JP6667336B2 - Playground system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a playground system.

  BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, as described in Patent Literature 1, for example, it is known to measure and manage an elapsed time from when a player calls an employee to when the employee starts to respond. In order to improve the service for players and increase the operating rate of gaming machines, it is important to respond promptly to player calls, so how employees can actually respond It is necessary to know whether or not there is. Specifically, timing is started when the player operates the call button of the calling device, and ends when the employee or the player performs the operation of canceling the call.

JP-A-2005-93115

  As exemplified in Patent Document 1 described above, in a configuration in which the elapsed time and the like are measured and the correspondence of the employee is grasped, when the employee releases the call by operating the remote control, the ID information of the remote control is used. Receive and identify employees. However, in practice, the player often releases the call by re-operating the call button when the employee arrives, and may receive the remote control ID when the call button is re-operated without such remote control operation. As a result, there was a problem that the corresponding employee could not be specified.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to specify an employee who responds to a call of a player as much as possible and to accurately manage an employee's sympathetic situation. It is an object of the present invention to provide a game arcade system.

  2. The game arcade system according to claim 1, wherein even when the player finishes the calling operation by performing a call ending operation, after receiving the ID information, that is, the mobile ID from the remote control device as the mobile device within the standby time. By doing so, the mobile device can be specified, so that it is possible to more accurately manage the employee's call handling status than before. In addition, during the standby time, it is desirable to display the fact to the employee to prompt the transmission of the mobile ID.

Overall configuration diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention Front view of calling device Functional block diagram of calling device Diagram showing screen during employee call Figure showing the screen when the call is released Diagram showing an example of call history data Diagram showing an example of call aggregation data Flow chart showing the flow of a call history recording process

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall schematic diagram of a game arcade management system (hereinafter, simply referred to as a game arcade system). A number of gaming machines (for example, slot machines 1) are installed in the amusement arcade, and a lending device 2 and a calling device 3 are attached to each slot machine 1. As shown in FIG. 1, one lending device 2 is arranged on one side of one slot machine 1, and one calling device 3 is arranged above the machine 1.

  The slot machine 1, the lending device 2, and the calling device 3 are each connected to a relay device 4, and the relay device 4 is connected to a management device 6 via a LAN 5. In this case, one relay device 4 is installed for every two slot machines 1. The relay device 4 collects various types of game information or operation information from the gaming machine side (devices such as the slot machine 1, the lending device 2, and the calling device 3) and transmits the collected information to the management device 6, and transmits the information to the management device 6. Various information such as the received setting information is transmitted to the lending device 2 or the like.

  The management device 6 is installed in, for example, an office or the like in the game arcade, and is connected to a keyboard 6a, a monitor 6b, and the like operated by an administrator of the game arcade. The management device 6 transmits and receives various information to and from all the devices installed in the game arcade, that is, the slot machine 1, the lending device 2, the calling device 3, and the like via the relay device 4. Manage operating status. Although not shown in FIG. 1, several hundred slot machines 1 are actually managed or communicated by the management device 6.

  As is well known, the slot machine 1 includes a display window 1a, a start lever 1b, a stop button 1c, a liquid crystal display 1d, a medal slot 1e, a BET button 1f, and the like. The player can visually recognize the symbol drawn on the reel provided inside through the display window 1a. When the player inserts a medal as a game value into the medal slot 1e or operates the BET button 1f, a predetermined number of credit medals (game value) are bet, and in that state, the operation of the start lever 1b, that is, the game is started. When the start operation is performed, the internal lottery is executed and the change of the symbol is started. When the stop button 1c is operated, the so-called pull-in control (the symbol is displayed on the active line up to a predetermined pull-in range, for example, 4 symbols) Control to stop and display the reels). The slot machine 1 is not limited to the one having the above-mentioned physical reels, but may be of a type in which the display window 1a is formed of a liquid crystal display or the like, and the symbols are displayed and changed as images. In this case, when the start lever 1b is operated, the symbol displayed on the screen of the liquid crystal display starts changing, and when the stop button 1c is operated, the corresponding symbol is stopped and displayed.

