JP5956273B2 - Amusement park management device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management apparatus capable of identifying a player based on an imaging result of an imaging means.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a player who plays a game at a game hall plays a game in the hope that a lot of game media will be given along with game media (game value) such as balls and medals according to the game result. ing. Some players want to acquire gaming media even after cheating, and many techniques for monitoring the cheating of the player have been proposed. For example, Patent Document 1 proposes a technique for monitoring a fraudulent act in which a so-called sensory sensor is used to illegally generate a jackpot (special game state) advantageous to a player and acquire a game medium. Thereby, it can suppress that the profit of a game hall reduces by an illegal act.

  Here, depending on the game hall, when the game hall is newly opened or when an event is held, the setting (adjustment) of the gaming machine is more advantageous to the player than normal sales. By causing a player to play a game with an advantageous gaming machine, it is possible to increase the possibility that the player has a good feeling for the game hall and will revisit on normal business days. In this way, at the game hall, regular players who regularly visit are secured.

JP 2008-61703 A

  However, there are also players who visit and play a game only on the date of the event when the game is newly opened or when the setting of a specific model is advantageous to the player. Among them, there is a group that visits the game hall with a large number of people only when the setting of the gaming machine is advantageous to the player and secures the gaming machine advantageous to the player with a large number of people. By distributing the profits of game media and the like acquired by visiting the group, the risk in the case where many game media cannot be acquired is dispersed.

  As a game hall, a player who visits in a group cannot expect a visit on a normal business day so much, so a player who visits in such a group does not want to acquire a lot of game media. Furthermore, in order for the players who came together as a group on the day of the event to play games with advantageous gaming machines, regular players and players who can become regular players lose the opportunity to play games with advantageous gaming machines. However, there are problems that a player who has been a regular player does not come to the game, and that a player who could become a regular player does not become a regular player. For this reason, in the game hall, it is desired to specify the scale of the players who are visiting in a group.

  However, players who come in such a group only play games aiming at days and game machines (types of game machines) where it is easy to acquire a lot of game media, and not cheating. For this reason, even if there is technology to identify fraudulent activity, it is difficult to identify the players who have visited the group, and the number of players who have visited the group is playing in the game hall. There is a problem that it is difficult to specify in the field.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game hall management device capable of satisfactorily specifying the scale of players who have visited in a group.

  The game hall management device of the present invention is a recording medium that is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and stores information that can identify the magnitude of the acquired game value that is the magnitude of the game value that the player has acquired in the game. An accepting unit that accepts the recording medium, and the recording medium is set to be recorded in response to a player's operation, with the magnitude of the acquired game value acquired by the player as an issue target. Issuing means for executing issue processing to issue the medium in an identifiable manner, imaging means for imaging a player who is playing a game, player identification means for identifying a player based on an imaging result of the imaging means, Based on the identification result of the player identification means and the identification result of the recording medium, another player using a special recording medium that is a recording medium issued by the issuing process according to the operation of one player is specified. Use specific means to Based on the result of identifying the serial use specific means, but provided with a number specifying means for specifying and outputting the number of players using the special recording medium (claim 1).

The game hall management device according to claim 1,
The use specifying means is a recording medium issued by the issuing process according to a player's operation using the special recording medium, and can identify a player using a secondary recording medium different from the special recording medium The number specifying means may include the number of players using the secondary recording medium in the player using the special recording medium (claim 2).

In the game hall management device according to claim 1 or 2,
Information corresponding to the imaging result of the player specified as the player using the special recording medium by the number specifying means is managed so as to be distinguishable from the player not specified as the player using the special recording medium. Management means may be provided (claim 3).

