accumulated sales of the gaming machine 100 having the gaming machine specifying information such as the designated machine number for each gaming state of the gaming machine 100 such as a normal state or a jackpot state. , Categorized and displayed in time series.

The control means 640 is, for example, a microprocessor, and recognizes an input operation of the gaming machine specifying information and display specifying information from the user through the input means 610, and controls to send the input gaming machine specifying information and display specifying information to the outside. I do. In addition, when the control unit 640 receives the accumulated number of balls, the cumulative sales number, and the like of the designated gaming machine 100 from the management device 500 through the communication unit 650, the control unit 640 performs control to display the information on the display unit 630. The communication unit 650 manages communication with an external device, converts the gaming machine specifying information and the display specifying information into radio waves or the like according to a command from the control unit 640, and sends them to the outside. The radio waves and the like related to the cumulative number of balls played and the total number of sales etc. of the designated gaming machine 100 sent from is received.

<Network configuration>
The network 701 is typically a LAN (Local Area Network), but may have any configuration as long as it can transmit and receive data regardless of wired / wireless. For example, a public line (analog line, ISDN (Integrated Services Digital Network, etc.)), WAN (Wide Area Network), wireless LAN, etc. may be used. The network 702 is, for example, a line such as a wireless LAN capable of transmitting and receiving data. As a communication protocol on the networks 701 and 702, for example, TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) can be adopted.

<Processing flow of the game hall management system>
Next, the flow of information browsing processing executed by the game hall management system in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

As shown in FIG. 16, the employee mobile terminal 600 uses the input means 610 to input a machine number and display identification information (step S1601) as an example of gaming machine identification information from a user such as a game hall employee. Upon receiving an operation to execute transmission of the input unit number and display specific information (step S1602), the employee mobile terminal 600 transmits the input unit number and display specific information to the management apparatus 500 ( Step S1603). The management device 500 searches the storage unit 505 based on the received machine number (step S1604), and is information stored in association with the machine number, which is necessary for display based on the display specifying information. Information is called from a predetermined storage area. Then, the information called based on the machine number and the display specifying information is sent to the employee portable terminal 600 (step S1605). At this time, when it is necessary to calculate from the information stored in the storage unit 505 but not stored in the storage unit 505, the control unit 510 of the management device 500 performs a predetermined calculation, and the calculation is performed. The result is sent to the employee portable terminal 600. When the employee portable terminal 600 receives these pieces of information, the employee portable terminal 600 displays the received information together with the machine number on the display means 630 (step S1606).

Next, a display example corresponding to the type of information displayed on the display unit 630 will be described. Note that the display examples described here are merely examples. By changing the combination of information to be called from the storage unit 505 of the management apparatus 500, the information displayed on the display unit 630 can be changed variously.

<Display example 1>
First, using FIG. 17 and FIG. 18, the cumulative number of balls for a specific gaming machine 100 is displayed in a time-series manner for each gaming state such as a normal state, a jackpot state, a probability variation state, and a probability variation jackpot state. The flow will be described.

A user such as an amusement hall employee determines the cumulative number of balls and cumulative difference of a specific gaming machine 100 (unit number: 515) for each gaming state such as a normal state, a jackpot state, a probability variation state, a probability variation jackpot state, etc. In addition, when the display specifying information indicating that the display is divided in time series is input using the input unit 610, the control unit 510 causes the gaming machine with the machine number 515 stored in the fourth storage area 557. In association with the specific information, for each gaming state, the cumulative number of balls to be played and the cumulative number of hit balls stored in a time series are called and sent to the employee mobile terminal 600. As shown in FIG. 17, the employee portable terminal 600 that has received these pieces of information indicates the accumulated number of balls played and the number of accumulated differences of the gaming machine 100 having the machine number 515 in the normal state, the jackpot state, the probability variation state. The game state such as a probable big hit state is displayed in time series. Excerpting and explaining, for the gaming machine 100 of the machine number 515, it becomes a probable big hit state from 14:18:14, this probable big hit state continues for 3 minutes 51 seconds, the number of hits during that time is 340, The number of balls was -1460 (that is, the number of balls in the probability variation was 1800). The number of times indicates the cumulative number of consecutive big hits (so-called continuous change) on the business day. Next, the probability variation state started at 14: 22: 5, and this probability variation state continued for 8 minutes and 37 seconds. The number of hits during that period was 820, and the number of difference balls was 60. Note that the “difference balls” shown in FIG. 17 is the number of difference balls calculated by subtracting the cumulative number of balls from the cumulative number of hit balls.