  As is well known, a bonus role, a small role, a replay role, and the like are set in the slot machine 1, and the stop button 1c is operated by the player in a state where any of the roles is internally won at the time of the internal lottery described above. When the symbol corresponding to the internal winning combination is stopped and displayed on the preset pay line (when the symbols are aligned), a prize is generated. Then, when a prize is generated, a game value is provided by paying out a corresponding number of medals or a transition to a bonus state (big hit state) is performed.

  Game machines such as the slot machine 1 and the pachinko machine output various game signals in accordance with the execution of the game. More specifically, the slot machine 1 outputs an insertion signal indicating the number (out) of game media consumed by the execution of the game (consumed by the start operation of the game), and the number of game media paid out by the occurrence of a prize. It outputs a payout signal indicating (safe), a start signal indicating that the game has been started, a jackpot signal indicating that a jackpot state has occurred, and the like. The calling device 3 and the management device 6 collect and manage the game information, specify the jackpot state, and the like based on the input of these game signals from the slot machine 1 via the relay device 4.

  The lending device 2 includes a money insertion slot 2a into which a player inputs a value such as money, an operation lamp 2b indicating an operation state, a medal payout nozzle 2c for paying out a medal as a game medium, and the like. When money is inserted into the money insertion slot 2a by the player, the lending device 2 lends out a number of medals corresponding to the value of the money by paying out from the medal payout nozzle 2c. In addition, the lending device 2 outputs a lending signal (sales information) indicating the value of the money input into the money input port 2a.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the calling device 3 includes a lamp unit 10, a liquid crystal display unit 11 having a function of displaying game information, a call button 12 pressed by a player when calling an employee of the game arcade, and a game information display. A data switching button 13 that is pressed by the player when switching the display is provided.

  On the left side of the liquid crystal display unit 11, a "Today's jackpot" display unit 11a indicating the number of jackpots of the day, a "Previous day jackpot" display unit 11b indicating the number of jackpots of the previous day, and a "Jack before two days before day" is displayed. Display section 11c, a "highest hit" display section 11d indicating the highest number of hits on the right, a "high hit S" display section 11e indicating the start of the hit number, which is the number of hits, and the total number of games today. A “total S today” display section 11f is provided to indicate the start of the total. In the example of FIG. 2, the number of jackpots today is 25, the number of jackpots the day before is eight, the number of jackpots two days ago is thirteen, the number of jackpots hit a record is 44, the number of start between jackpots is 234, and today's cumulative start This shows that the number of times is 5,186 times.

In addition, a difference medal number graph display section 11g is provided at the center of the liquid crystal display section 11, and a display section 11h for the latest 10 times of the jackpot start number graph is provided below it.
The game information that can be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11 includes such information displayed on each of the display units 11a to 11h. In addition to the screen of FIG. Various screens such as screens (see FIGS. 4 and 5) can be displayed and output.

  As shown in the functional block diagram of FIG. 3, the calling device 3 includes a control unit 15 including a CPU 15a, a storage unit such as a ROM 15b and a RAM 15c, and a microcomputer having an I / O 15d and the like. The control unit 15 is connected to a lamp unit 10, a liquid crystal display unit 11, a call button 12, a data switching button 13, a touch panel 16 provided on the liquid crystal display unit 11, and an I / F unit 17 serving as a transmission / reception unit. The light receiving section 18 for an employee remote controller 19 as a remote controller is connected.

  The control unit 15 (hereinafter, appropriately abbreviated as the calling device 3) switches the display of game information on the liquid crystal display unit 11 in response to the player pressing the data switching button 13, and controls various types of information displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 11. A predetermined operation is executed in response to a touch operation on a button. In addition to the operation signal input in response to the pressing of the call button 12, the calling device 3 receives a game signal input from the slot machine 1 via the I / F unit 17 and the relay device 4 and a light receiving unit 18. , A remote control signal input from the remote control 19 side is received. Thus, the calling device 3 creates game information and information related to calling (including image data for displaying the information), displays the created information on the liquid crystal display unit 11, and sends the game information and calling signal to the management device 6. Is output.

