JP6730134B2 - Playground system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game hall system.

In addition to a so-called Goto group that cheats on a gaming machine, a group that does not cheat on a gaming machine may come to the game hall in addition to the so-called Goto group.

JP, 2014-23770, A

Although this group has a game hall that thinks it is a player who does not cheat like the Goto group, its appearance and game attitude are very bad, and other regular players who enjoy the game purely are nearby. There is a risk that players will refrain from playing games and coming to the game hall. For this reason, many game halls want to prohibit the above-mentioned groups from coming to the market. For example, in Patent Document 1, the players are grouped according to the image of the photographed players and the issuance status of the recording medium, and such a group is formed. It is proposed to detect.

If the group can be detected in this way, it is possible to perform an operation that prompts the group to leave, which is very useful. However, the configuration of Patent Document 1 is based on the premise that a player is imaged. One step, it lacked versatility.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a system for a game arcade that can appropriately detect a group other than a goto group that the game arcade should avoid, with high versatility.

According to the invention of claim 1, regardless of whether or not the player is identified by the image pickup device or the like, it is possible to grasp the situation of the players who form a group by managing the grouped device, which is highly versatile. Populations other than the goto population can be appropriately detected.

The figure which shows the whole structure of the system for games halls in one embodiment. Diagram showing setting of various conditions The figure which shows the state list of the game machine by group The figure which shows the state list of the game machine classified by group after the image data correction Diagram showing layout display Flowchart showing the grouping process by the management device

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a game hall system. A large number of game machines 1 are installed in the game arcade, and a game device 2 is installed corresponding to each game machine 1. Each of these gaming machines 1, gaming devices 2 and information display devices 3 is connected to the relay device 4, and the relay devices 4 are connected to the management device 6 (group means, game information specifying means, judging means, exclusion) via the LAN 5. Means, management means, identification information acquisition means, player determination means). A POS and a balance settlement machine (neither shown) are also installed in the game hall, and these POS and balance settlement machine are also connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5. Although illustration is omitted in FIG. 1, for example, several hundred gaming machines 1 are actually managed by the management device 6.

The management device 6 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall, and is connected with a keyboard 7, a monitor 8, a printer (not shown), etc. operated by a manager of the game hall. The management device 6 inputs the game signal output from the game machine side (the game machine 1, the game device 2, etc.), and thereby the game data of each game machine 1, the personal data of each member registered as a member, and the game machine. 1 manages the operating state of the game device 1, the gaming device 2, and the like.

The gaming machine 1 is a CR (card reader) pachinko gaming machine, and has an operating handle 10 that constitutes a launching device that launches balls (game media) on a board 9, an upper plate 11 that can store balls, and a lower plate 12. In addition, the board surface 9 has a liquid crystal display unit 13, a universal figure winning opening 14, a first starting opening 15, a second starting opening 16, and a big winning opening 17.

The gaming machine 1 operates as shown below.
(1) The first starting opening 15 is a winning opening (so-called belly winning opening) in which the winning rate does not change, and the second starting opening 16 is a winning opening (so-called Den Chu) in which the winning rate changes. A big hit lottery is performed according to the winning (starting prize) to each of the starting openings 15 and 16, and the lottery result is notified by a symbol variation performed on the liquid crystal display unit 13, and a big hit is obtained according to the variation result.

(2) When the winning a prize is started during the symbol variation, the symbol variation is cumulatively suspended up to a predetermined suspension upper limit value (for example, four each), and the suspended symbol variation is started after the symbol variation is completed. In addition, when the winning symbol is started in a state in which the number of pending symbol variations (the number of pending symbols) is the upper limit value, the symbol variation is not suspended.

(3) The winning probability (big hit probability) of the big hit lottery is 1/260, and the probability of the big hit becoming a big change (probability change) after that (probability change big hit) is the probability change rate (both normal state and probability change state). It is 66.6%. When a big hit occurs, the special winning opening 17 is opened for the corresponding round (R).