In the above description, the display of the “departure viewpoint” shown in FIG. 17 has been described. However, if the items lined up next to each other are designated, an image showing the numerical value in each viewpoint can be displayed. As an example, the “base viewpoint” arranged on the right side of the “departure viewpoint” shown in FIG. 17 will be described. A user such as an amusement hall employee uses the base and S% of a specific gaming machine 100 (unit number: 515) in time series for each gaming state such as a normal state, a jackpot state, a probability variation state, and a probability variation jackpot state. When the display specifying information indicating that the display is divided and displayed is input using the input unit 610, the control unit 510 associates the display specifying information with the gaming machine specifying information of the machine number 515 stored in the fourth storage area 557. For each gaming state, the cumulative number of hit balls and the cumulative start number stored in a time series are called up and the calculation is performed along the display specific information (here, base, S%), and the calculation result Is sent to the portable terminal 600 for employees. “Base” indicates the number of balls per 100 hits in the normal state, and “S%” indicates the number of start times per 100 hits in the normal state. However, in any case, one minute may be used instead of using 100 hit balls as a reference. That is, for “base”, the number of balls played per minute in the normal state may be calculated, and for “S%”, the number of starts per minute in the normal state may be calculated. As shown in FIG. 18, the employee mobile terminal 600 receiving these pieces of information has the base and S% of the gaming machine 100 having the machine number 515 such as normal state, jackpot state, probability variation state, probability variation jackpot state, etc. For each gaming state, it is displayed in time series. Excerpting and explaining, with regard to the gaming machine 100 of the machine number 515, it becomes a probable big hit state from 14:18:14, this probable big hit state continues for 3 minutes 51 seconds, the base at that time is 10.00, S% was 10.00%. Next, the state of probability variation started at 14: 22: 5, and this state of probability variation continued for 8 minutes and 37 seconds, at which point the base was 10.00 and S% was 10.30%.

<Display example 2>
Next, the flow of displaying the cumulative number of balls for a specific gaming machine 100 will be described with reference to FIG.

A user such as an amusement hall employee uses the input means 610 to input display specific information for displaying the number of accumulated balls, the number of accumulated balls, etc. of a specific gaming machine 100 (unit number: 1235). In such a case, the control means 510 stores the accumulated number of balls, the accumulated number of hit balls, the accumulated sales number, the accumulated number stored in association with the gaming machine specifying information of the machine number 1235 stored in the first storage area 554. The number of replays, the cumulative start count, and the cumulative jackpot count are called and sent to the employee portable terminal 600. Further, the control means 510 calls the normal number and the start number at the time of probability change and the normal number of start times stored in association with the gaming machine identification information of the machine number 1235 stored in the fourth storage area 557, The data is sent to the employee portable terminal 600. In addition, the control means 510 includes the cumulative number of hits in the case where the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 stored in association with the gaming machine identification information of the machine number 1235 stored in the cumulative temporary storage area 553 is the probability variation state, and The cumulative number of balls to be played, the cumulative number of balls to be played and the cumulative number of balls to be played when the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 is the normal state, are called and transmitted to the portable terminal 600 for employees. In addition, the control means 510 calls the accumulated number of balls stored in association with the game machine identification information of the machine number 1235 stored in the number of balls storage area 561 and sends it to the employee portable terminal 600. To do. Further, a predetermined calculation is performed on a display item that requires calculation such as “base”, and the calculation result is transmitted to the portable terminal 600 for employees. Then, as shown in FIG. 19, the employee portable terminal 600 that has received these pieces of information displays the accumulated number of balls, the number of accumulated balls, etc. of the gaming machine 100 having the machine number 1235. Note that “1000 FT” shown in FIG. 19 indicates the number of start times per thousand yen of cash. “SF” indicates the probability of jackpot, and is obtained by dividing the number of starts by the number of jackpots (excluding the probability variation jackpot). “KS%” indicates the number of start times per 100 hits when the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 is a probability variation state. The “probability variation base” indicates the number of balls to be played per 100 hits when the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 is a probability variation state. “Sales” is obtained by multiplying the number of sales by the value of a unit game medium (for example, 4 yen per game medium). “Supplement” means replay sales (sales calculated by multiplying the number of replays by a preset replay fee (for example, 15%)) and the above-mentioned sales. Is shown. “Start%” indicates the start probability, and is the number of starts per 100 hits when the gaming state of the gaming machine 100 is the normal state.

<Display example 3>
Next, the flow of displaying the operating status of the gaming machine 100 installed in the game hall will be described with reference to FIG.