  Specifically, the calling device 3 performs a normal display operation of displaying the difference medal count graph and the like (see reference numerals 11a to 11h in FIG. 2) on the liquid crystal display unit 11 based on the game information, and a call button in a normal state. It is configured to be able to execute a call operation for displaying an employee's call in response to a call operation of the player by pressing 12 and a call operation. In the calling operation, the control unit 15 controls the lighting of the lamp unit 10 and the display output of the screen of FIG. 4 (the display operation of the liquid crystal display unit 11), and the calling unit 3 sends the call to the management unit 6 during the operation. A ring signal is transmitted.

  Here, FIG. 4 shows a portion 11g 'of the screen during employee calling displayed at the center of the liquid crystal display portion 11 during the calling operation, instead of the graph display portion 11g of FIG. As shown in the figure, the screen displays "calling employees! Please wait for a while." And displays the elapsed time "30 seconds elapsed" since the start of the calling. That is, when the operation signal is input by pressing the call button 12, the calling device 3 switches from the normal screen of FIG. 2 to the screen of calling the employee of FIG. 4 and is calling the employee. Is displayed, and the output of a call signal capable of specifying the corresponding slot machine 1 (serial number) is started. In addition, the calling device 3 measures the time from the time when the operation signal is input by pressing the call button 12, and displays the accumulated time on the screen as the elapsed time.

  The employee remote controller 19 shown in FIGS. 1 and 3 is carried by an employee of the game arcade, and includes predetermined command information such as a call release signal and a call cancel signal, which will be described later, as a remote control signal for the calling device 3, and a remote control ID signal. Wirelessly transmitting ID (Identification) information for identifying each remote controller 19. The employee remote controller 19 is assigned to each employee of the game arcade one by one. The management device 6 associates the ID information of the employee remote controller 19 with the information of each employee in advance. It is assumed that an employee ID table has been registered. In the following, the employee remote controller 19 is referred to as “remote controller 19”, and the remote controller ID signal is referred to as “ID signal”.

  On the other hand, when the management device 6 receives the call signal from the calling device 3 via the relay device 4, the management device 6 determines the calling sequence (the sequence number of the slot machine 1 corresponding to the calling device 3 that transmitted the signal) from the calling signal. ) Is specified, and the specified calling sequence number is notified to the employee via an intercom device (for example, a communication device equipped with a headset (not shown) worn by the employee). Thereafter, the following cases (1) to (3) are assumed with respect to the release of the call performed in the corresponding serial number.

(1) Release of Call by Remote Control Operation In the case where an employee goes to the calling number and operates the “call release” button of the remote control 19 for the corresponding calling device 3 to release the call. is there. In this case, based on the call release signal and the ID signal included in the remote control signal received by the light receiving unit 18, the calling device 3 changes the display of the screen during employee calling and the lighting of the lamp unit 10 (that is, the calling operation is performed). At the same time, the output of the call signal is terminated, and the ID signal is output to the management device 6.

(2) Release of Call by Call End Operation In this case, the call is released by the player pressing the call button 12 again as a call end operation during the call operation of the calling device 3. In this case, the call button 12 is re-operated without operating the remote controller 19, so that when the operation signal of the call end operation is input, the calling device 3 performs the call operation and the call operation in the same manner as (1). The output of the signal ends, but the ID signal is not output at the end. In this case, as will be described in detail later, if the remote control 19 is operated within the standby time, the ID signal is output to the management device 6 if 30 seconds after the re-operation of the call button 12 is set as the standby time.

(3) Release of Call and Cancellation of Call In response to a prank by a player (or a player mistakenly calling), an employee who has arrived at the calling number will release a remote control after releasing the call. This is the case where the call cancel operation is performed at 19. In this case, the calling device 3 outputs a call cancel signal and an ID signal included in the remote control signal received by the light receiving unit 18 to the management device 6 after the end of the calling operation and the output of the calling signal by canceling the call.

  In any case, after the player operates the call button 12 to call the employee, the call is released when the call end operation is performed on the calling device 3 and the call end command is issued from the remote controller 19. When the call release signal and the ID signal are received, the call operation is terminated on the condition of either of them.