The game hall management device of the present invention is a recording medium that is provided corresponding to a gaming machine and stores information that can identify the magnitude of the acquired game value that is the magnitude of the game value that the player has acquired in the game. An accepting unit that accepts the recording medium, and the recording medium is provided with a part of the acquired game value possessed by the player as an issue target in response to a player's operation. Issuance for separately executing a split issue process that is identifiable from the other recording medium and a normal issuance process that issues the recording medium in an identifiable manner with respect to all the magnitudes of the acquired game value And a divided recording medium which is a recording medium issued by the divided issue processing according to the operation of one player, and a part of the magnitude of the acquired game value identifiable from the divided recording medium As said split The divided recording medium issued by the row processing, a number specifying means for the magnitude of identifiable the acquired game value specifying the number of large split recording medium than the predetermined value, the division number of sheets specifying means has specified And a number-of-persons identifying means for identifying and outputting the number of players belonging to the group playing the game while sharing the magnitude of the acquired game value based on the number of recording media.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, the number of players who share the acquired game value can be specified, and the size of the players visiting the group can be specified. As a result, if there are players visiting in an extremely large group, sharing of the acquired game value in a small group is permitted, such as limiting the sharing of the acquired game value to a predetermined number of people. It is possible to take an appropriate action on the game hall side so as to limit the sharing of the acquired game value in a large group. In addition, to identify the players who are visiting the group based on the imaging results, for example, even if the same player uses multiple recording media, the number of players who are visiting the group is specified. Easy to do.

  A player who uses a recording medium issued by a player who has been given a special recording medium by one player is also identified as a player in the same group. That is, a player who uses a secondary recording medium that is secondarily issued as viewed from the special recording medium can be identified as the same group. Although there is a problem that not all players belonging to the same group are directly given a recording medium from one player, according to the invention of claim 2, a game directly acquired by one player Even if the value is not shared, the players who share the acquired game value indirectly across the other players can be specified as the players of the same group. Therefore, the number of players in the group can be identified better.

  In addition, the issuing means is divided issue processing, which is an issuance process for a part of the magnitude of the acquired game value, and normal issuance process for all the magnitude of the acquired game value as an issuance process. The normal issuance process can be executed, and not only the recording medium issued by the normal issuance process but also the recording medium issued by the divided issuance process falls under the special recording medium and the secondary recording medium .

  According to the invention of claim 3, group management is performed in association with imaging results. Thereby, the manager of the game hall can visually identify which player belongs to the group. As a result, it is possible to increase the number of patterns of countermeasures that can be adopted by the game hall manager, such as directly pointing out to the player to stop sharing the acquired game value among groups of a predetermined number or more.

According to the invention of claim 4, the number of players who share the acquired game value can be specified, and the scale of the players visiting in the group can be specified. As a result, if there are players visiting in an extremely large group, sharing of the acquired game value in a small group is permitted, such as limiting the sharing of the acquired game value to a predetermined number of people. It is possible to take an appropriate action on the game hall side so as to limit the sharing of the acquired game value in a large group.
In addition, the number of members belonging to the group is specified by the number of divided recording media. Thereby, it becomes possible to specify the scale of the group using the function of allowing the player to share the acquired game value. As a result, the group size can be specified without a new facility for specifying the group size.

  In addition, among the divided and issued recording media, a recording medium having an identifiable acquired game value larger than a predetermined value is specified. It can be assumed that the player who has lost all of the acquired game value is handed over again the recording medium divided and issued from another player. In other words, one player may use a plurality of recording media. Further, it can be assumed that a player is given a new recording medium when the remaining game value becomes small. In this regard, according to the invention of claim 4, one player uses a plurality of recording media in order to specify the size of the group by the number of recording media whose corresponding game value is larger than a predetermined value. In this case, it can be suppressed that the number of the specified group becomes larger than the actual number.

Schematic which shows the whole structure of the management system for game halls in 1st Embodiment. Front view of each counter (A) Mochitama ticket management screen, (b) is a diagram showing a group management screen 3 equivalent view (part 1) Figure 3 equivalent (part 2) Figure 3 equivalent (part 3) Figure 3 equivalent (part 4) FIG. 3 equivalent view in the second embodiment Figure 8 equivalent (part 1) Figure 8 equivalent (part 2) Figure 8 equivalent (part 3) Figure 8 equivalent (part 4) Figure 8 equivalent (part 5) Figure 8 equivalent (part 6)

(First embodiment)
Hereinafter, a first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 7.
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a game hall management system. A large number of gaming machines 1 are installed in the game hall, and each counter 1 (corresponding to an accepting means and an issuing means) is installed corresponding to each gaming machine 1. The gaming machine 1 and each counter 2 are connected to a management device 5 (corresponding to a player identification means, a use identification means, a number identification means, and a management means) via a relay terminal 3 and a LAN 4. The management device 5 manages game data for each gaming machine 1 by receiving a gaming signal transmitted from the gaming machine side (the gaming machine 1, each machine counter 2, etc.), and for each registered member. It also manages personal data.