(4) Corresponding rounds are also drawn in the same way as the big hit lottery, and when the winning percentage is in the first starting port 15, 4R is 55% and 15R is 45%, but the second starting port 16 4R is 10%, 15R is 90% in the case of winning a prize, and the second starting opening 16 is set to have a higher priority for holding down the variation of symbols according to the winning than the first starting opening 15. There is. Note that the maximum number of 1R prizes is 9, and the maximum open period is 2 seconds for 4R, while it is 30 seconds for 15R, and if either the maximum number of prizes or the maximum open period is satisfied, 1R is awarded. finish.

(5) During the probability change, the jackpot probability is improved to 1/74, and the winning rate to each of the starting ports 15 and 16 is increased, resulting in a shorter working time (shorter working time). Since the probability change continues until the next big hit, it continues until a big hit (normal big hit) that is a normal game state (normal state) that is neither a big hit nor a positive change after the big hit occurs, and then a predetermined number (for example, 100 times). ) It becomes a time-saving state until the symbol changes, and then becomes a normal state.

(6) The second starting port 16 is in an open state with a high winning rate when a normal symbol (general symbol) that fluctuates according to the winning in the prize winning port 14 is hit. In this case, the variation time for one ordinary figure is 30 seconds in the normal state and 3 seconds in the time saving state. The opening time is 0.3 seconds in the normal state and 5 seconds in the time saving state. That is, in the time saving state, the universal figure fluctuation time is shorter than in the normal state, while the opening time is longer, so that the winning rate of the second starting opening 16 is higher. Although the model A has been described above as an example, the exemplified values have various specifications depending on the model, such as the jackpot probability and the round allocation, for the model B.

The gaming machine 1 and the peripheral devices attached to the gaming machine 1 output the following gaming signals in accordance with the progress of the game such as the driving of the ball by the player and the start winning prize to each of the starting openings 15 and 16. ..
Out signal=a signal that can specify the consumption value (out) output from the out box that collects the consumed balls. Since one pulse is output for 10 consumed (used, driven, collected) balls, “the number of out signals×10” is specified as out. The signal output from the gaming machine 1 may be used.

Safe signal=a signal that can be output from the gaming machine 1 and that can specify the prize-winning value (safe). Since one pulse is output for 10 payout balls, "the number of safe signals x 10" is specified as safe.

Starting signal=a signal that can specify the start processing (symbol fluctuation, role product operation, unit game) in the liquid crystal display unit 13 (feature) that changes (operates) according to the start winning (specific prize) output from the gaming machine 1. Is. Since it is output when the symbol variation is determined, the start process is specified according to the input of the start signal, and "start signal x 1" is specified as the number of times of start (the number of start processes). It should be noted that it may be a signal indicating a winning in the first starting opening 15 or the second starting opening 16.

Big hit signal=a signal that can specify the big hit period output from the gaming machine 1. Since the level signal is output during the big hit, the input of the big hit signal is specified as the big hit.
Special state signal=a signal that can specify a special state (amusement) output from the gaming machine 1. Since the level signal is a level output during the special state (during time saving) in which the winning rate of the second starting opening 16 is improved, the input of the special state signal is specified as the special state. Further, the period in which neither the big hit signal nor the special state signal is input is specified as the normal state.

The gaming device 2 is a lending machine with a so-called counting function for each unit, and has a status display lamp 18 showing a gaming state of the gaming machine 1, a coin insertion slot 19 into which currency (a monetary value and a valuable value of a player) is inserted, A touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 20 for displaying game data such as the number of times a symbol changes (starts) and the jackpot probability as the game progresses while accepting an operation input from the player. A payout button 21 for paying out the game value such as an acquired value, a valuable value, and a member's savings is included, a payout nozzle 22 through which the paid out ball passes, a general card or a membership card (recording medium) is inserted. A card insertion slot 23, a removable counting tray 24 located below the lower tray 12 of the gaming machine 1, and the like.