  Here, FIG. 5 shows a screen (FIG. 5) that is displayed when the call operation is terminated by the re-operation of the call button 12 in the above (2) and the screen is returned from the screen during the employee call to the normal screen. Screen when the call is released). As shown in the figure, the screen at the time of the call release is a portion 11g ″ of the screen corresponding to the difference medal count graph display section 11g, and a message M “Remote control not confirmed!” Is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The display prompts the employee to operate the “ID transmission” button on the remote controller 19. On the screen at the time of releasing the call, the message M is displayed for a predetermined standby time (for example, 30 seconds), and when the “ID transmission” button of the remote controller 19 is operated during the standby time, the message M is wirelessly transmitted. The remote control signal is received by the light receiving unit 18. As described above, when the calling operation is completed by re-operating the calling button 12, the liquid crystal display unit 11 of the calling device 3 displays the ID signal from the time when the calling operation is ended to the time when the standby time of, for example, 30 seconds elapses. Corresponds to a display means for displaying that M is in the reception waiting state (during the standby time).

  When the ID signal is included in the remote control signal received by the light receiving unit 18 during the standby time, the calling device 3 outputs the ID signal to the management device 6, deletes the message M, and displays the normal screen ( (See FIG. 2). In this embodiment, transmission of the received ID signal in the ID signal reception waiting state during the standby time is referred to as “ID post-transmission” (see the right column R1 in FIG. 6) in the present embodiment. On the other hand, if the standby time has elapsed without the “post-ID transmission”, the calling device 3 deletes the message M, returns to the normal screen, and does not accept the transmission of the ID signal for the deleted message M. In other words, when the calling device 3 ends the calling operation by re-operating the calling button 12, the calling device 3 waits for the reception of the ID signal from the time when the calling operation is ended to the time when the waiting time elapses. Even if the ID signal is transmitted after the elapse of the standby time, it is not accepted as being associated with the call history.

  If the time from the call operation of the call button 12 to the call end operation is shorter than a reference time (for example, 10 seconds) to be described later, the calling device 3 does not display the screen for canceling the call shown in FIG. The screen transitions to the normal screen in FIG. That is, when the player operates the call button 12 incorrectly and immediately re-operates, or after operating the call button 12 and resolving the cause of the call before the employee arrives, the player operates the call button 12 again. Since it can be said that there is no substantial response from the employee to the canceled call, such a response is automatically processed as "no response" (because there is no need to receive an ID signal).

Next, the management device 6 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.
The management device 6 includes a storage unit such as a CPU, a RAM, and a ROM (not shown), a control unit including a microcomputer having an I / O, an output unit including the monitor 6b and a printer, the keyboard 6a, a mouse, and the like. And an operation unit comprising: The control unit of the management device 6 (hereinafter, abbreviated to the management device 6 as appropriate) tallies and specifies the game information and the information related to the call transmitted from the gaming machine side for each of the serial numbers (for each gaming machine). Has a function. Further, the management device 6 stores (records) game information and information related to calling in its own storage unit for each serial number, and stores the history or total result in the calling history data shown in FIG. The display output on the monitor 6b and the print output on a printer are possible as the call total data shown in FIG.

  Specifically, the management device 6 measures (measures) the elapsed time from the time when the calling operation is started to the time when the calling operation is finished based on a calling signal input from the calling device 3 as an elapsed time measuring means, and measures the elapsed time. The “calling time”, which is the time, and the “calling start” time and the “calling end” time are recorded in its own storage unit as a record expressed in units of one second.

  Here, FIG. 6 shows, as an example of the call history data for each gaming machine, history information on the current day (business day) of the serial number “123” specified and input by the manager in the management device 6. I have. As shown in the drawing, the management device 6 attaches “history No.” to the history of calls generated in each slot machine 1 from the earliest “call start” time for each corresponding serial number. The “call start” time, the “call end” time, and the “call time” are recorded. Further, the management device 6 associates the “ID” of the remote controller 19 identified from the received ID signal, the “support / non-support” of the employee, and the “ID postponed” with the corresponding “history No.” Record in the storage unit. In this way, every time the calling device 3 starts a calling operation, the management device 6 associates at least the elapsed time “call time” as history information with the information of “ID” received from the remote controller 19 by the calling device 3. And a history information recording means for recording.