  In the game hall, a prize exchange device (POS) 6, a counter 7, and a game hall display device 8 are also installed, and are connected to the management device 5 via the LAN 4. The prize exchange device 6 performs a prize exchange process based on the game value (number of possessions) specified by the coin card read by the attached card reader / writer or the number of coins read from the member's coin account corresponding to the member card. Execute. When the prize exchange device 6 handles the game value recorded on the possession ticket, the management device 5 compares it with the game value stored in advance corresponding to the possession ticket and determines that it is true. The handling of game value is made effective on the condition.

The counting machine 7 counts the balls that have been inserted, issues a holding ticket that records the number of counting balls that is the counting result, and transmits stored ball information to the management device 5. Further, in the reading state of the membership card, the number of counting balls is transmitted to the management device 5 together with the membership ID read from the membership card.
The display device 8 for amusement hall displays game data of a desired gaming machine according to a player's operation, or displays member game data with a member card inserted.
The management device 5 is installed in, for example, an office room or the like in the game hall, and is connected to a keyboard 9, a monitor 10, a printer (not shown), etc. operated by the game hall manager.
Although not shown in FIG. 1, for example, hundreds of gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 5. The management device 5 manages the operation status of the gaming machine 1, each counter 2 installed in the game hall, the prize exchange device 6 and the like, and the gaming value (for each player) based on a signal from the gaming machine side ( (The number of possessed balls / the number of stored balls (for members)) is stored and managed.

The gaming machine 1 shown in FIG. 1 is a CR (card reader) pachinko machine, and has an operation handle 12, an upper tray 13 and a lower tray 14 that constitute a launching device that launches a ball on the board surface 11, and a liquid crystal on the board surface 11. It has a display unit 15, a start port 16, and a big winning port 17.
The gaming machine 1 performs the following operations.
(1) A jackpot lottery is performed in response to the ball fired on the board surface 11 by operating the operation handle 12 winning a start opening 16 (start winning prize), and a so-called special symbol (special figure) is drawn based on the lottery result. ) Is executed on the liquid crystal display unit 15 and a jackpot is generated according to the result. Note that the upper limit of so-called holding balls is four each, and when starting and winning a prize during holding, the upper limit is held, and after the symbol change ends, the held symbol variation is executed sequentially.
(2) The winning probability (probability of jackpot) of the jackpot lottery is 1/300, and the ratio of the jackpot that becomes a probability change state (probability change) after the jackpot is 66.6% (2/3). When a big win occurs, the big winning opening 17 is opened by the amount corresponding to the corresponding number of rounds (R). The 1R upper limit winning number (upper limit number) is 8, and the upper limit opening time is 30 seconds. When either the upper limit number or the upper limit opening time is satisfied, 1R is ended.
(3) The number of rounds corresponding to the jackpot is 5R and 16R, and the distribution ratio is 25% for 5R and 75% for 16R.
(4) The jackpot probability is improved to 1/30 during probability change. Since the probability change continues until the next jackpot, it continues until a jackpot (ordinary jackpot) that becomes a normal state (normal) after the jackpot occurs, and returns to the normal state when a normal jackpot occurs.

The gaming machine 1 and peripheral devices attached to the gaming machine 1 output the gaming signals shown below as the game progresses such as the ball being thrown by the player and the starting prize to the starting port 16.
Out signal: This is a signal that can specify the used game value (number of used media, out) output from an out BOX (not shown) for collecting used balls. Since one pulse is output for 10 recovered balls (used balls, driven balls), the number of out signals × 10 is specified as out. In addition, the signal directly output from the gaming machine 1 may be used. The out specified by the out signal corresponds to the amount of game value used in the game.
Safe signal: a signal that can specify the payout game value (number of payout media, safe) output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for 10 payout balls, the number of safe signals × 10 is specified as safe. A replenishment signal output from a replenishing device (not shown) may be used as a safe signal. The safe specified by the safe signal corresponds to the amount of game value given by winning.
Start prize signal: a signal that can specify a prize (start prize) to the start port 16 output from the gaming machine 1. Since one pulse is output for each winning prize at the starting port 16, the starting prize is specified in response to reception of the starting prize signal.
Symbol change signal (start signal): This is a signal that can identify a symbol change (actual action) that starts changing (actuation) by a start winning to the start port 16 output from the gaming machine 1. Since it is output when the symbol variation is confirmed (at the end), the symbol variation (start) is specified in response to the reception of the symbol variation signal. It may be a signal output at the start of symbol variation.
-Jackpot signal: A signal that can be output from the gaming machine 1 and that can specify a period of a jackpot state. Since the level is output during the jackpot state, reception of the jackpot signal is specified as being in the jackpot state.
Probability variation signal: A signal that can specify a period in which a probability of winning a jackpot that is output from the gaming machine 1 is in a probability variation state with a high probability of winning. Since the level is output during the probability variation state, reception of the probability variation signal is specified as the probability variation state.