When a user such as an amusement hall employee uses the input means 610 to input display identification information for displaying the operating status of the gaming machine 100 installed in the amusement hall, the control means 510 Employees are recalled from the gaming machine operating status storage area 560, and the results of determining the operating status of the gaming machine 100 (for the display items that require calculations, the results of the calculations are performed) To the mobile terminal 600 for use. As shown in FIG. 20, the employee portable terminal 600 that has received these pieces of information displays the operating status of the gaming machine 100 installed in the game arcade. Specifically, it is classified according to the value per unit of game media used in the gaming machine 100 (for example, 1 yen, 4 yen), or by the type of gaming machine (for example, pachinko, slot), The number of gaming machines 100 installed in the system, the number of operating machines, the operating rate (the number of operating machines divided by the number of installed machines), etc. are displayed.

<Display Example 4>
Next, the flow of displaying the sales status of the gaming machine 100 installed in the game hall will be described with reference to FIG.

When a user such as an amusement hall employee uses the input means 610 to input display specific information for displaying the sales status of the gaming machine 100 installed in the amusement hall, the control means 510 The cumulative sales number of each gaming machine 100 stored in the first storage area 554 is called out and sent to the employee portable terminal 600. In addition, a predetermined calculation is performed on a display item that requires a calculation such as “machine rough” (representing a machine gross profit), and the calculation result is sent to the portable terminal 600 for employees. Then, as shown in FIG. 21, the employee portable terminal 600 that has received these pieces of information displays the sales status of the gaming machine 100 installed in the game hall. Specifically, sales and sales are classified according to the value per unit of game media used in the gaming machine 100 (for example, 1 yen, 4 yen) or by the type of gaming machine (for example, pachinko, slot). Display the supplementary sales (the sales plus the replay fee).

In this embodiment, if the information received from each storage area of the storage unit 505 does not conform to the format required by the display specific information, the employee is calculated and processed by the control unit 510 of the management apparatus 500. Although the structure which transmits to the portable terminal 600 for work was shown, after receiving the raw data required for a calculation from the management apparatus 500, and calculating / processing by the control means 640 of the portable terminal 600 for employees, it is displayed on the display means 630. It is good also as a structure to display. For example, in order to display the sales status, the total number of sales of each gaming machine 100 called from the first storage area 554 is added up for each value per unit of gaming media used in the gaming machine 100, and the totaling is performed. Display the value. For items determined as display items, the calculation result is stored in advance in each storage area, and when display specific information regarding these items is received from the employee portable terminal 600, the management device 500 May be configured to call these items from the necessary storage area and send them to the employee portable terminal 600.

In this way, by configuring the amusement hall management system, employees of the amusement hall, etc. can browse information from the portable terminals for employees that they carry without going to the office. It can save time and trouble of browsing. Therefore, it稼work information on only a gaming machine which can not be viewed by operating the if conventional are installed in the office terminal, and immediately viewable. That is, for example, an employee or the like, if you find a player who has dubious behavior, immediately it is possible to browse the稼work information of the gaming machine 100 to which the player is the game. And if there is doubt as to稼work information, it is possible to immediately start the voice over and monitoring by employees. In addition, employees who look at information display devices such as call lamps (not shown) and have doubts about the number of jackpots can quickly use the employee mobile terminal 600 without going to the office. The game information stored in the storage means 505 in association with the gaming machine identification information can be browsed. Further, by using this gaming facility management system at the time of testing striking, for example, by performing a test beating after nail adjustment,稼work information by adjusting the nails, that employees are while staying identified around the gaming machine 100 become able to. Therefore, you feel稼work information by the test-handed poor immediately becomes possible to perform the readjustment of the nail, it is convenient.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention can take an embodiment as a system, apparatus, method, program, storage medium, or the like.

The present invention can also be achieved by supplying a program for realizing the functions of the above-described embodiments directly or remotely to a system or apparatus, and reading and executing the program code supplied by the computer of the system or apparatus. Including the case.

Therefore, in order to implement the functional processing of the present invention on a computer, the program itself installed in this computer is also included in the technical scope of the present invention. That is, the present invention includes a computer program itself for realizing the functional processing of the present invention. In this case, the program providing method includes a method of providing using a storage medium such as a CD-ROM and a DVD, a method of providing via a telecommunication line, and the like.