The gaming device 2 operates as shown below.
(1) When accepting money (currency acceptance processing), the deposit amount is added to the balance and displayed on both the gaming machine 1 and the gaming machine 2, and the lending button (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 with the balance present. ) Is pressed (lending operation), a lending ball (value-added value) for one unit of lending (for example, 500 yen) is paid out from the gaming machine 1 (value-adding process), and the amount corresponding to the rate is subtracted from the balance Drop (subtract). It should be noted that money can be accepted for a plurality of consideration giving processes (for example, up to 10,000 yen).

(2) When a ball dropped from the lower tray 12 of the gaming machine 1 is received by the counting tray 24, the received ball is counted and specified as a holding ball, and it is possible to pay out the holding ball as a consideration. When the payout button 21 is pressed (re-playing operation of ball-holding ball, giving operation), the ball-bearing amount for the value unit (for example, 500 yen) is paid out from the pay-out nozzle 22 (re-playing process of ball-holding ball, predetermined game value). Is given as a consideration to give a game value to the player), and the consideration amount (the same number as the paid-out balls) is deducted (subtracted) from the balls. The balls dispensed from the dispensing nozzle 22 are stored in the upper plate 11.

(3) When the return button (not shown) of the gaming machine 1 is pressed with the balance and balls remaining (issue operation), a general card that can identify the stock and balls held is issued. (Issuing process for issuing a recording medium in which the acquired value is associated). In addition, it is possible to issue the balance only or a part of the dice, and in the case of divided issuance, by performing the issue operation that specifies the dice for the divided issuance among the dice, The general card associated with the dice is issued, and the rest can be used as the consideration for the lending process or the replay process as in the case before the divided issue.

(4) It is possible to accept a membership card distributed to a player who has become a member of the game hall, and it is possible to associate the membership card with a ball or balance as in a general card. However, the balance information is written in the membership card as in the case of the general card, but the dice balls are associated with the membership ID which is the ID of the membership card in the management device 6 without the dice information being written in the membership card. Is managed and managed, and when the member ID is associated, it is specified as a savings coin. That is, as the player's acquired value, the acquired value associated with the member ID becomes the accumulated ball, and the unsupported acquired value becomes the possessed ball. Savings and refunds can be made on the same day or later, including refunds and exchanges of prizes.However, withdrawals and exchanges of prizes can be made only on the same day. There are differences in the nature of.

(5) By the serial communication with the relay device 4, the management device 6 accepts money and processes for giving consideration, balance and holding balls, the number of lending balls, the number of paying out balls, the amount of deposit, the number of counting balls, the number of lending balls and lending balls It is possible to specify various information such as the amount of sales to be paid for and general card acceptance and issuance processing, etc., but these are converted into pulse signals (for example, 1 pulse for every 1000 yen deposited, 1 pulse for every 100 yen sold). It may be possible to specify. Note that the communication in the lending process may be performed directly between the gaming machine 1 and the gaming device 2 without going through the relay device 4.

The information display device 3 is connected to the gaming machine 1, the management device 6 and the like via the relay device 4, and transmits and receives various information to display the game information specified by the game signal for the player.

By the way, as a group that visits the game hall, there may be a group like the Goto group that does not cheat on the game machine but has a very bad appearance and gaming attitude (hereafter, the game group). It is desirable to detect such a game group and prompt the exit.

Here, the background that is advantageous when the game group plays in a group will be described.
In the amusement hall, there is a amusement hall in which the so-called exchange rate is lower than the so-called lending rate in order to enhance the feeling of payout. Since there is a situation in which the so-called replay fee ball cannot be collected due to the regulations, for example, a lending rate of 1 yen 4 yen, while an exchange rate of 1 yen 3 yen is better. If a player obtains 10,000 balls (henceforth, dice) in the game hall where a low rate is set, the prize price obtained by exchanging the dice will be 30,000 yen. As a result, it is possible to rent 30,000 yen, that is, 7,500 balls. On the other hand, if the 10,000 balls are replayed as they are, the fee balls cannot be collected, so the 10,000 balls can be used for the game as they are, and the difference of 2500 from the former is advantageous to the player. Although this kind of thing is admitted as a benefit of so-called coins in the amusement hall for the purpose of enclosing the player, if it is done indefinitely, it becomes difficult to make a profit, so it is possible to make a profit for each period (for example, one business day). An upper limit (replay upper limit, for example, 2500 balls) is set for replay, and replay above the upper limit (upper limit is allowable) is prohibited within the period.