Each counter 2 performs a lending process of balls (game media) within the range of the amount of bills inserted, and receives and counts balls (game value) paid out from the gaming machine 1. In addition, when accepting a coin-carrying ticket, the loan / carry-back process is performed within the range of the deposit balance and the number of counted balls, and the deposit balance and the number of counted balls (the number of possessed balls) are retained when the coin-carrying ticket is issued. Record on the ticket.
FIG. 2 is a front view of each counter 2. Each counter 2 includes a state display unit 18 that indicates the gaming state of the gaming machine 1, a bill insertion slot 19 into which bills are inserted, and a face recognition camera 20 that captures the player's face (hereinafter “camera”; imaging means). Touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 21 that accepts operation input from the player and displays game data such as symbol variation count (start count) and jackpot probability as the game progresses, for 1 unit (500 yen) A payout button 22 for paying out a corresponding ball, a payout nozzle 23 through which the payout ball passes, a remote control light receiving unit 24 for receiving a light signal from a remote control carried by an employee, and stored in a Felica (registered trademark) mobile phone. A non-contact IC reader 25 for reading a portable ID, a card insertion slot 26 into which a coin card or a membership card is inserted, and a detachable counting tray 27 located below the lower tray 14 of the gaming machine 1 It is equipped with a.

Each counter 2 has the following functions.
(1) The amount (1,000 yen unit) of the bill inserted into the bill insertion slot 19 is stored, and the inserted amount (payment balance) is displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21.
(2) The number of balls (125 balls) corresponding to the number of times (500 yen) within the range of the deposit balance in accordance with the operation of a lending button (not shown) provided on the gaming machine 1 from the payout mechanism inside the gaming machine 1 Pay out. At this time, the game machine 1 outputs a signal indicating that the ball has been paid out once to each of the counters 2, so that the amount of money corresponding to the number of times (from the deposit balance displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21 ( 500 yen) and output a sales signal. Since this sales signal outputs one pulse every time one ball is paid out, one pulse is specified as a sales amount of 500 yen.
(3) The number of balls received from the counting tray 27 after falling from the lower tray 14 of the gaming machine 1 is counted and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21.
(4) In accordance with the operation of the payout button 22, payout is made one number (125 balls) at a time within the range of the number of balls (the number of balls) or the number of balls (in the case of a member). In addition, when paying out a stored ball, if the stored ball is the previous day's stored ball described later, 25 balls are collected as a game value corresponding to a fee for 125 balls, while if the stored ball is a stored ball on that day, Fees are not collected in the same way as the number of possessions.
(5) In accordance with the operation of a return button (not shown) provided on the gaming machine 1, the deposit balance and the number of balls are recorded and issued on a coin card inserted in the card insertion slot 26. If a membership card is inserted, the deposit balance is recorded on the membership card, and the number of possessed balls is transmitted to the management device 5 on condition that a password is entered, and then the membership card is issued. In the case of issuing a coin card, issue information is transmitted to the management device 5 and stored on the management device 5 side. If neither a coin card or a membership card is inserted into the card insertion slot 26, a coin card stocked in a card stock section (not shown) is fed out to the card insertion slot 26, and the deposit balance and the number of possessions are recorded. And issue.
(6) When a coin card is inserted into the card insertion slot 26, the deposit balance and the number of coins recorded in the coin card are read and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21. When the membership card is inserted, the deposit balance recorded on the membership card is read out and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21 and the number of stored balls stored in the membership account of the management device 5 on condition that the password is entered ( The number of balls stored on the day and the number of balls stored on the previous day) are also displayed. The number of balls stored on the day is the number of balls stored on the day, and the number of balls stored on the previous day is the number of balls stored up to the previous day. After the end of business, the number of balls stored on the day is added to the number of balls stored on the previous day and stored. In response to a payout operation by the player, balls for a few times are paid out from the payout nozzle 23 within the range of the number of stored balls.
(7) When Felica carrying is touched to the non-contact IC reader 25 in a state where there is a counted number of balls (the number of holding balls), the portable ID is read from the Felica carrying and the number of held balls is associated with the portable ID. To 5. In the management device 5, the received number of balls is added to the number of balls stored on the day of the member ID associated with the mobile ID and stored. When the Felica mobile phone that has been stored on that day is touched again on the non-contact IC reader 25, the mobile ID of the Felica mobile phone is read, and the number of stored balls of the member ID associated with the mobile ID (the number of stored balls on the current day / the previous day) The number of stored balls) is received from the management device 5 and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 21. The mobile ID is an IDm given to, for example, a Felica IC chip built in the Felica mobile phone, and is an ID unique to the mobile terminal for identifying the Felica mobile phone. The Felica mobile itself only stores the mobile ID, and does not store the deposit balance, the number of possessions, or the number of stored balls, but a separate storage means is provided to store the deposit balance in the same manner as the membership card. You may do it.
(8) The game data of the corresponding gaming machine 1 or other designated gaming machine 1 is displayed according to the operation input to the liquid crystal display unit 21, the message from the game hall is displayed, the player is a member When it is determined that there is a game, the game data of the gaming machine 1 is displayed.