  With regard to “support / non-support” in FIG. 6, based on the call signal, the management device 6 determines that the “call time” is shorter than a preset reference time, and the call is released in less than 10 seconds without receiving an ID signal, for example. If it is determined that there is a response, “no response” is recorded. In addition, when the management apparatus 6 receives a call cancel signal accompanying a call cancel operation on the remote controller 19 after canceling the call, the management apparatus 6 records “No response (cancel)”, and waits 30 seconds after re-operating the call button 12. When an ID signal is received during the time, “corresponding” and “ID postponed” are recorded. In FIG. 6, a blank “−” in the “ID” column R2 indicates a history in which the corresponding ID signal has not been received (there is no employee response), and a blank “−” in the “ID postponed” column R1. "-" Indicates a history having no "ID post-transmission" during the standby time.

  As described above, referring to the call history data in FIG. 6, the time associated with the call, its “presence / absence”, and “ID postponed” are also associated with the remote controller 19 “ID”. Can be grasped from a substantial viewpoint. Also, “History No. 1” to “History No. 6” in the drawing correspond to the following specific cases (cases (1) to (3) above).

History No. 1: Case of releasing by remote control (ID: 1234) 47 seconds after calling (1).
History No. 2: A case where a call is made by an erroneous operation of the player, and the call is released by re-operating the call button 12 two seconds after the call (2). No employee response.

History No. 3: Case (1) released by remote control (ID: 1236) 6 seconds after calling.
History No. 4: A case in which a call is made by a player's prank, the call is canceled 3 minutes and 32 seconds after that (by the call button 12 or the remote controller 19), and a call cancel operation is performed by the remote controller (ID: 2211) (3). No employee response (cancellation of call).

  History No. 5: Case (2) released by re-operation of the call button 12 54 seconds after the call, and a case where the ID signal is transmitted by the remote control (ID: 1234) within 30 seconds after the release and corresponding.

History No. 6: Case (2) released by re-operating the call button 12 one minute and 47 seconds after the call, and no ID signal was transmitted within 30 seconds after the release.
Although the illustration is omitted, the call history data is managed and accumulated by the management device 6, so that the data related to the slot machine 1 (the data of the type of the gaming machine and the gaming island in which the gaming machine is located are stored). (Including data for discrimination), so that the information is recorded for each type of gaming machine, for each gaming island, or in units of the entire game arcade, and the history information is displayed and output on the monitor 6b in that unit. It can be printed out by a printer. Further, since the call history data includes the “ID” of the remote controller 19, the call history data can be recorded for each “ID”, and the history information can be displayed on the monitor 6 b or printed out by the printer. Thus, the control unit of the management device 6 corresponds to output means for outputting history information together with the monitor 6b and the printer.

FIG. 7 shows, as an example of the call total data for each gaming machine, the total result of the history information of "History No. 1" to "History No. 6" in the serial number "123".
As shown in the figure, the management device 6 counts the number of times the call signal is input as the “number of calls”. In addition, the management device 6 counts the number of times the ID signal is recognized as “ID”, and obtains a value obtained by subtracting the number of times the call cancellation signal is input from the counted value as “corresponding training”. In this way, the management device 6 distinguishes between the total of six “calling times” and the three “corresponding times” (three times of history Nos. 1, 3, and 5), and the other three times (history Nos. (2, 4, and 6 times) are counted as the “rejection count”.

  Further, the management device 6 (average value calculating means, output means) calculates the total value of the “calling time” as the elapsed time and the average value of the calling time as “the number of times of calling” for all six times and “the number of times of correspondence” for three times. Are calculated, and the calculated total value and average value are output. As an output result, in the column of R3 in FIG. 7, “all paging times” indicating the cumulative value (integrated value) of all six paging times and “all paging average” indicating the average value of the six paging times are shown. Time ". In the adjacent column R4, a "corresponding time" indicating the total value of the paging times for the "number of times of correspondence" three times and a "corresponding average time" indicating the average value of the calling times of the three times.

  That is, the management device 6 receives the ID signal from the remote controller 19 when the calling device 3 ends the calling operation, at least in a state where the measured “ring time” is shorter than a preset reference time (for example, 10 seconds). If there is no (call history No. 2 in the example of FIG. 7), the “calling time” is excluded from the calculation target of the “corresponding average time”. In addition, even if the “call time” is 10 seconds or longer, the management device 6 outputs a call cancellation signal when no ID signal is received from the remote controller 19 (history No. 6) at the end of the call operation. If received (history No. 4), the corresponding “calling time” is excluded from the calculation target of the “corresponding average time”.