Based on such a background, the behavior of the gaming group that misuses the stored balls will be described.
The gaming group has a grand opening day of the amusement hall where there are no coins that can be used at the amusement parks that introduce coins (so-called the previous day's coins are excluded), and an open second day where usable coins can occur. After that, the actions are classified as follows. In addition, at a game hall where no coins are introduced, even if it is a normal business, regardless of whether it is open, etc., it can be the behavior of a game hall where no coins are introduced during the first day of the grand opening. At the game arcade introduced, even during normal business hours, it is possible to act after the second day of opening.

(1) Action on the first day of the grand opening At first, all game groups invest cash to play. If someone in the gaming group gets a certain number of balls, such as when a big hit occurs, some of the balls will be divided and issued, and they will be handed to other friends to switch to the ball game, thus investing cash. The number of people who play the game is reduced.
Also, when there are no more dice, the fellows who have many dice issue part of the dice, so the timing of the divided issue is not limited to the time of a big hit. Issuing all, the issuer may play games with a ball by a big hit.
Then, at the end of the game, the dice balls are distributed to the member cards of the companions and stored for the second and subsequent days. However, in the case of a game hall where no coins are introduced, all the balls held will be exchanged for prizes at the end of the game.

(2) Behavior after the second day of opening
The game is played by replaying using the savings balls based on the membership cards of each fellow.
Up to the replay upper limit, you can play without worrying about split issues.
When the replay limit is reached, if there are any balls in the meantime, it will be the same movement as the split issue of balls. There are also cases where the membership card is reused and replayed. However, there is no upper limit on replays at the game hall where only coins are introduced on the day.

Assuming the behavior of the gaming group as described above, the players forming the gaming group are grouped as follows.
(1) Grouping condition (a) Basically, a gaming machine 1 (accepting device) that is an issuing source (issuing device) and a receiving destination by a general card is grouped regardless of whether all issuance or divided issuance. Therefore, the issued general card is associated with at least issuance information capable of specifying the issuer serial number.
(B) All general cards are subject to grouping when issued, and membership cards are also subject to grouping by similar processing.
(C) Since the grouping condition is that the gaming machine 1 of the issuing source and the receiving destination are different, the gaming machine 1 of the issuing source is not grouped even if the gaming machine 1 of the issuing source becomes the receiving destination.
(D) The same process is performed when the game machine 1 of the reception destination is the issuer.
(E) In the case of a configuration capable of capturing an image of the player (when an image capturing device is provided corresponding to the gaming machine 1), any timing from the start or end of the game to the end of the game, or the time from acceptance to the issuance However, the player is imaged and the image data (identification information) is associated with the player.

(2) Group cancellation condition A cancellation condition is provided for the group, and if the group cancellation condition is satisfied in the issuing gaming machine 1, the gaming machine 1 is excluded from the group. However, game information such as a serial number immediately before being canceled is stored as a history.
(A) When a card of another group (general card, membership card) is inserted, detailed group cancellation conditions are set as described later. The same applies hereinafter.
(B) When a loan with cash or savings (previous day savings) as a consideration occurs above a set value.

(3) Notification condition When the number of units in the group exceeds the set number, notification is given (pop-up display, storage in abnormality history, broadcasting in the hall, etc.).

(4) Others (when an imaging device is provided)
If you get balls in the game group at the same time and each perform the issuing process to distribute the balls, the same game group becomes multiple groups by the above process. It is also possible to associate groups of.
In other words, if there are more than a set value, which will be described later, that the players of the gaming machines 1 belonging to different groups are identified as being the same person, the different groups are grouped as the same group.
In order to cancel the image data correction, it is desirable to manage the group data without image data correction and the corrected group data.

As described above, various conditions for grouping a plurality of gaming machines 1 and releasing the grouped gaming machines 1 are set in the management device 6 in advance.
FIG. 2 shows setting of various conditions, and the following set values are registered.
Abnormal number=a reference value for the number of gaming machines in the group, and when the number of gaming machines in the group reaches this set value, the group is specified as abnormal and is set as a notification target. No detection is possible.