  The management device 5 operates according to the stored computer program, temporarily stores game information display service for displaying game data indicating the operating status of the gaming machine 1, and game media acquired by the player through the game, Alternatively, it is possible to execute a savings service that can be reused for games at a later date. In order to execute these services, the operating state of the gaming machine 1 is specified based on the gaming signal input to the input / output unit from the gaming machine 1 or each counter 2 or the like, and gaming information for each gaming machine 1 is specified. To manage. This game information is obtained by accumulating game data such as table data and sales data within a range in which it can be determined that one player has played a game continuously based on the face data output from the camera 20. It is. Such identification by face authentication is performed by extracting and digitizing the features of the face (eyes, nose, mouth, etc.) and comparing the digitized data. Details thereof are omitted.

Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described.
In amusement halls, there are many situations in which a group constituting the capture corps occupies one island, which is a problem in management of the amusement hall. A capture corps is a large-sized group that does not goto, and even a corps of 20 to 30 people exists. The feature of such a capture corps is that there is a collective person, and the game machine 1 designated by that person makes the game to be played, and when someone hits the jackpot, (Equivalent to the value of the acquired game)). This is for suppressing cash investment, and in particular, in the case of non-equivalent exchange, there is no loss due to cashing the balls and repurchasing the balls, so that the effect of separating the balls from each other is increased. Then, the coordinating person pays a daily allowance to Uchiko.

  The capture corps targets the newly opened amusement hall and the model of the gaming machine 1 that is the target of the event. Seen from the amusement hall, it is difficult to crack down because it does not perform goto acts, and when trying to return profits to regular players, the profits that were tried to be returned were taken by the capture army and returned to regulars There is a problem that it cannot be done. Therefore, if the size of such a capture corps can be specified, “prohibit sharing of balls by more than one person” or “limit on the number of times that IC cards can be issued separately” can be set as the rules of the playground.

For this reason, in this embodiment, the face of a player who uses an IC holding ball ticket (hereinafter referred to as a “mochitama ticket”) issued (including divided issuance and normal issuance) within a group of capture corps Is identified by the camera 20, and the player who belongs to the scale of the capture corps and the capture corps is specified as follows.
That is, the management device 5 specifies the face image of the player who issued the possession ticket from the image of the camera 20 of each unit counter 2 when the player issues a possession ticket from each unit counter 2, In addition to managing the coin-to-ball ticket and the issuance target person with the coin-card management file, the group is managed with the group management file based on the management result. These files can be displayed on the monitor 10 of the management device 5 according to the operation of the administrator.