1 is a conceptual diagram exemplarily showing an overall configuration of a game hall management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a conceptual diagram exemplarily showing an overall configuration of a game hall management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a conceptual diagram exemplarily showing an overall configuration of a gaming machine of a game hall management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows illustartively the hardware constitutions of the stand machine of the game hall management system of one Example of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows illustartively the hardware constitutions of the management apparatus of the game hall management system of one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the structure of the identification information corresponding table storage area of one Example of this invention. (a) And (b) is the figure which showed typically the structure of the accumulation temporary storage area of one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the structure of the 1st storage area of one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the structure of the 2nd storage area of one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the structure of the 3rd storage area of one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the structure of the 4th storage area of one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the structure of the game machine operating condition storage area of one Example of this invention. It is the figure which showed typically the structure of the number-of-balls storage area of one Example of this invention. Jackpot signal regarding the game status among the稼work signal to an embodiment gaming machine gaming facility management system sends out the present invention, is an explanatory diagram showing the relationship between the probability change state signal. It is a conceptual diagram which shows illustartively the whole structure of the portable terminal for employees of the game hall management system of one Example of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure of the process which the game hall management system of one Example of this invention performs. It is a conceptual diagram which shows illustartively the display screen displayed on the portable terminal for employees of the game hall management system of one Example of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows illustartively the display screen displayed on the portable terminal for employees of the game hall management system of one Example of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows illustartively the display screen displayed on the portable terminal for employees of the game hall management system of one Example of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows illustartively the display screen displayed on the portable terminal for employees of the game hall management system of one Example of this invention. It is a conceptual diagram which shows illustartively the display screen displayed on the portable terminal for employees of the game hall management system of one Example of this invention.

A: Game area, B: Game medium launch area,
100: gaming machine, 110: gaming machine main body, 111: board surface, 112: outer rail, 113: symbol display device, 114: start winning opening, 115: jackpot winning opening, 116: out opening, 117: valley nail, 118: Inner rail, 121: upper plate, 122: lower plate, 123: handle, 130: indicator,
200: stand machine 210: read / write means 215: bill recognition means 230: communication means 235: input means 240: display means 245: stand machine control means 255: balance information storage means 260 : Storage number storage means, 265: Bus 300: Stand management device,
400: Island management device,
500: management device, 503: external storage medium connection means, 504: medium, 505: storage means, 506: input means, 507: display means, 508: communication means, 509: bus, 510: control means,
552: Identification information correspondence table storage area, 553: Device information storage area,
554: first storage area, 555: second storage area, 556: third storage area, 557: fourth storage area, 558: comparison information storage area, 559: equipment information storage area, 560: gaming machine operating status storage area , 561: Number of possession balls 5552: Time zone information, 5572: Machine number, 5573: Game state information, 5574: Time, 5576: Cumulative number of hits, 5577: Cumulative number of hits, 5578: Cumulative number of bonuses, 5579: Cumulative start count, 5580: Cumulative start count, 5581: Cumulative sales count, 5582: Cumulative replay count,
600: portable terminal for employees, 610: input means, 630: display means, 640: control means, 650: communication means,
701: Network, 702: Network

Claims (2)

A management device that receives a plurality of gaming machines installed in a game arcade and a signal output from a machine installed corresponding to the gaming machine and manages information related to the gaming machine and the machine; , A game hall management system comprising a mobile terminal for employees connected to the management device so as to communicate with each other,
The employee mobile terminal is:
Display means capable of displaying information received from the management device;
Specific information input means capable of inputting specific information capable of specifying information to be displayed on the display means;
Portable terminal control means for performing control to send out the specific information input by the specific information input means,
The management device
For each gaming state of the gaming machine such as normal state, jackpot state, probability variation state, probability variation jackpot state, the number of hits and the number of balls relating to the gaming machine , and the number of sales and the number of replays related to the pedestrian machine Storage means for dividing and storing;
The gaming machine and a striking number of balls and the payout number according to the gaming machine based on a signal received from said base between machines, each of the gaming state of said platform sales number applied between machine and replay speed and the gaming machine When the specific information is received, the number of hits and the number of balls relating to the gaming machine stored in the storage means and the number of balls A game hall management system comprising management device control means for performing control to send information based on the number of sales and the number of replays to the employee mobile terminal. A management device that receives a plurality of gaming machines installed in a game arcade and a signal output from a machine installed corresponding to the gaming machine and manages information related to the gaming machine and the machine; , A game hall management system comprising a mobile terminal for employees connected to the management device so as to communicate with each other,
The employee mobile terminal is:
Display means capable of displaying information received from the management device;
Specific information input means capable of inputting specific information capable of specifying information to be displayed on the display means;
Portable terminal control means for performing control to send out the specific information input by the specific information input means,
The management device
For each gaming state of the gaming machine such as normal state, jackpot state, probability variation state, probability variation jackpot state, the number of hits and the number of balls relating to the gaming machine , and the number of sales and the number of replays related to the pedestrian machine Storage means for storing in a time-series manner;
The gaming machine and a striking number of balls and the payout number according to the gaming machine based on a signal received from said base between machines, each of the gaming state of said platform sales number applied between machine and replay speed and the gaming machine When the specific information is received, the number of hit balls and the number of balls relating to the gaming machine stored in the storage means, and the space between the stands A game room management system comprising: management device control means for performing control to send information based on the number of sales and the number of replays related to the machine to the portable terminal for employees.