  Although illustration is omitted, the call total data is associated with data relating to the slot machine 1 by the management device 6 in the same manner as the above-described call history data, so that each type of gaming machine, each gaming island, or the entire game arcade is provided. It is possible to record and calculate in units such as, and display and output on the monitor 6b or print out with a printer in the unit. The call total data can be calculated for each remote controller 19 "ID", and the total result can be displayed on the monitor 6b or printed out by a printer. In this way, the control unit of the management device 6, the monitor 6b, and the printer correspond to output means for outputting the history information of the call total data including the average value of the "call time".

Next, the operation of the game arcade system will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 8 shows a call history recording process periodically executed by the management device 6.
When determining that it is time to start the call history recording process, the management device 6 determines whether the input of a call signal from the call device 3 has been started (S1). When determining that the input of the call signal has not been started (S1: NO), the management device 6 ends the call history recording process and returns.

  On the other hand, for example, when the player playing a game in the corresponding slot machine 1 in the calling device 3 presses the calling button 12, the screen shifts to the above-described employee calling screen of FIG. The output of a calling signal capable of specifying the slot machine 1 to be started is started. As a result, the calling device 3 continues to output the calling signal until the calling button 12 is operated again or the call release signal from the remote controller 19 is received by the light receiving unit 18. Accordingly, when the management device 6 determines that the input of the calling signal from the calling device 3 has been started (S1: YES), the management device 6 creates a new record related to the calling history data (S2), and sets the time at that time. The call start time is recorded (S3, see FIG. 6), and measurement of the call time (one second) is started (S4).

  Then, the management device 6 determines whether or not the input of the calling signal from the calling device 3 has been completed (S5). Here, when the management device 6 determines that the input of the call signal from the calling device 3 has been completed by the re-operation of the call button 12 or the reception of the call release signal and the ID signal from the remote controller 19 by the light receiving unit 18 ( (S5: YES), the time at that point is recorded as the call end time, and the time obtained by subtracting the call start time from the call end time is recorded as the call time (S6, see FIG. 6).

  Next, the management device 6 determines whether or not the ID signal of the remote controller 19 has been input from the calling device 3 until the present time after the creation of the new record in S2 (S7). Here, the management device 6 stores the history No. 1, No. When the call is released by the remote controller 19 as in 3, it is determined that the input ID signal is present (S7: YES), and the ID of the ID signal is identified and recorded (S8). In addition, the history No. 1, No. In the case of 3, the call cancel operation by the remote controller 19 is not separately performed. Therefore, when the management device 6 determines that the call cancellation signal has not been input (S9: NO), the management apparatus 6 records the call as “correspondence” of the employee (S10, see FIG. 6) and performs a call history recording process. Ends (returns).

  On the other hand, the management device 6 stores the history No. When a canceling operation is performed on the remote controller 19 after the cancellation of the player's prank call as shown in FIG. 4, it is determined that the call canceling signal and the ID signal input at that time are present (S9: YES and S7: YES). ). Therefore, the management device 6 identifies and records the ID of the ID signal of the remote controller 19 that has performed the call canceling operation in S8, and determines that the call is "no response (cancellation)" of the employee (in S11, the employee does not respond). It is assumed that there is no correspondence), and the call history recording process ends.

  The management device 6 stores the history No. 2, No. 5, no. If the call is released by re-operating the call button 12 as in 6, it is determined that the ID signal of the remote controller 19 has not been input at that time (S7: NO). The management device 6 also stores the history No. When it is determined that the calling time obtained in step S6 is shorter than the reference time of 10 seconds, for example, due to the re-operation of the calling button 12 due to the player's erroneous operation as in step 2 (S12: YES). , "No response" of the employee (S13), and the call history recording process ends. That is, the history No. In the case of 2, if the calling is canceled in less than 10 seconds in the calling device 3, the screen during the employee calling is displayed as the normal screen of FIG. 2 without displaying the message "Remote control not confirmed!" Return to Accordingly, at the end of the calling operation, since the ID signal of the remote controller 19 is not received from the calling device 3 and there is no response from the employee (YES in S7 and S12, S13), the management device 6 sets the calling time in the calling total data. Are excluded from the calculation of the “corresponding time” and the “corresponding average time” (see column R4 in FIG. 7).