  FIG. 3 (a) is a coin management screen and FIG. 3 (b) is a group management screen. On the owning ticket management screen, the owning ticket, the division ID, and the owner are displayed in association with each other. The division ID is an ID for managing divisional issuance. The owner of the Mochitama ticket is specified by face authentication. That is, a face ID is assigned to the identified owner's face, and the face ID and the coin card ID are managed in association with each other. In the example shown in FIG. 3 (a), although the players A to E have issued their own coin tickets from each of the counters 2, they are not using the coin cards. In this case, since only one player is specified for each possession ticket, no group is specified. Therefore, no group is displayed on the group management screen of FIG.

  When a player who has moved a table inserts a coin card issued from each counter counter 2 (corresponding to a special recording medium) into each card counter 2, the coin card ID of the coin card and the imaging of the player The image is transmitted from each counter 2 to the management device 5. The management apparatus 5 specifies the person to be issued with the coin-to-ball ticket from the coin-to-ball ticket ID received based on the coin-to-ball ticket management file. When the player is playing an individual game, the used player specified from the coin-to-ball ticket inserted in each counter 2 matches the player to whom the coin-to-ball ticket is issued.

On the other hand, if a person who is issued a Mochitama ticket belongs to a group of capture corps, handed the Mochitama ticket to a fellow of the group, and that fellow used the Mochitama ticket, The player who is identified from the coin-to-ball ticket inserted in No. 2 does not match the player to whom the coin-to-ball ticket is issued.
The example shown in FIG. 4 (a) shows a case where a player B who is a friend of a group handed over from the issue target person A uses the coin card ID: 10001 in the state shown in FIG. 3 (a). Yes. Since the face recognition identifies that the owner (inserter) of the possession ticket ID: 10001 is the player B, the owner of the possession ticket ID: 10001 is issued by the player A (“ One player) and a use player B (corresponding to "other player"). In other words, since the person who issued the coin-to-ball ticket is different from the person who used it, it is determined that these persons belong to the group that shares the possession, and the number of players to be issued and the number of players to be used The number of people in the group is specified by adding together.

When the management device 5 identifies the group as described above, the management device 5 manages the number of players belonging to the group for each group and can display the face images of the players belonging to the group.
In the example shown in FIG. 4B, a new group ID: X is registered, and A and B are registered as belonging players, and two players are registered as belonging players. When the administrator clicks the group ID on the group management screen, a face list of players belonging to the group is displayed, so that the players belonging to the group can be confirmed.

  Now, when a player has a certain number or more of balls, the balls can be divided and issued. The number of balls is either the number of balls counted by each counter 2 or the number of balls stored when the player is a member. In order to divide a storage ball, it is necessary to insert and authenticate a membership card. The number of balls that can be divided needs to be equal to or greater than the preset number of balls.

  FIG. 5 (a) shows a player who has a possession ticket ID: 1006 of a possession coupon ID (corresponding to a secondary recording medium) divided and issued by the player C in the state shown in FIG. 4 (a). The case where D is used is shown. In this case, the player who is issued the coin-to-ball ticket is the player C, the player using the coin-to-ball ticket is the player D, and the owner of the coin-to-ball ticket is different. ), The players C and D are registered as a group ID: Y.

FIG. 6A shows a case where the player D uses a possession ticket with a possession ticket ID of 10002 issued by the player B in the state shown in FIG. Since there are two players B and D, the owners of the coin card ID: 1002 are the same group, and the players C and D are the same group. C and D can be specified as the same group. In this case, as shown in FIG. 6 (b), the belonging players C and D of the group ID: Y are grouped into the first group ID: X, and the group ID: Y is deleted. In other words, the player B who has received a coin-to-ball ticket from the player A (regardless of whether it is divided or not) and a coin-to-ball ticket from the player B (not a coin-to-card ticket that the player B has transferred from the player A) In addition, it is managed that the player C who has inherited the possessed coin ticket from the possessed coin ticket belongs to the same group.
Although group IDs X and Y are combined into one, they may be managed as separate groups. That is, it may be managed that the players A, B, and D belong to the group ID: X and that B, C, and D belong to the group ID: Y.

  FIG. 7A shows a case where in the state shown in FIG. 6A, a player D newly issues a possession ticket with a possession ticket ID: 10007 and the player E uses the possession ticket. Show. In this case, since the player D belongs to the group ID: X, management is performed so that the player E belongs to the group ID: X. Thereby, as shown in FIG.7 (b), the player who belongs to group ID: X becomes five of A-E.