Other group cancellation=whether or not to exclude the gaming machine 1 accepted when a card of another group is accepted from the group as a group cancellation condition.
Amount of money cancelled = The amount of money (including electronic money, etc.) that has become the consideration for the lending process necessary for excluding the gaming machine 1 that has been loaned from the group as a group cancellation condition. It is also possible not to cancel. It should be noted that the deposit amount may be the target, and it may be determined that the loan is made with the reference amount of money as the consideration by monitoring whether or not there is a lending process. The same applies to the deposit amount.

Replay cancellation amount=group cancellation condition, the consideration value (based on the lending rate.) necessary for excluding the gaming machine 1 that has been replayed (granting process: replay with the same day savings as the consideration) is excluded from the group. Good as the number of balls). It is also possible not to cancel, and it is also possible to judge whether or not the replay for the reference value has been performed by monitoring whether or not there is a replay like the money cancellation amount.

Membership card cancellation=whether or not to exclude the gaming machine 1 that accepted the membership card from the group.
Non-operation cancellation = non-operation (whether a predetermined period (for example, 2 minutes) from the last input of the game signal) game machine 1 (however, there is no ball or balance, it is a non-operation condition) is excluded from the group Or?

Break cancellation=whether or not to exclude the gaming machine 1 for which a break is input by an employee from the group.
Image data correction=whether the state corrected by the image data is the default (=automatic) or the correction is performed for the first time when operated (=manual).

Corrected number of persons=reference value for the number of persons identified as the same person when image data is corrected, and when the number of persons who identify players belonging to different groups as the same person reaches this set value, the different groups are grouped.
Arrangement center=a reference point when displaying arrangement information, and selects from the maximum number of balls held, the maximum number of tickets issued, and the minimum distance.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a grouping process (including group cancellation) by the management device 6, and shows an operation when the imaging device is not provided. It should be noted that the group flag indicating that the data is grouped is 0. Further, the operation will be described assuming that the settings are as shown in FIG.

The management device 6 executes the first standby flow of whether the card is issued (S1:NO), the card is accepted (S4:NO), and the group flag is 1 (S16:NO).
By the way, when the player issues a card such as all issue or divided issue (S1: YES), it is determined whether the group flag is 0 (S2). In this case, since the group flag is 0 (S2: YES), the group flag is set to 1 (S3).

If the group flag becomes 1, is it card issuance (S1:NO), is card reception (S3:NO), is the group flag 1 (S16:YES), and is there a loan with money as consideration (S17:NO)? ), whether there is replay (S18: NO), or whether the non-operation condition is satisfied (S26: NO), the second standby flow is executed.

When the player issues all the general cards and membership cards that record the balls for mere rest such as in the toilet and inserts the general card into the issuer to accept the card (S4: YES), the acceptance card Since the issuer of is the own machine (S5: NO), if the only gaming machine 1 belonging to the group of the own machine is the own machine (S23: YES), the group flag is set to 0 as a primary issue for a mere break ( S24).

When one of the gaming groups obtains a ball by playing a game, issues a card to hand the ball to a friend of the gaming group, and a friend of the gaming group to which the card is handed inserts the card into the gaming device 2. , When the card is accepted (S4: YES), since the issuer is another device (S5: YES), if the group flag is 0 (S6: NO), the group flag is set to 1 (S25), and issued. The original group No. Is acquired (S11). In this case, the group number. Has not been acquired (S11: NO), the group number. Is obtained (S12), and is associated with the same group as the issuer as a management target (S13). In this way, when the number of people playing with the cards issued by the members of the gaming group increases and the number of players in the group reaches the abnormal number in FIG. 2 (S14: YES), the group is abnormally specified ( S15), to be notified.

By the way, even if it is associated with the same group as the issuer as described above, one of the gaming groups gives up the game on the gaming machine 1 and moves to the next gaming machine 1, and thereafter does not participate in the gaming group. When a general player plays a game by inserting coins in the gaming machine 1, such a player does not belong to the gaming group, and thus it is desirable to manage it by excluding it from the group.