  On the other hand, the management device 6 stores the history No. Even if the call is released by re-operating the call button 12 as in the case of No. 5 (S7: NO), when the call time is determined to be 10 seconds or longer (S12: NO), the time when the calling operation is terminated (S12: NO) It is determined whether or not the ID signal of the remote controller 19 has been input from the calling device 3 for a standby time of 30 seconds starting from the time when the input of the calling signal is completed (S14, S15: NO). That is, the history No. In the case of 5, when the calling device 3 cancels the call after taking 10 seconds or more, the screen during employee calling transits to the screen of FIG. 5 displaying a message M indicating "remote control not confirmed!" In response to this (S12: NO), the management device 6 determines that the ID signal of the remote control 19 has been input from the calling device 3 by 30 seconds after the remote control standby timer was started (S14). At this time (S7: YES), unless there is a call canceling operation, "ID" and "ID postponed" of the ID signal and "correspondence" of the employee are recorded (S8, S10, see FIG. 6), and the call is made. The history recording process ends. As described above, the management device 6 displays the history No. for which the call was canceled by re-operating the call button 12. Even in the case of 5, the “ID” of the remote control 19 of the corresponding employee is acquired, and the employee having the remote control 19 can be specified. Further, the management device 6 not only includes the call time in the calculation target of the “corresponding time” and the “corresponding average time” for the call total data, but also manages the total data for each “ID” and collects the total time. The accuracy of the data can also be improved.

  On the other hand, the history No. In the case of No. 6, even if the message M indicating "Remote control is not confirmed!" Is displayed on the calling device 3, the remote control standby timer is started in the management device 6 (S14), and the time when the timer expires (S14). Since the ID signal of the remote controller 19 has not been input from the calling device 3 by the time when 30 seconds have elapsed (S15: YES), "no response" of the employee is recorded (S13), and the call history recording process ends. As described above, after the 30-second waiting time has elapsed, the management device 6 does not accept the subsequent ID signal of the remote controller 19 for the call, and also sets the call time in the call total data as “corresponding time” or “corresponding average”. Time is excluded from the calculation target.

According to the embodiment described above, the following effects can be obtained.
Even if the player terminates the call operation by performing a call end operation with the call button 12, after that, an ID signal, that is, a portable ID is transmitted from the remote controller 19 as a portable device within a standby time (30 seconds in the above example). By receiving the information, the mobile device can be identified, and the employee who carried the mobile device can be identified based on the employee ID table, and the call handling status of the employee can be managed more accurately than in the past. It becomes possible.

  As in the present embodiment, it is desirable that during the waiting time in the calling device 3, M (see FIG. 5) be displayed to the employee so as to prompt the transmission of the ID signal of the remote controller 19. Such notification by the calling device 3 can suppress a situation in which the transmission of the ID signal is forgotten, and can provide a game arcade system suitable for accurate management of a call handling situation.

  If the player accidentally presses the call button 12 and immediately cancels it, or if the player cancels the call after pressing the call button 12 but before the employee arrives, the cancel or call button is pressed. Since the elapsed time until the re-operation 12 becomes shorter than the reference time (10 seconds in the above example), the average value of the elapsed time (corresponding average time illustrated in FIG. 7) is excluded from the calculation target. Therefore, it is possible to accurately manage the actual situation of correspondence of employees.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, but can be modified or expanded as follows.
Although the calling device 3 is provided with a function of displaying game information, the game information displaying function may be provided in a device different from the recalling device, or may not be provided in the calling device 3.

  The calling device 3 starts the calling operation when one of the calling buttons 12 is pressed, and terminates the calling operation when the calling button 12 is operated again. However, when the one calling button is pressed, the calling operation starts. It may be configured with two separate buttons so that pressing another button ends the calling operation.