As described above, by identifying the players belonging to the group, it is possible to grasp the scale of the group and cope with it. That is, in this embodiment, since it can be finally determined that the group is 5 people, it is possible to set a game rule such as “up to 4 people sharing the ball”. In this case, when a group of five or more people is specified, notification to the manager is performed, so that it is possible to quickly control the number of shared people for the capture corps.
In addition, when the user of the possession ticket changes, since the possession ticket may be stolen instead of sharing the possession ticket, the theft monitoring is performed by a separate process.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be produced.
It is determined by the face recognition of the camera 0 provided at each counter 2 whether the player who is to issue the coined ticket matches the player who is using the coined ticket, and if they are different, belong to the group Since the determination is made, it is possible to specify the number of players who share the game, and it is possible to specify the size of the players who are visiting the group. As a result, if there is a player who is visiting an extremely large group, such as restricting the sharing of the ball to a certain number of people, while allowing the small group to share the ball, It is possible to take an appropriate action on the game hall side so as to restrict the sharing of the game in a group. In addition, in order to identify the players who are visiting the group based on the imaging result, for example, even if the same player uses a plurality of coin cards, the number of players who are visiting the group Easy to identify.
Since the split coin card is included as the coin card to be judged, the player who shares the ball indirectly with another player without directly sharing the ball of the other player It can be specified as players in the same group, and the number of players in the group can be specified better.

(Second Embodiment)
Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In this embodiment, each counter 2 functions as an issuing unit, and the management device 5 functions as a number specifying unit. This second embodiment is characterized in that the number of players belonging to a group is specified by the number of divided coin cards issued separately. That is, in the capture army corps, it is assumed that the divided possession tickets are handed over to the friends, so that at least the number of the divided possession tickets is determined to have the friends.

FIG. 8A shows a state in which a game is played with a coin-to-ball ticket with a coin-card ID of 20001 (5000 balls remaining). In this case, as shown in FIG. 8B, the number of people in the group with the pre-division possession ticket ID: 20001 is one.
FIG. 9 (a) shows a state in which a divided coin card with a split ID: 20002 (number of coins 1000) is issued from the coin card ID: 20001 (divider original coin card) in the state shown in FIG. 8 (a). Is shown. In this case, since there is only one divided possession ticket, the number of people in the group is two as shown in FIG. 9B. The number of people in the group is the total number of non-zero out of the divided original possession tickets and the divided target divided possession tickets, and the number of groups increases as the number of divided possession tickets increases.

  FIG. 10 (a) issued divided holding ball tickets (number of balls 1000) with divided ID: 20003 from holding ball ticket ID: 20001 (divided original holding ball ticket) in the state shown in FIG. 9 (a). Indicates the state. In this case, since there are two divided possession tickets, the number of people in the group is three as shown in FIG. Here, as shown in FIG. 11 (a), even if the number of possession tickets with the division ID: 2003 becomes 0, the number of people in the group does not decrease as shown in FIG. 11 (b).

  FIG. 12A shows a state in which a divided coin betting ticket with a division ID: 2004 is divided and issued from the possession ticket ID: 20001 (division original possession coin ticket) in the state shown in FIG. In this case, the number of people in the group is the sum of the divided original possession tickets and the divided possession divided possession tickets which are not 0. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 12 (b), there are 3 division IDs: 20001, 20002, 20004. Become a person.

  FIG. 13A shows a state in which a divided coin betting ticket with a division ID: 20005 is divided and issued from the own coin ticket ID: 20001 (division original possession coin ticket) in the state shown in FIG. In this case, the number of people in the group is four people excluding the division ID: 20003 in which the number of remaining balls is 0, as shown in FIG.

  FIG. 14 (a) shows a state in which a divided coin betting ticket having a coin card ID: 20006 is divided and issued from the coin card ID: 20002 (divided original coin ticket) in the state shown in FIG. 13 (a). Yes. In this case, the divided issuance of the divided coin betting ticket, that is, the secondary issued coin betting ticket is also counted as the number of people in the group, so the number of people in the group excludes the coin ball ticket ID: 20003 as shown in FIG. Become 5 people.

  According to such an embodiment, since the number of groups is specified based on the number of divided coin cards, the accuracy is reduced as compared with the first embodiment, but the camera 20 is not required and the conventional method is used. It can be easily implemented using a management system.