Therefore, if there is a loan (S17: YES) or a replay (S18: YES) in the second standby flow, it is determined whether or not each consideration amount has reached a reference value (such as the amount of money released in FIG. 2) ( If it is reached (S19: YES), it is determined that the cancellation condition is satisfied and the group flag is set to 0 (S20). As described above, by setting the group flag to 0, if the number of units in the group does not reach the abnormal number in FIG. 2 (S21: YES), the abnormality identification of the group is canceled (S22).

In addition, when the non-operation cancellation is set to “Yes” as shown in FIG. 2, even when the non-operation condition that is satisfied when there is no balance or balls is satisfied (S26: YES), Assuming that the cancellation condition is satisfied, the group flag is set to 0 (S20), and the processing from step S21 is performed.

Since FIG. 6 is a flowchart based on the settings of FIG. 2, it is possible to refer to a cancellation condition not illustrated in the flowchart or a cancellation condition not illustrated in the flowchart in accordance with the setting content of FIG. is there.

When the management device 6 receives the card (S4: YES), the issuer of the reception card is another device (S5: YES), and when the group flag is 1 (S6: YES), the management device 6 is already associated with the card. However, if the issuer is not the same group (S7: NO), the association with the current group is canceled (a cancellation condition is satisfied) (S8). As a result of eliminating the association with the current group in this way, if the number of current groups does not reach the abnormal number (S9: YES), the abnormality identification of the relevant group is canceled (S10), and a new group is set. The processing after step S11 is performed.
With the above operation, the gaming machines 1 can be grouped or released.

The operation shown in FIG. 6 is a case where the face authentication is not introduced, but when the face authentication is introduced, it is possible to further improve the accuracy and perform grouping.
When face recognition is introduced, for example, a game device 2 has a built-in camera for capturing an image of a player, and by capturing an image of the player, it is possible to track the platform movement even when the player cannot track the platform movement with a card. Becomes

That is, when a ball is acquired by a plurality of gaming machines 1 in the gaming group and becomes a different group, when the same person plays a game using a card issued from the gaming machine 1 of another group, In the above processing, it remains in another group. However, if it is possible to specialize that the players in different groups are the same person by face authentication, it becomes possible to put those different groups into one gaming group.

Therefore, in FIG. 2, how many players are determined to be the same person when the different groups are determined to be the same person by face recognition and the different groups are combined into one group. It is possible to set it in the item "Correction number".
A flowchart showing the operation of the management device 6 when the face authentication is introduced is omitted.

FIG. 3 is an example of an output screen showing a state list of the gaming machines 1 for each group when the face authentication is introduced, but the gaming machines 1 for which the cancellation condition is satisfied also continue to be grouped. The undisplayable portion can be displayed by sliding the slide bar on the right side. Further, a “layout display” button 25 and an “image data correction execution” button 26 are displayed at the top of the screen.

In FIG. 3, the group No. acquired when the number of gaming machines 1 belonging to the same group becomes the reference number (two). Together with the gaming machines 1 (group devices) grouped together.

Each gaming machine 1 is associated with a serial number, a time, and image data of the player, and a time is associated with a time corresponding to a time point of grouping such as a card reception time and a card issuing time. It should be noted that, in the xxx in FIG. 3, the time display is simply omitted for the sake of explanation.

The image data represents image data obtained by picking up the faces and the like of the players to be grouped, and the picked-up image can be confirmed by selecting the face mark in the “image” item. The imaging timing may be plural times, or may be a specific time such as the issuing process or the receiving process.

In addition, the data content is color-coded according to the situation of each gaming machine 1, and is blue during meals (indicated by the left diagonal lines with narrow intervals in the figure) and yellow during operation (indicated by the left diagonal lines with wide intervals in the figure). (Shown), and during non-operation, it is identified and output in white (shown in white in the figure). Then, the gaming machines 1 that have been once grouped but excluded by the establishment of the group cancellation condition are also associated with the group in gray (shown by a right diagonal line in the drawing) as a cancellation stand. In the case of the setting as shown in FIG. 2, non-operation is also excluded from the group. Therefore, in the case of FIG. 3, the gaming machine 1 belonging to the group is “meal” and “being in operation”, which is a comparison target of the abnormal number in FIG. ..