  In the embodiment described above, one remote controller 19 is assigned to all employees of the game arcade, but a plurality of employees may use the same remote controller 19 repeatedly. Even in the latter case, even when a plurality of employees reuse the information, the information of the employees to be actually used and the “ID” information of the remote controller 19 are set in advance in the employee ID table, and the management device 6 sets the information. It is desirable to register.

  Although the management device 6 measures the elapsed time after the start of the call, a configuration may be employed in which a device attached to the management device 6 or an external device other than the device 6 has the elapsed time measurement function or the like. Good. For example, the calling device 3 or the relay device 4 as an external device measures the elapsed time, and transmits the measurement result to the management device 6 to perform the function as the management device 6 or the game system as a whole. What is necessary is just to employ | adopt a structure.

  The management device 6 constitutes a history information recording means. Strictly speaking, the storage section incorporated therein also constitutes a history information recording means. Therefore, the external storage device of the management device 6 may be provided with a function as a history information recording unit. Even in this case, the management device 6 reads or writes the history information record of the external storage device to perform the management. The device 6 functions as history information recording means.

  Although the slot machine 1 has been exemplified as a gaming machine, it is needless to say that the same can be applied to a pachinko machine. In addition, the numerical values, the number of digits, the items, and the like are mere examples, and each numerical value and related expressions may be appropriately changed. For example, for a certain value, the expression “less than 10 seconds” can be replaced with “shorter than 10 seconds”, and the expression “elapsed” can be replaced with an expression such as “reached”. .

Furthermore, the present invention may be combined in any manner, including the configurations and modifications of the above-described embodiments, and may be provided with configurations that are not adopted as appropriate.
It should be noted that the following features can be extracted from the exemplary embodiment described above.

  A plurality of calling devices attached to each gaming machine in a game arcade where a plurality of gaming machines are installed and capable of executing an employee's calling operation in response to a calling operation of a player, and operation of the gaming machine and the calling device In a game arcade management system comprising: a management device for managing a situation; and a remote control device possessed by an employee and capable of wirelessly transmitting predetermined command information and ID information to the calling device, wherein the management device is An elapsed time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from a time when the calling device starts the calling operation to a time when the calling operation is finished, and an average value calculating means for calculating an average value of the elapsed time measured by the elapsed time measuring means. Output means for outputting the average value calculated by the average value calculation means, wherein the elapsed time measured by the elapsed time measurement means is shorter than a preset reference time. When the calling device does not receive the ID information from the remote control device at the end of the calling operation, the average value calculating unit excludes the elapsed time from the calculation target of the average value. Amusement arcade system.

  A history information recording unit that records, as history information, the elapsed time measured by the elapsed time measurement unit and the ID information received from the remote control device by the calling device each time the calling device starts a calling operation. And the output means outputs the history information.

  In the drawings, 1 is a slot machine (game machine), 3 is a calling device, 6 is a management device (elapsed time measuring means, average value calculating means, history information recording means, output means), 6b is a monitor (output means), 11 Denotes a liquid crystal display unit (display means), and 19 denotes a remote control (remote control device).

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A plurality of calling devices attached to each gaming machine in a game arcade where a plurality of gaming machines are installed and capable of executing an employee's calling operation in accordance with a player's calling operation;
A management device that manages the operating status of the gaming machine and the calling device;
A remote control device carried by the employee and capable of wirelessly transmitting predetermined command information and ID information to the calling device;
In the management system for amusement arcade with
The calling device is configured to end the calling operation when a calling end operation is performed and when a calling end command and ID information are received from the remote control device, and the calling operation is ended by the calling end operation. In this case, the time from the end of the calling operation to the time when the preset standby time elapses is set as the ID information reception waiting state,
The management device,
Elapsed time measuring means for measuring an elapsed time from the time when the calling device starts the calling operation to the time when the calling operation is completed, and the elapsed time measured by the elapsed time measuring device each time the calling device starts the calling operation. A history information recording means for recording as history information in which the call device is associated with ID information received from the remote control device, and an output means for outputting the history information, for a game arcade. system. The calling device includes a display unit that, when the calling operation is ended by a call ending operation, displays that the standby time is being maintained from the time when the calling operation is ended to the time when a predetermined standby time elapses. The game arcade system according to claim 1, wherein:

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