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The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows.
The gaming machine is not limited to a pachinko machine, and may be a slot machine or an enclosed gaming machine.
The recording medium need not be a card-type IC holding ball ticket, and a coin type may be adopted as long as the number of holding balls can be specified. Further, information that can specify the number of players' balls or the player ID is stored in a portable terminal such as a mobile phone, and the number of balls that the player possesses by reading the information with each counter 2. May be specified. In this case, an IC coin card may be issued according to the player's division operation.
The gaming machine may have at least one of the functions of accepting the Jongyoma ticket and issuing the Jongyoma ticket.
The player is not limited to be specified from the player's face, but may be specified from a specific part of the player or the whole body.
Divided coin cards that are further divided from the separately issued coin cards may be managed as a separate group.
The coin-to-ball ticket records the information on the number of balls on the coin-to-ball ticket itself, but the coin-to-ball ticket itself is only assigned an ID, and the number of balls corresponding to the ID is stored in the management device 5. You may make it manage.

In the second embodiment, the number of coins with the remaining number of balls, which is a predetermined value of 0, is removed from the counted number, that is, by counting the number of coins with a number of remaining balls larger than 0, the number of members in the group is determined. Although specified, the predetermined value may not be 0 balls, and for example, the predetermined value may be 150 balls. This is because when there is a player who is handed over to another player when the remaining number of balls is reduced, there is a player who will be handed out a new divided ball ticket, It is because it can be assumed that the number of people in the group will be larger than actual by using a new divided coin betting ticket.
In the second embodiment, the number of people in the group may not be added depending on the use of the separately issued coin card. For example, if a separately issued coin card is not used for a game but is used for gift exchange at a counter or a wagon service, the coin card may be handled as used by the split card issuer. good.
A part or all of the configurations described in the above modifications may be combined as appropriate.

  In the drawings, 1 is a gaming machine, 2 is each counter (accepting means, issuing means), 5 is a management device (player identifying means, use specifying means, number of persons specifying means, management means), and 20 is a camera (imaging means). ).

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An accepting means for accepting a recording medium that is provided corresponding to the gaming machine and that records information that can identify the magnitude of the acquired game value, which is the magnitude of the game value acquired by the player in the game;
Provided corresponding to the gaming machine, the recording medium can be distinguished from other recording media with the amount of the acquired gaming value acquired by the player as an issue target according to the operation of the player Issuing means for executing issuing processing;
Imaging means for imaging a player performing a game;
Player identification means for identifying a player based on the imaging result of the imaging means;
Based on the identification result of the player identification means and the identification result of the recording medium, another player using a special recording medium that is a recording medium issued by the issuing process according to the operation of one player Use identifying means to identify;
Based on the result of specifying the use specifying means, the number specifying means for specifying and outputting the number of players using the special recording medium;
A game hall management device comprising: The use specifying means is a recording medium issued by the issuing process according to a player's operation using the special recording medium, and can identify a player using a secondary recording medium different from the special recording medium And
2. The game hall management device according to claim 1, wherein the number specifying means includes the number of players using the secondary recording medium in the players using the special recording medium.   Information corresponding to the imaging result of the player specified as the player using the special recording medium by the number specifying means is managed so as to be distinguishable from the player not specified as the player using the special recording medium. The game hall management device according to claim 1, further comprising management means for performing the operation. An accepting means for accepting a recording medium that is provided corresponding to the gaming machine and that records information that can identify the magnitude of the acquired game value, which is the magnitude of the game value acquired by the player in the game;
The recording medium is provided corresponding to the gaming machine, and the recording medium is identified as another recording medium with a part of the value of the acquired gaming value possessed by the player being issued according to the operation of the player Issuing means for executing split issue processing that can be issued, and normal issuing processing for issuing the recording medium in an identifiable manner with respect to all the magnitudes of the acquired game value, in an identifiable manner with other recording media,
The divided recording medium, which is a recording medium issued by the divided issuing process according to the operation of one player, and a part of the acquired game value identifiable from the divided recording medium as the issue target Among the divided recording media issued by the issuing process, the number specifying means for specifying the number of the divided recording media in which the size of the acquired game value that can be specified is larger than a predetermined value;
Based on the number of the divided recording media specified by the number specifying means, the number specifying means for specifying and outputting the number of people belonging to the group that plays the game while sharing the magnitude of the acquired game value;
A game hall management device comprising:

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