Here, the group number. 1 and No. In FIG. 3, some face marks are identified and output as red (vertical line in the figure) and blue (horizontal line in the figure), but this is the same for the player specified by the image data. The result of having been determined to be a person is shown. In this case, the red face mark and the blue face mark are different persons, the red face marks 12, 13 and 25 are the same person, and the blue face marks 14 and 29 are the same person. It indicates that. That is, the player with the red face mark is the group No. With the ball of the other unit, the game is played from 11:30 on the 12th group and moved to the 13th group at 15:00, and further from 16:00 on the group number. It indicates that the player is playing in the 25th range with the balls of the other 3 units. Similarly, a player with a blue face mark is a group No. With the balls of the other unit of 1st group, the game is started from 11:40 on the 14th group, and then from 13:20 the group number. It shows that the player is playing in the 29th range with the balls of the other 3 units.

Group No. 1 and No. The player with the red face mark and the player with the blue face mark across 3 are the players who could not be identified as the same person by the card, but could be identified as the same person by the image data. Since the accuracy is improved by grouping these players in the same group, the "image data correction execution" button 26 is pressed.

FIG. 4 shows an example of a screen when the “image data correction execution” button 26 is pressed under the situation of FIG. 1 and No. Since the number of players across 3 and 3 has reached the corrected number (2) in FIG. 1 and No. 3 shows a state in which 3 and 3 are put together. That is, when the players of the same game group have obtained balls in a plurality of places, and when the players are separated into a plurality of groups and are specified, the same person is specified in the image data so that a plurality of players are included in the same game group. Shows a state in which the groups of are grouped together. Even when the groups are grouped as shown in FIG. 4, the information that can identify FIG. 3 is separately stored, and therefore, when the cancel operation is performed, the information is returned to FIG. It is possible to display in a comparable manner.

Group No. Group No. 1 and No. “1+3” indicating that 3 and 3 are put together is displayed in red (indicated by a right diagonal line in the drawing). In addition, the group No. 1 and No. The serial numbers and times corresponding to the red face marks and the blue face marks summarized in 3 are also displayed in red (not shown in FIG. 4), so that the compiled serial numbers and times are easily displayed. It is recognizable.

FIG. 5 is an example in which the group data of FIG. 4 is displayed on the hole layout by operating the “layout display” button 25. A "list display" button 27 is displayed at the top of the screen instead of the "layout display" button 25.

Based on the setting of "center of arrangement" (maximum number of balls) in FIG. Separately, a central serial number is specified, and the group number is assigned to the specified serial number. In addition, a so-called spider display is performed in which spider lines of different colors (indicated by different line types in FIG. 5) belonging to the same group centering on the serial number are added.
Note that the history of the placement information can be specified in units of a predetermined time such as 5 minutes, and the transition of the placement information for each elapse of the predetermined unit may be output as an animation in FIG. 5 according to an operation input or the like.

According to such an embodiment, the following effects can be achieved.
Since the management device 6 manages the gaming machines 1 that are grouped regardless of whether or not the players are identified by image authentication or the like based on the image of the image pickup device, it becomes possible to grasp the situation of the gaming group, and the game is highly versatile. The population can be detected appropriately. Further, even if it is not necessarily determined whether or not it is a membership card, it is excluded from the group when the cancellation condition is satisfied, so that it is possible to reduce the risk of unduly increasing the number of gaming machines belonging to the group.

When the player is not playing the game, the cancellation condition is at least one of deposit, lending, replay exceeding a certain value, non-operation, and accepting cards issued by other groups. Since the game information shown in is adopted, it is possible to reduce the possibility that the players will be grouped when they simply move the table.

When the card issuance source is the own device, the card is not grouped. Therefore, when the player temporarily performs the issuing process for a break or the like, it is possible to suppress the grouping indiscriminately.
Since the gaming machine 1 after the cancellation condition is satisfied is also managed in association with the group, it is possible to verify the gaming machine 1 used by the gaming group.

When the same person belongs to different groups by face authentication, the groups are integrated. Therefore, when playing with the balls of a plurality of gaming machines 1 in the gaming group, the same gaming group is divided into a plurality of groups. Even in this case, it is possible to appropriately integrate the groups and specify a group close to the situation of the actual game group.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment and can be modified or expanded as follows.
Although the image authentication in which the player is imaged is illustrated as the identification of the player, any identification method such as fingerprint authentication or identification by a membership card may be adopted as long as the person can be identified.

Although a recording medium such as a general card capable of specifying a valuable value such as an acquired value or a balance is issued, the valuable value and the value information (recording medium or identification information of the recording medium) are associated with each other. Other recording media such as coins other than cards may be adopted. Further, when associating the information, the information may be recorded on the recording medium, or the management device 6 may separately manage the valuable value by associating the valuable information with the identification information of the recording medium. The value may be received not only directly but also indirectly by receiving the identification information.

The target gaming machine may be a pachinko gaming machine other than the exemplified pachinko gaming machine such as a so-called enclosed type that manages the gaming medium only with data, a slot machine or the like, and in the case of the slot machine, the gaming medium becomes a medal. Incidentally, the game medium is expressed as a game value as necessary in consideration of the above-mentioned enclosed type and the like. Further, in the case of the enclosed type or the like, making a state in which a valuable value can be consumed for a game is a value giving process for giving a game value usable for the game.

If the set values exemplified above are set in advance, the setting information can be set from the management server of the outside (for example, the chain store headquarters) whether the game hall manager arbitrarily sets it or the manufacturer of the management device 6 sets it. May be downloaded and set.

All the illustrated game information may be directly specified by the input signal or indirectly specified by using an arithmetic expression. Further, the numerical values, the number of digits, the items, etc. are merely examples, and any numerical value may be adopted.

The exemplified processing may be shared by the management device 6 and the gaming device 2, and may be performed by any device including the relay device 4, the information display device 3, and the like. In addition, the exemplified configurations including the modified examples may be combined in any manner, may not be appropriately employed, and only one of the exemplified configurations or the like may be employed.

In the drawings, 1 is a game machine, 2 is a game device, and 6 is a management device (group means, game information identification means, determination means, exclusion means, management means, identification information acquisition means, player determination means).

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A gaming machine capable of issuing a recording medium capable of specifying an acquired value, which is a gaming value acquired by a player, and accepting the recording medium, is a system for a gaming hall provided corresponding to the gaming machine,
When the gaming device receives the recording medium, the issuing device that is the issuing device is specified, and the issuing device and the accepting device that is the gaming device that received the recording medium are grouped. When,
Game information specifying means for specifying game information in units of a game machine or a game device according to a game signal output from the game machine side,
With respect to a group device, which is a gaming device grouped by the grouping device, or a gaming machine corresponding to the group device, it is possible to specify whether or not it is established by the game information specified by the game information specifying device, and it is preset. Determination means for determining whether or not the release condition is satisfied,
Exclusion means for excluding the group device corresponding to the game information that is the determination target from the group when a determination result indicating that the cancellation condition is satisfied is obtained according to the determination result by the determination means,
Management means for managing the group device in group units;
A system for amusement arcades, which is equipped with. 2. The game hall according to claim 1, wherein the grouping unit groups the issuing device and the accepting device on condition that the issuing device and the accepting device are different gaming devices. System. The system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the management unit manages the group device excluded by the exclusion unit in association with the excluded group even after the exclusion. Identification information acquisition means for acquiring the identification information of the player who uses the game device and associating it with the game device;
Player determination means for determining whether or not the players corresponding to different game devices are the same person, based on the identification information of the player,
2. The grouping means collects the different groups into one group when the grouping means obtains a determination result that the players corresponding to the gaming devices belonging to the different groups are the same person. The system for a game arcade according to any one of 3 above.

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